Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-12
SOLONS VISIT
Here TODAY
Legislators Guest of Sheriff
Baker at Reynosa Ban
quet Last Night
Special 70 The Heraldl

EDINBURG. May ia party Of
approximately 60 including men,
bers Of the house of representa-
tives and senate al entertained
Saturday night at a banquet at
Tampico night club. Reynosa.
Mexico. by Sheriff A. Y. Baker Of
Hidalgo county. to top a day Of
travel through the Rio Grande
Valley.
Announcing their trip as purely
for pleasure, the delegation of leg
iSlators left Austin Friday evening
In two special Pullman cars and
arrived at Corpus Christi Satur-
day morning. where they were
breakfast guests Of the chamber Of
commerce en- the new Plaza hotel
roof. Former Mayor Roy Miller
and Representative w. Z. Pope
were speakers.
The party went to KingSville
from the coast city by automobile
where the legislative finance ex-
perts heard the plea of Pres. r. B.
Cousins that the newly created
Texas College of Arts and Indus
tries should be made an educational
institution Of the first class. Now
being termed the South Texas
State Teachers college, the Kings
vile school will be known as the
College OF Arts and Industries
after June u.
The legislators with their wives
and oth@- members OF the party
we're guests of Mr.. and Mrs. r. j.
Kleberg at a barbecue az the cele-
brated King ranch after leaving
the college.
Brownsville citizens are to meet
the delegation IN automobiles about
10 a. m. Sunday at the state ex-
perimental farm near weslaco and
take them TO Point Isabel and
BROWNSVILLE. In the afternoon
Sunday, they will be guests of the
Mexican Aviation company at the
Brownsville airport and will be
taken for airplane rides.
Sunday night a banquet will be
given In Matamoros bv the cham
berS Of commerce Of Cameron
county cities. II is expected to
begin by s D. m. that the members
OF the Texas law making bodies
might catch an early train at
Brownsville for their return 10 the
state capitol.
The list Of representatives in
the party are: Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Minor. Denton: Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
Dunlap. Kingsville: MI. and Mrs.
Clyde Warwick. Canyon: Mr.. and
Mrs. Hubbard, New Boston: Mr.
and Mrs. w. r. Montgomery. ed
inburg: Mr.. and Mrs. Polk Horna-
day. Edinburg: Walter Beck. 1T.
Worth; Paul Finn. Montague coun-
ty; J. 3. Snelgrove. Rusk: Jas.
McGill. Ell Paso: Jno. "A. Long.
Crockett: Victor B. Gilbert. Cisco.
Ben J. Woodall. Marshall; Jno. r.
Wallace and son. league: z. c.
Cox. CorSicana: o. +. Chastain.
Eastland; and Mr.. Cox, Paris.
Members Of the upper house with
their wives are: Mr.. and Mrs. Tom
Pollard. Tyler: Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene
Miller. Weatherford; Mr.. and Mrs.
j. w. z. Fl. Beck. De Kalb: Mr..
and Mrs. Clint Small. wellington:
Mr. and MRS. Archie Parr and
daughter. Benevides: w. <. Thoma-
son. Nacoedoches: Nat Patton.
Crockett: W.. r. Cousins. Beau
mont: Tom Love. Dallas and wal
ter Woodul. Houston.
Others included in the party are
w. M. Thornton. Dallas News:
Barry Bishop. Dallas News: Dawson
Duncan. Houston Chronicle; ID.
Terry. Houston: Carl Phinney. Aus
tin: Joe White: Mr.. and Mrs. w. p.
Gains. San Antonio Express: Her
bert =. Barrett. in charge OF the
train from San Antonio. and G. c,
Kennedy. SUPERINTENDENT Of the
railroad from Kingsville.