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FINAL PLANS FOR JULY 4 CELEBRATION RUSHED
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Grapes Grow in Heart
Of Business District
As Buildings Rise
The Valley has had its first bale
, of cotton, which also was the first
In the world.
And around July 1, the Valley
had its first grapes pn the market,
and these too were the first to be
grown In America, it was claimed.
And now. in connection with the
rowing of grapes, the city of
HIDALGO LIES
ARE CONCERNED
Three Miles In District One
Improved; Bonds Still
i To Be Sold
(Special to The Herald*
EDINBURG. June 22 —More than
I three miles of the canals of Edin
burg and McAllen territory, in Wa
ter and Improvement District No. 1
(have been concreted as the first'
Itep in the concreting of practically
1 , All the canals in this district as pro-1
kvided by the $1.500.000 bond issue
t-hat was voted la-i October.
I Although the bonds for the issue
Tiave not been sold the work that
I mas been accomplished has been
. (done by individuals owning land in
* (this section. Money spent in this
1 development will be refunded to the
e (promoters doing the work when
j c (the bonds are sold, it has been an
’ Hounced.
I Stewart Bros, of Harlingen pur
chased $20,000 worth of the bonds
recently, part of which has been ex
pended for the connecting of the
\ lateral canals on the 400-acre Hous- j
\ ,ma tract just east of Edinburg. |
I ,his land has been purchased by
1 Lcwart Bros, and will be used as
1 i development feature.
1 | The actual concreting work was
I one by Crom Sc Limberg of Mc
I illen and has been practically com
n leted.
i^.J. E. Engleman. prominent pro
j .Lotor. who also owns some land in ;
«4 1*is district and the Gulf Coast Sc
rjl;urtty company have completed the
1 1 oncreting of about one and three- i
Earter miles of the canals on their
ids.
The first survey of the district
made by E. M. Card of McAl
.1 and although no estimate has
n given out of the number of
les of concreting that will be re
ired for the district it is known
at more than 33.000 acres of irri
table land is included in the sec
n.
Last year when the vote for the
nd issue was called it was an
unced that a special engineer
iuld be employed from the funds
rained through this method for
ie purpose estimating the exact
ber of miles to be fixed as well
all the engineering methods to
e used. This man. who is to be
ppointed by the water board of
he district, cannot be named, how
ver, until the bends are sold
The bonds have not been sold at
his date as the board is awaiting a
more favorable market.
At the time the bond issue was
up for vote it was pointed out that
.hundreds of acres of land in Wa- i
^ter District No. 1 have been laid!
jU'Rste due to seepage and that if
I ,*the condition of the canals was not
1 'remedied hundreds more would be
' trained in due time.
* a The bond issue carried by a large
* ^majority and was voted on only bv
those owning land to be included in
It he new work.
1 Citrus Exchange In
j Florida Reformed
I For Coming Season
WINTER GARDEN. Fla.. June 22
—The Florida Citrus Exchange last
week reorganized for the coming
crop year, by electing a new board
of directors, which will elect officers i
at a special meeting to be held some
time later this month. General
\ Manager C. C. Commander, in mak
ing his annual report was high in ■
, his praises for the state clearing
' house association, and stressed the
necessity of maintaining a per
il manent organization in Washington
during the time the Mediterranean
l* fiy pest is dominating the citrus ln
V dustrv of the state.
The annual report of the Ex
change shows the grand total of
* citrus fruit produced in the United
|#’ States during the present season to
I be around 61,829,880 boxes, the larg
r est production in the history of the
*' citrus industry. Out of this. Florida
‘ jrPts an estimated total of 22.500.000
Boxes, the state’s largest annual
yield. The grand total for all states
is 33 8 per cent greater than last
and 381 per cent larger than
ffwhumper crop of 1923-24.
Rose Garden To Be
Planted At SoPac
McAllen Station
McALLEN. June 22. — Harry
Adams landscape artist employed
by the Southern Pacific Lines, has
begun a beautification project at
the McAllen terminal of the rail
way. which when completed will
have Involved an outlay of several
hundred dollars, according to com
pany officials.
A sprinkler system Is being in
stalled which alone will cost ap
proximately $500. while landscape
work will cost about the same
•mount. Adams stated.
A rr*e garden, in which will be
planted a large number of rose i
bushes, will te one of the most ini
portant features of the develop-]
menL
A
Brownsville can well lay claim to
a record.
Several tubfuls of grapes can be
picked right now in the heart of
Brownsville’s business district. This
statement seems absurd, yet a group
of vines almost large enough to be
called a vineyard are growing in
the middle of the city’s busiest
block.
These vines, which cover the
arbor leading from the street to
the old Thielen home at 1114 Eliza
beth street, are heavily laden.
These who doubt that grapes
flourish in the Valleys climate
should stop in town some day and
have a look. As one citizen re
marked. “it looks like the mer
chants would go in for grape ex
porting. Those on comer lots could
plant the grapes at the sides of the
building and let the vines grow' up
the walls."
Those who have urged the grow
ing of grapes along with citrus in
the Valley, may point to disadvan
tages encounted by those in the
heart of Brownsville, and how they
ha\e come through with colors fly
ing. Because they have, from the
start been hemmed in by buildings
and now they must put up with the
erection of a new building on the
adjacent lot, with sawdust, cement
dust, smoke, and all that sort of
thing.
And those grapes grow larger
and more numerous every day.
Who Killed Cock Robin?
••• •••
\ cn l or Mystery Stories Has Xo Age Limit For Public Of
Brownsville, Librarian Finds; Love Yarns Tabooed
By MARIE JONES
"Do you have any of S. S. Van
Dine's books in?’’ asked a childish
voice.
Mrs. C. A. Manahan looked up from
her desk at the public library here
and saw her questioner to be a boy
of about nine, with one of those win
some faces which suggest anything
but an interest in bloody crimes.
‘ Why do you want one of his
bocks?" she said in surprise.
‘ Because I like mystery stories.”
announced the youthful adventurer
seriously.
And that time the youngster
voiced the most general demand of
Brownsville’s reading public. The
yen for mystery that is first fed
with the endless lyric querying
Who killed Cock Robin?” or at
least it was in the youth of the
writer, though the psychological
processes of modem education may
have eliminated this classic from
the problems which must be sur
mounted by the struggling young
idea, develops with age.
Blushing damsels of boarding
school and high school age used to
sigh over the palpitating love stories
of Mary J. Holmes, and the grievous
misadventures of the heroines in
Mrs E. D. E. N. Southworth's
novels: girls of the same age now
have a predilection for the compli
cations arising from the poisoned
needle, and Philo Vancp has re
placed the beetle-browed hero of the
mournful eyes in their affections.
Business Man. Too
The tired business man finds that
pursuit of a band of international
crooks through 349 pages, with cap
ture of the criminals and recovery
of the loot on page 347. satisfies his
secret longing to chuck the office
and wander off to the ends of the
earth after some fantastic illusion,
and the housewife seems to take the
adventures of the beautiful spy as
ample spice for the quiet life she
lends. And the boys—of all ages—
ask nothing better than the Joys of
pursuit and triumph as the detec
tives themselves. At least, that may
be the explanation, for all ages and
types are continually asking for new
mvsteries. according to Mrs. Man
ahan. a no new title is allowed to lie
rn the shelves until it has been read
to shreds.
Serious literature. psychology,
travel, biography, and philosophy,
also come in for attention from a
widely varied class of readers. Abbe
Dinners “Art of Thinking” has
been a stranger to the library since
its purchase, and is one of the most
popular of the newest serious works
High school girls and grandfathers
have read Will Durant’s "Story of
Philosophy," says Mrs. Manahan.
and a glance at its well-thumbed
pages shows that It has not been
neglected.
Art Books I.lkcd
Then there is said to be a book on
interior decoration in the possession
of the library, but it is seldom seen.
Fancy New Spray Recalls Modest Fountain Erected Here in 1912
Brownsville's progress can be
measured by fountains, too.
Pride in its historic past once
moved a group of local women to
erect a monument in the form of
a fountain. It cost a lew hundred
dollars.
For years it has modestly stood
as a reminder of the gallant de
fense of Fort Brown in 1845.
But now—with the inroads of a
faster agr# the lure of tremendous
growth, the fascination of new’
inventions, the simple little foun
tain spray in front of the city
market no longer has the pres
tige of being Brownsville's larg
est and only fountain.
Its former glory has been lost
in the admiration of the fancy
new fountain, which was pur
chased for the people and installed
in Washington park, at a cost said
to have reached five figures.
The recent installation of this
big electrically colored fountain
in the Washington park which
was officially opened during the
medical convention with the blare
and ruffle of the bugle and drum
corps, caused Brownsville people
to remember the other fountain
here which has become so familiar
th; t it escapes notice. This is the
small ifuntain dedicated to Major
Jacob Brown on the market plaza.
While the new fountain throws
, #
its tinted sprays high into the
skies with crowds watching it
each night, on the market plaza
the small unwatched iron fountain
spews a thin, win-tossed stream
about a foot.
The old fountain has been there
so long and become so familiar
that it is scarcely noticed—unless
one has a peanut bag to throw
away. Despite frequent scourings.
the basin becomes scum laden and
filled with trash. Rust peeks out
behind the paint on the iron
center piece.
The fountain is 12 .sided with a
basin some 10 feet in diameter.
Each of the comers is made of a
square slab of marble. The slabs
are Joined up by concrete valla to
form the basin. These corner
pieces formerly were tombstones
for fallen soldiers In the old
burial grounds In Fort Brown.
They were taken up when the
bodies were removed to Louisiana.
One of the slabs bears the fol
lowing inscription:. Dedicated to
the memory of Jacob Brown.
Major 7th t'. S. Infantry, died
from wounds received in the
gallant defense of Fort Brown,
Mav 9, 1846/’
The fountain was built in 1912
shortly after the city and market
building was remodeled. At the
time the market was unpaved.
A group of local women spon
sored the movement for the foun
tain was the first in the city for
years and was the object of civic
pride.
But now its place has been
usurped. It throws no spray 50
feet into the air. Its thin streams
do not run the gamut of the rain
bow. It furnishes sweethearts no
cool graveled walks and flower
beds. When people pass it they
are usually rushing - to or from
their jobs, or their mind is on the
ham hock or head of cabbage
they intend to buy at the market.
The fountain in Washington
park is one of the best of its kind
in the Southwest. There are only
four in Texas and the one here is
the latest improved model. It was
built by city labor under the super
vision of the city architect
Located In the center of a two
block nark. It goes through an
eight minute routine of various
sprays and colors. The sprays and
colors are controlled and synchro
nized by electro-magnet valves,
under the fountain the magnets
click with the precision of a finely
balanced watch—a far cry from
the market fountain 'which is
little more than a hydrant.
The park around the Washing
ton fountain is being Improved
and set to shrubs and flowers.
Benches are to be installed later.
Already one of Brownsville’s show
places, the park will be even more
so when the various growth cover
up the bare spots.
[d GROWS UNDER GARCIA ST. JOSEPH’S ACADEMY BAN
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Bottom row (1. to r.): Antonio Marques. John Young. James Browne, Gilbert Garcia, A. Casarin, Dun
can K. Sexton. J. Casarin. Mascot Oscar Garcia, R. E. Garcia, leader. Second row: II. Garcia, Wm. Ross,
F. Perales. Jim Goode, Wm. Mason, Junior Yates, J. Fernandez. Third row: L. I). Neitert, Conrad L.
Cloetta, Jr., C. Laroche, A. Allala. Ben Streckfus, C. Torres. J. Saenz. S. Klahn. Top row: Wm. Menn, J.
Herd, H. B. Fumeaux, George Tetreau, A. Day, S. Sadurni, L. Rolls and Louis Rodd.
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in fact, thqugh so continually is it
in use by women interested in the
subject.
A late addition to the titles listed
is a beautiful book on art and sculp
ture in the United States capitol
building at Washington, illustrated
with many details from the carvings
and other ornamentation, and with
photographs of portraits of states
men and artists, and of the statuary
there. This is a government pub
lication. and was sent to the library
through the courtesy of John N.
i Garner and Harry Sexton.
Love stories as a class seem to fall
rather low in general favor. Older
women seem to like the simple, ro
mantic kind, which are as scarce as
the proverbial hen teeth among the
later titles. Most of these are based
on psychological twists, complexes,
biases, and hectic and complicated
adventures which are anything but
cheerful, and are read by those with
a leaning towards picking people to
nieces to see why thev tick, or else
they are too saccharinelv maudlin
to convince a ten-year-old. So the
latter are out.
