Halletsville Herald. (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, August 19, 1910 Page: 4 of 8
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LAVACA COUNTY, TEXAS.
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tieulam about; second-band ears
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; 'difions and futui*o possibilities \
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Payable in Advance.
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Hallettsville, Texas, Friday, August 19, 1910.
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UTILITY OF THE MOTOR this desirable tourist population
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VEHICLE TO THE
FARMER.
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How Good Roads and tferi
Automobile will Make Farm
life More Attractive and
Profitable.
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(Written espeoaiiy fat N»rioc»! Grange and TV Herald.)
will be mo§t attracted where the
roads are good. The recently is-
sued report .of 1 the .Highway
Board of .the State' of, Maine
says: -^lii«re3a
a>a.y&. i' l.uere js a gwwing aeiut- . . , v" ; ,
iri.ent. in many sections of the ^ the genera
mK1‘J Vhl) ^?nl 6; J.84ej;from Gonzales, Victoria, Jackson. Fayeti^ and Colwado-
V>; °TUi0:5;, *Nal,ied fwi',L:yacanvei» Organized July 13, 1846. Area, 992 square
miles. County seat, Uallettsyille. Other principal, towns, Moulton, Shiner and
?-V^- H<'nle' Sublime- Population of ctninty in 1909, 28,121; population in 1909.
■' > 1 ■j7,405; mprease, 9,284.. . ; ' ■ • -• ' ~
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v of the second of tier coun-
Lavaca and .Naviclad rivers, and RocLT! M^ta^S^rkt0 Sv
i they : want pood rpa,l3 t{iey!a ( furnish an ample water supply for all purposes. ' :. •.
jan. have them 'for ;Jthe asking. . f^ * 1froin sfetdy to a;Ti(^;Hack^^ ^ latter be-
ibis seems:a hig statement; Let ^are . engaged in farming and stock
us looK' into. jt. ; •; , vaismg', both the ehnaate a^ soil being suitable to these empfoyments.
,: The timbeivajon^^ is -Cottonwood^ elm and aind: hackberrv * and on the
post and blkckjlck oaks, arid hickory. There are a^ number of^wmiUsb Se
4 United States soil survey of the county nuwSe in 1905 bv Messn
Mooney, Bennett, Strahca-n and Belden, contains the following, amongst other interest
.. There is;a • general agreement
among all who have given: any
thought trf the \subject ’that - tho
farmers are. - entitied to good
roads, hot oniy because they heed
state that the future develop-
metti of oU^ tourist and .summer
resort business depends largely
upon the! development of - our
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VWmm wpeoaify tor Uiange arid It* MerakLl . - - . * T .
. (Ca.tm.Kd mrnLut Week.) "• W6® of tnqik line highways.”
The effect of such a movement; have seen that as. a basis
on farm values it is hardly peees-1 co-operation of the fann-
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saary to point out. Indeed, in no
less than three . ways will the
general introduction of the motp^
car in the rursd districts tend di-
rectly to make farm lands more
valuable. In the first place* it
makes land pbyapally accessible
fdr the production 6f fruits, veg-
etables and other produce of a
perishable nature, which was
previously restricted to raising
• such staples' as wheat and corn.
This ie clearly illustrated in the
accompanying illustration of the
three cultivation zones. In the
prosperity: of, the c^htry^ and
especially the maintenance of a
healthy, balance betweii the city
and the rural populations^ re-
quires them.,' In other words; it
is conceded that id the matter of
road improvement the farmer
:,r f;.... . Has a; valid claim for ^sistanee
ers fqr their mutual .pi^t^tipn ^in securing better roads.
it has been argued that since
the class who will | derive the
most immediate benefit frwn the
improvement of our rurahhigh
ways; are the people who five
along them, it is the farmers
on whom the expense of improve-
ment should principally' fall,
This is the doctrine that the cost
of road improvement shcmld be
i: of the
good roads are a ■» national neces-
sity ,y This is the view of a Kan
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. ’‘Nearly every business of any
importance is under some form
of organization.; ? Even the boot-:
black can tell you the price of a
shine. But the farmer must go
to the buyer and % sk what he is.
willing to pay. ; As automobiles
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become more numerous farmers
will discover that they lhave been
a charge, oh the owhers
abutting property. While this
principle was the ope under
which the roads were originally
JlKdnd place, the price of land neglecting their duty along the] constructed; it has been abah-
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doned in every civilized country.
It is fair to ; say that the degree
of perfection of the road system
of; kny country is measured by
the extent to which the principle
of assessing the cost oh abutting
land owhers has been abandoned.
In this country the theory that
impfoved roads should be ckm-
striicted at the expense of the
Qwneih : of the land | through
Which: they rUn is rapidly giving
place to the broader view that
the. appropriations for road im-
provement , should be met out of
the funds: raised by general tax-
ation^ In the republican nh:
tional platform of 1908 We find
this statement: 4 :4- 4:.
4 *‘We recognize the social and
economic; advantage; of good
country roads maintained more
largely at the. public expense arid
lessand less at the expense of tjie
ajhitting property qwner “
Taking Live Stock to Market, in a Motor Car. Crate Can be re^ ;
placed by Seats for Passengers.
depends On access more than onlines of orgarization, and will, I . . ..............
any other factor, apd by making: believe, in a few; years, get in a ^b^tting property qwner.
the farms accessible and there- position to protect themselves in4 The democratic national plat
fore more attractive, the motor time of need, ; :
car will increase their value. In There is a mistaken impression
the third place, and this refers in many quarters that the pres-
to the; automobile in general, and lent sale of; automobiles is princi-
not to the farm automobile inypalty among the wealthy; This, , , ,.
particular, motoring, by making i is not so. JThe majority of sales Assuming the acceptance of
wcjaTthy people familiar with the are to people of moderate means, .ftbe principle that the money for
beauties r>f. the country; induces This fact refutes the idea that rbad improvement must be pro-
“■ ;gferieral taxation, there remains
the question; From what Source
shall these funds be secured?
form declared that:
fgyor federal.did to4state*
Ideal authorities, in the construc-
tion. and maintenance, of- post
roads’ *
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ing matter.. : . .. , ,
, 'In 1832 a few families from Missouri settled in%hat is now Lavaca count". They were soon
^eTculf sK fa.m,!ies/rom the sa^e State- *ls0 from oth<!i- parts T>f Texas, and later
1 , .'These early settlerslocatal along the streams and on the border of the treeless prairie and
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ssrsasssrsis onss;
^ immi^atI<® P?atJy, mcroased, and tworthirds of the county^s present population has its origan in
amuponthe prairie z*ve their attention to calSSting
f stock raising.
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r•'y“ ”^ py wmc cAicm, uuui; me iirst,,an.a soon Decame a staple crop. \ *
There, seems to be dl present a manifest tendency toward a diversification of crops. - ~ * ^
t • i J116 Ln^m sandy loam is unquostionably well adapted to truck crops. The past season
■ 1S ,suPceeded very W©U and proved, quite profitable. The average yield was betweem
i^umUjrof truck ^wers^as^iatt^ 1^ been organ-
roanAhttKH
rapwiiipy
ized in the county. - * J & The truck crops are shipped mainly to St Louis and Chkamx
buyeiji however, are Coming to this section of Texas arid the growers are relieved of the
lty of shipping. ^ -a:-.'*;- -v
j. .. . Poultry and,eggs are iraportant local products and fhe shipments are steadily increasmir ad-
ding considerable to thq fatm mebme; . . ... ,Of the small frufts, strawberries succeed best * "
Sugar cane is grown in the bottoms, and some syrup is ri^de. . . ; -
\ Pbcan ifee is.a n pa^ Qf TgX^s The tj^e8 ^ a
.quantity of pecans is ^obtained., Thesre are all shipped to outside markets, where good *’
ceived. . . , , re
. '‘Lavaca CoUnty ,M in agricultural Wealth: . . holds a prominent place among the
counties of this section of the State.,,. ^ •
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m the southern^^prairie^ portion suitable for rice culture, and this is awaiting development
PrPamfiriPS at HnllfittOVTllo ?»nH RKinia*. Qnri rialtalAnmhn^ nf 1L, j------S'- 1 - < : ... ■ ■- «
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htonio & Aransas Pass
wst; vaiue,
wvwius, fwiv.ww. aiia runs ior Railroads, 60.40
value, $629^ vahie rolling stock, $72,189; intangible assets, $7^,490. Telegraph lines,
miles; value, $34,125. Railroad in the couBty is the »ari Antonio “ * ~
them to become residents in the; the automobile is tori _____
rurai districts, at any:rate during . for general farm use. The rap-
the summer montbsrf IVcPnverte} idly improving methods of man-
the city tourist into a perm a- ufactnre are tending to a point sball lilese funds-, be secured?;
nent asset df country life. . This, r when differences of ^pricE' • will: .^^tmri';atatos,
of course, means a better local [merejly represent different de- fbe Nortbeast, haye : already j
market for farm produce and aigrees of power and equipment.; made large appropriations for.
growing demand for rural prop- Theo^hera! vtiti;I'tbW prirtkise,i,but tbeto' kre? kriU t. t
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In a .measure, one could say
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i Loading Truck in jCar-Ioad Lots at HalletUville in Spring
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Letters from Messrs. Timm and Kloppen burg.
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The general standard among rep41 this purpose, but tfiere are>sriU|,r; ' •
to^bk nm^rs ishoWSo^ighdrid^ ^strites Whiqh i ^ I... MU|M > >
the efficiency of their plants so . make no provision for; aiding •';•• Dear AvitJ giv^vou an item of-what cin be raised on our sandV Iknda snnfh nf Tramr tin, i-
A nd it goes without ' saying that 1 years; ; The' farmers are finding be brought toy realize the greaf: ^ to 1 *irmer' When Meed if-he would sell his land, he skid “no,’• :*uim
: ;■■■■ C henemthat; Witt re&tilT■ffom the tiuhhme, Texa^JuTe »,e)m -Dear^ir^rwitlwrite you about tile condition of the eountr, lying alon. Uk N»vi ■
*? adoption of rttorp hher»l nnlteies: nv^, fmme^iatelv aldn? the banks of the w#» fty a riwn hi*rk iH«ri.ronii u*. “:i Ln*.^.,a? wmX?
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system of improved roads. But Ba«k of this tottom larid we knd the great scope of common up-laxidCovered with timber. Ft is a sandv soil with.
' the resources of many nf thet^ Ciar SUb fpi' following rotation will produce splendid results and can be continued indefinitely, without commercial-
rne resources OI many Ot tpe f fertilizer: 1st year, corn, with cpw peas planted after the corn is laid fey; 2d year, cow peas planted
fttftl/iR nrp not pminl to rimwitliAor: Cdw peas lh the fall: kd vear enttnn TLia'»m.lanH oannot iu> ^ 0_j ’ followed by
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A Motor Wagon used to deliver ^ Milk from Farm of Logan
Waller Page, Director U.S. Office of Public Roads.
and maintain proper road sys- : ------... KLOPPENBURG.
j terns, and it is for this reason sources from which the states For many years the farmers of the United States for the
that the farrriers are urging, the | can secure additional revenues, ; this, country have been paying [years ending with 1906, show
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adoption of the policy of federal j it; would seem clear that there is j taxes for Jiarbor improvements,
,aid for road improverrient. With, an obligation on the part of the J fortifications, the deepening hf
. Congress invading the taxing national government to devote a
sphere of the states, by impos- part of the amounts raised by
ing taxes on corporations, and these taxes to aiding in the im-
preparing to tax incomes and in- ^—----- -^ ’■* ’
heritances, - practically the only
"provement of our. public high-
ways.
waterways and likeexpenditureg,
from which they have derived
no direct benefits; To quote the
Master of the National Grange:
“Statistics of the exports from
that nearly 60 per oent of the ex-
ports during that period were Pro-
ducts of our farms. Yet for the
benefit of the industry product
isig these enormous values there
was expended during toe a
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Halletsville Herald. (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, August 19, 1910, newspaper, August 19, 1910; Hallettsville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1016137/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Friench Simpson Memorial Library.