The Fort Stockton Pioneer. (Fort Stockton, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, October 27, 1911 Page: 3 of 8
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Fort Stockton, Texas
Is the Next Big City of Texas-Your Chance Now to Get in on the Ground Floor of a Futuie Big City
A glance at the map should convince any one
of the wonderful possibilities for growth of Fort
Stockton. Texas, in the near future. Note its location
on the main line of the Kansas City, Mexico & Orient
railway, in the rapidly closing gap. making the un-
completed portion of this great trunk line from Kansas
City to the Pacific Coast. Over 900 miU*s of road is
now built and in operation.
Work between San Angelo and Fort Stockton is
being pushed vigorously. Trains should be running !n-
to this future big city by January. 11)12. A $15,000
stone rail way station and a $50,000 hotel are now com-
pleted. People are flocking to Fort Stockton. Inves-
tors and actual settlers are rushing to get in on the
“ground floor,” before real estale values go up with a
rush after the gap closes.
The Orient Railway is heart and soul back of Fort
Stockton. It will Ik* an important division point on the
line, with extensive terminals, station and buildings
costing many thousands of dollars, t<» be constructed
shortly. You know what it means to get in ahead of
the railroad, and buy choice town lots in Fort Stockton
now. while prices are temptingly low. Lots now sell-
ing at from $100 to $450 should b<* worth two, three and
four times these prices in a comparatively short time.
A conservative estimate of profit on this investment
would be from 100 per cent to 500 per cent. This is not
mere “guess work,” hut is a fair and logical conclusion
based upon actual facts already accomplished. If only
a tithe of the results obtained in San Angelo, Oklahoma
i 'ity, El Paso, Muskogee, Dallas. Houston, or any of
the other quickly built cities of the magic Southwest
are secured in Fort Stockton, an estimate of 5no ppr
cent to 1000 per cent will surely not be t«m» great
Do not make the mistake of confusing this invest-
ment with the ordinary land “speculation” or “ncv\
town boom.” Remember that Fort Stockton s future
is absolutely assured. Its development is bound up
with the fortunes of the Orient Railway, the stupendous
trans-continental project that has spent millions in ac-
tual construction, and has made good every pledge and
promise at every stage of its wonderful progress.
There is a legitimate reason why the Orient wishes
to interest investors and settlers in Fort Stockton city
lots. The success of the railway depends upon the
success of the people along its route. This is why I
am authorized to make this wonderful offer of hits in
Fort Stockton at prices far below their real worth, and
on terms such that almost anyone can afford to own at
least one or two.
In addition to the vast expenditures by the Orient
Railway, hundreds of thousands are being expended in
completing the irrigation system immediately adjoining
Fort Stockton on the North and East. In the Leon
Valley, adjoining the town, another irrigation system is
to be developed during the fall and winter, involving
the expenditure of large sums for putting in irrigation
ditches and digging artesian wells. Thirty miles North
of Fort Stockton the Imperial Irrigation Company is
just completing a $300,000 gravity ditch system.
In this territory tributary to Fort Stockton hun-
dreds of settlers are taking up their lands, and Fort
Stockton will be their natural trading point. The dis-
bursement of hundreds of thousands of dollars to work-
ing men and tin* erection of hundreds of dwelling
houses in Fort Stoekton cannot fail to prtKlucc a rapid
and solid growth.
Big Profits From Town Lots Made in
Irrigated Districts.
The history of new towns opened in irrigated dis-
tricts shows remarkable growth, even where the back-
ing of a powerful railroad is not behind them. North
Yakima. Wash., residence lots averaged $100 each 15
years ago; now worth $2000. Business property sold at
$800 per lot. now worth $20,000. At Caldwell, Idaho,
lots worth $800 in likM arc now selling at $0000. G<hkL
ing. Idaho, residence lots have increased from $125 to
$500 since November. liM>7. At Delta, Colorado, busi-
ness and residence projierty have increased 500 per
rent in two years. Basin. Wyoming business lots sold
fo'* $400 four years ago, now worth $5000. None of
these towns had the millions of capital back of them
that the Orient Railway has invested in its main trunk
line route through Fort Stockton.
Get Ahead of The Railroad.
Your grand opportunity to make from 500 per cent
to 1000 per cent profit in Fort Stoekton lies in prompt
action getting in now ahead of the Orient while the
cap is closing before values begin logo upward by
leaps and bounds. In the heart of one of the richest
irrigation districts in the world railroad division head-
quarters on a main trunk line backed by the faith of
millions invested by men who have “made good” on
every promise- can you doubt for a single moment that
Fort Stockton is the place for you and your money?
For Further Details, Maps, Plats, etc., write, F\ A. H0RNBECK,
Or Call upon F. E. GRIMES, Local Agent, Fort Stockton, Texas. Land and Townsite Commissioner, Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Ry., Kansas City, Mo.
For Fort Stockton.
Tell me not in mournful numbers
That the town i» full of gloom,
For the man'* a crank that slumbers
In the*>e glorious days of boom.
Life is real, life is earnest.
And the grave is not its goal
Every dollar that thou turnest
Helps to make the old town roll.
Hut enjoyment and not sorrow
Is our destined end or way;
If you have no money borrow —
Buy a comer lot today.
Lives of great men all remind us
We can win immortal fame.
Let us leave th« chumps behind us.
Ami we’ll get there all the same.
In this world's hmad field of battle,
In the bivouac of life
Let us make the dry hones rattle
Invest something for your wife!
Let us then he up and doing
With a heart for any fate.
Still achieving, still pursuing
Booming early, booming late.
Ready For Shade Trees.
who have shade
planting
Thaw
replace or new
will tin(1 it advisable
tbe lands some time
trees to
to make
to prepare
lie fore the
trees are to he transplanted. To
i wait until the trees arrive and
then expect to get bard land in
good condition for the trees is re-
sponsible for many failures. The
trees deserve a better fate.
Tbe land should be pulverized
though the holes need not la* dug
| until later. Whore trees are to
In* s* t along ‘lie street or in hard
j ground on the law n, the land may
Im* dug up w ith a spade or mat
lock, taking rare to dig deep and
! pulverize the land well. A much
‘ larger space should be dug than
the roots of the tree will occupy .
And if the soil is dry the land
should be irrigated if possible.
Tap-nailed trees such a- the
| pecan will require very deep dig
ging, for their roots must be
To Kill Ticks.
(’ M. Evans, superintendent of
Agricultural Extension, Agricul-. .
. , %• i . n 11 placed from lour to six l**et ac-
tural and Mechanical College of ' . ...
Texas, College Station, Texas,
says:
The most popular dip now for
cattle and the one I would recoin
mend if carefully used is what is
known as the “Government Arse-
nic Dip” and is prepared as fol-
lows:
Disolve 24 lbs. sal soda in 10gals,
water which is boiling hot. To
this add s lbs. arsenic while water
is hot. Boil 45 to 50 minutes ad-
ding in the mean time one gallon
of pine tar. To this add enough
water to make 500 gallons which
is the solution to putin the dip-
ping vat that is of the proper
strength. If more than 9 or 10
lbs. of arsenic is used it will crack
the hides If less than M lbs. is
used it will not kill tbe ticks.
This dip can be left in the vat
from week to week and will loose
very little of its strength.
For Sale or Exchange.
1 have two residences, centrally
located, and both rented, in the
town of Decatur, Tex., that 1 will
sell or exchange for property in
Fort Stockton. P. O. Box 334.
Fort Stockton.
(T.F.) L. Page.
cording to the t m*
When the land is prepared as
advised no dificulty will !>«• found
in transplanting the trees when
they are delivered. They can be
easily set and will begin growth
promptly.
Old-Time Consumption Cure.
London The publication of
tbe final report of tbe royal com-
mission on tuberculosis recalls the
elaborate “cure” for consumption
in the past. There is tin* French
“cure,” for instance,which Sterne
survived. Sterne was taken ill in
Paris and the best medical advice
was sought. The verdict was con
sumption. And tin* prescription
proved worse than the malady.
First of all, a cockerel bad to
Is* procured to be flayed alive and
pounded in a mortar. This exe-
cuted, the result was boiled to-
gether with poppy seeds, and to
the broth thus spoiled a crawfish
was added. Moreover, it was ab-
solutely necessary that it should
Im* a male crawfish, otherwise the
doctor would not guarantee the
“cure.” And Sterne took his
gruel like an Englishman and still
lived ooS
Sheriff s Sale.
THE STATE OF TEXAS /
County of Pecos. j
Notice is hereby given That by j
virtue of a certain alias execu-
tion issued out of the Honorable
Justice Court of Jones county,
on the 19th day of September,
1911, by W. J. Brions, Judge of
said court, for the sum of one
hundred seventy one and 10-100
($171.40) dollars and costs of
suit, under a alias execution, in
favor of VV’ilson Hardware &
Furniture Co., in a certain
cause in said Court, No. 237 and
styled Wilson Hardware Fur-
niture Co. vs. A. W. Long,
placed in my hands for service,
I. D. S. Barker, as Slieritf of
Pecos county, Texas, did on the
25th day of September, 1911,
levy on certain Real Estate, situ-
ated in Pecos county, Texas, de-
scribed as follows, to wit:
Abstract No, 0710; Certificate j
No. 1-179; Survey No. 80; Block
No. l l ; Original Grantee, A. W.
