The Francitas Bee (Francitas, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 2, 1911 Page: 2 of 4
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the bee
App&teation pending for entry in the
•^eKofliee at Blessing, Texas, as sec-
c :®asd class mail matter.
H. II. PHILPOTT, Editor.
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/Subscription, per year...........$1.00
ILnancitas, Tex., Blessing, Tex. post of-
fice. February 2, 1911
Advertising rates made known on
^.application.
We are anxious that .every contract
''ifaslder of the Valley Fruit Farm and
harden Company subscribe for this
gparper. It costs you $1 a year. It
*-give you all the information there
; Ik to give about your property and a-
Flssut the country around here in gener-
• 'The editor of the paper will an-
-:,£«r 'any question regarding the coun-
which you desire to ask. In ad-
to the news right around our
,.®sa country, the paper each week will
ypsiblish general news of the entire
- -aEtefe* of Texas. Please mail in the
.ambs crip Lion price at once so that all
of ®.-s may get started right, together.
The Happy Boy.
•Written by Alva Street, Francitas,
Texas, age 11 years.)
©14 yon ever see a boy,
"That was full of fun and joy?
file’sth'e boy that’s full of play,
..And is happy all the day.
.’He’s the boy that’s bright at
school,
..’Always keeps the golden rule;
.’Lessons for the day are done,
'Then for frolic, sport and fun.
.And the days for him will pass,
Hike the dew drops on the
grass.
’Mach one making for his crown,
JLiitle diamonds of renown.
Improvements.
The need of a first class brick
/school house and other city im-
■jsroYements such as waterworks
: aid electric lights is so impera-
Jfere that The Bee heartily en-
•«forses the suggestion of the
Hoard of trustees selected by
.€fee club captains at the distribu-
. dliBa, for every contract holder to
. 'Triease his claim on the fund
. /wierived from the sale of improved
property, so that the money can
‘fee used to secure these improve-
ment s.
The Bee will never ask the
* land owners of Francitas to give
.money for any public improve-
■sment until it has thoroughly in-
vestigated the proposition and
.•’■satisfied itself that the same is
^actually needed and will be a
feesefit to the city as well as to.
.itlie owners of land.
•So it is without any hesitation
at we urge '.the contract hold-
«aers to sign- the release blanks
vimf out by the Valley Fruit
form and Garden company as
soon as possible so that. the
.-ssoney may be available for im-
mediate use. The taxes that
wmie will have to pay later for a
-school house and for other city
■improvements will amount to as
isauch if not more than the sum
which each contract holder is
masked to give now. And the fact
that this money has never been
is the hands of the contract hold-
ers makes it the easiei*to assign
.iito the'board of trustees. More
-Jtfeaa two thirds of the contract
. holders have already signed the
release and doubtless all would
"liSsswe- returned them, were it not
far the fact they have been care-
less about the matter and have
vsimply neglected it in the rush
their other business.
’Those of us who are here
arealize the importance of these
scatters and therefore The Bee
* mrges all contract holders to sign
.€fe releases at once so that the
improvements can be made with-
further delay. Certainly
ifefeere can be no one who will re-
ffu.se to make the assignment.
There were 4,5.00 cars of
^peaches shipped from Texas dur-
.viog 1910, the net-profits accruing
From the harvest of this golden
.Fruit being 82,362,000. Improved
zsaeihods of planting and hand-
Mng fruit trees, the assistance
■given bf our Departmentof Agri-
.culture, experimental stations
.and Agricultural colleges in
graying, pruning, etc., is direct-
ly responsible for the increased
/production of this lucious fruit.
RIOJA GIVES PARTY
informal Dance Opens New Restaur-
ant and Rooming House. Several
Attend from Blessing.
The new Richa rooming house
and restaurant being built by
Mr. and Mrs. Richa which is now
almost completed was the scene
of a’most delightful gathering
last night when the proprietors
entertained their friends at a
dance, by which the building was
dedicated.
The building is a commodious
affair and is located across the
tracks about a block from the
depot. It has two large gallaries
facing the depot which will give
much pleasure to the roomers in
the days to' come. The lower
story will be used as a restaurant
and the upper story will be di-
vided into rooms. Mrs. Richa
will endeavor to move into the
new building by 'Sunday and
then serve a nice turkey dinner.
For the dance last night the
floor was put in good shape and
the large crowd which attended
from Francitas was increased by
several couples from Blessing.
Music was furnished by the
Ansley orchestra.
During the evening Mr. and
Mrs. Richa served refreshments.
