Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, April 14, 1911 Page: 4 of 8
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The prosperity of a community de*
need* upon the activity of its prop-
erty and the people Improved pub-
lic highways afford facilities for mar-
keting production, stimulate commer-
cial activity and otherwise encourages
agricultural development. To increase
agrieulluial production we must bring
under cultivation idle land and in-
crease the yield per acre.
We have ir, Texas 187,865,000 acres
of land. Of this area there are
8,118,000 acres of water surface. All
our land is susceptible to a high de-
gree pf cultivation except the city
area and a small portion of our land
which b mountainous. We now have
less than 80,000,000 acres of land under
cultivation, leaving 137,000,000 acre*
of lana that has never been plowed
Idla land ia of course no value to n
community, and to increase our pros-
perity we must put activity into our
vacant lands. The following cut illus-
trates the relative proportions of our
cultivated and uncultivated areast
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[’’JSF Sfexes Land Comparison.
i There are 100 counties that have
leas than 10 per cent of their land
under cultivation. There are 43 coun-
ties have a larger uncultivated
area than the total area of the State
of Rhode Island. The uncultivated
area of Texas, says the Commercial
Secretaries’ (Association, exceeds the
total area of the thirteen original
colonies, excepting Georgia and
North Carolina. We need 3,000,000
farmers to develop our agricultural
resources, and no country on the
globe affords the opportunities to the
homeseeker that Texas now offers.
(The land agent is an important factor
in llio development of agriculture
.There are 190 people moving to Texas
‘daily, and remain here permanently
and of this number probably half of
them go on the farm,
Kt the present na^^^^iadUiraT
immigration It will take 400 years to
secure a sufficient number of farmers
to bring under cultivation our idle
lands. We must get farmers ..from
other States and countries more rap-
idly, and the Improvement of our pub-
lie highways will influence the hbrnc-
by making farm life attractive
k o33,0CG TAPESTRY ‘FIND*
"rer.iiire D,scowerpr| at Langford Hill,
a Jacobean House Near Bude,
Cornwall, England.
Two pieces of ancient tapestry which
tore recently di.-covered at Langford
■filll, a Jacobean house - near Buue,
Cornwall, have bean sold for $33,000
it Messrs. Puttlck and Simpson’s
'ooms. The purchaser was Capt 11
bind say.
The principal piece, measuring 13
’eet 4 Inches by 13 leot t< inches, wars
)uo of a set of panels of fifteenth cen-
tury arras tapestry, originally belong-
■ng to Cardinal Wolscy and represent-
ing tho seven deadly sins. Three of
the panels arc now hanging at Hamp-
ton court palace. The second plcco
>f tapestry was part of a frieze, 14 feet
jy 2 feet 4 inches, originally made for
Hampton court palace. Small pieces
>f the frieze still hang there In the
Treat, hall.
The tapestry wus found packed away
tn a box at Langford Hill. The house
belongs to two maiden ladies, who
were unaware that'their roof was har-
boring such treasures. It was staled
In the saleroom that some years ago
the panel, packed In a box and de-
scribed as a carpet,, was sold at auc-
tion for $7.60.—London Chronicle.
Cexasi
foim "a* — nrc&EAtt.
Li»t of cou&tiM rond'n’ir* lend at an averano cf $8.CO
par aero tn.l over In 190rt end a nor.turn nr tho n«-
•caoed vai**r,ljoa of land acrea by cowitiub £ut Cnu paut
yearn:
County__________ 1 V07_ _ ^ I90n_ j _ 1909_
....................13.24.....U.B7..... a.97
*•11................................19.10.....19.41
........ 9.25.....IB.64.....14.7b
Burleson................... 0.46.....8.00.....0.44
Collin....................10.94.....IB. 25.....24.50
Comanche.................. 6.08..... 9.79.....9.30
D*lla»....................12.77.....13.06.....24.00'
rclta.......... 11.63.....16.14.....16.00
Vlnion....................12,26.....16.54.....16.67
» Li8. * 11. ■, y 1,. . . 1 1 1 n 1 il"ilv>.. • • .1i‘»Ofi.. . *.30.70
*!rnth............ 10.00.....10.03.....10.93
falls.....................16.93... *. 17. V.....10.43
Fannin....................11.57.....19.77.....19.09
Cal
Ora
..ton
aynon...................15.18.....35.39.....33. __
"»"»».................... 9.77.....14.31.....1-.33
Hill ....................13.33.... .21.10..... 35.07
H'Wt....................rill. 18.....19.71.....30.00
•Tofrereon.................. 8.64.... * ‘
34....
