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SEE US BEFORE YOU BUILD.
CHILDS & SCHLIFF,
Contractors
Raymondville,
Texas
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF THE RAYMONDVILLE, LYFO RD AND SEBASTIAN TERRITORY
WILLACY COUNTY NEWS
SEE A. H. COLTON—FOR
Hous* PainUng, Paper Hanging and |
SION WRITING
ANYV> rrERE IN THE COUNTY
RAYMONDVILLE, (COUNTY SEAT) WILLACY COUNTY, TEXAS
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7th. 1924.
VOLUME .7. No. 6.
HARLING’N-COMBS ROAD TO BE PAVED
:0BERTS0N OPPOSE IRRIGATION FOR
Willacy County -- Pease Replies
L(BY C. H. PEASE GRAVITY)
In the last issue o# the G. NEWS
there appeared jan interesting article
by F. S. Robertson, manager of the
San Benito irrigation district, who
belongs to that group of engineers in
the Valley who are opposed to the
gravity plan. It has heretofore been
impossible to ge't a definite statement
as to the exact basis of this opposit-
ion, and Mr. Robertson’s article, so
‘Tar as I know, is the first attempt at
a complete expression of that point
of view. His article, while dealing
with the engineering facts, is addres-
sed to layman, and for this reason I
assume to undertake as a layman to
answer him.
■n reading Mr. Robertson’s letter,
one can not help but note his anxety
to discredit the gravity plan and cre-
ate suspisions in the minds of his
readers as to its sincerity, its fair-
ness and even its conclusions.
Mr. Robertson says that “under cer
tain conditions, I am heartily in fa-
') vat of (Government construction and
<^^»tion of irrigation and flood con-
\Wn works” and his letter purports
to be a statement of what those con-
ditions are. I assume thfit he means
by government operation and con-
struction of irrigation works, gravity
irrigation, as he proceeds to discuss
the gravity plan and not government
operation and construction. They are
not necessarily identical.
I have experienced some difficul-
ty in siftingl out of his rather lengthy
discussion just what these conditions
arc, but have^-oncluded that they are
iegin im-
2. The water supply must be suf-
ficient;
3. The cost of units one and two
must 6e borne by each respectively
and not prorated over the entire pro-
ject.
4. There must be no special favors
to the Raymondville section;
5. The cost must be within the lim-
its of economic feasibility.
If these are his conditions, I fully
concur, spve the first. If Mr. Robert-
son insists on this first as a condition
it would he useless to discuss the re-
gaining four with him as his very
first condition removes the question
beyond the bounds of possibility,
However, he seems to think that it is
necessary to prove the impossibility
pf his first condition and he goes to
rlength to convince us that there that can not »be settled
j vince us that gravity would he unde-
sirable, even if the government were
to begin now.
However, he throws us a suggestion
as to why he imposes the condition
“now os never”. He says that he is
in favor of gravity now, if we could
get it, but he is not willing to sit
down and do nothing toward improv-
ing our local conditions, let our sys-
tems run down and dry up, while we
wait for the Federal government to
make up its mind thfit it wants to do
our work for us.” Well, I don’t blame
him for not being willing to do any
such preposterous thing as that. In
the first place he would have a long
wait, for the government is not lay-
ing awake nights hungering for the
job. If we get government help, we
certainly will have to do something
imiore than simply sit down and wait.
He might have gone further and sjaidi
that he was not in favor of dynamit-
ing our present systems and I would
still have agreed with him. I am not
sure that I would have agreed with
him if had said he was against the
Mellon tax exemption plpn, as I have
not fully made up my mind on that
question. But I am in hearty sym-
pathy with his reluctance to sit down
and wait wihile the present system
dries up. I ami sure that the people
of his district would not want a man-
ager who would do such a thing as
that.
He starts off by Ikying a high tri-
bute to the Reclamation Engineers,
which is fully deserved and in which
I heartily concur. He says that these
engineers did. not recommend the
building of-#'“Gravity” canal for the
Valley. He says they merely gave us
facts, leaving us to draw our own
conclusions. This is correct. They
have made no recommendations fur-
ther than to recommend a new treaty
adjusting water rights. No further
recommendations are possible, for no
definite project is possible until that
question is settled. The report rei-
terates over and over again thac the
several schemes offered are purely
tentative and merely suggestive of
wfyat is physically possible, but no
definite plans or proposals are possi-
ble until the all vital question of wa-
ter rights are determined by inter-
national agreement.
Mr. Robertson does not seem to
have any well defined constructive
ideas of his own to offer. He is simp
ly “agin” 'the plan of the government
and any and jail proposals offered1.
I have said he quibbles over details
at present.
TENNESEE FRIENDS WRITE
ABOUT DR. McCANN
SAYS VALLEY WONDERLAND
OF THE SOUTH
Dr. James McCann, who has a host; “The one thing that impresses me
of friends in this county, and was ;fost here in the Valley is the wonder-
twenty-five years ago a popular phy- needed^ produce
sicjran of this county, is now living m %he wonderful crops/, wag the com_
Raymondville, Tex., in the heart of mient of L. A. Niven, horticultural
the Rio Grande Valley, where he is editor of the Progressive Farmer,
practicing his profession. For mlany - w^° sPent several days investigating
years his whereabouts were unknown ! ^aIley conditions. Mr. Niven is
„ . , , ! preparing a series of articles on the
to friends here, and it was only recent jValIey for his puMcationi which js
ly he was located byfriends at his 0ne o# the most widely circulated
present home. j farm publications in the United
In 1898 he volunteered as a sur- j States, going into
-------, approximately
in the Spanish-American war , 400,000 farm homes each 30 days.
j The Valley is the wonderland of
the South,” Mr. Niven cotinued. “This
j is only first trip here, and naturally
. I have been greatly impressed with
as a
geon
for service in the Philippines.
His health was wrecked by hard
work and the tropical climate. On
returning to the United States his j the Valley’s possibilities as both a
physician ordered him to the Rio , fruit, truck and cotton country. Your
Grande district, where he fully re-;farmers seem to have every Possible
covered and is at present prominent; advantage a soil that is extremely
surgeon and physician.—Wil- !fertile and apparently inexhaustible,
combined! with these advantages you
have a climate that cannot he surpas-
sed. What more could the farmer
ask?”
During the trip over the Valley Mr.
Niven had been greatly impressed
with large acreage of citrus fruit
trees /md the hundreds of acres being
planted this year.
From Mission to Raymondville he
observed a scene of prosperity such
liams County News. Franklin, Tenn.
TOM THUMB WEDDING
The Tomi Thumb Wedding on J .s-
day night brought0 out one of the * :g-
est crowds, that had ever packed the
school auditorium. At the ap-
pointed hour the Wedding quests ar-
rived and each couple was solemnly
ushered up the long aisle and care-
fully seated by the punctillious ushers as ^ew °fher agricultural sections of
with solemn bow in the most approv- ( United States can present. Mr.
ed mjmner by the weemen and gtace- J Niven ran into the “norther,” but did
ful courtesy of the little ladies: Then j n0^ know the Valley was experiencing
to the strains of Lohengrin wedding j cold weather until some Valley re-
march the bridal party arrived, and i sidents informed him that the Valley
the marriage ceremonies pronounced, jwas experiencing the coldest weather
The little folks proved to be wonder- ‘ the year. ‘‘It is a great contrast
ful little actors and in their quaini ' what we call cold weather in the
gowns aitil drtao g-J&e ~ stated',
with the audience. The receipts of
Work To Start On First 3 Miles Of Harlingen
Lyford To Raymondville Highway
HELP TO OBSERVE ARBOR DAY.
More than forty States have desig-
nated one day in the year, as Arbor
Day, on which to observe the time
honored custom of planting trees.
In Texas, Arbor Day comes on
Washington’s birthdpy, Feb. 22nd.,
Let us resolve to make the day mem-
orable this year, if never before, by
setting out trees where they are most
needed.
The Woman’s Club assisted by the
Civic Club, and The American Legion
will plant a tree on the Court House
grounds, on the above named date at
o’clock in the afternoon, in memo-
ry of the only Raymondville Soldier,
Alejandro Garcia Trevino, who last
his life in the world war.
(PROGRAM)
Music; by the Band, Song; America,
by the School children. Prayer; Rev.
