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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-04
BEAUMONT BUDGET.
Day Was a Quiet One and There Were
No Brawls


No Brawls.
Beaumont Texas. August S,-No bad
crimes have been reported here today. This
Is the hrst Sunday for month that this
announcement could be made and would
indicate that the officers have taken steps
to put nm end 20 the rows Of Saturday
and the Sunday morning brewls. Mayor
Langham will be very busy again tomorrow
morning with the balance Of the women
from the reservation, as there are fully
hfty left Other than this he will have
nothing out OF his usual routine.
On Tuesday the city council viii meet In
regular session, and perhaps the most i'm
nortant matter to be voted upon Is the
question OF the Issuance OF bonds for Guy
improvements II Is thought that n the
election is ordered It will he for forty'ye
bonds. either IS or Is The fact that nearly
all the cities In Texas are readily floating
their per cent bonds Is being talked OF
by some Of the council as sufficient
reason why As could he Issued here and
the Swing to the city would be large.
Tomorrow night the city school hoar'
will meet In regular session ana VIII trans
act routine business. There Is not much
To come before the body unless they have
n RESIGNATION or two from the teachers al
ready elected for the coming term
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counties of Pecos Reeves. II paso, Jen
Davis. Preside Brewster, and Ward. 1he
elevation of this portion Of the State varies
from 2gn 10 6N1 feet and the annual pre-
cipltation ranges from 10 II Inches. The
soil, particularly I'm he valley OF the RIO
Graude, Is 81 exceeding fertility when sur
nclently watered. and is adapted % the
cIl tiyntlon of almost oil the agricultural
products Of the temperate ana sub ropical
climates In this valley irrigation Is or
ancient origin, and on many NJ the canals
the methods Of rrigating have undergone
llttle change IN the last two centuries.
The irrigation Of general crops In Texas Is
confined largely to the region above de-
scribed.
In 1899 the Number OF irrigators In erid
Texas was 429, or 32.4 per cent OF alii the
dltches had a length Of ~ miles, or AL
| ppr cent OF the to.ai length, and the cost
1 ~ construction was s4oI .b30. or 3a.1 per
/ cent Of the total cost OF all the systems OF
| Ill., state. III Paso county, with six large
| canals having a total length OF ninety-two
miles leads ali others In the nuWber OF ir-
/ r1eetors and In the mileage or bitches.
| There are n number of irrigation systems
| In the valleys Of the Colorado and BRACES
| ,gvevs several Of considerable Importance,
used in the cultivation OF forage Hrops'
/ grain. orchard and small fruits ahu uuck.
| Many crops Of this section were seriously
| damsged nv severe foods early In June,
1859 and many irrigation plants were en-
| tirely destroyed. some OF tns most IN.
| nortaut canals are az Acnsranne ana shn
! Angelo. During the census year "a ION
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Ants Carried Lamar County.

Paris. Texas, August p The prohibition
election held In Lamar county today
brought out one Of the heaviest votes ever
polled In an election IN the county. Roth
sides worked hard all day long and many
ladies turned CAT at the polls To solicit
votes.
There were q few arrests during the day
for alleged Illegal voting, but there vtr,
no serious disturbances
with n few small county boxes 20 hear
from which viii not change tn result, jh
returns at fl O'Clock touipht SHOW that thl
county has gone anti The prohhlfunist
conccdc their defeat by $50 majority. 1h'
ants claim majority of $50,
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SCHOOLS AN o COLLEGES
THE yNIy !. ! OF TEXAS.

vne hundred i1es
ERIE colleges ~ spte I aat
~ 40 al %ssulaon es slo $50
,ru%n Young wcmen Christian association;
~ S''se' "'s ~ p"finanen
ap September ernmiea
%
10 the
school 81 psrm school
veston 49,"
for
Texas
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NJ census year except the one follow.
w civil war shows a great growth In
IlIfe. The gain In the last decade in
NJ value OF farm property was S445,-
OF eo.2 per cent. The increase In
sue 81 land, improvements and build
n% s!sl, 80, 1924, or 1910 per cent; in
I'VE stock It was S137, 317 ,452, or
~ SEM, and In that OF Implements
+yninery Sl6,3T0, 164, or 1892 per
MAJ, Ae value OF farm products In 1859
rtsa .aan Twice as great as the value
4, .ns ~ iogb. A poliion of this in.
SAL " mat shown fer implements
Ss.,nerS is doubtless the result Of a
ios, 's sa enumeration in 1900 than III
NJ s.a OF general agricultural stalls
k,h %un .. shows number and acreage
,an.r "'n classes Of products and value
P.lli and products.
\, taJotity OF counties the number Of
oenn,, sased In the last decade. The
d ~ reporting decreases are stu
HI ,rss western part of the State. The
M norn. iarln land decreased In but
nr,si nlles. while most of the remain
snues report remarkable Increases.
:. Nsase In improved acreage shown in
M in.bfr OF the counties is due to
49, Intensive cultivation of smaller
>itlon a, s.u 10 the use of n more strict
<iwelttS sne term improved land" by
aversga ian .I ny any preceding census,
sr,stse Sue Of farms for The state Is
RIsr.S and varies from 500 acres In
conn, eounty to 100000 acres in Par
3 srs The large average areas of
he s,.. as q rule. In the western part
live stoc. ~ the counties containing
ttns IIsste the average value of farms,
wa az, improvements and build.
ulue - Between 1880 and 1900
t,s NJ. farms decreased In but ten
orn pn,yu the exception of Aiaseosa,
i,neman ana Wilbarcer. the
ksd |, apiements and machinery in.
kstons ~ counties. while Freestore and
sllos - Sunnues showed a decrease IN
o1 live stock. S''S AZ
IN ,sSae expenditure for labor per
ss sSs varied greatly nv fer IN
En- expenditures were sbo1r lar ~
NJ. soahties, where there Srera ,l,,r1 tne
I'M, sock ranches, ana tha muiieI
xlnir were paid In the eastarr o,,,, ntes'
md yeests ny numbers OF small cotton
olliN COUNTY RICHEST
ca ass to the table by counties show.
q. county is the richest in tn,
ing IN. 2anowing table OF valuation,
ia Investment and products. '"''
ciss improvements. po si4 90. Az
s sei snd machi i;;;'.... ' ssi,S az
IL Of farm.' ----.-.-..-.s. zoos, eOt
''-''..-'..... o,Aos,ol'
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Trying to Provide Method Tor CROSSING

Gonzales, Texas, August 2.-Thc COM
missioners court met this morning and Is
figuring on making crossing on tho river
to accommodate the Immense travel
As soon MS the river falls good ford
can he fixed. but high water may s'or
fording It may be two months before the
bridge that fell In Yesterday can he raised
ana mnde substantial 1t IL thought tho
two cylinder piers. 4laN4o feet. broke Ia two
letting the end Of the bridge down, The
court has about decided TO put IN tenn
porary wooden bridge about 2n yards
above the present bridge.
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Next In rank follow Ellis. McIennop
GRAY SON Williamson and Dallas
Fms county has 1902 farms, which is
hleuter thah any other county, while Hart
icy county mas the greatest number Of
acres. the total being 3,240335 Included IN
only twenty-seven farms Cochran rnuntv
mas only one farm containing $500 acres
hoakum mas only one of 10000 acres ana
acres. '"V''NV
In the period from 1880 20 1909 the total
number of farms Increased 1O2.2 ngr cent
a ago ~ the last decade 54.4 per cent. Since
owners has increased 80 @ per cent. nv cosh
tenants $50 per cent: and by share ton.
anus, WIS per cent The percentages in
eaDle 4 Indicate that the number of farms
operated by owners has not increased at
SO tast rate since 1890 as the nu,uher
OF tenant-onerated farms. Share teneuts
constituted 100 per cent of all tenants in
1870, and 1913 per cent In 1870 tho LARGO
percentage being due to the fe.t thot tbe
greatest number of cotton and hay and
grain farms are reported as being ed
by share tenants
In 1900, Sl4 per cent of the farms Of
the state were operated by white farmers
ana 1916 per cent by colored farmers or
the white farm ers, $50 per cent own ali
or part Of the farms they operate and
others; The corresponding percentages for
colored farmers are 30.7 and 6o3
In all classes Of farm property and I'm
gross income white farmers show by far
the highest values with Chinese farmers
making second. Negro farmers show the
greatest per cent OF average gross income
on total Investment. with Chinese ranking
second, for these two classes have compara,
lively little invested Coored farmers
operate about one-fifth Of the farms of the
State their farms constituting but 81 pnr
cent OF the total acreage and only 5.s per
cent of the total value of farm products
Table 10.-Numher and acreage OF farms
and value OF farm property, June l, 1900
classified by principal source Of Income
with percentages
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PROHIBITION ELECTIONS
Are 10 Be Petitioned for ia Ellis and
Denton Counties.
BOTH SIDES HAVE BEEN VERY ACTIVE
A Hard FIGHT on the Proposition Is Ex'
pected--MoLennan County Populists
Held Convention.

