Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-08-11
I'm OUR
VALLEY

JUST ~ ORDINARY, everyday
blowing up Of n sunken ship in or
der % remove It. isn't story enough
fsr local Newspaper reporter.
x srdsr 20 add zest and interest
10 she event. scheduled in Brazos
Santiago Pass, off Point Isabel, q
few days SeIes. hs suggests that the
coG2aay which owned the old ship
sscars m inisnsticn.
Tbs injunciion. he points out,
ssea.d Geek 70 pssveat the blowing
7p {. the OLE ship.
And why revent r,sstf
Te Which he rsrass. We'll. irs
ssid there 10 still some wi=s isft
- The es<yo chat the skip carried
vh~n !. want dawa in Q storm after
tsx,sSing q lssk-- and who waits 30
10 re: year old wine Gest-syedi"
ANYHOW. TKEY AaE constantly
ftzSng IsSsss ds~> ihsrs IN the old
Ssfbsr, which 10 andergo.E. i'm
prrv.n,st preliminary 20 .asump-
aon of sa.spi5G-
JEsii railrssd transportation came
}ato B.oxAsvills baeA in .e04, water
transportation o. de adjacent coast
wep ,hs main Touts Of r-atsi. Cor
freight and passengers.
In tie sixty or seventy years that
preSsdsd tie s--ivat Of stesi ras.s,
share Eas g continual arrival and
dspaYtrrs Of shipt. isrge and small
fr sGSa long period Of time
-t arc must nGvs been q nur4her OF
r@iEog disSs.srs taat pa. this coast
IL the rsvs 81 he day.
Ecs=cs Island was q troop sta
tior for a considerable period. Cen
ersl Sheridan built a railroad tresrI-
from there across 20 the mainland
Some Of its remains may still be
seen down near the mouth of the
Rio Grande.
BROWNSVILLE, IN those days
following the Civil War, was an
even more important commercial
port for Mexico than il Is today.
Great quantities. Of merchandise
arrived from American ports des-
tined for Mexico. Also even more
from European ports, coming
through in bond and en- route 70
Mexico.
They were loaded on OK carts. and
started for the interior. travelling
hundreds of miles in trains. Some
times as many as a hundred teams in
single train.
Those were great days along the
border.
And agitation for a bigger and
better harbor at Brazos Santiago
was even more aggressive than ii Is
today. 'y
ADVERTISING FOR the Valley
finds its way out in devious forms.
Will Fl. Mayes Of Brownwood. con-
ducting a column in the Brownwood
Nev~s called "Texas and Texans" he
writes a paragraph on the plan in
Brownsville by which merchants and
other business interests will offer
several hundred dollars in prizes for
the best kept farm in FL Jardin.
Suggests that IL Is a thing that is
well worth the carrying out in other
parts OF the state.
COTTON CONTINUES "a move TO
The gins in the Lower Rio Grande
Valley. Probably considerable more
thrr hals the crop has been ginned.
TSe valley this year. It is be-
lieved. WI produce something like
10000 baiss. o. about half the crop
that was expected from the reduced
acreage,
Seventy thousand bales ut an av-
srnL- OF . hundred dol.-rs a bale
ziil bring the VALLEY something like
Ss.n0n.000 70 its cotton
The farmer will not receive the
~hoi sinount. % coarse. for the
picker 10 oeinG paid. sn; SC IL the
gianer. But Il al stayt IN tbs Val
ley. And bat kslps the Val!s-.
No Sssrth cf pisSers rAls yeRr No
complaint Of shortage anywhere. RIO
Frantic running s5out rsd offering
kcf bon5rs-. And pieVers are re-
reivinx from TS cents TO \ Gollar
Asr hundred.