Pollyana Holds Her Ow n
Elsie Dinsmore. Pollyanna. and
Tom Swift are still in good stand
ing. They should be. with their
FARMERGROWS
| BIG MUSKMELON
Willacy Man Brings In
Fruit Weighing 19
Pounds
(Special to The Herald*
RAYMONDVILLE. June 22—L.
L. Bost who lives near Wiliamar
brought in to Raymondville two of
the largest muskmelons that had
been seen here this year. The re
markable thing about these two
was the fact that they were both
from the same vine. The largest
weighed 19 pounds 6 ounces and
the smaller one even 16 pounds.
They were of the “old fashioned
Mexican" variety nnd were planted
the first week in April between the
tomato rows.
Mr. Bost has realized off less
than an acre of these melons al
ready $35 and expects to sell at
least $50 more before they are all
gone.
The melons were ripe and Juicy
and the taste was as sweet as any
one could desire. The average size
of the melons is around eight to
ten pounds. The largest of these
two melons measured 42 inches
around the long way and 26 1-4
inches the shortest. These were
grown without fertilization and on
non-lrrigated land.
standard of conduct. Girls par
ticularly enjoy Tom’s amazing ca
reer. D’Artagnan and his comrades
swashbuckle along in the full sun
shine of popular favor, with both
young and old.
Reading doesn't vary much be
tween winter and summer, Mrs.
Manahan declares. The long, lazy
days of Stratton ^ld the dreary,
chilly days when there is nothing so
pleasant as to curl up beside the
fire with a book seem to balance
each other pretty well. Interest in
the encyclopedias and classics de
clines in the rammer time; school
students don’t need them for ref
erences and required reading in lit
erature courses, but they make up
for that in the type of reading mat
ter more pleasing to ‘heir youthful
tastes.
Odd things do happen Books that
have been lost for weeks turn up
unexpectedly on the counter of some
store. And Napoleon came in back
wards. If not exactly backwards, at
least so involved as to make every
one dizzy, for it Is disconcerting to
pick up a book which has always
been put together in the way books
should be with the beginning of the
story under the front cover, and
find It upside down and backwards,
the state in which Emil Ludwig's
life of the emperor appeared after
one of its latest excursions from the
home shelves.
People develop tastes which seem
hardly true to type. Or.e dignified
dowager reads pirate and other ad
venture stories avidly; girls of the
supposedly romantic age elevate
daintily retrousse noses at love
stories; soldiers demand psychology,
and one small boy likes poetry.
Meet Demands
With its present wide, and con
stantly growing array of titles, the
library has been able to meet most
demands, for there are several ex
amples of almost every type now on
the shelves, and more constantly ar
riving. Especial attention Is given
to juvenile literature, and an effort
is made to comply with popular
taste as expressed by titles requested
from day to day.
A large increase in circulation of
books has been made since the
change in ruling which allows any
person residing within the city
limits to draw books on securing the
recommendation of some house
holder. and the payment of a dime
for the card. Before the library
was taken over by the city, one dol
lar was paid for a year's member
ship in the library, allowing the
member to draw books. Fines are
still collected at the same rate, two
cents for each day a book Is over
due. New books are issued for seven
days only, while older ones, or those
which are more difficult reading
are issued for two weeks.
The daily demand for books varies
widely, reaching its neak on Friday
and Saturday, on books for week
end reading.
The St. Joseph’s academy band
and orchestra is one of the most!
active school organizations in the
city. Under the leadership of Roy
Garcia, who has had much expe
rience in musical work, the youths
have made material progress
! for several years.
The band is much In demand at
school affairs not only at their own
institution, but in the public school
system. Last football season they
played for the high school in a
number of games. They were in
the stands when the Eagles defeat
ed DePaul 36-0.
The boys are now developing into
a veteran otttanization. Through
many practices together they are
producing creditable and well timed
music.
KIWANIS MEET
OPENS MONDAY
Delegates En Route From
Over Nation to Attend
Milwaukee Sessions
-—
(Special to The Herald)
I MILWAUKEE. June 23—Six
thousand Kiwanians from the
j United States and Canada are en
rcute today to attend the 13th an
nual convention of Kiwanis Inter
i national which opens here tomor
; row.
Principal speakers at the conven
tion will be: Frank O. Lowden, ex
governor of Illinois: John Bright
Kennedy, associate editor of Col
lier’s Weekly: Dr. C. P. Segard, of
! New York City; and Rev. Preston
| Bradley, of Peoples Church. Chi
! cago. Guests at the convention will
be: Governor Doyle E. Carlton,
governor of Florida: Col. Paul V.
