Brownsville Herald. (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 111, Ed. 1 Monday, January 1, 1912 Page: 1 of 6
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i HAVE YOU KEPT
I£
Your EYE On Us?
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Have you observed the growth?
\ Did you note the evolution of Mesquite For-
ests into Street? and Parks^
Did you watch the cactus disappear and the
rose and vine spring up?
m Have you listened to the sound of the hammer
and the ring of the trowel?
Do you observe the steady progress in the line
of advancement?
I YES If A hen you have kept pace with I
X EiO l • these changes have you?
Then you arc not surprised to see in
I Pnnmforii two'sfi.ry llriok
I * BANK AND OFFICE BUILDING
i where tlit* Mesquite stood !H» tla.vlt.'iuof £
I You do not look with wonder at lh** k''*
FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR CHURCH
i that I)ax roltbol the <'actus of its homo* »
S You arc not l»cwildered at tin* mystic
k growth of tin* htiihling that is to he the ^k
P iioiiie of the
RIO GRANDE CLARIfir
| THE 1*11 AKK NEWSPAPER*
\ The beautifully laid out Parks with
I .t concrete walks do not astound you?
Bo the immense Reservoirs ncau|^^^HE*
I completion forming a part ot
| TER WGR&& t|J
WtKjjW US
W WATCH US GROW I
KIsIIh F«t wf an*.jus! In-Winning to walk.
Hr Conn* anil see us. lad us show you
He hat we have- If you can’t conn* writ**
i in th<* Parade It is on its way to
W PHARR TEXAS
W Now is tin* time to hue.
n PHARR TOWNSITE CO.
■ <m» '"** * *
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; While In the Valley
DON’T FAIL TO VISIT
MISSIO
Elevation 14o feet.
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Irrigation unexcelled.
Drainage natural.
w: PRO VZ IT !
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Toibe thelmost "progressive high-
ly developed prosperous thriv-
► ing proposition in*the Lower Rio >
► Grande ^Valley >
| A person ll investigation will con- [
vince yoi< of the greater advan- [
tages an ’! opportunities offered. |
LAND IMPROVEMENT
\sm TEXAS
ONWAY
$200000 CONTRACT
FOR DRAINAGE SYSTEM
CLOSED BY DRAINAGE WSCNIS-
SIONEES LAST SATURDAY-
Will Drain Arc* of Ab.Wt SO-GOI)
A*r"s Within a L‘kv Nule* of
Brownsville—*0 Begin Ian. 5 and
Finish in Two Years-
Negotiation* for one Of the raosi
iniixiriaut enterprises in) the Lower
i Kto Gristle valley wens completed
1 last Saturday when tb»* members pf
i the drainage eoutinlsi.m for Omerm
[County Dr'inarr District No. I met
j with fhe repr •sailtat lie# o? the In*
! tcrnntional Drainage company and
I signed the contract for the construe*
| t*an of the drainage .*■ ysten for tbia
; district. The meeting twaa held in the
office of Judge J»*j 11. Wells tb»
I attorney 'or 4he i/htlnage tommto*
I sioners. /
At Saturday's heeling the con-
j pi run km cnapsi*.' . $iaid the bond
. that haa h»en aslyd of them which
is IIUt.EiOO. the amount of tlw drain-
age district's bond issue. The work
I w hit'll is .o began on January the
i fit lit is t) In* finished within two
f*ant and must meet with the ap-
i proval of the eowmiaakin before the
| company *i* relcaacd from its bond.
Ti. * eontr-ct calls for the digging
I t three dm Ties to be av raging
a Am nit right miles in length to con-
| verge into a main ditch which will
be aisiut i!I miles long which
will start n«#ir Mesquite station on
the Kto Grande railroad and to em-
pty into Laguna Mad re below Isa-
| l»e!. One tt*.e auxiliary ditch es
will start (yom near the Drownavllle
pumping -Aat*on. about five mil*
from the <fitv. Another north of Ol-
nilto twofrolics east of live railway
and anoiUer from two niil**s south
of Otauitd. The ditches will be from
two anil ote-bilf to 18 f*vt deep
wi.h an average width of from .
to twenty feet at the bottom.
Tlios. pros* tit at Salurday's m**et
I retjjy and J C. Bennett; RcTl
tlfrurJ vpmddent *>f th* lot|*rn**
tlonal l>r<*«lni <».. .f HooMo..
Houston. Th* mas W. Sturgis*. » *<-
ntary of 11»« company and £ \
Rolmrtsca of San I’-nito a roemtier
al\ manager of the company.
