Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-22
NY. GANGSTERS RUB OUT FOES
in OUR
VALLEY

v NAAG IL
The "old order changeth". and Il
fs as II should be But II gave
As a pang 10 see the Point changed
TO Port Isabel, and now II is
"Chasladd" In place Of Tiocano,
and "Ebenezer' is no more
Next thing we know. Mamie"
will have passed out or existence.
probably has passed out. though we
have seen no headlines IL either
OF the Mission papers chronicling
the demise.
Wonder how IL makes Charley
Swallow feel 10 pass by the site OF
the old Ebenezer camp where they
used 10 bed down the homeSeekerS
on those narrow iron beds. and 10
no longer be able TO see the old
brown shack which was the first
land company clubhouse in the
Valley2
How times have changed. The old
building probably cost as much as
$500, beds and all. Quite some diff
ferent IN those days in which the
homeseekers pioneered as compared
with the really luxurious accomoda-
tons provided by the land company
OF today for its prospects.
The Ebenezer camp was distinc-
tive, in its day, In that II furnish
ed the homeseeker a chance to get
off the train. walk around. and
secur a change from the scenery
or the Pullman which brought him
TO the Valley. Majority Of land
companies operating here back in
1910 and up 10 1915 or 50 used the
Pullmans as "clubhouses." driving
their parties from the cars and back
again.
And land in those days wa sell
ing for sl37.50 up. in the brush.
Quite some stir when the price was
set at around $500 per acre.
IL required nerve 10 be a land
man when Camp Ebenezer was
built. and the land drives had to
negotiate mile after mile Of dusty
country roads full Of chug holes.
and pass through city after city
without a paved street to be zen
during the entire days drive.
AMI II II required nerve TO be a
land man. think OF the nerve It
required 10 purchase land under
those conditions. Not only the
seller. but the buyer. must of nee
essity have been imbued with a
dream and a vision OF what was in
store for the Lower Rio Grande
valley OF Texas. many times re-
ferred 70 as as @place where the
South was getting even with the
d-n Yankees
Wager you this. that the SUBJ
seuuent development or that same
Valley has proven a most pleasant
surprise 70 the land companies then
operating here. just as it has sur
prised those who purchased from
these land companies and proceed
ed to grow UP with the country.
Who could have foreseen the
hundreds OF miles of paved roads?
Who could have foreseen the thous-
ands Of acres OF citrus groves. the
cement lined canals. the magnifi-
cent water plants. the underground
irrigation syStems7 Who would have
been bold enough 70 foretell the
coming Of another great railroad
system to that wilderness?
Would you have been bold enough.
back IN 1914. 10 have prophesied
The coming Of a day when the gov
Y eminent would dredge a harbor a.
Point Isabel and Brownsville would
continue i % the very door OF the
city7
And who could have dreamed 81
the magnificent school systems. in
Guiding two junior COLLEGES of the
first grade. with which the Valley
Is now blessed7
Don't laugh AZ dreams and VS.
Ions. Won residents ar the Rio
Grande Valiev-who live IN a coun-
try where realization has surpassed
the widest dreams Of its pioneers.
And don't laugh when some
speaker or writer continues 70 laud
the prospects az the future. No
fulfiIlment OF the future can pos
siblv surpass IN comparison the
fulfillment which the past Is years
has brought 10 the Valley section.
Who was II said that America
had no place for the man who was
n bear" on the future or his
country? He knew America. and he
might well have known the Lower
Rio Grande Valley Of Texas. that
man. whoever he vas.
New blood. new nom new
energy. all are constantly coming
into the Valley. Fighting against
odds. the Valley has started 70 come
into its own. With odds nearer
even money. a bright future looms.