Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-06-25

the safety OF the town ltSeli. lie Sa
ut or near Haringen by another
truck, a precaution urged by Mr..
Jessup in view of the rains at Har-
lingen yesterday afternoon.
Up to that hour every message
from Mercedes said:
Our town i still dry. The levees
are. holding"
However, at midnight, telephone
report to The Herald from Mercedes
said that two or three small breaks
had occurred in the west levee, in the
direction Of Donna, but that they
could be held in check If the sacks
from Brownsville arrived in time.
So far as known, the sacks had not
reached the scene at that time, al
though it was possible they had been
carried through without the know
ledge Of the informant.
The Arroyo Colorado south of
Haringen last night was flowing a
vcritable river Of water, probably car
rying off a volume equal to half of
that i'm the Rio Grande.
La Feria reported that water from
the arroyo had overflowed to the
south Of there, and that the Al Parker
Club house on the La Feria tract had
the community. The water, however,
was al that time only about eighteen
inches deep, and without a current.
1t was slowly spreading out. House
holders piled their things on tables
and prepared to stay on the scene rs
long rs possible.
Discussing comparisons Of the vol
ume through the Arroyo Colorado
engineers last night said that the
normal flow of the Rio Grandc at
Mission IL around $4,000 second
(cubic) feet per second, in the nat
ural channel, and that at Brownsville
it was around $4,000 second feet per
second. Estimates Of the flow in the
Arroyo Colorado ran from $4,000 to
$4,000 second feet per second, or
approximately half the flow Of the
Rio Grande.
Five hundred men. rushed into the
Mercedes district late Saturday from
nll parts of the Valley to relieve levec
workers from the home district who
had become exhausted. after days ~
Icvcc huiding ana palrolling. last Light
were throwing NJ tons of dirt. raisin.
the lcvccs higher and higher against
the constantly increasing overflow wa
tcrs.
Mayor j. H. IIaines scLt out the call
a. AT the Valley towns, stating that
while the flood waters wcrc being sue
rcssfully comhatted at the time. fresh
men would have ~ ~ rut IN the ioh.
The response from the east of Mer-
ccdrS was prompt. \ homeseeker spc-
cIal, which was scheduled 10 leave
Brownsville ahead of the Houston train
~ I 20 o'clock Saturday afternoon pick
cd up about thirty men. armed with
picks ard Shovcls. M Brownsville, and
added to this number with scores more
NJ lIarlingen and San Benito
The men left the train ~ IIarlingen
where they were picked M ~ a special
and taken en- To- the Mercedes district
They were distributed alorg the east
and north levecs. Joining the fighting
| forces there.
Last night nj : o'clock an automobile
truck. carrying twcniy-siN cheering Ia
borcrs. equipped with picks and shov-
els. three thousand sandhags. supplied
Nv the army post. ard n number of lan-
terms pulled ont of Brownsville. The
two contingentS were gotten together
hurrielly IN Manager &. l.. Jessup of
tha Chamber of Commerce
Throughout Saturday automobiles
loaded with volunteer levce workers
wrr hurrying toward the Mercedes dis
trict from the towns west of there, and
were distributed along the west calal.
During the early part II the evening
telephone communication was estab-
hshel between Brownsville and the
| scene Of Iabors on the levees both east