The Teague Chronicle. (Teague, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, August 21, 1908 Page: 2 of 8
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IN GOOD SHAPE
T, Sc B. V. Railroad hi Position to
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Handle Vast Tonnage.
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W. E. GREEN IS OPTIMISTIC
FeeU Effect* of Rapidly Growing
, Traffic—Hai Called In Locomo-
tives Loaned to Denver Road
and Rock Island.
Fort Worth
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turned over
Houston Post.
With its roadbed more settled,
its track in much letter condition
th^n last year, and ample equip-
• inent on hand, the TiTiffty ffh'd
Brazos railway will this fall be able
to handle the tremendous tonnage
that connecting Yoakum lines will
tender at the Ft. Worth junction.
So announces Colonel W. E. Green,
vice president and general manager
of the Valley road. *
Colonel Green’s recent visit to
Fort Worth had relation to the per-
fection Of details connected with
the Valley route using the Rock
Island’s freight terminal here after
Sept. 1, the inauguration of night
passenger service and arrangements
to handle all the freight and pas-
senger business that associated lines
will furnish after September 1^
Last fall and winter, when
through service had been in force
on the Valley route only a few
months, the new road was unable
to handle the business offered it by
the Rock island, Frisco and Fort
Worth and Denver. Much of the
Gulf bound tonpage brought into
by these lines was
to the International
and Great Northern and the Hous-
ton and Texas Central for move-
ment on to Galveston1, and the
Ypakum interests lost the haul for
this distance. But Colonel Green
ligured that it would be better to
defer the handling of all this busi-
ness thah to give poor service and
give the new line a bad name. So
he handled only that which could
lw cared for on good time and de-
clined the remainder, leaving it for
other roads. But this year things
are—.different. The Valley route
claims to be fully equal to the situ-
ation expected next fall and winter.
The roadbed is in splendid shape
and good service and fair speed are
being accomplished and good ser-
vice is pledged on all the vast ton-
nage that the three Yoakum lines
will bring into Fort Worth and
turn over to the Valley route.
Colonel Green is preparing to
care for a stupendous business. He
is already feeling the effects of a
rapidly growing traffic and recently
called for the return of ten hugh
locomotives loaned to the Denver
road and Rock Island during the
recent panic when traffic was light.
With this motive power back on
the line the Valley route will
be the master of the situation.
What Fertilizer Will Do.
I’rtif. Andrew M. Soule In Sunn and Ranch.
Farmer Jones was _but a young
man at the cloBe of the war. His
father was killed during that inter-
necine strife, and at the conclusion
of the war he found himself in pos-
session of a large plantation which
had been seriously neglectod for a
period of five years, and which,
true to tell, was not in a good con-
dition from the standpoint of its
ability to produce large and profit-
able crops, because of the had sys-
tem of agricultural practico which
had been pursued in former days,
t was, however, a beautiful place
days of the old master, but
had been destroyed by
of neglect and the conflict
ensued for its possession
occasious. It wvs a her-
its prime Plight have
with iuet pride
Now it was a pic-
The
lum days
be-
was the problem. Plowing the fields
as they stood, brought him hut a
slight return; so little indeed, that
hfe could not make both ends meet.
Whijt he must do was a question lie
considere< 1 long and seriously.
Finally he heard it rumored that
there were commercial materials
which would stimulate crop pro-
duction, and that the present sma!l
return which the ground yielded
hjm was due to the exhaustion of
something which the virgin soil or:
djnarily contained necessary for the
nutrition of plants.
When a man is face to face with
a crisis, he is likely to investi-
gate every rumor which comes to
his attention ; and Farmer Jones,
being a live and active young man,
determined that he would look in-
to the question and by experiment-
ing for himself ascertain the merits
of the claims of this new method
of stimulating the yield of crops.
The guano which he purchased at
that time was obtained largely from
South America and cost him some-
thing like $45 or $50 a ton. It
was rich in certain elements which
his soil needed, and, to his surprise
he reaped a magnificient harvest
the next year. Credulity now gave
place to anxiety to obtain a larger
supply for the next year, and out
of the excessive prices and limita-
tions of supply of this natural pro-
duct of certain islands in the Pacific
has grown up our great industry of
commercial fertilizers.
It soon occured to Farmer Jones
and progressive citizens of his day
and generation, that there were
probably other materials which
might be obtained at a tower cost
and still answer the same purposes
as the more expensive guano. The
importance of the subject set chem-
ists to work, and they found out
that the surmises of the practical
were correct.
In the meantime Farmer Jones
continued to work and care for his
plantation to the best of his ability.
Year by year, ho improved this
field and that field; fences and
buildings were reconstructed, gnd
in the course of a few years he liWd
reclaimed the old plantation and
brought it back to a condition of
superiority to'that which it enjoyed
in its most palmy days when the
soil was newly reclaimed from the
natural forest which spread over it.
