Weekly Corpus Christi Caller (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, May 15, 1908 Page: 4 of 8
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ENOOÜBAOINO NEWS.
CHRISTI r
Publithtd b I" the miJht of the WU«h agitated and mi veri wcl
The Caller Publishing Company ! oesaation of railroad building in Texas, a condition
„ iC 0a e ,zzr!r'~.j ! v,l i.-h it i« ntated is the result of legislation antago
'•utworlption Frio* I1-00 p#r Vwr nintic to capital, it i# encouraging and refreshing
OALLtK, FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1908
the county
commissioners
substantial new
brick building
pipaip . 11 '■
Vulualde Information
Land Title*.
Theory suggests that (a
toric ages lauds were coi
erty. According to cot
there in no common prop
lands.
When not the property of i
hi I «II. TttM. U IBitltr
Enured at th«
15, 1908.
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K .
Ktiñ
n «*r j to come across such inspiring news as that eon-
~ Stained in the following from the St. Louis «¡lobe-
Democrat, whose railroad page is recognized as
the most reliable in the United .States:
——— * ut ui'iiT RV 1011V (iltOT wnen not me property o
A regular .«« of th. Co ™!.-! "-1- ¡M"!"!' "
Hioiif-r ' Court of Nueces County was
betd at the Court house in Corpus;
HOW PAB18 GOT SBWÜP AQE
"It has developed, as a result of the visit to Those present were Walter K.
Texas of Col. O. M. Dodge of New York, chairman Judge, T. M. Law^;ii,/^irii. „
Christ!, commencing Monday May 11. j IT Will R[ TWO'STORY
Walter F. Timón. II 'TILL UL M ■ w
of the state.
1 Title to land is obtained
' occupancy, inheritance or by"
chase—sometimes by Grant
! involves a purchase consider!.
| some kind. Title to Nueces
line between Fort
now.
b rw 'i--it ¿i "sass, rsr:? Z
toíf* K woád be very much to thi. city'. «.Ivan-! Fall to Abilene, Tel , a di.tal.ee of about one Dul,o.e ol W«> ZI ereeted by
Property Owners of Chaparral and lands originated from Grants
Mesuuite Vlelug With Kaeh Other Mexican government, which ,
j been confirmed by the State «#
in Hulldlug Hush. jas and from snle or ür¿lJ« «
— Republic or the State of Texat'
The contract liui- been let for an-initio chaining therefore of the l
other brick building for this city, tin Nueces county Is quite a dtl
„,i, on Ch.|«rral «««."¡J j ¡!g¡£'úü'tSe'Sii ££¡3*
work on Us construction will begin j wmj the State.
next month. The building is to be The deed and title record of
Grant at the ces county is very large and hw'
tage indeed if it could iind the opportunity
proeuro this ranch needed utility on the «ame basis
m it was obtained by the city of Paris. For the
benefit of those who have overlooked Mr. «¡shop's ... •„ *i
deacription and explanation of the method .0 .no- Prom Jvald. the new line w. ™i h.-n.. to a
.„1W Mr. John Grant at ■WWW,. , __
t<i hundred and fifty miles, it has been decided by ainined and approved, also the re- f corner of Starr and Chap- Q"ired much work to abstract
BR Yoakum ,md Loeiate. that the line will be v-r ,,,, Poner, <>..r.o Pen. be a .««-.lor, ■• '
extended south from Abilene to Uvalde, where con- and W. H. Dryer, butchers oi animals . —
nectton will be mad© with the Southern Paeific. slaughtered,
' Thí matter of the meeting of the
¡ connection with the St. ÍjOUÍ , Brownsville and Mex- board of equalisation of Nueces 11!
urouer ico at Sam Fordyco. The distance between Abilene county was taken up for mnsldera-
I ■ • • ■ — 1—' "Jon when It wus moved that the
joard meet on the second Monday
50x100 feet. The lower floor Willi An ABSTRACT OF TITLE
be for mercantile purposes and the LAND is the gathering together!
upper for office ). The approximate a systematic chain, all the evld«
1111 1 11 , , ' . . . , of ownership, including deeds t
cost will be in the neighborhood oflojR( also all the evidences of
|1 f ,000. or lack of ownership, deeds oft
At the present time the property j Hens of every character, taxes'!
iu fir-mililffl bv xi wooden structure unpaid, and all matter apperj
to-wit June 8. The cl. rk ls H"u|,lu' "> ,a wooaen sttuctur* mg to the honest history of the1
ir.d to give notice of the con tain inn a Chinese laundry. his ¡on record under Investigation.
r-— - - .. . , ,, I ,1 Will be cleared off early next month These memoranda are so bri
miles, which is to be built ns soon as the financial name by publication in orj s lh(i W()rk ou lhP ncw building j or abbreviated, that an attorney
arrangements can be made. ..... Christt Caller. ,t. wut be pushed as fast as the material w .""necsi.
Icucnptioii HUQ ©XpittHftUOW Of WO meuum w
essfully employed at Pari , it is repeated here
The method used waa baaed upon the very prot- .. -
preraisff that a public utility such as a sewerage and Uvalde is about two hundred miles and be.«ti
system ought to be owned and operated by the tween livable and Sain tordyee is about two bun i>
city. A frauchise wan accordingly granted a com- drod and twenty-live^ miles, making a total pro in June, to-w
pauy to install the system, the city of Paris be- posed line of about four hundred and twenty-five was instruct-
ing somewhat in the same financial straits as this
city is at the present time, not possessing the means
to stand the original cost. The company was grant
placd on the ground. Thte!tj,je;
"Colonel Dodge is a veteran railroad builder. j. D. Kring was appointed by ]jf, )il(
ed "the piivilegé°¿f "assessing añ ínitíaí installing fee ( He was at the head of the construction forces which court. iajKe of eiec-tlon I election <•
wto cover the cost and give it a fair rate of interest, built the Texas and Pacific, the International and precinct No. - at sandia tu placo ,mnk
and Southern Hunter Henrlcbson, disqualified. HtI.,K.Uon wiM il(i(1 muoh to thf. ,,pJ nisbed and same passed upon by"
i-nmiiP pn nttnrttftv
on its investment. Patrons wore charged from $;><)
to $100 for each connection, the amount depending
upon the extent and character of the fixture . The
mains were paid for hy the company. The city,
however, paid tho cost of a Hue from the city to
a sewer farm which was later supplanted by a sep-
tic tank system.
Great Northern and the Colorado
ith the handsome new four x,( posted buyer of land will
building now under con- a deal until after an abstract is'
competent attorney.
limeUto«king« cSiuUn^tigatioif of the territory judge of cl-ctlon in election precinct pearanc- of Chaparral street, and the .Many persons are holding
?nTp ^,UÚ4 wi|Bheairorde„ the pro l O, ,, A Horn, who ™ U«t .1^ lo re- I S-lialli' B
posed line. He visited Uvalde, where the new line is unable to serv.
will cross the Honthern Pacific, and obtained valu
able data bearing on tho project. The route of the overseer in Commission
¡,1 an ill * nresent wooden structures ¡sale oi sold, or some remote o
Jos, Hoelscher wax appointed road 1 _ J, \ / , or claimant discovers his right
As soon as the system was completed, the own 1 proposed line runs one hundred and fifty miles west' No. 1.
bip passed to the city ami thereafter patrons <>f any existing north and south railroad in Texas The appltau
re assessed for nothing except the cost of he It will traverse a territory that is rapidly settling ¡ton requ^tftig
ter needed for Hushing. All of this occurred sev- ni> with farmers and which is now almost entirely his ofllc with
eral years ago and according to Mr. liísbop, the lacking in railroad transportation facilities.
system has been successfully operated ever since. "It has been frequently stated by Mr, Yoaku
* .Ml • . • • 1 I I t . * I . ! I . .. I ' I L. ( i I ... I kUi A i ■/!■> d . 4* 'I'., I ll It. . . a <#1> II I.-
precinct i!! fart th"r'' is rac,i on l>"'ween Ids claim
the properly owners of Mesqulte an<l Hence the advisability of M
\"'ii i .... • Chaparral streets, and this race will 'and owner having his land absti
ítiriii h ¡ redound to the benefit of the proper- Unl !,-v competent and respontilble
>' utrntrh ' «tractors, and having «ame or-
nad a tin- ,v owner;- oi both streets. )n M<- - npOU |)V u competent attorney.
quite ¡ i reel during th- past few There are two ways of obti
he, an abstract, one by the abstrt
going over the records of the CI
arc
ershif;
were assessed for nothing except
-water ueeded lor Mushing. All of this occurre*
plica tor was read and ,
m, The applications of various parties '"ontiis I ho I covich building and
Pile Paris instance should be síírlouslv coimidered ! that thai portion of Western Texas through which tor a crossing over the St. h. is. a
bv this eity in its consideration of tfic sewerage I his new line is to run is the moist inviting field for M. ity. at what is known a the liar
problem. It would he better if the eitv could S railroad building that; exists today tu the United
handle the whole proposition from start to finish,: States, Colonel Dodge fully agrees with him in
but that seems out ol! tlie question This plan there this opinion."
