Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-06

I'm OUR
VALLEY

Except for q gracious acknowledge
ment Of the challenge via the Egyp-
tian minister at Washington, moth
ing happened.
Now comes J. r. Mason, invest
ment banker Of San Francisco, with
an observation.
Writing to County Judge Oscar C.
Dancy of Cameron county from
Cairo, Egypt, Mason says:
after two months in Washington
doing what I could to aid Boulder
Dam, decided TO come on over here
egypt and see where irrigation
began.
Except for the pyramids, which
Of course you have not, can see no
reason why your own Valley will
not rival, or even outshine, the Delta
Of the Nile.
Land here In in demand at 1900
80 $1,000 per acre. All irrigation
works are, like roads, built by the
government and cost removed only
indirectly, like roads. Have been in
Greece, Turkey, Syria, Palestine,
ete.s
THERE is TO BE another bridge
across the Rio Grande soon.
IL will be located south Of Mer-
eedes and Weslaeo, in the vicinity
Of the Progresso development.
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Mexican side, and there may not.
But that as it may, there will
doubtless be a settlement of some
sort.
There is certain to be a cantina.
perhaps two or three or four can
tinas.
The American side Of the Rio
Grande is exceedingly dry. The
Mexican side is wet-and it's not
due altogether to high water in the
Rio Grande.
And the dryness often wants to
test the wetness.
UNITED STATES SENATOR Nor
ris Sheppard, when he introduced the
Eighteenth Amendment probably
conceived Of many things that il
would do for the country.
It stopped a large percentage of
the drunkenness.
II is credited with having made
possible millions of savings ac-
counts that never existed before.
IL enabled millions to buy autos.
homes and other possessions that
they might never have otherwise
owned.
Also, It had another far-reaching
effect.
1t brought international bridges to
points that otherwise might never
have had them.
]. Z. BELL, manager Of the San
Benito Chamber Of Commerce. has
been compiling interesting statistics.
He has been digging back into de-
vclopment in the Valley in the past
year or so. and finds that something
like s40.000.000 has Deen invested in
that time in public ard semi-public
improvements.
He notes that the Central Power
and Light company has spent about
$3,500,000 In new installations and
extensions.
The Missouri Pacific has dug in
to the amount Of 100000 in ex-
tensions and improvements.
The Southern Pacific has spent
something like se,0oo.000 in pene-
trating the Valley.
Highway construction accounts FOR
some s12,O00,00o, spent and to be
spent.
The Rio Grande Valley Gas COM
pany added more than $5,200,0o0 to
the total.
Miscellaneous development ac-
counts for s7.3s5. 900.
Churches, 100000, hospitals s450,-
600.
Where is there section-agricul-
tural-that has done or is doing so
much?
FUNNY about his rain business.
Probably three tiraes as much
moisture has fallen IN that section
between La Feria and Mission In
the past ten days than has fallen
in the section between La Feria and
Brownsville.
A year ago IL was Just the oppo-
site. All the moisture seemed TO
have fallen between La Feria and
Brownsville.
The heavy rains Of Monday night
were confined TO Hidalgo county. At
Brownsville the fall vas about a
third Of an inch.
Saturday night there was heav-
Ter rain in Brownsville but IL was
almost q deluge in some sections Of
Hidalgo county. A week ago-last
Thursday-heavy rains fell in the
Edinburg Donna Mercedes district,
with only n light shower in Browns
Vile.
There's no telling where q June
shower1l light in his section Of the
world.
THE TOMATO movement Is con-
tinuing in this district despite the
Iateness Of the season and the on
coming East Texas crop.
Tomato growers are the money
kings in the Valley Just now. and
have been for the past two weeks or
20.
The corn-on-the-cob shipments
save lust about come 20 an end.
Up in the Ravmondville country
ratermelons are moving TO market
No reason Why there shouldn't be
/. thousand ear movement Of this
.roduct. Which would carry the to-