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The Brownsville Herald. OFFICIAL COUNTY AND CITY JOURNAL Jesse O. Wheeler, Proprietor. Consolidated in 1893 with the Daily Cos- mooolitan which vraa published in Brownsville, for sixteen years. teed at the Postoffice. Brownsville, as second-class matter. Texas Terms of Subscription: Dah,y: "Published every evening ex Xpt Sunday, daily by mail postpaid to ay point in the United States, Mexico or Canada, or delivered by carrier to any part of Brownsville, Texas, or Matamoros, Mexico: ' One c;-?v one year . $6.00 One copy six months 3.00 Wa K K I, Y : Published Saturday, by mail postpaid to any point in uie unitea States, or ilenco One copy one year fl.0 Oae opy six, months 75 -One copy three months 50 Subscriptions invariably due and pay able in advance. Advertising rates on application. Makes all checks payable to JESSE O. WHEELER. ft THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 27,903, LOUISIANA'S PLAN. The State of Louisiana, acting the theory that even ill winds xaust blow good to somebody, is tising the present idleness of many men throughout the country to populate and improve the state 2t has several million acres of land 3ipoa which nobody lives and which is not cultivated. Farms Srom this land are -offered at very treasonable prices to men of family who ,who will move there, and in addition tools and seed will be sunrilied. while oavme'nt can be made on the easiest sort of terms. Already a considerable number of people have taken up the state's offer. This is action of the wisest sort on the part of Louisiana. Texas lalso has lands. This commonwealth 5s the possessor of immense tracts which are even' more fertile than these of the sister state. Thous ands of people from the states worth are coming to Texas, but the number could be increased largely if Texas itself offered special in ducements to thrifty, industrious settlers. A. population of 5,000,000 is one et the dreams of.representatnre "SFexans. A. boost by the state along the lines mentioned would greatly in the consummation -mi this wish. fMPRO VEMENT ON TEDDY, AND ANDY. rOne Theodore Roosevelt and nue Andrew Carnegie, both of siiom are not altogether unknown, tare taken up the matter of spell-! 5ng reform. But it remained for a Massachusetts man to institute a method which will probably do ' wore for the improvement of or-5-tkography than the schemes of the two men of fame. Vernum Lincoln Massachusetts died some time ago. His will has just been pro bated. He provided that the sum f $500 be turned over to the treasurer of the town of Andover for the purpose of awarding prizes -for annual old-fashioned spelling ees, to be held in apublic hall, between contestants from 10 to 18 -years of age, selected by the CBttkod of "choosing up." This method in general use would certainly render the art of spelling correctly one worth ac quiring. It is undoubtedly true ftkat there is, in some quarters, a lamentable ignorance of orthography- "Go to the Japs, thou poet, study rtheir ways and be wise. They raever write a poem containing more than one verse. East, Liver pool Tribune. Judging by samples of Japanese poetry we've seenhat is one verse too many- Judd Lewis in the .Houston Post- la view of the fact that the manual crop of spring poets is about to materialize Mr- ewis should by 11 means have concurred with the Ohio paper. . H A L L A M COLONIZATION COMPANY IRRIGATED LANDS. Merchants National Bank Bldg. Who does your thinking for you? Brownsviu.B Heraij. Situe back at you. Cucro Record. Now what do you think of .that? Coming, too, from a town that boasts of the fact that it has 12 saloons, 13 lawyers, one hiJe depot and only one gun" store. Many a silent man gets credit for being wise because he can't think of anything to say. Eagle Lake Headlight. And many a fool has the reputa tion of beine wise just because he can look that way. Instead of the "S-s-s-s-s, s-s-s s! ot tne Mexican nacn-anvers Brownsville may soon hear Jhe clang of the street car gong. An other evidence that Brownsville is booming. A Philadelphia man traveled for his firm 18 years without a mishap. He struck Houston the other day, fell on the street and laid himself up for a week. Wait until the Paragrapher' union sees that Woe, woe for the Houston Post. Desert to Garden In Seven Years. (Continued from page 1.) then became four pioneers of the new movement, the birth of which has meant so much to the valley of the Rio Grande. To the natives, who had been holding their lands without pos sibility of market for years, it seemed that the "fellows with more money than anything else had arrived," when these few men started to buy their land for real money and pay from $1.25 to $2-50 per acre for it. Mr. Withers con tinued to buy with all the money he could secure, or persuade his friends to secure and invest, and not the cheapest lands. As he said, the best in the country at any price they asked was cheap enough. With the entire country open to him from Samfordyce to the Gulf of Mexico, he explored it from one end to the other with