Willacy County News (Raymondville, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 22, 1924 Page: 2 of 14
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decided wheMei- the stocks laws of
this c ounty were legal or not. Judge
Hopkins held that the creation of the
new county invalidated the stock law
districts and declared them null and
void. Hundred's of farmers have no
fences on their land and it is estimat
ed that it will cost the farmers of
this county at least $20,000 to fence
to'-protect the crops. As we go to
press a petition as being circulated
raising - money to carry the case up
on 'appeal to the higher courts and
it is hoped that by so doing the law
will benin effecttill the farmers get a
chance to fence their land if the
higher courts uphold the decision.
COUNTY COURT RENDERS
JUDGMENT
Judgment against W. A. Harding
for the amount of $508.00 was render
pd this week in county court in a suit
styled Mrs. Emma Conway vs W. A.
TTWjinp-. This case was tried by a
jury last week. It appeared from
the testimony in the case that .Hard
ing had given a real estate .man this
note in a land deal and this man in
turn sold the note Mrs. Conway an
innocent purcharser. Harding claim
ed that he was crooked in the land
deal and refused to pay the note.
Cogdell and Duttosa represented Mrs.
Conway and D. E, Decker Mr. Hard
ing. '
NEW BRICK BUM.DING TO BE
BUILT ON COULTER CORNER
‘iommissionhhoald have fallen into
the hands of an employee of another
branch of that department?
In most neighborhoods there is apt
to be a child who won’t play unless
the other children do his bidding.
Evidently some Raymondville folks
“are only boys grown tall.”
“I’ll scratch, your back if you will
scratch mine” is just as bad politics
in Raymondville as in Tammany Hall.
Bargaining for votes by any other
name or for any cause no matter how
.good is still just plain bartering in
the deai’est thing in a democracy the
free unhampered vote of the people.
Tourists if any from the north may
still have the experience of coming
to Raymondville through a pasture
gate—A reader.
andr from their knowledge of-Taney
conditions and Valley topography
have supplied the basis upon which
the flood control plans are being for
mulated.
Col. A. A. Stiles of the state recla
mation department arrived in the
Valley Thursday May 15 and within
an hour was in consultation with Val
ley engineers and interested parties.
From that time until Saturday after
noon practically every hour was de
voted to working out various details
and prior to his departure Colonel
-Stiles announced he would approve
miles in an easterly direction
lacy county discharging, the flood
waters upon the uncultivated area
where the mean elevation above sea
level is approximately 15 feet and the
waters will then find their way into
the Laguna Madre at a point above
the mouth of the Arroyo Colorado.
Colonel Stiles stated that he con
sidered the Valley project one of the
most important if not the most im
portant in the state and that every
facility of the department would be
at the command of the Valley in order
GILLWORTHr-SAMPSON
Miss Ethel
the plan adopted and would have a ; to speed up the work. ‘ You people
reclamation engineer in the Valley j of the Lower Valley have at least
within a month to make such surveys decided upon feasible and economical
as are necessary.
Will Use Cameron County Route.
plan” he stated. “There should be
no unnecessary delay. You have got
Gillworth one
ers were quitly
Monday nigjht at 8
bell of the M. E.
Mr. and Mrs. R. F.
the ceremony.
The News extend them the best
wishes for a happy married life.
Sampson who has
the Raymondville
ar and Mr. R. D.
successful farm
at San Benito
Rev. Camp
officiating,
witnessed *
PAPERS DISAPPEAR FROM
CLERKS OFFICE
The case of Harding—Gill vs H.
H. Burchard was not tried at this term
of the court on account of all the
papers in the case having disappeared
from the clerks office forcing the
court to put the case over till next
term. Burchard .claims he purchase!
a 40 acre farm from Harding—Gill
ir. 1920 and that they agtreed to put
down a well on or near his farm.
This they haven’t done he claims.
He says he has ^contract to that ef
feet but the contract don’t say when
they are going to do it.
