The Matagorda County Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, April 17, 1925 Page: 4 of 8
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I
BAY
CITY
MACHINE
COMPANY
healthy color, which indicates poor blood, and as t
A, TONIC
Grove’s Tasteless chill Tonic restores
! Energy and Vitality by Purifying and
- Enriching the Blood. When you feel its
strengthening, invigorating effect, see how
j it brings color to the cheeks and how
i it improves the appetite, you will then
i appreciate its true tonic value.
: Grove’s Tasteless chill Tonic is simply
Iron and Quinine suspended in syrup. So
pleasant even children like it. The blood
needs QUININE to Purify it and IRON to
Enrich it. * Destroys Malarial germs and
Grip germs by its Strengthening, Invigor-
ating Effect 60c.
No Worms in a Healthy Child
AU children troubled with Worms have an ui>
• AlCttlvily W IllvU lIluilCclLcS JjVvJl DiwvXlj aDQ £13 t
rule, there is more or less stomach disturbance
GROVE’S TASTELESS chill TONIC given regularly
for two or three weeks will enrich the blood, im-
prove the digestion, and act as a General Strength
ening Tonic to the whole system. Nature will then
. throw off or dispel the worms, and the Child will be
; in perfect health. Pleasant to take. 60c per bottle
work.
G. A. WAINNER, Manager
Having added a heavy power ham-
mer, we are prepared to do heavy
forging.
We have a roller disc sharpener
which does very satisfactory work.
We do all kinds of lathe work, cyl-
inder boring, make piston rings.
We have a hydraulic press.
We are, better than ever, equipped
to take care of all kinds of machine
To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE (Tablets). It
stops the Cough and Headache and works off the
Cold. E. W. GROVE'S signature on each box. 30c.
tors since the enactment by the leg-
islature of the act permitting stated
banks to voluntarily make the
! change, according to Charles O. Aus-
tin, state bank commissioner.
Despite this number, Commission-
er Austin said he did not consider
that this means the destruction of
the guaranty fund plan as there are
' over 950 state hanks now operating
! in Texas. A large percentage of
' those that have changed to the bond-
i ing system were among the larger
banks of the state. Many of the
hanks have changed because of the
heavy assessments made duriug the
past year or tyro against the guaran-
ty fund.
Records of the state department
of banking also disclose there have
been about 25 state banks recently
converted into national banks.
MATAGORDA
crop
GIRL PAINFULLY HURT
225
IN
Will Watkins and
in town from Gulf
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BANKS QUIT GUARANTY
SYSTEM BUT MANY STAY
There are more telephones in Chi-
cago than in France.
Colds Cause Grip and Influenzs
i LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets remove
i the cause. There is only one “Bromo Quinine.”
| E. W, GROVE’S signature on box. 30c.
development, in many instances, has
not been provided for; and in almost
sail instances, sales have been made
on too short time to attract actual
settlers and to enable them to im-
prove and pay out on their farms.
The one, two and three year payment
requirements which have prevailed,
and the lack of the public develop-
ment of roads end drainage, has
compelled the settlers to specialize in-
stead of diversifying, in their
production and farm operation.
—---o—o----
C. OF C. MEN REQUEST
RULING ON RICE RATE
Austin, Tevas, April 14.—Approxi-
mately 200 state banks have changed
from the guaranty fund plan to the
bond system of protecting its deposi-
Miss Bess Moberly visited Houston
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Thrasher were
Bay City visitors Friday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry G. Burkhart
of Bay City visited relatives here
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lucian Gilmore of
Chalmers were in town this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Middlebrook of
near
Mirando City are here visiting
relatives.
Mr. and Mrs.
daughter were
Sunday.
Mrs. Stanley Rugeley left here on
Thursday morning for her new home
at Wichita Falls.
Mr. and Mrs. Green Savage and two
children of West Columbia spent the
day Sunday here with relatives.
The Methodist Home Mission So-
ciety met at the church Monday af-
ternoon for its monthly business ses-
sion.
Miss Irma Berg went to Dallas on
Thursday to spend Easter Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Crow and
children.
Mr. and Mrs. John Cammack and
family of East Columbia were guests
in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
, W. Burkhart Sunday.
j Mr. and Mrs. James Nye Ryman
j and family and Miss Mary Elizabeth
i Cash of Bay City visited Mrs. B. A.
i Ryman from Friday until Sunday.
