Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-22
GAS PRESSURE ON SHENANDOAH BLAMED
IN OUR
VALLEY

n CONGRESSMAN John N. Garner OF
~ this district is said to have express
ed himself as not caring three whoops
for any place in this great government
of ours except the one he now holds.
he represents the fifteenth district
of Texas.
He is a power in democratic circles
on the floor of the house, and is pop
ular on the other side.
He is the ranking democrat on the
powerful and important ways and means
committee.
But at the same time he is said to
have ambitions. These ambitions are
in the house, and the house only.
He has been in congress nearly a
quarter of century. He has the rep
utation of being tireless worker.
There is one of two honors open to
Congressman Garner, provided the dem
ocrats win the next house, which he
believes is certain.
If the democrats win, he may become
speaker OF the house, or floor leader.
The latter is even a more powerful
place than that of speaker. The chain
having been shorn of much of it's pow
er since the days of Joe Cannon.
So Congressman Garner goes back to
Washington soon to scrap out income
fax matters with Secretary of the
Treasury Mellon.
A Valley booster, living at Mercedes,
writes letter to The Herald, but stip-
ulates that it is not for publication.
tkaf ha
not object to publication of the letter
ii his name is eliminated, although we
would prefer to use it. Here is the
letter:
I'm your issue of August 13 last
you made a very fine suggestion which
you did not seem to think worth much,
as you never referred to the subject
again. l refer to your suggestion that
We name the highway that penetrates
our Valley Main Street. very fitting
name indeed. .
The Valley will, in time, become a
city from Brownsville to Mission. To
have a common street running through
all the towns of the Valley would so
unity them that a community feeling
would soon prevail and all sectional
Evergreen Valley would become as a
unit to US all. If you think we'll of
your own suggestion please pound it in
for a while.
You have also frequently urged that
we adopt distinctive name for our
section of the Rio Grande Valley.
Among many others l heartily endorse
the proposition, but we must submit a
name that applies to our section, one
that is simple yet euphonious.
THE name that has always been
present in my mind is EVERGREEN
VALLEY to be restricted to our own
irrigated section. 1t is singular
name, notwithstanding it's familiar
sound. / do not recall the name as ap-
piled to any other Valley.
being interested in these two mat
ters, | write this letter to support you
in the positions you have taken and not
for publication"
All right, folks, what do you think Of
Evergreen Valley?
The Herald long ago joined those who
occasionally used "Rio Grande Delta. :
However, any other name that will
fit the situation will do just as well,
just so we get away from that terrible
and damaging confusion with other sec
tions of the Rio Grande Valley.
All that would be re. .ired to make
the use of a name general would be res
olutions by the members of the cham
bers of commerce Of the Valley, and
cooperation on the part of the newspa-
pers Of the Valley by agreeing to use
the adopted name to the exclusion of all
others.
We said the other day that the Texas
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