Jacksboro Gazette (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 23, 1915 Page: 4 of 8
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JACKSBORO GAZETTE
Thursday, September 23, 1915
JACKSBORO GAZETTE,
Published every Thursday by
5 J. N. ROGERS & COMPANY
Entered at the Postoffice at
Jacksboro, Texas, as second-class
mail matter.
the moriey and enterprise to
make things happen. Not being
satisfied with advertising at all
available places m Texas, Pot-
he demoeraic idea in Grea Bri-
ain wih alarm, jus as the privil-
eged classes in America have
watched with much alarm the
Busines office on northeast cor-
ner of Public Square, Jacksboro,
Texas.
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Remit cash by Postoffiee Money
Order, or Bank Check at our risk,
otherwise at risk of sender.
Subscription: $1.00 a year.
Telephone 71.
BELIEVE SOUTH WELL
FORTIFIED FINANCIALLY
in this country. And here, as
in Great Britain and in ’Germany,
militarism is “peculiarly the func
ion of the ruling classes.”
“When the opportunity was
presented of engaging in wars
without, or of facing difficulties
within,” as Dr. Slaughter puts it,
The U. S. Government Depart-
ment of Agriculture in urging the
continuation of the tick eradica-
tion throughout the South gives
many reasons why it should be
pushed in every part of the coun-
try. The government report
states that in the tick belt at the
present time, it is said, the value
of beef bred cattle at weaning
time is $10 to $16 a head below
the quarantine line, and above the
quarantine line in
the value is $27.50 to $33.50 per
head. The losses from Texas fe-
ver are difficult to estimate be-
cause they are sustained largely
by owners of small herds who do
not report deaths from this cause.
It is no uncommon thing, howev-
er, for herds to suffer a loss
from 10 to 50 per cent of their
numbers and in some counties the
total loss has been estimated by
stock owners to be as high as
$150,000 in 1914. This loss, it must
be remembered, is repeated year
after year and will continue to
be repeated as long as the tick re-
mains. It is probable, however, that
in future the work of eradication
can be done more cheaply be-
cause of the large amount of ed-
ucational work already accom-
plished. The actual expense of
dipping is very small. The ce-
ment and lumber required for a
dipping vat should cost from $40
to $60. The labor is usually con-
tributed by the farmers who are
to use the vat. The owner of 50
bead of cattle can afford to build
his own vat and where the herds
are smaller than this it is easy
to arrange for a community vat.
From 60 to 125 of these are re-
quired in an ordinary farming
county. To charge the bath with
arsenic and maintain it through
the summer cost about 3Y2 cents
a head. Thus it will be seen
that the cost of dipping cattle is
small when compared to the in-
crease in value after they have
been freed from ticks.
ter County is preparing a mag—growth of the democratic ideaj
nificent exhibit of the products
grown there for the Tri-State
Fair to be held in Memphis, Ten-
nessee, in October. This exhibit
will consist of two horses, two
hogs and two cows, and samples
of the kaffir corn, milo maize
and feterita whieh fattened
them. It is not because that
part of Texas is really so much
better than this section but they
tell what they can do, and what
their section of the State will
produce and people know before
they sell out their old homes just
what they can do there by read-
ing the literature sent broad-
cast over the country. This is
an age of publicity and the peo-
ple of west Texas are reaping
the benefits of what they have
been sowing for a number of
years. It is time that this part
of Texas get busy.
Estimated National Bank Re-
sources and Lending Power
Over $450,000,000.
Washington, Sept. 17.—The de-
, . j . , . .posit of $15,000,000 in gold in the
Germany declared war .Austria Reserye Banks #t Rich.
declared war,, Russia declared . ... , , ^ n
, ^ ’ -n . . , , , I mond, Atlanta and Dallas to ex-
and Great Britain declared . . ... ,
pand their credit resources, to-
gether with the large excess re-
serves carried by the national
banks in the cotton States, cre-
ates a strong feeling confidence
among Treasury Department of-
ficials that the South is well for-
war
war—for the common people to
fight and pay for. That easily
and naturally and correctly ac-
counts for the efforts of men of
special privileges in this country
to create a military spirit here.
Jack County offers good oppor
tunities to stock farmers of hust-
ling ability. This county is suit-
free "territory 1 ed to raisinS live either 0113
a large or small scale. The suc-
cess this year of farmers grow-
ing feed crops and the live stock
over the cotton grower is gener-
ally recognized, and land here
compared with land in many oth
er sections of the State is very
reasonable. To farmers who
wish to go into stock farming
there is no better opportunity in
Texas than is to be found in Jack
County. Get you a home now.
The political and economic| ... , . „. . . .
i i «ii I Lin go. m. a iinanciai w&v to assisx
problems at home are eassiily L, 0 , , „.