Long*: acres 040, and levied upon
as the property of A. W. Long.
And that on the first Tuesday
in November, 1911, the same Ik*- |
ing the 7th day of said month,
at the Court House door of Be-1
cos county, in the town of Fort'
Stockton. Texas, between the
hours of 10 a. m. anti 4 p. m., by
virtue of said levy and alias exe-
cution, I will sell said above de-
scribed real estate at public ven-
ue, for cash, to the highest bid -:
der. as the property of said A.
W. liong.
And in compliance with law.
I give this notice by publication,
in the English language, once a
week for three consecutive,
weeks immediately preceding
said day of sale, in the Fort
Stockton Pioneer, a newspaper
published in Pecos county.
Witness my hand, this 25th
day of September, 1911.
D. S. Baker. Sheriff Pecos
County, Texas.
Wanted To Trade.
Four butrines* lots on Main
street.. Fort Worth, at stock
yards, for irrigated lands or
Stockton street lots. Address
Box 224, Fort Stockton, Texas.
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Everything That is Good
For Your
T O
EAT
CAN HK IIAlt AT TIIK
FEED STORE
O K
FRED GIBSON
Quality of Feed The Best
Prices Right.
The Fort Stockton
Telephone
Exchange.
.IAS. ItOO.NEY. Pres, and Mur.
Offiee hours from 5 a. m. to 9
p. in. Glow at 9 a. in. and open
at 5 p. in. on Sunday.
We have connection with Sheffield,
Ozona, San Angelo, I'ecoa, Grand
Kails, Alpine, Marathon and a num-
ber of ranches through the county.
Polite Treatment to All.
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Fort Stockton Lime & Cement Co.
L. B. WESTERMANN, PROP.
Wholesale and Retail
Dealer in
Lime, Cement, Plaster, Laths, Roofing Ma-
terial, etc. Phone No. 21.
XXXXXX7TXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Special to Non-Residents.
Remember that I am giving special attention to the sale of irri-
gated lands and lots owned by non-residents. If you want to sell,
give me your lowest prices and best terms, either net or with "»
|M>r cent commission and I will do the rest.
It stands to reason that those that have their own property for
sale will sell it lirst. and if they fail, then they will sell the other
fellow's. I make a specialty of selling the otner fellow's, let me
t ry yours.
J. F. McW ILLI AMS
Real Estate. Insurance, Rental and Loan Agent.
Office Next Door South of I’ostoffice. Telephone No. 22
Bargain.
40 ft. lot on Stockton street,
next, to First National Bank, just
across the street from the First
Stste Bank: Price $2,000, $500
rush, balance to suit.
Cbas. Oraimu.
NEW LOT OK
Phonographs and Records
.IUST RECEIVED
R. C. Thompson. The Jeweler
Surveying Mapping Irrigation
Pecoa Co. Engineering L
Developing Company.
TraetsSub-Divided and Platter,
City Maps For Male
Also (Tty Engineer
Fort Stoekton, - Texas
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* V c carry a complete line cf up-to-date
* Furniture. Prices to suit everybody
*
* Fort Stockton Furniture Co.
---—STOCKTON STREET-
J. N. MORTON & CO. w. L. monroe a company
.•sssnausfs. SrWUSBS
Plun« unit ntlmnlr. furnluhrH when dr.lrfrt UAMOLINK AMD OH,
font Stockton. Tixas Tire Shrinking a Specialty
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MONAHANS. GRAND FALLS and
FORT STOCKTON STAGE COMPANY
Fare from Fort Stoekton to Monahans, fcl.Iin, Round Trip, pi.fiOj
..........Grand Falls. 2.26. Round Trip, 4.2T.
" " Grand Kails, " Monahans, 1,26, Round Trip, 2.26
Good Teams and Careful Attention to All. Stage Runs
Seven Days in The Week.
Stage leaves Fort Stockton at 4 a. m., arrives at Monahans at 3:00 p. m.
Leaves Monahan* 6 a. m., arrives at Fort Stockton 4 p. m. Arrives at
Grand Falls in time for breakfast at 9:16 a. m. from both way*.
JACK80N 6>JAOK8N, M,
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Barry, E. The Fort Stockton Pioneer. (Fort Stockton, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, October 27, 1911, newspaper, October 27, 1911; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth806754/m1/3/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .