The Weekly Democrat-Gazette (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 2, 1916 Page: 25 of 28
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THE WEEKLY DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE, THURSDAY, NOV. 2,
191C.
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Bargains
1 Good Hup
$190
One Good
Studebakor
$195
One Good
Oldsmobile
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Transplanting Trees I
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One good
E. M. F. Gar
$240
Tli. iv arc *omc thtnus thai should
'in i elite in I iii ,| when H nil Hies .11.
in 1>« 11" 1 it .hi > 1 it t I While there is mi
in) .'cry .. t• ■ > 111 start wig in orchard
l.fcOUIl fit i' t ~ .-li'itlM 111- kept III 11111 \«I.
Some xigK< 111.it.- isivipn '■> I'r J 1'
| \V1111 it'll lit' tin- M1. Kiirt ('nil- « ni
! At 1 11 ult 111*0 m i \s ni t '1 l|- Unit ' . 1
II" nuy- 011 |>lit 1111 UK fruit two*:
y hi . ; 1 11. >11 hi I • .1' ml t hi
'sutuo depth that they fti- il In tho
' mil' -i'l . Tin .'i>l .1II1I 1i1.11 actor of
(In hark h"tts how much . f tht 11 o
«rn w In low uroiiml T . hnii >- should
hi iliiu jn.-t (loop .. H i bead I'linuKh i -i
11 it 111 it 1 hi' i*i •! 11 •- 11 t In ir 11.1t 11 ra I «1 11 ill
without bonding ilicm.
Tin- 11 in;j should In II1; i'i ■ il 'o it
to remove am brok' 11 ■ 1 disi >khi|.
I ill- It .1 :Mt ■ il wniiiitl I1.1 s In-i ll
li ft at t!," 1 nil ot a hiiKi- root In diK
Klllvr. tht pail should In out off so
as to make a smooth, 1I1 .111 out.
Tho soil should hi- shaken in ho-
ivv.-on I In- Mini- ami tin- trio shaken
at : hi- same time. so tho roots will
inil'oil themselves in a 11 :it 11 in I post -
tint. Tnitnii tho oarth fti'iul> with tho
fiot wliiio tho liolo is being filIt-it If
tin- oiirtli iihottt tin- root Is loose of
luu air spaces, tho ttoo Is Itahlo to
tlry out an I tlio. WI1011 tho hole is
Ml lot) lovtl anil tho noil trainpotl,
sproutl .im iMolt Ol' two of liiso oarth
ovor I !n- surface a 11 • 1111 • I tho t roo, to
keep ho soil from baking.
Ah soon as sol tin- tree ami Its top
should li" priilii il propa-rly. If tho
Ir -i- is niir year olkl a||<l has no slilo
11111 i 1 s, - 1111 p I > out r top back so as
t" 111 ki' it ho ol out at t ho proper
height, iisiia'l . i to ,M ini l 1 on. In
tin • i..t of piiifh ; M'.'S, 'lit off all
See me before
you buy en
AUTO
Open day and
Night
McKinney
GARAGE
O.A....
Proprietor
PHONE 327
FOR BETTER ROADS
Aatlvity in tin general linprove-
liionl of Its puhilf highways begun ill
Texas in i" " 1 in tills work t ho re
has Iii 1 m MHIIU ' I'i Mm 1111 I'i MK III"
last niiii' yiars approxiuia 1 i-ly $34.-
11(111,(1(1(1,11(10 i s Itilluws:
I 9ii7 $«73,44 I
1908 8 ti 1.1 5 0
i!iii a. 3 a «>. a 8
l!i la 1, | 11,998
Mill 3,280,780
l!i 12 . . 4,808,089
I ill 3 8,287,589
1914 a,887,2«fi
1815 7,202,584
Total $84,984,789.
(if iinproycil rouils Texas has about
20,000 miles, as follows:
Concrete 20
Ult iiiuImoiis 94
Water-liotinil mafadaiii 194
Shell 400
tlray.l 8.000
Iniproveil earth roads 10,000
lioimt'M l'< -t Itoad in state.
The motorist reeelvoH the full hctio-
III of the total mileage of the nrr.vel-
t led highways in that they are all
praelleally lltrutiKli roads The now
Aunt In-San Antonio post road, w hich
has the distinction of being the. long*
est post road in the State, is built of
gravid. The urea tor part of tin roads
In I 'a I las, Tarrant. Mol.ennun, Hell.
Travis. Hexar and Harris counties Is
made of this material.
The shell roads are mostly found ill
the coast eontitry. where shell is eas-
ily available for this purpose.
The waterbound niMcndani roads
II ro chiefly found ill liallas. Kalinin,
t'onial ami Mnverlek ooiintinft.
( ollln CoiintyV New Honals
I .'out* iil< ricts in ("ollln county
hn\i voted bonds for good roads as
follows: McKinney ldstrict, $450,-
iioo ; Colin 1 I list riot, $ I 25.000; I'rlneo-
toti lilslriet, Sflii.oo 0; Karniersvillo
I list riot, $^0(i."'ki; tnakinn ft total of
$805,ooo in Collin county. All tho
work has been eoinphted and the
roads are standing up well. The re-
cent rains put the roads into line con-
dition Immediately after the rains
the (Viiiimiissltiiiers Court ordered tho
road* drugged, shaping the gravel lis
it should be so that it would cement
together. I 'Iked roads lead out of
McKinney in fourto 11 different dlroe-
jlons.
Road* Practically I'livotl Street.
The bilnmlnons roads arc loci
chiefly In Hallos, Tarrant and Mc-
1 ."tiUan eounties. Tli' road between
■J
Come to the Fair
'I'lif iiio: < '"iliii < 'oiinty Fair
will lie lirltl in McKinney N"
vt'inltcr S, 1" iintl II. \\ «•
wiint ytui tti ('tiinc to tliis
FA IK. While in tlie comity
cti)ii1111 W'K wtmt yon to visit
our tore. VOI ARK AIj-
WAVS WKM'OMK.
We sell nil kinds of the host
fonntiiin drinks, enndios. cijurnvs
ninl tohnccon.
FRESH FRUIT8
Wo also sell all kind* of
F If RSI I F HI'ITS. Don't foiwl
to cull in mid see us. KFMFM
ltF.li the hitch strinir lianas on
the outside.
MKKT FN AT TilF. Bid FA IK
Treadaway Bros.
East Louisiana Street.
McKinney, Texas
Testis' Sliiire in I'Vtli'llll Aid I'lmd.
Wlille Ho press of I lie Stale active
l> began its campaign for boiler
roads some ten or twelve years ago.
llils "ill not seem to becoiile effective
II111iI 1909. when precincts of various
eounties Jii'Kati a lit hori/liiK the issu-
ance of bond-- As recently as tivo
years ago the motorist with dllHonlly
found throuivh routes, and the food
roads en'.husiast was then an unusual
person to meet, lull today roods may
easily la- n'gotiatcd from border t<>
bordi r, and the mall who is opposed
to good roads Is usually considered n
curiosity While Texas stilll ranks fat
down in tin- list of Stales hliving Im-
proved road mileage, she "lands
among the flirt t the pi-,-nil lime
with i'i fei'rnee lo activity ill road Im-
provement
It.cause or the fact Hint T mis has
an area of 205.890 square uiih•; . a
population of n.890,:. 12 and O'.'.l^il
mll"M of rural free tlellverv and iiiar
routes, its I'liaro In the $75,000 000
II: 1 I 1 onil I highway food ♦oail ft 11111 I'
10 lie *1 *il 5 750, this amount to hi
dllpllea'ed b\ the State The 1III 1
session of the Legislature Is expect-
ed to make provision for a. State
Highway t'omission to receive Its
first year's allotment of the 1'Vderal
money, amounting to $291,027. which
Will bo twice as much the second year,
three times as much the ftiird yoar,
four times as much the fourth yoar
and five times as much the fifth year.
(if this allotment of $75,000,0011 by
the Federal C.overnmenl, Texas re-
ceives tin largest share. Now York
second, with 18.877.B00: Pennsylvn-
11 III third, wllli $3,585,,750, and Illi-
nois fourth, with $3,4 32,00. None of
the other Stales receive more than
j $3,000,000,
The good roads movement I11 T> vn
! lias been responsible In a Inrgi meas-
ure for tli" automobile's great popu-
larity ill this slate,, and as this tll.ive-
Mient progresses the ofllolcnoy and use
of Hie a 111ouiobile, both for eominor-
clal and idoiistire uses, Increases ac-
cordingly.
WEDNESDAY.
sole iiinle .iiso to il.o trunk ami
sliorli n tin 1111 Irti a it \ peat h t"'
1 i'i 1 'hi 1 will pi now 1111 l •
from tie main sit in. The e sproii1, ,
stroii,: new limbs so 1 -lily thai I hoy
n a> I t niiii. I to single W hips
to tho other hand, a cherry t I'm
should not have 1 , blanche- cut back
The it'iix o buds of ill, cherry are near
the tips of iii' limbs. Tin main trunk |
In- only ilormiinl bin' - which do not |
s'.ii't roadi v It i- v 1. 11 io iiit back
'a, 1 • 1 Hal I d.-r to win the tli ,
bralli i'S l| ihei ■ ari- more than fIv• 1
main limb-, reiuoxt all but throe |o|
IP. loavtin; t Hi si men spaooil lo form 1
t lo t'r,:in v in k or li.- ul of : In t roe.
\ p|,lo p 'i*s .'I'd \iucrt, an pin no . |
if t\ ■ II 1 i che'l should ha\o the
in oil I- nil a eat out lo torin an open
spreadlc 1; head The ■ ide limbs should
then be shortened one-thud to out |
hall I*" v ciil lially ilie In ol slo 111 • I be J
reduced to from three to five main
limbs to form the frame work of the
tie. More I nibs max In- left the tlrst
;• tsnii. how 11 \ 11 After the tree has
made a season's growth one may make
bitter choice of what limbs to leave
and what ones to remove.
If Iivij cannot be sol iinun diala ly
wliei 1 hey are eivod from the nur-
sery, 'hoy* ehm,Id be "heeled In." To
heel III li.es dig a trench one foot
deep, ihroxving out the earth to one
side as f turned by a ploxv. I'lace
the Ill's side lit side with I hell' roots
ill till IIOMi'h an! their tops leaning
o\e, the tiiriii'd out earth at an ani le
of -I "• do-trees Spade In earth ovi
the 1 ol' ami tramp It firm. 111 mov-
ing earl n 'ti i over the roots a second
111 Mi !i if 11.ole parallel Willi tin- first
liallas and i'i.rt Worth, thence lo
Mineral Wills, is Hie most noted road
of tins type, presenting lo the public
practically a paved street all of the
y\ ay
11 mil county reconlly lias con
sti iicleii lyi. tily tulles of I'oncrott
highyvay and Niivarro and McLennan
eolltllies liave enlist I'llcl oil several
miles of this type. particularly in
yvashoiit sei-tlons
The I il.uoo 111II0M of Improved eartli
roads (sand, clay and "adobe") arc
| found scattered generally over tin
stale and can bo I raveled at all times
luil an at their bout during II10 dry
summer months
lu some pa rts of I lie St at e, such as
In Northwest Texas, the natural earl I1
is almost a llrsl-elass road Itself II
would hardly be fall' lo call these
1 earth toads poor They deserve lo
ho added to the mileage of roads
j termed "good."
i Texas tniyv has about 150,0011 miles
I of Is. I he greater part of which Is
I unimproved, and perhaps never will
I lie, as much "f it Is In remote parts
l.if the Stale. Notwithstanding this,
j however the greater part of the Slate
ils HOW accessible lo the motorist, who
e.an travel over road- that deserve Mi-
llie cl'llielsni, although much of it can
yet be Improved Willi advantage.
LOYAL
FRIENDSHIP
In Shoes
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Four V /eck
True to our duty to the family, this shoe store olVers a f'aithfulnt .-s
of service which from the start has won for it hundreds of loyal
friends from the tot up to the oldest member.
We shall never belittle our obligation in this direction and m v-
er waver in our fidelity. In the exchange of money for footwear
here the family secures something more than simply shoes, for
they find staunch workmanship in the shape of "loyal friendship"
in every pair.
We invite you to the COLLIN COUNTY FAIK, NOVKMBKR
8,1), 10 and 11. We want you to visit our store.
BONE & RAY, McKinney, Texas
I aHIMUII.v l,l\ l it lll ltl
i:i \vi\ it. iKHUiurr.
Mel* 111III - y Iteaietl \ oiilig Mail Snpei-
llllellllelll ail l,llrua*sl 'I'l'XIls
Ma llioillsl Siiuilay Seliol
l-'lwio li It'iggell has been electa.(I
Sunday school ' iipcrliltciideiil of the
I " Mi I hoili: i c h ii re h ol' liallas next
ye n alltl also a Kleyvard III thai ehiireh
Iii r:11a11111r. v\lih the new conference
yarn. November first, the old Mellio-
(11st church and l lie Trinity Methodist
church ol' I la Hits will be consolidated
ainl a great new church building . reel
ad lor llo combined eongregul ions,
'I'll! billed l.'irsl Mel liodlsi ; liiireh
Ot I' He III the I'll I lire will be the
largest M. i hod 1st church in the slule.
II nil.lay School will also lie the
hiigosl Sunday school in the slate
Kdw-ln It I logged is a son of ('ol. .1
I. iioggeli, of Melxiiinoy, and is a
Mc|xiaec\' hoy of whom Mclx'inni'y it
proud lie Is making a success In tin
biisnic.-M e.roll's ol' liallas alltl Is look-
ed upon as a leader of young people
in religious work, as Ins eh'cllon above
Inllioiit os.
l.l'nyaT I'. Mont/ ail' Kllssamil Is SlU'-
a-a'vslul \ ailing SlaN'klllllll.
$L'II III Cash I'll/a s.
Head the While Hlllows ail III tills
paper Hill 1111 li 111 lo win some of the
cash prizes, aiuoiiuiing to $2(1.110. lie
lie a i IT i rod during I lie Knir lo the
iis.-1 s of While Hlllow s Klnnr.
Mrs I K Wilson, of this elly. Is in
rciiolpl ol a loiter from her ilaughter,
Mrs (irover i* Mont/, of Triplell.
Missouri Mrs Morll/., fornicrK MJ
(Irace Itoc. was Horn and reared in
Mel< Innoi Mrs M airily, slali'il t hat
Mr Morlly. had I i x. head of slock on
i v 11111 i 11 a 111 at the llt'iilisyvlek Kali a
I'eH days ago, and that lie reeely isl
lour Id no ribbons and one red one lie
receiv ed !f I li ill cash priy.es, Mr,
Morltz sold a Millie coll al I lie fair
for $130
Mr Moifll/ Is ii .. iiecoMMl'til young
stockman and raised uolhiiig lull llm
Very boot, lie has 111111 os, horses, I'ltl
He and hogs, lie has many friends
here who will be glad lo learn I hat
lo is mooting willi such splendid
Miiccnss.
•I (' Hardin let u I'll an I lo Ills home
at Klrklaml. Texas, Monday, after a
lu ii f visit lo friends ami relatives
In re lie calli' l lo renew for Tho
liomocrat (lay.clle while here. Mr
llarilin lived in Ilia* eounly for a long
I line, luil moved to I'hlhlress eounly
four years ago. lie Is well pleased
with his now homo and is doing well,
lb- said lie raised a,boul 511 bales of
iiotlop and lots of I'i i • 11 >tl i iff this year
Ills friends are always glad to see
Who wants to buy good used
4 burner Quick Meal oil stove;
also Majestic range; 1 boy's
used bicycle, and a grapho-
phone with about 50 records?
Bargains for quick buyer. See
me at Leonards 5 and 10c
Store, McKinney.
lllltl. when ho comes batik oil a visit
ami would lie glad lo have him iiiovo
hack lo ( 'ollln county.
.1 A Hall, a good frh tial ami miri-
er of The Weekly Homocral (lay.clle,
living near \\"y lie, paid tills ollico a
visil ^Always glad to have frlenals
. all when in t he a lly.
Itoy Cordis Splirgooll was here
from l.ttcas today,
('. ('. ('ravens was a business visitor
here today from Westminster.
S. 11. Thaimn* made a business trip
to McKinney today from Westminster.
I.. I.. Hunt and daughter. Miss fly-
da, were Ma'Klnney visitors today j
from Wylle.
Ill A. Phillip*. Who has been hero
this week from Wylle serving on tho
Jury, was discharged from fttrt'oef
sorvli'o ami returned lo his home to-'
titty. I
Mrs M M McKinney arrived here
today and will spend some time with
hi r son. John It McKinney, who lives
about two miles north of the city.
Mrs McKinney has hi'on visiting ha*r
daughter. Mrs. M A. Kelsoy, at
II liaiuie. Wise ciKiinty, Texas.
Mrs. Volnia Wilkorson and little
son, Iniva' t ei iil'lied homo to Hi'iiit-
llioilt after all cxtenala'al visit with her
parents. Mr and Mrs. 1., \ Scott am
West l/Olilsiac a street.
High Priud Prodacls
Of The Farm
will enable you to buy that NKW PIANO this fall. So why not
come to the COLLIN COUNTY FAIR, and make that selection
while here.
We would be pleased to have you call at our store and let us
show you the many pianos in stock. WE have recently received a
large shipments of PIANOS, and are selling them at a very small
margin of profit. Every home in COLLIN COUNTY should have
one of these instrume nts.
WE HANDLE NOTHING BUT THE BEST
The PIANOS you will find here are absolutely the best makes.
Our prices will surprise you. In fact, we are selling our pianos at
such a price that you can not afford to be without one longer.
JUST RECEIVED A CARLOAD OF PLAYER-PIANOS
We are now able to supply any home with a piano or player-
piano at the lowest possible price. Can give the public the benefit
of 25 years' experience in knowledge of how and what to buy. Have
in stock, celebrated makes, viz.: Kimball, Estey, Camp & Co., Nel-
son, Stanley & Sons, Kohler & Campbell, etc.
The old reliable permanent home institution. Makes good its
guarantee.
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J. T. COUCH
McKinney, Texas.
West Louisiana Street
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Perkins, Tom W. & Wilson, Walter B. The Weekly Democrat-Gazette (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 2, 1916, newspaper, November 2, 1916; McKinney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth292227/m1/25/?q=%22~1~1~1~1%22~1: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.