Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-08-19
lis 1t delta"
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Is 1t "Valley?"

THE curtain goes down today on the
NalleyDel argument. We've all had
good time. Some Of US gave Mr.
webster credit for knowing what delta
IL, and others of us with preconceived
notions don't like delta because il
smacks Of mud and slush and other dis
agreeable elements.
sun others set forth the opinion that
some parts of the valley" are nothing
out valley" while other parts are
surely delta" formation. The view
very often depends on where wc happen
to live.
so now we've had learned arguments,
some not 80 learned---our own. for eN
ample. according to A. l.. Martin Of
Weslaco. Majority opinion is opposed to
any change. judging from the letters re-
ceived by The Herald. We always bow
to the majority. and we're going 10 d.
80 now. SO far a. were concerned
there IL no such thing a. "A delta on
the Lower Rio Grandc; it's Lower Rio
Grande Valley" straight on down the
hne-from Samfordyec To the sea and on
OUT INTO the sea just n far aS the Rio
Grande carries and deposits its silts.
1t is too bad. Of course. that the ri
Paso vegetable growing district j. taking
advantage Of the fame Of the Lower Rio
Grande Valley as trucking district ~
advance its own interests. II ad,cr-
tises the Rio Grandc Valley" to which
II has perfect right.
Before closing the argument We want
to give excerpts from few more letters
and editorial comment received rs the
Herald
W. :. Foster says in the Donna News:
Although some business men of
Donna have expressed themselves ~
favoring' delta. most of them. aS is the
case with most of the contributors 10
The Herald column. are against starting
anything new in the way of 4 name for
the Valley Personally. the Donna News
force has agreed that Valley means more
TO US. sounds better. looks better ana,
we believe. is better than Delta"
w. A. Mcneil. president Of the Iii
dalgo County bank. Mercedes. says:
1T seems aS il there il some dis
position now to describe this section as
the Delta There j. an impression
quite firmly fixed in my mind that poss-
IDLY l. or IL years ago this same fca
ture was brought to the attention of
the people Of this section through the
columns Of The Herald and practically
the same discussion was entered into.
The Herald asking the residents here
nbouis 10 decide upon a proper designa-
tion. | am quite sure that this dis
cussion was inaugurated aud carried on
by The Herald and that the consensus
Of opinion as brought out a. that time
was that the best designation for this
section Is the Lower Rio Graudc Valley
of Texas"
Point Isabel also has been heard from
~. H. Clevenger il strongly opposed tu
any change. After referring to The
Herald as "well edited aud most yalu
able paper" he gives many reasons for
not changing from Valley 10 Delta.
among them one in which he claims that
no one except a few "higlbrowS" ~
effete East have ever heard Of the
word delta" II We had been in the
effet East we might take exception
to that
He concludes a. follows:
As one Of the great common people
I sincerely hope you will fail in your at
tempt 10 change the name of our loca-
iion on the map from that long known
well loved. and highly appropriate name
of the Lower Rio G;rande Valley.
Otherwise. in the words of Rip Van
Wrinkle. May you live long and pros
per-"
Now we can start talking about feeder
roads. tourist hotels. harbarS. railroads.
marketing organizations, drainage, flood
control. We can all agree on the i'm
portancc Of those things. though we may
disagree on some ~ the prelimnaricS.
That loop road to the coast, to Point
Isabel and Boca Chica. sounds mighty
good MSSionite can start from his
home on IIdalgo's splendid highway.
travel east II Point Isabel hy WAY "l
Rarrcda. 60 down "a Boca thica. along
the shore. then hack up the river 20
Brownsville. and so home. But instead
of retravclng the route from Mission -
Barreda. why not carry the thing step
further and promote the Improvement
of that river road. General Taylor "ld
highway. with cutoff roads leading
north toward the various towns That
would give the Valley a complete loop.
What is your though on the subject :
Tell The Herald readers your views
The Herald's columns are always open
10 the public. 50 long n there are no
abuses or personalities.