Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-07-29

IN OUR
VALLEY

IA el around a table in the county
court room of Cameron county, Tuesday
afternoon.
They were discussing the coming
flood control bond election, August lS,
and best means to be adopted to bring
out two-thirds of the total vote of Cam
eron county and induce that two-thiris
to vote in favor of the bonds.
They included managers of water dis
tricts, members of boards of water dis
tricts, attorneys for water districts, en-
gineers for the flood control project,
managers Of chambers of commerce and
county officials.
The flood control advisory board,
which was the central body in session,
is not faced with opposition to the
bond issue. The board is, rather, faced
with the problem Of bringing out the
vote.
One point is pressed: Every vote that
remains at home, negligently overlooks
the election, or just refuses TO vote for
downright cussedness, is vote against
flood control.
On August l8 the highways and by
ways must be thoroughly covered to get
the voters out.
Offices must be "raided" and their
occupants impressed that it is necessary
that they vote.
The woman vote is highly essential
factor. Every woman who fails to vote
does Just as much to keep Cameron
county in danger of continued flood as
does the male voter who fails to record
the fact that he wants to put Cameron
county out of flood danger.
Hidalgo county, it must be remember
ed, has authority to dump her flood
waters on to Cameron county.
WHAT will happen to large part of
Cameron county if half million second
feet Of water is thrown onto her lands !?
Figure it out for yourself
The State of Texas will help Cameron
county pay for the flood control bonds.
The legislature has remitted the coun-
tvs advalorem taxes for 25 years to
the amount of about % cents.
The bill remitting the taxes, however,
forces the county to help pay for the
project by providing Is cents for inter
est and sinking fund and an additional
S cents for maintenance total of 20
cents.
Cameron county now has something
like 1000 voters, according to the poll
list. This means at least 2700 voters
must go to the polls on August Is and
vote FOR the bonds, or the proposition
loses.
That would be tragic.
Every citizen in every precinct in
Cameron county should, prior to August
18, constitute himself a committee of
one to familiarize himself with the de-
tails of the project, eliminating Its
technical features, and discuss it with
eve2y other citizen. If the other man
knows the situation, appreciates ut and
will GO to the polls and support the
proposition, well and good. If he is
not familiar with it, he should be in
formed.
1t would be difficult to understand
why any voter would oppose the propo-
sition. The safety of his land, his
crops, his buildings, even his life, may
depend upon the successful working out
of this project.
OF course, there is slight increase
of taxes involved. But our county
judge assures US that the Is cent in
terest and sinking fund tax will not re-
main at that figure for more than one os
two years. After that increased valua-
tions will automatically reduce the
amount.
ahar ha
member 1922!
In those years great floods of water
found their way over large, tracts OF
land
Levee construction since then in Hi
dalgo county is certain to force more
water into Cameron county when fresh
floods come. These levees are con-
firing waters which will break ou'
where there are no levees. There are
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