The Fort Stockton Pioneer. (Fort Stockton, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, March 3, 1911 Page: 4 of 4
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Irrigated Land Values.
We are often asked what irri-
gated lands are worth, and so
many there be, that are seeking
this information, we reproduce
the Pecos Valley Irrigationist,
version of land values, which is
a very correct solution according
to our way of figuring them.
“Irrigated lands are worth
what the owner can actually make
them worth.
The value of any property is
arrived at by the amount of inter-
est it pays on the investment.
Water being the element that en-
ters more prominently into the
creation of land values for farm-
ing purposes in that the failure of
moisture produces a failure of
crops, no matter how ricli the
land may be. It is easy to arrive
at the value of lands when we
have a supply of water sufficient
for irrigating the crops.
On the above basis we will take
alfalfa, that under favorable con-
ditions will grow six crops annu-
ally in the Pecos valley, and
has a value at this time, of twen-
ty dollars per ton or more. An
acre of alfalfa should, ordinarily,
produce a ton each cutting, and at
the above price would produce
one hundred and twenty dollars
per acre. Allow half for irrigat-
ing, cutting and marketing and
you have sixty dollars per acre,
10 per cent, on a value of $600
per acre, 8 per cent, on $750 per
acre, 6 per cent on $1000 per acre.
Cut this down yet one-half, and
you still have an investment hard
to beat. •
If you are producing cotton, on
the above basis you should pro-
duce a bale of cotton per acre,
and at present prices would bring
$90, and the seed $15, making
$105; allow one-third (which is
liberal) for cultivation, gathering
and marketing, which leaves $70,
being 10 per cent interest on $700,
or 8 per cent, interest on $875, or
6 per cent, on $1,166$ per acre.
Grapes will net $150 to $200
per acre at low figures. Peaches,
apples and jiears net from $300
to $700 per acre.
The values are created by reason
of having the water when- needed,
hence the reason why irrigated
lands are more valuable than
where rainfall is the dependence.
The land may l>e poor, but if you
are prepared with the sufficient
amount of water to irrigate it you
can soon make it as rich as you
would have it.
Do we get these prices? No,
but we have land that will produce
any and all of the above crops,
the price of which is at present in
reach of men of moderate means,
and to those who anticipate buying
irrigable land in this valley or
elsewhere, we assure you that it
will never be lower in price than
now, but on the contrary will go
right on up just as it has ever
since irrigation started in Califor-
nia.
An irrigated farm is an insur-
ance against want in the days
when old age robs us of our
strength and we can no longer
work. These are facts worthy
the most serious consideration.”
A Good World.
Truly this is a good world.
Plenty to eat and wear, if we earn
it; good neighbors and friends, if
we deserve them; positions of
public trust, if we have merit.
The little troubles that we have
don’t amount to much. They dis-
appear in the light of sympathy
and good cheer of friends. Some-
times a bright spot in our own
heart wipes out the feeling of de-
spondency. If our lives are clean,
there is not only a reward laid up
for us beyond the sky, but we find
a portion of Heaven on earth.—
Montezuma Record.
Any one wishing to take the
Ladies Home Journal or the Sat-
urday Evening Post, phone’ or
send in your subscription to the
Pioneer office. $1.50 per year
for each magazine.
kler,
This Is a Bully Old World.
Oh, life is a wonder and death
is a blunder! It's good to be liv-
ing and strong. It's fine to be
chaffing and joking and laughing
and chorting a tra la-la song! It's
great to be working like blitzen
and jerking your living from out
of the soil! It's gay to be earning
real money and spurning the
thought of life without toil. Most
ail the repining and grunting and
whining is done by the loafers,
you'll note; the toilers and tillers,
old industry’s pillars, no time to
complaining devote; they skirmish
and rustle: they hump and they
hustle, and put up their hay in
the sun; they mow and they gar-
ner and don't give a darn or a
whoop for the indolent one. Such
fellows are useful; they’re worth
a caboose full of men who have
nothing to do but grunt, too. I
tell you dear chappie, if you would
be happy, you’ll have to get busy
and work; there isn’t much pleas-
ure for people of leisure, there
isn't much use for a shirk. The
man who is lazy drives busy men
crazy, and over the transome he’s
hurled; but things keep a coming,
to folks who are humming, and
this is a bully old world—Walt
Mason.
Reasons Why We Don't.
Newspapers that monkey with
expensive but no-account ready-
prints must certainly be an eye-
sore to many of their patient
readers. The insufferable tommy-
rot that these ready prints contain
in the way of ‘’stories,” ‘ jokes,”
“news” and other junk, is so posi-
tively stale and wearisome that
Job himself would surrender at
once. The handling of ready
prints not only impoverishes the
small country newspaper and en-
riches the trust hog, but it gives
its readers an awful headache.
Besides this the papers are giving
free advertising to big eastern
concerns, the majority of which
are patent medicine people. The
paper does the advertising and the
trust from whom they buy their
expensive and newsyO) ready
prints, gets the cash; and the
publisher gets this: O. Far bet-
ter to fill up with reprint than
such awful junk as ready print
stuff -Ector County Democrat.
Sheriff's Sale.
The State of Texas, )
Ccunty of Pecos. J
Notice is hereby given that by virtue
of a certain Alias Execution, issued out
of the Honorable County Court of Tar-
rant county, Texas, for civil cases, on
the 8th day of February, A. D. 1911, by
the clerk of said court, for the sum of
eighty-five and 8-100 dollars and costs
of suit, under a judgment rendered in
favor of V. F. Withers in a certain
cause in said court, No. 11,284, and
styled “V. F. Withers vs. A. H. Har-
rop, and placed in my hands for ser-
vice, l, D. S. Barker, as sheriff of Pecos
county, Texas, did on the 13th day of
February, A. D. 1911, levy upon cer-
tain real estate, situated in Pecos
county, Texas, described as follows:
360 acres out of the N. W. part of sur-
vey No. 92, block O. W., located by
virtue of certificate No. 416, issued to
Elizabeth Taylor, Abstract No. 4627,
lows, viz:
Beginning at a point in the north
boundary line of said survey No. 92,-
1760 feet west of its N. E. corner, for
the N. E. corner of this tract.
Thence west 3520 feet to the N. W.
corner of said survey No. 92, for the
N W. comer of this tract.
Thence south with west line of said
survey No. 92, 4455 feet to a point in
said line, same being the N. W. corner
of a tract of 100 acres out of the South
end of said survey No. 92, and the S.
W. comer of this tract.
Thence east with the N. line of said
100 acre tract 3520 feet to a point in
said line, same being the S. W. comer
of a tract of 180 acres out of the N. E.
part of said survey No. 92, and the S.
E comer of this tract.
Thence north with the W. line of
said 30 acre tract 3520 feet to the
place of beginning, containing 360
acres, more or less, and levied upon as
the property of said A. H. Harrop
And that on the first Tuesday in
April, A. D. 1911, the same being the
4tn day of said month, at the court
house door of Pecos county, in the
town of Fort Stockton, Texas, between
the hours of 10 o’clock a. m. and 4
o’clock j> m., by viftue of said levy,
and said judgment and writ, 1 will sell
the above described real estate at pub-
lic vendue, for cash, to the highest bid-
der, as the property of said A. H.
Harrop.
And in compliance with law, I give
this notice by publication, in the Eng-
lish language, once a week for three
consecutive weeks immediately preced-
ing said day of sale, in the Fort Stock-
ton Pioneer, a newspaper published in
Pecos county.
Witness my hand, at Fort
Texas, this 13th day of Feb»
D. 1911. D. S. Bi
Sheriff Pecos Coun
By Chas. Schultz, Deputy.
cntsF u rnishings,
In the Matter of County Fin-
ances in the Hands of Her-
man Ht Butz, Treasurer of
Pecos County, Texas.
Commissioners’ Court, Pecos county,
Texas, in regular quarterly session,
February term, 1911.
We, the undersigned, as County Com-
missioners, within and for said Pecos
county, and the Hon. Jno. M. Odom,
County Judge of said Pecos county,
constituting the entire Commisaioners
Court of said county, and each one of
us, do hereby certify that on this, the
14th day of February, A. D. 1911, at a
regular quarterly term of our said
Court, we have compared and examined
the quarterly report of Herman H.
Butz, Treasurer of Pecos county, Tex-
as, for the quarter beginning on the
14th day of November, A. D. 1910, and
ending on the 12th day of February, A
D., 1911, and finding the same correct,
have caused an order to be entered up-
on the minutes of the Commissioners
Court of Pecos county, stating the ap-
proval of said Treasurer’s report by
our said Court, which said order recites
separately the amount received and
paid out of each fund by said County
Treasurer since his last report to this
court, and for and during the time cov-
ered by his present report, and the
balance of each fund remaining in said
Treasurer’s hands on the said 14th day
of February, A. D. 1911, and have or-
dered the proper credits to be made in
the accounts of the said County Treas-
urer, in accordance with said order as
required by Article 867, Chapter 1,
Title XXV, of the Revised Statutes of
Texas, as amended by an Act of the
Twenty-fifth Legislature of Texas, at
its regular session, approved March JO,
1897.
And we, and each of us, further cer-
tify that we have actually and fully
inspected! and counted all the
actual cash and assets in hands of the
said Treasurer belonging to Pecos coun-
ty at the close of the examination of
said Treasurer’s Report, on this the
14th day of Februarv, A. D. 1911, and
find the same to be as follows, to-wit:
RECAPITULATION.
Feb. 14, 1911, balance to credit of Road
and Bridge Fund onthisday $8,244.62
Feb. 14,1911, balance to credit
of.General Fund on this day $9,200.50
Feb. 14, 1911, balancejto cred-
it of Court House and Jail
Fund on this day..........$1,267.15
TOTAL........... $18,712.27
The foregoing amount of $18,712.‘J7
is shown to be in the County Deposi-
tory by certificate of deposit.
BONDED INDEBTEDNESS.
The bonded indebtedness of the said
county we find to be as follows, to-wit:
None.
Witness our hands, officially, this
14th day of February, A. D. 1911.
Jno. M. Odom, County Judge
Mart Adams,
Commissioner Prect. No. 1
R. W. Mussey,
Commissioner Prect. No. 2
J. M. Holmes,
Commissioner Prect. No. 3
Tom Cope,
Commissioner Prect. No. 4
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
bv Jno. M. Odom, County Judge, and
Mart Adams, and R. W. Mussey, and
J. M. Holmes, and Tom Cope, County
Commissioners of said Pecos county,
.each respectively, on this, the 14th day
of February, A. D. 1911.
Frank Rooney,
(seal) County Clerk,
Pecos county, Texas.
THE STATE OF TEXAS <
Couuty of Pecos ) I, Frank
Rooney, Clerk of the County Court of
Pecos county, Texas, and Ex-Officio
Clerk of the Commissioners Court, do
certify that the foregoing is a true and
correct copy of affidavit of Commiss-
ioners Court to Treasuier’s Quarterly
Report, as the same appears of record
in Vol. A, page 39, of the minutes of
the Commissioners’ Court.
In testimony whereof, witness my
hand and the seal of said court at
office in Fort Stockton, Texas, this
16th day of February, 1911.
Frank Rooney,
(seal) Clerk, County Court,
Pecos county, Texas,
and Ex-Officio Clerk of Commissioners
Court of Pecos county, Texas.
Notice.
All who own town lots or other
real estate in Pecos county, call
on the Tax Assessor and render
your property. All real estate
not rendered by April the 30th
will be assessed on the tax rolls in
the name of unknown owner. It
is to everyones interest to have
his property on the tax rolls in
his name. If not rendered you
may overlook your taxes when
they come due and have extra
cost to pay, as the collector can-
not give you notice when your
taxes are due, when not rendered.
I will try to call on each person
and take his assessment, but don't
wait for me to hunt you up, for I
may overlook some of you. Some
people get the idea if they dodge
the tax assessor they won’t have
any taxes to pay. This is a mis-
take and very often costs you
more.
J. L. Moore,
Tax Assessor.
“What constitutes a day’s
work?” We figure it out that it
depends altogether on your occu-
pation. If you lay brick, eight
hours; if you keep house; sixteen
hours; if you preach the gospel,
two hours; if you are a porter in
sleeping car, twenty hours; if
,u are a newspaper man, twenty -
u r hours.—Gooding (Idaho)
der.
Block
BUY AN IRRIGATED FARM
Under the Imperial Reservoir
Nearly Two Miles Square, 17 Feet Deep and Irrigating 25,000 Acres of Rich Land
Write us for full Information and Literature
i' J.
"V,
A Great Irrigation District Under the Imperial Project Being Opened
and Managed by Land Department of United States and Mexican
Trust Co. Reservoir and 60 Miles of Finest Irrigation Canal in Tex-
as now Complete, CostiQg $300,000. Thousands of Acres Now Being
Planted in Fruit and Alfalfa
Call Vernon L. Sullivan. Mgr. and Engineer, Orient Hotel, Buenavista, Texas, by telephone from Monahans, Barstow,
Pecos City or Fort Stockton and I will send an automobile to show you this wonderful project.
F. A. HORNBECK, Land Commissioner, K. C. M. & 0. R'y.t Kansas City, Mo.
Notice to Cattle Shippers.
The Pecos Valley Southern
Railway Company will be ready to
accept and transport stock from
the stockpens at the Head Spring, j
Southwest of Balmorhea in Reeves
county*, on and after March 15, j
mi.
Commodious pens, equipped j
with every facility for handling!
cattle are being constructed.
The Saragosa pens are now com-!
pleted. Shippers are requested I
to give as much time in ordering!
cars as jiossible.
Pecos, Texas, Feb. 7th, 1911.
FORT STOCKTON
PECOS COUNTY
TEXAS
Come to Fort Stockton ahead of the railroad and get choice
property while it is cheap. The Orient will be running trains
to Fort Stockton in a very short time and every day you de-
lay in buying, makes it cost more . I can sell you choice
business and residence lots cheap on reasonable terms. If it
is town lots, irrigated or ranch lands you want, I have them
and its no troubld to answer questions. Correspondence so-
licited.
j. f. McWilliams
Real Estate, Insurance, Rental and Loan Agent.
D. C. PAYNE
LAWYER
Practice in All State and
Federal Courts.
Office in Rooney Hotel Bldg. Phone 46
W. L. MONROE
General Blacksmithing
and Auto Repairing
.... Tire Shrinking a Specialty.....
W. C. FAIREY
The Barber
Hot or Cold Baths
Ladies Shampooing a Specialty
Your Business Solicited.
R. E. TAYLdR
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Office at The Fort Stockton Drug Co.
Office hours from 10 a m to 12 m and 2
to 4 p m. Have auto for country trips.
THE ROONEY HOTEL
CliAS. GRAMM, Proprietor
NEW BUILDING
NEW FURNITURE
Building lighted throughout with acetylene gas. Clean
Rooms. Prompt Service. Cuisine the best to be had.
YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED
Laundry Basket Leaves Every Saturday Morning, Returning Saturday
Dr. L. STEVENS
Physician and Surgeon
Rooney Hotel
Fort Stockton, - - Texas
IF YOUR lands are listed with me they
W ILL BE SOLD OR RENTED WITHOUT DELAY.
no revenue.
No money in having lands lying out and paying
If you want lands irrigated or unirrigateo, in large or small
bodies, or ranches any size, school lands, bonus lands, or in
fact any thing in way of ranch lands or town lots, call, write
or wire me. ... . ' .
LEE FOWLER
Dealer in Real Estate and Attorney at Law.
Practice confined to civil business.
J. F. MCKENZIE W. P. BRADY
McKenzie & brady
Attorneys at Law
Will Practice in All The Courts
PECOS, TEXAS
CHAS. T. HALT0M
Lawyer and Notary Public.
Fort Stockton, Texas
Pecos, County
W. C. JACKSON
Attorney at Law’
Will Practice in All The Courts
Office in First National Bank Building.
Fort Stockton, Texas
MONAHANS. GRAND FALLS and
FORT STOCKTON STAGE COMPANY
Fare from Fort Stockton to Monahans, $3.50, Round Trip, $6.50
“ “ “ “ Grand Falls, 2.25, Rouud Trip, 4.25
“ “ Grand Falls, “ Monahans, 1.25, Round Trip, 2.25
Good Teams and Careful Attention to All. Stage Runs
Seven Days in The Week.
Stage leaves Fort Stockton at 7 a. m., arrives at Monahans at 6:30 p. m
Leaves Monahans 8 a. m., arrives at Fort Stockton 6 p. m. Arrives at
Grand Falls in time for dinner from both ways. On Sundays it arrives
at Monahans in time to connect w’ith the 3 o’clock east bound train.
JACKSON & EIDSON, Managers
Livingston Undertaking Co.
Alpine, Texas.
Coffins, Caskets, Burial Supplies
C. W. Livingston, Alpine, Texas
W. G. Young, Marfa, Texas
Funeral Directors and Embalmers
NEW BARBER SHOP
Postoffice Block
Respectfully solicits a share of
your business
L. B. BLAIR, Prop.
J. N. MORTON & CO.
Contractors and Builders
Wr do all kinds of tmiidim; and repairing
Plans and estimates furnished when desired
FORT STOCKTON. TEXAS
Surveying Mapping Irrigation
Pecos Co. Engineering &
Developing Company.
Tracts Sub-Divided and Platted
City Maps For Sale
Fort Stockton, - - Texas
The Fort Stockton
T elephone
Exchange.
E. W . BENNETT & SONS, Props.
— SPECIALS ¥T—
CANO S MEAT MARKET
Brains, Butter, Fresh Oysters,
Steaks and Roasts, Beef and
Pork Sausages.
JUAN CANO
Office hours from 5 a. m. to 9
p. m. Close at 9 a. m. and open
at 5 p. m. on Sunday.
We have connection with Sheffield,
Ozona. San Angelo, Pecos. Grand
Falls, Alpine, Marathon and a num-
ber of ranches through the county.
Polite Treatment to All.
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