Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-07-07
RED CROSS DONATES
$4,000 FOR FLOOD
RELIEF IN VALLEY
Especial TO The Herald

HALLi.N,Ir.\. Texas. July With
the Red Cross survey of conditions IN
the Valley following the flood two thirds
completed, total Of ltI25 families, of
whom SIXTY per cent arc Mexicans. wcr.
found 10 have been affected by the
flood. H. VI. Baker, disaster relief di-
rector Tor the southwestern division vf
the Red Cross. reported 10 the Valley
Chamber Of Commerce meet. Z today.
MIR. i:akcr SAID that he estimates that
the completion of the survey will show
from 1900 10 1000 families in need
lie announced that the American Red
Cross has decided To contribute the
sum Of SlO.taW toward flood relief IN
the Valley. and he recommended also
that "a Nallcy-widc camraisn he inaugur-
ated L. raise flu US for the purpose
This will be in charge of committee
IL be named this afternoon.
Mr.. Baker said that the services of
Red Cross workers will bee supplied Is
the Ked Cross without expense To- the
Valley, and the funds raised in the Val
ley will be used exclusively Tor rcnrf
purposes. lie said that records will be
kept of all expenditures.
The report oi Mr. Baker followed the
report ola flood relief committee nam
cd at Weslaco some days ago. of which
q. III. lcase of McAllen WAS the chair
man. Th. committee reported that re-
lief measures will be necessary. AID re-
commended that another Valley wide
committee for this purpose be appoint
ed
'h.l HtrtG IN Fnf .l..l
the big problem of the days meeting.
the question Of future flood control.
which was announced some days ago as
one of the purposes of the meeting by
l.. X. Da.iel. president Of the Chamber
OF a commerce.. who presided at today's
meeting.
Every section sl-ihe Valley. including
Wiiiacy county. and every water ais
trict was represented. with the cxccp-
lion Of rharr Three hundred and for
~ pcrSo.s were present for the meet
ing. The Riato theatcr. in which the
meeting was opened. was later aban-
'loncd for the Baptist tabernacle. the
thcater being too small 90 handle the
crowd
c. l.. Jessup of townsville. vice
president of the Valley Chamber Of
Commerce stated to the meeting that
there We're four things to be done in
connection with the flood control pro-
ject These included he said the nee
cssary control work: Vallcy-wide CO.
operation, competent. engineers. perfer-
ably from the federal government, and
financing.
Colonel Sam Robertson. who recently
sent a letter to Valley newspapers re-
gardng the Necessity Of flood controi
adovated the opening Of all natural
drains, and recommending Sc
curing the assistance Of certain
government engineers who have
had experience in Mississippi riv-
or floods, also addressed the meeting
along the same lines as covered in his
letter
william G. Crane Of Austin, n member
of the state board of water engineers.
who arrived in Harlingen on a delayed
train, also addressed the meeting on
THE subject of flood control.
The meeting was slow in getting under
way today on account Of the fact that
tranis were delayed several hours.
IL was expected that il would require
;he remainder Of the afternoon TO reach
an agreement on 4 general course Of pro-
cedure IN connection with the flood con-
troll project.