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_____, BHOWNSVILLE, TEXAS,- SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1926 ‘ - =■—fc»aaa^attffeg ESTABLISHED 1892 ^
Vineyard Project Being Developed in Starr County
POINT ISABEL
CHANGING TO
MODERN CITY
Electric Light and Ice
Plants Operating;
Preparing For De
velopment Program
POINT ISABEL. Texas. Sept. 9.—
Slowly, but with certain 4read,
Point Isabt} is climbing the ladder
of progress.
When railroads connected the Val
ley with the rest of the United States
in 1904. Point Isabel ceased to be a
port and sank bark into the tranquil
life of a fishing village. Now the
town is undergoing a rehabilitation.
For the first time in its history
electric lights are blazing on its
streets, a movie show has opened its
doors, industries are seeking loca
tions, the road from Barreda is being
improved; and, what is most Impor
tant. work is going ahead to con
struct a deep water harbor to bring
shipping to its docks and wharves.
For the first time in its history,
electric lights blazed forth on its
streets this week as the Valley Elec
tric Company began the operation of
its new plant. The first unit of
the plant has been*completed and it
has been so constructed that addi
tional units can be built to increase
its capacity.
Residences in Point Isabel are
being wired, except in rare in^ances
Where small lighting outfits had
been installed. Only oil lamps have
burned before. Construction crews
are out putting up poles along the
streets and the city soon will be
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Harlingen Ready
For Celebration
of Hotel Opening
ifARLIXGEN, Texas, Sept. 11.—
The stage is set here for the opening
of the Reese-Wil-Mond, Harlingen's
new hotel which Is the largest ever
opened in the Valley, on the night
of September IS. *
The celebration, which will attend
the tpening, will last over a period
of a week, with the principal fea
tures scheduled Cor Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday nights.
The style show which has been
planned as part of the opening, will
not be held, it was announced here
Friday, arrangements fA the show
having failed to work out satisfac
torily. However, the other features
of the celebration, the big dinner on
NEW SKYSCRAPER
SOON UNDERWAY
HARLINGEN, Tex., Sept. 11.—
Work on Harlingen’s new skyscraper
is to be started by September 20, it
was announced here x Friday by
Elwing & Mulhausen, architects on
the building to be erectel for R. W.
Baxter.
Mr. Baxter has not decided whether
the building will be 7 or 10 stories,
although the foundation is to be put
in for 10 stories.
Th? building will bfe of brick,
fireproofed, reinforced concrete
foundation, with two main elevators
and one freight elevator.
No contract has been let, and it is
likely that th? work will be done on
a cost plus basis. The building, if
only seven stories, is expected to
cost about $125,000.
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the night of the opening, and the
dances, on the opening and two other
nights, will make up for this change,
those in charge of the celebration
said.
A dance orchestra is to be here all
week to play for, the dances. The
orchestra is d>eing brought from
Central Texas.
The Reese-Wil-Mond hotel is the
property of J. J. Burke. U is u five
story structure, fireproof, and of
latest design. It is of Spanish archi
tecture, ar.d containing 100 rooms.
The hotel will be the largest in
the Valley until the El Jardin hotel
at Brownsville is opened in Novem
ber. The structure here will have
stores on the ground floor, and some
offices, including a location for the
Harlingen Chamber of Commerce,
and the top flodr Is devoted mostly
to a large roof garden.
PUT DRAIN TILE
ON RIGHT OF WAY
SAN BENITO, Tex., Sept. 11.—
Laying of large drain tile as part of
the beautification and improvement
program of the Gulf Coast Lines, on
their right-of-way through San Be
nito has started.
That the right-of-way will be im
ptoved was a statement made by W.
G. Choate, general manager of the
road, on a recent visit to San Be
nito and other parts of the Valley.
GERM-PROF MONEY
PAl{IS.—The new type of paper
adopted for French currency has
demonstrated that it is germ-proof.
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14th and Van B.uren
Brownsville, Texas
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RESOURCES OF
TEXAS ALMOST
WITHOUT LIMIT
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State vis An Inviting
• Field For Almost
Every Branch O f
Human Activity
LLANO. Texas, Sept 10.—(^--Tex
as is an inviting fi?ld for every hu
man activity and the magnitude and
value of its resources cannot e ex
aggerated, Clarence E. Gilmore,
chairman of the Texas Railroad Com
mission, declared h *r* Friday.
Commissioner Gilmore spoke at
the annual meeting of the Hill dis
trict, West Texas Chrlnber of Com
merce, on “The Natural Resourc?s
of Texas,’* He told of the agiicul
tural, mineral, and other resources
of the Lone Star state and predict
ed gf?ater development of each. He
stressed the importance of stone,
granite, marble and clay resources,
which are practically inexhaustible
in this section.
“Our -«tone and granite, marbl'j
and clay products for all purposes
are inexhaustible.” he said. “We
have enough grinite and marble in
Texas to build all the buildings of
this nation, and yet stone is im- j
poitrd into Texas. The Ciijr of New
York is using Texas granite in tfie
construction of the Roosevelt Mem
orial and Edison budding. The clay
products are sufficii-nt to manufac
ture the finest and coarser grades
of chinaware, and sciintiflc de
velopment is needed.
“Texas produced $1100.000 worth of
silver last year, and we have gold
copper, lead magazines, sine, rock
asphalt, limestone, chalks, marls and
other products. Large quantities of
cement and lime are manufactured
and our gypsum and quicksilver pro
ductions are not small, and our silica
deposits are inexhaustible.
Ilclium Gas Produced
"This state is the-only one in the
union producing helium gas, used
by the government in lighter than
air craft? It also produces potash,
kaolin, celestite, graphite and many
other minerals."
Commissioner Gilmore classed ag
riculture a natural resource, and the
basic industry of mankind, saying
"within our 261,896 square miles of
territory we have every varietjT of
soil, capable of producing practically
every known cro* From the grain
and cotton and fruit of the Cap,
rock and the Plains country end
West and Northwest Texas general
ly, across the state to the long coast
line on the South and east with its
citrus fruits, truck, grain and cot
ton. we are a poweiful contributor
to th? welfare of the world.
"We are producing approximately
40 per cent of *he cotton of the
United States; we are likewise the
greatest producer of livestock, wool,
mohair, rice and other commodities,
and annually our production of
truck is increasing., \
Valley Challenges World.
"The Rio Grande Valley has flung
its challenge to the world in the
production of citrus fruits, and al
ready its grape fruit is recognlted
as supetior to all others. Thirty va
rieties of fruits and vegetables last
season were grown and shipped to
the east.
The speaker urged diversification
and flood control and conservation
of waters for agriculturists.
He did not draw a distinction be
tween metallic and non-metallic min
eials, but said that though some of
th? mineral resources had received
considerable attention and had added
to the wealth of the stats?, that many
more nre undeveloped.
Crude oil is produced in Texas
from nior? than 20,000 wells, in \75
counties from the plains to the Gulf
of Mexico, from the Red River on
the noith, tq the Rio Gntfnde on the
south, and front the deserts nenr
New Mexico to the pine forests in
the lowlands of East Texas, he re
cited, and pointed out that Texas
now' is second in production with'
more than 500,000 barrels a day. Cal
ifornia leads with a 600,000 barrel
production, and Oklahoma it. third
with a 400,000 hmrel production.
"This oi^ is being transported by
rail and through 11,000 mil?s of pipe
line and being refined Jnto g/soline
and lubricating oil in Texas refin
eries, among the largest of their
kind in the wotld, a part of which
supplies the people of Texas with
400,000,000 gallons of gasoline an
nually. .
Natural Gag Aida
“Natural gas in Texas is one of
the greatest resources, and is pro
duced in various sections of the
state, ther; being thirty producing
counties, and the supply is still un
limited, there being a potential daily
capacity of thirty-eight billion cubic
feet, of which we are taking only
154,000,000 cubic feet a day. Th'
time is not fur distant when natural
gas will take its rightful place as a
fuel factor in the development of
Texas.” __
Texas is producing seventy per
c?nt of the world’s supply of sul
phur and in 1924 a million tons were
produced, which sold for $11,500,000.
and has unlimited supplies of lig
nite, he said. He explained that the
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NEW YORK<-Now that a Dan
ish-Amcrican mother has swum
the rhnnntd, a Dane is here to
teach American girls gymnastics.
He came back with 33 American
vschooI teachers who took a special
course at Ollerup this summer in
swimming and other athletics. He
will instruct at the Y. W. C. A.
BOLOGNE.—Georges Michel is
beginning to ca-th in .just like tho
other channel swimmers. Theatri
cal engagements will more than
repay the 15,000 francs he spent.
The receipt* of a ball In his honor
are to be given him and Mine.
Michel is finding business brisk
in her bakery.
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NORFOLK.-Pooh, pooh, what's
hard about swimming the channel?
Reason one: Mr. Keverts, diver,
lie’s going to give people a real
thrill by walking seven miles on
bottom of Harmpton Roads, the
whole ^width, and he challenges all
comers.
' NEW YORK.—Children are real
ly their big job, whatever their a<*- j
complishments outside the family i
circle, two notable mothers agree.
Mrs. Corson, notwithstanding lu- !
erntive theatrical engagements, in- |
tend* to continue washing, scrub
bing and cooking for her babies.
