The Daily Tribune. (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, December 11, 1914 Page: 1 of 4
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Secretary of Husiuess League
and Secretary of Chamber
of Commerce.
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Bay City Bank & 1 ru£t Co.
We Want Your Business Guaranty Fund Bank
Bay City, Texas
BAY CITY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, DEI EMBER 11. 1914.
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Freeport, Texas, December 10. Do-
vid Flbankland. a teamster of Freeport,
discovered the body of a man of
I middle age on the beach at Quin-
tana late this afternoon. It Is sup-
posedly the body of William Pearl,
who was drowned In the Brazos Riv-
er here the night of December 1 In
trying to escape from a burning motor
boat.
Pearl was formerly of Galveston and
was a member of the longshoreman’s
inion at Texas City.
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Something cooked, something cook-
ing; something to be cooked. COOK
BOOKS telling how to cook, aprons
and many other helps In cooking at the
culinary booth of the Baptist ladles
bazaar at Stinnett’s cream parlor next
Tuesday December 16th. tf
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
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Sealed bids will be received by the
Commissioners Court of Matagorda
County, Texas, at Hay City until 10
r». m., December 10, 1911, for the con-
struction of two miles of road five
miles east of Bay City, being a por-
tion of the Matthews and Grapevine
Church roads. The amount of earth
to be moved is approximately 7,200
cubic yards.
Bidders are required to use the
itemized proposal sheets which mav
be had at the office of the engineer,
at whose office detailed plans and
specifications of the contract may be
seen. E. N. Gustafson,
Engineer in Charge Road Dist. No. 2.
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like to see the whole Coast Country
filled with any good settlers, and
Bay City, Texas
Capital and Surplus, $125,000.00
The following correspondence rela-
tive to the proposed settlement of
Belgians in the Coast Country, has
passed between Mr. Oscar Barber,
secretary of the Business League, and
Mr. Adolph Boldt, secretary of the
Houston Chamber of Commerce. As
it is self-explanatory, The Tribune
reproduces these letters without com-
ment.
Bay City,
Boldt, Esq., secretary Chamber
Commerce, Houston, Texas.
Sir: This is to acknowledge
thanks your valued favor of Novem-
ber 30th, in which you kindly offer
to co-operate with us in securing Bel-
gian colonists.
From the enclosed clipping from
the Bay City Daily Tribune, December
5th, you will observe that wc had your
letter published, with the editor’s
comment, and that we are all anxious
to co-operate with you and the Hous-
ton Chamber of Commerce in secur-
ing these very desirable settlers.
We notice incidentally, witli regret,
from the press dispatches that you
and Mr. Mayo were trying to also in-
terest the Orange Board of Trade and
secure their co-operation in the move-
ment, but that they, for fear Harris
County might get most of the settlers,
had declined to co-operate.
We want both you and .Mr, Mayo
and all the good enterrplslng people,
who are trying to bring about this
desirable result, to know that we are
have Harris County the sole benefi-
ciary, but on the contrary we desire
to locate these people where they
would be most likely to succeed, and
to consult their Interests In every
way.
We are grateful for your offer of
co-operation, and it does not require
the foresight of a prophet to realize
that the good county of Matagorda
will come in for her full share. Would
it not be a flood idea to keep the mat-
ter before your large land owners,
and secure an expression from them
as to the assistance they would ren-
der. This we believe most important.
Yours very truly. Adolph Boldt,
Secretary.
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day of Verser Bros. Is about the big-
gest cussess in its line to be seen
here this holiday season it is a
miniature sitting room with an open
fire-place and all the appointments
are suggestive of the Yule-tide sea-
son. On the hearth is plied a num-
iter of fagots under which is the glow
of what appears to be an actual fire.
Suspended from the chimney is a ket-
tle filled with a mysterious some-
thing A number of little girls rep-
resented by dolls are sitting around
the open fireplace, in cozy enjoy-
ment of their surroundings and wait-
ing breathlessly for the coming of
Santa Claus. It Is a bright picture
and Mr. Verser says that nearly ev-
erybody stops to admire it, the chil-
dren especially, and It is with difft-
cutly that these puli themselves away
from a scene so dear to their little
hearts.
Where you can get the new goods. Some extra specials this week on Ladies’ Hats, Suits and Dresses and \X/ ool
Goods. Come and see them. You will forget hard times, as we have a good bunch of bargains to show you
In the long ago. Today progressive
towns consider the commercial organ-
ization a part of the business of the
town an absolute necessity. It Is the
heart and soul of the community—
It Is the loader in educational, social,
religious and business affairs and it
Is the one of the Important factors In
the moral upbuilding of Its communi-
ty. It stands for the good, the up-
lifting of Its people whether they a rd
farmers, bankers, lawyers, doctors or
merchants. It. Is the Initiative ma-
chine of all the people. It not only
starts things but keeps them mov-
ing. Most small towns have organi-
zations In name only and they are
dignified by Board of Trade, Cham-
ber of Commerce, etc., but for real
progesslve work they are about as
active as a mummy. Most of the
time they are In a comatose condition
and are only brought to life when
visitors inspect the town or when It
Is necessary to raise a fund for the
local band or for a Fourth of July
celebration. After the fund is rafsod
and spent and before It is collected
the embalming fluid is again used
and the poor club goes to sleep again.
