Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-03

IN OUR.
VALLEY

Il VERY now and then someone drifts
- into The Herald office with a vey
\ interesting story. It's particularly in
teresting when the man who did the
thing that developed-the story tells it
himself
j. b. Owens. who farms some six miles
northeast of Mercedes, near the Cameron
county line, came in late Wednesday
afternoon to subscribe to The Herald.
Someone entered into casual conversa-
tion with him, and asked how his cot
ton crop came out.
Mr.. Owens became Immediately en-
thusiastic. He said that he had produced
SO bales of cotton on a plot of 3S acres
Of land, and would get at least three
bales more, or SO bales, better than a
bale and half to the acre.
He experimental with acid phosphate
for fertilizer, at a cost of $5 an acre, put
on the ground. He found that the
amount he used gave him 240 pounds of
seed cotton per acre more than on the
unfertilized. He doubled the fertiliza-
tion on one row, and found it yielded
500 pounds more on the acre basis than
the. unfertilized :.
Mr.. Owens has been on the place about
four years. coming rom Georgia. yep,
I'm Cracker" he declared
"How much did you pay for your
land?" Mr.. Owens was asked.
"One hundred and fifty dollars an
acre" he replied. "but of course, won't
Ea hot Nv
MEANS"
This years crop alone more than paid
for the land.
Sometimes there's different sort Of
story that drifts into The Herald Of
flee.
Recall that on or about July 16 gen
tleman who was interested in revolu-
tions in Mexico in some way or other,
came in.
There's gonng to be revolution in
Mexico in one MONTH" was the start
ling information that came to our ears.
"How do you know" he was asked
81 know. | am in touch with people
who are in touch with the leaders. The
revolution will start somewhere on the
lower part of the border"
But how do you know" persisted
his questioner.
tion. He is now somewhere near FL
Paso. On August 16 or about that date
the revocation will begin"
Will say that the gentleman we are
sure was truthful, insofar as his knowl-
edge was concerned. He felt certain
that the revolution would take place
in sympathy with the activities of the
Reds in and around Mexico City, and
proposed to clean 'em out
The Herald did not publish his story
1t preferred to wait until the revolu
tion broke.
August 16 has passed.
So has September /. September 1s
is approaching. and the revolution does
not seem to be in sight.
The writer has been an eye witness
to two border battles. He has seen
shells fall into Matamoros. He has seen
men stand up before an execution squad
with lighted cigarette in mouth and
themselves calmly give the order to fire.
He has been reported executed him
self He has been held captive by 4
revolutionary band for several hours
though he was innocent of the fact until
hours after his release.
He has eaten of rebel campfare, which
at that time consisted of meat and
wine-that only. Nothing else was avail
able.
He has known a commander who oc-
eupied town with 400 or 500 men, to
withdraw before the enemy in the dead
of night, leaving an unsuspecting column
of hundred men to keep up the fire.
only to find themselves at the mercy of
the enemy when the sun arose.
-
These few scattered recollections make
revolutions highly unpopular with US.
And We believe that the people across
the border have had their fill of them,
want them no more.
In the district surrounding Matamoros
$4,000 bales of cotton were grown last
year. This year the crop has reached
some 10000 bales. with more to come.
There are five gins in operation in
Matamoros. Others have been built up
the river, as far west as Camargo.
Corn has been produced in plenty. The
Matamores public markets show a wide
variety of vegetables and fruits. Mexico
grown stuff. There are avocados, bana-
mas, and among the finest oranges in
the, world, grown in the Montemorelos
district.
There is just a fine land on the
Mexican side of the lower border as is
found on the American side. 1t needs
only cauital and development to make Of
it another garden spot