The Daily Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 111, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 14, 1930 Page: 1 of 4
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VOL. 26
NO. 111
BAY CITY, TEXAS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14. 19 30
5c THE COPY
ANOTHER FLOOD
MILLER ADDRESSES
20 THOUSAND ARE
IS ON THE WAY
WILL RANK HIGH EXPECTED AT FAIR
COURT MEMBERS
Statement of ( onditions of
I hr First National Bank
BARBECUE ON 7TH
Second Time
feasible
B H ( ITY. TEX is
M r.
biggest day during the
for the big
From a
4 APITAL STOCK, $100,000,00
on Roy Millet
N
RESOURCES
blamed for eating bain
trap turtles
Loans mid Discounts
and to dis-
$51
fish in the city lake.
Monday
91,351.30
mel
1'. S. Bonds to Secure Circulation
me
25.000.00
Bank Building
ht.
12000.00
Furniture and Fixture
1.00
PS
Other Real Estate
9,104.00
le-
short one provided the rains stop.
Bills of Exchange
$ 97,670,65
just passing, and it is barely pos- ' children
given shelter, while
U. S. Bonds and Notes
PS
115,150.00
Cash
425,000.87 037,830.52
e
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Total
c'
river that inundated a part of the
LIABILITIES
ty,
Capital Stock
$100,000.00
a
Surplus
i (OnFFURE
river
25,000.00
to
and Elin Creek up 15 feet, folk t
Undivided Profits
- 58,319.76
More than six inches of rain fell
ar-
18,027.26
+
Cl l culation
in
county
Lets close the town and the
DEPOSITS
lec-
business houses
recede.
business area, and business hou z
Total
$1,328,814.93
Specials on
PERMANENTS
has covered
this week
Statement of Condition of
Sam a Fe station and tracks
contrast to its condition last week
) cated.
Phone 146 for
Bay City Bank and Trust Co.
and
ol
and ! parking privileges and police
er.
appointment
BAY (ITY. TEXAS
At the Close of Business, Septemher 24, 1930
entertain
RESOURCES
T
Loans and Discounts
$229,763.55
One
Bonds mid Stocks
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CM-89
Heal Estate
9,968.77
Furniture and Fixture
Houses
washed from
6,000.00
Baptist W. M. U. Ded-
22
205-049.89
D. P. MOORE
icate Girls Dormitory
counties were covered by the rain
Total
$703,286.52
LIABILITIES
$
DRY GOODS
COMPANY
Capital Stock
. $ 65.000.00
Undivided Profits
12,771.40
( »
DEPOSITS
... 625,515.12
We have just received
-
Total
$703,286.52
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dies Dresses in Flat
President
P 11. Hamill, V. P. and ('ashler
5 2
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Crpe, Woolens, Travel-
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Worsteds and Crepe de
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Chine in newest shades
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of Brown, Black, Pa-
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Condensed Statement of
rt
Green. Priced at—
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BAY (ITY. TEXAS
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$5.85 to $29.75
The
RESOURCES
$
Loans and Discounts .
$178,876.98
N
Banking House
40,000.00
8
s
Furniture and Fixtures
7.500.00
ye d
Other Real Estate
11.403 74
e
Bonds
220,262.85
e
We have just the Hat
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Customers’ Bonds
\
Other Resources
450.
you’ve wanted for that
Cash and Exchange
115,;
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$611,7;
Totals
$
All the newest colors
LIABILITIES
50,4
Capital Stock _
and styles at the very
A*
13,;
Undivided Profits
Customers’ Bonds
set with
nominal price of
97
5io.;
DEPOSITS
5
W. F. LETTS
$611,7
more milk.
GEORGE R. BURKE, Cashier
Jeweler & Optometrist
$6.00
Sanitary Dairy
4
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Phone 208
Read The Tribune Ads
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MILK is easy to digest. Milk
is rich in needed vitamins.
Milk contains no impure ele-
ments. Milk is highly nutri-
tious. Milk is a natural food.
For your health’s sake—drink
24,400.00
1,103,067.91
and South Texas
what will be the
Asst. (’ashler
. Asst. Cashier
the advertising
than a dozen
and
more
, card to
Wla rton
the years to make
Intracoastal canal.
i which la
darkness
ago. until new flood hoping
L. B. Luder
J. Erwin ......
third an- gorda at Night.
The <
through
■ tlie Colo
18-foot rise
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Totals _____________________
The above statement is correct.
en-
$
a
tip men assisted in preparations to
protect the city.
Workers at the water and light.
I
The Hurley Shoppe
Beauty Salon
A unde
r river
were
The
sibly Ilie biggest celebration eve
held in coast country.
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I Wharton Spectator)
Friday, November 7, will be the
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put on.
There is no sell to the free bar-
of Ma
Mi.
< ailed
Halins
At
rado
The same persons who had to flee
from their homes last week were are built virtually upon its banks.
peopb
subject
as beer
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Coolest Place in
Town
was 1000 feet wide and crept
The above statement is correct.
P. R. HAMIL, Vice President and Cashier
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Where Drinks Are
Made Right
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new dress or ensemble.
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ducks are moving in.
Brady Flood Receding
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OFFICERS
Hy. Rugeley .
Citv Monday, Mata-!
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Talks
Canal
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$1,328,814.93
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(werntuattd by
a fluted case
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patronize Tribune Advertisers.
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IRNN Jr
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era and others on email mat
upon it. Tlie popu-
ers Crepe, Knitted
within one foot of last Monday’s
high mark, when a large portion
of the Brady business district was
inundated, doing damage estimat-
Miller and oilier prominent |
every school child should have the best fair Wharton county has ever
opportunity to take part in pos-
progress and importance.
S. -e
There are any number of gifts you might
select to express love, devotion, and esteem.
But to carry your thought forever there is
no gift like the diamond! Supreme among
precious jewels, its beauty is everlasting.
Consult us in your diamond purchase.
Here you will find stones of the finest cut,
matched and set by diamond experts. . You
will be delighted, also, to see our new Gruen
diamond-set wristlets.
40
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better able to
Charenton
A new Gruen Ml;I
Haauette
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scenie standpoint a
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WAl CH i Si
ft s
Eden after
new shipment of La-
Saturday afternoon.
Rain nt Brownwood
BROWNWOOD, Oct. 13.
to come and see
nv n to assist tlie cities of
and Fort Worth In pushing
10 addressed the
given, storekeep
of the old guard
tribute the edible variety to the
poor for soup.
flood waters from the Brady ri
Christoval Flooded
upstream at
BRADY. Oct. 13. Flood
about this year is tlie manner ini K
which tile parking situation is to “
make it
arrange-
drawing
.ill over
Highway 58 will be open
head of the In
ssociation and
3 1
were flooded be-
|becue and the admission of the
This project will be up to the
federal government entirely.
Brady barely cleaned away the plant which w as put out of commis-
confined to a limited urea
the resulting rise will lie a
company, appeared
.n
tracoastkl Qanal
Sash and Sight Exchange
of view, he regards
lace was aroused from bed early
in Bay City
barricades of sand and cement bays.
* DIAMOND gift
never grows old
tazorda on tlie same s
Miller only recently hit
reality of the
‘The
MMODERN
and before daylight
sible will be well out of the way
before this second rise overtakes
it. No damage lias been done here.
day tlie stores close and tlie school
tera, its
At nli ht
DIRECTORS
Hy. Rugeley, It Lee Anderson, (I. A. Moore, P. R. Hamill
Edw. Ryan, T. J. Walker, W. R. Horn, Jr.
i eel ion.
. .. ...00 „ , assurance that going and coming t So if you don’t plan to come to
SAN ANeEL0, Oct. 13. rhe they may enjoy the pleasure of the third annual Wharton County
Santa Fe railway stat ion ami : hard surrac e d roads and regardless Fair any other day, be sure to
tracks were under four feet of wa- weather conditions. come Friday and participate in the
ter at Christoval, 21 miles south "This is not a Palacios celebra ’ . biggest day of the five big days
of here today uh a fmh of the , it is a county-wide celebra- * " ‘
heaviest Hood along the south Con- tion as you might say at the end
cho river since 1906. of steel, or as it fs reauy is at the !
Four hundred sheep were drown- end of concrete, now, but in thd
ed in the railroad shipping pens. near future and not far in the f„.
water came within 100 yards M ture we avin drive on to Old Mex-
the business district but was re- ico for thle celebratioh "the end or
iceding. concrete."
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mud left by waters from the Brady sion in I he previous Hood. erected 1
wholchildren attend the fair
faithfully through i nec essa 1.' that such an
ment lie effected. It s a
counties in south ’ I
E
was on an
inches of rain have fallen here tourist camps and the Baptist
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gel people from
Citizens State Bank
U • lose of Business, September 21, 1920
AU committees have worked
faithfully and efficiently to taka
for your approval a
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and much late feed destroyed. All
I will be here Friday
olebration at Palacios.
o O
fore the river began to
South Texas can attend with the
Matagorda county is ol
four feet of water.
V \,An
of Intercoastal
in Bav City
a block of the courthouse plaza, 1501 and through the city. At one
point, it approaches within two । , . ,
blocks of the plaza, the heart of the county 1111,1 make it unanimous as
care of an enormous crowd
of enlightenment and
ment.
At this point last week’s rise is
Close o fBusiness, September 21 19:0
completion of highway 58
r
| there was great activity, as efforts
j from a repetition of last week’s
{v,. . . flood that wrought $350,000 prop-,
W ithin erty damages and made 200 persons
for two nights and
pro- o0
i (
The unemployment situation was
relieved, at least a little, at Elee
tin when tin1 city hired a man to
and in the
the court
and one-fourth inches of rain fell
here yesterday ami last night.
Grain ( rops Aided
SWEETWATER, Oct. 13, -Three
Texas and in all instances tlie re-
sponse lias been enthuisastic and
an attendance of 10,000 is indi-
to within 100 feet of the business
district before it started receding
Three hundred feet of Smita Fe
rack was washed out between Va-
lera and Tallin.
Rain nl Bastrop
BASTROP. Oct. 13. Approxi-
mately one inch of rain fell here
eral alarm i
ers aroused,
in charge of publie relations Te
Real Menace
| Those familiar with tlie pranks
of the river believed the North
Brady river constiuted a real me-
nace. since it carried the bulk of
tlie river’s flow normally. A safety
factor was the fact that Live Oak
creek, a small stream which flow;
through Brady, was very low, in
town a week
troubles (lime
handled. instead of the 10c ]
$
252,504.31
AILY TRIBUNE
I here Is Nothing Too Good For Our Friends ?
L~e
the canalization of the Trinity,
which, from an engineering point
the onslaught.
gate charge and the parking priv-
j Hege extra; the charge at the gate,
this year will be 25c for adults;
land there will be no charge for
I5(
.fj
reported 900 feet wide. • 0"‛
lakes are flUed and thousands otoSanAngclo rceivedatwna" chea Nrs. odis Raine r witeot the?
° 1 . 1 weenEII ami Baptist minister here, and Mrs. (. 1 ,
(other West Texas points. Including E. Poe, wife of the Wharon Bap-! ,
Ballinger, where the Colorado river tist minister. Hit today for Waco
waters threatened to leave its banks got to attend the dedication of th. S
from Brady river, which over- as much as six inches. beautiful girIs Memorial dormitory
flowed into the business section Three hundred feet of'track was at Baylor, built at the cost of
today for the second time in a reported washed out on the Santa j $350,000 by the Baptist women of
week, were slowly receding at noon i Fe between Valera and Talpa. Texas.
However, there was Home appre- o—o- - j Alter the dedication they will
hension over a report from Melvin, Miss Bernice Milner, Mrs. Tom i meet with the State W. M. l . execu-
18 miles up the river, that the Milner, Mrs. Doubek, Mrs. Blay-1 five board for a business conrer:
water was still rising there, beinglock and Mrs. Paris Smith spent enee. Mrs. Rainer is chairman of
yesterday in Houston. Mission studies in this district.
Coast highway, and promises to be
rioun
a 7
9a, L
SMnd
898 A
288 A
rr
much interest to the coast country
as another link in tlie Hug-the-
school children to tlie lair grounds
free. And another nice feature
ed at $350,000 to mercantile
stocks. The water was two or
three feet higher then than this
time.
Many persons who were forced
from their homes by flood waters
only a week ago had to seek high-
er ground and pull out their hous-
eshold goods and personal belong-
ings.
There had not been much rain
at Brady and the high water crept
up during the night from water-
sheds of the two forks of tlie river
that lias its headwaters in Concho
county, about 30 miles west of here.