The real organization Is one that
does buslneas 365 days In each year—
It is backed by a live an progressive
citizenship—people who believe In it
and work with it—always standing
back of the Secretary—providing him
with funds so he will not be the
i town beggar glvjpg him their full
confidence and moral support. I
might go on and give you a pag« ar-
ticle along tlicRe lines. This will per-
haps be sufficient to start a new
thought among the business men of
tills county ns to the necessity of
waking ap to the Importance of a
real commercial organization. In-
stead of each town ntrugglfng to
maintain one. why not be big enough
to Rink little petty town desires and
organize The Matagorda County Com-
mercial league. Have the Secretary’s
office In Bay City and require that he
make frcqA^i' visits and keep In
close touch with every hamlet of the
county. Such an organization would
stand for a greater Matagorda and In-
cidentally a greater Bay City, Pala-
cios, Blessing, Midfield, and every
other town. Bay City In order to pro-
perly support a local organization
should really raise |6.000.00, for not
much can be done for less, hut she
probably could not provide so large
a fund. A county league could draw
from outside Bay City probably |1,-
r>00 no or 12,000.00 and balance could
be secured in the county seat If
tills letter is worthy of your support
please give It some editorial support.
Jed Pruta says: The devil haa hit
faults but he grabs opportunity.
ENRIQUE
Houston. Texas, Dec. 9.—Mr. Oscar
Barber, secretary
Bay City Texas. Dear Mr. Barber:
We want to thank you for your letter
of the 8th inst. It is very gratifying
to note the very broad and liberal
view which your organization takes of
the proposed Belgian movement. The
action of the Orange Interests came
to us as a surprise, for contemplated
movement Is large enough to make it
possible for many of our coast coun-
ties to enjoy its benefits, and it is by
no means our purpose or desire to
We will offer the $75 Vidrola with price
of records added on terms of $5 per month.
(Regular terms $8 per month,) Search the
world and you will not find a Christinas
present that will give the whole family the
pleasure that this it stri ment will give.
Victrdlas from $15 to $250. We carry a
complete line. Call and let us demonstrate
or write for catalog of Victrolas and pianos
THOS. GOGGAN & BRO.
J. E. Grace, Manager, Bay City, Texas
At intervals more or less irregular
I have read in the columns of the
Tribune articles on the necessity of
reorganizing the Bay City Business
League and have wondered many
times why such necessity existed so
many times. Bay City is the County
Seat of an empire— it occupies a
strategic position in the Texas Mid-
coast and if we are to believe proph-
ets It is bound to become the most
important city between Houston and
Brownsville. The town Is too large
to be without that modern town build-
er, the commercial organization, and
at the same time is seems too small
to give such an organization proper
support. I say It seems to be too
small because it has never during my
life in this county provided the sup-
port a commercial organization
should have in order flint It might
be the factor In upbuilding that it
should be. Competition Is too fierce
nowadays for a town to progress with
a half equipped commercial club
Once upon a time sueli organizations
were considered charitable institu-
tions, and on ornament which every
town should possess. But that was
IN ALL THE WAYS
in which we are prepared to accommodate patrons
of this bank we are ready to serve \ OU.
When you open a CHECK account with us YOU
gain many business advantages. 1 he check account
enables you to handle your financial affairs m a
systematic manner.
The use of a check account strengthens your position
in the community.
If the account is
'Bank Credit”—a
For novelty in design and natural-1
after that we want to see the settlers i »esa in arrangement the allow win-
succeed, and if we of Matagorda
County can’t offer better Inducements
than either Harris or Orange, or any
other coast county, we shall not feel
one bit badly if our neighbors get all
the settlers; for after while the over-
flow from these counties would reach
us, and our benefit would be lx>th
direct and indirect.
You will understand that we have
no Idea that Harris or any other
county could offer enough extra in-
ducements to take all of the settlers
away from tis. We are anxious to
enter into competition on our merits,
but we want you and your co-workers
to fully understand that we believe
the Const Country of Texas is an un-
developed empire, and that for fruit
and truck, dairying, stock farming,
general farmjpg, health and climate,
we have room for at least 1,000,000
more prosperous people—homo build-
ers—and we want to join with you in
helping to bring them to us. When
we can do anything command us
freely. Yours for success,
Bay City Business League.
By Oscar Barber. Secretary.
to have good Banking Connections
is realized by all business men, dur-
ing trying times. The First State
Bank is especially well equipped for
that prompt, efficient service which
insures satisfaction. We cordially
invite your business.
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Smith, Carey. The Daily Tribune. (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, December 11, 1914, newspaper, December 11, 1914; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1362079/m1/1/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Matagorda County Museum & Bay City Public Library.