The Matagorda County Tribune. (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, November 4, 1910 Page: 3 of 4
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From Friday’s Daily,
Capt Wright Moore of LaGrange
left for his home this morning. The
captain was the guest of. Judge and
Mrs. W. S. Holman while in the city.
Mrs. Sid Pearson went over to Rich-
mond this morning for-a visit with
relatives.
Dr. and Mrs. C E. Duve left for
their home in Weimar this morning.
Judge Thompson will, go to Rich-
mond tomorrow to be on hand for the
opening of the district court Monday.
There will be a ghost lunch served
Monday night by the young people.
A royal time is promised every body
who will attend. The place of the
ghost walk will be announced later,
a the mean time think about your
robe. . „ . - — •
J. A. Blaize has bought 100 acres of
the best of the rich Buckner’s prairie
land from the Bay City Realty Co., and
expects to turn it into a model farm
within a very short time.
Dr Baxter Smith, Dr. H. L. Ruge-
ley, Capt. Frank Rugeley, M Stern-
berger and Capt. J F. Lewis, members
of E. S. Rugeley Camp U C. V., went
to Matagorda yesterday and assisted
at the funeral of E. J. Inglehart, who
was himself a veteran of the Lost
Cause, and had requested that he be
buried under a Confederate flag. His
request was complied with, for the
above named comrades draped the cas-
ket with the beloved banner, under
which it was borne to Its last resting
place. Deceased was a member of.
— Pearson’s company which was Co. D of
the Sixth Texas Infantry, Granbury’s
division He served throughout the
war and was a participant in many
of the hard-fought battles of that con-
test. Rev Jno. Sloan ol Bay City of-
ficiated at the fungral yesterday. .
Mrs. Wells Thompson left for Waco
this morning, where she goes to at-
tend the state convention of the Daugh
ters of the American Revolution as a
delegate from Lady Washington Chap-
ter at Houston.
Heads of departments for the com-
ing county fair should not forget the
important meeting tonight, at the of-
fice of A. D. Hensley. Every commit-
teeman should be present, that the
program may be completed and the
work of preparing for the event be
begun in earnest.
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From Saturday's Daily.
Mrs. C. J. Green and Baby Bonnie
returned home from Ballinger yester-
day, where they had been visiting the
baby’s father, C. J. Green, Jr.
Quite a delegation or the citizens of
Midfield were in town today, among
whom we noticed D. H Garner, J J.
Fortenberry, John Blackman and son,
W. E. McSparren and others
Mrs. Thos. Haynes and Miss Mattie
LaBauve came in yesterday from San
Antonio where they had been sojourn-
ing for some, time for the benefit of
the young lady's health—and. much to
the gratification of her friends, with
apparently beneficial results,
Com’r. Boney, Capt. White of bridge
building fame and V. L. LeTulle made
the best bag of the season, time taken
into account, when they brought in
the limit in ducks yesterday afternoon
after two hours spent on the prairies
south of town. The limit, as everyone
understands. Is 25 ducks per gun.
The Bay City merchants and busi-
ness firms of that city should assist
their city as the bay during winter
months is often impassible for boats.
The help is earnestly asked for and
we believe the Collegeport country
trade is worth working for.—College-
port Chronicle.
It is understood that a deal is pend-
ing by which Commissioner W. 0. Bo-
ney and Alvin Williams are to become
the owners of the Matagorda Pharma-
cy, Marshal Boney retiring to accept a
position in Dallas. In the event the
deal is carried out, Mrs Alvin Williams
will be in active charge of the busi-
ness.
About twenty members of the Bay
City Camp W 0. W. went over to
Markham last night to help the camp
at that place initiate a bunch of chop-
pers who had volunteered for service
In the cause in that neck of the woods.
The Mt rkham lodgmen treated their
guests royally, tendering them a
spread, and smoker after the business
, of the evening was concluded.
The schoolmates of little Miss Tel-
ma Moore conspired yesterday to sur-
prise her last evening, because yes-
terday was her birthday. They suc-
ceeded In the surprise feature, but did
not catch the young lady and her moth-
er unprepared to give them a hospita-
ble reception and a royal good evening
of it after they had entered the cheer-
ful precincts of the Moore home. Thir-
ty or more young people were present.
A kindergarten for children under
seven years is to be opened Monday,
October 30, by Miss Virginia Muller,
a sister of Miss Fanny Muller of the
High School faculty. The school
will be held at the old Benedict place
on Avenue K, opposite Judge Holman’s
residence, and we undestand a good
class has been arranged for.
B E. Norvell and Z. E. Scofield today
reported to Sheriff Lee a couple of
cases of peculiarly malicious vandal-
ism which occurred at Markham last
night and of which they were the vic-
tims to the extent of several dollars
damage to their automobiles. Mach-
ines owned by these gentlemen were
used by the members of th Woodmen
lodge who visited Markham last night,
and while the autos stood near the
lodge room while the festivities were
in progress, some one deliberately cut
that he considered that organization
a valuable asset of the great railway
system he represented. At any rate,
he readily granted every concession
asked by Mr. Magill in the way of train
service, and also entered into agree-
ment to help the company and its local
agents in every- way possible to boost
the mid-coast country It is Interesting
stone inscribed, “Here lies the remains
of Paul Jones,” at the foot of which
a rounded mound of earth gave the
creepy feeling of the presence of a
new made grave. The older society
set was entertained at the home of
Mr. and Mrs, J. M. Sims by thir daugh-
ter, Miss Eula. Here the arungement
of the decorations is said to have been
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to note in this connection that
te- impressively eerie and most strikingly
Frisco is now spending an appropri-
ation of $50,000 for newspaper adver-
tising of the coast country of Texas,
with the great papers of Chicago, Mil-
waukee. Omaha, St. Louis and other
large cities, and Mr Hilton says that
the advertising department is receiv-
ing inquiries as the direct result of this
and ruined a tire on Mr Norvell’s ma-
chine and stole several detachable campaign by the scores every day, a
parts from Mr. Scofield's. A reward fact which indicates an unusually nu-
totaling $50 has been offered by th
owners of the cars for the arrest and
conviction of the guilty ones, and it is
to be hoped that an example-wil be
made of the perpetrators of this first
piece of such work since automobiles
were introduced into the county.
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From Monday’s Daily.
Frank Hodges, a prominent citizen of
Wharton and well known to many of
the older citizens of this county, died at
his home in that city last week
According to reports, Col. J. M. Simp
son of the Texas Irrigation Co., who
himself owns several thousand acres
of fertile prairie land along the Tres,
palacios river, is purposing to prac-
tice what he preaches to the extent of
converting a large acreags of his prop-
erty into hundred-acre diversified farm
tracts with tenant houses, barns, etc.,
on each tract. He has contracted for
the=material 507 number of these
houses and has engaged tenants for
several of the tracts already. His ren-
tal contracts will bind the tenants to
plant corn, cotton, and, if they desire,
some rice, but a specified acreage of
truck of various kinds will be insist-
ed upon. It is also rumored that Col.
Simpson has leased the plant of one of
the large west side river Irrigation
companies which he will run next sea-
son as an auxiliary to his own in the
event of low water in the river.
Chairman D P Moore has called a
meeting of the committees appointed at
the conservation meeting recently, to
assemble at the courthouse on next
Thursday evening at 8 o’clock. At the
proposed meeting of committeefen, the
several plans for the conservation of
the waters of the Colorado river pro-
posed or suggested at the previous
meeting will be discussed and consid-
ered, with a view to determining the
most practical and best method to be
pursued in gaining the end sought it
is proposed to also consider ways and
means for the beginning of an urgent
campaign in the interest of the move-
ment. that some tangible plan may be
presented to the next session of the leg
islature backed by the undivided advo-
cacy of the people of the state. The
public ’as well as the committeemen
are urged to attend the meeting Thurs-
day evening and take part in the dis-
cussion and lend their encouragement
to the movement
Hon Jno. A Fox, director in the Na-
tional Rivers and Harbors Congress
merous immigration the coming winter
as a consequence of the co-operation
and enterprise of the.Frisco.’ Relative
to the schedule arranged for, Mr. Ma-
gill says that it will work to the very
great advantage of his company in its
work of promoting immigration to the
mid-coast, for it will permit the resi-
dent agents of the central western and
middle states to use Chicago, Kansas
City and St. Louis as gateways for the
assembling of their parties of tourists
from the interior, and under the new
arrangement they are given twelve to
twenty-four hours more time than for
merly to get their parties together .It
was also arranged that the Hurd car
should be run as a special train over
a considerable stretch of road in Mis-
souri In order to give It the necessary
connection to make up for the longer
time given to the gateways, and when-
ever the party occupies as many as
three cars’it is to be run all the way
from Kansas City to Collegeport as a
special train. This item represents a
considerable concession, as the rule is
to require six cars for a special train
service. Under this arrangement there
will be no long lay overs and no con-
nections missed, and the time will" be
cut down approximately twelve hours
between Chicago and Collegeport. It
is a highly satisfactory arrangement
and Mr. Magill is to be congratulated
upon his success in putting it through.
From Tuesday’s Daily.
Hoa Jno. A. Fox, director Iff the Na-
tional Rivers and Harbors Congress,
addressed a large and intensely inter-
ested audience at the court house last
night in the interest of the waterways
movemnt. Mr. Fox’s addrss or lect-
ure was a revelation to most of those
who heard it as an exposition of, the
great benefits which wil accrue to the
people of this nation when its vast net
work of waterways are made naviga-
ble. The difference in freight rates
alone would net a saving to the people
of many tims the total cost of the pro-
posed work each year, to say nothing
of the impetus which would be given
production in all ines by the removal
of the menace of insufficient trans-
portation facilities. Mr Fox is not an
orator, but as an advocate he has the
gift of plainly, simply and convincing-
ly presenting facts interwoven with
logical conclusions which makes the
even artistically ghost-like. Besides
these, the children gathered at the
home of Supt. and Mrs. E. C. Quereau
and enjoyed games suited to their ages
efforts.
Judge F. H. Jones left for College-
port at noon today.
Mr.- F. M. Pennington of this city
is spending a vacation with relatives
and, friends in Matagorda, Texas,
where he will try his luck hunting and
Ashing for a few weeks.
past two weeks Mr. Penington has
been confined to his home, suffering
from an injured eye. After recup-
erating sufficiently he will enjoy all
the sports of the gulf coast country
in an effort to break the records in
FIG AND ORANGE TREES
Genuine Seediest Satsuma Orange trees; TEXAS
GROWN, recently IMPORTED and ACCLIMATED
the acclimated having been imported previous years from
their native land in Japan, and now growing on Texas
soil, on Citrus Trifoliata roots. Shade, Ornamental and
and other fruit trees. Descriptive catalogue free. Local
Agents wanted.
ALVIN JAPANESE NURSERY COMPANY
420 Mason bklg., HOUSTON; TEXAS.
..... Make Yourself Secure
the fish and duck line.—Houston
Chronicle
Fire tonight destroyed the residence
of C. D. Roberts of this city. The fire
originated either from a lamp explo-
sion, from a lamp being upset by me
children. Most of the furniture was
saved, but the building is a total loss.
The loss is estimated at $2500 and as
far as is known there was no insur-
ance.
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From Wednesday’s Daily.
Mrs. Williams of Matagorda came in
this morning from Markham, where
she had been visiting.
At noon today the McLendon gin had
turned out 240 bales of cotton and 11
bales were standing in the yard wait-
ing their turn. *
Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Huebner left
today for a visit with relatives at nor-
thern points. -
Surveyor Carringson and crew re-
turned this morning from Blessing,
where they had been doing some work.
At its meeting yesterday the city
council divested the city marshal’s of-
fice of the duties of health Inspector,
street commisioner and care taker of
the fire apparatus.
Judge W. S. Holman was the sole
delegate from Bay City to the con-
vention at Eagle Lake for the purpose
of organizing the Mid-Coast Congress,
whihc convenes at Eagle Lake today.
F. W. Strauter, the canning factory
man, was here yesterday making con-
tracts with the truck growers for to-
matoes to be planted to supply the fac-
tory, the work on the construction of
Own your own Irrigation Plant ,
Equipped with bs
Layne Irrigation Pumps and tor’s
Farmers, whether growing rice or other crops,
should make themselves independent as well as
secure against drouth, by providing their own ir-
rigation from wells.
CHEAPI EFFICIENT! SUFFICIENT! SURE! CERTAIN!
Deep or shallow well drilling any size or depth re-
quired water Guaranteed, For further informa-
tion address ,
LAYNE
BOWLER COMPANY
Houston or El Campo.
TEXACO ROOFING
is stronger at the laps than any other ready roofing-
the special Bituminous cement used for securing the
laps has particular adhesive qua lities and thus insures
strength where other roofings are weak-a sufficient
supply of this cement comes in every roll, together
with the nails and printed instructions for applying to
pitched or flat roofs.
— For Sale by all Dealers.
MADE ONLY BY *
The Texas Company
General Offices:
which will be commenced in a few .
days. Lumber is now on the ground
for a part of the building. At a meet-
ing of the’ Truckgrowers Association
on Saturday the matter of planting
acreage for canning purposes will be
discussed, and it is highly Important
that business men and others who are
indirectly concerned in the success of
this movement should be present.
From Thursday’s Daily.
Wm. Cash shipped a box of Satsuma
usually dry statistical speech both en-
tertaining and interesting as well as
oranges today for exhibit at the St.
Louis Horticultural Show.
Houston, Texas:
instructive. Mr Fox went to College-
port and Palacios today, but before he
and without doubt the best posted
man in the country on questions and left, Wm Cash circulating a member-
isues related to the development of
the country’s waterways, arrived in
the city this morning from Houston,
where he addressed a large assemblage
last Saturday, and will speak at the
courthouse tonight in the interest of
the works being carried on by the
National Rivers and Harbor’s Congress
and its co-worker, the Interstate n-
land Waterways League. There is no
subject in which the people of the Gulf
Coast should feel a keener interest at
this time than the development of the
country’s waterways, for upon this im-
mense work depends the only present
practical plan for the achievement of
low-rate transportation—the greatest
issue in every newly developed section
of the country. Owing to Bay City’s
location on the proposed intercoastal
canal, every property owner of Bay
City has a peculiar interest in the facts
which Mr. Fox will present for the con-
sideration of his audience tonight; and
it therefore follows that no property
owner should fail to hear him. The
distinguished visitor spent the after-
noon looking over the city in company
with Judge Holman, Wm Cash and oth-
er live wires, and he may incidentally
drop a few suggestions of local appli-
cation which will be of benefit* to us
as citizens. Let everyone go to hear
him
G. M. Magill has just returned from
St. Louis where he went last week
to be present at a conference betwen
A. Hilton, gneral trafic manager of the
Frisco lines and the agents of the Hurd
Land Co stationed throughout the cen-
tral states, the purpose of which was
to arrange for a more advantageous
and servicable schedule via the Frisco
lines from Chicago to Collegeport for
the Hurd company’s excursion parties.
Mr. Magill informs us that Mr. Hliton
manifested the utmost desire to accom-
modate the Hurd people, indicating
ship list, secured twenty-five members
for the National Rivers and Harbors
Congress, each of whom paid in the
membership fee of $5.00.
City Marshal Steger's resignation
took efect today and the city council
appointed Felix Grantham to the va-
cancy, pursuant to the result of the
W M. U. primary held some time ago
in which Mr. Grantham led a large
field of candidates by a comfortable
margin. ■
The Hurd Land Co. received word to
day through a letter from Capt. Nelson
C. Sweet, master of the Dena H,, who
is visiting relatives in Thorntown, Ind.
that Mr. George Davis and family had
left that place in their automobile oh
the 22nd of October, bound for Col-
legeport, where they propose making
their home. Mr. G. M. Magill of the
land company, says that he knew the
people of that section were anxious
to get to Texas, but not that their
anxiety war so great that they could-
n't wait for the train, especially since
his recent arrangement for special
train service for the Hurd company.
The ghosts were abroad in the land
in squads, regiments and battalions
till a late hour last night. Besides
the church gathering at the Scofield
garage, which was largely attended
and provokative of much meriment on
the part of the participants till a late
hour, the Wanderer’s Club held sway
with a banquet at the Alcove which
was unique and striking in arrange-
ment and menu. The younger set of
society also foregathered at the Al-
cove at a later hour and feasted on
good things there provided. The dec-
orations here were exceedingly spooky
the electric lights being turned out
and Illumination furnished by candles
gleaming throng grinning skeletons
carved from pumpkins, while at the
entrance, draped with a sheet was a
sure enough skull surmounting a tomb
Hon. Jno. W. Gaines left yesterday
for a business and professional trip
to North Texas points.
Mrs. R Byars of Markham visited
relatives in the city today.
N. Keller of Palacios was in town
today.
Miss May Hightower of Columbus
returned home today after a visit with
friends in Bay City.
Mrs. Degraffeureid left for her
home in Minnesota today after a visit
with her brother, Manager Jamison
of the Gravity company.
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Sheriff’s Sale.
The State of Texas, County of Mata-
gorda.
By virtue of an order of sale issued
out of the honorable district court of
Matagorda county on the 10th day of
October, 1910, by the clerk thereof, in
the case of Louis Federman 'versus
Wm. W. Green No. 2939, and to me as
sheriff directed and delivered, I will
proceed to sell within the hours pre-
scribed by law for sheriff's sales, on
the first,Tuesday in November, ft be-
ing the first day of said month, before
the court house door of said Matagor-
da county, in the town of Bay Cty, the
following described property, to-wit:
Lot No. 8 Hamilton Heights subdivis-
slon, in corporate limits of Bay City
Texas, as shown on the plat of said
subdivision, duly recorded in Vol. 13,
page 110 of the deed records of Mat-
agorda county, Texas. Said lots being
the same conveyed by Louis Feder-
man and wife to Wm. W. Green. Which
deed is here referred to for certainty
of description. Same being a part of
the Elisha Hall league and being sit-
uated about one mile south of the
court house in Bay City, Matagorda
county, Texas.
Levied on as the property of Wm.
W. Green to satisfy a judgment am-
ounting to $1877.70 in favor of Louis
Federman, interest and cost of suit.
Given under my hand this 10th day
of October, 1910.
AMOS LEE, Sheriff.
Jo ubinebb
College
5 gives you a thorough business education; a working capital
> that cannot be lost, stolen, or burned up. All business
( branches.
—For Terms, Address—
BAY CITY BUSINESS COLLEGE BAY CITY, TEX.
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A. R. LECKIE
Civil Engineer and Land Surveyor
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Flumes Levees Land Surveying
PHONE 93
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BAY CITY MACHINE SHOP
Repairing of all Classes of Machinery.
Boiler and Lathe work a Specialty.
Blacksmithing and Wood work.
Expert Horseshoeing.
Ready for Business :-: Try Us
BEWISE
IT IS A CINCH that MATAGORDA
COUNTY lands will increase in value
every year. If you get in right, your
FORTUNE is made. Remember, we
will sell you BAY CITY TOWN LOTS
and FIVE-ACRE or TEN-ACRE OR-
ANGE TRACTS on easy payment plan,
A LITTLE MONBYinvested NOW
means INDEPENDENCE later.
Opera Hous Bdg.,
W. MAGILL
Bay City, Texas
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Laurentz, F. S. The Matagorda County Tribune. (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, November 4, 1910, newspaper, November 4, 1910; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1696430/m1/3/: accessed July 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Matagorda County Museum & Bay City Public Library.