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At the annual meeting of the Collegeport Woman's club held yesterday the fact was evident that the serious question of a meeting place for this organization of eighty-eight members must soon be considered. The meeting was an enthusiastic one and the first ballot for nominations for president was unanimous for the re-election of the founder of the club, Mrs. Burton D. Hurd, this being her third term. After the president had thanked the club members for their support and co-operation in every way and expressed an earnest wish that they might have chosen a new leader, Mrs. E. C. Van Ness, in behalf of the club, spoke a few well chosen words of appreciation for the ideal work done by the president as leader of such a large body of representative women and prophesied a most creditable year's work with Mrs. