Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-02-15
WARRANT ISSUED FOR EARL OF CRAVEN
IN OUR
VALLEY
THE Ell Paso irrigated section is ii

HE Ell Paso irrigated section is IN
- the market for a new name.
They want one, declares the Ell Paso
Post, that will at once signify to east
erners and .northerners the exact loca-
tion of the Ell Paso district.
They complain that the Brownsville
section of the Rio Grande is stealing
the thunder" of the FL Paso sect t.On.
Now what do you know about that!
Here we've been worrying because we
believed the Ell Paso section was bene-
fitting because of our advertising, and
now Ell Paso thinks we are benefitting
by reason of Ell Paso's advertising.
At Ell Paso they've had several names,
just as has been the case here. Up
there they refer to it as the Elephant
Butte project, as the FL Paso Valley, as
the Rio Grande Valley, as the Upper
Valley and Lower alley" as the Ell
Paso-LasCruces Valley, and as the Ell
Paco- Mesilla Valley.
Down here it's Lower Rio Grande
Valley" "Rio Grande Valley" Rio
Grande Delta, Magic Valley" Happy
Valley" Sunshine Valley" and SO on.
The Ell Paso Post says:
Gel Paso real estate board and rep
resentatives of water districts were un-
able to agree upon a name for the ir-
rigation project at the meeting yester-
day afternoon.
"Several were suggested, to all of
which someone objected.
Among the names suggested are:
Elephant Butte, Enterprise, Pershing,
Ell Paso-Las Cruces, Ell Paso-Mesilla.
J. B. Paden advocated Elephant Butte.
1t was the most favored. Geo. Clark,
president of the Las Cruces Chamber Of
Commerce, objected that fasteners pro-
nounce butte" like the conjunction,
sbut.'
&C. B. Stevens urged the name, En-
terprise, saying he hears that the lower
project below Brownsville is to be
named Magic
"a. p Coles expressed belief that the
first $15O,O0O of advertising of the
Gateway club helped advertise the
Brownsville project more than it did Ell
Paso, because fasteners associate the
Rio Grande with the lower river
"A resolution was finally passed auth
orizing A. P. Coles to appoint COM
mittee of real estate men to meet with
representatives of the water districts
to agree on a name"
The Lateral T. Club Of San Benito has
sent The Herald message on this name
business, and expresses itself in no
uncertain terms. The letter, signed by
Mrs. C. M. Wilds of San Benito, says:
Lateral T. Club Of San Benito, with
a membership of 40 and Is years of age
goes on record as voting against the
name of our own fair Magic Valley OF
the Lower Rio Grande being changed to
the Delta, after a short discussion
Every geographical student knows that
a Delta proper consists of swampy
low-lying district of land lying in the
mouth of river and populated by alli
gators, crocodile, malaria and other
pests. We have none Of the above
named animals in our Magic Valley anC
we protest against the name Delta. It.:
true we have fertile soil of the high
est type, but fertile soil is not confined
to the delta of river. We have ne
swamps anywhere near US. So why
try to make our northern neighbor:
think that we live In fertile swamp?
"The name valley, or vale, is sym
bolical of peace, beauty and restful
ness, but the word delta sounds yer!
much the opposite of either beauty o.
peace. But some people will try t,
change the name of Heaven to some
thing else If they are so lucky as to ge
there
Lord bless us, Mrs. Wild, we dom
think anyone is trying to change tn
name of this section. What they ar
trying to do, as we understand it, is t.
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