The Fort Stockton Pioneer. (Fort Stockton, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, May 24, 1912 Page: 4 of 9
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The Fort Stoclton Pioneer
E. Barry,
G. W. Rose,
Editor and Proprietor
• Associate Editor
Kntsred an Aoeoiid-clHSH matter April
S. 1908, at the Postofllre .it Fort Stoik-
ton, Texan, under the Act of Congress
of March 3, 1879.
and Trustees Selected to
Take Charge.
At « public* meeting held at the
Court Mouse Wednclesdu.v after-
noon, the $15,000, bonus for the
Convention.
Washington, D. C.,lMay 22.—
Director McKinley, of the Taft
bureau, today declared the presi-
dent would have at least 600 dele-
Orient r«ilro..l was pnu-tictlly * in *h® Chicaiio convention.
§1.50 PUl TSAR IS ADVAMCS
Fort Stockton Bound to Make
a City.
With the Orient, now an assur-
ed fact, and the prospect of the P.
V. AS., to extend its line into our
city, by Jan. 1st 1912, we have
every reason to expect to leave
the livest little city in the State.
And add to this the large expendi-
tures of money that will soon be-
gin to be made on the several en-
terprises, that will, in the near
future, be iu operation. The em-
ployment of 100, or more, men on
the reservoir, that the* Irrigated
Lands Co. will soon begin will call
for the expenditure of many thou-
sands of dollars: the expenditure
of $75,000 on the court house and
jail wdl be no small matter in the
way of employment, and we have
no sort of doubt, that the* road
bond proposition will carry, which
will put another $100,000, into
circulation in this vicinity and fur-
nish employment for many men
and teams. With all these things
in sight for our people, it is no
wonder you now see them going
about with a broad smile on their
faces and a bouyant step. And
in addition to all these large
things mentioned there will Is*
such a building boom, in a general
way, as has never been witnessed
before. Everybody is happy and
for good reasons.
A Correction.
It has been currently talked on
the streets that Mr. Dickinson of
Kansas City, who is vice presi-
dent of the Orient Railroad Com-
pany and one of the receivers, is
opposed to the immediate exten-
sion of the road from Granada in-
to Fort Stockton. M r. Dickinson
is, and has been, all the time a
staunch advocate of the immediate
extension of the road into Fort
Stockton, and he so stated in a
recent letter to F. E. Grimes.
Mr. Dickinson’s perfect knowl-
edge of the conditions here con-
vinces him of the fact, that it is
absolutely to the interest of the
stockholders of the railroad, and
the financial salvation of many of
the farmers, who have invested
their money in lands and improve-
ments here, and now Imve a great
surplus of alfalfa and other pro-
duce, that demand shipping fa-
cilities, in order to reach a mar-
ket. In addition to this business
view of the matter, we know that
Mr. Dickinson has a friendly feel-
ing for Fort Stockton, that would
cause him to take pleasure in
doing what he can to help the
city and country to prosperity.
Everything goixl comes to
those, who wait, and wokk while
they are waiting. For a week or
two it looked lik«* Fort Stockton
might be doomed to wait, an in-
definite time for a rad road, argl
most of us had rather gloomy
forebodings of the outcome; but
we have a few persistentboosters,
wl o never lie down lx;fort* difli-
cu iies, and never admit defeat in
any good cause they espouse, and
to whose determined efforts, we
owe the present bright outlook
for our city anti surrounding
country. Fort Stockton is bound
to be a city, because we have
r goo d bund) of that kind.
The old saying “It is always
darkest just before the dawn,” is
eh true as gospel. For two or
three weeks, it looked pretty dark
for the immediate future of Fort
Stockton, now the dawn is here.
We call attention to the **n-
nouni*ment of Judge G. N. Gen-
try of Pecos, as a candidate for
Representative from the 120th dis-
trict and the statement of his
platform.
Keep your eyes turned to the
test and went, for fear you may
ba run over by the car* of the
OrftaftttndP. V.ftS.
completed and the following trus-
tees selected to take charge of the
matter to carry it through, James
Rooney, J. M. Odom, O. W. Wil-
liams, E. Barry, G. A. Sachse,
Sliipton Parke, Mart Adams and
Herman H. But/.. This board of
trustees met at the First National
Bank Thursday morning and
formally organized and decided to
send a committee of three to
Kansas City to look after the in-
terests of Fort Stockton in the
matter of the bonus, and to repre-
sent to the Court and the receiv-
ers the immediate necessity of
extending the Orient railroad into
Fort Stockton. The following
were selected to compose this com-
mittee: James Rooney, < >. W.
Williams and I. T. Pryor, Jr.
Thi- committee will leave for
Kansas City this afternoon.
Clarence V. T. Richeson Elec-
trocuted.
Boston, May 21.—Clarence V.
T. Richeson ua» electrocuted at
12: 17 eastern time this morning.
The current was turned on at
12:10:02 and the prisoner was de-
clared dead at 12:17
The outcome of tin* Ohio pri
mary yesterday has in no degree
altered the relative strength of
the various candidates in the Chi-
cago convention,” said Mr. Mc-
Kinley.
“President Taft has gained
enough delegates in Ohio to as-
sure him at least 600 delegates in
the Chicago convention.
“The outcome in Ohio whatever
it may be, has not in the slightest
degree altered the situation, ex-
cept to add president Taft us an-
other candidate who lost his own
state. Mr. Roosevelt lost New
York 83 to seven, and senator
Cummins lost Iowa, 16 to 10, both
going to Taft.”
Mr. McKinley said the Roose-
velt managers has concentrated
their energies in an effort to carry
< )hio, and added:
“It is reliably reported that
the Roosevelt backers in Ohio
have expended $300,000 in the
campaign in that state alone. The
Taft forces expended $25,000 all
told from their headquarters.
Rural Notes.
Rev. and Mrs. Kidd were the
The former Baptist clergyman, ffuest* of Mr and Mrs' ,,r'*ch
confessed murderer of Avis I.in- lM
nell, of Hyannis, his one time
sweetheart, was outwardly calm
when he entered the death cham-
ber, and lie maintained his com-
posure while the straps and el-
ectrodes were being adjusted as
he sat iu the electric chair.
A desire that liis execution
mightcome speedily was apparent-
ly the dominating thought in the
mind of Clarence V. T. Richeson
as he rose from his prison bed to-
day. The young Virginian who
shortly after midnight tonight
paid the penalty of his crime for
the murder of Avis Linnell, had
become reconciled to his fate and
courageously faced the future.
Suicidal to Give Taft Nomi-
nation.
Washington, D. C., May 20.—
Col. Cecil Lyon, national commit-
teeman from Texas, is here from
Newport News, where lie saw his
daughter christen battleship Tex-
as. He said that lie would hurry
back to Texas to continue his
work for Col. Roosevelt.
“Texas will give Col. Roosevelt
every one of her 10 delegates to
the Chicago convention with the
possible exception of two.” said
Col. Lyon. “We have the situa-
tion well in hand. The Taft people
have started some contests which
will amount to nothing, hik! direc-
tor McKinley, of the Taft bureau,
is claiming a lot of things about
the results of the county conven-
tions which are without founda-
tion in faet, as to the rest of the
country it looks to me like an easy
thing for the colonel. He has not
secured a majority of the dele-
gates, yet as I ligure it up, but he
will have shortly. It looks to me
as though he will have no trouble
winning the nomination despite
the claims of the Taft people to
the contrary. The convention
will discover that it would be sui-
cidal to nominate president Taft.
Mrs. Hawks, likewise Mrs. J.
C. Dees, arc recovering from re-
cent illness.
Mr. J. S. Campbell and family
have moved to their home on the
irrigated land.
Rev. Kidd held a series of ex-
ceedingly good gospel meetings, h
large audience was present each
evening.
Everybody is invited to come to
the ice cream social Saturday
evening to be given on the Valley
View School grounds. Lots of
ice cream, cake, lemonade and fun
are promised.
The Farmers and Fruit Grow-
ers Association met last Monday,
as usual, there was a large crowd
and good talks were delivered.
Tno railroad came in for its share
of discussion. They have put in
four lamps which makes it more
convenient for lighting.
The Finest Irr igated Land
The Sun Shines on
OPEN TO YOU AT A DEVELOPMENT PRICE AT FORT STOCKTON. TEX.
Richest soil in the Comanche Valley, lime stone formation, natural flow of pure
spring water exceeding 55,000,000 gallons per day for irrigation: irrigation 9vstem com-
pleted and in full operation now; no waiting for water; many crops will yield profits of
$1<m) to $1000 per acre; no drought; no crop failures; finest all the year round climate in
the United States; Altitude 305o feet above sea level.
WE ARE SELLING LAND TO EXPERIENCED IRRIGATION FARMERS AND
Fruit growers from Colorado, California, Oregon, Idaho, etc., where lands are val-
ued at from $2oo to $1,500 per acre and bearing orchards from $2,ooo to $4,‘K)0 per acre,
who state that this is the finest body of land and water supply they ever saw. Our clients
also include bankers, merchants, farmers, gardeners, etc., who have inspected many irri-
gation projects, hut who did not find what they wanted in irrigated land until they saw
Fort Stockton.
THIS IS ONE IRRIGATION PROJECT WHERE THE WATER SUPPLY HAS
Not varied in 30 years; where every drop of water used for irrigation is good to
drink and where there is water in abundance for every acre of land that is irrigable. ^ ou
cannot afford to buy land anywhere without seeing Fort Stockton.
REFERENCES:
First National Bank, Fort Stockton, Texas.
First State Bank, Fort Stockton, Texas.
Commerce Trust Co., Kansas City, Mo.
Prospectus, Map and Illustrated Folder describing
these lands, mailed free to all who address
Fort Stockton Irrigated
Lands Company
Gen. Offices 1015 Grand Ave. Temple,
Kansas City, Mo.
Local Offices:
Fort Stockton, Tex.
( 'orhcana, Tk.x., May 9, 1912.
