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THE HERALD: ARANSAS HARBOR, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1892.
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A Citizens’ Organization Inaugurated
Last Saturday.
Fashionable Diversions of Aransas Har-
bor Society.—Those Who Saw Us
This Week.—Personals.
Pursuant to call published in The
Heeald of last week, a meeting of
the citizens of Aransas Harbor met in
the office of the Hotel Hoyt, Saturday
evening, March 5th.
Mr. S. H. McBryde was called to
the chair, and Mr. John A. McClure
chosen secretary.
Mr. J. T. Younker stated in a few
appropriate remarks that the meet-
ing had been called for the purpose of
considering ways and means for fur-
thering the interests of the city. And
in order to bring the matter before the
meeting he offered the following pre-
amble and resolutions which were
read by the Secretary:
Wheres, The town, of Aransas Harboris with-
out municipal government of any form, and
Whereas, A temporary organization of the
citizens of the town for mutual benefit and for
the promulgation of public improvements and
other matters of public interest, would be of
incalculable benefit at this time, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the citizens of Aransas Harbor
in mass-meeting assembled, that a committee of
five freeholders of the town be elected by ballot,
whose duty it shall be to determine upon the
propriety of organizing a club, or society, in
such form and under such name as the commit-
teemay elect, the object of which shalL be to
promote the general public interest of the
town. And,
Resolved, That it shall be the duty of said
committee, when elected, to act in the capacity
of a temporary board of trustees in any and all
matters pertaining to the interests of the public
until such time as a more complete and appro-
priate organization shall be effected.
After some discussion the resolutions
were unanimously adopted.
Nominations were declared in order.
On motion the chair appointed
Messrs. G. W. McNeelan and Geo. W.
Lewis tellers, and J. W. Brown and
John A. McClure secretaries, and the
ballot was proceeded with.
The following named gentlemen
were chosen on the first ballot, and
declared duly elected as members of
said committee : Dr. A. P. Frick, Gov.
T. B. Wheeler, Messrs. B. H. Wilson,
J. H. Drummond and N. P. Hatchett.
On motion the secretary was in-
structed to notify each member of the
committee of his election, and to pro-
vide him with a copy of the resolu-
tions.
Whereupon, on motion the meeting
adjourned.
S. H. McBryde, Chairman.
John A. McClure, Secretary.
Col. G. W. Fulton.
We were delighted yesterday after-
noon to receive a call from Col. G. W.
Fulton, one of the oldest and best
known citizens of this portion of Texas.
Col. Fulton is President of the Coleman
Fulton Pasture Company, which owns
extensive and valuable land interests
in San Patricio and Aransas counties.
He is also First Vice-President of the
Aransas Pass Harbor Company, and
an earnest advocate of deep water at
Aransas Pass. Besides making large
contributions to the fund raised for
the Aransas Pass Harbor Company, he
lent his personal influence to secure the
bonuses necessary to guarantee the
opening of the bar. A practical engi-
neer, he has for years closely studied
the principles governing the formation
of that bar, and we confidently assert
that no man living better understands
the situation at Aransas Pass than he.
The Aransas Pass Harbor Company
wisely appointed Col. Fulton consult-
ing engineer on the work of deepening
the channel over the bar, now under
way, and id that capacity will render
the company most valuable service.
Col. Fulton’s reminiscences of his
early life in Texas are highly interest-
ing, and we hope to be permitted,
through his kindness, to present our
readers with a sketch of the incidents
connected with his first location at
Aransas City, on the head of Live
Oak Peninsula, over fifty years ago.
Col. Fulton commanded a., company
in the war for T&xas independence,
and has done more perhaps for the
development of this portion of the
State Jhan any other man.
“Reliable Real Estate Agents.”
There are occasionally sent to The
Herald office, from correspondents
abroad, requests for “the names of a
few reliable .real estate agents at
Aransas Harbor.” In answer to such
inquiries in future a marked copy of
the current issue of The Herald will
be sent, and for convenient reference
we present the following list:
E. J. Mackey.
J. R. Campbell.
A. M. Knight.
John E. Willey.
G. W. McNeelan.
McClure & Sykes.
Dr. T. W. Scott.
Jack Conn.
II. II. Davidson.
Progressive Euclire.
Mrs. Alyce R. Eckert gave a most
delightful progressive euchre party in
the parlors of the Hotel Hoyt, on the
evening of the 4th inst. The enter-
tainment was greatly enjoyed by both
articipants and spectators, and all
present seemed to take little note of
the fleeting hours. The first prizes
were awarded to Mr. and Mrs. S. H.
McBryde, neither of whom left the
first table until the seventh game.
Miss Annie Matlock and Mr. John A.
McClure carried off the booby prizes.
A Pleasant Party.
Mr. S. W. Keene and wife, of Denver,
Mrs. Seligson, of Rockport, and Mr.
Wiley E. SoRelle, of Aspen, Colorado,
spent Saturday afternoon in the Har-
bor, took tea at the Hotel Hoyt, and
returned to the Aransas Hotel that
night. Mrs. Keene and Mrs. Seligson
completely captivated the ladies in
the Hotel Hoyt, and the hope that in
future their visits may be frequent is
often expressed.
Mr. L. J. Myers, has been appointed
agent of the San Antonio and Aransas
Pass railway, in this city, vice. Mr.
W. S. Garrison, transferred to Brack-
enridge. Mr. Myers is well known
and exceedingly popular in this com-
munity, having lived_ here several
months last year. He is also a gen-
tleman of strict integrity and superior
business qualifications. His large cir-
cle of friends and the citizens of Aran-
sas Harbor, generally, gladly wel-
come him to their midst again. Mr.
