Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-02-22

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one, will be favorably impressed by
the Valley with a visit here.
Leave Austin Friday
The solons will leave Austin at 1880
Friday night, reaching Haringen Satur-
day morning in time for breakfast,
which will be served by the ladies Of
San Benito Harlingen and La Feria.
The legislators will be given an open
ain breakfast if weather conditions per.
nit.
Autom obiles furnished by al of the
cities of the Valley will be drafted into
service after breakfast to start the tour
Of the county. San Benito has already
agreed to furnish her quota Of closed.
new automobiles. and the other cities
of the county will follow suit, it was
said. From Harlingen the legislators
will be taken on up toward Mercedes,
and shown the flood area, including the
levees that have been built, and the
levees proposed for building, returning
to Stuart Place by noon, where bar
becue luncheon will be served by Mr..
Stuart. A talk will be made on citrus
by J. A. Hickman Of Rio Hondo, and
other talks may be made.
In the afternoon the tour will be con-
tinued over the Rio Hondo section,
and along the military road, coming
down that route to Brownsville, with
visits to the more important communi-
ties, and especially the flood areas. The
tour will bring the solons in contact
with the intense development in the
Valley, and the menace from lack of
flood control.
Wild Game Banquet
Saturday night members of the legis-
lature will be given a wild game BAN
quet in Matamoros. There will be a
formal meeting on the international
bridge Of the Texas solons, and the of
ficials of Matamoros, headed by Pru.
dencio Roiz. accompanied by military
band. The legislators will be escorted
into the city by the officials.
Breakfast Sunday morning will be
served at the Brownsville Golf and
Country club by ladies Of Brownsville,
and Sunday morning will be a period in
which the solons will be free to do as
they see fit, attending church services
or otherwise occupying themselves until
noon Several sightseeing tours are
planned during the afternoon, some to
the palm grove and others to Point
Isabel and other parts of the Valley.
However, the official itinerary will be
concluded with the breakfast at the
Country club.
Stop at Kingsville
Sunday night the visitors will leave
for Kingsville, where they will be Civ
en- breakfast Monday morning. After
looking over the site of the new col
lege at Kngsville, and visiting some
other points Of interest in that city. the
legislators will 60 on to Corpus Christi
where they will 60 for sail on the
bay Monday afternoon. The party will
leave Corpus Christi Monday night
reaching Austin in time for the open
ing session Tuesday morning.
Arrangements are being made to care
for all the details of the tour. The
course to be followed has been gone
over bv Mr.. Stuart. who was in Browns
Vile Friday in the interest Of the tour
and all of the plans will be worked out
before the trip is started
Special arrangements for caring fof
members of the "press gang, or news
paper men from the capitol have been
made, and stateroom for the report
ers has been provided The capitol cor
respondents have selected one OF thel,
number to make the trip, and several
of the larger state dailies are expected
to send special correspondents to cove'
the trip