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The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-04-14

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AS A BANKING CENTER.
San Angelo has four strong
banking institutions. with COM
bined capital and surplus of
about SGOO,O0O and average de-
posts Of about 81, 100000. This
point is the legitimate banking
center for the smaller outlying
towns, as we'll us for the success
full ranchmen and farmers Of its
vast territory.
SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES.
The san Angelo Public School
is a graded institution, affiliated
with the State University in sew
eraI branches of study. There
arr over 100 children enrolled,
with daily average attendance
of more than 800. In addition,
we have the San Angelo Training
School, established by the Metho-
dist church; immaculate Concep-
tion Academy, under Catholic
auspices, and various private
schools of differing grades Nine
religious denominations have
houses of worship in the city.
RAILROADS.
San Angelo Is the terminus of
the Temple branch of the Gulf,
Colorado e. santa Fee railroad,
and is on the main line Of the
Kansas City. Mexico a. Orient
road, now building from Kansas
City, Mo-, to Topolobampo. on
the west coast of Mexico, a dis
lance of 1900 miles. Twenty-Five
miles Of the Orient's line having
been graded in Tom Green county.
THE GREAT CoNCHO COUNTRY.
What is known us 1.-The Great
Concho Country" embraces eight
counties, comprising one of the
most prosperous sections of the
State. Farming, stock-farming,
or stock-raislug as an industry
alone, are carried on successfully
in all of them, giving n variety of
production which can be equalled
nowhere else in Texas.
LAND VALUES.
Good ranch lands in the Con-
cho Country range in price from
81 to So per acre, while farming
lands vary from SO to S15, accord
ing to location and improve
ments. These latter lands are
equal in productivity TO any of
the higher-priced lands in the
central portion of the state, re-
curing only intelligent handling
to yield abundant crops of corn,
wheat, oats, barley. sorghum,
milo maize, cotton, alfalfa and
divers other valuable forage
crops 1t has also been discov-
cred within the past few years,
| that the lands of this section will
grow the finest Of fruits, such as
aprlcots, pIums, peaches, pears,
apples, grapes and various sorts
/ of berries
! CLIMATE AND HEALTH.
The Concho Country possesses
the most delightful climate in
/ Texas, the mean winter tempera,
ture being about 81 and that OF
summer about 20. This, with
the low average of humidity
makes climate peculiarly well
suited to the treatment of lung
and throat troubles and other dis.
eases of the respiratory organs,
while the elevation ranging from
1900 to 23OO feet. assures an all
absolutely devoid Of malaria
Mosquitoes are practically un'
known, save in the river bottoms
and in places where man has es
tablished some local cause fol
their presence.
IN CONCLUSION.
There are homes for all, witt
ample "elbow room" for years tc
come, IN the Great Conchc
Country" Every good man o.
industrious habits is welcome
We want no drones, as we posses,
already more of that class THAI
we need; few, thank Heaven, bu
scarce as they are, might,
superahundance.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-04-14

Ector, Midland, Glasscock and
other counties of the extreme
western part of the State. The
boil weevil is unknown in that
section.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-04-14

Reprinted from issue Of Feby.
If, 1904, in compliance with nu-
merous requests.
The visitor to a strange country
usually wants to "know things, "
and he gratiiies this most natural
desire by asking questions of the
native who happens to be nearest
at the time the craving for knowl.
edge assalls him 1t is to save
our visitors as much trouble as
possible along this line that the
Press has prepared the following
brief article:
SAN ANGELO IN BRIEF.
San Angelo is the county seat
of Tom Green county. The town
is situated 23S miles southwest of
Fort Worth, in the midst of the
greatest stockraising section Of
| the United States. The town has
population of over 1000, is the
trading center from which twelve
prosperous counties secure their
ranch, farm and home supplies,
and probably draws trade from a
wider scope of territory than any
other town of similar size upon
the North American continent.
1t is both unique and peculiarly
fortunate in its situation, being
so located that farm, stock farm
and ranch contribute alike to it's
business growth. During the fall
season huge loads of both cotton
and wool, earth's two leading
textiles. might be seen side by
side upon our streets, or moving
along the roads leading to our
town. Much Of this wool came
from distance of POO to $50
miles to reach this point, cross
ing two lines of railroad and pass
ing through other points which
claimed to be wool markets in
order to reach here. The cotton,
in many instances, was hauled n
distance of fifty miles i'll the seed
and ginned here. These facts will
give some idea of the command
ing preeminence of San Angelo as
market for these two staples, as
we'll rs for all other products Of
ranch and farm.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-04-14
WHOLESALE.

Two large exclusive wholesale
grocery houses are established in
San Angelo, each enjoying II
heavy and profitable patronage.
In addition there are other
houses selling dry goods, grocer
les and drugs, which combine a
wholesale with their retail trade.
San Angelo is n large iobbing
center, and her Importance in
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-04-14
civic CONVENIENCEs

san Angelo has frst-class
system of waterworks and electric
lights. Our water supply is UNI
doubtedly the best in Texas, be-
ing drawn from the South Concho
river, a stream which is fed by
never-failing springs of the soft
est and purest water. There is an
abundant supply for a city of
many times San Angeles present
population, and there is plenty
also for the use of manufacturing
enterprises and other large users
of steam.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-04-14
SHIPPED BY RAIL.

During the season just closed
San Angelo shipped over 1000
bales of cotton, while three and
one-fourth millions of pounds Of
spring and fall clip wool were re-
ceived and shipped during the
year. About 100000 head of cat
tie, mules and horses, and APP
proXimately l25, 600 head of sheep
were shipped from this point to
market during 1903, while rs Il
substantial side dish, 43 cars of
pecans, representing II cash value
of about SOL 900. were thrown IN
to make up what our Mexican
friends dub "pelone,' or us we
put it, good measure. There
is not another town in Texas, of
anything approXimating San An
gelo's population, which can
equal this showing of shipments,
either in quantity, tonnage or
cash values.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1904-07-18
OLD. BUT EVER NEW.
VENERABLE JCkG TALKS CT
REORGANIZATION.
Nothing Naw in the Theory as E=ar
as iris --as,ai2ter-ladaeer Was Cor
cerned-cn Earth IN Many lis
ouises aad .: Many Times.

"a'eteAg 'se-.i 4i2 ..
joke !eal.= &-.z.t
III al t...= ~ a.. e c9s.4s.
steIa a. So. ..=,.s:1a= Oil. le.ss-
:,l.st..:il -. $ =, e.....H,5... .s,-..#..-
le.e,# 81 -. ..aafa..s .atl--,v..,. 3.
Bile .-9E. - 80. 49, 8eeA con-
ire j. 10 eartH f.e =. aH centuries.
d4e! i#5 zsa.., .,iHarest fesnls as
those 81 re q irsals t5.a; eh-Hot
Old Noah, lru:s my rosa1 u View. be-
Iieve 4ue.-.it9e i; IDS ARK
4 tell you. L. be-. -le.e 4.aeoSo-
phists have set the right idea about
it. We die but 10 live again. We
make our little brief appearance or
the stage OF HE and then we vanish
only to return in some new guise-our
astral body the same our terrestrial
form the only thing changed about us
AM. sometimes that is not changed as
much as nj T. BE wished. have
WORN laaaa Misses III my day. Hagh
no. 1t Nenrie:, no to begin to think
OF them al. There was the time
when Adam cracaed his sides with
laughter, He rad sprung me upon
his better half, and t1ye-well Eve
Vas a woman q exceeding politeness
Gas evidence hey courtesy TO the Ser.
pent), and BE t'il Ii! yarv best to
smile ~ re, although an fully con-
yiNcad she did not 600 ny noint at all
The next time remember 10 have
cl ne to earth was IN the Land of
Nod. That was about zine thousand
years ago, as nearly As can recollect
It caused great sen, alton among the
simple N0ddites when I was suddenly
sprung upon them as New Thing. Il
| recoliect Alright, | was printed Their
III the newspapers OF the time, and the
reporters were Kind enough to write
Laughter in brackets after NE. SO as
to make sure that tae inhabitants
would appreciate ne at my cachin-
natOry worth.
life is too short for me TO attempt
to rehearse my various reincarnation5
since then. | have appeared in comic
opera and tragedy; have graced the
minstrel stage, and appeared suddenly
i, the pulpit as a Racy Bon Mot
have travelled all over the civilized
world as a Newspaper Joke. | have
been illustrated and set to music;
have helped to make the fortunes Of
several com edians ard the regulations
OF numerous after dinner speakers
AEti last nisht-W;N you belle e it,
or OF the best known and most origi
nal
Hello" said the Old Joke, sadly,
My pipe has gone out and have not
another pill in the box. shall die
i cannot get a smoke-I know /
shall, But never mind. l shall soon
come back again il some new form,
anl the suffering public Will accept
re as the latest and newest thing in
Jokes. New York Herald.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1904-07-18

l Tie SlloN A'Ai eAAS - AAAi' = AOAA'
IDS Of the engines he thought he
I then approaching the railway
, IS. though not by the regular
Besides, the young men with
Il he had talked had agreed to
his report at nine O'Clock. and
! did not appear they would in.
~ a search. He had not eXagger.
=. when he told the Snowman that
| we're anxious for fun.
slqenly the wagon stopped There
rafting at the door and man
When the newcomer had
y lamp inside the wagon, Har-
- nized the dignified gentleman
$ Military coat, but now in citi
y ,thes.
" pleasant ride?" inquired
4 laughing.
n, lad pleasanter."
where you are?"
1.-THE tracks somewhere
brought you part of the way
70 Now, We'll do business
i an opened his coat and took
n, inner pocket roll of bills
ict ted out twenties and fifties
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1904-07-18
Squire Mango.d's
Money


not realize how close il would bring
him 10 the personal affairs Of the con
munitv. So well did he come to know
the finances of the several families
that he looked up, little startled
when Squire" Mansold. the white
bearded settler Of Groyelar4 town
ship, pushed through the brass bars OF
the bank counter a check fpr nine
hundred dollars. payable to self"
spending your wheat money SO
soon, Squirrel" he asked, recalling how
gladly tremulous the deposition had
been when he came in with the pro-
ceeds Of his years crop.
'Well," the rely came haltingly,
Il kind o needed it today"
Going to clean up the mortgage.
SUPPOSE"
"Yes-aa' 4 let more"
Good for yoG. Squire Kansas is
surprising the nation th.s YEAR Tor
money making Here you are" and
he ccHatel CT. teas, t1eH5ies and
fifties tao comfortable looking pile
Of greac:hachs t!tGtmade the 6id mans
eyes g!is5eu.
Nerr0u.yty the setter gathered them
IN MS s5iii-9f2"4ed fingers AL turned
away.
The Fe:..'s door was open nd t4e
sound Of band musie-laud, fa5.d, ax-
lng--"as borne IN on the sou
WIND. CIT Oh the ea@e q t-e toWia
rose s#&Eia9 tents dltd tGSSlt.s liag&
Oh many nations. Il was cfle.ss Gay
an un #oATed= OCCASION for esre!lz2s
seldom FiSi1ed sueii small villages ca
tae Ha1El9s.
VIII lis money cttched t;-s6o il.
tie poe&St o. lis %2ti-#ofn eaat the
settler followed the haad - The
GROUNDS lie waited some t'12a a.la
then entered the STE SHOW tent.
lac more tle Young clerk Thought
OF the strange action ct the bank
patron, TIE less easy he tell as To Nh2t
might Happen t1s5 uncle E2a b2oA
Gained 10 Tile county seat ana lie A&a
no one with whom to consult An
aour iate' ne Sa" the aged farmer
coming toward Town. ATOMS th@ dltst9
ROAD between tne little forests u SUI.
mowers oehaih2 N the not sGU1h Wina.
nc e""iG "'sa ieScs9 steps ana SLOW
he entered the bank and, thongf
iaillS sseetet Aihs cheefllS, he GOV.
ereo MS lace With us bands, picture
OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
" mats the matter, Squire = asked
the elef6.
ESef&tHiaSs tie matter, broke
from the qaiFeflnS HI3s. Its all gone
ohdrile' aF money 5 gone.
on con I mean i! ell NE aho&t
Il, urged the younger man sympathy
ingly, setting a e,.a:r for hita behind
ehe counter Ter TIE ''a'lk WIS deserted
just then.
mere am h'&cA 10 tell was the
tepls. iAey t2.d nae IN the tahi
won hlne INJURED dollars By 1oH-
ing 9dtI INC . bon dlHn know
II Mas d money 7sl,Ae. Just fo4tea i0'
1oa. 1Eeii inc SAT- must SHOW cal
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1904-07-18
shouting and there seemed nothing to

iriend ana told him the story.
GU can't get it back, Charlie
SAID the Old man sadly. Let it go
don't gec into trouble"
wait and see. III try desperate
y nafo helofe give up.
The advice not to get into trouble
was repeated by several of the mer-
chants with WHOM he consulted. but
from the young H'an OF the town IL
met WIZ A@ai'+~i sympathy.
:>s.''i' = -. ~. q" "r&el an.
we ii t'2.-' ,:it -. ;.i,tn some, any ".
IL a 60! 't.,'''''s. . 500 our git
me a4&e''''r.' 'A,'n9i"' 70 the 9th
erS ana 4 s|;H'' y 1";'",! to assist, If
necessary. ~ mating the showmen
give Up f-'e @ah@3.
an aIt2.&.l.- ~ "a ma&e FOR half
past nine or.4ca &:.eG Harris was to
meet his tri@nds. 2nd then ne started
home for supper.
AS ne Wenf HD tie street he heard
shflH NA!sf'e ana turned to see
handsome team OF SPOTTED ponies
driven 10 &atiy "olofed road wagon,
pam y d lt5' tf9'4 ait@ circus. y young
i,.'t'A 49, ~ s3t:le.+ ana as he
~. ~ ~. ~ y a''' 'I,'fFIS fecos-
i''zq4 s.'=5.1'' - e.e#'' sellers.
. q = g :3f 2oa' s'tid tile
81 ii9'z-s 800 ~ ita envelope.
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The news & observer., 1904-12-25
Talks with Farmers
New Light on the Leeumcs.

We have long been of the opinion
that the micro-organisms that inhabn
the noduleS on the roots of legumes
are nitric ferments which oxidize the
free nitrogen of tie air and the result
is nitric acid and hence at once a nj
trate of some base in the soil, and that
the legumes get the nitrogen thus
formed from the SOIL and that plants
growing associated with them would
thus likewise benefit Prof. Hedrick
of the Michigan College, gives an ac-
count in the Rural New Yorker of
some experiments made with various
cover crops along with growing trees
His experiments were made in large
pots with peach trees in them III
some pots he grew rye, potatoes and
other crops that take no
nitrogen from the air. and
the trees associated with these
crops stopped growing early and
ripened their wood, and the roots did
not seem to like the company they
were in. In other pots he soWed Grim
son clover peas and beans. In these
pots the trees kept on growing thriftiIy
and did not ripen their wood early,
and the roots of these trees and clover
were so tangled together that they
could hardly be separated. Evidently
the tree had benefited by the aitrates
formed, as we'll as the clover. 1t is
suggested that this may be a disadVau-
tage in the cold climate by keeping
the wood green too late. But it evil
IDENTIFY showed that the combined nj
frozen was in the soil ana not alto
gcther in roots of the legumeS.
The news & observer., 1904-12-25
Tcs: Farms.


In a number of States the Boards of
Agriculture are establishing VIII --hey
call test farms. in representative sec
tions of the States. This is an excel
lent move, provided the farms are
really made to test the particular ca
pacity of the soil of the section for bu-
siness-like forming, and are. in fact
model farms as object lessons for the
farmers around them. But if they are
merely experimental farms, supported
by the public funds, we think their
multiplication will not be of as great
benefit as the authorities expect. The
work of investigation should be con-
fined to the Experiment Stations, ana
these should have some aid from the
States. But an experimental farm
cannot in the nature of things, be a
model farm, and what the farmers of
most States need is not an increased
number of experimental farms, but
model farms that will Illustrate good
commonsense farming with the crops
of the section not fancy farming by
the eXtraVagant expenditure of money
Our millionaireS are doing enough of
this but illustrations of what any in
telligent farmer can do, accepting the
proved results of the Stations and the
experience of practical men with that
particular soil and thus showing TO
the farmers around how the farm can
be made to pay In the hands of real
farmers. educated farmers, these
farms can he made nuclei of improve
ment for the Whole section where
the are located, if their accounts are
accurately kept and the statements of
expenditures and sales made public
so that all can learn what business
like farming is. The Stations are all
sufficient for the experimental work
if they have the means for it, but II
the means that should be concentrated
on the Stations are frittered away in
all sorts of experiments on the farms,
the farms will not be as valuable to
the farmers as they would be if really
model farms. In a wheat growing Sec
ton a farm devoted to the showing OF
how wheat can be grown most economi-
cally and profitably would be of inestt-
mable value and the same will be
true of the sections devoted to tobacco,
cotton corn or any other speciality OF
the particular section. Let the ties,
farms really test the capacity of the
soil of the section for the most pro-
fitable production of the money crop
of the section. Let them be money
makers and not merely money
spenders as experimental farms must
be. We have ascertained the generaI
principles on which profitable farming
in any section depends now let us
show the application of these prtnci-
pies in way that any plain farmer
can adopt There was a good deal of
talk recently about the number of
model farms the Department of Agri-
culture in WASHINGTON was going to
start i'm various States. We have
heard little about these of late, and,
Of course. ii is too soon yet to be eX-
pecting results from them, but we
hope that the idea has not been
abandoned, and that they will all get
into the proper hands and be all that
they should be-
The news & observer., 1904-12-25
Notice!

BY virtue of a power of sale con-
given by n. e. Ranes ct al, to p.
Bobbitt, duly recorded in the Office of
the Register of Deeds for Wake coun-
ty, in Book 163, page 42S, l will, on
saturday, the 31st day of December,
1904, at IL O'Clock M, at the court
house door in Raleigh, sell to the
highest bidder for cash the following
parcels or lots of land:
First lot, beginning at stone on
the western side of the road leading
from Wake Forest to Forestville, Will
lis Holdings corner and runs with
said road south 1-2 degrees east,
40 feet to a stone on Beckwith street,
thence along said street 31S feet TO a
stone, H. w. Vernon's corner; thence
along his line 153 feet to j. A. Yer
mons lot; thence along the line of j.
A. Vernon and j, II. Vernon 48 feet
to a stone, j. A. Vernon's corner;
thence North 1920 degrees east, 113
feet to Willis Holdings corner; thence
with Holdings line S. 1920 degrees
east 8 25-100 chains to the beginning,
containing l lilo acres.
Second lot, situated on Smithfield
road and bounded on north and west
by lands of w. II. PAGES estate and
the south and east by lands of G. A.
Ranes, containing 26 acres more or
less.
j. P. BOBBITT, Mortgage.
November %. 1904.
l2-4-1 AVID w
The news & observer., 1904-12-25
The I,ieht Acainst Fraud.

And now the claim is made that the
prohibitiYc tax on oleomargarine must
be reduced, in order that the revenues
Of the country may be increased. lGX-
pericnce having demonstrated that
there is comparatively little demand
cor oleomargarine as such, either from
millionaires or from those whom they
so kindly rank as mudSills.
and in consequence the amount
Of taxes collected has dwindled
TO Il comparatively nominal sum,
thcrefore-what? The answer from
the oleo standpoint, from the
packing house combine, from dealers
who cannot discriminate between a
dollar hOnorably earned and one OBJ
tanned by artifice and fraud is: Re-
luce the tax so that we can color oleo
and sell it to the consuming public for
what it is not. and for a price far be-
yond its legitimate cost or value, and
we Will divide the wages Of sin with
The news & observer., 1904-12-25

the Government-Hoar Dairyman.
That is just it. The poor man does
not want "the poor mans butter"
when it appears in its own dress and
at a low price. and the only way to
get him to take it is to make it look
like real butter and sell it at butter
price. The operation Of the law has
shown that the life of the oleo busi-
ness depends on it's fraudulent sale as
butter. No one wants oleo when
they know that it is oleo they are buy
ing, and no one can be induced to use
it unless they are deceived and think
they are buying real butter. No better
argument can be used to show the
need of the law than the fact that oleo
that is not colored to initiate real but
ter cannot be sold.
The news & observer., 1904-12-25
LADIES FROM OUT OF THE CITY

ping. and desiring room and meals
AZ reasonable rate, with private
family, can find same at Mrs. w.
M, Rogers. 631 Halifax street.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-25
TIMELY CALLING
How tho Pastor Saved a Life.

A man near Fort Gay, w. Va, made
an entire failure in getting strength
from the kind Of food he ate, and not
knowing that the trouble was with
the food, kept on losing health until
the doctors gave him UP to die.
It was supposed to be consumption,
because he was wasting away steadily
and slowiy &ing. His minister called
from time to time, and one day
brought along a package of Grape
Nuts, thinking, from what he knew
Of the famous food, that perhaps it
might help him. The sick man took
80 it at once and from that day began
% get we'll. In writing, he says:
81 walked to town to-day 8 miles.
Nave gained over 40 pounds in about
2 months and my neighbors don't
know what to say. I frequently am
told it was as If l. am raised from the
dead. Everybody here knows Of my
case you can tell people to write to
the postmaster or Rev. L. D. Bryan.
I will make a sworn statement that
Grape-Nuts saved my life" Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek
Mich. ss,@.
This is another illustration that
where all other food fails, one can
be brought back to health and
strength on Grape-Nuts. There's a
reason
Look in each package for the ia.
nous little book. aTfe- Road to Well
vile"