Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-02
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gas. either or both.
Sal Yiejo is the name Of the place
selected, and geographical aus.ori-
ties are said long 20 have regarded
these salt lakes as an enormous salt
dome.
Water wells IN the district show
more or less sulphur content.
There are outcroppings Of gyp-
sum.
THERE ALSO u said 70 be n
movement under way looking to-
ward drilling operations between
San Benito and Harlingen, some
whax to the west Of the state high
way.
Over ia Starr coounty the Dayle
L. Smith company continues its in
vestigations as 70 what may lie far
beneath the surface Of Starr county
lands.
In addition, there has been some
talk that the purchasers of Padre
island property, that acreage for
merly owned by Colonel Sam Rob-
ertson, were interested in oil Fossi-
bilities on the island.
There has never been any drill
ing on Padre. Many would be at
least curiously interested to know
what lies beneath the surface there.
LYFORD Is interested in the pos
sibilities Of a cheese plant.
Several citizens, incluiing Carl ].
~ E..A1~wff~m ~
Pearson and Frank Gustafson, AL ot
Lyford, visited Round Rock, Tex
and inspected cheese factory there.
Willacv county farmers have long
given attention 20 dairy products
some of the finest dairy cows in
the Valley are 70 be found n that
section.
A cheese factory would he the
natural outgrowth Of such interest.
II has possibilities. just as dairy
products offer a profitable revenue
N every section Of the Lower Rio
Grande Valley.
They may be slow. these profits.
But they are declared 10 be sure
WASHINGTON officials. in the
postoffice department. are perusing
fhirty-odd bids from the Lower Rio
Grande Valley for the privilege Of
rarrvinr first-elass mail on a day
1irht run - star route - between
Brownsville and Mission.
There will be a round trip daily,
EXCEPT Sundays and holidays.
Leaving Mission at 10:3O =. M,
arriving at Brownsville at 1880 p.
mi. and leaving Brownsville az :
n. m. for Mission.
which service should do much 70
speed up the mails in and out 81
the various Valley towns.
They hope 70 get the service
started about October !. Bids will
close September II.
SEVERAL SPORT events Of un-
usual interest scheduled in Browns
Vile for the next two days. with
others I'D and down the line.
McAllen and Brownsville Ameri-
can Legion teams, meeting IN
Brownsville Sunday Afternoon, will
settle a little matter Of controversy
dealing with supremacy in baseball.
Golfers from all over @outh
Texas will seek 10 determine, on the
links of the Brownsville Country
club. Sunday and Monday. matter
* question dealing with who Is
most proficient on the links, and
which town owns him.
Out at Fort Brown. there will be
n horse show on Monday. With
quite a number Of mighty good
pieces Of horseflcsh to be seen.
AT Harlingen Monday, automobile
race drivers will try to break some
dirt track records.
Al Reynosa, a bulifighter from
Rrooklyn. N. Y.--the real kind, not
that you're thinking about-will
SCRAP Il out with three black ras-
ralx from somewhere down in Mex
leo.
All in all. Up and down the Val
lev. il promises tc be an interesting
Labor day.
SPEAKING Of sporting eveats,
there's one scheduled fer Browns
Vile sometime in the early part Of
November.
II has Ia do with the outcome Of
the national election
A wager has been made, with the
county chieftians Of the democratic
and republican parties the chief
actors.
Judge Vol Taylor. the demecratic
chairman. offers 20 do wheelbar-
~ act on Elizabeth street, Browns
Vile. with his brother-in-law, Jesse
nennett. the republican county
chairman, as his passenger, X M.
Hoover is elected.
And Mr.. Denrett. the wager con-
frmplntes. shall do the same for
Judge Taylor IL Mr. Smith IS sue
cessful.
The route is from the postoffiee
down Elizabeth 70 Fourteenth
|4hence in a southerly direction the
ful length OF the Gateway bridge
'nnd along the Mexican approach,
shence in n westerly direction 60
Crixcli's.
Everybody invited.
NAP AZ Hidalro county's new
ystem will he found On the
~ az the second section ot
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