The Matagorda County Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, April 17, 1925 Page: 3 of 8
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IK POWER OF MONEY -
RIGHTFULLY USED—
Bones
It
hebbin,
ganizations and -various other agen- long white robes on ober dem long
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Statement of Condition of
Another
Citizens State Bank
the new structure.
A representative of the
At the close of business April 6th, 1925.
$1.00
RESOURCES
Special
The thirty-eighth
Saturday, April 13th
$446,711.58
Ciampo correspondent that the
LIABILITIES
Sterling Silver Handle Bread Knives, full size__ $1.00
windings and depending
Sterling Silver Handle Cake Knives, full size__ $1.00
If the plan has,, been
This is an exceptional
$446,711.58
W. F. TETTS
GIFTS THAT LAST
But Worth More
This
ffl
Coupon
and
it
69c
Kul
Good for
$1.00
a
MOTOR CAR
Prophet
hygrometer, that pays for itself in many
HARDY-ANDERSON MHO CO.
Phone IM
EXIDE BATTERIES
GOODYEAR TIRES
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Tribune Want Ads for Results
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The Same Car—
The Same Price-
Capital Stock---------
Peposits ---------------
Liberty Bonds Deposited
$236,210.78
47,500.00
19,855.06
16,575.51
9,139.08
41,366.03
76,065.12
$ 50,000.00
355,511.58
41,200.00
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Weather
House
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Loans and Discounts
Banking House, Furniture and Fixtures-----
Other Real Estate
Bonds and Stocks
Interest in and Assessment for Guaranty Fund
Other Resources
CASH
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DOOM OF GREAT RAFT IN SIGHT
Money is a power for good only when
it is used profitably land productively.
It can be either a blessing to the
community, or a constant source of
misery to its owner.
EVERY HOME NEEDS THIS
WEATHER PROPHET
--o--O----
VITALLY INTERESTED
now ex-
> within
On the salesroom floor a car is only a
car. In the hands of its owner it is an
automotive transportation unit whose ef-
ficiency depends much upon the attitude
and responsibility of the man who sold it.
r
The above statement is correct.
A. HARRIS, Cashier.
IrP!
But a most - Bathing Girl Review Will Be Held
May 16, 17, 18.
Galveston, Texas, April 10.—Every-
thing is in readiness for the season’s
opening here Sunday when “Splash
will ’ Day” will be observed,
in
cies and will result in keen competi- white wings.”
“Nigger, you don’t need to worry
about how to get dat long white
robe ober dem long white wings.
More than ever today the car owner
needs the strong support of a responsi-
ble, permanently established dealer who
has prepared himself to meet all the op-
erating requirements of the car he sells.
the ither.
Houston lot serves no economic pur- {
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from the four corners of the globe,
and thus takes on added interest.
Even this early, it would seem the
event is surely destined to assume
proportions never before attained. En-
tries are being received daily from all
quarters, many from far away points.
Contests in more than forty cities and
towns are scheduled to get under way
shortly to elect candidates to repre-
sent officially, their respective com-
munities. These contests are being
conducted by news oapers, motion pic-
ture theatres, Civic? and fraternal or-
Put your idle dollars in the bank.
Bay City Bank & Trust Company
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tion from an entirely new source. In
past years the entries have been al-
most entirely recruited from the lar-
ges
ning the big prizes,
young women have had it pretty much
their own way. It is being freely
prpedicted that the city girls may
well look to their laurels this year,;
;as with more than forty entries from
The intrinsic value is the same in two
automobiles of the same make and
model. The price is the same. But the
worth of the car depends heavily upon
where you buy it.
All
—JK
Miss Melba CoDins Takes Part.
Only Two Dozen at this Price.
Value. See Our Window.
H
ra
ideu uu ilie maxi' Completion of the work will reclaim
Taxes should be ' thousands of acres of rich rjver bot-
fr-fe •'
Speaking of current news and
happenings, how would you like to
live in Herrin, Illinois?
Dodge Brothers
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sat \v
Every dollar that is kept from cir-
culation; that is denied the right to
help others, through deposit in the
bank, retards the progress of the
community.
I
it
the smaller towns already assured,
the suburban beauties are bound to
be heard from.
Judging will be done as in the
past, by especially selected board ap-
pointed by the executive committee
and made up of prominent personages
from throughout the southwest. Beau-
ty of face and form and grace of
carriage is the basis on which selec-
tion will be made.
Prizes aggregate several thousands
of dollars and range from $500.00 in
gold to $25.00, besides free trips to
Advertised for $1.00—Our Price for a
Limited Time with the Coupon w
alluvial clay, and ironed out the
wrinkles on the surface, leaving it j
smooth, but beautifully sloping to-'
wiard the Gulf and to the numerous ! voted land work is under way.
Austin, Texas, April 13.—Casts will
soon be selected for the spring term
play of the Curtain Club, dramatic
organization of the University of
Texas, which will be presented the
second week in May. “Stop Thief”
is the name of the play to be given,
according to the president of the
club, Constance Douglas, of San An-
tonio.
At the recent tryout for member-
ship in the Curtain Club, nine new
members were elected, as follows:
Priscilla Austin of New York City,
Louise Smith of Houston, Dorothea ’
Jones of Monroe, La., Merrill Poun-
sey of Aipine, Melba Collins of Aus-
tin, David Miller of Mineral Wells,
James Parke of Dickinson and Now-
lin Randolph of Austin.
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GROUND RENT
(By Wm. A. Black.)
It seems hard to make clear what
is meant by “ground rent.”''
understand the commercial
A quaint Swiss-cottage hygrometer, that pays for itself in many
ways. It warns yo uwhen to take an umbrella, or when not to
hang out the wash. When the weather is to be fine the two
children will be out; when stormy weather is approaching the
witch will come out from 8 to 24 hours ahead of rain or snow. It
is surprisingly reliable on local weather conditions. Made on strict-
ly scientific principles. We have secured a special price on a quan-
tity and, as long as they last, will sell them for exactly what it
costs us to retail them—only 69c if you bring this coupon. Every
village, city and farm home should have one. Come and get yours
at once or mail your order. Mai] orders 8c extra for packing and
postage. An excellent gift.
P.G. HUSTON
a ■ has
promi- tory interest in this project. Follow-
a serious overflow three years
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Parson Bones was preaching to
’ his dusky flock in his usual flowery
language.
“Breddern,” he said, “when we get
to hebbin, we’ll all gwine to hab
long white robes, and we is all gwine
to hab long wnite wings--”
“Parson,” came from some one in
the back of the room, “I wants to
, know how we is gwine to get dem
more he must get at least | nai intention was to aig ia py-pass
6 per cent rent or $3.00 an acre on channel, eliminating the stream’s natr
the cost of the land and what may; ural windings and depending upon
seem strange to amny he must get, the accelerated current to deepen and
interest on the $50.00 an acre im- ‘ keep it open.
’' ' These are two . changed we may be sure it was upon
that we j
care of all taxes on
buildings.
the “Terms of the lease provide for ace of the situation and with the dif-
a payment of $12,500 a year for the ficulty of relieving it. Thereafter
first two years, $25,000 a year for The News did its best by means of
the next five years, $30,000 a year articles and photographic illustra-
tor next 18 years, $36,000 a year for tions to bring conditions to the at-
25 years and $45,000 a year for the tention of Texas. The thirty-eighth
remanider of the period.” i legislature passed an act remitting to
This is ground rent pure and sim- a district comprising parts of Whar-
ple. At the end of the ninety nine ton and Matagorda, counties state
years the lease will “fall in” as our . taxes for a long period of years, the
English friends term it when build- . proceeds to be used for clearing away
ing and ground goes back to the or bypassing the raft.
successors of present fee holders. It appears from the description of
The farm owner never calculates the undertaking given by The News
on ground rent but it is there just El
the same. If a farmer buys raw river’s original channel is to be open-
land at $50.00 an acre and cultivates ed by breaking up the log jam with
and improves to the value of $50.0fi machinery and explosives. The origi-
an acre more he must get at least | nal intention was to dig ia by-pass
-- ! Wharton County is vitally inter-
“The Treasure Land of America,” ■ ©sted in the huge reclamation enter-
where nature in her uniform distri-! prise whiCh will free the Colorado
bution of fertile soil, and a subsoil; river of the mammoth raft i
foundation on which to deposit it, of tending from its mouth to
a few miles of this city.
Bonds for clearing the river to the
south county lines already have been
The
navigable rivers, creeks, and natural i legislature has remised State and
water ways which flow through it,1 ad valorem taxes for 25 years as an
at distances of only a few miles
apart, providing perfect drainage out-
lets, water transportation, and in
most instances, an inexhaustible sup-
ply of water for irrigation, rich with
sediment from the country to the
North.
This is a picturesque country, with
750 miles of Gulf shore line, gradu-
ally rising in elevation, and extend-
ing back from the Gulf for fifty to
one hundred miles, with the rivers
and streams bordered on either side
with beautiful natural growths of live
oak, (evergreen) sycamore, ash, elm,
and pecan trees; with beautiful bays
into which the streams flow, set back
into the land like great, sparkling
emeralds, their waters alive with fis^
and their bottoms ribbed with natural
oyster reefs; more than’ 56,250 square
miles of country with almost no
waste land; with a delightful, health-
ful climate, productive of almost all
crops—and of many varieties the year
around: fanned by the balmy breezes
from the great Gulf of Mexico; over-
’vAiung by a turquoise sky; and kissed
by the rays of the Southern sun into
abundant response to the intelligent
touch of man; a country where, if
he will but try, health, happiness and
prosperity are man’s sure reward.
Such is the country of which Hon.
James Wilson, ex-United States Sec- 1 place to live,
retary of Agriculture, said; just try!
provements added. -------- ------ - *
distinct economic factors that we j thoroughly competent advice. People
must learn to distinguish one from; in that section are united upon the
The fee owner of the ' one thought of getting the work done
as effectively and cheaply as possible,
pose whatever. It is the builder and Formidable as the accumulation of
user of the lot that counts, yet un- ; logs and driftwood appears to a lay
der our present system of taxation ; observer, to an engineer it may pre-
we make it easy for the land owners i sent a relatively simple problem.
and lay all the burden on the man
with enterprise. ’
taken out of this ground rent and tom land.—Galveston News,
let the improvements go tax free.
THE GULF COAST COUNTRY
i
so.
“Within the past few years, a few
people have taken advantage of this
opportunity. They have bought land
in the coast country, and they are
making money—lots of it.
“I think that it is one of the finest
countries in the world; and the more
I see of it, the more I think so.
seems to me you can raise anything
here. Your soil is as good as our
soil in Iowa, and if I were a young
man, I would pack my grip and come
to Texas. The conditions and the
prospects for development are such
that I could not afford to remain
away.”
We
the commercial term,
rent, and for that very reason we
become confused in the use of the
word as it applies to land values
only.
Perhaps a concrete illustration
will help more than anything else. I
long
—-------. white
;r cities and in the matter of win- (What you is gwine to worry about,
„ ” '1 ' , metropolitan is how to get your hat on ober dem
; long black horns.”
aid to the work.
The raft is being attacked first at
a point about four miles below its
head. It will be cleared from this
point to the county line and then
the upper section will be removed.
It is thought that the river will cut
away the accumulated silt as soon
as the logs are taken out of its
path.—Houston Post-Dispatch.
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FORD STARTS AIR SERVICE
> T. U. CURTAIN CLUB
WILL SELECT CAST
Detroit, April 13.—The Ford Motor
Company inaugurated what is said to
be the first commercial air line to
be established! n the United 'States
when the “Maiden Dearborn,” an
all-metal monoplane of the “air-Pull-
man” type, hopped off from Ford
airport, Dearborn, at 9:24 a. m., with
a cargo of company mail and ex-
press for the Ford plant at Hege-
wisch, Ill., near Chicago.
The plane is one of two Duralu-
min planes to form the nucleus of
an air service to link the Ford Com-
pany here with its plants at Chica-
go, St. Louis, St. Paul (and Iron
Mountain, Mich.
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Clean-up Week! And the school
trying to change this school house
into a cleaner, healthier and better
We can do this if we
“The Coast country is simply im- { “SPLASH DAY” AT GALVESTON
mense. That expresses it in a word. I ------
It is simply immense,
singular development appears here.
You are preparing to handle the pro-
ducts of several states back of you,
and yet, within an hour’s ride, you
have thousands of acres of the finest
land in the world—land that will, Day” will be observed. Interest is
raise anything—unsettled, un-used. I ! centered, however, in the annual
have never encountered such a. con- ' Bathing Girl Revue and Beauty Pa- J
dition anywhere else; for, as a rule J geant that is scheduled for May 16, j
lands in the suburbs of the great 17 and 18. Immediately following;
cities are worth $150 to $400 an acre, i the convention of the Associated Ad- J
Why it is, I do not know; but it is vertising Clubs of the World, that Atlantic City for the first three win-
will meet in Houston, the big event ners. Clarke W. Thompson is ex-
this year will be attended by notables ecutive chairman of the Revue and
W. L. Roe, general manager.
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EASY TO EXPLAIN
Work has started toward removing
' the log raft that blocks the channel
! of the Colorado River for some twen-
A news item reports that the Alamo. ty miles below Wharton. The News
Amusement Company has taken a has an especial right to congratula-
ninety nine yeiar lease on a ,
nent corner in Houston on which it ing
is proposed to build a sixteen story ago a little group of Wharton and
building and theatre. This company Matagorda County people took up in
instead of buying the land leases it a serious way the task of devising
for this long term of years. The some means by which the river could
buildings now on the site will all be given a clear outlet to the sea,
be torn down so as to make way for thereby preventing river towns and
As :s common farms from being flooded in time of
with all such contracts the Amuse- high water.
ment Company must agree to take News attended one of the early meet-
rhe land and ings and visited the raft, where he
According to the report was iat once impressed with the men-
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Smith, Carey. The Matagorda County Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, April 17, 1925, newspaper, April 17, 1925; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1304241/m1/3/?q=central+place+railroads: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Matagorda County Museum & Bay City Public Library.