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Parker Appeals for
Roads in Northeast
Section of County
turT^Hi!0!?hCaStern 1)811 °* Cameron county, where the next big agrlcul
Parirer , ®P®ent hi this section will take place, in the opinion of A1
funrie ’*k? j 1,18 discriminated against in the expenditure of highway
funds, this developer of Valley tracts charges.
the rL "scrl®ination is not intentional, he pointed out in a speech before
l-l*^Brownsviiie Kiwanis club this*
thelVhe Lid.Uking PlaCC nCVer'
Parker, who is developing a 16 -
rr *cre tract north of Lamina
and other projects in that
y^inity, is appealing for the con
junction of about six miles of dirt
and structures on roads
wnich would give access to that
t area of several thousand acres
t= k . ”?rth of the Barreda-Point
sabel highway. He also is seeking
Paunc in two gaps through flats,
construction 0f the paving, which
Jfould have a total length of about
two and a half miles, would give
residents of that section practically
an all-weather road.
Wants Gap Graded
JT£icr Mld that when the $8.
000,000 road bond issue was voted
all the land now being developed
*as entirely undeveloped and pres- i
ent development plans had not been
forked out. Then all the land to
he served by the roads he proposes
Tv 3 "■ assessed at a very low fig
ure. Since development has started
the assessments have been raised.
Lnder present valuations that area
will pay about 18 per cent of the
interest and sinking fund on the
road bonds and will receive almost
nothing in return, he says. The
entire Point Isabel precinot, in j
which the land lies, will receive
only about 10 per cent of the road
money from bond sales.
Roads have been graded and
structures built on a road north
from the Point Isabel road through
the Box ranch to almost the edge
of the tract. Grading and struc
i tures have been put in on a road
which extends east to Laguna Atas
cosa and crosses a dam which has
been constructed by Parker. There
is a gay of a little more than two
miles between the ends of these
two roads. This is one of the
structures on which Parker is ask
ing that grading and structures l>e
completed. * The other gap Is about
two and a half miles on the road
which extends east and west from
the Parades line road. This road
ends at the line between commis
sioner precincts No. 1 and No. 2.
He asks that this road be extended
to connect near Fernando wi h a
road running north of Rio Hcndo.
Scenic Loop Drives
The paving requested would be on
a flat stretch between the Paredes
line road and the lake and on a
stretch Just north of the Box,
ranch.
The construction of these roads
would provide two scenic loop
A drives which would prove of spe
WL Ul interest to visitors and which
“ vrfould be attractive to Valley citl
I Sens. Parker points out.
Starting from Browr /Ville It
would be possible to dri- 5 cut the
Point Isabel road, turn north
through the Box ranch, drive along
the north side of the lake, west to ;
the Paredes line and return to!
Brownsville through Los Fresnos.
The other loop drive, which j
would be much longer, would be ;
over the same route out of Browns
ville. north to the lake and west, i
Instead of turning onto the Para-1
des line road, the driver would
cross this and continue west to J
the road near Fernando, turn south I
there, striking paving at Rio Hondo
At Rio Hondo the paving could be |
followed to Ban Benito and return ]
to Brownsville on the present
highway.
Dancy Would Help
To extend the drive further, leav
ing Rio Hondo the driver could j
follow the paving to Harlingen and I
Back on the highway.
Or It would be possible to con
tinue south from San Benito to I
the military highwav and return to j
Browrnsville over that route.
County Judge O. C. Danev has.
agreed to try to close the gaps in j
which Parker is interested. The
grading and structure road north
from the Point Isabel highway has
been constructed at a cost of about
$2500 per mile and work on the
other road has been a little more
expensive on account of the need
I for larger fills.
By constructing a dam across j
the outlet from Laguna Atascosa. I
Parker has created a lake which I
will cover about 4500 acres to an j
average depth of six and a half
feet. The water in this lake rap
idly Is becoming sweet and should
be available for use for irrigation
purposes by spring, the developer
aald. A second dam is being built
nearer the end of Cayo Atascosa
and a smaller lake Is being formed
between the two dams. Cayo Atas
cosa Is the outlet between laguna
Atascosa and Laguna Madre. A
third lake is being formed by
throwing up a dam across a neck
at the edge of Laguna Madre. All !
of these bodies of water are to be 1
connected with concrete spillways
and the lake on Laguna Madre will
provide storage for surplus water
from Laguna Atascosa.
Stock Lakes With Fish
It is the plan of Parker to use
this water for irrigation purposes
when it becomes sweet and a ser
ies of tests are revealing that this
condition ts rapidly being brought
about.
He also plans to stock the lakes
with fresh water fish as soon as
the bodies of water are ready to
receive them.
In the 16,000-acre tract north of
the lake a complete drainage sys
tem has been installed. Of this
tract about 10.000 acres are agri
cultural land. The remainder, lo
cated mostly to the northern end
of the tract, is to be used for a
hunting preserve.
A large part of the 10.000 acres
of tillable land already has been
sold and a number of purchasers
Rre locating on their farms. Par
ker said. A big part of the land
has been cleared.
A tract of 1200 acres has been
nlanted in cotton by Parker, and
it is partly because of the need
for a road over which to haul this
cotton to gin that the road is being
asked. The crop at present Indi
cated a yield of 500 to 600 bales.
A townsite has been laid out
near the tract and the town has
been named Coastlan.
“This section contains a large
body of as fertile land as can be
found in the entire Valley.” Par
ker said. “Because It is nractical’v
surrounded by water a frost Is al
most unknown and I exnect to be
able to produce green bewns and
other tender vegetables in the cold
est months of the year.
Irrigation Not Needed
"There are manv tender plants
growing wild In this section w'hich
cannot h« found in other sections
of the Valley. This and tests I
have conducted convince me that
there will seldom be a frost in that
area Because we are near the
coast there are nightly heaw dews
and crons ran mature with very
little rainfall I contemplate little
need for irrigation.
“Another factor which contrib
utes to this condition Is that the
top soil is underlaid by a strata of
clay which conserves the moisture
ir. the ground where growing plants
secure food and water.
*Mv cotton cron now is in fine
condition, although there has been
no rain In that section. It will re
quire little moisture to insure a
crop in that section.
land being developed in that
section by himself and others will
prove one of the most hlghlv pro
ductive areas in the Valiev, he de
clares.
Parker has other plans for de
velopment in that section which he
Is not yet ready to announce.
Mission Teachers
In Junior High Are
Announced for Year
fSpeetal to The Herald'
MISSION. May 11—Sid Hardin,
superintendent of the Mission
schools has announced the faculty
and faculty assignments in the Mis
sion Junior High school for next
3*ear. The list follows:
G. D. Holder, principal and teach
er of mathematics: R. E. Shrader,
teacher of science and director of
bands: Miss Helen Melch, English
and Spanish; Miss Lou Saucier,
English; Mrs. Henry Hargrove,
home economics: Miss Faye Bran
non. physical education and citizen
ship; Mrs. Clelland Harris, librarian
and teacher of mathematics: Miss
Lucille Mason, registrar, teacher of
social science: C. J. Monroe, modem
business; Miss Esther J. Clark,
foods.
Hardin announced that this school
as well as the senior high school
would be operated on one hour
periods next year which provides
for all extra curricula activities dur
ing school hours and eliminates the
necessity of teachers and pupils
hours and at nights on such activ
ities It was further pointed out by
Hardin that every teacher named on
this staff is a graduate of a first
class college or university and all
hade had not les than two years of
succesful experience. The staff Is
the same ns that of this year ex
cept Mrs. Dade Hiester. who is re
tiring from the profession. Miss
Melch has ben promoted to the po
sition mnde vacant by the resigna
tion of Mrs. Heistcr, and the va
cancy will be filled by Miss Fav
Brannon. a former teacher in the
Mission schools.
Another
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VALLEY WOMEN
MEET MAY 14TH
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State President to Attend
Convention of Federated
Clubs at McAllen
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f Special to The Herald)
McAllen. May 11.—Installation of
officers for the coming year, and
the presence of a number of prom
inent club women from other parts
of the state Including Mrs. W. R.
