Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-08
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for road purposes, is getting ready
to rush through its program.
Voted q million dollars for the
purpose q few weeks ago.
And has just let contract for 2s.e
miles of construction, which will
pretty we'll cover the McAllen terri
tory with paved highways.
Contract calls for expenditure OF
s734,527.
This adds another road district in
Hidalgo county 10 the list already
busy on construction.
The others are the Mercedes-Edin-
burg district and the Weslaeo dis
trict.
Cameron county. out OF its issue
of $4,000. 900, is preparing to let con-
tracts for another million dollars
worth of roads.
The Valley IL spending, will spend,
or has spent, something like $l5,-
100000 for roads. includes the Will
lacy county figures.
All OF which, when completed, will
add materially to the assessed valu-
stions of the Valley, already well
over $1o0.ooo,ooo.
COLONEL BEN GORDON WHITE
HEADS paper. the Rio Grande Sun,
Of Pharr, says:
That HidaIgo county leads Valley
counties in taxes collected for 1927
That the total from October !,
1927, to March 30. 1928, was $l.l66,-
00s.57-
That the population OF Hidalgo
county is about $1,000
That employees Of the tax collect
or's office says that the county's per-
eentIge of poll tax payments for
population is the Valleys largest.
All of which is all right.
But this column some time ago
estimated Hidalgo county's popula.
tion at $4,000.
Came along Leslie Neal, manager
Of the Edinburg Chamber Of Com
merce, that the figure is an under
estimate.
Asserted Hidalgo county had 100,-
900 population.
Now, what this column would like
TO know is, who's right?
The Suns estimate OF $4,000. The
Herald's estimate of 10000, or Mr..
Meals estimate of 100000?
VALLEY physicians, surgeons and
others have gone to Galveston to
attend the Texas association annual
meeting.
They have gone determined to
bring with them the state conven-
tion for 1929.
The invitation is extended from the
Valley.
The business sessions will be held
doctors will range over the Valley.
The Cameron and Hidalgo societies
have Joined in extending the invita-
tion.
The Valley. with a liberal sprink-
ling Of hospitals. a fine corps Of
physicians, and wonderfully heal
thy climate, will welcome the medi-
cos with open arms.
TWO THOUSAND telephone sta
tons in the Brownsville exchange.
Which means that the limit Of
the board capacity has been reach
ed, and the Southwestern Telephone
company announces that two new
operators positions will be installed
at once.
A steady increase in the number
of telephones installed in Browns
Vile is being noticed.
An increase ranging from fifteen
TO twenty-five q month.
Brownsville should, according 10
It's population, have a much larger
total.
The situation il due TO the large
percentage Of the population that
has not yet come 70 telephones.
Over in Mstamoros there soon will
Be q telephone exchange. Perhaps
IL will connect with the Brownsville
system. After which the telephone
system may reasonably expect a
large number Of new connections.
Business between Brownsville and
the Mexican city certainly will be
facilitated and largely increased with
the installation Of system in Mata-
horos.
SPEAKING OF telephones in Mex
ico. il is now possible to eommuni-
cate with most Of the Mexican cities
of Importance by telephons.
The Mexican Telephone & Tele-
graph Co., n Bell telephone sub
sidiary, is constructing numerous
long distance lines.
One is now building between Mon
terrey and Tampico.
Soon there will be a line between
Matamors and Victoria, connecting
Matamorcs with the capital and with
Tampico. Also with Monterrey.
Officials Of Matamros who wish to
speak with Mexico City may do 50
now by putting the connection
through Brownsville. This is a direct
lien to Laredo. whence connection is
riven with Mexico City.
THIS COLUMN predicted some
time ago that Sheriff Snow OF Will
lacy county. who has increased his
fame as a wild game hunter by
lassoing Mexican lions. would be in
yited, in time, to join some expedi-
tion into the wilds Of Africa.
That invitation has not arrived.
But there's one almost as good.
He has been asked to join an ex-
pedition of the Smithsonian Institu-
tion Of Washington into Mexico to
capture certain types Of animals.
The animals are wanted alive. un-