Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-04-28
I'm OUR
VALLEY

Music Club will present its annual
musical feast.
The Brownsville Music Club, like
q great many similar organizations.
has NO ieea Of money making on
these annual events. There's moth
ing mercenaiy about them.
The single. sole purpose is to pro-
vide, at least once year, something
good in voice culture. Singers with
reputa'ions as possessors of un-
Usual voices have been obtained for
,he event.
I The event should receive support.
outside artists, brought here from
: 9istant points, are expensive. And
1iose of the Music Club who are
lrranging the event promise that
NE better the evidence Of support.
rom year to year, the better the
9election of artists.
Up at Kewanee, Ill, they are hear
ing nice things about the Lower Rio
;rande Valley of Texas.
4 Several years ago. before so much
attention was paid 70 Florida and its
Possibilities, the Valley usually was
cussed out usually for the faults
If the "cusser" rather than for any
Thing wrong with the country itself.
1 At Kewanee, the Daily Star
Fourier publishes column called
The Rambler" which recently con-
lained the following paragraph.
/ While speaking Of Florida, Tade
'ronau who has just arrived home
from what he SAYS, is the greatest
country in the world, Brownsville,
nd the Rio Grande Valley, in south
Eexas, says that there is a boom
9tarting that is going to put Florida
|in the shade. In Corpus Christi,
EHarlingen, Brownsville, McAllen and
he whole Valley, real estate is sell
ng at fabulous prices, and specula-
tcrs are coming into this country
from Florida in droves. The Rio
Grande Valley is without doubt, the
richest agricultural country in the
world. A silt soil so feet deep with
plenty Of water for irrigation has
caused nearly 100000 people to move
into this country from the north
during the past few years. Tade
says that the hard roads down in
that Valley remind one Of Michigan
avenq on a busy day.
IL.
"BiATim" Murphy. who has de-
cided to Aschew Chicago politics for
Lower Rio Grande dirt which will
produce cabbage, peas. beans. etc,
instead Of muck and slush, has gone
70 Chicago with the avowed purpose
of bringing back with him some
other fellows he believes can be in
terested here.
Which causes US TO wonder IL big
Tim" is going to seek out "Hinky
Dink" and Bathhouse john" if
they are still alive.
Mexico wants to use the water of
the Colorado river of the west for ir-
rigation. The Colorado watershed is
almost entirely in the United States.
And Mexico protests against the
damming of the river. and diversion
of the water.
Much of the water of the Rio
Grande, which feeds the canals Of
the Lower Rio Grande Valley, orig
mates in Mexico. The United States
wants TO continue the use of that
water.
All Of which establishes a very
good grounding for treaty negotia-
items and the conservation o. the
flood waters of the Rio Grande. 70
the continued advantage Of both
sides OF the Rio Grande hUre.
Which was why DR.. Mead of the
reclamation service visited the Val
ley recently. Also why he is visiting
the Colorado river district now.
A total of lit firms and indi-
viduals have contributed to the sup
port Of the publicity fund of the
d1amber Of Commerce, which in
Y fdes the continued operation Of
n lio station KWWG.
q "A pretty good list for the Booster
Club Of the Chamber Of Commerce.
And two additional directors for
the Chamber Of Commerce will be
selected from out CT the bunch.
The Chamber Of Commerce is call
ed upon to fill very important role
in the life of the city. The Valley is
the cxnosure of many ewes. Very
many persona are visiting here. more
are coming. Whether they come in
groups CT individually. the Chamber
Of Commerce serves them in some
way or other.
The first thing the average man
does who is looking for opportunity.
Is to visit the chamber OF commerce
in the city in which he is interested.
That is the fcuntainhead of informa-
tion.
With the development of the Bar
-feda lands looming, also the develop
ment Of the Olmito district, there is
every reason to believe that the next
three years will find the district be-
tween Brownsville and San Benito as
populous, as well developed as the