The Daily Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 237, Ed. 1 Monday, November 5, 1923 Page: 1 of 4
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ALAMO
LUMBER
aily Tribune
COMPANY
COMPANY
Bay City’s Oldest Yard
Bay City’s Oldest Yard
PHONE 28
PHONE 23
GOOD FOR OCR FRIENDS”
•THERE IS NOTHING TOO
FIVE CENTS THE COPY
HAY CITY, TEXAS, MONIKY. NOVFMBFH 5. Ii«8.
M M HER :»7.
II
I 01,1.MF Will
Condition of
There
long
winter ahead
Close of Business, October 15, 1923
RESOURCES:
$4 19,210.48
WITH ITS INTRODUCTION CAME
11,566.63
.... 334.904.79
Nature gives the squirrel a heavy win-
Cash on Hand and in Banks
ter coat.
$825,681.90
’Total Resources.
LIABILITIES:
88,051.20
Have you a savings account?
This bank
_ 737,630.70
oilers complete facilities for all your bank-
ing needs.
i t lull! loll
of
$825,681.90
Total Liabilities
rvinlit ion
of
a rendition
Convenient hours, convenient location and
al
safety.
1909
lion, 4I4.OM.OI5
\V<> pas I per cent.
S.4 FE—SOl’ND—SHCl RK
it
IH11. 415.132,179
5 ear
We Will Appreciate Your Business
1912. 415,063,065
y< i»r
year 1913, 416176.305
Wil'*
First National Bank
llti.0Nl.79O
1911.
w
115.211.770
1915.
w
year
“Th, Horn. Rank For All th, Pcopl,
i
114.517.520
1910.
good
w
• 15.742. IGo
1919
fortunately tin
119.232.300
w
GRAND OPERA SERMONS AND OTHER ENTERTAIN-
$|N,745.5<M» wuh
ME NTS
BASEBALL AND
439.230,440 *»"
1921.
1922, |2O.»57.Otm
OTHER SPORT NEWS
1923.
119.865.930
1
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in the mind- of the people
I
Let us figure yovr Lumber Bill
lettle it satisfac-
Within Reach of All
--you’ll save money
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FIRST STATE BANK
F<»R SAI J! HY
T. M. Thompson
FIRST t I.IM I’ll WHIMI
I’HOXF M
Hay < Hy. Tria*
Wo can repair any make of radio petit
= We Satisfy
G.
BAY CITY
TEXAS
si lines, inrhidin;
( OATS. DRESSES, SWEATERS and FANCY AND STAPLE
lOODS,
v< t tn addition to the
daily arrivals we have arranged to have on display
during ( ARNIVAL AND FAIR WEEK an extensive anti attractive lot
LATEST ARTICLES in DRESSES. COATS. SCARF
t hi
AND
Oi
I
i
Not only
••
you.
■rvici
May we not have you with us?
SPEC IAI.S IN MILLINERY
Harmony Hats, Gold Medal Hats, Madge
known as the
Evan* Hats, Vogue Hat
i
4
Blanket
Belding’s Silks
D.P. Moore Dry Goods Co.
REMEMBER! we make a specialty of these standard brands—Creighton
Shoes. Phot nix Hosiery, Peters Shoes, Schloss Brothers Clothes. Beacon
Gpssard Corsets and Brassieres. Bradley Sweatt rs. Royal So-
iety (roods. Just rite Petticoats and Pettilwher
Total Money Loaned Out - —----------:
Stocks, Real Estate Owned and Miscellaneous
Resources
Capital, Surplus anil Undivided Profits
DEPOSITS .
ALAMO'
LUMBER
Bay City Bank & Trust Company
BAY CITY, TEXAS
Go over our statement and, we believe, you will come to
the conclusion we are a good bank to do business with and
that we are—
And
torily.
free,
value
«.r<- pin
growing.
the
was
time*
yrarR hr for?
Kh
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undrr
To You Daily and Nightly
Bf RADIO
I h<* M<» f talked of Scientific Invention of the Ihiy
WmCameroh&CoInc.
HOME BUILDERS
isolllt
WHAT RICE HAS DONE
Now
of
of I
IN MATAGORDA CO.
Instinct makes him store up foot!.
But YOU must look out for yourself.
ASSESSED VALUATION
CLIMBS AT RATE OF 1
MILLION A YEAR FDR A
PERIOD OF YEARS.
■If-
continued along through t ,
I until at the outbreak of the civil war
1 Die war ended. mid the farmer* of and
the South,
Those who bring their
accounts here generally
leave them here. The
service rendered makes
for permanency.
•••••••••••
’s a
H. W. lilt till Ft
Manager
It will meet your re-
quirements today an<l
tomorrow. A connection
made now will settle the
banking question for all
times.
I HE
It. A n A M B
Phone
While we are receiving daily new goods in all our var
\\ inter is- now approaching and these sets in your homes
will afford you the cheapest and Iwst line of entertainment
(xuuijbh* to git. Wintry weather gives almost perfect
•••••••••••••••••
• SAVE YOUR EYES •
• KN PR. ■. ERTI. •
• Optometrist mid Optician *
• Bonny Building •
• Here The Fast Two HMi of •
• Eaeb Month •
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Harking back to the early days of
Matagorda County which .according to p
liistory is one of the earliest sections 1 nderflii mouior'v "and still' voting
ol tills entire country to lie peopled
with white settlers, we find but little
evidence of the splendid agricultural
development which in this good year
of 1923 we can all see.
In tile tarlier days a few
1901.
show n.
1906.
shown
year 1907,
shown.
190g, a rendition
i shown
4i:i.l31.5xo
nient or even the following of agri-
cultural pursuits.
for decades mid generations following trnet the minds
velopmelit of sufficient magnitude to
cause history to record the develop- the prom rty of the county between
• t . » ill.' f / > I I A ,,1 I „ .'f at ** as 4 _ ---
In those days as
tile
111.323.360
In the
shown
In the year
shown.
In the
shown.
In the
shown.
I u tile
shown
In the
shown
I n i he
shown.
In the year
shown
hl tile year 1917. 415.02N.45o
shown.
In the year
shown.
In the year 1919.
shown
In the year
shown
In the year
shown.
In th<
shown.
In the year
shown.
I luring all of this period that tin {
rice industry wan developing '
ill years, considering his wonderful
knowledge of die county, and from
whom the land upon which a major
portion of Bay City stands was
bought, informs us tluit the assessed
settlers value of nil the property in Ma'agorda
occupied tills vast domain of nearly County in 1895 was about 42.000.009
(>99.099 acres and apparently, eontrib- This year. Just 28 years later “
Uted nothing to its agricultural de- $19.865,9.30
But very little value was added to
cattle grating It will
to 25c per acre
of Bay City has been
money. If you take
industry the deprecta-
lly real estate will
the valuation
eorda County today
1-vsed on rice and the cultivation of
rice A field of rive will yield from
’ o" •<> Ito no acre to the owner,
of will show a gro ■« vivid of from
tn It’*'under favorable con-
If (eased fo
leaae from 24c
Settling the
banking question
will appeal to
ing. and other agricultural pursuits
In making this statement it la not
the intention to say that the rice In
diistry ha* not seen Ha ups and
downs, hut. it la the Intention to say
that I lie prosperity, the development,
the valuation of properties tn Mata-
almost wholly
>egsn to Increaa*.
I of
r
were of little value, some being
low us 10 cents per acre.
In tile d<cade between 1890 and
19oo. when rice was first tut reduced
I on a small experimental scale by a
, few intrepid pioneers, the records
'confront uh with no facts to justify
iho belief that agriculture van even
so much as modestly followed or that
!iy agriculture real istale had assum-
ed any value In fact. .Mr 1> I'
i Moore .of thia city, an old resident
SPORT AND CHAPPIE COATS, in which YOU, we know, will be inter
eiterl—pn<| we are very desirous* of having you inspect them,
w'll these articles be especially attractive but our pric
vVe arc anxious for you to feel that this store is yonr store, and th<
• is your service.
aristocratic old plantation and slave erty of the county I
lownem of Matagordn County returned rendition of 4l.97<>.<
Ito the buainiss of raising cattle, hut one half
Lidding nothing to the value of land ,.
I Kven as late ns in 1N99 we find that Rice growing imniedlnt«*ly sssiiiiied
’he sale of lands shows transfers that lirst pla<
Wt‘ guarantee every net we sell and install to give perfect
satisfai tion. See us for particulars, prices and terms. You
enn't afford to do without a radio set in your horn**.
the years 1895 mid 1900 when more
attention to agriculture began to at-
and energy of the
people. Bay City was just beginning
to devrop into a town and to attract
the peopl, necessary to her upbuild-
ing a few of the daring spirits in the
old persons of Hy itllgeley. the l|ue.b-
from ners. .V M Vogelsang and a lew oth-
nnd era constructed a small canal north
which
an
cattle raising afforded the chief oc-
cupation. The range was
(Ioniain unlimited mid no
altachid to land
In the course of time,
families liegan to move here
! Virginia. Kentucky. Tennessee
I other Southern States, but apparently of the city and Introduced rh e
with no other object than that of ac- fortunately the new industry
'lulrlng vast acreages of land in view, later on was destined to play such
for agriculture was not followed at Important role In a magic mid rapid
all on the uplands mid only modestly development of the county, did not
along Caney bottoms where consid- attract much capital However, the
erable sugar cane plantations were undaunted spirit of the lew who
developed This form of agriculture pioneered the Industry would not
with mi occasional effort for cotton down mid the experimentations con-
continued along through the years tinned on until I9"3 when at last <ap
*. ttal literally poured Into the county
in such volumes that wo find
| the South, without their slaves, the that the taxable value of the prop
aristocratic old plantation and slave erty of the county In 1993 showed a
I---------------u- --------• . ........ .. , ...... trtl. |n,|
great as three
rice industry wan developing and I
reaching |s>s«lhly Its maximum acre-1
age. limited perhapi hy the waters
of the Colorado Itlvvr. im restrictions I
id liy the banks upon cotton
cwrn plmitlng, cattle nils-
■-----------
and its development was rapid. Mills
were erected, people came from ev-
erywhere. new canals were construct
THE RAILROADS AND BANKS | fully ami well, railroads headed for,
Dills city after rice tonnage and i
— | money rolled in from everywhere ■
I Since those early days the progress,
1>H|i<f rice farming tins lieen regular and
upward, with only one or two set
backs. These yeaca are lusi indi-
cated by tax rolls of the county which |
show the steady increase in values'
as rice farming increased The table
of years and the amounts of total ren
ditlon are given
In the year
45.241.445 was i
1 n the year
$6,988,845 was '
In the
48.812.679 was
In the year
was
yea r
j»w»y the rlr,
I tion suffered hy real
1 amount to over 42.ooo.oihi
i < mmenclng with the year HMM) and
i up to 1410, the < anai companies spent
I tot installation of plants over 12,-
, "(H'.ooo and over 4l.0oo.ooo for wages
i paid to employees
" Itli the coming of the flee indus-
try came, first, the Cane Helt, or what
lit nnw known as the Santa F*s Hail-
road then the Southern Pacific Hall-
J read, and last what
i Brownsville Railmad
i In the early period of the rioe in-
jdustry ««m« the Bay City Rice MUI
and the Herder Rice MUI. the Farm-
' ers storage ( "inpaay and the Vnioa
Warehouse g Elevator Company also
the Hay CHy l e and Electric Com-
pany.
With the early development of rice
also came first, the Rev C«y Bank,
then the First National Hank, and
last the First Stale Bank, and these
{hanks have furnished millions to sm-
ployment whose chief object was to
i produce money from the soli, and that
ilhrough rice
1 Property values
i With the development of the city
i came refinement, a demand foe bet-
ter things which produced a tone
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Smith, Carey. The Daily Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 237, Ed. 1 Monday, November 5, 1923, newspaper, November 5, 1923; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1365824/m1/1/: accessed June 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Matagorda County Museum & Bay City Public Library.