The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-02-15
a POSITION OF RIVERS
NJ and Motley Counties Deter
mined by State Surveyor.
,sf INSURANCE STATEMETS FILED
.,,,;eal Contest for Cash Prize.
~, ~ Horses Killed as Result OF
Vs. High Price Of Feed.

u ~. T.xas. February AN. e. Rags
.' of the state land surveyors, has
y s,sd his report in the general office
avs made by him in Hall and Motley
~. in which he correctly locates the
nosltious Of the Red and Pease rivers
.sslr true distance from each other
-, mast two years the school surveys
n hose counties have been all out of
and settlers could not properly To-
I.,,f thelr claims owing TO CONFUSION as 70
IL .nrrert posltlon OF the two rivers. Mr..
ys.ie left today for West Texas, where
(faEsgln' snend two months surveying In
~ WI Hockey, Terry and Yoakum cOun-
n oChi TSe main object of his trip Is TO es.
the southern boundary lines Of
ls,Slev and Cochran counties.
Charters Filed.
,rsIn. Texas, February 14,--The follow,
charters we're filed today in the office
he secretary Of state:
~ Columbia Dry Goods company of
a ~, Worth capital $4,000. Incorporators.
III 5aycr II Schleicher county, Marcus
l,,snder and Joseph Pommer of Fort
Worth. ,,. s.,,, -
hohV fisher county fdIllhl PbNuN. lnfOTs
t@sfcrs: j. n. Weakey, Ed Hooper, James
4 Green +. f. Elkin and other citizens
4 75 SDV Farmers Mercantile Cooperative as.
.,1ietlon Of Center Point, Kerr county;
fIta $1,000. lncoTporators; W. ID. &.
}nrnev. II VI. Burney, 5. G. Wray and
KIN citizens Of Center Point.
nouohoo Ware Hardware company of
Tsnyon. Randall county; capital S25
sn1arporators ]. y. Donohoo, Canyon,
,rd Carl Donohoo and Il. c. Ware of Plain
Texas Clnnabar Mining company of
Nara; capital stock 100000. Purpose to
rIpe quicksilver and other mineral deposits
h The counties of Preside and Brewster.
ineorporators II. W McGurk, It. Y. Gil.
i9t II. Il Fitzpatrick and j. X. Brown,
III Of Preside county.
ne BraEos River Farm and Stock com.
rany Of Bryan capital stock $4,000. Pur-
pose to buy and lease land and machinery
Necessary for the conducting of truck
I'm. IncorporatorS: Robrt f. Smith, j.
II. Carson and Charles Puryear.
Effect Of High Priced Feed.
Austin, Texas, February 14.-Since the
Inst Of the month eleven horses have died
i been shot in this city on account of
tAryatlon The high price of feedsufr
nd the penury condition of the owners
the cause Of the animals being turned
oose 10 find their own feed, and II they
olceman with sixshoOter, and their eE-
sttnce Is brought 10 an end. one o. the
idCers said last night that in most in
lances the horses belong to people who
re travelling overland In covered wagons,
nd majority Of them are poor aIN poy-
IT. stricken, and when they reach one
the larger towns they turn one or two
their horses loose as the family can not
am enough to take care of themselves
ID stock, As the strings of poverty get
ghter, the head Of the travelling family
lows horse to 60 In order TO take care
the members of his family, as they are
ore to him than his horses. Most of them
me from other States in search of school
nd IN Texas, and being disappointed, they
op at town 20 look for work
Then again some OF the horses are the
foperty OF negroes who make a living by
tving an express wagon. They meet uD
IT'D some Of these overland travellers AMI
W good horse for almost nothing and
I'D their old one ont to die.
Insurance Statements.
Austin, Texas February 14.-The follow
wing Insurance companies filed their an.
lal statements today with the commits
oner of Insurance, paid their taxes and
her fees and We're entered to do business
u Ihe state during the ensuing year:
meme Insurance company of New York;
mount Of tax, $3.50 LOB.
Kansas 1 Mutual Life Insurance company
!. topeka, Kan; amount of tax, S24OO1
Union casualty and Surety company Of
! Louis; amount Of tax, S36. 10
ancient Order of United Workmen Of
'! an, texas; no tax. Record of business
SOi; 1865 certificates written or in
eased, asgregating $2,l95, 600; 9O7 Ger
leales decreased or discontinued. S1,377,-
Y amount In force Mt end of year, 50, $50.
Sixty losses or claims incurred, ag-
egallng $4,000; SO losses or claims
,s s DOWN a compromised or paid, aggre-
The lIano Mineral District.
austin Texas, February 14.-H0n.
lanes l.. Lauderdale of Llano passed
rough town last night on his way to
merVilie to look after some legal bust