The Conroe Courier (Conroe, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 4, 1913 Page: 3 of 4
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FINANCES OF TEXAS RAILROADS raise geese on farm
COMMISSIONER MILUAM8 MAKES
REPORT ON OPERATION
RESULTS.
tncrsasss and Losses Are 8hown.
Burdensome Interest Ooes Away
With Profits, Etc.
Hi
Austin, Tex."—Railroad Commission-
Wllliam D. Williams Monday made
the following comparative
sis of the results fronrf operation
exas railroads: The reports to
railroad commission by the Texas
lines show a total operating reve-
of $102,781,830 for the year end-
June 30, 1912, while for th» ,>Rr
ng June 30. 1913, It was $11 ,,.60,-
the Increase for the latter year
$13,678,844, being an average In-
crease of something more than $1,-
f 139,000 a month.
The income from operation for the
year ending June 30, 1912, was $21,-
063,4rf>& while for the year Pndlng June
30, 19iW It was $25,468,431, showing
for the latter year of $4,-
'4vf;022. ■‘Thus the average increase
In the revenne left In the hands of the
carriers after the payment of operat-
ing expenses was more than $367,000
Pfifc month.
Por the first three months of the
current fiscal year, being the
months of July, August ana Fteptem
bor. 1913, incomplete ami purtlal re-
porta received show thut the operat
ing revenues have again Increased at
the average rate of about $170,000 a
. month.
In addition to their revenues from
their business as carriers, the Texas
lines had other sources of income, as
for instance from rents, joint facili
ties und the hire of equipment, from
which they received for the year end-
ing June 30, 1913, the aggregate sum
of $3,969,796, and their gross corpor- |
ato Income for that year, after first !
deducting taxes and all transportation
expenses was $27,141,643. Of this • urn j
the railroads paid $9,196,188 for rents, I
hire of equipment, joint facilities and
other Bimllar expenses, and had left j
$17,945,456 for interest and dividends. |
This would pay Interest at 5 per cent ;
on $368,909,108, or It would pay a 5
per cent dividend on capital stock for
the same amount. But the original
commission valuation of all the Texas
lines is $157,348,186 and the esti-
mated present valuation is about
$229,000,000, on which the sum left
with the railroads as above stated
would pay Interest at tho rute of 7.8
per cent per annum
But the Texas railroads owe a fund-
ed debt amounting to $354,757,696 in
the aggregate and they also owe an
unfunded debt of $98,733,647. The
is $453
more than
$220,000,000 In excess of their present
estimated valuation, and they are pay
Ing Interest on every dollar of this
vast sum of money. Therefore, when
they have used up in the payment of
Interest all of the $17,945,455 left with
them after thoy have settled fur all
expenses except this Interest, they
still owe $1,601,378, and this amount
they claim is a business loss.
There are all sorts of railroads in
Texas, and no fair view of the situa-
tion can be had regarding them sole-
ly in the aggregate. The Trinity an*
Brazos Valley railroad reports a loss
of $1,227,035 for the one year ending
June 30, 1913. Two Southern Pacific
properties, the Galveston, Harrisburg
and San Antonio railroad and the Tex-
as and New Orleans railroad, which
Vacant Places Unfit for Cultiva-
tion Quite Suitable.
Fowls Oocupy Sams Pises Among
Poultry That Sheep Do Among
Live 8tock and If Given Care
Are Profitable In Proportion.
Contrary to common belief, geese
mature JuBt as rapidly away from
Btroama or ponds as near them A
generous supply of fresh drinking wa !
ter is all that is required. There are J
many places on a farm worthless for
cultivation that could be used with ex-
cellent results for geese raising
The cost of food for geese is propor- j
tlonately small in comparison with |
other birds brod for market A goose i
on range will eat grass, Insects and {
other animal and vegetable matter j
found in the fields.
Geese occupy the same place among
poultry thut sheep do among live stock
and If given proper care arc as profit- '
able In proportion, says a writer In the 1
Baltimore American. It Is Just as nee- 1
essary to pluck the feathers from a !
goose as to Bhear the wool from the j
sheep, and the product has a great j
demand The feathers may be picked
four times during the summer, and
each gooje of the larger breeds will
yield about: two pouudB of fine, soft,
downy feathers
For the beBt results 1 feed my geese
an egg-producing food, consisting of
four measures of wheat bran, two
Xmas Holiday Tickets
AT REDUCED ROUND TRIP FARES
THE OLD STATES
Colorado, Louisiunu. Arkansas, Oklahoma,
CERTAIN IMPORTANT NORTHERN CITIES
and
DETWEEN ALL TEXAS POINTS
Full Particulars Cheerfully tliven Upon Application to Ticket Agent
D. j. PRICE, W. C. HILL, Ticket Ajjt.
General Passenger and Ticket Agent, (iON’ROE TFX \S
HOUSTON, TEXAS » ’
can WELFARE GTS ESiT OTIttOT
Number of Rr stations on Sy>
Adopted at Meeting cat Texee
Congress of Motlwre.
TFt. Worth Fat Stock Show Will
STOMACH TROUBLE4
FOR FIVE YEARS
Majority of Friends Thought Mr.
Hughes Would Die, But
Oue Helped Him to
Recovery.
. . . unfunded debt of $98,733,6
-"ratal*OL tUeif indebtedness
491,343, being considerably n
went down some two or three years
ago Into the excessively unprofitable
class, show a loss of $1,076,931 for the
same period These lines alone report
that they have managed to lose during
the year under consideration the sum
of $2,303,967, or $700,000 and more in
excess of the aggregate loss on all
Other Texas roads
1 have pointed out a total loss of
$2,394,973 incurred by only three sys-
tems. If these are omitted from con-
sideration it will be found that the
remaining lines, considered In the uff
gregate and after deducting all the in-
— rgst that accrued on their Indebted-
ness, had a corporate profit left of
$1,793,595.
Dam Gives Way Near Lytle.
Abilene, Tex.—The Lytle Lake
dam, two miles southeast of town,
broke Sunday and 600,000,000 gallons
of water rushed through, tearing down
and destroying every obstacle in its
p#th. Although a wall of water
twelve feet high started on its mad
rush, the valley below this dam is a
broad basin and water soon spread out
and no report of-irves lost or live
ek being drowned has reach
Lytle.
An Excellent Trio.
measures of shorts, one measure of
beef scrap, one measure of oil meal
and one-half measure of sharp sand.
1 give them a small quantity of this
food twice dally and allow them free
range. 1 do not allow my geese to
hatch their own eggs, because they
are so clumsy that they breuk them,
besides 1 wish to keep them laying all
the time.
Though more geese were raised last
year than ever before* yet the markets
are not oversupplled, and the demand
lb growing all the time. Geese mature
v and attain an enorm«-
Pomeroyton, Ky.—In interesting ad-
vices from this place, Air. A. J.Hughes
writes as follows: “1 was down with
stomach trouble for five (5) years, and
would have sick headache so bad, at
I
times, jhat 1 thought surely I would die.
I tried" different treatments, but they
did not seem to do me any good.
I got so bad, 1 could not eat or sleep,
and all my friends, except one, thought I
would die. He advised me to try
iliedford’s Black-Draught, and quit
taking oilier mcdlcfnes. I decided to
take his advice, although I did not have
any confidence in it.
I have now been taking Black-Draught
for three months, and it has cured me—
haven't had those awful sick headaches
since I began using it.
I am so thankful for what B!.1ck-
Dralight has done for me.”
Thedford’s Black-Draught has been
found a very valuable medicine for de-
rangements of (be stomach and liver. It
is composed of pure, vegetable herbs,
contains no dangerous ingredients, and
acts gently, yet surely. It can be freely
used by young and old, and should be
kept in every family chest.
Get a package today.
Only a quarter. < »
I Fort Worth, Tbx.—The J*ouf«r«nos
| of the Texas Congress ,gf Mo triers
j und Parent Teachers' Association end-
i eti Friday aUeprfiuopt1-g a number' of
resolution* which bore directly upon
Hits. svitiject of child welfare und re-
jecting one which the conference by a*
I close vote decided was foreign to the
general purposes of the association.
The resolution, read by Mrs. Hortenxe
Ward, would have placed the associa-
tion on record as- favoring the ballot
for women in Texas, but by a vote of
19 to 17 this was lost
The following subjects were covered
In resolutions adopted:
Statewide safe and sane celebration
of national holidays; censorship of
motion picture shows and theaters; influence
more concise birth records; the estab-
lishment of a pension system for
«. hers who have given twenty years
t.» si-Kool work; a child welfare ex-
hibit at the Texas State fair, the Tex-
as Cotton Palace and county displays,
and s building at the Texas State fair
for the exhibit; means for arousing
greater interest' in the mothers' com
pensatlon ami minimum wage net and
a collection of the defects of the lifty
four hour law; child labor ami pom
pulsoiy education laws; legislation for
Institutions for the incurably ins-mo
and a broadening of the work of lie-
extension department of the congress
When the resolution Indorsing worn
an sulfrage was introduced some Keen
discussion promised to follow. It was
the opinion ol some of the champion;
of the cause to vote as individual* am!
not as a congress on the measure
To this Mrs. Ward replied that slu
could not sc»" why a person favoring
woman's suffrage would he: llatc i<
firmly stand hy her heliol Mrs Ward
told the conference that the he- r way
for the mothers to secure the h-gLIa
lion in ta\or ol the child was t>\ ill
red methods, and that the hailoi
would he (he weapon the woman could
Use with much effect. The first vole,
taken hy acclamation, could not he
decided The president called lor a
I I- in;:. Mite and the count *lmw oh
each Side III.
i mu \ n
Worth Fat Stock Show Will
He Attended by the Leaders
of Herds.
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A Consumptive Cough.
A c 'Ugh that bothers you constantly
s.ore of the danger signals which
warn of consumption. I)r. King's
New Discovery stops the cough, loos-
ens the chest, banishes fever and lets
you sleep peacefully. The first dose
checks the symptoms and gives prompt
relief. Mrs. A. E. Mertz of Glen
Ellyn, fa., writes: “Dr. King’s New
Discovery cured a stubborn cough after
six weeks’ doctoring failed to help.’’
T y it, as it will do the same for you.
Best medicine for coughsf colds, throat
and lung troubles. Money hack if it
fails. Price 50c and $1.00. All drug
gists, hy mail. H. E. Buck leu a- Co.,
Philadelphia or St. Louis.
DO VOl W IUJSINESS AT
[he First State Bank
OF CONROE
'FOUR PATRONAGE IS APPRECIATED
AND
Non interest bearing and unsecured deposits are protected
by the Depositor s Guaranty Fund ol the State ol Texas
I In
ink Bin
i. I'ui't on i
ion lull, gnu
udi money >
protection o
I. und how liitlo
I'l iU ecl ion oi ih
:dn• ...h I, formed t lic•
•-Lit'- A child Well
advocated in (Ids c<
lb-ports from tin
M "l lid s and l’;i nuif
lions was imidc by
Vnu nr, I (>,r San Antoni'
1 bn-hiii-i for Austin. M i>
•d I'm
11.
Mill.
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A state institute for instructing
livestock in the art of correct shape,
personal appearance and market -con-
ditions will be held at Ft. Worth,,
on November 22-28. For eighteen
years the Fat Stock Show has been
giving the livestock of this state a
course of instruction annually in
physical culture and the translation
of the rules and regulations of the
National Feeders* and Breeders’ As-
sociation into the language of the
Mnimal has done more to improve our
livestock than any other educational
in Texas.
The best stock on the farms and
runches will bo sent asj delegates
to the Fut Stock Convention und re-
ceive d special course of instruction
in the latest models of physical per*-
faction and how to acquire it. These
duiiili animals are close students of
market designs, breeding models and
feeding standards of animal flesh.
'I hey listen attentively to the ruling
and interpretation of the judges and
return to the pastures, determined
to build flesh and blood to conform
lo the verdict of those in authority.
1 hey are given higher ideals iu
life. It is here they are taught les-
*"iib ui high thinking and cheap liv-
ing They are taught that producing
revenue for man is the highest call-
ing to which they can aspire and
they are thoroughly instructed in
the m ience of living economically
and faltening cheaply and rapidly.
They are given authoritative in-
formalion mi diets and shown how
to lake "ii i Iu1 greatest qnuntity of
th>1i within the least tune and with
tin* smallest expense.
I hese cultured animals when given
a emirse of ilistrii. Imn und decorated
" !li blue ribbons, enter the elite of
packing house society and parade fit
Julid of I lie market, and tho
papers, with fhming headlines,
gloving in (mints of their rcc-
► i caking triumphs,
•e Texas steers once traveled
•1 nd under their own steam to
>i'" k Shows, piloted by cow-
"iih six -hooters, hut since they
hci om more refined und cult ar-
te v tiiivcl in pahice ears and mii-
ants anticipate their
are met at the train
villi a l)rasa hand and
palatial frills, where
for tho exTOb
Sketch##,
Gladl
I.et me show
money and l
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Repairing Furnl
Also dealer in
screens, lumber,
anid
Prices right. Call
Fairfield Bldg.,
CONROE,
CONROE,'
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HAT
P.
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••ini' il alien
Mints, They
v fiie irinvnr
otnhir-fed to
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pr-
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melon, Mis.
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Worth Mr.-
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■ ami \li
I'-u Hunmil I
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Constipation Poisons You
Hy ..I cm
I, yur cut ire
woMc mat Im
HERMAM McGLIRI:
Roofing, Guttering, Bath Tubs, Lavatories,
Tanks. Repairing a Specialty.
WEST ()!•’ COURT HOUSE < UNRoE. TEXAS
o mi if14• bom— dorioii.H ri'Hiiltf
"W. I' si■ Dr K i ng ‘n ,\'t. v
h and you will soon get rid i
•at ion, headache und oldier t n
at Druggist or by mail,
kIon Mr ('<> I *hil;i. and .SI I .mi
Stomach Troubles Disappear.
stnimu h, liver and kidney trouble?,
weak nerves, lame hack and female
dbi <li appear when Electric Hitters
on* nod. Thou Hands of woman would
u"i la* without a hot tie in their home,
i Ii/i l’«.ol of Depew, Dkla, writes:
I I' l-tne Bitters raised me from u bed
of nick ness and suffering and has dona
me a world of good. I wish every suf-
f'oi mg woman could use this excellent
remedy nnd find out, hh 1 did, just how
good it iw. Ah it has helped thousands
uf others, it surely will do the same
fur you. Every bottle guarantaMOsOc*
und *1 00 At all l)ruggittt<*<B. 1ft"
Ihicklen Xt Go, 1 ’hiladollTma or St. Louis.
Milieu Has $60,000 Fire.
Mlllett, Tex.—Miliett was visited
by two costly fires Monday, one wtp
ing out the entire business section and
the other destroying the International
and Oreat Northern passenger station.
The loss on the business houses, four
general merchandise establishments
and one big store was $40,000.
Largest Order tor Stamps Mads.
Washington — Tbs postmaster at
Philadelphia is taking no chances ol
running abort of postage stamps for
Christmas business He has Just or
^•rad $0,114,900 stamps, valued at II,
OM^OO, the largest aiggls order e*ei
postmaster.
Wlaahag«ar •Riga tJM •#»♦§
Wigehssici Tea —Up to data 1.164
gpjaa of be * * bee# shipgad
9mm wuuu****
Have You Given a Thought to *
Your Holiday Shopping?
Now is the time to make your holiday selections. Our big sale is now
on and the marked down merchandise embraces many useful and appropri-
ate gifts for men, women and children. We have a habit of making prices
that please prudent buyers, and if you do your Christmas trading at our
store you will find that you go away a satisfied customer. We have the
goods at low prices, and a force of obliging clerks ready to serve you and if
you don’t get some good out this sale it will be your fault.
i attle
Horne runj
Cattle rani
miles of Cor
range.
P. It.
Central
. . Shi
Wants Your
GIVE US M
Near the Post
J. H. LANMOt
Wr Keep Up With
a
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fdig# Ethel Roes, WilUi.
i/C. Gere, Montgomery.
Mias Geraldine- Caldwell, Mont-
mery.
Miss Dora Connaughton, Mont-
.Tiery.
Miss Lucille Yell, Bobbin. >
Gss Allie Smythe, Bobbin.
... N. Anderson, J. D. Mort
kr£(‘,.Misses Ruth Dillon, M. H
work. ’ Tsrer, Grace Parme
Resilience Hattie Stinsoy
oust of Conroe."^*-.-tfea Davf'
I on roe.
The New liqur
The new liquor
went into effect c
hibits the shipment*!
from any place
it is against» New Caney.
son to bring -
to another. * *****
rtoheiation -*nstipated, your*
iner. I ■ fT* 'V!*
! . , . * body—awnoOft i
|°)tai'Us* Dr. Kinff^j
first j you will
. trict i, headache
j used Druggist
A Co. P\
You’ll Find Everything Here
Dry Goods, Groceries, Shoes, Hardware, Furniture, Harness, Stove*, Fa
Every Article Reduced in Price for this Hot Weather Sal
OUR LOSS IS YOUR GAIN. COME EARLY AND GET FIRST
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The Conroe Courier (Conroe, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 4, 1913, newspaper, December 4, 1913; Conroe, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth844097/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Montgomery County Memorial Library.