Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-21
IN OUR
VALLEY

Valley
We've seen some OF them. plenty
OF them.
Our dates are probably of. so we
won't attempt to tell just when.
Saw one in 1919. sure Of that date.
Saw another a few years later. the
last that came along before the
Hidalgo County flood control works
were built.
All or the others have been In
the papers.
Can't get excited about them
II they do come. what Of Il?
Hidalgo and Cameron Counties
have flood control works to carry of
the surplus waters.
To be sure, some crops have been
planted between the levees.
Owners OF those crops took the
y chance when they planted them.
We all hope they will not ever
lose them, but they will lose them
some years.
Principal harm these floods, 50
called. do is in the minds OF people
I'D state. who can't imagine what a
flood along this section OF the Rio.
Grande really Is.
They picture q raging torrent OF
water, sweeping all before It.
They see women and children
struggling in the boiling waters.
They see houses being carried
away. and all that sort Of thing.
How different from the gradual
approach Of the waters, running
slowly through the flood ways WITH
very little force behind, gradually
oozing its way along in an effort 70
reach the sea through the former
channel OF the river.
Our flood scares are like our trcpi-
cal st~rm scares.
Chances are they won't amount %.
anything.
sttll. when the storm and flood
warnings are given, our Valley news
papers must publish them.
Not so much because we want 10
a the people. but on the OIL
chance that this particular time MAJ
he the time that something VIII
happen.
Don't let anyone scare you about
storms or floods.
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
nights the city commission OF
brownsville again meets in session
IA hear the views Of Brownsville
property owners on the proposed CITY
coming plan.
Probably some forty Brownsvillites
appeared before the commission last
week.
The plan IS well worked out.
There may be some individuals
who will not be fairly treated u
Il goes through as proposed
The commission desires 70 hear
the viewpoint OF everyone.
Tuesday night and Wednesday
night are the nights to present that
Viewpoint.
WE WANT TO KNOW the name
OF this new cover crop.
The crop you see planted between
rows Of citrus trees up and down
the Valley.
Never saw It before this year.
1t looks funny. that Is II looks
peculiar. its a peculiar looking kind
OF a cover crop. II you know what
We mean
sure. we know We could write or
phone 10 Bill Friend up at the VAL
ley experiment station and he would
tell us all about Il.
Maybe by ~broadcasting this ap-
peal. this way. we will hear from
some Of our farmer friends who
viii tell Us not only what It Is, but
will relate their experience with Il.
LAW PROHIBITING planting OF
cotton on certain designated land
is to be introduced during the cur
rent session OF the legislature.
There ought to be a law" prohibit
Ing the introduction Of such nut
legislation
We cr fully admit that cotton
acreage in the south must be re-
duced.
one OF the surest ways TO put OH
that reduction Is to pass a law.
Maybe we are stubborn. but II
we we're a cotton farmer. and any
such law we're passed. we'd plant
our every acre in cotton II it broke
us.
Legislation IS too often confused
with education.