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RAILROADS.
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WASHINGTON, ALEXANDRIA,
AND
MOUNT VERNON RAILWAY.

From Station, Pennsylvania Ave. and 1874 St
In effect May l, 1902
For AlsNaEdria-week days, $3.50. 7;0&, 1880.
500. SEQ. $50. 9:25. 1000. l0:25, HOO, ll:Sl
Il. IN; Mos. l2:2o. l2:+5. xl:O6. l:25. 2:U.
$3.50, Ss:O2. $3.50. $3.50. xI:lI. l:33. ~. 5:os,
x5:22. $40 sos, $50, 1908, $50. SEQ, s:i5,
$3.50. lo:l5, l:20. ii;5o p.
Sundays-7.45, $500. 9:i5, 1890. HOO. 1850
a. m. 1900 noon; Il 80. l:0o. 1889. 200. 2:9O,
800, $3.50. 4:0O, $3.50. 500, 5:3J 600. $3.50.
800, 1850. $50, s:I5, 80, 1915, ll:20. ll:5l
p. III.
For Mount yernon-week DAYS: $50. SOD
1000, ii:C0 a. m, xl2:05 Mos. 900. x3:U2.
$3.50, x:ll. x5:22 1:0J, $3.50 p. m.
sundays-9Oj a. NJ, 1850 noon, 900. 400,
$3.50, 200. $3.50 p IN.
For Arlington and Aqueduct Bridgc-week
days: $3.50. i:0a. $780, 500. s:29. $50, 9:25,
1000, lion u m. 'i3:05. l2:20, 'l2:l5. i;05.
'I:25, 2.Oo, $780, s:02 $3.50. 1853. 1888. 'I:d.
5:22, sos $50. I:0G. $500 y. m.
SCNDAYS-1:i5. 300 9:i5, 1880, 1:c0,
.Il:sO a. m, 1900 noon, 1880. 1:Oc. 1880,
200 $3.50, 800, 1870, 400 'i;S0, 500, $50.
600. '0:3o, 200. 1880. 500 p. m.
xExpress TO Arlington only.
Parcels carried. Baggage checked.
j. CoLVlN, Superin endent.
c. E ABBOT President.
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SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY

Capital City Route"
Leave Washington, Penna. II. r. Station.
1926 a, m. St.ABOARD FAST MAIL -
Oajly Through Pullman Sleepers to
jacksonville, connecting az
Hamlet with Pullman Sleeper 10 Atlanta.
Zp,m FLA AND METROPOLITAN
rs iIy LIMITED-Solid train to St.
Augustine with Pullman, Drawing Room,
Compartment Observation. and Dining Cars,
also Pullman Sleeper to Atlanta. Pullman
Sleeper Tuesdays, Thursdays and saturdays to
Southern Pines tPinehurst).
These trains offer excellent schedules and
service to Petersburg Raleigh. Southern Pines
(PinehursO, Camden. Columbia. Savannah.
and all Florida points Char
lotte, Athens Atlanta New Orleans Chat
,anooga, Nashville points West and southwest.
a,3o a. m. LoCAL-To Petersburg Raleigh.
Daily southern Pines tPinehursO.
Hamlet, and intermediate points
Office, I47r Penna. Ave.
". H. DOLL. Gen. Agt. Pass. Dept.
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NEW YoRK-ASTwERP-pAk
'aderland, May 81. noon iceland. June 4. noon
iensingt' H. May 2s.noou Friesland, June IL. noon
INTERNATIONAL NAVIGATION COMPANY
OMPANY'S WASHINGTON OFFICE. 1905 + st.
" w or Geo " Moss ltll G St " "
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ROYAL BLUE LINE.

All trains illuminated with Pintsch light.
baltimore. Philadelphia. New York. Bostce.
and the Fast. 800. '7:05 (Dinerl. $50 (Buf-
teO. s.9:OO CDiner). IlO:00 DINER a. m.
.l1:sO DINER. 800 (''Royal Limited"
piner). 1890 philadelphia only, sos
(piner), 500 and 1850 p. M. sleeping Car
open at 1000 o'clock).
Atlantic City. sos. 1000 4. m, ECO
noon. 500 p. IN.
'paily. Except Sunday '-Sunday only.
NENpress trains.
Baggage called for and checked from hotels
and residences by Union Transfer Co. on orde1
left at ticket Offices. 6l9 Pennsylvania Avenue
northwest, New York Avenue and Fifteenth
Street and at station.
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OCEAN STEAMSHIPS.
AMERICAN LINE.
RED STAR LINE.

NEW RK-SouTHAMProN-LO
ST. Louis. May q. l0am ST. Paul. June 4. loan
Phil'hia, May IS loan StLouis, June II, l0am
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BALTIMORE AND OHIO R. R.

Schedule in effect May Is. 100
Leave Washington. New Jersey Ave. and st.
Chicago and Northwest, 1850 a. IN. '6:2o
p. m. - -
Cincinnati, st. Louis. and Louisville, 'i0:o6
a. m. 'I:l5 D. m, .l:l0 night.
Pittsburg and Cleveland. 1850 a. m, SIS
D. m. and 800 night.
Columbus and Wheeling. '6:2o p. m.
Winchester. s:35 4. m, AIS and 5:O
p. IN.
Luray. 'i:l5 p. m.
Annapolis. 1880. $50. Ill:5O a. m. $50.
Frederick. is IS. 1900, llo:5o a. m. TIN.
IA 80, and $50 p. m.
Hagers,own, lo:O5 a. m. and $3.50 p. m.
Boyd and way points. s:95. $500 a. m,
.-l:i5. ,4:S0. 1850. ''l0:l5, 1l;3O p.
Gaithersburg and way points, s:35. ''9:oo q
m. Ill2:5o, 'ti:l5, 1880, I:sO. 500. $50.
HOS, 800. "i0:15, lll:S0 p. m.
Washington Junction and way points. s:s;,
$500 a. m. ''l:l5, 1880 $3.50 p. IN.
Baltimore week days, S3:0o, 500, ESQ,
Mos. 7:SD. xs.9o. s:S5. x9:SO. xl0:00. n:5o q
m. xl2:2o noon, xl:35. xS:00, xi:O0. xi:So.
4 IS. x5:05. 5:25. x6:20. $3.50. xs:oo. Sl0;0C.
80, l:S5 p. m. Suniays xS;0o. Mos.
$50. xs:so xe:oO a. M. xI2:2o. 1:15. xs:oo.
Ks 80, x5:o5, $3.50, xs:oo. xi0:oo. Misc. lbs
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FOR SALE-BICYCLES.

FOR SALE-Gent's bicycle; new tires; 80. Nd
dress BON 1jy. this office. e2l-3
FOR SALE-Two high-srade ladies' wheels.
Dayton and IIartford: also Eddy Ice chest Nd
dress STEVENSON. Lexington Flats. 2lst and
/. SITS. eos
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Only as Minutes to Alexandria.
BY Washington and Alexandria Ferry Steamers Of
The Washington Steamboat Company,
Limited.
Alexandria Ferry, nom eth ST. Ferry Wharf
ROUND TRIP, 15C.
(Nev Schedule in effect April l. 1922
LEAVE wAsHlNGTON-Week days. L. m.
6:lJ, $40, 1880, $500 900, 1890. 1880. 1880:
p. IN. l2.SU. l:3o. 2:S0. S:l5. AIS, SEQ. $50.
and s:9o.
LEAVE ALEXANDRlA-week days, 4 ~,
$50 $50, $50, s:l9. g:l5. g45. l0:i5. II 80;
p. m, 1880, 1880, 2;So, s;l5, AIS. $50. isis.
and 80
LEAVE WASHINGTON AND ALEXANDRIA
SUNDAYS-A. NJ. $3.50. 1880, 1880; p. NJ.
l. 80 80, $3.50. $3.50, 4:SU $50, and $50
JOHN b. PADGETr. General Manager.
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H. ROZIER DULANEY, 1sao F.

MD.-one car fare to District
lire; lots minutes wink beyond District,
s125 to $50; a few lots. 50x2Oo, still offered
at SIZE. on monthly payments Of IS. Inquire
v. 4. BARTLETT. Loan and Trust Building.
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qTUATIONS wANTED-MALE AND
FEMALE.

Ale; no children- Address c. =. O., lil L St.
. s2o-z
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REAL ESTATE.
NEAR GOVT P'T'G OFFICE.

\ DECIDED SNAP in the Ahape Of two
story and cellar pressed brick bay-windo"
dwelling. with good-sixed yard; SIX large
rooms and bath; nicely papered; two latrobes
square from car line. price asked for houye
and lot would hardly build house now. ONLY
$3.50. Rented at $50 month.
JOSEPH l. WELLER,
Honest Dealing In Realty"
Tel, E-s5S. Gp St y. W.
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Schedule corrected to April q. 1902.
Trains leave from, Penusylyunia Station.

Schedule corrected to April q, 100.
Trains leave from. Pennsylvania Station.
Sol a. IN. Daily. Local for Harrisonburg.
warrenton. Charlotte. and way stations.
and Florida Limited. First-class coaches and
drdwins-room sleeper to jacksonville. Fla. Din
ing car service.
iI:l5 .. IN. Daily. United States Fast Nail
First-class coaches and drawing-room sleeper
TO New Orleans. Dining car service.
1881 a. IN. Daily. Local for warrenton and
Charlottesville.
l:ol D. IN. Week Days. Local Tor Harrison
burg and way stations on Manassas branch
$3.50 p. m. Daily. Local for Wauenton and
Charlottesville.
$50 D. m Daily Washington and Chat.
tanooga Limited (via Lynchbusg). first-class
coach and sleeping car to Roanoke. Knoxville.
ChattanoCga, and Memphis; sleeper to New Or
leans. Dining car service
$50 p, III. Daily. New York and Atlanta Es-
press. First class coach and sleeper to Atlanta;
Mondays, Wednesdays. and Fridays. Sunset
Route Tourist sleeper Washington to san
Francisco. Pullman buffet service.
1855 p. III. Daily. New York and Florida
Express. First-ciass coach and sleeper TO Sa-
vannah, Jacksonville, and Port Tampa; sleep
er to summervile. Charleston. Augusta, and to
Townsville, Ca, and connection for Aiken.
Dining car service.
lO:i5 p. IN. Daily. Washington and South
western Limited. AL Pullman train. club. and
ers to Nashville. Atlanta Macon. Memphis,
New Orleans. Dining car service
TRAINS on BLUEMONT BRANCH
Leave Washington 0:0l Il. m. daily. 100 p.
IN. and $40 .. m week days and 6:25 p. III.
Sundays only Cor Bluemont and 1855 p. IN.
and e:25 ?. m. week days.
Through trains from the South arrive Wash
ington 6:i2 u IN, 6:j2 n. Ia, 1-S5 H. IN. lO:i5
4. IN. daily, except Mondays; 200 p. m. 300
D m. and $3.50 p. m daily. Local trains
from Harrisonburg 1881 u m week days and
Gao p. m. daily. From Charlottesville. SIS
j. M. and 9:t0 p. IN. daily.
Tickets, sleeping car reservations, and de-
tailed information can be had At ticket Of
fees, 1O5 18th st.. Sill Pennsylvania Avenue.
and Pennsylvania Station. Baggage checked
through from hotels and residences.
Phone Main IN. p. II. r. Cab Service.
C. II. ACKERT. General Manager.
S. H. HARDWlCR. General Pass'r Agent.
l. = BROWN. General Agent
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wANTED-FURNIsHED HOUSE.

wANTED-By experienced lady. furnished
house TO care for during summer months; best
OF references. Address BOX lis, this office
m223
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HELP wANTED-FEMALE.

WANTED-Competcnt white house maid; also
eoiored house maid and cook: good wages.
1913 New York ave. mi
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WtNTED-Ten good and plain cooks, chamber
man, nurses: We have good places OF all
Kinds. THE VIRGINIA EMPLOYMENT OF.
flCE. 1882 llth ST. NV. mi
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Acknowledgements Die girl for general house
work IN small family; must bring references
Call between u. IN. and p. M, 30 Sth
81. ne. mi
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SITUATIONS WANTED-MALE.

wASTED-By frst-class colored chef. in or
cut Of the CITY; select his own crew. Apply
at i2l Ne. Jcfsey ave. nv. Sunday from
q. m. to p. IN. MI
wANTED-By colored boy (student), a good
job for the summer; no Sunday work; good
ieierences SO 9Th 81. ne. mi
wASTED-PosItion as carver or coffee man;
fifteen years experience. Address BOX lgi,
this Office. m22-2
wANTED-By two worthy young white men,
respectable work; references. HARRELL's HO-
} ~. AGENCY. 32l Pennsylvania ave. NV. el
NANTED-By young man q, position where he
Kan learn the business. Address bon lci. this
tfiec el
EANTED-By white order cook, night work; "a
~ weekly. Address COOK, 235 18th st. ne.
81
NANTED-Young man u good address and ref
ecncc would like to learn bsrtcnding. Address
q c.. Cosmopolitan Hotel NILS
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WANTED-Colored pastry cook fol Pcnnsyl.
wanna, and vegetable cook for Maryland noun.
,ains. DICKS HOTEL AGENCY, 18th st. and
Pennsylvania ave m22-2
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. laundresses, and
general hOuseworkcrs. l6S5 18th 81. NV mi
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HELP wANTED-MALE.

wANTED-Local salesman. $50; delivery wagon
drive. SIS per month, room. and board. HAIR
RELLs HUTEL AGENCY. 81 Pennsy lvania
ave. NV. el
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WANTED-A middle-aged colored woman to do
general housesork. Call at 1861 4th st. ne.
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"ANTED-foune lady for office; liberal pay;
references. Call after 80 a m, 1923 st.
Room 5. mi
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WANTED-BICYCLES.

wANTED-To buy q girls secondhand bicycle,
in good condition. Address BOX ls2, this Of
Gee. n2O.3
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MANTED-An honest colored girl TO do gen
efal houseUork and take care OF small chill
dren; must have reference. sl2 Spruce st.
NV. nia9.2
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FOR RENT-six-room house, fine shade e cd
water, near station. E. W. PIERCE, Vienna,
Va myl5.3D
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FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

FOR SALE-Pretty range. used only two
months; also inantel folding bed. cheap. IS
| I. ST. NV. mi
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"ANfED-Two white chgmbcrmaids leave
10th ST. mi
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MANTED-First-class waist hands, at once.
lLLo eth 81. NV. mi
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NaIlED-A girl to assist In light housework:
good wages. Apply llS5 9th st. NV. nj
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-05-04
"You-all seems plenty ailin', pard,' says Collins.

"You-all seems plenty ailin', pard.' says
Ugly Collins.
Which 1 shore amt over peart none
retorts the stranger.
An you-all can put down a bet re-
turns Ugly Collins. 4 learns of your Ill
health with regrets. It's this Away: I
amt had no exercise yet this 4e%venin'; an
as I tracks in yere, l registers a VOW to
wallop the first sport 1 meets up with to
whom I've never been 'troduced-merely by
way of stretchin' my muscles. Now I must
say-and / admits It with sorrow-that you
all is the unhappy sport. It's no use; l know
I'll loathe mys'f for crawlin' the hump Of
a gent who's totterin' on the brink of the
grave; but whatever else can 1 do? Vows is
VOWS. an must be kept, SO you might as
well prepare youse'f for a cloud of sudden
an painful vicissitoodes.'
LAS Ugly Collins says this, he kind o.
reaches for the invalid gent where he
carped in a char. It's a unfortunate ge5-
ture; the invalid-as quick as a rattiesnake
-prodooces a derringer-same as Doc Poets
alters p~aeks-from his s~urtoot. an the bull
let carries away most of Ugly Collins's low
er jaw
"'You-all is goin' to be a heap sight more
OF q audience than a orator yereafter, Col
Inns says Doc Poets, as he ties I'D the VIII
lain's visage that away. Also you
oughter be less reckless an get the address
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present in Wolfville-he's been infestin'
round some three days-a unsettled an
migratory miscreant who's called Ugly
Collins. He's in a heap of Ill repoot in the
territories, this Ugly Collins is; an only
he CONTRIBUTES the formation when he
arrives in camp that his visit is to be a
heap tem'rary, Enright would have signed
up Jack Moore to get his guns an STAN
pede him a whole lot.
"At the time I'm talkin' Of, as thar's no
one who's that abandoned as to go writIn'
letters to Ugly Collins, 1t befalls he's plen-
ty footloose. This leisure on the part Of
Ugly Collins turns out some disastrous for
that felon. Not havin' no missives to read
leaves him free to go squanderin' about
permiscus an it's while he's ramblin' here
an thar that he traks up on this stranger
who's come after Cherokee's bankroll
ugly Collins sees our pilgrim in the
Red Light an bar Black Jack, the bar
keep-who of course is present ofichul-
the strangers plumb alone. He's thin an
weak an meek, an is shook by a cough
that sounds like the overture to a fooneral.
Ugly Collins. who's a tyrinnizln' cowordly
form of o%utcast, sizes him up as a easy
prey. He figgers he'll have a heap of evil
fun with him. Ugly Collins does. Thar
upon he approaches the consumptive STAN
ger an Observes:
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with no sewerage system. It can well be
Imagined how dangerous such water would
De for drinking purposes. At the hotels :he
water Is distilled. but even al that 1t is not
largely consumed. Mineral waters, whisky
straight and good milk, when it can be OBJ
tanned. are used instead. Beer finds a ready
sale. but the more discreet persons argue
that its not the best beverage in that eli
mate.
The finest residence street in the city is
Calder avenue, which is lined with as pretty
homes as you will find in the South. All
are frame, of course. but there's plenty of
ground around them: the lawns are well
kept, ana the houses are always freshly
painted. for the sulphur from the oil dis
cclors them. About n mile out on this beau
t!ful street 10 located the Oaks Hotel. a
three-story frame structure, containing
about seventy-fve rooms. located on high
ground, overlooking n grove of oaks.
whence 1t derives its name. a more ideal
site, for n family hotel couldn't he found.
The warm season lasts about five months,
from June to October. Even during that
time Beaumont is quite habitable; the rest
OF the year living is satisfactory, but at no
time is 1t claimed that Beaumont is an ideal
place to live in or the climate the best on
earth.
The mosquito Is no slight annoyance
down there In the warm weather. Especial
'ly Is the pesky insect troublesome at Port
arthur, the beautiful winter resort on Lake
Sablne, eighteen miles south of Beaumont
and about twenty miles from the sea. They
say you get used to it after a while. but
the period OF probation is a rather painful
purgatory. The mosquito travels in large
company; he grows to great dimensions; he
never loses his activity while the sun
shines, and at night, If you happen to
nave a light in your room, he'll stay awake
just to tease you. He's very fond OF the
water and Of everybody and. everything
near it He gets into your Pullman sleeper
coming in and going out of the town and he
stays with you until you lave travelled
across the State of Texas. through Louisi-
ana into Arkansas, Il the weather is pro-
pitious. and even into the imperial State Of
missouri, II our sun shines with its usual
vigor.
AL In all, the mosquito is an important
summer factor in Texas, but " you screen
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that has Increased in value since oil was
covered.
They have confidence In their home town
and are putting their money In permanent,
substantial improvements. The frame struc-
ture is rapidly giving way to the modern
brick. iron and steel building for mercan-
tile purposes and quite a few Indications
of development in this line now grace the
streets of Beaumont.
Half a dozen business thoroughfares in
the city are crowded all day and for d
greater part of the evening. but everything
withal is orderly. Seldom is crime COM
United. and the boisterous drunkard is
noticeably lacking. Everybody appears to
be busy. Around the Crosby Hotel, which is
the principal resort of its kind downtown,
the crowd never diminishes. A dozen brok-
ers have offices in the lobby and in rooms
leading off it; the telegraph ticker is heard
there day and night. and several young
lady photographers toll away for their ell
ents, at a price per page that no type
writer in a large city can earn.
Across the way, the Southern Pacific Rail-
way and its connecting lines land thousands
OF passengers daily at their station and
just as many seem to depart. The traffic
is immense. and the freight business more
than can be handled. The Santa Fe and
the Kansas City Southern roads have sta
tons In Beaumont also. far removed from
the center Of the city. but close enough to
share in the big business emapating from
there. Two other roads. it is said-the Rock
Island and the International and Great
Northern-wm build into Beaumont, and
then 1t is proposed to erect a union sta
ton.
Complaint Is made that Beaumont is un-
sanitary. Several hundred thousand dol
lars are now being expended in building
sewers, streets are being paved with as
phalt and other durable material, and at
the present rate of progress the town will
be as clean and healthy as could be rea-
sonably expected. Rails are down for an
electric street car line, and. with trans
portation facilities. the residence sections
are certain to develop. You have your cleo
trio lights. natural gas is now being pro-
cured from spindletop, and efforts are MAX
ing to get artesian water. That's one thing
about the town that is conceded to be bad
the water. It Il drawn from cisterns, and
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finds a ready market throughout the world.
and the consequent commercial efferves-
cence Is much akin TO a boom, but there's
a solid foundation beneath it all. In
scrupulous men and their nefarious meth
DDS you will meet in any community that
suddenly reveals vast legitimate opportuni-
ties to amass fortunes, and in this respect
Beaumont is no exception to the rule.
There's oil talk on all sides, men are there
from all parts of the w~orld-women are
there, also-with schemes. good and bad. to
make money. The saloons do a bigger bus!-
ness than ever, and there are more Of -hcm
than the town ever before had. Promo
tiers have companies to form, land deals to
negotiate and stocks to sell. Gamblers have
alluring games TO divorce the unwary from
surplus wealth, and business generally is
satisfactorily aggressive.
Gradually, however, matters are settling
down to a firm, steady basis; the faker is
disappearing, the broker without a merl-
torious stock is dropping off, and the mere
fact that you have a gusher is no guaran-
tee that you can find a gullible public. The
boom" days are over; the mushroom has
ceased to grow.
Beaumont is not altogether the creature
Of the oil gusher, though the latter has
the old town to new life. made
1t rich and advertised 1t to the four quar-
tiers of the earth. The city prospered long
before oil was discovered, and It should con-
ttnue to prosper II the flow stopped to-mor-
row. Ten thousand persons lived there a
year and a half age. Now the population IS
25,eO1. 1t is a settled, staid, country town.
despite the influx of strangers in recent
months. There is an uptown" and there's
a "dpwntown" to Beaumont. There's no
public square. The town is scattered over
an area Of several miles in each direction
from the Neches River on the east.
Many persons who go there are prepared
for a compact. crowded little village, with
one street for business and the outskirts
for cheap dwellings.
Not so. for downtown you will find some
very handsome business houses, with many
more In course of erection. 1t Is In this part
OF the city that the evidences of newly &C.
CURED wealth are strongest. Most of the
pu1lding Is being done by nonresidents. who
nave made Strikes in oil or out Of land
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for deep water and her citizens are con-
fident that the Government will see the I'M
portance of establishing there a Shipping
point that will afford facilities for the cheap
transportation of the products OF that sec
ton.
The Beaumont business man is enterpris-
ing. but not reckless. The banker is push
ing, but conservative. He transacts busi-
ness with more activity than youH ma 10
be the case up North. but he DOESN'T over
look any details at that.
Here's an instance of quick business Al
3 o'clock In the afternoon the Haywood
~Bros.-Scott, Alba, Dewey and q. N--Were
informed that the Oaks Hotel. at Which
they Were stopping, was for sale. The boys
had made money in oil and were supplied
with the coin current.
How much do you want for the placer
they asked the proprietor. who wasn't sat
fsfied with the hotel because II netted MIN
only 1850 4 month.
Il want $500 was the response.
"AU right" said the Heywoods, and that
formal transfer was made the next day and
everybody was satisfied with the bargain.
The banks don't lend money CT oil stock
in Beaumont. not because much of 1t Is not
good. but because n great deal of 1t is bad,
and the precedent would be worse. You've
loan, but II you're good for 1t you can OBJ
tain unlimited facilities to handle your bust
ness. Four banks-the Beaumont National,
First National. American National and Cit
liens, the latter organized less than q year
ago. with 800. coo capital. and now carrying
deposits OF 81. 900. ooo-are doing business. and
a fifth. the Gulf National, has just obtained
a charter.
The brokerage business has quieted down
to 4 firm, normal basis. compared to con-
ditions a year ago, and one by one the
wildcat Spectator Is departing for new
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