Brownsville Daily Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 273, Ed. 1, Tuesday, May 19, 1908 Page: 1 of 4
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VOL. XVI. NQ. 273.
BROWNSVILLE TEXAS THESDAY MAY 19 1908.
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ANOTHER GREAT CANAL
ENTERPRISE LAUNCHED
Indiana Cooperative Canal Com IW All QFRVIPF
pany Opens Head-gates of Gra- IV1MiL KVlC
vity Canal and Waters of Rio WILL CONTINUE
Grande Fill It. Located 3 1-2 j -
Miles Below Brownsville The j Uncle Sam Agrees to Pay for Cor-
The WOOD MOWERThe Standard b World
Our Prices Are Right and We Pay the Freight
Most Southern Canal in United !
States.
pus-Robstown Service.
Question of .Mail Transportation Over
Brownsville Road Between SaidPoints
Settlcd;ihrough Garner's Efforts.
To The Herald.
Corpus Christi Texas May 18.
The mail service between Cor-
pus Christi and Robstown over the
Brownsville road will be continued
as heretofore. Uncle Sam will
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-LA LOMITA-
IRRIGATE.D LANDS
FOR SALE
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In August 1907 W. P. Stites Ed Pullion W. E.
Nickerson and Ed C. Dnstin Sec'y Texas Onion
Growers' Assoc iation rented of W. S. Dougherty
107 acres of land for an onion crop at $20 per acre
adjoining La XomUa ranch- During September
October and November they plowed and prepared
their land and planted their seed beds. During De- "
cember they transplanted their onions to the field.
May 4th 1908 87 cars of onions were shipped av-
eraging 500 or more crates per car and selling at
$1 and better per crate. It is safe to estimate the
returns from these 107 jacres of onions to be not
less than $43500 for a crop which it took less than
9 months to produce and sell. The above parties
have sirce bought land from La Lomita ranch. Affi-
davits substantiating this statement will be gladly
furnished by Conway Hoit of La Lomita ranch.
Another very important canal
enterprise has been launched in the
vicinity of Brownsville. The Indiana-Cooperative
Canal Company
yesterday opened the head-gates of
the great canal which it is building
a few miles below this city and
the waters of the Rio Grande raced
into the long intake comprising the
first six miles of the canal or as
far as lock No. 2 on the canal. employamessengerand will foot the
Work was begun on this canal 1 bill for the service. j
less than six months ago and the I Uiders to tms enect nave been
speed with which it has been i issued by the postal department
constructed considering the mag- having become effective today
nitude of the undertaking is sur- Thanks are due to Congressman
prising. John N. Garner for the satisfar-
This canal lies upon the most tory settlement of this muddle
southern part of the mainland of! which threatened to cause great
the entire' United Staes tapping i inconvenience to the patrons of the
the Rio Grande at a point about : postal service at and between the
three and a half miles below the i two points named. That it was
ciiy of Brownsville. Up to date ' due to his efforts is shown by a
the company has completed seven ! letter received by Mr. Garner from
miles of the main canal which! the second assistant postmaster
averages 150 to 200 feet in width ; general H. M. Cleary which has
and is for the most part fifteen feet been forwarded by Mr. Garner to
deep besides which five miles of ' the secretary of the Commercial
laterals 20 to 30 feet wide are also club of this city in which that o-
completed. ficial says:
The clans of the company con- "My.dear Mr. Garner: Refer-
template the extension of the main ' ring to your several calls at this
canal to a distance of twenty miles ; office with reference to mail rer-
and the construction of about vice by the trains of the St. Louis
twenty-five miles of laterals. ! Brownsville and Mexico railway
fourteen miles of the main canal i company between Rcbstown and
will be made sufficiently deep fori Corpus Chrsiti I have to inform
nawiuntinn. Ipndinp- from the river ' VOU that in view of the refusal of
SEE SAN BENIfO
30000 Acres Irrigated Lands30 Miles of Canals Jffready Complete
Rich SoiIPerfec Jlimatefrrigation
Sat RckS-ffc A new town rapidly building 19-
ail DC11UU. "miles north of Brownsville on the
Main Line of the St. L. B. & M. Railway
A fine hotel brick depot and many
stores and homes already completed
The Garden Spot of the Gulf Coast Country
Large or small tracts. Liberal terms. Low rates of interest
fiomeseekersInvestigate
"SEEING IS BELIEVING"
San Benito Land & Water Co.
SAN BENITO TEXAS
Alba Heywood. Pres.. W. II. S tenser. Vice Pres. and Gen. llanaier. Sain Robertson. Secretax
a. r. kuwsoh. lreasurcr. k. units. Attorney u. Y. Heywood. w. Scott Heywoodj
-Buy where you get
Water for Irrigation
AT COST
We have for sale 12000
acres choice lands from 3
to 7 miles east of Browns-
ville on the
CONWAY . HOIT
Mission Hidalgo Co. Texas
Brownsville Hardware
Company
for
QUALITY and PRICE
Courtesy and Promptness
DEALERS IN
HARDWARE
Stoves Ranges Refrigerators Tinware
Enameledware Builders' Hardware
Paints and Oils Varnishes Wagons
Agricultural Implements
PHONE 141
to the town site ot .bast Browns
ville This gigantic system it is
expected will be'entirely completed
by the latter part of August. An
area of 25000 acres of the rich
arable land of the lower Rio Grande
valley will be subject to irrigation
from the canal and Us laterals
the company to continue to provide
for the terminal service at Corpus
Christi and the exceptional con
ditions in this case it has been
! deemed advisable to . authorize the
jpostmast3r at Corpus Christi to
j employ a messenger for the car-
riage of mails between the post-
office and the St. L. B.& M. trains
department.
employment
when completed.
This canal is operated on the at the expense of the
semi-eravitv plan being designed Authority for such
to take water from the river when has been issued this date enective
it is sufficiently high by merely May 18 190S
opening the head-gates and allow-!
ing the water to run into the canal;
or by pumping whenever the
stream shall be so low as to neces-
sitate that method. It was by the
'It is believed this action will
insure exchanges of mail by the
St. L- B. & M. trains for the post-
office at Corpus Christi as the
company has agreed to caroy mails
former method that the water was j in its trains without compensation
permitted to enter the canal yest-
erday. The company had every-
thing in readiness the massive
head-gates were in order the ap-
proaches of heavy concrete all
completed and the Jcanal and
locks entirely ready for a distance
of six miles and the flood in the
Rio Grande which came up on
Saturday was most opportune for
the launching of the great enter-
prise. Quite a party gathered at the
river bank to watch the opening
of the canal. That was an anxious
moment for the projectors of the
enterprise as they stood on the
bank of the Rio Grande to witness
the success or the failure of the
great engineering feat in which
they had invested so much capital
and on the outcome of which so
much depended for themselves
and for the country as well.
As they stood anxiously watch-
ing the word was given and the
great head-gates were slowly lifted
(Continued on page 2)
if relieved of the performance of
the messenger
Christi."
service at Corpus
AORALES CASE IS SET
FOR JUNE 1 AT LAREDO
Celebrated Murder Case from Rio Gran-
de City. Witnesses Have Been Subpoenaed.
Indiana Co-operative Canal.
in tracts of any size o suit
from ten acres up on easy
terms. It willjpay you to
investigate our proposition
E. Fo Rowson & Co. '
TSe White Front. Office
Brownsville Texas
FURNITURE I
OF QUALITY AND STYLE
Largest and Most Complete Stock in South Texas
Refrigerators Gasoline Oil and Wood Cook Stoves (tk
OFFICE FURNITURE ETC. ETC.
HANCOCK-LAMB FURNITURE CO. Brownsville
DEATH OF MRS. M. C. BOWMAN
Body Taken to Old Home in Jack Co.
for Burial.
To The Herald.
Rio Grande City Texas May
18. Witnesses in the cases "of Juan
and Gabriel Morales .charged with
the murder of Customs Inspector
Gregorio Duffy have been sub-
poenaed to appear before the dis-
trict court at Laredo on the first
of June' when the cases are set for
a hearing.
The case of Alberto Cabrera
charged with the murder of Judge
Stanley Welch will be tried in
Cuero Junel5. A number of wit-
nesses will be subpoenaed from this
place for this trial also.
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT FOR BROWNSVILLE.
Following are the observations taken at the South Texas Garden for
the 24 hours ending at eiht o'clock a. m. today:
Temperature. Tuesday May 19. Maximum 87: minimum 75.
To The Heraxd.
San Benito Texas May IS.
The death of Mrs. Mary C. Bow-
man which occurred here Sunday
night has cast a gloom over this
entire community. She had been
ill for nearly two months and
though everything possible was
done to save her yet Death finally
won the fight and bore her away
from those who loved her.
Besides her husband J. C. Bow-
man of this place she leaves one
little daughter Lola aged four
years her mother Mrs. Fannie
Duncan a brother J. A. Duncan
of San Benito and one sister Mrs.
Annie Rogers wife of a well known
Baptist minister of Fort Worth.
The remains were embalmed and
taken to Vineyard Jack County
the former home of Mr. and Mrs.
Bowman for interment.
General sympathy is felt here
for the bereaved family.
BLACK PAPER PROPOSED
Wisconsin Manufacturers Say it Will Save
Forests and Cheapen Product.
If a proposition put forth by-
Wisconsin print paper manufac-
turers is taken as seriously by
eastern manufacturers and by the
publishers of the country as it iss
in Wisconsin Americans in the-
near future will be reading black
newspapers painted with white ink..
The chief points advanced for
this revolutionary propostiou are
the preservation of forests the sav-
ing of millions of dollars annually
in pulp wood 'and the reduction in
I prices of print paper to perhaps.
! uir .t :
unc iicui uic prebsm price.
Black paper can be made of old
and used newspapers andvin fact
almost any fibrous 'stock while
white paper requires spruce or
hemlock. The proposition will be
brought to the attention of eastern
print manufacturers and the pub-
isshers at the close of the congres-
sional investigation in Washington-.
rownsv
The FIVE ACRE TRACTS in West Brownsville are now ready for sale and we will take pleasure m showing them at any time fi-aae lont residence lois on i.aKe naeno
id Lake Guerra and Boulevard Residence Lots on Central Boulevard will be ready to show within a few days. We are ready to show Residence .Lots locatedon the extensions.
Washington Elizabeth Levee St Charles St. Francis and Fronton streets. This property is all under the Canals now m operation 01 me srownwme irrigauun v.o. wno
are watering more land NOW than all the other canals in the Valley combined. The City electric light and pumping station is located on a part 01 tms iana ana a large amount
of the residence portion is within the city limits and under the water mains and light lines of the City. The price of five-acre tracts range from $5oo to $looo each according to
distance from the city. Residence lots $15o to $25o per lot Lake Front lots are lco feet front by 2oo feet deep $25o to $5oo each. Boulevard lots are 15o feet front by 3co feet
deep $25o to $5oo each. One-third cash balance 1 and 2 years at 6 per cent. Or on the installment plan we will accept 2o per cent cash and the balance m 2o equal monthly pay
ments at 6 per cent Complete maps and description of the property will be supplied upon request
Brownsville Land Improvement Co
Hallam Colonization Q
SALES MANAGERS
APPIiY TO ANY REGULAR cAGENT IN BROWNSVILLE.
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Wheeler, Jesse O. Brownsville Daily Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 273, Ed. 1, Tuesday, May 19, 1908, newspaper, May 19, 1908; Brownsville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth147731/m1/1/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .