Jacksboro Gazette (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 16, 1912 Page: 4 of 8
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HI
JACKSBORO GAZETTE
Published every Thursday by
J. N. ROGERS & COMPANY.
Entered at the Postoffice at
Jacksboro, Texas, as second-class
Mali matter.
Business office on northeast cor-
ner of Public 'Square, Jacksboro,
Tfcxas.
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Subscription: $1.00 a year.
Telephone 71.
are hundreds of beautiful small ! The majority of visitors notice city.
trees that will add much to the at- : the condition of a city’s streets and i Corpus Christi—The Commercial
tractiveness of the landscape as sidewalks the first thing. if the ' Secretaries of the Gulf Coast terri-
years go by and the county becomes streets aie unkept and the side- tory are planning to effect an or- of
more thickly populated. How easy j walks few and far between, they • ganization to promote the advan-
it i3 ior man to d.stroy a beautiful j usually cake the first train back. ■ tages of that section of the state,
tree that has been growing while j Good roads are more essential ! Decatur—A new cotton gin is in l
STATE CONVENTION
Inter-Denominational Sunday
Schools of Texas as Seen by
Miss Akin, Dist. President.
generation upon generatio of people than million dollar court houses, ' course of construction making the 1
have lived, moved across the stage the one benefits the masses, the third industry of this nature for
and pas.ed on. Say with John Muir, other the classes. Decatur.
in regard to your beautiful native | A commercial organization is the Fore Worth—The James-Mickle- To the Gazette:—The great State
tree, if you are fortunate enough to backbone of a city; it builds facto- Schoyv Company has increased its Convention for the inter-denomina-
possess even one, “Let it live on.” , ries, advocates home industry and capital stock from $400,000 to $555- tional Sunday School workers of
__ _ is in favor of every movement that 000. ' Texas was held in Dallas from the
j makes for the progress and upbuild- Houstan—The Southern Commer- to the tenth of May in the
The parks of Fort Worth are to ing oft be city j ciai Secretaries will hold their an- First Baptist Church, of which Dr.
be made more beautiful each year j Tiie succeis Qf a city depends on nual meeting in this city, May 16, Truett is pastor.
according «.o the Star-Telegram, ^he progressiveness of its citizens, j 17 and 18> * j There were about one thousand
which paper states that bushels of You can lay out a city in lots and Houston—The Texas Wholesale registered delegates from out of
seeds from wi-d flowers native to ; biocks, b unless the surrounding Dry Goods Company has been capi- the city- is calculated that five
the locality around the city are to CjUnt y is settled by prosperous talized at $500,000. It is proposed thousand peop’e marched in the pa-
be gathered through the spring and peop_s you can never build a city. to erect a five-storyo ffice and radfe Wednesday afternoon, that
Keep a-pu=hing and a-pulling, and sa es building to be used exclusive- stopped the traffic of Dallas and
it wi-1 not be long before others iy by the above company. made people stop in amazement at
summer under the direction of the
park superintendent. At several
parks a half-acre tract will be giv-
j en over to wild flowers. All vari-
eties will be sown, and as some va-
1 rieties -bloom sooner than others,
join in and help lighten the bur- Pliin.iew—Several carloads of fc&e magnitude of the Sunday school
den. Colorado mules have been received work, and those who saw the men,
Boost your city with a member-1 by the local dealers this season tbe boys and the children, bearing
ship card in the local commercial who report immense profits deriv- the Conquest flag, knew that be-
Under th^ auspices of the Thurs
4ay Club, and wi.h tiie hearty co
•peracion of< the Civic League, the tie tract will afford lovers of flow- J organisation. ' ed from this line of industry. ; fore :ong the liquor traffic would
church societies and other organiza- er3 an opportunity to gather them ^ Expedience shows that by devot-1 Portland A Commercial Wharf be Put out of business and a new
tions, together with the assistance f°r months. When the superin- in^ balf y0,ur tjme to boosting the 1 constructed by the Tafc interest at era in civic righteousness come in
„ city, your business will double as a a cost of $65,000 has been com- through the vote of the Sunday
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•f .he Mayor and Chamber of Com- tendent’s idea about wild flowers
Bierce, has been launched one of has been carried out it is expected
'the giea est cleanup campaigns in that special ^days will be named and
the his ory of our town, says the observed in honor of certain flow-
Bowie Cro3s-Timbers. Bowie has «rs, following the custom of. other
he?n entered for the $300 prize, cities, which have become widely
This is what might bey called a known through their flower days,
united effort. Jacksboro has a Fort Worth and Dallas are setting
large number of clubs and church good examples in their park move-
•ocieties, and should they all unite ments that should be followed by
to help the Me hers’ Club and the every north Texas town.
City Council Jacksboro could make ___- m -__
a. spLnd'd record in the cleaner- j
’town c eat. Let each club and C0^011 and 0011011 OU News is of
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□ciety tie up the matter of help- the °-oinion that when one con3id-
log Jacksboro to win in this con- er9 certain of the movements and
result.
Keep your city in the limelight.
Cide3 have sprung into prominence
in a day.
Make your cLy th^ “bright sp.pt”
of Texas. “Brighten up”—and nev-
er cay die.
Will Make Re-Survey.
P. E. Bock, superintendent
pom-
pleted; this dock is one of the larg- school men influenced by the Sun-
eot on the Texas Gulf Coast, being day school women of Texas. This
1200 feet in length. parade was headed by the band
San Antonio—Half a million fish fr°m the organized class of Mc-
of different varieties have been Gregor which has such a marvelous
placed in vhe Medina Lake by the record. 'j he world s leaders were
United States Bureau of Fisheries, ted by a guard of honor, the class
San Antonio—A modern ten-story of y°unS ladies, who had the great-
skyscraper is to be erected on Main etft per cent of their present at
Avenue, and will beo ccupied by the the rally of organized classes the
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$2,85
M ije ;tic circuit.
The building will opening night of the convention.
This tdass was from Dr. W. M. An-
cost $400,000. (
Tenplc—The Chamber of Com- derson’s church and had thirty-two
merce has started a movement in out of their thirty-five members
favor of a public auditorium, to present.
the Guif, Texas & Western ,raii-
way, passed through the city Tues-
tea . If our own could win if etloTtsthat are being made to teach j day afternoon on his way to Jermyn, i • J The sp rit throughout the con-
,ou.d be worth thousands of dol- * H«*M Tempis-The Teaas Press Asso-' vention was fine.t he music grand.
Sara in th. publicity it would give “Af Z collidettatsaid i ?? 1%., <*>«<>■> meets at Temple this week under the management of E. O. Ex-
fa addition to chs improvement in mo3t f°rced to conclude that said had finished the survey to Silos- j
its santxry condi .ion. It would be coto11 farmer must need both a wet ville, and that they would have to i
well for vhe president b£ each so>- nuise and a dry a*rse. There are go hack for a dis.ance of 14 miles
-the 16th, 17 and 18.
! cell and Alvin Roper. Mr. Roper
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AND RETURN
Tickets on Sale May
21st and 22nd, Limit to
May 25th,
L. A. RINGGENBERG,
Phone 11. Local .Agent.
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•ety or club to take up the mat- numerous methods of teaching him, I on this line and run a line to a Cali brniaus
ter at next meeting, and if possible a: ernment expense, how to plant point near the rock crusher, to in-!
•alist the members in this contest. cu’tviate and harvest his crop, and tercept the Weatherford, Mineral ' Texas Laws.
Selp your towrf aow. same of hi3 teachers probably nev- | Wells & Norchwestern road, be-
_, ec saw a cotton stalk or a cotton cause of the staep^-grade which they
boU in their born days until after had encountered on the first sur-
p'.ayedc he music to many sacred
! songs most beautifully, but the
Have Their Byes on most woncherfu1 Was W’hen he play-
ed “My Je«us I Love Thee,” and
{“There’s g Stranger at the Door,^
Sacramento, Cal., May 11.—The a*- same time, one with one
inve tigation of .he Texas Welfare hand the o her witil the other> ma'
Commi sicn in.o :he Stock and Bond kiaS perfect harmony both melo-
more lines will be run before any- Law of that , state is being watched ^ ^ ^ Plai“;
thins- definite as *o which Doint on wkh mucb interest at the capita). I The way Mr- Excell» wlth
h ng definite as ,o w 1 h po nt on California lesrislaturf. nasui wonder.ul bass voice, sang, “I am
the. Mineral Wells road will be the lae -&c,t 0a-1Ioriua legislature pass- v „wrvonp
most fea-Ule is given out ei a law reSulatirg the issuance of Not Your Jud<=e> mad- everyone
most lea.i.ie, is given out. rai road se uriJos which contiinod feel sorfy that he bad ever been
, “In get ing out of Jacksbord we rai roaa se„un.ies which contained -
_ goad-hearted, good-natured, well- offence to keep hogs within the „ comBelied vo run three miles many of the essential features of
naan'ng man. He missed his op- corporate limits, has done a great" due east before turning the Texas S.ock and Bond Law, but fel ow lxai1-
9or.unities. He was easy-going in- (OM for the town and should re- T4 U rather^^ the difficulties pointed out' Th. world’s leaders, speaking on
»«d of positive. He listened In- ceive the commendation of all the d!(flcnlt one because ot ,be broken by Mr- Trumbull in his “e program, were Marion Law-
of initiating. He was forced people. Graham has grown to where cmmtry and the heavy cast per Houitun address. The law is in vhe rence and W- A- the gen_
The Saturday Evening Post sums their names are put upon the Gov- vey> n wiu be likely that several
*p the situation in whi^h President ernment payroll.
Tift finds himself politically as fol- x
lawtf: “The sad fact is that the i
country has no faith in fTaft as a The city council of Graham in
president, although viewing him as Pa~s ng an ordinance making it an
that
guilty of judging and misjudging his
It is neces-
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d of forcing. He complied in- such an ordinance was really nec- mUg Qf con3iruction.
stead of commanding. He was a essary for the protection of her
jodge instead of an executive. He people.—-Graham Leader,
was pl.as^nc inste_d of positive. He Jacksboro has just about arrived ^ Ihte’i’s f
was non-;.olitical when he should at the same s age, Since the sea-
kave been poli leal. He was polit- son is not so dry as the past two
leal when i was too late.” The or three years the hogs in town are
*ubstance of vhe entire charge is becoming a great nuisance, as the ;,t“bi'rty”five Voided cars," besides , a
that he was unable to grasp his op- pens are offensive to the surround- j cabor8e and a comblnation COach, at
portunities as they came. ing neighbors.
exper.men.al c ace 'n rhis state, and era- secretaries were Messrs. Long
sary for us to raise our track for' the Texas dtecussion is an intense-,of Mississippi, Nicholas ofO klaho-
one m h to meet a three-foot grade, ly -n:er s ng °ne state offic^is- ™
caused by the tonnage which we are
. T ^ „ Texas Rai io. d Mileage Inadequate
able to haul. Out of Seymour one 1 8 1
day last wreek we pulled a train of
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to Mo e Eroi mous Crops.
Austin, Tex., May 11.-
IO from8Mrs.°0^^. ColquHt'" to keepirg the bright! A>orojaod Weatherford because df Itt was^the^cre'am Tf"the whole
The Rail- |
the rate of 18 mips an hour, but it road Commission is facing some of ^
t.q^mos. serious problems in the (
For
ma, and Merritt of the four states,
New Mexico, Nevada Utah and
A i^ona; The denominational spec-
ia ties were Charles Bulla of the
jWeslay Organized Class Movement
in theM ethodict Church, Foster of
J the Baptists, Shephard for. the
NEAR 30 TEARS
in the
DRUG BUSINESS
And have always tried to
conscientious and accur-
ate in all my dealing.
1 wish to thank the peo-
ple for their liberal pat-
ronage,which far exceeded
my most sanguine expec-
tations, and solicit a con-
tinuance of their trade in
the future, and also
Solicit New Customers.
GIVE US A TRIAL.
J. H. WALTERS
woa'd be impo.sible to handle morel
than half rhi3 train between Jacks- ra* road his.ory of the state.
school boards of Texas, urging tet every Jacksboro citizen begin
th’ different topography of the road cons ruction is practically at a
irtter'flriitatioiiin "school buildings! ^ i
Ihe reports indicate that
Christians, besides our own state
workers, whom none can excel.
The adult workers banquet with
plates set for one thousand people
con-
vention.
The State officers for the new
year are the same as last year—
Rob:. H. Coleman, (Baptist) presi-
m'
wrg. Co.qui .t is very much in earn- -x uve xown is always an attractive i -a ^ . i railroad.
r. “r sfev" L,ewa mr» ^ rs z
of Infection and breeding place builder and not a towm killer. , mys.l to think of jusb at atp needed eaUipment
contagious and iniectious discas- ---- LcauT that “S ^ ! 4 work o< .be Railroad Con.- ^
When we consider that most 4. , have to ^dWded by the d’recoors ' mis ion has heretofore been confin- , * ^ cui on account of finances-
in jjils issue of the Gazette is a have .o be_d„c4ed by che d.^Ccors rho rcmkfinb i It was brought out in the meet-
utive chairman; W. N. Wiggins,
(Presbyterian), general secretary;
Mrs. Wiggins and Mr. Hawkins,
field workers. Mt. Adams is not
of the road after the several lines,ed largely to the regulation of rates
eath house Thursday night for the pur-1 of survey are submitted to them,” and service, but larger responsibil- -
diseases of childhood are easily pre-
wentab e, we should consider $very caAl fur’ll mass meeting at the court;
■case of sickness and every
of eveiy chi.d from such causes a P°:® of organizing a Ramsey-Shep-
dlngrace to' the comxpnnity and an Pard club. Let every voter who is
evidence .hat some one of us has interested in good government and
felled In our duty to the little ones, cleaner politics attend and enroll tfaat road
whe look to us for protection. Let himself In this club. ! —
es all join in the movement for j --- ^ Industrial
, t&e Betterment of the public health !
/ snd justify ih cod fide ice the chil- . City BuUdln« Notes-
*■«! lepose lu us ” Find the weak point in your city !
Lies now confront the Commission counties of Texas remain unorgan-
require skillful con- ized> and they are a11 off the rai1'
road and hard to reach.
There is less money spent in
j point where theV can°give adequate carrying on the work in all of these
service and to place new projects °ounttes that the local Y. M. . A.
of Dallas alone spends, or some of
was Mr. Bock’s reply to a query as
to what point it would be likely t aQd :-t will
the extension would connect with struetive work on their pari, to
Weatherford Herald. huild up the existing lines to a
and Enterprising
Notes on a basis where securities can be
! marketed.
from Lively Texas Towns.
' careful how you
toeec Should you be
•aougft £> secure land that has na-
ffi. ■ -j,:
, Alpine—The gold discovered near , . , . .
j then app.y a remedy. ! thi. city is reported to be of the Po° e Ac?e:, s InFit*tlon of "M*™
destroy a1 Pa ronizing home merchants, the highest quality, and will rbing as Commission,
fortunate ^ome ncwsPaPers aud job printing bjgb ag seven hundred and forty
u (off ices, and any other worthy home doiiars per ^on_ . ^ Columbus, Ohio, May 11.—^Allen
, ^ Institution or enterprise is not a Bronson_The Knox lumber ! R- Foote,president of the Interna- , oft he work.
live forest trees gr.owing, think well charitable act but a dutiful one I . tional Tax As-ociation announced The only cloud on the new year’s
More you de..ro, If it >•' CwU .ess .be alk. ' , . f- ‘T™ ;'°h ! today tin J hS TITi!•:«. is the financial condition and
- “ pouring loT.b from 1, *! ™k“ IZZ TtL Texa. Welfare C- all states and ali reiigiou, work
the large local phurches in the city,
and the wt>rk is so arranged that
what is spent brings an equal
blessing to all denominations.
Never before has the work gone
forth so gloriously, never were so
many interested in the carrying on
Bife.
j Company has started
smoke ; work on itg 8t€am line to extend ! t(>day that he had accepted an invi
JusLat the time that a lumber com , Look after the little enterprises n„dv „no Minprnl ritv its true value. money to pay the salary of Dr. Mer-
rr^.nt7nmLd°b« i Balmarhea-The To,ah Valley rilt who has taken hold of these
V \|aV|e a ixnert for the tree to themsetees. Hay company has completed its
d he was sue-- U ^ aIway8 the 8ky8Craper ; 15,000 ton warehouse in this city,
and in the end he wa that makes the city, a factory with it wbich will handle alfalfa ex-
—f«l- ^ had ak«Bered a big pay roll will do twice the good
^nd nourished numberless genera- Tq abuse an inveetor is to iose ; Bryan A Diece of proDerty on
*”’* Um■ ! «»ln -li Anderson Streets**sold ior
^ntinueu: Let it live on and Be^sure you have something to |28(000 last week, which is equiv-
•ry year tbe travelers^ who taik about when you boost your city. alent to $1(120 per square foot
«mie to see it will bring into th , Boo3tlng and b0d8ting are two dif- front This transaction set a rec-
Aate more gold than the total y ferent thing8 but both may be used ord price for pr0perty values in this
•wilt receive for its entire sliced tQ advaQtage in building a city. clt
car caw.” Everyone knows how trne? You can gtart a cjty ^ut it takes
nfSK-
Warn, been Mr. Muir’, prediction. =cap|tal tQ make lt grow
While Jack County has not been j To progreg8ive Is to hold the
liaised with the wonderful trees ^ card entree to the money bags
«ke the one described, yet there of <.^3^
Corsicana—The Cotton Belt Rail-
way has been making extensive
improvements to its yards and has
doubled tracked Its main line for
a distance of one mile from this
$100 Reward, $100.
The reader* of this paper will be pleased to leam
that there Is at least one dreaded disease that science
has been able to cure In all its stages, and that Is
Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is *be only positive
cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, requires a constitu-
tional treatment. Hall’s Catarrh Cure Is taken In-
ternally. acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces ot the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and giving the pttlent
wrength by building up the constitution and assist-
ing nature In doing Its work. The proprietors have
so much faith In Its curative powers that they oiler
One Hundred Dollars for any case that It falls to
cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address F. J. CHEXET A CO.. Toledo. O.
Sold by all Druggists. 75c.
Take Hall's Family Pills lor constipation.
of yi
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hard to reach states and is doing a
marvelous work.
While the convention was a
schi,o: of methods, a place of in-
struction, inspiration, and ex-
pression, it was still only the be-
ginning of effort. So into the
many counties of Texas will go those
blessings here received to thousands
more, till the ’’earth shall be full
of hi3 knowledge and glory as the
waters that cover the sea.”
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Jacksboro Gazette (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 16, 1912, newspaper, May 16, 1912; Jacksboro, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth729275/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Gladys Johnson Ritchie Library.