Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-08
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events, each to have a crowd OF its
own.
And the forecast proved correct.
McAllen had a celebration and a
big crowd.
Reynosa had a bullfight-and
drew a crowd.
Brownsville had the biggest
Fourth Of July celebration Of Its
history.
And it, too, had about as large
crowd in attendance as 1t could
very we'll handle.
Give the folks a holiday. Give
them something to see OF DO on that
holiday-and they'll foregsther.
The Fourth Of July was real
event in the Valley this year.
Those who handled the various
celebrations are to be congratulated
for the success.
INCIDENTALLY, there was some
thing of a police record. on the
Fourth.
The Brownsville police depart
ment made only two arrests, al
though the crowd was one of the
largest in the city's history, not be-
ing exceeded by that which gathered
TO hear President-elect Warren G..
Harding when he spoke in Browns
vile Armistice Day, November, 1920.
There was one automobile wreck,
Uith no one injured.
But what they did to the soda
pop bottles, the ice cream cones, the
hot dogs and hamburgers, was
s-plenty.
THERE HAS BEEN much specula-
tion among cotton growers in the
Valley as to the nature of a dis
ease that has caused considerable
damage to the plant.
Paul Cowan, instructor IN voca-
tional agriculture at Donna. set him
self the task of running it down.
Here is his report on the mat
ter:
Considerable discussion concern
ing the disease attacking cotton IN
the Rio Grande Valley and other
sections of South Texas seem 20
have an air Of mystery. This dis
ease is not a new one, hut is simp-
~ more pronounced than during
most seasons.
"Dr. J. J. Taubenhaus Of the
Texas Experiment Station has just
returned from Robstown and states
that the disease is angular leaf spot
and that the infection is fully fif-
teen per cent. II is also known as
bacterial blight or black arm. Some
people call it rust but it is not a
rust at all, but q bacterial disease.
Or. Taubenhaus states that at Cor
pus Christi the disease seems TO
have reached its peak ard that the
dry weather has checked its spread"
THE FIRST FEW DAYS Of the
coming week will see 1000 bales Of
cotton ginned.
That means some $4,000 into the
pockets of cotton growers and their
help. Including the seed return, of
course.
With the weather favorable, pick
ing will be going into full steam
within another ten days.
Cotton observers in the Valley
are unwilling to make production
forecasts.
They point out. among other
things. that the actual acreage Is
unknown.
So much dry land cotton in that
information on planting was diff
cult to get together.
However. there have been esti-
mates. All the way from $4,000
bales to 10000, causing some TO
place the figure definitely at around
$4,000 bales.
Even they might be shooting at
the noon
In the meantime, let's forget
forecasts and bend efforts to get
the crop 70 the gin.
TEXAS is large, . very large
state.
There is a great deal of road con-
struction going on throughout its
2s7.0O0 square miles Of territory.
Down in the extreme southeast
norton Of TeXas-in the Lower Rio
Crande Valley-there are three
counties that loom extremely large
in this road building program.
They are Cameron, aidalgo and
Willacy counties.
They have voted some s15,0o0.O00
in bonds for extension Of hard-sur-
faced roads.
To benefit the farmer and the
population generally.
Mere than six hundred miles Of
road will be built under the various
issues, of which some 400 or more
will be in Hidalgo county. some 200
in Cameron, and about fifty in Will
lacy county.
The Valley will not be stopped
in Its race forward.
". r. MONTGOMERY lives at
Edinburg.
Holds q seat in the state legisla-
ture as representative from Hi
dalgo county.
But thinks along 4 valley-wide
basis.
He has come TO be known as
something Of a "war-horse" in state
political matters. Even though his
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