The Daily Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 153, Ed. 1 Friday, May 5, 1916 Page: 1 of 4
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IHY CITY, TEXAS, EHIIHV. MH 5, l»l«.
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Fir^t National Bank
BAY CITY, TEXAS
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(’apital
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J. P. Keller & Co
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Bay City Bank & I ru^t Co.
The Guaranty Fund Bank
COL. SAM H. DIXON
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l»y ♦•very farmer making every pi»s*i-|
bie demonstration this year by wafer* j IWfe.
t Ing something besides rice and Irv tMt-
into profit ; trial demonM ration prow the value
nf thia proposition
It la time for everybody interested
to get busy with * Magte purpose and
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Guaranty Fund Bank
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lands richer and the foundation for
th* great *y*trm of canal* to render
this aervtr* Is already laid.
These things ate iHHMithlt* bee*li*e
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Mi I surrounding territory, and let uh cash
iof their undertaking® ,n <*»**’’ advantage® and opportunities
The renal* won id be that mir row»*|
Pined land, 'anal and business In-
vestments rtmld I* turned from defeat
mtn Victory, from Im*
from gloom into sunshine, from pes-
simism Into optimism far away and
a>taf of Mur ofe*»r dtetrtc* ta the
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We advise an early selection.
No matter what your needs in apparel for man or boy, you will
find in our establishment a splendid assKirtment of recognized
merit. Always up to the minute in style and at prices which
we are sure you will admit ore reasonable.
MOORBARKYNOLDS
wnter supply, I® the uafest und aurimt
and most prosperous fanuiiiK. Mock '
raising, truck and fruit growing t>op
illation In the world lUwiatise tluo
get lint per cent ••ffleb'iicy as a re-
ward for their intelligent effort They
have no complete crop failures.
The farther south they ar« th*
longer growing seaaon thr> have, the
more valuable are the irrigated iund^.
AU proven hy California and Florida
We have the Southern cllmafi*. th<
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I'arminu ever) w h» i<
are ideal
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hirg* acreage
owing to adverae
from storms, etc., I
money for it* pro-
are iinprofilahl*
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With trvrtal hundred make* of automobile*
in America, ti e f’ctdlocloiy tun » < ui ir< re
than orr-hall cd die entire finished prcc’ict.
Because the worth cd Ectd cars as t'epiti-
able, money-savii g utilities has I ren demon-
slrplrd I t)or d all questic n, tie dtntrd is
constantly increasing. Crc'erytui* NCV.
Runabout S3M); louring (ar $4<0;Ccupe-
let $590; Town Car $640. Sedan $740.
AH prices I. o. b. Detroit. Cn sale al
BAY CITY AUTO & SALES CO
As soon hb u person has accumu-
lated a fair amount of money, he de
sires to Invest it. There is, however,
•rut rule for InveHtinenls. Ixmg ex-
perience and the facility for investi-
gating values are amung the manv
requirements for making safe invest-
ments. The beat and safest way to
luthdle money is to deposit It with this
Hank, where the money will be safe
and secure
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Cultivate the habit of looking for the
the cloud, and when you have found it.
at it rather than the leaden gray in
It will help you over hard pliWes, and you will soon
realize that hope prwedes achiev* naut and is on in
centive to earn*st endtavor.
We desire your success, anti < xt<‘nd our heart' co
operation to that end.
la united people, all things ar* po*-
; Mble. Your-i truly.
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Postmaster A. S. Collins has re !
reived a letter from the assistant see- ‘
retar,s of the Treasury Department
of maintenance ’ advising him that the sketch plans
tar the new l<'edei'al building to he
elected in tins city have been up
proved and that the working draw
ings will be taken up in the near fu-
ture
Prom this letter it ma.v he presumed
that it is now only a matter Of a very I
few months until actual Aork on Up-
building will begin.
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Improv'd enuhtry, We naf-
| urally have the tw>M lands with the
i a system and mrmt water, that Is full of stlt and
th* mark*-* h» fertility, that will mak-* out rich
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4 Per Cent Interest Paid on Time Deposits
tievei fear a sudden decline of price. 11
The Texas dealers would prefer toll
supply their customer.-, with home I
daily products over those shipped In
from oilier states.
Ttie Bu.v (Tty country is ideal far
dairying Ail kind of food products
can be grown here necessary for the |
maintemince o fthe dairy herd both a>
a sustaining food and a balance ra-
Ition. The iosi of maintenance Is 25
' pm- cent cheaper tn Texas than it is |
er Co.
On the above dates we, as well as thousands of other
retailers all over the United States,will present for your
consideration a splendid exposition of Marx Made
High Grade Trousers. (See window display).
The tailoring is unusual great care has been used in matching
linings and pocketings with the color and pattern of the trouser.
The stripes run even with the crease, the proportions in seat,
thigh and stride are fashioned along lines which mean comfort
to you. The “Wunder Waist Band”, used exclusively on
Ma rx Made Trousers, Is in itself a splendid innovation.
Tiw- report ft f.m f’plumhu* .ts In *•»<*
condiHon of th* riv*r in th*t It ta uo*
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WhaHim, T»-xa«. May I
of New OflcatH.
Hallbi matin A
making arrangement# for lh* diKinan
Hing of Hm Wharton imgar mill, whir-h
hiK firm r.-cently purchas.al. Thh
mill waw erected her* in the duya
w hen Hmre w:m n targe acreag. <.f i the rand market
t ut <.uii.li t<> ulveiae Uie good land*, ahundaut
i-.im plant'd. >m* owing to a»tv«i>o .....
......... I water aupply. and mil bin* of <lo laru
4ea»on». damage from «*orntt», etc,, . , . . , , , t
. r.... oa it readv invent' d In rice canals that
mwi made any money for it* pro- .... ,
m.“fv unprof tal.le Our lands ar* al«o
motel- It c«*t appro*iniately firn'- ’
. , ... .. -m I unprofitable l.e.aus. we ar» not util ;
ikiu at the turn 1 h» new owner* w hi ■
izing them What in the retneih
move it ’o ( utat.
I (hi this -id« of th*- river, beginning ;
Mesdames C I. d. St Aubin. S <> U“"’ <’“*• b “ •"»««”«• «r*'
I i.lu.an and .1 < V H- ‘ **••»*••« ■' ! '* ,h‘“ ' ......... ,h” ' *” w' ,v"'
from a delightful tn;
on the Ran furnurit
>«l ap;>roxllnat«4y <*•»»'.
The new owner* w 'll |
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W’HI* have returned ‘,ha* 'M,nrt ,,H’ by gravity
to th* fox ranch I'1”*" »»•> ’’rairle and <‘am v Valiev J
to Matagorda Hay and th* Gulf Alt ‘
th* other ••anal avatema come out Im-
low Lane (Tty and are niipplemciital
Almost the name altnaltnn appltrs
went of th* river.
Th* praetleal way tn bring all thta |
country into it* <<wn. i». for the canal i
owner*. fh< land owner*, th* bwaliwa /
ih oi«l». including th« banker* and th<* i
Hnanrial |M-ople. to all get together :
under a com prehen aive plan, and pro
vid* for a thorough Myatcm of drain
age and Irrigation rovering flrat the
most practical part of the propoattmn, I
contemptaUiiK extending the develop- |
meat, until the whole territory la cov 1
I Th. possibKHI** ar* gigantic i
; put the irrigation mi a flat rat*. *o m*
to guarantee a nuffhhnt -up|w>rt tt»i
j the < anal** to justify th*it hvc*a*ary ,■
I nxtan*toni!», with ptaanuhle provixhm for!
feiw‘rv<»lr». after th* demand for t
'water grow* beyond the cai»a*ity of;
hfee flow of th* fiver la»t the rice i
Industry rnntinu*. to l’“ capacity.;
.alotig Ila UWW* wuwbuiwfel Hn*« Bu* j
! in addition, provide for the irrtaathai. i
I wh*n needed, for corn, cotton, all i
kind of feed crop* trwk and |.a«iiir*4 f
It ta a well known fact that a Well i
<t< t H.-rmuda paatufi*. if i»rop*rh- irri 1
gafwl, will Huppwrt at h-a-t two head ;
of atock per acre fnr graving and'
j would ai«<* yield a heavy hay tonnage, {
and llermuda hay I* xaltl to be morel
; valuable than alfalfa <m mtch farm |
MW-t let the hi'Weat and ppofnat nat- j
urally drained land*, for general |
! farming. It* converted into llit“ lh‘r- j
j *» «i«1m iwdure.
