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Power in Growth of
Rio Grande Valley

Executives association. He Is being
considered for the position Of man
ager Of the West Texas Chamber Of
Commerce.
Bell came to the Valley from
Fredericksburg. where he was sec
rotary, and before that he was sec
rotary Of the chamber Of commerce
at San Saba. He has worked dur
ing his years at San Benito on
community projects Of all kinds, in
GLIDING community hotel. American
Legion building, airport. roads.
qualification, city plan, and many
other purely local matters.
Bell has become known in other
sections Of the Valley largely for
his work on Valley-wide matters.
in addition to work in his own city.
Among these are the cleanup work
when the Morelos fruit fly infesta-
ton was found in the Valley, and
subsequent work on guarantees,
embargoeS against Florida, and
other allied work; the work for a
tariff on foreign products Compel
ing with Valley products; work to
secure removal of the freight diff
ferential on Valley products; work
on immigration matters, and many
other projects Of ValIey-wide inn
portance. IN which he has taken a
leading role.
Myron F. Ward, secretary Of the
Harrington Chamber Of Commerce.
has been in the Valley a little more
than a year.
Ward came to the Valley from
Fort Worth, where he had been
assistant manager of the Fort
Worth Chamber Of Commerce. Be-
fore his connection in Fort Worth
he was secretary of the chamber
of commerce at Palestine. and prev
ious TO that had been secretary at
Cleburne.
Ward has inaugurated a number
of projects IN Harlingen during his
time there, and has taken an active
part in others. Among his early
projects was an annual survey OF
the city of Harrington. including in
QLSlIlt& ClC- ne also leu "A I4Dht
to %popularize the use of the Arroyo
Colorado as a pleasure place, and
took an active part in all the work
that has been done toward making
the stream into a commercial wa
terway.
He was q leader in the formation
OF a Valley Officers Reserve club.
and in the sponsoring Of the c. M
T. c. delegation from the Valley
and has worked on other Valley
wide matters. including the Dallas
fair exhibit. on which he is work
ing now. and the move to bring the
Laredo district and other section:
into the citrus quarantine territory
S. P. Nelson Of Sebastian prob
ably is next in point of service ir
the Valley. having been secretary
there for more than a year.
Nelson has proved a valuabl;
member of the Valley secretaries
organization. having been placed or
a large number OF committees. Ht
has carried out considerable woTE
IN the advancement Of his com
munity, where he also holds sucf
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PIT. Isabel Seaside
Playground; Ready
For Port Building

Rio Grande railway from Browns
vile 10 Point Isabel TO facilitate the
growing movement or freight. Bus
mess had picked up again IN the
Valley after the war and peace IN
northern Mexico was bringing COM
marctaI expansion. Until yellow
fever came down from the tropics
In the Eighties. the port "a -
Isabel was a busy place. The nsSk
lighthouse. now in service near
padre Island was completed in the
early Nineties and the old brick
tower on the mainland was aban-
doned. The quarantine station,
o a ruin near the coastguard
station ON Padre Island, was IN use
until well after the beginning az
this century
After the yellow fever epidemic
had swept the whole South from
he Rio Grande through the Caro-
linas in the late Eighties, the Val
lev settled back into an period of
isolation. When the Sparish-Araer-
ican war drew upon the Morgan
Morgan Line for all steamers.
freiehts into and out OF the Valley
had dropped and the boats were
never put back into service The
coming on the railroad from Cor
BUS Christi I'd the Valley An 1901
practically closed the period OF wa
ter transportation until the de-
velopments Of the past few years
have brought again the need Tor
ocean carriage OF freight.
Until 1922 Point Isabel was Moth
ing more than a fishing village with
rudimentary facilities for entertain
ing sportsmen who sought fish n
| summer and wild fowl In winter. By
that year the Valley had swarnped
railroad freight capacities and was
feeling effects OF high freight rates.
Carload production Of cotton. citrus
fruits and vegetables had jumped
I'D into the thousands Relief from
high freight rates was sought by
reuse or water transportation.
"A channel fund was raised; VAL
lev people put up $l25,O0O for
/ dredging the inner channel from
Brazos Pass to Point Isabel The
army EIEllEEL1 AAIA 1A ARR-~f
ton for deepening Brazos Pass and
maintaining 1t. In the next few
years surveys were made. MIS-
/ takes were made in dredging costs.
Jetties were built after dredging
had failed In the pass itself.
After several surveys were made
and engineers had reported, tho
present project. now a part OF the
rivers and harbors bill in congress
was adopted Differences Of opin-
ion arose and there was further
delay. Brownsville sought an extern
sion OF the channel from the pass
inland to near Brownsville. More
surveys were made and a report on
final opinion OF the board of engl-
neers. ri. .. army. Is expected this
month. The project as Az now
stands Il one for an appropriately
of $1,000 o for extension OF tn9h
ietties in Brazos Pass, furtnSe
deepening or the pass and redred5-
Ing of the inner channel 70 "a point
lust south OK the townsite % Point
Continued on page lad
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offices as that of mayor, justice Of
the peace, fire chief. police chief,
fire marshal. chamber of commerce
president. and any other offices
that might be considered necessary
for a city the size Of Sebastian. He
is not a full time secretary, as are
the three already mentioned. he
l. a real estate man by profession.
Whit Rogers has been secretary
at McAllen for about six months,
having succeeded w. r. MCCARTHY
to the post. Rogers was a real es-
tate man before taking UP the COM
mercial work. and his present job
Is his first attempt at commercial
work. However, he has proved a
capable student Of the work. and
has become one Of the valuable
members Of the Valley organization
Of secretaries. as well as a value
TO his city.
Rogers has launched a number OF
projects in McAllen. some Of which
have come TO <ruition. Included in
these are the airport. a hotel pro-
Iect. q community house project for
tourists, more industries. and other
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the next few weeks. the city having
been without a secretary for over
q year. The organization viii be-
come tax supported next year. but
local residents there plan to finance
it until that time.
II. J. Backer is secretary of the
Donna Chamber OF Commerce. and
has become an active member OF
the Valley organization. although
he is not a full time secretary. and
is in business in Donna.
Backer is on seceral Valley com
mittees. and has done considerable
work for the advancement Of
Donna.
Edinburg recently employed a
new secretary, who succeeded John
Robinson. The new secretary i
Lloyd r.. Bloodworth. who cams
from Fort Worth.
BIoodworth has started a number
Of community booster projects IN
the section.
He was formerly a Baptist minis
ter. and later did organization
work Of various kinds in north
Texas. He is taking an active part
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by PAUL COTRELL

Point Isabel Is o. seaside play
ground preparing for port oe-
velopment. A settlement before the
Texas Revolution. a seaport ard
battle-ground. fishing village, play
ground and now again 70 TOE "a port,
Point Isabel has had periods OF
great commercial activity varied
with years of sleepy idleness beside
Laguna Madre.
Physically Point Isabel IS "a long
finger OF land pointing out 70 the
Valley and all southwest Texas the
opportunity offered by Brazos San
tiago pass just three miles across
the bay. The pass was used ny
Spanish explorers seeking shelter
from storms OF the Gulf IL was
used by General Taylor in 1916
when he established Point Isabel as
his base Of operations in the Mexi-
can war. Brazos Pass was also
used by General Sheridan In 1866
when he was sent down TO watch
the French across the Rio Grande
and the unsurrendered Confederate
leaders.
BRACES Pass. the gap in the long
island reef extending from the Rio
Grande to Arkansas Pass, $50 miles,
and Point Isabel. were OF enough
importance commercially during
the Civil war to be worth a block
ade which was maintained by fed
eral gunboats after 1862.
From Taylor's time when King
and Kennedy established a boatline
running up the Rio Grande and
the Morgan line ran steamships
from New Orleans and Galveston,
to the outbreak Of the Civil war and
the blockade. small steamers, gun
boats and sailing vessels came
through the pass TO land their
goods or crews at Point Isabel.
Larger vessels anchored outside the
pass and sent their cargoes ashore
in lighters. Col. Rip Ford, famous
Ranger and Confederate leader
wrote in 1886 that Point Isabel has
a business Of S10.000.000 a year IN
1854 and that the customs office
was a busy place with the business
Of many imports and exports pass
ing through for west Texas anc
northern Mexico. when he was sent
with Rangers in 1854 TO guard Point
Isabel from Cortina, the raider
The old lighthouse vas built or
the Point in 1856 and IN that year
the first official plat Of the towr
was filed with the courts. In 1885,
there was a project outlined FOL
harbor Improvement and "a survey
was made but the outbreak OF tht
!. Civil war held up actich.
In 1872 Simon Celaya, pioneer
merchant and banker OF Browns
vile financed the building Of tn
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By III. q. STTLWELL

49,
out IN the foreground of any pro-
gressive move started in the Lower
Rio Grande Valley may be found
that unusual organization, the AS
ISOLATION Of Commercial Executives,
composed Of the chamber Of COM
merce secretaries Of the section.
Led by two veterans. q. G. Rich
ardson OF Brownsville. who is now
president Of the organization; and
J. Z. Bell OF San Benito. a past
president. the Valley secretaries
organization meets regularly. acts
on practically all Valley-wide mat
tiers, sponsors various campaigns,
helps to advertise the section, and
In general works to bring the cities
into closer cooperation, and TO at
tend to Valley-wide matters.
The association was formed four
years ago, with George A. Toolan
OF Harrington as the first president.
He was az that time the Oldest Sec
rotary IN the Valley in point OF
years in the service.
Bell was the next president Of the
organization, and was followed by
Leslie Neal Of Edinburg. w. r. Nc
Clarity Of McAllen was then named
president, but left the Valley be-
fore the expiration Of his term. O.
G. Richardson was named to sue
coed him as president.
The Valley organization now in
cludes some secretaries who are
known throughout the state for
work in their communities and in
the state as a whole.
Richardson, who came to the
Valley July IS. 1925. as secretary al
Brownsville, was before that con-
nected with the chamber Of COM
merce at Cisco as secretary. He
had previously been connected with
the American Builder. a national
publication. as contact man.
Richardson was two years age
honored by being given the office
of president of the Texas Associa-
ton of Commercial Executives, the
state organization.
Since he came to Brownsville the
chamber of commerce in the CITY
has built its present building, ant
has grown rapidly both in the
scope Of its work. and the size o.
its staff. The secretary has WORKED
actively for Brownsville projects o
many kinds. including especially
campaigns TO bring tourists x
H Brownsville and the rest Of tn;
Valley, road matters at Browns
vile, port matters, and air trans
~portation matters. The chamber o
commerce was an active force il
pushing the airport for the city 0
Brownsville. and staged the cele.
bration upon the opening Of the al
mail line through here.
y. K. Bell. secretary Of the San
Benito Chamber Of Commerce, /
the Oldest ranking secretary in TIL
Valley in years of service. having
come to San Benito Is DAYS beforl
Richardson came to Brownsville.
Bell has become known through
out the state Of Texas as one Of il
leading secretaries, and Is nov
president of the Texas Commercial
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in the Valley secretaries organiza-
ton.
Missions new secretary has be-
come familiar with his post, and i
becoming known TO othe1A
les and residents Of the Valley. He
is A. B. Ewing. who came here from
Del Rio. Ewing Is an experienced
secretary, having been az Del Rio
several years. and having had ex-
perience before that. He is highly
recommended. and is expected tc
prove one of the leaders among VAL
ley chamber Of commerce men.
He succeeded George Kohler.
Both Ewing and Bl0Odworth are
full time secretaries.
In other cities of the Valley tins
secretaries either work for no COM
p~ensation. or receive only a part
time salary. j. q. Platt j. secretary
at san Juan. and has been OF con-
siderable help to the Valley organi-
zation. as well as his city.
r. G. Richey Is secretary Of the
new LOS Fresnos Chamber OF Com
merce. wi W.. "A. Jackson l. secre-
tary Of the Rio Hordo organiza-
ton, and other secretaries in the
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Valley are i. 5. Wright at Ray
mondville. G.. 4. Craig az Lyford.
Mrs. L. w. Baldridge at Combes.
H A. Ferrin at Santa Rosa. F. 5.
Champion at Santa Maria, Andrew
King in the Wilson Tract, Gail
Schlemer &C Edcouch- "A. ~ Petty
at Prlmera, Paul Cotrell nc Point
Isabel.
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~ ECISION to enter into cit
rus production on such a
gigantic scale was not
made by this company until att
er careful analysis Of every adj
vantage and disadvantage had
been incorporated in this district
after years of study and plan
ming. And finally, it was made
by a company formed of men Of
Judgment, experience and re-
liability.
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THE district is unique in that
: it will serve each consumer
by meter, thus minimizing the
danger of overwhelming and its
attendant troubles. In fact, all
available engineering knowl-
edge concerning irrigation has
been Incorporated in this district
TO make it the best of its kind.
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[V1ILLACY COUNTY is the
w northern gateway of the
Valley, directly in line with all
future travel to and from Corpus
Christi, San Antonio and Hous-
ton via the proposed Hug-the-
Coast highway. 1t has the short
est haul in and out Of the Valley
on the Missouri Pacific. TT Is
undoubtedly the next area for in
tensive settlement in the Valley.
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~ ADIATING from Ray
x mondville, the Delta Or
chards Company are de-
veloping the largest citrus pro-
iect in the world. 1t comprises
fifty thousand acres Of Willacy
County's famed Victoria Loan,
Victoria Fine Sandy Loan and
Brennan Loan soils, all OF which
are listed on the government soil
map as the most productive in
the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
Soil authorities have stated this
to be the easiest cultivated and
best citrus soil in the world.
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ROWN orchards brought to
~ bearing without the aid of
irrigation can only hint at the
productivity Of these lands now
that dredging is actually under
way on the largest irrigation
system in the world. By next
season the life-giving waters of
the Rio Grande will be carried to
the district in cement-lined can
ais, eliminating from the start all
ills of seepage and water-log-
ging.
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a IL Of these advantages are
a explained to you because we
know you are interested. They
have all been incorporated in the
holdings Of the Delta Orchards
Company. These holdings are
now open for your inspection
and Judgment. Sales will begin
Immediately. Write for further
details.
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RESULTS AT C, U.
SCHOLASTIC EyENrs.

SCHOLASTIC EVENTS.
IeA-YARD DASH-Won by Jackson tWsst
oiie5; third, 8eade Mount st. Josepb's5
fourth, Tavani west Catholic Time, 1o7,
sso.YARD DAsH-won by jackson owes.
Seph'sl; third. Troy tseton Hall; fourth.
Iavani tWest Catholic. Time, d seconds
4io-YARD DAsH-v-ontby Hamilton est
Academy; thru. Burns (Seton HALL; fourth.
McGil La Sale. Philadelphial. Time, 12ss
seconds. New meet record. Old record.
ssO-T i2RfS RgN-won BY Lyons st
Fox tFordham Prep); fourth. McConvills
yves: Catholicl; Time, minutes 10 seconds:
second, Youns tSeton Halll; third, Lane EST.
James,; fourth. Hamilton west Catholic}.
Time, minutes 42as seconds.
1so;YARD nv. HIGH sI HaURDLEsmWon by BY
ia Sale military Academy; third. Fratz
west Catholic); fourth, Bisese Mount St.
JoSeph's). Time, Il seconds nat. IConsu-
tuss si ssf Io% Fs :ys d Nc
Gil Ga Sale, Phlladelphial: second, McFad-
den. west Catholtcl: third, Lanctot tWsst
catholic>' fourth a,, sissss Mount s. St. 70,
r ssSa od record ord ss sSon Seconds Ne" @
13-PoUND SHoIPUr-Won ny Perrin
Mount st. Joseph'sl; second, Petrossi Tia
Sale Military Academy; third, tie between
F r az'H tw vest cathOliej distance. il feet
JAVE EiLiiNi by Enrisht ia Sale Nil
i.ary Academy; $50 fsst 2.a inches: sscon ns;
feet 2ia inches; third. Ricketts, (St johns.
l3e feet 2i4 inches fourth, Gregorski Ga
sale, Philadelphial. IN feet Ia inches:
Continued on Fourth Page.)
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UMPIRE IS kAY0ED
AS POP BOTTLES FLY

BY the Associated Press
~ LEVELAND, May IA shower
of several wheelbarrow loads Of
empty pop bottles from In
~. furiated fans caused players
and umpires to huddle for pro-
lection in the center of Dunn Field
here today. and temporarily knocked out
Emmett Ormsby, ttird-base umpire, af
the Philadelphia Cleveland game. when
in the eighth inning Lew Fonseca was
ruled out for interference.
The ruling was made by William
Campbell, umpire at home plate. The
score was to in Philadelphia favor
and three men on base. Fonseca hit
the ball. Umpire william Owens, at
first base. ruled him safe, but Campbell
overruled Owens.
At Campbell's decision fans on both
sides of the field began to boot and
shout. Pop bottles showered down all
over the field. Ormsby was hit on
the head. He was carried OF the field,
but his injuries were found to be not
serious.
Police finally managed to stem the
shower of bottles, but the crowd was
unruly to the end OF the game, which
was won by Philadelphia, to 2. When
the field was cleared several wheelbar-
row loads Of bottles were hauled away.
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- HICAGO, May il.-One more
series and the Nationals will
have finished their first swing
~ around the West this season.
Monday afternoon Acting Man
ager Clyde Milan will send his charges
into action against the Browns In the
start of three-ganae set and this time
the jinx that has harassed it so many
years in st. Louis
The Nationals base their hopes of
success in the Mound City on their
recently improved showing and the
Browns slump. After getting of to
miserable start, the Washington aggre-
CATION seems to be finding itself Since
last Sunday, 1t has been playing the
kind Of base ball It was expected to
play after its splendid training season.
The clubs morale is excellent now and
it should make considerable trouble for
its rivals In the Barnard circuit.
Seeking 500 Mark.
The big aim of the Nationals now is
to get to the 500 point in winning
percentage. This it is possible to do
within a week. The achievement
might mean much to the Washington
club The ball player does not con-
slider the percentage figures of his club
as much as he does the number of
games the club may be above or below
the fifty-f1fty mark. So the big fight
at present is to balance the wins and
losses. Once they do so the Nationals
are confident they'll forge ahead rap
idly.
For the Sunday game that will wind
up the series with the White Sox here
Milan was undecided tonight as to his
pitching choice. He would like to use
Bob Burke, for the string bean south
paw is well known locally, having play
ed much sandlot base ball here before
going to the Southern Association, but
Milan also thinks Lloyd Brown, also a
left handler. might do well against the
Chisox. George Connally, who finished
the Friday game here. or Ted Lyons
may go for Lena Blackburnes club
Bluege Making Himself Handy.
Ossie Bluege is a very handy player
for the Nationals to have around these
days. He plays stellar game at third,
short or second and with the clubs
lineup being revised almost daily, he
is jumping about The changes are not
affecting Bluege's work one whit but
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Griffs Planning War on Jinx
That Has Lurked in St. Louis

he longs to return to his new job at
second base.
ossie may have to wait until the st.
Louis series begins Monday before
swinging back to the middle station.
While the injury to Buddy Myers right
elbow caused by one of Dan Dugan's
pitches in the game Friday is not parti-
cularly serious. it is painful and impairs
the infielder's throwing ability. Meyer
die not don a uniform today, but re-
manned in the clubhouse and subjected
the elbow swathed in bandages soaked
with liniment to heat treatment. There
is little swelling in the arm and another
CAV of treatment ought to have Buddy
ready for duty again.
Batting Order Changed.
With Myer out. Milan made tenn
porary change in the Nationals batting
order and 1t worked well. Rice went to
the top of the list and Judge to the
second hole. West assumed the clean
up position and took great care of it,
too. Should this lineup have to be
used again with the opposition starting
left hand pitcher, Bluege will bat
fourth and West drop to fifth place.
This will be done merely to break the
succession of southpaw swingers.
Benny Tate and Irving Hadley are
rapidly recovering from minor hurts.
Tate's ankle that was slightly
wrenched during the Cleveland series
is about we'll It did not bother him
while catching this afternoon. The
humping Hadley's leg took during
recent batting drill was more painful
than serious and Bump expects to be
ready to try to get by fifth inning
without punishment-Someth he has
done only once this season.
Only two of the dozen hits the Ma
tionals made yesterday were wasted.
Judges double in the sixth helped no
che nor did Jones single in the eighth.
Joe's hit came after the scoring for the
round was over, while Sam was forced
out
Every ball the White Sox hit in the
sixth was hit hard. Blankenship and
Mostil almost knocked Bluege down
with hot shots, while Metzler's two
Dagger and Clancey's triple were power
full smashes. Hoffman also hit q long
ball, but West made brilliant running
catch for the final out.
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Totals IS 10 2415 Totals 81 g a 9
sRan for Gooch in seventh inning.
tran for Kelly in ninth inning.
1Batted for Ford in ninth inning.
Stated fer Dixon in ninth inning.
Cincinnati ............9 Ce
Boston .............-..-O o U H-o
Runs-Swanson, Allen. Kelly, Ford ca,
Gooch. Koip Richhours. Maguire, Sisier'
swanson, Critz, Kelly, Ford, Donohue, Bell,
Harper. Cantwell: Runs hatted in-Gooch
Ter, Harper. CLARK. Taylor, Two-base hits
Swanson, Gooch, Kolp. Stolen bases-Swan-
son. sislsr Sacriices-Swanson, Critz.
Maranvi11e. Cantrell; Double plays-Donohue
TO Ford to Kelly; CritZ to Ford to Kelly;
swanson to Ford; Cantwell to Maranvtlie
to sisler. Left on sses-CinGinnsti; 10;
OF Koip, /; of Jones, S; on ,Cantwell, !.
cantWeli. i. aits@on Donohue, 6 in Z. in
njnss Snone out y third !, Of ; Jones, IL
Cantwell, in 31s innings. Hit by pitcher
BY Cantwell (Stripp). Winning pitcher
Jones Losing pitcher-Donohue. Umpires
-Messrs. Rigier, Hart and Stark.