The San Angelo Press. (San Angelo, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 1, Ed. 1, Thursday, January 5, 1905 Page: 3 of 8
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THE SAN ANGELO PRESS SAN ANGELO TEXAS THURSDAY JANUARY 5 I9G5
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SANTA FE LAND SCHEME.
The drcnt Railway Corporation En- (
courages Its Employes to Invest
In Texas Land.
The following circular has beeu
issued by Vice President nnd
General Manager V. C. Nixon of
the Gulf Colorado and Santa Fo
to the employes of that road. It
is Belf explanatory:
To Employes.
In order to encourage thrift
and assist employes to accumu
late something ub the result of
their earnings the undersigned
wishes to recommend that the
employes purchase on time of the
present abundance of cheap farm
lands in Texas ub much ub their
earnings would justify their at-
tempting to pay for. It will not
bo much olfort for tho majority
of ypu to remomber that the
farm lands along this line have
increased very much in value in
tho last five years and that there
has been a still greater increase
in two years and aB the price is
Btill very low it i reasonable to
suppose that the increase will
still continue; and perhaps the
thought has occured to many that
had they purchased land years
ago that thoy would havo been
successful in paying for it and
probably at thistimo would havo
had a productive farm all paid
for bringing in revenue and as-
suring itB possessor of an income
should for any reason through ill
health or otherwise his ability to
earn a salary fail. Tho majority
of our employes earn enough
money to onablo them to save a
part if thoy havo the proper in-
centive. The undersigned knows
of several cases where railroad
employes purchased land paying
only a small portion down and
from their monthly earnings sav-
ed enouch to complete tho pay-
ment and were not deprived any-
thing really necessary on this ac-
count Thoro are comparatively
few of our employes who do not
havo a dosiro to accumulate some-
thing for a rainy day and prompt-
ed by this desiro many of them
engage in unwise speculation
-with disastrous results.
The possessor of furm land has
a sure investment not us rapid as
isolated cases of speculation but
' ri.n surer. )ri"iio amount of rich
land'Tutfffg'our road makos it pos-
sible for every one of our em-
ployes to secure within a year or
two good land at a very low figure
and tho desire to better the con-
dition of tho employes of this
railroad is tho motive the un-
dersigned has in making this re-
commendation to you.
Should this proposal lie taken
udvantugo of by any of the con-
siderable number ot employes the
company would bo put to some ex-
pense in caring for tho payments
and making tho necessary collec-
tions but it is willing to incur
this not inconsiderable ex-
pense in order that it may huvo a
larger proportion ot employes
who havo an interest in the
country and a smaller proportion
of "floaters." Tuo company de-
sires to havo men in its employ
who prefer permanent employ-
ment to nion who are iudilTerent
as to whether they stay with this
company or seek other employ-
ment A man acquiffnted with
our service and who feels it to
his intorost to romain in it is
more valuublo than a now man
who is indifferent to his position
and a man having an incentivo to
retain his position and feeling at
the same timo that ho is accumu-
lating a nucolus from which a
homo for his family is assured
will preform his duties with
moro easo to himself and much
more satisfaction to the company.
The man who works from Janu-
ary 1 to Dec. 151 and makes no
headway in providing for his fam-
ily in caso of misfortune or to
himself in caso of old age is not
as woll satisfied with himself us
the man who has accomplished
something in this direction. Ah
a rulo railroad employes do not
spend their money as judiciously
us employes in other business
who receive Iobb wages. This is
certainly thoughtlossnsB on their
parts and tho day of reckoning
comes to overy man who roalizes
that he has not done as woll as ho
could and that is too late to
make correction. Thoro is no
doubt but that there is opportu-
nity for our employes in Texas to
improve their condition by buy-
ing farm lands if thoy take ad-
vantage of tho opportunity with-
in the uoxt year or two. Thoro
are vory few of our omployes who
could not woll afford to mako a
smull paymont on a piece of land
costing from $800 to $1000 and if
given an opportunity to pay for
the samo by monthlv uBsessmon'ts
pay off tho principal without
feeling inconvioncod. Thoro still
romain subject to purchaso along
the line of our road farm lands
ranging in price from S'J to $15 nn
acre. Bay for instance an em-
ploye found Bonio one who would
sell 1(50 acres of land at' $5 por
acre. The purchaso prico would
bo $800. Suppose tho employo
paid $100 down leaving $700 to
bo paid for in say ton years at 8
per cent interest. Intorost on
same if no othor payments wore
made would amount to Sq(5 per
year if paid monthly vould
amount to SI. 07 per month. Say
in addition to the fr-1 u per
month that tho umnloyo paid $5
per month out of his salary he
would then owe at the beginning
of the second ear S010 on the
land and tlu interest would
amount to $-1.27 per month ; and
if he paid $o per month he would
owe at tho beginning of the third
year $580 with correspondingly
less interest.
The figures given above are of
course not arbitrary. Any em-
ploye could make additional pay-
ments on tho purchase prico. It
will be necessary for the omployo
to pay interest on a plan of this
kind but while doing this ho must
not forget that tho land will bo in-
creasing moro rapidly in value
than tho interest payments
amount to.
It is our desire to put this mat-
ter before tho employes with a
hope that it may caiiBO some of
them to think on this subject and
if any desire to havo us help them
wo will bo glad to do jo in tho fol-
lowing manner nnd under the fol
lowing conditions:
Tho land so purchased must be
within eight miles of the com-
pany's road.
The circular further contains
copies of deeds that must bo ex-
ecuted to carry into effect tho pro-
visions of tho circular. The rood
will on ordgr of tho purchaser of
the land withhold tho amount
specified in tho contract price
every month from the salary of
the employe. The circular con-
cludes: "You should carefully consider
this matter and not attempt to
buy more land under this plan
than your earning capacity will
justify you in paying out of your
savings. Under the plan proposed
you can pay at certain periods as
much of tho principal as it may bo
convenient for you to pay ui'd
while the deed or contruct may
run for twelve years if you ac-
cuinuluto the money sooner than
that you may pay oil' tho principal
stopping the interoBt and having
the land freo of debt. You should
carefully consider the longth of
time necessary for you to pay tho
whole amount and lie Bure you
make it long enough so that you
will not be embarrassed and if
you are aide to pay for the
land sooner than you expect the
the contract is arranged so that
you can do so. The plan provides
also that you may continue mak-
ing the payments direct in caso
you leave tho service of the com-
pany voluntarily or otherwise.
There is nothing in this plan that
will prohibit you from taking ser-
vice elsewhere ; but as long as you
can do as woll by remaining in tho
service of this company as you
could by going olsowliero you will
probably not wish to leave. Tho
purchase of farm lands is recom-
mended as being tho most practic-
able for our employes in general
but should any of them wish to
purchaBO town or city real estate
they may do so on samo terms as
for farm lands."
John Gay was up from Ballin-
ger for two or three duys last week
on business.
Mrs Henry Hansonio of Hal-
linger is in tho city tho guest of
her Bistor Mrs. h. L. McAlpino.
-Tho nainos of S. A. William's
fine five cent cigars aro; Lam-
prette Single Hinder and Spana
Cuba. It
Will and Hal Cunningham
and Alfred Aberthal spent Chris-
mas week camping on the middle
Concho.
Miss Myrtis Woodward return
ed from a plonsant holiday visit
to frionds and relatives at Colo-
man Tuesday.
Miss Margaret Spenco loft
Mondiiy on hor roturn to Austin
whero she is a student at tho
Univorsity of Texas.
K. E. Killingor of Chicago was
hero last week on a trip combin-
ing business with a visit to his
sister Miss Cloo Killingor.
-In order to mtroduco BiiBtor
Brown Iloso and Buster Brown's
Sister's Hoso tho manufactures
have agreod that wo put thorn on
salo for two weeks on tho follow-
ing terms. Both hose nro the
regular 25o values Wo will soil
you four pair 25o each and givo
you a pair Fume. This Offer
Is Only Good For Two Weeks.
Winkler & Hudson Co.
The Shepherd
And His Flock
a V
Professor Thouinsi"V5linw In Amcr-
leun Sheep Urocder BiiTjMhnt dlscnsa
among sheep Is vastly on sjio Increase.
These diseases are tupeworin stomach
worm nnd nodular disease.
Since these things are so soys tho
professor they emphasize the Impor-
tance of llrst securing healthy miliunls
on which to build future (locks. It
may not he always possible to be quite
sure on this score as animals apparent-
ly healthy may carry the germs of any
ono of the troubles named. This at
least Is true of mature sheep. If tho
sheep are purchased In the open mar-
ket the hazard of Introducing such dis-
eases is to some extent always present.
Hut should they he purchased from tho
flock of an honest farmer who has kept
sheep on his farm for many yeurs
without tin1 Introduction of mntorlal
from without then the buyer can be
pretty well assured that he Is not lu
troductng disease along with his Hock
that will gle him serious trouble lu
tho future.
Having once established a healthy
Hook then by all means try to keep It
ho. This can best be dune by barring
out further additions to 'tho Hock. The
only leal danger ot bringing lu disease
when this course Is adopted Is that
which arises from the Introduction of
males which It miiy be necessary to
purchase at certain Intervals to avoid
too close breeding.
With the Introduction of such males
there Is usually an element of danger
but If these are chosen from llocks
known to be healthy the danger Is re-
duced to a minimum. Thus guarded
the spread of thoe dangerous diseases
would bo greatly checked and In time
the losses from them would certainly
grow less rather than more.
The practice combated lu this paper
Is that of trulllcklug lu bheep on tho
ordinary farm. Tho average fnrmur
In tho west at least Is much Inclined
to carry on his stock business on what
tuny be termed the bartering plan. He
Is icady to sell his whole Hock or a
part of It when a good offer Is made
for It. Then he goes out und buys again
to ii'place It. The barter may seem
profitable at the lirst but suppose a
healthy Hock has been sold and it Is
replaced by one laden with disease
genus in the end loss will result. The
farmer would have acted mole wisely
had In1 retained as many animals lu
the Hock as were necessary for Its main-
tenance and sold only those that could
be spared.
Tli I.t-lccnlf-1- Klirrp.
This breed which was one of the
first to be established originated in
Leicestershire Kugluiid. says American
Cultivator. The llrst Improver Hubert
i.r.iciMTr.n ha si.
Bnkowoll. 1720-05 sought chiefly to
Increase tho early maturity of this
breed and lessen the size of tho bone
and Increase the weight of Hesh. Tho
characteristics sccnied at that early
time aro maintained In the modern
representative. The face is bare anil
pure white body square fore quarters
especially full with tho hind quartern
peculiarly rounded on top.
The marked aptitude of tho repre-
sentatives of this breed to fatten re-
sults in rematkublo backs but fre-
quently the same aptitude produces a
soft and uneven covering. Tho Ilorder
of Leicester originating from an In-
fusion of Cheviot blood Is generally
stronger In bone and more vigorous
than the English type. The wool of
the lleeco Is lustrous live or six Inches
long and very soft though frequently
too open and sometimes absent on the
belly.
The Ilnrsc'H Mcnln.
With regard to tho number of times
a horse should bo fed per diem tho
choke must bo mudo to suit tho ani-
mal. Some horses do best on four or
oven llvo feeds a day whllo others
do as well on three. Altogether wo like
four feeds tho first at 5 lu tho morn-
ing second at 10 third at 2 lu tho
afternoon and tho last around 7 lu the
evening. Naturally when four feeds
nro given tho evening meal will bo tho
largest. Tho other threo need not bo
bo bulky as when only two others aro
given. J. Iiuckler of Iowa Experiment
Btntlon.
A. J . Fritz returned from South
Texas Monday.
-Window Glass at Smith it
Robertson's.
Mr. and Mrs. J. X. Wiirm re-
turned from Santa Anna Friday.
W. D. Currier returned Mon-
day from a businoss trip to Mer-
cury und Brady.
Miss Ella Scott Fisher return-
Monday from a holiday visit to
hor paronts at Galveston.
Arthur EvaiiB tho popular und
gentlomanly shoopman loft Mon-
day for SanAntonio on a short
business trip.
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BLOOD MEAL AND TANKAGE.
Value of MutiKlitrr Hoiim- I!) prod-
uct nn Stork renin.
Tluce general classes of these by-
product ate used sucies-fully as feed-
ing stints -lz bUud meal or diled
blood tankage and meat scrap and
meat meal say Hurul New Yorker.
Dried blood or blood meal Is made
from tho blood of cattle sheep and
hogs. The blood Is com eyed lu pans
from tho killing room to tho drying
room where It Is cooked lu small tanks
until the clot separates fiom the water.
It Is next piessed to loimno the water
and the pressed cake Is dried lu a
steam drier until it contains only about
5 per cent ot molstuie. Then it Is
ground to n Hue meal and sold in bun-
dled pound sacks
Dried blood has been successfully fed
to lambs In place of milk by (iorman
oxpoihnontois. They fed about half a
pound dally for a hundred pounds llvo
weight or animal. It has also been
used with good results for curing and
procntlng scours lu calves. The value
of this feed and of those made from
tankage und meat scrap lies In their
muscle and bone building properties.
When propel ly fed thoy havo a stimu-
lating effect on tho hair making the
coat silky and glossy. They are valued
according to their content of protein
and should be bought only on a guar-
antee of specllled protein content.
Tankage consists of meat scraps
trimmings bone blood and various
other waste nitrogenous matter from
the packing house. It is cooked lu
largo tanks under a steam pressure of
about forty pounds for soen or eight
hours which cooks out the tallow nnd
giease. It Is then nllowed to settle and
the giease Is drawn olT. The solid resi-
due Is then piessed further to remove
tho fat and moisture. It is next dried
und ground. When dried it contains
only tt to 7 per cent moisture and from
10 to 00 per cent protein. Since It Is
made up of several different sub-
stances It Is quite variable lu quality.
It usually contains a considerable
amount of phosphoric ncld depending
on the proportion of bone piesent.
Tankage Is fed ptlnolpully to pigs and
one pint tankage lo fioui two to (lvo of
corn Is the propoitlon fed.
Dl'KD-llnltiK Wool
What Is known as degreaslug wool
by the "dry method" Is drawing atten-
tion In Ceimiiuy. This Is performed
by the use of Infusorial earth used as
an absorbent which Is applied to the
wool with great force by u current of
air by specially constructed but Inex-
pensive machinery.
SIm-IIit (lie Kloi-k.
A sheep that Is not pioperly sheltered
during the tall and winter will rcquhc
mine feed than on1 that Is protected
from the cold fall rains and wintry
winds. It Is cconomv to provide prop
it shelter as iced Is money.
Old IImkIInIi HIii-i-p.
SIM) years ago there weio only two
breeds of sheep sulllclcntly well estab-
lished und recognized to hae separate
eh --ses at the loyal show ot Engl mil.
They wcie the I.cIccsIith mill South-
ll'IW i-s.
POINTS OH FEEDING
S
'I he besi feed we have ever used foi
cnlM's. eimsideilng the iiiuiiey value. Is
bright swiet coin (odder stoied In the
early fall nn lor shelter s.iys a Ken-
tucky runner lu American Agriculturist.
Twenty ciilws havo been wintered
almost exclusively on such roughness
with only enough good mixed hay to
keep up their appetites. They con-
sumed about 150 shocks worth 12
cents each and one ton of hay esti-
mated at ?1-'. making a total of $.10.75
worth of feed. This Is equivalent to
$1.50 per head for the entire winter
which I consider very cheap.
Illooil Moiil.
Dried blood or blood meal Is Insolu-
ble lu water. It usually contains about
85 per cent of protein and Is therefore
a valuable feed lo use with corn or any
other feed that Is low in protein. I Ic-
ing a concentrated feed It must be
given In small quantities and mixed
with slop meal or other feed. To
young pigs a te.ispoonful per head dal-
ly may be fed mid this may be In-
creased as the pigs grow older until a
pound per day for eight to ten head Is
glou. About u liihlcspouiiful per day
is fed to horses and the amount for
cattle varies I ioiii live or six ounces
per day for young htm k or steers Just
going on feed up to one pound per day
and sometimes us high as two pounds
for steers on full feed or cows in full
mlllc Hural New Yorker.
Cotfonxt-ril Meal mill Hull.
In feeding steers for tho iniukct I
should begin with about threo pounds
of meal per day mixed with nhout fif-
teen pounds of hulls. (Iradually In-
crease until a maximum of about ten
nntmils tier ilnv 1h rciieheil. mlvcri with
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twenty-two pounds of hulls says a
Texas feeder In Farm nnd Hunch On
nn nvcrage eight pounds per day is suf-
ficient mixed with about twenty-two
pounds of hulls making a total of thir-
ty pounds per day to each steer.
A Ti'iiu I'nltriilni; ltiillon.
Tho following weights aro taken from
tho work of tho Texas experiment sta-
tion lu 189S says Farm nnd Hnnch:
On cottonseed meal nnd hulls nlono
good two-yenr-old steers gain In 100
days' feeding 271 pounds per 1000
pounds of steers. Ted M0 days theso
steers gnln 357 pounds per 1000 pounds
llvo weight but during tho lust -10 days
they nro fed lightly on com chops. A
llttlo sorghum hay Improves tho ra-
tion. Go to H. II. Sigman & Co. with
your hides and furs.
S DEATH ROLL I?
Mrs. Minnie llcwlns Mem.
Died at the family residence on
Beauregard avenue on Thursday
Dec. 129. at 8 p. m. Minnie IIow-
iiiB Mertz wife of Mortimor L."
Mertz. Tho deceased was tho
datmhter of Mr. and Mrs. E M.
Ilewina of Cedar Yale Kansas
and has made her home in this
city since her marriage in Decem-
ber 1S01. Beside her husband
she leave two sons a inothor a
brother Clms. Hewius and two
Bisters Mrs. J. C. Gammel and
Mrs John Hall to mourn her loss.
The funeral took pluco Saturday
afrernoon at '1 o'clock.
The sad news comes as a great
shock to the community whore
Mrs Mertz wub bo univorsally bo-
lovetl and the deepest sympathy
is felt by all for the bereaved
fttmilv.
Mrs. Bcrthn Fritz.
Mrs. Hertlm Fritz sister of Aug-
ust and Robert Balfanz died at
the family residence Thursday
evening December 20th Tho
funeral was held from the resi-
dence of August Balfanz at i!
o clock Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Fritz was ono of tho pio-
neer citizens of Sau Angelo and
has been in ill health for several
months.
Her family lrs n host of friends
who extend syn puthy.
Charles U. Hnsscl.
C. B. BusboI died Monday night
at his home in San Angelo
HeightB. The funeral was hold
from tho residonco Tuesday at 1
p m. and was conducted" under
tho auspices of the Woodmen of
tho Word.
Charles B. Bassol was 1111 years
of ago and wob a niombor in
good standing of tho Woodmon of
the World and of The Interna-
tional Typographical Union. Ho
leaves a loving wifo and broken-
hearted little daughter lo mourn
his loss. There aro several bro-
Miers too and an uncle in Bolton.
Charlie Bubbo! was well known
The Oldest and Best
That exactly describes our bottling works. Wo aro
the lending manufacturers of soft drinks in the
Concho Country and you have but to visit our
plant to bo convinced of this c i?" c o .
i
We Thank Our Patrons
Graciously for their business in 10J1 and will do all
in our power to merit the same during 15)05 o o
San Angelo Bottling Works
Manufacturers of Soda
Sassafras Beer Ginger
Anheuscr Busch Beer
fP3 Good Weather to Paint L I
flHl ffi uuui piu on painting un next spring. VJDn k
e 'A Do it now Wfl ll
I Weather conditions arc good ; no long IjMW.
iVl spring rains to soak into the lumber and ifjflfek
ii i jeopardize good results ; no gnats and flies BflnfflF f
p J j to stick to the fresh paint; the paint put w lnl '
5 HB on now gives protection against winter I ln
j l storms. 1 q1
jf SHERWIN-WILLIAMS PAINT Vt I
J W4l M A D C TO PAINT HHni
C) BUILDINGS WITH lhcarl A
(h I "( (4 s 'he safest paint to use. I ga.
w 1 (? It gives the best protection at I J!
H rm fh the smallest cost. f3 f
B i tt& ' you're going to paint this fall I ; .
Jl " let us talk to you about S. W. P. ft i I
Smith & Robertson 1
LUMPER LIME and WRICK. ;
San 5$nge!o Texas. I
to San Angolo people with whom
ho was hold in high esteem. Ho
was for yoars engaged in tho
newspaper work in this city lmv-
111 1 heel) Olid llf tint nrmirintnru rtt
tho Enterprise and having boon
employed on tho reportonal
force (if 1 1ll! Htnndnril mul Prima
His last uowspapor work was donJJ
on inis paper.
Tho funoral services wore hold
at tho family residence by. Uov.
A. L. Bnrr of tho 0. P. Church
'I ho Woodmen of tho World thou
took charge of tho body and laid
it tenderly to rest in Fairmount
cemetery Tho niombors of tho
ban Angelo Typographical Union
attondad the funoral in u body.
Lee Snyder.
Leo Snyder tho woll known
ranchman of El Dorado died in
Marlin Saturday night.
Mr. Snyder loft horo only a few
weeks ago to go to Marlin to try
tho health giving climate and
waters of that famous resort llo
was afllicted with heart trouble
and this was the cause of his
death.
Deceased was woll known
throughout tho Concho country
and hud many friends who will bo
.grieved to hear of his death.
'Charlie Trammol loft horo Sun
day to go to Marlin to accompany
tho remains to Bloomfleld Ohio
whore tho interment will tuko
place.
J. E. McAuloy of Mavorick was
hero Thursday.
Blake Mauldin was in from
Oo nn last week.
Will Gressett wub over from
Biillinger Tuesday.
Mrs. J. A. Burns loft Friday on
a viBit to relatives in Ft. Worth.
Win. Kelly spent a few days of
last weok in Ballingorou business
Ed Uussell tho babor returned
Monday from Georgetown whoro
ho spout the holidays with rolati-
vob.
-The best 10c cigars in town aro
tho Gato. Tampa Hoyal General
Arthur Los Tres Escudos Bost
on Earth at S. A. Williams. It
Water Dr. Pepper Cider
Ate Etc. Sole Agents for
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