Potter, president of the Texas fed
eration of women's clubs, is adding
much interest to the 31st semi-an
nual convention ox the Valley fed
eration of women's clubs, which
meets here May 14.
Delegates from the various clubs
will convene in the Christian church
at 3 a. m. with Mrs. Fred E. Wright,
of Mercedes, presiding. The session
will open with an invocation by
Mrs. M. Weimer. Rio Hondo, chap
lain. and assembly singing. Follow-j
ing the reading of the minutes and
the reports of officers, heads of the
various departments will give ac
counts of their activities since the
preceding session.
The award offered bv Mrs. A
Goldammer, Harlingen, for the best
study club yearbook submitted be
tween October. 1928 and April 1*)29.
will be made at this time. The
award is five dollars.
Mrs. Paul Cottrell. San Benito,
will report on the work of the li
brary committee, after which dele
gates from the various studv clubs
of the Valiev will be heard. Next on
the program c a violin solo bv
Terrv Ferrell, of Mc\llen, with
Brooks Smith at the piano. M. H. j
Ford, asistant plant ouarantin* in
spector for the department of the
interior will deliver an address, with
the introduction of guests of honor
lust before adjournment for lunch
eon.
The afternoon will be devoted to
talks on home improvement by
Mrs. Etta W Ringgold and Mtss
Kate Adele HiU. home demonstra
tion agents, and reports of the home
demonstration clubs. T. E. Murray.
h®*d of the Boy Scout work in the
Valiev, has been invited t^ speak on
Americanization through Scout
work.
Mrs Frank I.udden. San Benito,
has been slated for a special taH:
on the legal status of women. Civic
and business women's clubs will also
report in the afternoon. Mrs. Her
bert Davenoor*. Brow^svlhe. will
report for the Pa rent-Teachers* as
sociations. At the close of reports
from special committees, old and
new business will be discussed, and
resolutions taken up.
At the close of the convention.
Mrs. Wright, retiring oresid^t. W"
introduce the new officers Mrs. E.
Owen Scott. Rio Grand City, new
president, will present the annoint
ive members of the executive beard.
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City Briefs
You can get the best sandwiches, j
sodas, sundaes and service at the
Star Pharmacy, opposite Hospital.
McAllen. Texas. — adv. tf.
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Restaurant, Harlingen, for sale, j
Fully equipped, attracticc proposi
tion. Also grocery store and meat
market. Weslaco: good opportunity.
See Walker Craig Co —adv. tf.
Now Open—The Gulfside Casino.
Point Isabel, open for the season.
Rooms *nd dining service.—adv. 5.
Piano for rent. Phone 874-J.—Adv.
Itching Between the Toe* is re
lieved quickly by applying imperial
Eczema Remedy, at bedtime. Drug
gists are authorized to retund
money if it fails.—Adv.
Monks Return After
100 Years9 Absence
To Revive Missions
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Mission Lspanada, top, and Concepcion Mission, below
By Central Press
SAN ANTONIO. May 11— Mission
bells ringing In the quiet cf the twi
light. The voices of the padres ris
ing and falling in rythmic cadence
a3 they chant at eventide. Memor
ies of the days of a hundred years
ago when the brown-garbed Fran
ciscan Fathers paced the patios of
the Spanish missions, fingering their
beads.
These are to be revived this sum
mer when monks, representing their
forbears who built the missions re
turn to Texas to assume charge of
the sacred shrines after an absence |
of more than 100 years.
In the latter part or the seven
teenth century and the early eight
eenth the missions flourished In the
southwest. Unde’- the leadership of
Father Junlpero Serra and his suc
cessors many Indians were gathered
Into civilized communities. Both the
material and spiritual welfare of
their charges were looked after by
the padres who taught them of God
and also the manual arts. Under
their guidance the Indians erected
the magnificent mission structures.
Although the missions were secu
larized tn 1793. by the Spanish gov
ernment, the Franciscans remained
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In the country until 1312. The Do
minican monks maintained them
until shortly before the Civil war,
when they cave them up nhd re
turned to their native Germany.
