Eagle Pass Guide. (Eagle Pass, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 27, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 3, 1894 Page: 7 of 8
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W.A. FLETCHER, Pres.
GUY H. MALLAM, Secy.
J. F. KIETH Treasurer.
S. A. LONG, Vice-Pres.,
Authorized Capital, $1,000,000. Paid up Capital, $710,000.
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CABLE ADDRESS,
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AKD
ANNUAL CAPACITY:
Saw Mills 50,000,000 Feet.
Plaining Mills 45,000,000 feet
umber Co
MANUFACTURERS OF
Long Leaf Yellow Pine Lumber,
Lumber Exported via Sabine Pass.
Railroad and Mining Timbers a Specialty.
Correspondence addressed to
SAM PARK, Glen. Agent.
Apartado 69, Monterey, Nuevo Leon.
'Will receive Prompt Attention.
F. W. HOLBROOK
Keeps all standard makes of
SHOTGUNS, CARBINES,
Rifles and Pistols
L. DE BONA,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
P. O. Box No. 5.
-AND-
Telephone No.42.
IEAlO-XiIS PASS TEXAS
P. GROOS & Co.
BANKERS,
San Antonio........................Texas.
-Dealers in Foreign and Domestic Exchange.
MIEROW & RIEBE,
DEALERS IN
Italian and American Marble
Wrought Iron Fences.
Prices Reasonable.
Near Alamo Plaza, San Antonio, Texas.
MARLIN***
J^RIFLES
Made in all styles and sizes. Lightest,
I strongest, easiest working, safest, simplest,
I most accurate, most compact, and most
| modern. For sale by all dealers in arms. |
Catalogues mailed free by
The Marlin Fire Arms Co.,
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Produce and Commission Merchant.
EAGLE PASS, - - TEXAS.
Will Give PERSONAL Attention to Orders from Mexico, which are
ESPECIALLY SOLICITED.
A. J. LADNER & BROS,
DEALERS IN
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A. PANCOAST & SON,
bfvduJJ ! >HfH H in snL i Hii
Merchant Tailors.
And Dealers in Ready-Made Clothing.
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Gents’Furnishing Goods. '
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Hats, Caps, Fine Shoes, Ltc.
Commerce Street.
SAN ANTONIO
TEXAS
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Stoves, Hardware, Tinware
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HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS,
EAGLE PASS,..................................................................TEXAS
Coffee Lands for Settlers.
It is stated that the governor
of Oaxaca is endeavoring to set
apart for the cultivation of coffee,
without encroachment on pri-
vate property, about thirty
thousand acres of land. It is to
be presumed that this land be-
longs to the government at that
it may be purchased at the regular
tariff price. If this is the case,
the governor ot Oaxaco has it
within his power to render the
whole country a. very valuable
service, by establishing the pre-
cedent of each state finding and
surveying all the public lands
within its limits. It is known
that there are public lands in all
the states and although the lo-
cation of these lands may be
known in an indefinite way,
their exact extent and bounda-
ries are not known. If the gov-
ernor of Oaxaca will have all the
lands of his state surveyed, he
will doubtless find many which
are not covered by existing titles,
and which are therefore public
property, subject to purchase by
private individuals at regular
tariff price. If these lands are
surveyed into small holdings of
from one hundred to two hun-
dred acres and only sold to actu-
al settlers, they will immediately
purchased by Mexicans or for-
eigners. In this way the popu-
lation and the production of the
state will be rapidly and materi-
ally augmented. The suggestion
made as to Oaxaca is equally ap-
plicable to all the states; all of
them contain public lands, which
are fertile and could be made
productive; all of them are
sparsely populated and are need-
ing immigrants: and the resourc-
es of all are susceptible of large
development. So that as the
people of Europe learn that there
may be had in Mexico good lands
at a moderate price a movement
of industrious, thrifty people
toward this country will com-
mence; a movement of people
sufficiently able to pay their way
and to purchase the lands they
may require without assistance
and it is exactly this class of
people that Mexico should en-
deavor to attract. Assisted im-
migrants are the least desirable
and the most difficult and expen-
sive to procure. It is earnestly
to be hoped that the governor of
Oaxaca will persevere in his pur-
pose of setting aside lands for
the cultivation of coffee, but to
make this work as effective as
possible, he should have the
lands divided into tracts of a
size suitable to actual settlers
and see that they do not get into
the possession of speculators.—
Two Republics.
Adolph Fessmann,
'>Qmmn$8rw i,t i [ioji'I Iijiooq^
i 8-hsIIoQ n<v.mdBuilder.
Estimates furnished on all kinds of buildings.
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dp any work. The accompanying fig- Weight 245 lbs 195 lbs 50 lbs
es show thd result of*3 months* treat* Bust*.;., 48 in. 37 in. 11 in.
2nt. I now feel like anew being. Ills Waist...i40 in. 29 in. 11 in.
ment. I now feel like a new being. Ills I Waist...; 40 in. 1U. m.
Harmless. No Starving. Send 6 cents in stamDs for particulars to
OB* 0. W. F. SNYDER. H’VICKER’S THEATER. CHICAGO. ILL.
Lawn Tennis.
Athletic Goods
BAINBRIDGE & CORNER.
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BOOKSELLERS, •
STATIONERS, And
' ENGRAVERS.
ESTABLISHED 1885. i V
Sole agents for Wright and DitsoX’s
I. itm in dlnom >5 OB? •> ?>-»:*
,!, AtliletjgGoo.ds. The best. made.
Send for Catalogue.
Opera House Suilding, Alamo Plaza
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
The New Army Rifle.
The most important event of
the year to the army will be the
equipment of an infantry regi-
ment about March 1 next with
the new 30-caliber Krag-Jorgen-
son magazine rifle. A report re-
ceived from the commandant of
the Springfield Armory a few
days ago states that the armory
is now prepared to assemble
new guns in large numbers. The
first half dozen guns were com-
pletely finished and assembled
last week, and the commandant
anticipates that by the end of
the month a sufficient number
will have been turned out to
equip an entire regiment.
This was news > to the army
authorities, for, in view of the
many obstacles constantly aris-
ing, it had been feafed that' none
of these guns would be available
for the troops in time for this
season’s target practice; but the
encouraging news from the com-
mandant has stirred the author-
ities to new activity in the pre-
parations for equipping at least
a portion of the troops with the
new rifle during the present
fiscal year.
For the first month or two the
department hardly expects an
output of more than a thousand
or so per month, but after the
machinists have become familiar
with the new work it is thought
there will be no more difficulty
in the manufacture of the new
gun than there was in making
the Springfield. The capacity of
the armory was about 4000 of
the old guns per month, and it
is expected that the new rifles
will soon be turned out at that
rate. Anyhow, the authorities
confidently expect to turn out a
sufficient number of guns during
the present \rear to equip the
entire army by January 1 next,
and that then they can begin to
supply the militia.
There is a lively competition
among the regiments for the
honor of securing the first lot of
arms available. No decision has
yet been reached on this point.
The authorities are now discus-
sing the matter, and will prob-
ably select the regiment which
has the best record for target
practice.
Not only have the ordinance
authorities prepared for the issue
of the first lot of new arms on
March 1 next, but they have
also arranged to supply simul-
taneously therewith a quantity
ot cartridges therefor, loaded
with a new American smokeless
powder. A contract has been
made with two different firms
for 5000 pounds each of the
smokeless variety. The first
delivery under these contracts
has been made, and workmen
are now engaged at the Frank-
fort Arsenal in loading car-
tridges with this powder, which
came from the California powder
works. The manufacturer of
the Leonard powder, who has
one of the contracts, expects to
make his first deliverv during
the coming week. Both of these
brands have given results equal,
if not superior, to the best for-
eign powder. The department
is not entirely satisfied as to the
keeping qualities of these two
brands of powder, and for that
reason will not make large con-
tracts until sufficient time has
elapsed to determine this point.
In all other respects these pow-
ders have complied with all the
military requirements.—Wash-
ington Cor. New York Herald.
Salvation by Work.
Gen. Pedro Rincon Gallardo,
governor of the Federal District,
made his usual visit to the Belem
penitentiary this week. He has
taken a deep interest in that
institution since the destinies of
the Federal District have been
confided to his care and some
reformatory measure is always
effected after leaving the prison.
While in the prison yard he
ordered those serving terms
ranging from three years up-
wards to form in line as he
wished to address them. In
clear and energetic terms he said
that in che future prisoners re-
lapsing into error within the
prison walls would be deported
to Yucatan, a banishment which
is greatly dreaded as the climate
there is deadly in its effects on
persons from higher altitudes.
He, moreover, proposed to
them that the government
would commute the terms of im-
prisonment of the inmates who
would agree to work on the
Isthmus of Tehuantepec the re-
muneration per capita to be $1
per diem. Sixty-five at once
accepted the offer, and will be
sent under a sfcrong guard to
assist in hurrying forward the
completion of the Isthmian rail-
way.—Two Republics.
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Eagle Pass Guide. (Eagle Pass, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 27, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 3, 1894, newspaper, March 3, 1894; Eagle Pass, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1106057/m1/7/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.