lore appears to be the next best course to pursue. til this Connection, it Would seem hut logical that
iWhen the city fathers wet another application for 1 this new railroad should seek an outlet at tidewater
a franchise, ns we have reason to believe they will In the event il does. Corpus Christi will be the
at an early ilute, it will he well for them to keep; natural goal. A branch diverging from the main
line at Uvalde and extended in this direction would
I traverse the fertile Nueces valley ami a region
J which contains a larger percentage of productive
! yet undeveloped land than .my other quarter oi'
— -*• ¡Texas, fytiol) tin extension would not only provide
The linos in the presidential contest may now be j An outlet to tidewater ai the safest port on the
said to he well drawn and the tighi will doubtless (hill const, but would also induce a development
be made on issues already enunciated in Ihe plat in the territory it would traverse which would mal;<
forms of the principal candidates. No one questions i it a profitable investment on its own account jilt h
the Paris method in mind.
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THE TWO PLATFORMS.
£
\ej and Thomas crossing near Kill
vlfic was referred to ('ommissloner
Adam.-, 'o investigate.
It was ordered by the Court that
the North section tine of the Texas
I.and and Cattle Co.. tract along
what is known as the Texas Land
and Cattle Co's fence, be op< ncd up,
h.-Kittjnlufi where said line intersects
the ( or pus Christ! bay, mid conMnu-
itiK atony salt! line in a westerly di-
rectlón to f|s intersection with the
Oso • I.(>k, and t.iial all obstructions
on said road be removed
i he aiiidicatlon of I' I'lurnei t and
Mc(!rej?or building have been erected. , „. , , , . -¡
... ... ... olllce and making memoranda Mi
the . late ho .1 buildnu, ami the \ ell j jj(, can [U)<j from p niaking up
building, and the handsome State . epitome of the record.
Hunk building, every one of them a; This is the old and antiquated
credit to the city. The Callaghei j1, ,
... , lite other way, is where a coaMI
"uilding now under construction. „any makes a con.ptote record In^
Other prospective abbreviated form of the county
alld thei
buildings for i his street,
pro bal
t\ ou
in the matter of erecting
brick liuililing.s.
it is not lords keeps them In his office
>b that those who own proper which through a perfect syntej©
, oí indexing, he is able to locate wltft?
bapan.i. stree «ill be bested despatch every Item connected vitfc'
liespatch every item connected with j
modern the land under investigation. TMsi.
latter method is that which Is up t *Í
Just now the city is filled with vis-
itors, many of them from centers
where times are not the best, They
are impressed with the activity
this city. These visitors will go homt
the conclusion that, barring some now totally un
foreseen contingency, the Republican and Demo
cratic forces will be led by Taft and Bryan, respect-
ively. It may, therefore, be'assumed that their pint
than two years from the time of its completion
The day will come when I lie Nueces valley, reach-
ing westward from this city for two hundred miles
will maintain a development and support n popula
forms individually announced represent the views ¡.ion eommensurnie with that now sustained by the
f their particular parties, It is interesting to rend
and compare them.
Mr. Bryan'p is ns follows;
Tariff for revenue only,
'' Protection of bank depositors by guarnniee
fund, issue of emergency currency by Government, j
establishment of postsi banks anil award of United
States deposits by competitive bidding
THU NEW GOLDEN RULE.
An Oklahoma
far-famed Arkansas valley of Colorado, Thai dc
velopmcnt and that population, however, will fol
low the railroad Let's get the railroad,
.. to he held on Saturday, June i>.
Application oí ti. 11. Pi tier and
others for holding an election: je
" school district • No. to determine
joostcr, the Secretary of a (join whether or not a tax of twenty cents
Not.ico of injunction in labor disputes, trial be- mercial Club, speaks to bis constituents in this wise; on the net, valuation of taxable
fore other than issuing judge and trial for contempt i "The citizen who stands aloof and expects the property be levied for school put
by jury. i city to grow at the expense ol others, will probably poses, whs ¡..tamed !•' II. Ititter
More stringent railroad curb to prevent stock see the day that he will wish thai he was among ami \v c i ta mil a.-vc ¡ip-toimed to
watering and competition with shippers and to re the boosters the men who do, hold said . e-cinm ou Sa;n¿ia> June
duce rates, "There will come up in time many opportunities (5
Federal license permitting a trust to control not i for those active in the organization to help une The reports ui w w wrtuhc t-iv
more than 60 per cent of the |)ro<luet in which it another. coiteeior i'oi the mouth of Marcit ami
deals, and to force corporations to sell on equal "But yesterday a citizen telephoned p. the sec
terms in all parts of the country. retar) and inquired
'' ' I loes Mr , the tjroeer. belong .« flu
Uninmercial Club?'
The answer went back
'lie does not
bthers for the purpose of holding an about it and that will be jusi
election ill School district No 11 to ihat advertising for Cor-
d>;erinlue whether or not a tax of '"ls 'hrlsti.
cents on the I:CO valuation of 'ax- *
able property in --aid district shall LAWS' VIRVV SAI.K,
be levied for school purposes w « e\-
aminetl and granted. K. Kmmert
and .1. 1). Krin>; were appointed
judgCK to hold tile election, election
Quite a Large Crow ! Atteuded-
Wiiid loo IIitih for Haloon.
date and that which secures a surer
accurate record and which Is tbft'
most popular.
Recognizing the necessity of an n$i
n to date abstract of Nueces coun '
Mr. C. W. tíibson and associates Id ;
March 1907 secured the services
two competent young lawyer
.Messrs. Suttle and Todd of AuBttl
Texas, for the purpose of bufldi)
a complete abstract of Nueces coun
These gentlemen have worked out!
abstract night and day to date
now have nearly completed it.
abstract Company nave lncorpe
with a capital of 512,000 and Is ;
ed CORPUS CHRISTI ABSTI
CO,, a lid is prepared to do the bíi||
abstracting and with care and
Owing to the high wind the aero-
naut deemed it inadvisable to „t- j curacy. This is a reliable comp
.tempt ail ascension out at Lawn View lJ!,'l;aro V/ 'cV, t0 Bta-Vl. Th®y are . ...
. , , , , ., , , , d mil y soliciting work from evüfcfi
sal" "us alter-. SOurce and invite a visit to thelrof-J
And the explanation followed brief!)
of
I have been trading with him, but l ata tlmn
here is more o I this sentiment ill thé eiti 'CI S said amtunts with the court be clos
than many persons think. ,. ¡ n, accordance with said fitial nc
I he I allet does nol belicvO in the boycott ;>nn count and that the report of delta-
eiple, but it does believe in co operation and recip nueni taxes tie published in ihe Cor-
rocit.v. in helping those who help you It believes pus Christ! Caller as required b> law
Immediate protectorato for l'hilippines, I nited
States to retain naval aiul coaling stations.
Exclusion of Aaiatica.
Curb on centralization of government
Adequate employers' liability law.
Mr. Taft's platform is summarized ns follows:
Tariff duties measured by tho difference in the
cost of production at home and abroad.
Currency reform to prevent panics.
Limitation in exercise of power and of injunction
to prevent its abuse.
Indorsement of rate law and other policies of■ in the Golden Uulc. "Do unto others as you would
1 resident Hoosuvelt. have others do unto you. provided it is mutual)v
(ioverumeut regulation of trusts and monopolies, operative and luntuallv respected It believes in
Prohibition of child labor. giving ev%ry man a chalice to get in the band wagon
Urea tor merchant marine and adequate navy but it. doesn't believe in stopping the wagon at everv
Protection of negro in his right of franchise hy turn and hoggin* the tar.lv ones to gel „>• valú
reducing electoral vote of State where he is not al able time is wasted
lowed to east ballot. , Boosting work, to be successful, must be pro-
Speedy completion of the Panama Canal ,noted on a cooperative basis Boosters must stand
National salegnarduig of health. together and help one another If they don't thev
Compensation for injured government employes are uot boosters but Un...-kers '
Constitutional employftw liability law. If you want to get in tone!, with the real live
thU(rt Vlrrm wí clwt P^K^ve business men of a eitv. peruse the men,:
tin t andida to. lie will be piesident not because bcrsliip rolls of its central commercial b.xh Nio,.
he represented anything m particular, but because ty-nine times out of a hundred you w,11 find it a
April wi'i'e diamlned and approved
The Una i t "¡.ort <tt W v. , 'A'riglv.
of t he tiixes-i e(dl .'C|iid Itir t he ye;V
I HOT, was .-.'wtmilled the cottrl bej|ljK
oat is tied that the ihn r< in-c-ented by
the -I'veral rolls for the .■em liMt",
were fully fieeouilted for. It WHS
therefor-' ordered and decreed that
noon.
There tvns a large cro-vd in a11. >d
anee and a number ol leis went aue-
tioned off by Auctioneer McKlrei . Mr.
