The West Weekly News. (West, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, May 26, 1911 Page: 2 of 12
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A SIGN WHICH OUR
TOWN COULD IMITATE.
Names of Denver’s Streets Can Be
Seen by Dsy or Night.
SLUMS FOUND WHEREVER
THERE IS CONGESTION.
Thi- old wooden »: root signs nailed
to telephone and telegraph poles are
tepidly being discarded for combina-
tion iron poles and siitns and for orna
menial bronze signs In Denver.
Some of the signs are in the form
Lack of Adequate Transit Cause of
Crowded and Dilapidated Houses.
SECRET ORDERS
SHEER ffljn
of long narrow
boxes, lighted In
aide by means of
eight candle pow-
er Incandescent
lamps. The light
la reflected to the
'fSgns front the tp-
terior, the letters
Jbeing on a ^back-
ground of mica.
The Illuminated
letters can be
Been for quite a
NSW ASP OLD KIND
or STHEET siotts.
distance and are arranged so that they
ran be removed without injury to the
standard in case it should be desired
to change the name. The lamp is said
to be so arranged that It cannot well
be disturbed by mischief makers, but
can be removed for cleaning or repair.
THE WORK OF THE PEOPLE.
York, Nab.. Has Park Which Wss
Bought by Inhabitants.
York, Neb., is a little city about 100
miles due west from Lincoln and in
the rolling lands to the south of the
river Platte. It has and has always
bad much of green fields around It.
8ome dozen years ago it boasted, in a
shann-farod way, of an area of nearly
thirteen acres, says E. T. Hartman in
American City.
Presently a civic streik was struck
In the body politic of York, and leaders
sprang up to say that something should
lie done and that the old pasture of-
fered a good opportunity. A mass
meeting was called, and the Idea was
laid before the people. The ogre "cost"
thrust his head among them in the
shape of a hirsute bead of patriarchal
cut and croaked as usual, “But where
Is the money to come from?” He was
told that the leaders had secured an
optiou at a fair price, that there would
be no touching of the community purse
and that the money would come from
the i-eopie. a dollar from each citizen
making all possible. The ogre retired,
and the people went to work.
The land was bought and a Jauil-
scape architect employed to develop it.
And the people learned to use what
they had provided. Tramping, pic-
nicking and even camping became the
vogue, for any reasonable use is al-
lowed so long as the people scatter no
rsbblsb.
Lack of adequate transit and trans- !
port a lion facilities is one of the chiet
causes of congestion, says G. A. Ford
In the American City. With no good
meaus of going to and from the heart
of the city people are forced to remain
in the near vicinity of their work,
and In this connection we use the
word “adequate" advisedly, for It Is
perfectly possible for a subway to be |
so placed that its operation tends to j
Increase rather than decrease conges-
tion.
Again, congestion often appears as
a result of the lack of adequate elty
regulations with regard to open space,
sunlight, etc. These regulatkins would
differ In different communities, but
the smaller community must lie care-
ful not to adopt standards for these
things such as have lieen adopted by
the greatest cities, as this often tends
to Incite builders in the smaller com-
munities to ape the Intolerable condl
turns prevalent In the greater cities,
Speculation in landj due^to^ thejhr
sire of each TndiVTtfuai to get the max-
imum possible return on his holdings,
this return often being out of all pro-
portion to anything that the owner
himself has done to bring it about,
probably accounts more than anything
else for the worst phases of conges-
Hot! T-rrfL. —-;r*>
That coup^tion has a marked effect
on health no one can doubt. Its tend
ency is to crowd tenements so closely
together that a good circulation of air
or the admission of sunlight Into liv-
ing rooms becomes impossible. The
rooms are dark. The air In the nar-
row slits of shafts and wells becomes
stagnant and foul. There Is no Incen-
tive to self respect on the part of the
dwellers In these hovels. The shafts
become a receptacle for the constantly-
increasing accumulation of garbage.
It is nobody’s business to see that it is
cleared out.
THE HOME
Of Top Quality Groceries
It Is Due to Active Selling
of
GOOD GOODS
That Our Stock Is Kept
FRESH AND CLEAN
They Are Coming and Going Continually
Zapalac Grocery Co.
AUTO FIRE ENGINES ARE
GIVING SATISFACTION.
“TCP QUALITY GROCERIES”
West, Texas ™°ne No-1
Georgia and Pennsylvania Town* Use
Them With Success end Economy.
•/ Citizens of Texas
Opposed to
The new chemical anto engine of
Rome, Ga., is working satisfactorily. _ __ _ i j
and those familiar with the fire engine f ---J \fnfp Hn III]
and insurance situation predict that \JT11TI(1 DLULC 1 XUllt/
before many years the auto engines
will entirely supplant the horse drawn
vehicles. It has been said that when
the new auxiliary water main is put
in three auto engines could handle the
entire town and thus decrease the ex
pense of maintenance
An earlv morning fire In the business
secUon of Lyndora, Pa., gave the local
firemen their first opportunity to em
ploy the new automobile fire truck in
actual service, and that the new ma-
chine is all that could possibly be ex
pected Is evidenced by the fact that
water was being played upon the
flames five minutes after the alarm
sounded. It is estimated that on
stretches of the run a speed of more
than sixty miles per hour was at-
tained. The run proves beyond a
doubt the excellent worth of the new
truck. _
Statewide
Prohibition
• Streets es NeeeacJry as Arteries.
As the arteries are to the human
system, so are the streets to the phys-
ical well being of n city, says A. T
Brwin in the American City. A well
planned city Is a highly developed or-
ganism with one member or district
devoted to places of living, another
to manufacturing, another to rnerean
tile pursuits, etc. A ready means of
communication between these various
members Is a fundamental requisite.
The street provides the means of cir-
celaUon, and any factor which checks
sir Impedes Its flow 1b a serious menace
to the public good.
There are many who think that the
mapping out of streets is abotu all
there Is to city planning and that the
laying of a sidewalk and paving repre-
sents the sum total of a street prob-
lem. That these are fundamental no
one will deny, but there are other tm
portaut considerations which should
enter In which affect t>oth convenience
and besoty.
The city comes into possession of Us
streets in one of three ways- through
public usage during a stated period
(adverse possession!, by condemnation
and by dedication. Probably !*) per
cent of onr streets In the middle west
Nave become public property through
the last method. A street so dedicat-
ed Involves two interests, the one
being public, the other proprietary.
In too many "additions" the later has
been the.active party, and plans are
nbaped too largely from the personal
and pecuniary point of view It I*
tames the duty of the city officials,
acting as the trustees of the people, to
guide and mold these plans In the in-
terest of the public.
At the Coliseum
Fort Worth, on Monday,
June 5, 1911
NEMECEK BROS
Can you draw upon the cre-
dence of your friends without
precipitating a panic of distrust? <r
f\NE of the most notable
v/ gatherings in the history
#/ Texas will be the grand
TRUTHFUL ADVERTISING.
The Merchant Who Doesn't Use It lo
Sure to Bo a Failure.
Here is an undeniably true argument
made by tbe advertising expert of the
New York Evening Mail:
“In smaller communities, where ev-
erybody knows every tiody. there Is
very little likelihood of the public be-
ing deceived by advertising. Tbe mer-
chant there knows he must make good.
He knows if he does not lie will not
do any business.
“In larger communities, where there
are great throngs of people-transient
and resident—the advertising faker
thinks he can escape the consequences
of misrepresentation, and he does,
sometimes for a long period, but In the
end be gets his desert*, as he always
does.
"The Increasing faith In advertising
is being brought about because the
- majority of advertiser#—a big majori-
' ty. too-live up to their agreements,
j "The good merchants should unite
with good newspapers in dtflvin* out
tbe frauds In every commut*."
rally of citizens opposed to
Statewide Prohibition, which
utill be held in Fort Worth
Monday, June 5. Com-
plete local arrangements have
been made for this meeting
and Fort Worih will be pre-
pared to entertain / 00,000
visitors on that day.
Some of the most prom-
inent men in Texas Will be
present at this meeting to de-
liver addresses
Railway rales for this occa-
sion will be one-half of the one
The Sanitary Meat Market
Wc have bought the interest of Rudolf
Ncmccek in the Sanitary Meat Market.
And wc are wanting all kinds of fat stuff
for butchering purposes. Sec us before you
sell.
way fare, plus 75c. from distant
points; and one-half of one way
fart, plus 25 c. from nearby
points lo Fori Worth and return.
These popular rate tickets will be
on sale Sunday, June 4th, and
good lo return tire following Man-
day night and Tuesday.
W. 0. w.
West Camp No. 253 meets second ami
r..in-ill eViiinv nights. E. H. Hrosier,
fourth Friday nights. E. H. Drosier,
Consul commander; C. \\ . Hollo*
wav. Clerk.
I. 0. O. F.
West Lodge No. .TOO meets every Sat-
urday night. W. H. Trammel, N. G.
r LHititwt S!
C. Fl'ippo, Heci-etary.
Purity Lodge No. 792 meets every
Tuesday night. J. G- Stone, N. G.;
Frank Yeager, Secretary.
W. O. w. Circle
Pearl Grove Circle No. 541 meets
fourth Tuesday of each month at 3
p. m. Hattie McDonald, Guardian;
Lizzie Ware, Clerk.
K. of P.
est Lodge No. 255 meets first and
thiol Mondav nights in each month.
F. A. Stadler, C.C.; Owen Presnail,
K. of H. and H.
s. P. j. S. T.
Lodge Jaromir No. 54 meets every
second Sunday in each month.
Method Pazdral, President; Robqjt
Ccrvenka, Secretary.
A. F. & A. M.
West Lodge No. 475 meets Saturday
night on or before full moon in each
month. S. B. Chenault, W. M.: J1
A. West, Secretary.
Royal Arch Masons
West Chapter No. 233 meets Friday
night after full moon in each month
J. z. Baird, H. P.; J. A. West
Secretary.
Council
West Council Hit* meets Friday nigh
after full moon in January, April
.lull and October. E. B. Hammer
T. i. M.’, 3. A. West, Secretary.
M. W. of A.
Percett (.'amp No. 121211 meets
K. O. Keeton, V. C.; Brandon A lei
ander. Clerk.
Eagles
West Aerie No. 1961 meet* ever;
Thursday night. J. E. McGhee
Worthy President: Will Cobh. Yeo
it I ary. V
Eastern Star
West Chapter No. 303 meets sccqjj
Friday evening after each full ncflO
Mrs. ' H. H. Ingraham, Mntroi
John Ware, Secretary.
CHURCHES
Catholic
Services on Sunday—First Mass
a. m. High Mass, Sermon and Hem
diction at 10 a. in. On week days
7:;io a. in. Rev Jos. l*elnar rector.
Baptist
Sunday school every Sunday- mornil
at 10 o'clock, S. M. Coffey supri.
undent. 1 Teaching morning at
evening. Rev. J. T. McNew pastor.
Christian
Bihle lessons every Sunday month
at 9:45 o’clock and celebration
the Lord's Supper at 11 o cloc
all under the direction of the eld
of the church.
Sunday school every Sunday mornt
ut lo’ o'clock, J. H. Chambliss supl
intendent. Preaching every seca
and fourth Sunday ut each monl
Rev. H. H. Henry pastor.
Sunday school ev< ry Sunday morni
at 10 o’clock, Warren Neilson sup
intendent. 1’reaching every first a
third Sunday in each month, morni
and evening, Rev. Mr. Wightra
English pastor; also every seeff
anu fourth Sunday monl in# by *v
V. Pazdral, Bohemian pastor.
Bohemian Moravian
Sunday school every Sunday morni
at 10 o'clock, Andrew Janek sup
intendent. Preaching every thi
Sunday in each month, Rev- J01
Hegar pastor.
A. & A. R. NEMECEK
WEST, TEXAS PHONE 34
In addition there is another
Nutshell Philosophy.
rate food on Saturday, June 3rd,
to Wednesday, June 7th, of t
Jealousy Indicates misplaced affec
tlon.
Many a farsighted roan Is a close
and one-fifth of the regular one
Way fare for the round trip.
PWOd MM »»♦»»'»♦**»♦<»»♦•
While striving for tbe almost ;
unattainable do not depreciate .
that which vou have already at- '
that which you have already at
talneii.
Biting Off One’* Noe*.
We once knew a farmer to refuse to
Mil tarn to his n rigidwr fur 23 cent*
flic crib and hauled several loads
; U t„ tow,, and got 2* ^
| es knowsjA<'!.ii "jov1 ^
observer.
s* mm>- to? msm .w»;l
a night key.
It pays to give even an enemy a
square deal.
Most excuses are lies wrapped In
tissue | at per.
The rest microbe I* responsible for
a lot of laziness
flouts men would rather go broke
than stay nt home.
Wise Is the man who doesn't know
more than be should.
People who have mfney to Irani
should get 1, Insured \
Mritiffm r&B&h
fully incited to attend.
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Mr. A. C. Richter i« erecting
a large modern building in Lare-
do covering a quarter of a block.
building will bo occupied by
, large hard'™-* Emnoriuu, do-
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Terrell, H. B. The West Weekly News. (West, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, May 26, 1911, newspaper, May 26, 1911; West, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth588416/m1/2/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting West Public Library.