! Mesdames E. J. Savage, Otto Mid-
i diebrook and Jack Ellerkamp, Mr.
j and Mrs. Guy Smith and Mrs. Claude
included | Lawhon visited relatives in Bay City
ber of commerce representatives that
there exists two scales of rates on
ite tariff, and the
the interstate com-
i. On rice in tran-
sit, it was pointed out, about one-
third is handled as rice products,
and it was stated, railroads are in-
sisting when any portion of the ori-
ginal rough rice shipment goes to
an interstate rate point the entire
shipment must bear the interstate
schedule rate, which is higher than •
the state scale. The rice shippers
are insisting that only the portion of
a shipment actually delivered on an
interstate schedule should bear the
interstate tariff.
Those at the conference i ’ ' '
L. M. Shepardson, Orange Chamber
of Commerce; H. C. Eargle, Beau-
jmont Chamber of Commerce: L. M.
Hogsett. Houston Chamber of Com-
merce: and E. H. Thornton, Galves-
ton Chamber of Commerce.
Monday evening.
Mr. ;and Mrs. Cyrus Smith of Gulf
and Mrs. J. M. Smith of this place
spent Tuesday in Bay City with Mr.
and Mrs. J. I. Corson.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Boesling and little
son Johnnie are leaving Thursday
I morning for San Antonio, where they
j will spend the Eastertide with Mr.
A distressing accident which neith- j Boesling’s mother and other relatives,
er the driver, Mr. Payne Walker, or j
the victim, the ten year daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. White, could avoid, oc-
curred (Saturday when the little girl
was struck by an automobile driven
by Mr. Walker.
The child sustained a broken rib
which, it is reported, penetrated her
lung. She is now at the Loos hos-
pital and resting easy.
Austin, Texas, April 14.—Repre-
sentatives of commercial organiza-
tions in the rice belt held a confer-
ence with the railroad commission
Monday and urged an interpretation
of rice rates between points in Texas
It was pointed out by these cham-
representatives
rice, the original st
schedule dlxed by
merce commission.
H
All parties who have made verbal requests for water
for irrigation purposes during the 1925 season will please
make these requests in writing, showing the number of
acres, location, survey, league, block number, owner, out of
what canal water is desired, and present or mail these re-
quests into the office of the Markham and Gulf Coast Irri-
gation Company’s offices in Bay City, Texas.
•wag
MARKHAM IRRIGATION CO.
GULF COAST IRRIGATION CO.
COLORADO CANAL
MATAGORDA CANAL CO.
TEXAS IRRIGATION CO.
BLUE CREEK CANAL CO.
LANE CITY CANAL
The Canal Companies are now ready to make water
contracts covering the 1925 season. The acreage is going
to be limited during the coming season and priority will
rule in regards to contracts.
I
NOTICE
to
Rice Growers
!
4
whole or in
THE REASONS WHICH MR. WILSON
DID NOT KNOW, OR FAILED
TO THINK OF.
Yesterday, the Tribune published
some remiarks about the coast coun-
try spoken by former U. S. Secretary
of Agriculture Wilson. Today we
publish some of the things he did
not know or failed to think of. They
follow:
When the first settlers came to
Texas, the only means of travel was
by boat or overland. The hundreds
of miles of wild country between the
settlements in the states to the North
and East, from which they came, was
infested with savage Indian tribes,
thus adding great danger to the nat-
ural difficulties and hardships of the
overland travel. As a result, the
greater portion of them came to
Texas by boat, landing along the Gulf
shore, on the banks of the many
beautiful bays and the numerous nav-
igable streams.
The productiveness of the soil, as
evidenced by tfie luxurious growth of
natural grasses; the delightful cli-
mate; excellent water: the accessi-
bility of location; and the many won-
derful natural advantages and possi-
bilities, evidenced on every hand, at-
tracted them. They took advantage
of the opportunity, which at that time
was offered by Mexico, to each, to ac-
quire a “league” of land, (4124 acres)
by settling upon it and by declaring
their allegiance to Mexico. And they
also took (advantage of their oppor-
tunity to stock their lands by round-
ing up the wild cattle they found
grazing thereon, and marking them
with their respective brands. And,
since there was no demand or mar-
ket for the products of the soil, and
since the cattle required no feed other
than the natural grasses, on which
they could graze tat will during all
seasons of the year, these early set-
tlers very naturally remained in the
Coast Country. They produced such
crops as desired, and as required for
their own use, both summer and win-
ter, and each ranch became almost
ian 'empire in its self, supplying all of
their needs with but little effort on
their part, and with cattle to kill for
their hides and tallow, which cost
them nothing, and which they shipped
by boats to the markets of the world,
which at that time as now, were as-
sessable because of the Gulf. And it
was not long until all of that region
now known as the Gulf Coast Country
had been taken and converted into
cattle ranches, and when, after Texas
became a part of the United States,
and its vast domain to the North,
together with the States to the North
of it, were opened up for free settle-
ment, there were no free lands to
offer in the Gulf Coast Country. Thus
the inducement and advertisement of
free land, which, during the past fifty
years, attracted settlers into al1 parts
of the territory to the We.st of the
Mississippi River; the lure of which
has caused men to bnave the winter
blasts of the far North and to defy
the cloudless skies of the arid re-
gions of the West, have not obtained
in the Gulf Coast Country.
The ranchmen, content with their
dominion over their vast acres and
great herds of cattle, were reluctant
to admit settlement, and refused to
I enter into competition with the United
States Government and with the State
of Texas, in offering free land to set-
tlers, and land grants to induce the
construction of railroads. Instead
of advertising the wonderful possibil-
ities of the country and offering in-
ducements to attract railroads and
settlers, they actually refused to sell
any portion of their vast land hold-
ings to settlers who happened to stray
into the country, and it is only with-
in the past twenty years, practically
speaking, that settlement has been
permitted to come in.
Commencing about twenty years
ago, individuals and companies who
had been engaged in the sale, devel-
opment, and settlement of lands in
the North and West, commenced to
invade the Gulf Coast Country, in
quest of new worlds to conquer, and
by offering the panchmen more than
their lands were worth for grazing
purposes, and by purchasing large
tracts, they were successful in induc-
ing some of the ranchmen to sell.
The development and settlement of
the North and Central West had be-
come so complete and the price of
lands had advanced so high, that it
was possible to induce settlers from
that region to come to the Gulf Coast
Country, without the inducement of
free land, and as a result, one large
ranch after another has been taken
over by the “Land man”, subdivided
and sold out, until now there are but
few of them which have not been cut
up iand sold off. as a
part.
The actual settlement and develop-
ment of the country, however, has not
kept pace with its subdivision and
sale. Much of the land has been
sold to speculators. The necessary
Pile* Cured in 6 to 14 Days
OrugghU refund money ifPAZO OIN^ENTfails
Instantly relieves^tchinf Piles,, and you
X get restful sleep after first application. 60c
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CAREY SMITH
'One Year
$1.5U
THE DMLY TRIBUNE
One Year
«4.00
a standstill.
In alarming, fig men are organizing and
lions could not buy it.
more peo-
the
ready prepared.
Then, too,
as it has never been before.
de-
us
ANNUAL CELEBRATION
CLEAN-UP!
Entered at the Postoffice at Bay City, Texas, as second class mail matter
under Act of Congress, March 3, 1879
The
a bigger
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
WEEKLY
MATAGORDA COUNTY TRIBUNE
By TRIBUNE PRINTING COMPANY
Oowner and Editor
age of cotton, and this very thing is
promised now.
Why such a • described as being too fast.
canal system, if it is not used to the _ eration that makes its living
in
be
sweetened.
as being driven.
ac-
Any erroneous reflection upon the character or standing of any person or
business concern will be readily and willingly corrected upon its being
brought to the attention of the publishers.
The paper will be conducted upon the highest possible plane of legitimate
newspaper business.
Uncle Sam seeks odor that attracts
i—Headline. Now’s
purpose
prom-
The men back of this
'■ an ample market
is waiting for the crop, all of this
crop and more, and, if this is so,
the industry is very promising indeed.
canary
Hades
and of
ball into the same region expecting
it not to melt. Well, the republican
party has exactly the same chance
to carry Texas at the next or any
subsequent election. Now, if all of
Texas were like Matagorda County
there would be no trouble, but that’s
not the case. Normally, the repub-
lican party in this State polls about
100,000 votes at a. State election, and
this, will be about its strength at the
next election and subsequent ones,
for it is not at all probable that the
circumstances which gave Butte his
abnormal vote will ever surround
another election in this State.
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The drouth over Texas is alarming
the cotton industry and menacing
this year’s crop to a large extent.
In some places it is more than se-
rious and planting, if ever begun, has
ceased entirely, tn still other places
not. all breaking or listing prepara-
tory to sowing the seed has been
done; Added to these conditions is
the fact that the season is already ■
well advanced. However, in many ;
instances before, good cotton
The annual celebration of the Vic-
toria Fire Department will be held
at Victoria this year on Wednesday,
May 6.
In the way of entertainment there
will be everything from a meeting of
the bsiness committee to dances at
night, including a big rodeo and horse
racing.
Victoria is far famed for her hos-
pitality and those fortunate enough
to attend are assured a royal time.
“Come, the city is yours,” says ad-
vance arvertising sheets.
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Democrats see bright hope to cap-
ture U. S. Senate in 1926.—Headline.
Nationally, the democrats are always ;
full of hope. When they run out of
votes they take on a new supply of
hope, but hope never wins an elec-
tion. We are democratic to the
core as far as democracy goes, but
the National party has cancelled
practically everything democratic,
except the name, and will never win
many more national contests until it
harks back to old fashioned democ-
racy. If every State had a Jim
Ferguson there would be a different
line up of democracy everywhere
and common sense would again rule.
Listen, folks, while you are clean-
ing up the city I want to warn all
you good housewives to clean up all
your old mattresses. This is im-
perative. Call No. 4 for immediate
help. Bay City Mattress Factory.
14-17
If we could only use our vast
canal system on our cotton and corn
crops such a
the one we are
prolonged drouth as
now having would
j prove a godsend to the country. This
■ country needs hot, dry weather for
a long period in order that the
ground might be “popped” open,
crops ! dried out and sweetened. Nothing
have been made from May plantings, ■ better could possibly hapnen to it.
so should it rain by then a consider- j
able crop can be made, especially in !
Heavy rains fell in portions of
Texas last week.
Northwest Texas and Northern
At the recent annual convention,
in Dallas, of the Texas Cotton Grow-
ers’ Association uniform weight of
twelve pounds for bagging and nine
pounds for ties were adopted. This
means that every Texas ginner who
is a member of rhe association, and
practically all ginners are members,
will practice the system of uniform
weight adopted by the association.
Tn this manner, no ginner can have
take an advantage of a competi-
tor, and farmers will know at all
times what the tare on his bale will
be. More than 2,600 delegates at-
tended the convention and applauded
the passage of the resolution.
It is difficult to even hazard a
The Panhandle, guess at the probable outcome of the
and Gulf Coast fig industry for this year,
Eastern sections received downpours, but if acreage, attention, activity and
distressing and a n agitation
continues over a
Indications point largely to a
sire to die on the part of the Chi-
cago inventor who made for himself
an air tight oil cloth jacket into
which he turned a current of illumi-
nating gas. The news dispatches in-
forms us that he made :a success
of it.
However, a
alarming drouth
hroad area of the state and farming less of the drouth, which is becoming
operations are at
the meantime, the crops in this conn- working just as though the biggest
ty, where the biggest canal system crop on record is in the offing,
in the state exists are suffering, or acreage this yeag means
beginning to, when one warering two crop than can be taken care of "by
three or four weeks ago could have present canneries and only recently
been given them, and the crops not Houston the fig men of that sec-
only saved but practically made. It tion mapped out a campaign for a
is not meant by this that all cotton $150,000 bond issue for the
and corn fields could have been so of building canneries for the
treated, but many of Them could. All ised output.
of which brings us back to our eft- : move assert that
repeated claims, that this can be
made a mighty fine and successful j
agricultural county the moment the'
canal companies, the business men, i
the bankers and farmers get together
and unite on the proposition of irri-
gation for dry crops.
Encouraged or excited by the
vote polled for George Butte at
last State election, the republican
party of Texas is organizing this
early and promising (one another) to
carry the state at the next election
for their party. Once upon a time
we beard a storv about a wee little
that tried to soar through
without scorching his wings
a man who tossed a snow
count for anything there
:a.re great things in store. Regard-
those localities where the land is al- ' weevils to cotton
But taking the sit- , the chance for American perfumeries,
nation by all and far. the situation Most we have seen and smelt will
is acute and the cotton industry, as ' run a weevil away from anything—
well as the cotton farmer, is alarmed ' and how would that do.
It is (there’s that stuff called ‘stacomb” the
impossible to imagine of a greater young men use. That will disgust
calamity to the country than a short- : them, run them, strangle them and
annihilate them.
central counties of the state and mil- i How is this contradiction to be
| counted for? Perhaps it is the steady
i beat of new ideas upon the mind,
big i Perhaps it is the fact that
+1nQ pie are now free to do more things
and are doing them. Whatever it
is, people who have more spare time
than people ever had before get the
sense of whirlwind pressure, and re-
peat the common criticism that “we
are going too fast.” Yet people live
longer than ever before, live with
less effort, live on a higher plane.
Is it possible that this common say-
ing about our rapid pace is just
another thoughtless mob-suggestion?
Think it over.—Henry Ford.
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Following an lacrimonious munici-
pal election at Wichita Falls, held
recently, the citizens there have met
and ■ decided to bury all animosities
engendered by the campaign. That’s
the spirit and the one which should
obtain in every town or city. When
one man or a set of men fall out
with another man or set of men be-
cause of his or their activities, and
votes in any campaign, it is a sign
that ignorance is in the saddle—and
ignorance is -a mighty poor means of
transportation on the road to prog-
ress, peace, plenty and prosperity.
j A generation that has more leisure
I than any of its forbears ever had is
. - ——----- A genr
j more
fullest extent? Pick it up, place it ! easily than any preceding one has
in any one of the central or north ‘ done is described
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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/m1/4/?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.