Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-04-08
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i county may not hear great
/; deal of the Cameron county school
board. Possibly few know that there
il such a supervisory board for the
common school districts of the coun-
ty. But the fact remains that It IS a
going organization, its membership
comprising five men who exercise
sort of fatherly supervision over the
small schools and cooperate with the
county superintendent of schools.
II. A. Kinder of Brownsville is the
chairman of the board. Other mem
bers are A. l.. Brooks Of Harlingen.
c. c. Woods Of La Paloma. j. r.
Grimes of Harlingen and J. A. Hocka-
day of Point Isabel.
The county school board is elect
i've. including one member from each
county commissioners precinct, and
one member ut large. Ii meets on
call. usually about six times year.
The members receive no pay, except
4. that SO is allowed TO cover expenses
when attending a meeting
Mr.. Kinder has served four years,
Mr.. Brooks five years, Mr.. Woods
Hockaday two.
When a vacancy occurs, the board
appoints a successor. He must come
from the precinct in which his prede-
cessor resided.
Extensive Investigations into posi-
BILE petroleum deposits in the terri
tory to the south and southwest and
west of Matamoros are under way by
some Of the largest operators.
Geologists have declared their be-
lief that in that territory exists
field probably greater than the Tam
pico fields were in the days of their
glory.
The operations are being directed
from Brownsville and Matamoros.
Several parties are in the field Tor
concerns like the Dutch Shell, the
Corona and others.
II may require two or three years
10 gather the needed information. And
IL may be many years before opera
tions begin, il the findings JUSTIFY
expenditures.
Oil sources are being depleted, con-
sumption is becoming greater. Inc
great companies are preparing for the
future in searching for new depesits'
There may be black gold beneath
the surface on the south side OF pe
river. Il is not visible from the sur
face. =,
On this side there Is green gold
I in large quantities. This green gold
beautifies the landscape. makes
wonderful to look at.
The black gold. if permitted to es-
cape, is rather messy. But desirable
Activity in the telegraph offices OF
the Lower Rio Grande Valley IS re-
: Election of the splendid production
in the fields and the fairly satisfac-
tory marketing and price conditions.
Which accounts for the fact that
, almost 100000 telegraph messages
, were handled in and out Of the Valley
during the month of March.
, First-class telegraph service is as
essential to the truck growing indus
Try as it is to cotton and other PROD
: ucts which experience active ana
: changeable prices.
F Corpus Christi is happy over the
y fact that the house has approved IN
}. tracoastal canal expenditures in Tex
rs and Louisiana amounting to about
: $1,000. 900.
q The Naples of the Gulf Is counting
y heavily on the intracoastal project just
r. as it is on its splendid port project
o Each will play big part in the de-
velopment Of the city.
The action of the house scores an
= other hit for that accomplished GIVE
n leader of Corpus Christi. Roy Miller.
'p and for that Houston leader and
splendid personality, c. S +. Hoi-
land
The names Of Holland and Miller
r have been so closely linked with in
Q tracoastal canal in the pasts core OF
= years that II is difficult to think OF
4 one without the other.
The McAllen Telegram reports that
city marshal in n Valley town is
not candidate to succeed himself.
giving rs a reason the fact that the
ticket which he supported in the cleo
tion failed Of election.
The market bureau here estimates
that green bean shipments from the
Valley this season will run around
450 carloads. At present prices that
should bring the Valley return Of
nearly $350.000.
Add that to S2.500.000 worth of cab
bage, s2.500.000 worth of potatoes. and
few million dollars worth Of other
winter products. and you have fairly
flourishing financial condition in the
Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas