Brownsville herald. [volume], March 08, 1929, Airport Edition, AIRPORT, Page SIX, Image 20

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DREAMING OF TREASURE ISLAND IN
PACIFIC WEALTHY MAN SAILS FOR IT
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- The “Peary” as she began the voyage, with inset of Matthew F. Bramley,
By JOSEPH S. WARD, Jr.
BOSTON. Mass., March 8.—The
age of romance is not dead. If ev
idence of this statement is needed,
witness the vovage of the good ship
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Peary, bound from Boston to a
“dream island” somewhere in the
Pacific.
The purpose of the voyage is to
locate the island, then proceed to
“raise” it, or at least to raise a sort
of cofferdam around it. so that the
sunken paradise may be reduced to
dry land by the use of pumps.
Then the dreamer of the dream
nopes u> aet zoos on w magic
island.
The dreamer, and the backer of
the expedition, is Matthew F.
Bramley, a poor boy who rose to
a position of great wealth as a pav
ing contractor in Cleveland. He
has with him a select group of pas
sengers, friends selected to share
with him the thrill of the romantic
voyage.
Bramley said he first saw the
island in a deep dream, which was
different from other dreams in that
he appreciated the whereabouts of
his unreal adventure. The island,
he said, seemed to be a few feet
under the surface of the Pacific,
and something enchanting about it,
he said, drew him into further in
vestigation.
He went to San Pedro, Cal., the
location in the dream, and char
tered an airplane. Flying over the
ocean, he said, he sighted the
dream island, where it should have
been according to his vision. He
determined to charter a vessel and
make a scientific study.
Forthwith, he went east, to buy
the sturdy Peary, and have her
outfitted for the voyage. He as
sembled a crew of 18 men.
Dressed in the natty uniform of
a rear commodore of the Cleveland
Yacht club, and with the club en
sign crackling from the masthead,
Bramley set sail from Boston with
the enthusiasm of a boy.
“dream island.” after about as ro
mantic an exploit as this commer
cialistic age has offered.
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Of the
Brownsville Municipal
Airport Saturday
And
Receipt and Departure of the first
International Mail to and from Mex
ico.
I The Brownsville Municipal Airport is located in El
Jardin, one of the most progressive and richest farm
ing communities in the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
The hardsurfaced road from Brownsville to the airport passes di
rectly through El Jardin where beautiful homes, citrus orchard?
and truck farms enhance a natural beautiful setting.
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The new airport is an added asset
I to Brownsville, the Valley and El
L Jardin in particular.
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EL JARDIN I
A magnificent area of 25,000
acres of irrigated land, on MR
wl-ich has been created one IS|
of the most highly developed
and intensely cultivated farm- |||
ing and fruit raising districts ®|
in America, adjoins Browns- gu
ville on the east, and is the
southernmost farming land in fS
the entire United States. U3
Like a veritable Garden of S3
Dreams, this tract—EL JAR- H3
DIN FARMS—stretches from
the Rio Grande several miles 0s
to the north. Gridironed by SH
canals for its Irrigation; bi- QL
sected by roads that cover it
like a network; drained by a S
perfect system of ditching;
dotted with modern homes gy
and schools, its scented groves
of citrus and fair fields of gi
growing crops give evidence yjj
of a soil and climate that re- ES
c nize few rivals In the ^
World.
If you would see the Lower ■■■■
Rio Grande Valley at its best, Rg
visit El Jardin Farms, and the E&
Brownsville District. And if ff|
you would join hands with the lip
other good folks of this ill
Healthy, Happy, Prosperous ■
Community, — Come Now — Bp
while there remain a few H
tracts available in this prov
en successful area—and let the Mg
evidence of your pwn eyes ■
convince you. Pf
James-Dlckinson
Company
REALTORS
t Brownsville
18 Years in the Lower Rid Grande Valey
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Welcome To Brownsville For The
Formal Airport Opening And The
Inauguration Of International
Air Mail
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After the ceremonies at the airport
and the first mail plane is on its way to
Mexico — Visit Matamoros
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