Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-09-25
w. H. PUTEGNAT co.
IN OUR
VALLEY

VIM iIoo' 'on'ro' p'""S moving
w ahead in Hidaigo county-that
county's bond issue having been sold
and with what seems TO be unanimity On
the subject in Cameron county ana the
prospect that the legislature will also
afford Us relief il Is difficult for folks
IN the Lower Rio Grande Valley 20 be-
come unduly excited over the present
Iise in the Rio Grande
The Rio Graude ha, risen before. X
will rise again and again. But the pros
pect Of flood protection has had its ef-
feet. The psychology II the movements
satisfactory progress has been TO make
us feel secure, although its true We
haven't flood ptOtecti0n-yet.
II is in the nature Of our country
that IT will flood. The wonderful fer
tility Of cur soil is due u the fact
that the flood waters from above have
from time 10 time covered the coun
try, depositiug their rich burden OF
new soil. So il has gone, down through
the ages.
The Lower Rio Grandc Valleys wealth
i due . these floods Of bygone ages.
Today il is necessary To- conserve this
wealth, that the water. be directed
through certain channels that have been
prepared % handle them
The managers Of the various irriga.
tion districts are ever alert to the dan
gers Of high water and being far-sec-
ing men, they are providing against ev-
cry possible emergency.
High waters III the Rio Grande rare
ly. if ever. cost lives here. But some
times they az cost ~ material wealth.
and cause great inconvenience.
Candido Agular has laid down his
gun and returned 10 San Antonio. his
home since he became u refugee from
Mexico following the assassination of
his father-in law. the late Nenustiauo
Garranza. tie faces charges of viola
tion Of our neutrality laws
Aguilar's star set with the death of
Don Nenustiano.
Il was AZ this season Of the year just
eleven years ago when We first met
Candido Agular. Hc was then young
ster in the Carranza army, hut not too
Young to bear the title of general
Hardly % years old. q fair sized nous
tache partly hid his age but not his brill
liancy as a leader of Mexican army.
He had met with unusual successes i'm
operations in the state of Vera Cruz.
50 he was transferred 20 Matamgros t0
take command under the late Lucio
Rlanco
We met numerous Mexican leaders
during newspaper service on this part
~ the border in three Mexican rcvolu-
tions Yet the personAlit.- of the youth
Aguilar nearly dozen years ago so im-
pressed Us that the memory has ie-
mained and the meeting was hardly
more than an introduction.
Our alert. active and capable CORES
pondcnt AZ Haringcu and we are proud
TO give her name. Miss Minnie Carrcn-
ter sent U, three items for yesterdays
paper that it was q pleasure to publish.
One told of an Unexpectedly heavy
enrolment at lIaringen. neccS-itatine
the addition of two teachers. another
told Of plans Of the Four II Club girls
AZ Stuart Place school 20 serve hot
lunch 20 the pupils this year ana
third told NJ thirteen units being grant
ga the La Feria school by the tate de-
par;mcnt. new record ftr q school Of
its class.
Evidently the schools HI the rorti.
az the county are going ahead
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