Brownsville Daily Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 97, Ed. 1, Wednesday, October 21, 1908 Page: 1 of 4
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BROWNSVILLE DAILY HERALD
vol. xvn. NO. 97.
BROWNSVILLE TEXAS WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 21 1908.
SINGLE COPIES 5 CENT S
ALFALFA TOOLS
WHEELBARROW SEEDERS
MOWING MACHINES
STEEL RAKES BALING PRESSES
LET US QUOTE YOU OUR PRICES
WITH FREIGHT PREPAID
NEW ORLEANS TO
THE RIO GRANDE
THOUSAND LOUISIANA AND TEX
AS DELEGATES TO WATER-
WAY CONVENTION.
Will Hold Preliminary Meeting in
Now Orleans to Plan Means of Se
curing Construction of tlie Great
Intercoast Project.
-LA LOMITA-
IRRIGATED LANDS
FOR SALE
Soomo weeks ago ive published as aa advertisement an
estimate on onions grown on 107 acres of land in the win-
ter of 1007 and 1908 land adjoining Lia Iiomlta Ranch by
W. P. Stites Ed Pnlllan W. E. Nicterson and Ed C. Dnstin
Secretary of the South Texas Onion Growers Association.
This estimate was made in May -while the Onions were in
transit. Since then W. P. Stltes and W. E. Nickcrson have
received return on their shipments from the 43 acres which
they cultivated. Mr Dnstin and Mr. Pnlllan have not yet re-
ported results of their 64 acres.
The 43 acres reported on by Messrs. Stitcs and Nickcr-
son show the results In a year when the markets were un-
favorable of careful cultivation good and careful packing
and early marketing of Bermuda Onions.. The 43 acres pro-
duced to 34 car loads containing 17001 crates netting the
growers $15304.04; the commission men $1320.00; the
crate men $2900.87 and the railroads $8291.78. Reduced to
one acre each acre paid $358.01 net to the grower$30.70 to
the commission mcn$C8.84 to the crate men and $102.83 to
the railroads.
The net results of the above work are as follows:
These two men came here l-ss than a year ago with
two teams and a few hundred dollars in money rented 43 acres
of irrigated land at $20 per acre paid their total living expenses
labor bills rent cost of crates freight and all other incidental
expenses amounting to a little over $5000 and for the one
year's work put in the bank something over $10000.
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New Orleans La. Oct. 19 One
thousand delegates are expected from
Louisiana and Texas at the conven-
tion of the Inland Waterway Associa
tion to be held here December 4 and
5 at which definite plans for an In
land waterway to run from New Or-
leans to the Rio Grande at Browns-
ville Texas will be mapped out and
afterward formally presented to the
Rivers and Harbors Congress which
will convene In Washington Dec. 9
10 and 11. Gov. Sanders and Mayor
B. Ehrman will probably be included
in the Louisiana delegation. The pro-
posed waterway will follow the coast
of Louisiana and Texas and will take
in New Orleans Galveston Corpus
Christ! and Brownsville and all other
Intermediate points of lesser im-
portance. This would mean that fif-
teen thousand mnes of rivers outside
of Louisiana and Texas would be
connected and an addltloal 3000
miles in the two latter states. La-
guna Madre wouuld be utilized as
would a bay near Aransas Pass Cor-
jpus Christi Bay San Antonio Bay.
west Bay East Bay and a score of
other small bodies of water Ho along
the proposed route which will skirt
the coast.
CONWAY HOIT
Mission Hidalgo Co. Texas
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A COMPLETE LINE OF
icultural Implements
STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT
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WNSVILLE
COMPANY g
Light Party at
Brownsville
Friday Night
A telegram was received at 2:41
this afternoon by Secretary Barnes
of the L. R. G. V. C. Club from Will
L. Dunn the representative of the
San Antonio Light dated Falfurrias
which is as follows:
"Light party reaches Brownsville
Friday. Will you arrange meeting
afternoon or night. Please wire me
here. (Signed) W. L. Dunn."
Meeting Friday Night.
In reply Mr. Barnes wired .Mr.
Dunn as follows:
"General meeting arranged for Fri-
day night at Commercial Club rooms.
What road will your party come over
to Brownsville? Want committee to
meet you. (Signed) Lower Rio
Grande Valley Commercial Club."
Fortunately a special meeting of
the club had already been called for
Friday night and it will be an easy
matter to turn it Into a general meet
ing for the purpose of receivlg the
visitors who are coming here In the
interest of building a railroad from
San Antonio to Brownsville.
USE FLOOD WATERS
FOR IRRIGATION
HV UTILIZING ONLY THE EXCESS
ABOVE NORMAL FJLOW OF
RIVER WASTE AVOIDED.
GASOLINE IiAUNClI FOR
QUAItANTINE STATION
Auxiliary Schooner Thekln Will be
Exchnngcd Dr. Florence Much
Pleased With Improvement
At Brownsville.
OF QUALITY AND STYLE
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SafnratatnM Hacnlmp. Oil ATlf9 Wrvrtrl f"L. fl4frm
OFFICE FURNITURE ETC ETC.
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HANCOCK-LAMB FURNITURE CO. Brownsville
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Toys Toys Toys
I have just added a Toy Department to my Drug Store.
A Complete Line of Toys in Stock all the Time
The auxiliary schooner Tbekla
which has been in use at the quaran
tine station on Padre Island near
Tarpon Beach will be exchanged for
E gasoline launch the Thekla being
?nt to some other station so The
erald learns from Dr. J. H. Florence
whose visit here is In connection with
this matter. Dr. Florence who is as-
sistant state h ealth officer. In addi-
tion to being quarantine officer at
Galveston is visiting various points
of the district on official mattora con-
nected with the operation of the quar-
antine stations. He ha3 had several
conferences o nthe subject with Dr.
Geo. D. Cox the quaratlne officer for
the Brazos do Santiage district whose
headquarters are at Brownsville.
Dr. Florence who was formerly
stationed at Brownsville himself. In
charge of this district has very pleas-
ant things to say o fthe place and es-
pecially compliments the great pro-
gress made In the town even within
the comparatively short time since he
left here. When he was here the
town had no electric lights or water-
works and the splendid arc lights
which illuminate our streets at night
now were quite a revelation to him.
doctor is convinced that Brownsville
has a very bright future and says he
looks back' upon his residence here as
one o fthe pleasant periods of his life.
Gravity Canals Serve This Purpose
and Besides Conserving AVatcr Sup-
ply Save Expense to Canal Opera-
tors IiJirge Resacas Form Natural
Storage Basins.
Charles M. Barnes secretary of the
Lower Rio Grande Valley Commer-
cial Club speaking relative to a re-
cent article in the San Antonio Ex-
press descriptive of damming the Rio
Grande river at Elephant's Butte
said:
"I note this dam when completed
Is to hold more than a billion gallons
of awter and that it Is estimated It
will take 15 years to finish and fill
this dam. If during this period the
entire flow of the Rio Grande in that
region should be required for the
Elephant Butte dam scant and small
would be the supply of water that
would reach this region but fortun
ately the article states that only
surplus water above the normal stage
will be caught and stored in tnis
vast reservoir.
"After a recent visit I paid to the
San Benito and Indiana Co-operative
canals where gravity Is used for con
veying the water from the river to
the canals and through their mains
and alterals that the Immense
amount of water which annually
flows down the Rio Grande when that
stream is above its normal volume
of flow could and should be much
more generally used than now.
"Such utilization need not and
would not in any way interfere with
any of the pumping propositions
large or small but would economical-
ly supplement their utility. In fact
the expense for pumping could be
lessend considerably while the supply
of water for irrigation could be vast
ly increased.
Such a course would also mate
rially obviate the necessity of taking
considerable quantities of water from
the river during its very low stages
or at any time unduly taxing the flow
of the stream.
"During my trips over the valley In
almost every locality I have noticed
objects that would form natural and
logical storage basins fo rthe accumu
lation and holding In reserve Im-
mense quantities of water. These are
the multitude of resacas or former
beds o fthe river that are to be found
all along the entire Lower Rio
Grande river valley. By gravity
when the flow oftUe river Is abnor
mal these resacas could be filled
and would hold until requried the
water for irrigating contiguous tracts
or thoso In moderate propnlqulty.
which could be connected with these
resacas at small cost by ditches. As
the rises which occur periodically in
tho Rio Grande take place the Im
mense volumes of surplus water now
permitted to flow to waste down to
the Gulf could and should be con
ducted by the gravity process into
the resacas and utilized at will and
as desired.
"By this method many millions of
gallons of water could be stored and
utilized for Irrigating this beautiful
and fertile valley. By it also many
hundreds of thousands of acres in ad-
dition to those now under cultivation
could and would be brought under Ul-
lage and utilized for any or all of the
many purposes for which land in this
locality Is used.
"For ages tho waters o fthe river
Nile were permitted like those of the
Rio Grande to flow to waste when
freshets occurred. Not many years
ago an English syndicate built an
immense reservoir Into which it con-
ducts the abnormal flow of the Nile
and releases it as required for irriga-
tion. There were no resacas along
the Nile snch as nature has provided
along the Lower Rio Grade valley
and this English syndicate had to
spend many millions of money just
as the United States government is
spending for the construction of tho
billion gallon reservoir near Elephant
Butte. The presence of the resacas
here will eliminate the greater por-
tion of this expense and make the
utilization by means of the gravity
process very moderate and in fact.
trifling when compared with the ex-
penditures elsewhere for the accumu-
lation and storage of water for irriga-
tion." '
There are a great many men who
boost that they call a spade a spade
who are allttle shy on the subject
when it come to handling a spade.
INSTALLING BIG PUMP
ON INDIANA CANAL.
A new thirty-six inch pump is now
being installed on the big canal of the
Indiana Co-operative Canal Company.
It is expected to be put in operation
next r'rlday and the canal filled with
water. This canal has been operated
heretofore exclusively as a gravity
canal.
T BROWNSVILLE DRUG STORE
cTVlARKET PLAZA BROWNSVILLE
Tramp (whlningly): "Me poor old
mother hasn't seen me face for years
and " Lady of the house: "Well
why don't you wash it?
EASTERN STAR NOTICE.
There will be a special meeting of
Hope Chapter O. E. S. Brownsville
Texas Friday at 8 p. m. All mem-
bers requested to be present. Visit-
ing members of order cordially In-
vited. Social meeting will follow in
honor of Grand Patron of the O. E
of Texas Brother C. H. Thorn.
By order of the W. M.
E. K. GOODRICH Sec.
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ADVERTISE IN THE HEBALt)
Main Canal 27 miles long
250 feet wide and 20 feet
deep. 13000 acre feet of
storage. 4 sections separat-
ed by locks and dams. Wat-
er stands 4. feet higher in
each section than in the one
next below. 50 miles of lat-
erals or branch canals now
completed and In operation.
Take our free automobile
trip to the headgates and see
for yourself.
Water in any quantity de-
sired flows naturally from
the bottom of tho Rio Grande
iiito our main canal and
from there into the laterals
and out upon the fields. It
does this when the river is
low as well as when the river
is high. To fill the canal we
simply lift one or more of
the eight gates In the big
concrete wall.
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SAN BENITO
On Main Line of Gulf Coast Railway 19 Miles North of Brownsville
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The Delta of the Rio Grande is the Most Favored Region on
the Continent; for Fanning Trucking and Fruit Growing
San Benito is the Most Favored Spot
In the Rio Grande Delta Because We Have
Water in Abundance
Which is the One Thing Needful
At San Benito You Will Find
The Only Gravity Canal in the Brownsville'Country
The Only Canal in the Valleythat has Navigation
We are Now irrigatingjthousands ofjacres WithoutjPumps
Get off the train at SAN BENITO or call at our Brownsville office opposite Miller
Hotel. Write or ask for ticket giving you FREE AUTOMOBILE RIDE from Browns-
ville to San Benito via our Headgates. Wrile for Booklet
San Benito Land & Water Co.
SAN BENITO TEXAS.
ALBA HEYWOOD. President SAM A. ROBERTSON Secretary and Engineer
Cane and other products
handled on barges (20 by 60
feet) through our series of
locks and dams.
The town of San Benito is
growing rapidly.- Splendid
hotel. Running water in er-
ery room.
I locks and dams. r"l err room. I
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Buy vhere yon get
Water for Irrigation
AT COST
W have for sale 12000
acres choice lands from 3
to 7 railes east of Browns-
ville on the
Indiana Co-operative Canal
ia tracts of any size - suit
from ten acres up on easy
terms. It will pay you to
investigate our proposition
E. F. Rowsosi 8l Co.
TEa White Front. Office
Brownsville Texas
JUST RECEIVED
Rubber Hose Reels Lawn Sprinklers
Lawn Mowers Washing Machines
Ice Cream Freezers Garbage Cans
A Nice Line Of Crockery
Free Delivery
City Hardware Store
Phone 49.
P. J. VIVIERj Proprietor
BROWNSVILLE TEXAS. P. 0. Box 375
La Donna the Mutual Canal. Lands $50.00 Per Acre
Apply to Any Real Estate Dealer.
Haliam Colonization Company Sales Managers.
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Wheeler, Mrs. Jesse O. Brownsville Daily Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 97, Ed. 1, Wednesday, October 21, 1908, newspaper, October 21, 1908; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth147833/m1/1/: accessed May 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .