Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-05-25
IN OUR
VALLEY

ID AUL COTTRELL, San Benito news
paperman, is ian outdoor man.
huntsman as well as fisherman, lover
of the beauties of nature as well, he
has discovered some of the natural
beauties of the Lower Rio Grande that
have missed the eyes of others, at least
insofar as the telling of them in the
newspapers is concerned.
Scenery that .abounds along the Ar
royo Colorado in it's winding way to the
Gulf of Mexico is the most recent dis
covery by Mr.. Cottrell.
Writing for his paper, The San Ben
ito Light, he says:
lone of these days arroyo frontage
\ is going to be the most valuable pro-
perties in this section. Natural beau
ties that rival anything Florida can of
fer are to be found along the arroyo.
The high banks are divided by breaks
through which the various drainage
bitches and natural sloughs drain excess
surface water Ebony, retama, tepe-
huaje, mesquite, ash. blackberry and the
so-called wild olive offer the fOunda-
tion paintings for beautiful hOmesites. ="
Many of the most beautiful places
along the arroyo cannot be reached by
automobile, but they are available to the
owners of skiffs or other small boats.
On Mr.. CottrelPs recommendation, the
banks of the Arroyo Colorado are COM
mended to the attention of picnic parties
and other lovers of the great out-of
doors.
Brownsville is about to become one
of the greatest radio centers in the
south.
Lieutenant Commander H. K. Fem OF
the United States navy, Saturday night
announced in Brownsville the virtual
replacement of the naval radio station
in Brownsville with super-power plant
to cost around $175,OOO.
The present plant is said to be out
of.date, but in use it has demonstrated
that it occupies a peculiar position In
naval radio transmission because of its
being able to send successfully through
a dead zone 600 square miles in area
off the coast of Mexico.
The new type of construction Will be
such that it will not interfere with the
brownsville municipal brOadcasting sta
tion. II win be 20 kilowatt set.
If this plan is carried through, and
since the equipment is now under con-
struction in Schenectady, N. T., there -
no reason why it should not, 1T fore
shadows the permanent occupation OF
Fort Brown as government property.
There have been some rumOrs of the
abandonment of Fort Brown and the
throwing of the property on the realty
market. This large expenditure lndi-
Gates their absurdity.
County Farm AGENT Louis H. Alsmey-
.r sin the know" advises that the
valley NAV expect it's first bale of 1925
cotton this week. The crop seems to be
pretty early all over the Valley, with
hollis reported from almost everywhere.
Our. crop seems to be made, al
though boil weevil and some leafworm
have been reported. If weather con-
tinues as hot and dry as it now is, there
Is little likelihood that leafworm dam
see will be extensive. The valley is
heating the leafworm to it.
Cameron, Starr, Hidalgo and Willacy
counties last year produced about 10000
baIes of cotton. There is every reason
to expect that the production Will oe
exceeded this year.
Let's make it a $l5,OOo,OO0 crop this
year.
~Waters in Lake Rise and Fall,
80, heading in The Brownsville
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