Myers was booked for one of the best
offices on the Aransas Pass system,
but he asked to be sent here instead,
believing that this would soon become
the best office on that road.
Dr. L. L. Whitaker, of Elmendorf,
Texas, spent a few days in this city
the early part of the week. This
visit was made for the purpose of
selecting a location for a friend of his—
an Iowa capitalist—who contemplates
engaging in truck farming on a large
scale? The doctor visited the gardens
in this vicinity and was evidently
much pleased with the condition of
things. He expressed a fixed belief
in the rapid development of this sec-
tion, and spoke in glowing terms of
the important advantages possessed by
Aransas Harbor—advantages which
he felt assured would make it the
greatest seaport and commercial me-
tropolis on the Texas coast.
Mr. W.S. Garrison, the agent of the
San Antonio and Aransas Pass rail-
way Company at Aransas Harbor for
about two months past, has been trans-
ferred to Brackenridge, 45 miles south
of San Antonio. During his stay in
this city, Mr. Garrison made many
friends whose best wishes he will
carry with him wherever he may be
called. _
PERSONAL.
Messrs. Seward H. Murray and S. J.
Conn visited Corpus Christi yesterday
afternoon.
Mrs. C. M. Bigelow departed last
Friday on an extended visit to friends
in New York City.
Mr. Leopold Kahn, a prominent
merchant of our neighboring city spent
Monday in the Harbor.
Mayor R. H. Wood and his partner,
Mr. Samuel B. Allyn, spent a few
hours in the Harbor last Friday.
Among the recent arrivals at the
Hotel Hoyt, is JudgeE. W. Hatch, of
Buffalo, He came for a few days
shooting.
Mr. F. M. Cunyus, of Galveston, a
popular “knight of the grip/’ is be-
coming deeply interested in Aransas
Harbor, we learn.
Mr. George R. Brown, of San An-
tonio, is spending a few days in our
city, and has rooms at the Hotel Hoyt.
He is enjoying the shooting.
Mr. E. Foster, of San Antonio, was
registered at the Hotel Hoyt last Mon-
day. Mr. Foster is Captain Nelson’s
bookkeeper and paymaster.
Mr. J. A. Moore, of Goliad, visited
the city last week, and called at The
Herald office on Friday to express
his admiration for “the best paper in
Southwest Texas.”
On last Saturday evening Mrs. Alyce
R. Eckert was the recipient of a bas-
ket of lovely flowers, the offering of
Mrs. J. W. Brown and Mrs. Seward
H. Murray, and which was sincerely
appreciated.
Mr. Alex. D. Milroy, of Weimar, is
in the city for the purpose of securing
a location for himself and friends.
We learn he is well pleased, and
trust he will become a citizen of the
Harbor at an early day.
Last Friday afternoon Mrs. J. W.
Brown, Mrs. Seward H. Murray, Mrs.
D. R. Miller and Mrs. S. H. McBryde,
on invitation, accompanied Mrs. Alyce
R. Eckert to Corpus Christi, and on
the trip was entertained by that lady
in her charming and inimitable style.
Dr. S. Freeman drove over to the
Harbor Sunday evening and spent the
night at the Hotel Hoyt. He was ac-
companied by Mr. Wiley E. SoRelle,
who, on the following morning left
for Fort Scott, Kansas, accompanied
by Mr. S. W. Keene, on a business
trip.
Capt. J. P. Nelson returned to Aran-
sas Harbor last night, much encour-
aged with the result of his trip up the
road. To a Herald representative
he said that he had gotten matters in
excellent shape, and that the ship-
ments of stone for the jetties would
begin in a very few days.
Mr. D. M. Picton, an active and in-
fluential member of the Board of Di-
rectors of the Aransas Pass Harbor
Company, favored The Herald with
a call yesterday afternoon. Mr. Picton
is one'of Aransas county’s most enter-
prising citizens, and has very large
real estate interests in that county.
He is doing good service in the deep-
water cause.
The Herald acknowledges a pleas-
ant call from Mr. S. W. Keene, of
Denver, and Mr. Wiley E. SoRelle, of
Aspen, Colorado, last Saturday. Both
of these gentlemen spoke in* compli-
mentary terms of the work being ac-
complished by “the great deep-water
newspaper,” and predicted for it a
bright and useful career. Their faith
in the rapid grow th of Aransas Har-
bor is strong.
FEMININE FANCIES.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Mrs. Cleveland never drinks wine.
Mrs. William Astor is credited with
owning .$2,000,000 worth of jewelry.
Lady Henry SpiRerset, so it appears in
the parlianigntary statistics, is the owner
of two licensed inns.
Mrs. Henry M. Stanley has a peculiar
fad. Her hobby is parasols, of which she
has a truly marvelous collection.
Mrs. Ann Walter Thomas, an English
lady otherwise noted as a linguist, has the
credit of being the best Welsh scholar liv-
ing.
New York’s well known society woman,
Mrs. Marshall O. Roberts, who took to
husband Colonel Ralph Vivian, of the Eng-
lish army, is said to have presented him a
policy on her own life for $100,000.
Mrs. Tsue Kwo Yin, wife of the Chinese
minister at Washington, never goes out
with her husband, but Mrs. Ye Cha Yun,
wife of the Corean charge d’affaires, left
Corean customs at home and goes almost
everywhere her husband goes.
Congressman Springer’s wife is described
as a charming little woman, as lively as a
cricket, devoted to her home and the inter-
ests of her husband. She has written more
or less for publication, though she is not a
blue stocking. All the yonng people like
her.
Miss Balestier, who wedded Rudyard
Kipling, was a New York girl until she
went to live with her brother, Wolcott
Balestier, in London. Kipling's bride is
not pretty, but she is very bright and en-
tertaining. She is very petite, blue eyed
and brown haired.
Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt, the fourteen-
year-old daughter of Mr. W. K. Vander-
bilt, is a handsome child, with hair and
eyes as dark as a Spanish gypsy and the
imperious manners of a young princess.
She is quite a marvel of erudition and
speaks German and French, Chinese and
Italian with equal fluency,
Kittie Wilkins, of Idaho, enjoys the dis-
tinction of being the only woman in the
Union whose occupation is dealing in
horses. She is a young and exceedingly
pretty woman, with a profusion of real
golden hair and delicate features. She is
the queen of stock dealers both in judg-
ment and management of horses.
Mrs. John Sherman has never had a pho-
tograph or other picture taken since her
husband first entered congress, and so fixed
is her determination in the matter that
when the cabinet members and their fami-
lies of the Hayes administration presented
their photographs to the president and his
wife, Mrs. Sherman refused to break her
rule.
SNAP SHOTS.
A new amateur photographic club has
been organized in Denver, and already its
success is assured.
The Lick telescopic photographs are so
perfect that they must be strongly magni-
fied before their details can be examined.
Among the new lenses of value may be
mentioned the apoehromatic and antistig-
matic lenses of Carl Zeiss, of Jena, Ger-
many.
Mrs. Parnell has a daughter who is an
accomplished amateur photographer. Some
of the pictures she took of Mr. Parnell are
said to be remarkably good.
Amateurs who have tried para-amido-
phenol, the new developer, find no reason
to change their first opinions that it is an
excellent one. It is becoming a little
cheaper and it is used more extensively.
H. H. DAVIDSON.
REAL ESTATE.
ARANSAS HARBOR, TEXAS.
rpHE ARANSAS HARBOR CITY AND IM-
-L provement Company will hereafter handle
its real estate through its agents strictly under
the following rules:
First—All purchasers of property will he re-
quested to sign a formula at the Company’s
office at the time of purchase, stating through
whose correspondence, advertising or agency,
if any, they were induced to come here or
make such purchase; and the commission on
said purchase shall he paid to the party thus
designated.
Second—No person will be allowed commis-
sions on sales of the Company’s property (ex-
cept its regularly appointed agents) that does
not come under the above rule.
Third—Any person or agent attempting to
charge more than the Company’s price for any
of its property, or promising to divide commis-
sion with the purchaser, will, if detected, for-
feit the commission on the deal and no longer
he allowed to handle its property.
Fourth—In cases of question or dispute as to
which of two or more persons have influenced a
customer to buy property, the commission will
he awarded to the party preferred by the pur-
chaser.
Fifth—Price-list of property will be furnished
to any one on application.
B. H. WILSON, Manager.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
N
OTICE.
"VfOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT ALL
-LN trespassers cutting timber on the lands
of the Aransas Harbor City and Improvement
Company, and of T. P. McCampbell, Trustee,
will he prosecuted according to law. These
lands embrace 27,000 acres adjacent to the city
of Aransas Harbor. '
B. H. WILSON,
Manager A.H.C.&I.Co.
t.p. McCampbell, Trustee.
Aransas Harbor, Texas, Feb. 25, 1892.
TNVESTORS WILL FIND IT TO THEIR IN-
X terest to examine Mr. E. J. Mackey’s list
of bargains before buying elsewhere, his office
is on the corner of Commercial street and Yoa-
kum Aye.
HELP WANTED.
TYUTCHER— A FIRST-CLASS BUTCHER
- wanted. Address, stating qualifications
and terms, GEO. W. LEWIS, Aransas Harbor.
FOR SALE.
t \ 1.1) NEWSPAPERS FOR SALE—25c per
W 100; $2 per 1000. Apply at THE HERALD
Office.
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.
TP OR MAPS AND DESCRIPTIONS OP ARAN-
JJ sas Harbor and surrounding country, ad-
dress J. R. CAMPBELL, Aransas Harbor
REAL ESTATE WANTED.
T ,IS^VlUI1 PROPERTY WITH J. R. CAMP-
JLJ REEL, Aransas Harbor
FOR RENT.
TTIOR RENT—NICE LARGE STORE ROOM,
A' on Houston St Inquire of MRS .McMINN.
PROFESSIONAL.
TTT H. YOUNG,
VV . ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ARANSAS HARBOR, TEXAS.
LEGAL NOTICES.
TBLECTION NOTICE.—WHEREAS, UPON
-LL the petition of twenty (20) freeholders of a
subdivision of San Patricio county, included
within the following limits, to-wit*
Beginning on Red Fish Bay , where the county
line of Aransas and San Patricio counties inter-
sects said bay, thence with said county line to
Puerto Bay, thence in a souttrwesterly direc-
tion with the meanders of said Puerto Bay to a
bridge on the north line of the Samuel Kenney
survey, thence in a direct line to the northwest
corner of a survey in the name of Elizabeth
Tally, Pat. No. 141. Vol. No. 19; thence on a
direct line to a point where the south line of the
William Boyd 640-acre survey intersects the
east line of tiie south survey in the name of
Rafael Martinez; thence with the east line of
said Martinez survey to its southeast corner;
thence m a westerly direction with the south
line of said Martinez survey to its intersection
with the east line of a 640-acre survey in the
name of Nicolas Fagan; thence south with said
east line of said Fagan survey to its southeast
corner; thence west with the south line of said
Fagan survey to the fence on the west line of
the lands formerly owned by T. P. McCampbell
and sold to T. P. Lenoir; thence in a southerly
and southeasterly direction with the line of
said fence to Red Fish Bay; thence up said hay
with its meanders to the place of beginning
The County Commissioners’ Court of San Pa-
tricio Co., at a regular term thereof, held on
the 8th day of Feb.,A. D. 1892, directed that an
election be held on Tuesday, the 22d day of
March, A. D. 1892, to determine whether sheep,
hogs or goats shall he permitted to run at
large in said subdivision.