McNutt, of Bloomington. Ind.. na
tional commander of the American
Legion: and I. B. Sutton, of Dallas,
past president of Rotary Interna
tional.
On Monday evening all the 1800
Kiwanis clubs on the North Amer
ican continent will meet at the ex
act hour of the opening of the con
vention session here (8:00 o’clock
Central Standard time). This will be
for an international simultaneous
meeting in a united expression of
gratitude for the unselfish service
work of members and the social and
civic accomplishments of Kiwanis
during the last year.
“The basic reason for Kiwanis
success is the emphasis which the
organization* places upon the in
dividual.” declared O. S. Cummings.
! of Dallas, president of the sen ice
organization, before a group of sev
eral hundred members today. * The
human and spiritual values of life
instead of the material ones nave
been made precious.” he said.
HUSBAND BOUGHT
LONDON—William V. Florentine
admitted in court during his wile's
divorce suit that a woman had paid
him to desert Mrs. Florentine.
Border Town Looks
To Local Saint For
New Relief in Drouth
By VIRGIL N. LOTT
In the early 1900's, many of the old-timers of Texas will recall, there
was a drouth along the Rio Grande river front of nearly seven years' du
ration. Rivers in Mexico, which naturally found an outlet in the Rio
Grande dried up. Mesquite trees, the hardiest of drouth-resisting plants,
and one of the greatest of food producing trees on the river, shriveled
and failed to produce their springs
crops of beans from which the na- j
tives were wont to make thetr "mes-1
quital,” or mesquite meal, from
which a palatable bread is made.
The arroyos, which in seasonable
years in their deepest spots, held
water, dried up. On the hills and
in the erstwhile green valleys not
a sprig of grass grew. Livestock)
and humans suffered alike. Stark)
famine was over the land, hunger
and deathand suffering was in ev
ery humble home.
“God.” said these good people,
“has deserted us. We have prayed
and we have offered our all on the
altar of sacrifice. We are hungry
and athirst and our little children
are dying for the want of food and
for clothing to hide their naked
ness. We have formed ourselves!
into marching bodies, old men and
young, women and children and.
with our padres leading with holy
vessels, have trodden the highways
and byways, bareheaded and bare
footed praying with each step for
ruin. But none falls. We have
gone as far as our strength will let
us go. We have failed and we must
die.”
But the state of Texas and its
good people heard the prayer Rnd
sent food and clothing to their
brethren down here on the last
frontier. The hungry and the,
naked were fed and clothed, suffi
cient food stuffs furnished for the i
starving animals and most mtracu-1
Icus of all miracles, it rained and
has continued to rain ever since
and things as drouths are unknown
in Southwest Texas now.
Same in Mexico
The same conditions which nearly
devastated this section nf Texas
prevailed cn the Mexican side of the
Rio Grande with more or less in
tmsity. The people <of Mier. and
its contributing ranch territory, suf
fered the same rigors and terrors as
did their kindred in Texas. There
were marching parties on the roads
chanting hymns and supplications
for rain. The Little River of Mier.
which finds its source in the Cer
ralvo mountains and its outlet in
the Rio Grande at Alamo, five
miles east of Mier. dried up and the J
people of Arrua Leguas found them
selves for the first time since the
founding of the town in 1755, face
to face with starvation and death
from thirst.
Agua Leguas is 40 miles west of
Mier and has its miraculous legend
of a blessed female saint equal to
that of Our Lady of Guadalupe of j
Mexico City, story of which is fa
miliar to most of us and does not
require repeating in full in this
story. Briefly told, it relates how
one Juan Diego an ignorant Indian)
peon, while herding goats on a hill-i
side one afternoon, was suddenly!
confronted by an Indian maiden of,
rare beauty who told Juan to go;
at once to the bishop and convey to
Jiim the commands of God that he:
was to erect a cathedral on the
wry hill where Juan sat as a shrine,
where the Indians might worship.
The Indian maiden then disappear
ed as silently as she had come and
Juan, although half believing that
he had been asleep and had drram
de. nevertheless hastened to the
bishops palace and related his
story. He was thrown out bodily
and told to begone, the bishop be-’
lieving him demented. Juan went
back to his hill and to his sheep and
no doubt forgot the incident, but
next day at the very same hour the
Indian maiden appeared for the
second time and for the second
time commanded Juan to go to the
bishop with the Lord’s request.
