The Daily Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 231, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 16, 1929 Page: 1 of 4
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SANDWICHES
HOME-MADE
CANDIES
Our
Always Fresh
Specialties
ALCOVE
ALCOVE
BAYCITY, TEXAS, WEDNESDAI, JANUARY 16, 1929.
FIVE CENTS THE COPT
Growers Are Approved
peace.
Pen Legislation
That naive sign once decorated a prominent in the Blue Brass state.
weather-beaten little shack in the un-
CONDENSED STATEMENT
of
The sway of Judge Bean marked he, gallant youth, swore to rescue her
An Appreciation
modern civilization.”
It ESOURCES
and groggery.
river
his
$1,667,223.67
LIABILITIES
%
$1,667,223.67
STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF
452
RESOURCES
$
Start The New Year Right!
>1,265,038.18
LIABILITIES
WITH
*1,255,038.18
NEW FURNITURE
IN YOUR HOME
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CONDENSED STATEMENT
To those who received
derfu
of
CITIZENS STATE BANK
RESOURCES
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TOTAL
•13*
LIABILITIES
W. F. TETTS
Jeweler and Optometrist
TOTAL ____
- *681,015.60
=
Wir
tlie golden age of the
communty and life was
494,876.27
24,000.00
71,614.?5
9,728.77
6,000.00
25,000.00
623,818.89
Judge Jenkins also introduced a bill
abolishing the Board of Water Engi-
to the post of Justice of the
And defeated by a Mexican.
He was ignominiously defeated in
his campaign for bi annual re-election
Capital Stock _____
Undivided Profits
DEPOSITS ...............
Capital Stock
Surplus ...........-.......
Undivided Profits
Circulation
DEPOSITS ..............
our
and
Loans and Discounts .
Banking House
Furniture and Fixtures
Other Real Estate
Bonds and Stocks —___
Customers' Bonds
Cash and Exchange _
and
re-
They had decided to try married lifo
again.
Judge Bean issued a license, mar-
ried them, and placed a second $5 in
his spacious pocket.
So the justice served west of the
Pecos for 20 years.
One Texas governor who took his
position seriously and thought him-
self the boss of the state, so far as
Mary had a little skirt,
So neat, so light, so airy,
It never showed a speck of dirt
But it certainly did show Mary!
By Rugeley, President; P. R. Hamill, Vice President and Cashier;
L. B. Luder, Assistant Cashier; J. Erwin, Assistant Cashier.
* 100,000.00
25,000.00
51,842.55
24,400.00
1,465.981.12
Capital Stock ---
Undivided Profits _____
Customers' Bonds _____
DEPOSITS__—_____
Reserved for Taxes .
Loans
Bonds to Secure Cireulation
1)1 her Stocks and Bonds
Banking House
Furniture and Fixtures
Other Real Estate .....................................
Call Loans
U. S. Bonds .....-.......................................
Commercial Paper and Municipal Securities
Bills of Exchange
CASH
Loans and Discounts__________________
U. S. Bonds .......—......-............................
Municipal Bonds ................................
Real Estate .................... —..............—
Furniture and Fixtures ...........-......
U. S. Certificates of Indebtedness
Cash and Sight Exchange ..................
. *530,230.92
25,000.00
... 85.85U.34
12,000.00
2,000.00
5,745.86
pleted or under construction.
Permits granted by the Board of
At Close of Business December 31,1 928
of Bay City, Texas
Damage Claimsof Hay , BILL REPEALS ALL
PERMITS FOR DAMS
$350,900.00
60,750.00
79,500.00
1 12.678.21
403,478.31 1,006,406.65
!
Scott Will Confer
With Governor On
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...... *376,753.22
__ 40,000.00
_ 8,332.00
— 17,727.24
— 72,311.00
_ 11,540.00
_____ 134,302.14
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there which forbid the killing of a
Chinaman, and forthwith treed the ac-
cused.
The unfortunate Chinese was slain
The above statement is correct.
P. R. HAMILL, Vice President and Cashier.
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The above statement 1s correct
GEO. H. BURKE, Cashier.