McKlree a'ciiiiipairied b\ .Mr. E.
líarre«t. ihr owner of the n-.\v ¡mUíí-
Iton. headed the profession ill'1- af-
(criioon which left the eity aecoai-
i' ini- d t>> a bund shortly after '
o efock "fiii-re were a utirnber of
•ehicb s It) line while quite a ¡ü" •
crowd had gathered at. the place m
advance til the procession, TÉte sale
opened at J.' o'clock and
■or some timé, the price of tot - rat,!
iio. i rom Si to above ¡$2b0
tices which are on the second floor j
of the new Cugenheim & Cohn bull
inp the last room north end of I
hall. The sign is hanging from
door.
CORPUS CHRIST! ABSTRACT*
Telephone 393.
VI 111 I Tit s FOK .1ACKIES.1
Mail) Hit: Krents Stdietliilcd for To
in San Francisco.
l i;i>S WIIJ, HK \OMIWTII .
lit
Will He Selected to llend the V .
1 Until I Socialists* Ticket.
Chicago, May tt The .Sueialisi-
and then turned over to the County national convention wilt to|ii> nornl-
AHomey with instructions to enforce tiate l-'ugene V Delis of Olrard, Kans
San francisco, Cal.. May 14.-
cotrinie-d w,. another! day of ample enteral
niMit for the officio's and sallo|
!- iiaitieship fleet. At¿ti
• n' ii Hidden Gate Parlt t<¡
tlie chief feature of the pro|
Tie re were also a Utinibzer of!
evcui.-ioiis for both the officer*
nu'ii.
the collection of saute,
The report of the jury of view ap-
pointed to lay out a road near Fair-
view was received and adopted. .!, A
and \ I*. /íitiii were allowed dnui-
ages a> stiegested In the report.
for president,
Typewriter Desks and Table
No. .1 Oliver Typewriters to put t
i hem. c. C. Hook &• Stationery
he ha
l! ,s sometimes impossible to separate the tares
. . z 'rnm wheat, and the goats from the sheen but
. ««bwriber in a distant State asks when bath- not so here There are two decisive things vtm can
• fir *í order to answer the queation do: First, be sure vou are a member of the Coin
mtfilhgoi'tly *, hjvo mM hor to ,,„d us „ a«b m *it t "uliL ™ « .„ it Z
photo of hor bftthmff uit Ml in,U„Wi; ,l,o 8|)c,f,| v„„ S', "
1 the boosters. P".:!
Annie doubtless thought she had a tough deal
when «he waa hitched up with Count Boni, but if i
«he
be
MKipii
oertnml) eatoh Hellie. p.r^.0,1 W, wtmdor wh,, .!„■ b.rWr woS "J'Z"
¡ ',avo done under similar circumstances ighteen
says murderess
is still ulive
t^i Porte, 111,, May 14,- Sheriff
Sumtser today received a letter from
Milwaukee signed "John Williamson."
stating that Mrs thinness is alive. He
will produce her. he says. If five thou
Band reward is offered.
cycloñtsírúck
nebraska towns
ON TIME
• • •
Á .N?rtlLTexas lady, who came with friends lo
convention, left home, it is said.
* i •
Ouioha, Neb.. May 18. Fifteen to
persons were kilted and ,
many Injured by a tornado which
_ \v« .« ^ k ' t ■ ' swept the country south of here late 1
««it. She discovered her mis- Visitors that TE a?e aiVkinl T!!!!'' °Ur ywt?rít,> L,n,(i,vin" ^«rta breat-
her departure. however, and in this eitv for Tvervb h '"wmeis opening est |QM of life. Ft, Crook suffered
ward the necessary article, vu- the fault of the c imite W il™ iT> ,S Hn,i Louisville was
I envelope for that purpose ever to receive 1 h« i «ouldbe glad, few wrecked While Martin Telth and son
ivoellinL ^!. ihmi Wh? WOuU1 c^Rnge their were driving a«r P«Pilltoi, their?
; JüllL !ílííLa:?Ur*l,\'H: 1,1 a> ?ver,,wtin8 health, horse w, frlKhtenod and dashed Into
TAKE THE
S. A. & A,
SAI
ON Til
TO
Houston and Galveston
No Time Lost From Business
j AR. HOUSTON 6:50 A. M,
LEAVE CORPUS CHRISTI, 7 P. M. V " GALVESTON 8:45 A.M.
) NEXT M0RNIN6
□i
: " ' Tims Made to All Points
CLYDE FORE,
Ass't Ticket Agent
H. M. RAKER.
Ticket Agent
growl
wealth and happiness shall be theirs.
the river.
The two were drowned.
ON TIME
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