The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 9, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 16, 1912 Page: 4 of 4
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Local and Personal
March 25 to 30th.
, Forest Jordan is now with the
Weal Texas Grocer* Co.
K. B. Slight of Alpine spent
Wednesday in the city.
Otis Grubb.o Fort Davis spent
Sunday in Marfa.
Band Concerts every afternoon
at 4 o'clock, t»y trie S. U. Co.
Be sure and see Mamie when
she comes.
Jno P. Shields visited his ranch
this week.
J. M. Anderr-on, electrical en-
gineer of Sparta, Tenn., spent
several days in the city tliis week.
J. H. Gilland, of Houston,
Traveling Freight Agent of the
S. P.,spent Tuesday in the city.
Mrs. W. E. Love and son re-
turned last Saturday from a visit!
to Sierra Blanca.
It will only require 10 cents and
1 drink to see the monster 30 ft. ,
snake ut the 8. C. Co.
Knrtmnk's Party Kose >in«l
'triumph Need Potatoes ut Slur-
jiby \\ ulker Company.
Mrs. T. C. Thain, of Alpine,
spent Tuesday in the city the
guest of Mrs. 8.J. Hensley.
A Ferris Wheel and a Merry-
go-round will bo two of the at-
tractions of the S. C. Co.
Miss Minnie Joe Farmer came
. in Wednesday evening from
Sanderson.
The Bohemian glass blowers
will tie hero on the 25th with the
S, C. Co.
Joe© CaldomnAho styciftllst ngi-
'tStof, was requested to move on.
and he has vamoosed.
Out ing the last week there has
been several assaults with at-
tempt rain and snow.
Mr. F. B. Houaton, who was
out here 30 years ago spent sev-
eral days in the city this week.
Mrs. W. G. Young returned
Wednesday evening fiom a visit
to her sun George Spencer at
Ysleta.
The Southern Carnival Co. at-
tractions will visit Marfa on
March 2.rith and will remain un-
til the 30t+i
M. M. MoFHHnnd, of Uvalde,
representing the Hill Stationery
Co. of Waco was in the city
Tuesday and Wednesday.
A colored Minstrel show, and
all kinds of shows will be hem on
the 25th under the management
of the 8. C. Co.
Walter Ellison nnd Van Neill
have been in the city this week
attending a regular monthly ses-
sion of the Commissioners Court
Capt. Jno. A. Pool lias been
in the city several days from hi-
Chanste ranch. He reports cat-
tle i;i the mountains doing well.
If you wish to purchase one of
the best autos on the market see
the Marfa Manufacturing Co.
about ihe latest Buick model.
(iabino Lopez, an old residen-
ter of Marfa was in the city this
week shaking hands with his
many friends,
Mrs Fay R. Towerv.of Clovis,
New Mexico, lias been in the
city several days visiting her
furd parents, Mr. and Mrs. S.
C. Hopkins.
There .is held ut the express
o*ficp ir Marfa,consigned to Gen
S tncl ez of OJinnga. Mexico, 300
tiffles and 200,000 rounds of
ammunition.
—Come to uswith your troubles
about Poultry Netting, Barbe-
wire, Cabo! wire, Telepone wire
end one of the best kej>t stocks
of lumber in the country. G.C.
Robinson Lumber Company.
Erin Go Bragh.
To morrow is the Sevonteeth of
Ireland—Erin Go Bragh.
We will see Mamie when she
come to town.
Marfa has now three night
watchmen on duty.
i—We are prepared to tike orders
for ILiii L’uourj. Marta wilhntry
Co.
Tom Hawthorne after severs'
weeks of sickness is now able to
be around
C. E.
came in
business.
Conring, of Valentine
Thursday evening on
PROPERTY OWNERS.
f Have you n good piece of property that yon would like
to place before 700of the LEADING Heal Estate Firms
in Texas?
H LID you ever “top to think that pherliap* some of them
already have a buxer for the very property you desire to sell?
• TRY listing it with THE WI*>T HEIGHTS DEV. CO.
and H'k them to suolial it through the STATE EX-
CHANGE.
' You will be pu'pr si. d at the RESULT.
We want to sell your property,
WEST HEIGHTS DEV. COMPANY
To the JPublie
I have lived in Marfa for more
thuu a year and huve been work-
ing steadily as a tailor and baruer.
Lately a report has been going
around that 1 iiave been stirring
up the Mexicans of darfa against
toe American people of this place.
Tins report is wnoliy erroneous.
1 am a laboring man and a sober
man ana am oi sound mind,there-
fore, i could not and would not
try to stir up my people against
the people oi the country in which
1 reside and for u hum 1 Iiave
good wiil and respect.
A1 l*tit>lioo.
Program of Lad Us Missionary
and Aid HoelHj of the
Jtuptist church, Wed-
nesday March 2 (Mb
at 4 P. M.
Owen Shields was a visitor in
the city this week, coming in from
his ranch Thursday evening.
C. B. Sheridan return* d last'
Saturday from a visit to Sierra
Bianca and El Paso.
—Flowers and trimmings, in fact,
everything in the Millinery line,!
now at the Marfa Millinery Store, j
FOR KENT—One nice furnished
room cheap, by week or month. |
See Pierre Guyon.
Last Sunday R. C. McKinney,
of Alpine paid Marfa a hurried i
visit, returning
traiu.
>S3(K
Marfa,
- Texas.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO.
Taken
from the Nr.w Era of
March 31, 1887.
Smith, Expert Jeweler
PALACE DRUG STORE
Sheriff M. B. Chastain was
confined to his room several days
this week, suffering from an at-
tack of la-gnjtjje.
—$25.00 will buy those Stuart
iron drive and walk gates,now in
front of the St. George Hotel
Will last a life time.
C.B. Sheridan.
Mrs. Henry W. Ragland and
her son Morris Kirk Ragland, of
Nacagari, Mexico, came in Fri-
day and are stopping at the St.
George,
Rev. \V. B. Bloys has received
a new Ford machine. A present
from Joe Irving of Alpine. It is
an elegant car and a beautiful
preseut to a deserving citizen.
—Bridal wreaths, button hole
bouquets and Mexican goo is at
the Marfa Millinery Co's em-
porium.
The Southern Carnival Co. wi’h
8 big shows will be in the city
from the 25th to the 30th of
March, under the auspices of the
Marfa Fire Department.
‘‘His face \vti3 his fortune”but
aooording toDr. Hensley,does not
prove true evurytime. It maybe
the Doctor does not work his
face enough.
Mr. James Shannon has been
in tho city for several days tliis
week visiting his family. Mrs.
Shannon has been on the sick
list, but is now report d better.
— Pattern hats,street hats,ready-
to-wear children hats, newest
thing in Pokes, just reoeivetl at
i lie Marfa Millinery Co. Call and
inspect them.
Thursday morning about 6
o’clock Francis Duke shot and
killed Filiberto Contreras. The
shooting took place near some
Mexican n si lur.mt in the city.
To date Quick & Elrnendorf
have set out on their West Heights
place the following number of
vines and trees; 158 apple, 75
peach, 60 pear,6 cherry,4 pecan
and 1750 grape.
The Examining trial of Guada-
lupe Uranga charged with the
shooting oi Alvaro Burg* as, was
held before Judge Young Tues-
day morning, and bis bond fixed
at $500.
Mrs, Mo: • Ola left Saturday for
Las Cruces, New Mexico, to see
her sister Mrs. Candelaria A.
Ascarat, who was reported very
ill. On her arrivul she found
her sister dead.
The examining trial of Vju
Duke charged with^^pHmcis
Filiberto Cont^^^mtilling of
fore Jud^^HpMtswHfl held be-
d^U^^Kjl^Woung yesterday. The
ant was admitted to bail
hi the sum of $500, which was ]
readily given. ' "
Rescue Ellison returned Mon- i
day from his trip to his old home j
in Mississippi His visit to the
old place was a sad on6. On his
arrival there he found that his
father had just died.
Jno. Mulhern, an old time citi-
zen of Marfa and who formerly
worked at the Shafter mines,but
now of New Mexico, passed
through tho city Thursday, en
route to Fort Davis, where he
goes to visit his parents.
A phone message was received
: in Marfa Wednesday night that a
I raid had been made on Capt..I no.
A. Poole’s Boffeeilloa ranch, lo-
cated in the Southern part of the
, county and that a number of
j cattle were driven off towards
Mexico.
i District Court opens here Mon-
th*: evening dav.
The furniture for the court-
house will anive to clay.
Deputy Wilcox left yesterday
for Presidio to summon jurors.
The Match winds is causing
much Marfa real estate to change
hands.
Jim McCutchen, of Brewster,
is looking at th** town with a view
of buying it.
J. T. Blanks is gathering his
cattle for delivery to E. L.Gage,
of the Santiago Cattle Co.
Colonel William Russell, of
Presidio, will be in Saturday en
route for El Paso, as a Federal
Court juror.
County Judge J.II Catlln is off
on a visit to southern and central
Texas. He is expected back daily.
The new furniture for the new
court house is expected daily. It
certainly should be up and ready
by District Court.
The Era is the oldest,only and
consequently by far the best pa-
per published in Presidio county.
This is conceded now by all.
The ‘‘Office” saloon is now
unde.rg ;ing radical changes,which
when completed, will make it the
handsomest saloon in West Texas
Messrs. Lindenborn & Young
are negotiating with F r a n k
Ducoty for his blacksmith shop
and fitures, with it view of estab-
lishing a branch house at Fort
Davis.
James Walker, of Humphris &
Co.,left for New Mexico on Mon-
day last with 60 head of saddle
horses and mules, which he will
offer for sale at a bargain. He
will be on the drive about two
months.
The practice of discharging fire
arms after night, much to the an-
noyance of our peaceful residents,
is growing again quite frequent.
On last Tuesday night five shots
were fired in quick succession in
the neighborhood of the arovo.
This particular case will be in-
quired into, as the perpetrator is
said to be one who should be the
last one to indulge in such pas-
time.
Mas de un uno hace que re-
| sido en este pueblo,sin ouuparme
; mas que de mi hunnide traoago.Jif
I si uieu lie tornado parte en tai o
j cuai asunlo de uueres inaiitomun;
ha sido a iuz del mundo y deiitru
, de la oruita que uiarca las ieyes mj
de Bate paiz. Put s uiiora me >ia
cau-ado verdaue.a sorpreza.ei in
sistente rumor de que undo se-
al pubio iviexicano se
reveie contra las autondades de
... . „ ,, este lugar, tan presto cornu Es
chandise. A. bpencer & Bro.of udo8 Ullido declare
place will also move
Joe Goodman, tho energetic, |
enterprising and prosperous mer- j
chant of Presidio, is building a;
large and commodious storehouse j d Joiendo*
at Shafter, where he will soon
put a large stock of general mer-
the same place will also move .vlexic io que es uua “dolemne
nito their new store just couplet- Meutil. *» ,Jur qUe Jama8 1() he
ed at Bhafter. There will be a | oeU8ildo muuiio menos ablado a
saloon and hillard hall there also | ;iadWi Huos creu eu |m devei.
very shortly. Shafter is having etar la8 |eyes dtd puiz en (,ue
quite a boom and we are glad of y- ^ r *
it-in fact evemody is, expecting, pj, COnsigu.eute; desmiento
those parties win, have hereto- , una vez ma8 tan de8cabeitadu
fore enjoyed a monopoly there, j imp08tul.a> domostraudo a |* vez,
Harry Moreland, after several j im siaoero aprecio y respeto a
attacks of acute neuralgia,finally : los abitantes y autoridades de este
rallied sufficiently to g<> over to lugar cotno Paiz.
Subject: The Foreigner, East
and West.
Leader: Mrs. L. W. Roberts.
Hong: ‘ ‘Hark’ Ten Thousand
Harps and Voices. ’'
Devotional Exercises: “Iiuth,
The Immigrant.” Mrs J.C. Bur-
kett.
Paper: “The Alien, America’s
Menace,” Mrs. Homer Colquitt.
Violin Duet.: Mis. K. C. Miller,
Miss Lois Quick.
Paper: ‘‘The Alien, America's
Qportunity, and How She Is
Meeting It,’’Mrs. L. W. Roberts.
Ri-eitation: ‘‘Inasmuch,’’
Ruby Roberts.
Talk ; “Our Past Missionaries,'’
Mrs. M. It. Chastain.
Song: ‘ ‘I Would Be of Use To
iee.’’
Aildress: ‘‘Missionaries East
and »\ est of the Mississippi Riv-
er,” Mrs. Thornton.
Recitation: “Giving Our Best”
Mamie Alexander.
Talk: ‘‘Distinction EL‘ween
Aesociaticnal Missions,^* Htalo
Missions and Home Missions,”
Mrs. J, J. Maurer.
Closing Song: “Hark, llio Voice
of Jesus Calling ' ’
Piano and violin accompani-
ment to all music.
1J esol iition.
Eulogio Luna,
Marfa, Texas. March 15,
1912.
Fort Davis, where medical at- j
tentiou is more available. Harry
certainly suff* r d excrutiatingly ;
during the attacks.
Master George Grierson arriv- *
ed from the west last Tuesday on j
a visit to his brothers at Ft. D ivis. I
George is almost as tali as the j
General,anu will no doubt prove j
a chip off the old block, which is
the greatest compliment we can ■
pay you at present George.
The El Paso papere(Timea ane j
Inter-Republics) spoke recently
of a probable match between the !
Marfa Stars and the El Paso nine. [
After dilligent inquiry here iri
base ball circles we have utterly j
failed to find anyone who lias
any knowledge of any such in- , WEIGH CAREFULLY
tention. r_, , . ...
The question of where you will
Messrs. Z, L. Nevill, G. T. do -»our banking! And w<» feel
W ilcox and W. S. Lempert are sure that your final judgment will
summoned to appear before the |)(> jn favor of placing all your
Federal court at El P.isu as wit-: r^Q.;0y in the
nesses in the T. A. Wilson elec-
tion case. They leave here Sun j jVlARFA STATE BANK
day morning. A large number
of parties have also been sum- where you will always receive
moned from Fort Davis. ; the most courteous treatment;
; where your affairs will be han-
Inasmuch as God in His infinite’
wisdom has called from our dear'
sister, Mrs. Wyck Livingston,-
her husband and companion, we
the ladies of the Presbyterian
church do unitedly extend her
our truest sympathy in this deepr
affliction.
“Sometimes in the sadness
Of the twilight of paiu,
Thy heart will gather its forces
to take up Life’s burdens again.”'
Mrs. Chas. Bailey,
Mrs. K. C. Millkr,
Committee-
To Mothers-And Other?
You can use Bucklen’s Arnica
Salve to cure children of * ozema,
rashes, tetter, chafings, scaly
and crusted humors, as weii as
their accidental injuries,—cuts,
burns, bruises, etc..with perfect
safety. Nothing else heals so-
quickly. For boils, ulcers, old,
running or fever sores or piles it
has no equal. 25 cents at all
Druggists.
Dr. S. T. Turner,of Coleman,
writes and requests us to slate
that he will arrive here this week,
when lie will open a drug store
and proceed to practice his pro-
fession. The Doctor was here
last fall and met many of our
citizens, who were favorable im-
prt‘ss*‘d with him, and who will
b rpleased to note hi- coming.
died in the most thoroughly busi-
ness like manner,and whore you
can have implicit confidence in
the trustworthiness of Hie insti-
tution.
IV otico
We, the undersigned,
April 1-t, will
liver.v service.
C. C. Robinson Lumber Co.
Marfa Lumber Co.
after
discontinue our
“uliKorlbo to “Marfa Now Era-' S: j-tar.
iVotice
We, the undersigned,after April
April 1st, will diacontinus our
livery service.
G. C. Robinson Lumber Co.
Marfa Lumber Co .
THE PRICE YO
I*E0&Inter-Slate Cars & Auto Trucks
1912 MODELS—The Best for Service.
A.J. Adams & Company, Agents, MajjL-MiT
for
nearly as
you get
Easter suit isn’t Donaldson Auto Co.,
\
importan as what
for your money.
When it is tailored expressly
for you by
Ed. V. Price & Co.
you get the choicest woolens
in America, the very latest
styles, guarantee workman-
ship, and correct for one-
third to one-half less than or-
dinary tailors have to charge.
Cant delay having ns take your measure
Marfa Mercantile Company,
Marfa, Texas.
401 Texas Street,
El PASO, TEXAS.
Southwestern Distributors.'
LET US PROVE OUR CLAIMS TO YOU IF
' YOU AIM TO BUY A CAR OR TRUCK.
The Marfa Millinery Co.
MISS WILLIE ELLISON. ?PROP-
Keeps on Hand the Latest Styles in Hats, Veils, Etc.
CALL AND EXAMINE MY GOODS.
MARFA.
TEXAS
Two-Button Novelty
Sack, No. 777
Slanting Lover Pocket*
U. A. Bkown, President. L. C. ItaiTB, Vice Pres H. M. FENNELL,Cashier.
Chas. Kkamkk, Ass’tCashier.
tElje jflarfa Rational i3auL
OF MARFA, TEXAS
__CAPITA!, AND SURPLUS, *90,000 0'.--
DIRECTORS: R. K Colquitt; W. H. Cuiwhuxt); Spknckh H-mnor,
L. C. Britb; C. O. Finley; J. 11. Taff; T. C. ORusso.v, C.A. Bki-wn:
Ef. M. Fknnell.
nftant Conotv\jatt\)t.
Your Business Solicited.
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