The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, May 16, 1919 Page: 4 of 4
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I What is "Bank Service?"
To understand and appreciate
the customer's needs; to feel an
earnest desire to help him suc-
ceed; and to be both able and
./ willing to extend to him every
accommodation consistent with
conservative banking methods—
This is
Bank Service
First National Bank
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WHY FRET?
Are the trains too slow for
you? Caesar, with all his court,
never "exceeded" the speed limit.
Are your wages too - mall? in
Kurope people are content with
making a living.
Are the lights too dim? David
wrote, liis psalms l>v the liyht ot
a smoky torch.
Are you cold? The soldiers
ot Valley Forge walked barefoot
on the ice and snow.
! Are you hungry.' The children
ot India are starving for want of
a crust of bread.
Are yon tired? Why fret about
it? Jacob was tired when he
dreamed of the angels of heaven.
\re you sick? Suppose you
had lived two thousand years ago
when sickness was fatal?
\re.you poor? The Savior ot
men was not wealthy.
Cheer up! Praise God that you
live in the midst of his blessing!
Why fret?—Exchange.
delicious
or "refreshing" without think-
ing of Coca-Cola
You can't drink Coca-Cola without
being delighted and refreshed
The taste is the test of Coca-Cola
quality—so clearly distinguishes it
from imitations that you cannot be
deceived.
Demand the genuine by full name
nicknames encourage substitution
The Coca-Cola Co
atlanta, ga.
Our Returning Soldier
small town cannot give its re-
turning heroes triumphal arch-
es and wonderful music and
Throughout the country our;Kreat parades The more need
soldiers are making their way to I * wc. s . show them the
their home towns. And com- depth of our feeling, our emlur-
plaints are made that in many s Pride~-m them, anil our jo\ in
places they are received with 1 r return.
little enthusiasm.
We do not believe that the j
lack of enthusiasm comes from!
any lack of feeling. Americans
are not given to expressing their'
emotions. The American youth J
is trained to repression and self-J
control, and the result of this
training remains with the adult.
But when soldiers come home
is the time, if ever, to give ex-
pression to our feelings. These
young men have risked every-
thing in the service of their
country. They have endured dis-
comfort, suffering and peril for
our protection. They come with
the stripes of honorable service
and honorable discharge upon
their sleeves
Let us greet them with the
heartiest of welcomes. The
| Lot the time of their home-
coming be a time that they will
always remember with satisfac-
tion and happiness.—Ex.
FIFTY-FIFTY
Y"ur name
?" asked
of her new Chinese
"What i
| the mist re
I cook.
j "My name is Wang, Hang Ko"
'was the reply.
j "Oh, well, as 1 shall not be able
I to remember that, I shall call
ivou John," remarked the lady.
"Velly good, ma'am.' aquiesced
! the Chinaman. "And what is
your name, ma am
?
"My name is Mrs. Swankton
de Vere."
"Me no leemcmbel that" quoth
the Chinaman. "Me call you
Sail v."— Ideas.
Interesting Letter
From T. A. Smith
Talmadge A. Smith, former
superintendent of the Mesquite
High School, whom we suppose
has forfeited the title of "Pro-
fessor," by reason of having
quit the school room for the
farm, writes the editor the fol-
lowing interesting letter, which
we take the liberty of printing
herewith:
Fuss, Okla„ R. 4, May 7, 1^19.
Hon. John E. Davis,
Mesquite, Texas.
Dear Friend:
1 have thought frequently that
I should respond to your very
kind letter of appreciation, but
the work of getting settled has
occupied niy entire time. It
makes one feel good to have
friends to think enough of him
to volunteer such expressions.
My wife joins me in expressing
our appreciation of your letter.
We like this country fine and
w hile we had some conveniences
and many friends in Mesquite
that we miss greatly, yet withal
we are settling very happily and
pleasantly. For one thing we go
ten miles to Sunday School and
church, however a church is be-
ing organized now in our com-
munity. so that this may be cut
down to about three miles soon.
We are one mile from a small
rural school and five miles from
a good consolidated high school.
It is five miles to our trading
point—and while there is church
and Sunday School there, we
have found it more congenial to
go the extra distance because of
the local church conditions. This
county has a very good system
of dirt roads—usually well
drained and when dragged are
easily kept in ood shape
The country itself is an ap-
proach to the plains—a prarie,
broken by frequent hills and can-
ons, and drained by the Washita
river and several creeks. The
soils vary from red clay and
loams to a dark chocolate loam
the bottoms being principally of
the latter type. Our rainfall is
normally from 25 to 30 inches
and two thirds of this is in the
growing season, April, May and
June being months of heaviest
rainfall. Land runs in value
from $50 to $60 for improved
bottom land and upland cheaper
This as been largely a stock
country and is yet. Dairying
and hog raising is a very promin-
ent feature of almost every farm.
The bottom lands are well adapt-
ed to alfalfa and old settlers
claim that corn has never failed
in the bottoms, although it is a
very uncertain crop on the up-
lands.
Much of the best land is still
in the hands of the Cheyenne
and Arapaho Indians and is
leased by them. The highest
price I have heard of for a lease
is one adjoining us—$160 an-
nually for the quarter section.
We have 320 acres of Washita
bottom with possibly 40 acres
that lies in the river bed and in a
few hills—all of this, however,
is excellent pasture land, well
sodded with Mesquite grass, and
the river furnishes stock water
the "year round" even in the dry-
est seasons. 280 acres of tillable
land lies practically level and is
a good chocolate loam. We have
this year 120 acres of wheat that
promises now 40 bushels, 40
acres in rye and 50 acres of good
alfalfa and about 40 acres in
kaflfir. We are intending, how-
ever, to gradually reduce our
wheat acreage and increase our
alfalfa, which is the most profit
able crop in this section. We
are also building up a dairy herd
and intend to try the hog. This
is also a great poultry country
It is interesting to watch the
large number of cream cans and
cases of eggs, not to mention
other produce that is constantly
leaving most any of the towns o'f
this section.
I here is an exceptionally good
season now- Crops are all in
fine condition, and so am I, hav-
ing gained twenty pounds since
coming here.
With best wishes for you and
your family, I am,
Yours respectfully,
T. A. Smith.
County Judge Explains
Voting Qualifications
Instructions to election judges
of Dallas county regarding the
election May 24 on the constitu-
tional amendments, road bond
issue and special tax were issued
Tuesday morning by County
Judge Cecil L. Simpson.
The instruction sheet sets
forth the qualifications which a
person must have in order to
vote on the various propositions.
All qualified voters may vote on
the constitutional amendmets.
Only tax payers will be permit-
ted to cast ballots on the bond
and tax proposals. No woman
can vote at this election.
The term "taxpayer" does not
apply solely to persons owning
real estate in Dallas county- If
on Jan. 1, 1919, a person had tax-
able property of any kind over
the exemption allowed by law,
whether real or personal, and is
itherwise qualified, he is quali-
fied to vote on the bond and tax
propositions.
The polls will open and close
by "sun time," rather than what
is commonly known as "new
time." This menas that in Dal-
las county they will open at 9:27
a. m. "new time" and close at
8:27 p. m. "new time."
Typewriter Ribbons
Typewriter Paper
Carbon Paper
Legal Blanks
For Sale at
The Mesquiter Office
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Let The Pros Beware
By S. P. Brooks
Men ought to use all the
sense they have; prohibitionists,
not less so.
We have won the battle in all
but the finals. However, let us
take no chances. If our county
is dry, that is good; if the State
is dry, that is better; if the Na-
tion is dry, that is best of all.
Let us put prohibition into the
Constitution of the State on
May 24th. To do it will bring
about "safety first" to the cause,
if for any reason, or by any
tricks, the Amendment to the
Constitution of the Nation fails
to be enforced. The rum traffic
today is making the hardest fight
of their lives to defeat National
prohibition.
For my part, I shall fight for
the adoption of the State Amend-
ment as I would be if it were in
jeopardy. We can afford to
take no risks.
SURGEONS agree that in cases w<
Cuts, Burns, Bruises and Wounds,
the FIRST TREATMENT is moat
important. When an EFFICIENT
antiseptic is applied promptly, there
is no danger of infection and the
wound begins to heal at once. For
«se on man or beast. BOROZONE 1*
the A IDEAL ANTISEPTIC and
HEALING AGENT, Buy it now and
be ready for an emergency. Sold by
Cullom & Porter.