... A the Southern planter in financ-
v, n in nr I *
ing his cotton crop.
Members of the Federal Re-
serve Board place a value of $800
000,000 upon this year’s crop. To
forgotten when a nation is at
war, or is real or an iaginary foe.
It is easy for The People to for-
get and turn aside from their
olitical and economic troubles
, . . help finance it, the estimated
when calculating, scoundrelly con . .. ‘ ^ o{ the nation_
sirators havpe cultivated hatred . , . ,, ... .. ,
„ *\. . al banks of the cotton belt, which
for some nation. The people . . . ... . ,.
... , .... . , includes their lending power, ag-
will not willingly bear the ex- between ^ oo^o
pense of huge, costly military ij $500 ^ 000
and naval establishments unless mu , .
The consolidated banking state-
ment issued by John Skelton
Williams, Comptroller of the Cur-
rency, shows that national banks
in the Federal Reserve Districts
There is a move on foot to, have
a general farm produce exhibit
in connection with the flower
show. If this succeeds it will, to
a certain degree be similar to
the corn show that Jacksboro
held up to last year, when, ow-
ing to the drouth and other con-
ditions, it had to be dropped.
This far away from the fields
of war it looks like France was
bearing the burden of the Allies
along the battle front while En-
gland and Russia are worried
with their home troubles. Sher-
man knew the meaning of war
anyway.
Dr. Dumba, Austrian ambassa-
dor, sails this week for his own
country. In his reeall as ambas
sador he pays the penalty for in-
termedling in the affairs of this
country.
The county fair if rightly or-
ganized offers the mass of farm-
ers one of the best means of use-
ful instruction, inspiration, and
entertainment.
they have been taught to fear and
thenh ate their brothers of some
other nation.
The interests—the war trust
and the whole brood of special
privilege—in this country are
alarmed for fear that some of
their privilege, their power to
take tribute from the people, will
be taken from them, and it should
be taken from them. Hence the
demand for “preparedness.”
Further, as Dr. Slaughter points
out, the British tories would like
to see enforced military service
“as a basis for the future, for
imposing militarism as an adjunct
of the ruling classes.” So,
American tories—holders of spec-
ial privileges, owners of millions
they have not earned—want en-
forced military service in this
country. That is one of the
things desired by the jingoes, by
the war trust, by all those who in
the name of “preparation for
war in order to maintain peace
would Prussianize America.
The privileged classes of Eu-
rope do not expect to pay for this
war. They expect to saddle the
whole debt upon the plain people.
So it is with the privileged class-
es of America, who are willing to
saddle upon working people the
huge cast of battleships and great
armies. They would have the
common peopl fight alle the bat-
tles and pay all the cost of pre-
paredness and all the cost of the
San Francisco Star.
A Few Advertising Rates.
The Curtis Publishing Company
announces new advertising rates
for the Ladies’ Home Journal, for
one issue as follows: $8 a line
and $6,000 a full inside page;
$7,000 the second or third cover
in two colors; $8,000 for the thirc
cover in three or four colors;
$10,000 for the fourth cover in
So says Dr. John W. Slaughter, four colors- For the Saturday
of the University of London, Evening Post a rate of $8 a line
Militarism vs. Democracy.
“Democracy had progressed to
such an extent in Europe that it
was necessary for monarchial par-
ties to have a war, or change
their methods of government.”
We talk a great deal about
prosperity in Texas, and of the
ways to increase this desirable
feature of our people; and along
this line a correpondsent of the
Outlook has discovered a fact
that can be remedied by the
Texas people themselves and will
add millions of dollars to the
wealth of the citizenship of the
State. This correspondent states
that
buying $30,000,000 worth of food who a native of Alabama and ^ ^noanced; $5>000 ±or full page
products every year from theoth-inow ^es in England. That is j f6,000 for second or third cover
er states of this union. The the view that was expressed by “ t^° eol°rs; $7,50 for the
statement is further made that man^ Americans when the war ^rJl c0ve^ m two coiors; $10,-
in Texas there are 92,000 farms broke out more than a year **8°-
which have no cows. There are Dr. Slaughter says that many
124,000 farms which have no pigs. Per8oni* in this country do not un-
There are 60,000 farms which iderstand the 8reat progress that
j000 for center double page in
black, of $12,000 for center dou
ble page in two colors.
Ravel no chickens. There are Ilias been made hi social democra-
306,000 farms which raise no hay cy in Europe—and he might
or other forage for cattle. And jhave said that most Americans
there are 369,000 farms which!do not understand it; and that
raise no sweet potatoes. Can wejthis is particularly true of Eng-
wonder that prosperity is not as
great as it should bef
. and co-operative societies,
t, .. j..,.-... ;he says, “the common people of
The towns and
College Planned to
tioneers.