CONCRETE ROAD NORTH FROM
i HARLINGEN WILL BE CON-
STRUCTED SOON
| An 18 foot concrete highway north
• from Harlingen to Combes will soon
jbe under construction, it is confident-
j ly expected as a result of a resolut-
ion introduced in the Cameron county
commissioner’s court this week and
which is expected to receive favorable
action at the meeting of the commis-
sioners next week.
The resolution provides for the use
of the money remaining in the high-
way fund, amounting to about $35,000
and the issuance of aproximately
$75,000 county road bonds for the
construction of the highway.
The resolution was introduced by
Commissioner A. V. Logan of the San
Benito precinct and is expected to re-
ceive unanimous approval of the other
commissioners.
It is estimated! that the $85,000 will
be sufficient for the construction of
nearly three miles of concrete pavings
History of Arbor Day; Mrs. Gill, Star jAt anyJ^te ]t ]s said this amount ™11
Spangled Banner Everybody.
Boone, Dedication of tree; Mr. Decker
Star.
rpjie I be sufficient for a paved road that
public in general both Spanish and jembrance all the now almost im-
fcpe of the government com-
■cons'truction now. We con-
cedeTjat he has proved his point.
I am somewhat mystified as to why
he imposes this condition. In fact,
I am somewhat mystified as to why
he should he willing to say “go to it”
to the government since, if I read his
letter correctly, he is trying to con-
Preaching at Lyford
Reverend W. H. Mannering
representing the reorg ~ nized
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Sajnt Began Preaching
services in the School Auditorium
at Lyford Wednesday night Feb.
6th-8 o’clock. Every body invit-
ed to attend these meetings.
Reverend Mannering preaches
regurlarly twice a week over
.the WCAR Radio Station in San
[Antonio. His New Year’s address
)ver-that Station was Published
In the San Antonio Light (Daily)
on the evening of Jan. 1st. Page
35.
One of these is the amount of land
that can he watered with the avail-
able water supply. No engineer
would contend! thjat it is possible to
figure to an exact nicety the number
of acres that it will be possible to
the evening were one hundred dollars
and the generous support of the peo-
ple of the community was greatly
appreciated by the organization that
put the affair on.
We give below the names of those
taking part in the gala event:—
Bride......Ruth Ballow .
Bride groom... .Billy Showers
Maid of Honor.. Marion Boone
Best Man____Pat Holloway
Brides maids-Dorothy Dodge, Vir-
ginia Gaston, Kathleen Gresham,
Virginia Dodge.
Minister, Harold Teller.
Ring-bearer-Lloyd Fitch.
Ushers—'Lewis Burton, J. P. Fitch.
Three spinsters—Beatrice Gresham
Eloise Fitch, Maxine Greshem.
Waitresses—Lois Wilson; Velma1
Fitch, Nanomi Rand, Nettie Curry.
Sofloia'td;—Rose Lundfbergy Maiian
Shrader, Frank Holloway, Albert
Lundberg, Philip Shrader, Rebecca
‘i. -• V; *»'*.■*' *•*-*';. .
Mr. Niven stated that he intended'
write a seriqg&of articles on the
Valley for his publication immediate-
ly pon his return to his headquarters
at Memphis, and these will prove of
great value in advertising the resourc
es (and possibilities of this section
among the northern states.
1924 HOSTESSES FOR THE COM
MUNITY CIRCLE
The list of "‘hostesses of the com-
munity circle for the year 1924 is as
f olldws:—
Jjamtaary:— Mrs. A. A. Lindahl,
Mrs. G. W. Musgrave, Mrs. Cox’ Mrs.
W. A. Parks, Mrs. E. C. Pless, Miss
Harriet Lindahl.
February:— Mrs. Roger B. Stiles,
Mrs. Ralph. E. Scott, Mrs. Charles
Schlief, Mrs. Johny Spillman, Mrs.
Woodman Dodd.
'March:— Mrs. J. P. Cogdell, Mrs.
Cleo D. Gilliland, Mrs. C. F. Tomp-
passable territory between Harlingen:
and Combes and reach to or beyond
the sand’rc^din the upper end of Can?
eron and ffcpugh Willacy county
which is in good condition the yeasr
around.
The resolution w 9 introduced after
a delegation inr.utiing County Com-
missioners Logan and Dancy ana At -
torney John C. Myrick and Judge A,
ch^amm^Sij^lhe&lio^ng committ^e^ Cuningham, representing Rar
.... TTrdlnwav.
