The Matagorda County Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, May 11, 1917 Page: 2 of 8
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Ye-
confined,
on
spend-
substance.
Governor Ferguson put his veto on
much of the expenditure.
Hut he, too, went wading and got
8. call.
The assessments are all in.
The advalorem tax rate is limited.
Uncle 3am is making off with all
the side lines.
A bankrupt State treasury is inevi-
table unless a way out is found.
Maybe the Rushman movie serial
will afford a hint.
If Pet Brown wants to witness some
real wrestling, let him look In
the Texas legislature.
In the whole field of medicine
there is uot a healing remedy vhat
will repair damage to the flesh mbre
quickly than BALLARD’S SNOW
LINIMENT. In cuts, wounds, sprains,
burns, scalds and rheumatism, its
healing and penetrating power is ex-
traordinary. Price 25c, 50c Mid SI
per bottle. Sold by P. Q. Huston.
a white-faced Hereford.
Farming districts are advised to
grow stuff that wouldn't come up if
planted, by men who never in their ]
lives drew the lines over a mule's into deep water with all the others.
■ Now they are sending out the S. 0.
S. call.
I LESSON FOR PFT BROWN.
(From the Waco Tlmes-oHrald.)
The Texas le.gislatrue is wrestling
with its own prodigality.
It started out a regular
thrift.
There was nothing it didn't feci
called out to help with the people's
lines over a
back or followed old Buck and Broad |
with the cajoling ' whoa! come’" and
■'bike'”
And yet there are slackers'
plenty of them.
Nor arc thev confined, by any
means, to the ranks of the boys who
fail to go to the front We have
them everywhere, all around us. and
in all shapes.
So. before we condemn others to
the slackers' brigade, why not tak»
a personal inventory and see wherein
lies our own virtues?
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The Genera! Store
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Alamo Lumber Company I
JOHN SUTHERLAND. Manager
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The Last Opportunity
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BUY WAR BARGAINS
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Matagorda County Lands
Ahead of the Land Boom that is on the road.
The way to get rich is to buy on a Bar-
gain Market and sell on a Boom.
SEE US FOR LAND AND LOT SNAPS
GUSHER CAME IN
(1TATIOM BY Fl'BI.K UHoX.
H DAMON MOUND
Hownt
W 1 II
BRYAN
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Ui.'iiHt It 1IlliFl.b 1» til l.
Expect Bigger Field Than
(,,H
said
and
half
Wei) on the Old Bryan store I.of.
ell is on the old Bryan store I
of
with
poor
-o-
-a-
\ -fternooii
Hour.
Magill and G. M.
‘ants, and said petition alleging that
.on tiie 25th day of January. 1
defendants H. B. Holman. J. W. Ma-
■gill and G. M. Magill executed thep
(certain promissory note of one thou-
Isand ($1,000.00) dollars, In which each
and became liable to and promised to 1
pay plaintiff the sum of two thousand ba
; ($2,000.00) dollars, principal and in-
deed of
County,
Y
; barrels.
Tuesday the well began
kinds of men.
In fact, in our race it is hard not
to find a slacker, one each for all of
( llshe
afternoon,
The State of Texas.
No. 53®8 '
him were
scouts.
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;■ . ;udx . ai (list: let
Kaul
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By the making and executing and
delivery of said note, the defendants
H. B. Holman, J. W. Magill and G.
pap* r published in your county,
there b* a a* *-;a;>-r , . . -ii-
but if not. then in any nt
to bring said suit.
And plaintiff han been compelled to
foreclose his Hen on above described
land, which defendants created by the
execution and delivery of the above
deed of trust
Wherefore plaintiff prays that he
have and recover judgment against
defendants for the sum of two thou-
sand ($2,000.00) dollars, Interest, pr!n-i
I. , Wednesday
Hau M il<i t.r an
Hr, 'kt-
, and
Tim«*lf to pay plaintiff the sum
i one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars at |
, La Grange, Texas, with 10 per cent
I interest, per annum from date untl
(paid, and in event default was made
Un payment of same at maturity or
same was placed In the hands of at-
• torney for collection, an additiona'
'amount shall be added to the prin-
cipal and interest as attorney’s fee.'
said note was renewed, from time to i
time, and each of said defendants,
bound and obligated himself to pay . , ,
I ,, . , ...” staiti and associates). It first
said note, on or before January 2a.
, * * ,*.n •• in a.- a ui-.-rr and Wai connect- :
191 fi, and defendants and each of them , , ■ , , , , ,
led up to furnish fuel for the boilers
; of the rigs operating in that vicinity.1
I Early last month it began to flow i
loll and salt water. The flow of oil i
kept growing steadily larger until)
„ (about two weeks ago when the well j
' I was capped after it showed oil al-1
| most entirely. It was reported then |
to be flowing about 500 barrels.
In the meantime, In preparation for (
what the company felt certain was to j
be the source of a big production
sure of his deed of trust and for such ,
| other and further relief both special
(and genera! as he may be entitled to
In law and In equity, will ever pray
| etc.
Herein fail not but have before anld
(court at Its aforesaid next regular
J term, this writ with your return
' thereon, showing how you have exe-
cuted the same.
Given under my hand and the sea!
of said court, at office In Bay City.
Texas, this the 21st day of February.
A D 111?.
(SF1AL1 John F. Perry,
Clerk. District Coart. Matagorda Co
mar30-mav1S
There is much being said about the
slacker these strenuous times.
And the term ‘‘slacker” is, without |
an exception, applied to the boy who
( refuses to go to the front.
Plies Cared In 6 to 14 Day*
Yowr dn.«ri»t wilt refund money If PAXO
OINTMBNT f«(l« to cure any cane of lulling.
Blind, Bleed ingot Protruding Pile* in *ta*<dave
The first application gives L-ae and Rent. 5Oc.
The well was brought under con- ■
trol within a short time and during!
the night was shooting two four-inch
water in it into the big earthen tan’;
(of the above named defendants boundjwa°r ,n 'n*° big earthen tank
0»| whieii had recently been completed. 1
Immediately »he fact became'
known. Mr. Staiti hurried to the field,
where he now is, and accompanying
a number of oil men and
d in saia jjme.-u c
district to said 23rd judicial dis-
trict. to appear at the next regular
(term of the District Court of Masagor-
' da County, to be holden at the court
house thereof, in Bay City, Texas, oti
the third Monday in June, A. D 1917.
‘tho same being the 18th day of June,
A. D. 1917. then and there to answer
a petition filed in said court on the
:24th day of January, A. D. 1917. in a
, suit, numbered on the docket of said
court No. 5388, wherein II. B.
|bach is plaintiff, and H. B. Holman,
For the past several weeks there
has been great curiosity as to what
had be n found at Damon Mound and
the big gasser there—making 700.00*
i pressure—whetted the curi-
There was some oil in the gas
I and this was squeezed regularly, fill-
L. Y. Smith, J. E. Stevenson, J. »">all tanks. When Mr. Staiti
Magill are defend-bls preparations made he brought
tl in the first gusher in a territory
1908, the**bich is expected to rival Humble.
.i- The well was brought under co:
Constable
-Greeting
commanded
Holman. L.
Stevenson and
ks previou- tc
To the Sheriff or any
Matagorda Cc-jot;-
You are hereby
summon H B. J
Smith. J. E.
W Magill y
f »r eigi l '
The
lot. and is one of the properties ot 1
I the Texas Exploration Company (H.
I T Staiti and associates). It ' '
■ came in as
renewed their promise to pay same oni .
or before January 25. 1916, that at a
later date J. E. Stevenson, bound and
obligated himself to pay said note, he
having purchased an interest in said
laud hereinafter described, and L.
Smith bound and obligated himself to (
pay said note together with interest;
and attorney's fee.
For the purpose of securing the
above described not#, the defendants;
■ non the......day of........l|08. be th' ''
executed their certain deed of trust, number of earthen tanks were con-1
to W. S. Holman, trustee, on the fol ‘ structed with a capacity of 80,000.
lowing described property, to-wit: : barrels.
All that certain tract or parcel of j Tuesday the well began groaning)
land consisting of forty-nine acres out i umler th. pressure and it was decided
of survey No, 5. and block No. 3, made to remove the cap and open it up.
for the I. & (}. N. Railway Company
and also a part of lot No. 2, of said'
survey. Said deed of trust is record-]
ed in Vol........ page.....
trust records, Matagorda
Texas.
Everything Bathed in Oil.
Everything was made ready for
Wednesday afternoon but as soon as I
the cap was removed, the well broke
loose, throwing the oil over the Bryan
store and house. Everything was
bathed in oil but after it was finally
! got under control the oil was direct-
M. Magill bound and obligated them- ed into the big reservoirs. The gush-
selves to pay said note to plaintiff > er came in at a depth of 1450 feet.
‘ ‘ 1 With the fact established that oil I
is been found in large quantities at I
Damon Mound attention will now* be ;
I forest and attorney’s fees, and the said directed to the Brazoria Count , oper-,
J. E Stevenson and L. Y. Smith by ations.
i assuming to pay said note, became lia-j The officers of the Texas Exnlora-,
ble to pay plaintiff and became in- tion Company are E. F. Simms, presi- ‘
H. T. Staiti. first vice presl-
John Hamman, second vice
i president; F L. Phair, secretary; W.
. Hardcastle, treasurer.
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THE 81.11 KER.
I debted to plaintiff in the sum of two dent:
thousand ($2,000.00) dollars principal, j dent:
; Interest and attorney's fees. Plain-i(F1
I tiff has demanded of each of defend-1(.
| ants that they pay said note, principal, ■
: Interest and attorney's fees, but each
of them has failed to pay same to
plaintiff damage to the sum of two
thousand ($2,000.00) dollars. Plaintiff
has been compelled to bring suit on
said note to collect same and has
been compelled to employ an attorney I
j Not only that, but it is especially
applied by a slacker of the worst type,
not only from a militray service
point of view. but. from a dozen other
angles.
In these times one need not be a
military derelict to be a slacker.
There are as many kinds of slackers
as there are
> v>a«>ww.w/ VV • *•
clpal and attorney's fees, for foreclo- ]
US.
But the poor devil who does not
feel like giving up home, prospects,
sweetheart or a bright future is a
slacker in the eyes of some who are
doing worse than slacking.
The food speculator is a slacker in
the most hedeous of terms The coo!
man who takes advantage of war to
boost his prices is ten times a worse
citizen than the poor boy who re-
fuses to go to the front.
We have had tons of advice to the I
farmer and he is importuned to get |
busy and net be a slacker. This ad-
vice usually comes from someone
who never hit a lick in the field in
hi.* life and would tramp, perhaps,
before he would.
The cattle man is begged and plead-
ed with not to slack by people who
would not know a Brahma bull from
Ot
Joint R»-n*>Ititn X<>. 12.
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dment
at the
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and laws
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(A true copy.)
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natural
sources
Edna;
at
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of s'l* h district and the proposl-
for
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be determined Io lie
if i-ompll.sliinent of
re-
the
Bay city
Lake;
declart
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MOTHER'S 1HY.
Ball.
1917. and
Palacios;
PROPOSED AWESDWF'T TO
Ml All
and
Bay
1918.
at
ballot
or
"For
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of
os of elec-
et« as far
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A letter received t< day from Pierce
Gaines state* that he has been as-
signed to Company 5. Officers Re-
serve Corps, at Leon Springs.
Saturday. December
Wednesday, April 24. 1918.
I at Bay City; Edna at El Campo; Eagle
1917, nn<!
Palacios
shall
thereon
amendment
of the constitution
The governor of tl.i- Stat*
din-i t ii to issue the neces-
alection
—Bay City at
at Edna; E!
provisions
is hereby ap-
funds in the
otherwise ap-
tbe expenses of
publication and
Bartlett,
Secretary of Stan*.
11-18-25-1w
1. 1917.
latke at
Palacii
—-Palacios at
Edna; Eagl?
Mother * Day will be observed next
Sunday at the Methodist Church Spe
rial sermon and music suitable to the
oevasion You are cordially invited
tn attend--wear a white flow* r In
honor of mother
declared publl* rights and
and the legislature shall pas-
laws as may
(b) There may be created
the stat** of Ti xa-i. or th*- Slate may
be divided into, such number of con-
The conservation and
development of all the
of this State, including
control, storing, preservation and dis-
tribution of Its storm and
waters, the waters <>f its river*
said election. - «
Me It revolted by the l.egi'lntiire uf
the State <ii I rias:
Section ]-
Saturday. November 21. 1917. and
I April *>. 1918 Eagh latke at Palacios;
privileges and F.dna at Bay Citv, El Campo at Whar
functions concerning the subje<t mat-
ter of this amendmt nt as may be con- '
ferret! by law.
(C) The Legislature shall author- '
ize till such indebtedness as may
nccesr
and the niaintemmct thereof
site to the achievements for th** pur
]m>bc of this amendment, and
indebtedness may tn* evidenced
bond" t,f such conservation and
liltnation districts, to be i -~*u-il under
nnh regulations a-, may
by law and shall also.
within
Saturday. December
April 18. 1918—Eagle
Wharton at Edna;
official I
printed
words
Article
the State
Texas providing for conservation dis-
tricts, the creation of such districts
and their government and regula-
tion.” and also the words Against the
amendment to Article 16 of the con-
Btltutlon of the State of Texas provid-
ing for conservation dlstrh ts. the ere-
atf'-n of such district* and their gov-
ernment and regulation." All voters
this proposed crmatltutlonal
p«.^4mM1t shall erase the words
"A’llnat •he amendment to Article 16
tion of Its inland and coa tai water,
and the preservation and conservation
of all such natural resources
of the State are each and all hereby (
duties: ■
all such
be appropriate thereto.
within1^'! Uaniiio: Pelacios at Edna: Whar-
•fhn at: Eagle Lake.
' Saturday. November 10
nervation and reclamation district, a* Wharton
may b<* divided into, such number of (Lake at F.l Campo,
eons* i vation and re* lama' ion district
ar tnivy bo determined to be essential
to th** ueeoinpllsliment of the pur-
poses of this amendment to the eon-| Aptil
Htltutlon. which districts shall tie gov-
crnrnenal igeneiCB tind bodies politic
and corporate with such powers of
government and with the authority to
exorcise such rights.
Biisket Bull mid lla*e
Wednesday, November 21,
1918—Bay City at
El Campo at Edna; Wharton at Eaglt
latke.
Saturday, November 21.
April 6, 1918
Eagle Lake
Palacios:
>'rOi*o«ln< to atn.-ri'i Art!* —
Crmstitution of the State
by adding (hereto A the
of anot e1 * ■ n
Section 59. declarin* the <■>»> -r
es <»( ube Brat* at T**
The foregoing cun-titution-
nl amendment shall be mibmitt* <1 to
vote of the qualified eh-, tor-
members of the legislature at an elo -
tion to lie held for such ptirpn-e on
the third Tuesday in August. X. D.
1917, the same being the 21st day of
August. A. D 1917 at -lid election
the vote shall bo by
which shall have
written thereon the
the amendment to
of
t y to pa i la w a I th
-r.,i*: in- ',<■'» r. h. Id -. ,.. -■ ,v, ■ ■■
kg**:.rvliig the natural r> tor-'. tb« tnt-thod of holding
for the election for the adoption or a such electi*
rejection of said pro; > > 4 eoti "itu-; .licai* **.
1 ion*I amendment. making certain Sec. 3-
proviaiotis for said election and Ute (
ballots thereof and the method** sary proclamation for said
thereof, directing tm- j.--uan<*- of md to have the -ame ;mbi.- *d as
the proclamation therefor, preaertb- quired by the constitution
ing certain duties of the governor of this State,
of tb* .-'•.tv ,md I ,. ■ / m appro- S<,<- 1- Th*- rn of f:v« thou ini
prlation to u-fru,. th * x;e*n- » of . f . " Obi dollits or so much Chere-
*• • *of as may be nece -ary
1 oom at* <1 out of an.'
treasury not
That Article 16 of the propriated to defray
Constitution of the State of Texas be sinh
ain>*tiibd 1, adding im reto at t;,i i-nd . p i-Go;,
ution to be known
as Section 59. and which shall read
as follower
Section 59a-
I«tke at Wharton.
Saturday. January 12, 1918. and
April 27, 1918 Palacios at Eagle
Ijake: Bay City at Edna; Wharton at
El Campo.
Wednesday. January 16, 1918. and
May 1. 1918—Wharton at Bay City;
Edna at Palacios; Eagle Lake at Pa-
lacios. - ij
Saturday. January 19. 1918. and
May 4. 1918 Bay City at Eagle Lake;
Edna at Wharton; El Campo at Pa-
lacios.
Saturday, January 26. 1918. and
May 11. 1918- El Campo at Bay City;
, Wharton at Palacios Eagle Lake at
Edna.
levy and collection
1 riots of all such tax
tribut <1. iis ma) he nei
payment of tin* interest and the crea-
tion of a winking fund for the pay- 1
nu nt uf stioh bonds and also for the ,
maintenance of sin b dh’ricts and im-,
provi-ments. and such indebtedne - * |
shall be a lion upon the property as-
sessed for tin* payment thereof; pro- |
vii’.id the legislature shall not au-
thorize the j.,.,u nice of any bonds or
provtli- for my indebtednoss against
tiny rielamation district unless -meh
proposition shall first bo submitted to
the qualified property taxpaying vot-
ers i,.‘
tion adopted.
Sec. 2-
Following is the schedule for the
I interscholastic games for the school
1 year of 1917-18.
| Those interested will please pre-
serve this published schedule for fu-
jture reference.
Football,
Saturday, October 13
Edna:
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Dizzine-- vertigo (blind statcersi-
-allow cum;,!<•> ion. flatulence are
svmptoms of a torpid liver No one
can fool w< 11 while the liver is inac-
tive. HERB1NE is a poferfnl liver
stimulant X dose or two will cause
all bilious symptom* to disappear
Try it Price 50c Sold by P.
Huston.
tion d* trict *. dwlar.ng UK h
defining the authority ot such
trk.-«. and *.onf *ri.:,- u, t
U)atur« aitta
ref erenew t;|
the leg l*fu
generally
pose of <
ton. *
Wednesday. November 28, 1917. and
April 10. 1018 Bay City at Wharton.
'Palacios at Edna: El Campo at Eagle
,, __________________ „„ ....... be Lake.
+"iry to provide all improvement”
requi- •
City;
all such 11*71 Campo.
,v I Saturday. December. 8, 1917- and
j.‘ April 20, 1918 -Bay Cit. at El Campo:
1 Palacios at Wharton;
be prcfK*rib< d f'ghe
authorize the I
such dis-
. equitably dis
igry for the
TH I. "f the constitution of the State of
I i|Xx 1 I I I 1 l<»x PRO1IB- T-x.i pr.ii'l ug I "< n . it : d-
J.XG FOB I'll KH HI''* IO IHt '1 ' " < ■ ■ >f
4UFIIIOX <•! t HXsj.Kt t I BIX and the r go., ;.u.*-tit r . a* u. and
ItJwl ltK TM.
words "For the amendment to Article
16 of the cnny’.t ition ot the Stat* of
Texas providing for conservation di»-
and their government and regulation."
which said erasur s ,-:.all be made by
through aid words. Alt ballots ca-t
as abovi ;„rovidc'l shall be eonnt*'d a-
proclamation,
c. J.
Schedule for the School liuir 1917-1*.
flood j
and '
streams, for irrigation, power and all
other useful purpo-ws, the reclama-
tion and irrigation of Its arid, semi-
arid and other lands needing irriga-
tion the re< lamaton ami drainage of
Its overflowed lands, and other lands
needing drainage, the conservation )
and development of its for* te. water Edna. Palacios at Eagh*
and hydro-electric power, th* n.ivi-* 1-,1 a'"l>“ ftt Wharton.
inland and roa tai water. Saturday, October 20 -1
at Ray City; Wharton at
' Edna at El Campo.
I Saturday, October 27
j Wharton; Eagle Lak,
('umpo nt Palacios.
Saturday, November 3—Bay City
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Smith, Carey. The Matagorda County Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, May 11, 1917, newspaper, May 11, 1917; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1346260/m1/2/: accessed July 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Matagorda County Museum & Bay City Public Library.