Aud'thus Farmer Jones in his pio-
neer effort had demonstrated one of
the great truths of nature; had
solved a problem about which there
has been much discussion recently
and much fear as to what the result
npght be of the final development
of the American nation and the
maintenance of the world-wide su-
premacy which it enjoys by reason
of the natural fertility of its soil.
In the great conference of lead-
ing statesmen land thinkers, re-
cently held in Washington, this
subject was the center of discussion,
“How can we stay- the decreasing
fertility of our soils?” Farmer
Jones has answered the question in
a most emphetic manner. He 1ms
demonstrated that what lias been
ruthlessly and carelessly destroyed
may be reclaimed in a single gener-
ation, but that to perform this ser-
vice, one of the greatest and most
important of the permanent welfare
and maintenance of the American
race, commercial fertilizers in* large
quantities must be used. These
fertilizers contain, for the most
part, nitrogen, phosphates and pot-
ash. The last two are mineral ele-
ments, the former suppled from
beds of material which nature has
provided; the latter from great
mines in Germany. There is an
ipexhausible supply of potash in
sight, and since it is so necessary
for the stimulation of plant life on
all soils in which it is deficient,
why should not the farmer in the
present day and generation follow
more nearly the trail which Farmer
Jones blazed, through the use of
icrcial fertilizers, ar.d increase
and maintain1'*’ for an indefinite
crop-yielding powers of
soil?
$6,169,500
Largest Appointment Ever Allowed In.
History of Texts—$6.75 For
Each Child* Enrolled.
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Austin, Tex., Aug. 15.—The
State' Board of Education t< iday
fixed the apportionment at $(>.75
for each child enrolled and the total
scholastic# was foun'4'to be 914,000,
making the total apportionment
aggregate $6,169,500, the largest in
the history of Texas, both as to
per capita and total. Last year
the apportionment was $6 per capi-
ta, 893,441 scholastics and a total
allowance of $5,360,646. The $6
and other amounts given were re-
cord-breakers. This year it Is an
increase of 75 cents for each child,
21,159 more children and an in-
crease of $808,854 in the total ap-
portionment.
The State Automatic Tax Board,
reduced the State school tax r/ite
froth 20c to 16 2-8c on the $100
valuation, it being estimated that
it would yield at least $8,199,000
to the available school fund. In
addition to that the Controller sub-'
mitted his estimate of income to
jtlie fund from other sources as fol-
lows: Land sales and leases
$1,150,000 interest on bonds held
by permanent school fund $600,(XXI,
occupation taxes $312,000, insur-
ance $80,000, gross receipts tax
$90,000, school tax from unorgan-
ized counties $4,500 estimateff^hfft1
ance in Treasury Sept. 1 $105,(XX),
poll taxes $500,000; total $2,841,-
(XX).
THE LAW
Respectfully Submitted to the Com-
missioners’ Court of Freestone
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County.
The Chronicle would like to call
the attention of the Commissioners’
Court to the following law passed
by the last legislature, in regard hr
giving out printing and advertising!
for the county:
Section 2, of Chapter CXXXVlJ
of the General Laws of the Thirtieth
Legislature reads:
“It SHALL be the duty of the
Commissioners’ court to advertise
atjleast once in every tvVo years for
sealed proposals to furnish said
blank books, legal blanks, all sta-
tionary and such OTHER PRINT-
ING as may he required lor the
county for .the term of said" con-
tract. Said advertisement shall be
made by the county clerk, who
shall notify, by registered letter,
each newspaper published and each
job printing house in the county
and at least three stationery and
printing I muses in the state, of the
time such contract is to be awarded,
and of the probable amount of hvijJ-
plies needed. Should said supplies
when furnished by thp successful
bidder under this act, not be of the
quality designated in the contract
and bond hereafter provided for,
then and in such event the Com-
missioners’ Court may declare such
contract null and void. And at
the next regulaf or called session of
said court again advertise for
sealed proposals as in the first in-
stance; and the Commissioners’
Court shall have the right to again
advertise for proposals often and
whenever from any cause supplies
are not received under the previous
contract.”
Baby Morphine Fiends {
are made by nil soothing syrups and
baby medicines that contain opium and
narcotics. McGee’s Baby Blixir con-
tains no injurious or narcotic drugs of
any kind. A sure and safe cure for
dosordered stomachs, bowels and fret-
fulnesR—splendid for teething infants.
Sold by Teague Drug Co..
Gems In Verse
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SUNSHINE,. -j
A LITTLE (TOId mnW th« Kray;
, That's sunshine. *>
/ \ A little Lrlghtnoaa on the way;
i - That's sunshine.
A littlu glimpsing of the blue,
A little widening of the viow,
A lltflAjmavbh breaking through;
h:Y-
ldok
A little looking for the light; ' s1
That'B sunshine.
A Uttlo paUen.ce through the night;
A iittiolbowingUof^Wil.
