Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-28
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Now THE VALLEY has produced
an author.
He Is none other than Gentry
Dugst, Of Edinburg.
Dugat is a lawyer, soldier, news
psperman. What better background
for the new role he has assumed,
backed up by scholarship, close re-
ssarch and Temperament.
Dugat'S boos is the Life Of Henry
w. Grady" Georgian, orator and
newspaperman.
The book comprises $50 pages, is
elothbound and treats most thor
oughly of the famous Georgian 5
work a. a private citizen and Of his
influence in politics, where he never
sought an office.
Dugat's book throws many interest
ing sidelights, fairly and connected
ly, upon the reconstruction period
when Grady's ,pratory did much to-
ward recone' estranged sections
following th Se Of the Civil War
THE BO~ is fitting memorial
to the life OF a man whose mem.
ory Is monumented in the construc.
tive journalism he gave the South
and In the peace enticements that
are to be found in his night recorded
addresses. Ny
The biography is beirA distributed
in Atlanta. Ga, Austin. as and
in various bookstores oveA Val.
ley.
PRESS DISPATCHES from ice
City today announce that q e
Lindbergh passed over Matamo.
Don't get excited.
II wasn't the Matamoros that \
know.
1t was another Matamoros, dowr
in the state Of Puebla.
There are many cities named
Matameros, down in Mexico.
But there's only one "Heroic
Matamoros," and that's just across
the river from Brownsville.
NOW the search is on along the
Rio Grande for "lost waters"
Engineers want to know what be.
comes Of volumes Of water that pass
a given point but fail to show up 4
hundred miles OF so farther along
That's up in the Eagle Pass-La,
redo section.
Searches for lost water indicate
that more and more a demand is be
ing made along the Rio Grande fol
water for irrigation and other pur'
poses.
The time is coming when every
nal lire. particularly the main ca
e. will be lined with concrete to
~ bcent seepaFe. That will serve q
dual purpose. one being the preven-
tion Of waterloFging, another the loss
Of needed water.
A considerable amount of this lin.
ing of canals is going on at tn
time. As time goes on. the demand
for it will grow.
II may have to come before there
is water conservation via the stor.
age route.
TX ~ tiEh ia lNlS COluHlF
suggested that the time has come
when someone should establish fill.
ing stations for the benefit of those
owning and operating patent cigar
ette and cigar lighters.
Now comes 7. Dorman. local jewel.
er, with the announcement that he
has invested in a 35-cent can Of the
necessary combustible and his fillinR
station is now open and ready FOL
service.
TWELVE DAYS now since Old So
went behind the clouds in the Lower
Rio Grande Valley.
In the last two days he mas
threatened 10 show his face again
But only threatened. At this hour
he has shown up briefly in the east,
ern sky--and promptly returned bach
of the vapor.
Wet weather AZ this time is good
growing weather. Markets are not
demanding stuff that's in the field
and growing products will be helped
Watch for n heavy resumption o.
shipments right after the first Of
the year.
NEWS comes fron Mexico City
via Washington that the Mexican
government has granted n concession
for an air mail line from Mata.
moroS 20 Mexico City and from Mex.
leo Cify to fha Cuafeu,aia hnvSar
Which means that a Mexican com
psny is preparing 70 establish reg
ular service between the American
terminal al Brownsville and rhs
capital OF the republic.
Now remains the arrangements for
American service from Washington
70 Brownsville.
And also. there remains the prob
lem Of n suitable airport in or near
Brownsville.
The Brownsville city commission /:
now az work or this matter.
Proposes to call an election e
vote on q bond issue OF 100000 FOL
the purpose.
4 square mile o. ground is neees
sary. Also. need buildings 70 house
airplAnes and other facilities.
The en- re project Is moving aheat
rapidly.
No obstacles should be permitted
70 interfere.
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