Now, therefore, by virtue of a-vt> '■ ** (rested
l’1 1 b,‘r(ilP' „nat an election
he held at Aransas Ha> jur on the 22d day of
March, A. D. D , determine whether goats,
hogs or sb<w. aii be permitted to run at large
m iikjovs aescribed subdivision of San Patricio
coualy.
Given under my hand and seal of the County
Court of San Patricio Co., this, the 9th day of
Feb., 1892. S. G. BORDEN,
_County Judge San Patricio Co.
ALL PERSONS HAYING UNPAID CLAIMS
TO THIS DATE AGAINST THE HOTEL
HOYT ARE HEREBY REQUESTED TO PRE-
SENT THE SAME TO ME, PERSONALLY,
AT THE HOTEL, AS SOON AS CONVEN-
IENT.
MRS. A. MARIE HOYT.
February 25, 1892.
TT WILL BE NO TROUBLE FOR J. R. CAMP-
J_ hell to give you any information yon may
desire about Aransas Harbor. Office in Hotel
Hoyt.
NEIGHBOR!
Save your money and
buy a Farm Lot or Bay
Front at Aransas Har-
bor, Texas, where you
can linger around in the
lap of nature and live
off of her relatives.
JACK CONN, Agt.
Dr. T. W. SCOTT,
REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE.
Dealer in all kinds of Real Estate. City
Property bought and sold. Will exchange
Southern and Eastern Improved Land for Land
in Southwest Texas.
ARANSAS HARBOR, TEXAS.
I have 20 five and ten-acre blocks of land
fronting on the water’s edge of Puerto Bay, 3
miles from the city of Rockport and about 7
miles from the city of Aransas Harbor, well
suited for gardens and residences; all inclosed
with good cedar posts and wire fence; in a good
state of cultivation, with two houses on the
land. I will sell at $100 per acre, one-fifth
cash, balance in one,two, three and four years’
time. Will make a perfect title. Now is your
time. Address T. W. SCOTT.
I also have town lots and land in Tennessee,
Colorado and Central Texas that I will sell or
exchange for real estate in San Patricio or
Aransas counties, Texas. I have a home with
8 acres of land, a nice well-finished 4-room cot-
tage, barn and other outhouses, the best of
water in yard, good orchards, nice ornamental
shade and shrubbery—a complete little home;
will exchange for Rockport or Aransas Harbor
property. Title clear. Address T.W. SCOTT.
M. GILL.
COUNTY SURVEYOR
For San Patricio County,
OFFICE NEAR THE COURT HOUSE,
SAN PATRICIO, TEXAS.
PATENT
OR NO FEE
A 48-page hook free.
Address
W. T. FITZ GERALD, Att’y-at-Law,
Cor. 8th and F Sts., Washington, D. C.
THE ARANSAS HARBOR HERALD
Steam Puintiner
ESTABLISHMENT
is thoroughly equipped and prepared for the
prompt execution of all classes of work.
THE BIPANS TABTJLES rei
A liver and bowels,
'7STOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT I
J_N| have withdrawn from the firm of Iloyt &
Atha, and will no longer he responsible for any
contracts made in the name of Hoyt & Atha
after the 13th day of October, 1891, except such
as have already been presented to me. The
Hotel Hoyt will hereafter be conducted under
my personal supervision.
MRS. A. MARIE HOYT.
Aransas Harbor, Texas, Nov. 26,1891.
ant to take, safe and always effect:-------------
• remedy for Biliousness, Blotches on the Face,
S Plight’s Disease, Catarrh, Colic, Constipation.
- Chronic Diarrhoea, Chronic Liver Trouble, Dia-
“ betes, Disordered Stomach, Dizziness, D;
— ._ ™------ tt,,-,.—,---- "emi
•tbu
rdered Stomach, D
Eczema, Flatule
Loss of Appel
Nettle Rash,
tion, Pimples,
to the Head,
alt
crof
plexion, Sal
Head, Sc
rer
Depression, N;
—:— Painful i
ysentery,
ale Com-
lurn, Hives,
Troubles,
ausea,
'ainful
Rush of
SallowCom-
Rheum, Scald
ula, Sick Head-
eases,Sour
Feeling,Torpid
Water Brash
sympt'
suits fr
Liver, Ulcers,
and every oth-
or disease that
impure blood 0r a failure in the proper perform-
ance of their functions by the stomach, liver and
intestines. Persons given to over-eating are ben-
efited by taking one tabule after each meal. A
continued use of the Ripans Tabules is the surest
cure for obstinate constipation. They contain
nothing that can be injurious to the most deli-
cate. 1 gross $3, 1-2 gross $1.1
Address
P. O. Bo:
1X672, New York.
E. J. MACKEY
REAL ESTATE
HND MGRTGHCE LOHNS.
Prices of Property, Maps and Printed Matter Furnished on
Application.
ARANSAS HARBOR, TEXAS.
LOTS
BLOCKS
j.^.QmpSe[[,
^eaf Estate,
ARANSAS HARBOR, TEXAS.
GARDENS
FARMS
G.W. McNEELAN
Will furnish on application any and ail kinds of
printed matter pertaining to Deep Water, also the
future prospects of the Great City of the Gulf Coast.
Property iu other States to exchange for Aransas
Harbor Property. HOUSES FOR RENT. Come
and get a cheap home close to the sea, where you can
take a salt water bath free. Correspondence solicited.
ARANSAS HARBOR, TEXAS.
Beautiful Ingleside For Sale.
Ingleside has been platted in town lots front-
ing the hay and laid out in ten and five-acre
tracts, with wide streets around each tract of
land; a postofiice established, hotel opened,
and a number of garden, fruit and vineyard
tracts opened up. This is known as one of the
finest Mid most healthful spots on the coast.
Near to either Aransas Pass or Ropes’ Pass, it
is one of the most desirable spots in this county
to push and fill with settlers and build a town.
We want a resident manager, and in order to
make it a success we offer to sell X or M inter-
est to some one who will help us push it.
Address E. D. ALLEN,
Lock Box 400, Corpus Christi,Texas.
Or D. C. KOLP,
Iowa Park, Texas.
Or JOHN E. WILLEY,
Aransas Harbor, Texas.
(Ropesville, Nueces County, Texas.)
Located on the Head of MUSTANG ISLAND
immediately on the south hank of Aransas
Pass, near the Life-Saving Station.
Visitors to the Pass will he served with
meals at any hour, and special rates will he
made for those who desire to remain.
FRANK HETFIELD, Proprietor.
JObfJM E. WILLEY,
REAL ESTATE BROKER.
Handles all kinds of Real Estate in Texas and other States.
Special Agent for the Sale of Ingleside
Gardea and Town-Site Tracts.
Full particulars furnished on application. Correspondence solicited.
Office at HAMILTON HOUSE,
HRHNSHS HHRB0R, TEXHS.
THE
HOTEL
HOYT
Aransas Harbor,
TEXAS.
Is now open for tlie reception of guests. It is universally con-
ceded the hest furnished hotel on the coast; equipped at an
outlay of capital which is fully justified hy its location at one
of the finest seaside resorts in the world. As a winter resort,
especially, it is unequalled. Visitors to this part of the Coast
will have metropolitan hotel accommodations while enjoying
the delightful summer and winter climate of Aransas Harbor
*
and its vicinity.
THERE IS AN ABUNDANCE OF GAME OF ALU KINDS.
IN FACT, THIS POINT IS UNSURPASSED FOR HUNTING
AND FISHING.
A. MARSE HOYT, Proprietress.
CAPT. E. P. MILLER, Manager.
JNO. A. McCLURE,
Fort Smith, Ark.
H. D. SYKES,
Oswego, Kas-
McCLURE & SYKES,
KIHffi ! HI EH HU
ARANSAS HARBOR, TEXAS.
A. P. FRICK, M. D.
Office, Corner of Commercial St.
and Yoakum Ave.,
ARANSAS HARBOR, TEXAS.
€. A. DAVIES,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ARANSAS HARBOR, TEXAS.
THE HOTEL HOYT
Offers to Sportsmen, Tourists and Health-Seekers all the comforts
and conveniences of any well-appointed modern hotel,
and the following special advantages:
White and the wild turkey are abundant at all
seasons.
28. Large herds of deer run with the cattle in
all the adjacent large pastures. Within the
past six months hunters have chased them into
the city limits.
29. Gray foxes, cayotes and wild cats infe&t
the chaparral in the vicinity of Aransas Har-
bor.
30. Panthers, catamounts and wild hogs
are sufficiently numerous to entertain the har-
diest hunter.
31. Jack-rabbits, common rabbits, salaman-
ders, raccoons, opossums and other small game
are in abundance for the more timid sportsmen.
32. Many large pastures in the Aransas Har-
bor country exceed in area the largest game
preserves of the world.
33. The owners of the adjacent pastures are
uniformly courteous, and a gentleman, if well
recommended, can always procure permission
to hunt their premises at will.
34. There are many gentlemen resident of
Aransas Harbor devoted to the chase. They
have several fine packs of hounds and well-bred
hunters.
35. One particular pack of English and Bea-
gle fox hounds numbers twenty-one dogs, all
of them full bred and well trained.
36. The owner of this pack offers them freely
to myself and friends, and will accompany the
chase at any time.
37. The brilliant moon and clear nights in the
autumn season here renders the chase a most
delightful sport, and the mild winters make it
pleasant throughout the season.
38. Pleasure boats of all sizes can be had at
reasonable prices and at all hours.
39. There are more points of interest accessi-
ble to excursion parties from Aransas Harbor
than from any other point on the Texas coast.
40. The waters of Red Fish Bay have an av-
erage depth of only eighteen inches, and chil-
dren of tender age are perfectly safe on its
bosom.
41- .Venomous reptiles are rarely found in
tnis vicinity and mosquitoes are seldom troub-
le&”mrjnn the immediate vicinity of this coast.
42. The numerous islands in the vicinitv of
Aransas Harbor afford excellent advantages for
fishing parties to camp.
43. Every facility will he afforded to hunters
desiring to form camping parties and compe-
tent guides will be provided at any time.
Tr44* 't’*ie gardens in the vicinity of Aransas
Harbor afford an abundant supply of fresh veg-
etables all through the winter season ~ °
45. Our home-grown celery, tomatoes, rhu-
barb, mushrooms, cantaleups, radishes, egg-
plants, cauliflower, snap beans, peas, onions,
cabbages and asparagus are equal co any in the
United States, and are grown at all seasons.
46. Ihe flower gardens of the Hotel Hoyt are
under my personal supervision and will be
made the most beautiful in Texas.
47. The people of Aransas Harbor are intel-
ligent and progressive. Every possible courtesy
is extended hy them to the guests of the Hotel
Hoyt and other visitors to the city.
48. The San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railroad
to this point makes excellent connections with
all roads entering Texas from the North.
49. The Hotel Hoyt has wide halls and hfoad
verandas and all its rooms front to the open
air.
50. The capacity of the Hotel Hoyt is limited
to one hundred and fifty guests, and especial
fifl.l’P. 1R tfifcGn to !TlftYlT*P nno uovfonf
1. The latitude of the Barbary States and the
climate of Southern Italy.
2. The purest air known and freedom from
all local or epidemic diseases.
3. The atmosphere is wholly free from the
dampness and fogs usually incident to the sea
coast.
4. The climate is highly favorable to the
treatment of catarrh and pulmonary troubles.
5. Neuralgia, rheumatic and paralytic dis-
eases are rapidly cured here.
6. Insomnia yields readily to the influence of
this climate.
7. The average temperature is 70° and the air
is stirred hy constant breezes.
8. The highest temperature known in this
climate for the past ten years was 96° Fahren-
heit, on May 31, 1887.
9. The lowest temperature known in this
climate for the past ten years was 18° Fahren-
heit, January 16, 1888.
10. The occurrence of frost in this climate
does not average as often as once in three years.
11. A dense growth of live-oak timber pro-
tects the city of Aransas Harbor from the north
and northwest winds, and makes the climate
several degrees milder than any other point on
the Texas coast.
12. The rainfall averages 35.47 inches per an-
num and is evenly distributed.
13. At no time during the past twelvemonths
was the sun obscured for an entire day.
14. Aransas Harbor has more bright sunny
days than any other city on the continent.
15. Aransas Harbor occupies the only point
on the main land from which the lighthouse at
Aransas Pass is visible.
16. The Hotel Hoyt is located near the depot
and occupies the most commanding position in
the city of Aransas Harbor.
17. The Hotel Hoyt commands a magnificent
view of water and islands, with the Harbor and
Arausas Pass plainly discernible.
18. The surf bathing is unsurpassed. The
waves are not too high and the undertow is
never dangerous.
19. Aransas and Corpus Christi Bays and
Aransas Harbor abound in tarpon, trout, and
numerous other fine varieties of game fish.
20. In the deeper waters adjaceut to Aransas
Pass are great schools of porpoises. Jewfish
have been caught in these waters weighing over
400 pounds.
21. Diamond-hack terrapin and green turtle
of enormous size are frequently caught, and
flounders are particularly abundant.
22. The shallow waters of Redfish Bay are
excellent for seining parties. These parties are
enjoyable at any season of the year.
23. Innumerable varieties of fish, besides
shrimp, oysters and crabs, are found in the wa-
ters adjacent to Aransas Harbor.
24. This climate is the winter home of the
migratory water fowl. Their season is from
October until March.
25. The white-fronted goose, blue goose,
snow goose and the Canada goose are common
in season.
26. The mallard, bald-pate, canvasbaek,
blue-bill, the black duck and wood duck, and
both the green and blue-winged teal are famil-
iar species for many months in the year.
27. The long-hilled curlew, the Texan “Boh
^ Jl i u J 04-I.U. CDpUC
care is taken to insure each one perfect atte
tion. Correspondence is especially solicit
with clubs and hunting parties.
Yours truly,
CAPT. E. P. MILLER, Manage
M. 7VL KNIGHT.
Real Estate Broker
Has choice City Property, improved and unimproved. Large
and small Ranches, from $2.50 per acre up, on easy terms. Also
very fine Garden Land, close to this city, in tracts to suit, from
5 and 10 acres up.
Correspondence solicited.
ARANSAS HARBOR, TEXAS.
FRICK Si MILKINS
DEALERS IN
DRUGS
9
Notions, toilet Articles, Oils and
_____ARANSAS HARBOR, TEXAS.
the L-.ivd~Okk Peninsulk
CALIFORNIA'S NEW RIVAL
Land on the Gulf That Will
Equal Its Wonders.
IT IS NEXT ON THE LIST
The Era of Development Now
At Hand.
HOMES AND FORTUNES
Tilings Among the Rewards of Its
Pioneers.
The New California.
This part of Southwest Texas has
been so called, because it has a
climate so fine that none could think
of any place hut California for com-
parison, and because specimens of
all the things grown in California
have been made to grow here also.
But the New California is the bet-
ter California.
Those who have come here from
the Pacific Coast say that this cli-
mate is the hest, and those who have
studied our agriculture know that
our products will he greater in num-
ber and greater in value.
The old California was suddenly
given life and made a fruitful vine-
yard hy the master spirit of progress
which took men across an untracked
continent for gold; but this, the
newer, nearer, better region, has
lain for decades hound in the ser-
vice of an industry which forbade
its use for agriculture.
Now the bonds are loosened; rail-
roads open the way, and land can
he had in parcels large or small.
Those who would share in the last-
ing benefits of what promises to he
the greatest agricultural develop-
ment of the age are invited to come.
They are invited to share in the ad-
vantages they might have gained
had they become the first possessors
of the lands of the old California;
and they can he truthfully told that
the geographical limitations of the
United States make this the only
similar chance they will ever have.
The following extract from the
Report for 1890 of the U.S. Secretary
of Agriculture shows what has been
done in California, and will convey
an idea of what will be accomplished
on the Live-Oak Peninsula:
Seventeen years ago the San Joa-
quin Yalley, in California, was a
desolate waste, given over to the
jack rabbit,the horned toad, and the
broad-horned steer, whose subsist-
ence required from 15 to 25 acres of
wild land per head. Very little
wheat, hardy cereal as it is, could
he grown in Merced, Fresno, or Kern
counties; that of Tulare is better
adapted to wheat raising. In 1874 the
first colony began life in Fresno coun-
ty , an area larger than some States
and containing 5,600,000 acres. At
the date named some 500 poor settlers
located in and around what is now
Fresno City. Now 1,600 vineyards
make it the largest center of raisin-
grape culture in the world. There
are now over 30,000 people in and
about that city, whose settlement
began in 1874 with less than 500 col-
onists, while the county has over
100,000 population. The area devot-
ed to the cultivation of grapes is 49,-
086 acres, of which 27,188 are in full
bearing. The value of this new in-
dustry, manufactured hy sunshine
and water out of the desert soil, is to
Fresno county alone not less than
$4,000,000 a year. Besides the vine-
yards there are 20,000 acres in or-
chards, mostly devoted to semi-trop-
ical fruit. Of this area 300,000 acres
are also devoted to the cultivation of
wheat and alfalfa. Mining, lumber-
ing, and other regional industries
have grown rapidly with the devel-
opment of the new agriculture. A.
little tabulation of land values and
the rapid increase will prove of in-
terest. The names and figures are
taken almost at random from a large
number in the jiossession of the Irri-
gation Inquiry Office:
Name
Length
of years
Acres
owned
Original
cost
Present
value
W.Mackersie..
20
20
$700
$10,000
J. C. Duelle...
1
20
4,000
6,00C
J. Rowell......
15
20
750
6,00C
H. Lindstrom.
10
10
500
3,000
T. C. White...
13
120
6,000
50,000
Rich. Williams
13
40
*2,025
1S,OOC
E. R. Cabot...
7
20
1.000
5,00C
R. M. Wilson .
8
20
1,300
9,000
Holmes Hakes
G
20
3,500
8,000
Thomas Cross.
9
20
1,400
7,000
Hartlev Bros..
2
40
9,000
16,000
A.E. D.Scott..
Wz
40
5,000
8,000
M. J. White...
8
20
1,200
8,000
Ellen Jacobsen
2
20
1,000
5,000
John Connor..
10
20
700
10,000
F. Douglas____
12
20
750
10,000
Walter Witney
11
20
7001
10,000
It is seen from this table that the
average price paid for these Califor-
nia lands was $76.56 an acre, and
that the average valuation of each
acre was $385.72 at the date of the
report from which we quote. The
time required for this increase was
(in the average) a little less than
nine years.
ALL THE ADVANTAGES OF SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA.
The Port Lavacaen says:
It is evident to any one that has
given thought to the subject that the
history of Southern California will
be repeated in this part of Texas
But a few years ago that portion of
the Golden State was hut sparsely
settled and remained almost in a
state of nature. Cattle raising on
the range system was the dominant
and almost sole pursuit of the inhab-
itants and no one dreamed of the de-
velopment that Avonld soon come
about, of the splendid cities and
towns that would dot the waste
places and of the innumerable lines
of transportation and educational in-
stitutions that make life enjoyable
and proclaim the existence of the
highest enlightenment of modern
times. The visitor to that celebra-
ted region sees all of these things and
is frequently called upon to admire
evidences of advancement and liber-
ality unequaled in the older portions
of the Union.
This section of Texas possesses ful-
ly as many advantages as Southern
California. It is blessed with as
good a climate and has even a great-
er quantity of rich land and with a
given amount of labor and expense
can furnish a larger variety of pro-
ducts from the soil that bring wealth
and prosperity to a country.
The difference between the two re-
gions is purely the result of effort,
and it is clear that the time has come
when our citizens should adopt a
systematic and broad-guaged policy
to attract attention to Southern
Texas and make a populous and
progressive country that will be the
pride of all.
CLIMATE AND PRODUCTS.
The Herald says:
The inhabitants of that tri-angular
portion of Texas which is hounded
on the west by the Rio Grande and
on the east hy the Gulf of Mexico,
have got a corner on the climated
There is no more of it in the United
States; they have it all. And the
lower part of the Florida peniusuia
is the only territory in the United
States that can compete with it in
semi-tropical productions. In parts
of Sonthern California having the
same degree of exemptions from
frost, the seasons are a few weeks
later. The most southerly portion
of Texas is as free from frost as any
part of Florida.
Oranges can he raised successfully
around Aransas Harbor, with the
proper forest protection—which they
need everywhere. And we can grow
grapes here that cannot he raised
anywhere else. We can take an acre
of twenty-dollar land and in three
years make it worth three hundred
dollars as a vineyard, with an ex-
penditiire of a fourth of that sum.
The farther south in Texas yon
take theLe Conte and Kieffer pears,
the better they grow. There are
millions in pears on Live Oak Penin-
sula.
There is money in the fertile sand,
enriched hy the products of the sea,
and washed up by the thousands of
acres on our shores. Whoso needs
money—and is not too tired to pick
it up—let him come.
and he stops there. If he were con-
fined to the climate, and restrained
from a kick at any other thing, we
would be rid of the Kicker for ever
and a day. He would turn like the
imprisoned scorpion and kick him-
self to death.
progress in the improvement of their
valuable tract. They expect to plant
about 300 acres in grapes this year,
and will also devote a large acreage
to the fruits hest suited to this sec-
tion of the State. They expect to
plant the most of their tract in grapes
and fruits. They will also establish
a large nursery in connection with
their other interests.
Mr. Thompson has had a very ex-
tensive experience in grape culture,
both in California and Texas—nearly
fifteen years all told, and that time
about equally divided between the
States named. He unhesitatingly
declares in favor of Texas, and says
the day is near at hand when Texas
will ship grapes to the Pacific Slope.
The grape ripens here several weeks
earlier than it does in California;
and it is the early product that giyes
the hest result.
The experience and views of Mr.
Thompson will prove specially inter-
esting and instructive to those of our
readers who expect to engage in
grape growing in the vicinity of
Aransas Harbor. That this indus-
try is destined to become one of
great importance to our people there
is no doubt. It will surely prove a
leading and highly profitable pur-
suit to the people on this fertile pen-
insula; and it shall be The Herald’s
aim to furnish our readers with all
the reliable information within onr
reach on this subject.
it surprises the yisitor. Melons, 1>2 fbs to acre, a 35c
Upon the subject of the Bummer^®^^ acre, @ $2
t. - “-1 J3eangj 2 fin. to acre, @ $4.
Ten Acres Land, @ $50____
Three-room Cottage.......
Help, etc....................
ONE MAN KEPT A RECORD.
In an article on the subject of truck
farming on the Live Oak Peninsula.
The Aransas Harbor Herald of
March 5, 1891, says:
To show what ha*- been accom-
plished in this line, *ve reproduce an
affidavit made by “4 Joe Tripis, a
practical garden;1'-located but afev
miles distant, Ine estimate giv-n
is based upon1}'’0 crops, when J is
the rule to p'Oduce three crop1, of
different puds, each year Mr.
Tripis infe'med a Kfhald represent-
ative th*t the fflowing result was
aopm-orinn new land (tfce firat
SlATIST/® 0F EARLY LATlIvET GAR-
DENING.
COST OF SEED.
Po/ces, 8 bu. to acre, @ $i
CoL 10 qts, to acre, @ 30c..
latoes, to acre, @$2.
’as, 3 bu.to acre, @ $2.50.
climate of the Live Oak Peninsula
The Herald of July 9, 1891, V? 1
lished the following:
“is it always like this?”,
question usually asked by the”11101
to this part of the coast
he feels the cool Gulf breed? ' j
ing steadily over sea and 1»>
a bright blue sky and the
bright bl
ing sun, in whose
oppressive heat.
The fear that it is
is natural to those
od to
from lo-
of all the va-
rieties of climate the -v ®ar caP P1'0-
duce are frequent/ shown in one
d<Here m«Jmmer the
calities where sampi*
, tie-
Here in uu^mer the early
morning greet#a with the cooling
freshness of Wlth the nB*
insr sun the MFefroin tlle sea ft'esh-
ent and lonS “ rolls tbe cot‘
ton; whi« ciouds across the sky-
In every 8Pot lt; is 0001 at miJ-
dav a»“^e vertical rays of the sun
at noq®l tempered to the degree
ofco^table endurance. Sunstroke
„rTTT At night, with the setting sun, ap-
n ill beat California for grapes . pgj/ffie glorious tints that paint our
An experienced grape grower from sonthern skies at the beginning and
California is of the opinion that
paitoi lexas will be a better grapeiblows on, driving the last trace of
country than California An cxpres-'Aeat from city streets, forest and
sion of his views is given in th
lowing from The Aransas UAjj^r qyjng away to rise again with the
sun in the morning, hut remaining
| to bless the pleasant hours of night
! in equal measure with the day.
And so are all the days, the weeks,
the months. No sultry, suffocating
hours, when men gasp for breath
and stew in a damp atmosphere. We
do not have them.
There is probably no place in the
United States where hotter summer
days are not experienced. If the
Canadian had the magic means of
transferring himself each morning to
onr beautiful coast he would come
here every day to cool off. And he
would stay all night.
Even the Kicker admits that our
climate is without reproach. He
kicks at everything he sees or hears
of until he comes to the climate,
Total
$8 00
3 00
50
7 50
52
1 00
5 00
8 00
500 00
450 00
71 48
.$1,055 00
YTeldper
Acre
Early
Crop
Late
Crop
Am’t
Bushels:
Price:
Price:
Potatoes, 125
$3
00
$0 75
$468 75
Corn,35 ____
Tomatoe, 250
60
40
35
00
4
00
2 00
1.500
00
Peas, 55.....
3
00
1 50
247
50
Beans, 90 ...
3
00
1 50
405
00
Melons, 1,000
25
10
350
00
Cab’ge, 8,000
Caul’r, 7,000
7
560
1,400
00
00
Total____
4,966 25
Herald :
Mr. Thompson, a geutieffl/w °f
large experience in this partfcaiar
industry, and who is going into toe
business on a very large scale, pro-
nounces this the best grape country
that he has ever seen- ■M'- f homp-
sonis associated with Capt.is .MacK-
ey, of San Antonio, a gentleman well
known throughout ^oulhweat lexas.
After looking over a large area, em-
bracin’’* several comities in this sec-
tion of°the State, the bo gentlemen
finally selected a location this
county. (San Patricio)
climati
this
u nunumi , the soil and
climatic infliMCfts of this locality
being best adapted to the grape
Messrs- Thompson and Mackey
mu-chasedaeariy 1200 acres of land
'jear Mathis, and are making rapid
[Signed.] JOE TRIPIS.
STATE OF TEXAS, )
County of Aransas, ) -
Sworn to and subscribed before
me, this 12th day of February, 1891.
E. II. NORVELL,
[seal.] Notary Public,
Aransas County, Texas.
RECAPITULATION.
Total Receipts............. $4,966 25
Total Cost................. 1,055 00
One Year’s Net Profit, Ten
Acres Land, Three-room
Cottage, and .............$3,911 25
Mr. Tripis is a highly trustworthy
and reliable gentleman, and there
are many citizens of his neighbor-
hood who are prepared to corrobo-
rate in every particular the state-
ments he makes.
Of these we may mention Mdfesrs.
George Miceli, * Joe Rosso, Joe
Martino and R. Martino, all of
whom live in the immediate vicinity
of Mr. Tripis’ farm, and who assist-
ed him in various ways in handling
and shipping his crop. Many other
reputable gentlemen will also hear
testimony to the correctness of these
statements.
«esp,Twenty-se-ven thousand acres of the finest sub-irrigated lands on the Liv
Oak Peninsula are now on the mariet in 5 and 10-acre lots, with regular highway
in the immediate vicinity of Aransas Harbor. For prices and terms and other pa
ticulars address any real estate koker in Aransas Harbor, or J Gov. T. B. Wheele
1 Mr. B. H. Wilson.
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