Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-22
HIDALCO LEADS
IN PRODUCTION
County Assumes Premier
Position Among Agricul-
tural Sections of South

Leading all counties I n Texas IN
vegetable production. Hidalgo also
mas assumed a position among the
leaders 1T production of cotton, and
within q few years will rank fore
most among the counties or the
United States in citrus fruit pro-
duction.
Highway construction and rail-
road extensions have accelerated
development. and in both the irri-
gated and non-irrigated sections
thousands OF acres are being clear
ed each month. with the prospect
that the lS29-30 paintings Of fruit,
vegetables and cotton Will show an
increase Of at least 20 per cent over
those oil the present year.
With less than 30 per cent OF its
extremely fertile lands developed,
Hidalgo Is destined 70 become the
heaviest producer OF agricultural
tonnage among southern counties. =
the prediction OF growers and de-
velopers, who point to the fact that
in no part Of the South Is the soil
more uniformly fertile or the eli
matte conditions better adapted to
production Of agricultural and hor-
ticultural products.
Named for Patriot Priest
This county was named III honor
OF the patriot priest. Miguel Hidal-
90. He was born in the province
Of Guanajuato. May 8, 1853. AT ar
early age lie was sent to the Col
lege Of San Nicholas. at Valladolid,
where he became distinguished as
a student. He was then sent TO the
City OF Mexico. In l778 and 1879
he there studied and had conferred
upon him the degree of Bachelor OF
Theology. On his return to ValIa-
dolid he obtained. by successive ap-
pointments as cura. two OF the rich
est benefices Of the diocese, and
finally became cura of Dolores, with
a stipend Of $4,000 to $4,000 and
devoted himself TO a variety OF oc-
equations independent Of his cler-
ical duties. studied science, French
philosophical works. political econ
cmy. and gave critical study to the
doctrines propounded In the unor-
tncdox works. This loosened the
hold of the church on many Of the
non-essentials In its doctrines and
led him into "a detestation OF the
despotism Of the ruling powers.
On the 18th day of September,
1910. he issued his famous Critic de
Dolores. or war cry for liberty, and
launched the revolution which was
to free Mexico from the thraldom
Of Spain. After several victories Of
the royal troops he was finally de-
feated in January, 1911. at the bat
tie known as the Bridge or CAL
deron." Later he himself was cap
tured and executed at Chihuahua,
July 81, 1911. his head was severed
from his body. sent to Guanajuato
and suspended in an iron cage BY
the royalists. while his body was
buried In Chihuahua. where IL re-
NAMED until 1923, when, by order
Of congress, 1t was transferred, with
his skull, to the Cathedral in the
City Of Mexico in the Chapel las
Reyes. the famous burial place OF
the viceroys and later Of the presi-
dents Of the Republic Of Mexico.
In 1923 a monument was erected In
Chihuahua in memory of Hidalgo
and his leaders. and in 1863 Juarez
raised Dolores to the rank OF a city
and ordered erected in the principal
square a statue to Hidalgo memory.
In 1873 the congress of Mexico de-
cided that the national flag should
be raised on the 9th day Of May in
commemoration Of his birthday,
and President Diaz caused the sta
tue 70 be erected IN 1878 at a cost
Of $4,000.