Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-06
| N OUR
VALLEY

seems to be at the forefront In the
race.
Mike Hogg, Houston capitalist,
son Of the late Governor Hogg, de-
elares that Monty will be elected
J speaker.
II ( C"Monty" is one of the most pop
ar men in the Texas legislature.
Monty, by the way, is a former
fesident Of Brownsville. He first
came to the Valley back in the spring
NJ 1912, and for a few months was
. connected with The Brownsville
Herald as a reporter.
THE HOUSTON Post Dispatch re-
gently carried a life story of W. r.
Montgomery. Here is what Ed Kill
tman of the Post-Dispateh had to say
bout him:
y1l"An outstanding Texas product Is
A 4. r. Montgomery of Edinburg.
rWf now at the peak Of achieve
Hio{ almost all Of which he has to
,e for, Mr.. Montgomery is can
didate for speaker of the house OF
the forty-first legislative session,
and, In the estimation OF many
politically wise, has the inner track
for the position.
"In almost every respect Mr..
Montgomery may be looked on as a
scif-made man. His legal firm is
. one of the leaders of the bar in
this famed section of the state. And
in this respect his position is owing
almost wholly to his personal ef-
forts. ms he did not even have the
benefit OF university education,
being n product of the school Of
experience and hard knocks.
F"W. r. MONTGO.dERY came to
Texas in 1904. He first located in
Peach, Wood county, the following
year moving to Dalhart, in Dallam
county. He was first employed by
the Fort Worth & Denver City
hallway company, and in 1906 and
1907 was deputy county and district
clerk Of Dallam county. In the lat
ter part OF 1907 he entered the en-
ploy Of the Dalhart Abstract com.
pany, continuing in that capacity for
about three years. The following
year ne was general manager Of
the Dalhart Mill Elevator company,
and in 1911 manager OF the DeSoto
hotel at Dalhsrt.
I'm the spring of 1912 Mr.. Mont
gomery moved to the Rio Grande
Valley, first locating at Brownsville.
and was connected with The
Brownsville Herald as a newspaper
reporter for several months. In
May Of 1912 he moved to Edinburg.
where he entered the abstract bus
!. iaess In July of that year, orgsniz-
ing the Hidalgo Guarantee Abstract
company, of which he is yet presi-
dent.
I'm MAY, 1915, he passed the bar
Examination and was admitted to the
( practice of law.
"He was county attorney Of Hi
dalgo county in 1919 and 1920, and
in 1922 was elected a member OF
the house OF representatives, and
haa served consecutively in the thir-
tykinth and fortieth sessions Of the
Teas legislature rs representative
from the seventy-third district.
"He IL AZ years old: was married
90 Marie Louise Smell at Dalhart in
[, July, 1905: has two daughters, Mar
tgaret, born in Dalhart in November,
Ff90s (attending Texas university
z this winter, and Catherine, born in
Edinburg. October, 1918.
"Mr. Montgomery was first presi-
dent Of the Edinburg Rotary club,
is a knight Templar, and a thirty
second degree Mason and a Shriner.
ALL THE VALLEY newspapers
and citrus interests outside Of
Brownsville are pointing an accusing
eye Et this city.
They charge that Brownsville. the
smother city" Of the Valley. is clay
ing down" in the matter OF getting
rid of host trees in connection with
tho Morelos fruit fly fight.
II Is a fact. no doubt. that the
sour orange trees Of Brownsville.
which long ago proved the fact that
citrus fruits could be produced in
the Valley, are harhoring PESTS.
Since the sour orange fruit Is
hardy, it has been neglected in the
matter Of sprays and other pre-
ventatives.
y Brownsville. II is claimed. has
fifty per cent OF the remaining host
plants. trees and shrubs in the
Valley.
Here are names in the indictment:
Mangoes, sRpotas or sapodillas,
peaches. guavas, eiruelas. apples,
pears, plums, aprieOts, ounce.
MOST OF THE OWNERS Of sour
orange trees have seen them on
their property since their childhood.
, nhey dislike TO part with them.
.Tlkss trees are a big part OF the
fnery-
u N childhood they supplied fruit
for street battles participated in by
urchins.
But. II Il Is not desirable 20 de-
stroy them. they should be sprayed.
The fruit should be removed.
Certainly Brownsville citizens are
lust ms anxious to preserve the cit
rus fruit industry for the Valley as
are others In the Valley.
Let's do -c=cthing about the IN
desirables.