The Matagorda County Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, January 17, 1919 Page: 4 of 8
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It Im non
We, iu America ,do not
at the clo.s? of business on Dec. 31, 1918
• Hay City, in the State of Texas
person or
Hit* keeps on with many <
. . . . $.'5 OOu 00
One Year
deposits (par value 50 000 00
THE DAILY TRIBUNE
100 000 00
. ...$28 050 00
04 218 14
have
17 725 17
lx.
4 753 75
id.
28 790 8.)
Total. .
$1 190 597 82
Liabilities.
I
iivi ruv I. ..
31 575 71
823 202 68
•13 840 05
42.
similar
40.
50 000 ')()
Total
$1 190 597 82
The country wants no
5197. Rev. Stat.I was none
The number of such loans
4,
Correct
Attest:
I
a
is
get down to stern business.
a
is not a town in Texas more
point of Bcientiifc perfection;
ten thousand ballots.
people
ex-
the
next
*•
_________________________________________,
where
here.
Oom Year..
Six Mouths
81 Itsi 1111*1 H»\ It 8 I KN.
WEEKLY
tire
give satisfaction under
control is only one case,
example of the point to
Owing to the cutting down of crews,
pulling off trains, lowering conduc-
brakestnen and taking off of
It is one tiling to live in a town fot j
mere purpose of gaining a liveli-l
but, indeed, quite another to
M. Thompson.
D. P. Moore,
N. M. Vogelsang, Directors.
hurry. 1
and that mightily
County, has been elected presi- ’
Can It be ’
old
I be
as he got on the
t man.
Report of condition of
The First National Bank
$562 271 72
22 986 80
our ej
ing
them open.
I and
1 Step
must
I------—I
i Seat. J
5 055 02
3 750 00
13 750 00
5 000 00
8 975 00
39 555 77
312 514 93
I
/
UR
It right at us?
Home day.
We might,
with good
Americans tluin
to acknowledge,
was positive and 'all
positive man; he hated strayed. much progress
are asking for a
Take ’em to
sh the dishes
Of thi' total lo ins and discounts shown above. (lie amount on which interest
and discount was charged at rates in excess of those permitted by law (See.
5197, Rev Stat.) was none The number of such loans was none.
■n-.......-......>■
j l°b.
for
From San Antonio comes the news
successfully as Holland has here-1 that the women are paying their poll
> successfully fought back the taxes very slowly and manifesting no
by which she is surrounded.! interest whatever in polities. Texas
$190 000 00
50 900 Oik i
294 4'5
5 032 28
24 200 00
Entered a< the I’ostoflii e at Hay City, Texas, as second class mall matter
under Act of < ongress. March 3, 1879.
upon the character or standing of an
ie readily and willingly corrected upon Its being
ibilshers.
The Russians
at the peace table
j kitchen and let them w
4 00 i
$2 00
14 272 69
380 00
39 739 93
5 000 00
UH,
bear th**
Hexa
of a
Doth the democrats and republicans
are making it interesting for the gov-
ernment ownership socialists and
seem determined to have things placed
back where they belong witli their
If the government, or that is
' y succeed in putting
The W<st Columbia oil field,
er there in Brazoria County.
f course, the
now than if
and get him
through trying ordeals when every
resource fails. Common sense
better may have more enemies than anything;
open else, but then tliere is a groat major-1
ity of the people who find in it a great !
for
Let us all get
town building
the land.
a
a livelihood; here it is
quick man's fight.
If Paderewski had sheared a bag or
two of that wool from his dome that
would-be assassin would not have
known hitn from any other Pole and
of course would not have pott’d him.
Long hair might go all right with
State of Texas, County of Matagorda.
I, .1. C. Lewis, cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that
the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
J. C. Lewis, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me tills 9th div if .1 niniry. 1919
Edwin Zedler. Notary Public.
