Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-03-24
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VALLEY

HE newspapermen will miss Col
= onel Sam Robertson at the
sheriff's office. The colonel is most
always good for a story.
Colonel Robertson has made a good
sheriff. 1t is even easy for one to
believe that there has been a no
more conscientious peace officer any
where in the United States than
Colonel Robertson has made Gamer
on county.
The man who has always been es-
sentially n builder has become res
tive in the sheriff's office. For years
he has sensed opportunities on the
coast. Now he has the chance to try
them out, so he has engaged himself
10 the task of developing an ocean
side driveway along Brazos, Padre
and Mustang Islands. between the
mouth of the Rio Grande and Corpus
Christi.
That's an important job, more i'm
portant surely to the Lower Rio
Grande Valley than TO Colonel Rob
ertson. This drive promises to make
the Valley a real attraction, both in
winter and in stmmer. And it's no
small job, this matter of opening iso
lated islands so as to make them
easily and quickly accessible to the
motoring public.
The Texas League Of Women Vot-
ers very kindly has sent us polite
al calendar. Since this is a highly
political year, calendar covering
the various events leading up to the
elections should be valuable to all.
So clip this and paste it on your
desk:
June Last day for filing for
state officers of applications for
filed by candidates with chairman
of the state executive committee.
June Injecting of state execu-
tive committee and certification of
names Of candidates for nomination
to county clerks.
June l9-Last day on which can
didates for county or precinct offices
may file applications with county
chairman.
June 21-County executive com
mittees meet at county seat and de-
tcrmine by lot the order in which
names of candidates for each office
shall appear on the ballet.
July 12-Primary committee of
each county executive committee. and
chairman. shall meet and make up
ballot in accordance with the list pre-
pared June 81.
July 24-Precinct convention day.
Primary election day.
July 29-Last day for election of
ficers TO make returns.
July 31-County conventions meet
to certify returns and elect dele
gates 70 state convention and district
conventions.
August 9-State executive commit
tee meets and canvasscs returns for
all state offices and announces nomi-
nees.
August 2s-Second primary.
September Last day for returns
by election officers.
September 6-State executive com
mittee shall meet and certify nomi-
nees of second primary.
September State convention held
TO declare nominees for state offices
and to certify nominees to secretary
of state.
November General election.
November S-County commission
crs shall open and declare results,
and certify to secretary Of state.
December 1S-Secretary Of state
counts the returns.
III. II. Schultz, government agricul-
tural statistician AZ Houston. told
/ Houston newspapermcn, that the
more he visited the Lower Rio
Grande Valley, the more difficult Il
became fer him to resist remaining
here.
The Valley has attracted many men
in government service whose expert
agricultural knowledge has convinced
them that there was a place in
which expert knowledge could be
given full sway, with the probability
of ample return.
Prof. Potts and Sam Baker are no
table examples. Both caught the
fever" Of the Valley while visiting
here on official business.
James Marion Bird, former pub
Usher Of the Falfurrias Facts and
who recently disposed of tn Alamo
News TO f. p. Williams of Weslaco.
has announced that he will start pub
lcation OF the Valley Morning Tele-
gram at McAllen on or about April 4.
This will he the second daily news
paper for McAllen, the present paper
being an afternoon newspaper, pub
lshed for many years by c. c. Nc
Daniel.
The Telegram will be published
seven days a week, il is understood,
the printing to be done by the Fos-
ter & Daniel Printing Company.
which recently organized to do a
general job printing business.
Mr.. Bird is an experienced news
paperman. The Telegram should do
we'll under his guidance.
U This brings the Valley daily,
g Seekly and monthly publications to
;omething like "a. which is quite a
sizeable list for comparatively
: small territory.
n Every town must have its weekly