Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-09-12

I'm OUR
VALLEY

gestion or a wen known soil export
from Missouri, Brownsville men
drew up and cabled to the ministers
Of irrigation and agriculture. Cairo,
Egypt, a challenge TO a fertility test
between the soils Of the Nile and
the soils Of the Rio Grande.
Weeks and weeks went by. Areply
was not Forthcoming.
But il has arrived. And like
diplomatic correspondence, it is
couched in such terms that those
who sent the cable are unable 10
determine whether the Egyptians are
laughing mt us. or simply didn't get
what we were driving at"
Anyway. here is the reply. 1t
comes from the Royal Legation Of
Egypt. Washington. and is signed ly
name that appears to be VI. Lamy.
IL was addressed to the Rio Crande
Growers Association and reads:
1T gives me great pleasure to con-
vey to you my governments sincere
thanks for the very kindly wordej
message which your association have
addressed to His Excellency the min
lister Of irrigation agriculture, Cairo.
Yours sincerely. etc.
The cable cost $55.
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IN THE DALLAS NEWS q few
davs ago appeared brief interview
with w. o. Connor. president of
the Republic National Bank, Dallas,
who had just returned from Egypt
Mr.. Connor, in talking with the
News reporter, commented on the
Valley of the Nile as compared with
the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Along
that line the story in the News said
'The Valley Of the Nile mas not
much advantage over the Valley OF
the Rio Grande so far as production
goes, w. o. Connor. president Of the
Republic National Bank, said Tues.
day on his return from n sixty day
Mediterranean cruise.
Land in the Valley OF the Nile
sells for around $4,000 an acre. but
rarely does any Of this fertile val
ley land change hands. II yield,
about $3.50 net per acre a year.
cannot see that this land has mhcl
advantage over the Valley of tn.
Rio Grande If it were worked Will
the same activity. There is bi,
market for the products of the Val
lev of the Nile, but a larger marke
for-the products of the Rio Grande.
a FEW DAYS AGO this column
called attention to the fact that ther
lis a pulmotor at the city fire sta
tion.
or course, it is seldom that a pul
motor can be had as quickly a
needed, nj least in the case OF drown
ing persons. The quickest aid /.
Of course. if the nearest person !
ccol, calm and goes to work pump
ing" the arms of the drowning one
Major NJ. L. Todd, medical corp:
Fort Brown, writing to The Heral
on the subject says:
"The following statement (fror
The Herald) is absolutely correc
and absolutely dangerous. You ma
inadvertently cause the loss of lif
by this apparently good advice.
Among the equipment of tn
Brownsville fire department is ;
pulmotor. 1t is an instrument tina
Is used to help in the resuscitatioi
Of drowning persons.
"'Try TO keen the fact in mind
Sometime you may be able to saw
life by getting the pulmotor to tn
scene in time Just call the fir
department. Tell them about it,
your statement should have read
call for the pulmotor only after som
one has started artificial respiration
II has been an.Piy demonstrated tha
the pulmosor will not save one singh
life thai cannot be saved by tn
Shaeffer method. This method i
taught by the United States Bureau
of Mines, Red Cross, Boy Scouts an,
oth-r organizations. Resuscitatioi
--Sf the drowning or those shocked b,
electricity, can be done just as eff
ciently by any boy scout rs BY an
apparatus on them arket mt the pres
ent time.
~ DO NOT wish TO decry tn
rulmotor but I do wish to call at
tention to The fact that given
person 10 be resuscitated and know
ing that this life will be saved o
lost in the next few minutes IL i
worse than time wasted to wait 70
any pulmotor. BY the time that ha
arrived on the scene the man i
either dead or well on the way Z
recovery. Emphasize the fact tha
no apparatus is needed. but tha
: coolness. common sense and tn
-haeffer method is essential an
- men get the pulmotor> so that n
one can say, "Well, IL you had tn
pulmotor this case could have bee
saved The pulmotor does save man
uhl labor on the part Of the resus
citator."