Americans are cordially invited to
attend this ceremoney.
Mrs. Duffield, Chairman Publicity
Comitt.
CIVIC CLUB NEWS
There wjas a meeting of the Exe-
cutive Committee of the Civic Im-
provment Club recently, when the
Publicity
(Health and
Sanitation
Tourist Camp
(Social Service
Cemietery
Membership
City Beautiful
Holloway.
Mrs. S. E. Mills.
Mrs. W. A. Pa|rtks-
Mrs. R. W. Huff.
Mrs. A. A. Lindahl.
signate the highway north of Har-
lingen for state aid.
TJhose interested in the plan to push
a concrete road through from Har-
lingen to Raymondville to connect.
Mrs E H Buie, w^h present highways from Houston
Mrs Ira J. Dutton a™ San Antonio are hopeful that
A chairman of the Finance Com- , ^ the two and half or three-miles
Lindahl,”Ann,a Dryer, Helen Shrader son Mrs. C. B. Tomtme, Miss Hazel
Accompanist—Elaine Garrett. (Jacobson.
Relatives and friends, Alma Rae’ jApnh- Mrs. Geo. Ayers, Mrs. A.
Holloway, Ralph Burnett, Juanita | D; Crow, Mrs Ira J. Dutton, Mrs. A.
1 W. Lundberg, Mrs. E. E. Barrows.
May:— Mrs. J. P. Brenner, Mrs. E.
mittee wil be announced later.
Each chairman will select a com-
mittee.
Each is planning real development
along her own line. The next meet-
ing of the Civic Club will be held
Thursday Feb. 14 in the Court House
at 3:o’clock. All women of the com-
munity are cordially invited to at
of highway constructed and with in-
terest in paved highway being mani-
fested in adjoining counties, such de-
signation will be easily obtained when
ever the commission is in a position
to do so.
The proposed action of the county
commissioners will leave intact the
$201,000 state and federal aid pledged
tend and to join in work (or Raymond ,the Barreda-Point Isabel road.
Ville.
ANOTHER GIN FOR
RAYMONDVILLE !
Harlingen to Willacy County Road
Approved by Commission.. Wil-
lacy to Build Connecting Link
I Acting on a petition from a Cam-
eron County Committee, endorsed by
Raymond, Lloyd Thomas Bunn, Wil-
igSS.&'SSri MS £ ^ x vrscrs:
and on these based their estimates.
Merely an approximation is possible.
1PENALIZED.
_ ——o—-
donkey saw the zebra
T^Begian to switch his tail;
“well, I never,” was his comment
“Saw a mule that’s been in jail,”
—®u»r
In the synopsis to the report it clear-
ly states that wih the Mariscal and ^ Richard Rand,
Devil’s river reservoirs, there is a Fitdh, Jerine
safe water supply for approximately , Jansen.
795,000 acres, by use of all the water.
In Paragraph 211'it states that mak-
ing alowances for some possible de-
velopment above that 734,000 acres
can be irrigated in the Lower Valley.
It suggests but one scheme for irri-
gation unit number one and four pos-
sible schemes for irrigation unit num-
ber two. These four are analyzed and
compared to determine which is the
most feasible and economical. The |
result of this analysis and comparison j
shows that the plan for a 65 foot pow"
er dam at La Piedrp, 12 miles above
Roma, to be used for the development
of hydroelectric power, with electric
pumping at Penitas, is the most eco-
nomical and feasible. It shows, how
ever, that an all gravity canal is fe?s
ible, coming out at La Piedra and
indicates the probable cost. It dis-
tinctly states either electric pumping
or some combination of part gravity
and part pumping is the proper solu-
tion. The report practically discards
the all gravity line, but <fc>es figure
(Continued inside)
R. R. Rand, Mrs. Leslie Boone.
June:— Mrs. Geo. Curry, Mrs. Earl
nedy Dryer, Guy Porter Fones, Gerald
Dryer, Dorothy Greshem, Quida Lee
Tate, Robert Rjand, Fred Keepers, Gilliland, Mrs. S. E. Mills, Mrs. Mc-
Osey Smith, Hubert
Calvin and Myrham
ROAD TO THE BAY COMMITTEE
MEETS
C. H. Thompson of Harlingen is
west gin. of Willacy County the State
, Highway Commission last week des-
The gim is being constructed by a , 6 /
_ „ j *ii lgfnated a road from) Harlingen north,
Dallas concern and will consist or & ^ _ „ ,, “ T
five stands. However, the building Mlowmg the hne of the St. Louis.,
itself will be constructed to house Brownsville and Mexico railway thm
The “Road to the Bay” committee
met at the court house Friday after-
noon an formulated plans for the
raising of money and work in connect
ion with the building a good road to
the Red Fish Bvay.
It was unanimously decided to form
a permanent organization and sell
membership at $10.00 each, the same
to be sold to sportsmen in every town
in the Valley. It is the intention of
the committee to survey and
the road along the lines agreed by
the owners of the King Ranch and to
build such buildings as will be necees-
siury for the convenience of fishing
parties.
C. R. Johnson was elected president
and C. E. Craig secretary-treasurer.
The committee appointed consist of
Judge W. E. McCharen, George Cur-
rey, Nat Wetzel, Dr. J. D. McCann,
H. E. Tommae of Raymondville R. L.
Smith and Robert Ray of Sebastian, the week
Caslin, Mrs. W. T. Holder.,
July:— Mrs. A. R. Colter, Mrs. C.
S. Dodge, Mrs. G. P. Fones, Mrs. J.
D. McCann, Mrs. E. H. Tomme.
Augiust:— Mrs. F. A. Douthit, Mrs.
W. E. McCharen, Mrs. James Seegers>
Mrs. Joe Turner, Mrs. Charles Tate.
September:— Mrs. J. P. Brenner,
Mrs. C. E. Boner, Mrs. W. H. Shrader,
Mrs. R. W. Huff, Mrs. C. S. StockwelL
October:— Mrs. L. E. Burnett, Mrs.
E. H. Buie, Mrs. J. D. Hill, Mrs. Wm.
Kor'th, Mrs. jC. A. Oberg.
November:— Mrs. M. L. Gilliland,
Mrs. II. C. Glover, Miss Beatrice
Heggenson, Mrs. Gertrude Showers,
Mrs. O. P. Knipp.
eight stands altogether. This is the
second gin to built here
making three in all.
FORD SALESMAN BREAK
, RECORD
E. E. Campbell, salesman for the
the counties of Willacy and Kenedyr
th*is year lto Rj-viera in Kleberg County.
After making ’the designation of
this road, the commission stated that
it had no state or federal funds avail-
able now for aid in building a lyird
surfaced highway over this route and
would not have any available until.
E. B. Burton Garage, broke the record af 1ter_the ^rst 0* June
Weather Report
Date
"X.
Minn.
Jan. 31
59
Feb. 1
bo
51
2
82
51
3
79
38
4
85
54
5
62
3P
* 6
57
3fi
.1.84 inches
of rain xeeordfed
for sales during the first week of
February, doubling the amount of
ssiles made during the same month
last year, in less than a week. Those
Who bought were: Miss M. Robinson,
Bill Coiley, Maria Franker, Harding-
Gill and R. B. Stiles.
———“O
AT THE BAPTIST CHURCH
Sunday School every Sunday morn-
ing at 10 o’clock.
Church service every second and
fourth Sunday at 11 a. m. and 7:45
p. m.
Everyone cordialy invited.
RAYMONDVILLE M. E. CHURCH.
Sunday February 10th, 1924
Morning Service
“In Memorium”
Night Service
“In the Beginning.”
Epworth League 7:00 p. m.
This jic'tion of designating a new
route into the Valley as a state hlgip-
way carries out the desires of a mass1
meeting held recently in Harlingen.
The mass meeting sought federal and
state aid on this road', and it is ex?
pected 'that they will make such ap?~
plication latep.
The committee which met with the-
State Highway Commission in Austin
was composed of County Judge Oscarj
C. Dancy, of Brownsville, Commis-
sioner A. V. Logan of San Benito,
Commissioner W. Z. Weems of Har-
lingen, John C. Myrick of Harlingen
and H. M. Skelton of Brownsville.
Willacy County people have ex-
pressed their intention of voting,
bonds to build the highway through
their county and it is hoped’ that
Kenedy may also do so under the
stimulus of the State Department
which is interested in getting this ad-
ditional route to the Valley built.
—Mlercedes, Tribune.
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