Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-03-26
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ERE'S an opportunity for you


Closner Of Brownsville and Edinburg
TO the writer of this column.
With which Mr.. Closner handed
over letter written by Frank r.
Srhoner of Akron, Ohio.
Mr.. Schooner was in the Valley
Few weeks ago. He invested in prop
erty at San Benito. In coming into
This section for investment, he gave
the entire district the "onee over.'
During that stay and investigation
he had neither heard Of nor seen sand
ste rms. Yet imagine his surprise to
re ceive letters from Florida, from
persons claiming to have lived in
y townsville. telling OF severe sand
storms in Brownsville.
Here is the paragraph on the mat
ter.
"Had letter from Florida. Civ
sng me advice in regard to Texas
Three or four people who had lived
IN Brownsville said the sandstorms
were so fierce that il was very un-
pleasant. The letter quoted a mum
ber of people who had lived in
brownsville and all of them COM
piained about the sandstorms Is this
just bunk or are your sandstorms
really as bad as this?"
Mr.. Closner can. and will. tell Mr.
schoner with a perfectly clear con
science that it is bunk There are
no sandstorms at Brownsville never
have been any sandstorms, and 50
long as the country round about is
as green and fresh as il is, there are
not likely to De. Because there is
no sand that blows.
Tan 1t he possible that Florida il
reooming worried about the compe-
tition Of this section? How else can
one occount for this canard?
T. w Archer. well known Lyford
merchant was in Brownsville yester-
day.
Mr.. Archer has property interests
in Brownsville. Two or three years
ago he bought several lots in this
city, paying S700 to $500 a lot He
presented them to his wife In the
meantime the lots have increased in
value eight or ten times. Mr. Archer
Is not an "Indian giver." Ills wife
still has the lots.
The Lyford man, by the way. Is 2
genuine son Of the American Revo-
lntion. One Of his forbears. Isaac
Morris, was a brother Of Robert Nor
ris, one of the signers OF the Dec
to. l.. I 4
Nj. Archer. the several times re-
moved grandfather Of f. W. Archer,
married Cynthia Morris. who was q
grandnieee Of Robert Morris.
The Archer family owned cortinu-
ously for nearly hundred years the
original Archer home in Noble coun-
w, Ohio, near what is now East
Union. In fact. East Union stands
on land entered and owned By the
grandfather Of Stephen NJ. Archer.
The Southern Pacific matter has
caused quite a stir in the San An
tonic Chamber Of Commerce, judg-
in- from newspaper reports in tho
Alamo City.
The chamber long ago pledged it.
self to the idea Of a second railroad
to the Lower Rio Grande Valley
When the Southern Pacific applied
for permission TO extend into this
section, the San Antonio Chamber Of
Commerce supported the application
enthusiastically.
When the hearing in Brownsville
was completed last October. and
when the oral argument in Washing
ton was had in January il was as
sumed that the fight was over.
A. X. Ponder, executive head of
the Missouri Pacific at San An
tonic. was elected president Of the
San Antonio chamber a few months
ago. Mr.. Ponder resigned the other
day. The conflicting railroad situa-
tion at San Antonio was certain u
cause him embarrassment So in jus
tice TO himself. in justice TO his en-
ployers and in Justice TO San An
tonic he removed himself from the
situation.
San Antonio is preparing 70 renew
its efforts in behalf OF the additional
railroad, when the matter comes ur
for final hearing at Washington
May Z.
Mr. Woodlock will be confirmed
for appointment to membership on
the Interstate Commerce commits
sion.
Perhaps by the time this appears
in The Herald the confirmation by
the senate will have been had.
Most Of the objection to Mr.. Wood
lock seems to have been swept away
with the pronouncement from the
gro, ite House that the next appoint
Texa on the !. {. c. should recognize
south, the southwest and Penn
sylyania.
Mr.. Woodlock. it is perhaps un-
necessary to recall, made an adverse
Recommendation on the plan Of the
Southern Pacific 10 enter the Val
ley. His report, IL it had not be-
come public prematurely would have
been in the form of report" Since
it became public, it has been
changed slightly. 1t is now reeog-
nized as proposed report which
is the form in which /. G. c. exam