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The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1912-08-30
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Terae Tales Of snyder's builders
The history Of city or community
IL but tho life stories Oi those of
ne citizens In commercial, industrial
and professional pursuits whose
name. are lndesolubly lnterwoyen
with It's growth and upbuilding.
Such tales well told. are always
interesting reading matter, offer In
calculably valuable lessons 10 the
growing young and anord examples
10 remulatlon 10 all Hence under
tho caption Of "ln EDltOme. or TerFe
Tales OF Snyder Builders this pa
per will publish In this appreciation
of Snyder and Bcurry county. truth
fuzzy told. short sketches Of the car
GERS OF our citizens whose names are
thus linked with our fair clty's pros
perity and development, ~
~ II. u. Patterson
Probably there IN no one In Sour
ry county whose name viii rccur TO
ono moro quickly In the above regard
than that ~ H. u. Patterson He Ia
president OF the First state Bank n
Trust Company an organization
which though organized a. an un-
propltlous period aa regards profit
lcnena OF crop production and
plethora OF currency In circulation
at once took rank ns one Of the great
financial malnRtayB OF this section.
largely through hi8 personal nflu-
once and the personnel OF his con
froreg and associates ON ita executive
and directing board and which oc-
oupics tho handsome bank building
IN all Wost Toxaa.
Mr. pattorHo mis- also president of
the Snyder Development Company.
TIC worthy purposes OF which com.
pnny arc elsewhere told of g. detail
VA another part Of this paper aud
81. uamc II llnted with we'll night
o,ory r,Hyomont for Tho material
bonoet and n-oral uplift Of Snyder
and scurry county Quick 10 apprc-
bend and assimllatc al progressive
ideas and Innovations ho ~ ABOUT To
Install q porouu concrete pipe aySlem
Of sub irrigation and In general. hts
IN n pattern Of citizenship TO Do mod
clcd nftor
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1912-08-30
W. 4. Thnnnann

Ranking amongst the prominent
and progressive citizens NJ snyder
who are over IN the forefront in
promoting worthy enterprises ana
otherwise making Tor tha ciiys
material advancement is w. r..
ThompHon Whose beautiful homo
place south OF town To- pictured iu
this paper.
Mr. Thompson was ono ~ the orr
FanlzorH Of and 10 a director ~ the
First National Bank. Tho splendldly
aucconBful career Of which institution
ih elsewhere told Of and no lends his
ala to every movement individual
or public for tho material and mo
raj good OF the city.
lndustrally no le farmer and
stock raIsor and he is now Installing
on HIS fertile farm adjacent TO the
city limita comprehensive irrlga-
ton system.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1912-08-30

comparatively recent acquisition to
Snyder's business world, Mr.. Welch
has indelllbly stamped his individual
ny upon the community and his
name has acquired talsman like
qualities In any business enterprise
In that It Ia linked with that SUCCESS
which the first great merchant
prince. A. r. Stewart. demanded as
prerequisite Of all his associates
and employees.
Mr. WEIGH came 10 scurry county
from Tennessee few years back
and being wOoed and won by the fer
tlllty Of It's soil and other advan-
tages and decided 10 permanently To-
cate here and engaged in the real
ogtato business In which he has been
unuHually successful FIo has the
talent and ability TO grasp and han
die large affairs and In the exploita-
ton Of colonization or kindred pro.
ioctg, provided they be worthy and
commondablc. n sine qua non be In
Blata upon ere he lands an enter
prise his name and Influence has fsv
II any peers
Tho beautiful residence ~ W
Welch on Colonial Heights recently
purchased Of H. W CLARK is ta1rn
IN tho accompanying engraving
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1912-08-30

Courses Of Study for the Snyder Public
Schools and for the schools OF the county as
usual will be filled complete here.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1912-08-30

latter Is equipped with turninglathes
drill press. emory wheels and every
mechanical device and appliance to
patch and vulcanlze tires and to do
everything that perfect machinery
and skilled craftsmanship can ac-
complish to speedily put an automo-
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1912-08-30
James H. WEIGH

Albeit but young man IN tho
prime and senith OF physical and
mental manhood and although but
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1912-08-30

We have the state adopted books and
high school books for the Primary, lnterme-
date, and High School Departments.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-07-14

Following the conference between
the attorneys for the government and
the legal representatives of the de-
fendants Friday the machinery of the
court was set in motion. IT was first
agreed by the United states attorneys
that following out the decision of the
United tSatcs court in the Mullens case
an entry OF dismissal would be en-
tered In behalf of the defendants In a
number OF cases. In the Mullens case
the court held that in the Choctaw-
Chickasnw country sales by full bloods
prior to April 26, 1896, where the al
loment was made after the death of
the allottee, the government had no
legal right 70 maintain an action in th9
name Of the United States. In all of
these cases Attorney Frost represent
ing the government, said that an entry
Of dismissal would be filed and II was
SO ordered by Judge Campbell. A
similar entry was made by Judge
Campbell In the case involving the
surplus allotmcnts OF adult Seminole
freedmen made prior to April Fl, 1904.
The United States supreme court
having held in the Hickman case that
the United States had the right to
maintain an action 10 recover full
blood lands. the dcmurrers Of the de-
PENDANTS In the cases IN which this
question was raised were overruled
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-07-14

Also in the Seminole nation similar
order was made in reference to the
deeds to certain freedmen surplus al
lotmeuts to the number OF about five
hundred. In approximately twelve
thousand cases II Is expected that to-
day tho court In pursuance with the
proceedings of yesterday, will overrule
the demurrers OF defendants, in which
event these eases will hive TO come
Co trial individually on their merits,
and the defendants given until No
vrnber II to answer Thus 1900 cases
have been wiped off the federal dock
ct. and ir the demurrers are oVcrrulcd
today, as exported, 1900 eases VIII
%, put on the docket for trial. II was
stated also that 10000 Of the original
10000 land suits have already been
settled. OF these. land was decided
back to the Indian in 1000 cases. ans
the deeds taken by purchasers were
feld valid In 5000 cases.
The decision Of the United States
supreme court In the Hickman case
that the United states had the right
Il bring collective suit or series OF
suits and that the Indians did not have
&c sue as individuals In the state courts
was the opening wedge which brought
about the activity OF Friday and sat
urday before Judge X. Il. Campbell In
the circuit court Of the United states.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-07-14

and the defendants were given until
November | to file their answers. 1t
Is understood that in nearly 10000 of
these cases settlement has been
reached In some instances the land
involved has been decided back to the
Indian without any consideration. In
other cases where It was shown to the
government that the land was bought
in good faith, the government has
consented that the Indian refund the
purchase price after WHICH lie would
DE decided back the land. But O small
per cent Of these deeds have as yet
been filed, for in each instance the
government makes an investigation
after the deeds have been presented.
This is for the purpose of verifying
descriptions and to avoid any future
litigation. 1t was reported in cour,
Friday that 5000 of these cases are
ready for settlement and in not less
than $50 instances quit claim deeds
have already been prepared.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-07-14
oklahoma TO HAVE
BIC Representation
THIS STATE VITALITY INTERESTED
IN NATIONAL IRRIGATION
CONGRESS-.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July 13.-
Oklahoma will have a large and rep
resentative delegation at the coming
session of the National Irrigation con-
gress to be held in this city Septem.
ber 80 to october 3, according to ad-
vices received by Secretary Arthur
Hooker. This is the twentieth ses-
sion of this orfanization which has
done so much for the upbuilding of
the west. Oklahoma is vitality in
terested in the question of irrigation.
Up t6 the year 1910 nearly six thous-
and acres of land had been brought
under irrigation in the state at cost
Of nearly fifty thousand dollars.
The Republic Of Mexico. dsspite the
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-07-14

handicap of internal warfare, is show
Ing keen interest In the National Ir-
rigatlon congress, and that country
will have a delegation present at Salt
Lake when the session Is called to or
der. DR.. Il. Mcqueen Gray, foreign
secretary of the congress, has been in
formed by the Mexican government
that President Madero will in the near
future name a delegation from that
country.
Or. Gray is at present in Europe in
behalf of the National Irrigation con-
gress, and reports widespread interest
in the work of irrigation. and that
there will be large attendance OF
foreign representatives. He will re-
turn to this country In time to reach
Salt Lake for the session of the con.
gress.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-07-14
MANY indian Land
Decisions ARE MADE
TN NTINE THOUSAND LAND CASES
MUST IN TRIED ON
THEIR MERITS.

MUSkOGEE, Okla, July l3,-Or-
dcrs entered In the federal court yes
tcrday constitute the most important
action ever taken 10y federal or state
court I'm oklahoma, both IN point OF
value of property involved, and as to
the number OF liugauts and lawyers
when the court convened yesterday
It looked like meeting of the state
Bar association. There were l6l at
torueys present They each repre-
sentcd from one to several hundred
clients,
The court sustained the demurrer OF
1000 defendants I'm the Choctaw and
Chickasaw nations IN the government
land title suits dismissng these cases
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-07-14
Paternal Pride.

An aged veteran of the Civil war
stood watching the Fourth of July
parade and as a company of the Gu
ban war soldiers passed he turned and
said proudly to companion. Just
see, every single one of those fellows
are out of step except my son John"
From Norman E. Mack's National
Monthly.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-07-14
Not Quito Practical.

"She is very liberal in her chart.
ties" said one woman.
Yes" answered the other; liberal
but not always practical. For instance
she wanted to send alarm clocks tc
Africa to aid sufferers from tht sleep.
ing sickness. ."-McCall's Magazine.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-07-14
Briefly Speaking.

Lady (to returned missionarrl -
And how was the king Of the savages
clothed
ry-H'm--princlpally with
authority, madam; and not much OF
that.-McCalls Magazine.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-07-14
FLOODING south
WITH CAPITAL
EASTERN CONCERNS AiE slND-
ING MILLIONS INTO TllE
SOUTHLAND.
HYDRO-ELECTRIC PLANTS
Great Water Power Po7siblii'- Nrr
Attracting Attention uf
the Murid.

tt,rtrthfbue JuI. d. Eastern.
Irs,.ru .r.I..b and Canadian capt
t.l,st.' ,rp..t tbr prrsrut time putting
l,r,,iy avon 100 million dollars into
s,'tb.rn h,dIo rlortrI. plants. Their
,l,r. u.uI iu,nlt. th. ultimate rNupu-
ti,,r. a. t6U million dollars 90 200
,,,uli,,. .I.lInre Gr,Yt lnuElur housp8
'm1 strop, h,is,a and strong prumul-
tr,, ,.,,c.ru. vbIrh huyr been making
t,... ,v,tnr. .pnvrr Investments are
'.i 10, ,,,,,,' ,,.,s b,,,U, Interested
IA, uublI, utOu|rs t.ppcaIy street
l'',.,s r,. and ,.,.frlr uYuis iu
thn .oitb rho.r concerns have stuk.
,d tb.ir r,r.tutIou .uud tho money Of
n.lr ,I.pis Inou fnr south. ANA Wo
l.ll,,. ,,.ry ,le,l, .su. Iu order. how
,,.r tn ,,nl,, ann, tb,t th.r. shall hc
rn i,,luup ,y,n t.mpourNy n the
s,uth,s nro,r,ss. mo- lrascuiue of the
n,,ri,.t tnt lis s.curitlrs il ls iupum.
t.nt n,,,, tb,p ue vol .upou the .pro-
,I, ,.bo. rontrnI the railroads and 9TH
80, ,,r.nt ,ut,rnrls,s In ths section. to
1.nI. .,,.r, ,urrpy tD thr development
,r IA. snlth and southwest 30 ua m.
,.r..,',. I'm manhattan u manufactures.
IL, o,rir,iinr, iu ,Iit rrntyth. and u
,,.r, ub1so of human rudraNor boo or
d.r a. nul., loublt -urr the profit
"bl,u,ss of tbr investments which
u,v uoy hu,r I'm fhp south ENcB
hnnl,1e boliso which has um tho
nnuev into hydru.rlcrinr develop
ncnts i'm str,ri nIIyn, rntrrprmrs or
kindred nu.rutIong iA NIhlB Interest.
rd In thr broadcv work for Southern
uti1,ildiup Thc hundreds of min Ious
nf dollars r,pr,.srut,d In thrsc iu.
v..t,uruts pu.i bee mYtlc to Weld
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-05-28
SENSE OF HONOR IN TRAMPS
Storekeeper Who Trusts "Gentlemen
of the Road" Declares They
Pay Debts Promptly.

In the north part Of New York there
is a postmaster, who is also owner oil
a small general store, who has ideas
about the tramp that are different
from the ideas entertained by the av'
erage citizen. The owner of the store
and the representative of Uncle Sam
is stationed at a junction of three or
four railroads, and nearby is wood
an ideal place for a tramps camp,
which has been a rendezvous Tor
years.
Several years ago the storekeeper
began selling goods to the hoboes for
cash. He observed that the same
faces came in regularly, at intervals
of a month or more Soon the tramps
began to ask for credit, and the store
keeper extended It, He found that in
variably the tramp came in and PAID
his bill on his next return to the rem
devious, or If he We're out on long
trip, money order would be sent lor
the amount. He has dealt with the
shifting population for nearly "
years, and declares he has never iosl
a cent from bad account with one
He does not know the names OF his
customers, except as they are ac'
costed by their fellows by the road
names they bear, and most OF the ac'
counts are kept in the storekeeper S
mind.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-05-28

Miss Fannie Brown .... 5000 4
Miss Gertrude Ganaway 49,. 5000 /
Miss Eunice Davenport 49,. 5000 /
Miss Abbie Edwards ...... 5000
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-05-28
LADIES OUTSIDE LIST.

LADIES OUTSIDE LIST.
Route 2, WaXahachie, Tex.
Miss Maud Smith ..... 5000
Miss Winifred Harrison -. 5000
Route 8, Waxahachie, Tex.
Miss Mary Aday ~. .... 5000
Route 6, Waxahachie, Tex.
Miss Ruby Woods .. 5000
Route z, Waxahachie, Tex.
| Miss Willie Gould 500
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-05-28

coupon book with which to secure
subscriptions
Then let all your friends and ae-
quaintances know you have become
contestant and that you are in the
race to win. Use your telephone,
and secure the help of your friends
| before some other enterprising con
| testant gets to them. Write at
once to those friends you cannot see
or telephone to. Request them to
save their votes for you. Get your
friends to help you, and success will
be yours.
Flanders 40" Capital Premium
A beautiful Flanders "20," five
passenger touring car, fully equip
ped with top and wind shield (see
specifications in the big double page
| announcement in this issue), one
of the best known and most popular
automobiles on the American mark
ct, value $4,000, fully equipped
and delivered in Waxahachie, will
be given as the Capital Premium in
the Daily Light and Weekly Enter
prise Great Popularity Contest, to
the lady contestant over Is years of
age, married or single, living any
where, who receives greatest huber
of votes in Light and Enterprise
Great Popularity Contest between
Monday, May 9th, and Saturday,
July 90, 1919. This handsome car
is guaranteed to be one of the best
money.
This car was ordered through the
Sims-Thomson Motor Car Co., of
this city, local agents for this ia
nous make of automobiles, and
will be exhibited and demonstrated
by them at their garage on wes-
Main street, where they will bt
glad to show this car and explain
its merits and tell why it is the
! best car ever offered as a Capita
| Premium in a popularity voting
campaign in this territory.
Piano ms Outside Premium
Music lovers will be delighted
with the opportunity presented to
them of winning fine piano. One
of the well known Leyhe Pianos
valued at $4,000 has been purchas-
ed from the Leyhe Piano Company
1907 Elm street, Dallas, Texas, ant
will be exhibited in this city at 0. P.
Lumley's Eatitorium on the north
west corner of the square.
This sweet toned instrument, fin,
ished in rich, mahogany case, will
be presented absolutely free to tho
lady contestant living anywhere out
side of Waxahachie, who receives
the greatest number of votes in the
Daily Light and Weekly Enterprise
Great Popularity Contest next to
the winner of the Capital Prem
ium.
For City Ladies Exclusively
The Enterprise Publishing Com
pany offers the ladies of Waxa-
hachie an exclusive chance to win
a beautiful, diamond ring valued at
S125.00, bought from G. M. Bailey
of Dallas, and on exhibition in the
show window of the Curtin Drug
Store of this city, or, If summer
trip, with a companion should APP
peal more strongly to the ladies,
the Enterprise Publishing Company
offers a double trip to Cool Colo
RADIO" with an extra $4,000 added
for expenses. The choice of either
of the above offers will be awarded
to the lady living in Waxahachie
receiving the largest number OF
votes next to the winner of the auto
! mobile.
Ladies Outside OF the City
After the automobile and the pia-
no have been awarded, the Enter
| prise Publishing Company will pre-
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-05-28
UP IN ARMS AGAINST CRITICS
London Theater Managers Resent
"Roasts" and Newspaper Makes
Plain Talk.

One can easily sympathize with an
actor manager, and not less, as in a
recent instance, with an actresszman-
agress, who finds that personal esd-
mates of, the merits of a play are not
! Endorsed either by the critics or By
that far more important section of tn
community, the playgoing public. Blu
the growing practice on the part o
those who control our theaters o
! showing something like petulance, OF
worse, when they find they have made
a mistake Is full of awkward posi-
biIities Gerald du Maurfer's outburst
is the latest instance in point. Be
cause those whom he invited to ex-
press opinions on his new venture,
1.-THE Dust of Egypt" told the truth
about 1t and failed to indulge in
paeans of praise he writes a porten7
tous letter to ask what is a eritic?"
The best answer we have seen comes /
from A. C. Benson 81 suppose that I
an expert critic is man with natu- /
raj faculty of discrimination which
has been trained by experience" One
is disposed to believe, after witnessing
the sorry stuff so often put upon the
stage, that a little more exercise of
a faculty for discrimination trained
by experience would be to the gen
eral advantage in the enterprise of the
theater. Il would spare the critics
many dab hours, the managers much
loss of money, and-where they can
not take their losses in sporting
spirit-of temper, while the public
opinion of the stage and all its works
would be immensely improyed.-The
Globe, London.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-05-28

Probably no part of the Daily
light is so filled with human inter
st as the want column.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-05-28

See that liquid soap and holder.
clean, strictly sanitary, f.
J. Cronk Co. II
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-05-28

The Daily Light want ads mean
wonderful opportunities to you.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-05-28
, o = 0 = . o 100 . = .
, RAILROAD TIME TABLE. .
o
II. & t. C.-west Bound.

No 80 west bound arrives 11:19
a. IN. Connects at Garrett
train from the north and
south from Corsicana,
No. ST west bound arrives 6.10
p. M. Connects at Garrett
with train from the north.
i No. So leaves ....... $50 a. N.
No. SO leaves .... GAS p. m.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-05-28

No. 81 leaves 11:25 a. IN. Connects
at Ennis for Houston.
No SO leaves ... 9:11 .. m
i No. 8 leaves 800 a m. Connects
| with north and south boune
No "a Eastbound leaves $40 p. n
Connects with southbound /
Mexia and northbound
Dallas
Bisbee daily review., 1912-04-25
MINER IS KILLED
 hT OLIVER SHAFT
TimberS and Earth Caved in on Bert Tom
 aSoni

Bert TomaSoni. a young Italian min CT. was killed at the oliver shaft Of the Calumet and Arizona Mining com. Tany yesterday morning about lO:3C o'clock. by a cavein Of earth and tim 6ers. Death was evidently instenta neous. one of the tlmbers striking him across the forehead and fracturins the skull He was head when the debris was taken from the body.
 Report of the mans death was immediately given to Justice Smith, or Lowell. who empaneled 8 jury and visited the mine. where they viewed the body Meeting later ln the day. evidence was taken and \ verdict was rendered. to the effect that death was the result of an uD avoidable accident.
 The body of the young man was taken in charge by the Palace under takers. and lies at their mOrgue. The funeral will he held Sunday afternoon at two o'clock. So far as known yes terday afternoon, Tomasoni had nc relatives in Bisbee. A cousin oi Tomasonis was killed in a mine ac cideut about ten months ago. here in the district. Tomasoni was about twenty-three years of age, and was unmarried.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-04-25
TOOTH ANNIVERSARY
 WILL BE OBSERVED
Sisters of Loretto Prepar- ing to Celebrate
 the Event

The Sisters Of Loretto will cele brate the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of tnelr order today. April %. In Bisbee the celebration will begin with a high mass, followed by appropriate ceremonies. The his. tory of the Bisbee LOretto academy has been one of continuous success and increasing educational influence since it's founding. and today 1t is numbered among the most up-to-dats of the educational institutions in the southwest, and the local order has just reason for celebrating.
 Tn a miserable log cabin in Ken. lucky. a cabin so leaky and cold that the sisters were compelled to stop up with their own hands the cracks in the walls. in such a place as this, three sturdy, generous young women began a work which resulted in the foundation of the pioneer American Catholic order
 At this time Father Charles Ner' inckx. a Belgian priest, came to America, having been exiled on ac. count Of the French revolution. This jealous missionary saw the pressing need of an educational religious or der. hence he secured the approbation of the bishop, and later the sane ton of the pope, for these three young women to devote their lives to prom ulgate the interests of the church ir America.
 Today the Order of Loretto counts its members by the hundreds; nun Der of academies and parochia! schools over the country testify to it's progress, and great many pr pills are graduated yearly from iti ' academies.
 The mother house and novitiate oi the Lorettines are located at Loret to, Ky. and the normal school al Lafayette Place. St. Louis.