A little resting on the hilt, -----r-
A little standing very still; -
/ That's sunshine. A'
A Uttlo smilink through the ti-ars;
, That's sunshinjfe .-«■
/A little faith behind ffie fears;
That’s sunshine.
A little folding of the hand,
A little yielding of •demand, 1
A little grace to understand;
That’s sunshine.
—Stuart Maclean.
were
8UPPOSE.
CJTJPPOSE your mind a gardop were,
AH ready fur the spring,
And everything you .planted there
Would soop J>e blossoming.
C’UPI'OSE that evil- ‘thoughts
X-3 * weeds
That rankly grew apace
And every dream of selfish deeds
Should blossom In disgrace,
YyJIU.E.every Impulse to bo kind,
’ ’ To ease some other's woes,
Should bud and blossom In your mind
A fair nnd‘fragrant rose.
fiUPFOBE thpt every idle whltn
^ And every'thought of scorn
Should find Its fruitage in a grim
And poison laden thorn,
VYfJIII.E every purpose to uplift
’’ Your.soul from sordid ways
Should blossom In a snow white drift
Of tender Illy sprays.
ppiS surely wlrti no danger fraught
.....-A.....Supposing things like this,
And maybe litre's a seed of thought
To Uower forth In bliss.
—-John Kendrick Bangs.
IN LEAP YEAR.
TTE loves me! He loves me not!
-X-*- The wind blows cold! The wind
blows hot! *
1 watch h!s lips. Ills eyes and nose
And wonder If 1 dare propose,
1 wonder If he’d answer yes
And seal it with a warm caress, •'
Or would he toll me to sec mother
Or volunteer to bo my brother?
T AST night X took Jark unawares
And kissed him. We werh oh the
stairs.
Of course he struggled and was fussed
Because his nice mustache was mussed.
But in Ills roguish eye the while
I saw the portent of a smile—
The pardon of the robber bold /
Before the booty had grown cold.
TTE always gladly wears my flowers
-X-X. And letB me call and stay for
hours.
And when at last I rise to go
He'll say, "Why do you hurry so7"
And every day I think III speak,
And put It off from week to week,
And watch his lips and eyes and nose,
And wonder If I dare propose.
—Judge.
ADAM AND EVE>
fllEN Adam was created
Ho dwelt in Eden's shade.
As Moses has related,
And soon a.brlds was mode.
Ho had no conversation,
But seemed to be alone
Til! fo his admiration
Ho found he’d lost a bone.
wos his exultation
first he saw his bride;
Great was his elevation
To see her by hts side.
Great W
When :
Semi-Weekly Fort Wortli
and Teague Chrouicle, one
for $1.75.
Record
year
He spoke as In a rapturo,
"I know from whence she cams;
Frpm my left side extracted.
And woman Is her name."
The woman site was taken
From under Adfgn's arm.
Bo she must be protected
From injury and harm.
The woman she was taken
From near to Adam's heart.
By which we are directed
That they rqust never part.
Likewise that ho should love her
And treat her as a friend;.
Prize nothing else above her t. * .
Till life shall have an end.
The woman was not taken
From Adam's head, we see,
So alio la not to rule him.
The meaning seems to be.
■ >, —Anonymous.
ALL’S WELL THAT END8 WELL.
A BACHELOR sat in his chair, and ha
thought,
And he made up his mind that ho wouldn't
■■ be caught. ..V
And yet he wanted to do what he ought.
And he thought, and he thought, and he
thought ', -
A LITTLE maid sat In her chair, and
^1 she thought , . ,,,
And she made up her mind that she
wouldn’t ba caught. X. ,
And yot she wanted to do what she
ought,'
And she thought, and site thought, and
she thought.
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Carry accounts with
this bank, t-......•
Call arid let us ex-
plain the details, and
' let us help you to save
your money.
eosnuoi.)
First National Bank
- OF TEAGUE. ~
In a chair, and he
A BACHELOR sat
thought, ......
And a little maid sat by hint, Just as she
ought, . X , yV;
FOr, alas, they forgot about nut being
feut th^thttukTiT
And they thought,
And they thought.
• —Autlior l
Unknown.
A Shipment of all the new
Phonograph records at Rhea’s.
Meet me at Rhea’s.
LOVE'S PATHWAY.
T OVE'S pathway Is a winding tnaU.-,
•X-X Just wide enough for two tn Tread.
They wander far o’er hill and dale,
While Cupid wings his wny o'brhead.
TF wayside brambles should annoy, '
a Tbolr stops have strkysd too far
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JWF Phone 69 and get prompt service.
Mixed Drinks Over the Bar a Specialty C.*D. PHILLIPS, Mgr.
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Accident, Life and Fire Insurance.
Public Stenographer and
Notary Public in Office.
A Share of Your Business Respectfully Solicited
Office in Davis Building.
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Satterwhite, T. L. The Teague Chronicle. (Teague, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, August 21, 1908, newspaper, August 21, 1908; Teague, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1109220/m1/2/: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fairfield Library.