The Daily Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 216, Ed. 1 Friday, November 6, 1925 Page: 1 of 4
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BAY CITY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, NOV MBI R 6, 1925,
FIVE CENTS THE COPY
NEW MACHINE IS INSTALLED
First National Bank
City Council Will Re
OF BAY CITY, TEXAS
Work.
There seems to be no let up to the
RESOURCES
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Bay City Bank & Trust Company
RAY CITY, TEXAS
Condensed Statement of
Why It Always Pays
Citizens State Bank
To Buy Good Shirts
of Ray City, Texas
this produrt
oVorY
I he majority of men pay too little attention
RESOURCES
---$197,572.86
and
best fit and best fabrics
best Styl
The Best Known be
Total...
$553,649.68
LIABILITIES
Several
=
$553,649.68
Total...
D. P. Moore Dry Goods Company
1
2
Streets
Shape.
Loans, Personal --___----------------
Banking House, Furnitur • and Fixtures
Capital Stock .........
Undivided Profits, net.-
Deposits -________------
Liberty Rondu Deposited
bottom.
When
Capital Stock
Surplus and Profits
Circulation
DE POSH'S
As rendered to the Commissioner of Ranking of the State
of Texas at the dose of business, September 28, 1925.
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As Made to the Comptroller of Currency at the Close of
Business, September 28, 1925
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Loans
Stocks and Bonds
1 ’. S. Bonds
Banking House
Furniture and Fixtures
Other Real Estate
Bills of Exchange
Acceptances
CASH
48,382.00
32,938.31
90,762.92
12,115.65
350.00
171.527.91
$ 32,415.52
72, 406.58
476,420.9 1
Other Real Estate ____ --___----------------
Bonds and Stocks-------------------.-----
Interest in and Assessment for Guaranty Fund
Other Resources __________________________
CASH -............................’......
$ 100,000.00
40,346.32
24,600.00
939,413.72
ft
$ 50,000.00
.. 6,328.47
461,171.21
36,150.00
Tribune’s Model 14 Linotype Now at Work; is
More Human Than Human.
ADVERTISING
FOR PAVING BIDS
RAIN CONTINUES
THRUOUT COUNTY
GENERAL GEORGE
GOETHALS COMING
caught a large percentaze of the rice
crop in the field, just as the farmers
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The above is correct.
A. HARRIS, Cashier.
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they overlook Style, fit and fabrics
definitely disposed of in so far as ail and the country is soaked to the very
something that can
Mr. John T. Bond. member of the
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rops in Field Seriously
Damaged, Roads and
made by a "twist of the wrist."
the flicker of an eyelash the versutile
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a first class lasting job. and complete none. The mud and slush is to Hie
back I very bottom and highway traffic has
you should insist on the best of all thre
ceive Sealed Proposals
on Courthouse Square
cause for over fifty years MANI IA I I ANS
have been built up to an ideal. We take par-
ticular pride in being able to present the new
Spring MANI IA l 1 AN Shirts.
you’ll find them all in MANI IA 1 I AN Shirts
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HAPTIST ( III ne II.
is now capable of turning out com-
position consistins of correct type
faces in many different sizes, and the
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Ilie weather turned bad it'arrive in Bay City at noon Monday,
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to Shirts
paving and from which will be se cut and shocked, but is damaging rap
At the regular meeting of the city
council last night, the matter of par
ing the square was brought up and
better, right up to the last I
TWO COMPANIES
SEEKING VICTORIA
5
„ur new linotype enable us to set
by machine virtually all forms of
composition that previously necessit
fated tedious work by hand. Our plant
SHIPMENTS
OF VEGETABLES
WILL BE HEAVY
VOLUME XX XI MIEI 216.
ing what the requirements would be.
It is upon this information that the
next step, i.e., advertising for bids,
was taken
It is thought now that the actual
vertising for blds is concerned to-
day’s Tribune carries a copy of this
advert isement.
The council is asking for sealed
by Messrs. Fred B. Bobbins. W it.
lected one. which in their opinion. will idly. Considerable cotton was also Wilson ami E N Gustafson, when
be the best for this section and ell-'caught and, like rice, Has been dam these gentlemen recently made a visit
all but quit entirely
The weather continues bad
threatening.
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Kev. J. T Richards, of Kenedy, will
fill the pulpit at the Baptist Church,
Sunday morning mid night A cor
dial Invitation Is extended all.
male. The members of the council aged very much, to Washington specially for that pur
are of one opinion and this is to do As for roads and streets, we have pose
should ls< a banking season, but
surely, more than all others—
Harvest Time is Banking Time.
It is the season for storing up
the fruits of the year’s labors
in a substantial bank account to
meet the emergencies that are
bound to arise in all lines of en-
deavor.
Make this harvest season a real
banking season by putting your
harvest money in the bank.
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in Deplorable
operator whose hand is made hl
mous by the Mergent haler linotype
Company as "the hand ili.ii keeps the
worid informed" on the verautile
machine sets type of the followinE
faces and sizes
24 ruin I (‘heltenham IInck
Tribune Want Ads Pay
31 Point Clieln nham Lizht
Tribune Want Ads Pa
1I Point < heltenham Iae k
Tribune Want Ads Pay
ii Point Cheltenham Light
1 ribune Want Ads I ay
in Point Century Fxpanded
Tribune Want Ads Pay
10 Point Ialle Lizht
Tnlxuh Wawt Ads P'ay
s Point Conilensed Title Black
Tribune Want Ad* F'ay.
R point No 2 Lizht
Tribune Want Ada P'ay.
5* Point Century Kxpanded Lizht
Victoria, Texas. Nov. 6 The city
couneil at its weekly meeting Mon-
day night received two applications
for a 30-year natural gas franchise
and deferred action on them until its
next regular meeting
moment, and at less oxpense,
in coneluslon, we will say that we
think a great deal of our new ma-
.bin .but not one bit more than we
did of our old one The new one has
a greater capacity, but It can never
stand the strain any better than our
old one did.
November fl.
George Goethals has been em
ployed as engineer in charge of the
Matagorda part of the river reelama-
lion work. his services being acquired
The applicants were the Vi toria 1 granting of the franchise.
Gas Company, a subsidiary of the The two poposed franchiseN now
work will begin soon. as many con-Iouaton Guir Gas Company, and i before the, council are exactly the
tractors have already Interested' them partially financed by home capital, same as the franchine , N
selves in the undertaking. land 11 luekner. president of the : ■ med by Mr Sparks. with •• •y • P
.... _ tHouston Oil and Pipe Line Com- Hou of the provisions relating to the
paniog domestie rates and the time in which
• u H. S hall Friday nisht - N franchise granted the Houston the systems urn to be placed in up
Jamie and his orchestra. if Cuir Gas Company. or rather to W. leraton.
razoria, Texas, Not 6
(’. Sparks of Sinton, an associate of
Seagraves & Moody of Galveston,
predecessors of the company, expired
a short time ago when the grantee
failed to comply with a provision
requiring the system to be in opera
I Hon within four months from the
With a good deal of satisfaction the‘this aim. And of great help to uh in
editor of The Tribune announces thecarrying out of our purpose will he
installation of a new Model 14 Lino- .our new Model II linotype
type. The mechanical marvel is ape This new machine supplants a
cially equipped with a complement ol Model 5 which has been in daily hob-
type faces which enables us to serve vice ill The Tribune s office tor 18
efficiently the large number of per- years, and which was returned to the
sons who look to our publication for Me rgenthaler Lintoype Co in splen,
enlightenment and entertainment. and did operating shape. Fact is, it had
who patronize our job printing de- many years more of good service in
partment 1 it. but the business had outgrown it.
Our business together with our de making it necessary for us to install
Hire to place at the command of our one ol greater versatility.
agvertisers ami others the highest For 15 years of tho 18 our old com-
rade of typography, induced us to panion, the Model 5. stood by u and
add to our mechanical equipment a served us it was operated by A. B.
multiple magazine linotype for the Harper, who took his seat under the
quick and accurate and pleasing pre keyboard of the new Model 14 with
sentation of the news of the day, and a sigh of actun! regret and sadness ■
the production of superior job work, when he saw an old-tried and true
I informing the board that he would
leave Washington. I». ( . today and
Bandits cease their lcoting
the warriors their fighting when
Cramer & D u n n a m
l lave Big Crop I ruck
at Gainesmore; Tur-
nips Bring Marketed.
incessant rainfall of the past three river board, received il telegram yes-
weeks. Every day brings its showers terday from General George Goethals
W ires 1 hat I le l eft New
York Today; Will Ar
rive in Bay City Next
Monday.
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I, Dunnam of the firm of
l Dunnam. Caney Valley
to with pride and satisfaction .
