The Fort Stockton Pioneer. (Fort Stockton, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, November 22, 1912 Page: 1 of 8
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The Fort Stockton Pioneer.
VOLUME V
f-ORT STOCKTON. PECOS COUNTY. TEXAS. NOVEMBER 22. 1912
NUMBER 33
THE FIRST STATE BANK
Fort Stockton. Texas
CAPITAL A SURPLUS S40.000.00
Pecos County's First Bank
A Guaranty Fund Bank Making It Abso-
lutely Sale for Your Depository. . . .
Drop in and see us when in town and if we can
be of any service to you, call on us.
YourBankingBusinessSolicited
Shaw Abstract Company
Ground Floor
Stockton Building
M. Shaw, Mgr. Fort Stockton, Tex.
The First National Bank
Of Fort Stockton
extends you a cordial welcome and
requests the pleasure of meeting
you personally.
Call and get acquainted.
«
THE NEW STORE
‘WHITE SWAN” and “WAPCO” BRAND GOODS
OUR SPECIALTY
NEW THIS WEEK
Orange Peel, Lemon Peel, Citron, Currants.
We have dried and evaporated Peaches, Ap-
ples, Prunes, Apricots and Cranberries, also
Oranges, Lemons, Apples and Bananas, Flour,
Meal, Lard and Bacon, in fact everything usual-
ly kept in a first-class grocery.
GROCERIES
FRUITS
AND
VEGETABLES
WALL & CARR
NEXT TO AUSTIN S BAKERY PHONE No. 47
Impressions of Fort Stockton The Pub,ic Sch°o1 Library.
t • mrt •. On Inst Wednesday, the Moth
rs Expressed oy Our Visitors*vr's oiub inaugurated rag Day
in Fort Stockton for the benefit of
Wednesday afternoon, tbe l\o-j 1 am most agreeably surprised, at | the Public Sch«K>l Library. Me**
neer reporter requested a number tbe growth, and that my imagin- daine* .Tames Rooney, Tom San
of our visitors to write a short ation fails in trying to picture the derson, C. L. Thompson, L. II.
statement of their impressions of (bright future.
Fort Stockton, and tin* following
show what our guests think of our
city ami \ icinit.v.
Nov 20tli, 1912.
Judge K. Barry,
Dear Sir:
L
Westermann and John Campbell
acted «*< cha|*erona, each hav ing
five girls in charge.
lagging began promptly 9:00
a. in. At 4:00 |>. in. tin* closing
hour. $135 00 had been collected
ami practically every man, wom-
an and child hud contributed
A
G. Daily,
San Angelo.
I have always claimed that the
people of the Trans-Pecos regir n
were the cream of the earth and
the most hospitable in the world,
and 1 have no reason at t ho pres-
In asking for my inpres-don of ent tune to retract this statement.
Fort Stockton, you remind me of Fort Stockton has done herself som‘‘B|i,ig to tin* good < ause.
i my landlady in New York imine- proud in celebrating the coming handsome box ol cand.v bad be« n
| diale ly after arrival from Ireland i of the Orient, and pleasant mem-1 °ffered to the chaperon am, guts
! nearly thirty years ago, demand- ories of this ocassio.i will linger \ *}"' the ,ar*est amount*
ing “what do you think of Ameri with us as the fragrance of a 1 be race was a spirited one, in
cal” What 1 have seen of Fort bunch of “American Beauties.” j which there was much good na
Stockton and the wonderfully Benj. F. Berkeley, ture‘| riva ry. \t the i lose, it
productive country surrounding Alpine.
it, requires tune to take in, it Iihs ■
. *. , „ i . The finest place for growing
to be digested, it is too much to! .. ’ ., e ..
. . . everything this side of Dallas,
get on to at once and the more 11
think of it, the more stu|>endous
its great future looms up before
: my mind. Respectfully,
John Findlater. ! Linked now to all Texas by iron | a success
bands of the Orient’s forging,
1 Fort Stockton is no longer a pos-
sibility. but a material reali/.a*]
turn.
Texas
J. D. Carroll,
Ag't The Texas Co., San Angelo.
was found that Mrs. Sanderson
and girls were victorious, having
$40.00, Mrs. James Rooney and
girls second, with $.'59.50.
All who took part in the day
deserve much credit for their
earnest work which made Tag Day
A hustling and up-to-date town
unsurpassed by any town of its
si/<> in Texas or elsew here, when it
j comes to business enterprise pro-
gressiveness and energy. Its peo-
ple display that open heartedness
and hospitality which are only
found where these civ it* conditions
prevail. F. A. Nelson.
Fort ,'stockton of the past is as-
suredly in the past save the spirit
of those who-have brought her to
A town that could have success-
fully stood for a half century—
improving all the while—alone
upon tbe plains, holds forth
more than promise.
San Angelo extends the glad
hand of fellowship to tbe Fort
town. Stockton lias returned the
both are certain to
this hour. This same spirit is to I SJ*bite, and
*>uml the dominant note of th«| «"** l" l»r‘“r proportions
future, and out of the fruition of
Effl
the >ame the new Fort Stockton
w ill be lairn, the great city of the
west.
J. YV. Williams.
A loyal |w*ople with a great op-
portunity to deyelo|N‘ one of the
finest farming sections I have ever
seen and build a city to lx* equal
to the Irost in thi* Line Star slate.
T. C. Atwood.
Just say all the good things you
can imagine about Fort St*>eton,
through mutual aid.
Dinsmore W. Hume,
City Editor Standard, San Angelo.
|)r. ’Fred K. Baker, San An-
gelo's \eading optical specialist,
was charmed with the Fort Stock-
ton country, a id voiced his opin-
ion emphatically to the effect that
its possibilities are limitless.
Says he: “Gentlemen, you have a
country here destined to become
the tnecca of home seekers, of in-
vestors and people wanting an
ideal climate. Our San Angeh
h.T people and the wonderful de „01)st(.rs w„rc a„re,,ah|y surprised
velopoment of her .urrou.nhnnl^ (|l(, (i„velo|>cmont already ac-
fertile and productive landa, and I Hl)hed >nj at Ule sggressive-
==^=
E No. 47 I
The Pioneer
JOB WORK AND
LEGAL BLANKS
ARE THE BEST
sign my name to it.
J. (J. Murphy,
Kditor San Angelo Standard.
My impression of Fort Stock
ton is:
I ««*«• You art* «*nrly of lal«\
You UM*d to Ih* h«*hind, before.
Hut now you are first, at last.
S. M. Oglesby,
Mert/.on ami San Angelo.
To clearly state my views of
Fort Stockton would require vol-
umes. I can only say here, that
ness i»f your citizens, and we
certainly take our hats off to yon."
Fort Sttfckton is only a replica
of the balance ol west Texas:
Amplification.
Jno. F. Turner,
Mgr. Standard, San Angelo.
Fort Stockton, the town of the
West.
I). J. Barnett.
Cir. Mgr. S. A. Standard.
Another Big Building For Recent Sales Made By The
South Stockton Street.
Wednesday, lots changed bands,
on Stockton street., South of the
Orient Townsite Company.
0. YV. Gibson, Lot 9. Block 63.
F. B. Otts, Lots :» and 6, Block
Rooney Mercantile Company’s 27.
store, on which will soon be erect-1 W. G. Fulkerson, Ix»t 8, Block
ed a large two story block, to be 61.
occupied by a strong business Dr. YV. A. French, Lot* 1, 2
Company, from San Angelo. The and 3, Block 273.
Railroad is now a reality and the
big improvements are tieginning
to materialize, at both ends of the
City, and it will only lie a compar-
atively short time, until wo will
have a solid business street from
the Court House to the Depot.
Foot Ball.
Wednesday at the Hall Bark, i
the San Angelo foot ball team de-■
foated the Fort Stockton boys, it j
being the first real game our boys
had played. The San Angelo team
was heavier and more experienc-
ed. Our boys put up a good
game for their limited practice.
O. II. Conors, I^ot 5. Block 272.
YV. C. Monlow, Ix>t 10, Block
101.
Miss Blossom E. Brown, Lot 5,
Block 47.
J. K. Bennett, Lots 6 and 7,
Block 47.
Lord Braithwaith, Lots 23 and
24, Block 201, and Ixits 9 and 10,
Block 195.
L. P. Schiff, Lot 19, Block 227.
H. D. Ross, 1 and 2, Block 2H0.
Notice.
1 will be in Grandfails all of
uext week prepared to do all
kinds of Dental Work.
II. B. Bout.
All the newly elected county
officials have been inducted into
their respective offices and the old
ones re elected have renewed their
bonds.
Elder Baxter Golightly of Mar-
fa was here Wednesday to see bis
many friends and help them cele-
brate.
Special Services at Methodist
Church.
This being tbe lust day of the
anniversary < »f tbe Woman’s
Homo Mission week of prayer,
at II o’clock the pastor will speak
on the subject: "Our Country’s
Debt to Christ and Our Oppor-
tunity for Him.” The evening
program will Ih* rendered by tbe
women as follows:
Hymn No. 643
Scripture Reading Matt. 26-6-13
Prayer - Mrs. Price
Anthem
Address—Bro. Duncan
Solo Miss Gipson
Paper —(Synopsis of YVeek’s
Work)—Mrs. S|H*ars
Male Quartett
Pai>er (Woman's Work) Mrs.
YVesterman
Duett Misse* Townsend and
Farrington
Offering
Benediction.
Please come to both services.
WII.SON WILL CALL EX-
TRA SESSION.
Congress Will Take Up Tariff
Revision Not Later Than
April 15
New York. N. Y., Nov. 16. —
YVoodrow Wilson, president-elect,
following his statement that be
w ill cal! an extra session of con-
gress not later than April 15 for
the purpose «*f revising the tariff,
sailed from New York for Ber-
muda this afternoon. He was
accompanied by Mrs. Wilson
and ihe Misses Klcanor and Jessie
Wilson. They will lie gone until
December 16.
“I shall call congress together
in extraordinary session not later
than April 15. I shall do this
not only because I think that tbe
i pledge-, of the party ought to U?
redeemed as promptly as iHjssible,
! but also lMK*ause 1 know il to lie
| in the interest of business that
i all uncertainly as to what the
! particular items of tariff revision
are to Is* should la* removed as
• stain as possible,” he saui in bis
statement.
The governor did not intend to
express himself about an extra
session so soon after bis election.
Although lie has favored the idea
of an extra session, he has promis-
ed to spend more time in ascertain-
ing public opinion. YVitii the
time to be consumed in discussion
the governor felt that if an extra
session was not called, the bene-
fits ot the tariff revision would be
|K>st|»oned two years.
Immediately upon his election,
the governor made up his mind
to wait until after he had returned
from his vacation before making
known his attitude, but upon find-
ing, as he said, that opinion in
favor of a special session was y Tac-
tically unanimous, he felt no hes-
itation about making public his
decision.
Our San Angelo Visitors.
The Pioneer voices the senti-
ments of all Fort Stoektonn, when
we say that it was w i;h genuine
regret that we saw the sjiecial
tram pull out Wednesday evening
taking from our city the 161
guests, whom we had the honor
anil pleasure of entertaining for a
night and day. There was never
a bunch of more gentlemanly,
courteous, good Matured, enthusi-
astic IxHistors sent out of any city,
than that body of business men,
who composed this delegation
from San Angelo. YVe hope to
have them with us often and to
stay longer.
Bought Lots—Will Build.
0. E. and J. A. Case bier of
McLougli, Kansas have bought
of F. K. Rickey, local manager
for the Orient Townsite Co., lots
Nos. 21 and 22, block 177, on
which they will erect a building
in which they will engage in the
hardware business. We under-
stand they are successful busi-
ness ui«*n with ample capital on
which to operate. We extend to
all such people a hearty welcome
to our city.
Notice.
Thu Baptists will render a
Thanksgiving program at the
Church, on Thursday evening
Nov. 28, consisting of addresses,
songs, readings etc., also an inter-
esting program is being arranged
by the leader of tbe “Sun Beams"
Mrs. Boyd, to be given by tbe
members of that society. After
this, refreshments will be eerved
by tbe ladies. All are cordially
invited to atleod.
Special Train Here Thursday.
Receivers M. L. Mertz, and
S. B. Hovey were here Thursday
forenoon, accompanied by United
States Judge, K. R. Meek, U. S.
Marshal, Geo. H. Green and Geo.
H. Thompson, General Solicitor
for the Receivers. It is under-
stood that the object of bringing
Judge Meek to Fort Stockton,
was for tbe purpose of showing
him tbe importance of granting
the Receivers an order, authoriz-
ing them to purchase proper jms*
senger equipment, including a
standard sleeper for Fort Stock
ton.
Mayor James Rooney Un>k the
whole party a trip to the irrigat-
ed lands, and we understand the
Judge saw enough to induce him
to grant any reasonable request
of tbe Receivers.
More Big Buildings For Fort
Stockton.
F. E. Rickey, local agent for
the Orient Townsite Co. is author-
ity for the statement that, within
the next week work will begin on
four to six substantial business
houses in the business center of
the Orient addition,at least four
of which will lie two story build-
ings. These buildings will be put
up with English capital.
B. M. Sopher, who built tbe
Stockton Hotel, will arrive from
Kansas City, today o» tomorrow
to take charge of the *ork.
Lord Braithwaith of London,
England, haa recently purchased
four lota, on which he intends to
erect substantial buildings in the
near future. _
All Together.
Now is tbe time for every cittern
of Fort Stockton to boost for a
greater city. Dont talk about tbe
North end nor the south, but tbe
"City of Fort Stockton.
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Barry, E. The Fort Stockton Pioneer. (Fort Stockton, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, November 22, 1912, newspaper, November 22, 1912; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth806853/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .