The Matagorda County Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, July 24, 1925 Page: 3 of 8
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LIBRARY REPORT
Statement of Condition of
Bay City Bank & Trust Company
Bay City, Texas
At close of business on June 30, 1925.
RESOURCES
Some
$533,007.83
LIABILITIES
STOP THAT ITCHING
$533,007.83
Condensed Statement of
Citizens State Bank
DISHES!
We have a complete stock of dishes—
$464,831.76
$464,831.76
Total
Cox Variety Store
SELLS FOR LESS
A car in the summer
BAY CITY, TEXAS
WEST SIDE SQUARE
worth two
is
Hot Weather
the winter
in
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Specials
1 Set Ice Tea Glasses, geunine Cut Glass--------$1.25
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Dodge Brothers
1.25
1 Set Ice Tea Spoons, Silver Plated, good quality—
1 Set Ice Tea Coasters, and 1 Set Glass Ice Tea
1.25
MOTOR CAR
Sippers, all for.
The Quantity is Limited, and they should move
HARDY-AHDERSON AUTO CO.
fast at these prices, so come early.
Phone 154
W. F. LETTS
EXIDE BATTERIES
GOODYEAR TIRES
you
Tribune Want Ads for Results
GIFTS THAT LAST
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antee. It wgj not stain your clothing
MATAGGRIU PHARMACY
Musician Makes Plea
for Melodic Glossary
Loans and Discounts
Bonds and Stocks
Real Estate
Furniture and Fixtures
Interest on Guaranty Fund
Assessment on Guaranty Fund
CASH and Sight Exchange
Plain White,
Gold Band in two Patterns,
Homer Laughlin Pink Floral Design,
Homer Laughlin Presidential Design,
Derwood Bird of Paradise.
THE FOLKS WHO OWN AUTOMOBILES
WILL DRIVE OVER THREE-QUARTERS
OF THE TOTAL YEAR’S MILEAGE BE-
TWEEN NOW AND THANKSGIVING.
EVERY DAY YOU LOSE MAKING UP
YOUR MIND TO BUY A DODGE BROTH-
ERS CAR MEANS A DAY OF GLORIOUS
RECREATION THAT YOU HAVE LOST.
For a few days, we are giving
ten per cent discount on
all Decorated
Ware
The above Statement is correct,
A. HARRIS, Cashier.
greatest happiness to the greatest
numbers, it would be feasible to com-
A Hero
Belle—Maud says that the man she
marries must be a hero of the grid-
iron.
Bess—He will be; if there’s any
cooking done he’ll have to do it.—Bos-
ton Transcript.
Too Much Attention
"Very attentive husband.”
"Excessively. Well, the honeymoon
is young yet If the bride while sew-
ing said she- had dropped a stitch he’d
paw the floor over.”—Louisville Oour-
letsFournal.
Capital Stock----------
Undividen Profits------
Deposits
Bills Payable
Liberty Bonds Deposited
Capital Stock
Undivided Fronts
DEPOSITS
—
$236,772.16
47,500.00
37,667.06
56,962,92
$ 50,000.00
1,086.17
344,695.59
32,900.00
36,150.00
10,946.45
38,330.04
36,653.13
— $ 65,000.00
7,126.10
460,881.73
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Storm Clouds’ Visibility
The weather bureau says that the
distance at which storm clouds are
visible to the naked eye varies great-
ly with one’s position and the kind of
clouds. If a person is in an open flat
country and the clouds are of the
broad stratus or layer type, he may
not see them more than 30 or 40 miles
away, and even not half so far if the
sir tends to be misty or hazy. On the
other hand, when the air is quite clear
a well developed cumulo-nimbus, or
thunderstorm, cloud may, in favorable
circumstances, be seen when more
than 100 miles away.
of Bay City, Texas
As rendered to the Commissioner of Banking
of the State of Texas, at the close of
business, June 30, 1925
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts :
Banking House, Furniture and Fixtures—
Other Real Estate --------------------
Bonds and Stocks
Interest in and Assessment for
Guaranty Fund
Other Resources ----------------------
CASH
City
June.
Books Issued ...
New Borrowers .
Fines Collected .
Books Purchased
MRS. T. A. WILLIAMS,
Librarian.
Sight of Cats and Owls
The belief that cats and owls can
see in the dark is a popular fallacy.
The iris of a cat's eye is capable of
great variation, so as to admit more
or less light, thus enabling the cat to
see much better in the uusk than
humans, but in absolute darkness all
animals are as helpless as any human
being. The feature which adapts cer-
tain eyes for use with only a poor
light is the constitution of the retina
which is composed of two sets of struc-
tures, the so-called rods and cones.
The rods are apparently affected by
radiation slightly before the cones,
and hence some creatures, including
owls, whose eyes possess a large pro-
portion of cones, are better suited for
seeing in a faint light.
terms such as would insure a melodic , start.
result with the same audience under
almost any conditions, writes Ewin' was understood that if they should
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$1.73
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$303,599.13
56,475.00
13,449.66
4,506.50
12,943.88
NONE.
