Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-05
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\ types OF dates that migEt, 60 weli IN
the Lower Rio Grande 'Valley.
So he has asked the sdt-cOmmittee
Of the house agricultnra committee
to insert request foe $4,000 with
which to carry on cirfh i7vestiga-
tions. As!
He would have El3I government
start Investigations sif .Mesopotamia,
and other sections eAiste Near East
where dates are pa&Hed.
Believes a type&1fht be found
that would do weh the climate
Of the LS~s . XsIIsnf
This is just aH elf5St 60 help
establish a new D profitable crop
for the Valley. H
W. D. GooGE, AAet specialist Of
the United States Sssartment Of Ag-
riculture, in ch4fS Of the market
suI,stIn suTssq in Br0waps has issued :
1t deals with rf sups and downs
Of the cabbage mlrAt-its produc-
tion and distribpiof.
Shows. amongs 5Lher things, that
nearly every ols':ct the forty-eight
states. also into The 'forty-ninth
state" which iss'la st. Louis Globe
Democrats partis liar bailiwiek.
GENTRY DuGiar'. pinch-hitting
for Otto vinke on the Harlingen
Star, has discovered q story book
hero in the Valley.
He is c. X. Clark, q railroad con-
struction engineer, the man who
built the Southern Pacific into the
Valley for the W. J. Harris Con-
struction company.
But like most heroes, Clark denies
the allegation.
But Dugat insists that Clark was
largely the inspiration for one OF
the characters in Harold Bell
Wright's "The Winning Of Barbara
Worth"
Not to be outdone, Dugat writes
to Wright himself, and Wright ad.
mits that Clarke was largely the
inspiration for willard Holmes,
y the young engineer.
Clark did some things in Southern
California, in the Imperial Valley
district, that challenged Wright's ad.
miration.
NOT so MANY voters in the
Brownsville commissioners precinct
seem to be so very much interested
in the road controversy.
At least, that is the construction \
some Of the boys in The Herald Of
flee place on the fact that there
were comparatively few votes in The
Herald's unofficial ballot.
Some may have not wished to
place themselves on record in the
matter.
Others may not have given it much
thought. Anyhow, what expressions
of opinion were had, give ample
opportunity for thought on the mat
ter.
SCORE ONE for Mercedes.
The Mercedes Tribune announces
that building permits in that towr
for the month Of January totallec
100000.
The Tribune says that is the lare.
est total for the Valley.
It's a good start for the year
and sets the pace for orner towns il
the Valley.
The Valley should find itself the
possessor of some ten millions o.
dollars in new buildings Dy the enc
of 1928.
KENNETH ROBERTS, writing il
the Saturday Evening Post or the
subject Of Mexican immigration anc
the work Of the border patrol, speak:
of great distances" in Texas.
As an example, Mr.. Roberts saws
one may start early in the morning
nc Brownsville, speed up and hit
Laredo for lunch, and have dinner
at Del Rio.
Perhaps Mr.. Roberts drives q bi,
faster than the border patrol men do
However, il is possible to make
the trip, at least for the Laredo
lunch.
The distance from Brownsville to
Laredo is 216 miles. Roads good
all the way, except for eighteen
miles in Zapata county.
Some of these days there will Be
paved highway all the way
through.
HAVE YOU ever read q history Of
the Lower Rio Grande Valley?
If you are curious about some OF
its early history, you may now
satisfy it.
Judge T. +. Harwood Of Gonzales
president OF the Texas Historical
association, has written interestingly
Of the Valley for the benefit Of the
Valley Federation OF women's clubs.
The Herald, beginning Sunday, will
print she Harwood work complete, in
daily installments, until the entire
work has been reproduced.
It's interesting. Don't miss read
ing IL.
THE BROWNSVILLE Chamber Of
Commerce has received requests
from IS many different points over
the country for more than four hun
dred Valley grapefruit.
Each applicant sent q dime for a
copy Of the fruit.
Comes as q result of a little talk
over Station KWWG of Browns
vile, in which the chamber promised
TO send q fruit TO each person ask
ing for it.
But the chamber officials say
they didn't anticipate the swamping
they got.
ORGANIZE REED CLUB
DALLAS, Tex, Feb. 4.-(F-A
Reed for President club was organ