Brownsville Daily Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 227, Ed. 1, Wednesday, March 24, 1909 Page: 1 of 4
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Daily herald
VOL. XVH. NO. 227.
BROWNSVILLE TEXAS WEDNESDAY-MARCH 24 1909.
SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS
DlcUWrOYI LrLrE
FENCING
lO STYLES
Poultry and Rabbit
Hog Fences
Stock Fences
We Pay the Freight on Shipments
' of 1 00 Pounds or More
IRRIGATED LAND:
FOR SALE
The facts that we have advertised about Stitcs & Nickerson clearing
10000.00 from forty-three acres of onions last winter has been told so "
ftcrn that we will now give you the results of the farming operations of
S. Taylor of Mission in raising snap beans.
Mr. Taylor is an ex-ranger and his experience in farming dates back
only to the time of his purchase of five acres of land at La Iiomita one
year ago.
In September 1908 he planted one and one-half acres to beans and
shortly after planting them went to th0 new town of Chapin where he
was employed by Mr. John Closner. for several months.
During Ids absence his beans matured and he Instructed a neighbor to
have them marketed.
When he returned to Mission a day or two ago he was very agree-
ably" surprised to learn that his one and one-half acres of beans had pro-
duced 178 Yz bushels and had sold at an average price of S2.25 per bushel
net to him aggregating $301.02..
When it is realized tliat this crop was planted grown and marketed
during the the three months of October November and December and re-
alized at the rate of $201.00 per acre or $130.00 per nonth for the time
they were being grown some Idea of the possibilities ""''lalgo "County
can be better understood.
Brownsville Texas December 18th 1008.
;c O N WAY m HOIT
Mission Hidalgo Co. Texas
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The Coming Best Town
In the Rio Grande Valley
SEE
E. F. Rowson & Co.
Exclusive Sales Agents
Brownsville Chapin
HOUSTON CAPTURES
BROWNSVILLE
Royal Welcome Extended to the Bayou City Trade Excursion
Interesting Program of Addresses Music Etc. at Carson
. Park. Visitors Cultivate Closer Trade and Social Relations
with Brownsville.
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They came they saw they con-
quered. Seventy-eight of the leading
business representatives of the bus-
iest city in all South Texas perhaps
invaded the metropolis of the Lower
Rio Grande Valley last evening and
simply took the place by storm. The
committee of representative citizens
of Brownsville which met the invad-
ing force at the. station did not offer
the slightest resistance but capitulat-
ed immediately turned the city over
to Houston and became willing cap-
tives themselves. The vanguard of
the citizens' committee comprising
Lon C. Hill A. Ashheim Judge A. W.
Cunningham H. C. Dennett Capt.
J..W. Vann B. G. Stegman W. H.
Mason. Jr. Geo. McGonigle Dr. H W.
Taylor S.'C. Timpson Geo. J. Head
and a Herald representative that met
the Houston trade special at Harlln-
gen returned to town in captivity
likewise. In fact Brownsville and
her people were Houston's for last
night and this morning up to eleven
o'clock when the invaders graciously
restored the town to liberty and left
with the proviso that the city
should consider itself under tribute
to Houston in future.
Five Pullman coaches including a
dining car and a baggage car con-
stituted the Houston Trade special
train. Besides the seventy-eight pas-
sengers the train carries a good
brass baud which nDt only enliven
the way for the excursionists but also
adds greatly to the entertainment of
the towns; visited by the trade ex-
cursion. On arriving at the station in
Brownsville the visitors were most
cordially greeted by the citizens' com-
mittee. The First Mexican Cavalry
Band of Matamoros added joyful note
to the greetings playing one of its
liveliest numbers as the train rolled
in. A procession was formed includ.
ing the Houston visitors the brass
band and also the negro orchestra
which accompanied them the citizens
committee and the Mexican Cavalry
band which lead marching up town
to the commercial club. In the club
room to receive the guests and extend
them a hearty welcome to our midst
was Col. Alba Heywood president of
the Lower Rio Grande Valley Com-
mercial Club Secretary R. N. Magill
of the same organization and Dr.
Fred J. Combe mayor of Brownsville
and a number 'of other of the leading
citizens of the city. The club room
was most tastefully and appropriate-
ly decorated for. the occasion in palms
ferns flowers which adorned the.
walls and other vantage points
while upon tables were displayed
tastefully various vegetable and fruit
products of the valley giving a most
attractive appearance to the scene.
After a short stay at the club room
the entire party was invited to go to
Carson Park where a general recep-
tion had been prepared for them.
Here at eight o'clock Mayor Combe
delivered a very hearty and appropri-
ately worded address welcoming the
Houstonians to Brownsville. The
mayor was followed by Mrs. Hannah
Pratt Jessup who read the following
original poem extolling the Lower
Rio Grande Valley:
We fled from Northern bondage
Where snow and blizzards are!
From sickness in "the Hoosier State"
We sought the great "Lone Star."
We'd heard about a climate
Down on the "Gulf Shore' land.
And sure enough we've struck it
Down on the Rio Grande.
We heard about the "richest soil"
That's anywhere on earth. .
; Where men get wealth without much
toil
And where there Is "no dearth.
To leave our home it took "some
grace
But now we wave a wand;
As sure as life we've found the place
Brownsville on the Rio Grande.
We heard of Padre Island.
Y For It's fine surf well known
i Whose foam crest waves along the
j . shore
I Are freighted with ozone.
! And since we found this "Eden"
j It's breeze our brow's have fanned
Till we could wish the whole world '
Were on the Rio Grande.
AVe heard about great. sporting
And of abundant game
valley full of wonders
A spq of world wide fame.
A place we heard where sugar cane
Just grows "to beat the band!"
Where health and wealth with lota
of fun
Are on the Rio Grande.
The world has bowed to Texas;
Her soil took its "sweepstake."
And yet there are some people
Who think these truths are fake.
Lo! on her broad and fertile plains
Her trophies may be scanned
While climate therich key to health
Is on the Rio Grande.-
Galveston for her harbor
For heroes San Antone
Great Houston for her marts of trade
And Austin for her stone!
But Brownsville with her silt and
cane
With Mexico shakes hand!
A queen 'twixt nations now she sits
Down on the Rio Grande.
Fort Worth with all- her splendid
stock..
And Dallas with her store.
Will fall down flat before. this place
With such an open door.
Old Brownsville once So queer and
quaint.
Is leading in the land
For she is destined to become
Great on the Rio Grande.
Of all the hisO' of her past
The "Lone Star" may be proud
And trust the Lord for coming years
A future without cloud.
Behold among the nations -A
gem she'll always stand
Whose pride is on her South Gulf
Shore
Along the Rio Grande.
Let Houston with her channel
And it's deep waterway
With pride long bear the "flower of
state"
As in her earlier dayl
The masters of her arts still live
Great noble good and grand
Broad-minded as their fathers were
Guests on the Rio Grande.
Within this clime mid fruit and song
It gives us untold joys
To meet and greet this happy throng
Of jolly Houston boys
Who surely can make no mistake
In joining us by hand
To own the truth her best Is here
Down on the Rio Grande.
This excellent production was re-
ceived with a storm of applause.
Judge Norman G. Kittrell respond-
ed to the mayor's address on behalf
of the Houstonians. In his usual ele-
gant and eloquent maimer the judge
praised Brownsville and the valley
its people and its inviting opportuni-
ties and told of the cordial senti-
ments which the Bayou City enter-
tains for Brownsville.
Judge Noah Allen of Brownsville
followed speaking in glowing terms
of the valey and its metropolis its
promising present and its magnificent
future.
The relations of Houston and
Brownsville were dwelt upon in a
very interesting talk by Hon. Henry
L. Borden of Houston who succeed-
ed Judge Allen hfs remarks receiv-
ing the undivided attention of the
large audience.
Most important was the address of
Hon. John A. Fox special director of
! the National Rivers and Harbors
t Congress who spoke of the proposed
! intercoastal canal project its im-
' portance to Brownsville and the en-
tire Gulf Coast of Texas.
! At the conclusion of Mr. Fox's ad-
i dress the visitors were entertained
informally by the citizens mingling
in pleasant social intercourse. Sand-
wiches and beer were served and par-
taken of with zest by all.
j The Mexican military band ren-
dered an excellent program compris-
ing some of the choicest numbers of
its repertory including both classic
and popular selections. The Hous
ton band also added to the pleasure
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St. Joseph's College For Boys
Special Primary and Preparatory Training Under Personal Care of the
MARIST BROTHERS
Excellent Discipline Enforced by Kindness. We refer you to patrons as to satis-
factory results attained in this school. Fall term opens SepL 1. For catalogue or
particulars address ST. JOSEPH'S COLLEGE. Brownsville Texas.
A WANT AD IN THE HERALD GETS RESULTS. TRY AND SEE
ee Saxonm
In the Window of the Texas Confectionary Store
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 the Rio Grande
into our main canal and
from there Into the laterals
and out upon the fields. It
does this when the Tiver is
low as well as whea the river
is high. To fill the canal we
simply lift one or more of
the eight gates In the big
concrete wall.
On Main Line of Gulf Coast Railway 19 Miles North of Brownsville
The Delta of the Rio Grande is the Most Favored Region on
the Continent for Farming 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 Valley that has Navigation
We are Now irrigating thousands of acres Without Pumps
Get off trie train at SAN BENITO or call at our Brownsville office opposite Miller
Hotel. Wtite or ask for ticket giving you FREE AUTOMOBILE RIDE from Browns-
ville to San Benito via our Headgatcs. Write 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 GO
feet) through our series of
locks and dams.
The town of San Benito is
growing rapidly. Splendid
hotel. Running water in ev-
ery room.
Two Splendil driven wells just brought in at San Benito.
Pure Sweet water a- 180 fe:t
Anyth'ng
Electrical
Anything1
in Plumbing
Brownsville
ectric and Plumbing Co
ALL KINDS OF
Electrical Plumbing & Sheet Metai Work
A!i Work Guaranteed Satisfactory
ff Telephone No. 166 Opposite Postoffice PostofHce Box 288 &
MAIL ORDERS FROMPTLY ATTENDED TO
Snyder-Mason Lumber & Manufacturing Co.
Lumber Shingles Sash; Doors etc.
. Give us a trial before you' buy.
We can please you.
Phone 226 Office Levee Street
Yard West Brownsville
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The Land of Now
Development in the Falfurrias Country is a present
fact and not a promise for the investor or for the
homeseeker offering- unequalled opportunity to
share the profits of the "Land of Heart's Delight"
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Both ways via the SAP. Brownsville Road Passengers
connect at Corpus Christi. Robstown or'Sinton.
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Wheeler, Mrs. Jesse O. Brownsville Daily Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 227, Ed. 1, Wednesday, March 24, 1909, newspaper, March 24, 1909; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth147958/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .