Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 324, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 30, 1891 Page: 1 of 8
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WISE COUNTY
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Whole No. 531.
NO. 324.
Dimmitt, Tex., May 17. the idea of
stock country
for me to answer
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country, and consequently I
the new
and living
issues
are
worth in other localities where
we believe that the
be obtained
time has arrived
for be-
and if this control and super-
taiization of the political
re-
county are certain to be ben-
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ideat and U. S. senators by
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tral committee be appointec
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upon payment of bal-
at which he can sell will give
sided upon their school lands
any
class,
or cause such notes to
than 2 per cent per
— $
3.
the young ladies to Newport
age of a law prohibiting alien
ownership of land
and that
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not
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bigDS
same
to devise some plan to obtain
all lands now owned by aliens
your county my time was so
limited that it was impossible
products, as indicated in the
sub-treasury plan, and also
and unlimited coinage of sil-
ver.
people,
zation conduct an active sys-
tem of political agitation in
their respective states.
THE THIRD PARTY
PLATFORM.
promised several that I would quality of ’grazing lands
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social, industrial and econom-
ical revolution now dawning
upon our civilized world, and
making this a
or of getting
upon real estate with proper
limitation upon the quantity
of land and amount of money
Chico—Cotton, corn and
all grains are in fine condi-
tion. The acreage planted
in cotton has increased about
20 per cent and that in corn
about 10 per cent; oats 50
per cent, while the wheat
acreage remains the same.
Outlook for a good fruit crop
is very fine.
—You can read the news
from all over Wise county in
the Messenger.
form forces of our country,
and formation of what should
be known as The People’s
Party of the United States
of America.
2. That we heartily indorse
the demands of the platform
as adopted at St. Louis, Mo.,
in 1889; Ocala, Fla., in 1890,
vision does not remove the
abuses now existing, we de-
mand government ownership
of such means of communi-
cation and transportation.
issue, and as substitute for
national bank notes we de-
mand that legal tender treas-
ury notes be issued in suffi-
cient volume to transact the
business of the country on a
cash basis without damage or
be legal tender in payment
of all debts, public and pri-
vate, and such notes when
demanded by the people shall
The Pastors’ Conference
of Northwest Texas meets at
Henrietta, June 26th, with
the Educational Mass Meet-
ing, and not on June 23d.
J. F. Young.
even a respectable sized stock
ranch in it until after the
be loaned to them at
or not. My argument is that
by the time the agricultural-
ist has had time to give the
country a test for agriculture
he can comply with the law
regulating the sale of school
lands, by living on the same
for three years, which is short
enough time to make the test
in, and that then he is in a
position to make sale of his
section of land to the cattle-
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DECATUR, WISE COUNTY, TEXAS, SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1891.
nester'' has had his chance
all the en- at it and has faile in agri-
quiries made concerning this। culture, then he may expect
to pay the price that the same
action of all progressive or-
ganizations in attending the
conference called for Febru-
ary 22, 1892, by 6 of the lea-
ding reform organizations.
2m/
I USE IT MYSELF.
Jno. E. Jones, Fort Val-
ey, Ga., one the leading
druggists there, states that
le commends Dr. Biggers’
Huckleberry Cordial because
e uses it himself, and knows
of what value it is for bowel
troubles.
« fitted, whtther this proves
Wpf each state, where there is no ed that the prince may follow
me tree independent political organi- the young ladies to Newport
trying the experiment, which
is better than many a farmer
has done for the past decade, -waconp J. anua, auu uav
We have had pretty gener- Congress take prompt action
al rains all over the Plains in
11. That a national cen-
are coming in upon them at
such a rate that no one can
calculate the time he is likely
to retain possession of the
school lands when he leases
4. We demand the pass-
long enough to acquire title
under the law, that it will be .
demonstrated that the lands especial advantage to
a better net return for his 3
years of labor than the aver-
age farmer obtains from his
farm in any community with
which I have any knowledge.
' We learn from men, who are
in the stock business in Cali-
tornia, that they make stock
raising profitable to them on
lands costing from $6 to $10
per acre, on which the water
costs much more to supply
than here, and that their
lands will not graze near so
many stock in proportion to
size of range as this country.
But there is this thing stand-
ing in the way of the stock
man here: this county is al-
most entirely made up of al-
ternate sections of patented
and school lands, the latter
all priced at $2 per acre on
40 years time with interest at
5 per cent per annum, and
only requires an actual resi-
dence upon the land for 3
years after paying one-forti-
eth of the principal, which,
on a section of land, is $32
and annual payment of the
5 per cent interest on the
balance, when upon proof of
such occupancy and payment
of balance to State patents
may issue to original occu-
pant or his assigns. Now it
is a well known fact that in
modern times a stock man
cannot do a profitable busi-
ness with cattle scattered all 1
over the country, on a sec-
tion here and another there, 1
but must have his range in a
body, hence he must give up
known large tracts can
. . in a body, which means from
ieviag that settlers in Castro $6 to $10 per acre.
It is a notable fact all over
the Plains country here that
to be an agricultural country wherever there are very large
tracts of land, the larger the
tract the higher the price,
and if it were not for the
a direct vote of the people.
10. That we urge united
confronting the
beautiful in ail Europe, and
there will be not a little ex-
citement in the hearts of our
American belles over their
coming. They are exquisite
dressers, and their costumes
will be marvels of curiosity.
Unlike most ladies, they ex-
actly know what is suited to
them. Some time ago they
sent for the chief designer of
the Paris house of “The New )
York and Paris Young La-
dies’ Fashion Bazar” and se-
lected 40 costumes each, the
cost of which will amount to
thousands of pounds.
Through the courtesy of
these young ladies we have
been permitted to copy for
“The New York and Paris
Young Ladies’ Fashion Ba-
zar” two of their most exqui-
site costumes, which appear
as figures 3 and 4 on the col-
ored plates of the June num-
ber of this magazine, just
out, and for which the pub-
lisher has issued, in the name
of the American laddies, a
card of thanks. It is rumor-
Messenger make
some of my reasons
upon non-perishable
sed of a chairman, to be elec-
ted by this body, and of 3
members from each state rep-
resented to be named by each
State delegation.
12. That this central com-
mittee shall represent this
body, attend the national
conference on Feb. 22, 1892,
and, if possible, unite with
that and all other reform or-
ganizations there assembled.
It no satisfactory arrange-
ment can be effected, then
this committee shall call a
national convention not later
han June 1, 1892, for the
purpose of nominating a can-
didate for president and vice
president.
it will amount to is as yet a
tion of a president, vic e pres- matter of conjecture in Eng-
land. The young ladies are
acknowledged to "be the most
be maintained by the people
for common benefit, hence
we demand the abolition of by this conference compo-
the past few days, though
not enough yet, but the pros-
pect is good for more.
Trees and grape vines plan-
ted here before I left are ap-
pearing as fine as one could
wish. All kinds of trees
seem to do well here as far
as tried, and it is the home
of the black currant, so to
speak.
For fear of too great length
I will stop. Yours Respt.
B. F. B.
1. That in view of a great
membered that Beatrice’s
beautiful dark eyes have play-
ed havoc lately with the heart
of Albert, the eldest son of
the Prince of Wales. What :
Two Beautiful Young Girls
Who Will Create a Fu-
rore in Newport this
Summer.
Newport is to have a sen-
sation this summer. It is
to a patent for the
school lands standing in the
way, or if a permanent lease
could be obtained upon them
for a term of years, it is my
opinion that all the patented
lands would be rated much
higher than they now are.
The school lands are upon
the market, and the settiers
are far too valuable to ever
be given up as a grazing
country, and in this opinion
I believe that I am corrobor-
ated by at least 90 per cent
of all the people who have
investigated it, but if the
“Nester” can only make a
living on the land—and he
surely can—and concludes to
sell it and move to a better
farming country, and sells
out at a California pasture
land price, then he has made
more than $1,000 net per an-
num on each section while
this summer. “The New
York and Paris Young La-
dies’ Fashion Bazar has the
exclusive right to publish for
each month at least oue or
more of the costumes in which
the ladies Beatrice and Ade-
laide will appear.
Bro. S. O. Daws is out in
a printed address of some
length in which he scores the
old parties and partisans from
the jump. He says of our
last legislature, that it had
more care for oysters than
human beings, that commit-
tee reports on bills j ecom-
mended better protection for
oyster beds on the coast, and
that the bill for the better
protection of our girls do not
pass. He adds that liquors
and oysters get better protec-
tion every time.
The State of Wyoming is
the 44th star in our flag.
13. That the members of
the central committee for
national banks as banks o:
r
Dear Messenger:
While on my late trip to
equitable system of gradua-
ted tax on income. authentically stated that the
8. We demand a most very beautiful and celebrated
. ______ rigid, honest and just nation- daughters of Lord Dufferin,
American al control and supervision of Beatrice and Adelaide, are
the means of public commu- to grace this famous resort
We demand the elec-
- . them. But my opinion of
ance due to the Btate, i. e. the country is, that by the
$2 per acre, and that the price time that the settlers have re-
and foreign syndicates, and
that all lands held by rail-
roads and other corporations,
in excess of such as is actu-
ally used and needed by
them, be reclaimed by the
government and held for ac-
tual settlers only.
5. Believing in the doc-
trine of equal rights to all
and special privileges to none,
we demand that taxation, na-
tional, state or municipal,
shall not be used to build up
one interest or class at the
expense of another.
6. We demand that all
revenues, national, state or
county, shall be limited to
the necessary expenses of the
i
men, in case it proves unfit
for agriculture, as he can
then make proof of his occu-
pancy which entitles his as-
gov eminent, both economic-
ally and honestly administer-
ed.
7. We demand a just and
for a crys- ideation and transportation, with their presence this com-
--3 if hi a--ta‘ — j ing season. It will be re-
and Omaha, Neb., in 1891,
by the industrial organiza-
tions there represented, sum-
marized as follows: The
right to make and issue mon-
ey is a sovereign power, to
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Forster, William. Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 324, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 30, 1891, newspaper, May 30, 1891; Decatur, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1580936/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .