The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-07-11
BURNETT BUDGET.

Meeting of the Board of Trade-The Road
Observation-Disclosures Court.
Special TO the Statesman.
BURNET, July 9.-The Burnet board of
trade met at the court house last night
with President J.. R. Hudson in the chair,
j. B. Escavaille, secretary. The secretary
announced the addition of four names to
the list of members since the last meet
ing. The committee previously ap-
pointed to confer with F. j. Hundley,
agent of the Burnet and Llano county
Alliance cotton yard. aud exchange, re-
ported that they had made arrangements
to secure warehouse and yard on good
terms from August l to February next.
The rental of this will be paid 10y the
board of trade and it will be turned over
to the alliance men as free yard for al
lance cotton and other cotton brought to
this market Mr.. Hundly, who was pres
emit, stated to the meeting that he felt
confident the cotton receipts at
this point would be greatly
increased, and assured the board of trade
that their liberRllty would meet with due
appreciation and hearty cooperation
among the farmers.
Mr.W. H. Rogers, president of the Baby
head Alliance, in San Saba county, also
made short speech, commencing Bur-
nets action so far, and advised still more
vigorous efforts in order to draw and hold
a trade that other points are working for
and holding out liberal inducements to
gain. Mr.. ]. NJ. Moore, of the same local
ity spoke in similar spirit of what other
points are doing and what Burnett has we'll
commenced.
The committee on roads had no report
to make and were given further time.
President Hudson made pointed and
opportune talk on the great importance of
improving the roads, urging the necessity
of concerted action among all the citizens
of the town in this direction and the addi-
tIonal need of doing what is to be done
quickly. The road question is in fact as
important as it is tough, not to be settled
without considerable money and labor, but
the business men here realize the need,
and are evidently bent on finding the
means of meeting it successfully.
The commissioners court has ordered
local option election in the Marble Falls
justice precinct, to be held Saturday, Aug
ust 8. Local option was supposed to be
already in force in that precinct till some
cases in the court developed the fact that
it was defective through want of proof
that the notices had been posted as re-
quired by law.
A large lot of cotton worm lamps came
up from Austin to-day for Ballard d
Green, merchants at Button, Llano coun-
ty. The farmers ale fast coming
to the belief that the way to fight
the boil worm is to get the orig
inal guilty party, the miller.
Since the merchants here agreed to
take 100 lamps to distribute as an expert
ment, over 500 more have been sent out,
and the demand for them is general
The salvation army meetings will begin
here Thursday night of this week.
Some rain fell to-day and the weather is
still threatening.
Burnett house arrivals: j. @. Avery,
Mensrd; M. galloway, Texas; W. U.
MCGUIRE and daughter, Strickling; Mrs.
E. A. Darlington, Buda; j. A. DeWeir,
Des Moines, Ia; E. X. Byrd, Bristol,
Tenn; Ed Tipps, Adolph Schenck, Aus
tin; @. w. Osborne, Lsmpasas; F. S.
Houmeth, Otto Draub, Robert Saenger,
LAGRANGE; George L. Franklin, Dallas;
Miss Eta Adkins, Lampasas.