The Mainland Messenger (Dickinson, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 6, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 13, 1913 Page: 3 of 8
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THE MAINLAND MESSENGER
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Alta Loma News
A. L. MOLLER
Dealer in General Merchandise and Lumber
ALTA LOMA, TEXAS
Our Directors—Your Friends
Small Accounts
Appreciated
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OLD ASTOR HOUSE TO CLOSE
H. L. Roberts, Agt. for Galveston Co.
Hitchcock, Texas
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SOLDIERS TO ACT AS MAIDS
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Some women are so slow that it
takes them about forty years to reach
the age of twenty-five.
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New Duties of Austrian Troops In-
clude Housekeeping Work and
Washing Officers’ Dogs.
ALTA LOMA AND THE
ORANGE INDUSTRY
Every old maid has an excuse for
being single, even if 3 is-enly that
she was bora that way.
as Well
MISS ADA CAPLEN, Correspondent.
C. J. KITCHELL, Business Represen-
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W. J. Stoner Clem Schnider
W. L. Moody, Jr.
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Lady Jean Cochrane Regarded as ths
Most Beautiful Girl in
Court Society.
Capital, $10,000.00 :: Surplus, $2,750.00
ALTA LOMA, TEXAS
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One woman can always make an-
other woman happy by envying her.
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Many a spinster realizes that girls
are wise who marry while yet in their
teens.
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GIN YOUR COTTON WITH
MOLLER & TACQUARD
Gin now Ready and will Gin on Wednesday
and Saturday until further notice
ALTA LOMA; TEXAS
Fate sometimes makes « hero of a
man, but it generally takes more than
that to enable him to hold the job.-
Philadelphia Recond.
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To those who are not willing to sub-
mit to the provisions of that old primal
law, and “earn their bread by the
sweat of their brows,” I would say
don’t come to Alta Loma, for this is
H. L. ROBERTS & CO.
(UNINCORPORATED)
MERCHANTS AND BANKERS
Established 1909
HITCHCOCK, TEXAS
Vincent Astor Asks $1,000,000 for
Half Share In Property Which
is to Be Razed.
merous other advantages, we feel that
we can confidently say to the home-
seeker: “This is the place you long
have sought and mourned because
you found it not.”
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I. E. Johnson E. Q. Rogers
London.—Lady Jean Cochrane is
regarded in England as one of the
most beautiful girls in court society.
She has extraordinary brilliant col-
oring and reddish gold hair, which,
coupled with deep blue eyes, makes
her very striking in appearance. She
dresses with extreme simplicity and
rather affects artistic gowns, as she
is an intimate friend of Lady Diana
Manners, the daughter of the Duchess
of Rutland, who has been famous
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since a child for her unusual ideas in
dress. Lady Jean is rather fond of
Americans, and is seen at the houses
of 'the wealthy American residents of
London.
The Thaman Park Subdivision of the
Mary Austin League is located directly
between Houston and Galveston, with a
Fine Shell Road connecting the two cities
passing through the center of it.
Write today for descriptive Folder of
Farm and Suburban Homes that pay; it
is interesting and a postal will bring it.
Address FRANK H. THAMAN.
ALTA LOMA, TEXAS.
Admiral Schley once said that the
success of a naval engagement de-
pended largely upon the “man be-
hind the gun,” and it is equally true
that the success of either orange grow-
ing or truck farming depends largely
upon the “man behind the plow.”
There is such an endless variety of
products that can be profitaly grown
here, that whatever a man’s taste
might be, he could be satisfactorily
suited, provided, always, that he is
willing to work.
the finest country I have ever seen for
a lazy man—to move away from.
One of the growing industries here
is that of dairying, but we need men
of intelligent industry who will ggow
their own feed and build silos to pre-
serve it in.
Alta Loma has also an up-to-date
creamery and ice factory. We have
two packing houses for buying and
shipping produce, two good stores, a
cotton gin, a lumber yard and a State
Bank that would be a credit to a city
of 20,000 inhabitants, a canning fac-
tory, a bakery, three churches and the
finest and most commodious school
house in the county (outside of Gal-
veston.)
With an abundance of pure artesian
water, our splendid shell roads add nu
Brood over your troubles, if you
want to hatch out more.
50 Horsepower. Complete Equipment; Electric Lights; Electric
Starter, Electric Horn; Power Pump. In fact, everything that
could add to the convenience and comfort of a car is included
in Equipment.
Mrs. R. Kemmerling spent Saturday
in Galveston.
Mrs. George Tacquard and two chil-
dren are visiting in Kerrville.
Mrs. Augue Kleinecke visited rela-
tives in Galveston last week.
Herb. Hepler is spending a few
weeks in Rockport.
The first car of new Colorado cab-
bage was received Tuesday by the
George Henckel Co.
B. W. Pike, staff representative of
the Galveston Tribune, was in Hitch-
cock Saturday.
Mrs. Herbert Lewton and two chil-
dren of Beaumont are here on a visit
to Mrs. C. Robinson.
Mrs. V. Girardin, Mrs. Emilie Rom-
anet and Mr. Jules Leverett came up
from Galveston last week to visit at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Brett.
Mrs. J. H. Roberts, Mr. H. L. Rob-
erts and Lucile Roberts and Miss
Lillian Moller motored to Galveston
Friday.
Mrs. Robert Dempster and daugh-
ters, Misses Lizzie, Nellie and Flor-
ence Helwig and Mrs. Charles Henck-
el, Jr., were Galveston visitors Fri-
da.
J. H. Snowball, representative of
Hitchcock Lodge No. 2003, left Mon-
day for Dallas, where he will attend
the meeting of the Grand Lodge of
the Knights and Ladies of Honor.
Mrs. R. E. Duncan of Rosenberg and
her sister, Miss Gladys Ramsey of
San Antonio, spent several days here
on a visit to Mrs. Duncan’s husband,
who is relief agent at this place.
On Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Jules Per-
thuis had as their guests Mr. and Mrs.
A. Multzmann of San Antonio, Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Gernand and Mrs.
Charles Klyng and Mr. and Mr. Ed.
Perthuis of Galveston.
Last Friday Gus Mikes had suffi-
cient cotton picked to make a bale,
but is holding the cotton for a few
days until the new gin at Alta Loma
is ready for business, as he would
like to have the first bale of the sea-
son ginned in the Galveston County
gin. Mikes, who is one of our indus-
trious colored farmers, also brought
in the first bale last year.
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ONE OF ENGLAND’S BEAUTIES
3 1. E. Johnson, Pres. E. Q. Rogers, Vice-Pres. W. J. Stoner, Cashier
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A map on any physical geography
will show that this ocean stream has
its turning basin only a few miles
(less than 100) due south of Galves-
ton. At this turning point, we are
told, the gulf is scooped out to an
enormous depth, some 1200 fathoms.
Now, this vast body of warm water,
with its covering or bank of warm air
which is constantly being pushed out
over Galveston, causing it to be the
warmest in winter and colest in sum-
mer of any city on the Gulf Coast.
Scientific men tell us that this influ-
ence extends but a short distance up
and down the coast from Galveston,
and about 10 to 15 miles inland north
of the city in somewhat of a semi-
circular form. By consulting a map
of Galveston County it will be seen at
a glance that Alta Loma is inside of
that charmed circle. In addition to
the above, we are located on a broad
peninsula with salt water on three
sides, only 10 or 12 miles distant.
Not only is all of the above true,
but out- system of drainage gives us
the best drained town in Galveston
County.
Now, I do not want to be under-
stood as claiming that the growing of
oranges is the only or chief industry
to be advocated here—in fact, I doubt
if over 10 per cent of men as you find
them would succeed in profitably grow-
ing oranges here, or in any other
country. Ten per cent is generally
recognized as about the proportion of
those who make a success in any of
life’s varied activities.
Vienna.—A new service manual for
Austrian soldiers who act as servants
to officers has just been issued, writ-
ten “by one of us who has bad long
years of experience.” It is laid down
that a soldier-servant must know a
housemaid’s duties thoroughly and al-
so have a complete knowledge of val-
eting. He must know how to wait at
table and be an expert at opening
champagne bottles. He should also
have practice in washing dogs and
cleaning out bird cages. These are
his duties in times of peace.
When on campaign he must oncar-
riving at a strange place immediately
forage, for suitable furniture for the
officers’ quarters. He should then
close the windows and" kill all the
mosquitoes, fleas, and other vermin,
and spatter insect powder- on the
floor.
New York.—The Astor house, for
years the most famous hotel in the
United States, and whose guests in-
cluded the fashionables, diplomats
and statesmen of two continents, Id
to close its doors and will probably
be razed to make way for the new
Broadway subway.
The hotel and property which it oc-
cupies is owned jointly by Vincent
Astor and William Astor. Vincent
Astor has asked $1,000,000 for his
half of the property.
The man who wastes his time
doesn‘ seem to realize that he will
need ft all before he dies.
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If you are going to tell a man just
what you think of him, pick out one
who is smaller than you are.
(By S. S. LINN.)
Since the severe freeze of 1911 the
question is frequently asked by the
homeseeker “can oranges be success-
fully grown in the Texas Coast Coun-
try?”
I answer most emphatically, “Yes,
so far as Alta Loma and vicinity is
concerned, and I will state my rea-
sons for so believing.
The chief obstacle heretofore has
been the danger of freezing. The writ-
er claims to have discovered a means
of forcing young trees into dormancy,
thus insuring them from loss by low
temperature. I had, in a small nur-
sery, during the freezing weather of
1911, a few trees of Florida’s choicest
varieties, such as “Imperial,” “Mag-
num Bonum,” “Pineapple,” “Parson
Brown,” and “Washington Navel,” all
of which are considered much ten-
derer than the hardy Satsuma. On
these Florida varieties I worked a
“rabbit’s foot,” so to speak, and car-
ried them safely through that disas-
trous freeze, and have them living and
fruiting today, while the Satsuma, to
which I did not apply my “rabbit’s
foot,” were nearly all killed, root and
branch. Now if any of my readers are
from Missouri I invite them to come
to Alta Loma and let me “show them
the goods.” I have over 400 trees of
different varieties, more than half of
which are full of fruit now.
There are also certain climatic in-
fluences which have a wonderful ef-
fect in rendering Alta Loma immune
from the injurious results of low tm-
peratures, I refer to that marvelous
and mysterious stream running from
the hot Carribbean Sea via the Gulf
of Mexico, and across the Atlantic
Ocean clear to Europe, and known the
world over as the “Gulf Stream,” ex-
erting a marvelous influence upon the
climate wherever it goes.
Sponge Left in Abdomen.
Alliance, O.—A sponge, left in her
abdomen after an operation for ap-
pendicitis, is declared to have been
the cause of the death of Mrs. Sarah
Tracy. The operation was performed
a year ago in a Cleveland hospital,
and it is said a later operation dis-
covered the presence of a sponge
which had been left in her abdomen.
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"Tddy—Where‘s that watch
father gave you?
Billy—“Uncle” has it now.
Mrs. Fred Conklin was a Galveston
visitor Saturday.
E. Q. Rogers and family motored
to Galveston Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Stoner mo-
tored over to Dickinson Sunday and
visited with friends.
Miss Gay Ford of Kansas, who is
spending her summer in Galveston, is
visiting relatives here.
Mrs. Ira P. Hunt is entertaining
her sister, Mrs. Sheldon, and neice,
Mrs. Hall and baby of Arkansas.
Mrs. E. H. Parker of Galveston is
spending a few days here with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John a Cap-
len.
Mrs. John A. Caplen has returned
from a week’s visit to La Porte, where
she was called by the serious illness
of her sister.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wilson and
daughters, Misses Elizabeth and Viv-
ian, of Houston, are here visiting
Mrs. Wilson’s mother, Mrs. P. N. Har-
ris, for several weeks.
Little Emily Burgess of (‘a’
is enjoying several weeks’ visit her
in the country with friends.
Mrs. Marcus McHeney was in Gal-
veston Friday, shopping.
There are several visiting young
ladies in town, so Friday evening a
hay ride was given. About ten
couples enjoyed this. Then on Satur-
day evening there was a dance given
at Rogers Hall. This week several
delightful affairs are planned.
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The school board of Houston will
employ a physician, to be known as
the “supervisor of hygenics,” who
will have in charge all matters per-
taining to health in the school. His
oiffce will be in the High School
building and he will keep regular of-
fice hours there.
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