The Matagorda County Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, May 1, 1925 Page: 1 of 8
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BAY CITY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1925.
VOLUME LXXX—NUMBER 10.
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LOCAL MERCHANTS ARE
TOWN BACKBONE.
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Bay City Chamber of Commerce
Shows Spirit of Helpfulness.
RAINS EXTEND SOUTHWARD
OVER CONSIDERABLE AREA.
Texas
prom-
First Regular Service to Begin
15 Between Houston And
Corpus Christi.
With
waters
BETTER BREEDING HERE THAN I
IN INDIA—IS GIRDLING
THE GLOBE.
It was very
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Chamber of
Commerce
Hold Election
Getting Work On
River Under Way
State Aid Asked On
Matagorda Co. Road
“I am one who thinks the people
who
FREIGHT LINE
WILL NAVIGATE
COAST CANAL
ordinary breeds.
* years, but on
my first oppor-
The first regular freight service be-
tween Houston and Corpus Christi in '
by
from A. & M. College.
9 to 10 p. m., Picture Show.
10 p. m., All boys must turn in.
| da County, for state and federal aid
I in the construction of a highway from
everything possible will be Bay City to Palacios, a distance of
33 miles.
The purpose of this road is to fa-
cilitate transportation of the National
Guard that holds its encampment at
Palacios. Matagorda County has vot-
ed $250,000 in bonds for the road and
the state is asked to allot a similar
amount.
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“He who can live without manual
labor,” says an old heraldic authori-
ty, “or can support himself as a gen-
tleman without interfering in any
mechanical employment, is called Mr
and may write himself Gentleman.”
This report
rice industry
Austin, Texas, April 27.—An appli-
cation was filed Monday with the
state highway commission by Senator
Holbrook of Galveston and Judge W.
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Frederick W. Taylor, the efficiency
expert, always shielded his wife from
worry, at one time even gong so far
in the testing of a new saddle horse
as to wear one of her borrowed
skirts and ride in a side saldle that
she would use
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(Palacios Beacon.) •
A committee of Palacios citizens,
consisting of R. J. Sisson, G. A. Har-
rison, J. W. Sartwelle, J. L. Koerber,
Duncan Ruthven, J F. Barnett, W.
C. Gray and George Culver, of Mata-
gorda, were in Houston Tuesday and
Wednesday to meet with the officers
of the 36th Division of the National
Guards, for the purpose of putting
the finishing touch to the matter of
locating the campsite at Palacios. The
meeting was entirely satisfactory,
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IS THE SEVENTH DAY FOR REST?
Visitor: “What an inspiring ser-
mon your husband preached on “One
Day’s Rest in Seven.”
Pastor’s Wife: “I didn’t hear it
—I had to get his dinner.”
In the report made in yesterday’s
Tribune to the effect that the whole-
sale department, Carter Grain Co.,
would be moved to Houston, no men-
tion was made of he retail branch,
which will remain here and be car-
ried on as usual from the same place.
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GOOD RAINS ON RIVER’S
UPPER BE ACHE S
Freeport, Texas, Apiii 26.—While
adjusting a belt of the paper press
at the Freeport Facts tffice C. P.
Kendall, editor, was caught and
be s/stematized and rapid progress
undei the plan would be the result.
Up to this time practically all the
. work done has been of a more or
| less experimental nature, but results
' have been so satisfactory that it is
felt ttat the idea of cleaning the old
river channel is not only feasible,
but w 11 be by far more economical
than tie dredging of .a by-pass. It
now remains to get the laborers sys-
tematically organized an dso directed
that from each one is obtained a
day’s work for a day’s pay.
j Mr. Dickton has been spending the
major part if his time on the river
since he accepted the place on the
Commission aid is in every way ta-
l miliarizing himself with the condi-
jtions that obtain, and the obstacles
| to be overcome.—Wharton Spectator.
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FREEPORT EDIT01. HURT
IN UNUSLAL ACCIDENT
is encoura^’
in this sec '
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can not —
chants. Then collect this tax. If *^0™ S?.aft,.an\painfUlly
this were done it would help to re-
duce the tax burden or else help us
make money to bear it.
Favors Increased Rates
“Then get congress to amend the
mailing privilege so that the gov-
ernment will get pay for carrying
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Besides a number o: bruises
his arm was broken in three places.
Mr. Kendall’s work will be earned on
by his wife and two sons, Manis T. 1 ^ustin 0-88.
and C. P. Jr., during his convales-
cence.
induce the addressee to take the goods
after giving him thirty days to earn'
the money.
Home Folks Entitled
The
We weed
a much
you can
our original
These India
f as we breed
them in Texas they dress out heavier
than most ordinary breeds. I have
been raising them for
this trip I have had
tunity to study them.
“I was particularly interested in
‘We have had r
far, to Japan. China,
India and Egypt,
we have had but
sun hasn’t shone,
like r '■
the world is
taking than i
Thursday, June 25th:
6 to 7 a. m., Exercise.
7 to 8 a. m., Breakfast.
9 to 1'2 a. m., Field Trip.
12 to 1 p. m., Dinner.
1 to 2 p. m;, Rest.
2 to 5 p. m., Games.
5 to 6 p. m., Swimming.
6 to 7 p. m., Supper.
8 to 9 p. m., Lectures
from A. & M. College.
9 to 10 Picture Show.
10 p. m.. All boys must turn in.
Friday, June 26th:
6 to 7 a. m., Exercise.
7 to 8 a. m., Breakfast.
9 to 11 a. m., Field Trip.
11 to 12:30 a. m., Talks by local
men.
1 to 3 p. m., Barbecue,
3 p. m., Break camp for home.
live in a- town and do business
lean years just the same as fat ones,
pay rent, clerk hire, pay for insur-
ance, light and water and taxes to
help in upbuilding the community,!
build schools, care for the sick, bury
the dead and care for charity, are
the ones entitled to whatever is made
and spent in their respective terri-;
tories.
“What kind of a city do you think;
mine would be if it depended upon
be just a
So get
, the Intracoastal Canal will be man- i
urated when the motorboat Commo- '
dore Duncan sails at daybreak, May ,
15, from the foot of Main Street, oc-
cording to an announcement Monday
by the transportation department of
the Chamber of Commerce. This new
service for Houston shippers will be
operated by the McConnell Line, a
Houston concern headed by J. S. Mc-
Connell, Houston attorney, and Joe
McConnell of the Joe McConnell Oil
Well Supply Company.
“The Commodore Duncan will
maintain a 10-doy sailing schedule
and in addition to the ports of Hous-
ton and Corpus Christi, will serve
Aransas Pass and Rockport,” Mr. Mc-
Connell said. “We will also make
irregular calls at Galveston as cargo
offers.
“A boat is being constructed for us
at Morgan City, La., which will be
delivered about July 1. When this
boat is placed in service the line will
operate weekly sailings. The Com-
modore Duncan has a corgo capacity
of 50 tons and the new boat will
carry 100 tons.
“We are particularly anxious to im-
press the shippers of this territory of
our intention and .of our facilities to
give service of the most dependable
and regular character. We have om-
plicit faith in thq development of the
Intracoastal Canal and in the freight
traffic that is destined to flow over ;
thot waterway. Our company is fully •:
financed and will make no appeal of I
any kind to the public for funds. We •
are prepared to give a scatisfactory >
service that will induce the co-oper- j
ation of shippers in giving us their
business and that will promote confi-
dence in the permanency of -the ser-
vice.”
Freight will be received for , the •
new line at dock No. 1 of the Main
Street wharves, and the office of the
line will be room 507, State National
Bank Building, L. M. Hegsett, mana-
ger of the chamber’s transportation
department said-—Houston ChronicZa.
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RETAIL BUSINESS
TO CONTINUE HERE
ing Spain.
---,+inental countries
tates betore
States, probably in The
r - — vr active business
and have no reason for
home,” said Mr. McFadden.
— weather too
may go over to
summer and have
| there, for a r-- -
resorts, but I can’t tell.
a marvelous trip thus
—, Singapore, Java,
In four months
two days that the
On a big ship,
a floating hotel, a trip around
’ no more of an under-
a run up to Chicago.”
“ .. > your cor-
> nim at Gibral-
Tacred to the Hin-
“Cattle aryer km them
dus, and thgr Lre-eding. ’
, result Weaklings, and have
t outxer, stronger breed than
and in India, where i
humpbacks came from,
cattle are fine stock and
poses,
put ftrth a Herculean effort,
camp, by far the biggest thing in
the hstory of Palacios, and a thing
that .ssures the future of our town,
is wi.hin our grasp. We must not.
we cm not, let is escape us.
Th: committee, on its return trip,
met with the Bay City Chamber of
Comnerce, Wednesday evening. At
this meeting much interest wms
shovn in our project and a real de-
sire to help us put it over was much
in evidence. A commi tee of Bay
City citizens was appointed to can-
vass that city for funds to help us
meet the financial requirements. We
are sure that with the spendid help
Bay City is giving we wil make the
grade.
cios committee, and when the meet-
ing adjourned all felt assured that
the location of the camy at Palacios
was a certainty.
However, we have ahead of us some
obstacles that will require serious ef-
fort to overcome. We have until the
1st of May to raise the balance of
the nrmey, to get the required title
to the land we must deliver in fee,
and t< get easements on the other
land mquired for maneuvering pur-
We can do this, but we must
This
peddlers? Why it would
wide place in the road,
down to business!
“I would suggest two
Every county and every city should
have a peddlers’ tax so big that they
compete with local mer-
Then collect this tax. 1
the Colorado full in its head-
section the following rains
have been reported from stations on
the upper reaches and
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ocage j-0 a _ ing**'’
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Commissioner Dickson Expects To
Have Plan Working very
Smoothly Soon.
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Dickson, chairman of the
County Reclamation Com-
who have charge of the
. opening of the Colorado River, was
■ asked Tuesday morning how the work
New York,
produce better stock from the hump-
back cattle of India than India, It-
self, according to A. M. McFadden,
retired ranch owner of Victoria, who;
is now on a trip around the world,
having sailed from New York on De-
cember 5, last, on the Red Star li-
ner Belgenland.
Mr. McFadden, who has specialized
for some years in breeding the
humpback variety of India cattle on
his Texas ranches, recently crossed
India, from Calcutta to Bombay—a
distance nearly ;as great as that
from San Franv.. _ +n New York—
and paid particular attention .,
cattle he saw.
“We can beat them, with their own
stock” he said recently — ■>,our cor-
stock, ne sam mm at Gibral_
respondent, who «1acred to
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SAYS CALIFORNIA IS IHEl
& K S S S S
BUNK COMPARED TO TEX.
s ® s a s s
California weather is the bunk. The
state hasn’t a thing but what is ex-
celled by Texas, taking in climate,
soil, transportation facilities and ev-
erything else, including pretty wo-
men. Such is the verdict of R. J.
Seaman, manager of the idustrial de-
partment of the Houston Chamber of
Commerce, who returned from a two
weeks visit Tuesday.
“It just goes to show what can be
done by proper advertising,” Mr. Sea-
4‘If Texas would put up
the money for such publicity the re-
sult would be stupendous. Those
coming to Texas in answer to the
publicity would stay and advertise the
great country oin their letters to
others. But California has to keep
up the propaganda to hold its pop-
ulation. They draw great crowds of
new citizens, but these citizens iare
mostly disgusted when they get out both to the officers and to the Paia-;
there.”
Good news to rice farmers is
found in today’s reports of river con-
At Ballinger, where 1.30 of
rain fell , again yesterday, the river
is reported to be 18 feet. The extra
rain will give it an additional rise.
Above Ballinger on both the Con-
cho’s additional rainfall is reported
and those two branches of the Colo-
rado are bank full. Below Ballin
ger, Austin reported .86 rainfall.
Local reports are to the effect tha
yesterday and last night’s rain fal
as far down the Colorado as Whar
ton, all of which insures a good flusl
river for several days.
Indications and bureau report?
agree that more rain is on the way
the forecasts taking' in the
state and Oklahoma.
Should a general rain visit
now a bumper cotton crop is
dsed. Never before has the land
been in better condition than now.
while the weather is ideal for vege-
table life.
•No rain up to today has visited
this immediate section, but the wea-
ther is threatening and the prospects
are fine for a good precipitation with-
in the next few days.
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Peddler Menace
__ was progressing. He replied that it
. I . ... , ' was his ouinion that within another
M. SLOAN, NAVASOTA, SAYS days without storage when ralroads ■ ever,thing would
------------ collect storage after forty-eight hours. 01 ten aays ever tmn^ 'VOUiG
And they collect for the goods, too? ,
After thirty days when the postmaster
writes for return postage, they will
The News is in receipt of a letter, write and ask him to hold the parcels ■
from J. M. Sloan, postmaster and re- longer and will make a reduction to i
tail hardware merchant at Navasota,
in which he commends in most glow-
ing terms The News’ progress in pub-
lishing a series of stories on the evils
of merchandise peddling. He has
been a News subscriber for more
than fifty years.
“There are two menaces to the
retail business, and the first and
most dangerous, is the house to house
peddler,” Mr. Sloan writes under date
of April 19. “Here is an incident
that happened right here in Navasota
only a few years since. A peddler
who carries his samples with him
bought from one of our largest and
best merchants some extra fine linen
towels. He went to the merchant’s
home and sold his daughters several
of these same towels at an excellent
profit on what he had paid the girls’
father. And she might have had all
she wanted at cost at the store!
“■‘ fiows what peddling will do.
one of the peddler’s great-
is the United States gov-
ernment, which carries goods at cost
and then indirectly makes postmas-
ters agents for the peddlers. They
carry parcels for less than half the
express company’s charge and then
make a warehouse out of the post-
office! Mail parcels are kept thirty
private view of the sacred oxen of
the Maharajah of Baroda, which were
hitched to gold and silver cannon
and paraded for our benefit. The
animals had gold-tipped horns, and
were covered with cloths that were
worth a fortune. The pair hauling
; the gold cannon had cloth of gold
blankets and the pair with the silver
cannon , silver thread cloths. They
were just ordinary cattle at that. We
have better in Texas.
interesting, though I imagine the
Hindus would not have embraced me
as a brother if they had known I
had been breeding .their sacred cattle
for slaughter.
Mr. McFadden, accompanied by
Mrs. McFadden, left the Belgenland
at Gibralter, and they are now tour-
They will visit other
as fancy dic-
ing to the United
- e "^’itvimn.
"■“cca now,
hurrying
“If I
■warm here, I
New York in the
my car meet me
run around the Eastern
The new Board of Directors of the
Chamber of Commerce held their first
meeting last night and organized by
electing the following officers:
President, Pat Thompson;
President, S. R. Sholars; Treasurer,
Arthur Harris.
A general discussion, “for the good
of the order,” followed throughout
which a spirit of optimism prevailed.
The new board is entering upon its
duties enthusiastically and hopes,
with the general support of the citi-
zenship, to make a splendid record
this year. The report of the retiring
treasurer, George R. Burke, shows the
Chamber of Commerce to be in the
best financial condition of its histo-
ry and it is hoped by the new Board
that the revenues may be increased
so that the work may be launched
upon a broader scope than ever be-
fore.
There will be an encampment for j
all the boys in Matagorda County be-
tween the age of ten and eighteen,
at the old “Pierce Ranch” two and
one-half miles from Blessing on the
Tres Palacios. The encampment will
last from Wednesday noon, June 24,
I to Friday 3:00 p. m., June 26. Every
| boy in this county is urged to attend ; McNabb, county judge of Matagor-
■ this encampment.
; An ideal camp site has been select- j
' 3/H(1 <y will
idone to make each and every boy’s
: stay profitable and enjoyable. The
I purpose of this encampment shall be
| to give every boy in Matagorda Coun-
; ty a two days Educational and Re-
! creational program. The expenses
iof this encampment will be paid by
the citiznes of the County. No boy
will have to pay anything for his eats.
There will be plepty of eats and on
the' last day of the encampment, June
26, there will be a free barbecue for
the boys of all ages and for the men.
i Each boy should bring two blankets;
two towels; one bar of soap: a plate,
cup, fork, knife, and spoon; and a tent
or tarpaulin, if you have one to use in
case of rain. Although there is a
building nearby where the boys can go
in case of rain. If you have a base-
ball, baseball bat, baseball glove,
mit, or boxing gloves bring them
along.
Mr. S. C. Evans, Assistant State
Club Agent; Mr. Geo. W. Johnson,
District Agent; and Mr. A. K. Short
from the Extension Service, A. & M.
College will assist with the encamp-
ment.
Two Days Encampment Program
Wednesday, June 24th:
2 to 4 p. m., Baseball games.
4 to 6 p. mp, Swimming.
8 to 9 p. m., Lectures
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TO OUR COUNTY, OUR WHOLE COUNTY, AND EVERY SECTION OF OUR COUNTY.
“THERE IS NOTHING TOO GOOD FOR OUR FRIENDS”
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