Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-31
FINAL
EDITION
I'm OUR
VALLEY

SOME INCLINATION apparently
to question govern ,ent mems citrus
fruit tree census in The Lover Rio
Grande Valley.
Which there should not be. The
the figures are lower than they were
supposed TO be.
Estimates have always been made
on the number of trees set out, or
sold, with no allowance for re-
placements.
Indications now are that replace
ments have been much larger than
they were supposed to be, leaving
an actual count by T. A. Hoidale, in
charge of government fruit fly war,
Of 3,419,l57 trees.
The average planting is about
seventy trees to the acA. Which
shows about 10000 acres Of Valley
land devQ.ed to this product. With
much Of il devoted to other crops
during the early stages Of the tree
growth.
GENERAL LANSING II. BEACH,
u. s. A., retired, former head of the
board Of army engineers, may be
employed by the Arroyo Colorado
navigation district 70 make a port
development survey.
General Beach is a memter of the
international Water Commission, the
United States-Mexico joint body on
division Of the waaers Of the Rio
Grande.
The Arroyo district wants a sur
vey to determine what it will cost
TO develop a sixteen foot channel in
the Arroyo Colorado.
The former arny officer is con-
sidcring the situation.
The RECENT primary election in
Cameron county was notable by
reason of the numerous tightly con-
tested races.
Over at Point Isabel, for example,
1873 voters split between two candi-
dates for constable, giving one Sc
and the other 81. The official count
\. will be necessary.
The official count, which cornes
Saturday, will be the only definite
answer as to who will be in the ran
off for sheriff with c. A. Manahan.
There are ~ votes between S. NJ.
Jester and W. Frank Brown with
Brown having the larger figuA.
II required the final big box to
determine the situation between
Carlton and Kleiber, and Kleiber
gained the day.
EVEN so. the vote in Cameron
county seems ~ have been much
lighter than expected.
The total voting strength, includ-
ing exemptions, is around 5000. But
fifty per cent Of that number went
to the polls.
Perhaps the folks interested in
cotton production just ut this time
preferred to stay with theiE picking
and their ginning rather than to
take time off to vote.
wILLACY COUNTY. banner onion
NA NAE G1NtE MO
Grande Valley, plans to put out
1000 acres of the product for the
next season.
In the meantime interest Of farm
ers in Cameron and Hidalgo co.n-
ties runs to cabbage. Seed bed time
has arrived for the early crop, ma
turing in November.
An ex-Canadian farmer now liv-
ing in the Valley, has a complaint.
Back in Canada" he said, I'VE
plant one crop a yesr-wheat-an
things are easy for US in winter.
We don't have to work, except TO
look after the chores.
Down here, as soon as we get
finished with one crop. we have to
begin preparations for another.
Something to do in the field all the
year"
But he hasn't gone back to Canada.
KIWANIS CLUB of Brownsville
has been campaigning among bus
mess houses in Brownsville.
Urging them to consider erecting
electric signs. Point out that it
will brighten the business district.
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