Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-11-01

IN OF
VALLK

morning will be foun2ies Oh
letters exchanged between 'rowns-
vile Chamber of Commer1d our
representative in Washin Con-
gresham John N. Garner.
The outgoing letters wer,tten BY
Z. l.. Jessup, chairman of narDor
committee of the Chambe Com
merce.
They are published as ttter Of
information to the Valleyplc, and
In response to requests fodrmation
ON the Point Isabel harbA bAtters.
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As matter of fact, h a week
has gone in the last ziyhths bur
that there has been somtIvity IN
connection with the harbe
This activity has com mainly
Of letters passing betwee ownsviile
and Washington or Broille and
Galveston, the headquar OF the
United States harbor eng for this
district.
Of, news, however, tn has been
none. Efforts have beenected con-
stantly toward getting resumed
on the harbor.
Obstacles have been Antered by
the engineers. Plans b had to be
revised and revised aga
Unfortunately, the tai in connec-
tion with the harbor haen so great
that little could be donre to unite
it.
It has been up to Tngton. And
Washington has been TO act, as
will be seen in reading letters.
If you are interestes the harbor
situation, read these RS. Perhaps
they will be found enlening.
But there has beenne news der
velcpments on the hr matter IN
the past two days.
Senator Morris Shed telegraphs
that the district an vision engi-
neers have agreed on an for dredg-
ing the. outer chahr The job has
been found more dnlt than was
originally anticipated.
The new plan willow go before
the. harhor board
.vyyfs4 Es
After reading the respondence it
will be noted that S. questions ask
ed by Mr.. Jessup rem unanswered.
Begins to look lik will be neces-
sary to send a ccmtee to Washing
ton for. the opening congress. The
committee might inc the rivers and
harbors committee congress, in view
of the history Of tharbor construc-
tion, to do somethito in measure
rehabilitate the corence of the peo-
pie in the harbor pect.
The people haven't up something
like 100000. Appimately one-third
of it went into thaannel across the
Laguna Madre.
And the governnt funds are still
to be expended.
Colonel Ben Con Whitehead, erst-
while Valley puher and for the
past three years ,ident of Colorado,
to the Way the other day in
.ime to help Colo Ralph Buell. get
,ut this weeks lie of the Mercedes
tribune.
Colonel Buell. aears to have been,
AIKEN i'll, and Cael Whitehead vol
inferred his servs.
Public acknowlsment of the ard is
nade on the firstage of the Tribune.
Coincident withis return, Colonel
Whitehead annoQes that he will is
ne another editi of his "31 days OF
Weathe in the Lower Rio
;rande Valley"
Glad Colonel rhitehead will not
lake it Septenb or October weather.
ye'd like to fort them, and lcok for
etter things insOvember.
The Valley cod be- amply protected
eainst citrus diases and the growers
bill receive th. benefits of cohpett-
on in fruit trs from other secNons'
the beliefzlofA man who has given
ome thought I the situation. His
Jews are not hing urged. They are
iven here simS as another angle 70
,e general disession.
He would reyke all permits and
iopt the follOwng plan:
Require every nurseryman shipping
to the state Of Texas to post bond
$5,000s the b-d to be forfeited on
roof of the 8 md infringement OF
Ie rules under which new permit
as issued. ont case Of violating the
lies might be $mistake or "frame-
- it Is expl. ned. Proceeds Oh .