The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 7, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 12, 1910 Page: 4 of 4
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Bhowk, President L. C. Bkjte, Vice Pres H. M. Fennell,Cashier.
Ciiao Kuamkis. AnsT Cashier.
tCljc jttarfa iiational 33anU
OF MARFA, TEXAS
---CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, «M,000 00.-----
DIRECTORS: R. K Colquitt; W. !1. Cleveland; Fitncek Gregg
L. C. Ruitk; C. O. Finley; J II Take; T. o, t koshonjO. A. Bkown;
John Z. Means.
afc ants Conservative.
Your Business Solicited.
The Marfa Manufacturing Co. Has Just 1
Completed an Up-to-Date
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QARAQE
Muslin Underwear, Shirt Waists
A New Line of Ginghams and
Percales. A Sample Line of
Corset s and lots of other new goods.
Yours truly,
Marfa can now boast of a first class, up-to-date blacksmith
and machine shop where you can have made or repaired any thing
£ from a pair of needle molds to a high class modern automobile.
" The company has just finish I in connection with their shop build-
A ing a commodious garage with all modern oonvenianees, etc. With
a their next carload of Maxwell machines there will come a ohauf-
J ft-ur, nn expert in his line who will remain with them.
GUAYULE IN NORTH MEXICO TREMENDOUS RANCH
_ AT MARATHON
The Pebble Method of Ex-
tractingRubber From
the Plant.
DEAL
'•The Marfa Dry Goods Co.;
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Marathon, Tox., Feb. 7.—
Messrs. Mclntire and Beekly
have sold to Joe Irving, of Al-
pine, Tex., 51,200 acres of land,
together with about 3000 head of
Consular Agent George C. Ca- cattle. VV. .T. McIntyre fur-
rothers of Torreon describes as' nishes 2S.1G0 acres and Dr.
follows the method usually cm- Beekley the balance of 23,040
ployed in obtaining rubber from ; acres. The consideration is some-
the guayule plant of central1 thing over $200,000. A greater
northern Mexico, and also the | part of this land, especially that
We are just “it” when it comes
to fine job printing. Try us and
be convinced.
New Kru Printing Co.
The Swine or the Flower?
Ah me! I saw a huge and loathsome sty,
Wherein a drove of wallowing swine
were barred,
tho industry in that
THE BIG STORE
" !state of
j region.
Guayule rubber is extracted
; from a shrub called, guavula,
I lio Murphy-Walker t oinpany ' Vvhi<*li grows in the mountainous
existence! now 1
which has been in existence now i of the states of Coahulia,
a little over one year; has paid | §an Luisi p0toai, Durango and
a ten per cent, dividend (,n ^ C!,P'[ Chihuahua. For many years it
ital of $75,000, and has placed in - wa8 known that this plant eon-
the reserve fund enough to pay tttined rubl,er, but not until 1900
*«' «»••»-« i nmf I il I,ot*“ 1 percent. w ag a process discovered wh reby
Whose banquet shocked the nosirtl a , |'his ,fl H magmtieent showing j H xva-made a commercial possi-
Then Mwko’a voice, “Behold the source ' nnd reflects great credit, on t he s There are several pro-
of hud!” , mhnagement and directors. And|ces8oa in use> the principal one
I fled, and mw a field that seemed a* first ^ withal tliis concern is meeting being the pebble mill, first out -
eompetitive prices throughout j lirj(? and triturating tho shrub
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NOW HERE!
GENT’S NEW GOODS JUST
ARRIVED.
Bull Skin Hose For Children.
Brown Sugar
Fruits &Nuts
For Cakes.
Brown Sugar
Also a car of
the famous
“White Wing" Flour.
MANS B
MARFA, TEXAS.
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portion laying near and east of
Marathon, is good farming land.
This with tho big ranch ho al-
ready owns, gives Mr. Irving the
largest ranch in this part of the
country. The ranch, complete,
starts near Fort Davis, and runs
in a continuous belt to near
Warwick, about 12 miles east of
Marathon, and is estimated by
persons here at 128,000 acres.
—El Paso Ilerald.
VALENTINE TOO.
Marfa Manufacturing Company
(INCORPORATED)
rentman WAJ, ittU Q6JT5££»WU**'JUvJ.Qt55 XXOt- X
Special Attention paid to Repairing of Oas Engines.
Agents for Eclipse and Sampson Wind Mills.
Also Agents for Gasoline Engines.
We carry a full line of Pipe and Pipe Fixtures, Cy-
linders and Cylinder Leathers, Mill Tools, Hose
Bibbs, Wagon Material, Rubber Tires for Buggies
xauAgwh at x* -JOt* iaja ^ ** u-ja ia**
Distributors and Agents Maxwell Automobiles
riarfa, Texas
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One g’.isleniuij ma..s of lose# pure nud
With dewy buds ’ruid dark green foliage
nursed; . . . .