Bolshevik Heckled
Senator Hotchkiss was talking
about the Bolsheviki.
"They don't have it all their
own way, though," he said. A
Molshevik orator was shouting
the other day in a Washington
park.
" 'Progress!" he yelled. "Pro-
gress and Bolshevism! We are
wiser than our fathers were, and
they in turn were wiser than
their fathers, were.
« i 'Gee. m' ter!' said a heckler,
what a fool your grandfather
must a' been!' "—Exchange.
Comfortable Thoughts
An airplane carrying a pilot
and observer was up aloft 'stunt-
ing.' A great crowd watched
below and gasped as the machine
came toppling over and over out
of the clouds, and then, when
perilously low, flattened and
mounted again.
When the airplane alighted the
pilot turned to the observer and
said, laughing:
"Did you see that crowd5
Ninety per cent thought we were
going to crash."
"Un," said the observer. "And
50 per cent in the machine was
thinking the same."—Answers.
W. T. SAVAGE
ATTORNEY
Land and Probate
Rooms: _ 819-820 Western Indemnity
Building (Commohweath Bldg.)
DALLAS. TEXAS
J. J. Eckford W. L. Curti.
Attorneys at Law
619-20-21-22 Slaughter Bldg.. Dallas
Phone S. W. Main 522
Hiram F. Lively J. L. Goggan
LIVELY & GOGGANS
Attorneys at Law
Offiices : Suite 402-5 Commonwealth
National Bank Building
Dallas, Texas. Phone No. 90.3
Barn Wilson G. Q. Youngblood
WILSON & YOUNGBLOOD
Attorneys at Law
707 Great Southern Life Building.
Phone Main 212
Dallai, .... Texas
Whitehurst & Whitehurst
Attorneys-a* -Law
Will practice in all the Courts
COMMONWEALTH BANK BLDG.
^ Dallas, Texas
DE. A. P. JONES.
Physician and Surgeon.
Not specializing, but same careful
attention given Obstetrics and Dis-
asea of Women and Children as oth-
er practice.
Office in Drug Store, next door P. O.
Mesquite, Texas
DR. A. M. SHELTON
Physician and Surgeon
Office: Cullom & Porter's Drug Store
Phones: Office 44; Residence 98
Mesquits, Texas
DR. J. B. BRYANT
Physician and Surgeon
•pecial atention given to diseases of
;om«n and children. Office with
Mesquite Pharmacy.
M—qaita, Trni
DR. W. C. CULLOM
Physician and Surgeon
One* at Palace Drug Store.
MESQUITE, ' TEXAS
PYORRHEA THE DREADED
GUM DISEASE
Causes Stomach Trouble, Neu-
ralgia, Rheumatism, Etc.
If you have bleeding gums or
loose teeth, for successful treat-
ment go to
Dr. FAISON
Pyorrhea Specialist
1608 Elm Sf., Dallas.
Do You Want Good Roa(
IF YOU THINK YOU DO
NOT JUST READ THESE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
THEY WILL CONVINCE YOU
UNLESS YOU REFUSE TO
MOVE WITH THE TIMES.
IF YOU KNOW YOU DO,
THEN READ THESE QUES-
TIONS AND ANSWERS.
THEY WILL HELP YOU
CONVINCE THE OTHER
FELLOW WHO IS UNDECID-
ED.
Q. What is this "proposed
$6,500,000 Bond Issue"?
A. It is a proposed issue of
$6,500,000 bonds, the proceeds
of which are to be used in the
development of a road system
for Dallas County.
Q. Isn't $6,500,000 too much
money?
A. The Engineer's report
shows an estimate of the in-
tended expenditure of every
cent of the money and is figur-
ed as nearly as possible to fig-
ure any estimated cost.
Q. How much is it going to
raise my tax rate?
A. If the entire $6,500,00
bonds were issued at one time
it would increase the tax rate
about thirty-six cents, not to
exceed thirty-seven cents, de-
pending upon whether the
bonds would bear five percent,
five and one quarter or five and
one half percent interest.
(J. If it is not going to be is-
sued all at one time how is it
going to be issued?
A. It will be issued in such
amounts as when sold will fur-
nish the necessary amounts to
take care of the road construc-
tion planned at that time.
Q. Who is going to say how
much will be issued?
A. This will be determined
the first year; 23.6 cents the
second year; 27.8 cents the
third year; 33.7 cents the
fourth year, which is the high-
est it will ever be.
Q. How long will it continue
at around thirty cents?
A. It will decrease below the
estimated amount each year, as
the assessed valuation of the
county increases. Every dollar
the assessed valuation increas-
es the tax is reduced.
Q. Then good roads will in-
crease property values, make
assessed valuation higher and
taxes lower?
A. That is correct. In other
words you get more for your
money by voting the issue than
you do without. Your property
increases in value and the pro founty ijnCf
rata of taxes decreases. Even
if you live oil" the road as the
property next to you increases
in value so does your own. The
increase in value more than off-
sets any increased tax you
might pay for other purposes.
Q. Well, if I vote for this is-
sue how long is it going to be
before you are going to ask me
to vote for another?
A. It should be years. With
the roads improved as provided
in the program outlined the
Road and Bridge tax will more
than pay the maintenance of
the roads and will also provide
money for the improvement >f
all "feeder" roads.
Q. Isn't this present Road
tax enough to keep up the
roads now?
A. It is not. The County
Engineer has figured that
$250,000 per year should be
spent to maintain the roads,
not improve them. The county
is paying only about $150,000. "'ghway No. 14. Di
limits to County '
>HN E. DA
1. Richardson fU
north and Lancag
the south. (A)
a Macadam base,
to Richardson, 7 a'
ft. concrete
Richardson to (<J
3.12 miles an 18 fl
pavement. (B) J
Road: From Dallasr
its to tancaster Iqjj
20 ft. concrete paved
Lancaster to Countv]
miles, an 18 ft. com
ment.
Ft. Worth Road.
way No. 1. State terJcan,
ing FexarkanaandElMnbig of
Dalhs-Ft. Worth R«MKj
City
ft. jin and let
pavement. (B) G;
Dallas city limits to
Reservoir, 2.0 miles, Q
crete pavement. Fn
rock Reservoir
Garland and Rowlett, •
an 1H ft concrete pv lllllllllllltlll
3. East Pike:
way No. State
being Shreveport-Mgrorks 1
Dallas City Limits to® dr'nl<s 1
10.1 miles, a 20
pavement. Mesquite
ty Line, 5.3 miles, arHHSp
concrete pavement.
Standard two inch
•oncrete on Macadam
DalU,
State highway
Dallas uity limits tuBwhy
line, 18 miles via
Farmers Branch
18.0 ft. two (2) inch i
concrete surface on 1
base.
2. Millers Ferry Ro
■/HE PA1|
W<
If the roads are improved as
provided it will cost only about
$66,000 per year, or less than
by your County Commissioners' twenty six percent of what we
should be spending now and
less than fifty percent of what
we are actually spending.
Q. What are these other
counties doing?
A. Rockwall County has vot-
ed $80,000; Hunt County, $2,-
000,000; Kaufman, $1,450,000;
Ellis County, $250,000 and $1,-
650,000 proposed; Johnson
County, $2,000,000 proposed;
Court, and the Advisory Board
of the County Good Roads As-
sociation which is composed of
one man from each district of
the county and city and a mem-
ber at large from the county
and city.
Q. How does the Commis-
sioners' Court and the County
Judge feel about this proposi-
tion?
lAfl
miles and 18 ft. 2 indl
tic concrete surface J
dam base. \\-
Asphaltic Macadam,Blared
tior. Method, with saj
1. Seagoville Roat^HNH
Highway,
to County
Dallas
ide the
ough.
,rm woi
msed.
Illlllliml
A. They are for it, every | Tarrant County, $3,500,000 pro-
one of them. Just ask any one posed; Denton County $1,650,-
of them if he wants good roads. 000/ Collin County, $3,000,000.
Q. What's the Advisory i This surrounds Dallas County
Board, and who are they?
A. It is the board of ten
members appointed to advise
with the County Commission-
ers as to the expenditure of the
money. They are, District No.
One: E. W. Broadhurst of Car-
rol Iton," and T. W. Griffith of
Dallas; District No. Two:
Schuyler Marshall of Mesquite
and city appointment not made;
District No. Three: Hal White
of Lancaster and J. K. Hexter
of Dallas; District No. Four:
County appointment not an-
19.1
18.0 ft. AspliaH
etration Method with ^
2. Dallas-Cedar Hi
State highway. Dala
limits to County line bi
an 18 ft. Asphalt
penetration metli
coat.
3. Coppell Road
of present concrete
via Eagle Ford and
Sowers and Coppell tc
line. (A) End of
V, w.
with $8,350,000 actually voted
and $5,600,000 proposed, or a
total of $13,950,000.
Q. How does their tax rate
compare with this tax rate of
Dallas County?
A. Rockwall County has a
rate of 1.28; Hunt County 59 ■ County line, 16.0 mile? aking f|
cents; Denton County 80 cents; ft. high type grave!
concrete pavement tolpared
9.7 miles an 18.0 ftfl
Macadam penetration
with seal coat. (B) -J
nounced, Raymond Thomas of
Dallas. ( ounty at large: Sen- are we going to get
ator W. C. McKamy of Rich- money?
etc. All of them are fifty per
cent higher or more than Dal-
las County.
Q. Will the Dallas County
roads join with these roads?
A. They will.
Q. How many miles of roads
for this
ardson, city not announced.
Q. Who's on this steering
committee that has been push-
ing the issue?
A. District No. One: W. C.
McKamy of Richardson; Dis-
trict No. Two: Jasper Rupard
of Garland; District No. Three:
Hal White of Lancaster; Dis- \
trict No. Four: John Pelt of
Cedar Hill.
Q. How much is going to be
issued the first year, and how
long will they be issuing these
bonds?
A. It is proposed to issue
$1,500,000 the first, second and
third year and the balance the
fourth year.
Q. How much is this going
to increase my taxes each year
then?
A. On the basis of $1,500,-
000 each of these years the tax
rate will be increased 19.4'cents
ind jiii
ige. l|
ran
to findl
e he
ig- !l
A. Three hundred thirty-two
miles. This includes twelve ra-
dial roads to all portions of the
county and a belt line com-
pletely around the county.
Q. What kind of roads arc
proposed in this Dallas Countv
plan?
A. There will be concrete
pavement, standard 2 inch as- minals are as follows:
1. . Preston Road
city limits to com
12.43 miles, an 1H.0 ft.
macadam penetration
with seal coat.
Water bound
asphaltic surface
1. Ileckley
las city limits to cossfmy 1
12.13 miles, an 18.0 ft
surface treated water
macadam. munii
The Garland-Sachsf
to connect the Dallas P
system with State higbj
5, originating in ^
Texas. Those
roads with their respe^j
3loh
0
phaltic concrete on macadam
base; asphalt macadam; pene-
tration method with seal coat;
water-bound macadam with as-
phaltic surface treatment.
Q. Why are there different
kinds of roads?
A. The selection in each case
of a specific type of pavemetT
1. Dallas to Mesquml
ern route.
2. Bonnie View
Dallas city limits to
Creek.
3. From Garland tot
Mr. Voter: Next v*V)ral
will be another series
questions and answers.
best suited to the traffic de- \ have a question you
mands.
Q. What are and where are
these different roads going to
be?
A. Concrete roads will be:
wered send it to Dall*3^^
Good Roads Associat^-l ^
Lowry and Lowry—
of Publicity, 515 gg
Building, Dallas, Te«^T
Vote for the Dallas Countv $6,500,000 Bond Issue on Saturda^
Pecular Animal
'I wo girls were watching some
Colonial soldiers.
"That's a fme-lookin' chap,
that there Canadian over there,"
said one.
"He ain't no Canadian; he's an
Australian." the other answered.
"How can ye tell?"
"Why, don't ye see he's got a
!,X; feathcr hat ?"— to square this this thing ihmi
nangc. .. if,. r ;>i«t so
wife and, I fight just so1-
| just so long, and we ca
|So there you are
"And about how
lonr*
Qrove'a Tasteless chill Tonic
rMtorea vitality and energy by purifying a,.,)
richlngthe blind. Yoa cm .oodijU, st,u,uul """ TV.
invigorating Effect. Prin ttc. keep it up?" asked the
— —— "About two weeks,
SOLVED "All right; I'll g««
j day* in jail; in other
4 ,i|i .r
bar, "ther
Judge," said the man at the ar*)interned for the
d«rJl
« no use of you trying the' war."—Richmt
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