The plan decided upon and unani j ten together and agtreed upon the
I mously approved by the engineers atj general plan and feel assured it can
1 a meeting held at Mercedes Saturday j be financed. The remainder is mere
contemplated the building of -a flood j ly a matter of details and the state
way from Mission to Mercedes thence j reclamation department will work out
northeast through northwestern Cam. those details. It is now up to the
eron county and southeastern Willacy | Valley to keep going and to push this
county. The proposition of carrying project to completion with all possi
DISTRICT COURT CLOSES
A deal was dosed last week feet
tween A. R. Coulter and J. C. Engel
man Inc. whereby the latter becomes
the €wner of the corner lot of the
Counter block the consideration being
$£000. A brick or tile building is to
be constructed there in the next few
months.
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THIS l
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CIRCULATION |
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The spring term of the district
court closed Wednesday of this week.
The following men were accepted as
jurors but were not used. P. Temple
O. W. Jones H. H. Clark W. Lope-4
J Rydeen G. S. Tate A. L. Johnson
Z F. Williams C. A. Galyean H. H
Keene B. F. Myers C. E. Boner B.
A. McCaslin N. O. Jensen S, P. Niel
sen R. Keene K. Henninger W H.
Shrader W- G'. Fawkes Pat Brennan
JSL R. Klemann W. P. Gano C. Schlief
and E. M. Turner.
WEATHER REPORT
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of an inch pf rwm
foil during)
the week.
i the flood water almost due north of
Mercedes to the salt lake region north
1 west of Willacy county was abandon
1 ed as too expensive. The engineers
expressed the opinion that the plan
approved would present no serious
difficulties and that it was well with
in the financial means of the Valley.
Flood Control Plan in Brief
j Flood control plans for the entire
I Valley details of which are now be
;di>g worked out are approximately as
! follows:
j The Hidalgo county artificial flood
way which will be financed by re
mission of state taxes if the bond
-election to be called at an early date
carries starts at a point near Mission
extending in the general direction of
the Rio Grande to Mercedes. This
floodway will have three inlets the
first inear Mission to receive aproxi
mately 20.000 second feet; one near
McAllen to receive 60.000 second feet
and the ffeird near .Donna to receive
30.000 second feet. This floodway
will bring a total of 110.000 second
feet to Mercedes leaving approximate
ly 50.000 second feet for the river
channel to carry at maximum flood
stage. The Hidalgo county floodway
will probably’be designated at the
first unit of the Valley system.
At Mercedes the flood waters will
be divided the Arroyo Colorado carry
ing 70.000 second feet at maximum
flood and the remaining 40.000 second
feet feeing diverted through lake Tam
pauouas to »iT e»tt<e»sion of the artifi
ble speed.”
Willacy County an Unknown Factor
To what extent Willacy county will
participate in the flood control plan
is unknown at this time but Judge
McCharen in that county have given
the assurance that some assistance
may be expected.
The proposition of bringing the
flood waters to Willacy county under
control lias also been the subject of
considerable discussion and some con
troversy especially in connection with
the legal phases and the establish
ment of water rights but it is possible
thae some plan of this character may
be worked out. However any cost of
control works would necessarily be
a matter fox Willacy county alone to
"consider.
Must Keep Valley Together,
Colonel Stiles in addition to giving
the assurance that the plan would
receive the approval and cooperation
of his department emphasized the
fact that it is now manifestly the
duty of the Valley to push ahead with
the project and complete it at the
earlist date possible. He especially
stressed the fact that the Valley is
apparently unanimous in approving
the plan; that it is generally recogniz
ed that the Valley must have a flood
control system; and that having start
ed under speh auspicous cirecmstan
ces there is no logical reason for de
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Johnson, Charles R. Willacy County News (Raymondville, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 22, 1924, newspaper, May 22, 1924; Raymondville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth874056/m1/2/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Reber Memorial Library.