To Whom it May Concern:
Learning that Hon. Joe Jayne, j
<>t Peru* county, is a candidate for
Representative of the 120th dis-
trict of Texas. I have pleasure in
adding my endorsement to that of
hi* friends from this Keeton.
I have known Joe Jayne for a
numlier of years. I know him to
lx* callable, honest, industrious.
And I truly lielieve that he will
faithfully i**rform every trust re-
pitted in him. He is worthy your
confidence.
Yours very truly,
H. B. Davisk,
Judge 13th Judicial District of
Texas, comprising Navarro,
Limestone and Freestone coun-
ties.
Flowing Wells.
We have a better list than ever
before, of tracts in the Shallow
Water Belt, of the Leon
Valley.
Now is the time to get a Forty
or F.ighty acre tract, in this fer-
tile valley.
We are cutting up 640 acres,
adjoining the Fort Stockton Ir-
igated Lands Co's, lands on the
West, in 40 acre tracts, this block
of land is only a short distance
North of the city, it has some
fine alfalfa land, and some as
fine grape and fruit land as you
will find in this valley.
The price, terms, quality of
land, distance from town, are
such that will make this tract
last only a short while, if you are
interested, come and let us run
you out, and show you, good
wells in 50 feet of this land.
Remember, not only new com-
ers. are buying this Loon Valley
lands, but old timers, some of
our county officials, our bankers,
men that know what the Leon
Valley land is, know that there
is no better land in South West
Texas.
You can* buy 8o acres of this
land, put in pumping plant, be
independent, water your land
when you get ready.
If you want any thing in the
real-estate line, or if you have
something to sell, write us.
Youri for businss.
W. T. JONES ft COMPANY
WATCH THIS SPACE FOR
BARGAINS «n FURNITURE
The ladies are specially invited to call and inspect our new stock just received
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Roosevelt and Harmon Carry Roosevelt's Statemet on Ohio! will in Washington, Indiana, Ken-
Ohio in Primary. Results. j lucky and elsewhere; nor will it
Columbus, O., Ms.v it- A Oystor Bay. N. Y., May Hit.—' ,or to wi,‘ **
awn-pin" victory for Kooaeveltj "The result in Ohio has settled delegates from southern
for Republican choice for the! the contest,” said Col. Roosevelt »«•««« which represent nothin*
presidency, and for governor j today.
Harmon tor the Democratic choice! The colonel was greatly elated
was the result of the primary in at the reports from Ohio. After
this state. )ne of the Ohio’s going thru several "bund red tel-
‘‘favorite sons,” president Taft, ^grains which came in today from
lost in the contest. jail parts of the country, he dictat-
whatever but fraud.”
T rade.
What have you to trade for 3
choice business lots on Stockton
street. See Chas. Gramm.
With the probability that there
may lx* an increase as later re-
turn* come In, it is estimated that
Col. Roosevelt lias plurality of
approximately 20,000 over Taft in
ed this statement:
“Naturally, I am very much
pleased with the impulsive judg-
ment of Ohio.”
“Seriously, I can only r»*|x*at
the poqularit.v contest, M express- what I have already said. 1 inti- ____................... ,olllsn)
ed through the selection of the nitely prefer the deliberate judg-' the scores standing 9 to 2 and 7
Ball Games.
The two hall games, played
Wednesday and Thursday, be-
tween the El Paso team und the
home team resulted in victory for
the El Paso team in both games,
national convention.
Nearly complete returns at
noon today indicate that Col.
Roosevelt won 32 of 42 delegates
to the Republican national con-
vention, selected in 21 congress-
ional districts, and that President
Taft was given 10 district dele-
gates, or slightly less than a third
of the total numlier named.
On the Demacratic ticket gov-
ernor Harmon is believed to have
won by a larger jiercentage than
did Col. Roosevelt., being credited
with 35 district delegates a*
against seven for governor Wilson
of New Jersey._
Visiting Cards at the Pioneer.
mont of the people to their impul
Hive judgment, Hnd in Ohio we got
their deliberate judgement; and
a.< I have also said, if I had to make
a choice I would cluxjse the impul-
sive judgment of the people rather
than that of the Ixwses.”
“The result in Ohio has settled
the contest. I Mieve that we
could have won without Ohio.
Our opponent* need the substan-
tially solid vote of Ohio in order
to give them a chance to make a
contest at the Chicago convention.
“Victory in Ohio means that it
will be hopeless to try to best us
at Chicago by unseating our del-
egates who represent the popular
to 4 in favor of El Paso.
Notice.
Notice is hereby given that the
Honorable Commissioner’s Court
of Pecos County, Texas, will con-
vene as a Board of Equalization
on Monday, May 27th. 1912, for
the purpose of receiving from the
Assessor of Taxes of Pecos Coun-
ty, IPs lxx)k* and assessment lists
for their inspection, correction,
equalization and approval.
Given under my hand and seal
of office in Fort Stockton, Texas,
on this the 17th day of Mav, A.
D. 1912.
(l. h.) Frank Rooney,
Clerk County Court Pecos Coun-
ty, Texas.
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