Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-05
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ORDINARILY, hurricanes which
strike the Texas or Louisiana coasts
pass through the Yucatan channel
in their leisurely movement west
northwest
Which caused some speculation
the other day when a tropical dis
turbance was reported hoving north
westward south Of Haiti.
The next report was a word of
caution to vessels in the southeast
Gulf Of Mexico. and a report that
the disturbance. OF moderate but in
creasing intensity. was moving to-
ward the Yucatan channel
Last nights report was that the
disturbance was located 200 miles
northwest Of Swan island. and NOV
ing westward toward the Yucatan
peninsula. Intensity slight.
Indicating that it might 60 in
lard into Mexico.
Today a high barometric pressure
was reported over most of the
United States. which have have had
something to do with the turn west
ward OF the disturbance.
If you HAVE map which In
cludes the Gulf Of Mexico. and the
Caribbean sea. watch the newspapers
for these weather bureau advisory
warnings.
Observe the antics Of these trop-
ical disturbances. Watch their
movements. They are extremely
interesting. Sometimes they harbor
SO TO 100 mile winds, but their
progress is slow. often less than 800
miles in twenty-four hours.
A WRITER in the Saturday Eve
ning Post has an interesting article
on Bird Key, a bird refuge off the
southern Florida coast.
He describes the life of the two
prominent varieties or tern found
there. one Of them the "noddies," I"
the other the "sooties."
He says IL Is most interesting
and curious city. and the only one
VI AAr htfAAe
He's wrong, quite. Bird island, off
the Cameron county coast, is also an
important refuge for tern
IL is under government protec-
tion. Established some years ago
as a result Of the efforts of r. d.
Camp. 81 Brownsville, who has
established a reputation as nat
uralist.
TIE SHOOTING of Cardenas IN
Matamoros the other night sounds
ike a news item out Of Chicago.
Except that a machine gun was
ret the implement Of warfare
III might we'll have been staged on
a Chicago street.
The victim Is standing on the
sidewalk. or perhaps walking home.
A rushing automobile comes along
the street.
Suddenly shots ring out. The
victim falls 20 the ground.
The automobile speeds on.
Later II il found on the outskirts
Of the city, abandoned.
NOW uucSh th1t NVuhu JUST Amy
Chicago?
Big Tim Murphy. now gone.
couple Of years ago spent a few
hours in a Matamoros bar.
Was that the source Of the in
sriration FOR the Monday night
tragedy
J. Is. CHAMBERS. president Of
the Arroyo Colorado navigation dis
trict. has in his hands the report
Of General Lansing II. Beach. L. S.
A.. retired. on the cost Of securing
a waterway for Harlingen.
The report. or a digest Of IL, will
be announced before a meeting Of
Harlinren and Arroyo Navigation
district citizens. to be held Thurs
day night
Upon the announcement of which
the citizens of the district will be
asked 70 voice their wishes as 70
further procedure.
General Beach was expected 10
give approximate cost Of two plans
One plan was the dredging Of the
arroyo. a channel across the La
guna Madre and a channel TO be cut
across Padre island. opposite the
mouth Of the Arroyo Colorado.
The other plan contemplated the
dredging Of the arroyo. . channel
down the Laguna Madre to can-
nection with BRACES de Santiago
pass.
THREE YEARS AGO TODAY
brownsville was visited ~ a tropical
disturbance. Of origin a short dis
tance out IN the Calf OF Mexico.
Something like eleven inches oI
rain we're recorded during period
or twenty -four hours
And for the month Of September
chat year the total rainfall was
about twenty-three inches.
Many Brownsville streets we're
flooded. For hours West Elizabeth
street which carried ali traffic, was
"a deep in water AZ ore point that
traffic stopped.
brownsville traffic should not he
again interfered with in that man
ner.
Most West Brownsville streets
have been paved. Stern sewers
afford an elaborate drainage sys-
tem-
All that has been done in three
years. though bonds for the i'm
movements were not voted until
more than a year after that rain.
NUEvO LEON las started build
ing a highway from Monterrey to-
ward the Texas border at Roma.