Texas City Times (Texas City, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, April 26, 1912 Page: 3 of 6
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THE TEXAS CITY TIMES
THE WANDERING DOLLAR
By W.F. Bookman and I.D.Richmond
Market at 22nd Street
Galveston, Texas
FOR
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FIRE INSURANCE
REAL ESTATE, LOANS and
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Rentals
MORE PARTICULARLY
Lots
Acerage Adjoining Texas City Townsite
Store Space on Main St.
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rency than that of a Texas dollar
sadly singing “Home Sweet Home.
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Oath therefor having been made,
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and the Bureau
paper published in said County once j and William A. Taylor, two of Uncle
In speaking
of the farming on the canal and, its
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& WATER COMPANY
' of Texas City, Free. No. 3, Galves- isphere the lands through which suc-
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there to answer the petition of The
W. H. Butterfield & Co.
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Druggists.
' 1912,
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YOUR EYES
are of such vast importance that
An action for debt for the sum of
agriculture with a distinct horticul-
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Perfumes
and
and
PHONE 114
that we grind any glass or make any
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the meager efforts of the native and
Attest:
Ed. F. Watts,
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Texas.
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Patents
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'gms'
& OPT.
I as required by law, you are hereby
commanded that, by making publica-
; of said Court 66 against the said C.
G. Wunsch, proprietor of the Model
I Bakery, and alleging, in substance,
I as follows:
You can secure the advantages of an electric iron over a period of-
twenty minutes.
•mine your eyes in modern testing
rooms, equipped with the latest and
best ..instruments and our manufac-
cessive routes of travel have passed
across it show little agricultural de-
China.
Conditions are such that the pack--
of plantian, banana and sugar cane.
“In the latter part of the dry sea-
son the grasses of the canal zone are
generally so parched that very little
frame ON TWO HOURS NOTICE,OF-
TEN LESS. Mail orders given prompt
has been for four centuries the most
important portage of the western hem-
The Epworth League of the Meth-
odist Episcopal Church cordially in-
vites all young people, strangers in
the city, to attend their services at
the church Sunday evenings at 6:80«
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A. D. 1912.
Given under my hand and the seal
of said court/at office, his, the 3rd
day of April, A. D. 1912.
considerations are the vast number of
ships expected to pass through the
waterway—some authorities claiming
the traffic will be so heavy as to be
one continuous line of ships from one
end of the canal to the other during
the entire 24 hours.
About a year ago the investigation
was started by the Bureau of Soils
ing Plaintiff have judgment for the
sum of $116.98. -
Herein fail not, but have you then
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ber trees that made up the original
forest.”
Hugh H. Bennett, who assisted in
the investigation, said the most prom-
ising line of attack upon agricultural
wind is expected to blow from north
southerly quadrants.
By night ared light indicates
easterly winds, and a white light be-
low a red light, westerly winds.
G. H. ARONSFELD, Manager.
The ONLY exclusive opticians in Gal
veston. Trust Building. 2224 Post-
office St.
and numbered on the docket practically all the more valuable tim-
same day as received.
Yours for better eyesight.
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tural trend, in which hand labor of ’
tropical origin will be the main de- ■
. Defendant be cited to appear
turing department is so complete , , ,, .
I answer hereto and that upon hear-
Lots in Texas City Heights
from $50.00 up
Terms of Subscription $1.50 a Year
in Advance.
Epperson & Siltings
Undertakers, Funeral Directors and Embalmers.
Personal Attention.
We Carry a Complete Line of Undertakers Supplies
Parlor 5th Av. North, between 7th and 8th Streets
TEXAS CITY, TEXAS
attention and always returned the
[ and there, before said Court,
problems of the canal zone will be to
develop a permanent mixed tropical
The Dominant Idea in our Clothi g Business is,
and always has been, QUALITY. -
OUR AIM is to give you the highest standard of value
at the fairest possible price. We’ve reached the HIGH
WATER MARK of EXCELLENCE in our SPRING
SUITS for MEN and YOUNG MEN at
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ing leguminous intercrops can be con-
tinuously used to replace the wild and
Intractable native vegetation of the
LIVERY, FEED AND SALES SABLES
Carriages and Buggies for Hire
C[C to® JAJR,
NDA\JE57GMCAN A
pendence for tillage. In this way exist-
ng and prospective conditions would
favor the production of high-priced
products requiring regular and fre-
quent transportation service, such as
will doubtless be available promptly
after 'the opening of the canal for
use.
n ■ _ A- merchant, a banker or a captain of
buelneSS anu Kesinsnce industry and have made frequent
I previous to the return day hereof, (
_ „ , . make the investigation..
you summon C. G. vVunsch, proprie-
: tor of The Model Bakery, Defendant, possibilities in the future, Mr. Taylor
Ito be and appear before the Justice’s
SEE '
W. S. BROUSSARD
L. & Ellis Bldg.
Phone 113 & 65 P. O. Box 486
OPEN DAY AND NGHT 1
M. W. EPPERSON,
$116.98 due and unpaid on an open
i account of lumber and hardware
i South Texas Lumber Compnay, As-
' signee of the Industrial Fuel and
j Lumber Company, Plaintiff, filed in
' said Court on the 3rd day of April,
“ confined matnly to
writ, with your return thereon, show, present shack-farm agriculture.
' “Agricultural operations in
FRIDAY, APRIL 26. 1912.
.thAAAA4. OVER 65 YEARS’
.32258858% EXPERIENCE
Man’s impress on
' a week for four consecutive weeks I Sam s scientific explorers in the de-
partment, were the men detailed to
their care should be entrusted ONLY
to those who make this work their
life study and specialty.
WE ARE EXCLUSIVE OPTICIANS,
THE ONLY ONES. IN GALVESTON
•nd our thousands of satisfied cus-
tomers will gladly tell you that our
optical work is THE BEST. We ex-
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“One important feature,” continued I transportation
Mr. Bennett, “will be the early work- i
ing out of a method of mixed cropping
in which, soil maintaining ahd improv-
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tion of this Citation in some news- working together.
ROBT. 1. COHEN
What Everybody Wears
Wanderlust Spirit Seizes Texas
Dollar.—$200,000 Per Day
Leaves State.
said:
“Though the Isthmus of Panama
Advertising Rates Made Known on i
Application
cinity of the Panama railroad—com-
pleted in 1851—and the canal route,
which lies close to the railroad
through most of its length, is chiefly
apparent through the destruction of
Some poultry is raised by native and
canal employes. In view of the ruling
high prices there is unquestionably a
good openingfor raising both pork
and poultry. Away from the noisy
activities of canal construction the
depredations of wild animals such as
the tiger cat and jaguar would likely
entail some loss to these industries.
“Small farming, including the pro-
duction of vegetables and choice trop-
ical fruits, such as the avocado, man-
go, papaya, pineapple, orange, guava,
anona, etc., can be carried on profit-
ably with the application of intensive
methods, coupled with proper care in
the selection of crop varieties and
soil.
“Such a variety of ornamental
plants thrive on this soil that there
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1 West Indian population and are re-
stricted to patch farming. The pro-
duction of local staple products, prin-
cipally tropical vegetables and fruits,
rice and corn, is little in excess of
of Plant Industry
Hugh H. Bennett
seems little doubt that many of these
could be extensively and profitably
grown for shipment to the United
States and other northern countries.”
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chained to an outside investment
in the interior of
stand this; British and American
manufacturers are either careless in
this respect or ignorant of what is de-
manded by the conditions of trans-
portation over roads that are mainly
eight-inch tracks along the face of
precipices.
One of Mr. Dingle’s friends, need-
ing a typewriter—and knowing the
country—wrote home explicit direc-
tions as to the packing.
“Pack it ready to ship,” he wrote,
“then take it to the top of your of-
fice stairs, throw it downstairs, take
the machine out and inspect, and if
it is undamaged, send it to me.
“If damaged, pack another machine
and subject it to the same treatment
until you are convinced that you have
one that can stand being thus handled
and escape injury.”—Youth’s Com-
panion.
of Chirique, in the high northern por- TEXAS CITY ELECTRIC LIGHT
tions oi the Republic of Panama. ।
3s 385
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These two economies must surely appeal to you. We can convince
you with your permission.
dicates: the expected approach of
a dangerous hurricane.
No night small craft or hurricane
warnings are displayed.
Epworth League Invitation.
i Court, to be holden in and for the
aforesaid County of Galveston at
I the Court House thereof, in the City
' - by in their native land. There is.
Two red flags with black centers, -i-p 1 1 1
, 6 , , no more pitiful sound known in cur-
displayed one above the other, m- a m -
These are sold at a minimum cost and their use becomes a necessity
at once. They can be procured for fourteen dollars and cost but
a few cents an hour to operate.
Last week we brought to your attention the use of small motors
in the domestic circle. This week we particularly call your atten-
tion to the SEWING MACHINE MOTOR.
j contributions towards churches,
I charitable institutions and the gen-
eral wlefare of the community.
Many a Texas dollar has contrib-
uted towards the eomic literature of
the day by choosing outside invest-
ments in preference to Texas prop-
erties, and the pride and business
reputation of the family has suf-
fered.
No data which could be considered
as a reliable basis for an estimate
is available, but those familiar with
the general run of investment sug-
gest that possibly a hundred thou-
sand dollars per day leave the State
seeking outside investment, a portion
of which is permanent, the owner
leaving with it. Our Federal Cen-
sus Bureau discloses the fact that
80 people per day leave Texas and
estimating that each person takes
with him $250 in property, we will
have $20,000 leaving permanently
per day, giving us a balance of $80,-
000 per day, subject to recall, as the
owner still lives in Texas.
Many of our dollars, lured by the
siren voice of speculators, have left
Texas and formed unholy alliances
with outside capital and must now,
for a season, undergo the mental an-
guish of daily witnessing magnifi-
cent opportunities for investment go
actual food requirements of the op-
erators. The greater number of these
farms, although occupying the smooth-
er slopes of the larger valleys and
never distant more than five miles in
a direct line from the canal, are iso-
lated and inaccessible, owing to the
broken topography and absence of
good highways. They are reached
only by narrow, winding trails, at no
time passable for vehicles and often
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Soda Water and All Cold Drinks.
Ice Cream at Wholesale or Retail
A red pennant indicates that mod-
erately strong winds are expected,
and that small craft should stay
close to shore.
A red flag with a black center in-
dicates that a storm of marked vio-
lence is approaching.
The pennants displayed with the
flags indicate the direction of the
wind; white, westerly (from south-
west to north); red, easterly (from
northeast to south). The pennant
above the flag indicates that the
Do not place your order for next
year’s calendars until you see our
Une of samples. The Texas City
Times.
ing should be thoroughly done. The
Germans and the Japanese under-
Money, by its close companionship
with man, has acquired many of the
Entered at the Postoffice at Texas characteristics of the human, race,
City, Texas, as second-class matter, and one of its most pronounced is
its disposition to wander. They!
probably “get the habit” by being '
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well-nigh or quite impassable for
horses.
“There is plenty of room for ex-
tension and improvement of the stock-
raising industry. Upon a large pro-
portion of steep-hill land suited only
for forestry and perhaps the produc-
tion of certain fruits, such as pineap-
ples, mangoes, etc., good grazing can
be secured through the establishment
of guinea grass pastures. A number
of native grasses, such as those which
flourish upon the savanna lands, af-
ford good grazing, while Para and
Bermuda grass, cowpeas, velvet beans,
corn, the sorghum known as ‘Guinea
corn,’ sugar cane, and peanuts do well
upon the lower-slope soils and consti-
tute excellent forage crops. Another
good stock food is cassava, a crop that
gives large yield with a minimum of
attention. It might be well to say
here that fine cattle, particularly the
large, strong oxen as draft animals in
portions of Costa Rica, are fed al-
most exclusively upon chopped stalks
CITATION.
The State of Texas.
No. 6
To the Sheriff or any Constable of’
; ‘ Galveston County, Greeting:
F y NCLE SAM has found time to
look into the agricultural pos-
sibilities of the canal zone,
«.} and he proposes to turn the
five-mile strip of land on each
side of the canal into one big vegeta-
ble garden. He intends to see that
the thousands of vessels from all over
the world passing through the canal
will be able to replenish their stock
of fresh meats and vegetables when
they reach the Isthmus without the
loss of a minute in traveling time. At
present vessels leaving New York
for a trip down the coast any great
distance must stop at one or two
places for fresh meat and vegetables
before reaching their final destination.
Uncle Sam had his explorers ex-
amine every foot of ground within the
ten-mile limit of the zone, from the
Pacific to the Atlantic, including a
portion of Costa Rica on one side,
and Panama on the other. The in-
vestigation has now reached the stage
where it can be safely asserted there
are exceedingly bright prospects for
the building up of a lucrative agricul-
tural and stock raising industry along
the Panama canal.
In addition to the great quantities
of fresh meats and vegetables required
for steamers passing through the
canal, it must be remembered there
will always be a great number of canal
employes living along the line of the
canal. The majority of these em-
ployes will undoubtedly be married,
with families and children, and all
these mouths will require vegetables
to fill them. Also a number of minor
industries may be built up along the
canal, which will require its quota of
sold and delivered by the Industrial
Fuel and Lumber Company, the as-
signor of the Plaintiff, at the spec-,
ial instance and request of the De-
fendant. That the Defendant has
failed and refused to pay the same,
to the Plaintiffs damage in the sum
of $116.98.
Wherefore Plaintiff prays that the
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For Violent Transit.
A recent book by Mr. Edwin J. |
Dingle, entitled “Across China on 1 I
- Foot,” contains a bit of practical ad- 9
I vice about the manner in which
j American goods should be packed for -
When in need of Trunks. Travel-
ing Bags, Suit Cases, Purses,Ladies’
Hand Bags, etc., in leather, see
our line before buying. R. H. John,
2220 Market, Galveston. tf
sustenance can be secured from
cleared pastures. But stored forage
and crops like cassava, sugar cane, !
sorghum, banana stalks, etc., could be
depended upon to carry stock through
the dry months to the rainy season— ;
the season of green grass and other
tender vegetation. With such possi-
bilities for the local production of
forage crops there is no necessity for
the present relatively large importa-
tions at high prices of grain, hay and
other feeds by the few who are oper-
ating stock and dairy farms. At the
time of this survey the price of shelled
native corn was $2 gold per 80-pound
sack, while bran was bringing $2.50
per 100 pounds. It is not at all sur-
prising under such conditions that the
demand for milk is so much greater
than the supply and that the prices
are exceptionally high. Milk from
dairy farms of the savannah section
is sold in the city gf Panama at 25
cents per bottle containing one-fifth
of a gallon, less than a quart.
“Very few hogs and goats are raised
in the canal zone. A considerable
number of hogs and goats are import-
ed from points along the Pacific coast, |
For Bale, house and lot, $25 down
and $15 per month. If anyone want
a good, small home cheap, call and
see C. H. Cassel, the butcher. tl
Toilet Articles
$15.00
GOING AWAY! Our Trunk, Bag and Suit Case
Department is the largest in the South.
Yes Its Meant As A Hint
Justice of the Peace in and for
Precinct No. 3, Galveston County,
chased by the tax assessor, in run- .
ning from book-agents and dodging
| subscription lists. It is incompre-
i hensible how a dollar seeking legiti-
j mate investment could voluntarily j
j leave Texas where it is surrounded
i by such a magnificent array of splen-
i did opportunities and search the
I wilderness and waste places for a
livelihood where bulls and bears lie
in wait for it and finally sleep in
dens and hovels and tramp the fin-
i aneial highways when it might have
’ remained at home and become a
,, human beings, who will also require
feeding. Butraside from these minor
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