Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-01

IN OUR
VALLEY

passed on, but the name King
/ tinues to live on the great ranch pro-
s.y, hundred miles north of
okhs ,yS aF~sville.
go ..r nearly three-quarters of century
'''s was a part of the life of the lower
..r father, the late Rev. Hiram
s1s ,berlain, a Presbyterian minister,
s.., trail blazer.
- husband, the late Captain Richard
!, also was trail blazer.
J. !. 80. -. father blazed the trail for reli-
IN establishing the first Protestant
:. - on the lower border, at Browns
ss1ntc the ,.,,.-
mory, at the corner of Ninth and
~ .th. He never ministered in that
:. lar structure, but it housed the
I; II - cation that he organized years
hat III rust :.
/ :. ordnty cemetery.
lis we said
eginnls. win King blazed the trail for in
no" soo' and trade through his line of
a. anus wei Gamers that piled between Bra
us scnhip tiago harbor and points along
esus new nGrande as far up as Roma.
90 an not Eats touched at Brownsville, at
TO o .ne .aria, at Hidalgo, at Rio Grande
ahei 10 WI at Roma.
:. -, ~ ..uilding on the 1900 block of
, ..I, uha. rect now being razed to be re-
:. a. ,;,,r,y new structure, at one time
-. ."rasdaa is offices and warerooms.
aaas,' ~ 80 tilding at 18th and Elizabeth
'ase .hn low occupied by Edelstein's
o., o. store, was built by Captain
- D. - owned by the estate until a
..Tha h.s;n ago.
a r,..;. in the early sos.
m. HE he re
od ana here chamberlain found an expir-
'nship. Aeceptic lodge here, left lifeless by
lat sam spirit.ure of United States army
mustbe testthad originally organized it..
ory IS PLAIN " life into it, was the third
fused adoubt tomaster of the lodge, and by
MS snship; bins is regarded as the real
'ead unawtully aIMasonry on this part of the
dam to US. Fam,
:. sar %" rs of King and his partner,
d Chamberlain are idelibly
- nc iuseu the history of the Amer
voiai the lower Mexican border.
spiritual MESA, -
'opie Nfead and Tile engaged in river trad
'wer IIom worshlptain King and Captain
ID MAJ Egypt am acquiring ranch property
ersia, &reece and red miles or so from the
giles rreamlng II land directly along the
ny NOV 1dl down a. that time not obtainable,
en-! KDe answer " held by Spanish and
rm asxtat OF Adfhers whose families hao
I'VE ben Man sha IL through inheritance from
one ard most m1Spanish grantees. Water
It. Inel snalt not and each rancher had
'ra 'hy .oo' IN any ge on the river.
HIM. lhou shalt had great foresight and
" Coo ana HIM only land values is borne out
es, ne new the King and Kennedy proper
tissNsM M
Mrs. King WI as largely responsible for
the building olb ia the st. Louis, Browns
vilel Mexicc| railroad.
We stand eoi rected on the matter of
besn produetioAvn. 4.
Said few 4 ays ago that production
was from 100 II b 125 hampers per acre.
Thought that mixight be an average. Bus
a grower calls our attention to the
fatt that beans are producing anywhef>
from 100 to 400 hampers per acre.
Our figure wd thought good. His is
better. More ID our liking. Hope he
get, rich
One gorwer, We said, had 5o acre.
and stood to geU $4,000 dollars out Oh
it. We are adyilled that he already has
sod $4,000 vol th off his 90 acres
and still has lypng ways to go DeIore
his crop is harvested.
The price is ariound So hamper.