engineers and natives, and finally decided upon the Llano Grande Grant, lying in the exact heart of the valley, and the oldest grant from the Crown of Spain on the river. It required more money to buy this tract by about half than any thing else on the river, but as he said, "the best is the cheapest," and he finally se cured 65,000 acres out of the grant. I A few months after his first trip to the valley, Withers said to B. P. Yoakum and Messrs. Hinckley and Johnston, engineer and con tractor respectively of the (at that time) Frisco system, in Mr. Yoa kum's office in St. Louis: "That is & great country to build a road into." "Don't you know that I was raised in Texas and have known that sand country all my life" was the reply of Mr. Yoakum. "But you haven't been in the Rio Grande Valley," said Withers. "I believe Withers knows what he is talking about," said Hinckley and Johnston. "We will go look at it." "If it is like he says I will build a road there," said Johnston. They came to see and were shown. Mr. Yoakum has been, here many times since, on his own railroad. There was much to do in staying with this proposition. The lands weieheld in long narrow stripes and the pioneers were competed to work out the problem of insufficient record titles, and of so securing tracts and strips as to bring them into one solid tract. Jn some in stances the tracts were as small as fifty to seventy-five feet in width by fifteeen tb eighteen miles in length. And there were still lack ing railroad facilities, for these lauds were 160 miles or more from the nearest railroad. After the rail road, came clearing and home building. But Withers had Llano Grande, and he continued to think it the best land in the United States. He had his health iback. and he con- tinued to say that he would some day have water on his land. But Yoakum knew that if the Rid Grande valley was good enough to spend $7,000,000 or $8,000,000 building a railroad tb get to, that it was good enough to own some of, and after seeing the valley with his engineers, he said he wanted all of Llano Grande he could buy He fiually secured 39,000 acres on the west side of the original With ers holdings in Llano Grande, and 42.000 acres about three miles to the east. T. W. Carter, now president of the Mercedes companv, also came and saw. It looked good to him, so he bought 15,000 off the east side of the remainder of Withers' holdings adjoining that bought by Mr, Yoakum. Then Messrs. Carter and Yoakum got together, and the American Rio Grande Land and Irrigation Company was formed, leaving Withers with about 11,000 acres, in the middle of the tract. And here, on the highest point of the Llano Grande tract, now stands beautiful Casa Blanca, the nresent home of Mr! Withers, the first house built on the Samfordyce branch. Sam Robertson, the genius of San Benito, was building the branch line, and had just reached the top of the high hill three miles west of the present town of Mer cedes, when Withers sent word to him that he had 12 cars of sup plies, to start doing something on the Llauo Grande lands, and ask ing would he help him to get out up the line some place. ' You bet vour life!" said Sam. And the first cars over the branch line start ed from Harlingen. "This is the finest location and highest point on the line in this section," said Sam, when they reached mile post Seventeen, "here's where you want to stop if you are going to make a townsite," and there the cars stop ped. The place was named Llano Grande, and Withers said he would stay there and "make good" on the water resolution of three years before. And here he stayed and to day has his own canal in operation. There were many obstacles, much labor, much money needed. Withers said: I will go slowly, study conditions and the experi ences of others and when I build it will be the best canal that can be; built." C. Rice, an engineer from the canal districts of East Texas and Louisiana, was put in charge q tfae work There was no hasty work. Rice said to Withers: "Let's know our lands, and watch others. Then we will know how to build a canal for this country. It may take longer and a little more money, but you will save in the long run by building right." So Withers waited and said: "I will put my own money into both lands and canal, and I will build the best canal that can be built on the river." Some said he wouldn't, others said "possibly so," but Withers kept on just as he had year after year since 1901, always because he knew it was in the country, and, as hesaid: "If I haven't confidence in it myself, how can I expect any one else to have. So on Monday last, the whistle blew and the wa ters started flowing from the Rio Grande through the Casi Blanca Canal to the lauds of Llano Grande." There were other things neces- , sary post omce, rauroaa siauun, express office, freight tracks, etc. But Withers went after them and . he got them, and more. He has his own hotel, the "Bungalow," a beautiful one story house with six teen rooms. The post office, ex press office, U. S. Weather station and telephone lines all over the place and long distance connection and telegraph connections are all here. ' "And now I have them," says Mr. Withers, "and can show the man from Missouri. Not that we are going to get them but they are here now." For the best commercial printing of all kinds go to The Herald THE FAIR Branch House of "El Globo" Hosiery, Underwear, Umbrellas, Handkerchiefs, Laces, Embroideries, Ribbons, Lace Curtains. A. Garza & Bro., Proprietors RACYCLE AGENCY vvneeis oougnt, sow, ana re paired. Brownsville Undertaking Co. Telephone 123 El ParaiSO Rtourant JOHN DARR0UZET Prop. American, French and Mexican dishes. Lodging furnished Cheap. Street cars pass door. Next door to opera house. MATAMOROS, MEXICO. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS TUNKD AND REPAIRED Piano Action Work a Specialty. Keeps on hand piano Strings and felts. GEORGE KRAUSSE. Residence on Levee St. Raspberry Jam is .only one of the many kinds of BEECH-NUTS CONSERVES that we sell. The list includes all of the best fruits (and Peanut butter"). Each is made from selected fruit and granulat ed sugar nothing else no preservative needed when packed in the famous Beech-Nut vacuum glass jars. The Beech-Nut method of making, retains the delicious flavor of the fruit, and makes them superior in many ways to the imported article. We recommend them to you. BROWNSVILLE GROCERY CO. Staple and Fancy Groceries W. tLCUr. Pres. E. McDitIU VIm-P. KJLMcDitUI Mp WHITE ELEPHANT SALOON V. L. CS1XEIX. PronrMsr. .First-class Liquors, Wines, Cigars. Polite Attention.' Market Square Brownsville. Texas F. W. KIBBE Attorney-At-Law NOTARY PUBLIC Putegnat Bldg. BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS Removal Notice! We have recently moved to 12th Streeti opposite Precio Fijo. Singer Sewing Machine Company Brownsville, Texas. A. GOLDAMMER , CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER ufr Pans and Specifications Fur nished on Short Notice Wholesale Groceries Cheap for Cash Frank Alcedo Celaya Building. r THE FIRST NA TIONAL BANK OF BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS Capital, $100,000 Surplus and Undivided Profits, $42,000 With ample resources, a strong Board of Directors, and complete fecili ties for handling all kinds of banking business, cordially invites the accounts of corporations, firms and individuals, and extends io customers every accommodation consistent with sound and safe banking. OFFICERS: Jas. A. Browne, Pres. S. L. Dworman, 1st Vice Pres. W. M. Ratcliffe, 2d Vice Pres. A. Ashheim, Cashier TwnivrP'TisnrQQ THE MERCHANTS' NATIONAL BANK OF BROWNSVILLE, TEXaS Capital Stock, $100,000.00 ; U. S. GOVERNMENT DEPOSITORY OFFICERS E. H. GOODRICH, President JOHN McALLEN, Vice President J. G. F2RNANDEZ, Cashier E. A. McGARY, M. WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Dry Goods, Boots Shoes Winchester Arms (& Ammunition Wholesale and ReLail Dealers in Lumber, Shingles, Doors, Sash, Blinds and Builders Hardware BROWNSVILLE, TEX. Ml Ike lexas PRODUCER, REFINER AND DISTRIBUTOR OF Texas JPetroleum and its Products CRUDE Oil, PRIME WHITE OIL SOLAR OIL REDUCED FUEL OIL WATER WHITE OIL NAPHTHAS GASOLINE LIQUID ASPHALT "TEXACO" HARD ASPHALTS Lubricating Oils of High IM QENI L GENERAL OFFICE I nnc VnrtrnicVX A. rr4- ..:u T BEAUMONT, TEXAS ""' nunauni, nju, ui UW11S VIIIC, WELLER'S SALOON Full Mine of S. QraMeider & Co's FamoMS Whiskies Kentucky Belle, Dunn's Monogram, Cane Spring, Silver . Brook, and Woodford Co., the Great Sellers 0) CHINESE RESTAURANT IN CONNECTION H. The Metropolitan Only Up-to-Date Short Order Restaurant In theCity. Regular Meals 25c SPECIALTY IN LUNCHES FOR TRAVELERS Furnished RoomsSOc and 75c. J. A.rCLOETTA,'Proprietor. Next to Crliell Saloon. Brownsville Texas JAMES B.WELLS clttorney at Law Successor to Powers & Maxan, Powers & Wells, Wells &Reutfro Wells, Rentfro & Hicks, Wells & Hicks, Wells. Stayton & Kltberg I buy and sell Reai Estate and investigate land titles. A complete abstract t. all titles of record in Cameron County, Texas. Practice in all state and federal courts, when especially mployed. Land Litigation and corporation practice. DIRECTORS: A. Ashheim John Closner C. P. Barreda S. L. Dworman Robert Dalzell James B. Wells Wm. Kelly M. Alonso James A. Browne W. M. Batclifie W. P. Sorague E. C. Porto M. H. Cross A. Cueto. t ttdt?tat ttt7 tm j I John McAIlen, Jose Cdaya. LT. Ptyct Mlso& Fernandei, Jr. E. H. Goodrich, O. C Sutler. I. Q. Fcrcandcs Assistant-Cashier. H. CROSS, MATAMOROS, MEX. Company Viscosity and Low Cold Test. 8 H. WELLER, Prop. Union Bakery John Thielen, Manager Bread, Biscuit, Cakes, Etc., Made From Choicest Brands of Flour Elfrabetb Street, Brownsville. Tex W. Seabury ATTODNEY-AT-LAW Rio Grande City Tex it WU p. aciice in the District Courts S arr, Hidalg Zapat? and Webb Counties. of E. B. GORE Engineering Co. Civil and Constructing Engineers and Architects MEM. S. W. ENG. & ARCH. CLUB Surveys, Maps, Profiles, Plans and Estimates, Irri gation Canals, and Drain age Work. Drafting and Blueprinting. Office in Merchants National Bank Bids D. B. CHAPIN ATTORNEYAT LAW 7z HiDAlGO, TEXAS 11