Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-26
FINAL
EDITION
I'm OUR
VALLEY

The HARCILL PROGRESS and
the Willacy County News at Ray
mondville are quite jubilant over the
formation of WiIlacy County Water
Control and Improvement District
No. 1.
4 AS they have every right to be.
1 1t is the outstanding announce
1 ment Of the year in Valley agricui-
tural development circles.
An irrigation development or any
other development involving as much
as s7,500.00O is no small undertaking.
The acreage involved numbers 130,-
900.
The source of supply will be flood
waters of the Rio Grande.
They will be carried from the
river north by means Of gravity
bitches.
Reservoirs to hold these waters
will cover some 10000 acres. The
reservoir capacity will be 250,0oO
ere feet.
Eighty per cent df the land in the
fstrict will be irrigated by gravity
| tow.
h 1t is proposed to complete the sys-
h m in three years.
TEN YEARS Ago when the coun-
~ was in the grip of the influenza
pidemic, there was a great demand
tor oranges and lemons.
The juices of the fruits were found
helpful in combating the disease.
And il is worthy OF notice that in
the Valley this year there is much
talk Of the benefits derived from
using grapefruit juice in fighting off
colds and mild attacks Of the "flu."
No serious cases Of influenza have
been reported in the Valley.
Perhaps the use Of grapefruit and
orange juices have had something to
do With ii.
Physicians have endorsed the use
} Of those juices for the purpose.
At all events, there is plenty OF
fruit available; no such shortage as
existed in 1918.
Up at Mission Albert Stewart
asank hot grapefruit juice to combat
cold.
But, Of course, when one is i'll he
shouldn't try anything without the
advice Of his physician.
r. 3. CREAGER has resigned as
Cameron county's representative In
the work 70 secure a harbor for the
Valley.
He was appointed to the place by
the commissioner court last spring,
following the death of Commodore
Louis Cobolini, the original ap-
pointee. The salary was fixed at
$4,000 n year.
Mr.. Cobolini was named the repre-
sentative Of the county at the same
= time that Roy Miller Of Corpus
Christi was put on the county's pay
roll at $2.400 a year as the county's
contribution toward the maintenance
ef the work Of the Interstate Cana!
association, seeking to extend the
iutracoastal canal southwark from
Corpus Christi to the Rio Grande and
M the Arroyo Colorado to Harlingen.
NEXT SATURDAY San Benito and
contiguous ''loose territory" will hold
an election.
On the question Of issuing $780,
o00 IN bonds for the development Of
terminals Tor harbor at Point Isa-
bel.
San Benito was anxious 10 join
into the plan for the creation OF a
harbor on the nearby coast, but pre-
ferred TO carry out its own plans
rather than to join in the Browns
vile navigation district project.
So the commissioners cou;. was
uetitioned to authorize the district.
Election was set for Saturday, De-
cember 20.
The San Benito project, IL approv-
ed. will not bear any share Of the
EXPENSE of government aid. All that
has been assumed by the Brownsville
district. provided the channel is con-
Y structed to run direct from Brazos
Santiago pass to point about five
miles from Brownsville.
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