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Send Her a Box of Candy
From Potter’s
Our Tuesday Special
will be our famous
PEANUT BRITTLE
at 15c per pound
POTTER FLORAL AND
CONFECTIONERY CO.
Mills Bldg.
Opposite Transfer Station
The Loaf That Is Made by Experts
FOR SALE BY ALL GROCERS
1
The best houses in El Paso are being built by
PERRY-KIRKPATRICK
REALTY CO.
Building Contractors
209 MESA
PHONE 1579
The Only Thing
If you want good, safe milk, patronize the only dairy
that pasteurizes their milk.
Pasteurized Milk
Ts the only milk you can depend upon.
El Paso Dairy Co.
Office 423 No. Oregon St.
Both Phones
wiani emit
WERE BRED III H2
Property of Dr. Johnston Hunter
of Morgen’* Point
HE ACQUIRED TWO MILK COWS IS PRAISED AND CONDEMNED
Both of ThcM Animal* Probably War*
Brought in From Mexico and War*
Tradad for at tba Mors ,
HU* PIS
OF TOKO TRUST
Laid Before the Federal Circuit
Court Judge* in New York
The fire place is an al-
tar for worship, for re-
fuge, for love.
Make, therefore, this
altar the most beautiful
place in your home.
We furnish the fire
place—you do the rest.
Beautiful mantels and
fire place furniture.
EL PASO MANTEL & TILE COMPANY
411-413 Texas St. El Paso, Texas
LEVY GROCERY CO.
Hpaokti to The Timet.
Victoria, Texas, Oct 30.—Probably
thu fir lit catUe raised In Texas, accord-
ing to Thomas Hunter, paymaster for
the Kirby Lumber company, were bred
by his grandfather, Dr. Johnston Hun-
ter. on the Johnston Hunter league,
near Morgan’s point This was about
the year 1333.
Dr. Johnston Hunter moved from
the banks of the Mississippi. He pur-
chased a boat, aud. loading It with
merchandise sufficient to stock a small
store, set sail for the lower Mississip-
pi-
Following his arrival at New Or-
leans he purchased a fairly large
coasting vessel and transferred his
goods to that—towing his smaller
boat Setting sail from New Orleans,
he coasted down the coasts of Louis-
iana and Texas, entering Galveston
and Trinity bay In the spring of 1831,
making for the Jut of land now known
as organ’s point. Crossing the bay,
Lafltte, the pirate, seized upon the
larger boat .leaving him with the
smaller boat and the few thousand ef-
fects it contained.
Dr. Hunter, not discouraged with his
reception in the new country, estab-
lished himself at the point, building a
house and setting up a trading station.
Ills honest dealing soon won favor
with the Indians, and he worked up
quite a business with the several tribes
In the coast country, many coming
hundreds of miles to trade with him.
He exchanged various commodities for
beeswax and hides, and In the course
of lime acquired two cows. Where
these came from Mr. Hunter does not
remember. They may have been Im-
ported or driven from Mexico or
brought on a boat from the latter
place. However, Mr. Hunter has al-
ways understood that these were the
first cows In the state.
A short time later Dr. Hunter heard
of a bull for sale at Nacogdoches, the
animal having been brought there
from the Interior. Desiring to enter
the cattle raising business, he dispatch-
ed a man to Nacogdoches, the trip be-
ing made on horseback In three weeks
These two cows and the bulls were thu
nucleus of an Immense herd that Dr.
Hunter later had. At the time of his
death his herds Included 11,000 head.
He lived six years at Morgan’s point
and prospered. The records show that
he received $800 for his league of 5605
acres at Morgan’s point. He had be-
come quite wealthy when In 1857 he
emigrated to the Brazos valley, set-
tling six miles from where Richmond
now stands.
After arriving at the Brazos he
built an Immense brick church which
was used alike for religious and edu-
cational purposes. This Is known as
the brick church In Fort Bend county
today.
Dr. Hunter's friendship with the In-
dians continued. He had quit trading,
but they often visited him and camped
about his place.
General Sam Houston, then rising to
his ascendency, often visited the Hun-
ter home, and during the war for Inde-
pendence the Hunter ranch was the
Mecca for Texans and Mexicans alike.
Both armies pillaged his store and kill-
ed his stock, there being 400 beeves,
several hundred hogs and thousands of
bushels of corn taken. His home was
spared, as it was the finest, and the
Mexican officers coveted It for their
own.
Dr. Hunter was a dyed-in-the-wool
patriot. When the new Texas repub-
lic passed an act to reimburse all
those who had suffered by pillaging
by either the Mexican or Texas army
he put In a bill for $4,000 and later
received an order for that amount. A
neighbor who had lost one-fourth the
amount Dr. Hunter had, put In a bill
for *30,000. When Dr. Hunter hoard
of It, he said “Damn a patriot who
tries to rob his country,”'and placed
the order for the $4,000 in the fire.
Cattle brought a low premium. Most
of the cattle brought about one and a
half cents a pound, and were used
mostly for making tallow candles. This
cent and a half meant the dressed ani-
mal, after the refuse, hides, hoofs, head
and many bones had been thrown
away, so that a good sized beef only
brought *4 or $5. Tallow candles were
used in those days and it meant many
beeves to supply the tallow and much
beeswax for the hardening. In the lat-
ter the Indians carried on a good
trade. A whole beef would be put Into
a huge pot and boiled down for the
tallow. After It was thoroughly ren-
dered the meat was then cast aside for
the hogs and buzzards.
Dr. Hunter died in 1855 and the war
a few years later wrought havoc with
tho Hunter mansion. The house and
barns were destroyed and the family
and stock scattered. The offspring of
the three head of cattle with which
Dr. Hunter started Into the cattle busi-
ness are now scattered far and wide
over tho state. From the small num-
ber of cattle the great livestock Indus-
try of Texas has developed.
ARIZONA SHIPMENTS
WILL
BE HEAVY
s| Undersell ALL Others.
Sugar sold for less than today’s cost 7 lbs. 50c
? 4 lbs. Pink Beans........................... 25c
I 10 lbs. Cottolene................................$1.35
1 lb. Levy’s Blend Coffee ...........................25c
10 lbs. Excellent Spuds............................25c
3 New Mackerel..................................25c
Post Toasties, Krinkle Corn Flakes, Wheat Flakes,
Oatmeal, 3 for................................25c
3 No. 2 Standard hand-packed Tomatoes..............25e
; To Facilitate Deliveries, Order Early.
Both Phones 204-206 E. Overland Street
Cattlemen at Tucson Have Already
Ordered 400 Cara.
Special to Tile Timet.
Tucson. Arlz., Oct. 30.—Conserva-
tively $500,000 worth of cattle will be
shipped on the Tucson division from
territorial range to Texas and Califor-
nia points between now and Novem-
ber 20.
Many will be shipped after Novem-
ber 20, and probably many others
will bo shipped between the dates
mentioned. The figures given are
based on the number of ears ordered
by cattle shippers from the Randolph
headquarters for approaching ship-
ments.
Up to the present time. It Is known
that 12,000 head of range stock will
be shipped, the cattlemen taking ad-
vantage of the present high market
for young stock up to three years old.
Already approximately four hundred
cars have ben ordered for these ship-
ments.
CONCHO COUNTRY COWS
SELL FOR *24
APIECE
Price
Sixteen Carloads Sold at That
and Shtinted to Market.
Special to The Timet.
San Angelo. Texas. Oct SO.—Five
hundred head of cows which were pur-
chased a few days ago by Tol Cawley.
Aliagad to be in Compliance With tba
Supreme Coart Decision and Denounc-
ed a* but a Further Trust Scheme
Associated Press Ditpatch.
New York, Oct 30.—The proposed
plan for the reorganization of the to-
bacco trust submitted by the Ameri-
can Tobacco company and co-defend-
ants to the government anti-trust
suit was both praised and condemned
today before tne federal circuit court
Judges of the United States for the
southern district of New York.
After Attorney General Wickersham
had tiled the government’s answer to
the plan, counsel for the defendants
pleaded with the court to accept the
dissolution proposal. Lewis Cass Led-
yard, arguing for the defendants, in-
sisted that It was an honest plan to
compl/ with the requirements in the
mandate of the supreme court for a
reorganization that will restore com-
petition In compliance with the terms
of the Sherman anti-trust law.
Supporting tho Plan.
Supporting the plan, representatives
of the preferred stockholders and
bondholders of the American Tobacco
compaay and constituent companies
urged approval of the division of the
trust Into four principal segregated
companies to he operated independent-
ly of each other. In support of these
Interests appeared oseph H. Choate
and others, who Insisted that the reor-
ganization plan was sincere and plead-
ed that no hostile elements be permit-
ted absolutely to destroy It, though It
might be subject to some amendment
calculated to assure protection to the
property rights of citizens.
Independents Disapprove.
Independent manufacturers, dealers
and producers of tobacco unanimously
disapproved the plan on the ground
that It would not result In effectually
breaking up the trust and that It Is
a sham proposal to divide the proper-
ties, control of which still would be re-
tained by the group of individuals now
dominating the Industry. Louis D.
