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Valley Citrus Acreage
Is 100,000 With More
Than 7,000,000 Trees
By J. E. Montgomery in Monty’s
Monthly, December Issue
To begin at the beginning, about
58 years ago, a wandering prie-st
who had jurisdiction over the Rio
Grande Valley, carried some orange
seeds out to the Laguna Seca
Ranche. Rather, he carried some
oranges to the “kiddoes” of his dio
are standing today as the pioneers
of the'jfctrus industry of the Lower
Rio GtaJide Valley.
About the time of the advent of
the St. Louis, Brownsville and Gulf
railway, now known as the Mis
souri Pacific System, there came to I
the Valley a .real estate promoter
with a long vision. It was he who :
conceived the idea of growing cit- j
rus fruit in the Valley. Sending to
Florida for trees, he had planted- j
.iust east of Mercedes, the first
commercial citrus grove of the Val*
ley. This is now known as the Ever
green orchard, owned by Dr.
Kalbfleisch. Probably more peo
ple have visited this orchard than
any other in the Valley, unless the
Chas. Volz grove south of Mission,
can lay claim to that distinction.
And the Volz orchard is about the
second one planted here.
Several other groves were set out
along about the same time, includ
ing the Conway and Windbiggler
oranges, grew several trees which
Brothers, of McAllen, and perhaps
one or two others.
The industry was slow to get a
foothold, however, and it was not
until the advent of John H. Shary,
colonizer and developer, that citrus
growing received impetus sufficient
to be recognized as a fixed resource
of the Valley to the other and you
1914, if our memory serves us right,
or about ten years after the ini
tial orchard was planted.
While most of the citizenry of the
Valley knew that there were a few I
scattered citrus groves in this sec
tion few of them gave any thought
to the potential value of the fruit
produced. In fact, as late as 1916.
a 11-acre orchard on the outskirts
of McAllen, planted by the Griffing
Nursery Co., was loaded with fruit
and no market for it. Finally a lo
cal grocer made a ridiculously low
offer to the owners for the fruit
and cleaned up a profit of $4,000
on it when he shipped it to up-state
points. It was the town talk for
weeks afterwards.
The Shary Proj«ct
When Mr. Shary began the de
velopment of his big subdivision,
nowr known as Shary land, he be
gan setting out young orchards and
placed a price of a thousand dol
lars per acre on them when plant
ed. The then staggering prices
were the gossip of the Valley. Peo
ple began to sit up and take no
tice. Many w?ere not only skeptical
but questioned the integrity of the
company engaged in selling lands
at such fabulus prices.
But that was ten or twelve years
ago. The orchards set out at that
day and time have paid for them
selves over and over again.
Following the examples set by the
Shary sales organization, other
companies fell in line, and individ
uals, seeing the added value to
their lands by havings orchards set.
Approximately there are now
planted 100.000 acres of citrus
groves in the Valley That would
mean about seven million trees for
the total if planted at the rate of
70 trees per acre. However, the
giving of statistical information to
day would not hold good tomorrow,
so many are the chances taking
place daily. Drive from one end
of the Valley. That was along in
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route from the nursery to their
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running up and down the Valley
throughout the working hours of
every day.
The past six years have seen the
greatest development in the history
of the Valley. In fact, every year
since 1922 has seen the plantings
yearly quite doubled the plantings
of each previous year.
REPORTS GIVE COLEMAN
ONE OF BEST SCHOOLS
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COLEMAN. Texas. April 27.——
Coleman has one of the best school
systems in Central West Texas, ac
cording to a report filed with the
department of education at Austin
by a state inspector.
“The citizens of Coleman," the in
spector said, “may well boast that
they have one of the best organized,
equipped, taught and kept school
systems in Central West Texas.
Much effort and money have been
1 spent in the improvement of the
system during the past few years.
; and today both grade and high
1 school pupils are housed in modern
i and well-planned buildings.’
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CONTENTS OF DRAWER
WILL REMAIN SECRET
HOUSTON, Tex., April 27.——
Contents of a drawer in th® fire
commissioner’s desk here, which has
not been opened for at least ten
years, will remain a secret during
the administration of H. Andy Del
ery.
The new fire commissioner says
he doesn’t know and doesn’t care
what’s in the drawer and therefore
won’t try to unlock it.
Allie L. Anderson, former fire
commissioner, found the drawer
locked ten years ago when he took
office. He was tossed a bunch of
keys but none of them fit. Rather
than show his curiosity to his pre
decessor, whom he defeated, Ander
son let the drawer remain untouch
ed. The present commissioner’s at
titude is the same. ’
McALLEN PRESENTS
‘THE CHARM SCHOOL*
(Special to The Herald)
McALLEN. April 27.—“The Charm
School,” famous stage success of
Alice Duer Miller and Robert Mil
ton. will be presented as the class
play of the McAllen high school
senior class Monday, April 29.
Taking part in the play are Jim
Pate, Bill Maitland, William Horn,
Ted Mahone, Frank Allen. Dorothy
Chambers, Maurine Stout, Everly
Moore, Mary Harrison, Winifred
Wharton, Freda Harding, Ethelyn
! Harding. Mary Virginia Barron,
Margaret Betson and Opal Frisby.
PIONEER LANDMARK
CANYON. April 27.—UP)—The
building which housed the head
quarters of the old T-Anchor
Ranch, the first house built in
Randall county, is to be preserved
by the Panhandle Plains Historical
Society. The house and 200 acres of
land surrounding it is owned by the
West Texas State Teachers College
of Canyon.
Twelve- Year-Old Wri ter
Interviews Congresswomen
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By ALICIA B. STEWART
ASHING TON,
D. C., April 27.
—Other con
gress women,
too, have line
fathers ;
but none of
the m are so
well known as!
the fathers of \
Congresswom a n!
Ruth Hanna Mc
Cormick of Illi
nois and Con
gresswoman
Ruth B ryan
Owen of Florida.
Naturally these
two congress wo
__ men would be
At in A the inter
C.-reT\a//L-T* estin& to hiter
jT EWART view.
The father of Mrs. Ruth Hanna
McCormick was Mark Hanna of
captain of industry, as well as sen
ator. Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen's
father was Wiliam Jennings Brwan
of Nebraska, and later Florida—
the commoner, and also a president
maker.
I went down to the House Office*
guilding to see Mrs. McCormick
and Mrs. Owen, whom I am going
to compare. I am inclined to say
they are much like their fathers.
A Moment of Trepidation
As I went in front of Mrs. Mc
Cormick’s door I saw her name at
the side of it. I opened it. This
was to be my first interview, so
you can imagine that I had a good
deal of stage fright. Two women
were sitting in the room.
I believe anybody could sense
which one was Mrs. McCormick.
She looked at ease, and confident.
She is thin, and quite tall and
straight. Her nose is Roman, and
she has a keen face.
Her features are sharp, her eyes
steely blue, and she has silver gray
hair. In fact, she is distinguished
and aristocratic looking — rather
handsome, though her features are
masculine.
She is not especially aristocratic
in her speech, however, for she has
a breezy style, and I heard her put
a good deal of slang in her con
versation.
Interview Begins, But—
“I would like to speak with Mrs.
McCormick,” I said.
‘T am Mrs. McCormick,” she re
plied. Her tone was cold, and
practical.
She seemed very level-headed,
and spoke in a confident, rather
hushed voice, with loud tones at
irregular intervals. I asked her
for an interview, and she told me
to wait.
As I sat down I heard her laugh
ing with the other woman. I didn’t
know what she was laughing about,
but I wras afraid it was at me. She
seemed to take advantage of me,
because I was small.
Then her secretary came in. <T
have heard that she has several sec
retaries.) I waited a long time.
‘Even after she had finished with
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Above Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen;
below Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCormick.
the person with whom she wras
talking, she began speaking with
two of her secretaries. After about
an hour I got tired, and went out.
Then I went to the of ice of Mrs.
Owen. As I opened the door she
turned and smiled. That smile was
reassuring. I asked her for an in
terview. She said she could give
me one and she did.
She asked me to bring it in to
her after I had finished it, so that
she could go over it again with
me, and see if anything were
wrong, or could be added. I will
conclude the interview later, after
I have taken it to her, and she has
said that it is all right.
Mrs. Owen is a motherly-looking
lady, not so handsome as Mrs. Mc
Cormick, but with a very sweet
face, that sort of comforts you.
She has idon-gray hair that waves
in profusion over her head. I
noticed that she had plants on the
window sill. Mrs. McCormick had
nothing of the sort in her office.
A Bond of Interest
When she was 12. as I am she had
written for a paper, and had been
very proud because her stories were
published. Her last words were:
“Good luck to you.”
Mrs. Owen has some good ideas
about her district. She has studied
its problems intensively. She is
earnest, and has thought out plans
to aid her district.
I liked Mrs. Owen.
ARMY MEN KEEP IN
TOUCH WITH COMRADES
GALVESTON. April 27.—<7F)—By
use of a new short wave transmit
ting and receiving set. Fort. Crockett
officials are in constant communi
cation with their comrades of the
Third Attack group sent to the bor
der to patrol it during the present
Mexican revolution.
Recently Sergeant Clarence R.
Smith and Sergeant Frank Bobulski
tested a small portable set of the
same circuit over a 1.000-mile flight.
This little 75-pound outfit is now
doing duty with the border patrol
detachment at Naco. Ariz.. and Fort
Huachua. Set up within fifteen min
utes after arrival, the set has ■work
ed perfc'ily in connection with the
home set.
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30 CARLOADS ONIONS
MOVE TO NEW YORK
GALVESTON. April 27. — UFi—
Movment of onions from this port
for the 1929 season is under way
with some 30 carloads going to New
York on every coastwise steamer.
Present shipments by two shiplines,
amounts to about 120 carloads per
week.
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TO MAKE STUDY OF
LAGUNA BIRD LIFE
AUSTIN. Tex.. April 27.—{&)—Al
den H. Hadley, assistant to the
president of the National Associa
tion of Audubon Societies, will
make a study of bird life at Laguna
Madre and deliver lectures at Aus
tin and Dallas, Game, Fish and
Oyster Commissioner Will J. Tuck
er has been advised.
Hadley will give special attention
to herons and egrets on two bird
islands off the gulf coast which
have been leased by the state to
Audubon Societies for 50 years.
He will deliver a lecture on bird
life in Dallas on April 24 and here
the following day.
COMMITTEE PLANS TO
BEAUTIFY HARLINGEN
^Special to The Heraldi
HARLINGEN, April 27.—Plans for
the beautification of the city were
discussed at a meeting held here
Tuesday afternoon and composed of
representatives of the local cham
ber of commerce. Women’s cham
ber of commerce, realtors board, and
the Business and Professional Wom
en’s club.
The proposal made by Mr. Tom
Harwood to sell a number of palms
to the city for beautification pur
poses was refused because the pur
chase would entail too great expense,
according to many of those who at
tended the meeting.
Brownsville Scouts I
To Be Given Badges I
At Meet Wednesdayk
Brownsville's fastest growing boy
movement, the boy scouts, will hold
a court of honor for this area at the
junior high school auditorium next
Wednesday night, May 1, at which
a large number of awards earned by
Brownsville boys will be made. The
greatest award in scoutdom, the
badge of an Eagle scout, will be pre
sented at this time to Vance Wil
son, son of Mrs. W. O. Wilson.
A special program is being ar
ranged for this meeting, which is
open, and the public generally is in
vited to attend and become ac
quainted with an organization gen
erally recognized by leading citizens
of the United States as having done
more for the youth of the nation
than all other movements com
bined.
Tom Murray, Scout Executive of
the Valley council, will preside over
the examining committee, and Jas.
L. Abney, district commissioner will
preside over the court of honor.
Other members of this court are
Supt. of Schools G. W. Gotke and
Cleve H. Tandy.
Two new Brownsville scout troops
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are now ready to apply for a charm
ter, an evidence of intense Inter-:-»(A
by Brownsville boys in the organHl
ization, and these charters probl
ably will be granted -within a verm$
few weeks.
Plans now are being made to havmfl
the Brownsville scouts fully repreHm
sented by a large delegation at thSe
annual field meet for Valley scoutj^H
to be held soon. Many improvement®^
have been made at Camp Perry
the arroyo and the scout summemm
camp doubtles will be larger thatHg
ever. Special efforts are being mad.Hi
to secure the best possible talenm
to serve as instructors for the boytHl
while in camp. .
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SHRINERS TO SPONSOR I
JULY FLAG CEREMONY®
GALVESTON, April 27.—(&)—EIf:
Mina Temple Shrine will sponso
a city flag day ceremony here Jul:H|
4. in which all local organization.®!
will participate, as well as For
Crockett soldiers and fliers of th
third attack group. -am
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