The couple are two of the old
timers at Francitas and every
one who knows them here re-
joices at the success they have
attained. Mr. Richa came to
Francitas a very sick man and
now he is' hale and hearty,, and
has not missed a day from work
for months. In addition to re-
gaining his health, both Mr. and
Mrs. Richa have been blessed
with prosperity due to their un-
tiring energy and close attention
to business._
Order your nursery supplies through
S, C. Holton, local agent for Alvin
Japanese Nursery Co. No. 8r
There were 115 car loads of
cucumbers shipped from Texas
during 1910, which sold for $66,-
770, according to goverment re-
ports, just recently issued.
There were 175 car loads of
strawberries shipped to North-
ern and Eastern markets from
Texas during the season of 1910,
according to the late government
reports, and brought $175,000.
Texas can keep strawberries in
the market the entire year.
The Bee is in receipt of a large
number of letters which so far
we have been unable to answer
because of the time consumed in
getting out the paper in a neigh-
boring town. Now that we are
about located comfortably, we
will give this matter our atten-
tion. __w-
William J. Bryan who has been
at Mission most of the winter is
now on his road home. He will
spend a week or two at Tucson,
Arizona visiting his sonandafter
th.at he leaves for Lincoln and
the Nebraska legislature. He
expects to be at home by Feb-
ruary 24.
W.F.Schwind general manager
of the Valley Fruit Farm and
Garden company which founded
Francitas, came in Sunday night
and left Monday afternoon for
the frozen north to attend to
other business. Mr. Schwind
made his flying trip to see if he
could catch a hook worm in Fran-
citas but finding none he left,
feeling well satisfied with the
progress being made here.
Judge F. C. Hensel who is
temporarily living in Palacios
but who expects shortl}7 to build
in Francitas was over Monday
morning looking after his land.
There was a time when Judge
Hensel stood a good chance of
being the first mayor of Fran-
citas but when he showed up
here wearing a white vest and
without that famous panama hat
which he wore all last winter his
chances were very much lessened.
The Pananla hat was one of the
strong recommendations for the
judge. Thus it is that small
things make or break a man.
Frank Weigle of Hooper, Neb.,
was a visitor this week.
C. E. Gartreil of Adams, Neb.,
was here on business this week.
William Barmore of Adams
was a Francitas visitor this week.
C. O. Hardy postmaster elect,
spent Saturday and Sunday.at
Bay City.
G. W. Getz of Imperial, Neb.,
spent some time in Francitas
recently.
John Dey of Gresham, Neb.,
was here breathing in the ozone
the first of the week.
G. G. Sadler of Port O’Conner
was inspecting the newest town
in Texas this week.
M. H. Landrigan of Ravenna a
property owner is here looking
after his interests.
D. C. Mills of Argus and W.E.
Shuler of Courtland had busi-
ness here this week.
W. L. Grant of Vanderbilt
looked after business interests
here the first of the week.
James W. Gordon, H. H.
Gillis, and H. Verdin of Mark-
ham were here Tuesday.
C. J. Putts and E. Sedgwick of
Davenport inspected Francitas
since the last issue of The Bee.
H. D. Skinner of Edgar in the
land of snow and ice came down
this week to get some ,Texas
ozone.
Channel Noble spent Sunday
at Palacios. Mr. Noble has rented
his home there and will reside in
Francitas..
T. Kawainato of Van Houton,
N. M., a property owner in Fran-
citas was looking after his inter-
ests this week.
George Mary of Oconto, Neb.,
and Charles Mary of Oklahoma
City visited Francitas for a few
days recently.
Local Manager Willis of the
lumber yard spent Sunday at his
home in Palacios. Mr. Willis con-
templates building here very
shortly.
Julius Jensen of Norton, Kan.,
is among the new citizens. Mr-
Jensen has gone to work at the
carpenter business and found
plenty to do.
A. W. Woods of Danbury,Neb.,
who is to go into business here
was looking after the construc-
tion of a building since the last
issue of The Bee.
E. M. Tracey of Victoria stop-
ped off here for a couple of days
and expressed his surprise at
the wonderful growth of the city.
Mr. Tracey was over the Fran-
citas lands a year ago and en-
countered nothing more human
than a Texas steer.
C. O. Hardy has received his
commission as postmaster of
Francitas and his bond was sent
to Washington Wedn e s d a y.
Should the bond be approved it
probably will not be many days
before the postoftice will be in
full running order.
W. L. McLendon of Sterling,
Neb. arrived Sunday to make
Francitas his home. He expects
a car-of household goods within
a few days and his family will
join him as soon as he constructs
a house. Mr. McLendon moved
here with the intention of start-
ing a bakery. He expects a
friend from Lincoln, Neb., short-
ly to construct a business house
for his use.
Forty Perish in Hurricane.
Victoria, B. C.—Sixty-seven pearling
vessels were wrecked and forty lives
were lost as a result of a hurricane
off Western Australia in December,
according to advices brought by the
steamer Makura Wednesday. Broone,
headquarters of the pearling fleet, is
a scene of desolation, many buildings
having been destroyed by the storm.
Wedded in Balloon.
San Antonio, Tex—Soaring 800 feet
aloft in a captive baRoon, Miss S. Ma-
rie Shelton and W. Walter Stowe were
.united in marriage by Rev. J. H. Ad-
ams of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Stowe
refused to disclosed their former resi-
dence, but are in San Antonio for the
winter.
Try The Bee Job
Department.
When Pastor C. T. Russell of the
Brooklyn Tabernacle, Brooklyn, N. Y.,
speaking Sunday in Washington at
Convention Hall on the millcnium, an-
nounced that Christ would return to"
earth in 1915 he was dramatically
challenged by W. A. Cuddy, an evan-
gelist of Atlanta, Ca. In the rapid fire
exchange of words that followed the
crowd became excited and a panic
was averted only by the suppression
of Cuddy, who was led aside by his
friends. More than one thousand peo-
ple hissed and hooted when Cuddy in-
terrupted Russell and declared that
1915 was altogether too soon for the
millenium.
Governor Harmon Saturday address-
ed the United Mines Workers of
America in convention at Columbus,
Ohio. Objections were raised by a
few socialistic delegates on the
ground that Governor Harmon had
called out state troops to break the
street car strike, but these were over-
ruled by President Lewis, and at the
conclusion .of the address all efforts
on the part of these delegates to ask
the governor questions or speak were
suppressed by the president’s gavel.
No matter how much may be told
of the whippings and sufferings of
prisoners on the Koppe farm in Burle-
son County, it is claimed by both
sides in the trial of the “peonage”
case in the federal court at Austin,
that such ‘test only will go for naught
unless it is proved that the prisoners
so treated were sent to the farm with-
out due process of law.
A bandit, who gave his name as A1
Buckley held up a passenger of Colo-
rado and Southern passenger train
No. 20 a few minutes after it had left
the Union Station at Pueblo, Colo., on
Friday. After getting §117 and jew-
elry he leaped from the train. Special
A-gent MeCafferty of the Denver & Rio
Grande Railway happened to be on
the train, and when informed that the
bandit was at work in the. rear coach
he started back and reached the plat-
form just in time to see the robber
jump and run. MeCafferty opened
fire. Buckley returned the shots. In
the fusillade Buckley was shot
through the right wrist, and when his
gun dropped from his hand he sur-
rendered,
At a meeting of the Rhodes schol-
arship committee of selection held at
the State University, Ernest Tolbert
Adams of Glen Rose, Texas, was se-
lected as Rhodes scholar from Texas
for the three-year period beginning
October, 1911.
Governor Colquitt Tuesday stated
most emphatically that R. A. Buford
will be installed as pension commis-
sioner on Feb. 5, regardless of E. A.
Bolmes’ declaration that he will resort
to Ifegal procedure, if necessary, to
hold office until June 11, the date be
claims to be the expiration of bis
term.
After his election to the United
States senate for the third time with-
out the shadow of opposition had been
confirmed by the legislature, sitting
in joint session, Hon. Chas. A. Culber-
son, senior United States senator from
Texas, was escorted into the hall of
representatives Wednesday, where be
received a reception which "was so
marked in its cordiality that it could
leave no room for doubt of the high
esteem in which that officer is held.
FOREIGN.
Widespread interest has been arous-
ed by a letter sent by the pope to Car-
dinal Fischer, archbishop of Cologne,
relative to the oajh disavowing mod-
ernism, which is now required of theo-
logical professors by the Vatican. Al-
ready this ruling has resulted in the
withdrawal of several members of the
theological faculty at the University
of Munich, and has called forth a
sharp controversy in the press.
It is officially announced in London
that the duke of Connaught will suc-
ceed Earl Grey in September as gov-
ernor general of Canada. He will hold
the appointment for two years, and
that may be extended.
London is suffering from two little
epidemics, which, however, are caus-
ing more inconvenience than alarm.
Mumps, a malady generally regarded
as the privilege of schoolboys, has at-
tacked grown up London, especially
affecting city men. From a large num-
ber of city ofnees adult employes are
absent on account of the malady.
Marie Hall, the violinist, was mar-
ried in London Sunday to her business
manager, Edward Baring. Miss Hall
has made four tours in the United
States and many other countries.
After being dormant for many years
the volcano Taal, in Batangas ‘prov-
ince, is again active. The eruptions
began Saturday and were accompan-
ied by three heavy earthquakes.
Count von Rex. formerly German
minister to China, has been named as
ambassador to Tokio to succeed Ba-
ron Murarn von Schwarzenstein, who
has tendered his resignation because
of a malady of the eyes.
The Jamaica Chamber of Commerce
is considering a proposition to recom-
mend to the government the holding
of a big exposition in Kingston in
1915 coincident with the formal open-
ing of the Panama Canal.
Miss Grace McKenzie, youngest
daughter of Sir William MacKenzie,
the Canadian railroad man, and Count
Jacques de Lesseps, the French aviat-
or, were married in London Wednes-
day. De Lesseps has made many not-
able flights. Miss MacKenzie accom-
panied him on aerial trips at New
; York and Toronto, but following their
engagement both foreswore aviation
because of its dangers.
The Spanish cabinet has decided tc
present to parliament soon the bill
regulating the religious and other as
'soeiations.
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46Your Business
Is Our Business'
:nd to It
FULL DESCRIPTION OF TRACT NO.__
Bjt Francitas Land and Improvement Co., Francitas,
Jackson County, Texas.
M.........................
City of..................State of..........
Your Land is known as Tract No......containing-____
acres, of the............Survey.
On the......corner, facing the road survey, we have
. placed a one inch galvanized gas pipe, three feet in, and
one foot above ground, on which we have stenciled in
half inch type the number...... This permanent mark
designates the......corner of your tract.
. .rods... .feet. . . .from gas pipe designates your, .corner
. .rods. . . .feet. .. .from gas pipe designates your, .corner
. .rods... .feet. .. .from your.................corner, armL
, .rods.. . .feet. . . .from your............corner designates
your......corner.
It lays approximately. . . .miles----and. .miles......
from the depot, which is practically the center of town,
and faces. . . .on a.. . .road.
Has Timber as follows:................................
Has Drainage:..........................................
Is about... .feet above the sea level, and is.............
Has Soil as follows:....................................
Estimated value is......................................
Is best adapted for .....................................
Can be..................................................
All other advantages or disadvantages:................
Your Lot No. . Block.. located.. Blocks.. and. . Blocks
.. . .from the depot, is.. . .and is a........lot.
We hereby certify that we made a personal exami-
nation of aforesaid tract No.....and that the'above re-
port is, to the best of our knowledge, correct in every
particular.
Witness our signature at Francitas, Jackson Coun-
ty, Texas, this... .day of.. . .191..
The above is a reduced copy of the form used by the Fran-
citas Land and Improvement Company when describing tracts
it is working and developing.
We Write Insurance of
All Kinds.
Francitas Land anti imnrove-
ment go.,
Franc-ItaSp
Texas
‘The Capital of The World’
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List Ymsr
Land and Town Lots
With Us
If you want to sell your tract, we can sell it for
you. If you want to bu,y a tract we can get it for
you if anyone can.
We are sole agents for the Valley Fruit Farm
and Garden Co. at this place, andean sell you a
town lot in any part of the town.
Correspondence Answered Promptly
CLARK & PHELPS
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Francitas, Texas
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Taylor Cotton Receipts.
Taylor, Tex.—Up to this date this
season the total wagon receipts of cot-
ton at Taylor for the season of 1910-
11 has reached 19,259 bales, and but
very little more is now being brought
in. It is the opinion of well-informed
cotton men that about 3,000 bales are
yet being held in this trade territory
for better prices. The total receipts
for the season of 1909-10 were 26,-
650 bales, while the receipts for the
season of 1908-09 were 32,850 bales.
Auditor of Penitentiary System.
Austin, Tex.—Hon. A. M. Barton,
who was private secretary to Gover-
nor Campbell for three years, and who
has been financial agent of the Texas
penitentiary system during the lasl
year, will he auditor for the peniten-
tiary system. Through his appoint
ment a link will be established be-
tween the old and new administration,
and Mr. Barton says he hopes to be oi
service to the sjitetem and to the state.
Sale of Black Ranch.
San Antonio, Tex.—Negotiations
were concluded for the sale of tha
Black ranch, in La Salle County. Tha
consideration was $40C,900. The ranch
consists of 23,000 acres and lies along
tie Nueces River. It is now being
ditched foT irrigation. The ranch is
owned by Colonel J. R- Black, a pio-
neer settler of that section.
New Weil Gauses Excitement.
Plainview, Tex.—Final test of the
Station well* five miles west of Plain-
view, shows continuous capacity of
1,200 gallons per minute in twenty-four
hours’ test. It is still running and
pressure is getting stronger; depth 130
feet. Great excitement prevails.
Another Well Near Bay City.
Bay City, Tex.—Producer No. 3 ig
the latest gusher' to come in at tha
oil field, it being estimated that thia
well will make 2,000 barrels per day.
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Philpott, H. H. The Francitas Bee (Francitas, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 2, 1911, newspaper, February 2, 1911; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth638227/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stephen F. Austin East Texas Research Center.