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Brownsville Lawyer
Leads Fight Against
Irrigation Permit
(Special to The Herald)
SAN BENITO, May 18.—Irrigation interests of the Lower Rio Grande
valley are marshaling their forces in preparation for a battle against
* granting of a water permit for the irrigation of 88,582 acres in northwest
Dj,fcrn Hidalgo county, those who will head the battle having been selected
Jj-it a meeting of the Joint Association of Irrigation Districts here Friday
j, \ _ An) Hearing on the application of J. j
Franklin of Edinburg, represent
property owners in the d.strict;
proposed to be irirgated, will open
before the state board of water en
gineers in Edinburg May 26. The j
hearing was moved to the Valley
from Austin because of the general
interest in it, and the fact that a ;
Urge number of Valley people de- {
sire to be heard at the hearing, j
R. B. Rentfro. veteran irrigation
attorney of Brownsville and a mem
ber of the law' firm of Rentfro and
Cole of that city, was picked to head
the array of attorneys who will con
duet the contestants’ case. This ac
tion came in the endorsement by the
joint association of recommenda
tions of the Valley legal committee
of the associated districts at a pre
vious meeting.
All other recommendations of the
legal committee were approved, and
in addition a general executive com
mittee, consisting of Frank S. Rob
ertson. manager of the San Benito
district; C. L. Hunter, manager of
the Brownsville district: and F. M.
Taylor of McAllen, member of the
Edinburg district board, was named
to handle busines sin connection
with the fight. This committee will
confer with Mr. Rent from and
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others who are to be retained in the
matter.
The joint association decided to
employ E. M. Card, Edinburg en
gineer, to make soundings on the
land m question to determine whe
ther it can be irrigated economical
ly. Mr. Card, who attended the
meeting here, expressed the belief
that some of the land will require
an unusually large amount of wa
ter, and said the lift to get water
on it is greater than that in other
irrigation districts. The land is in
the extreme nortnwestern part of
Hidalgo county, reaching to within
a couple of miles of the Brook*
county line. The lift to places on it
would be more than 150 feet, he
said.
All of the irrigation districts in
the Valley, and all of the larger pri
vate companies have joined in the
fight on this district. Mr. Robert
son said. The fight is being made
intensive principally due to .the fact
that the petition for a permit makes
no provision for storage waters.
The water districts also employed
Neal A. Brown of Edinburg to find
out the owners of the land. Ac- j
cording to best information secured
here Franklin, the petitioner, who is
a school tax assessor at Edinburg,
owns very little of the land, which
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is owned in large blocks by interests
in Hidalgo county and other parts
of the state. The ownership prob
ably will be brought out at the
hearing.
The attack of the present districts
on the application will center large
ly on the claim that due to the
elevation and character of the land,
an excessive amount of water would
be requied to irrigate it. that there
there is no storage provided, that
the low normal flow of the Rio
Grande is not sufficient to supply
this tract and insure irrigation wa
r5st °t ^e Valley, and
JJ2!. th2L a confllct of water
rights with present users having
prior rights. ^ j
attorneys for practically all the
districts are to assist Rentfro in '
preparing and presenting the easel
to the state board. J
BOYSPICNIC
AT M’AUEN
Youth In Charge of City
For Week; Outing At
Lake Conception
(Special to The Herald)
McALLEN. May 18 —An all-day
picnic for all the boys in McAllen
at Lake Conception Saturday mom
ing ended the Rotary club’s annual
boys’ week program, which was be
gun last Sunday with the day in
church.
On Monday the boys were treated
to a free picture show at the Queen
theater, through the courtesy of
Manager Mason. Tuesday was the
boys’ day in industry, and about 25
boys were assigned to various of the
city’s business places and industries.
On Wednesday a group of boys
elected by the student body of the
high school and headed by Frank
Allen, myor. governed the city In
the routine duties of the various city
offices they represented, from street
cleaner and dog catcher to city at
torney. Numerous arrests and as
sessments were reported.
An added pleasure was given the
boys on Wednesday when they were
admitted to Cascade pool free of
charge by M. R. Nelson, owner.
Friday was the day in the home
with the program left entirely to
the parents with the request that
the mothers prepare the evening
meal especially to the liking of the
boys.
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Activities
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Troop 4 met Friday evening at the
First Baptist church at the regular
meeting hour. 7:30 o’clock. The
meeting was opened with the scout
oath. We are having a contest be
tween the two patrols, the Hawks
and the Flying Eagles. The points
are given for number of scouts pres
ent, number in uniform, patrol con
duct. number tests passed, merit
badges passed, number attending
church, and handicraft. The score
was checked over. The Flying
Eagles are ahead with 515 points,
while the Hawks have only 470
points.
The scouts present were Mark
Mackies. William Miller. Gerald
Wigington. Buford Beeson. Edwin
Clark. Gordon Mclnnis and Justin
McCarty. I
Our troop is sorry because our
former scribe. William Miller, is
leaving Brownsville. An election
was held for a new scribe. Justin
McCarty was unanimously elected 1
Clarence Johnston. William Miller.
Edwin Clark and Justin cCarty
represented Troop 4 at the scout
field meet held at Mercedes last
Saturday.
Troops 1 and 3 met with Troop 4
Friday night. Mr. Abney was there
and made a talk to the scouts about
the doctors’ convention and the
parts the saouts are to play during
this convention. Troop 1 is to fur
nish scouts Sunday morning at 7-30
0 clock a. m. at the El Jardin hotel
as escorts for the doctors. Troop 3
is to furnish 20 scouts at the El
Jardin hotel and Troop 4 is to fur
nish four scouts at the Junior col
lege at 7:30 o’clock. Troop 4 is to
furnish all scouts possible and Troop
1 is to furnish 10 scouts Tuesday at
fftnr ° C OC*k Tro°P 3 is to furnish
four scouts at the Junior college
Wednesday Troop 3 is to furnish
jeouts at the El Jardin hotel. Troop
1 is to furnish scouts at the Junior
college. Sunday. May 19. all of the
froops of the Valley are to meet at
^amp Perry at 2 o’clock. Thev are
0 bring picnic suppers.
Mr. Clegg, scoutmaster of Troop
1 was called away from the meet
business. Suggestions were
oade for a hike on Fridav. Mav 24.
Scoutmaster Sanderson of Troop 3
vas late, but his excuse was accept
ed The meeting was ended with
he scout benediction, led by Scout
naster King of Troop I.
JUSTIN McCARTY. Scribe. i
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It’s Clean and Cool
Xt tHe
Houston Cafe
(AT BROWNSVILLE)
You like to dine where everything is “spick and
span” — where it's cool .... You’ll find all that
here, and more. The food is excellent — the ser
vice, prompt!
Eat Here Today?
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COLUMBIA, CORNELL CREWS WIN
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Columbia winning Childs cup regatta varsity race on Lake Carnegie,
Derby, Conn. above. Princeton was second and Penn third. Cornell
hitting the line first in a three-way varsity race on the Charles river
at Cambridge, Mass., below. Massachusetts Tech was second and
' Harvard third.
NEW CAFE SOON
TO BE OPENED
White Kitchen To Be One
Of South’s Finest Eat
Places When Finished
When tile setters begin laying the
floor in the Travelers’ hotel build
ing Monday morning, things will
u£gln to take shape for the comple
tion of a new Brownsville cafe. The
White Kitchen will be the name of
the new house which will face on
Twelfth street. Managers of the
new restaurant are in business here
now, conducting a cafe under the
same name as the new one will
have.
James Lotos. Theodore Seraphl,
and James Baidas are the parties
interested in the new house and
they declare that when completed it
will be one of the finest eating
houses in South Texas.
About the first of July has been
designated as the time for opening.
Work has been progressing for about
three weeks in the preparation of
the building. All fixtures a1U be
new throughout.
The counter is to be arranged in
a circular fashion with 30 red leath
er upholstered stools with backs. Tea
tables will be ararnged about the
building. Seventy people may be
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served at one time when the new
cafe goes into operation.
A huge Neon electric sign will
be hung in front of the building
with the words “White Ktchen" dis
played in red, green and blue col
ors.
Work will continue steadily
throughout next month that the
cafe may be in operation on sched
uled time.
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A. WAY from the noise and
grime of the city — and still
only a five minute to downtown
Brownsville. A cool, beautiful residen
tial section of desirable people——and with
in easy walking distance of the Brownsville
school system and various churches. The nat
ural beauties of this wooded section have been
enhanced by skilled landscaping, architectural en
gineering and winding paved drives.
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SANITARY SEWERS PAVED STREETS
TELEPHONES CITY WATER
NATURAL GAS ^ ELECTRICITY
STREET LIGHTS STORM SEWERS
Palm Boulevard leads direct to the beautiful Los Ebanos entrance.
Drive through Los Ebanos today and judge for yourself the desir
ability of these charming,, and sensibly restricted, homesites.