The daily Tribune
There is Nothing loo Good For Our Friends
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The judge, as usual, dairy complained that he had found a
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exactly the suite of furniture that will give your home
that restful atmosphere.
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BAY CITY BANK & TRUST CO.
BAY CITY, TEXAS
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Bay City, Texas
___* 50,000.00
__ 10,892.65
_____ 11,540.00
_____ 586,639.85
_____ 1,943.10
May we not have the pleasure of having you call
and figure with us on furnishing your home?
Ill
that genetleman’s quaint methods of
administering justice.
He received in reply to his scorch-
ing letter a message laconic and to
the point: "You can tend to the busi-
ness down there at Austin, but I am I
"the Law West of the Pecos.”
And so, it seemed, he was.
favorite expletic. "I can't account for
that, unless”- with a smile—"the cow
swallowed it while drinking from the
creek in the pasture."
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money at Christmas
How highly complimented will be the one
who gave you money at Christmas, if on
your next meeting you display a Gruen
Guild Watch, saying, "This is your gift to
me!” Surely no purchase would be a more
fitting token of the giver’s affection and
good wishes. Exquisitely fashioned by a
modem watchmakers' guild, these cele-
brated timepieces are here in every style
and design —for your convenient selection.
Come in and see them! •
Gruen Cartouche, Hkt. solid gold,
15 jewel movement, $42.50
Other designs, $35 to $150
couple walked toward the door, halted !
looked at each other, reconsidered, , ... ... .... ,, ..... ,„,i unting Fric. of stt.
the rights pertaining to Ins exalted neers and creating me omc 0! a
office were concerned, undertook to Water Commissioner, to be filled by
remonstrate with the inimitable Mr. appointment by the Governor. The
Bean, after hearing certain stories of salary is fixed at *3,600,
For nstance: A pompous and gaud- his way back to San Antonio.
By dressed gentleman from Austin, the’ in the Alamo City, Bean entered the
state capital, one day dismounted from dairy business. He must have been
a Southern Pacific train and swag-up to his usual tricks, for Dodd tells
gored into the local seat of justice'this story: A customer of the Bean
the bar.
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Howzis?
JUDGE ROY BEAN HAD QUAINTEST OF
TEXAS COURTS—WAS ‘ALL OF LAW’
WEST OF PECOS FOR TWENTY YEARS
। Mexican. The victor fled and made
clinched, and returned to
If you will but come to our store and see the won-
new things we have, it is assured that you will find
.will power users us last on the list.
The Jenkins measure does not ap-
ply to projects that have been com-
VOLUME XXIII NUMBER 831.
projects, uncom-
Hy Rugeley, R. Lee Anderson, G. A. Moore, P. R. Hamill,
Edw. Ryan, T. J. Walker, W. R. Horn, Jr.
gaudy little from the cluteies of the wicked offi-
Taylor Brothers believes that the home should
com efirst, and this being the case we advocate that you
start the first of the New Year with the new furniture
your home needs.
thing “unmarred by the ethical con- to a duel by the outraged husband,
traptions and social ramifications of They fought, and Bean killed the
a pleasant cer. He did, too, only to be challenged
was behind the bar.
“Gimme a drink of whiskey,” com-
manded the Austin dude, throwing
minnow in his morning milk,
made sundry uncomplimentary
marks about the “watered milk.”
"By Gobs,” said Bean, using
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At Close of Business December 31, 1928
The Devils
We have in sock a complete line of suites for every
room in the house, extra pieces that are convenient and
fit in so nicely, as tock of rugs that will be sure to please
you, and besides this all of the other thousand and one
items an up-to-date furniture store handles.
The worthy judge was naturally)
ongiderably peeved by the untoward Claims Committee has reported the ,
dent: .... i .1 , , . .'Howell bill authorizing the Federal
.Atthe next, lect ion, he shucked off Government to pay daiage claims Io Austin, Jan 16 Repeal of all ex-
h ollied the they,,sayin.g exas, and hay growers in Brazoria, Harris and isting permits to erect dams or im-
, red.t " ry ' votes Galveston counties whoNWere not per- pound water for power purposes In nounced
» w. c enu wu . .... , . ,, and white supremacy. The progres- ■■ ■ l ...... • 1 ‘
By WILIIAMC. STEWART the West. He rarely spoke of hie sive citizens rallied to his sinonr51a .
"Roy Bean’s Opera House, Town home or parents but gave the impres-IRean Won 111,1,1 i.1 POP 4. to 11 foot and mouth diet use quaran- troduced in the House Monday by
Hall and Seat of Justice." । sion, according to Dodd, that they were , i"yhs Tiia IP1 . ,„,i tine. The measure carfie authoriza- Representative C. H. Jenkins of
irlt r/l .1.2 1 t h r“ tion for 1111 appropriation not to ex- Brownwood.
The youthful Kentuckian drifted in- "watgeophie our yearsgo ceed *218,177.50, to pay the claims The measure has a bearing on the
pretentious town of Langtry, Texas, to San Antonio, Texas.* He became a’, ‘ t . t /“ -us" .t 10. which must first lie aproved by the situation growing out of the contro-
down where the Pecos river empties freighter, traveling in prarie schoon- not . .. ‘ . X - 155 Secretary of Agriculture versy over the use of the water of
into the Rio Grande. ers or covered wagons across the des- . W’p % S 4. . 1 The House Claims Committee has public streams, with West Texas irri-
Inside the shack was likewise hous- ert to California during the days of the ■ , I".Ws . .,808; V ; 10 87 reported a similar bill with a proviso gallon interests opposing hydro-elec-)
ed the leading saloon and billiard gold rush. 1 , XNedl St n. rurroni „ esul that not more than 10 pr cent of the trie power interests seeking to develop1
parlor of that wild and untrammeled Bean used to tell a yarn of the days bottie on t0 plank r ' elP appropriation may be spent in attor- water power on the middle stretches
section. And from behind the bar, be- of ’49 which was a complete romance. puon. Pak. rtuon. ancat‛ Beys’ fees. of the Colorado and other streams,
tween drinks, Judge Roy Bean, self- in itself. | , what the sstamoy „Ie6 on The total amount off damages as West Texas legislators, headed by
styled "Law West of the Pecos," hand- A beautiful Spanish senorita of j. , WMirae, trial" when • 10 found by the Texas Live Stock Saul- Senator Walter Woodward of Cole-
ed down decisions, the middle and the California waa forced to marry a w" Malcd sr th, "te -a p i tary Commission was $436,000, one- man, are almost solidly behind the
low. His peculiar "justice" might not Mexican officer for whom she felt no with th slaving of a CMnese " arEe half of which him been vaid by Texas. measures giving prior water rights to'
be according to Blackstone but hit love. She threw languishing glances Clancin through 1 ,5 1 "in nac Federal supervision of the quarantine users for domestic, municipal and Ir-
rulings stuck. In the general direction of Bean, and/wt. ,8. , ‘ , n ... , , was given a sthe reason why the gov- rigation purposes, in the other named,
. . 1 . 1 assemDeda courtroom ernment should pay half the cost,
crowd that he could find nothing __________ „ __
Washington, Jan.
down upon the counter a $20 bank
note in payment thereof.
Judge Bean deliberately turned to
the cash drawer and began to count
out the change in a leisurely manner.
So slow was Bean that the stranger Perhaps because of such ways of
feared the train would depart without doing business, the dairy venture fail-
him. He profanely ordered the judge, ed and Bean joined a construction
to hurry, gang engaged in building the Southern
AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS, DECEMBER 31, 1928.
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Pacific railroad to California. But
laying rails was too much like labor
for Bean and he left the construction
gang to enter his life work.
Seventy miles up the Rio Grande
from Del Rio he founded a village
which he named Langtry, thereby pay-
ing tribute to his favorite actress, Lil-
lian Langtry, internationallly popular
stage slur of the period. Later he
named his combination courtroom and
saloon "The Jersey Lilly," the sorbri-
quet by which Actress Langtry was
known on the boards.
Lilly Langtry, now an old lady of
67, was born on the Isle of Jersey.
Her name was Emily Charlotte Le
Breton and she was the daughter of
a clergyman. When she was 22 she
married Edward Langtry, a factor in
London society, and soon became “the
toast of the town.”
It was when a great painter did a
portrait of her which lie called "The
Jersey Lilly" that she won the name
that gained her fame as a favorite of
King Edward VII, then the Prince of
Wales, and on the stage which she
later took up as a career.
Langtry died in 1897 and two years
later she married Sir Hugo de Bathe
making her Lady de Bathe. She now
lives in Monte Carlo.
Judge Bean never saw his stage idol,
however. She visited Langtry two
years after his death and inspected
the saloon which bore her name. She
gave Dodd $50 to pay for repairing the
Langtry school house and took away
with her some of the cards and chips
which had been used while the ‘ Jersey
Lilly" ’saloon was in full blast.
Bean founded Langtry about the
year of our Lord 1885. For almost a
score of years he reigned over his vast
domain "west of the Pecos.”
But a cloud came over his life.
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the world, and which is located a short men as an appreciation for his long —danaidtpowercmpany ot
distance east of Langtry. and fathful service to the First Chris-Dallas 18 holder of six waterpower
A Mexican couple once came into tian church. permits on the Colorado river. (In the
the emporium of law' and liquor and! Mr. Cush was wholly unprepared for Guadalupe six permits have been
asked for a divorce. They were tired so great a surprise, but lost no time granted and three projects have been
of living together, they told the judge,) in expressing his happiness over the completed or are nearing completion
and craved freedom, pronto. Obliging-1 spirit behind such a magnificent token.
ly he severed the martial knot and) ---------o—o—l-------- ipleted number four,
pocketed a fee of $5. The divorced | Let’s advertise more. It pays.
। ■■ most hopeful."
R. E. Scott of Richmond, who was —0O ...
named recently to appoint a statewide! FOR SALE Six-room house with
prison centralization committee, an- all conveniences, located on two lots
1.....-1 in Houston Tuesday he' within two blocks ot 8guare: Write
mitted to sell hay grown in 1925 due Texas streams is sought in a bill in ) would go to Austin Wednesday to ec M. Pitzmaurice. 6246 Washington Ave:
fer with Governor Moody and leading! Houston, Texas. 88u
legislators regarding the proposed , --------0—0————-
joint session on prison centralization J Lets advertise mors—it pays.
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16k The Senate
Judge Bean eyed the stranger calm-
ly and informed him that he was in a
courtroom and that profanity would
not be tolerated. He then proceeded
to count out the change, as slowly and
deliberately as before. The starnger
retained himself for but a minute. The
train whistled and the bell clanged,
a. its departure near.
W Damn your eyes,” shouted the in-
' furiated stranger, "hurry up and give
me my change or I’ll be left behind!”
Judge Bean tossed the change back
into the cash drawer and without
y blinking an eye, announced: "You are
fined $19.65 for contempt of court!”
The Austin gentleman’s 35-cent
drink cost him $29.
He stayed for no further parley but
ran out of the saloon and clambered
back on the train, probably thankful
that he got off so lightly.
There still lives in Langtry today,
Judge Bean’s intimate friend, W. H.
Dodd, the man who succeeded him us
justice of the peace, who cared for
him when he was ill and who was at
his side when he died. Dodd, who
came to Texas from England in 1887,
is today postmaster and notary public
of Langtry. He is the only man alive
who can relate with authenticity the
exuberant career of Judge Roy Bean.
Bean was undoubtedly the most
unique of those carefree characters
who chose to separate themselves from
the civilizing influences of the remain-
der of the United States and migrated
to wild and wooly Texas, when the
atmosphere of the Lone Star State
was heavily laden with belligerency
and men were men—or corpses.
Little is known of Bean’s early life.
Most men left their pasts at home
when they came to Texas in the early
days. He was born in Kentucky and
at the age of 16, while attending pub-
lic school, succumbed to the call of
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"Many of the leading citizens of
Texas are accepting membership on
the committee," said Mr. Scott. “I
have found no one who opposes cen-
tralization. The outlook strikes me as
$ 65.000.00
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Smith, Carey. The Daily Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 231, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 16, 1929, newspaper, January 16, 1929; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1553865/m1/1/: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Matagorda County Museum & Bay City Public Library.