Tills paving campaign will embrace
all of the four streets surroundug the
square and will be laid, jointly. by
the property owners, the city and the
county. It will cover approximately
12,204.7 square yards. 2100 lineal feet
and 2968 cubic yards of excavating
work. The completed pavement will
extend from the north lines of Ave
lines E and G to the south line of these
avenues, and from the east lines of
Sixth and Seventh Streets to their
west lines.
Engineer E. N. Gustafson has run
all Hie levels, grades, etc., and was
ready last night to turn over to the
council a comprehensive map show
trio k growers. was in the city today I
on busineas connected wtil his buni-
nene
.Mr. Dunnam reported to The Tri- I
bune that the vegetable crop is very i
promising and that they are now
marketing turnips on a large scale as I
proposals with an idea in view of ob had zotten everything in shupe for,
taining a variety of bids covering- a vigorous threshing season This
many forms and classes of permanent rice is still in the fields just as it was
GAS FRANCHISE ......... .................
402,010.02
50,108.16
36,000.00
1 1.522.62
6,086 20
1 4,390.00
61 Point Century Black
Timne Wam "ay
This installation is a testimonial to
the prosperity of Bay City and vicin-
2 And that the good people ol the
Cmmunity are duly appreciative of
our efforts to serve them in all d
partments of the printing buainess is
manirested by the many complimenti
received from individual patrons
since the arrival of our new machine
The accompanyins illustration sill
give our readers some Idea of the
marvelous mechanism of the linotype,
a compoming machine on which are
assembled matrices tor little liras,
molds land lines of type cast line,
such as you are now reading The
particular molel of machine which
we have just Installed carries at one
time four sets of matrices controlled
from a standard keyboard of 20 keys
and an ancillary keyboar of 2s and
gives the operator instant command
of 568 different characters.
Besides enabling the operator to
set various faces and sizes of type
our new linotype makes it possible
‘ r him to produce the titles, dashes
nd borders which are used in various
advertisements in each issne of our
publication When employed In th.
composing of advertisements, new-
paper headings. booklets, cataloz"
and various other kinds of printed
matter, our new Model II enables one
operator to set in the same time more
type than ordinarily could lie pro-
duced by five or Mx men or women
doing the work by hand and the
composition is incomparably better.
While for a long time we have re
reived the patronage of a host of
subseribers. advertisers and printing
buyers tn general, we look forward to
the handling of an even greater vol
ume of bnsiness now that we are S0
well qualified to render the sort of
service most to be desired
it has been our aim to present the
gws of the day without fear ol favor
and to reflect faithfully the ideals and
ambitions of our constituents: and
we shall <-011110110 to deride our »al-
| and resources to the fulfilling of
where. The demand, is heavy, espe- I
। tally from the cities
in addition to their 10 acres of tur:
nipu, these growers have 23 acres of
early rabbaze which will be ready for
the market In a short time spinach,
lettuce, carrota and beets are all do-
ing fine and will come oil in due
time.
Cramer & Dunnam are practical,
experienced truck farmers and have
hud wide experiences in Florida and
other purls. Mr. Dunnam says that
nowhere can there be found such n
place for trurk farming as can he
found along Caney Valley, and he ex
peits to see great development in that
•ho tion some day.
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Roxana to Wildcat
in Brazoria Area
eurtoada of machinery for the Rox-
nnn arrived in Brazoria last Saturday
and were taken to the state road
route to the Clemens State Farm,
where the Roxana will start drilling
two IteW wildcat wells This company
has derriek up on the Allen ranch and
as soon as the machinery can be
placed will start drilling This com-
pany will have three wells within one
mile apart, two on the state farm and
<in<> on the Allen ranch, six and eight
miles miu th of Irazoria A large I
barzeload of derricks, pipes and oth- |
er machinery arrived today from Gal-
veston and is being hauied in the atate
farm and the Allen ranch I
friend moved out to make room for
its successor. Perhaps, if the whole
story were told, the entire force, from
editor to pressman, watched its de-
parture with more sentiment in the
feelinus back of the look than any of |
us would "own up to." for, In all I
truth it was more like the going
away of some steadfast friend than I
of a machine started on its way back i
to its maker.
No single machine in Texas hhs
■-ver been called upon for more type I
or more elannes of work than our old
Model 3, and, surely, not one ever per- l
formed what it had to do more faith- ]
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Smith, Carey. The Daily Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 216, Ed. 1 Friday, November 6, 1925, newspaper, November 6, 1925; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1423729/m1/1/?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.