The Childress Index (Childress, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 27, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 21, 1913 Page: 6 of 8
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PRESS MEETING NOTES.
CHANCE FOR REDUCTION.
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Receives
Reduction
The Alamo question is beard on nil
Hides iu sun Antonio. There aw two BecaU*e
factions-in thetii*. want.-. to
of Small Losses.
they j I "^der iT;ite tff Mav 17th. the Fort
, {fv ^Jiue wants
jducc tl*e~ rulus'ltfcondition
•were wflen foe- -trtttk|<k ,v.of the' Alamo wortyi Star -TWegrttw printed u (lis-
.van rouKhr, Millie tiro Wither wains from WieniUt Kail.-, as follows;
to rumqi e i}U rubbtni,H{itt stone Quails ■ v H per cent, reduction In local
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from .Ik'jJ Alntiio «j5u*'f t the Alamo f|r,. insurance rales will he made as
insm-uhev rate;
ii as £)'(- state
t-s cowiilied by
board approves fi-
the illy fire niar-
Ci.'irch or cluljipel, ^making a j>ark. HOrm
The mutter ha* tx^en in the courts Klir,,
and the end' is not in sight. Thejj,|la|j j (V Ward. 1
building now standius is kept li^ abou These/fiKtwi's show a total of
the same condition as when ihe'fW.ttlt*7gg o;-, 'wu« i^jllected in premiums
v.as fought, and many are the slfehl'-*1 h«r« durlhg Hie' three years ending
seers who go within its walls, A visit jan ( while during the same period,
lo the old building will make one's tite losses paid were $81,9811.1'.!', or
putronlsm swell with pride that lie is a|J0,u 1)t.r cent ()f the premiums,
a citizen of Texas. ' Under the state law, this showing
* ' entitles the city to the reduction ask-
Sau Antonio has made many Ini- e,| The losses from fire during the
FIGHTING THE FUY.
■Mny flVee tHalf come into your ?
house mty Have ' fcd'mij straight I
from person who i*' >ck with i |
Mini ''contagious' 'diseast and t
iiassibly cause the death of your- !
lelf or soma), member of your t
family. Kill qy«ry fly you tee in j
your house. Get ft. screen .door. I I
You can better afford, to pay $2 ?
or $3 for one than tp get ick !:
an'd lay iff for a month.
Kerip all food covered up. Boil f
atl the watir yod drink. Keep •
"four privies screened. ^
LIFE
proveifienls during the. past seven
years. Seven yearij ago the writer
was !n the city for one day, and on
Ills trlij last week he found that a
wonderful chimn^ .taken plow.
TJie streets are*\fn b Tfur condition.
tl|e bminess houses are' fnore up-to
three years averaged about $-11,000
a year, or less than 2,500 a month,
which is considered an excellent
(mowing."
This dispatch being true Childress
could secure a reduction in rates
If the matter was presented to the
date, while* the residence portion of prorpeir authorities. There has be^u
lie city Is by far, aheifd of that time.
,The4city Is growing in response to
the general Improvement In South-
west Texas. Sail. .\i|tonlo is the na-
tural outlet for tlft> pei>iil<* of South-
west Texas, and ns that section ,of
the state grows so will San Antonio
grow and prosper.
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San Antonio gets her w^iIfrom,
numerous artesian wells, the water
never seeing the llglit of day until
drawn from the pipes by the user.
The water has a pleasant taste and is
as clear as a crystal
near the head of the
producing as much water as a few
years ago. The reason advanced is
that the large number of wells put
down by private concerns over /the
no loss of any amount in Childress
during the past throu years, and for
the past year the loss has been very
small, the largentjiJimount being the
partial burning of nit honie of .1 11.
Aynesworth. The',rates in Childress "
were increased very largely a few
months ago. l'"or instance, this of- j
flee paid $1.47 i>er hundred a little
more than "n year ago, but upon the
renewal of the policy a srot time j
ago the rate was advanced to $2..10,
which is almost proWBftlvo. The t
building thus assessed is in the cen-
care !
FLY
,By GLAQ.XS 6-NORTON, g d eleven
of State street school, Topeka.
"Won't you come Into my parlor?"
say.s t be spider ttf the tly. "N6!" sa.vs
the tly to the spider;'"! will'fojitijj you
all kinds'of diseases, such as*typhoid
fever and tuberculosis." "Well, I'll
take the risk," says the spider. "No;
I'll uot come(ln, but If you will listen
I will tell you my history, anil then 1
sin sure you'll not waul me," replied
'the fly.
"Well, my mother to|d met big much.
She said 1 came out of a ..little ,eSS
laid with many others in n inanuii* pile.
When I w^its hatched I didn't ,have nuy
legs or wings and was called Ajunggot
by our Worst enemies, men. I. stayed
'in that form for Ave days Then 1 bad
a thick brown coat and went into a
The springs tt,p of y1€ [,iock and particular
river are not |s taken to gaurd against fire.
Other business houses Were treat-
ed in the same manner, the rates be-
ing increased until at this time they
arc as high or higher than when the
clt" have tapped the supply. ,.
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Good rains have fallen around Sati
Antonio and the farming is well ad-
vanced, wlih the yxceptlon of cottqn.
The 'dotton down there Is Just being
chopped out and Is not large enough
•for plowing. The amount of land
■devoted to farming is much greater
.i|uin heretofore.
It was re ported Monday that <iill-
d^'ess was to have another street
carnival next week. One a season
1's enough, if you please.
The city lake received• about • five
luches of water Monday night, which
]s about one month's supply.
state law creating an insurance board
went Into effect. The city council
should take up this matter, secure a
visit from some member of the state j
board and demand a reduction. Other j
cities have been successful in the :
matter and there is every reason to
believe that Childress would meet
with similar results.
It Is surely coming. WHAT? The
Parcel Host Package Sale. WHEN? j
Thursday, .lune S>tIi. WHI5RI0? Head |
your hotue paper next week.
Say where did you get that liig 1
Kat Matress, At the 1IOMK KUH-
Nti'UitK COMPANY.
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Doubly Glad is the Man Who Smokes
Glad to smoke this pure old Virginia and
North Carolina bright leaf—with its natural
tobacco taste. Aged and stemmed and then
granulated. Tucks quickly ill the pipe—rolls
easily into a cigarette.
With each sack a book of cigarette papers
FREE.
And smokers arc glad to get the free pres-
ent coupons enclosed in each .5c sack. These
coupons arc good for a great variety ot pleasing
articles — cameras, talking machines, halls,
skates, safely razors, china, furniture, toilet
articles, etc. Many things that will delight
old or voung,
A. " sppcial offer, during April and May
only, two will send our neu> illustrated
catalog of these presents
FREE. Just srnit u*
your name and address
on a postal. In every
ssek of l.iggrtt <V Myers
Duke's Mixture is one
and a half ounce* of
splendid tobacco and •
tree present coupon.
(%0U0ons from />**/'* Mi t tu**
yt'th tjfi from HORSE
SHOE. J.T..T1NSL£Y'S NATURAL
LEAF. GRANGER TWIJT.i^f...
FOURROSF-S /'i I in ,/«>•> . «
MCK Pt.UG CUT. TIED
MONT CIGARETTT^. CUX CIGA-
RETTtS. anj mthf l*g 1 or
111M b "J.
•*I WAS CAr.T.KD i MtOOOT."
sleeping stage which was called •
pupa. Wheu I shed that I was like (
am now. a full fledged tly.
"You. have often wondered why 1 did
not get In your web or get caught by
you. Did you kuow I bad many eyes
that sre put together to make one?
With these I can see on all sides, and
so 1 am very hard to catch.
."My worst enemies are you and your
family, some beetles and a 11 Li Ju red
dish uilte
"I always lay my eggs iu manure or
other filth.- The people are screening
Jt and burning It and burying It. They
try to kill us by carbolic acid and
sticky Hy paper, where so many of
my friends have endeil their days.
"People have some stufT, too, that
they put in water and put In their
.bedrooms. 'J'hey call It. formalin, but
I keep away from it. as it is sure
death.
"The worst trouble I have is wh< re
the people screen their bouses and
keep their yards clean so we can't get
an.vthlng to eat.
"Our worst ilatigor Is not the carbolic
acMl or tl.v paper and such things,
though, for after we are once hatched
they can never kill us all olT. but if
(hey start out to destroy our breeding
places—the manure pile and other tilth
—we Will sOo'n l>e gone from the i arth.
I hope men will never find that out.
but I ft*nr ftiey will some day."
Index Want Ads. bring results.
Index Want Adv. bring results.
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Hi t .1. ftl .
Premium Dept.
St. I.outa.
Now
is
the
Time
th have your
buggy repaired
and painted.
We do the work
right and the
price is always
satisfactory.
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We also paint autos
Powell & Kirkbride
North Main Street
v 1
Summer Suits
< 11
CjNo store can show you better clothing
values than ours. We bought these Suits
. ..right. They are all wool and made tip by
Amerida's best tailors. Come try on a Suit
■ and you will buy it.
Men's Clothing
Boy's. Knickerbockers
$2.50 TO $7.50
Our dry goods department is
We can please you in anything
complete,
you want.
PRICES THE LOWEST
HENRY LESLIE
Masonic Temple
Childress. Texas
Hp to about a year ago the serial
numbers pf the tickets at the Den-
ver station here showed that for years
tlie travel from Kstelline to Childress
and front I'-ttelline to .Memphis 'was
about equal; last May the difference
wai! less than twenty, to-day, these
numbers indicate a gain of nearly on.
thousand in favor of Memphis. What
has caused the change? It can not
l>v said tlint Memphis has '-been rela-
tively more prosperous, because a
census report upon cotton produc-
tion sliows that Childress lias made
n conslile'rable gain while Hall has
sustained some loss over previous
years. I'robably there are a number
of reasons; but chief among them is
undoubtedly, the fact that Memphis
has made herself one ol' the cleanest
and most beautiful towns in Texas.
She has made herself a most deslr
field while the Memphis merchants I
have redoubled theirs by using more
space it pays tu advertise! Kstel-
line News.
There is some talk of reorganizing i
the Childress Commercial Club. It j
should be done, and at. once. There
are several things that should be look
ed after by Childless, but so long as
there is 110 official organization to |
carry on the Work 'nothing; can or wil
be done. Children Index.
That is just the situation in every
town not having iin organization. No
town can afford to be without a com !
menial club, board-of-trude, or organ-
ization whose business Is to take
cognizance of all matters pertaining
to well-fare of the town. Childress
lias lost prestuge by allowing her con
inertia 1 club to die and Kstelline has
able place to visit anil through an ! missed hundreds of opportunities that
active commercial organization, well would have been available, by not
supplied with funds litis let that ; having an organization t lilldress has
fact be known. Another matter that !•«•' error and is reorganizing;
perhaps, has not been the least lac Kstelline, and other nearby towns,
tor In making the result indicated, is; should organize and all should form
the fact that up to about a year ago 1 a federation and work together for
the business firms in the two towns the up-building of thiis section the
were about equally represented in tin | eitectiveness of till conld be doubled
columns yf the News but since that ! by this method.- Kstelline News.
time the Childress firms have large- 1 1 *'
ly withdrawn their efforts in this j Index Want Ads. bring results.
YOU WON'T FIND IT
if you are looking for dirt in ouri
coal. If you do it won't lie our
fault, for we have screened it sol
that it should be shining and clean
ns black diamonds. We aim to
send you coal that contains no for-
eign matter, but hifjli yrade Inmost
of carbon that will sjive you the heat j
and satisfaction you are looking for j
when ordered at
Two flie in the manure pit now mean
million in your home next Auguat.
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my life! All who suffer
from womanly trouble
should give Cardui a trial."
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Haskett, L. E. The Childress Index (Childress, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 27, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 21, 1913, newspaper, May 21, 1913; Childress, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth233538/m1/6/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.