And, as 1 lingered o’er the lovely sight,
The summer breeze, that cooled that
Southern scene,
Whispered, ” Behold the source of
CQTTOLENEl'V,____
T. H. SEAY
GENERAL - SURVEYOR
West Te as.
JS200 REWARD
Wo will pay $200 reward for
evidence leading to the arrest
and conviction of anyone steal-
ing our cutlie or horses. Ranch
situated about GO miles south-
into small pieces, and then put-
ting it into a pebble mill mint lin-
ing Hint pebbles, with a certain
amount of water.
These mills are revolved at
Another beautiful little West
orn town is rapidly coining to the j
frmt Valentine, a division point!
on the G. II. & 8. A. Her people
have just erected a $20,000
school building with a commo-
—AND—
CIVIL ENGINEER
Special Deputy Surveyor for Presidio
Oounty.
Drafting Carefully Done on Demand.
Texas Laud Boundaries u Hpuciulty
MARFA, TEXAS.
about thirty revolutions a minute J dious auditorium having over
for about t vo hours; then the 250 opera chairs and hiiving ac-
wafor, containing the small par-i oustio arrangements ot the most
tides of rubber and wooden pulp, modern design. Valentine is
of the most picturesque
from Shafter known ns our
Antonio Canyon ranch.
Booth, Tigner & Co.
San
the McDonald high
SKIRTS.
ART
W. G Young.
C.W.Livingston j
Coffins, Caskets,
Funeral Goods.
id A UFA, TEXAS.
•MAAAAaYWVamMAAA
MONTOLLA BROS.
west of Marfa and 12 milea west drawn off into settling tanks, ! one
I in which the rubber rises to the towns on the G. 11. & b. A ris-
| top and the wooden particles be- ing above a valley of great I
I come water soaked and sink to beauty, rich soil and almost liin- '
| the bottom. After remaining itless boundry. Its people are
I several days in the tani;s all the thrifty, industrious, hospitable
rubber has risen, and is s (Toped
of and run through steel rollers
. 0. . , . under running water, until it is
This.line of new Spring Skirt? roliod int0 sheets weighing about
will reach us next week ahd we flfl pounds, the water washing
will he prepared to show our cu8-!oul* thfl renmininR particles of
tomers the newest oreations iri|v vood These sheets .are ihe fin-
tailored skirts ill great variety °f; jshed product, although several
materials and colons. Lie Gm • I j factories have refined pro-
ment Makers met in December J oesa(ig> b which the rosin is
and designated the styles for, taken out> th, ..esulting
. spring:, and we have waited to be I ,)ringing a higher price
I supplied with the newest of new ! marhet.
San Anton so Business College
“TIIE SQUARE DEAL SCHOOL.”
Why spend from 6 to 18 Months on Graham, Pitman, Sloan-T)uployan,
or Gregg Shorthand, and ‘‘old fogy” systems of book-keeping, when
you can get Modern Shorthand and Book-keeping in from 8 to 16 weeks?
School owned by Shu Antonio businessmen. Strong faculty and thorough
tvork. Only practical Telegraph School in the Southwest. Satisfaction
or your money back.. Special Low Rates Now On.
fk2}'“ Wiite For Particulars.
Franklin & Tallinan, Proprietors. 125 West Gainmerce Street.
Sun Anlonio, Texus.
and progressive and when pre-
s-ont colonization schemes are
completed it is bound to become
a city of importance and invest-
ment.—West Texas News.
STOP THIEF !
goods. Kum C ’em.
Mm phy- Walker Co.
Nice furnished rooms to rent.
Apply to Mrs, N. F Wilkins.
In this issue we publish an ad-
vertisement from Booth, Tigner
rubber & Co., offering a reward for evi-
ia tho donee leading to tho arrest and
conviction of anyone stealing
Well DrilllD)< and Wind Mill Repairs
lMiottc <17
Mnrlii, - - Texiis.
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For Sale.
Tho value of the shrub has in- any of their cattle or horses,
creased steadily from $2.50 gold We, understand that lately there
per ton in the field, during the has been a great deal of stealing
year 1903, to the price of from going on in tho (Jhanati oountry.
; $25 to $35. At $35 per ton of This should be thoroughly in-
! shrub in the lield, calculating a vestigaued and the guilty party
j distance of thirty to forty miles or parties brought to justice.
i to the railroad, tho shrub costs The theft of animals in Presidio
the factories laid down at their county has become an epidemic.
| doors about $75 per ton. The ~ ~
Confectionery and Cafe.
J. H. Hamilton,
Marfa, Texas.
amount of rubber extracted va-
ries from 16 to 18 per cent, de-
pending on the class of shrub,
j The high price is caused by the
| scarcity of shrub on the market;
THE SHUBERT SYMPHONY
CLUB,
On last Monday evening at the
Th« Sunset Express
-FOR-
Mexico, California,
AND POINTS JN
THE NOil? 11-WEST,
via The G. H. & S. A. Ry.
Fat Cattle.
R. R. Smith is in the market
for all classes of fat cattle in car
load lots market prices paid.
Onion Drugstore
George W. Saunders Live Stuck Commission company.
SIN 18TONIO S fOBT WORTH. TIMS.
( npitn) Stock S30,(HHI.00.
CATTLE SALESMEN, CATTLE SALESMEN,
San Antonio, Texas. Fort Worth, Texas.
GW. SAUNDSRS. TOMbHAW.
P.A.COX, F. L.TUFFLEY,
HOG SALESMAN. HOG and SHEEP SALESMAN.
J. G. SAUNDERS. W.E.JARY.
it is estimated that there are not Marfa opera house this celebra-
over8000 tons of shrubs that are ted club gave one of its refined
not contracted for, and most of and entertaining programs. Not
^! this is on two or three properties, having had one of the programs
Very near 200 metric tons are we cannot therefore mention
worked up daily in the factories each of tho artists by name, but
in Torreon and Gomez-Pulaeio. without fear of contradiction we
can say that the entertainment
was one of the best ever present-
ed in Marfa. A large audience
was present and the only criti-
cism uttered by it was; “Too
short, we could stay heie for-
During the first six months of
1909 tho exports of crude gua-
iE | yule from Torreon and Gomez
t Pulaeio amounted ’to 8180,800;
_ $36,000 worth went to the U 8.,
|
Alamo Commission Co.,
SAN ANTONIO & FT. WORTH
Handles Live Stock Strictly on Commission.
We
Gunranlee
TOP PRICFN
RETURNS. QUOTATION FURNISHED ON APPLICATION,
SALESMEN.
T. E. DAUUHEBTY, T A. EI.HKIIH1K. UIKIt UH KIUir.
San Atitouto, Trxn*. Mu AiiImdIv, TrxHn. Snii Antmilii, Ti'Ou
C. A. LVFOUl», KU WortH.Tenw.
£ ! $36,000 worth went to the U
and probably one-fifth as much
more went to Germany. From ever,
all appearances, the shrub will
be exhausted in less than three
years, and it is very uncertain
whether it will grow up again
and produce enough rubber to
justify working it.. Up to the
WORN OUT
That’s the way you foci about
the lungs when yo i have a hack-
ing cough. It’s foolishness to
present time the new growth that let it gg on and trust to luck to
t lias been worked has produced get over it, when Ballard’s llore
I too small a percentage of rubber hound Syrup will stop the cough
I to pay for the extraction. It is and heal the lungs.
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claimed by some that in five
years there will be another large
crop on the lands that have been
i cut during the past five years,
, but there are also grave doubts
; about the continuance of the in-
dustry after the present supply
has been exhausted
l*Post.
Price 25c, 50e and $1 00 per
bottle.
Sold by the Union Drug Co.
oil burning I.o-
coiihiUvcs No
dust, no smoko.
Double Drawing
Kooui -Iropers,
Observation, 1.1-
urnry & Dining
Cars, Electric
Elgliteil.
Tourist sleepers
Free Keebinug
Chair Cars and
Day Coaches.
Toilet Articles,
SchoolSupplies
and Stationery
Evctric Safe, (lean and
signal Comfortable
^:Zn'd Koute.
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For tickets and detailed Information call
on l.oeal Ticket Agents Or Address
T. J AN ERSON Oen. Pass. Age t
HOUSTON TEXAS
D, D- Kilpatrick
Candelaria, Texas,
-DEADER [X--
General Merchandise*
Groceries Sold to Hot
Springs Visitors at
Marfa, Prices.
Candies and Post
Cards. The Latest
Magazines& Books
UNION DREG COMPANY.
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|w. T. DA VIS,I
| MARKET-
t PHONE 19.
I Can Fix It!
I CAN FIX IT'
We have made arrangements
with M. M. Whislcr of Alpine to |
-Houston handle his tanks, flue# and every-1
thing handled by him in the tin '
line.
Marfa Mfg. Co. '
Wab It cm, clocks
Inwli
'tilted a n d
•aired, also
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Best Beef, Pork, Sausage, J
Boiled Ham, Fruit and J
J Vegetables. +
j Highest price paid for Hides. +
X Wo are now located one door
west of the postoffice.
Every thing Strietly Sanitary. t
PATRONAGE - SOLICITED?
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and
rlea
repaired,
intricate ma- i
t'lilnery, phon- |
ograplls. tytie- |
«l iters, bteye-!
les ami guns, i
Keys fitted for
tloors «v tranks ,
All w<.rk re
celves my iter- j
soon) attention j
Nothing too
small. 1‘rlors
reasonable.
Sails [art Ion
guaranteed.
Saint (Irons
Hotel.
Kooms 15 a 16.
Chas. Bailey,
Niw and 2nd Hand
BUICK
Automobiles
For Sale at At-
tractive Prices.
FORT DAVIS AUTOMOBILE CO.
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Kilpatrick, H. H. The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 7, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 12, 1910, newspaper, February 12, 1910; Marfa, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth994165/m1/4/: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .