The Conroe Courier (Conroe, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, December 6, 1912 Page: 7 of 8
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THE CONROE COURIER.
IBK ITEMS m H HOT ESTIMATES
Figures Cover Texas and Oklahoma
, for Next Fiscal Year—$300,000
to Fight Tick Fever.
' Washington.—The annual treasury
Mtimates of - money needed for run-
ning the government during the next,
tflecal year, as submitted to congress
fetfonday, carry the following items for
►Texas and Oklahoma:
Texas—To commence or continue
'work on public buildings as follows:
Bonham, $10,000; Brown wood, $25,-
*000; Bryan, $1,000; Cuero, $25,000;
TDel Rio, $13,000; Galveston (renodel-
hag appraisers’ stores), $25,000; Mar
Htn, $10,000; Marshall, $24,000; Paris,
($40,000; Weatherford, $20,000.
In addition there is an item of
($5,000 for rent of temporary quarters
tat Galveston for public officials.
Internal revenue office estimate,
($36,000.
Kish hatchery, San Marcos, $5,400.
The following are the estimates foe
(expenditures in Oklahoma:
For public building work: At
(Chickasha, $70,000; Guthrie, $55,000;
(Kingfisher, $10,000; McAlester, $65,-
*00#; * Muskogee, $195,000; Tulsa,
t$40,000.
Internal revenue office estimate,
($20,750.
Administering affairs five civilized
tribes, $250,000, increase of $50,000;
•expenses in connection with sale of
unallotted lands, $25,000; fulfilling
treaty with Choctaws, $10,520; sup-
port of Wichitas, $5,000; support of
•Cheyennes and Arapahoes, $42,000, in-
crease of $7,000; Kansas Indians in
•Oklahoma, $1,500; Kickapoos, $2,000;
Poncas, $9,500; Chilocco School, $108,-
©00, increase of $17,500; Pawnee
treaty, $47,100; Choctaws, $1,500;
(Shawnee agency, $900; Sac and Fox
■agencies, $2,060; Seneca agency.
($1,500; claim of Ernest Stecker, $161.
Prosecuting land suits five civilized
tribes and prosecutions, $50,000. an in-
crease of $20,000.
The estimate also carries the fol-
lowing general items of interest in
(Texas and Oklahoma: For eradica-
tion of the fever tick, $300,000; for
(investigation of ginning, baling and
•marketing of cotton and establishing
{standards, $39,120; studying boll wee-
vil, $50,000.
OLD KRIS KRIN6LE HAS HEAD-0U
AT0UR STORE, HE IS READY TO SHOW TO
Gins HE DROUGHT FROM FAR AWAY LAND
HE WILL BE AT OUR STORE TIU CHRISTMAS
Copyright 1909, br C. K. ZIbpiimii Co.—No. 02
The J. Wahretiberger Company
CONROE, TEXAS
(order-wTtTT everlncreasIng Torce, sud-
iceeded in breaking two valuable
igavels before he had brought the «o-
Ithusiasts through an hour and tea
{minutes of business. The sessions la
(both houses served to complete pre-
liminary work of organization and left
►congress ready for legislative busi-
ness this week.
The senate, depressed by the re-
•cent death of Vice President Sherman
and Senators Heyburn and Rayner;
was in session only twenty-two mtu-
rn tes. Both houses adjourned as soon
as the preliminaries of organization
were concluded, out of respect of
members and officers who had died
•since the August adjournment.
Many PaopTa Klliml Tn typhoon.
! Manila.—Many live* were lost dur-
ing a severe typhoon which occurred
Thursday. Immense property damage
was reported. The storm crossed the
islands of Samar, Leyte and North
l’anay, leaving ruin in its path.
The town of Tacloban, the capital
of Leyte, was practically destroyed
Two steamers were wrecked im
Tacloban harbor.
How many persons were killed by
falling houses, flying debris and by
drowning is not known, but the loee
of life is reported to have been great
and the damage is estimated at sev-
eral million pesos.
'Texas Farm Property Shows Increase
j Washington.—The total value of
farm hinds and buildings In Texas In
(1910 was $1,843,208,346, compared
(with $691,773,613 ten years age, sc-
(cording to a recent report of the cen-
sus bureau. This is au Increase dur-
ing the decade of $1,H>1,434,782, or
166 4 per cent. Texas now ranks
third with other states in value of
farm property, while In 1900 that state
was ninth. During the past decade
Texas has passed Ohio, Pennsylvania,
,N«w York, Missouri, Indiana and Cal-
ifornia In value of farm pr^erty. I
SENATE AND HOUSE MEET.
Speaker Clark Smashes Two Gavels
in Restoring Order—Only
Preliminaries.
Washington.—The senate-ahd house
Battled down to work Monday for the
high pressure session that is to end
(fee sixty-second congress. Speaker
Champ Clark, wielding his emblem of
Three Negroes Lynched.
Shreveport, La.—Mood Burke, Jim
Hurd and Silas Jimmerson, three ne-
igroes who made an aimpst fatal as-
sault on Deputy Sheriff Edwards • ol
Bossier parish several weeks ago,
were taken from three deputies who
were conveying them from the Caddo
parish jail to Benton, the parish seat
of Bossier parish, Thursday night and
lynched in a swamp a short distance
(from Benton.
President Ousts Texans.
Washington. — President Taft,
through the department of jnstloe, has
removed from office Eugene Nolle,
United States marshal for the west-
ern district of Texas, and D. R. Lyon,
marshall for the eastern section of
Texas. They wore the leading sup-
porters of Colonel Roosevelt in Texas.
Bert J. McDowell of Del Rio was ap-
pointed to succeed Nolte, and Phil A.
Baer of Paris to succeed Lyoo.
Peanut Mill for Timpson.
Timpson, Tex.—A peanut mill and
creamery have been secured for Timp-
son through the efforts of the Young
Men’s Progressive League. The mill
is now consuming all the raw ma-
tariai on the local market.
Boycotting Ruaaian Goods.
St Petersburg.—Several meetings
have been held at Chifu, China, U>
organize a boycott of Russian goods,
according to a dispatch from that city.
The Chinese are endeavoring to col-
lect a war fund amounting to $5,09*,-
©00, and to enlist 2,000 volunteers
among the inhabitant#.
RUSH ORDERS, QUICK DISPATCH
Car loads or local shipments from Conroe, Flour,
Feedt Bacon, Tobaccoes, Snuffy Sugar, Salt,
Brick, Lime Cement and many other staple ar-
'{ tides. ’
Cotton Seed Products and Hay,
*
\ J. McDADE, Wholesale
{ Conroe, Texas
k
H. C. LINK
Your Resident Nursery Agent
CONROE, TEXAS
MY SPECIALTIES
Everything for East Texas
MY LEADERS
Budded Pecans: Frost Proof Figs
For Sale.
Six thoroughbred Poland China ahoats
six months old. ’ c has. Madeley, *
*51-4t Conroe, Texas.
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Our List.
THERE ARE A GOOD MANY
Families in Montgomery County who are not subscribers to The Courier, and
to all such we want to say that the present management of The Conroe Courier
has labored hard for the past year and a half to make the paper worthy of the
support of every citizen of the county, and if you are not already a subscriber we
want you to be one. Send or bring in your subscription at once.
V.
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to that expense we would like to increase our list of readers.
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Conroe Courier, j
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The Conroe Courier (Conroe, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, December 6, 1912, newspaper, December 6, 1912; Conroe, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth843752/m1/7/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Montgomery County Memorial Library.