'Lady A*tor avoids movies, bridge
'and society in order to be with
Jakey and the other kids as much
as possible.
LONDON.-* Winners of beauty
contests need not apply. Designers
of gown* have decided that pul
*chrtude of face detracts from
their wares so much that they are
marking the mannequins.
( AT WRE( KR MOTOR-BIKE
RAJJWAY, N. J.—A cat jammed ia
the Vheel of their motorcycle up
set L V. Scott and V. R. Walton,
both being seriously hurt
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Asparagus, Celery
Acreage in \ alley
Will be Increased
MERCEDES. T«x., Sept. II.—As
paragus and celery, the Valley’s new
est ventuics in vegetables,' which
were proved a sue ess Just year, are
expected to take a *«cure place in
the vegetable crop this y?ar, with
increased acreages and better yield*,
according to W. X. Co*. Jr., uf this
city, manager of the Tex s Produc
eis* Union. \
Mr. VC«e is conn cted with both
the organizations which are backing
the growing of these vegetables, the
Asparagus Growers Association, and
the .Celery Growers’ Association.
Approximately 500 acr *g of as- j
paragus will he planted in the Valley
this fall, he estimated, and about 100
ac:es of cel *ry. The asparagus acre
age is expected to continu* increas
ing more, rapidly than the celery'
acreage, due to the smaller cost of
planting.
“Since Inst year farmers over th*
Valley in most cases have decided to
plant their celery in single rows, in
stead of double rows,” Mr. C oe #Jid.
“This gives the advantage of air cir
culation, and helps to prevent cer
tain diseases. Otherwise the cultiva
tion of the crop will be about the
same.”
300 Pounds to Acre.
He estimated that about 10<?
acres of asparagus in the Valley
will bear this year. From this an
average of mound 300 pounds to the
acre should be secured, ar.d this will
increase with the continu'd growth ‘
of le root system. The price r*
eeivtd by Valley growers last year
for their asparagus was from $23 a
crate for the first shipment, down
to about $10 a erats. The Valley ex
pects to start harvesting asparagus
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in January this, year, almost two
months ahead of California, the next
earliest section, Mr. Coe said.
Asparagus ewill lira a dozen years
or mote in the Valley, according to
Mr. Coe, whil t " celery has to be
1 planted every year. The high cost of
celery seed, about WO a pound, will
be one of the chiaf factors in* mak
ing the increase in tbs growing of
this ctop slower than that of as
paragus.
Henry Knglert i of Mercedes is!
president of the Asparagus Growers ,
Association, and E. E. Black of San- j
ta- Maria is secretary and treasurer.
The Celery Groears' Association has j
not elected officers, having only re- j
centiy organized end secured a .
charfr.
Crops Spreading
Mr. Cos said that most of - the
celery and asparagus is in the Mer
cedes and Weslaco districts, although !
the growing of these crops is rap- ;
idly sptending to other sections of !
the Vathy. That they are assured as
high par crops in the Valley, yield- I
ing from $1200 to $2500 an acre,
gross, has been practically settled,
he said. ,
Mr. Coe said that the fall vege
table acreage as a whol; should be
about the same as last year, ac
cording to present indications, and
the yield probably bo about the
same, although the Valley growers
will be later thia year than last on
account of late cotton. About 50 per
cent of the land planted to cotton
is later planted to vegetables, he
said. The remainder is allowed to
remain with no crop in order to
plant an early cotton crop on it the
■ ollowing year.
PLANTGRAPES
ON IG TRACT
ATRIOGRANDE
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Over 2700 Acres to be
Developed For Vine
yard Purposes I n
Starr County x
RIO GRANDE CITY, Tex., Sept. 11.
—Development along new lines is to
take place here, it was announced
following the purchase of a 2700
acr? tract of land near here, which
is to be improved, divided into small
farms, and planted to grapes, tho
first that have been planted her*
on a large scale.
The land, part of the old Kelsey
tract, lies about a mile and a half
west of the postoffire, and will be
only half a mile from the new eity
limits, if the limits are extended
after the election on September 2d.
It was purchased by E. H. Banta
of San Antonio, and associates.
Scott McKy and H. G. Bartel, VaU
ley men.
Acting on the statement of Valley
nurserymen that this land, is ad
mirably adapted to grape culture on
account of the gravel subsoil, tho
new owners are planting to develop
the grape industry here.
They are making arrtmgement*
with H. G. jStilwell of Brownsville,
pioneer Valley nurseryman, to plant
the vines. These grapes are of tho jf
finer California and European type% J
budded on mustang grape stocks, soJj
they will withstand root rot or othevjl
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