Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-09-19
I'm OUR
VALLEY

IN The EARLY DAYS, say ten
years ago, the chieagoan visited the
Mexican border for excitement.
In this good year. 1927. the border
man visits Chicago. if he wants ex-
element and adventure.
W. L. Pendergraft. former Browns
vile newspaperman, but now with
the Lone Star Broadcasting Com
pany, was in Chicago a few days
ago.
He was az the Chicago postoffice,
on the sidewalk.
He heard the pop of six guns.
hslf block away pedestrians be-
gan moving rapidly, in oil directions.
Like whirlpool Of water, the great
est disturbance was at a center about
half a block from Pendergraft. II
finally reached the outside Of a cir
Gle.
Pendergraft, hearing guns, stepped
behind q convenient telephone or
light pole.
~ WAS ALL Wv LR IN tniAbS sc~-
onds. Pendergraft said. Two band
its were dead. Another was believed
wounded. Two or three pedestrians
had been shot.
The bandits had attacked a post
office automobile truck in the belief
that there was loot TO be had. And
IL all occurred at IL o'clock in the
morning. broadest sort of daylight,
in the heart of Chicago.
Whoever heard Of such thing on
this border in these civilized times
Ten years ago a thousand Illinois
cavalry, national guardsmen, were IN
Brownsville. They came on an ad-
venture. None Of them never wit
messed as much excitement IN six
months in Brownsville as Fender
graft of Brownsville witnessed in
six seconds in Chicago.
SPEAKING OF RICE. the San Be-
nito Light says:
"The Brownsville Herald suggests
that old-timers cannot get enthusiast
tic about the rice-growing expert
ment being conducted near San Be
nito by Glenn Crigler. II says
Brownsville remembers early rice
growing projects and the dismantled
mill which is a monument 70 failure.
Possibly the attitude is due to the
exaggerated stories sent out about
beginning of a great industry being
seen in the rice planting. Mr.. Crig-
ler and those who are following the
experiment have no plans to per-
suade Valley farmers to make one
great rice field of this district. Rice
growing IN small acreages, on care
fully selected land. for seed produc-
tion is the basis Of the trial.
"The Herald points ont that sec
ond and third paintings OF rice on
the same land produced decreasing
yields. Mr.. Crigler's idea is to grow
rice only one year on the land and
TO follow with corn and cotton the
next two years.
"THE TEXAS Experiment Sta
tion," continues the Light. sis con-
Quoting some tests now with rice
growing 10 stop spread of cotton
root rot Preliminary tests have in
dicated that planting rice and the
consequent flooding of the fields is
one way 20 eliminate root rot from
fields where cotton has been grown
fer several seasons.
"If q farmer who has some acre
age showing cotton root rot can grow
seed rice on ID for . season, make
some money on the rice and elimi-
rate root rot the idea is profitable.
The matter is sn experiment year,
but sn interesting one"
Mr.. Crigler's experiment is GER
tsinly a worthwhile one. Never
learn without experimentation. The
trouble 25 years ago in rice culture
around Brownsville. was that they
went shsad without regard for rota-
tion of crops. Perhaps II they had
seen 20 drainage and rotation, as is
sureested BY Mr.. Crigler's undertsk-
ing, there might have been a differ
ent story.
fer November and 5, in Browns
! Vile and Hsrlingen.
4 One is that of the South Texas
u Chamber of Commerce. 20 meet in
Brownsville.
\ The other is the Intracosstal Canal
ID Association, to meet one day in Har-
H lingen, one day in Brownsville.
So N request has gone out for the
South Texas body to change its day.
in view of the fact that the canal
meet will be attended by persons
from far away, mostly federal and
canal officials. many of whom may
already have set aside that engage
ment. The South Texans can more
easily adjust themselves TO n change
az dates. A reasonable request
There will be very many who will
want 70, attend both meets.
JOHN Fl. SHARY announces a huge
canning and packing project for San
Renito. Home folks are doing their
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