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BAY CITY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1925.
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—Palacios Beacon.
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ED. CASTLETON PROMOTED.
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BUILDING AND LOAN ASS’N
IS GRANTED CHARTER
ANNUAL DISTRICT
TRUSTEES MEETING
Texas; Mrs. H.
Street, Houston,
San Antonio, Texas, Aug. 21.—Elec-
tion on a proposed $7,000,000 bond
issue to finance the huge irrigation
system to be built in LaSalle County
will be called within 30 days, accord-
ing to Tax Assessor B. Widenthal of
LaSalle, here this week. Preliminary
survey has been made, $75,000 in
bonds having been voted previously
for that.
Mr. Widenthal said the proposed
da msite was three miles west of Co-
tulla, on the Nueces River. The dam
will be about two miles long SO feet
high. All of LaSalle County is in-
cluded in the irrigation district. More
than 100,000 acres can be irrigated
under the project when completed, it
was said. When the system is built
the section will turn more to produc-
tion of truck and citrus fruits, ac-
cording to Mr. Widenthal.
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GOVERNMENT REPORT.
Plans for the seventh annual re-
union of the veterans of the 90th Di-
vision have been completed. The 1925
meeting will be held in Fort Worth,
Texas, September 2 to 4. The 90th
Division was composed chiefly of men
from Texas and Oklahoma. It was
selected as one of the divisions of
the army of occupation because of
its distinguished service in the World
War.
It is estimated that fully 10,000 vet-
erans will attend this reunion. The
former Commanding Generals Henry
T. Allen and J. P. (Patsy) O’Neil are
expected to be in attendance.
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LARGE CROWD HEARS
EL CAMPO BAND
IN MEMORY OF
MRS. SUSIE COURTNEY
ATTENTION,
TEACHERS
To All County Superintendents:
Due to confusion caused by an-
nouncements from this office concern-
ing the. dates of county examinations
for August, and a general demand for
another opportunity for building un-
der the old certificate law, I am au-
thorizing a special examination to be
given to builders under the old law
on Saturday, August 29. You will be
expected to give these examinations to
every builder applying, and to waiver
registration requirements.
In order that as many as possible
may hear of the examinations and
avail themselves thereof, you are re-
quested to announce the examina-
tions on as many opportunities as you
may have. The questions will reach
you in a few days, and you are re-
quested to follow the schedule, which
will accompany it. Examinations
should be conducted in the same man-
ner as other authorized examinations,
and the papers sent to this office as
soon as possible after the examina-
tions are" over. Bear in mind that
these examinations will not be open
to applicants for the elementary and
high school certificates of the second
class.
Yours very sincerely,
(Signed) S. M. N. MARRS,
State Superintendent.
Ed Castleton, son of Mr. and Mrs. trict, formed under the same laws
T. H. Castleton who has been con-
nected with the Miami Steamship Co.,
of New York and Miami, Florida, has
been promoted to the position of as-
sistant secretary-treasurer of the com-
pany with headquarters in New York
City.
Immediately after his marriage to
Miss Louise Mayfield, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. S. Mayfield, also of this
city, Ed. went to Miami and entered
the employment of the company. Soon
thereafter he was transferred to New
York, and now comes the news that
he has climbed to the office of assist-
ant secretary-treasurer of the com-
pany, a million-dollar concern.
His many friends will be glad
hear of the promotion.
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’ Potash, in great quantities,
been discovered in Texas.
A cigar factory where some of the
best and leading brands of 5-cent
cigars on the market are manufac-
tured, is the latest enterprise for Pala-
cios, the Encampment City.
Mr. F. H. Nuttieman, formerly of
Westhoff, attended one of the five big
encampments that have been held in
this city this summer, fell in love
with its beauty and climate, took
note of the thousands of tourists com-
ing here, and at once decided that a
summer resort of such magnitude as
this would be a mighty fine location
for his cigar factory, so he went back
home and made arrangements to move
his family and factory here.
His factory is now located in the
north part of town and his force is
kept busy every day manufacturing
“Metropole,” “Little Commerce” and
“Little Havana” cigars, and judging
by the way smokers are taking to
these brands, they may soon become
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Glen Frank, newly appointed pres- into England, have driven the native
ident of the University of Wisconsin, ■ British red squirrel from the parks,
is said to be the youngest university ; In America the red squirrel is con-
president in the United States. ' sidered the best fighter of the two.
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Mrs. Susie Perkins Courtney passed
away in the early morning hours of
August 18, 1925, at the home of hei’
daughter in Gulf, Texas. She had al-
most reached her eighty-fourth birth-
day.
Mrs. Courtney’s girlhood days were
happily spent in Mississippi and Ten-
nessee. During the Civil War she
came to Texas with her father, and
her later life was spent in Angelina
County, Texas.
Mrs. Courtney had lived a long, use-
ful and consistent life; from her early
days she was a member of the M. E.
Church, South. Her last hours were
quiet and peaceful, and we look for-
ward to a happy reunion with her in
the heavenly home.
The last rites were
Fogle-West undertaking
Bay City, Texas, Aug. 25, 1925.
Open Letter of the Citizens of Mata-
gorda County:
If you are interested in the welfare
of Matagorda County, or not, we want
you to know the facts regarding the
Colorado River project. Much has
PALACIOS ENTERPRISE been said about what should be done
with the river, and how it should be
done, regardless of consequences, but
nothing has yet been submitted or
proposed to carry out the purpose for
which the “tax release bill was pass-
ed; but to the contrary, if the raft
should be removed and a channel as
proposed by Wharton County should
be dug without at least an attempt to
work out a program of combined
flood relief and ordinary flow water
conservation, it would tend to defeat
the very purpose for which the bill
was passed, and undo everything the
people worked so hard to procure.
The bill remitting our taxes for 25
years was passed so that we would
be enabled to create a conservation
and reclamation) district. All over
the country conservation districts are
being formed, and people are spend-
ing great sums of money to build
dams in rivers and streams so as to
conserve waters; but it seems to be
the purpose of some people to wish
as nationally well known as coca cola, to destroy a natural conservation sys-
tem and make no provision for con-
serving the waters for our crops. The
commissioners of the Wharton County
Conservation and Reclamation Dis-
as
the Matagorda County district, stated
in meeting at Bay City on August 3,
that the channel they propose to dig
(200 feet wide at top, 125 feet wide
at bottom, and 20 feet deep) is not
expected to take care of the flood
waters, and that even though the
channel is opened to such extent they
would no doubt still have overflows,
but that such a channel as they pro-
pose would drain the waters from the
lake or reservoir above the head of
the raft.
The law releasing Wharton County
and a part of Matagorda County from
the payment to the state the taxes in
said counties was, as stated in the
emergency clause of said bill, so as
to make said counties “productive of
revenue to the State of Texas, in suc-
ceeding years.” We ask you, will the
destruction of the rice industry in
Advertise consistently.
Advertise regularly.
Tell the truth and back your
statements with the goods.
Spend a certain percentage
of your gross receipts in ad-
vertising.
Take time to prepare your
ads as they should be, being
careful that they are written
in plain language and not over
the heads of those who will
read them.
Keep your stock moving and
your odds and ends cleaned up
by advertising.
Get close to the home town
paper and stay there. Success
will crown your efforts.
ed this law if those who were in Aus-
tin at that time had told the members
of the legislature that it was our in-
tention to destroy our rice industry,
and thereby reduce the taxable values
in Matagorda County, and especially
Bay City? If the irrigation company
ceases to operate do you think
would render its canals and
erties at the same values as
operated; and without our rice farm-
ing do you think our mills and ware-
houses would be of as much value?
To whom does our local machinery
and oil salesmen sell tractors, sepa-
rators, binders, oil and gas, etc? Does
the mechanic do his business with
the farmer of Matagorda County or
people of some other county? To
whom does the merchant in Bay City
sell his goods?
The day before this tax release bill
was to come up for vote in the House
of Representatives a conference was
had between a committee from Whar-
ton County, a committee from Mata-
gorda County, and one of the owners
of the irrigation company and the at-
torney for the irrigation company, at
which meeting it was fully understood
and agreed by all present that if the
irrigation company would not oppose
the passage of the bill the counties
would not destroy the gravity irriga-
tion system, and our rice industry;
and upon such understanding the irri-
gation company took no action against
the measure, being assured we would
carry out our agreement; whereas the
irrigation company would have been
able to defeat the bill easily as it
only passed by one vote. Then again,
when the matter was voted upon in
the Matagorda County district the
irrigation company did not oppose
the issuance of bonds, being assured
we would carry out the agreement
made with them a few days before
the election that we would not de-
stroy the gravity irrigation system,
and at that time, reiving upon the
agreements with the Wharton County
and Matagorda County neople, issued
a statement in the local press urging
sunport of the bond issue. Should we,
or not, carry out our agreements—or
shall we say that they are only
“scraps of paper?”
We are reliably informed by yier-
sons who have discussed this matter
with residents of Wharton County,
and also from reading the issue of
the Wharton Spectator of date Friday,
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The government report
possible cotton crop of
places the crop at 13,990,000 bales.
There have been ginned 577,921 bales
and the general condition of the crop
is placed at 62 per cent of normal.
Saturday with both arms severed and
brought to Bay City where he died has
been identified as J. W. Carter, a
of the point of contact established be-
C.' tween the state, the county, and the
local administrative officers, which
can not fail to bring about worth-
while results to all concerned.
The members of the local board of
trustees of Bay City Independent Dis-
trict are invited to be present during
the session and meet the representa-
tive from the state department.
MRS. CLAIRE F. POLLARD,
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WINDSTORM INJURES RICE.
The Bay City Building and Loan
Association was granted a charter
last Friday by the secretary of state
and is now ready to begin active bus-
iness operations. Members desiring
l^ans may secure application blanks
the secretary of the Chamber of
Commerce. Thus is launched another
enterprise that is destined to play an
important part in the development of
Bay City. The Chamber of Commerce
is to be congratulated upon the effi-
cient manner in which it has brought
this organization into being.
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Advertise—it will pay you.
The City Council of Bay City, Texas,
met in regular session on August 20,
1925, with Mayor Thompson presiding
and the following aidermen present:
W. H. Poole, Geo. E. Serrill, Carl
Bachman and Paris Smith; City Attor-
ney Chas. V. Yeamans, Bub Smith of
the waterworks department, Street
and Bridge Commissioner W. M.
Belcher, Tax Assessor and Collector
Ed. C. Anderson and City Secretary
and Treasurer P. G. Secrest.
The minutes of the meeting of Au-
gust 6, 1925, were read and approved.
Mayor Thompson reported the fire
plugs to be used on new cast iron
mains now being laid had arrived and
were being installed.
An ordinance extending the expira-
tion date of the gas franchise given
W. C. Sparks of Sinton, Texas, to Jan-
uary 1, 1926, was presented and
adopted.
Council entered into contract with
the Texas Electric and Ice Company
to supply city with electric power for
a period of seven years at 3 1-2 cents
per kilowatt.
An application for permit to con-
struct an iron awning or shed on
west side of building and over side-
walk located on lot No. 24, block No.
119, signed by A. Harris, was pre-
sented to the council and permit was
granted. I
A board of equalization composed of i
Ira T. Anderson, E. O. Taulbee and F.
A. Verser was appointed by Mayor
Thompson and the action ratified by
council.
There being no further business,
the council adjourned.
P. G. SECREST,
City Secretary-Treasurer.
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50TH DIVISION VETERANS
TO HOLD 7TH REUNION
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cigar factory latest
The windstorm Saturday night
struck the big plantation of E. W.
Turner and laid low about 250 acres
of rice in a 1000-acre tract about
ready to cut.
Mr. Turner informs The Tribune
that he will put 100 Mexicans at work
with reap hooks in order to salvage
was brought to Bay City and died , this crop.
about the time of arrival in the city.
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HOME IN CROSBYTOWN; SONS
IDENTIFY CORPSE AND
TAKE CHARGE.
THOSE BUILDING UNDER OLD
LAW TO HAVE ANOTHER
EXAMINATION.
WORK OF INSTALLING PLANT
WILL BEGIN IMME-
DIATELY.
A large audience was present at
the bandstand here when the El
Campo band came over to entertain
the people of Bay City with a con-
cert. This band, directed by Tony
Martino, is one of the best in the
state and it is always a treat to hear
them play.
After the concert
were escorted to the home of Z. W.
DeLano, where barbecued chicken had
been prepared and served on the lawn.
The credit for the band concert is
due Z. W. DeLano, Stanley Gillette
and Bob Benge, who play with the
El Campo band and were instrumen-
tal in getting it to come over for the
evening.
Representatives of the Hope En-
gineering and Supply Company, which
has the contract for the construc-
tion of the Houston Gulf Gas Com-
pany’s natural gas line from the Re-
fugio gas field in Refugio County to
Houston, are in the city making prep-
arations for beginning work the first
week in September.
W. L. Moody, III, of Galveston, a
director of the Houston Gulf Gas
company announced Wednesday that
he had been advised by the Youngs-
town Sheet and Tube Company of
Youngstown, Ohio, which is manu-
facturing the pipe for the line, that
shipments would begin the latter part
of next week.—Houston Post-Dispatch.
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TO HOLD ELECTION FOR
BIG IRRIGATION PROJECT
prominent and well-to-do citizen
Crosbytown, by his two sons, R.
Carter, mayor of that place, and
M. Carter, a business man.
When found Mr. Carter was identi-
fied as a Mason by a lodge emblem he
was wearing and local Masons took
up the search for relatives. A piece ;
of letter was found on his person and .
by that means the local fraternity was '
not long in locating relatives. The
sons will return to Crosbytown with
the remains this afternoon.
No explanation as to how the acci-
dent occurred can be given. Evident-
ly the unfortunate man in some way
fell from the Houston-bound train last
Saturday morning and fell under the
wheels in such a way as to sever both
arms. The body, still alive was found
at 1 o’clock Saturday afternoon, but
the man was too far gone to talk. He
held at the
chapel .in
Houston, where Bro. Melbert of the
McAshan Methodist Church officiated.
Interment took place in Hollywood
Cemetery in Houston.
Mrs. Courtney leaves the following
children, besides! numbers of other
relatives: C. P. Chee, Austin Street,
Houston, Texas; E. S. Stone, 1820,
Austin Street, Houston, Texas; Mrs.
N. Standley, Freeport, Texas; Mrs. H.
C. Crawford, Gulf. Texas; O. J. Court-
Huntington, Texas; Mrs.
914 Meek
A long step in the march of prog-
ress of Bay City was taken: last night,
when the City Council granted an ex-
tension of time on the franchise pre-
viously given W. C. Sparks, of Sinton,
for gas privileges in the City of Bay
City until January 1, 1926.
This extension does not mean, that
Bay City will be without gas until
then, for Mr. Doney, a representative-
of the Sparks company, informed the-
council that work of installing the
system in Bay City would begin at
once.
It is understood that the gas com-
pany has purchased the Texas Com-
pany’s oil pipe line from the Mark-
ham fields to Bay City and as this
line is already in and will serve all:
gas purposes, a lot of work and red
tape has been disposed of, giving the
company the opportunity of starting
the work of putting in the system in
the town at a very early period, per-
haps starting within the next 30
days.
At the council meeting last night
both maximum and minimum rates
were agred upon and set. This rate
is said to be cheaper than Houston’s
and the gas obtained in the Markham
fields is said to have twice the heat-
ing value that the manufactured gas
in Houston has.
It is impossible, to conceive of any-
thing that might be done which would
mean more to Bay City than this. It
means that we, over night, as it were,
stepped into the city class; that prop-
erty values will increase and become
stabilized; that cheap and dependable
fuel will be had for home, office and
industry and that the time for more
enterprises has arrived .
This paper today carries the ordi-
nance governing the gas franchise
and the operation of the company
which will prove good reading for ev-
ery citizen interested in the develop-
ment of the city.
TO OUR COUNTY, OUR W2SDLE COUNTY, AND EVERY SECTION OF OUR COUNTY. TO OUR PRIDE IN ITS PAST AND OUR HOPE FOR IT S FUTURE, ADD VIGOROUS
. • “THERE IS NOTHING TOO GOOD FOR- OUR FRIENDS”
Monday, August 31, 2. p. m., has
been designated by the county board
for the annual meeting of the district
trustees of Matagorda County. The
purpose of this meeting is two fold.
First, that the county board and the
various district boards may come in
touch with one another and may thus
acquire at first hand knowledge of
conditions and problems in each dis-
trict and may possibjy arrive at a
solution of these problems.
The man found on the Gulf Coast! Second, a representative of the
Lines’ right-of-way near Buckeye last' state department will be present to
instruct the local trustees in matters
pertaining to local administration.
We might add as a third to these,
Matagorda County be “productive of August 14, 1925, that it is the inten-
revenue to the state?” Do you think tion of the Wharton County Conser-
that the legislature would have pass-, vation and Reclamation District to
totally repudiate and disregard the
agreement had in Austin, as mention-
ed above, and to clean out the raft
from the river irrespective of what
benefits may be derived, and regard-
less of the injury done to Matagorda
County, and without any attempt at
solving the problem of combined flood
relief and water conservation, and
that they object to the employment of
engineering skill for devising ways
and means of its accomplishment;
that they propose to do this work in
Matagorda County without our con-
sent or permission, and without any
assurance that they will complete the
work to any given point or in any
particular manner; that they propose
to stop their work at any point they
desire; that they will not agree to
submit the matter to a competent en-
gineer; that they will oppose the
erection and construction of a dam
in the river to conserve the waters un-
less we (Matagorda County) will
agree to make a BOND payable to
them (Wharton County) for such
amount as Wharton County might
claim to be damaged should an over-
flow occur; and also would oppose
any dam, or lock, in the river unless
it be located above the mouth of Blue
Creek (which creek drains the El
Campo section); and that unless we
agree to all conditions they dictate
they will not permit us to erect a
levee to protect our lands, even
though the law provides that one of
its purposes is the “BUILDING OF
LEVEES.” From the position taken
by Wharton County it seems they not
only want to destroy our chief indus-
try, but to “dump” all the water pos-
sible onto Matagorda County without
making any provision to take it off;
and to oppose the very purpose for
which the State of Texas granted us
the release of taxes.
A portion of the citizenship and
taxpayers of Matagorda County Con-
servation and Reclamation District
now is, and will, for years to come,
pay taxes on bond issues totalling
over $400,000, which money has been
used in protecting our farms and
cities from -the ravages of the Colo-
rado River overflows. As far as the
particular portion of the Matagorda
County Conservation and Reclamation
District covered by said bond issues
is concerned, the solution has prac-
tically been solved by the building of
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