The Matagorda County Tribune. (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, December 29, 1911 Page: 3 of 8
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TEXAS INDUSTRIAL NOTES.
The San Antonio Automobile Club
has plans well under way to construct
a motordrome between one and three
miles in length.
It is rumored that Dallas will organ-
ize a trust company with $3,000,000
capital under the laws of Arizona.
Iowa caiptalists have purchased 18,-
000 acres of load near Plainview’ and
are dividing it into 40-acre tracts for
small, irrigated farms.
perimental irrigation system.
The Commercial Club and citizens of
Rotan have recently held a meeting to
take action on the proposed line of the
Santa Fe, Rotan and Southern railroad.
Thirty-five miles are in operation and
150 miles are under construction.
A Truc k Growers’ Association has
been organized in Garza.
Joins Exposition Staff.
B ose
to ait
d and
kD
and in
tears at
chmond
during
to Dr.
Harlem,
om De-
laid last
Houston,
govern-
tation I
f Texas,
in cases
taken a
he rain
charge
ervatory
Ion der-
erfering
he cane,
crop for
xt year.
1 should
rendered
insure a
Harlem,
harvest-
mount to
engaged
ields.".
ar better
ter than
ing to E.
National
stol hotel
heir rice
for crops
1paving
as given
ing year
any new
re cotton
an form
ig to put
s will be
bly picked
vill spend
have just
timber of
mounting
>st
ship.
.doing 1
business.
I consent,
is hereto-
e dissolu-
id In the
The business men of Hico have
agreed to provide a large premium list
for the boys of that community who
grow the best corn in 1912.
Orange county has organized a good
roads association.
A Collin county farmer has offered
the county free gravel to build three
miles of good road.
A stockman of Oldham County sold
a seven-months-old calf this week in
Kansas City for $41.30. The calf
weighed 590 pounds.
. Precinct .No. 7. Bosque county has
A natural gas well with a pressure
of 2,200 pounds has been brought in
near Crowther.
A company is being organized to
maintain a fleet of freight boats along
the intercoastal canal between Hous-
ton, Galveston and Aransas Pass. It is
planned to have these boats in service
by July, 1912.
Two carloads of cows and one of
calves were shipped from Marfa last
week to Fort Worth markets. One car-
load of three-year-old heifers weighed
1000 pounds per head;
The American Sugar Refining com-
pany. has submitted a proposition to
the farmers near Melrose to erect a
sugar beet factory in that city.
Precinct No. 4 in Limestone county
voted and carried a $40,000 bond issue including Mexia, Tehuacana and Point
for good roads.
Enterprise, voted and carried a $150,000
The citizens of Carizzo Springs have bond issue for seventy-five miles of
recently organized a city beautiful rock roads:
club. • I, The city commission .of Dallas has
During the past year approximately recently purchased forty-nine acres of
90,000 homeseekers and alien immi- land as a site for the proposed new
grants have entered Texas, dam on the Trinity river The dam
... । . , will cost about $32,000 and will im-
Texas has 105,747,000 acres of sur- ,
face land, of which about 30,000,000 pound about 420,000 gallons of water.
1 3 i One director of the (Commercial
are under cultivation. '
, Club of El Campo has purchased a
The Commercial Club of Stamford is carload of long staple cotton seed and
at the head of a movement to have an will distribute it to the farmer at cost,
expert on hog raising to spend some
time in the county, giving information
and instructions with reference to a
practical plan of raising hogs.
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All White Men Should Attend.
The White Man’s Union
meeting
John A Fox, as much as any one
nan was the moving spirit in the Na-
lonal Rivers and Harbors Congress.
His splendid work for that organization
has been recognized everywhere. He
was an enthusiast, and lie never tired
In telling of the benefits that would
accrue to the nation from the develop-
nent of the waterways for the uses of
commerce. Among others, President
D. C. Collier of the Panama-California
International Exposition took note of
Fox’s work, and he decided to add this
man to the exposition staff. It was
not easy to lure him from his chosen
work, but tit length lie decided to ar j
cept the tempting offer made to him ।
and he has joined the staff of the ex-
position with the title of commsisioner.
tit large. His duties will include ob-
taining appropriations and exhibits
from all the States of the Southwest
and the appointment of State commis-
sioners to act under him. He will also
appear before committees of congress
and the departments at Washington
with relation to exposition matters. j
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Beaumont Receives First Cargo of
Freight.
BEAUMONT, Texas, December 21.—1
Beaumont merchants are to have in-
creased shipping facilities through the
service of the Seaboard and Gulf
Steamship Line, which has inaugurated'
semi-monthly sailings of the steamer
Jacob Luckenbach between Port AT. ■ RESULT OF OUTING ON BETTS LAKE.
thur and New York On its arrival at Seventy-four fine ducks, the result of wo hours' work, an easy thing if you know how and can shoot straight.
Port Arthur last week the steamer car | Reading from Left to Right.—Marlon Dean of Willis, Thornwell Fay Jr. of Houston; R. F. Anderson, C. E.
ried 1,006,10G pounds of merchandise1 Barnett and Connie Anderson, "ma cot" of Bay City.
for Beaumont merchants alone, be- There is, perhaps, no section in th
. ,, . . 6 broad domain of our country where
sides a vast cargo for other South
Texas cities More than 1200 tons o 1 greater hunting-and fishing resort can
be found than that afforded the ener-
brief hunt and is not out of the ordi-
nary. The picture is not “staged”-
such things happen here often
Equally as good is the fishing in th
It is reported that a textile mill will
be established at Post City." It is the which is to be held in the courthouse steamer which, is scheduled to take getic sportsman in this section. The waters of Matagorda county. Skirtin
intention to have the plant ready for on next Monday, January first, is a Dice ‘ "0 "
the 1912 cotton crop. The mill will meeting of great importance to the' The Beaumont Traffic Bureau is
have 10,000 spindles and a capacity of white voters of Matagorda county and largely responsible for this concession
-2,000,000 yards of finished cloth and should be attended by every citizen being secured, and the bureau is mak-
nually, who believes in the supremacy of the ing efforts to work up a large interior :
Plainview has recently organized a white electorate and the preservation business, thereby giving an increased Annual Function will
chamber of commerce. 1 of those sacred principles which have traffic - for railroads running out of
It has been demonstrated by the Ben- played the white citizens of this sec-1 Beaumont, as well as aiding the steam
nett-Simms Mill and Elevator company tion such a good part in the past. ship company in making the semi
at Clarendon that milo maize produces Business at this meeting will doubt-
as good flour for graham bread and' ess be along the usual lines, but this
breakfast foods as is ground from should not deter those who are inter-
wheat.
ested from attendance upon its de-
The Commercial Club of Terrell is liberations. Virtually, it is the open-
above picture shows the result of one our coast Is the famous Matagorda Bay
which abounds with fish; in the in-
terior waters the same fascinating
sport is easily obtained, while the bot-
torn lands teem with deer and larger
game. The entire country is indeed the
“hunter’s paradise.”
BIG BALL TONIGHT.
It is expected that a large number
t ; of visitors from the neighboring cities
Be Society’s will be in attendance.
Event of the Season.
The music will be furnished by the
Bay City Orchestra.
monthly sailings profitable.
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To Reduce Cotton Acreage,
FORT WORTH, Texas, December 28
From Friday’s Daily.
The big ball to be given by the young
men of the city will be Bay City’s so-
ci'ty event of the season and promises
to be an annual function of consider-
able note and attractiveness.
Bay City, 2; Palacios, 0.
The football game played here yes-
terday between Bay City and Palacios
That it will be largely attended by resulted in a score of 2 to 0 in favor
planning to do some effective work ing gun of the next year's campaign , - - _______. _________-
during the year 1912 land the starting of the wedge in the The commercial secretaries and Busi the worshippers at the shrine of Terps- of Bay City, the locals scoring in the
It is reported that the K. C., Mexico political economics for the following ness Men s Association has joined in ichore goes without saying. Prepara- first quarter on a safety. The feature
.. and Orient Railway will complete its two years, the movement inaugurated by the tions for several weeks have been go- of the game was a forward pass of
line between San Angelo and Del Rio At this meeting the date for .he Farmers’ Union for the reduction of ing on and the whole affair has every twenty-five yards from Lee- to An-
within the next eight months. White Man’s Union primary will be set cotton acreage and are sending out to promise of being a wonderful and de- derson for Bay City. Some good and
in a recent deal at Dalhart, 2000 and for this reason all interested the local clubs copy of resolutions lightful success ! appreciated work was done by Parker,
head of steers sold for $100,000, the en-parties should be on hands. (adopted by the cotton conference at
Dallas.-- ------------------
The State association has urged the
ocal clubs to co-operate with the coun-
ty judges and others in carrying out
the proposed plans.
tire lot going to Emporia, Kansas. | Don’t
forget the day—Monday
Plans are being made in Brownwood January 1.
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Dredging for Gold.
to establish a peanut factory.
The county comimssioners of Galves-
ton county have approved an extension
of the seawall boulevard through the! One of the important means of re-1 00 • X
fort Crockett reservation covering gold is by dredging. The Road Building Necessary.
Memphis contemplates the erection geological survey reports that in 1910 A combination of effort in road build-
of a modern hotel in the near future. ;old to the amount of nearly $10,000,000 ing is just as necessary as unity of ac-.
This hotel will be up-to-date in every was recovered in this way by 113 tion Is to accomplish results in anv,
way and will cost approximately $50,- dredges, most of it coming from Ca.- other direction.
000. fornia. "
A neat program consisting of twenty- Anderson, Graham, Lee and Scott for
four numbers and six extras have been Bay City and the fullback of Palacios
arranged for. The event will be direct- The game was refereed by Charles
ed th in Pout the evening under the Schaedel.
folus in Derangements of committees; I In the game during the first scrim-
Aur aims nt Committee,—U. S. Eid-age Sam LeTulle had his shoulder
manur accomsenge, D. K. Poole and V. blade broken, not seriously, however.
O. Huls and Floor Committee.—D. KJ -----0—0 ”
Poole, DUS. Eidman. Decorating Com- No Storm at Buckeye.
In the game during the first scrim-
mittee.—V. O. Huebner, C. M. Gaines, ------
E. A McKelvy, Roland Rugeley, H. R It was reported here yesterday tha
I Ilf ford- Downer.
Mr. O. L. Clifford and Miss May
Downer of Palacios were married at
The Lyon-Gray Lumber Company of --o—o---—
Sherman have increased the capital If the public prints are tin indica-
stock to $350,000. tion the Southern Pacific has a busy
The Chamber of Commerce, Real full-grown proposition on its hands the courthouse in this city this morn-
Estate Exchange and other organiza- in this strike matter. It looks as if ing. Rev. E. F. McDonald officiating,
tions of Amarillo have acquired twenty the road has decidely the hot end of The young couple will continue to re-
acres of land and will construct an ex- the stick.
side at Palacios
BUSINESS HOUSES BUYING SEALS.
Mail, orders are coming to Austin
from some icties where committees are
organized and working. These are
promptly attended to and the local
committee given credit for the sale.
In order that no one may miss this
opportunity to buy seals, the general
.committee at Austin will fill all such
orders when accompanied by check or
money order. If any business man has
been overlooked by the local commit-
tee, his mail order to Austin will be
filled at once.
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Collins-Kain.
* Miss Maggie Kain, daughter of Mr.
Tom Kaln of Matagorda, and Mr. John
Collins of Wharton, were married at
the residence of Rev. L. E. Selfridge
last Monday evening at 7:30, Rev. Self-
| ridge officiating.
--
Sheriff Anderson of Harris county
has indicted a public letter to Thorn
well Fay, general manager of the Har
riman system of Texas that is a sting
aree from caption to signature. He
openly accuses Mr. Fay with seeking
to side-track the hand of justice and
Keller and Raymond Cookenboo. Re Buckeye, across the river from Bay
City on the Brownsville, had suffered with the reprehensible determination
the ravages of a storm and that the to make light of the murders com-
ception Committee.—Mr. and Mrs. Jas
W. Rugeley, Mr. and Mrs. H B. Eid
man, Mr and Mrs. A. J. Harty, Mr
and Mrs. W H. Stinnett, Mr. and Mrs
R. R Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. J. (' Willis
Mr. and Mrs. S. O. Eidman, Miss Emma
Lewis, Miss Loula Hill, Miss Jeannette
Austin, Miss Jannie Hawkins.
school house had been blown down
and other property injured We phoned,
Buckeye to have the report confirmed |
but were told that all was serene at
that little city and that no disturbing!
Influences had visited them at all. |
mitted in Houston on the company's
property since the strike began sev-
eral months ago. We know nothing
of the merits of the case, but that Mr
Anderson "handed a hot one" to Mr
I Fay cannot be questioned.
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Bay City, Texas
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Smith, Carey. The Matagorda County Tribune. (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, December 29, 1911, newspaper, December 29, 1911; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1696453/m1/3/: accessed June 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Matagorda County Museum & Bay City Public Library.