The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 9, 1911 Page: 3 of 8
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THE ALTO HERALD
E. Ii. AI.,I,EN, Editor.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
(Jut- Year...
Kix Votiths.
Three Mont'.!
.$1.00
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25
All subscriptions are payable in
advance. No name will be put
011 the books until paid for.
inrttisand miles? The tjues-
tiou is too simple for an
Answer: Truly Texas needs
more factories......
The organization of "Get
Together" rflubs Has iJeOn the
p(rder in a uunilier c'f Texas
towns. Whether suidi clubs
are organized or not is not so
1 materi 'l r,s jotting together.
1 Great tiii:
lgs are only r.ccotn-
piished liy ;t wuiuuif effort.
Entered t|s second-class matter
Jan. 3. lorii; /jt the postoflice at
Alto, Texas, it 11 'cr act of March
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Notic:
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J'lib lit;
Anv erioiieotts rellocli.i:! upon (he
character, standing or reputation of
any person, firm or corporation,
which may appear in the columns
.if The Herald will be gladly cor-
rected upon its being brought to !
the attention of the publishers.
The Herald and its force
are well aware of the fact that
they are not extra suiart peo-
ple, but they do claim to have
j enough veal common sense to
put out "
1 Alto au;
a weekly paper in
will pav a reasonable
salary for a proof leader, tlie
ones that, tliinks they know it
all. So come 011 knocker.
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TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS.
None but the initiated
now the intricacies
in a printing office,
exchange. The average read-
er who detects a misspelled
word or a letter upside down
that his mission 011
ear; 11 is not fully accomplished
Averts Awful Tragedy,
Timely advice uivon Mrs. C.
Willotighby, of . Marengo, Wis.,
(R. No, 1) prevented a dreadful
tragedy and saved J.Wo lives. Doe-
•. 1 ' tors had said her frightful cough
1 cqtinc I Wili-a "consumption',' cough and
says an could do tittle to lielp her. After
many rcfilodies f.^iJed, her aunt
ui'j^ed her to take Dr. King's New
can
feels
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until he has callcd the atten-
tion of the editor and its force
to the glaring defect., He
does not notice the thousands
of letters that are in the right
lior the multitude of \yords
correctly spelled, but his eagle
eye is glued ou that one which
is out of place. So with our
deeds. Man does a thousand
good things and no attentio
Discovery. ,"I have been using it
for some time," she wrote "and
the awful emgh has alnust gone.
It also saved my little noy when
taken with a severe bronchial
trouble." This matchless medi-
cine has 113 equal for throat and
lung troubles. Price 50c aud$i.
Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by
al! druggists.
Steamship Linesi
In describing the greatness cf
Texas, wc: invariably recount , ,cntr
railroad mileage, our public high-
is paid to them, but il he makes | vrnvp, our agricultural area, and our
.one mistake it is ftjisbprl, all ixicln.«trial opportunities, but to gain
over the world. A lifetime
may be spent in building up
-,a reputation that( "lay be
wrecked in a moment. The
.world is a harsh critic, exact'
jug to a fault, and if th^.Father
does not temper justice with
mercy we may fail to reach
heaver..
The great demand for more
reut houses, both business and"
residences, is truly a proof to
Alto's rapid growth,
December second wi.l be
"Texas Day" at the Chicago
Land Show. Many Texai
towns will be represented.
Alto offers the best .oppor-
tunities for homeseeUers or
prospectors. Come and enjoy
a life of prosperity with us.
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. Good roads enhance the
value of al! adjacent property,
both personal and real, and
increase the valuJ of meu and
animals.
Why do we send our cotton
to New England to get il made
into the cloth I hat wc have to
buy back ft three limes its
,cost and with the added charg-
es for transporting it several
OPTICAL SPECIALIST
WITH
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LI KKIN, TKXAS.
Accurate and scientific ex-
amination of the eyes, cor-
rect defects o. visiot? with
lenses. Office at Harrison
Drug Company every Sat-
urday.,.*,^,,. •-*—
1 clear conception, of our power and
our possibilities, one needs to nav-
igate our livers and sail our seas.
A new steamship line opening up
commerce is almost as valuable to
our prosperity iis a iiew railroad.
We now have forty-six steamships
pl.vihg out of Galveston and the flag
of every nation 011 the globe can be
seen floating from this harbor. In
tonnage it ranks econd to Now
York. ,
We have t.'210 miles of pennan-
•atlv navigable rivers which wo
have practically deserted o:id consid-
ering thai freight can b transport-
ed by water fpr two .nulla per ton
mile ngai.;st oni rcnt by rail and
forty-tluee cents by public highways,
wo gain a, ciyieepViwi of,what wat-
erway s mean to $11 c .commerce,
Preventable-Accidents.
Our Boards of Health are per-
forming n splendid service to man-
kind by directing attention to yrli-
ven table diseases and teaching us
to remove their causes, but .one. of
the most timely suggestions received
from these custodians of,)iumjm wel-
fare is contained in a few* rules
which, if followed, will greatly re-
duce the list of injuries .and deaths,
us veil as destruction, of property
traeable to explosions, of oil, gaso-
line. etc, The rules follow: , : |
First—Keep oil, gasoline or
naptha crtns in the shade.. ■'
Second—Xever pour oil from a
an directly into the stove or grate,
,1 lisTr.rt.
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We can gridiron the State wj,th railroads and dot if with factories rind
iiappy homes bv electibg to the liailroad Commission and to llie Leg-
islature men who can feel the mighty surge of civilization as it. boat?
against our border line; who can, see the world forces of progress mar-
shalling In the dim horizon of the future and who know how to lay
corner stones of empirei. Texas needs givill men.
MILLIONAIRES MADE
RAPIDLY IN TEXAS
ONE EVERY fWO DAYS RECORD OF
fATItf* TIME.
PER CAFiU WEALtH GAINS
Property alone of $!S*>;flDO. Thr
imotifit. shor.-n ;rs increase in property
-cp resell te the flow of outside cen-
tal itito Texas niul gives a not daily
ten •year average of $337,000.
liWi lv!)00 our' assessed .wealth per
capita was $.110 and in 1.010 it was
$(>10,• making ap,..increase of $300
per capita or 97- per cent. Our pop-
v ,, .. -ii i 1 1 „ ulation during the past decade lias
lather 111 ivy single handed.has ghown an increase of 27 per cent and
been making ^nll.y.nun-cs of the lex- our ,agSM6C(1 WClllth tn'increw)e of
as property ewners at the rate of m nt Xo.more forcefu, evi-
one every two days (or equiva- (1cn^ of , and prosporlty can
len ) and his mint is running along bc proaJwlbtM the ^ co/ Hr.
with increased momentum. .No gold ifi0< it e aks tho dialt,ct! of
mine ever poured fortli its stream , Tintioiv
of wealth with such volume and per- t- ' '' 1
petuity as that of the increased vol- Th? Nscd Of CI
ties of pro])crty in Texas, and no1
prospector can stake out a claim more
The Nscd of Cheap Money.
The Texas Dollar.
"f/TW? t: paid his fnpl ii princely sun! for his serviced and
% King Richard II! knighted His toy at jester, but in no instances were
e jokers given pow«r to 'goVerii. Ability to perform the service was
/!:e of i!io first (pialil'u'ationsjii mediaeval government, but under our
orm of government a candidate can bo elected for Railroad Commissioner
vith scarcely more than it cussing knowledge of the railroad business
tnd we may elect a Comptroller who can hardly add a column of figures
and these illustrations could be multiplied indefinitely. Our queer cam-
paign antics would make a benlghled king roar «ith laughter, us well
is make the judicious weep.
An illustration of the importance
promising than H Texas real estate of clieop money to our prosperity mov
investment. v .• hp obtained when we consider that
The rtsscsspd value of all property „f the total value of all farms which
luu increased during the past decade )<, $1 ,$•>■>,n;i.ftOO. only $58.1.208,-
from $940,320,258 to $2,388,500,124, j (jo is owned 111 fee eimplc;. by the
making a net increase of $1,442,- farmers operating the farms'anil the
180,800 or 152 percent. As the as- balance of $1,239,414,840. is mort-
acssed value represents probably not orajr,.d or operated by tendnt farmers,
over 50 per cent 'of the true value ({educe the rate of interest one cent
of property, w*c find an actual in- pP1. annum on this enormous sum
crease in wealth of approximately and we have a saving of $12,000,000.
three billion dollars during the past oj* course the tenant fanner docs not
_ ten years. This remarkable increase 0„T for ti10 farms, but it is his am-1
i)tit pour tho oil into a cup or othnr in wealth must be attributed to eitli- i,iijon to acquire the property and he
ripen toji vAsel, and from this to the 1 er one of two causes; first, increase ns vn](!< ri waiting customer for
fire. ►
Third—Never, under any circum-
ililnet-s, use gasoline or naptha for,
starting files. •.
Fourth—See that cans tised fixi*
gasoline or naptha are plainly;
marked or labeled to avoid possi-
bility of mixing with kerosene.
Note—Lamp oil may ignite, bui:
raunot explode when contaned in!
an open cup.-ft *1
Texas born dollar, ir.kcri
from the soil and from the bowcl.4
the eartli, is the most honest dol-
lar In circulation and has mo: •
prosperity in it than any oilier
form of legal tei:*ler. It spends the
week days tit the markets an^ goes
to cliurcli on Sunday and lias few-
bad habits! It builds our home-,
churches anil school houses and when
| these tasks are completed its love !'<.;•
the' fireside leads it. to prefer do-
ing chores for the family rather thin
embark in tlie gigantic enterprise*
bf tho 20tji century civilization.
It takes special delight in buying
the bally a new dress; prmHing
[ease and comfort for the hon.c an!
Making the family on a summer va-
cation. li is timid and clatinis'i.
It will shy at a railroad or a fac-
tory like a young colt at a loco-
motive., As a rule it avoids forcig 1
company and seeks scl.'ct compan-
ions; it travels only in well trodden
paths and when it wanders in new
jields it soon becomes I'rigiitoned at
the strange siglits and goe scaiupcr-
Ing to the land of its birth.
Along with the noble traits of
character, it has inherited some of
the frailties of human nature, and
one of the most pronounced is idle-
ness. We have $279,000,(i00 toil de-
posit in our hanks, some of our specie
hides in tin cans buried in the back
yards and occasionally a roll of bills
is snugly tucked away in the .hos-
iery of the family; the idle dollai
seldom moves except to run from the
tax assessor. Then we have dol-
lars which arc inclined tr\ wander;
probably $100,000 per day leaves
the State seeking foreign invest-
ments, but like the prodigal son, they
usually return after lmvjng, sov.u
their wild oats and they come lior.;"
to us broken In spirit, ,fiibducd iij
courage and other evidences of it
mil s-spent life and in some instances
bring with them a severe case of hook
worn 1. Jn any evens they are too
cautious to step outside the bank-
vault. Many a dollar is now r-1
ed to- foreign.invest'"i;-,! 1 Unit i-
sadly singing home, swiict home.
Tho Texas dollar can never de-
velop Texas. The volume is en-
tirely too small and it lacks courage,
But with all its faults we love if
still and the Texas 4Jolh^ is a wel-
comed guest whcrev'jr and whenever
it appears.
TEXAS WELFARE COMMISSION
Commercial Secretaries Ap-
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point Commission to In-
vestigate Industrial
Conditions.
| in property values, such, for exam- money In buy a home Utid cheap
pie, as land worth $10 per acre in m0nev will Improve his opportuitv
1900 and worth $20 per acre or more for l/uying a farm and lighten his
in 1910; second, increase in property | bii. The Texas farmer needs
such as money, building material, I @heap moncv.
live stock and movable property 1 J
coming into tho State. However, Texas cattlo are rtiteil by the Fed-
a careful study of the figures justify erul Agricultural Daiiartrhcnt at $14.Tit
an estimate of $1,770,000,000 as an
increase in property values and $1,-
230,000#0b as an increase in prop-
crtv. • v
The amount shown as increase in
If you shcilld Iosl! anything property values is.pure cream and
just ^advertise through , The measures, with reasonable, accuracy,
ir 11 1 .-n the unearned increment on inv««t-
you 1,1.1 be s.ue ,,-^nts in property and ahows a daily
find it,
per lieaU and
per head. At'I
Illinois cattle at $28.02
HY?
Thei<e"l3 shipped Into Texas 100 car
loa^a ot cured meats per week. W11Y?
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Tho Texas farmers haul'•$1,200,000
of raw material per day to the foreign
,'actory, WHY? , ,
XV«-hiso between tl*x o and font
ailliollf Date*' of co Won 'annually and
eturs crdy 40,000 talts. WHY'
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The Welfare Commission which
the Commercial Secretaries and Busi-
ness Men's Association of Texas lia-:
organized ,wi tl hold sessions in Dal-
las, Ft.j Worth, San Antonio, JIous:
ton aud other cities in Texas and
hear tlie views of men of afTairs on
the needs, of Texas. The following
are a few of the questions which
the Commission will undertake t<
answer;
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Sixty-eight per cent bf the farmer.-,
of Texas do not own their l'nnmi
WrtY?
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We need 50,000 miles more of -rait
roads in Texas' and there is not !
mile of 1-oad under construction In
tho State today. WHY?
We have 140,000 miles of uniin
proved public highways and during the
past' ten years we have • permanent!>
Improved only 2,900. WHY?
Wc have 1200 miles of navigable
riverB but 110 Steamlioat lines ply out
waters. WHY'.'
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We buy from other States $7.*>,OOP.
000 worth of feed stuirannually. WHY?
According to estimates of tho Fann-
ers' Union it costs 12'^ rents per
pound to raise cotton and il sells for
a loss price. WHY?
Wr owe $1,100,000,000 id parties out-
side tho State and will have,ie' borrow
ton btllio more to develop" our re-
sources and yet large insuhtuce com-
littnles and other sources ot .cheap
motley aro not doing business in
TexR3. WIJY?
The Farmers' Union report that they
are paying * nnifi'10 per cent for
mon^y loaned oif <*otton in their war#
hotrt«S„ allhou^t cotton is fhc best
security In th^ world. WHY?
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Allen, E. E. The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 9, 1911, newspaper, November 9, 1911; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth214169/m1/3/: accessed April 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stella Hill Memorial Library.