Brownsville Daily Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 21, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 27, 1905 Page: 1 of 4
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BROWNSVILLE DAILY HERALD.
J VOL. XIV NO. 21.
BROWNSVILLE TEXAS THURSDAY JULY 27 1905.
SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS.
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SPECIAL MID-SUMMER
A GLIMPSE
OF THE PAST
Independence Day 1904 Marked
a New Era In Our History.
. - At McDonald's Department Store"
Beginning July I -Continues 30 Days
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Shirt Department.
All the ftc i!nt 1 J... '.
One lot wen's 1'Migoe sltirtc vhe $1 .50 spe-
cial price 3 00
One Sot jjiuji's alitiiaisifi vluecl.S0 MC)t
apodal clotut-up priae 50c
special price for Juljj a yard
36 ittok bleached domestic free from starch
priejjr?Vc special pace 10 yards fdr..
3& nifeh Jhic brown So Island domestic value
7c special pricc vt . . v . . .
Men's Woacliett Lisle thread Shirts and drawers
regular 65c vnluc g9 in thi snlg jit
Genuine Scrivctus clastic scam drawers sold
everywhere Kt 75c our special pricethis sale
124 c
50c
6Hc
5c
CloThlng -
All our men's $4.0 and &&j0Q .pants in the
house your choice for 90 day at pcr jmir. . S4 00
One lot men's all wool pants worth 52.50 a
pair for SO dayH only per pair $1 .50
12 dozen pairs men's pants value S3 .40 mini
51.50 a pair special price 'for 30 days . . . . 1
Ahout 25 men's odd miiU brokon sixus JJtfU-
lar $10.00 and 12.50 value special aiiH-qi
prfoe per suit r. ......... .50
Men's "President" suspenders sokl ery-
whene at 50c apoeial price for 30 clays 3Sc
Ribbons.
All sflk watored taffeta ribbons Nos. 22 to SO
worth 15c 20c and 25c yard go in thistle 12 l-2c
One lot No. SO all silk plain taffeta ribbon
worth 25c yard goes in this sale at . 12 l-2c
Shoe Department.
One lot ladies' S2JJQ and Sft.00 Qxfenta our
Npueial prioe to dean up tlic lot SSI 9S
One lot men's 4. SO rthocs broken sis us our
apecial price a pair St W - " ' "
One lot turn's palattl 3oaUicr pttiiips ami don- iD XXX
jjola oxfords regular priae $11 .SO pci
prioe to clean up the lot Jrp
50 pairs old Mies;' broad toe lnoe jhsf i.
ular $10Q value sfedal deau-uprioe. ... Qtc
Staple Dry Goodd
Lonsdale 36 inch blondiod dottfKic 10c vfclue
in (tills side at a yard f 7c
30-4 hlQjtghud 1'oppurdl aheatiing special irice
for 30 days oiriy . . . t!fce
10-4 auiblonchod Ppuroll shooting puoil
pnee for Jtjly 20c
VicK JVSdian Head bleached domestic suita-
nmCiMir 1r. .md. .1 Inli-u .li.. .llw
Hat Department.'
All straw hat in the house off regular price
SI'HCIAL About. 5 dozen men's hats assort-
ed kinds worth 1.00 to 52.00 each our
sped price to clean np the lot each 50c
One lot John B. Stetson Big 4 hat XXX
boaver extm fine regular $10.00 lint special
for July only at $7 50
Hardware.
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A good S inch hack saw for metals each 25c
1.2 luck mill saw files value 25c special price 15c
One lot lnrge table lamps regular price 51.75
special price for July each $1 25
Gasoline Stoves.
All our 53.50 gasoline stoves go in this Kale nt 52 5U
All our 3-burner gasoline worth 56.50 each
go at 54 50
All our 4-burncr gasoline stoves worth .5900
go at ... 56 50
All our 512.50 and $13.00 gasoline stoves go nt 59 5U
A Country Once Owned by Less Than a
Dozen Ranchmen Now the Home
of the Farmer and Trucker.
Our goods are sold E. O. iB. Corj)iis vChristi
witli a-ailroad fr&ght prepaid tor allowed to
3our nearest railroad station in Texas on ship-
ments of 100 lbs or more. See new catalog.
E. H. CALDWELL
HARDWARE
Windmills Pipe Casing Fittings Gasoline
Engines' Irrigation Pumps Wagons Mowers
A hD HAY MACHINERY
CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS
EL bvjt . - -ic jf
iaritson rtorawre 10
Corpms Christ! Texas
STUDEBAKER WAGONS AND BUGGIES
CULTIVATCMtS DISC HARROWS PLOWS
WALKING PLOWS FOR BLACK SANDY
AND JVIXED LAND. : : :
$.0000
Reward!
For the arrest and
conviction of any
man in Brownsville
found guilty of un-
derselling me on sta-
ple and fancy gro-
ceries. How do
these prices hit you:
Lion coffee per pound 15c
Arbuckl&s coffee per pound 15c
Green coffee S pounds for. 1 00
3-lb can tomatoes 2 for. . . 25c
3-lb can corn 2 for 25c
48-lb sack "Pioneer" flour $1 50
48-lb sack "Sunrise" flour. $1 AO
Compound lard 8c lb 2 for. 15c
Best granulated 14 lbs SI gold
With 52 other goods J61bs $1
With 55 other goods 18 lbs $1
Fruits Nuts Cssdies Cakes To
baccocs Cigars Ice Cold Drinks
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fc3WJTE FOR PRJCES AND CATALOGUES
WK0LES.LE-AND RET All
X. J CAH3L4L
nmber & Tinfior
a specialty. . . .
DR. C. jf. THORN
Ifrpfficcippposite The. HcralUrji
TKI.KI'HONK
Brownsville - - Texa.
CHARLES DEPPEN
.Cass. Deppcn' Maclcada
Opposite Hcrild Office.
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A. B. coie. IX. H.
ELKIS k eOLE
XTTORKKYS-AT-LaW
Win practice in &II court. KUtc and Federal.
Special Attention jriven te land and ab-
stract buKtne Will de collectine
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Office Over Dotica del Abulia. Combe.Orus Stare
Constantinc Hotel
W. A. FITCH Proprietor
Traveling men's trade solicited.
Free sample rooms arc provided
Nothing too good for our guests
if to be found in the market. J
CorjHB ChHi
Tcxss
In the haste and ardor of the!
mad rush of progress and develop
mcnt it is not infrequently the case?!
that the heat is over-looked. his
statement applies to Texas in its
fullest and broadest meaning; not
however that the best was totally
and intentionally disregarded but
because its isolated state made it
inaccessible . - ---.v
The position is accepted at the
outset of this discussion as a pre-
mise that Southwest Texas recent-
ly opened up and now traversedby
the St. Louis BrowtnsvilIe and
Mexico Railway (The Gulf Coast
Line) is the best section of Texas
and the purpose of this discussion
is an exposition of its resources
possibilities and opportunities to
prove the correctness of this pre-
mise. The territory traversed by the
St. Louis Brownsville and Mexico
Railway now in operation lies
along the Gulf Coast from Refugio
to Brownsville a distance of about
ISO miles and extends up the fer-
i vnlley of the Rio Grande for a
distanccor W ui.ta.4 1 "hQ b?ttr
point. To this territory will short-
ly be added the Gulf Coast Coun-
try from Refugio to Houston and
Galveston through which an ex-
tension of die m in line is now be-
ing rapidly pushed to completion.
Until the birthday of American
Independence 1904 when the first
regular train left Corpus Christi
for Brownsville this entire section
was isolated from the commercial
world because of an utter lack of
transportation facilities. With the
exception of air insignificant area
in the immediate vicinity of
Brownsville which was necessary
to support the population of that
of the section were a nonentity
and every acre of the land through
which the main line of the railroad
now passes from Refugio to
Brownsville was in the hands of
less than a dozen ranchman.
The history of the section as far
as historialc interest is concerned
practically began when the United
.States interceded in behalf of
Texas and rendezvoused her armies
near the mouth of the Rio Grande
with the determination of definitely
designating that stream as the per-
manent boundary line between the
Iwo belligerents. This was more
lhan half a century ago and up to
that time the section could hardly
claim a single white man as a per
manent inhabitant. In fact the
section could scarely boast of a:
permanent population of any des
enptjon save the few hundred
Aiexican peons a class conspic
uous because of its want of fixed
purpose and definite occupation a
sort of floating commonalty which
was content to exist after the fash
ion of tha American Indian living
from hand tn mouth and drifting
in any direction whither curiosity
or necessity mitrlit draw it. As
for occupation industrial activity
there was none. There was mere
ly an existence which conformed
itself to the narrow limitations of
existing conditions and was inter
ested in no effort to induce a change
which might bring about the more
attractive indications . of a better
and easier life. Briefly presented.
this was the social political and
industrial complexion of Southwest
Texas when the first Americans
into the section with a definite
purpose of connectiug themselves
permanently with its future.
A government post now Fort
Brown established on' the banks
of the Rio Grande thirty miles
froui its mouth wxs the nucleus
abotit which soon began to gather
hundreds of disbanded and dis-
charged troopenii adventurers and
soldiers of fortune who had follow-
ed in the wnke of the American
troop. This was the beginning
of Brow mviJle the invasion of
Americanism into a locality which
in every respect was typically Mex-
ican. While. the greitt majority of those
who were attracted' to the section
by the bugles' blare remaiued in
the river valley in or in close
proximity to Brownsville there
were those among the new-
comers whom curiosity and love
of adventure impelled to penetrate
deeper into the wilds of the plains
that stretched northward and west
ward for scores and even hundreds-
of miles. Many of the magnificent
ranches which were founded by
these pioneers are today the most
conspicuous mark of progress in the
section for it was these ranchmen
who braved the toil and hardships
of pioneer days in Southwest Texas
who prepared it for the wonderful
future which has already dawned
in all of its glory.
Brownsville was tne central point
of a civilization that was eminently
local in every sense of the word.
Infrequent and uncertain means of
communication with the outside
world limited and confined all ac-
tivity to things of local interest.
Eutrance and exit to and from
Brownsville were limited to either
the VQertfjin schooner from some
southern port or the still more
uncertain stage to the nearest rail-
road station over a hundred and
fifty miles away. The town and
its community was therefore corn-
compelled to live unto itself. Ef-
fort of every character was confined
within the narrow limits of local
necessity. Local needs were satis
fied locally and no incentive for
commercial activity of a progressive
kind existed.
In the territory northward and
westward of Brownsville whither
had drifted those few adventurers
who were willing to take chances
with nature ana Providence tor a
livelihood the embryo of the great
cattle empires which later were
the supreme factors in the exis
tence of the section began to ap
pear. The beginning was in every
instance small but the almost en
tire absence of competition made
it possible for the ranchmen to
gradually increase their holdings
until their domains approached the
proportions of commonwealths.
This was the beginning of Amer
ican interest in the territory trav
ersed by the St. Louis Brownsville
and Mexico Railway. Gulf Coast
Line Magazine.
ROMANCE FROM MONTANA.
Mary Clark Resident of Western State
Believed to Be Daughter of
Explorer.
A Silent Tongue.
The best of us talk too much.
'The essence of power is reserve"
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saia a man wno Knew. Many a
reputation has been built on si-
lence. Many a one is spoiled
through rushing prematurely and
volubly into speech. It is safe to
be silent when your words wound.
"Faithful are the wounds of a
friend" says an old proverb but
one wants to be mighty sure 6ue's
friend needs wounding and that
we are well qualified to administer
it. Keep still when your words
will incite to anger or discomfort.
An incredible amount of breath is
used in the evil practice of trying
to make our friends distrust their
friends. Never speak when what
you have to say is for the purpose
of exalting yourself. Shut your
lips with a key when you are in
spired to babble incontinentally of
your-self your ailments accom
plishments relations loves ha-
treds hopes and desires. It is only
to the choice rare friend that one
may speak these things without
becoming a fool. 'Philadelphia
Bulletin.
Missoula Mont. A romance of
a hundred years ajro in which
Capt. William Clark of the famous
Lewis and Clark expedition figur-
ed has just been discovered. .
Congressman Joseph Dixon at
his home here has been presented
with indisputable proofs that the
explorer was married to a Nez
Perces Indian woman while he
was making his way across the
continent to the Pacific.
The evidence was brught to
Congressman Dixon by Mary
Clark the grand-daughter of
William Clark a direct descendant
of the explorer. - So convincing
was the evidence that the congress-
man believes the story.
Mary Clark is the daughter of
Tziz Kal Tzae .who was born in
the Lolo valley about 1807. He
called himself Me Clark" and
had the sandy hair of his father"
the explorer. It was between the
months of May and September in
1805 that Capt. Clark fell a. victim
to the dusky wiles of his Indian
sweetheart. The Nez Perces" In-
dians treated the exploring party
kindly and a stop of some time
was made among them while the
party was preparing to descend the
great divide. The littfe Nez Perces
maiden looked with wonder at the "
strange white man and would
wander forth from her tepee in
the moonlight to watch the tent
in which he slept.
The explorer noticed her ap-
parent devotion and he took a
fancy to the Indian girl and under
the open skies they were married.
The Indian bride accompanied the
explorers to the coast learning to
speak English and returned with
him to her own country where
her son was born.
"Me Clark" the son or Ta
Lac as the Indians pronounced it
learned English from his mother.
He was known to many prominent
old-time residents of Montana
among them being Judge Hiram
Knowles and Judge F. P. Woody.
To them he often talked of his
father and his mother's marriage.
The granddaughter still has a
trace of the Clark red hair her.
own being sandy."
Has Honorabie Story:.
A statistically-inclined soldier at
Fort Sam Houston says: "The
Eighth Battery of Artillery at Fort
Sill was organized 129 years ago-
and was known originally as Com-
pany F of the Fourth Regiment o
Artillery. Its first Captain was?
Alexander Hamilton. His grand-
son Captain Hamilton was killed
at the battle-of Washita in Okla-
homa in 1868 in an engagement
between the Eighth United States
Cavalry and the Cheyenne and. al-
lied tribes of Indians. When Alex-
ander Hamilton took command of
the Eighth Battery he was only 19
years old the youngest Captain in
the army at that-time. He served
one year retiring March 4r 1777.
It was in this battery that Mollie
Pitcher fought when her husband
fell beside his gun. The battery
has its origiual flag and a detailed
history of the battery from its or
ganization to the present time.
Express.
Fooled Him.
Why am I like a pin?" asked
Mr. Jones triumphantly of his
wife. He thought she was going
to say "Because you are so very-
sharp' and he was simply para-
lyzed when she said: "Beause iF
you should get lost it wouldn't be
worth while spending time looking
for you."
It is calculated that 4000 persons-
make a living in London by beg-
ging and that their average income-
amounts to about $1 500000 a year-
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