Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-26
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THE HARGILL PROGRESS and
the Willacy County News at Ray
mondville are quite jubilant over the
formation of Willacy County Water
Control and Improvement District
No. 1.
AS they have every right to be.
IL is the outstanding announce
ment Of the year in Valley agricul-
tural development circles.
An irrigation development or any
other development involving as much
as s7,500.O 900 is no small undertaking.
The acreage involved numbers $780,
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,Oo0
acre feet.
Eighty per cent df the land in the
district will be irrigated by gravity
flow.
1t is proposed to complete the sys-
TEN in three years.
TEN YEARS AGO when the coun-
try was in the grip of the influenza
epidemic. there was a great demand
for 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 il.
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
irank hot grapefruit juice to combat
a cold.
But, Of course, when one is i'll he
shouldn't try anything without the
advice of his physician.
q. B. CREAGER has resigned as
Cameron county''s representative In
the work to secure a harbor for the
Valley.
He was appointed TO the place by
the eommissi oners' court last spring.
following the death Of Commodore
Louis Cobolini. the original ap-
pointee. The salary was fixed at
5000 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 s2,400 q year as the county's
contribution toward the maintenance
OF the work OF the Interstate Canal
association. seeking to extend the
intracoastal canal southwark from
Corpus Christi to the Rio Grande and
up the Arroyo Colorado 70 Harlingen.
NEXT SATURDAY San Benito and
contiguous "loose territory" will hold
an election.
On the question of issuing $780,
600 in bonds for the devel opment of
terminals Cor a harbor at Point Isa-
bel.
San Benito was anxious to 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 court was
petitioned to authorize the district.
Election was set for Saturday, De-
cs.aser %.
The San Benito project, If approx
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-
structed to run direct from Brazos
Santiago pass to a point about five
miles from Brownsville.
". J. wITTENBURG, farmer Of
near Alamo. has just completed mar
keting $644 worth of carrots from
two acres of land, according 10 the
Alamo News.
The crop was two months from
planting time to the harvest.
"An income Of sl60 per month per
acre. ard the same land can now be
planted to some other winter crop"
says the News.