Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-09-05
IN OUR
VALLEY

HIS BUSINESS { riparian rights
no RIPARIAN rights, insofar as
spapers are concerned, seems TO
"a sort of endless chain affair.
Now comes a letter from the board
water engineers at Austin declar-
! Sthere has positively been no
announcement by the board Of water
gineers on the subject of the wa
rs Of the Rio Grande.
The message came as the result Of
report that ne board OF engineers
d about come TO the conclusion
it there as no such thing as RI
rfan rights along the Rio Grande.
Further" says the letter. signed
LfJno. A. Norris, chairman Of the
I'D, 1--WE have not, in our discus
of the Rio Grande, ever men
I'D at any time any such con-
icn as is mentioned in your let
.ome day some lawyer is coming
h with a learned discourse on
subject Of Rio Grande riparian
Is, and he will give large part
bis attention TO the fact that all
Spanish land grants along this
r particularly confer certain
Is as to the use Of water. And
e grants, and their provisions,
likely will say, are the real basis
ythe laws insofar as it refers TO
use of the water.
I'D that's that-for the time be-
at least
ECRETARY OF Labor Davis, Of
bident Coolidge's cabinet, whose
Int reference to the Mexican bor-
as "our back door," likely will
from that from a great many
ctions..
anager G. c. Richardson of the
wnsviIIe Chamber of Commerce.
received the following letter
|m john Boswell, manager, south
tern development service, Dallas
Amber of Commerce:
I have just read Associated Press
kount Of your letter 10 Secretary
Labor Davis, protesting his un-
r references TO the Rio Grande
Hey in a recent magazine article.
read the article recently and it
buck me at the time as being very
fair to your section. Therefore, it
with pleasure that | learn you
We protected the unfair references.
y have called the matter TO the at
htion of our publicity department
u the editor Of our magazine, with
! suggestion that he dc everything
ksible to overcome such unfair ret
knces and give the Valley even
re favorable publicity in the flu
EHREE INCHES Of rain fell in
townsville during the twenty-four
Iurs ending in the forenoon Satur-
u.
IL was a typical September down
|uring, shcwering little while, cas-
K up, and returning with more.
Then, Saturday afternoon. it
hsed all together. The sun came
and there was rejoicing.
put on Elizabeth street, near east
1 where the highway enters Eliza
kh, there is slightl depression in
|e street. In this DEPRESSION there
|llected, during Saturday morning,
goodly amount Of water. Something
ke three feet Of 1t over the paw
x.
occasionally an auto, dashing
rough, suffered the embarrassment
| water in the carburetor. or what
Ier il is that water will stop. Then
j car stopped Business OF get
BIZ out in water knee Geep and max
Y motions necessary to the resump-
n Of travel.
Pedestrians were blocked entirely,
course.
THAT condition was not entirely
|cessary. The district beyond the
|lt line railroad needs storm drain
,e badly.
IL needs IL just as badly today as
did a year ago when an eleven
Oh rain concentrated n flood of
kter in the same area for some
lys.
That is one Of the conditions that
Ie proposed city bond issue Is i'm
nded TO correct.
The quicker it is done. the more
clined folks will be to build more
w homes.
There are many important things
be done before Brownsville be-
mes real city. Most Of these are
len more important than the traffic
kht system. That's a superficial
iprovement, the others are fhnda-
entail.
If THU PUBLICATION Of rumors
as a policy of this newspaper it
ould publish, under a prominent
,ading. one like this-remember,
5 just a rumor:
The Southern Pacific railroad, in
nding to enter Brownsville at some
Iture date, has purchased eighty
res Of land. within shouting dis
nee Of prominent points in the city,
II which it paid $1,000 an acre.
Now, remember, that's a rumor.
he newspaper gets lots Of them.
,metimes they are run down and
'und TO be true. Lots more times
ley are chased by reporters and
'und to be untrue.
There are approximately five city
Is in an acre. Eighty acres would
can the equivalent of 400 lots.
Many things can be done on eighty
res Of ground
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