Garland Globe | 1910-04-23 | Page 7 | Valuable Property in Controversy

Valuable Property In Controversy. Washington. rTho shifting channel of tho Rio Grando river is responsible for the present diplomatic controversy over the question whether the extreme ex-treme southern portion of the city of El Paso, Texas, on tho Mexican frontier, fron-tier, valued at soveral million dollars, really belongs on tho Mexican side of tho boundary lino. Citizens of El Paso, including tho mayor, visited tho Btato department some weeks ago and urged Secretnry Knox to dlsposo of tho question as soon as possible, representing rep-resenting that delay had already depressed de-pressed the value of property lying within tho zone.