Eagle Pass News-Guide. (Eagle Pass, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 31, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 19, 1910 Page: 6 of 10
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EAGLE PASS NEWS-GUIDE
Consolidation of Rio Grande News
and Eagle Pass Guide.
Entered as second-class matter January 10,1809.
at the poat office at Eagle Pass,'Texas, under
Act of March 3,18711.
Published Every Saturday in the Red
Brick Front Opposite Court House
JOS, O. BOEHMER, Mgr. and Editor
SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 per Year
Saturday, Feb. 19, 1910
Anyway Eagle Pass is about
to land a steam laundry.
Col. Cecil Lyon is out with his
bi-ennial prediction that the Re-
publicans will carry the State
this year.
In the agricultural schools of
Mexico City, students are taught
to make wine. In this country
they are taught not to make it.
Senator Real, the Republican
State Senator from the San An-
tonio district, says that the prin-
cipal issue of the campaign this
year will be prohibition.
For the first time in the history
of the country, Mexico proposes
to educate her soldiers. Schools
will be establishrd and the sol-
diers of Mexico taught the three
Rs—reading, riting and rithme-
tic—instead of the' three Bs—
bed, board and booze.
Eagle Pass is right up to the
minute on the onion raising pro-
position. Onions raised on the
irrigation farms near Eagle Pass
this season are now on the local
market and some have been
A first class hotel would -be
worth more to Eagle Pass than
other one institution—with the
possible exception of a business
college. A well appointed,
thoroughly up-to-now hotel is
needed here more than anything
else, and is within Eagle Pass’
reach. It is a well known fact
that such hotels are great fac-
tors in the upbuilding of cities,
and that in cities where such
hotels are located all the other
smaller hotels do a better busi-
ness. We have many things to
offer patrons of first class hotels.
Our climate is superior to that
of San Antonio, and being sit-
uated on the Mexican border
could have many tourists
shipped. The price is
too.
‘way up,
we
here every season that now must
stop in San Antonio. Such peo-
ple are accustomed to first class
accommodations and they ex-
pect to pay for them. Again, a
great deal of patronage would
come from Mexico. Alsothedrum-
mers who now make it a point
to get away from this territory
would be glad to arrange their
intinerary so they could put in
Saturday night and Sunday on
the Mexican Border. With our
better school facilities, a good
hotel would draw more patron-
age from Mexico for our schools
as well as to itself, There are
so many reasons why Eagle Pass
should have a first class hotel,
and so few, if any, why it
would not be a good proposition
for our citizens to take hold of
push through, that it should be
an easy matter to bring to a suc-
cessful conclusion. It is believed
that many local citizens would
subscribe liberally to stock in
such a proposition.
LOCATING BIG
MORMON COLON
Y PROGRAM
It is reported that Orange
j needs deeper water and shallow
We should make a united ef- er whiskey and less cows on the
fort to get.a business collegers- stweta. Why don’t they feed
tablished m Eagle Pass. The Uhe cows? It is hungry cows
Republic of Mexico alone, would Lnly that hang around the
make such an institution a pay- streets.—Beaumont Journal,
mg proposition. The old school Now really we hadn’t thought
building would be a good place 0f that. Here’s a solution to the
begin in. ^ ^__ problem. Let the city council
Eagle Pass’ public library is|ma^e an aPPrpPriation for the
at the disposal of the public. I PurPose buying feed for the
No cost. Get a book and read it. Icows* hie-n ^ won ^ be necessary
Also the public is reminded of ^ass a s^oc^ ordinance, nor to
the fact that there is plenty of emPi°y an empounding officer,
room in the library for more nor ma^e anybody mad, nor
books, and that books are always ^°. arouse sympathy for the
acceptable. widows who depend upon their
-—--— cows for a living—and every-
Qn next Friday and Saturday thing would be peaceful and
the live wires of West and South- serene along the banks of the
west Texas will be the guests of historic Sabine. -Orange Leader.
Eagle Pass. Eagle Pass is pre- Good scheme, but the historic
paring to do herself proud then. Rio Grande is also entitled to
Let’s all help in making it pleas- some peace and serenity and we
ant for the visitors and creating respectfully refer the above so-
a good impression for Eagle lution of the town cow problem
Pass. to the city commission of Eagle
Dr. Fredrick Cook who didn’t ^ass*
discover the North pole, arrived
Thirty-Five Thousand Acres of
Land Near Eagle Pass Will Be
Occupied By Mormons.
The biggest Mormon colony on
the American continent, with
the possible exception of that in
Utah, is to be established on the
Mexican border, on that large
tract of land belonging to Gen-
eral Trevino, lying between C.
P. Diaz, Mexico, opposite Eagle
Pass, and Las Yacas, opposite
Del Rio.
Dr. C. C. Young, the promoter,
well known to the people of this
border, who has the matter in
charge, went to Utah ard suc-
ceeded in interesting the Mor-
mons in the scheme of locating
on this splendid land. Elder
Johnson, representing the Mor-
mons, visited this section and
went over the land, and this
week concluded the arrange-
ments to locate the Mormon col-
ony. A committee of the Mor-
mons had previously inspected
the land and made a favorable
report of the project. The Mor-
mon colony now near Chihuahua,'
Mexico, will be moved to the new
location. They and all of their
goods and chattels will be taken
into the United States at El Paso
and shipped in bond to the new
location via Eagle Pass.
There are 35,000 acres in this
tract of land, subject to irriga-
tion, and doubtless the Mormons
will make the land produce as
nearly to its full capacity as
possible* It is announced that
within a year several hundred
families will be located there—
the Chihuahua colony alone num-
bers upward of 100 families.
This wholesale development of
that vast tract will mean much
to Eagle Pass, and situated as it
is, in proximity to C. P. Diaz,
and Eagle Pass with their large
business houses and excellent
banking facilities there is no
reason in the world why Eagle
Pass and C. P. Diaz should not
profit by it. It is not too late
to pull off that interurban rail-
way proposition the Eagle Pass
Industrial League and the C. P.
Diaz Chamber of Commerce had
under consideration some time
ago. In fact with this additional
reason for the existence of such
a road, it should be easier to
make a success of it.
o<
at a port in Chili this week, but I havededded to w^uTwhae™ «a
reffu|^*° be “^viewed. Cook Urf building. We want to cal,
go $5000 per night for talking, (foe attention of the commis-
and now some people expect him 3j0ners to the fact that we pro-
o talkfor nothing. Though he mjsed the Dry Farming Congress
probably knows more now than to take them riding over our
6 dld then- t ^ r brand new $30,000.00 automobile
Through the untiring efforts roa^s» if they would hold their
of Joe Boehmer of the Eagle next meeting in Eagle Pass, and
Pass News-Guide, Southwest they will be here in August.
Texas is soon to have a press as- That hustling newspaper man
sociation. The convention is to °f Uvalde and still more hustling
be held at Eagle Pass February reai estate man of Del Rio, who
25th and 26th. It is noted from were pulling- to have the next
the official program that Dr. Congress in their respective
Benjamin F. Berkeley, of this towns, are going to make us
city is slated for a talk, and ’tis make good on that promise,
needless to say Alpine will be * * •
well represented—Alpine Ava- Eagle Pass is the natural gate-
lanche. way to Mexico; Eagle Pass is
----—-— the headquarters of the Customs
We are asked to decide a district; Eagle Pass has unlimit-
bet which involves the relative La
merits of the button-behind 6 ^0aJ’ EagIe Pass has a rail“
waist and the telephone service road bridge and a wagon and
as instigators of profanity. We f°°t bridge connecting it with
must decide in favor of the tele- Mexico. What more favored place
fj“?2® as the-re VJ would any one want on which to
exhaustion victim6 b“‘d a T -heels,
Swearing at the button-behind g00d roads» too. Are we going
shirtwaist is sometimes arrested ahead as rapidly as we should?
by the individual in the -waist.— If not, why not? Are you doing
Houston Post. your part? If not, why not?
Another case of inexperience —_________________
learning from experience. The The knocker may not have en-
fellew answering the above tirely disappeared, but he seems
question knows what he is talk- to have become disgusted. He
mg about. ! is never heard in Eagle Pass.
A Bridgeport woman has ad-
vertised for a husband, and sti-
pulates that he must not smoke,
drink or stay out nights. We
fear that the limited number of
replies that will be received to
that “add” will shake the lady’s
faith in newspaper advertising.
Scranton Tribune.
That ad. should not have been
put in the paper. It should have
been posted in a cemetery. All
of that kind of men are dead.
Mr. Pfarrius of Chicago says
high prices are due to a shortage
of farm productions. Mr. Pfar-
rius is pfull of pfarina. The
pfarms pfurnish enough pfood,
but it gets into the hands of men
who never turn loose until the
ultimate consumer turns his
pockets inside out.—Houston
Post.
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West and Southwest Texas
Press and Commercial Club
Association.
Eagle Pass, February 25 and 26, 1910
Friday Afternoon.
Receiving and Registration of Delegates immediately
upon their arrival—at News-Guide Office.
Friday Evening, 8:30
Convention called to order at Mesquite Club, bv
Jos. O. Boehmer. ^
Invocation.......................................Rev. C. B. Cross
Address of Welcome on behalf of the City of Eagle
Pass.......................................Mayor F. V. Blesse
Response, on behalf of the Visitors...........................
........Hon. H. H. Kilpatrick, Ed. Marfa Few Fra
Selection of Temporary Organization.
Appointment of Committees.
Address—“The Future of Southwest Texas..............
..................Hon.J. H. Kirkpatrick, San Antonio
Saturday Morning, February 26, 9:30.
Address—“What to Do, and How to Do It”............
......F. M. Getzendaner, Ed. Uvalde Leader-News
Address—“What San Antonio is doing in the Devel-
opment of Southwest Texas.................................
John B. Carrington, Sec. San Antonio Chamber
of Commerce.
Address.—“Undeveloped Resources of the Mexican
Frontier Tributary to C. P. Diaz.................
G. M. Seguin, President Chamber of Commerce,
C. P. Diaz, Mexico.
Address.—“Agricultural Opportunities”....................
Hon. Ed. R. Kone, Commissioner of Agriculture
Saturday Afternoon, 2:30.
Address.—“Why the Homeseeker Should Come to
Southwest Texas.”...............M. M. McFarland,
President Uvalde Business Men’s Club.
Address—“Town Building”.........Dr. B. F. Berkelev,
President Alpine Commercial Club,
Address.—“Agricultural Development in Southwest
Texas”.........Bernard Brown, President Security
Land Company. Iowa, and Del Rio, Texas.
Address—“How Publicity Helps Development”........
Jos. E. Smith, Editor S. A. Light and Gazette.
Reception in Honor of the Visitors at Public Library
by Women’s Civic League.
Automobile Drive to Irrigated Farms, Coal Mines,
and C. P. Diaz, Mexico.
Saturday Evening, 8:30.
Illustrated Lecture.—Prof. H. P. Attwater, Indus-
trial Agent G. H. & S. A. Railwajq Houston.
Reports of Committees.
Election of Officers, and Selection of Next Place of
Meeting.
Short Talks. “Smoker” at Mesquite Club.
Sunday, February 27.
Inspection of the Churches. We’ll whisper the rest.
Roping contest in Diaz Sunday afternoon.
lust
Keep your horse warm,
a horse blanket at Roberts,
to the postoffice.
Fisherman Axe.
thing to take with you on
fishing trip.___Ladner.
The Wilson heater holds ft
twice as long as any other heal
is the best heater on the market
can get them at Ladner’s at $5]
$6.00.
Roberts, the saddler,
nice line of saddles and ha:
and you will be sure to find]
you want in that line there,
ri
JNO. It. SANF01
Attorney-at-Law,
Eagle Pass,
T,
yAN e. McFarland, g
Physician and Surgj
OFFICE:
Over Eagle Pass Drug Store
B. E. NOURSE
Civil Engineer 1
Surveyor j
Surveying of Farms, Ranches
Engineering of Irrigation, Bridge’s
EAGLE PASS, TEXAS
Texas Steam La nfl
San Antonio, Texas
C. Kelly, Agent
San Antonio, Texas
Calls for and Delivers your Lui
Dr. Thos. H. M«
DENTIST.!
Office over International Dry{
Company. Telephoue 118.
Eagle Pass, - Texas.
ED. F. DUM
Painting and Paper Hanj
P. O. Box 118. Phone 62.
Eegle Pass, - ---Te
g S. EASTON, M. DJ
Physician and Surgi
Office: At Lymanfa Pharmaci
Office hours every day from 9 told
and 4 to 5 P. M.,e~.ceptSundaj
Telephone No. 28.
MUELLERS
Barber Shoi
M. H. Mueller, Prop.
First class service in every partici
Hot and Cold Baths.
Favor me with your patn
A lap robe is the thing. Get
one at Roberts, the saddler, next
to the postoffice.
—-m* m -—
The Seymour Blocker unfinish-
ed building and lot for sale
cheap. J. R. Sanford. 1m
Saddles. High priced, medium
and low priced. The kind that
last. Roberts, next to post-
office.
The fishing season is now on.
Fishing tackle of all styles, sizes
and prices at Ladner’s.
AL. A. SWITZER
Wholesale and Retail
GROCERIES
Grain and Feed Stuffs. Pioneer Mills Flours. Fruits.
Particular Care in Prompt Dslivery to Family fade, Phono 66
STAPLE and
FANCY
age.
l F> V’ Blbsse’ Pres- Wm- Bolus, Vice Pres. E. H. Schmidt, Cash. <
directors-
i P- V- “eBSe> „ „Wl'- Horn* A. H. Evans, W. M. Hausser, Sr. I
| Rocco DeBona, A. Toziewitz, E. H. Schmidt. N
I u. s. |
S------
Edward Buckley I
HIDE, SKIN and
WOOL BUYERS
Office near S. P. Stock Pern,
Eagle Pass.................................Ti
Barber Shoi
Emeterio Guajardo, Prop.
Main Street, between DeBona’!
Kranthor’s Stores.
FIRST CLASS SERVK
A Trial Solicited
fU'-SiP* laurel
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KENTUCKY
WfllSIiE!
0o?d medal* wei*
also awarded M
New Orleans ISSa
and Wcridis Fair
Chicago U193.
PAINTING, PAPERHANGING, &
DECORATING.
No job too small to figure on. First
class labor and material furnished at
reasonable prices. Ring ’Phone II,
| Cepitai and Surplus -
W. w. TAYLOR.
- - $160,000.00
1 8el1 exchange on all parts of the United Stats and Mexico We g
I aIso draw direct on London, Paris, Hamburg, Berlin, Hongkong, fokohoma I
I Mexican Dollars Bought and sold. |
| Special facilities for eollectoins in all parts of Mexico,
ft Fireproof safety deposit boxes free to our customers *
tasr.
GOAL AND WOK
j GOAL
11 Cord Wood, 0
11 Sawed Wood, 7M
1 Best screened
lump coal, 5.5®
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