The Cuero Daily Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 65, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 18, 1919 Page: 1 of 8
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DAILY
VOL 50 N# 65
FIFTY CENTS A MONTH
CUERO, DeWITT COUNTJ, TEXAS, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 18. 1919
An OFT-REPEATED REMARK.
* It is not uncommon to bear a person
exclaim: “I can never tell where my
^ money goes.”
The result of haphazard method—
amd,absolutely unnecessary.
The simple solution is a checking
Account in this Institution by means
of .which the individual is able to
accurately account for every dollar ex-
pended—and knows at all times his
r exact financial balance.
APPROPRIATED $200,000 FOR FIRST YEAR
CONSTRUCTION ADDITIONAL AID TO
FOLLOW.
THE FIRST STATE BANK &
TRUST COMPANY
Cuero, Texas.
Special to the Record. we ~ _s: zz zur snare. It *s not tnej
Austin, Texas, M&ivk 1?. p„-pose cf t-e goverr.fnert *rd the;
Both Cuero-Kenedy anu Cue- 3 V.re to re a,those who will not beip
ro-Beeville designations gTant- t-isrr.seives and m order to receive j
„ed. Commission appropriated tn p a:d we must out the big county-i
two hundred thousand dollars Wide bond issue through.
for first year’s construction. Ad- j It means ^ s and governmcM
ditional aid will be granted as, win give DeWitt county a bonus of in
roads are built. the neighborhood of $300,000 if she
O. C. B. Nau, will vote a bond issue, which would be
Sec Chm Com a gt0<* proposition financially and oth-
, " erwise without any state aid. Three
The above telegram is self-explana- hurdred thousand dolIars is a great
tcry and means as much for Cuero and deal of money It wUl build many
DeWitt county as any one thing, which mfleB of gooti hard sufaced roads in
has been done in the past five years. DbWiu counfy aud if on May 24> the
It means that Commissioner Fowler’s big eounty.wide boad issue is defeat.
-promise of $200,000 for the construe- ed ifc means tbat ghe bag refused a
tiori of state highways irt DeWitt conn- gift of thig amount> offered her for the
ty has been fulfilled by the State High betterment of existing conditions,
way Commission. It means that Cife- - • •
ro vhll be connected by a series of sur- Towns in the county ,sucl( as West-
faced state highways with Gonzales, hoff and Ayneckeville, through which
Yoakum. Victoria. Kenedy and Befr none cif these highways pass should be
vilWand that the State Highway Com- more in favor of the bond issue than
Some Men can borrow large sums of money on
their signature alone/
WHY?
Simply because they made their names stand for in-
tegrit yand judgment. v
You can do the same thing. A well-kept Checking
Account at this Bank will start you on the road.
i \ f
You can not start such a Credit too soon.
TIME FOR
TENNIS
AND.
BASE BALL
GO ON RECORD AS BEING IN FA-
VOR OF HIGHWAY AS DES-
IGNATED AND S1.500.0C0
BQND ISSUE.
New Tennis and Base Ball
Goods- just received and
we want to call your spec-
ial attention to the new
prices on Tennis Rackets.
Prices on dandy rackets
of all weights new now
range from $1.50 up.
Come and see them.
TONIGHT
aid Barnett in
CHOUGH MARRIED”
Miss Bennett shows the greatest difficulty in
1 • f f-v 1 . / * • mm .
ijggft toward help! DeWitt county fails to pass road districts along the
god in f§ct all the neighboring eoun- proposed routes will be formed and
tie* build a series of hard surfaced roads voted in this'manner, and they
roadf which will equal those of North will receive no benefit whatsoever. Ac-
Texas agd other progressive Northern cording to the present plan, however,
States. only about *300,000ft or $400,000 will be
. DeWitt already been voted- W<L- used out el the *1,600,000 bond issue
000 for tjp construction of the 'Middle- for the construction of state highways
buster from Cueroto the Victoria etmfi and the remainder, being over $1,000,-
ty U*e and will receive an equal or a 000, will be used In building roads over
larged sum for its construction from routes^ whjfh are not followed by the
Cuero to the Gonzales county line, designated highways. This will insure
The telegram received today designat- a hard surfaced road to Westhoff from
ing the Cuero-Beevfile and Cuero-Ken- Cuero and at least one such road out
edy routes and appropriating $200,0*0 of every town of considerable size in
for the construction of same with ad- the county, which will not lead to
ditional aid as the roads are built, Caere. Each district will be given
means that DeWitt eounty will become their pro rata and each and every dis-
the leading road building ebunty of trict will receive the benefit. Think
South Texas. * twice before you vote against the is-
However in order to receive'tMs atd*«ue. *
Sporting goods for ama-
teur or professional.
Prices on everything are
low for the value.
Queen Theatre
TONIGHT 1
“HIS BONDED WIFE”
FEATURING
Emma Wehlen and Leighton Hale.
< A Refreshing Romance!. Also
Carrying Old Glory to The Sevan Seas.
A Ford Weekly. Seven Reel Program.
Prices Adults 15c, Children 5c plus war tax.
WEDNESDAY
Clara ^imhall Young
tVsWjitt Your Business
E. O. Kunitz
- . ; '
Druggist
After Trying DELCO LIGHTS you would not be
Satisfied until all your friends had th em.
Twenty Dollars Reward
For return of four1 bay mules, one
gray and one mouse colored mule.
Three of these mules are branded H.
F. In a circle on left shoulder. Others
branded but don’t Remember brand.
0y **.* ^
All roached. Ateo one bay mare with
white snip in face,, unbranded, disap-
peared with < pmles. All disappeared
Sunday night froi^Henry Frel’s place
at Concrete. Twenty dollars reward
for return of stock’ to me at Cuero,
Texas. JNO. N. PACE,
Sheriff DeWitt County.
CHAS. O. DICKERSON
IN
‘ V - v * .
“the Road through the dark”
• r ~ ; *
See Miss Young as the Mistress of a German Prince
and a Spy For France.
Attention, Mr. Alderman.
Victory Loan to Start April 6th.
Secretary of the Treasury Carter
Glass has officially announced from
Washington that the name of the next
(fifth) War Loap will be the “Victory
Liberty Loan.”
The honor flag of the “Victory
Liberty Loan” will bear a blue “V” on
a white field, surrounded by a red
border, the “V” denoting both “five”
(fifth ioan) knd “Victory.”
Tjie “Victory Loberty Loan” drive
will take place beginning April 6th.
Word was received in Cuero this - Make your Plans to respond.
morning stating that Louis F. Haller. ___
a prominent dry goods merchant of
Victoria, had died in San Antonio this jj Dees of Yoakum, manager of the
morning, where he yae taken yester- Queen theatre, in con^tany with Pro-
day for medical treatment. Mr. Haller prietor Peter of the Cuero Queen, fa-
had an attack of the fiu some months vored the Record office in a brief call
ago, and since that time has suffered this morning. Manager Dees admit-
with heart trouble, which caused his ted that he was mighty near froze out
death. Mr. Haller leaves a wife and jn Yoakum by the Chautauqua, the
several children to morun his loss. Bert Davis tent show and the carni-
The Record extends sympathy to the Val and taking advantage of the pic-
bereaved ones. tnra show lull nv*»r th#>rp ramp fliip-
Wm. nIGLEY, JR., HEADS COM
PANY PURCHASING SANTA
CATALINA; VAST RESORT
/ PLANNED.
Lm Angeles, , Cal., March 19.—One
■of the biggest roal estate deals, ever
put over in California is now an as-
sured fact and details can be furnish-
ed by the .interested parties.
William Wrigley, Jr., manufacturer
of th® famous “Wrigley’s Spearmint,”
one of the chief stockholders in the
-Chicago “Cubs” ball team and an offlic-
-er and director in a total of fifteen en-
terprises in various parts of the U. S.
Js the head and controlling interest
in a company which has taken over
Manta Catalina Island. The purchase
price is close to $4,000,000 aud several
inilliong more will be spent to make
The island the great show place of the
Facial Coast
• - ■ »
Included in the transfer and practic-
ally all of the 48,000 acres of thb Is-
land, the new $400,000 St>. Catherine
Hotel and its appurtenances, ten thou-
sand head if sheep, two large steam-
ers which ply between San Pedro and
the Island, aJQeet of gl< >ss-bottom pow-
Prominent Victoria Merchant Dies.
BACKMAN-TINCH WILD ANIMAL
SHOW LOCATED ON REUSS
LOTS.
The big Backman-Tinc’n two ring
Wild Animal Circus is in the city and
have pitched their tents on the Reuss
lots directly in front of the post of- !
flee. Due to bad connections they
failed to reach Cuero until past noon
and no faternoon performance was
given. Everything will be in readi-
ness for the big night performance
and the management promises th#
amusement lovers of Cuero a high
class show- tonight.
This is the first attraction of this
order to appear in Cuero for some
time and a big crowd will, no doubt, be
5>resent to greet them.
Don’t forget that tYnr Savings
pledge'4s person.-.!, binding obligation
and the Government expects you to
fulfill it by purchasing 1019 War Sav-
ings Stamps.
Ralp Danish of Westhoff came to
Cuero today for a short stay. He lias
recently been dismissed front the' ar-
my and is looking for employment.
Mrs. McMurray gives him a good rec-
ommendation.
Tree tomato and cabbage plants 500
for $2.00 and 1000 for $3.50.
C. H. Waltersdorf.
I'*' SHOW YOUR
APPRECIATION
S THE BOYS COME HOME
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The Cuero Daily Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 65, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 18, 1919, newspaper, March 18, 1919; Cuero, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1121671/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Cuero Public Library.