Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-02-01
IN OUR
VALLEY

Texas Highway Department, contains
some very beautiful scenes of highways
over the state AMI nation.
In many eases these highways are
bordercd with stately trees. In others
the borders arc of grass-just like a
lawn for miles.
Why not sodded shoulders and slopes
for the wonderful highways in Cameron
and Hidalgo counties?
Why not' plant bermuda grass along
the highways?
Woeldn't that save great deal of
washing out?
And wouldn't the grass, if well kept
and tended, greatly enhance the attrac
tion Of the highway?
In the present condition Of the road,
the shoulders, after d season of rain,
presents the situation of a road valued
at $4,000 a mile bordercd with an un-
slightly boghole miles and miles long.
Women's clubs of the Valley have
beer, conducting a campaign for The
planting Of palms along the highway.
These palms will. of course, be off to
the side of the road, 10 to Is feet. Why
couldn't these organizations add the
grass feature to their plans. Everyone
will admit the unsightliness Of bare
ground.
Lets beautify that road. Do it with
pafhs and make it still better with
gr.s5.
It's up to some one in the Lower Rio
Grande Valley to mix medicine" with
Southwestern Maehinerv. the house or
gan of the Briggs Weaver Machinery
Company, Dallas.
w. o. Stephens, secretary of the
Chamber Of Commerce, Bay City, Texas,
writing a boostes article for Matag
cculty, says in one paragraph:
"Thc Markham Irr CATION company
owns wholly within the county 1.-THE
largest privately owned irrigation sys
tenn IN America.
The rice acreage at this time is, in
round numbers, $4,000 acres, with a
gross value to farmers of $4,000 900,
comprising 405 miles of canals, and
laterals, all operated by the gravity pro-
cess"
The Lower Rio Crandc Valley chal-
lenges this statement. 1t happens to be
the home of Ahe American Land & Irfi-
cation company, which owns and oper-
: atcs the ss1erecss 4privately owned irri-
cation system in the world, reaching
1O4.Oc0 acres Of land, of which more
than $4,000 acres are actually under cul
tivation.
Come again, Mr.. Stephens.
The Lower Rio Giandc Valley vel
comes the medical fra.crnity Of South
west Texas. who are holding their an
II meeting in the form of a split
sb'ft,~ one day at McAllen and another
day at Brownsville.
We are charmed to have the visitors
with AIS.
We hope they will be charmed with
our country, because we are proud of it.
@Wc hope they will be delighted with
lou, climate, because we believe its the
}countrys' best, even though we did get
a Jolt back in December
| . Our sun shines brightest
4 Our mooplit nights are the wonder
4 of all.
81 Our stars somehow seem nearer us
here than they do "way up north
Our own Rio Grande may not be as
silvcry as it's famous song might lead
some to believe, but still it's a great
river because it supplies the water that
fills our canals that water our lands
that produce our crops that go to our
9 great markets, that return to US the
NANCY that keeps US prosperous and
sended.I
with. apologies to whoever 1t was
Ate "The House That Jack
lori
Awnssille COCA Cola Company
xweek began operations. is an
he entire Lower Rio GranJc
~. Sweeney, who had won
Tess in the bottling business
Wv. Gregg county, and who
brownsville plant, believes IN
Srrcatness of the Lower Rio
eley. for he has installed a
would do credit to the SINH
: of the larger cities Of the
Invested great many tnous-
Slars in the most modern ma
bst of it built to his order
few months. He has built
RS to come.
Sweeney believes in telling
about his product, for ne
Milling that had big plate
Is on three sides. giving
of his plant from three
81 roses out in California,
6 letter from Mrs. Henry
Brownsville, to Mr.
6he is spending few
angeles.
her is ideal and very
Mrs. Gruns wald. Have
J, season The papers say
ftomorrow will pray for
are very poor this sea-
no price at ALL The
not compare to the Val
is much smaller and very
Lhoucht for the Valley from
/ News. published by the
e Service Informatio Bu-
Writing for the Houston
rom Miami, Fla, says he IS
bv the real estate activities