50..............
31.....16.79....
69.....a.39..,.
10•57,,,,,13,94.•••,13.65
9•63•,«••13•61•••i,13.65
15.60. .16,83. • «• • 31.35
L0.V5...., 9.51..9.23
L3.63.....30,25.....32.50
9.S3.....18.03.....13.90
.17,03.....15^9.....14.47
VUli«M«n.......................... 33,74.....34.33.
.............. 9.63.....11,13....
..............15.18.....25.39....
‘ 77.....14
• nil. 18.....19.71,..,. 30.oo
Jefferson............. 8.64.....13.85.....14.88
Johnson...............L.. 9.34 ..... 30.63.....80.80
i aufman...................10.30.....17.11,... :17. 30
*“»«•..................... 9.31.....16.79.....16.90
l-'olennan..................11.49.....a. 39.....33.00
.....................10.57.....13.94.....13.83
fBavarro..,................ 9.63.....13.61.....13.64
HocM.aH..................15.60. ,16.83.....31.35
oablne....................10.95..... 9.31.....9.23
larrant...................13.63.....30,35.....33.50
Washington'.......• • • • • u^O.SS.....la. 03.....13.90
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Cruyeon,.................. 23,39
Pallas.................... iw.oo
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titt of counties s.oMng an Jncreass of 54.00 per aero arid
over in lendereu valus of land 1904 to 1909 inclusive.
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Hasliington..♦... 8.b0.....17.03.... .15.29.....14.4?.,*.. 3,97
Hllrnn........... 3*3B...•.10.57,.«..13.94.....13.63....• 7.27
Halls...........10. 39. • • • .lti.93, .... .17,47. , , • • 1 ti • 43 • , ... 7,64
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A table giving the average
annual inoreaee in rendered
value of land per acre in
Texas during the paet five
yeare, as compared with the
previous year.
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Year Increase.
1965................
1006 a)
190?.............62/b
lyoa........ .1. ?4jf j
1909.. .........vrrv.* 26/ I
Total..,,,... 31 Countl..,
f5jtk -$• i—’SfAtiOKXBV.
tint 6f 66Untiee ehswlng an averng. increa
Fi^nlTu- '
Braaoa
fsi3r^«
ftrtnTat * * ® 9 V.3i7i.‘*‘i «irartifl
^Purlesor* Z1 Past Johnaon liadipod Schlsichi
Coleman Xdwardt X&ufuan JJolan Starr
-.ockctt " “• “ “ *
ward*
tP^f.rd,
Orio
Zloyd
■Ourr
•Oalne#
Narnao
Hockley
^Hlnn
King
Lanar
llano
Uavur
Oldham
Palo Pint
Presidio '
dall
Hotley
Van on
Hockley Ua son
j, Valker
oTAtlOTUr??
Taylor
iou ure«r>
Trinity
Upton
Va'. Verda
gan Victoria
Robertson . bailer
Reruglo Sheelep
Scurry Hard {.
Yoakum
Zander*
Zvvfvor
•net
ee of lost than b9.
it 3f eeifttlpo showing an Increase
p*r aere lk07 comrared aith 1909.
*■ VrTo---•1-°jwVmS ~ ” v!rlj«ioct:.o,aoisri7r“ *
tfrans franklin Kent pewton San Jacinto
CrocVe.tt primes Kerr Ochiltree Tyle
Cu.’.ial
Caihu'il.
tan.eron
jCcttl#
fJochran
fcuval
Qdvarde
nsotl Kendall
ndareon Loving
Houston LaSalle
Hockley I.art in
/7»ardin vorriw
.Jriotv Lcvullen
‘Oasper V - Madison
Zapata,
Total.^i-r
hiltr
Potter
Panola
?ecus
Reagan .
RsTugio
SP>cakelf<
efling
7c:1. i
Upshur
Victoria
VU Verde
aehh
ord ®tnklor
•’•Young
ttle
Cochran
Cairp
Coke
Crane
Comanche
Cherokee
Cor/ell
Caldwell
Car,cron
‘ "CasTro
Clay
Cooke
Lei ta
Leaf Smith
Xuotland
Kills
rtoher
pramtj in
Procotone
Payette
Pan run
Crimea
Gilleepie
Cray eon
MopVlns
Henderoon
Rub,11 ton
Hnoa
Kimble
*• Lubbock
Leon
Lincatona
Mil am
•Mitchell
Midland
Villa
Men.trd
Moore
Terrell.. .vise.. .Wilson.. .Wilbarger.. .Vobb., .Zapata. ..vasMngtojI
Total.........,83 Counile** .______>»>■
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,’ftHTcf chuhtlea showing a decreuee in «e««eee<]
tlon tf land per aore 1906 compared with 1907,
Ireland ccuntin# i709lnC ^ in rendored value
Austin
■Brewster
Suriee'on’**
«Coke
Calhoun
(Dinvnl tt
T'uval
XL Pueo
pranklln
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Hardin
jStr Labis
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Maverick Panola Upshur
Martin Pecoa Val Vert
kuton Robert
Vacogdoches Rusk
Ochiltree Button
potter San Jac
Val Verde
Vaehingtor
Winkler
Young
Into 9*bine
rtw»t
Purlcs
Coke
31 i»a
Tt uest&na
Cl)Ieepie
Jeff Lavie
Kirible
Leon
Bason
Polk
Presidio
Sabine
Sar. Augu
S-*’«mi*n
Sutt<-n
Titus
Trinity
Washingto
...20 counties.
TEXAS TAX MAP
(AcrcAge)
Shewing Rendered Value of Land
Acres 1909 Compared With 1908
FORM NO 103
Sot&l.3J counim.
5 111 mifllllll! jillilli Ifii 11111111
i ill1 II
DIVERSIFICATION AND RICE.
A|| others Imitations.
"The English word ‘flirt,’ both as
.^fterb and noun, has been adopted by
t^e German speaking people of this
city," says a Vienna letter, ‘‘but it
is usually pronounced ‘fleert.’ A young
woman, Kamilla Palffy, delivered a
lecture a few days ago In the hall of
the Wnr/.hnntnl-B«Bnniatinu On 'Flirt
and Love.’ The lecture was illustraT"
ed with stereopticon viows. The evo-
lution of the flirt was shown from the
Some Good Sensible Advice From
the Tribune Editor That Should
he Considered.
The call which has been made upon
the farmers of the county to meet
and consider the matter of joining is-
sues with the Southern Rice Growers
Association in the effort that organi-
zation is making to redeem the rice
industry from impending ruin, brings
tho people of this town and county
faco to face with the fact that they
have gri' vnnsly erred in their atti-
tude toward this great industry in the
recent past. Perhaps of all the' seg-
regated districts of the rice belt, this
county has most at stake in the great
movement to restore confidence in
the rice industry; yet the growers of
Matagorda county are among the
last to enter the lists in this concerted
movement. The farmers of almost
every section of the rice belt in the
four rice growing states have endorsed
the association and as a result it is
even now in practical con'rol of the
...qi'lmi It, has shown, at leaHt. that
Diversity of products is the only
sura nee n community can carry
■If
in- product selling at 15 cents. And
for | whenever the rice grower reaches the
if it is given reasonable support on the
part of the farmers, it can make good
antique, rural, ‘old-fashioned’ to the in the fulluot measure in due course
‘perfect American.’ There was some
discussion among Wie Americans who
heard tho talk as to whether giving
our country first place was a compli-
ment or a ‘knock,’ and no one seemed
to know Just which side to take. One
demure American girl said: ‘The art,
like the word, 1b American—all others
ure Imitations,’ and no one contradict-
ed.’
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mtm&im
Protecting New Cement.
The problem of keeping people and
anlmalB off a newly laid cement side-
walk, usually a difficult task, is some-
times solved in the manner here
shown. A few hours after this side-
walk was built soft dirt was thrown
over it and a little ridge built, along
each side. The dirt wag then well
saiui u.ted with water. Such treatment
was found to bo effectual in keeping
intruders off, and also furnished moist-
ure for advantageous setting of the
cement _
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of time, either in its present form
in a perfected form coming as the
natural product of evolution.
