Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-15
WATER USERS FIGHT
ACTION OF WISCONSIN BOARD

Is selling this Valley Of ours, and
when this Is cut off. our progress
will be halted. 1t Is readily admit
ted that the Valley Is being made
by the people who come here and
invest and build"
Various land companies are max
ing a hot fight at this time. but
without the aid Of d~isintereSted
parties their fight will be futile.
stated w. H. Pattee, of Point Is
abel.
Although it is not so obvious
at this time continued Mr.. Watts,
their big point. and the one they
will stress in the future, Is the pos
sibility Of the Valley going dry for
lack OF water. ! would like to say
that out OF 10000 acres offered for
sale by interests in northern Mex
leo. only 500 acres are at this time
under actual development. and It
will be four or five years before
even a few thousand will be under
cultivation. BY that time, we viii
have worked out a satisfactory COM
promise with the Mexican engin-
GERS"
,. T.. Bell secretary Of the San
Benito Chamber of Commerce,
spoke on the situation, and related
10 the meeting his dealings with
Mr.. Webster Of the Wisconsin board.
Valley statesmen, in attempting 70
sell their own pet acreage, are cast
INC u~nfavOrable reflections on otneI
sections here. One man Is quoted
AZ saving that the Valley Is not
suitable for the raising OF vege-
tables. He forgets that the Valley
Skinned 24.OO0 CARROTS, this past
ear OF the best vegetables ever
placed on the market. Anotner
statesman went so far as to say that
80 per cent of the Valley SOIL Is
unsuitable for citrus growing. we
must not only fight the Wisconsin
board. but must also do something
about this wholesale running-doWn
~ Il land by competitive sales
men" -
III was first suggested by the
meeting that two men be retained
by the water district assocla.soI
ana send them to the Weonesoay
conference In Wisconsin, put II We
finally decided. after comprenenslse
discussion. to vest in Emory WATTS,
v,ho had already formulated plans
10 attend. full authority 10 repre-
sent the association. -a
When it was asked II n iano
romnanies were acting now MI
Ahnev said that Harry Faux IS IN
rhSraoo AT the present time work
ing on the problem, as 2 represent
ative az the Parker interests.
"But what Is needed - one III
two men I'D there who are workng
for \ Valley as a whole, and not
for land interests. One man like
hat would have more weight tnan
snn land LAWYERS. The Wisconsin
hoard naturally would believe ina
Tho land-men are looking al the
thing through colored glasses"
Before this conclusion was reacn-
% two other plans were placed be-
FORE the association meet. One OIL
tered bv C. l.. Hunter, FL Jaruln'
WAS to challenge the entire WIS
ronsin Board to come here and IN
yestieate the Valley. and to offer 70
nav their expense. The second sug-
restgon was by =. q. Woods, OF
mission. and he wanted to get the
drivers large manufacturing con-
Germs in Wisconsin selling their pro-
ducts in the Valley to help the VAL
lev fight the trouble. He named
the international Harvester COM
pany and the Nash Motor company
as two possibilities.
John T. Lomax. San Benito, pack-
ed MI. Watts assertion that re.
personalities OF land companies VIII
not have as much success as law
yers working for d~isinterested par
ties, such as the association