Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-11
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VALLEY


THE BROWNSVILLE Chamber Of
Commerce issues another call for
automobiles.
Needs them for use Saturday
when large delegation Of American
Legion men. taking a side trip to
Valley following the convention at
San Antonio, will arrive in this
section.
Every other chamber or commerce
IN the Valley Is also receiving regis
tration.
The usual cooperation is being fol-
lowed IN the entertainment of the
vitiors.
Car from every town win be in
two motorcadcs.
There will. he two groups % the
visitors.
Cars IN the western end or the
Valley will pick up the legion men
at tdinburg.
Going TO Progreso.
Cars from the eastern end will
pick up their visitors AZ Brownsville
And 70 70 Progreso.
There the two groups ~ cars will
exchange passengers. Returning
thence TO their starting point.
WILLACY COUNTY has financed
and is building roads across the
county, vest ard east and north and
south.
Now they are planning on another
system.
Want roads northwest and south
east. southwest and northeast
across the county.
The road to the southeast corner
would give closer connection with
Rio Hondo and Point Isabel.
To the northwest closer route Il
the Falfurrias road.
"The highway bug has bit Will
lacy county citizens good and hard
tsys the Willacy County News in
announcing the new plan.
THE CORPUS CHRISTI CALLER
has the following to say with refer
ence to the proposed Brownsville-to-
the-Gulf ship channel:
The Port of Corpus Christi Is
going to have a new neighbor pretty
soon, II the recommendation Of Al
special committee OF the Browns
vile Chamber Of Commerce are car
ried out. construction Of terminal
facilities at I'll Jardn tract. the
dredging of channel from Brazos
Santiago pass ta 'dfstauce OF seven
teen miles), providing lands for
n government uses. and the matching
Of funds 10 he appropriated BY the
federal government. are recommend
ed in a report filed by the COMMITTEES
the other day.
'To make this possible. the COM
mittee advocates the issuance of
bonds in the amount Of $4,000. 900.
\ The channel would be sixteen feet
n in depth, as recommended BY army
engineers. and the annual mainten-
enee cost is estimated at sl50,0O0.
4 "a PORT at the southern tip of
Texas should prove TO be a profit
able investment. 1t j. close to $50
\ miles from Corpus Christi to Brazos
an
tory which each port has to draw
from, there should be room enough,
and TO spare, for both.
Ports along the Atlantic coast
4 Of the United States are frequently
only few miles apart, and yet each
Y thrives without detriment to the
others.
AT any rate the question Of loca
tion is one for army engineers and
the people of the Lower Rio Grsnde
Valley to secide."
THE sl50.O0O maintenance fund
mentioned by the Caller II not for
the Brownsville channel. but for the
the channel across the Laguna
Madre. which would be subject 10
, shoaling.
Those behind the channel move
ment point 10 the fact that the soil
along the mainland channel is Of
such nature that X will not require
maintenance for some years. and
comparatively little after that
The Brownsville channel Is not :
new idea. by any means.
"Old timers" recall that il has
been. advocated at various times dur
inE the past fifty years. and even
back in the fifties of the past cen
1 tury.
= The present movement Is. how
ever, the first in an organized way.
W B. L. JARVIS. in charge Of NAY.
United States naval radio station at
Fcrt Brown. i leading a movement
for observance az Navy Day in the
} Valley. October - is Navy Day.
Mr.. Jarvis has arranged for broad
least of programs over radio station
,KNWG of Brownsville ard station
jkRGV at Harlingcn.
II Whatever the rest OF the coun-
try does on Navy Day, il will GER
tanly hear from the program ar
& ranged by the local representatives
Of the great American navy.
LOUISE SNOW spent most Of her
4 rirIhood up around Lyford.
\ She attended University Of Texas.
In between times she served as an
! assistant clerk in the Legislature.
In time she became Mrs. Louise
Snow Phinney. Mr.. Phinney was
: chief clerk and she served as his
assistant.
Then Mrs. Phinney became chief
clerk. Now Mrs. Phinney issues
4 statement that she will be candi.
Y date for chief clerk when the house
eonvenes in January.
NJ Phinnau Is n si.tnr nf WI