Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-15
IN OUR
VALLEY

II HE San Benito Light complains Of
u inadequate forecasts and readings
on the stage of the Rio Grande during
flood conditions.
The Light says that reports are read
lily. available from Mission and Rio
Grande City, but that information from
points above there are more important
to the extreme lower part of the Val
ley, from Del Rio, Eagle Pass, the San
Juan and Salado rivers in Mexico.
Rio Grande reports are assembled at
the United States Weather Bureau at
San Antonio. From there they are
sent to Brownsville.
In a communication to. The Herald
recently Observer Jarboe, in charge of
the San Antonio station. contended that
the reports were as complete as pos
sible. On the other hand, men in the
Lower Valley whose business it is to
watch the Rio Grande during flood
stages to protect lands, say the reports
are not accurate or else not complete
enough to meet the situation.
1t appears difficult to convey the ex-
act situation to the Weather Bureau at
San Antonio. Then why wouldn't it be
profitable to both interests to hold a
meeting, to be attended by Mr.. Jarboe,
at which the irrigation and other in
terests can cay exactly what they want,
and Mr.. Jarboe can say what he can
give.
In flood season is the best time to
hold such a. conference.
Several hundred insurance commits
sioners from all parts of the United
States will be in the Lower Rio Grande
Valley Wednesday.
These men are state officials who
direct the public side of the insurance
who make rates and put them before
the state commissioners.
Valley people are always glad to en-
tertain visitors, and proud to tell them
ABOUT our wonderful country.
Let's make the visit of the insurance
men worth while.
sMost welcome news OF the week is
the announcement that the w. l.. Pear
son Company. who have the contract
to maintain the state highway in Cam
eron county. is now placing materials
fer.thes purpose of building up shoulders
and repairing cracks in the concrete.
The Pearson company was only re-
Gently awarded The contract by the
State Highway Department, and also
has the maintenance contract for Hi
dalgo county.
Portions of the highway in Cameron
county are so narrow that automobiles
must frequently use the shoulders in
passing cars If the shoulders have
sunk, are rutty and muddy, they are
menace to life.
Once in a while someone voices his
real thoughts about Florida. Y. H.
Smith. friend of W. B. Walton of
Brownsville. writes in part as follows:
i"Just line to let you know that
after driving about 1900 miles in the
insane state oflFlorida and seeing about
ell there was to see there is nothing
to see except stakes showing lot sub
divisions Of the boom there, my
wife and | decided to change our plan
of spending the winter there and come
instead to Rio Hondo.
"What is going to happen to those
birds who are trading in valueless prop
erty on basis of many thousands Of
dollars per lot seems to me to be GER
tain. It's the biggest pure wind in
flation since the Mississippi bubble.
/ wouldn't live in Florida if | had the
strength to walk out. | really never
was any place that impressed me so dis
mally."
Zone nice thing though, there being
no soil there is no mud. 1t rained
every day we were in the state but
we never saw trace of mul. It's solid
sand.
Anyhow, what / am trying to arrive
at is that the Lower Rio Grande Valley
has Florida beaten from every angle.
am going to he down there this winter,
at Rio Hondo."
Reminds US Of the letters we used
to see published in Illinois about the
Lower Rio Grande Valley. doesn't it?
But we don't hear of them anymore.
The Valley has arrived.