LOS EBANOS
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OWNERS and DEVELOPERS *
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Realtors
18 .Years in the Lower Rio Grande Valley
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MODERN PRISON
PLANT ASSURED
Provision! of BUI Reveal
System May Be Relocat
ed After All
By RAYMOND BROOKS
AUSTIN. May 18.—Texas will get
a modem, model prison plant, un
der the three-way compromise bill
which was sent to Gov. Dan Moody’s
desk by the legislature late this
' week, after a four-month fight.
The senate, the house and the
, governor all conceded much to get
■ a prison measure passed, though the
j governor’s final aoroval or veto of
- the bill as adopted is still subject to
! his decision on the bill as passed.
Adoption of the new prison bill
| sharply revises the policy of farming
as the main occupation for nearly
5.000 prisoners. In its general form,
the bill which evolved from the sp
jcial session, provides:
Provisions of Bill
A citizens, committee of nine, ao
I pointed by the governor, shall decide
i whether the new prison plant shall
; be located on penitentiary farms. If
so. the prison board shall build the
plant. If not. this committee is dis
charged and a new committee takes
hold. The new committee will be
composed of the prison commission,
three senators appointed by the
lieutenant governor, and five repre
sentatives. appointed by the speak
er.
•This three-unit committee shall
make a survey and decide whether
to locate the prison on farm lands
now owner, or elsewhere. If on
pen farms, the plant can be built at
once. If In some new location, then
the legislature must approve the site
and land purchase before it becomes
effective.
No Cement Plant
The prison board will be pro
hibited from selling farm lands ex
cept by legislative authority. The
state will retain 15-16 of all min
erals in lands it sells.
The provision to create a state
cement plant .and to contract for
the use of prison labor to building
highways, was stricken out.
At the regular session, the house
limited the new prison plant to
Southeast Texas farms. The sen
ate provided for wide-open re-lo
catlon. as asked by Gov. Moody, and
the whole scheme failed for lack of
agreement.
In the special session, the house
again provided for location on penal
farms, after Rep Harry Graves and
other of Gov. Moody's friends aban
doned efforts to permit free reloca
tion. It was a compromise on which
the house was almost unanimous.
May Be Relocated
The senate abandoned its own ef
fort to pass its bill: and amended
the house bill to provide in case a
citizens' committee refuses to place
the new prison plant on the farm
lands, another board shall have the
right to put it either on the farm
lands or in such other location as
may be approved by the legislature.
Thus Gov. Moody carried his prin
ciple that the system bay be relo
cated, and the house carried its
point of a weighted preference for
keeping the new plant on farm
lands.
160 PRISONERS IN
COUNTY JAIL HERE
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The prisoner list at the Cameron
county Jail continues large due
mostly to the federal term of court
Saturday's report showed 162 pri
soners of which 40 were county. 78
federal. 43 immigration and one
city.
Three county and seven federals
were confined; one county, seven
federals and two Immigration pri
soners were released.
Extra guards are being kept at
the Jail at night by the sheriff s
department.
DERRICK TO BUILD
HOME IN EL JARDIN
Construction of a residence in El
Hardin for A. E. Derrick is expect
ed to get under way early this week.
Plans have been drawn and speci
fications were being completed Sat
urday.
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AMARILLO CITY
MANAGER QUITS
Patterson Says He fa Tired
Being Office Boy To
Mayor Thompson
AMARILLO May IE—'^—Sating
that he did not care to be "oftiae
boy" to Amarillo's new mayor. Cot
Ernest O Thompson, the my man
ager. J. B. Pattewoo. today an
nounced hit immediate reatgaatfeatt
after three weeks In office.
*T was employed with the under
standing that 1 would have author
ity to hire and fire." Patteraon said.
but from the outset Mayor Thomp
son has exercised that authority,
merely sending me note* instructing
me to fire this man and hire an
other. A!! he needs la an gffkaa
boy .*
Patterson said he was in sympa
thy with other city commimionefa
who lAnt .he administration op
erated on. a business boats and "nM
as an employment agency for ©si
Thompson's friends*
MERCEDES GIRL TO
ATTEND CONFERENCE
• Special to The Hertic •
MERCEDES. May IE—Miss Ruth
Wood of this city, president-elect «f
the Girl Reserves, will represent the
local chapter at the state conference
to be held at Kermlle May M t»
June 14.
It is the custom each year for the
club to send at least one representa
tive to the state conference at the
camp near Kerrrille.
Miss Wood has been an active
member for the past three pears, or
since her first year In Mgh school
She has been a member of the cab
inet the entire three rears and is
one of the three rtaf-w*arers to
the club._