Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-04-06
| N OUR
VALLEY
ANE month from tomorrow-or

NAY tine tdSe Oh the S""e"
ern Pacific gees again before the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
The powerful railroad body at
Washington will determine whether
the proposed report" of Mr.. Wood
lock, who recommended against the
s. p. extension into the Valley, shall
be approved or whether his report
shall be reversed, and the railroad
given permission TO extend.
The opportunity for the Southern
Pacific rehearing is due directly to
the fact that the proposed report )"
of Mr.. Woodlock became public
property before il was intended to
so become. Such row was raised
over the adverse recommendation,
that in order to quiet the affected
public and interests on the matter,
the commission ordered the rehear-
ing.
Everybody is invited to file new
briefs bearing on the matter, and
the whole thing will be threshcd
out in Washington again, on Nav Z.
but April 30 is the last day on which
briefs may be filed.
In the meantime there is new de-
velopment in the railroad situation.
United States Senator Earl b. May
field Of Texas has made his plea
before the senate for state control
of railroad construction, where the
proposed construction is wholly
within the border of the state.
Carrying along his idea. he has in
] reduced a bill placing such control
] in the hands Of the state, taking il
| out Of control Of the Interstate Com
mcrce Commission The bill was
sent to committee, where it was
changed to give the I. C. c. control
over new lines and the state control
1, over extensions and discontinuances.
i To which the senator consented, and
the measure has reported favorably
D out of the committee.
I Perhaps it will yet get hearing
lBcfore the United States senate.
Among other contentious in sup
'Tport Of the Mayfeld measure is that
the transportation act, insofar as it
gives complete control Of extensions
and new construction TO the |. G. c.,
4 is unconstitutional.
The Valley Morning Telegram Of
McAllen, of which James Marion
Bird is the editor and publisher. is
sued its first edition on Sunday
4 morning, and gives much promise.
u The edition carried a large amount
! of advertising.
81 N. c. Robinson is the business and
advertising manager; Mrs. r. B.
Leahy is local and society editor,
i Charles Modist Is circulation man
4 agcr. and the reportorial staff con-
sists Of J. Lamb Perry, Jr., and W. $.
Il Foster.
Monty's Monthly relates that J. S.
4 FLETCHER. orchardist of Stuart Place,
! saved considerable amount of his
fruit from the extreme weather of
I, last January.
II He expected the cold wave. pulled
hay.
II When Mrs. Julia G. Montgomery,
"A OF ~Monty's" came along n short
time ago and felt the need Of
oranges for her breakfast orange
juice, she was surprised to be guided
to the burial place" of the fruit.
And bought bushcl of splendid
oranges for 50.
"0utside they didn't look so good. ."
she said. but inside they were all
that one could wish. !"
Back in childhood, il you lived in
the Old South. and perhaps in some
other sections. can you remember in
June pulling those big horse
apples" burying them in damp
ground somewhere. and waiting a
week or 50 for them 20 mellow. And
they did.
What we would like TO know is,
taloupes in the Lower Rir Grande
Valley this year?
The best proof is a sample. Two
or three will do, but case would be
preferred. of course.
Cantaloupe should be reaching the
market along about the middle or
last of this month.
The greatest possibilities for
beautiful home and farm sites to be
found anywhere may be the resaca
bank lands Of the east end of the
Valley.
The banks of these resaeas may be
changed into wonder spots. All that
is required is the vision and touch
OF the landscape artist.
II you doubt it, Just visit some
of the places within a few miles of
Brownsville, and north and east, Of
town.
George White. Davenport, Iowa,
investment banker, and Mr.. Krogan.
formerly Of Kentucky. are among
those who have sensed the oppor-
tunities for beauty Of land bordering
the resacas. A. ID. Dickinson is an
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