Juan Frightened
Poor Juan was frightened out of*
his wits by this time. He feared the
WTath of the bishop and the un
canniness of the Indian maiden, but
the latter, so the legend goes, bade
Juan to be of good heart and to*
unfold his coarse cotton scrape and
to snread it upon the ground. Whrm
he had done so the maiden then re
quested that he double it in four
folds and rarrv it to the bishop and
there unfold it and again make the
request for the shrine. Juan did
as directed and on arrival at the
palace was admitted to the bishop’s
presence and immediately unfolded
his sack cloth and lo, red roses fell
from its folds and a picture of the
Indian maiden. “Our Lady of
Guadalupe." was painted on the
cloth, the same being kept to this
day among the holy relics of Our
Lady of Guadalupe and is said to
be as beautiful and as fresh in col
or as it was on the day that Juan
received it. No roses were ever
known to grow on the hill where
.Tuan herded his sheep, but, says
the legend, roses grew there that
day and have grown ever since, and
the picture of Our Lady In such
wonderful colors on the poor peon’s
cloth, convinced the bishop that the
tidings came from the Lord, and
he at once caused the building of
the shrine as per directions. Such,
in brief, is the story of Our Lady
of Guadalupe Shrine on the hill
out of which gushes a spring of
clear and sparkling water and in
which the sick and afflicted find
cures and surcease. There was no
spring there before the visitation of
the angel of Guadalupe.
Auga Leguas, Nuevo Leon, Mex
ico. has its shrine erected to anoth
er Our Lady, and is called "Nuestro
Senora de Agua Leguas,” or Our
Lady of Agua Leguas, and has also
its miraculous panacea for all the
ills that flesh is heir to in a sulphur
spring which gushes out of the
banks of the Little River of Micr
which divides the town of Agua
Leguas in two parts.
One day the people went down to
the spring for the usual bath and
found to their horror that it was
dry. It was in the time of the
drouth referred to above. For the
first time in the memory of the
oldest inhabitant the spring, their
holy spring, was dry. It must have
been the drouth, they said, and al
though saddened and frighted, they,
like their Moorish ancestors, mur
mured "kismet” and resigned
themselves. This is characteristic
of the Mexican people. They are as
much fatalists as Turks are and
just about as stoical in the face of
disaster.
But this last blow was too much.
Their river was dry; their children
and themselves starving; their live
stock dying. All this they could
bear heroically, but when \heir
miraculous cure-all ceased to put
forth its healing liquid, they gave
up in despair.
While they were in the midst of
their sorrow’s, some in the church
praying, others in the plazas watch
ing for signs of rain, there appeared
in their town a typical peon of the
Indian type bearing a beautiful
waxen image of Our Lady of Gaud
alupe in his arms. The image was
crowned with a glory of blonde
hair; her eyes were b!~? and she
w-ns robed In scarlet trimmed in
silver and gold. The peon came on
with slow and measured tread until
he reached the main plaza. In
stantly he was surrounded by the
townspeople who looked with won
der-filled eyes at the image he bore.
They crowded around him plving
him with a thousand questions.
Whence he came, who he was.
whither bound, and. above all,
where did he get the Santita'*
"I come.” said the peon, "from
beyond the mountains of Cerralvo.
I come to you. people of Agua Le-;
mas, bv command of Our Good
Lady of Agua Leguas, who appeared
to me in a vision five days ago, and
giving me this likeness of herself,
bad** me carry it to the suffering
neonle of this town wi*h the request |
that if the Santita does not cause
the waters of the spring to flow
aenin. we two are to go on our wav
empty handed. If. after we have
cone to your spring and its waters
flow asrain. you are to reward us
with all the money you can spare
to succor us on our Journey to the
ends of the world. The Smtita has
heard your prayers and heart bleeds
for your sufferings and note, mi
gente. that in her anguish she
weeps for you.” And sure enough,
with the peon's hand on her beau
tiful blonde hair, the image's eyes
filled with tears and the tiny drops
ran down her waxen cheeks and all
(Continued on page two *
Sense of Duty In
Work Spurs Officer
To Many Hardships
By L. E. HARWOOD
The day of the old pioneer who
rode the Texas plains on horseback
and carried his bed with him is
gone lor ever.
Newer and fasted modes of
transportation have made a horse
man a hero of the romantic past.
Many of them rode in Cameron
county. It took brave men in those
lawless days to chase down the
criminals along the border. In fact,
men had to be brave to survive.
The weak were trampled In short
order.
HUGEPROGRAM
TAKING SHAPE
FOR OCCASION
Yearly Celebration to
Include Many New
Features; To Draw
Thousands
With but little more than a week
remaining before the July 4 celebra
tion committees were rushing to
completion plans for the pageant,
the fireworks display, the fun pa
rade. American Legion and Boy
Scout activities and all other events
which will feature the festivities.
One of the outstanding events of
the whole day and one which it is
estimated will attract thousands
from over the Valley is the pageant.
"The Court of the Far East," an
oriental extravaganza to be staged
on the resaca at Fort Brown.
The court, with the queen s throne
in the center, is being erected at the
east end of the lake, with steps lead
ing down to the water. It is here
that all attendants of the queen will
gather after a Journey the entire
length of the curving lake on barges
representing countries of the entire
oriental east.
These barges will be highly dec
orated. with an exclusive color
scheme fbr each nation.
Queen to Arrive
The queen will be the last to ar
rive. and the coronation ceremony
will follow immediately. Each coun
try will be represented by a prin
cess from the following Valley
towns:
San Juan. Mission, McAllen, Ray
mond ville, La Feria, Donna. Wes
laco. Mercedes. Roma. Rio Grande
City. Rio Hondo, Olmito. Alamo,
Sharyland, Edinburg. Point Lsabel,
San Benito and Harlingen. A maid
to the queen also has been choeen
from Brownsville.
Immediately following this fea
ture will be the fireworks display,
which it will cost the chamber of
commerce more than SI000 to pro
duce. The Liberty Fireworks com
pany has planned a daylight pro
gram of salutes to the flags of Mex
ico and the United States and their
right program is one continuous
round of brilliancy culminating in
the * Land of the Midnignt Sun.'
Chairman Harry Faulk has built
his celebration in keeping with the
patriotic idea throughout. He has
arranged for a giant barbecue on
the banks of the river at Fort Brown
during the noon hour at which Boy
Scouts of the Valley will be guests
of the American Legion. Spanish
war veterans. Civil war veterans. Al
together, around 2000 men and boys
are expected to take part in this
event.
Stunt Flying
The airport in the afternoon will
be the scene of aerial exhibitions
and stunt flying.
Early in the morning, a parade of
Boy Scouts and the American Le
gion will be followed by the most
humorous event on the day's at
tractive program, a fun parade. Cu
ban Monsees. chairman of the com
mittee planning this event, an
nounced he is not ready to make
known all of his plans, but it was
hinted a men's bathing beauty con
test with some well-known Browns
ville and Valley business men en
tered would be one of the high
lights*
Another attraction In this events
will be the inclusion possibly of a
pet parade and a long line of col
legiate fliwery carrying the Valley's
“Jelly beans and flappers."
Full plans are to be announced In
a few days.
Faulk declared the finance com
mittee is meeting with a hearty re
sponse by local merchants.
Plans are being made to take care
of a crowd the equal of that w’hlch
visited here for the opening of the
air mail lines March 9.
Very few modern men ui tba
saddle arc known in this day of
the auto and the airplane.
One of those few is Jim Collins.
Jim Collins Is working for his
government as a customs officer,
enforcing the laws of the United
States and making a success of hla
work.
This Is because of his sincerity,
his strict sense of duty, say Cam
eron county officers, all of whom
have the utmost respect for this
man, who asks the criminal no
quarter, and gtves none in the per
formance of that duty.
No Office Hoars
Jim Collins has no office hours
and hts office is more or less
mobile.
The smuggler and bootlegger al
ways are running into Collins. He
does his hardest work at night and
grabs his bit of sleep usually dur
ing the day.
It was this same man who halted
a suspicious character last week in
the dead of night between San Be
nito and the river and led Cam
eron county officers in an inves
tigation which uncovered a theft
ring operating profitably In Cam
eron county for some time.
It happened when Collins and
Henry Haus, young Santa Rosa
farmer, pulled in their horses about
3 a. m.. took down their beds and
made ready for a few hours sleep.
(Continued on page two.)