Since tha time the missions have
been in charge of the archdiocese i
of San Antonio, but only one of
them has been used for religious
services. Despite the passage of the
years the buildings are in a fair
state of preservation and have been
visited by throngs of tourists yearly.
The building of the Texas mis
sions began with the attempts of
the Spaniards to drive the French
out of what was then a province of
Mexico. Father Damian Manzanet
accompanied that expedition and
was so impressed with the friendli
ness of the Tejas Indians that he
returned to Mexico and asked per
mission of his religious superiors to
establish a mission. The first one
was built in the eastern part of the
state. In 1730 this and other mis
sions were transferred to San An
tonio because of trouble with the
French and Indians.
San Jose mission, said to be the
most beautiful, was built in 1731 and
the Mission San Antonio de la Va
lero. which later was known as the
Alamo, was completed in 1757. and
it was inside the stone barricade
surrounding the building that 190
Texans were massacred bv the Mex
ican army in 1836.
Work on the restoration of these
picturesque structures will be be
gun shortly after the annual meet
ing of the chapter of the Order of
S*\ Francis to be held in Cincinnati, j
Ohio, in July.
WOMEN’S CLUB
PRIZES GIVEN
Mrs. Pennybacker Award*
Winner* At Recent Har
lingen Meet
A number of prizes for excellence
in various lines of club work were
offered In the fifth district, and
awarded at the convention in Har
lingen May 7. 8. and 9. Winners
have been announced as follows:
The prize offered by Mrs. Percy
V. Pennybacker to the club delegate
giving her report in the clearest and
most pleasing manner. Miss Jessie
Vance, of the Merrie Maide club.
Refugio.
The Pennybacker prize to the
club reporting the largest amount
of work during the year, the Rosetta
club. Beeville. Mrs. A. C. Jones,
president.
The G. R Scott prize to the coun
ty federation having the best report,
Bee county federation. Mrs. S. J.
Coleman, president.
Mrs. P. A. Tompkins’ prize for
junior club reports. Miss Luella
Jones. Beeville. and Miss Jess.e
Vance. Refugio.
Scholarship Loan Fund prize to
the Woman's Monday club. Corpus
Christi. Mrs. William Berhardt
president. Another prize for merit
in this work went to the Mathis
8tudy club, while the Nixon clubs
received honorable mention fo^
placing the largest number of schol
arships.
Prize for library work. Woman’s
Study club of Sinton.
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Mercedes Business
Women Elect Miss
Beth Garrett Head
fSpecial to The Herald)
MERCEDES. May 11.—Mias Beth
Garrett has been elected president
of the Business and Professional
Women's club for the coming year.
Other officers elected are Miss
Dorothy Nell Smith, vice president;
Miss Ettie Ivey, treasurer; Mrs.
Clarence A. Rouse, recording secre
tary; Mrs. Frances King, corres
ponding secretary.
Installation of these officers will
he held at the monthly meeting of
the club to be held Tut Jay.
June 13.
Miss Garrett has been chairman
of the civic committee which has
charge of the city beautification
campaign for the past year. The
final judging of the yards in the.
contest held in connection with'
this campaign will take place next
week. The awarding of the ortaes1
for the flowers and the yards en
thfC<»eM?onCOnChid* *** C0Cl ^ f
In connection with the city tea*, j
tiflcation campaign which the etwt
is sponsoring they held a f
scape and gardening
April in which the
landscape architects and donra of
the Valley gave talks. Work has
already been started on the beauti
fication of the highway from
bridge to bridge, plans for th«
work being drawn by Ma|nr R A.
Wood, city planning engineer of
Dallas.
PORTO RICO PUTS BA?;
ON TRUCK IMPORTS
GALVESTON May 11.-0*—4*W‘»
Rico has prohibited importation of
fresh fruit, vegetables, plants and
seeds from Texas. Florida. Alabama.
Mississippi. Louisiana. Arizona. Cal
ifornia. and Georgia, according t«
word received here by Richard C.
Long, district manager of the bu
reau of domMtlc and tarelgn com
merce. The precaution wrae believed
to he due to the prevalence of the
Mediterranean fruit Ry in Florida,
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