Train Auc
Probably a dozen >Texas, Kan
sas and Oklahoma auctioneers,
land. “Through popular educa-1headed by Col Rufus j Lack
tion, socialism, trades-unionism , , - « . w „ . T
__ _____,, land of Fort Worth and Col. J
B. Green of Oklahoma City, wil
counties that {England have been taught what I meet at Oklahoma City abouu
push their interests are the ones j their rights are and how they | Oct. 1 to plan for the proposed
that secure the best class of peo- j secure them. ’ ’ j college for auctioneers. Organi-
ple as citizens. Enterprising j Of course, the privileged class-; zation of a company to promote
people are drawn to enterpra- ea-molnding the great land-own- fte ^ be made at tha
mg places. That is one of the , ers who perform no services, yet; . .
principal reasons that the Pan- have vast incomes from ground j^me*a Directors will be selectee
OPERA HOUSE
ONE NIGHT ONLY
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH *
BAIRD & WILSON THEATRICAL ENTERPRISES
PRESENT
“THE GIRL AND THE GAWK"
, IN FOUR ACTS OF LAUGHTER AND TEARS.
FORTY LAUGHS EXCELLENT CAST
Beautiful Scenery; Specialties Between Acts.
A Plot Free From Killing and Morbid Situations.
GUARANTEED AS ADVERTISED OR MONEY BACK.
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Dallas, Richmond and Atlan-
a were carrying on June 2, date
of the last previous bank call, ex-
cess revenues of $76,388,000.
In a recent statement Mr. Will-
iams declared that excess re-
serves are capable of being ex-
panded four times when loaned
’or commercial purposes. This
would give the national banks of
;he three cotton belt districts a
oaning power of $305,522,000. In
his connection the Reserve Banks
of St. Louis and Kansas City,
which reach a portion of the cot-
ton belt, are not taken into con-
of national banks in these two
districts are $90,682,000, which is
capable of expansion to $360,000,-
000 in loaning power. The ex-
cess reserves of the national
>anks in the Dallas district, which
are computed in the cotton belt
Reserve Banks, are $34,784,000,
which is capable of expansion in-
to loans aggregating 139,469,000.
In other words, the national
banks of Texas and territory
within the district havt now at
hand that much money for financ
ing purposes. It is presumed
that the Kansas City and St. Lou-
iss Reserve Banks will take care
of the cotton situation in their
districs.
It was pointed out by Treasury
officials that the $15,000,000 in
gold to be deposited in Reserve
Banks at Dallas, Atlanta and
Richmond, is capable of an ulti-
mate expansion aggregating $150,
000,000. This amount of gold,
when accompanied by cotton wart
house receipts, will enable the
Southern Reserve Banks to place
in the hands of the national
banks of their districts approxi-
mately $37,500,000 in Federal
Reserve notes. This money
reaches the cotton planter, who
pays the merchants and other
creditors, with the result that it
drifts back into the banks and is
again loaned until it has been
turned over four or five times.
The figures only embrace the
loaning power of the national
banks or members of the Federal
Reserve system. They do not!
embrace State banks, trust com-;
panies and savings banks, whieh
outnumber the nationals two to
one. If the State banks and oth- j
er private banking instituions1
have an excess loaning power of
$500,000,1000, it will then be seen
that the banks of the South will
have $,000,000,000 with which to
finance the holding of crops and
meet the ordinary demands of
business.
NOTICE
TO TAX PAYERS
I will meet the Tax Payers of Jack
County for the purpose of collecting tax-
es for the year 1915 at the following
places and dates:
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Vineyard,
Joplin,
Gibtown,
Perrin,
Cundiff,
Newport,
Post Oak,
Antelope,
Jermyn,
Tuesday,
Wednesday,
Thursday,
Friday,
Monday,
Tuesday,
Wednesday,
Thursday,
gyps
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y
Friday,
Barton Chapel, Monday,
Finis • Tuesday,
Bryson, Wednesday,
You will please meet me and pay your
poll tax and that will save your coming ^
to my office to pay, as you can send the
other taxes in, but the poll tax must be
paid in person or by an agent.
The law adds 10 per cent penalty after
January 31, 1916.
All young men who have become 21 years old since
since January 1st, 1915, and those who will become 21 years
old during the year 1916 must get exemption certificate by
January 31, 1916, to enable them to vote in any election
during the year 1916. Exemption certificates must be issued
to the one desiring same in person, as they cannot be issued
on an order to the Collector,
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Respectfully,
A. D. OWENS,
TAX COLLECTOR
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Jacksboro Gazette (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 23, 1915, newspaper, September 23, 1915; Jacksboro, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth730384/m1/4/?q=Lamar+University: accessed July 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gladys Johnson Ritchie Library.