Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-02-16
IN OUR
VALLEY

ounty Judge Oscar c. Dancy o1
Cameron county announced IN Aus
tin the other day that contracts will
be let within short time for construc-
tien of flood control works in Cameron
county.
This will be the beginning of the
loosing of $1,50O,OO0 for labor and me-
chanical contrivance work in digging
out here and building up there.
Flood control means a system of
great. levees and great drains.
1t means safety from overflow for
scores of thousands of some of the best
land in the Rio Grande country.
The value of these lands, will thus
be increased from 25 to perhaps as
much as IS percent.
Hidalgo county already has awarded
the contract on its $1.620.000 flood con-
troll program.
In another eighteen months or two
years the Rio Grande Delta should be
comparatively free from the threat of
overflow.
The Business and Professional Wom-
ems Club of Brownsville is an allvu
and going organization.
Ii it's an election that means some
thing in the welfare of the county or
the section, the club takes an active
working part in helping in the details
and then votes. AS witness their ef-
fective work in the flood control e1ec.
tion last summer.
And though these women are busy in
offices and business during the dav
they still seem to have time for other
Things, as instance their entertainment
at the Dittmann Theatre last night.
There must hafe been rehearsals for
all were part perfect.
1t is an organization worthy of en-
couragement on the part of their en-
ployers.
The cats out of the bag. Many have
been wondering about the identify of
The Niggah Portah" of KWWG. the
Brownsville municipal radiocasting sta
tion. s>s-s-l-sa.
He is none other than John Tanning.
owner Of the Texas Theatre of Browns
vile. John Tanning has always been
interested in entertaining, in one fash
ion or another.
ne enjoys better than ANYTHING in
the world an opportunity to make folk,
laugh. to make them eniov themselves.
ne mas given freely of his services
TO Station KWWG. and when Director
ID. II. Phillips feels that he is short of
number for an evenings program. he
knows that John Fanninq is alwav~
ready to do his best
One of the best services thar can be
rendered this section is the market
news broadcasting daily that is now
feature of KWWG's activities.
The price of cabbage, beets and car
rots Is most interesting to the valley
folks at this time, together with ship
ments, destinations, and so on.
And for those who do not have radio.
The Brownsville Herald is the mex,
source for this information. The ner-
aid publishes the market news in CO.
operation with the Texas Marks. news
service, and other cooperators in trans
mission are the United States Army ra-
dio at Fort Sam Houston and tie great
United States navy station al Fort
Brown, Brownsville.
The Brownsville Chamber of Com
merce has supplied office space for the
Brownsville office of the market news
bureau, this office being in charge OF
j. ID. Evers, a very accommodating
young man who wants everybody who
is interested to get this market news
every day.
Corpus Christi's harbor expects to be
IN operation by the time fall arrives
In the meantime Corpus Christi is
enjoying the greatest real estate ac
tivity in the history Of the city.
The local papers are full of real es-
tate activities.
Houston and San Antonio capital in
liberal quantities is pouring into the
Naples of the Gulf
Brazos Santiago harbor is scheduled
to be completed, probably within the
present year. 1t has been a long, a
hard, road for Brazos Santiago, but sue
cess seems to be near.
An inkling of what may happen when
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