Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-08-11
IN OUR
VALLEY


By various water improvement
districts every time the Rio Grande
goes over its banks in ameron county
These expenditures arc forced through
the fact that pumping platts are men
aced by the high waters.
Leyees are built. Others are height-
-. Sarks are fought. Hundreds OF
men are employed in the battle to keep
the flood waters out.
Brownsville, being located ION the
river, has battle of it's own with eacn
succee ling extraordinary flood.
Flood control will do away with these
semi-annual battles, these semi-annual
expenditures Of large amounts OF money
Which means money saved to the
landowners. The upkeep of the irEga-
ton plants is also reduced.
The Alamo News is the newest news
paper in the Lower Rio Grande Valley
J. NJ. Bird. formerly with other news
papers in the Valley, is the editor and
publisher.
The News is starting off with very
good patronage. Mr.. Bird is clever
writer, an all-round newspaperman, and
the new paper should do we'll.
The first eight-column newspaper has
made it's appearance in the Lower Rio
Grande Valley.
This is Marshall McIlhenny's Edin-
burg Valley Review, published at the
couutY seat of Hdalgo county.
L. KIM
eight column. l2-em form. also has put
on an entirely new dress in the way OF
heads.
And not only is the Review the first
Valley weekly newspaper to adopt the
eight column size. 1t is also probably
among the first of the weekly news
papers in. the state to do so.
And we must say it looks very, very
nice.
Congratulations. Mr.. McIlhenny.
have a promising career ahead of it as
a abroad center, if the Southern Pa
cific's plans go through.
Railroad tracks will radiate in al
most all directions from the city, al
though there will be only two lines.
There will be the north and south line
of the St. Louis, Brownsville G. Mexico,
connecting San Juan and the new town
site of Allendale. about 10 miles north
of Edinburg.
The Southern Pacific will come south
through Edinburg, and on south to Nc
Allen and Hidalgo.
The Southern Pacific also proposed
to build in slightly southeasterly dir
rection to Harlingen.
Edinburg will also have rail connec-
tion with the country between Monte
Christie on the west and Raymondville
on the east.
The first excursion train into Rio
Grande City will be run from Browns
willie on the morning of August 23-
Sunday.
Rio Grande City is moving miles near
er the rect Of the country through its
first rail connection.
good crowd of its citizens at Rio Grande
City to join in the celebration.
A total of 1852 bales of cotton had
been ginned in the Lower Rio Grande
Valley up to Saturday night.
Enjoying the thrill of turning bales
of cotton into dollars, we find that so
far the crop has brought the Lower Rio
Grande s12,534, 300.
And there is still from $4,000 to 25,-
900 bales to be ginned. some parts Of
L., AZ IA
having only partly completed picking.
The crop promises to increase to that
sl5.00O,0O0 figure and it may go even
beyond that
Much of that money, of course, has
been used in financing the crop. Loans
will be repaid. mortgages reduced, gro
GERS and merchants and others paid,
automobiles bought, pleasure trips
taken, and. most important of all. money
in hand with which to finance the win
ter crop.
There's nothing like country that
can and does produce crops the year
round.
John Shary, Mission and Sharyland
developer and an outstanding figure in
VALLEY affairs. has made his first in
vestment in Brownsville, so far as the
records show.
ur. Sharv Joined W. f. McDavitt and
Fred Rusteberg of Brownsville and Ben
Keith. Fort Worth produce man, IN the
purchase of ~ acres Of land on the
east side of the city resaca-
There's significance in the fact tha'
Mr.. Shary has placed money IN Browns
vile. Also Mr.. ekith.
Also in the fact that John l. LomaS
,nd G.. G.. Henson Of San Benito> are IN
terested in Brownsville DIRT ana
BROWNSVILLE bank. also that Al Parker OF
Ia Feria has broken into Brownsville
with a bank stock investment
And we might mention that those who
follow the "big men" need have nc
great fear of the future.