The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, September 24, 1909 Page: 4 of 8
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THE ORANGE LEADER
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LEADER PRINTING COMPANY
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IA. L. Ford .............. Manager and Editor
Published Every Friday
BLAME OFT BELONGS ELSEWHERE.
The Orange Leader says: “With no desire
to knock, or to criticize those of our citizens
who are now engaged in that business, the
Leader believes that Orange needs some real
aggressive, up-to-date real estate agents about
as badly as anything else—men who will make
a noise in the world, who will advertise, at
home and abroad, and let people from other
sections know that Orange is not only on the
map, but offers unparalleled opportunities for
homeseekers and investors. We can’t progress
very fast by hiding our light under a bushel
and waiting for somebody to come along and
discover us.”
Real, live, hustling, up-to-date real estate
men, as the Leader says, are necessary to the
upbuilding of a country, but the failure of local
real estate agents to rise to the situation can-
not always be laid at their own doors.
A real estate man generally is willing to take
a piece of property that he considers attractive,
advertise it, talk it up and show it to prospec-
tive purchasers, if he feels sure that he will get
a commission when it is sold. But how often
does he get his commission! How frequently
does the owner cut in and make his own sale,
and then refuse to pay a commission! How
often does he let some other real estate man
take it away from the first agent, after the lat-
ter has advertised it, and sell it at a reduced
price for a reduced commission? How often is
the real estate man obliged to threaten suit to
get the fee he has earned by hard work?
Another thing: The real estate man must
have something to sell. In a country where big
land corporations abide, it is almost impossible
to attract immigrants unless the big holders
are willing to sell in small tracts at a stated
price and refrain from raising the price every
time a quarter section is sold. An advertising
campaign, especially of the kind required to
settle up a large section, costs money, and big
money, and a real estate man would be very
foolish to enter upon one unless he were abso-
lutely assured of commissions on all the sales
resulting therefrom. Even then, the land owner
blipsdf should bear sortie of the advertising
cost.—Lake Charles (I ,a.) American.
polling force, who will sieze it by the throat,
choke off its subserviency and its cowardice,
and take the lead with authoritative step and
a triumphant heart.” Instinctively, as one
reads that description of the man needed to lead
the Democratic hosts to* victory, his thoughts
turn to that virile, courageous, compelling
statesman, Joe Bailey. We believe, with the
Sun, that Culberson lost his opportunity, but
believe also that in Senator Bailey a great
leader may be found who can lead the party to
victory.
RICE STRAW PAPER.
It is reported from Houston that a carload of
rice straw sent north in July, being equally di-
vided between paper mills at Holyoke, Mass.,
and Watertown, N. Y., has been made into pulp
and paper, and that it has proven very success-
ful; in fact, better results have been obtained
than was hoped. The samples of pulp and pa-
per are reported to be very strong and of an
exceeding whiteness, which quality would make
it desirable both for news and book paper.
The processes are reported to be compara-
tively cheap and that good paper can be made
at as low a price from this straw as from any
other paper-making material. If this be the
case, then paper-making in the rice fields should
prove exceedingly profitable for the Texas-
made article would have a differential in its
favor in the freight from Watertown to Gal-
veston, which is about 36 cents a hundred
weight.
Beaumont lias been for some time investi-
gating the feasibility of making paper from rice
straw, and the Chamber of Commerce is now in
correspondence with one of the largest pulp-
making corporations in the country, which
wrote to Beaumont for an estimate upon the
available tupelo gum in this section. Between
these two paper-making materials it..would
seem that Beaumont stands a good chance to
get a paper mill, or at least a pulp mill, and
either is worth striving for.—Beaumont Enter-
No. 2
Trunks, Suit Cases 20 Per Cent Off-Sept. 26 to Oct. 2 Only
Our Trunks and Suit Cases were already marked at Rock Bottom Prices* but for the next
week you get your pick of them at cost
TRUNKS.
Flat top, canvas or duck covered, stout hard-
wood slats, brass-plated clamps, Excelsior lock,
strap hinges, stitched leather handles, with or
without straps, tray and hat box. These trunks
are all neat, strong and durable. Cannot be beat
at our prices—$3.35 AND UP.
SUIT CASES.
Imitation leather, waterproof, leather covered *
corners, brass riveted*. These cases have pat-
ented gilt locks, side clasps, with or without
straps, heavy leather handles, linen lined. Big
values-—now 90c AND UP.
Solid leather—best values in town. Ask to see
them—it is our pleasure to show you. Now—
$3.50 EACH AND UP.
ROUSS RACKET STORE
READ No. 3 IN THIS ISSUE
New Phone
501
more abundantly and a higher grade of rice
than that watered -from irrigating canals, se-
curing their water supply from the bayous. It is
presumed that there is some particular quality
in the artesian water that is just what the rice
needs to bring the best results.
The Leader trusts that the negotiations now
under way will result successfully and that
many more small rice farms may he brought
into cultivation in Orange county.
Orange as a city will never attain her com-
plete growth until all the waste lands of the
county are developed and placed under culti-
vation, thus building up a prosperous rural
population.
OUR NAVIGATION BOARD.
CULBERSON OUT OF IT.
prise.
There are great possibilities in this section
for the development of the paper-making in-
dustry on a large scale, but it is an industry
that requires, an enormous investment if it is
to l>e made a success.
A paper-making plant simply cannot he op-
erated on a small scale or along restricted lines.
The plant at Orange did not become a sue
cess until its owners made up their 'blinds to
pour the coin into the hopper in unstinted
quantities. When they did this the results
were so pleasing that the great plant now un-
der construction was evolved and when it is
completed it will represent an investment of
more than half a million dollars.
There is room for great development, hut
Beaumont nor no other city can hope to bring
about a successful development along this line
without a heavy investment.
At last, and for the first time since their ap-
pointment, .ill the members of the Orange
County Navigation Board are in the city at the
same time, and they will proceed at once to per
feet an organization and get down to work,
The first step to be taken, of course, will be
the filing of bonds by the members of the Board
and qualifying as such members. Then will
come the organization by the election of one
of the three as president and another as secre-
tary.
Then will come the details of preparing the
data for the Iwmds, securing their approval by
the Attorney General, getting them ready to l>e
sold and disposing of them.
The Orange County Board will, naturally,
work in harmony with the Jefferson county
hoard, as the interests are identical and the
project is to he considered as a whole.
Mayor E. W. Brown said to the 1 leader editor
yesterday: "The impression has gone abroad
that I am opposed to the* commission form of
government", but you may say for me that this
is a mistake. I am not opjiosed to it at all,
but am in this position: I want Orange to have
the very best and I want to become more fully
acquainted with the proposition before taking
a decided stand on it. If I can he convinced
that the commission form of** government is
best for the city, then, to he sure, 1 will lie
heartily in favor of it. In the meantime, it is
a mistake to place me on record as being op-
posed to it for I am not.” The Leader is glad
to make this statement for Mayor Brown. We
believe that no man has the interests of Orange
more at heart than has Mayor Brown, who is
so unselfishly and patriotically giving so much
of his time now to the city’s affairs, absolutely
free of cost. His home is in Orange, lie lias
seen it grow from a very small town to wha
it is today, and lie wants to see a great citj
here and will be found always ready and willing
to do bis part and even more than his part ii
helping the city to progress. We are glad t<
know that he is not opposed to t'he cormnissio:
form of government.
Notwithstanding the liberal offer made bi
one firm to pay one-half the expense of a "Com*
mereial Club, no meeting has yet been ealie4
for the formation of this very necessary organ-
ization. It will be done, though, within a fe\i
days. In the meantime, the attention of thi
leader lias been directed to another instancj
where Orange is getting the worst of it oi
The Beaumont commissioners have already rat*f' *n this <a#*, Orange is payini
lo-eent freight rate on galvanized irol
I be Honorable Robert L. Taylor, junior sen-
ator from Tennessee, wants to see our Mr. Cul-
berson nominated by the Democrats for the
presidency.
I he New \ork Sun has looked into the mat-
ter, and it comes to the conclusion that Mr.
Culberson threw away his opportunity in 11)07.
“He was urged by many thousands to declare
himself. He was beset by friends, admirers
and well wishers—and he retreated to his tent
on velvet feet, his tongue quite paralyzed, his
courage hidden in his pocket.” So says the
Sun, and it concludes that Culberson threw
away his one chance to reach the presidency.
“The Democratic party,” according to the
Sun, “is in that condition in which it needs a
man with brains and bravery and compelling
force, who will seize it by the throat, choke off
its subserviency and its cowardice, and take the
lead with an authoritative step and a trium-
phant heart.” Having once run away, there
could not now, in the Sun’s opinion, be anw
tnnmltuous call for Mr. Culberson.
That’s the precise status. This paper tried
^ u^K‘rson in the running, but it
found him foarful of tho rosult, and today ho is
not even a remote possibility. If JujJaon Ilar-
$non can get himself re-elected governor of
Ohio, he will probably be put forward to chal-
lenge Mr. Taft.—Waco Times-Herald.
A man with brains and bravery and eom-
DEVELOPING RICE LANDS.
In Orange county there are thousands of
acres of undeveloped lands suitable for rice cub*
ture, but, by reason of the fact that the lands
suitable for rice are in comparatively small
tracts, it would be too expensive to endeavor
to reach them with irrigating canals.
This problem of how to secure irrigation for
these lands at an expense that would justify
them being placed under cultivation is about
to be solved through the ease and cheapness
with which artesian water can be secured.
As will be seen from a news item elsewhere
in this paper, negotiations are now under way
that will probably result in a number of artesian
wells being drilled in different sections of the
eounty for the purpose of watering rice farms
that cannot be reached bv the canals.
When it is remembered that a well and all
necessary equipment can be provided for three
thousand dollars that will furnish nn ample
water supply for five hundred acres of land, it
may lie easily seen that the investment would
be a profitable one.
Another feature to be considered is that ex-
perience has demonstrated that rice watered
from artesian wells in this eounty produces
had the matter up with the government engi-
neers and the work will be planned by them
and carried out under their direction.
It is hoped to have the surveys completed
and all data in hand by the opening of congress
in December and then the matter will go before
the rivers and harbors committee and an effort
made to secure an appropriation from congress
sufficient to complete the waterway, together
with the funds to Ik* applied to that purjiose by
Orange and Jefferson counties.
The Orange County Board will now get
actively in behind the project and keep things
moving until our people begin to see the ac-
complishment of their long deferred hope for
a deep water i«>rt at Orange.
COMPULSORY FORESTRY.
According to a Houston lumberman, the re-
cent unprecedented drouth in East Texas has
brought about a condition that is going to force
some of the large owners of timber lands to
adopt, temporarily, at least, scientific forestry
methods, because of the fact that immense
quantities of pine trees have been killed by the
drouth and to save this timber and utilize it,
it will have to be gotten to the mills within the
next twelve months.
To go through the forests and cut this tim-
ber will mean the adoption of forestry methods,
cutting out this dead timber, which is practical-
against a rate of 8 cents on galvanized iron ti
Beaumont. Now, Beaumont is entitled to n
better freight rate than is Grange, both bein
situated on deep, navigable rivers, and hot
haviug several railroad connections, but Boat
mont has an active commercial organizatio
that is looking after her interests and Oran#
has none. Through individual effort, the*
differences in freight rates are being adjuste
ns fast as they are discovered, but if we had a‘
organization looking after these things in
general way, the whole town would be benefit
ed and Orange wholesalers and other shipper
would enjoy equal freight rates with othe
Ixmits no more favorably situated than is thi
city. A difference of 7 or 8 cents per liundre
imunds in the freight rate, makes a jmwerfi
l»ig difference in the ability of a business hous
to make competitive prices on goods it sells.
The great need of the hour in Orange is a
active, well-organized Commercial Club. Twe|
tv-five hundred dollars per year would maintaj
the organization, and one firm in Grange hi
already agreed to pay one half that ainoui
Surely there ure enough other enterprising coj
eerns in the city to pay the other half.—Oruni
Leader.
The Leader lias performed an excellent sei
ice in advertising the advantages of Orange
the outside world, but there are many things
newspaper cannot do and there are nuinero
questions it cannot settle. If one firm h
ly ail old and large trees, thus leaving the agreed to contribute one-half of the expenses
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NO. 1
Chinaware and Crockery—Sept 25—Oct 2, Only
Varied Designs, Big Values, Low Prices
44-PIECE DINNER SETS
Why not buy that Dinner Set you have been intending to? We have a few sets left in white and gold,
blue-flowered and pink-flowered designs Made from best American china, as good as any $10.00 set If
you want one of these bargains, come early, for they will go during this sale at,..............$4.75 EACH
PLAIN WHITE—Not fancy in looks, but fine in quality. First come, first served—Per set..........$3.95
STONE CHURNS-COMPLETE
lion.............40c 3-gallon.............50c 4-gallon............60c
STONE JARS, COVERED
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 gallon Jars, for. ............j*QTS )20c> 3®c* *0c’ 30c* *n<* 70° EACH
A few dozen on hand- -get ones you want at.........................................6c, 10c and ltc EACH
2-g^ll
508 frost St. ROUSS RACKET STORE New Phone 501
MAD AD No. • IN THI* IUD>
younger and smaller trees free to obtain greater
growth. A dispatch from Houston says:
‘‘Henry Fall, who has just returned from a
trip through East Texas, reports a remarkable
effect of the drouth in killing vast numbers of
pine trees throughout Trinity, Houston, San
Augustine and other counties. It is believed
that the amount of timber killed may reach the
appalling figures of one billion feet of stand-
ing forest.
“ ‘For the first time in the recollection of
East Texas lumbermen,’ said Mr. Fall, ‘the
pine forests have lieen injured by the weather.
The long, protracted drouth, robbing the trees
of' their sap, was followed by the days of in-
tense hot weather, and as a result vast num-.
Iters of the finest trees in the forests are dead.
These trees can still l>e used if cut at once, bjit
if allowed to stand longer than a few months
the Commercial Club, the business men of C
ange will lose if they fail to follow the sugg<
tions of the Leader.—Galveston News.
The organization is coming, ail right, id
sm Amo]
pretty hard to arouse much enthusiasm Amo!
a people in torrid weather such as we have hi
this summer, but with cool weather coming aj
everybody getting down to business again af|
the vacation season, we are going to see Ora
take on new life, an active Commercial Cl|
organized, and everything take on u differ
hue.
The Pottsvjile (Pa.) Miners Journal
nounees a ‘‘Three Twins* Matinee” for Flic
Gf course, it is desirable, for the good of
country, that these baby matinees should
given frequently, but this stunt of “tl
twins” is something unusual. But this
Speaking of the effort being made to secure
a commission form of government for Orange, peiw’d i*1 Pennsylvania.
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Ford, A. L. The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, September 24, 1909, newspaper, September 24, 1909; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth646938/m1/4/?q=%22~1~1%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lamar State College – Orange.