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Show BROWNSVILLE MAY BE CUT OFF FROM RIVER BAN ANTONIO. Tex.. Oct 3.-From all Indications now at hand from recent reports re-ports received from the overflowed country in the Brownsville section. It appears ap-pears that there Is a strong probability that the bed of the Rio Grande will be shown when the waters have receded, to be occupying the bed of the Arroyo Colorado, Colo-rado, which ages ago was its original bed. Should this prove true, the people of this region of Texas who would be bereft of the river, would suffer greatly. The city of Brownsville, one of the rapidly growing towns of the State, would be cut off from the liver, the miles of irrigation ditches and canals dug would be rendered worthless worth-less and the property values dependent upon the Rio Grande now materially cut down. This would apply to considerable area. The National title to this property is not la question. About 'seven years ago a joint commission, appointed by the respective respec-tive Governments of the United States and Mexico, owing to the troublesome habit of the river changing its course, hit upon a compromise boundary and two years ago marked it with monuments. The boundary Is where they stand, however how-ever the river may shift about. i |