Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-11-04

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" WITH THE PLAN to raise the
level ground in the vicinity Of the
8 qlnew Chamber of Commerce build
III ing. on both sides Of the road lead
" ing to the International bridge,
underway there has been much con-
"a versation on the question of, how
81 long will it take to raise the ground
~ to the desired height by pumping
II siit-laden water from the Rio
Il Grande?
4 That's easy, says Commodore Louis
Coboiini after digging around in his
" files and finding some statistics on
reAthe subject.
~ In August. 1914, the city had some
IL difficulty at its filtration plant be-
Il cause Of the heavily silt laden
| waters. II was found that during 36
hours of pumping 100000 gallons
IN of water there was deposited 25 900
~ square feet Of mud.
NJ I'm other words" SAYS Mr.. Cobo-
~ lini. "for syery 500 gallons of water
d pumped from the Rio Grande when
l4 II is in flood. you will get around
Of sixty pounds Of mud"
IN Now. Il you have the time, and
~ feel so inclined, measure off the
~ ground to be covered and escer-
N tain how many pounds will do the
ia trick.
M THE CITY OF Brownsville and
- county of Cameron are figuring
~ toing some joint bond business.
u h city has $4,000 worth Of
Zine Brownsville bonds which
= q rs to dispose Of
Puntv has 100000 in road
II it will put up. for sale
next two weeks.
- Ian is for the city and
- work together, holding
"A . worth Of bonds thus
lk Aiarger number Of bid
- FER words. the bids win
u Cor sale on the 8mc day.
III AXABLE valuations in
,w county have increased ap-
hal Gly S3.000.000 in the past
.e4 ->,c figure Of more than
.s.G00,o00. That'S..tcn per cent.
- "A great deal of the increase has
|NF zen the development that has
r aiken place in the county. Some Of
he increase has been due TO in
pontreased values placed on coast and
f. .ofher prairie lands.
|sT In addition 10 which. the cities Of
fth" county are. certain 10 show
Illencalthy increases in valuations Har-
lam irren expects an increase Of from
100000 to $3.090.O00 and Browns
Pu file anticipates an increase of from
= 100000 to s4.OOO.00O.
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w. MRS. r. OWEN Scott OF Rio
|wn irande Citv. widely known through
CRlut South Texas because Of her ne
! kivitv in the work of the Fercdaiion
pref Womens Clubs. has been elected
ounty superintendent Of schools for
Act1rr county
3gei Every woman in South Texas vino
b5irows Mrs. Scott will applaud her
rntelcction.
R AMONG TUE unusual snecies OF
"a, i'd Cease already shot this season
as the blue goose. also the Far
-o~thern brant.
Tsese varieties are extremely rare
n this section of the coast. accord
" aIin~ 10 hunters.
- Finding the unusual in the way az
\ se game is one Of the lures OF the
Icrhport
nj. The cafes Of Natamoros. by the
'way. "have II on" the cafes Of
Nrevo Laredo.
Nv In the Matamoros cafes. in adj
Hilton to venison. wild turkey and
nuail. there Is found wild goose and
[mwild duck. At Nuevo Laredo. the
ennenu in confined TO venison wild
turkey and quail.
GENERAL FAGG. who has held
--pffices in the United Confederate
@pRveterans. is the steward for the new
PuSiotel FL Jardin Of Brownsville.
Sos General Fagg carries n combina-
ai,ion knife and fork, made Of ster-
Int ing silver. presented to him many
-aears ago bv the Duke Of York
Lriow King George Of England. He
tx pround Of the gift. Of course. ana
ghvonders why the contrivance
7s' By the way. General Fagg once
Ry the way. General Fagg once
pad occasion to order the late
--rheodorc Roosevelt out of his
Kitchen.
~ Colonel Roosevelt had his own
sdeas abortN how something or other
Ehould he cooked. General Fagg also
had his ideas. But. while Colonel
xahsoosevelt was mayor of New York
II was General Fagg's kitchen, and
--ais authority was supreme. The