Late reports do not indicate that tin
authorities at Engle Lake have appre-
hended the ones who broke into a
liquor car New Year's night and mail,
away with 30 cases of boo-re. it I p<
sible, by this time, that the booze h.i
been done away with and i.> therefore
beyond the reach of th sirm o-m of
tho law
million 'foliar bunk in
\t the end
we will have two.
coming strong
the
try.
not popului
ties and is
some day
country is becoming largely central-
ized and realize that the centralisa-
tion of power is inimical to a demo-
cratic form of government. The fail-
of the roads to make good or to
government
but a fair
which cen-
cross-roads tralized power will lead us.
collector of
iptnen out
ifof 25.009
Good for the
of San Antonio and Bexar
let them continue in this way
good of our State and homes.
terms
"Y” was not the only money j
min him* (if it is I rue t hut n
We hope the legislature will not
waste any time on that new constitu-
tion.
it is bad enough to play with
will bo months before a solution can fire. put this is no time to play with
Whether Ger-, water. What has happened one time
' can happen again, so let us do all we
can and as fast as wo can to get that
shape, so
a real protection to
our property and the future prosper-
our prosperous
bids
fair to become the largest oil field in of which lie would have the railroad
this section of Texas,
they have struck at
comes on
will be found
ity
not know what fear was
of his outspoken ways quite u lol oi ] “ ‘
the world misunderstood him, while complishcd
some of the others spoke ill of
through sheer prejudices
he is
great
quets
given
cent bonds of the fourth liberty loan owned 35 568 14—
Bunds, securities, etc. u-tbir Hum I'. S.l:
<• Securities other titan V S bonds (not including stock*)
owned unpledged
Stock of federal reserve bunk (50 per <eut of subscription)
a Value of banking house, owned and unincumbered
Furniture and fixtures...,
Rial estate owned other than banking bouse
Lawful reserve with federal reserve bank
Cash in vault and mt amounts due from national banks...
Net amount.; due from banks, bankers and trust companies
other than included in items 13. 14 or 15
Checks on other bank- in the same city or town us ieport-
ing bank (other than item 1.7)
Total of items 14. 15. 16 17 and 18....
According to the tax .-
County, only seven'
total voting strengtl^of 2§,000
■ have 'paid their poll tax.
women
County
for the
R .i < a pig. plant a garden and go A
M far as you cun to keep a lot o.
good money at home.
1 250 00
63
Any erroneous leflectmn
business cometu will
brought to the itt‘ lift tt of the
The paper will be . >,|idii< t>-d upon the hiclust possible plane of legit.mate
newspapei ouioii
Is the only party tlp'y. them-
selves, are fighting' Consistency
doesn't seem to weigh much witli of-
Whut is there fil ial War.liin 'ton
for fifty years.
tell you something would bo doing up
that way as soon
We know t!
....$334 993 85
Checks on bunks located outside of city or town if report-
ing bank and other cash items
Redemption fund with V. S Treasurer ..nd due ir'iin I'. S.
Treasury .
War saving < < rftfficate and thrift stamps actually owned
About ninety p< t
ticians art
place
start. Get back to the base, gentle-
men, and begin all over again Then
Red.” what i' there that could do it?’stay right!
What the matter with the old world
anyway? In the midst of peace ne-
gotiations we are at war in many
places Germany is leading the van
with Argentina bringing up the rear
Revolution, rev-
la it
taste of war. murder, in its present condition, has been
| old one.
Senator .1. .T. Strickland, of Andcr-] use(|, hut
son County, has been elected presi- stances,
dent of tho State senate.
that this is the same Senator Strlckly
who. in a speech last year, shook his
mighty mane anti roared "to hell with
the constitution?
Capital stock paid in...
Surplus fund ...
a Undivided profits
\mor.nt re-:' rved for lax'
Circulating notes outstanding
Net amounts duo to banks, banker.- and trust companies
(other than included in items 31 or 32)
Total of items 32 and 33 $31 575 71
Ih imiml deposits (other tiiiin bank deposits) subject t-i Re-
serve (deposit.- payable within .".0 days):
Individual deposits subject to check. .... ..............
Certificates of deposit due in less than 39 days (other than
for money borrowed)
Certified checks
Cashier’s checks outstanding
Dividends unpaid
Total of demand deposits (other than bank
deposits) subject to reserve, items 31. 35,
36. 37. 38. 39. 10 and 41 $882 655 30
lime deposits subject to rest me (payable after 39 day- ..r
subject to 39 days or more notice, and postal savings:
Certificates of deposit (other than for money borrowed)..
Total of time deposits subject to reserve,
items 12. 13, II and 45 $i : 8lo 05
I nited States deposits (other than posiai savings)
a War loan deposit account .
cent of the poll
floundering at sea with no
to go and don't know how to
Get back to the base
His] keeps on with many of the things it isl
men'doing, there will bo much inlative de
* ruined and I
he loved the | busines ambition will become demor-i
he alized. Give the government back to
| the people'and business enterprlsesi
buck to their owners, the men who!
have spent their fortunes and a life)
time of energy to perfect their plans
Secretary McAdoo's claim thut th®
people have a rigid to have govern-
ment control of Hie railroads lot five
sears Is no doubt true, but if Mr M<
Ydoo thinks they want it. why not
see to it thut u general election is held
in order to determine It?
with all candor, as well a
as
it
us
see
to own the moon or take hold of a red
hot poker .No one doubts or ques
lions the people’s riglds
tion is, do they
right to?
so cock-sure
< .sts a ill be
control or
or any other public utility, wl
propose submitting it
will continue
j a nd grow
n. I city must
thi. soldier boys, the organization)
walked ru'f with tlie profits i'"‘
It is to be hoped that
i- inis same laudable lack of interest
i* | will prevail all over the State.
I piano playing but it's not worth two
| whoops when an attempt to mix it up
Employing the time-honored phrase, with a presidency Is concerned.
"safety first.” is it possible that we are
bringing our soldiers home too soon
or too fast?
there is
Now that but
gone, all people hail him as a lost in an attempt to
man; and, of course, the bou-
are better now than if not
at all president or congress again for twen
' ty -five years.
or| if the tone of the press counts
I much, ths brand of socialism which
I has sprung uu in official Washington
eat j is not spreading last. The ireopln are
the | not ready to "reach out, take and dl-
vldi - not just yet anyway
industrial as well
progress, what can
facts should induce
pinch ourselves.
Resources.
I . S. bontV* (ether tluin 1 itierty Bends, but In-
cluding I. S. certJilcutes of indebtedness t
a Loans ami <ii.-count . including rediscounts (except those
shown iu z and
Overdrafts, secured. $1,396.38; unsecured, $21.590.42
a 1 S. bonds deposited tu secure circulation
(par value) $-5 OOu 00
b I’ S bonds and certificates of indebtedness
pledged to secure L. S
f I . S bonds and certificates of indebtedness
owned and unpledged 25 000 00—
Liberty lean bonds:
;i Uberty loan bonds, 3 1-2. I and 4 l-l per cent
uupledged . 01'
a Payments actually made on liberty I 1-4 per
guard of dissension.
olutlon .revolution, everywhere.
because the
crime, blood was sweet
people not be tamed?
contented, mad! Indeed, the
conference has a great and all-ab-
nn Ha hnnrie. nnd it
An Euglisliman. the Prince of
Wales, is visiting the American army
in Germany! Cm you beat it? If
tliats’ not getttiH things "cosmopol-
possibly be arrived at.
many is seething for effect or wheth-
er tlie revolution is genuine no one
knows, but it is a certainty that it ex- levee back in first-class
ists Perhaps Germany considers it that it will be
cheaper to disconcert her nation and
to throw it in chaos than to obey the py of this section of
allies' demand But, then, how about county
Poland, Russia, the coming trouble
between Serbia and Italy, Argentina. I
Finland. Mexico, Chili and Peru?
Verily—"there shall be wars and ru-
mors of war."
t bt old pa rl (■- a altls|
wnership of anythin -
men of th<
Tlie National Cbam-
it. AU
enter-1
of c.. have)
Then, in '
Now that tho powa-epnf'!' »'e
gotten down to work, pcrliai-
ntli's vacation in Hol'snd uugi)1
to be dra vmg to a c loser
umma*
The manufacturing world looks for
.* wave of unprecedented prosperity
to follow a very brief period of re
adjustment, whatever that means. We
great many
Harry Warner ts giving us news
It looks as though that; f mm Austin that hti ■ teen hidden from
plenty of trouble ahead in! the public for fifty years. Didn't we
Europe, and that it will be mtmy year
all settled.
Just go ahead, boys, and con-
tinue to treat the old one with the
same utter disregard you have shown
it for the? past three nr four years and
you will find it easy enough to get
along without any at all. Did you not
all eiieer when one of your worthy
members shook his shaggy locks and
roared "to hell with the constitution?"
The
in need of a good hotel than Bay Citv. service all over
And there is not a place in Texas fact
one would pay better than ting
People arc1 coming here every
Neither of
government
None of tlie great businc
nation want ft
her of Commerce is against
manufacturing ami industrial
prises, through the N ('
gone on record against it
view of all tills, where is the ground
for pny agitation in favor of if The?
only outspoken champion government
ownership has is Hie socialist party
Ev> ry platform this party 1ms pro-
mulgated for years gives special at
tention to the idea. This being .(.to.
is it not peculiar, therefore, that those
high in authority in democratic ranks
should declare for government own-
ership when lite only party champlon-
arc afraid that a great many think ing it
and speak and write of readjustment
without so much as even comprehend
ing the meaning of it
to re-adjust? If business lias be
come stagnated any time', anywhere,
•sinei tlie am ended it is nows to us.
I’rices are as high or higher now on
everything that touches man's exist-
ence than they were at II o’clock a. in
1918, and there
them to go
Freight truffle H congested
son has the
wires, McAdoo Hie railroads and high
taxation all of us Burleson and Me
Adoo are trying their best to lurid on years
while high taxation Ims tlie c
grapple’ and cannot bi1 shook” loose
So where is there room for n -adjust-
ment or anything to re-udjust? Arc
things not just where tlie profiteer entirely upon conditions,
wants them'.’ It Is true tlie boys arc1 soon
coming back by the thousands, but our country will have to solve a se-
what of that? Did they not go over, riotts problem or change our immigra-
nnd did we not "c-urry on" just th'1 tion laws,
same? Most of them will slip back
into their old positions and tlie old
machinery will rattle on without the
slip of a cog. All that is needed for tors to
real re adjustment is for another old and experienced engineers on all
bumper c rop to be raised this year Hie railroads of the country, govern-
.ift'T which we will only remember inent ownership of railroads is receiv-
that thcri' was a war ing a "black eye in a new and un-
expected quarter. Tills burden added
to increased freight rates and poor
" —? the country plus the
that government control is put-
tin' roads deeper and deeper in
. debt, will soon begin to bear fruit for
day and eyery night who are unal'l ' the opposition to government control
or ownership. The people should
According to recent
banks, which have come
our exchanges.
MATAGORDA COUNTY TRIBUNE) -'t
By IKIIHM. 1‘HIYIING ((ttll’ANY, Ine.
CAREY SMITH, Editor
li< ity to Hie great volume of stuff
sent ns, for vve olisern'd Hi.it it dll
not bear the government frank mid
was. therefore, of mi Individua) or pri-
vate businv .■> nature Thousands of
dollar- worth of free advertising w<
1 ' given i limn while, in the language
U*1* Hu.» selitier tint’s. th*
is no
lower.
Burle- very
telephone and telegraph them to remain In a country
Reserve DiMrie^Mi. n
The re adjustment conference' just
held in Houston went on record as
opposed to government control or
ownership of railroads. In other
words there were no socialists pres-
ent. The conference recommended
that the roads be turned back to their
proper owners at once. This very
praiseworthy cry is being sent to
Washington from all parts of the
Union and. it is safe to say. it will
bear good fruit Whil*> the pence con-
ference is at work in France there
are other important conferences being
held at home, that our own coun-
try will be kept safe and in running
condition.
isli armies
like the idea of referring to Jny man
as un idol" it Is an un-Aitii rican
term and at least un-democratie, but owners. I
Col. Roosevelt was in id in much high i a few in authority
er esteem ity Americans than many over, their plans and the government
of us wanted to acknowledge His, keeps on with many of the things it i
character
I admire u positive man;
I pomp and affectations;
I people and was close to them ;
I loved nature and nil of nature's work-
ings, »as the embodiment of simpiic-
worshiper of the truth and did
On account]
‘ (that they might feel that they had ac-
----- ;c;;;~!i„!;. J .something worth while.!
him I Not only give these things back to them
reimburse them for the millions
. . run them under I
] government control if it is not done
; we need not expect another democratic! 19
tainty that that town will never get
very far along the road of prosperity
Holland is to reclaim the Zuder and greatness. A man of moderate
7a e. an inland ocean eighty-five miles means, who works conscientiously and
in length and from ten to forty in in earnest for his town is better for
width, and which has been a vexatious that town than any ten millionaires
problem for Holland since the 15th who have merely "dropped in” for
century. The work was begun in 191.". what they’ can make,
but was stopped by the war. It will and hold on to the
now be resumed. Immense sums of spirit,
money will be spent on the enter-1
prise, but the work will be done just .
as successfully as Holland has here-|
J ' * * • ** V , x 11 ®r 114 $1-1 tx lr f 1V 4 V
seas by which she is surrounded.! interest whatever in politics.
There they must make land for the! and Southern women should manifest
people; here we must get people for an interest in politics, but not to the
There farming is done on]extent of going to the polls and cast-
small scale and farming is done for Ing a ballot.
get-rich- this same laudable
In Holland farm-‘will prevail all over tho State. Home
ing has reached the highest possible is the real foundation of good govern-
here ment and when the woman has made
tho soils are so rich, so fertile and so that what it ought to be she will have
done more to “make the world safe
All of which makes us wonder for democracy" than she cun do with
why all of Europe that would be per-
mitted to come doesn't come on over
and go to work
reports of Now comes another correspondent
under our who informs us that Germany is not
the starving, which emphasizes, one more
) a time, that the world demand of the
condition peace conference less of the sob stuff
screws to
reports we have seen in some of make Germnay pay in full. When we
these counties there are fewer banks reach the contemptible and unnat-
with more than twice our population ural point of sympathizing with a na-
back of them and yet even they show tion of cutthroats who damaged the
up with not over half the real money world to an irreparable degree and
our bunks show. Does this not show stood by like a covey of buzzards
where the real prosperity of the coun waiting for victory that they might
try lies? If it is not an indication of make their destruction complete, we
I he general bent of commercial and think it time for the fool catcher to
agricultural come along and run in the whole
be’.’ These bunch. When a people begin to pol-
to begin to Bate and fraternize with a den of
for ourselves rattlesnakes there is a screw loose
who we are, and cause us to take a somewhere, which needs attention,
firm grip on our opportunities and Let Germany rustle for herself and
possibilities and got busy.
-----o—o-----
We cannot understand why so much
fuss is being made over a new consti-
i tution when everyone knows that but
| very few ever had any use for the
That is to say it was ne.ver
much abused In many in-
We
Bay City and almost two \t tin end Dr Frank Crane says tlie thing that
of tin- yeat "<■ will have two, witli has tin greatest number of enemies i |
Hie third one coming strong We can tlie world is Common Sense, i’erliaps
have the three and look for the time lie is correct, but this one thing witli
io eome when w<- hall have them the "greatest number of enemies"^
Tii"!' are many other things we. can stands one in stead oftener than any
have on Hie same broad scale, if w< combination oi
will otilv get up and hustle for it.
The growth of tin' banks are tlie re-
sult of
November 11.
prospect for
With the final settlement of disturb-
ing issues in Europe the people of that
war-torn country, as a niatter of self-
preservation, will turn their faces to-
ward the west and flock to the I'nite I
States as fast as transportation facil-
ities can accommodate them. At the
best, they have nothing to induct?
. . -----where
taxation and tribute will take all their
efforts can earn: and the next few
— { will find the United States so-
death vereiy taxed to take care of the flood
of immigration, not from one Euro-
pean country, but from all of them.
The beginning of the stream depends
It may come
late, but. it is on the way and
Tli<‘ Y. M C A. is getting nn airing
now through tlie press that is any-
thing lint good lor tlie "Y." The sol
dier iioys do not "coddle up" to tills
so vailed religious organization worth
shucks and waste no time in referring
to it in very uncomplimentary
Bui the
-•■nse. say Ihnt. Hie people have a right making
was siuli Ithat the iioys liud to go up!
against, but It will lie best to wait
all get Imine and let them
ii iu their own way. The Tri-
bune, however, has no apologies to of-
attitude toward these “war
\Ve wuitchi'd our mall
bad sores t
to what we
s, prompt action i -
requires now. Next
Senator Dorrough, of Bowie County.'
the only socialist member of tlie State! 37
senate so far to make himself known. I 19
just lias made for himself what he calls a|
"public utilities bill," under the. terms]
Surely thi- vein commission or some other State!
West Columbia agency control tho public utilities of
through our own county. It tlie State. If there arc enough demo-
some day and wh" erats left In Bowie County they ought
knows but that it will lie tapped right to kick Mr. Dorrough out the next
at us? The const country is yielding time he offers to servo his country
up its millions in oil and sulphur, but and force him to join the party he is
the surface of It all hadn't so much as training with.
been scratched. As the years go 011 socialism and yet there are those in
developments will lake place on larg- both State anil national affairs sitting
er scales. Hie territory broadened and up of niglits trying their utmost to put
additional millions extracted from tlie over rank socialistic theories con-
bowels of the earth. All about us stantly. Whither are we drifting?
now are these big tilings. The great-!--
est sulphur field In the world 20 miles
south of us, what promises to be the the
biggest oil field in South Texas just! hood.
to the east of us some miles and the ijve jn a town and, besides gaining a
Markham field 10 miles west of us. livelihood, do all you can to advance
Does it. therefore, not look reason- the interests of the town as well as
able that there is a good reason tor those of your fellow co-laborers.
to believe that we have plenty 01 Where a town is composed of no more
It will come to light than mere "living getters,” it is a cer- notice through
banks of Matagorda County show
better general financial
than any of the other counties whose and more pressing of the
of make Germnay pay in full.
reach
versatile that science is never con-
sulted.
to get accommodation. This urn? or ownership. The people should
work tor awhile, but it will soon grow open their eyes to the fact that our
old with th*' traveling public, at which
time it will begin to hurt our town
"Why go to Bay City." one traveling
man will say to another, "you will
have to sit up all night.” In this way
the news will spread and instead of
becoming known as a town able nntl
big enough to take cure of ull crowds
we will be classed as a
station Incapable of earing for any-1
one. The town can lie made tn lose1 Each day of delay
thousand- of good dollars every year levee is concerned
tn 'tills mi'liner as well as a
good reputation You imsiness
liut the ques- until they
want all they have a (^11
If tlie former secretary is
that tlie people's Inter-
served by government
oiinersliip ot tliv railroads mpj persistently refused to vix»- puli-
y does ijj.jty f,, (|1(. great volume of
he not propose submitting it to tli" H(.nl ns fOr tt(.
voters of the country' Surely if lie’s
-.o interested in the people, there cun
como no harm from this simple meth-
od and the question can l>e definitely
nettled. The fact ot t!:u bus:nc
that of Inti, too much authority
been assumed In certain quurtei
gardiess of the peoi'le or their wishes
and entirely too nun Ii don* without
unction of tlie voter* of the couti
Ttiis < ■ ntralizatlou of power i
with either of Hie old par
iKHind to come to an end
If our country is to go on
tyitli a few at the head of affairs who
presume end assume, then Hie dem-
ocracy our Iioys fought, bled and died
for is a fake pure mid simple. Give
tl:e people u < banco to say what they
want before saying tliey have a right
to it or anything else of a
character
Insofar as the
means just that
mtghtv much more danger to endure. It can
men rain torrents in Texas without a mo-
ought to begin to look into this im- merit's warning and who knows when it
portant matter and stir things in a will fall. It may be local or extend to
if you don't it's going to hurt the very head of tlie river, and once it
. doe# in sufficient quantity to put a big
, rise In the river, out will go the pres-
ent levee and In will come the water.
t repetition of 1913 and 1911 Then
It will be too late to mend and all we
< an do is to talk about what ought
to have lu'en done, which will cur'
no bad sores and will add only
pens* to what wo should do now. [before it i
Frk.nds. prompt action i what
wook
month ntuy be too late
combination oi tilings in Hie world,
and takes more people out of trouble 22
or troublesome places than all the
instant and health', growth "book larning” in existence. Au ounce]
lol tin- farmin.- life of our community of common sense (hoss sense in Tex J
whiili will continue to broaden out as) is wortli a pound of any other; “I.
ami grow bigeer all tin- time. Our kind, as badly despised as it is, and | 2.7
. i:y mu.-.: k. ep . t. )> witli Hie rural ran take one to place.-, and get hint
t\ e must have our com- through try inc ordeals when every
and cottonseed oil mills, better other
roads leading to the city and
els in Hie city. We must
to the growing and inereatt-
po--ibilitie. of Bay City and keep triend in times of stress and distress. ] ;t).
Tlie Iron is hot (red hot) ----- —------ i 35
if we don’t strike It is our ftiult
inisy and keep busy.
I
I
The rain of the jinsf two days shows
us how easy it is to rain when if once
gets started and how much it can
rain, it was continued weather of
this kind that carried Hie levee out
in 1913 and we must remember that
history can repeat itself. The levee,
1 con-
? Or can the denined by the drainage commissionAi
Restless, dis- These gentlemen have studied tU’e
thy peace matter closely, have warned the peo-
ple and know what they are talking
sorbing question on its hands, and it1 about.
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Smith, Carey. The Matagorda County Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, January 17, 1919, newspaper, January 17, 1919; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1346348/m1/4/: 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.