The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 18, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 19, 1929 Page: 4 of 8
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THE BIG LAKE WILDCAT. BIG LAKE, REAGAN COUNTY. TEXAS
Saturday. January 19, 1929
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By HIBDON PRINTING CO
IOHN HI BOON.
MRS JOHN HI BOON.
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Hire* MiuMtht tu uu:e
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$12 or $1S and “got a balsam."
She came hum** and tkowed it to T
L Miller, Big Lake's splendid jewel
er. Whereupon she was told that he
had the identically same kind <>!
purse on regular sale at $H. lout
Miller is a good fellow and a good
advertiser, hut he failed to advertise
this purse and give his prite. The
lady thought she was getting a bar-
gain ami saving three 01 lout dolLirs.
But after all, whose fault is it? She
knew good and well that Miller had
m»m., .h.0 «... .. is, ~u.— «i t*u. |a jewelry store probably knew that j
9*»«r will Be tfUsftl* oorrulrtl **»••" ilttf aulrea vl |^, |»U|MN l>Ut III* tO |
tell hoi so.
Another Hig Lake lady purchase*! j
a coat and “saved eight or ten dol
j lurs on the deal,” hut could have
bought the same coat from our home I
KOChDAl.E Mil AN EMIJ'lldN merchants on regular sale for less
notio to the puar.ii.
•flirnroua refUttloU 'Jp-'U the tdMfMlh'i
rtilUH p«*in*iUall».
Kaieimf *m sriunti iliM autter Jsansn
•I the pool oilier at lli|| Lake. I raw* •«<*•••
•I Mulsh 1 U7*.
mourn
Keporterman devoted almost a col There tmt. amj tmly one wav to
umn last week to the subject of out I mai| order houses and
Chamber of Commerce disbanding, j kerp our pP„p|«. f,,„„ doing their
and expel led to gel a Use out ol mor. h(>i)|(j|)f, And the liter-
than one local citizen However. l han„ thmiseUes hold the key to the
situation. They will have to advrr-1tyrerl
trse and tell the people what thev
Shave and what it is worth
each, flu , ol an
wh,n Ihr maker of chatTUnon» passed a*a>
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EDMONDSON'S
MARKET AND GROCERY
CHOICE BABY BEEF, GKOCERIES
VECETABI.ES AND POULTRY
You get a ticket, with all cash purchases, on
the Little Car to be given away February 22.
All the children want it—your number
may be the lucky one
III! COMMIMTI KIIITOU
Coulter was the only man to mention
it to the commentator of his column.
It seems the old Ko< kdale spirit has
boon swamped, ami that the slogan,
“Let George l*»» It” has fx-eti
adopted Who the heck is (ieorgr?
Will the business interests ol this j
good town sii quietly hv and see their ! |’he community newspaper of the
trade territory taken bodily from i ,»ua|| |,iwn has not lost its individu
them, hit l>\ hit 1 Rockdale It*-*-1 alitv entirely. There are still a few
port*! Jof the oldtime editor* left wh.. have
lio< kdale is not alom* in this sort | (be courage and
of deal, Bro. ( ooke. Big Lake ha* j problem* ami
a Chambei id ( oinmcrce and .iImiu! j render*. JuM a few lernam who
half a do/cn of the live one?* look af- value public concern more than the'
ter the towns interest. I he rest ol (j(l (l large advertising contract,
w horn
hank loaned a man some money on a
diamond ling a few year* ago that
makes yours look likr a baby,” veil-
Mr. Baker, "and we still have
the ring."
“May I see it ?" asked the ruin run-
ner. It was brought out. “Will you
sell it?” he asked Mr. Baker said
the hank would he glad to dispose of
it. Itav ing made several attempts to
do so and found that <>n account <>l
its si/c onlv a fraction of its value
could he realized. The diamond in
posse: sion of the l ank weighed be-
kill attack public iwcen nine and ten carats, was a good
revr.il (act* t" the ..tone and had been taken to New
CLASSIFIED ADS
FOR SALE
I OR SALK Nearly new Bosch1
Magneto; cost thirty dollars; will j
lake Silt, ('all at Wildcat office. *f
! t 1 \MI I I Rrch.wges and Fire-Gun
Liquid may he had thmugh W . E.
James, Box l<»L Big Lake, Tcxaa. J
Place your order now, if ,
LEASES AND ROYALTIES—I have
York hv" W illie Bovvilrt”of Stjripiing, J !Pnie choice lease, and royalties in
ila-lwood h l .o . m an ffort to di* , »«*«*«" «»un‘Jw* wl'*« 1
pose of it.
Mr. Baker named the figure tlie
IHIHIIIWI!" T '
STOP AT SAM’S STATION
When in Nerd of
Gas, Oils, Grease. Also Carry Nice Line
of Candies, Cigars. Groceries, Etc.
Ten Acre* of lire (.amp Grounds
8. A. COLBAUGH A WIFE
CORNER OK HOAD TO BOWEL FIELD
1 bought Ix’forc the hig play. They
•were bought cheap ana will he sold
cheap; will trade for anything of
value, as 1 have plenty to sell and
hold some for myself. T. W. Suttle-
mvrr, Big Lake Hotel, Big Lake.
Texas. 20-tf
FOR RENT
our eitiaetwy, most of whom ire j of the*e editors r* J. L. Mar-
members, are *ati*fied to cast in a (,,, ((,,. Mean t L IVxas New*. He- hank would t.ikc for the tina and
lew shekel* and leave the re*t to (-ently through the column* o( hi* i the youn.- man *.iid he would buy it.
“George. It ha* now Im*mi several i paper he openly attacked a public He said he believed he could get hv
week* *uice the new officer* lor the j concern which he thought wa* fail - j the* piohihition ofliccr* with the two
en*uing yeai were elected and it a i,jg n> *erve the puhlii i* it «hould. I rina* and he paid the hank out of the
director*’ meeting ha* Iwen held \,,t m a round about w.iv. hut open-Toll he had eountod out in the pres-
since the Wildcat has not heard of it |y and straightforwardly did he make fence of Mr. Il.tk t
Secretary lliti suggested that the!known the circumstances. Now the question is wa- the *UR REN1 Hive several two-room
Wild* at *it tilt a -Ink of dynani'le' |'he coiiimuntiv weekly i* essential man* storv true7 It .sounds pliusi- houses for tent. N j >p I v to Eugene
uni'i'i the bunch m do something rlsejt0 d,«. .mall town; it is a vital partible. If true did he succeed ia getting t Gruthers .il-il
to wakr them up so thev would g**t to- )0f tJ„- ,m,t|| town's exi-tence, Choke In* tun k load «»f liquor out of the
i:ether -md outline a progi.un tor th'-Gbp wivklv puhln ati>>n to death ami ( hand* of the federal ..(Vici'T'*? At’d
'car. the town wilI suffer. Build the payier ■ further, were they federal officer.
"George has *irnplv balked, it -<p ibigger and lK-ltcr and the town Iw- «»r highjiu ker* posing a* officers?
comes higgfu anil better with it t One thing Is ertsin. Ih bank _ _
'"Itir . ur that the mrtro|>o)its:^dispose.! of a diamond which had BANGH FOR LEASE V good ranch
dailic* will kill the weekly publics- j proved to he collateral difficult t«' ,,f j |(g) a(T,.s fj„(. grazinff |anj
t I l/f * ‘
BIG LAKE DAIRY
THE SANITARY DAIRY PRODUCTS
DELIVERED DAILY
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pear*, ami refuse* to do all the work
and take all the responsibility; *<< it
behoove* u* all to cast around and
see if something definite cannot l»e
done the* ^oixl vear.
II th*’ g»»ixl year 1020 »urpa**e*
tfiat ju.*t paswd, and there appears
no visible or ksiular reason why it
-.in uld mit. we should get hu*v Ml
»tuck are m f me < ondition, the ranges
are giMwi. *iiiikmeit are happy, con-
tented arid prosperous, the oil in
dustry in Heauan county i« ju*t in
it* infancy , we have a* good soil and
a* itun Ik rami ill a* the MuIIjikI ami
Brg .wprirtg c»*«'»ti», vet their i* not
a real farm in the county.
Dairying ha* nevt-r been th>>ughi id
m the county except to furnish dairy
product* i->i home consumption, vet
tl i* imr .it tire most profitafdr to
martrre* in tf»e ,tale, and *ull gtk*w-
(Bg,
I here rs no part of thr
poultry ran fie raised easier <e cheap
er, yet their •« not 4 hatchery or
chelten laneh in the countv
^ et and m view of all the* there *
are those ol nut most prottriiw-nt ku*
nuts* men who will tell you that Hi •
i nAe and Heagari counlv should not
fie advertised Is* a Use, "we have noth- I
mg to offer Out people have not; ..|
vet even thou j hi of th«* p.»*»dolittr» , "gg| ” |)r
md thew eye* have not l«een opened
Vi belt w ill we wake up arttl .qs-:» out j
ryes to the advantage* right under
our no*e* ’
HOI S'KS—Furnished and unfurnish-
'nl, and furnished rooms. If interest-
ed see Dr. I nngford at Cottage
Hotel. ^ tf
tion*. hut there »
statement uttered
fli< i !»e»au*r therr
Each town -ervc* i* own field and
cakfr fill* it* peculiar need*. \nd
a* long c* fearle**, truthful editors
k ontinue to edit the communilv p.qier,
it will retain it* individuality and
power Junction Eagle
- never a falser j realixr on. It g*M rnori*
I here i* no con ; diamond than it had
- no conqietiioit ! fealur and tlie transaction t«H>k Ic*
than fifteen minute .
“It i* the strangest deal I ever had (
come up,” sai l Mr Baker in relatin ’ (
it afterw.rril.
1 1
out of it* !four wells, one earthen tank, good
ever luqied |crritssit. near railroad, in l pton county,
for lease at .1 genuine bargain il
'Jea*eJ at once, I'ltone or write Me-
Land Co., Box 1135, Mr-
antev. Fexas.
BORROVl \|ONh
' B \NKf R'w |)l \\lo\D
HI Vt HO U.M) K> M*>
Sfieakiiig of tfw* drffu ul’.ie* of pro-
hibition entoiv emeiit and uf the pr«e
ptx.d ->1 t.kknu! "rufurcement" out of
politic*, the Reilland Herald, pub-
lished at \a- ugdocbrs, tell-, the foi
towing incident
One evening, the week before
^ '* , ' hristmas, .1 well drr-*se*l voutitr man
1 ame into tire < ommercul hank, of I
tin* irtv, a*ki*f for the )>.■>*■. and w.i*
dire* ted to tfw ife*k of Mr Uakrr. j
president of tlie institution
Hi* apprararue wa* good, his
countename iq*en and frank and (re-
did not l»eat around tlie -tilnqs in vet '
ting down to hr* business.
in trouble ami I neid $1 .-|
*aid He produi e«f some
credentiala roll of hill* lotaiimarj
♦ and a v«rt fine di.imnnd j
rina "To he |KTfectlv frank wlifi '
you, Mr tiaker. I am a ruin runaet j
md tire federal offiiTrs have c aught I
me," *a»d tire young man. “They !
YOUR PATRONAGE APPRECIATED
CITY BARBER SHOP
WEST SIDE MAIN STREET, BIG LAKE, TEXAS
Good Workmen Courteous Treatment
A Modern, Sanitary Shop
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I It .< ithi r o( Warsaw, xb-.. tsr-
- nk!e**, hr* writirn tcvrral
» «>rh hi* fret ari-l mouth
\\ ddrat ad* gr1 results
Far
t ith
given
the
are holding mv truck rear Mt
lerprise, htrt l nn sijuarr off
them for $2,.WtO Tliev have
me a few hour* in which t<* rai*»-
money
” I would like (n Imr row
thi* ring. Y our rm lin.iiuni may he
to turn me in, but that will get n<u-
wbere If t)ie lw.il officer* tnvrsti
pate they will find thr federal nsrti
in p<-«*e**ion and Uiev will claim (bat
I got away ”
Mr Bakrr very promptly Mated
But he dial ImA
; ami ,«*k»*l the
at the diamond ring
it* value "flttr
TREMS-
Keporterutan heard t --.-.wf - it ram
snv recent I v that he knew families
living i't thtre mile* «d Rw kifafe who
weir doing their trading ia« t .arm-r-
un- kellnw lalkrii like he knew what
he wa* *<«yiiig, too It that i* true,
whose fault 1* it? Collectively, it
is thr fault of Rm kdale hummen* men
themselves Fur the past year tfiev
have passively w-en thxs territory
flooded ilmost weekly by the arfver
'*• i , .
, .. , 1 ,x ithat he could nut help tin- tellow out
1 amrron, fay lor. Iemple amt w*i«;« , ... , , ,
business houses, not to mention the j
carload or an of mail-order . at a
Ing tie* distributed i»n nwr rural
routes Have Rmkdale business in-
terests ksn»e to sleep, that the* will
permit their trade territory to Is* *0
invaded without patting up a fight ? j
Judging by the volume of tlieir own j
advertising it would *ecin *0 IL* k j
dale Reporter.
Hour it on ’em. Bro. l.«*ofce, Fhc-te
1* no one to blame hut tlie merchant* j
who ait idly by and work on the* the- j
nry that they don’t have to advertise
“because everybody in the town and 1
country know* me and know* wha! J
I have to sell It may be a good [
theory hut it ju»t Mmnly won't work
m thl* goori day. Toeie *1# tBJBl
right here in H»g loike who do a
great deal of trailing in San Angelo,
*evnnly-fi"e miles away. Recently,
a lady saw »ome purse* “on sale” in
San Angelo and purchased one for
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OFFICE; BIG LAKE DRUG CO
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Hibdon, John. The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 18, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 19, 1929, newspaper, January 19, 1929; Big Lake, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth633613/m1/4/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Reagan County Library.