142,033.66
Australians Know Snow
Snow falls in southeastern Australia
during the winter months, and occa-
sionally lies on the ground as far north
as Melbourne and Sydney. On the
mountains and in northeastern Vio
toria and southern New South Wales,
the snowfall is very heavy. Forests
are practically buried in snow and on
the plateaus of northeastern Victoria
the ground is sometimes covered to the
depth of severa’ feet from May to Sep-
tember. This also occurs on the high-
lands of Tasmania, although there are
no mountains bearing perpetual mow-
caps in either Australia or Tasmania.
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Other Side of the Ledger
Jones was sent by his employer, a
bookmaker, to collect a betting debt
from Smith,-who was notorious for his
slackness in settling accounts.
After listening to several excuses
Jones remarked, “Well, at least let me
know on what date I may expect pay-
ment.”
Smith replied: “Do you take me for
a prophet?”
“No,” responded Jones. “Up to the
present I have always regarded you as
a loss 1”
Another Good Way
“That’s a fine car. How did
*' get it?’
“Out of a prize competition.”
“Did you win it?”
“No, I organized it.”—London Past-
ing Show.
Uncomplimentary
The county inspector was paying his
monthly visit to the village school. He
examined the children in reading and
general knowledge, as was his custom,
and was very pleased with the an-
swers he received. After the last
question he rose to his feet and, look-
ing slowly around on the upturned
faces, remarked genially: “I wish I
was a little boy at school again.” He
alloWed a few moments for this to
sink in and then added: “Do you know
why I wish that?” For a moment’ or
two there was silence, and then a
childish voice from the back of the
room was heard to say: “ ’Cas you’ve
forgot all you ever knowed.”—Atlanta
Journal.
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Total
LiAoim H±SO
receive a cash prize of j
another prize is to be ;
one in each winning!
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Tf you suffer from any form of
skin diseases such as Itch. Eczema,
Tetter or Cracked Hands, Poison Oak,
, 21 ’ Z ‘ Sores on
Children. We will sell you a Jar of
A
Labor That Calls for
Much Physical Effort
A well-known writer once said that
oyster dredging on the American
coast was the hardest work in the
world. The two uredges were wound
in by hand, and that everlasting wind-
ing, balanced on a swaying deck, was
wicked t work. The moment one
dredge was aboard the oysters had to
be "culled,” and the whole eight men
of the crew were working against time
from dawn till dark.
The dock laborer’s job is another
which entails tremendous physical ef-
fort. A steamer’s time is money, and
when cargo is being discharged not
one moment must be wasted by any
of those engaged.
The amount of work that can be
done in one day is almost incredible.
An inquest on a dock laborer who
died suddenly on a wharf was held
some time ago at which it was stated
that on the day of his death he had
unloaded no fewer than 36,000 wood
paving blocks.
Gave Up Reform Idea
St. Michael is honored by various
orders of chivalry, among them one
founded by Louis XI. of France, which
bore the name of the Order of the
Cockle. It derived its name from the
cockle shells which ornamented the
robes of the knight. A partly re-
ligious institution connected with the
saint was the Society of Fools, founded
at Cleves in 1381. Its amiable object
was to prevent the rising generation
from adopting bad habit's. Knights of
the order wore on their mantles an
emblem of a fool, his cap and bells.
The title of the society suggests that
members well realized that to attempt
reforming boys and girls was a fool’s
errand.
Where Days Are Short
North cape, at the extreme north oi
Norway, is within the Arctic circle,
and at that point the sun does not rise
for two months in midwinter—that is
to say, there is continuous night frona
November 20 to January 23. On these
two days the sun barely shows its up-
per edge above the horizon. Sunset
almost immediately follows sunrise,
and these therefore are the shortest
days at North cape.
Aborigines’ Tobacco
Australian bushmen show great dis-
crimination in their smoking and are
adept at “curing” wild tobacco. The
leaves of this plant resemble those of
tobacco plants, but are smaller. The
leaf gives off a nicotine oil, is pleasant
to the taste, and burns well. After
leaf 1« gathered it is allowed to
wilt but not dry. In the fermenta-
tion process damp sacks are thrown
over the leaves in a warm and shady
place for about a week. Then follows
the drying in some airy place until the
leaf shows a leathery texture. The
mildribs and stalks are now removed
and the leaf is arranged in layers and
sprinkled with heated treacle, rum.
and, if possible, a little saltpeter. The
whole is then packed in a box and
pressed until the curing is complete.
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Then
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is for the month of class who made the highest record.
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TEX DEUTSCHBURG SCHOOL
CHILDREN WIN $200 PRIZE !and TonY Johs
The milk was furnished the school
at wholesale price by the Curtis-Sis-
| son Grocery Co. Mrs. Best had as
her assistant Miss Elizabeth Drake of
1 Edna, and they both are employed J
for the next term.—Palacios Beacon.
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The lumber industry represents in-
l vestments totaling $12,000,000,000, it
! employs 800,000 persons and indirect-
ly about 1,000,000, and its annual out-
. put has a value of more than $3,000,-
i 000,000. Annually through destruc-
| tion of forests by fires left by care-
; less campers or smokers, it and the
' nation are subjected to timber losses
j which aggregate millions of dollars.
Carl Perry of San Antonio is in
normal, she j the city visiting Glennon Moore.
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Tribune Want Ads bring huotness.
Ingenuity Displayed by
Spider Repairing Web
On the porch of a mountain cottage
in Pennsylvania a tiny spider was
Been to repair her web in a very in-
teresting manner. The web, except
for the threads that spread radially
from the center, was torn and weath-
erbeaten ; the spokes, so to speak,
were intact and tightly stretched.
Starting at the center, the spider ran
outward along a radial thread, sweep-
ing it clear of the cross threads,
breaking them and collecting the frag-
ments until she had a tiny bundle.
That she would roll up with her claws
and toss out into the air to drop to
the ground as waste material. Appar-
ently the gummed points of intersec-
tion of threads she softened quickly
by fluid from the mouth, for she
stripped the spoke perfectly clean.
(The observer found later that he
could not strip a spoke of cross
threads by sliding a split twig along
It)
Returning to the center along the
stripped spoke, the spider would free
the adjoining spoke, pausing now and
then to throw away her tiny ball of
waste. Having reduced her web to
spokes only, she proceeded to replace
the part of the web that she had
cleared away, spinning anew the
threads that were to stretch from
spoke to spoke.
Such a striking example of economy
of time, material and labor was a de-
light to see.—Youth’s Companion.
Too Many Have Wrong
Theory of Happiness
Happiness was not the direct ob-
ject of a stoic’s life. There is no rule
of life contained in the precept that
a man should pursue his own happi-
ness. Many men think that they are
seeking happiness when they are only
seeking the gratification of some par-
ticular passion, the strongest that
they have, was the contention of Mar-
cus Aurelius. The end of a man is,
as already explained, to live conform-
ably to nature, and he will thus obtain
happiness, tranquillity of mind and
contentment. As a means of living
conformably to nature he must study
the four chief virtues, each of which
has its proper sphere: wisdom, or the
knowledge of good and evil; justice,
or the giving to every man his due;
fortitude, or the enduring of labor and
pain, and temperance, which is mod-
eration in all things. By thus living
conformably to nature the stoic ob-
tained all that he wished or expected.
His reward was in his virtuous life,
and he was satisfied with that.
Greek poet long ago wrote:
For virtue only of all human things
Takes her reward not from the rewards
of others.
Virtue herself rewards the toils of
virtue.
Evans in the Margin of Music. Then
one might take the melodies which
have given as much happiness to a
more restricted circle, and add a list
of terms the use of which was to be
recommended only when the presence
of that audience could be counted
upon.
The composer who travels beyond
these accepted glossaries will always
be pronounced unmelodlous until the •
new aural habits have taken root. So;
far as the best "advanced” music is
concerned, it is melodious to those
who know it intimately, and whose
ear is capable of acquiring new habits,
and It is unmelodlous to those who
either do not know it or do not want
their habits disturbed.
When they entered the contest it, WV *11 —11 1 —
1 BLUE STAR REMEDY on a guar-
win, the prize would be divided ! J* mill nofafain ynnr clnthincr
equally among the ten, land this now hkg g pleasant, odor.
means that each of the ten contest- j MATAGORDA PHARMACY
I ants
I $20.
The following report of the Bay , given to
Library I
I and this one goes to Selma Schmidt,!
but Mrs. Best had not learned just'
I what this prize was.
i The Deutschburg class winning
; this prize is composed of the follow-
ing boys and girls: Selma and Her-
dman Schmidt, Jesse Jones, Haywood
I and C. D. Henderson, Jewel Hunni-
cutt, Louise and Annie Hurta, Joe
iMrs Harry W. Best, who was one .
of the teachers of Deutschburg school '
the past term, was in Palacios Wed-
nesday morning very much elated as
she had just received a special de- i
livery letter from the Borden Milk I
Co., containing a $200 cash prize for
the Deutschburg school.
Soon after the first of the year the
Borden Milk Co. offered a prize of
$200 to each of the ten schools in i
the United States making the best J
health record, and among other re-
quirements contestants were to drink
a glass of Eagle Brand milk each
day for twelve weeks. As a number
of Mrs. Best’s pupils were under
nourished and below
„ thought the effort worth while, even
Reverting to the elementary aspect' though no prize were won, and she
of the question, I believe that if one j entered a class of ten children. The
were to collect as many as possible record they made was all thlat could
of the melodies which have given the, be desired. Out ,of the ten ,all are
greatest happiness to the greatest I -xx. x-u
numbers, it would be feasible to com-
pile from them a glossary of melodic option of one, and he has a good
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Smith, Carey. The Matagorda County Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, July 24, 1925, newspaper, July 24, 1925; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1304265/m1/3/: accessed July 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Matagorda County Museum & Bay City Public Library.