Bv Irrigation a tr*ni*ndo’t“ tonnage
,<>f corn sorghum. Sudan afdto and
• very variety of everything that grow*
•n thh t-llmatr can tie grown tor *ita«»
a* well a* hay. giving u* an ideal and
I icos' valuable proirmillloa for dairy- !
ing t* well a* all kind of
l bW* farmirtfi
Hy working out aneh
j putting the tandw on t
mall tract* mid on '
Would h* no trouble to locate the prac
j tirai farmer*, and dalrv and improved
I him k people frmn the proaperwtl*
emmirle* where these <Mn«* are dour ** <“»r natural advantage’ over all
■with amt ■ mean* '<• malo a ®mletirtoundina terrltorv and let uh .
In The First Place
the al.ility to save is on.’ of the very first rules ill
the game of success.
In The Second Place
did you ever meet a successful man who al soup
time did not owe his success to his co-operation
with some hank? Our success depends on your
success.
EtFENCES
F \ BARNS
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Z y TRELLACE
H I Bridges and Culverts
JNO. I. PRICE LBR. CO.
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! Editor Tribune.
It takcM a drought like the present ‘
tu cause the people of Matagorda
County to set ii|i and take notice of
the value of water and iriigaUoii At-
tention bus been frequently culled to
tlie mafehlt’Hs opportunity that Mata
gorda County han for utilizing tier
catial* for gtneial irrigation \ few j
wise <ui.s would peril.ips ttiiggitgt that,
it periiapM would be a good liiing, ami;
tiiut ends It.
The facta are that tlie most value- ‘
ble land-, in (lie world are th<wm that !
can be irrigated To llluatruh*. take t
California. Colorado am! all th* West-'
• in State* tiiut have Irrigation fai'ili ;
tiis. I„iml- and Water arc worth
i>u.xMibllitie>* i f"”" •l0° b’ • ''*** l"‘r ’’i !
j thta di-trict where there ta an ample.
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Y'Ui ®WV H fe rmtr how* *n<J fe
your pocket-book to P** oR *
paint. It Is tb«
cm malto.
Up'C’*3w
Col. Sam II Dixon, who is In the
rity for a few day#. i« much pleased
to see Buy Ciiy roarhirii.- out for tlie
dairying industry,
Tlie Tribune is pleased to hnv* the ;h Nohruslca and 23 per cent ehvaper
good fortune of imblishing the follow- lhail i( |s 1U wlseoUHin
ing interview with col Dixon j vmltlitrelHiioKectionoftheSt.il.1
“Tile eitizeliH of Bay CitA deserve i where tile expeliseH
to be congratulated on tlieii- •!• tei I SV1,(1|,j p,. lower than here,
mined efforts to encourage the dairy
tmiustry in .Matagorda County
ing that tlicy could do will aid more
in the development and Heltleiiienl of
your county. Dairy farming is prof-
italile farming everywhere and the
conditions here are hlctil for its
greatest developnmnt,
'll does not require as large an
area of land to care for a dairy herd
as it does to raise beef cattle One
pound of roughage will produce on*
pound of milk, whereas It takes 10
• pounds to produce a pound of beef j
The dairy cow ha* enriched the Wta-!
cousin farmer amt hIio can perform |
• •imiily well for the T« \a- farmer if
she Is given an equal opporlntiily.
■ The average acreage of the Wiscon-
sin tanu is 1"S acres According to the
)iv<-Hto<k stB'thdies of that state there
is an average of nine vows to every
farm. The average size of tin- Texaa
farm is 25t» iteres with two cows 'o
Jf ih* farm Thi uvi-i.i.i- Incom* (it the
Wtarom-in farm ta The aver-
age liK-oiim of tlie Texas farm is i.12
This liieqiiaiitv of the income ta Hiif
fu-ieiil to make th* diif<-n-m-e between
succi'KS and failure ’Tlieii, too. there
are these facts to cotijni'*- witli; the
Wisconsih farmer pay a an overage of
$to mi per ton f.*v Hie iOttoli s* ’ <i
tneiil h<‘ feeds hi® vow® 'I he 1 exas
farmer gets his cotton sedtl meal at
averagi1 price $24 tm per lorn Th*
Wisconsin farmer selta hi- butter fat
at an tivoTitge of 23r per ponml The
Tcxa* fiirftier h' Hs his at an averiiue
price ot 2*e per pmimt I tic \kis<s»n-
stn tai m< i exports from Hi* state s»n
nually $:;2,uim,iHHi worth ot dairy
prodmts while the Ti xa» OoH^Utn-
ers pay lid.taWMMo for •liiirv prodm t®
!s||ip|i*d Into the state
■‘•The facta ar* startling. It ta true,
•mt poGmtigl. u*veTth< le«s. I he
dairy imlu-try i- on* that do** not
depend for Ita suc'ess mi th' amount
of money sent o»H 0« Hm countr-. but
the amount brought H»G» »<>' cnmupin-
Hy. Then a® a community *nt«rprise
; H m on. which should be cn< «HiiH«‘ 't t
1 There I* a demand in th* *«at* f«r;
• .very tuHHid "Y dairy product tb.it can
* Im p'rnduend and th* dairymen ne*d
■ I was n.n ante to do
fl til) ix in- nibs, writea
HltraUher, of tbia place,
In lor tlir<«> months.
■t< H .. m how 1 Buffered
It. w .tli m rvouaneaa and
■ibh»*.
B doctor told my husband
Bdo me any good, and he
I We tried another
I •lid not help rm .
By mother advised me to
I the woman's tonic. I
I® to* us* fur I was nearly
■thing seemed to do me
But i took eleven Imttles,
Im aide to do all of my
I own washing.
Irijui is the best medicine
I My weight has increased.
I picture of health.'’
IfeY from any of the^ail-
lir to women, get a bottle
pay. Imlay is dangerous.
I win ii'-ip •on. for it bat
many thousands of dthsf
I in the past rm years.
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It'haltanooga Medieinw Co.,
|anrv Dept Chattanooga,
wprrial InMrwrtion on
nd ' t-page book. “Home
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'The Alvin banks have loaned to the
I’armcrs of that section $t.,>,iioO, all ol
which ih invested in dairy cows. Mort
than a halt hundred farmers In that
community own dairy herds ranging
from 5 to 5" cows. In Kpite of the
calamities which have befallen Alvin
incident to th* freezes and storms.
Alvin has cmitlmted to prosper.
Tlio®* lamiliai with tin .••mlitums
there eontrilmt* Alvin® continued
growth and il.-velapmeut to the dairy
industry it has brought thousands of
i dollars every month to Hie larmers.
•thus eiiabliug them to met their ob-
| ligation® ami to keep gp their trade
rotations with the not chi. nt, banker
and grocery denier. It Bay City had on
her nearby s<s-tion from 50 to I'"'
farmers with dairy herd® Hie imp*
tu to busim-K would b* marvelous.
Dairy products are always ®<dd for
cash and this cash would targvly ta
4'Xpclided Iler, -thus pi ••du* ing a • on ■
•litimi which would build up your city
and r,-tor. imnfhh m • in ’lie «oun
try.
V< , sir. I nut glad indeed IliiH vonr
cittz*ns her* awakened to Hie impor-
lance of tlie dairy imhirtu in devil j
oping your iigriculturul i
and Improving rural cmiditinns
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Smith, Carey. The Daily Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 153, Ed. 1 Friday, May 5, 1916, newspaper, May 5, 1916; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1292585/m1/1/: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Matagorda County Museum & Bay City Public Library.