Stocks and Bonds
forced out again,
Soul it Concho Flooded
The South Concho river at
4 ''hi । toval, 21 mil south ol Sa;.
" Angelo, hud left it banks, drown-
ing 400 sheep trapped in tlie Smi-
ta Fe railroad shipping pens. The
Week Much Damage On reception of reports that tlie
Done on Headwaters river was about to leave u banks
. . the munieip.il tire whistle was
Ol the Colorado. sounded, and telephone operators ' ne mm h traveled road to tlie Val-
i notitled all available people that a Irom “ rcenic standpoint as nual Wharton county fair barring
----- il mil was coming. , ‘wel as .that ol mlllty and economy ’ '
Friehtened Throngs this will be the important highway " avorable weathet conditions
For the second time within the 1 Within a short time tlie businessjofthe const country. The program lor this day which
past week considerable damage ection wa- thronged with frighit- The in ortance to the coast has been designated "barbecue day,
has been done to places situated enedmen, women and children countr! Is t lie pro., ise ol develou- merchants day and school chil-Gu sulphur
on the headwaters of the Colo- Merchants hastily opened their """ and improi emenl ol our Idle rovid.. ,o, nt. ...
rado river as flood waters caused stores, removed merchandise from ,1acres, and most people concede is 8 "a poVides Plenty ol at
by the second cloudburst in a few first fioors and barricaded against : the , P! edominan- ne d of Uk- traction for everyone to attend,
days come rushing down streams the anticipated waiter. iioimttinot aione Matagorda coun- First of all, Friday will be the day!
in walls of water. I Bed Cross headquarters establish- 1, II 1 he ei.' ire ana irom Hous- when al school children of the!
From reports it appears as ed last week to care for several 1jonoa IPI8 -nrist1 an unde- county will be admitted to the fair'
though the heaviest rain this time hundred persons driven irom their ""CPG grounds free ot charge and the day 1
was confined to a limited area homes at that time, hastily open- . 1001 1." h' 1mo110 De " when nil ol the stores in Whartn
and the resulting rise will lie aed to receive families again flee-io.d I ' 0 " ' renu sites o will close at noon and remain
ing from the lowlands along the comPte nan! 111688 and prosperity dosed lor the balance of Hie day
river. A number of women and ' .ours , 1 hl *' f0 and ade- so that all employes of every busi-
quate market facilities; this utter , ,
will be enhanced by the completion nesshouseinthe city may, takesin"
or the great inland waterway the the fair And the Ereat treat will
Intracoastal caal, ami this is .1- *“ the free, bar becue which.will
ready definitely under way be, served at 2136 ocloek Friday
The proper celebration of the aternoon to all those who have
completion of this road and th s pass6d. the sates at the lair
lateral roads already finished is!E"oun0 ,,, >
week ept the dtv nsomething of more than local in- , Dr., 1 M Neal and A Davis I
week kept the city in | ter est but locally we should give . have been mimed co-chairman in
recognition to it in a fitting man-icharge of the barbecue arranse-
tier, and it Is a duty as well as al ment, and preparations are being
vilege to make tlie triv to Pa- /made to feed 20,...... people at the, E
tali' grounds Friday arternoon. <
That will be a stupendous task, N
j but the attendance expected the 1 8
since Saturday, assuring an excel- campment grounds were under sey-
lent small grain season. So f l eral feet of water. The river ws
9) 3"
e
Mt
Monday to combat high Waters at- riously hampered its water supply.
torn big' rise crept down from tlie. Weird Appearanee nrivin, . t, mat. i.
headwaters in Concho county. । In the early morning hours the ' ’ '• '
Ballinger Monday the Colo- business section presented a weird Hon the17 1 and help tocele-
"e Monday no appearance as street lights werelbratein a suitable manner a dream
..................... . turned on, buildings burst intocome true, 01 liftins ' Mataso la
ing rainfall of 6.21 inches Sundsy. brilliant illumination and men Coni. " mu and ' ' accom
rushed about. .
m. me river normally a small 0Ve a oret
Water came within one-fourth of stream which llows on three sides
ion addressed
B i tents up the river telephou- LICTI 117 A U ro
ed Curl A. Blasig. manager of the R IlHWAY SX
c amber of commerce, and a pen- , VV
ra, Redy and Paton
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