Jacksboro Gazette (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 11, 1912 Page: 2 of 8
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MILWAUKEE SOCIALISTS
Wanted!!
YOUR JOB PRINTING
At all times the Gazette is in the
/
market and is prepared to do your Job
printing from a visiting card to a first class
newspaper in large or small lots.
On all orders, large or small, Qual-
Defeated. Mayor Seidel Turned) Out
of Office. Vote Heaviest Ever
Cast in City.
In the Milwaukee election a flood
of non-partisan voters swept from
office city Socialist administration,
installed a non-partisan mayor,
board of aldermen and county board
of supervisors and probably elimina-
ted every national political party
from participation in future muni-
pal elections in the state of Wiscon-
sin, because as a result of a nonpar-
rural letter carriers; Charles
Schreiner, Kerrville, sheep • and
goat breeders; R. H. Bushway, Al-
goa, orange growers.
Tire Cattle Raisers.
The Cattle Raisers of Texas,
during their Port Worth convention
Those who are interested in any adopted a resolution indorsing the
of these sections can do the farm- j Proposal for a law which would ena-
ers’ congress material good service , b'e the railroads to issue bonds to
by co-operating with the committee- make needed permanentt improve-
men in arranging the sectional pro- n n*-s- bill f°r this purpose was
grams. These sectional programs introduced, on the recommendation
should be perpared and sent to !of Gov- Colquitt, during the last
Secretary T. W. Larkin, Beaumont,
Texas, on or before June 1,1912, in
order to be included in the general
program.
Efforts are_ being made to secure
musical numbers, readings and oth-
special session of the Legislature,
but suffered the fate of so many
other meritorious measures in be-
ing sacrificed to serve the exigen-
cies of politics. It will doubtless be
revived during the 'next session of
ity is the slogan.
The prices are right.
f
entertainment features. It is the Legislature, and if in the mean-
tisan victory in Milwaukee, the state j aiso desirable to have competitive i *-ime both the need and purpose of
! legis'ature at a special session soqn
| to be convened is e distinctly non-
j partisan city election statute. The
1 Socialists defeated such a measure
; at the last session of the legisla-
: ture, but today’s vote said practi-
) cally to have killed Socialistic
| strength in t>he state general assem-
i bly. /
| Nearly complete returns froin the
| 146 precincts in the city show that
YOUR ORDERS SOLICITED
THE GAZETTE
exhibits or general displays of | ^ are adequately explained, there
fruits, flowers, vegetables and farm can be little doubt of its passage,
produce made by individuals, schoo’s.-^W proposal looking to an increase
or other associations. The govern- °- rahroad indebtedness arouses in-
ment experiment farms, the state | stantly much popular suspicion and
experiment stations, the Boys and jealousy, nor is this attitude on the
Girls’ Corn Clubs, the fair associa- ! part of tthe people without justifi-
tions and other interested parties j cation; but this proposition is so
are invited to display samples of | essentially a sound one that it must
products from farm and garden. j eas’:1y overcome this prejudice if
A tentative agreement has fixed properly presented. It must be ad-
Dr. Gerhard A. Bading, nonpartisan j^he general sessions of the con- minted by any one who pretends to
candidate for mayor, defeated May- j gress to include not more than ! be informed that the railroads need
or Emil Seidel, Socialist incumbent, j three questions for discussion for to spend many millions of dollars if
each secttion, giving twenty min-
utes for presentation and five min-
utes for each person discussing, z
Since the inception of the Texas
j by a majority of ab\ut 17,000.
! The widespread interest in the
fight to unseat the Socialist admin-
istration was indicated by the heavy
total vote of nearly §0,000. '.The ' Farmers’ Congress in 1898, the in-
highest previous total vote cast in terest, the pride arid enthusiasm in
a municipal election was 59,484 at
the time Mayor Seidel was elected
two years ago.
Phone 71.
N. E. Corner Square.
E. \V. Kirkpatrick Issues Call
Meeting Fanners' Congress.
President E. W. Kilpatrick,
farming and in industrial education
has grown and increased to such de
they are to render an adequate ser-
vice, and it is equally undeniable
that they can not save enough out
of their current revenues to make
the needed betterments. With
those two propositions admitted,
there is no escape from the conclu-
sion that if the railroad facilities of
greo that the present year in Tex- this State are tto be kept' abreast
as promises to eclipse all past rec- of its needs the railroads will hav#
j to be allowed to borrow in the man-
congress I ner proposed.—Dallas-Kews.
ords in growing crops.
The benefits of this
have come to each faithful member, j
the advantages have been shared tyy j
the Agricultural and Mechanical
of! College with its many' thousand
McKinney, of the Texas Farmers’ young men pupils, and the resultant
congress, has issued the call for the ! blessings come to all the people of j
annual meeting of that organiza-! Texas,
tion. j President Milner and all the col- P°rt- a town recently established at
The meeting will be held at the lege authorities unite with the con- mouth of the Brazos, have been
Agricultural and Mechanical college’‘gress in sending out very kind aid before Governor Colquitt by E.
July 30, h and Aug. 1. greetings to the people of Texas p- Swenson and Sons of NeW York..
The call in full follows: ! and in cordially inviting all to come |heavy investors in the state.
Plans Made For Freeport’s Devel-
opment.
*
Austin, Tex., April 6.—Plans, for
the industrial development of Free-
The coming session promises to and join in making Texas still more
Associated with Mr. Swenson in
The Country Merchant
And thp New Parcels Post
exceed all past sessions in both in- imperial, and lending additional tbe development of this enterprise
terest and attendance. The college prosperity, happiness and beauty to aie some of the bes,, known money
ment? If they keep on they may authorities, with two new dormitor-
convince the whole people that af- ' ies, will be able to give better and
ter all they had best trade with the i more extensive accommodations to
mail order houses. They seem to I the visitors.' One dormitory will be
have forgotten that the mail order I specially equipped for the conven-
houses in this couhtrv ^iave been ience of lady visitors,
i built up without the ^d of a par- By request of the college author-i
| cels post; while in counttries with
All over this land there is going
up a wail in behalf of the country
merchant. His undoing is to be
brought about by the direful com-
bination of the ma’i order houses
and the parcels post. The scare
has its origin and is kep^ alive very
largely by the trade journals and the
ities the session will come after the
a real parcels post there are prac- college work is finished, so that the
tically no mail order houses*. j faculty and the buildings can all be
And what short memories! Not; devoted to the work of the
many years ago when th efarmer, gress.
mii
con-
sheep herders, cattle men, land set-
tlers, etc., endeavoring to earn, a
jobbers’ and retail merchants’ asso-; livelihood and beginning the devel-
tana, for example, has 50 post of-
fices located from 33 to 121 miles
from the nearest express office. Or-
egon has one postoffice that is 187 led by the national Grange and oth-I Prof. E. J. Kyle, M. Falkner, J. S.
mi es from the nearest express of- er agrjcuitural organizations, were Kerr, together with the president
ice. The pioneers, prospectoro, , pUShing for rural free delivery, | and secertary, were chosen to ar-
Texas homes,
E. W. Kirkpatrick, Pres.
Operation Expense of Railroads
Show' Increase.
I ed men of New >. York and other
eastern cities. The plans contem-
plate the development of what is
considered the largefet sulphur de-
posit in the United States and part
of the maehinrey is already on the
ground. Sulphur will be marketed
A tabulation of figures showing n<lt later than July 1st. It is the
the results from operation of Texas ' purpose of the Newr \ ork syndicate
railroads for the seven months end-I Put a regular hue of steam-
ing January 31st, 1912, has been is-
ers to operate between Freeport
ciations, which have worked them-
selves into quite a frenzy in sense-
less opposition to the adoption of a
parcels post system by our govern-
opment of a new country, were shut
off from the world in every way
save through their post offices. Mr.
Thorne stated that when goods we^e
m«nt. i j ordered from such places, they nat-
*The United States senate commit- | urally sent them by mail if possible,
tee on postoffices and post roads, ! There had been cases where an
Jonathan Bourne, chairman, has. overcoat or a woman's idoak was
been for months conducting an, ex-j sent with the sleeves in one pack-
#haustive examination of the whole j age and the halves of the garment
parcels post question, 'domestic and ink two other packages because the
foreign. Of the six volumes now post office department allows but
printed thereon, four are occupied ( four pounds in a package.
by the testimony of witnesses for
and against, who appeared before
And yet this great government
advertises in all its post offices that
the committee. All witnesses were it will carry packages weighing up
sworn to tell the truth. M,ost in- to 11 pounds to more than 10,000
structive is the testimony of Will- post offices in far-off countries on I 0I_,an, aPPmess- ^
torn C.^Xhorne, general manager of the other side of the Atlantic and i TIle l0Cal. mercha,lt ',atu'S"!' “=
there was just such blind, foolish j range a general program for the
opposition thereto as there is to j congress. The) special programs for
the parcles pest, and in a large each section will be arranged by the
measure by the same class, especial- j executive committee member of
ly the country merchant. Protests j each section, and these members arq
poured in on our congressmen at 1 urged to furnish these sectional
Washington, carrying the doleful i programs at an early day and for-
tale of howr once iihe rural mail ser- j ward them to Secretary Larkin, at
vice was in operation the farmer [ Beaumont, Texas, to whom all sug-
would rarely come to town, and so ! gestions from whomsoever -regard •
the country merchant/ would sell no ing the progra should be sent,
goods. Have our friends who are ! A committee consisting of M. Falk-
opposihg parcels post really forgot- i ner, Waco; J. M. Ramsey, Austin,
ten all this?
It is eternally right that a gov-
ernment should provide for the fre- i and Mechanical College and report
est possible interchange among its! upon its condition, its 'requirements
sued by the Railroad Commisson. A and various points on the Atlantic
comparison is made with the same and Gu^ ports, and a line of tank
seven months of the preceding year steamers is also to be established
and, as usual, the per cent increase between Freeport /and Tampico,
in operating expenses is greater ! Mexico,
than the per cent in freight, pas-
senger and' general opearting reve-' Mr. Swenson expresses
nue, The earnings for the seven
and H. E. Singleton, McKinney, will
visit and examine the Agricultural
people, of all mental and material j and its necessities,
things that contribute to their com-
the mail order house of Montgom-
ery Ward & Co., Chicago. ,
Pacific oceans, for 12 cents a pound,
or 4 cents a pound less than it
; cupies an almost impregnable posi-
tion'of kinship and usefulness in
When asked if he -favored a par- charges its own people!
cels post, Mr. Thorne said he did Mr. Thorne was before the sen-
not know, because his firm had ate committee for several hours. No
his particular community and he can
not be driven therefrom, if he will
but recognize the ever changing re-
stead of blocking the path of prog
ress.—W. A. Henry in Southwest-
ern Farmer.
.., uio mm uou tummiuBB lor several Hours. i\o . ,
built up its business almost entire- one can read his lucid, frank state-1 qUlrG1fen‘'tS °. moderH business, and
ly through shipping goods by freight ments without being fully convinc-: USe hlS energies wisely in real ser-
and express. He stated that Mont- ed that whether we ha\>e a parcels h[m
gomery Ward & C&. shipped 82 per post or not the mail order houses
cent of all goods sold by freight, at are going-right on doing business,
Van average envying charge of $1.25 practically by freight and express,
per cwt.; 10 per cent by express as in the past.
at $4 per cwt.; and 8 per cent by j What are we to say to the trade
mail at 1 cent per ounce, or 16 journals,jobbers’ and retail mer- Northern
cents pet- pound. These percent-, chants’ associations and country
ages were based on the value of the i merchants, that are vociferating so
goods shipped. Based on weight, it loudly against the mail order hous-
was calculated that 99.38 per cent es and flooding congress with peti-
of all goods sold
months ending January 31st were:
freight revenue, $43,0266,318; in-
cevase $562,376 or 1.32 per cent,
over previous year; other revenues
$1,207,378, increase $120,946 or 11.
13 per ;tut.
Total operating revenue, $63,247,-
| 899, an increase of Ssf'20,018 or 1.48
per cent previous year.
Operating expenses $46,631,550;
an increase of $662,601 or 3.83 per
cent over previous year.
Ia will be noted that the income
from operation shows a decrease
A report upon industrial educa-
tion, its urgent need, and the best
methods of acquirement, is request-
ed from a committee composed of
the state superintendent of public
instruction and heads of all other
public schools of instruction.
In order to be consistent with the
general rise in price levels and to
enable the college to improve the
accommodations, the price of meals
at the college mess hall was fixed
at 50 cents each. Rooms and cots
at the dormitory will be free of
charge.
Railroad passenger fares will be
Fanners Investigating nominal as usua1’ 1 cent Per mile-
In addition to the president and
Texas. secretary, the executive committee
consists of the following members:
M. Falkner, Waco, Horticultural so-
ciety; H. E. Singleton, McKinney,
together with a million
barrel storage tank at Frebport.
Mr. Swenson expresses great
faith-in, the future of Texas an5 es-
pecially is he optimistic about the
Gulf Coast erf Texas following the
completion of the Panama canal.
Texas Coal For Gunboat.
Galveston, Tex., April 5v—The
United States gunboat Wheeling,
which was anchored in this port re-
cently, was the center of much in-
terest among visitors* to this city.
The vessel is bound for Guantanamo,.
Cuba, the practice grounds of the
United States navy where it will re-
compared with the seven months of i ^ain several weeks before fading
former fiscal year and in about the | north Portsmouth, N. H.
During her stay in this city, the
gunboat filled her bunkers with
Texas coal in preparation for the
Cuban trip.
s
same per cent as the operating ex-
penses increased.
Railroad Building Ceased.
Dubuque, Iowa, April 1.—The an-
. . ,, , , nouncement made by the Feder- wcl,, ti.
» . ht Wefe Sen y ions oppos ng parcels post? These al Agricultural Department of farm^ swine breeders; B. F. Frasher Cle-
bu « „.r ZLTIV'ZZZ T rr * real Of 0«, <* March 1st. 1912 burl dairymen; Mrs. M. B. Davls.
r>ut .0 4 per cent by mail. Some cat- cels post system, the vast retail1 , 3
a1ncrii__ , |showing the average Texas price at Waco, women’s section; Louis H.
alogues were carried by express, business of this great country al- nn . , . , . , , , ..
„„ . .. , . , ’ 90 cents per bushel,, which is the Scholl, New Braunfels, boys and
but moat went as third-class mail most to the last package, will be ..- v .. ,
matter nt ft i. , t ‘ De i highest price paid in any agricultu-1 giris- section; J. R. Mayhew, Wax-
matter at 8 cents per pound. i turned over to the mail order hous- , . . . .. Tt • • •
The We=t * .u . • “ iral state in the Union, is causing . ahachie, Nurserymen; W. C. Collier,
lne lowest carrying charge named and that ruin will therebv be ~
t , . .... . . ■ i many-farmers in this section to in-, Goliad, Bee Keepers; A. M Fergu-
in any parcels post bill now before brought on country merchants. Talk' • - - - -
congress is 8 cents per pound, or $8 about the farmer being steeped in
| vestigate agricultural conditions
per cwt., which is twice the average prejudice and not knowing his busi- ■
express rate and more than six ness; never has he shown such fol-
times the average freight rate paid ly as this.
the Lone Star State.
in son; Sherman, corn growers; H. M
KFerrin, Margaret, hay and forage
by this company.
Concerning mail shipments.
The farm price of oats in Iowa on makers; W. B. Yeary, Farmersville,
date above mentioned was 45 cents cottton growers; F. C. Simon, Beau-
per bushel and the fancy prices re- mont, school trustees; George A.
Who can measure the value of ceived by the Texas farmers are at- j Smith, Beaumont; citrus growers;
Austin, April .—T\e cessation of
railroad building in Texas is a mat-
ter of deep concern at the capital.
Notwithstanding the great volume
of legislation, which has been, placed ;
on our statute books from time to
time, looking to the protection of in-
vestors in Texas Railroad Securi-
ties, the new projects do not meet
with favor on the market. Tha
opening of new farfh lands is de-
manding additional equipments
which the railroads can not furnish
without selling securities.
DECIDE YOURSELF.
The Opportunity \Js Here,
by Jacksboro Testimony.
Backed!
Don’t take our word for it.
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Texas Needs More Capital.
Don’t depend on a stranger’s
statement.
Read Jacksboro Endorsement.
Read the statements of Jacksbo-
ro citizens.
And Decide for yourself.
Here is one case of it:
J. F. Fawks, Jacksboro, Texas,
says: “I have used Doan’s Kidney
r. the advertising that is now being tracting the attention of
Thorne said that in certain parts so freely given to the mail order ^ farmers in/this state.
of the West were people having a houses by these trade journals, job- ,-■ » --
post office nearby while the near- hers’ and retail merchants’ associa- m. , ,
The maintenance
est express office was far away, He tlons and country merchants, ‘ roads is of equal importance
gave a long list of such cases. Mon- through all this talk and excite- their construction.
the oat H. L. McKnight, College Station,
Washington, D. C., April 1.—The Pills and have always found them
report of the Hadley Railroad *Se- beneficial. I had pains across the
curities Commission declaring that' small of my back and other symp-
“the necessary development of rail . toms of kidney complaint. Seeing
road facilities is now endangered Dqan’s Kidney Pills highly endors-
by the reluctance of investors) tofed by local people, I gpt a box and
purchase new issues of railroad se-1 was greatly benefited by their use.
curities in the amount required’' , since then on various occasions, I
is causing some uneasiness in con- have taken this remedy and have
gress. | always found it satisfactory. I can
Railroad building throughout the: recommend Doan’s Kidney Pills to
country is at a st.-^dstill, due to in-
Agricultural and Mechanical College ! ability to market securities and
do just as advertised.”
For sale by all dealers.
Price 50
Fritz
truck
Eagelhardt, Eagle Lake, Texas, which
considered the cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffa-
Mrs. Benigna G. most, profitable field for railroad lo, New York, Bole agents for the
growers;
of improved Kalb, Crockettt, poultry keepers; construction, reports, no new mile- United States.
to W. A. Stock well, Alvin, gulf coast age during 1912 and several proj- Remember the name
nurserymen; T, T, Beene, Mexia ects tied up for want of capital. ,and take no other.
Doan’s—
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Jacksboro Gazette (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 11, 1912, newspaper, April 11, 1912; Jacksboro, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth731198/m1/2/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Gladys Johnson Ritchie Library.