The Daily Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 202, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 22, 1922 Page: 2 of 4
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TERRIFH RAILROAD SMASH.
Amaze Your
The Daily Tribune
Friends With
Published Every Day Except SaaJaf
Ham Prices
Are Down
.Owner and E*l<t®r f
CAREY dMITH
»< ou
or
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surname.
Ho
MU< h W«»Uld
and
an
was
were
results were much the same with all
of them.
NOTICE OF HEARING
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FARM NEWS
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NOW DOING
Special trial subscription
3 Months ’JOe
ORDER YOI’RS TODAY
BUSINESS
1. II. Brio A <0. PuhlhherN
■ t-t
Have that old
further
I
Mattress made new
I
Will call for your
1st.
I
Work
E Gaedcke
and
Bay City Mattress
sufficient
Factory
maintenance
F. M. SUTTON, Proprietor
i
Danil-1
The wholt sale price of ham is
fifteen to twenty per cent lower than
it was six weeks ago.
n
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THt IKItHM PRINTING COMPANY
Pabltateer
Lufer.d at »eooiid rlM« matter at
th. poatoffM* of Hay Ctty under act
of lougrees
Kenmore, the home of George AVush
ington'a aliiter. Is to he preserved a-
i national shrine
the usual
with Mru.
W lit! HAATS
1'1 ANO
An ideal publication tor those
living In the rural districts.
Issuej Tuesday and E’rlday.
MRHAPPV
k PARTY
SOI THERA COTTON GROH Ells
IIIRI AAORI.D NORM I EXPERT;
GE L MORE MONEY EOR I OTTON
IL .id-**n
Movie
M A h I
>1 EXIS,
copy of
and
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in
of
to
of
town
t to
was
of nt
bad
Swift & Company
U. S. A.
Hu.
pCtlttC
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PR|S< ILL AS TOMORROW.
Th* Daltj Trlbu»»
On. Year..............
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Fr
MIKaMMeeswyu*’- ■ --r-m",rl1|ibiiiiiiair mijitti
as
Find In lite that most affair; that Ml PEOPLE LIKE
BAY
And then. too. might
the first
knock u*
can't tell,
pened
-■at a Bargain!
have in the vicinity of this city
r witli bench and
rolls; a loo one
with
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The new gold rush to Oatman. Arl-
The regular weekly meeting of the
I Priscillas will be held at
I hour tomorrow afternoon,
| (Dr.) H. E Gaedcke
| All members are urged
hand promptly.
rona, discloses the fnet that the old-
time prospector and hfs hurro have
disappeared to be replaced by miners
la automobiles bringing their families
with them They stake their claims,
harness the engine of the auto up to
a diamond drill and proceed to prove
(up the property.
I
I
D.
J. M. Fitzmaurica,
Clerk of the county Court of
Matagorda County, Texas.
come along I
Tuesday in November and 1
all out, politically You I
Stranger things have hup '
ttv have atsmt decided not to run
for congress or t’ S .senator until
the weather man can guarantee cooler I
• rather. Il's .Imply too hot to think I
about it now
AIIUOHI/.INt.
AMI llll
A II I) I T I (I X AL
IIISTRKT TH
IMPROVE-
IX THE
ALREADY < ON-
STRI < I Ell. AMI TO REPAIR AND
MAINTAIN Till IMPROVEMENTS
01 SAID DISTRItT ALREADA
t ONSTRI< I I II.
youthful velvety skin—the kind that is
! envied by everyone. Ironized Yeast
supplies your system with certain vital
I elements now lacking in your food—the
very elements needed to keep your skin
beautiful. You won't believe what a
wonderful change it can bring in your
complexion until you try it. Get it from
your druggist today or mail postcard
for Famous3 Day FREE Test. Address
Ironized Yeast Co., Dept 99. Atlanta,
Ga. Ironized Yeast is recommended
and guaranteed by all good druggists.
Ironized Yeast is solely recom-
mended by Matagorda Pharmacy.
Your Complexion
Do you want a dear fresh glowing skin
free from even the slightest trace of
pimples or blackheads? You can have it
easily. And so quickly that your friends
will lx.- atnaMd at the change in your
appearance. Simply take Ironized Yeast
— two tablets with each meal. Then
> watch the results. Before you know it,
lollhlon sieged Lor the
'l i ne ( oat Thousands «f
flulhirs Fur Few Eeel of Film.
to be on I
I.O< AL DRI l-GISIs
PARTItlPATE IX
H U t-I’lill J ML!
E’liendn in Hay City of the R. E.
Scott family are receiving invitations
to the marriage ceremony of Prof
and Mrs Scott's eldest daughter. Miss
Myrtle, who becomes the bride of
Robert Jonathan Davin, of Bastrop »n
Sunday, Sept. 10. at the Methodist
Church tn Bastrop where the Scotts
now live, the professor being editor
of the Bastrop Advertiser and secre-
tary of the Bastrop Chamber of Com-
merce
side of the levee
known as the
amount of
been in
cuts ami
machine
The U. S. Dept, of Agriculture in
announcement dated June 19,
1922, in referring to vitamins found
in meat said, “Various cuts of meat
were tried, and in every instance pork
found to be relatively rich in
vitamins. Pork tenderloin, fresh
ham, smoked ham, and pressed
boiled ham were tested and the
Yaleta, Texas, is the oldest t
I n the In tied States according
tradition It is believed the town
founded in 15A0 ly Don Francisco
Vasquez Coronado, a Spanish explor-
er ThM would make It 25 years
older than St. Augustine. Florida, the
oldest town qf authentic record.
'to repair and maintain the improve-
nenta > < ; rated, for the reaaon that
die levee and improvements of said
.district were destroyed and damaged
j by the recent flood in the Colorado
i River, ubd because the ditch oa the
! -ast side of the lever, known a- the
, levee ditch," constructed by said
■ Matagorda County Levee Improve-
ment District No. i, i-_ -o constructed
that it i, inadequate to carry off the
and
to
County
i 1 has
organized, e*-
that the movies [
al and that they
out of big scenes:
Those folks have
care tor
“ ........I
look at it
"Speckboom" Is an African plant
' llll hu ge, succulent claves which has
been transplanted with success Io the
Miste lands of California to provide
pastures for cattle and sheep.
of buying
d up and dellv-
is been paid for.
< uotoinara of
the wide uwnke
pi.tieipatittg In a
le of drug every pimple and blackhead will have
potisored j disapfuurrd and you will have a clean,
the
The Tribune has received the fol
lowing letter from Miss Louise
Deckle:
UG Peck
had intended in the hegin-
State association still have the
privilege of selling their own cotton
but there to be a much closer sales
organization than had been previously
planned
Mr
half mile
placed ut
with n full head of
were > el loo <• with throttles
W ith Hie roar of the es-
i aping steam and the exhausts puffing
like made, these two leviathans dash-
ed headlong at each other like a cou-
ple of mad hulldogo. They met in
about the center of the spall of tracks
and crashed together with a deafen-
ing roar mid an explsolon that rent
them into a thousand piece-
Thrilling doesn't describe the scene.
It mint be witnessed on the screen to
ie fully appreciated. It is unques-
tionably one of the greatest head on
■ elHsions ever ,-tuged in pictures and
•out upwards of $l_’,mm for this one
hot alone
The Coast Country has expeiienced
a remarkably hot slimmer, but fall
flth Its cooling breezes will soot! Is
here and out attention should by
turned to better and prettier homes
and yards. Only a s
effort Is lieceHSin y to
picturing truiii'foi imitions
yard, that Is attractive,
anger more than anything else
pays big to tieuullfy!
ERr
_______
NO DINNER BELL‘D
VOU'LLNEEDMY man-
WHEN THIS CHOICE
MEAT IS IN THE PAN
If you buy meats at Ahis
store you won’t need the
tinkle tinkle" of the din-
ner hell to let folka
know that dinner'* ready
And you'd better keep
the kitchen door shut,
too. or they will all want
to help you cook It
Watch for Mr. Happy
Party
CITY MARKET
Kqjjality meats
>^PH0NE2p^
Summer time is ham time. Insist
on having “Swift’s Premium”—
the blue identification tag.
i’uy For One Get Tun We|| Known
I.lues of Drugs and Toiletries Will
1> nipt Bargain seeking Public in
Huge slate-Wide wale.
climate and many
Antonio, but there are
like the Bay City
mail amount of
bring about
mid each
attracts the
It
Mr. Carey Smith.
Bay City, Texas.
Dear Mr Smith
We want you to send us the Weekly
Tribune The above is our temporary
'adilress and we will let you know tn
'time to change it when we move into
K <>tlr permanent place in a few weeks
Mr Smith, will you please send me
a lew copies of the Tribune in which
there was an article about the pre-
sentation of a gift to mother from the
Baptist Church? Mt Win. Austin said
he saw the article a few dayo ago,
but he didn't remember what day it
was Margaret mid I want it for our
stunt books I slmll appreciate It
[very much
I We like
bales of cotton
glad he planted cotton
who have been
tn
Ham — Boiled, Baked (Hot
Cold), Broiled, or F ried—is one of the
most appetizing and savory foods
that the market offers.
one big i
When this
HOOD FOR SALE
I have a quantity of good mix-
ed wood which I am offering
ut $11.50 per cord, delivered in
blocks Send orders to me at
Van ATeik
MAX MiRIE
Van A’leck, Texas
A newspaper for 'ho business
profcsHion.il and l.ibcriug mm
ami the home. Clean, reliable
require seriou handling are distaste
fill For this reason, I have always
believed that the successful inmi has
the hardest buttle with hllikielf rath
er than with the otter fellow To
bring one's -elf to u frame of mind
ami to te piopei energy to uccoiil-
pic h things that require plain hard
work < ontinnoiisly is the one big
buttle that everyone has
buttle i-. won for all lime, then every-
thing is easy
We , Sull AlltoUlo. Tex
Auguot Hi. 1H22
water emptying into mJ ditch
further because it is necessary
maintain mid protect the -aid levee
ami improvements in order that the
1 ome, lo the Grand Theatre on Mon Usi-lulin-H: thereof may best -erve
-.ay ami Tue .day Th ' cm- calls tor .id district, mid make said levee and
■ mi " Io.-oiiiutici i iiiming wild ami improvements of said Mutagoida
m whicli a prison warden is fighting County LeV' e Impiovement Dutt let
[will several escaped convicts.
dh
I we aid not make any thing extraordi-
nary, resolved tu stage a real .yniusli-
up
E'orthwitli two big locomoti
purchased and a track built on the
city limit Height yards.
The track was about
long The engines wet
either end, am!
steam,
wide open.
Swift’s Premium Hams are always
of a uniform high standard of quality,
regardless of price. A special cure
of sugar and salt, and smoking over
hardwood fires impart a iiuvor that
has made "Premium” Ham the
1 lo-i ley B Howard of the Inman
Howard Cotton Company. Atlantii.
Georgia, has Imen selected a> national
sales manager for the American Cot-
ton Growers' Exchange, with head-
quarters in Atlanta This action was
taken by the trustees at a meeting in
Memphis on August li). Approximate
ly l.'m.inm planters with a production
of about two and one-half million
bales uf cotton, wer-- represented by
the trusties of the exchange at the
Memphis meeting.
The directors authorized the execu-
tive committee to consider the open-
ing of a sales office in Liverpool and
in the textile mill centers of the
Southeast, and the placing of branch
managers at Greenville and Spartan-
burg. South Carolina and Greensboro
nd Charlotte. North Carolina
................. of Mr. Howard
means that the American Cotton
Growers’ Exchange will probably take
a much more aggressive sales policy
than it
ning.
After the country Is saved Saturday,
lets it 11 settle down to a friendly'
Contest in (>ne mighty effort to save
our own bacon ami build up the tin
e«t trade here this full that we have
ever hud We want to say to you
thut it is not impossible und that w«
are In better shape from a clop
standpoint than we have been fot i
uuiubvi of yean Cotton Is bringing
a tine price and is rolling in rapidlv
The rice crop was never bettei mid
the demand for II Is good I'nlike the
densely populated centers, we do not
have to divide up out money with
great hordes of people and due to
this, there will be enough to go
around this year and at the same time
make business good. To do this, liow
ever, the people nttiM work togethci
and pull every dollar's worth of trade
it Is possible to get to the city
it well in mind that mt active bu.u
n>‘*s touches everyone am) that every
dollar spent in the town means that
everyone get his han . t it In one
way or another. So, then, let's forget
the-e election' a rapidly as po silih
and spend the re t of out time In get
ting businivs It Is business, and not
election thut keeps this counliy
going
Thu novel opporlmUty
two articles wrapi
•ired when only om
will be offered to th<
Scott Drug Coinpat
druggists who ate
HHii-utional half jit tec
and toilet goods which
by the Han Antonio long
South's largest whole il.i iirug house
The sale stait Fi 'lay, August 25
and continue,, for aim- days. Accord-
ing to the annouio enn-nt made by th'-
Scott Ding Co. tin- t An Honest
Half Brice Hal " and has been made
possible through the co operation and
liberal policy <>f Ho- large wholesale
'drug house who at'- also the inanu
Tacturers of Fidelity Dings and Olytn
plan preparation which are featured
I ill tile sale
. Some idea may • gained of the size
■of tliis undertaking from the fact that
|50tl druggists in ::•))» Texiu. cities will
tai<- this event imitltaneously and
that if required mon. than ten solid
[carloads of inerchamlisc to furnish
[the special stocks for this sale. Goods
jut a retail value of $511,mm were con-
tributed by the San Antonio Drug Co.
through their ,, joi tiv dealers
the vialoue cities and millions
pm i,ages will lie di tl United fl ee
put . hasers during Hie nine days
this wonderful advet 11 Ing . ale
fi'tly ,i limited qll .lltity of each
Hem advertised ha I" ti apportioned
to each retailer ami Scott Ding Co.
urges its customers to avail them
selves quickly o| this great chance
for cutting down ding bills.
——o—o .
A machine has recently
vented that automatically
dips ice cream bars. The
Im,i a capacity of marly 12 000 hats in
eight hours.
MU K I Ol III. ARING tlX I III
I’Ll! ATIOX 01 llll BOARD Ol
DISTRICT S I I' E R A ISO R S Ol
MA I AGORDA ( 01 XTY LEVEL IM-
I’ROA EMEM DIM lilt I XO. ONE.
FOR HIE 1*1 Itl'OSE OE HOLDIXG
AX ELECTIOX
THE LEVY OE A TAX
ISSI AM E
BOXDS OE’ SAID
FIR T II E K
ALTER ATIOXS
IMI’ROA EM EX I S
iner business Interests '
1 Tlte American Cotton Growers' Ex
J change, witli national lieadqmirters at
Dallas, is composed of the Stale as-
1 sociations of Texas, Oklahoma. Ari-
zona. \labania. Arkansas. Georgia.
1 North Carolina and South Crolina.
' Approximately 2.500,000 hales have
been signed by the association'^ mem-
bers of the exchange, it was said
Those present at the meeting in-
cluded Carl Williams, president of
the national organization. Oklahoma
''City; C. O. Moser .secretary and treas-
I urer of the national body. Dallas;
1 Dr. B W. Kilgore, Raleigh. North
' Carolina, Dr. G. M. Pate. Rowland.
' North Carolina. H. G. aKminer. Co-
1 lumbia. president of the South Car-
olina organization. W. C Evans.
Benettiiville. South Carolina: Dr. A.
R Johnson. Columbia. South Caro-
lina: .1. E Conwell. Atlanta, presi-
jdent of the Georgia marketing organ
iziltion; Clyde Hendrix, president of
[the Alabama State Bankers’ Associa-
Ulon: C. G Henry. New Port, presi-
dent of the Arkansas organization:
|H E Mixon. Marianna Arkansas:
Walter Colbert. Ardmore, Oklahoma:
|R C. Kennedy, Pauls Valley, Okla-
homa: Walter Sparks. Oklahoma City.
I sales agent for the Oklahoma organi-
zation .and John T. Orr. Dallas,
president of the Texas organization
—o--A —
The hardy gtirdy grinder,< of New
: York Citv tent their pianos In the
day. These pianos arc stored in a
warehouse and the people who rent
them are up at dawn, for the first to
, arrive are the first lo be permitted to
get tin* best instruments, and the lat-
est tunes They- rarely make more
I than $:1 a day and must pay $2 a day
rental tor the instrument
That it is desired to issue ad-
of said Matagorda
I mpt ovemeiit District
No 1. in the aim ol One Hundred and
■ Twenty-eight Thousand I $128,000.00)
i Dollar-, aid bonds to bear interest
at tile rate of six per centum per
annum, payable semi-annually, for
’ the purpone of making said necessary
further improvements in said levee
ami improvements, and alterations in
i tile improvements already constructed
and to repair the levee where de-
i ttr yed and damaged by the recent
I flood in the Colorado River, and to
purchase necessary boats, tools, and
other paraphernalia and appliances
fos put-pooe of protecting and main-
t lainlng said levee and improvements,
, and employ a "levee tender" or "levee
> tenders" for tlte purpose of patroling.
y protecting and keeping in repair said
levee and improvements, for a period
of not exceeding two year : and tor
the purpose of altering improvements
and making further improvements in
the way of di posing of or taking out
of the ditch on the ea ' de of the
levee now construete.l, known as the
"levee ditch," Hie ,-r'at amount uf
water now carried in said ditch, by
siplt »i system or otli 'rwi’te as may
be determined most feasible liv the
[ board of pi-trict supervisors and the
' district engineer; and to.acquire ad-
' ditional rights-of-way by purchase,
' -,ift, condemnation proceedings or
* other legal manner.
'ith That said a'lplicallon of said
. board of district supervisors is made
[ under and by virtue of tile lavs of the
( date of Texas, under the provisions
U article 55:11 of the revised statutes
of Texas.
Said application was presented to
and Hied with the Honorable Commis-
sioners’ Court of Matagorda County,
1 exus. on the l Ith day of Augiust.
A. D. 1922, at a regular session of
'aid Commissioner.-’ Court of .Mata-
gorda County. Texas, and said Com
tnissioners’ Court, aforesaid, entered
i its order thereon setting ,;aid applica-
tion down for hearing before ths
I Commissioners' Court of Matagorda
County, Texas, at pecial session of
'aid court culled for that purpose, tu
ae holden at the court house, in the
> city of Bay city, in the county ot
: Matagorda, in the state of Texas, Sat-
urday. the 9th day of September. A. D.
1922, at 10 o'clock a. nt.
It was therefore ordered by the
Commissioners' Court of said Matagur-
- Ja < ounty, Texas, that said applica-
f tion be. and the same was ordered set
down for hearing before said court at
I a special session of said court culled
for that purpose, to be holden at the
• court house in the city of Bay City,
t in the county of Matagorda, in the
i stale of Texas, on Saturday, the 9th
lay of September. A. I). 1922. at 10
"clock a. nt., the eaid date being not
. less than fifteen nor more than thirty
lays from tlte date of filing and pre-
sentation of said application, and the
■ clerk of Hie said court give notice of
I the filing of sttch application, and of
‘ the date and place of said hearing
I thereon, by posting written or printed
notices of such hearing in five public
places in said .Matagorda County
f Levee Improvement District No.l, one
i 'f which shall be at the court house
door of Matagorda County, and four
i of which shall be within the limits of
t -aid Matagorda County Levee im-
provement District No 1. at least ten
ilav prior to the time set for -aid
i hearing.
It was further ordered by aid
■ Commissioners' Court of Matagorda
■ County. Texas, that at the time and
place of said hearing as aforesaid, any
person whose land is situated and lo-
cated within ,-ald Matagorda County
l-evee Improvement District No 1.
and who would be affected by the pro-
posed issuance of additional b.'iidi
and levy of a tax for the purpose of
making said improvements, alt ra-
tions, repairs and tnain enance, may
appear before -aid court and contest
>r contend for an election for thz
Issuance of bonds and levy of tax for
the Improvements, alte ations In the
improvement of ,mid ((strict, and
repairs, and maintenance sp, ifie.t In
aid application, and may off r testi-
mony to shov, that thi' aid improve-
ments. alterations, repairs and main-
tenance are or are not neces-ary, anl
would or would not be a public util-
ity, and that said improvements, al-
terations, repairs and nminteuance
would or would not be feasible and
practlca ble.
(liven under my hand and seal of
office thi,i llth day of Augu .t, A
1922.
(Seal)
lo-15
AVe
one fine new play
collection or lute tolls, iilrio
splendid upright piano like new
nice stool and scat I to match
AA e w ill dispose of either of these
beautiful Inst ruimin s at a bargain
price and will arrange any reason-
able terms if desired
Address at once
BROOh MAAS 1'1 AM) ( O,
Si I Travis St. Houston. Texas
the.
things in San
no more people
people
AA'ith regards from all of tlte fam-
ily, 1 am. Your friend.
Louise Leckie
-o o —---—
MISN MA R H E MDTI
ro become: bride
Home people say
are purely meihani
few thrills
n in picture
tning coming when they see the
j H . rille head-on -mimh between two
Iviaiit locomotives thut takes place in
the Jail delivery -i ene tn AA’liere is
'My AAunderipg lloy Tonight." which
of said J
Improvement
Tile No. I of greater value and protection
tor, knowing thut -uch a scene: to said district.
Illi That tlte estimatid cost ot
aid iniproveuieiit*, alterations, re-
pair and maintenance Is One Hun-
wet "died and Twenty-eight Thousand
'$128,000.1)0) Dollars, as shown by
estimate of tile cost hereof as made
by the district engineer,
which estimate is accompanied
attached to suid application.
5th.
ditional bonds
County Levee
virtue of the laws
Te
has erected a levee
I'rovemento in said district
2nd. That here is no
funds in the construction and mainte-
nance funds of said district with
which such additional Improvements,
alteration .repairs, an l
may be made.
3rd That there is a necessity for
said district to make further im-
provements, and alterations in the ini-
provement® already constructed, aud
Howard lias been in Hie cotton
business tor more than :’.)) years. For
many years he hits been general
manager and active man in the firm
of Inman and Howard and its prede-
cessors. Tills firm has handled as
high as :',mi.otm bales ot cotton in on-'
yeur. selling In foreign us well as
home markets.
Mr. Howard Is internationally
known as a cotton merchant of great
ability and of the highest character.
Before becoming interested in the
marketing of cotton. Mr. Howard
made careful study of the activities
of the Texas and Oklahoma associa-
tions during the past year. Discuss-
ing co operative marketing. Mr. How-
ard said;
I have ■ tudied co-operative mar-
keting and believe it to be absolutely
sound and practicable as applied to
cotton. I have had long ami wide
experience as a cotton merchant,
covering all foreign us well as do-
mestic fields. I have .ill tile confi-
dence that cotton of the members of
® the associations can be cold for its
• true value, based on the grade and
• staple, which wil mean more money
• for them than they have been getting
• tinder present system I have sev-
• <Ted my connections with all my for-
The State of Texas,
County of Matagoida.
Notice is hereby given that a hear
ing will be had bv the County Com
tnissioners' Couit of Matagorda Coun
ty. Texas, in the City of Buy City, in
lie county of Matagorda, in the Stall
of Texas, at the court house, at 10
"dock n. m., on Saturday, the 9th day
of September, A. I). 1922. on the ap-
plication of tin- bourd of district su-
pervisors of Matagorda County Levee
Improvement District No. 1, praying
for an election to he Ip-id in Matugor
da County- Levee Improvement Dis-
trict No. 1, to determine whether or
not additional bonds of said Matagor-
da County Levee improvement Dis-
No. J shall be issued in tlte sum of
One Hundred and Twenty-eight Thou-
sand I$128,000.00) Dollars, suid bonds
to bear interest at tin- rate of six pci
centum per annum, payable semi-
annually, for the purpose of making
necessary further improvements in
said levee and improvements, and al-
terations in tlte Improvements al-
ready constructed by Slid district,
and to repair tlte levee where de-
stroyed and ditniaged by recent flood
in the Colorado River, and to pur-
chase necessary boats, tools, and
other paraphernalia and appliances
for the purpose of protecting and
maintaining said levee and improve-
ments, and employ a "levee tender’’
or "levee tenders" for the purpose of
patrolling, protecting and keeping in
repair said levee and improvement,
for a period of not exceeding two
years, and for the purpose of altering
said improvements and making fur
ther improvements In the way of dis-
p .-ing of or taking out of the ditch
oil th<* east .ide of the levee UOW
c nst' ueted known as the levee
d t.h." the great amount of water
tivw carried In Said ditch, by siphon
ly-tcm or otherwise as m.iv be deter-
t in, J most L'O..I'-I > by the board of
• strict sttperi , ors and tlte district
< agineer. an, t> acquire addjtlonnl
s'his of-way y pllt’chtise, gift, eon
Ol ...nation proceedings or other legal
manner, which application was filed
in said court on the 14th day of Au-
gust. A. D. 192';’, whereby «:nd appli-
cants claim:
That said Matagorda i
Levee Improvement District No
been heretofore duly
tablished and created under and by
of the state of
and has Issued its bonds and
made itn-
The man who I*, mark ting several
tliis fall i<< mighty
And )■ good
niutiy who have lie* n knocking the
cotton industry in this country are
mighty glad that that cotton funner I
la glad.
Keep cool, good people AVe know [
it is abnormally warm, but there's no[
rrasou to add to It by gi-tting all het
up" over what'i going to happen Sat
urday la-t's belli in mind that the
• hoi* is merely a difference of opin-
ion one being entitled to that as much
so us another And also remember
that the pendulum of the political
dock swings to the extreme both
ways. N'oliody knows how he will
stand two years from now
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Smith, Carey. The Daily Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 202, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 22, 1922, newspaper, August 22, 1922; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1365609/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Matagorda County Museum & Bay City Public Library.