Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-21
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bage. potatoes beets, carrots, beans,
tomatoes spinach, egg plant, lettuce,
cauliflower and other vegetables and
citrus of all kinds are being grown
there successfully at the present time.
Tbs year the community has in ~cuitiva-
tion approximately 800 acres of citrus,
5000 acres of cotton, 1906 acres of cab
bage. 600 acres Of beans, 400 acres of
mixed vegetables, 1900 acres of potatoes
and many other crops.
The tract is crossed by two railroads,
one running from Brownsville to Point
Isabel, the Rio Grande Railway, and the
other from Brownsville to Southwest
plantation. The section is practically
immune to frost due to the proximity to
the gulf, and enjoys a wonderful sea
breeze during the hot months of the
summer.
One of the feature attractions of the
Ell Jardin district is the Rabb Palm
grove, which is one Of the beautiful
natural park sites along the Rio Grande.
In this location there arc thousands Of
huge palms, many years old, which have
been an object of interest to Valley
tourists, and a pleasure spot for Valley
desidents for many years.
Near Beack
Ell Jardin is situated nearer the bath
ing beach at Boca Chica than any other
community in the Valley, and the road
from Brownsville to this community
passes directly through the section.
During summer and fall months many
FL Jardin people take advantage Of this
bathing beach, and in the winter time
tho hunfipn at poca Chioa - m od-
ditional attraction to the people of this
community.
Ell Jardin is settled with people from
all parts of the United States. 1t is
also settled with people who followed
many different callings before
taking up a life of citrus growing and
farming in this community. Included
in the states which have furnished
people to the community are California,
Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, North
Dakota. South Dakota, Nebraska, Kans-
as. Oklahoma, Arkansas, Mississippi,
Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin,
Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, West
Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, and Canada,
and other parts of Texas.
Il do not think there has been any
other tract in the Valley that has de-
veloped faster than Ell Jardin and
/ do not believe there is a tract
in the alley in which there is
better land, or better climatic condi-
tons than in Ell Jard.n,' said A. d.
Dickinson.
New Tracts
The Lone Star immigration Co. re-
Gently acquired what is known as the
\ Acacia lake tract and the Ell Jardin ter
race tract, and sold them out at $1,000
an acre, with building restrictions. A
lumber of beautiful homes have been
erected on this tract, and just recently
the city of Brownsville, recognizing the
extensive development going on in the
tract, extended ,the light and power
lines out to the new tract"
Anybody that will buy the same
class Of land that | nave bought here,
and wants to go back to Oklahoma, can
trade their and here to me for land that
l still have in Oklahoma" said Claud
Macy, formerly of Billings, Okla, who
has been one Of the many successful
citrus fruit growers in the Ell Jardin
tract.
Mr.. Macy said that he has been over
~ SldleS Va Vic 0HlOH, anu Hdu plCNi-
ously been over most of Texas, and was
firm in his belief that he could not
find better land in the United States
outside of the Valley than the land
which he owned in Oklahoma. He and
a party Of seven others were in Texas
hunting, back in 1920, when a land
party with some Oklahoma people in it
happened to pass through Houston, and
they came down with the party.
From Oklahoma
Mr.. Macy bought land in Ell Jardin,
and since that time has lived there, and
is one OF the many satisfied citrus
growers Of the district.
Of the eight Oklahoma men who came
to the Valley with him, all of whom
were in Texas hunting, seven bought
land, and practically the entire town Of
Billings has subsequently come to the
Valley, as 62 persons from that district
assembled at a Thanksgiving dinner IN
Ell Jardin this year, and five more are
expected to be present at the Christmas
dinned of Billings people in the tract.
Mr.. Macy set out a 10-acre orchard
in citrus, and of this orchard a gov
eminent inspector said: This grove
of trees has the highest stage of de-
yelopment and growth of any citrus
trees that [ nave ever seen any place
in the United States" On the trees
that are two-years old, Mr.. Macy will
gather AN average of 200 fruit to the
tree, and from the three-year old trees,
he will gather 800 fruit to the tree.
The Ell Jardin section will grow po-
tatoes better than any other section |
have ever been n" Mr.. Macy sad.
.The tract has a wonderful climate, and
the soil has been improved by drainage
put in recently"
Young Men Successful
He told of two of his nephews VINO
had come down here from Oklahoma.
Tn FL Jardin Weber Wright. one Of the
Young men, cleared more money OIL an
acre and t~hree-quarters of beans tnan
the two young men, Wright. and R. W.
Suthe rland, did off l6o acres of grain
in Oklahoma, with all expenses paid by
their father. Wright has bought land
here. and his father arrived just re-
Gently from Oklahoma to make his
- V,llav leaving his o40 acre