Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-13
I'm OUR
VALLEY

o. perhaps Is of an inch.
All Of which has made unpaved
streets almost impossible.
But there's relief in sight
Inc weather man announces that
noications for the next few days
re that the weather will be more
ettied, that there will be no more
rain.
A few day of sunshine will do
much to place things back in shape
again.
on weather matters, want
to to0spose of o question from a
writer who signs himself Square
head" He says:
Your challenge to start some
thing is accepted. East is East and
West Is West, but where, oh where,
Is the west coast mentioned daily
in the Texas weather reports? At
least one judge and one school
teacher besides the writer would
like to know"
For purposes Of forecast, the wea-
ther bureau has divided certain ter
ritories into districts.
The forecast for the West Texas
district covers also that territory be-
ginning approximately at Corpus
Christi and extending south 70 the
mouth Of the Rio Grande. That's
the "west coast
The East Texas forecast, out OF
New Orleans, covers also that sec
ton of Texas coast from the Louis
lana line to above Corpus Christi.
THE ANNUAL battle between the
cabbagehead and the orange bios
som Is about to begin in the Lower
Rio Grande Valley.
The cabbagehead, or that part of
It that is left in the fields, emits
! one kind Of odor.
I II Is not in the least an agreeable
lone.
4 The orange blossom is, of course,
blossom of another color-and, oh,
how different as TO scent,
HOW DOES the vote in Cameron
county 20 in relation to the three
major cities-Harlingen, San Benito
and Brownsville?
This column has been asked that
question.
Separating them in the way they
sometimes vote. we find that the
south end of the county has 3,30l
poll tax receipts, exemptions ex-
claded.
That 3.301 is, roughly, the Browns
vile vote. IL includes 500 at Point
Isabel which already has been re-
rarded as a Brownsville precinct"
Harlingen has 2.7so poll tax re-
ceipts, the figure including La
Feria.
San Benito has 1925 poll tax re-
ceipts, including Rio Hondo. Rio
Hondo has always been regarded a
"San Benito precinct" but the open
ing Of a road to Harlingen may give
that city a share of the Rio Hondo
vote.
The three figures account for $50
poll tax receipts. Add fifteen per
cent Cor exemptions, ana you have
the voting strength of the county,
1851 qualified voters.
HERE IS THE WAY the various
precincts have been divided, and
their poll tax figures:
Brownsville-Point Isabel, 800; FL
Jardsn, 243; Media Luna, PAS; Viii
lanueva, al; seven city precincts in
Brownsville, 2256; FL Jardin, s5;
Las Yescas, 81; Southpoint. 20. To-
tai, 1901.
San Benito-Los Fresnos. POT; En-
cantada, 1853; Los Indios, 1o5, Santa
Maria, So; Rio Hondo, S46; four pre-
cincts in the city Of San Benito,
1918. Total, 2,225.
Harlingen - Rangerville. IS; La
Feria, 465; four precincts in the city
of Harlingen. 1855; Santa Rosa;
1872; Wilson Tract. 100; Stuart Place,
1855; Combes, 81; Dishman, 81. To-
tai. 2.7s0.
SCHOOL BOOK publishers are be-
ginning TO recognize the Lower Rio
Grande Valley as a section Texas
school children should know more
about.
With that in view CHM & Com
pany. school book publishers, have
selected some fourteen photographs
of Valley seems, which will be in
corporated in school books at an
early date.
There's q generation coming along
that viii know much more about the
Valley than many Of the older folks
Of other sections Of Texas.
HUNDREDS Of South Texas bank
ers and flying squadron Of out
OF state bankers, will be in the VAL
ley this week end.
They are coming to attend the
South Texas district bankers meet
ing, TO be held in Brownsville.
During which the visitors will be
given an opportunity to see every
section Of the Valley.
Doesn't do any harm for the bank
ers of the country to learn about
section that is using 4 great deal Of
the money Of their clients.
SOMETIMES brief statement is
inadequate.
That happened in history refer
ence in this column Sunday, about
a Civil war incident near Browns
vile.
So Ralph Cowen. Jr., grandson Of
the late Colonel Rip Ford of the
Confederacy, writing to The Herald,
smplifies ID bit.
De saysi
General Lew Wallace was sent
to Brazos Santiago 20 convey pro-
rosals Of separate peace with the
frans-M Mississippi department, to the
confederate commanders ut Browns