Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-08-18
I'M OUR
VALLEY

TOO BAD, WASN'T It, that a
Pathe newsreel, or Fox or an In
transitional, couldn't have been at
Padre Island the other day when a
charge Of dynamite. placed in the
bowels Of a derelict, sent a stream
OF water, broken wine bottles and
corks two hundred feet into the air ?
z And IL the diver had made it
known exactly when the charge
would be set off, doubtless there
would have been several thousand
persons present, to witness the
spectacle.
But he withheld that information.
}RE very apparent reasons. Afraid
No crowds would get too close, that
someone might have been drowned
Tor otherwise injured.
Some had secuted the advance in-
formation about the wine-laden
boat. But it was there. The few
who had the privilege of witnessing
the spectacle brought eOrks to prove
| These corks smelled strongly Of
~ine-wine fifty years old, perhaps
much older. Who knows:
THAT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
lSehicle accident on the bridge south
Iof McAlien the other day proves
again the very serious consequences
that follow the failure of animal
drawn vehicles to carry lights.
Probably half the accidents and
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have been caused by failure TO OBJ
serve two important laws Of the
road; one, that about speeding. the
other that requiring all vehicles to
have lights.
| In the case of the Sunday night
accident the automobile was travel
ling south. The reports did not indi-
leste the direction taken by the
ihorse-drawn vehicle. They came to-
lgether. Both vehicles went over the
lrail into water ten or twelve feet
below.
TWO YEARS AGO, on September
rs, 1925, Elizabeth street at a point
about four blocks west Of the belt
line railroad. was made impossible
ITO traffic for hours following a
lheavy rainstorm.
The city Is now correcting that
situation, permitted by a bond issue
for storm and sanitary sewers.
A thirty-six storm water pipe is
being run from the Missouri Pacific |
main tracks. on Fronton street. down |
Vest Fourth street, TO discharge in |
6, the city resaca.
That particular section has long
needed the protection that viii be
given By that drain. Remember back
In 1912 when there was a great row
In the city council of that time over
the flooding Of a large section of
West Brownsville. This drain will
relieve most Of that territory. West
Brownsville had but a half dozen
homes at that time.
HOW THE VALLEY Is preparing |
70 forget the unsatisfactory cotton
s.op is indicated in an article in The
HIargill Progress which says in part: |
"Thst the Mestenas tract will pro-
Huce more winter vegetables the /
coming winter and spring than has
ever before been produced in the
'non-irrigated section of the Valley
Is seen by the extensive land prep
saration now going forward.
"It makes no difference which way |
you travel out of Hargill one can
isee farm tracts, ranging In size from
five to a hundred acres put In first
class condition awaiting favorable
lplanting season"
What is being done in the unirri-
gated section is also being carried
on In the irrigated area.
I Seedbeds are going in, or are al
ready in. Soon cabbage plants will
BE set out. As the weeks so by
lother crops will begin 70 make their
appearance above the surface Of the
| X ound.
Farming is an all-year round OPP
Grafton in the lower Rio Grande
Valley.
HARGILL. EDCoUCH, Elsa and
fsther new towns between Edinburg
and Harlingen and between Edinburg
and Raymondvile. have a new
service.
They are n"w receiving electric
light and powt- from the central
plant OF the Central Power 4 Light
Company at San Benito.
II has been but few years back
since small. young communities such
lns these went without these facili-
ties. II they had them, they usually
were only a night service. The
,tretching Of light wires over the
Valley makes possible a twenty-four
hour service for all Of them.
THE BOARD OF education Of Mis-
slon is proud Of it's public school
ieystem. And rightly so.
There's one reason for something
new that the board has done.
II has published a Catalogue Of
Che Mission Public Schools" giving
details such as the school calendar.
sacts as 70 the tax rate and property
valuations, report Of the school ex-
xminer, tuition rates, classification
and other similar information.
The faculty and assignments are
listed. There are photographs Of
The various schools. The various
courses offered are named.
The catalogue was prepared By
Superintendent Sid l. Hardin and is