The Matagorda County Tribune. (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, April 2, 1915 Page: 1 of 8
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TO OUR COUNTY, OUR WHOLE COUNTY AND EVERY SECTION OF Ot R COUNTY
'JO OUR PRIDE IN iTH PARI AND CUR HOPE FOR ITS .■ JTUKE ADO Vi'RHlO'’« WORK IN THE LIVING PRESENT.
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In Third Place in the Amount of Pen-
I.
Optimism.
AS BEYEFAC-
roads described
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TORS TO THE SOUTHWEST.
Freight
Rate*
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celebration
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LOSS
EXCEEDINGLY
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income of $75 per month only $36
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Out a Message of
Originall) Made Low
on Rice From Texas and Louis-
iana to Help Industry, But
Return
George
on id rated
This Section Passed Away Last
Xigiit at Galveston.
(THE RAILROADS WANT
A HIGHER RATE FOR RICE
The
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and
a hut-
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by the National government for
nions, homes, etc.
','61,450,399 was
1865.
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"The End of the Rainbow," an ama-
teur dramatic production to have been
presented at Wadsworth last Satur-
day night was, on account of unfavor-
able weather conditions, postponed till
Monday night following Easter.
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n-itronize Tribune advertisers.
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BAPTIST LADIES’ DIMMER.
(HIM iS IWJl
Little Belgians, Boused in Alexandria
Palace, Quick to Learn, sajn
Miss Roche.
H. R. Holt of Los Angeles Obtains Op.
tion on 5,000 Acres, Planning to
Grow English Haluuts.
bions Paid-Those At ho Fought
for the Confederacy.
the interests of the work.
Captain Davenny gave an optimis-
tic account of the labors of the Na-
tional Rivers and Harbors Congress. I H RE
Carolina appropriated but $258,090. 1 Considering the necessity of govern-1
although i
maintain i
Place your advertisement
Our readers arc now reari-
ng they
Get in with the
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Hr. ('. G Hamill is reported on the
sick list.
FOR lliiii
Giles
Anna Mills Pleased With Results nt
Demonstrntion Farm.
on a
Hie cost of transportation.
raise. With
the acreage
with rice
rates low
A part ($12,000) of the $30,000 bond
Issue for the improvement of the
roads in Road District No. 6, which is
the Collegeport district, was sold last
Saturday to White & Company of New
York City.
Duty Held a Meeting Yesterday
Afternoon and Reported Progress.
The ladles of the Baptist Church
will serve dinner on the court house
lawn during the celebration on the
21st. tt-K
for many years In Belgium and who
i fluently the French and Flem-
ish languages. The majority of them
’heir studies are made easier by slng-
While I was there they sang
workers have been successful in re-
uniting many families.
"The little children who are boused
| in Alexandria Palace are taught by
Colonel John E. Pierce, one of the
oldest and wealthiest settlers in this
section of the State, died at Galves- (
ton last night, after an illness cover-
ing several weeks.
be taken to Blessing, decedent’s home,
and hurled there tomorrow.
The death of Colonel Pierce mar!
the passing of one of South Texas’
prominent and noted characters. He
came to this section before the war.
entered the cattle business and amass-
ed a fortune in lands, cattle and
money. Several years ago he plan-
ned, organized and established the
town of Blessing, which he. In his
characteristic vein, called "The Spot-
less Town.”
Col. Pierce belonged to the old
school of cowmen and was one ot the
very few left.
He leaves a widow and family, Col.
A. B. Pierce of Blessing being one
ot them, and who went to Galveston
today for the remains.
A more complete story of the life of
Col. Pierce will appear in a later is-
sue of The Tribune.
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FIXE STRAWBERRIES.
lug to their proximity to railroads ami
the condition of the trees. A good-
producing grove will yield as high as
$250 an acre yearly.
"The salt, humid
the sandy loam experienced in
oral South '
certain English
Hlatagorda Countg ©ribunc
Beaumont Texas, March 26.—The
success of the grapefruit and orange
trees planted by the Nona Mills Com-
pany on its demonstration farm at
Nona two years ago has caused the
company to plant 30 more acres to
grapefruit and 10 acres to Satsuma
otanges this year.
The Grlfffng Brothers Nursery Com-
pany of Port Arthur Is now growing
1,0,000 grapefruit trees at Nona for the
market. The trees are for next year's
planting.
( lie spirited citizens of the town. After
| tiie-budget had been thoroughly dis-
cussed at the meeting yesterday and
the probable cost of the entertain-
ment was considered It was unani-
mously agreed that fully that amount
would bo necessary in order to ar-
range for a celebration in keeping
with Bay City’s Importance.
Tho work of the ways and means
committee Is yet to bo accomplished
and until that Is done no definite pro-
gram will bo adopted.
As outlined yesterday by tho en-
tertainment committee the program
will be a moot excellenat one and will
afford to visitors and citizens a gala
day the like of which has never before
been witnessed in this city.
PORTIOM OF ROMD ISSUE SOLD.
Made for Reduction in
Key Rate.
■hlcli covers forty five coni-
fer the city within the three
iientioned is $71,841.38.
amount of losses is $(..899.16,
WORK STEADILY PROGRESSING
GN CELEBRATION PROJECT
Aelhe in Texas.
Captain Davenny has been In Texas
He addressed
hall of the
Through figures compiled by th ■
Bay Cir insurance Agency and .1. »’ <
KHlvr & ( o.. having to do with the1
nercentagc of loss by fire within the
three
sustained Is
pay no yearly
Maryland and
homes, while West Virginia and Okla-.
boma do nothing as to providing for
pensioners.
There was at the last report receiv-: since early in January,
cd by Pension Commissioner Jones of
the Texas department 365 inmates of
the Texas home. Missouri haw 309
inmates and Alabama only 80 inmates.
Tn the appropriations for homes made
during 1911 Texas led with $96,000 and
Missouri was second with $60,000.,
Louisiana with $58,000 and Virginia
with $46,000 wore next in order. ■ public address ho will be active in
Pensions paid during 1914 for Texas
totaled $849,000, while those of Geor-1
gia amounted to $1,170,000 and forj
Alabama reached $925,000. South!
Mayor
his
(official report of the loss and his pe-
; to the Stat** Fire Insurance
Commission asking for a reduction in
■ afforded an obejet lesson in ‘he the key rate.
i importance of overseas commerce and j Tin total amount of premiums is-
I even at a
' been
AS SEEN BY A SW*
Pursuant to appointment the
a ittees selected to prepart; for
City's big celebration met yesterday
afternoon at 1 o’clock at the City-Hall
for the single purpose of submitting
’heir reports.
Chairman Hugh B. Eidman called
the meeting to order and asked for
the reports, all of which disclosed
lite gratifying fact that real progress
towards perfecting plans for the cele-
bration has been made. However,
there yet remains much work for the
I committees to accomplish, chief
among which is the work of the ways
have|ari(] nioana committee. Tho gentle-
rest. ,riPn composing this committee will
j endeavor to raise as much as $500 to
: defray the expenses of the entertaln-
i rnent and this amount will be asked
A ( heeiful Outlook. If,,r froni the liberal and puls-
"Thp friends of waterways have no I
real occasion to be downcast or dis-
couraged. On its face tho bill passed
at the last session of tho Federal Con-
cress carried only $25,000,000. The
fact is, however, that it provided for
a transfer of unexpected balances pre-
viously appropriated for various pro-
jects. in the amount of $5,000,000. The
sundry civil bill carried about $4,000,-
900 for various projects under continu-
‘ng contracts and the amount required
from the government to meet demand
in connection with projects involving
Iccal co-operation is about $1,000,000.
It may bo seen, therefore, that, about
$35,000,000 is available for waterway
development in 1915. This is not at
nil a discouraging contribution in face
of necessary economics of the gov-
ernment incident to the war. It will
be recalled too. that the big post-
office bill failed of passage.”
Captain Davenny delivered an ad-
dress before the Ad Club of Victoria
iast F'riday night at which C. S. E.
Holland, president of the Interstate
Inland Waterway League, presided.
He quotes the president of the Inter-
ccastal Canal organization as praising
the National Rivers and Harbors Con-
gress as tho indispensable ally ot the
gulf coast project.
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Mr. Bartlett, oil driller In the Moore
tract, Is on a visit to his home st
Houston.
on ids j Uunardi'r Orduna.
Floyd 1 ’tingly of her trip abroad and cx-
1h general; pressed her disappointment at her In-
t. It was her
intention on her return to America to
on the work of tho comrnia-
iu behalf of tho Belgians.
"I landed in London,” said
“Consumer Pays the Freight.”
“I enjoyed specially tho privilege
of addressing tiie members of the
Texas Legislature in the hall of the
house of representatives at Austin as
I did on Lincoln's birthday. It is ne-
cessary and highly important that tho
people away from water course:;
should be brought to realize that they
share in the benefits that come from
i lower cost of transportation. It is
not. only those who live by the water
side that are benefited. Economics in
transportation cost secure to tho
farmer a larger return for the pro-
ducts of tiie soil and bring to him
the things he uses and consumes at
a lower cost. The fiction has long
been entertained that the merchant
paid the freight; tho fact is that he J
merely conceals it in the price he
exacts from his customer.
“Next to the satisfaction Ihad,”
said Captain Davenny, "in addressing
the representatives from the interior
at ’he State capitol I enjoyed most
my visit to San Antonio, to Teredo and
Brownsville, where I succeeded in
arousing undoubted interest in water
channel deve’o .ent.
Austin, Texas, March 26.-
cf Texas has more inmates In
home provided for Confederate pen-
sioners than any other State of tiie
16 comprising the Southern group.
Appropriations for 1914 also rant-
higher by $36,000 than any of the oth- I
er States in tiie South. Amounts of i
pensions, however, for the . ear places
the Lone Star State in the third posi 1
lion with Georgia and Alabama ex-1
ceedlng the amount paid by Texas.
Average pearly pensions of those
drawing warrants from the State
amount to $90 per annum, while four
other States pay in excess of tills'
amount. Florida and Kentucky vie
in paying the largest amount of year-
ly pensions witli $120 each. Tennes-
see pays $100 per year and Louisiana
pays $96 per year. Toxas ranks next I
in line. Four States, Oklahoma, Mis-
souri, West Virginia and Maryland, |
pensions,
Missouri
or an equal basis so far as rates are
concerned. The total increase from
this source, the witness said, would
be $18,500 a year, which is a part of
the $19,000,000 which tiie 41 Western
railroad systems hope to add to their
annual revenue if all tiie increases
asked for a'-e granted.
"Rice rates were made extremely
low to foster tiie industry,” said Mr.
Owen "There was a vast area ot
land in Ixuiisiana and Texas which
produced nothing but crawfish holes,
experiments were begun
I'liil tiie railroads put tho
to build up tiie industry.
South Carolina pays veterans having ‘ inent retrenchment ip tho expenditure Application
an income of $75 per month only $36
per year and those having loss than ■
that amount $48. Widows of veterans
receive $24 and $35. respectively, un-
der the same plan. Soutli Carolina
appropriates $73 per year per capita
which, according to the report from
State, “buys them bacon and
more.” Kentucky
home ami
ICAUFORNIA SEES UNLIMIIlD 0 REFUGEES
POSSIBILITIES IN SOUTH TEXAS
the Legislature in tiie
house of representatives February 12.
Lincoln’s birthday, and since that
date lias spent tiie most of his time
in tiie Rio Grande Valley and south-
1 ern part of tiie State. He will remain
in Galveston for several days and al-
though he is not scheduled for any
bns not. by any means
posisblllties of Its development.
Antonio Express.
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PLAYTIMG MORE GRAPEFRUIT.
Hunt $18,500 More Per
Rice.
Tiie proposed increases range from
I to 10 1-2 cents per 190 pounds.
: pl ead, according to Hie roads, to
place the markets at Chicago. St.
Louis. Kansas City and other points
, ... Alexandria Palace are taught by
atmosphere and ! a bright young English girl who lived
— —„ MY- ........
Toxas counties make itLpeaks
walnuts will bo
grown with great success in tills sec- a]r®itdy speak English very well, and
tion.
"From my observation'of conditions ing.
In general I think this part of Toxa ;1 the Belgian national hymn in French
reached tiie | and Flemish, and wound up with
San •Tipperary' in English. They appear-
ed to lie a happy and contented lot,
and all seemed to have one idea, and
eno only, that they will soon be back
i In their native land.
"I ohail go out as soon as possible
<«n the lecturing tour under the aus-
pices of tho commission for relief
in Belgium, and will probably toll the
people of iny own Slate about work
of the organization, its purposes, and
so on. I shall be ready to go as soon
as the committee is ready tc hav'O
me go.”
that
cornbread—hardly
has recently purchased a home amt. ;u,ri>or’»» sid said lie. “Of course I non this
rtartod paying pensions. I( sl]is deeply interested as she Sutherland is forwarding today
Approximately $5,000,990,999 is paid ;. vitally concerned in sustained (
I”’1’- : tlment favorable to appropriations for tition
Of this amount $4,-| ]iai.i)Or improvements. Recent months
pensions since', 1VP — - • ... .------ <_
trols many acres in Soutli Toxas.
“1 find climatic and soil conditions I 'octure
in Soutli Texas even superior to those sion
in Southern California," said Mr. Holt. |
‘Tiie sandy loam in Hidalgn and adRoche, "on tho 21st of February,
mining counties Is immensely fertile, expected to accomplish much in
and well adapted not only to tho grow-pey <>f tho stricken coiQitry and
‘ • ■ ■ - .. a||imako notes pnrtlciilarly as to tho dis-
tribution <>f food. 1 saw Mr. Herbert
about i1”- Hoover, chairman of tho conimis-
Meanwhile, I will r< port,ston. shortly nfter rny arrival in Imn-
He informed me that as at that
were so
Sutherland has also dem-
his ability to grow and
produce fine strawberries and as an
evidence of his knowledge, brought
to tliin office some j-oal fine ones this
morning.
Bay City can produce all the straw-
berries she might require and in view
> icf the fact that those grown here
r are as fine as any we have ever seen.
It is remarkable that not more of
them are grown, for both home and
sale purposes.
H. R. Holt, u real estate operator oi J Miss Josephine Kocin . ef Denver,
at the St. Antlioni i Colorado, who was sent to London in
iiis way liouic i >’ ebruaiy In 11,,, expectation tiiat she
option on 5,ihm' ivotild make a tour of Belgium on be-
Mr half of tiie commission for relief in ia
hicii | Belgium, lias returned to New York
Chicago, March 29. Tiie South
western railroads were pictured as
benefactors in developing tiie conn
try l>y witnesses at the interstate
commerce commission's hearing of
the Western freight rate case toilui.
Speaking in behalf of tiie rai,roads’
proposed increase in tiie rates on rice
used in tiie manufacture of beer from
Now Orleans, interior Louisiana.
Texas and Arkansas. C. AV. Owen, as-
sistant general freight agent of Hie
Morgan's Louisiana and Texas Raii-
, testi-
fied that years ago the railroads pur-
posely fixed rates unprofitable low to
them in order to develop tiie country
and now the industry lias become self-
sustaining Hie railroads thought it
rfar.onalile Halt tiie rates should be
basis Io yield a fair return for
limit to Take Nursing
"What per cent of the value of rice
Mould Hie proposed increase amount
to'.”' asked Luther M. Walter, attor-
ney for Hie packers, who had appenr-
■ <1 Io opposition to all Hie advances
asked by tiie roads.
"The market value of brewers' rice
-- $.". per loo pounds. Averaging Hie
I'dvatiee at 5 cents per 190 pounds.
Hie increase would be 1 1-2 per cent
ci the value,” replied the witness.
Your position is that tiie railroads
having sin cessfully fostered tills in
Industry are now entitled to raise tiie
rates and take away the nursing bot-
I,.,., t|1Ht the vice industry
Ims grown to Hie extent that it is
relf-siistaining."
I> II. Lincoln, assistant general
freight agent of tin' Missouri Pacific
railroad, testified briefly, saying
tin re was no necessity now for less
than carload rates on rice.
Los Angeles, was
Hotel last night on
after obtaining an
iw roH of land in Hidalgo County.
Holt, is seeking Toxas lands on
to grow English walnuts, which thrive I without having accomplished her pur-
in Southern California. pose. Mias Roche returned on the
Mr. Holt was accompanied on his. Cumiriler Orduna. She talked inter-
trip to Hidalgo County by Floyd '’tingly of her trip abroad and ex-
Shock of St. Louis, who I
manager of a land company that con- ubility to reach Belgium
time when commerce has .
interrupted In other ports
------ I the world Galveston has made a ton-
Proniinent Figure In Development ofinage record.
I "Many sections of the country are :< loss of about 6 per cent.
| not fully alive to the benefits that
come from economical transportation, |
ilut tiie demand for thirty-five feet of,Tribune.
| water at Galveston leaves no doubt of ing and studying ads
the full appreciation at this port cf never before.
Hie commercial expansion that sul'
The remains will ^oni providing deeper chanm -s and
{;affording success for larger cargo
carriers.
"It will lie readily understood that
an advantage comes to every worthy I
project from a deeper interest among
the people of the interior in the de-
velopment of both rivers and har-
bors.
Ing of English walnuts, but. for
Kinds of fruits and vegetables.
"I will •return to Texas In
sixty days,
on conditions to a symlictite of Cali- ’Ion.
tomia capitalists and I feel confident . tioie tilings were ho Indefinite, It
they will take advantage of tiie option (would lie inndvisnlde to go <>n to Rot-
I have obtained on tiie 5.900 acres and terdam.
plant tiie land in walnut trees.
"Tho soli of South Texas, particu-
larly tiie counties near tiie Mexican
border and tiie gulf, is equally as well
adapted for tiie raising of citrus fruits
as Southern California. It Is a bet-
ter corn country and better adapted
to thi' raising <f eally vegetables than
Southern California. The land in
Southern California is 'spotted,' that
is, much of it is mountainous and in-
fertile. Where the soil is rich it Is
exceedingly rich, in South Texas
practically all tho land is unusually
fertile.
"Fruit ami vegetable growers may
niise evertyhlng we produce in Cali-
fornia and other tilings wo cannot <
tin1 proper cultivation
here should yield even
more than it does in California. And
‘o think how many more acres can be
f ultivated.
“Great canning industries uro cer-
tain to come to Texas. Tomatoes,
string beans, peas, asparagus ami
vegetables soon will lie shipped from
this section in cans as well as sent
East and North while fresh in carload
lots. Many pickle factories are cer-
tain to come to Texas. I many men. about a thousand jolm a
"Figs mature earlier here than in | month, I believe, most of them in
California and I am surprised the in railroad construction work, and 906
dustry lias not reached larger propor- (of these abh obled men were sent to
tlons. The climate and Holl of cer-1 Scotland, where work was found for
The problem lias been to avoid
tlons.
lain counties tn Soutli Texas are well ihem.
adapted for profitably raising grapes, aiy Interference with English or Scot-
Tiie sugar beet industry should thrive i Hsb labor, the unions particularly op-
in Hiis section. | nosing tlie taking on of tiie refugees
"It is only a question of a short u almost all branches of skilled labor,
time until tlx1 truck farms around Los , Work for tiie younger women as do-
Angoles are cut Into villas for wealthy i inestics has been found for a great
men of the North and East, who are . many. A majority of them seem anx-
rioeking to Southern California, and I ions to lie helpful and to do Homething
then the fruit and vegetable kings of (I >r their own and their relatives' sup-
the country will turn their attention 1 port.
io Soutli Texas. ! "Of course, there are a great many
"The growing of English walnuts is I in England who have no idea at all as
one of the greatest industries around 1 io the when iboiits of their relative*
Los Angeles. Forrested lands sei) end whether they are dead or alive,
from $1 299 to $2,900 an acre, accord- although tiie commission and its co-
>1 I .. _ . 1 .... 1 ... . /..i I.. .
■The State I Captain Wilson I. Davenny, field
the (secretary of the National Rivers and
Harbors Congress, Is in Galveston
after a visit to nearly all of the im-
portant cities of Texas in ids work
as a missionary urging tiie importance
of water channel development. Cap-
tain Davenny came here from Hous-
ton where he spent Friday night. He
is staying at tile Galvez.
Two years ago at tiie
incident to the opening of the Inter-
| coastal Canal from Corpus Christi to
! Galveston Captain Davenny was here. (
(Since that time lie lias traveled 29,000 '
miles In the interest of the congress,
'ncluding a detailed inspection and
tour of tiie Pacific coast from San
Diego to Seattle. He was one of tiie
principal speakers at tiie Inland Wa-1
terways Congress in San Francisco'
and in his field work has addressed I
nearly all of the civic and commercial1
bodies of tiie Pacific coast in the I )ad an(| stpalllghip coippany.
larger centers. I»,_j _..n <
of public money due to the war in
Europe Captain Davenny sees cause
for renewed optimism in a recapitu-
lation of the funds ready to lie used
for waterway development
: congressional appropriation.
"One may fairly expect Io find sus- city of Bay City for tiie past
ti'ined Interest In water channel de- year;, the actual
I volopment on the rivers and at the about 6 per cent.
. harbor's sid ." said lie. "Of course i nop tlds recommendation,
Anyone, lie said, who enter-
ed Belgium, unless for tin' purpose
of delivering food to tiie Inhabitants
;e< agent of tiie commission, could not
return from that country under a
minimum of three months' stay. That
meant a detention longer than I liad
expected and would lessen my help,
fulness to tiie cause of thecommisslon
in tliiH country, where I had expected
to lecture. Tiie work of distribution
n Belgium Is being done chiefly by
holders of Rhodes scholarships, young
men. bright and active and enthusii'.s-
t:c iu their work, mid I was Informed
by Mr. Hoover tiiat It wan hopeless to
introduce any people as workers on
tills staff in control of tiie distribu-
tion work unless tiny intended to re-
icii'n permanently, or at least for the
stipulated period of three months.
"In consequence of this I remained
in London. My stay lasted thirteen
li.iyr.. 1 visited Alexandria Palace,
which is now given over entirely to
I'; lylnn refugees. Tiie palace now
harbors about 1,800 men. women and
The problem of taking care
of tlu'se refugees lias unquestionably
proven n serious one to Hie English.
They are finding positions for a good
'iiany men, about
month,
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