walahschle. Texas. August a.--The rro-
hihition county executive committee met
here yesterday afternoon ana decided 10
present petition TO the commissioners
court the second Monday In this month,
asking that county election he ordered
for the Roth Instant. The pros and antis
have been organizing all over the county
for tho past month and q hard night Is
expected. The tight Will be all the more
interesting because OF the fact that pro
hlbitipn prevailed In this county In 1874 and
1904
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Molennan COUNTY PopulIsts.

Wnco, Texas, August 3The populists
Of this county held convention yester
day. Permanent organization was effect
ed by the election OF W. H. Grain chair
man. and Il f. johnson secretary Dele
gntes were chosen to the state convenuot
fnyors the adoption OF the Initiative nuf
referendum and instructs that delegates Il
the State convention do all In their powe
10 have this adopted as the state plat
form.
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Terrell, Texas, August ?. Rue Fortitti
judicial district convention was ho''! IN ths
city today The meeting was called {,
otder by W. II. Allen OF Terr H. j. ;
Woods 81 Kaufman was chosen temporary
chairman and T II. Griffith secretary. lhi
organization was made permanent.
on motion Of 7. l.. Stnunell Of Terre,
Judge j. II. billiard was declared tne n,n
lncc Of the convention for Judge. The NOM
inatiun was unanimous.
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-Four Negroes CHARGED Win Arson.

Gonzales, Texas, August 8.-Judge Ken
nan has ordered the grand Jury reconvened
Thursday, August I. to take action on tht
cases OF four negroes now IN Jail charged
With The robbery and burning Of tho y.
o. Smith q Go, warehouse, breaking ihto
Rnthsra residence. Tho prisoners are n
man, woman and two boys about u
years old. The officers have good evidence
In addition 10 the confessions made by
fhaur
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LIVE STOCK.

At the request of the various live stock
associations Of the country, new classii-
cation of domestic animals was adopted
for the twelfth census, The age grouping
for neat cattle was determined In accord
ance with their present and prospective
rotations to the dairy industry and the
supply Of meat products. Horses aud
mules are classified by age, and neat cattle
and sheep ny age and sex. The new classi'
noution permits very close comparison
with the figures published in previous cen
sus reports
Table IA presents summary Of live stock
statistics.
Table 14.-Domestic Animals. Fowl
1900, with Total and Average Values, a
Farms or Ranges.
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Children Like X.

''Afy little boy took the Group one night. -
says F. u. Reynolds Of Mansfield, O.. aud
grew so bad you could hear him breathe all
over the house. ] thought he would die Tut
A few doLes OF One Minute Cough Cure re-
lIeyed and sent him 70 sleep. That's the
last we heard Of the Group" One Minute
Cough Cure 10 absolutely safe and acts %
enes. For coughs, eelds, Group, strip, Asta'
ma aud bronchitis.
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Nominatlons FINALLY Mede.

Roby. Texas, July ~. The judiclnl COW
yentlon for the thirty ninth judlcinl dis
ttict witch has been in session Tor tho
past three days finished lts nominations 20.
day after l13 ballots for district attorney
and III for district Judge II r. Jones ot
HASKELL county was the democratic numi
nFe for Judge and Cullen &. higgins OF
SNYDER for district attorney.
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ST. LOUIS MARKET.
An Advance on Steers but Cows Are
Dime Lower.

Dime Lower.
National Stock Yards IN, August l.
The quarantine receipts for tho past week
have been moderate and at the close today
compared with n week ago. the better
grades Of steers show an advance Of IL to
% cents per hundred. while the light COM
mon stun is about steady. The packers
started In Wednesday to take on 10 cents
per 100 pounds on cows, and succeeded IN
gaining their point. Yesterday they we're
a good dime lower. hut the marker WIS
now Agure steady to 10 cents lower thah
the close Of last week. Bull market prac.
tically unchanged. Calves about ~ cents
per head higher than last week. a.,
Barrse Live stock Commission Co.
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Pardoned by the eoyernor.

Hllsboro, Texas August Wv. L. Sim
mons, who was convicted in this county on
a charge OF violating the local option law
at Itasca and escaped from the officers,
has been pardoned by Governor snyers.
He fed TO Oklahoma where he was ar
rested, but was released en babens corpus,
The county officers protested against his
pardon,
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a.,io.n Killed Near skidmore.

skidmore, Texas. August 8-A Mexican,
Tubucio Ramires, was killed at dance
two miles from here last night. The sus
pected slayer has not yet been arrested
Another Mexican was badly Gu; In several
places
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William knIeht NonInsted tor FIoater.

William Knight Nominated for Floater'
Cleburne, Texas, August 2-Ihe seventy
fourth notorial convention, composed OF
johnson and BosQue counties, ma In Gle
burne today. Hon. II. =. billiard Of Meridian
was elected chairman and j, NJ. il0ll, Jl.
Of Cltburne was made secretary " the
convention. Mr., William Knight OF Mcrld
Ian. Rosque county, was nominated for
foater.
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per cent, that OF honey and wax
Animals slaughtered wero reported by
s5S 100 farmers, OF 0T6 per cent OF all in
ths state, the average value per farm being
t4VSl Sales were reported nv l4l,oSi
farmers, or fo.2 per cent OF the total num-
per, the average receipts per farm being
S242fo. Crane county reported sales from
seven farms amounting to siio,c or an
average Of S2s,l5l.57 per fern. In obtain.
ing these reports the cnumerat,rs were in.
ator statement OF the amount received
from sales In 1890, less the amount paid
Tor animals purchased during the same
year.
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sn.oial venire cases set.

GonznIes. Texas August ? The case Of
the State VS. J. r. Tinsley, special venire
case. mas been set for Monday, August 4.
The case against w w. Cook. also q spc
clal yenlre case, is set. for Friday Au-
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ana q SOq Including Guinea fowls.

Fonr Zines ms many dairy cows were re-
norted In 1900 as I'm 1880, although the las'
decade shows decrease OF AZ per Ctut,
II Is probable that this decrease Is n .1ts,
apparent than real rs many OF me o,op 9,,',
so "cows aud heIfers not kept LOT nun
were doubtless cows MIXED Tor t,lhe' ~.
n6- "kept for milk exclusively. ne tu 81,
that twice as much milk was repol'ou ~
1an0 ne In 1890 supports this view a.
Tho number Of 'Other neat cNtIe ~
,oHn ts seventveiX times as great as ~
$50 tbe gain in the last decade being ~
ncr cont The report for 1870 lheIunes
J tas 96i calves II Is uncertain WIEN. :
~ Mt calves we're included In the Fepol,s
90, Dravious census years, II MOI, Ihslt
nmr,bsr should be deducted from me to ,,n
1or IAN when making comparison Misa
sncb renorts In that case the gam siuNN
1saf, would be 23.5 per cent: .oc
T,bo nnn,ipr OF horses has Increased stshr
az, ,1 IT, 1s5O In 1890 there were sAtte.
~ as many ms IN 1880, and 2b.' per Gem
-, ran in 1870 With The excepnou ~
nv civil war period. the Increase IN nun WI
her of mules has been constant ,tsvn.s I'm
times as many being reporter ~ - "a an
$50 and more than twice as m"u' ~ >"
1890 ,,,,ot nrotufrs was
| ~-o s5S ss2 or 3O.4 per cent OF tne Na ,r,
Sss-,o1I ,srIn nroducts. OF this amount; o1,.
ut ati n, ranresents the value OF ann. ~,
pTI, Ia IA on,mals slaughtered on farms 80 -,
solu sa,u that Of dairy nrodueei 10. p.'
cent. that OF poultry ana egg ,os, hair; OK
maj OF wool, mohair' anu soa'
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IRRIGATION

Texas, with It's vast area and greatly
diversified topography and climate, contains
areas well adapted to the successful cult
walton Of a wide variety Of agricultural
products. As the larger part of the stare
belongs to the humid region. Irrigation has
never been a prominent factor in agrlcul'
tura development
The arid region may he described rs be
longing to he drainage basin OF the no
Grande and pecos rivers, and Includes the
and Bees on Farms and Ranges, June /,
q Number OF Domestic Animals Not on
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second Primary in Leon County.

Marquee, Texns, August 2.As result
NJ the second primary held In this count
today unofficial returns indicate TINT YAM
is elected sheriff over Lanier by about hftl
votes and that Reed Is elected tax asses
sor over Proctor by about 100 votes Palm
or defeats Snow for county commits sonct
md VIM Is elected public weigber Of thi
urecincf.
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wino,s Revival Closed.

wlnonn, Texas, August Rev. j. H.
Christian of Gnmer, pastor Of Harris Greek
Baptist church at thls place, closed a
weeks revival this morning. Rev. a. =.
scoheld of Palestine assisted. There were
were benefited.
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San Angelo, Texas, July si.-carey
stuart. charged with the killing OF hts
father.in.lnw. f. l.. Davenport. yesterday
had HIS examining trial this afternoon be-
fore Justice NJ A. Davis. who granted the
defendant ball In the sum Of 5000.
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Prohibition Campaign in Denton.

Denton, Texas August 2,The prohibition
campaign in this county is warming M
and both sides are confident Of victory,
The petitions nrc being industrously cir
culatcd asking the commissioners court
10 order the election on August 80, aud
win 10 presented 70 the body when II
meeta here on the 11th.
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Accidents at seouin.

seguln, Texas. August a-John Lightner,
who was injured in the gin accident yes.
terday, is doing well and amputation OF his
arm Will not be necessary.
Fred Stitch was seriously injured today
by horse falling with him. Two ribs
were broken besides other Injuries.
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Senatorial Convention called.

Denton. Texas, August 3.-Ilon. =. Y.
Hill today Issued call for the Thirty first
senatorial district convention 10 meet at
Bowie, Montague county. on August Is, "a
make the democratic nomination
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M Of farms.

[yc Of farms.
[Aueage.
Improved.
Average.
rnmber Of farms reported In 1909
,..riy thirty times as great as the
~ IN 1880 and "a I per cent greater
Il iso0. The total acreage of farm
-, Increased rapidly, being twice as
IN n 1000 as In 1890. The improved
- shows decrease of SO per cent
~ ,ast decade, owing to the use of
strict definition Of the term "lm-
"A land" in 1900 than in 1890. The
sssa IN the percentage of farm land
arsa Is also due to the acquisition OF
areas Of new unimproved land for
,nr purposes. resulting in a marked
ess In the average size of farms. The
s,s,d acreage In crops indicate that
hss been no actual loss of improved
LAW PROPERTY AND PRODUCTS.
H. No. 2 presents summary of the
rlpsl statistics relating to farm prop
md PRODUCTS for each census gear, be-
LIZ With 1870
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COTTON GROWING.

80 'Ne .'tnl "umper VI POUNDS Oh eot'
ton produced In Texas was over eight times
as great as the quantity reported for the
previops csnsvs n,r,nr ~ a..t s..,,,a
census Du'ihs '"e heNt uee"ue'
tue civil war caused u depression In all In
dustries and there was decrease OF %
per cent For the year 1879 there j. re-
corded an increase of over .0o.0N.Vol
pounds, aud although the percentage OF
gain lessened In the following decade, there
was steady increase Tn botn the area I'M
der cultivation and IN the quantity Of cot
ton grown.
In 1890. 2S4.037 farmers devoted to cot
ton 6,e00367 acres or 1876 per cent OF the
total Improved farm land of the STATE. and
an average OF 24h acres per farm From
| this land was produced /, 2l2 4Ol ,uU7 pounds
of cotton, an average of 1850 pounds per
farm 1856 pounds per acre. and IA pounds
per capita.
The total value Of this product, Including
| the value Of the cotton seed was S96 T2e..
4! 304. an average OF $4,000 per farm, aud
| $3.50 per acre, This value constituted 4G2
! per cent Of the gross farm income.
| The counties deVoting the greatest area
| to the production of cotton were Ells, Nc
! Lehman, Fannin. Hin, Navarro, Williamson,
| Falls, Milan and Bcll. ranking In the or.
! der named, and reporting 20.5 per cent OF
! the total acreage. These counties are To-
Gated 10 Deit extending hoeth from Aus.
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e,ou..l eIaek Root Live, ems.

Made from an active principle obtained
from Black Root. They act on the liver
equal 70 calome and leave no bad after
ehecis No gripping, no sick stomach. VIII
cure chornlc constipation. Price % cents,
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This well known and successful lhs'l
wear In It's history, with rs Target pNt
which Is giniantec OF excellence horn IN,
,,oneervntoTy, This gives abundant room
with profs. Mcdonald, Detwiler and Pipes
Many improvements are being aaded; am
uade by the Fcgemakors or ere r.
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Texas Au'
gust Mrs. ~ W. Carmichael OF Mood
bury died yesterday aged rs.