Besides tlvw* there were present;!
■Mf for tie
John llart-
ttorncy for
U-ntfro and
cut tug the
y of fhksa-
MMids.
Inm*ii aide
hts of way
system and.
;ing the far
I to do so at
If.
Work to B' gin Ja\ 5
According to tbs control t signed
Saturday. w <rk on 'he draitW*** di
triet Ik to begin Jan. One\jr**dge
is already on Ihe ground and jV e\-
pertrd t * be ready Cor ©pernt k>n\ b)
that tHim This Is the drag-tin*
dge which has rendered such <*»**a
m rvleo on excavating for the San Be-
nito canal system. It has hen install-
ed near RIalark's Spur. This dredge
is a mawdve piece of machinery
weighing 2 *«.n"n p unda It is oper-
I(mI by a loo horse power distillate
engine Another dredge even larger
than this and one which is smaller
are expect'd to Is- put on the work
hy March..
Tiv* contract calls for the excava-
tion of 2»MMVNtn cubic fret of earth.
The system of ditches will afford
drainage t-j an ar*a of about *<!-
otto acres lying within a few miles
of Brownsville.
This contract was originally let
hy the drainage conjmission to N.
K. Kendall whore bid was the low-
est^ Mr. Remiall having subsequent-
ly assigned it to the International
Drainage Company.
No Pardon for Morse-
Ahwint -d I'rese.
Washington Her. 31.—It waa ait-
non need at the White House tonight
j that the rep-rt of the army medical
■ officers who hare examined ( has.
IW. Morse the convicted N'rw York
hanker wlv» is serving his sentence
in the Atlanta federal penitentiary
does not warrant any Immediate in-
terference by thJ president and his
pardon will not Aw granted at this
NEUTRALITY GASES
10 BE CALLED TODAY
MOST IMPORTANT mu OP LO-
CAL FEDERAL COURT
Prominent Men Here to Attend Hear-
ing oi Famous R< yes Cases* Incltid-
Some of State’s Most Noted Legal
Tarn‘- _pM'-j
Wbdi :: I probably be one of
: : iie moot to pan nt tehwpjgd the F. d-
. Til court over held in t b*»4;Stale of
Texas will be opened tills morning..
The term to tar tbewtirpow*- of trying
those cUirard with violation of the
neutrality law#-growing out' of the
reveal Key*a montnent That the
term will bn of Importance it shown
by the Hat of people who are here to
face the court and to endeavor to
prove that (bap bafi. ik>» been aid-
ing in the Inciting of a rebellion
in Mexico.
The mold mport not person who
will appear to tolouel F. A. rhaps.
of Ran Antonio a man prominent in
slate j.<4ltk» and a colonel on the
staff of (Jj\ ernor 4 oluultt These}
men have employed splendid legal
talent to defend them which In turn
which in I wn will have
to control the ‘ ground
with the IT. 8. district attorney*. One
f the most important figures in
this arrav of council l* that of <’ol
p Wo!ter* the prominent Texas
political lender who led the antl-
prohlbition forces of tha state to vic-
tory in tin* mat statewIdo caa»pai*n
and w ho rerently marrow ly escaped
serving a twenty-fiur hour aeirtcnce
in the Han to "ounty jaU on a
charge of contempt of the senate
investigating committee. Hon. Mar-
shal! 11 irks one of Ran Antonio**
most prominent lawyers to another
who to repnwentlat Clol. Chapa su}
the I her defendants. fitMHtocffng the
prosecution are Hon. lock McDaniel
»f Houston. I'. S district attorney
and Hon. Noah All. n of Brownsville
assistant IT. 8 district attorney.
Jttdac \Vatb*r 7* Vjpm arrived
from Houston yesterday to preside
over th* court. Accompanying him ajv*
fudge McDaniel. IT. 8 Marshall.
4». Brewster IT. 8. Herb C. I>»rt.
and H. D. McKay the court steno-
grapher.
Defendants Arrive-
The defendants under l»ond in the'
neutrality cases who have arrived
and will appear In court today in- j
elude Col. F. A Chapa. Sheriff Amado
Sam lv*x of Ltndo Ant nio Mai-;
non. Jose hnirhri IVdro Sanchez Hr.
Mon terras R. Flore*4 and o<h r*. The
[ follow I hr srriv d tinder the mstody j
I of It. 8. Marshall Bn-water from for-;
pus Chrlrtl where they have been
confined In jail: KmUlo Chapa. Au-
Lpistlnc GutJienz Juan Fernandez
Castr >. Giiilh rtno Morales Ajaaata-
rio Jarrero and IVdro t’atino.
AI tout twen tv-six in all. out of tin
I thirty seven Included in the Indict-J
meal have hoc a arrested and ate
! expected to appear.
General Be * nurd o Reyes who is
| also one of tfcoe? Indicted natural! v!
| is not expected to appear for t*-|;*l. j
He has never been arrested under i
j this indictment and the cose again**
him at Laredo not having been tran.*-
V rred to this < our* and even had
iV. se been accomplished tlv* fad
thab he is a prli n r in Mexico » Mild
\
SUP* COURT
COM JANUARY 5
must define powers of com-
MERt'E («UFT.
T0 D-ndc If It Has \>wcr to Rc
view Dechiont ol Iitt^?ta?- Com-
merce Commission Wl\f>r C'orn-
plaining Shipper It> Dentet^R^f-
A m i»tcd Pre s.
Washington. H<c. 31. W|.c\|*t
t tit new < rinti rt-p *siur: ItUS t ll*-
#cr in review the decision# of the"
interstate commerce commission In)
t«ch esse wh»-re tin* cc*'ij:d;vmui1jf^
shipp- r is denied relief
Whether the commerce court has
pow« r t hold up the cotimil.wlem**
I
orders from going iff\o effect whliei
the court reviews* the order* will 1x4
one of the first tasks to eonfraut*
I the supreme court of the Unite!
[States when it convenes January.
Will No! Ap
. g
TV he ran. Ihc. 31.
n ■ re»n«-u i <('•' 11ti 1 ■ 'n .i
Cairo* s. W* Morgan Shuster's
tin an ta**rir>n to the immi
treasurer general.
This Is believed to be due to Rus-
sian h <nk i I it j t n hit e a) * i!M ilttftneul ;
of an American
The project of a com mission is in 1
abeyance as <«>e of m« n selected lias
to s rve
SAID to BE WOFR OF KEYF.S
PARTISANS
Notwithstanding Keyes Surrender
Plot to Have Delivery the S 'me
Day Reyes passed Through San.
Luis Poto*i Weat On.
A—octaled' 'Press.
San tails Potted M*.x Dec '.II.-—' j
Friday** jail del*very when inn cop*i
virtu overpower**! the gourd and es-
1 rap’d ni> the work *»f Rev*** parti-j
«aiM the authorities; here claim.
Tin- Haim to hate the information
that Antonio Rasmn nephew of the:
general of that name went to San
Antonio. Texas and offered his ner-1
vices and those of the convicts plan-]
nine to cocape to Iteyc*.
•Notwihhotandiag Reves* Hurrender
tbe pi t went on to have tie* delivery
the same day Re yon passed though
San Lois Poto*l. e
Rucrut plans to' bring Reye* to the
capital cauaed the plot to be III timed
by chi** day
The hand of escaped primmer* ar»
w;i wear Arm milUi last night
Yh
and five kill* d
/gBm nte*"ti others aiirrcud* red
^■iwicr at New Orieaav
. ^Bori *ans her. 31. Fowler
iPiiintliii nf 1 aviator renen-
. flyiKUf mil*** from
here Kk^K^ JM
An*a I4*
WHrifport am? >io-
'dle early this w<Bv
K.■' t'11 ':;ij||S|!i i & '
W IB mile! north of Brown tv* Ilf* litnai rd in t 'b f*
Tlwi'ttmmirilldt 1«nm rtf the MT- iafHAtt** MiitiiPiP cvttMn * i
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r ut comfort. accanatt mmcikw pew am Term etc ****** " * * M £
I Th Tow Bio Grand Valle and flea Beuito in imrtkolftf* ft
I soil the productivencs of which is the equal of. if not superior to V
§yi4 n climate imnu rim lifted for mii
I OTOltT ttTOUChout t t tiiti.t .rai v ai.\ n.. i ’ l"u''1 ft
m nettf I*
r and Bail road Facilities complete an ideal and perfect tombiaa- ft
i **hAim'reciTion ann covnpATison wiii pro»c an our ii41*mrris iiiu b
I IREIGATING CANAL SYSTEM *t SAN BENITO Iflndtjr i ft
F |e the 1 pcent If' Ilw South :»t*«| mul <•■.. .f tU* lino t J*y ft
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Wheeler, Fannie. Brownsville Herald. (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 111, Ed. 1 Monday, January 1, 1912, newspaper, January 1, 1912; Brownsville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1375253/m1/1/: accessed June 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .