The Daily Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 12, 1918 Page: 1 of 4
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Peace does not affect your W. S. S. pledge
Peace does not release
anyone from his pledge
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M. W. Hoopiugarner, Cashier.
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That war is over, the Government has lifted the ban on the produc-
tion of Automobiles, but they will not be manufactured in quantities for
months.
The thing to do to assure a new car in the Spring, is to buy NOW.
I have new OVERLAND cars in stock for immediate delivery.
If you are thinking of buying a ear, consider the DEPENDABILITY
of the OVERLAND, and the SERVICE behind it. and see me—
JOHN A. CRAWFORD
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Bay City, Texas
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Farmers who were!
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"iHERE IS NOTHING TOO GOOD FOR OUR FRIENDS”
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WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
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UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT
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present county agent in the county
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Ths only expense |>eacw relieves the Government from
is that of supplying bullets and povVder—Thu Gov-
ernment must spend $50,000,000.00 every
day for months to come to take care of
the soldiers and sailors— It will take
a year to demobilize the army.
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Watch for
! this year’s work combined.
•\ fight has been made upon
■'one-crop'’ system of farming; upon
inferior cotton: upon two outbreaks
of animal disease. Campaigns have
been carried on for the increased pro-
duction of beef cattle, hogs and sheep,
for more silos and for the irrigation
of cotton and corn. It was neces
sary to import large numbers of la-
borers and as a result of the work
, done in this line more than 40,000
< acres of cotton were harvested and.
I Indirectly 13.000 acres of corn and
■ the greater part of the 30,000 acres
I of rice harvested and furthermore 20,-
■ 000 additional Acreage will be pul un-
der cultivation in the coming year
All undertakings above described
have been successful. Together they
make up ten separate and distinct
projects. Splendid co-operation in an
individual way has been obtained by
tile county agent, and on the whole
this has been a splendid year for the
department of agriculture in
gorda County.
Especial attention ha been paid t
the labor project, to db> reification, toj
the betterment of cotton, to disease I
control and to irrigation
Due io excessive rainfall in Hie past1
two weeks and to lack of time on tlie
part of the farmers and to the neces-
sity of getting in this report by De-
cember I. it Is incomplete, inasmuch
as reports on demonstrations are con-
cerned The tabulation of mileage
traveled, letters written, consultations
held, etc., date from February 1 to |
November 19.
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To thoroughly understand this re- ■
port, the following things must
taken into consideration concerning
Matagorda County:
1. That the majority of land is
owned by large land owners.
2. That while it is one of the old-
est counties in Texas, hitherto, It lias
been a cattle country and slow in de-
velopment Then it developed along
the lines of rice growing.
3 That there lias been in the past
spirit of non-progresHtv< ness, but
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from
vancement a few years
Due to its drainage and Irriga-
te better fitted now
advancement than
all
It is pointed out by Mr. nal and died of disease.
States
systems it
permanent
probablj any other county in South
(>. The people are very independ-
ent and do not feel the needs yet of
organization, but are always willing
separately to help the county progress.
7. There are no rural telephones
and very few rural free delivery sys-
tems.
The ever-increasing number of de-
positors and the growth of this insti-
tution evidence that the service we
are rendering is acceptable and ap-
preciated by the community. A good,
strong banking connection is an as-
set not to be valued in dollars. Your
account respectfully solicited
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The remains of Frank Weaverkof |
Bay City were put off here Friday'
through error. Deceased was a sol-
dier boy stationed on the Panama Ca-
Tlie address
was. ‘Undertaker. Bay C ity. El Campo,
the error appearing in the
marking at point of shipment.—Ell
Campo Record.
Hurt-
Mr W.
Mangum was promised to ns for
12.
A. I). Hudson ac-1
I meetings were]
Thesei
great
The members of the Church
Christ meets each Sunday at 11 a
in the hall over Brady's grocery store,
near Buy City Bank & Trust Co.
Elder Sanford of Sweeny preaches
each third Sunday. Everybody is in-
vited.
Dallas, Texas, December 11—Act-
ing under instructions from Secretary
McAdoo, the final call for the pay-
ment of war savings stamp pledges
lias lieen issued, it was announced to-
day by Louis Lipsitz, State director.
All war savings pledges are due for
liquidation not later than December
31. 1918.
While December 31 is the last day
for the payment of pledges, it is being
urged tiiul all pledges be met by
Christmas.
Lipsltf. that United States soldiers
made good their slogan, ' Out of the | Texas,
trenches by Christmas.” and he urges
that Texans make their slogan. ‘ All
war savings stamp pledges paid by
Christmas."
If you use “bogus” or counterfeit parts for
replacements and repairs to your Ford car,’
you can’t expect satisfactory nor durable
i service from your car. It’s not fair to the k ,
car to repair with poor quality parts. Stick
to the genuine Ford materials and have your
Ford car cared for by men who know Ford
mechanism and how to best keep the car in
working order. Bring your Ford car to our
shop where you’re sure of the square deal;
sure of Ford materials and sure of Ford low
prices. Keep your Ford car running full
standard.
Irrigation of Corn and Cotton.
Tn Matagorda County there are two
kinds of farming—rice and sq filled
‘ dry farming" "Dry farmlng’^^con-
sists in growing of corn. cottonYpea •.
nuts, etc There arc five large pimp-
ing plants and canal companies ja
over three hundred miles of maUB
nals and main
Statement of Condition of
BAY ( 1TY BANK AMI TRIST CO.
Bay City, Texas
At the close of business Nov. 1. 1918
GUARANTY FUND BANK
Resources.
Loans and Discounts.....
U. S. Liberty Bonds......
Other Real Estate........
Furniture and Fixtures..
Interest in and Assess-
ment for Guaranty Fund
T’. S. Certificates of in-
debtedness .............
War Savings Stamps.....
Bills of Exchange........
Collections in Transit....
As Hl
year,
was necessary to build a cotton gin!
to take eate of the 6.1*00 acres of cot-]
ton which were
trlct.
We no longer have
crop" district in the county.
Vaughan. Judge John Perry, and oth-
ers, state that due to the information
given by him to tin* farmers, they were
able to obtain from three to five dote
lars more to the bale than otherwise.
He wkh stationed here for about six
weeks.
Mr. Mangum helped In combatting
poor seed and bad varieties, such as
Half and Half,” and assisted greatly
in creating a desire fot; Lone Star Cot-
ton Seed.
Concerning the movement for the
Introduction and importation of Lone
Star cotton seed, tlie movement was
started last December, at which time
a few parties*'wore prevailed upon
to grow this seed. Reports from these
parties were obtained and those as-
sisted greatly in the campaign
The movement for better cotton has
been a co-operative one on the part
of the bureau of markets, the cotton
buyers of Bay City, the Chamber of
Commerce, and the county agent. Let-
ters and newspaper articles wore writ-
ten and personal conferences were
held by the latter concerning this cot-
ton. and thus the educational Hnus
were carried out.
Report of Uotton Project.
The work of cotton tills year dis-
solves Itself under two heads tliat ofj
Hie government cotton grader, Mr. W. i
M. Mangum, and that relating to tliol
introduction and importation of an ini i
proved variety of cotton -the Lone!
Star.
I,;tsl December, letters weTe writ j
ten Io several parties concerning the!
placing of tlie government cotton |
grader in Bay City. Tlie matter was |
taken up at the same time with Mr I
George A. Smith, district agent, and;
Mr. Walton. Nothing cann> to tiiis,'
however, and it seemed to drop for a ;
little while.
Then at tlie July semi-annual meet '
Ing, the matter was again taken tip.
Tliris time, witli the co-operation of
flic district agent, with Mr D A
son and Mr. Walton Poteet
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ten (lays, beginning August
At that date, Mr. i
companied him and
scheduled over tlie county,
later developments proved a
benefit A temporary office was ol> '
talned for Mr. Mangum.
Tlie services which he rendered Io
tho farmers made him very popular
and they, of their own accord, drew
up a petition asking that Im bo kept
hero for file entire season. This pe-
tition was signed by farmers, mer-
chants, doctors, lawyers, the Conttnte-
Pcoplo wlm
to know, such as
Gaines, Mr W. H.
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Due to the fact that at the lust
! meeting of the > Commissioners Court
I it was decided t< do away witli of-
> five of county demonstrator, Mr
Elliott, tlie retiring county agent.
; deems it due the people tiiat a report
I of ills work In full be published
| has separated the i,._. ... ' . .
I itehes the result of ills entire work in
that manner.
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A General Sniiiiiiary of Report <>t the
Work of tlie ( ounty (gent From
January I. P.HS, to De.
eeuibvr I. 1!HS
Due to conditions in the county,
brought about by tlie way' and other! °"1
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'This*, through newspaper articles amt
personal conferences, has been ear-
i rivd on for tlie past two years.
Business men and mankers
first interested. Fanners who
diversifying
I cotton -were
papers Pae to dry years resulttug
front* shortage of water In tlie Colo-i
! rado River, high prices of cotton and’
j feed stuffs, tills campaign was made I
| easier. Now. practically every farm |
! er in the county is raising his own i
! feed stuffs and eighty per cent of tlie
(ice farmers are growing rice, corn
and cotton.
The chief slogan has been tliat "it
I is better to split one’s beta" and there ;
i fore, have better chances of making
{something every year Hum to grow'
! all of one thing and probably lose the
j savings of years in one year.
result of tills, nt Markhuin, tills
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be]
I agent des, it has (been necessary in thej
■ past year for the county agent to re-1
; frain from flnor and detail work and
. to utilize iiis energies for betterment [
| of the agricultural conditions upon n,
| major scale. This will be seen by ref-
; erence to the reports upon individual 11
, within the past few years tliat spirit
lias died out to a great extent.
That in 1913 the county suffered
floods which retarded its ud-
I projects.
There was insufficient time to do
’ good work with the Bays Clubs and
i witli small demonstrations. The gen-
oriil plan of campaign lias lieen upon;
a large scale. The accompanying re-
port shows a partial review of tliol
previous year’s work and a review of
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the' Texas
In 1915 and 1916 Matagorda County
was a “one-crop" county—rice being
the principal crop grown. Bay City,
Markham, Northern Headquarters,
Clemville, Buckeye, Simpsonville. Col-
legeport and Wadsworth were all rice
centers. In other words n belt con-
sisting of the central half, running
north and south, of tlie county was
planted principally to rice.
The first thing which was taken up
two years ago upon the arrival of the sinners Court and others
wore In position
campaign for diversification.! Hon. John W.
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Smith, Carey. The Daily Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 12, 1918, newspaper, December 12, 1918; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1362283/m1/1/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Matagorda County Museum & Bay City Public Library.