The Matagorda County Tribune. (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, September 1, 1916 Page: 7 of 8
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WHEN TAX BATES ARE
INCREASED VICTORIA
El Paso. Texas, August 26.—Is the
government doing its full duty in the
matter of reclaimining the semi-arid
sections of the west when it provides
water for irrigation purposes? Should
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THE TEXAS PUBLIC SERVICE CO.
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efforts at converting the desert into
cultivated farms. Leaders in the
movement have seen that it is not
enough to bring water to the land.
The idea now prevails that in addi-
tion to the building of irrigation
works, the United States government,
through the reclamation service,
should go farther, even to the extent
of levelling and ditching the land
and making some provision for pro-
viding funds which will enable the
new settler to maintain himself while
he is struggling with the new prob-
lems with which he is confronted.
In other words it is believed that
it has been found necessary not only
to provide moisture for crops but to
finance the settler on irrigated lands
until he has made it possible to earn
his living and something more from
the land being reclaimed.
Elwood Mead, head of the depart-
ment of rural institutions in the Uni-
versity of California, and an eminent
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The Hoosier Company has served us with notice that because of the increased cost
of all raw materials, we cannot sell these celebrated kitchen cabinets at our present
low prices after the few we have are gone. This is our last announcement.
If every woman who plans to take advantage of this sale selects her Hoosier now,
the cabinets will all be taken and the sale will end right then.
So don’t wait. Don’t postpone your visit to this sale a single day. Remember,
when the few remaining cabinets are gone, your chance is gone. The Hoosier at the
increased price will be a wonderful value—at the present low price IT ISkA LIFE-
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probably require more assistance in
iaking his collections.
Those who are opposed to a reduc-
tion in these salaries also call atten-
tion to the fact that the total as-
sessed values of the city showed a
decrease of about $60,000 the past
year, owing to a decrease in the ren-
dition of personal property, and they
declare that a higher tax rate will
have a tendency to lower assessments.
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SHOULD THE GOVERNMENT
FINANCE SETTLERS?
settler to bring his lands under cul-
tivation?
The question of financing
on irrigated lands under reclamation! been spent by these
projects, whether public or private,
will be one of the most important
questions to be discussed and pos-
sibly settled when the International
Irrigation Congress meets in El Paso
October 14-18.
It has been held that if the reclam-
ation act of 1902 is to become really
effective, something more must be
done under its operation than the
mere building of irrigation dams and
ditches. It is held that the reclam-
ation act should be so amended that
the lands to be irrigated shall be
brought under cultivation by means
of funds provided under the operation
of the act.
If this system is adopted, it will not
be an experiment, but rather the
working out in the United States of
what is being done in Ireland, Ger-
OFFICIAL. NOTICE TO END SALE
$1 Will Put the Eamous Hoosier Cabinet In Your Home at the Present Low Prices if You Act at Once
You can t afford to miss it, when a single dollar is all you need to pay at the start
THIS IS TOUR LAST CHANCE!
The terms of the sale are these:
$1 puts the cabinet you choose in your home.
$1 weekly quickly pays for it.
The low cash price fixed by the factory prevails strictly.
No interest. No extra fees.
This sale is under the direct supervision of the Hoosier Company.
Your money back if you are not delighted.
Taylot-Hill Furniture Company
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authority on the subject of rural /
credits and lan dsettlements, will ba
in charge of the section of the Con*
, gress which will have this matter
under discussion. Besides Professor
Mead, there will be present many
other leaders of thought along thia
direction, and it is believed that as
a result of their endeavors, plans
may be formulated whereby the set-
tler with small capital but with limit-
ed energy will be enabled to become
a successful farmer of irrigated
lands.
Owing to the importance of thia
questio nand the seeming immediate
need of reaching a solution of it, it
is expected that that sections of the
(International Irrigation Congress
which will deal with it, will be the
scene of some of the most animated
debates of the congress when it meets
in October. |
Easy access is afforded to bath room from each bedroom by
The facilities of our office are very compTete
many, Denmark, Australia and other
countries. During the past fifty
settlers' years more than a billion dollars has
countries to en-
able men with small capital to own
the land they cultivate and the re-
sults have been little less than mar-
velous.
In the early days of the reclam-
ation of arid lands by means of irri-
gation under the direction of the< U.
S. reclamation service, it was deemed'
sufficient to build the dams and dis-
tributing systems and provide the
water. It was believed the landless
men would flock to the lands for
which water had been provided and
convert them at once into fruitful
fields and the foundations of happy
homes.
This idea is being rapidly dispelled.
It is true that thousands of men un-
dertook to establish themselves in
the irrigable areas, but these men
have not all met with success in their
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CUTS OFFICERS’ PAll The assessor rate would about to be-
------ ! tween $2500 and $3000, but he will
Victoria, Texas, August 26. — The ProbabIy require more assistance in
* city council proposes to reduce the mab:in& his collections.
salaries of the tax assessor and col-
lector and treasurer when it fixes the
salaries of the city officials for the
next fiscal year, which begins in Oc-
tober.
An increase in the city tax rate
from 65c to 90c is responsible for the
proposal for a reduction of the sal-
aries mentioned. The assessor and
^’lector now receive 5 per cent on |
all collections and the treasurer 1 1-2
per cent on all monies paid into the
city treasury, including those derived
from the sale of bonds, of which there
has been $60,000 during the past year.
There is some disagreement over
the proposed reduction in the salary
of the city treasurer, and even with
an increased tax rate his salary will it also provide money to enable the
The cottage pictured above is especially adapted to a west front lot as the porch is protected from
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Smith, Carey. The Matagorda County Tribune. (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, September 1, 1916, newspaper, September 1, 1916; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1291601/m1/7/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Matagorda County Museum & Bay City Public Library.