Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-07-19
I'm OUR
VALLEY

WONDER II THE publicity ex-
q employed BY the Chicago rodeo.
be staged by the Chicago AS
siation of Commerce next month,
ms rodeos mixed with his bull
hts,
sends out thrilling publicity
the coming event. reading
hildren may ride the old
in the south pasture but
doggone good eowhand to
bn the back of one of the Mex
Brahms steers which are con-
1onsd up for the Chicago rodeo.
These animals. raised below the
ican border, are considered by
cattlemen as the most vicious
lers that walk on four feet.
hate anything that looks like
ban and their principal ambition
life seems to be to gore or
Pmpie to death anybody that goes
n them. They are so vicious that
is necessary TO put brass knobs
their horns before they can be
Shipped TO keep them from hooking
faeh other to death.
more THAN A hundred Of these
apimals, picked for their size and
Strength, are now on a ranch AZ
Y hugwater, Wyo.. being fed up and
fnditioned for their rodeo. They
III be shipped into Soldier Field
eek ahead of the contests.
These animals, weighing over
200 pounds apiece not only buck
ke an outlaw brone, but they also
anage to sweep their horns quite
bng ways back over their shoulders
their efforts to get at the riders.
when the steer riding contests
re ol in the arena il is necessary to
|eep a dozen cowboys mounted on
prses in there to herd the steers
th stretching
conceive OF tho
bf. and the stand
11eMe picadors. does it?
wonder what Al MeFad-
- towboys. up around Victoria.
mink Of the Chicago publicity mans
[ce inception of a Brahma steer.
GAS PIPE HAS been scattered
|nver sidings all over extreme South
Texas for the past two or three
months.
And pipe has been laid almost as
u rs IL has been received.
'he Rio Grande V!iey Gas Com
s.ny. which Is undertaking to supply
Natural gas to the Lower Rio Grande
Valley. started work something like
two months ago. and although about
i70 miles of feeder line had TO be
built. the date on which gas will be
>0ailable is almost in sight.
With natural Tas available. there
be little left to want for to
te the Lower Rio Grande Valley
the front rank of sections having
HtfN tuOutIU
There are modern high power
lines.
First class railroad transportation
R rpanies-
= irrigation districts that supply
water.
telephone systems that connect
Valley with the rest Of the
Id.
telegraph service.
bout 15O miles Of paved high
wsvs and 400 miles more in sight
within the next two or three years.
Towns with local sanitary and
water systems.
What more has Dallas or Hous-
ton or Fort Worth or San Antonio
or any other city?
The groundwork has been and is
being done.
It's up to the various cities 10
work toward the realization Of
their destinies.
HARLINGEN. endeavoring 10 beau
stify the fair grounds. has employed
W. c. King. landscape architect. 70
inaugurate and carry out the work.
Landscaping is destined TO re-
ceive more and more attention in
the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
The section certainly should have
the most luxuriant gardens ana
lawns.
II should be done scientifically.
II che most is to be had cut of the
effort 70 be made.
Many Is the time that visitor
has remarked over the fact tnat
everything seems to grow so won
derfuliy here in the Valley. vet
little attention. comparatively, has
been given in the matter Of lawns.
and parks.
Make the towns and country green.
The greerer the better.
CITRUS TREE dIsting Is being