The Francitas Bee (Francitas, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 26, 1911 Page: 2 of 4
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THE BEE
J&ffolication pending for entry in the
jpi»ft-®*8ice at Blessing, Texas, as sec-
^eficfassirsail matter.
M-Eff PHILPOTT, Editor.
SsxatariptiorL, per year.
.$1.00
jykertising rates made known on
isg^jkafciarn
.X'Vaocitas, Tex., Blessing post office.
January 26, 1911
'W«r are anxious that every contract
fecS-skr of the Valley Fruit Farm and
darfen Company subscribe for this
paps-. It costs you $1 a year. It
jstJB igive you all the information there
V&jBrto* give about your property and a-
the- country around here ingener-
- aL Tile' editor of the paper will atf-
• sure any question regarding the coun-
; '--try which you desire to ask. In ad-
nlaissaffis to the news right around our
«mrai ctnuntty, the paper each week will
IpniMMl' general! news of the entire
sstafc ©f Texas. Please mail in the
sss&scription price att once so that all
may get started right, together.
Cap’s- Back.
Eveny'man in this town should
Ta'iv some letter heads and en-
weloffes printed.
How would you like to be wait-
j®g- lor a South 14 street car with
fSse thermometer at 17 below?
IWI^ew.
“I kinder feel ashamed of my-
down here where it is so nice
.aM warm,” said a citizen recent-
ly., '"whenever I think of my folks
Imsg up north where it is so
And that’s the way we all
ifodL .
Plans have been outlined for
grading new roads through Fran-
csfes and the surrounding coun-
try,. This is a move that should
rvTeive' the encouragement of
•vvery person who owns land
Fere,
TO OUR READERS.
We feel sure that the readers of The
Bee will rejoice with us that no longer
are we compelled to go out of town to
have the paper printed. The plant
was moved into the new Bee building
last Friday and Saturday and this
issue of The Bee is the first publication
ever turned out in Francitas. It re-
quired time and considerable money
to publish a newspaper in a neighbor-
ing town, but to keep faith with our
subscribers we have published the
paper in the office of the Blessing
News. It was a task for a newspaper
office, however well equipped to pub-
lish two papers each week but Mr.
Ansley and his force have done this
in a very creditable manner.
In its own building and printed on
its own machinery, The Bee will be
improved each week, we hope, until
it becomes a credit to the splendid lit-
tle city in which it has been estab-
lished.
It will require advertising and job
work to enable the paper to employ
competent help to keep it worthy of
the town in which it is published; it
will require many subscribers so that
advertisers may get returns on their
investment; parties who own land here
are benefited financially by. every per-
son who remove^ to Francitas aqfi
there is no better agency to bring
people here than a realjlive newspaper,
that prints the news, so it will be a
good investment for every subscriber
to induce his neighbor to take the
paper for one year.
We published no paper last week for
the installation of the plant was a gi-
gantic task and it could not be put in
shape for publication in time. We
believe'our readers will over look this
for within a few weeks it is our inten-
TO BEAUTITY CITY
Orange Trees to Be Planted in Park Along
Railroad Right of Way. Ground Al-
ready Broken.
■When a farmer in Nebraska
fvas. sell ft is lands at $100 an acre
ascltapapd he can buy land in the
Civs-at Francitas district for $50
ascre and up, and he doesn’t do
iS, ise. is either ignorant of the
gppssibilities here or he is frozen
kap. That’s all there is to it.
A great big hook worm trudged
town the other /day, heard
ring of the hammers and
the hUm- of, business, listened
•: aifenfatively for a moment, gave
: as&riek and threw his head up
i 'isifse air and made for one of the
" asdg&boring towns. Had he re-
gained 'he would have been put
,Eb wark.
tion to reprint the edition containing
the story of the distribution together
with the improvements that have been
made since December 10. In this^jpdi-
tion there will be published photo-
graphs of the Francitas as it was two
months ago, and pictures of what it is
now.
In this connection we desire to thank
the many who have subscribed for the
paper and assure them that no efforts
will be spared to rhake this the real
newspaper of the gulf coast.
Ho you want a second railroad
bad enough to help raise a bonus?
Ats you willing to pay $10 as
k'llaastEgh it were: another assess-
r "meat on your- land? Will it in-
crease the value of your holdings.
Sucre that much to have a direct
list' to San Antonio? Two roads
wwnrald put you in touch with com-
r'lpeiittive markets, wouldn’t they?
‘Tike county officials of Jachson
ccvrssty are figuring on doing con-
■ >- s;iskrable road work around
^'TVancitas very shortly. The
-Matagorda county officials have
"'already started work on the road
©f Blessing toward Fran-
-ca&ask When the road is in sight
* -®f ibe Jackson county line, this
■ eai ©f the work will be done at
Several Nebraska newspapers
• are wondering if Mr. Bryan will
able to have himself elected
as a delegate to the next national
convention from Nebraska. In
. fact some of the papers seem to
be very much worried less the
Commoner be left at home. To
. save any further worry The Bee
tsul jast tip it off to these news-
, -papers that Mr. Bryan can go to
the convention from Nebraska as
a delegate at large; he can carry
with him a delegation of his own
chasing and it is a safe guess to
say there will be no trouble about
at, Mr. Bryan ’fell by the way
side in his fight in the democratic
stale convention for county op-
tics. But defeating him when he
I s talking democracy to the rank
and file of the party in Nebraska
1 $ different.
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New Orleans vs. San Francisco
All Texas should lend its aid
to New Orleans to secure for
that city the exposition celebrat-
ing the .opening of the Panama
canal. In the contest so far be-
tween San Francisco and New
Orleans, the latter has a decided
advantage and it is to be hoped
congress will locate the exposi-
tion in that historic southern
city. New Orleans is certainly
the logical place for the celebra-
tion.
Such an exposition held in New
Orleans will mean much to the
entire United States for it will
bind closer and closer the north
and the south. The thousands
of visitors from the the northern
states will see a new south, not
the south in its desolation and
poverty as they have imagined
it, but real American states, that
have risen from a sea of despond,
fighting gigantic odds and over-
coming all obstacles, enjoying a
wonderful prosperity. Every
southern state will be benefited
if the exposition is held in New
Orleans and every northern state
will be helped. It will be the'
first southern trip thousands
from thy north ever made and
hundreds of the visitors Vfll re-
main to assist in the great de-
velopment work that is now in
progress. For the benefit of
the country New Orleans should
by all means be chosen for the
exposition.
It is estimated that almost two
thousand pieces of mail is sent
out of Francitas each week, and
nearly that much received here.
This makes considerable work
for George Walker the accommo-
dating postmaster at Blessing.
Were it not for the fact that Mr.
Walker is one of the most delight-
ful officials to be found anywhere
the people here would really be
ashamed to impose on him so
much. If there is any good thing
in this world flying around loose
Francitas hopes George Walker
gets it.
Beautiful Francitas with parks
of orange trees is coming.
Ground has been broken and
trees have been ordered by the
Valley Fruit Farm and Garden
Company to plant the block on
both sides of the railroad track
in oranges so that passengers
going through the city will carry
away with them pleasant memory
of a pleasing sight and the de-
lightful fragrance of the orange
blossoms.
The idea is another of the
original thoughts of the officers’
of the land company who desire
to make Francitas the real city^
beautiful of the gulf coast. It
will be a strange contrast, as
strange as it will be satisfying,
to exchange the tin cans, the
shacks and the debris of the
average city which accumulates
around a depot yard, to a beauti-
ful park of orange trees,1 well
kept and artistically arranged.
Throughout the entire United
States practically every city
shows to its visitor the worst it
has upon his arrival in the depot
grounds. In every small town
as well as in every city, the mean
shacks, the tumbled 'down build-
ings, the old iron, the rusty tin
cans, the dirty back yards, the
broken down fences, the disease
breeding rubbish piles accumu-
late along the railroad right of
way.
It was to prevent this that
Colonel Maher and Mr. Schvvind
reserved the block on both sides
of the railroad track through the
entire length of the city and they
have since refused good prices
for the lots.
G. J. Phelps, local manager for
the company has already put his
men to work and the park upon
which is located the pump house
has been broken and the trees
will be planted immediately. Mr.
Phelps will have personal super-
vision of this important work of
beautifying, which assures Fran-
citas that an artistic park will be
the result.
What this foresight of Colonel
Maher and Mr. Schwind will
mean in the future to Francitas
no man can estimate. We only
know now that when the trees
begin to bear and the fragrance
of their blossoms is borne by the
south breeze over the city, that
it will be good to live here and we
know further that'when others
have breathed the delightful
ozone that we will breathe, they
will desire to live here and they
will come.
KRAUSE BUYS LAND
Prominent German of Lincoln, Neb.
to Remove to farm he Pur-
chased Here.
August Krause of Lincoln,Ne-
braska, is a very much desired
citizen who will soon take up his
residence in Francitas. Mr.
Krause bought 160 acres of land
adjoining the tract bought by Dr.
Gebhardt and just as soon as he
can build he will bring his family
here to live. Mr. Krause visited
several of the towns in the neigh-
borhood of Francitas and in-
spected farm lands as ’far down
the gulf as Brownsville but de-
cided that lands in the Great
Francitas District were the best
lands in this part of Texas so he
bought here. H^ returned to
Lincoln to dispose of his proper-
ty and perfect the plans for his
home.
Mr. Krause has Secured a
goodly portion of this world’s
goods by hard work on a farm in
Boyd county, Nebraska and he
has decided that his children can
live easier, accumulate more
money and get away from the aw-
ful cold weather of the northwest
by coming to Francitas so he has
paved the way. In addition to
growing fruit trees he expects to
do general farming.
“I am satisfied that I have found
the place I am looking for,”
said Mr. Krause. I have been all
up and. down the gulf coast and
the Francitas lands strike me as
offering the best opportunity to-
the man who is looking for good
soil and good climate. I shall build
at once and hope to have my family
here in the spring.
Mr. Krause was a member of
the Dr. Gabhardt hunting party
and was immensely pleased with
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Somewhere between here and
Washington there is a post office
billed to Francitas.„ The latest
word to be received from the
department was to the effect that
the record of Charles O. Hardy,
wh6 has been endorsed for post-
master is being investigated. Of
course it is a little inconvenient
to go 8 miles for the mail but the
roads are good and walking isn’t
crowded, so with Comrade Quick
on the job, what’s the odds. In-
cidentally Mr. Hardy has been
endorsed by every citizen of the
community as well as by citizens
of other towns in which he has
lived and his record is straight.
W. W. Minniear of Broken
Bow, Neb., accompanied by his
wife arrived in the city Friday
and they will live here. Mr.
Minniear has four tracts to look
after and he expects right away
to build two nice houses and
later to construct two more. In-
cidentally the man from Broken
Bow brought with him six good
dollars for which six honest men
from Nebraska are to receive the
official organ of the Great Fran-
citas district for one 3rear.
Tonsorial Parlor
I. H. ANSLEY,
Proprietor.....
Good Work Guaranteed
Mr. Munger who has been
working in the lumber yard since
the opening of the town has gone
to Nebraska, where he, was called
by the serious illness of his son.
Mr. Munger expected to bring
his family to Francitas the first
of the year but the sickness of
the little one prevented this. As
the boy continued ill, the father
thought it best to go to Nebraska
to be with him.
* I. H. Ansley who has been liv-
ing at Providence City, has re-
moved to Francitas and opened a
barber shop. Mr. Ansley will
fill a long felt want in Francitas.
He has put up a modern shop
with hot and cold water and is in
every way fitted to do good work.
That he will do a good business
goes without saying for of the
improvements needed here lfone
was wished for any more than a
good first class barber shop.
That is what Mr. Ansle}r has
established.
A few Francitas citizens got
in on a fine oyster supper the
other night owing to the thought-
fulness of a trio of old settlers
who know how to fish for the
bivalves. The lucky fisherman
were F. Mowery, E. D. Walker,
Charles A. Ressler. They went
down to the Lavaca river and
spent a day and a night and re-
turned with bushels of 0}Tsters
still in the shell and as fresh as a
new clerk in a legislature. -The
party could have brought home
several more bushels of the good
things, but the members pulled
off an eating stunt down on the
river bank with the result that
more than several bushels were
devoured while the shells were
still dripping with the saltwater.
It is insisted that Walker ate
nine dozen, but as the oysters
were the largest that have been
brought into towTn, this state-
ment so Walker insists must be
taken with a grain of salt as were
the oysters.
SEE
Powell Bros.
Palacios - - - - Texas
For all kinds of wells. We make
the best and cheapest. All work fully
guaranteed.
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We will break your land.
We will fence your land.
We will clear your land.
We will drain your land.
We will prepare your land for fruit
trees.
We will contract by the year to care
for your orchard.
We will be pleased to quote you con-
tract prices on any of this work.
We will give information; write us if you
to know anything.
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We have Land for Sale.
Write if you want to buy.
We Write Insurance of
All Kinds.
Francitas Land and Improve-
ment Go.,
Francitas,
Texas
‘The Capital of The World’
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List Your
Land and Town Lots
With Us
If you want to sell your tract, we can sell it for
you. If you want to buy 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, and can sell you a
town lot in any part of the town.
Correspondence Answered Promptly
CLARK & PHELPS
Francitas, Texas
WANTED:—Buyers for 3,000 acres orange,
fig, corn and cotton land, only three miles
from Edna, county seat of Jackson county,
Texas, and railroad. Small or large tracts.
Sandy prairie, bottom or timber. Lies
next to river, in rain belt. Good drainage.
Orange industry rapidly developing around
Edna, “City of Oranges.’’ Also line op-
portunity for man with sawmill, none here.
Several months work readjL Agents wanted
for land. Write owner,
W. H. LEHMANM, Edna, Texas.
The Francitas Bee
Job Work a Specialty. The Best Equipped Office in the Gulf
Coast Country. Work Turned Out When You Want It.........
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Philpott, H. H. The Francitas Bee (Francitas, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 26, 1911, newspaper, January 26, 1911; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth638427/m1/2/: accessed June 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stephen F. Austin East Texas Research Center.