Braudels, of Boston, made the prin-
cipal argument against the plan and
sought to convince the court that It
would be Impossible to bring about
thereby a restoration of the competi-
tive system in the trade.
Attorney General Wickersham, ap-
pearing with the special prosecuting
attorneys, J. C. McKeynolds and Ed-
win P. Grosvenor, will be heard to-
morrow. The answer of the attorney
general, filed today, did not express
general opposition to the dissolution
plan, hut contained many restrictions
deemed necessary to assure restora-
tion of competition in the tobacco In-
dustry.
Rights Reserved.
Maintaining that It was impossible
for the court to determine in advance
whether a plan actually will accom-
plish effective competition the attor-
ney general requested that right be re-
served to the government to apply to
the court at any time within five years
for other relief upon a showing that
the plan did not result in a new condi-
tion in harmony with the law.
Judges Lacombe, Ward, Coxe and
Noyes, who are hearing the arguments,
too kactiVB part In the discussion,
when the arguments are concluded it
is expected the Judges will take the
case under advisement for some time
before announcing a decision.
Opposition Offered.
Opposition to the disintegration
scheme was offered by Henry H. Hun-
ter. on behalf of the Independent Re-
tail tobacconists of the country; At-
torney General Williams of Virginia,
who spoke also on behalf of Attor-
ney General Blekett of North Caro-
lina and Attorney General Lyon of
South Carolina, and John W. Yerkes,
representing the Independent Tobacco
Manufacturers' association.
Hunter declared that 600,000 inde-
pendent retail tobacco dealers in the
country saw in the plan of rc-organi-
zatlon no assurance of ending the sys-
tem that had been grinding them. His
clients, he said, urged the court to
order a receivership to bring about "a
fair and honest termination of the
trust.”
Tobacco Producers.
Attorney General Williams spoke
for tobacco producers, who, he said,
insisted upon real competition. John
W. Yerkes attacked the mutuality of
stock ownership In the reorganization
plan and said that It afforded no pro-
tection to the Independent manufac-
turers. The division of brands pro-
posed to be placed In' the separate
companies projected, ,Mr. Yerkes de-
scribed as an “adroit scheme of seg-
regation absolutely destructive of com-
petition between the four proposed
companies."
An argument of protest was filed
late In the day by Felix H. Levy, In ad-
dition to that filed that Jointly by him-
self and Mr. Brandeis for the National
Cigar Leaf association and the other
concerns.
Solomon M. Stroock, representing
the United Cigar Stores company, said'
his client company was Involved only
because the American Tobacco com-
pany owned much of the United Cigar
Stores Company. The court conceded
hts company was not held to be an
Illegal monopoly.
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BOSTON OUTFIELDER
CAPTURES A BRIDE.
Associated Trett Ditpatch.
Oakland, Cal., Oct. 30.—George
E. (Duffy) Lewis, outfielder for th«
Boston Red Sox of the American
league, at one time a member of the
Sacramento team of the coast, ob-
tained a license here today to marry
Miss Eleanor Ruth Keane of Hyde
Park. Mass.
H. H. Sparks and S. E. Couch from
ohn Henderson, of Ozona. are being
shipped out of Bardhart today for the
Kansas City market. The price paid
was $24 round. This shipment made
Up sixteen carloads.
Story and Clayton shipped out one
carload of horses over the Santa Fe
to Ennis on Thursday. Q. A Stidham
shipped a carload of horses to Crock-
ett.
Lee brothers had two carloads of
yearling Hereford bulls and heifers
shipped out over the Santa Fe Thurs-
day for Caddo Downs, Louisiana. A
public sale of these cattle is to be held
there. | _
j, ’£. Davis, of Sterling / City, was
In San Angelo on Thursday on his way
to Valley Mills, near Waco, from where
he will ship 600 head of cows to the
Fort Worth market He has been feed-
ing this bunch of cattle during the
summer and fan.
Good as new. Beautiful
mottled mahogany case.
Was $450.00. Sells now
at $297.00.
We have a beautiful stock
of new pianos and in-
nerplayer pianos, from
$250.Q0 up.
Terms to Suit You.
JENKINS PIANO
COMPANY
THE BIG PIANO HOUSE
Phone 2958 118 N. Stanton St
GET
PERFECT
LAUNDRY
WORK
That’s exactly what you get when
you send It here, and without any
damage to It. If we don’t con-
vince you with the first trial that
we do better work than any laun-
dry In the Southwest we would be
pleased to have you tell us.
Our plant is the most modern, our
service Is perfect, our rates are very
reasonable. Phone us now and
let our wagon call and get it, no
matter If It be the family washing
or Just one collar.
Elite Laundry Co.
PHONES
Bell 2177—Auto 2177
412-414-410 South Oregon Street.
If A
KILLS
Gentleman
A SKUNK
and his bond is made
$5,000.00
And a Skunk
insults a Lad;
and hisbond is made $100
IS EL PASO IN TEXAS?
(Advertisement.)
Pianos
Right Goods
Right Prices
Dunn’s
MusicStore
406 SAN ANTONIO ST.
For House Wiring and fixtures,
see the National Telegraphone and
Supply Company. 317 Mill* street.
'‘Times Want Ada", spells “Result*".
The Best Groceries
Cost No More than
the Ordinary Kind
• 7 0
When you trade here you not only get the best but at
the same time you pay no more than you would for
ordinary grades. As examples of prices in the Gro-
cery Department, note the following:
Grocery Specials
(In Effect One Week—Beginning October 25th)
Baltimore Standard Toma- QCa German Lentils, I pounds OC.
toes, 2 lb. cans, per doz...w9b for .....................49C
Iowa Standard Cora. 2 lb. QC«, Fanciest Carolina Head 1 Aft
cans, per dosen .........uUl/ Rice, 1 lb. bags, each.....I UU
Post Toasties, 2 packages OC_ Grogan’s Ripe Olives, pint Cfl _
for .....................49b cans, 3 for...............9Uv
NATIONS
Out-of-Town Orders Sent This Market
Will Be Filled Promptly and Satisfactorily.
An Evidence of Efficiency
mH8 growth and popularity of this bank are but the
H natural results of our conservative policy and palns-
“ taking, personal service. Your ' account, either
checking or Interest bearing, Is cordially Invited.
THIS BANK WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1881.
CHEAP R. R. RATES
Over Texas & Pa-
cific Ry.
To NEW ORLEANS, LA., and RETURN
$44.20
Tickets on Sale November 17th to 20th, Inclusive. Return Limit
November 30th, 1*11, With Privilege of Extending.
TO DECEMBER 26th, 1911,
On Payment of Fee of $1.00.
DINING CARS ON ALL TRAINS.
STATE NATIONAL BANK
ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1881.
CAPITAL, SURPLUS AND PROFITS ...............*200,000.00
INTEREST PAID ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS
C. R. MOOREHEAD, President, JOSEPH MAGOFFIN, V. Pres,
c. N. BASSETT, Vice President, GEO. D. FLORY, Cashier,
L. J. GILCHRIST, Asst. Cashlet
A. B. PALMER
Telephones: Bell 760, Auto 1760
PLUMBING
AND HEATING
109 W. Overland Street
R. B. BIAS FUEL COMPANY
Our own manufactured POULTRY FOOD. 9
INCUBATORS—50 and 125 Egg Slse. «
FEED, WOOD AND COAI* PHONES 84*. 184*.'
SCHOOL AT TULA ROSA _
EMPLOYS ANOTHER TEACHER
Special to The Timtt.
Tularosa, N. M., Oct 80.—The trus-
tees of the public school have been
forced by the many children coming
In to add one more teacher which will
make seven teachers In the public
school.
Miss Dottle Cooper will be the new
teacher. She will take Mrs. Simmons’
room and Mrs. Simmons will move to
the west building.
I. W. Lents and little daughter
made a trip to Alto last week.
A. H. Richter Is having a telephone
Installed In his drug store.
j. C. Craven, former resident of
Tularosa, Is here from Texola, Okla.,
looking after his business Interests
Mrs. Anna L. Knight has moved
to her new residence west of ths
Central ho cl.
Rev. Geo. H. Given, Tularosa’s for-
mer pastor, has been returned by the
Methodist conference and will preach
every first and third Sundays
Rsv. G. W. Phillips, pastor of the
Christian church at Alamogordo, isj
holding a meeting at the union
church here.
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REPUBLICAN NOMINATION
SETTLED BY LOTTERl
jLutociated Prctt Ditpatch.
Tucson, Arlz., Oct. 30.—The tie
twen H. E. Helghton and W. M.
son for the Republican nominal
for county treasurer was settled]
day by the board of supervisor
lottery. Seven ballots, two of
bore the names of the condif
were placed In a hat. Then the
man of the board was blindfold)!
It was agreed that the name ;
oandldate brought out of the '
him first should have the non “
The five blank ballots wee
before the card board be
name of Watson was taken j
lng him the nomination.
-«-
"Swift A Company’s sals
Best In El Paso, Texas, til
ending Saturday, Oct. 38,
7AI cents per pound.”
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El Paso Morning Times (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 31, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 31, 1911, newspaper, October 31, 1911; El Paso, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth583388/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.