Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-08-31
lis 1t "Delta"
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Is 1t "Valley?"


Rio Grande is a valley" or a del
ia" seems far from being dead is
sue."
County Superintendent of Schools p.
ID. Kennamer has suggested debate on
the question some time during the
teachers institute in Brownsville this
week, IL there is an opening on the
program.
All right. let's debate it in forum.
Let's consider it pro and con.
We already have our debaters. 7. c.
Richardson, former county farm agent
Of Cameron county and now field edit
or Of Farm & Ranch, has consented 10
be one of two men on the "delta" side
We have also selected DIR. J. L. Wort
man. also n proponent Of the delta
side Of the question.
Here's an opportunity for real in
formation on the "delta-valley" ques-
tion, chance for everybody who is al
all interested in the question. to clari'
fy their own minds with scientific In.
formation.
We hope that Mr.. Kennamer himself
will take the "valley" side of the ques-
tion. for he mas interesting views on
that name business, also.
s. Lamar Gill of Raymondville. an
"old timer" in the Valley, has voiced
his approval Of "delta" in the follow
ing letter:
II have read with much interest the
various comments pro and con in Is il
Valley or Is il Deltag II seems TO
Il
well covered by both sides and that no
further argument is necessary. In
other words, it is time to submit the
case to the jury and cast my vote in
favor of Delta
And here's how r. c. Richardson. one
of our proposed debaters, views the
question:
II have been interested in the delta
valley controversy, part OF which APP
peared in the first Herald | saw on my
qxn to the Delta a few days ago.
Layf9g aside. all the academic dis
cussion Of the primary meaning Of the
two words. except to say that practic-
ally every schoolboy knows the mean
ing Of delta before he has studied geo.
RrAtshN tnfOuHH OiG Ntillr AtN 10 AsiAAN
first Of clarity in identifying this sec
tion.
sAnywhere between here and Houston
or San Antonio. the Valley is usual
ly understood to mean this particular
valley When one gets beyond those
outposts il Is necessary to be more eX-
plicit with most people.
| "If you say the Rio Grande Valley,
wsxsdo, Del Rio and FL Paso all re-
oN. for they are, too, advertised rs
ling in the Rio Grande Vailey-legiti-
lately so. In that case it becomes ne
essary to say n whole mouthful--Low-
kr Rio Grande valley'-and IL you are
kn West Texas your troubles are not
ever, for the valley below FL Paso is
called by that identical name TO distin-
guish II from the valley that lies above
.the city.
sit is quite true that the Delta has
been advertised for years as the Val
lev. but il would astonish some Of our
peopIe to know how little it is yet
known. and how much trouble must be
taken to distinguish it frcm the thous-
ands Of other valleys, when you are
talking to people who have no direct
interest in 1t.
"From the standpoint of euphony,
perhaps Valley is preferable. but Rio
Grande Delta both locates and de-
scribes all that section from the sand
hills on the north--near which the for
mer channels can still he traced--to
the mouth Of FL Tigre on the south,
and from Rio Grande City to the sea.
"We need lose no sleep about the
world outside-they know little and
care less about what name we call IL.
and from our own standpoint what we
need Is 10 tell more people about our
advantages rather than to try to mono
police the Rio Grande Valley name. A
rose by any other name would smell as
sweet, and the Delta and its beauties
will appeal TO the world just as forci
bly, by that name rs by the other.
"I recently asked n chance acquaint-
ance on n train in northern Arizona
where he lived.
"In the Rio Grande Valley was the
reply.
Il frightened up at once. thinking !
had found a neighbor.
$50 do /; what's your town. ask
ed.
.'Belen. New Mexico, he said.
thereafter my vote i for Delta"
NJ B-We trust business is coed with
the Delta Cafe at San Juan.
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