The Matagorda County Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 14, 1936 Page: 2 of 8
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THE MATAGORDA COUNTY TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1936
THE MATAGORDA COUNTY TRIBUNE
BY TRIBUNE PRINTING COMPANY
Bay City, Matagorda County, Texas
What are the ‘Wild ‘Waves Saying?
by A. B. Chapini
Work Being Done
On Road Drainage
road from Wadsworth to LeTulle is satisfied with the way the gov -
Section. In approximately ten ernment is run and the way the
days work will begin cleaning out ball team is managed.
CAREY SMITH
CAREY SMITH. Jr
....., —Owner and Editor
Assistant Editor and Business Manager
Entered at the Postoffice at Bay City, Texas, as second class mail matter
brought to the attention of the publishers.
erroneous reflection upon the character or standing of any person or any
Guaness concern will be ready and willingly corrected upon its being
Occasionally, in every town or ties, in our favor, is it any wonder
city one runs into the self-impor- that the North and East are state 1-
tant, self-serving citizen who ing us with anxious eyes
makes a constant complaint about --------------
the lack of co-operation on the The crowds which gather in Bay
part of this or that individual or City regularly every Saturday
this or that institution Follow prove, conclusively, the standing
the ideas and working of this of the city as a trade center, as
unctious personage and you will well as the value of good roads
invariably find that his idea of The merchant who fails to see the
co-operation consists entirely UP-value of advertising under such
on having everybody sanction his favorable conditions can be doing
ideas, good or bad, to the ex- nothing less than that of standing
elusion of all others. As an usual squarely in the way of his own
thing his suggestions are just as success and the progress of his
erratic as his nature and worth- business. The Tribune does not
less. Naturally they are given make a statement of this kind for
little heed by anyone who knows the purpose of selling more space,
what a worthwhile endeavor The average reader, if he knows
means. Often it is the case that anything at all, can casually
the louder some of the would-beglance over the columns and see,
a reprehensible pastime, one quickly enough that we are not
would profit by taking stock and suffering because of a lack of ad-
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ask—"What am I doing for my
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vertising patronage. Our obser-
vations, therefore, are for your
own benefits. You are privileged
THE •
VOTERS
About $30,000,000 was invested to believe this or not, just as you
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in new chemical manufacturing I choose: 1
But a few dollars spent
Mr. R E. Lindsey reports that
Boggy Creek has recently been
cleaned out in order to drain the
Hardaman Slough in order to
drain the road to Skelly field.
Sonny—Dad, what's an optimist? j
Dad—An optimist is a man who
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COMING UP
Captain—Don’t give up the ship.
Passenger—I haven't eaten one.
plants in the South last year as an
evidence of the continued growth
of industry in Dixie. Very natur-
ally competitors throughout the
North and East are fighting every
advancement made by manufac-
turing enterprises in the South.
on advertising that you might con-
tact your rightful part of the enor-
mous Saturday crowds would
Particularly is
this true of the
manufacture of newsprint
from
Southern pine, which has made
town builders talk about the fail-
ure of others to do their part, the
less money he puts into the town.
It would prove wholesome, in-
deed, if this self-constituted gen-
try would pause long enough to
ask themselves a few questions,
as for example: "What have I built
to make my town better?" "How
many men have I given employ-
ment to?" "How much taxes do
I pay; and do I pay them'’” "Is
my house and business, if I have
either, a credit to my town, and,
if not, why?” And so on and on.
Another wholesome suggestion to
this gentry is that they again
pause, before they critize, and ask
themselves another simple ques-
tion, as: “Am I doing as much
for my town, or putting as much
money into it as this man I am
carping about?” Talk is cheap and
the easiest talk in the world is
the kind which seeks to adversely
criticize or tear down, or up. Be-
fore indulging one's self in such
prove the best investment you
ever made, dollar for dollar. Per-
haps, it will be news to you to
know and perhaps you will not
believe it when we tell you that
the Chesterfield cigarette manu-
facturers, or the Lucky Strike, or
the Chevrolet, Ford, Hudson auto-
mobile concerns or the big oil
companies, all hundreds and thou-
sands of miles away from your
town, know more about your own
trade territory and trade condi-
tions than you know. Sure, we
know all about how you'll smile
and deride this statement, but
Grs
are not any longer in the hamlet
“We recognize that the power to
or smalltown class. Our citizens tax is the power to destry.
are evincing more civic and home
pride than ever before in the his-
tory of the town. Homes are
becoming places of beauty while
more pride in busines buildings
and in business in general than
facts remain facts, nevertheless, has ever been the case. This be-
and it can all be proved. It is
nothing at all for the Tribune to
run in one week more advertising
for one of these foreign concerns
than scores of you use in a life-
ing true, let us venture the sug-
gestion that we have reached that
stage in our city progress when it
is imperative that we pay better
It
should be equally clear to every |
citizen that the power of govern-
ment to enter into competition i
j with private enterprise, if abused,
must necessarily destroy the sour-
l ces of private wealth." Archibald
E. Stevenson, New York, General
| Councial National Civic Federa-
i tion.
7,000 Farmers
Borrow $5,000,000
time. Why?
simple,
what
The answer is very
These concerns know
advertising means and
where to advertise. Do you think
they spend thousands of dollars
with us because they love us?
They know more about Bay City’s
trade territory and her week end
crowds than you know and put
attention to our streets and alleys. |
Experimenting is always expen-
sive. It is easy enough to absolu-
tely throw away enough money
on makeshift streets to pave sever-
al blocks. Figure it up and see
for yourself.
their dollars where they count.
And, take it or leave it, they never
throw a dollar away. You, too, ing.
The growth of Bay City is, at
present, rapid and substantial
enough to please the most exact-
Some
rapid strides
Abundance
great power
of
toward
raw
resources
success,
materials,
and ideal
.climatic .setting are the South's
greatest advantages For instance
the newsprint on which this edi-
torial is printed came from British
Columbia, far away in the North.
The sulphur which is vitally im-
portant and indispensable in
paper making was shipped to
British Columbia from the sulphur
mines located only 20 miles dis-
tant from Bay City. In other
words, the chief chemical used
in making this sheet of paper
traveled 7000 miles to the paper
mill and then 7000 miles back to
this office. A paper mill located
in the piney woods of East Texas
will naturally have a great ad-
vantage because of the closeness
of the sulphur, another and prac-
tically all-Texas product, neces-
sary in paper making. With these
and hundreds of natural resources,
climatic conditions, more working
hours per year and shipping facili-
can reap some of these benefits,
if you will lose some of your
ideas about things and begin to
make yourself and business known
to the thousands who come here
every week.
that within
express confidence
very few years the
town will have 25,000 people. One
was heard to say a few days ago
that we are headed for 50,000 An
THREE JEEPS
1
GO HUNTING
The Gentlemen at the Bung
Mr. Martin ‘Jeep’ Donogal, Mr.
Travis ‘Jeep’ Stell, and Mr. Ted
'Jeep' Doubeck motored to Caney
Valley to hunt squirrel. Not see-
ing any, they started back to the
More than 7,000 farmers and
stockmen in Texas borrowed over
$5,000,000 during the first foul-
months of the year in order to
finance their 1936 crop and live-
stock operations on a cash basis.
Acording to Tully C. Garner,
President of the Production Credit
Corporation of Houston, this sum
represents an increase of more
than $1,600,000 over commitments
made during the same period in
1935, when farmers and stockmen
received commitments amounting
to $3,397,517. In the period of
March 1, 1934 to April 30, 1936.
commitments amounting to $22,-
794.442 were made.
Organized early in 1934, these
car when with a loud warwhoop
they were attacked by four mos- farmers' short-term lending asso
ciations have advanced a total
quitoes. After a fierce struggle
they found themselves unarmed
and with their own blunderbusses
at their backs were ordered to
follow the trail led by one of the
of over $31,000,000 to Texas farm-
ers and stockmen to grow crops. I
finance ranching activities, pur-
chase fertilizers, farm supplies, 1
; bloodthristy band. ‘Jeep' Donogal machinery and work stock. Op-
ambitous hope at the best, but came to the resuce when he ‘crated by farmers on a coopera-
I Watch Your
Kidneys/
Be Sure They Properly
Cleanse the Blood
YOUR kidneys are constantly filter-
1 ing waste matter from the blood
stream. But kidneys sometimes lag in
their work—do not act as nature in-
tended—fail to remove impurities that
poison the system when retained.
Then you may suffer nagging back.
ace,dizziness, scanty or too frequent
srination, getting up at night, puffiness
under the eyes; feel nervous, misera-
ble—all upset
Don't delay? Use Doan's Pills,
Doan’s are especially for poorly func-
tioning kidneys. They are recam-
mended by grateful users the country
over. Get them from any druggist
Bay City has reached that stage
along the line of progress and
growth when experimenting with
her streets and alleys should cease
and a system of permanent build-
ing become a general program.
There are alleys in the city, which
with a little work and money
could be made useful and put into
a sanitary condition instead of be-
ing allowed to remain quagmires
and lanes of "chug holes” w here
stagnant water accumulates and
becomes mosquito-breeding places.
Many a street has been hurt in-
stead of helped in piling a lot of
sand on them as surfacing ma-
terial. Of course, it is presumed
that this expensive work was done
as an experiment, but in not one
case did it work. Being the fail-
ure such practice is, it is hoped
the work will be discontinued.
Even though the sand should
prove a good surfacing material,
which it is not, at the very best,
it cannot be permanent and is,
therefore, an expensive experi-
ment. Many have been struck by
the fallacy of hauling shell out to
the park to put on the infrequent-
ly used drivewas there and haul-
ing loose and shifting sand from
the river into the city to be spread
over the constantly used streets.
But it is as we said, the city de-
serves and needs a program of
permanent street building. We
such things have happened and,
surely, there is no better place
than here for it to happen again
However, we do not look for su h rascals to the mud. These men
an expansion Frankly we believe were indeed lucky to have escap-Imembers and serve in every coun-
it would be better, much better ed. ty in Texas,
for all, if we can in a few years _________________________
secretly pulled out his trustworthy | live basis and supervised by the
| forty-five and by reflecting one I Farm Credit Admisinstration, the
shot of the sun rays brought the production credit associations are
boast of 15,000 or 20,000. This
gain is easy enough to visualize
and being just that it is not neces- |
sary to remind our people that
more attention should be paid 0
Italy Has Ethiopia
The civilized county
has, after
more substantial and permanent against an
1 lenghty
unarmed
streets.
Bay City is now very definitely
an oil field of major proportions,
a substantial foundation for a
much larger place. Buy and build
accordingly. But a word of ad-
monition to property holders; keep
your prices within the bounds of
reason.
GOOSE IS HIGH
AND WHY?
brought the "Garden of
of Italy
struggle
country,
Eden”
DOANS PILLS
hhh
SALVE
for
COLDS
Salve-Nose Drops
Liquid-Tablets
price
5c, 10c, 25c
A Western farmer complains of
the spread between the producer
and the consumer.
"I sold some geese recently for
19 cents a pound,” he writes. "A
few days later my sister bought
a dressed goose at a store for 28
cents a pound. 1 asked the store-
keeper how come. He showed
me his books and when his taxes
of various kinds, plus license fees,
were deducted he made only a
reasonable profit. Something is
wrong.”
This experience teaches us that
the taxes assessed against us as
individuals are not the only taxes
we pay. Everything we buy carries
a tax. It is said the humble loaf
of bread carries 59 different tax-
es.
under her control. Or has she?
Premier Mussolini claims he
will leave 400,000 of his brave
Blackshirts to start colonization
projects. Well at least they (the
Blackshirts) will be kept clean,
with all the colored valets and
bootblacks they have. I wonder
what the fair skinned ladies will
do when they go to make their
homes in that black country.
But (yes the same old word),
what have the Italians? Natural
resources? Land for their over
populated peninsula? A shameful
victor of revenge? Can these
people live where nature is against
the white race? Perhaps we shall
see some new discoveries in the
medical field. The exiled King
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motorist. It is our w ay of safeguarding the
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this—“The mechanical depreciation on a
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This is one sign of the extra value in the
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another. (The Ford is made to unusually
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You get these fine-car features in the
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Many Illiterates
In Houston Area
There were 45,674 illiterates in
the Houston WPA district, 15,580
of them in Harris county, when
the 1930 census was taken.
With these figures as a basis
the WPA educational drive is at-
tacknig illiteracy as the most
serious problem faced in adult
education in Texas.
Teachers, heretofore, unemploy-
ed, are being assigned to combat
illiteracy in each of the 13 coun-
ties of the district, acording to
Herbert L. Crate, district WPA
supervisor of profesion projects.
Classed as illiterates are those
over 10 years of age unable to
read and write English or their
own language.
Illiteracy among negroes is high,
according to the census figures.
County tabulations show percent-
of "Gods chosen people," says
that what he couldn't conquor,
that nature would. Well Hallie,
it appears that it is up to nature ages of illiteracy among negroes
now, not to the League of Nations running as high as 18.7. The low-
sanctions or what have you. Time, est percentage is 8.5 per cent in
yes time, can only tell. Harris county.
THE BUSINESS
OF PRINTING
Henry P. Porter
Printing is a good business. It
is clean, honorable, respectable.
It is celebrated as a trainer of
men for higher stations in life.
It has many inspiring traditions
and legends. It combines the need
for knowledge for everything
under the sun: mathematics, me-
I chanics, language, spelling, gram-
mar, color, composition, sales-
manship: there is no limit to the
accomplishments that are requir-
ed of the printer.
The printer is brought into con-
tact with all other vocations and
professions. No vosation or pro-
fesion can really evist without
the printing press. From text
books to novels, from pamphlets
to newspapers, from tickets to
tax-bills, no man can evade the
printed word.
Percentage of white illiteracy in
this county is 3.5. Other county
i percentages are: Walker 9.9;
Grimes 11.7; Austin 5.7; Waller
11.8; Wharton 10.2; Brazoria 8.1;
Montgomery 8.3; Washington 7.1;
Colorado 9.3; Matagorda, 6.2; Gal-
veston 5.5; and Fort Bend 14.9.
, —Houston Post.
RAT RID
KILLS
WE
The Sulphur Industry
ia one of Texas’ many outstanding assets. Three mines
produce practically all of the nation's supply
Sulphur Is Industry’s Most
Essential Commodity
Ita preaence in Texas, therefore, constitutes one of the
state’s moat attractive inducements to the develop-
ment of industry within ita borders.
If looks could kill, most hus-
bands would be found deal by
the cigarette ashes on the living
room rug.
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U. S. Dept. of Agricul-
ture.
It is relatively harmless
to humans and all domes-
tic animals and poultry,
when used as directed.
Results guaranteed. Use
RAT RID
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TEXAS GULF SULPHUR COMPANY
“The world’s largest producer of crude sulphur”
Mines
GULF HEADQUARTERS
Matagorda County Second National Bank Building
Texas Houston, Texas
NEWGULF
Wharton County
Texas
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Smith, Carey. The Matagorda County Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 14, 1936, newspaper, May 14, 1936; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1696562/m1/2/: 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.