Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-01-03
IN OUR
VALLEY

kDWARD n. HURLEY, former chair
- man of the United States Shipping
Board, has discovered Southwest Texas,
and particularly the coast country be-
tween Corpus Christi and Brownsville.
In San Antonio Mr.. Hurley is quot
ed as predicting: "Texas will expert
ence period of real estate and indus
trial development far exceeding that
of Florida"
Mr.. Hurley has been interested in
Florida real estate. He has realized
on his holdings there, and feeling that
southwest Texas, and particularly the
coast are now due for real estate actiy-
lty. he is looking the country over.
Rio Grande Delta real estate men
have long believed Mr.. Hurley be-
iieves. Constantly they return from
Florida convinced that the Delta and
the lower coast has everything to Of
Ter that may be found in Florida
E
Many men Of national prominence
other than Mr. Hurley have been con
WINGED that what has happened in Flor
ida is likely to be repeated here.
Benjamin +. Yoakum retired rail
roader. was perhaps the first man to
see it. That was over 20 years ago.
Colonel Uriah Lott, now gone preceded
Yoakum. we believe.
More recently William D. Williams.
chairman Of the board of the Missouri
Pacific. and T. ". Baldwin, its prcsi-
dent have seen it. Still more recently
it has come strongly to the attention
of William &. Sproule, president of tn.
Southern Pacific company, and w r.
Scott. president Of the Southern Pa
cfic Lines in Texas and Louisiana.
The late Julius krutts schnitt, before
retiring as head Of the Southern Pacif-
ic. set in motion the wheels for cxten-
sion Of the Southern Pacific into this
territory.
Constantly there are rumors Of great
development undertakings along the
lower coast. They name Padre Island
and the contiguous mainland. They name
the King ranch holdings, the Kennedy
holdings, all that country from the
mouth Of the Rio Grande to the Arroyo
Colorado. and from there on up the
coast to Corpus Christi.
The recent announcement that an OPP
tion has been given on the Barreds
9500-acre tract between Brownsville and
San Benito. is only a forerunner Of
some big deals to come
One may predict that before long it
will be impossible for any one to refer
to the country between Olmito and San
Benito as "waste land" II is far from
being waste. Its development has
only been delayed awaiting satisfactory
selling conditions. Perhaps these con
ditions are now M hand
Old Sol peeped out from behind the
clouds Saturday afternoon for the first
time since Christmas day
While We were glad to see his shin
ing face again, We were just as we'll
pleased that he remained hidden. Had
he come out earlier in the week he
might have been the unconscious cause
of worry. As it is. the recent freeze
has caused a minimum amount Of dam
age. Trees and other plant life emere.
ed safely after a season of eXtraOrdi-
narily bad weather.
And. remember, following the freeze
of last December G924) the Valley
shipped more than $4,000 carloads Of
citrus fruits and vegetables. That was
more than any previous year in the his
The Herald had no telegraph service
between Tuesday morning at 1920
O'Clock and Saturday morning at 1920
o'clock
All telegraphic communication be-
tween Brownsville and the country north
OF Harlingen was out on account Of
broken wires.
In the interim The Herald cndeavor-
ed to give the best it had in the shop
in the way Of news.
Of course. our readers realized the
situation, and they bore with us Won
derfully, and we appreciate it. The con-
dition was beyond our control, Of
course.
And it was a happy crowd in The
Herald editorial rooms when the teie-
graph key began clicking away merrily
Saturday morning The first dispatch
in our days news was the weather fore
cast.
Think of the men who look after
your convenience. Think Of the tele-
graph linemen. the telephone linemen,
the electric and power linemen.
Think of them getting out in tn teeth
Oh the cold, handling wires heavii,
coated with ice trying their mightest
to get them back into working shape
for your convenience
They were the first out in the gale
Tuesday night. They labored through
the night, and through the following
day. Duty called them, and out they
went while most of us sought the
warmth of fires. Our task was one of
keeping the home fires burning. but
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