Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-07-25
Valley Gives John Garner Heavy Vote
I'm OUR
VALLEY

THE JUNIOR university for the
Lower Rio Grande Valley appears
20 be assured. Fifteen or twenty
more signatures by Prospective stu
dents, and the sponsors will be in
position to announce positively the
opening.
President W. NJ. W. Splawn Of the
University Of Texas, which will con-
duct the junior university in Browns
vile as II IL were located in Aus
tin, has announced that il will be
possible to open the Junior univer-
sity with forty students. with certain
guarantees.
Workers in behalf Of the institu-
| tion have visited San Benito and
HarIingen, as well as other towns in
the interest Of the school. Every
where they have been given encour-
agement and support.
Which further emphasizes the
spirit Of cooperation among the
towns of the Valley. The same CO.
operation was given Kingsville when
that town sought-and secured-the
II |Southwest Texas State Teachers,
College.
SAN BENITO LIGHT, Brownsville
Herald. Harlingen Star, and the
Cameron county democratic execu-
\ tive committee co-operated last night
in gathering the election returns in
Cameron county.
~ II was "a work Of love" for most
of those engaged in the task. Each
wanted the public TO get the infor~
nation as quickly as il could. be-
1 cause the public was anxious to have
it, And election precinct officers, as
whole. gladly co-operated to give
the returns. None was "grouchy"
\ about il.
As matter of fact, the law re-
/: quires the presiding officer in each
D precinct to announce the totals every
hour after the closing Of the polls.
D THE LEAF WORM hasn't been
altogether u destructive force in
Y Valley cotton fields. following the
recent rains.
In many instances. farmers will
tell you. the leaf worms helped the
cotton BY cutting away tho leaves af-
ter the bolls were open. This per
.mitted the sun to warm and dry the
cotton in the boil. That helped.
!, Total production might not be all
II desired, bat ut least it hasn't been
II entirely destroyed.
ID There's lots of cotton in the Val
FIcy. Valley roads the past few days
f,have been covered with loads Of cot
arton going to the gins. Sunshine did
lit Another week Of il. and the gin
(s.ning totals will have mounted into
|sfhousands.
n, rILIGONIO, near the Willacy- Hi
] c-sIgo county line. has lost its post
Y office.
q FiIigonio. as postoffice. is no
tmore. IL is merely a neighborhood
nthat has been served for many years
|oby rural delivery, for many years
ttwice week.
y The postoffice has been moved to
e 1Iargill. Hargill is one of the new
towns that has been brought about
as the result Of the Harding-Gill de-
vclopment west Of RamondvilIe.
G. l.. Pollock. pioneer settler. was
fthc rural carrier who has been serv-
Sing the distric; for fifteen years.
\, Hargill will get its mail BY train.
N; Pollock carried the mail on horse
A back when the trail was bordered by
n wall Of brush. The nearest resi-
u dent lived eight miles away, in the
zthicket-
If Different now. He can stand on
this front porch of an evening and
|inwatch the twinkle of lights in twenty
lrsor more homes.
|Pl
|+ THE VALLEYS pleasant climate
I2Fss being emphasized these days.
kk Hagerstown. Md. reports lB7. 9th
ser points in the east report temper
Natures Of 100 and above, as high as
mos.
In the Valley the mercury may run
feto 90. even above. But the heat is
ntempered by that everlasting breeze
Pnfrom the Gulf Of Mexico.
And the nights? Oh. they're
e,wonderful. Everyone will tell you,
- Gee, have TO sleep under covers
\, verynight. The breeze almost blows
{f,ne out of the bed"
kl McALLEN, has been awaiting the
Aannouncement of the coming of the
outhern Pacific before determining
Indefinitely whether it would build a
Mine. new hotel.
Now that the new railroad is as
surcd, no doubt developments in
ronnection with the new hostelry
will be rapid.
IA In the meantime, Mr. Burk'
.ccse- vii Mond 1T Harlingcn il re-
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