Texas Farm and Industrial News (Sugar Land, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, January 2, 1920 Page: 4 of 8
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FEXAS FARM AND INDUSTRIAL NEWS
Published Every Friday at Sugar Land,
..... - Tex$s. by
me\ft LAND PRINTING < u MI* ANA
A. T>. .TACKSON. Editor and Ov. tier.
-Eiitered Hf~9eidirid-TTassTTafter' JUSt“
i, 1917, at the post oflii-e at Sugar Land,
Texas, under the Act/of Mureh ’*, l'*-'.
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8»b»cription $1.00 Per Year in Advance.
Advertising Rates Given on Applica-
tion. Four Weeks Constitute a Month
When time Is not specified ads will be
run until ordered out.
Sugar Laid, Texas, Friday, Jan. ,2,1920
TEXT BOOKS TO BE ADOPTED
Governor Hobby is advertising as
required by law for bids, for furnish-
ing text books, to be opened at noon,
January- 12, by the Texas State Text
Hook *Vmlmission. The rniitrac?. will
be tor furnishing text book' "ii «!lb-
jeets to be used in the publi- free
schools of the State of 1 • vn~ -.tor a
period of time not less than < .-* year
and not more than six i
'September I, I92u, nu-
lls follows: A course *
sons, English grammar,
fcin of writing, history
Htati s for i ieiU'-uta* a
the eoustnn-t.ion
* Vustitiiti< 11 by *k '-IE
TEACHERS SPEND HOLIDAYS
AWAY
it will be Impossible I --
'liortav ■ of •!.* b. Several of the teachers went to their
tin i »ej.:.rt n cut g-f jkanBes for The TToli.javs returning for
eoheering I. i uo'ii; tin*, reopening of school oil the 119th.
MISS t-ii,l-.*i|ee O '\e*i I H'f'U-tn f fjFnrt. ,
Mis, Kate Barr to Huiitsville, Missis
Blanche Baker and Mary Lpuise Wil-
liams to Brenhaffi, Miss lmogent- Ireson
to Wharton, Misses Irene Maaz and
Robie Forster to Waco and Miss Irene
Woods to LaPorte.
Ful >1 St.it'-s i-- t-
...TfrtTiir tot the l nion Stocl yards, in
‘ if -.niiuai report, made public recently
Air. Horine say
to ma good
fdre 1927 ami
\g fi e I ft iir< r,;
I er of cattle in
^qdiini die. - — " -
Ati increase oi -»• aniem!
•: in - •' received at the Luioii
,r is tor the year 1919 over l'.'l
orti-'i. 1 atfb r«-eeipta, hoive'
. reused 29b.UiHi.
Decreases in '-little slaughter'd arc
a!,o reported at the markets t. Kansas
City, Omaha, St. Joseph, St. Louis and
Sioux City.
Charles Reed and Mr. country in France with the ninetieth!
'division. j
JhC uu the Gulf Mr. Wright is now secretary to the
general manager of the Sugar Land
Railway and has-a brilliant future.
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die a
Beginning
:< OptJMS
liisturi at
schools i
placed on
tin- fathers
Vpi
tairi
the
if tin' 1
Wilted i.
nun. peop
had sold t
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it Te
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d, on t
ill i liiiig
!■!:,.-! bid shall' state, -j.i--.-i i h ally tin-.
• price ui price at v. Infli * h oo- . Xyi ;
be furnished fyj* .stiite'4 ■ tin
• not tee than on* year ami. . J
than six years, am! ,ha-il do :e .-.iinpa
nied 11 v a specimen -copy * * t each 1-eok
—offered,_|ii luted and .'bour:*!. a- ,i .'t Tr
ard of qualify airl vorkin:tH,hipf am:
shall in all respects i-eui/"l.ei to tl: r-
qiiiri-uieut of the law. Each b i<i>l*-r
shall 'liqiosit with tin Treaui;.t of the
Stilt, ol Tl xas •* of I-1 I r .....! -ill’gb- b:
on an y book offered tor a• 1 *»j t:■ ■ u aud
$250 additional for each lud ti !. .up
—to + 3,.50", to Hecuir tie- liiakiag aiel
edition ilf the contract and tin-..bond
required b.v said act for tarnishing
books he may propose to -apply: and
should anv successful bidder tail to
make and execute sm-li contract and
bond within 30 days after receiving
notice' of tlie aei-eptauce of his bid,
such deposit shall be forfeited abfsoiute-
ly to the State of Texas. The bidder
or biibfcfs'To "Whom any contract ot con-
tracts have been awarded will be re-
quired to make anil execute a good and section
sufficient bond, payable to tin- State
of Texa in the sum of not less than
$2*1,0on for each book adojit**d under
the provisions of this act: said bond to
be approved by the Governor, and con-
ditioned that the contractor or con
tractor- shall faithfully perform all of
t*'d conditions of the contract.
i. itn Nil, EL !,e n
:ty, Mo., to MeAlii
..delivered tb Mb
13 1;l Mis which he
sold a farm * n 't lie 1
and on each of Cue thr*
•i> - he sold another tarn
from tiiis that Hur
lit i .: I.-1 : u i lit* is i> l ;< * if ; \ <»
it t ii. I .M\ • ri| 111*' lit will ha Vf‘
nr~T tn •......- - u &t.U
an*! t! nattur will U* turn
• j»rot ir?.• < just in tin' mi lii,'
■i. ■ j ;* \ .• ?;_ :*ii, say> 11*«•
.la—Li.lh ri.l.—liar ii 11-1 > a ft- a tl v i y.f .tl -1 a
» j at»'l'i r* i >.er^i«m 1m*
' .at .may In* lh - <*n\y swpp.tt'n-
'!•?: •iiia.Ht i.• xt v.'i'ir.
. tl
» i u« i t * r i iji.s t r u
the luiniigra
- notified stoci
•in].li vers of Mexican
ms r: uni *\ a.-li
n Di-j.ai'tim-nt
11, i:1111.• -> s ami
tie i i-inplovers of .Mexican laborers
f rout Mexico to return them to their na-
tive country- before January.....1, l!»2b.■
action is justified i-y the strained
relations now existing between the two
republics thouglijt will, in the nature
ot things, seiioiLsiy reduce the produc-
ing power of this section and will crip-
ple tin- stock and agricultural interests
irreparably, especially ns liigh labor
pro es have already caused an egress
of imported and home labor to other
of the State and Nation.
•Stockmen say that the class of labor-
er imported from Mexico do not be-
long to the class generally supposed to
In* anti American and are not mixed up
in political or revolutionary move-
ments; therefore, their presence in this
country is not a menace. In coimee-
tion with this matter a fully signed pe-
•-------- —*— -----— j tit ion by the stockmen, farmers and
At a ire-eting of the State Democratic ^ business and professional men of this
exKco'r.e committee in billas Tuesday, section has been forwarded to Fon-
Hod. Thomas B. Love was unanimously j gressman Claude Hudspeth, petitioning
ejected as National Committeeman him to present to the Agricultural and
from Texas to succeed Hon. (). N. Carl- Immigation Departments a protest
ton, resigned. In a ringing speech ! against the transfer of'ailien Mexicans
Mr. Love denounced the movement by | to Mexico predicated on the above
bailey anil others to discredit tlu* Na* j statement.
tional and State administrations, and ----—— -----—
K>1(T LtVo eommitte it his v.ews on that j GREAT LUiytBER TRADE
jnatter were not satisfactory lie wouiil j
Slot accept the position teiul.eied li'na.j Lufkin, Texas, jail. 1.—Approxi-
'He was roundly cheered and only two | mutely i(s('i,000,bdb worth of lumber
committeemen dissented and that only | was shipped from Lufkin during the
past year, according to figures secured
from statistics now being prepared by
the Chamber of Commerce, showing till;
industrial and commercial growth of
the city and Angelina County. Sev-
enty fixe pe'r cent of this amount of
lumber was ship[>ed direct from Lufkin,
leaving per cent shipped from near-
by towns and mills, all of which are
represented her**.
Acot*riling to the .figufe/i.prepared by
wM- tlii'TTuTIflTtiT"of1 f*dh'iiiTerTe the busi-
ness done liv local lumber mills in 1919
will represent an increase of from 15 to
as high as 22 per cent-over that of
19IS. Mills here during the past year
have experienced little labor trouble,
and have' only been handicapped by
With regard to Mr. Hailey.
The committee passed ringing veso
(iitions endorsing the Wilson and Hob
bv administrations and advised the op
position of having so joined the issues.
■ It jwas made clear that the Hailey is
Vi (A are not to lie championed by the
an v lnaeliHiery in 'Texas this year, but
are to be opposed iu-toto.
b
Experiment -
;og
i f
the |
" f I
till :
WRIGHT WOODS
Mr. and Mrs,
Joe Rodgers.
The couple left aj
i oasf LTniited tor New Orleans, return
ingr on the 27th to Sugar Laud where
Uwy are-at home itr-fhT new resiilehee
rt-i-'‘iitl.v built for them in South (trove.
The bride is. in fact, a Sugar Land
girl, having been grown up here and
was one of the efficient teachers in the
schools until this year, her mother,
Mrs. M. A. Woods, having resigned as
superintendent last year owing to fail-
ing health, and moved to Houston and
Miss Leffie resigned and accompanied
ALL DAIRY PRODUCTS DAILY
MRS. BOURNE DEAD
The dairy wagon carries at all times
fresh creamery butter, whole mftk and
cream. Will also carry for those or-
dering it skim milk and buttermilk. If
you want any of these products call the
wagon. Buttermilk, db cents galto’i;
skim milk, 2(1 cents gallon. Imperial
Dairy.
C. J. BERNY, Proprietor.
SPINACH ON THE MARKET
CATTLE CLATTER IN SAN ANTONIO
EXPRESS
. her, and was teaching in the Houston
A w edding of unusual interest in schools until her monther’s loath on the The body was sent to Nortonville for
Sugar Land was solemnized at 7:30 p.' 17th of November. _____ , ; internment by the Settegast & Kopf Un-
m., December 20, at the home of the HPr fHen.ls in Sugar Land are num- i ^Making Company of Houston. Mr.
Mr. and bered by the census. She has always and Miss n°rUno accompanied the body. | turnout as Vet, but prospects are good.
Mrs. S. Bourne, aged 81 years, died
at the family residence here Tuesday,
December 30, after several weeks ill
ness. She is survived bv her son, L. S.
Bourne, general manager of the Sugar
Land Railway, and by two daughters,
Miss Anna bBurne, of Sugar Land, and I Charles E. \ ellengu harvested th*
Mrs. Ettie Corkill, of Nortonville, Kan. j first spinach of the season today and
will have a good yield on considerable
acreage right along throughout the sea-
son. It is a bit early to estimate th*
„H. 'lay Harvey of McAllen, Texas,
has the honor of having received* the
highest rental for grass land ever paid 1
in the E'nited States. One tenant
rented a 20-acre Rhodes grass, farm
from Mr. Harvey.'at $7.5 per acre; an-
other rented a 40 acre Rhodes grass
farm .from hint at -fib per acre. lie is
-t rerig believer in Rhodes grass ami
; 1.,- hc* f eow—or. ibiHry cow a' a eom- !
bin:.' ii, He i- known as the " Klnub -
11(* has great •onfideue
ities of the Lower Rio-
.'iiii'l he soends two!
M i
hri'le and her grandparents,
Mrs. I>. R. Jones, at 1309 Hamilton been a prime favorite and this,-happy
marriage is simply a consummation of
Street, Houston, when Rev. T. J. Wind
ham officiated at t.hj marriage of Miss
Leffie Woods and Mr. A. L. Wright of
Sugar Land.
Nttending the ceremony were Mrs.
c. F. Lefman, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Ed-
dridge. Jr., Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Fraser
A number of Sugar Land friends of I _
the family went to Houston for the fu-! Miss Bettie Pliipjis of Savannah, Ga,,
a union that has been inevitable since,-“Oral services. j spent the Christinas holidays in Sugar
the early youth of both, as the groom Deceased had lived to a ripe old age Land with, friends,
himself has been active in the affairs and leaves a family worthy the pride
of the Sugar Land Railway for the of any American, mother. This entire j Herbert Krelimever of Victoria visj
past five years excepting for the community joins in extending condol- ited several days this week with his
space of one year when lie served his enee to the bereaved.
sister, Mrs. L. F. Luiler.
r
%
have proved that- at l'.'l
applied to a mulch on winter
chocks ‘‘heaving" of the ground, an i
in.Utrious effects of ejinngii.g weatj.i t.
"The straw, .while 'covering the v-
'plants, prevents rapid evapo'ratoii
moisture, and Inter in the season
humus it forms serves ns a "wick
draw ground moisture upward to tlUjthe shortage of shipping facilities,
plant roots. Humus from straw absorbs which is now resuming normal and mill
a great quantity of water during the owners express confidence that there
period of heavy rain and snow, holding "'ll 1"' a great change in the situation
it in reserve for the young plants when after the first of the year,
dry weather comes. It invariably hap- Other manufactured prod nets ship-
pens that wheat which is well mulched l)f,,l from Lufkin during the year past 1
gets an earlier start in the spring, and "HI aggregate in the neighborhood of
maintains this gain throughout the sen
on. Various other crops besides wheat
are benefitted by straw, which is un
ideal fertilizer for legume crops. Hev-
oral of the country’s most prominent al-
falfa growers use straw spreaders for
applying straw to the alfalfa stubble
.+3,000,000, these figures also showing n
marked increase over 1918, The prod-
ucts manufactured here represent
boxes, wagons, building accessories,
steel, iron and other articles made by
local concerns, all of which have wide
distribution over the United States,
Pillow
for the Body
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BHffltlHIIlA
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GaestRooir?
Shcdd Eta\)eItS
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m
S anitary
Tuftless
Mattress
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-*- ; The chief industry, however, is lumber
PRICES HIGH FOR SEVEN YEARS at the present time, ,
r I 'RUE hospitality extends to the guest the same
comforts and privileges which the host enjoys.
rn your guest rooms, as well as in your bed chamber, the Sealy
ecomes a creditable reflection upon the excellency of your home,
our guest will recognize in this provision for their comfort, one
ot the nic .ties which proclaim the able host.
■ j is the :mttress af per.nanGnt comfort that never requires remaking. It
ur ii is! i ably ri n te r v vC v en single unr.tj consisting of 164 cubic feet of fluffy*.
: ait ary } ii/ c tton, pressed down, inserted into the ticking and released
.j the prescribed height and buoyant softness of the mattress.
For Sale by the Following Dealers. in
this City and Vicinity:
Imperial Mercantile Company
J. B. Wessendorff,
Richmond
-And just a word
about the Sealy
made TUFTED
Mattresses.
~ tttSftl/Q
ft-xfan
Each represents a rela-
tively good value, and
like the Sealy Sanitary
Tuftless mattress is
made exclusively of
clean, new material
and bears a label attest-
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Jackson, A. D. Texas Farm and Industrial News (Sugar Land, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, January 2, 1920, newspaper, January 2, 1920; Sugar Land, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth821755/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .