The Schulenburg Sticker (Schulenburg, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 26, 1901 Page: 2 of 4
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richness, all
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sat com-
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the diversified
i that >ave
red fadt, the
deposits, and
s's grand oil
ch held the
with its mar-
re combined
ffi&b
Columbus lapded upon the
new continent.
the wild red
buiftaio and
rtbe sole tenants of
and forests, and
midst the rolling prairies And dense
1 waxed fat with none to mo-
or make afraid. Once in
a pioneer explorer penetrat-
to oar wealthy domain, only to
back news of the wonderful
beyond the Sabine. The
priests, ever alert to push
iumr oreed into heathen lands,
were the next to venture into the
4terra incognito," and nerved by
.j-gjjgg^a
1
|nd zeal for the man's
j the qafl8e of the Master,
sent small bands as far West as
Nacogdoches and established a set-
tlement, but unable to cope with
superior numbers, as< well as the
hardshios to which they were sub-
jected in,the wilderness, the enter-
prise was of short dotation, and
ooly the "Old Stone Fort" re-
mains as a monument to their en-
le and spirit, But it was an
wedge, a beacon light for
jifardy pioneer for which Amer-
ica has always been justly celebrat-
ed.
Anon earns such men as Francis,
Bowie and men of that
of iron will, nerves of
the. eye of an eagle, the
of a eatamoant—who
ly fast and loose with the
Redskin or Mexican m
f-ciaimed) bailiwick.
^Tmep ire monu-
ments in the progress of civilisa-
tion "toward the land of the set-
ting sun. It were a bootless task
for the Sticker to enlarge upon the
conflict that finally made Texas a
republic, or the valiant guardians
of the Anglo-Saxon race that made
it the "Lone Star State" in that
grand galaxy of commonwealths
that go to make the Federal Union.
Enough has been writteh to make
each barefoot schoolboy proud of
hie country, and historians of note
have proclaimed the fagts far and
The agricultural possibilities of
the country had not escaped at-
tention and when once tested,
■ proved to be a veritable Golconda
of wealth, which, • when once
known, brought to oti^r land the
thrifty Qerman farmer and me-
chanic. The virgin forests yielded
to the latter the. timber/rom which
he fashioned Jbis house and furni-
ture and various articles of house-
hold Utility, some of which are in
active -use in our town at the pres-
ent day,, while to the former, the
roiling prairies invited only the
hand of the husbandman to turn
the sod the untold wealth that has
been drawn from the bosom of
Mother Earth by these industrious
Teutons is best attested by their
broad well-tilled acres, their com-
fortable homes, their sleek well-fed
stock, and well-groomed families.
To them are due the agricultural
development of this immediate sec-
tion, and to which development is
due the wealth and capabilities of
Fayette county to support a popu-
lation of 85,000, to build cities,
towns and villages: to erect
churches, schoolbouses and other
eleemosynary institutions; to prove
their faith by their work and to
rear a progeny unexcelled as artifi-
cers, mechanics iprid farmers and
exemplify that industry is reward-
ed according to the amount of toil
expended.
Enough of the past. It is now
pertinent to take a look into the
future, being measurably guided
by the past.
Schulenburg has lost two prom-
inent and progressive citizens dur-
ing thi& year. Men of brain, gen-
ius and intelligence—it is regret-
able but not irreparable.
It was a little unfortunate that
our light plant was destroyed at
the beginning of the busy season,
but that will be overcome within
a few weeks by the introduction
of new machinery, new building
and new appurtenance. [Query:
Could not an ice plant be one of
the concomitants of the new Elec-
tric Light Plant?] Yes, we' think
so, and to evince our faith bv our
work", the Sticker is willing to be
proportionately assessed for such
purpose. Again it occurs to us
that Schulenburg should have a
brewery. Confessing to being not
an extensive patron of such an in-
stitution, the receipts for that bev-
erage 111 this community would
justify the establishment of such a
plant, and the eleven carloads of
beer received iiere from a foreign
point, during, one month looks as
though local dealers were depriv-
ed of freight rates. 6eguin, only
thirty miles from San Antonio's
two breweries—good plants—is to
put in one—why not Schulenburg,
a hundred miles from a brewery
and a surrounding country of more
than two hundred miles 'north and
■south. At times there has been bus-
iness in Schulenburg is evident, we
have a compress arid an oil mill,
both of which distinguish Schulen-
burg as a distinctive point along
the Southern Pacific. While the
Schulenburg Live Stock and Fair
Association and Bermuda Valley
Stock farm arp constant adver-
tisements for the town and are
everywhere spoken of by the pros-
pector and tourist On the 7th
of January Schulenburg will hold
an election to decide among our
citizen as to whether we will have
a sj'Btem of waterworks—protec-
tion against tire and afford a con-
venient home supply. There can
be only one decision—vote aye—
and when we have our electric
lights restored and abundant water
supply—together with our efficient
fire department, which will be re-
stored to its pristine vigor, the
citizen will be enabled to retire to
his couch with that serenity that
only assurance of safety from dan-
ger can give.
* * *
Fjnally, the Sticker has labored
late and early for the welfare of
the to^vn, and incidently to earn a
living, and be one of the people,
and in this gladsome Christmas
time assures its patrons of their
well-being in future as it has prov-
en a guardion of their interests in
the past.
PHENIX INSURANCE COMPAY.
Comments on the Reduction in Rates
that Will Occur When our water-
works are Completed.
Buildings Referred to are Properties of
Mr. R. A. Wolters on Main Street.
Mr, Wm. R. King,
Schulenburg, Tex.
Dear Sir:-
RespOnse to your favor of the
11th inst./has been delayed until
this date because of my absence
from the city,
: I note your request for a com-
parative statement of rates on cer-
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Election Order.
Whbbkas, the City Council of the City of Schulenburg deems it
advisable to issue bonds of said city for the purpose hereinafter men-
tioned:
Therefobe, it is hereby ordered by the City Council of said City
that an election be held on the 7th day of January, 1902, at which elec-
tion the following proposition shall be submitted:
Shall the City Council ofthe City of Schulenburg be authorized to
issue the bonds of said city in the sum of twelve thousand ($12000)
dollars, payable in 40 years after date, with option of redeeming same
at any time after S1Q years from date, bearing interest at the rate of 5
per cent per annum, payable annually, and to levy a tfex sufficient to
pay the interest on said bonds and create a sinking fund sufficient" to
redeem them at maturitv, for the purpose of constructing, in the City
of Schulenburg, a system of water works.
Said election shall be held at City Hall and the following named
person is hereby appointed manager of Said election: M. C. Levey.
Said election shall be held under the provisions of Chapter 149,
Acts of the 26th Legislature, Laws 1899, and only qualified voters,
who are property tax payers of said city, shall be allowed to vote, and
all voters, desiring to support the proposition to issue bonds, shall
have printed on their ballots the words "For issuance of bonds," and
those opposed shall have printed on their ballots the words "Against
the issuance of bonds." The manner of holding said election shall be
governed by the laws ofthe State regulating general elections.
F. F. Schaefer Secretary. Theo. Wolters, Mayor,
Schulenburg, Texas, December, the 12th,'1901.
tain buildings in Schulenburg un-
der the present condition of your
water supply and fire protection
and a city so protected as to be en-
titled to a rating as a town of the
second-cass. This is rather a dif-
ficult thing to do, without absolute-
ly full and complete information
in detail as to the construction -of
the buildings.
Take Nos. 113 and 114, block 22,
for instance. At this time the
proper rate on 113 is aboutt 2.90
building and 2.40 stock; if Schulen-
burg were strictly a second-class
cito so far as fire protection is con-
cerned, the rates would be about
2.00 on building and 1.75 on stock.
No. 114, present rate 1.85 building
and 1.70 stock; second-class city
rate would be about 1.25 building
and 1.45 on stock. Approximate-
ly the same proportion would ap-
ply to other buildings of-like con-
struction in the block. You will
of course understand that the re-
rating of any town, changing the
basis from a fourth to a second-
class basis, would not give an ex-
actly uuiform reduction; that is,
no exact percentage of reduction
can be figured. There are many
reasons for this which are not ap-
parent to one without a somewhat
intimate acquaintance with the
complex system of fire . insurance
rating.
The basis rate between town3 of
different classes is of course station-
ary, and there is a horizontal re-
duction in such basis rate between
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have Low Vk,, F'
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of every description,' 1
Desirable Jele ;tinns
any price you wish to expend
stock is a Fresh, New, Novel
Assorted line ot
-i-ing'for every ^
very purse. ~ *
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you can secure
of any grade, at
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Pleasing Holiday Gifts.
And our fair prices
as' the goods*
and sret the hpcf
je as attractive (
, trouble, money <
posing from Our
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to com^ . We will make
lapleasaqt and p.^ ect-Iy satisfactory,
le Best o* Everything for Christ-
mas and ^Ju.t What Nou Want" isv
'our w Icome to Christmas Buyers.
fourth-class and second-class
towns, but when a town is rated as
a second-class town, the system in-
volved is quite different, so far as
charges for occupancies, exposures,
awnings, stairways, skylights, win
dows without standard iron shut-
ters, etc. Also, the classification
of the different stocks is changed.
In a fourth-class town, for in- jg presumed to carry at least 20 per
stance, a stock ot harness and a cent of his own risk, and wfe are
stock of hardware with a tin shop jn the insurance business, the indi-
in connection would take the same
rate, everything else being equal;
in a second-class town, there would
be a difference of ten cents in favor
of the harness stock, the theory
b^ing that, without lire protection,
the chances of saving one is as
good as that of the other, the in-
herent hazard being presumed to be
about equal; in a second-class
town, however, with proper fire
protection, experience teaches that
the majority of fires in this, or
any other preferred-class, would be
extinguished before total destruc-
tion of the property, and the fact
that the harness is less liable to a
severe damage because of smoke
and water'than a. hardware stock,
or a millinery stock, gives it the
advantage in the rate.
I may state is this connection
that the reduction in insurance
rate is by no means the chief bene-
fit derived by the installation of
an efficient system of waterworks.',
The property owners have quite
as uiuch at stake as do the insur-
ance compauies, as every insurer
vidual property owner is pot; we
lose in one town or on one Tisk,
and take the money secured from
the other fellow who did not burn
to pay the man who did; the indi-
vidual burns, his share of the loss
is borne wholly by himself, and
anything which will tend to make
his hazard less, is an immediate
and direct benefit to him, not only,
in the way of reducing his rate of
insurance, but in reducing his
chances lor n personal property
loss. Schuleuburg is a toCvri con-
cerning the moral status.(from our
standpoint) of'wh03e uierthants
there can bo no doubt; therefore,
I take it you cannot find a single
one of them who ha: lis property
insured up, to anything like
value. Do not these merchaa.s
and these property owners have
Quality first; then fit and look*.
K,. Uf Tl '1/OirrvT nnr<nr.rit ,r,
are
even more at stake tl.m do the in- ' f .
surance companies? Our : •: in
your town are but adr/Otn tht '
bucket, theirs in nnny i'v
their all. iroars v- • - -
, : ■ - . •• . * .,U.
The BUC
all that crood pants can be.
haye made them to please
who Appreciate tit as well as
J hey cost no more than
goodi and they require no
in? or sewing on of buttons,
do thi* work right at the
and it K inds. Ask your
show yon a pair.
The Sticker appreciates vc
much the generous disposition ai
compliment paid it by Ed.t
Miller of the Sun, bogs to reci
rocate the gracious sentime
wishes x'or him, whe^n it
nizos is also anxious to have
town grow and prosper and
assist in its upbuilding, * a
lifo replete with sunshine and
uSS. .
- s i/V, - ^ pilH
j VK Fox Henderson, who
11 h i. vBiy.City and other
* month, returned home
j to spend ™
in Bay
mLC2s&£
>orU business
>ughout Mat
ing condit;
wf progress and
^..17where visible.
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King, W. R. The Schulenburg Sticker (Schulenburg, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 26, 1901, newspaper, December 26, 1901; Schulenburg, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth189001/m1/2/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Schulenburg Public Library.