No doubt a largo part of the iner-
tia characterizing our farmers is due
to the failure of jast year’s crop und
the prospect of a short acreage this
year. Still even these things should
not destroy our interest in the fu-
ture of the iudustryr because there
is nothing written in the stars so
legibly as that the rice industry is
destined to work out the cure for the
petty ailments of Infancy and bccOrne
ultimately one of tho greatest pro-
ductive asBots of this great producing
nation. And it is further true, that
in the years to come, rice growing
will be, as it has neon in who >amI,
the chioleBt among Ibn --a>uJr,uituru!
pursuits of tWr 'county’s prospering
thousandi*. in nuking this statement
we disoftiim 'any inclination i.o dis-
ilself against occasional calamity, for
the time always comes when the sur-
est of crops fail. Cotton anil coin,
pork and potatoes, cane and cabbage,
oranges and onions.— all these are
things that should be grown, it not
all of them by every farmer, at least
some of them by ail of the farmers.'
Hut while this is tiue, there is and
mist of necessity be some one crop
which will be the one great ‘money”
crop— und for Matagorda county 'we
unhesitatingly choose rice for that
crop.
Our choice is based upon what rice
lias done in the past and upon a rea-
sonable estimate of its coming impor-
tance among the staple crops of this
country. It l^as built more good
towns and developed more rice terri-
tory in a shorter period of time than
point where he will be assured of a
fair market and a reasonable price
for*h's product ho will be tho poor of
tho cotton farmer or the grower of
any other farm crop. Rice is a bet-
ter money crop than the groat king
of staples. The greatest acreage ever
planted to rice in this county was
55,000 acres two years ago, anJ that
crop brought Ihe farmers by actual
computation enough money to pur-
chase 50,000 bales of cotton at 10
cents a pound, the price at that per-
iod. It would have required 125,000
acres of cotton to bring tho same
returns in cash to the growers which
they received for 55,000 acres of
rice. s :
Truly, rice is a magnificent prod-
uct, viewed solely as a money-maker,
and, when we couple this fact with
any other agricultural product known j Lite wonderful adaptability of the
to this con itry. Crowley, Lake j.soil, topography and irrigation facili-
Uharles and Bay (Jilv are only three j ties of this county to that great ce-
exampks of the splendid achievement I real, we realize the folly of consider-
ing for a moment the abondoument of
our splendid opportunities andadvan-
fnges and t.lia Hin rendt'r of the rice
of rice as a producer of wealth, for
rice built all ihree of those towns and
dmmtopcd thifc! untry iouirfr-ttWut.
them, and-accomplished these great
works while yet in its infancy as an
industry. V.7c can make no guess as
o what it will be equal to in the fu-
turo when tho troubles naturally in-
cident to tho beginning of a great in-
dustry have been di-sipaled and tho
business of growing and marketing
the product is carried on in a manner
warranted by its importance in the
world’s commerce.
And this time will come and come
soon, for it is lolly to fear that an in-
dustry so rich in the power to reward
those who give it their time and tal-
ents will bo permitted to decay. Mil-
lions of raoiivj are already invested
In it, mid the brains of man will soon
work out the scheme which will put
the industry upon a footing as firm as
that u: ’••*>>- a( fbc other
great staples. Then the rice farmer
who is iuat now whert t,ho cotton
production to those less fortunately
situated hut more plentifully supplied
with ooufage.
The farmers of the county must,
llieroforo, for their own sake and
for tho good of tho community, at-
tend the forthcoming meeting and
again get in line with the foremost of
those battling for tho redemption of
the industry.—Bay City Tribune.
Telephone Deafness.
She was telling how gruff and ter-
riblo his voice sounded over the tele-
phono. How different from his usual
speaking voice. How she was dis-
tressed after iw<*ry telephone message
to him, his voice was so gruff and
unusual. £ ^xr
"It is because I am telephone deaf,"
he said. "No, I am;not at all deaf ex-
cept over the telephone; but, being
<L.*f it affects mvivbice. You know
that deaf people have a very ditterem
voice from
people. They don’t
they are talking. In
Texas Population Map.
The Texas Commercial Secre-
taries’ Association has issued u,
population map of Texas showing
the Federal census of 1910 by coun-
ties.
This map is useful for the general
information which it contains in
Texas industrial Notes.
The Good Roads movement has
struck Hardin County uuu a bond
issue of $35,000 has just been yoted
and the work of building roads will
begin at once.
Beeville is to have a new $75,000
court house and a $30,000 sewer
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convenient form and will be especi- ... ,
ally valuable in reminding th. T. J2- 1°°“^
state into Congressional, State, Sen-
atorial and State Representative
Districts which will be a part of the
work of the next session.of the
Legislature.
The map is submitted to the com-
mercial clubs of Texas with the
suggestion that the commercial in-
terests of the state be considered in
forming new districts and that each
individual club have such repre-
sentation at the next session of the
legislature as in their opinion cir-
cumstances may warrant.
It has, at times, been the custom
to carve out districts to suit the am-
bition of candidates; to further the
interest oT~pulilie;ri—-partiaa—and.
political issues, but the welfare is
becoming more and more a potent
factor in legislation and this view
point is certainly entitled to a hear-
ing from those who make the politi-
cal map of Texas for the next de-
cade.
The number of State Senatorial
Districts must remain at 31; State
representative districts may be in-
creased or decreased at the option
of the Legislature and the Con-
gressional districts may be increased
or decreased at the option of the
Federal Congress.
The maps aro for free distribution
and can be secured on written appli-
cation to headquarters at Fort
’Worth. This map wns published in
last Week’s issue of this paper.
Texas is a great state—great in
commerce, great in arts and learn-
ing and in its multitude jjf happy
homes. /
is now under way and the sewer
system will be begun within a few
days.
Colorado has issued road bonds
to the amount of $30,000 which have
been approved by the Attorney
Genera], and the building and im-
provement of roads in Mitchell
county will be begun at once.
The Road Commissioners of Up-
shur county held a meeting recent-
ly and decided to establish a per-
manent road gang, equipped with
road building machinery and under
competent supervision. A cam-
paign for good roads will be carried
on jn that country.
-rtfnii Pniinty flag j not iflfinpri
$100,000 and with main offices at
Orange, has been chartered. The
business of the Company is the in-
surance of all kinds of live stock.
Clarksville is preparing to issue
bonds to the amount of $300,000 for
the improvement of public high-
ways in Red River county.
Velasco will spend $100,000 for
repair of the jetty walls, and other
improvements of the Velasco har-
bor. This means the opening up of
Velasco ns a. port and tho inaugura-
tion of a steamship line to the north.
$500,000 in bonds for road improve-
ment and the work of constructing
good roads in that county is to be-
gin immediately.
Hitchcock has enlarged their
fruit packing huuae, making the
new building 180 feet long with a
shipping and packing capacity of
from 20,000 to 25,000 bunches of
vegetables per day.
A factory for the nanufacturo of
bridge and road materiul is to be
established at Gonzales at onco by
an Indiana firm.
A recent press dispatch from
Bea-umorit announces that East
Tex.X3 has discovered that her cut
over pine lands are adapted to cel-
ery raising and that the new indus-
try bids fair to soon take on com-
mercial propositions.
Tiiis announcement did not create
quite the sensation 4hat the dis-
covery of oil gave us, but our agri-
cultural discoveries ate equally as
important and are as full of fiuan-
rhl prnmino ao mineral discover.
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ies. It was only a few years ago
that the Beaumont country discov-
ered that rice could be grown in that
section and the rice crop of Texas
last year sold for $5,942,000 and
more money has gushed out of ihe
ground through the medium of this
favorite diet than has come from the
spindlelop oil fields.
Scarcely a day passes that the
newspapers of the state do not
record some important discovery in
agriculture. Texas is truly a great
agricultural state and we have
i
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^■scarcely formed a working acquaint*-
Caldwell County has voted a bond anee with the soil.
issue of $40,000 for building macad- j ........... 1,1 j
am roads. This precinct^ has al- i After a Big Haul,
ready voted 850,000 for ro,.d build- j ^g^Sd
mg and 24 mues oi macauam roaus t0 Know?”
have been ouiil leccnt!’/. J ■*««’’« up «n eM^ditlon to Asia
The Gulf Live Stock Insurance io. lTy.Lu l}'\d, th* wll6r®
_ilU _ __;jy___I1_, Methuselah stored his birthday pres-
Company, with a paid'capital of
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Stump, D. L. Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, April 14, 1911, newspaper, April 14, 1911; Palacios, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth760546/m1/4/: accessed May 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Palacios Library.