The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 13, 1923 Page: 4 of 12
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Waste
ild Make a Better Present for Christmas than a Crow Battery.
> W indow is full of suggestions.
VE YOUR CAR TUNED UP FOR THE HOLIDAYS
’ Firestone Tires Pierce Oil Products
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SUDDEN SERVICE
B* his message to congress, it Is or visiting the oily bring home n fowl „ mini, like an olil postage stamp.
jt'J# assume that the next presi- million as mnrttiln, The Inker’s I slicks to nothing. Ami we would like
wuBiwiitu is on. Mr. Johnson, brother paints sparrows ami sells lots t,, know, how about many of the wo-
1**e the message its a «;»«!" to j of 11mm i heap, >i„ luimries and suckers ■ men';
how fur lie will have to Jump to j bite on the sparrows Bowse, made in j --------
fc. the Kepi!Mliitn platform nml a New lurk cellar, bottled and luheied i IVe have never been able to under*
MB’ tl» give .Mr. MeAiloo some with lalieis printed on the same press i stand how a young roan enn waste Ids
i!'»m to wtial the weather will lie which printed the marks, shows the | time in sitting around spooning a
t kttzpnit i eontents to he good old Scotch, Is sold idee young lady, who is foundling and
,i' at quart. said io have just i klasliig a poodle dots. But he dees
;,1 t it m Johnson of Califoridu been smuggled in from a British rum ri
I-that be is 1 datter than the Aincri- ru oiler, and the uMHifphlst irii fed! ; That ■ lO.-e.i r old woman who ami-
I--.... „.m American bids adieu to his eight doi*I 11 1,1 "!,1 1h'.v. bcrimps thought
BP*’’ h«s nrit.en n platform. jJlrs ; her millions would !«• safer with the
81 his old etidy Into the ring anil ---- ! hoy than they weald with an older
U fOntne on tioys, this is where I A Rood road Is one that is Rood ev- *W- __
Mi get behind me and push. I am cry day In the yeur. The cheapest , . , .. ,
Byway to the While house" John ! road is the lautl and most practical.: . Vic often wonder why the chicken
* egotist". Is of such a duality he A road not prueticul is the road next; *1**.* ‘l!! in \r
likely lie Riven such a jolt at the I to liciug imisissihle and we throw I ot, *)'' o otornolnle. 1 lie cbhdtcn is a
twHnti next June, he’ll never know' away thousands of dollars every vear! ! “ at"'' 1 11 ®l*slr»tt link which tries
jrtmt struck him isdwen the eves, on this class of road. Through lack of j V ‘ loss the railroad at the same t »■
ST «•<’<■' -i"“'r «r «>"!">• to properly repair a. the Proper; " *7“" ,'r. 1l" '™« f"“
|f Without any platform, than to; time and through loss to the farmer; K 1 ‘
M * Johnson on a personal plat-! by bavins to travel such a road, hard! y elilnev- v.all erected along the
p **•» attitude lead# on to believe j on bin team mill most severe on a ear ; Canadian and Mexican borders might
Sfy.11 ^i!,,nn* n‘!|itive of Bill „ . nivnnnu help some in the enforcement ot the
Munlloran. ! I iCHED AT KJMli OM, ■ nrohihitorv taw Al lenuf fI,era weald
...COME IN...
And Get Acquainted With
...us...
We will Appreciate your
Trade--You will Appre-
ciate our Prices.
J. M. McMURKEY. Proprietor
Phone 75
j Free Delivery
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cent rignr.
Another political campaign is now
on in Mexico. Some refer to it as a
revolution.
Tite fsird may hear your prayer,
hut do not lie disappointed jf you
find he docs not heed your advice.
Sometimes more Rood results can be
accomplished |,y makliiR your appeal
!u the form of a request thuu in the
form of a command. This might ap
pl.v to the man superintending n
Rang of Huai ns well as to the man
talking to his wife.
Says the ex-governor f Oklahoma
to the governor of Indiana. "You ought
to have known better "
a Man’s
M lint the world needs is real re-
formers wiio ladleve In and practice
thai which they preach.
The college Isiy with a fat checking
account is too laisy with his studies
to write home every week.
There are some June brides who
would even appreciate a washing
machine for a t'liristuuts gift.
It will be a great relief to the lec-
ture loving public, If Doe t ook is
permuted to serve hi;, full sentence.
When Lurthcr Burbank succeeds In
developing that new prune, we ho|ie it
will not be related in the boarding
Prefierme
ROAD ROND ELECTION.
At tlu* s|KN'ii.il election held in Hoad
Distrietn No. l midI No. a, last Satur-
day. carried in the first named dis-i
trict. inrlu<ii.utf Taft, <tr*‘fc>r,v and
Portland. »*ut was defeated in the*
Aransas Pass IukIchM/* district. j
The bond issue voted for in tlii.v dis-
trict will take
up. Particularly is
t’s a Mail’s Store, fle-
ements, selected from
i a Man’s preference.
U find here. “Naught
Our stock of Hardware, Implements, €«
Paints, Plumbing Fixtures, Etc., has been %
turned over to a bonded sales-conductor Y
and is to be sold out by January 1st 1924. Y
care of the liwlcbfeit-
tiess already contracted on the n«.
pletion of tho hard surface to Port-
land. and n portion of the issue will
be uaeij in improving the road from
Portland to the ciiuacway. The la-
me of iHinds voted on is SiM.taa).
In district No. .‘i, Aransas Puss and
1 riglesiile, the bonding project was de-
feat oil. which means that mud is pre-
M’htle corel: screw* are not consiil- for able io good roads. The vote in
ensl very vnluulde as an article ofi*11*' Vransns Pug# pivelnet would have
commerce any more, there are still 1 bad to lie almost unanimous in order
a few in use. j to have carried, but iugieside went
...... almost unanimously the other way.
Never mind the weather. No mat- Following is the vote in the'two
ter how much it raiiu,. there is still districts:
some consolation in knowing we live Fpr \gajnst
in « dry country.__ Gregory .................... As ’ o
The average young man is not half ............. 4’j' J?
H-E B-U-B
Stmm Laundry
everj^thing in stock, including fixtures,
will open
*+**♦•*♦«*$***.
Total
Aransas Pass
Ingieslde .......
Total ..... 292 151
Beautiful wrist wuteltes i„ Vlntimim
White, Green, and Yellow gold, with
movements that are Guaranteed, and
wiien we (Jtiurautee theta, they stay
Gtmrantewl. The Stamms. Corpus
Christl. Texas. Oldest Jewelers.
DECEMBER
and continue until entire stock is sold. We
feature the lowest prices since 1914, as
everything must go. Our circulars with
full story now in the mails. Get one!
20,000 Acres
GEORGE WEST RANCH
NOW ON SALE
The Biggest Bargain Ever offered Near Three Rivera nml Kittle—Between
the Forks of the River—are
No strings attached Car is now on dis
play at Jackson Motor Sales Co., Sinion
Texas.
ME* h&ftd <Ml*pl® *uppjy of blanks
1400 ACRES
Which will lie sold at the following prices
Lot No. Per Acre
Acre*
Acres
j - •
TitRMS--One-third CASH—BALANCE IN TWENTY YEARS. Four on or
before notes at rt per cent Interest per annum.
'Phis land is of wonderful fertility with natural drainage. Every tract
faces a tmtdie automobile road.
Many i« < pie have waited yeais for this particular tract of the Oeorge
West. U,itab Lands to tie placed on the market. Lands adjoining are
Miirig at double and triple the prices we quote. QUICK ACTION io
tuce surv If you would become the owner of oue of these beautiful tracts.
Wi de fur map and particulars, nr, better still, come at once to our George
Vest office and let us tskc you to the property.
SINTON, TEXAS
FOSTER LAND & LOAN COMPANY
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Clark, W. S. The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 13, 1923, newspaper, December 13, 1923; Taft, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth711817/m1/4/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Taft Public Library.