The Matagorda County Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, June 14, 1918 Page: 2 of 8
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BIG CELEBRA1IGN AT EL CAMPO
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COUNTY BLESSED WITH RAIN.
Corn and Cotton Benefited Greatly.
A Maxim am of T wo Tons Is Limit.
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War Savings Stamps are better than
money in the pocket-book
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Fourtli of July Will Be Red Cross
Rally Day.
TEXAS SAVES ENOUGH
FLOUR TO FEED ARMY
IN FRANCE ONE MONTH.
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$1,000.00 worth for .,..$834.00
500.00 worth for 417.00
100.00 worth for 83.40
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Four young cotton mules. Will take
war savings stamps at face value in
payment. C. A. Erickson.
Bay City. Texas. 3-tf-w
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Quite a number of ladies of neigh-
boring towns were in the city Satur-
day to hear the address which was de-
livered at the court house by
Hortense Ward of Houston.
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per month, with the required
amount of substitutes.
People generally throughout
Since Texas went on a wheatless
basis on April 15, there has been
actually saved to the government 14,-
895,000 pounds of flour, or sufficient
to feed the entire American army of
700,000 men in France for one month
and sufficient to feed the Texas boys
meal! in the national guard, the national
Six Pounds of Real Flour for Each
Person Per Month Is Modified
Food Order Just Issued!.
the ! COMMISSIONERS LIMIT
LOADS FOR COUNTY ROADS.
The commissioners set a maxium load
of 4,000 pounds which will be allowed
to each vehicle.
This action was brought about by
the necessity of placing a limit on
heavy loads which are constantly
passing over the roads due to the
hauling of heavy machinery and pip-
ing for the sulphur fields and oil dis-
tricts. The- commissioners are as-
sured of the hearty and earnest co-
operation of the companies involved.
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Buy War Savings Stamps.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK BAY CITY BANK & TRUST
At a recent meeting of the corn-
flour is sufficient to make 19,558,500' missioners of Matagorda County ac-
loaves of bread without substitutes; tion was taken to regulate the traffic
and 26,078,000 loaves with the regu- loads over the roads of the county,
lated amount of substitues.
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FDR SALE.
by the substitution of pork. It is
anticipated that this will hold good
until September 15 and the co-oper-
ation of the public is most earnestly
reqeusted.
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- Stamps may be cash-
ed at the postoffice at anytime on ten days notice With three per cent^sim-
ple interest for the time outstanding. ‘ -
super income and inheritance tax.
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MY! UM, YUM!! BISCUITS jcovered by certificates
AGAIN AFTER JUNE 15.' marked statement “B.”
If there is any surplus on hand
after the above are taken cars of the
merchants may sell against the cer-
tificates marked statement “A.” Deal-
ers as far as practicable should con-
fine their sales to their regular estab-
wheat ' Hshed trade and territory.
crop becoming available within the ------
next week or so, Administrator Pe-'
den, for the federal food administra-
tion for Texas, announces that he will
withdraw the wheatless period
Texas. On and after June 15 mer-
chants will be again permitted to pur-
A slow soaking rain, which began
early this morning, has been falling
over this entire section today, reliev-
ing a dangerous crop situation and
insuring the best prospects for corn
and cotton that has ever been seen
in the county.
The river here is affording an abun-
dance of water for rice irrigation. All
told, the crop prospects for this .coun-
ty were never better.
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NOTICE.
All interested in forming a Hobby-
for-governor club will meet at the
District Court room Monday, June 17.
at 8:30 p. m.
Ladies are also invited.
Thos. H. Lewis.
They are exempt from all taxation, except
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own name without any charge as a protection against loss.
and roast beef more than one
weekly. Householders are not
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The completion of our new and roomy Grafonola Room, which we
I have opened to our customers and the general public. We have
| tried to make this room comfortable and convenient to you while
listening to the best musical talent to be obtained; and you are
most cordially invited to call at your convenience for demonstration.
Full line Records and Grafonolas in stock
P. G. SECREST
Jeiye/er
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Ladies, don’t send away for high-
priced engraved cards, when you can
get them at reasonable prices and
see what you are getting by calling at
The Tribune office. . . 'i?
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11f AR Savings Stamps represent the highest and best form of Government
security offered to the people today. They bear four per cent interest
■ ■ compounded quarterly and mature January 1, 1923. F
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; The latest but by no means that
for! last word in conservation of beef re-
J quests that all hotels and restaurants
j not place on their enus or serve boil-
chase flour from-their usual source ! ed beef more than two meals weekly,
of supply, and sell to the consumer! beefsteak more than one meal weekly
on the basis of six pounds per per- t'”!‘ 1U£,sl ..... .... .. -
son per month, with the required' weekly. Householders are not to I army, tbd regular army, the navy and,
i fuy more than one and one-quarter j the marine corps for one year.
the! pounds o fclear beef weekly, or one1 actual saving by Texas mills,
State are requested to consume as lit- 1 and one-half pounds including the turned
tie flour as possible, and urged
cut their consumption below the six i
pounds suggested by the administra- it may be carried out is given in de-
ti0n j tail in the following telegram re-
From available figures Texas has ceived Wednesday morning by Ad-
saved during the wheatless period ap-! ministrator Feden from United States
proximately 75,000 barrels of flour, Food Administrator Hoover:
all of which has reached the army, j
navy and allied countries. j
It will be necessary for the mer-:
chant to continue keeping a record
of his flour sales, the same as before
the wheatless period became effec-
tive.
The resumption of the sale of flour
does not release the hotels and res-
taurants, who haye voluntarily agreed
to go wheatless for some time to
come.
El Campo is to have a big Red Cross
rally on the Fourth of July for the
benefit of the Red Cross. Every ef-
fort is being made by the loyal and
patriotic citizens of our sister city
* for the biggest day that has ever been
held in the history of this section.
Everything sold on the grounds that
day, from baseball tickets to the lem-
onade, will be given to the Red Cross.
To add to the entertainment a match
game of baseball between Bay City
and El Campo, will be played. There
are also provisions for all other kinds
of amusement and speaking by prom-
inent orators.
The official program is as follows:
Sunrise salute, 5:03 a. m,
9 to 10, band concert—El
Military Band.
10 to 10:45, Bohemian National Al-
liance parade, headed by Silver Band.
11, address—Hon. Jake Wolters.
1.1:45, address—Judge Cernocky, of
Rosenberg.
12:15 noon—Basket dinner. All are
urged to bring baskets. Lunch will
be served bn grounds by Red Cross
ladies at nominal sum.
1 to 2, band concert—Silver Band
on park band stand.
1:15, pony race.
1:30, potato race.
1:45, greased pole.
2:00, greased pig.
2:15, ladies’ hitching.
2:30, ladies riding.
2:45 to 3:45, athletic events—Wal-
ter Glick in charge.
3:45, Tug o’ War—W. O. W. vs. M.
W. A.
4:30, baseball, Eagle Lake vs. Bay
City.
4:30 to 6, band concert, Park band
stand—El Campo Military Band.
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over to the government
amounts to 65,225 barrels or 13,045,000
pounds. The quantity purchased
from various small merchants who
had small surpluses account of wheat-
less period aggregates 1,700,000
pounds. Flour from the mills and
flour from the small merchants was
diverted to Galveston and New Or-
leans and sent direct to the allied
countries for their use and for the use
of American soldiers. The 150,000
pounds of flour collected in Fort Bend
County was delivered direct to Camp
Logan, Houston, Texas, and used by i
that cantonment prior to the depart-
ure of the Illinois brigade for France, i
Texas has demonstrated that every I
State in the Union can without hard-
ship completely supply all of its men
who are under American arms and j
Administrator Peden recommends to'
his fellow State administrators th?'
slogan: “Every State should actual-
ly save enough flour to feed its sol-
diers and sailors now with the gov-
ernment.”
The saving of 14,895,000 pounds of j
“The demands for beef for our
j army and the allied army and their
civil population for this summer are
beyond our present surplus. On the
other hand, whe have enough increas-
ed supply of pork this summer to
permit economical expansion in its
use. It will, therefore, be a direct
service to our armies and the allies
if our people would in some degree
substitute fresh pork, bacon, hams
and sausage for beef products.
“We request all hotels and restaur-
ants not to place on their menus or
serve boiled beef more than two meals
weekly, beefsteak more than one meat
weekly and roast beef moo re than one
meal weekly.
“We ask householders not under
any circumstances to bqy more than
one and one-quarter pounds of clear
beef weekly, or. one and
pounds including the bone,
son in the household.
“The public will realize
changing conditions of production
from season to season, the changing
situation in shipping and therefore
of the markets available to the allies
and the increasing demand^ for our
growing army, with the fluctuating
supply of local beef in France, all
make it impossible to determine pol-
icies for long periods in advance. We
have recently asked for economy in
all meat consumption. We wish now
to emphasize further reduction of beef
Sagar Restriction Increase.
Effective immediately all mer-
chants of Texas are to restrict the
sale of sugar at one time to two
pounds to the city trade and five
pounds to the country trade,
nounces Administrator Peden.
Sugar for preserving purposes
should not be sold in amounts in ex-
cess of 25 pounds at any one time to
a customer, and such sales must not
be made more than once a month. It
is necessary for the dealer to con-
tinue a statement for preserving pur-
poses, which should be returned, to
State headquarters of the food admin-
istration when signed by the pur-
chaser.
Merchants are instructed to handle
sugar sales in the following oi^Ter:
First: To the consuemer for ordi-
nary household purposes.
Second: Sugar for preserving pur-
poses and sugar for manufacturers,
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Night Program.
8:,B0 to 10:30, band concert—El
Campo Military Band.
8:30, dance of platform, music by
Prof. Moebus’ Orchestra.
9:30 to 10:30, free moving pictures
in uark.
| and one-half pounds including
i bones per person.
The new program and plan in which
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Smith, Carey. The Matagorda County Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, June 14, 1918, newspaper, June 14, 1918; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1294498/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Matagorda County Museum & Bay City Public Library.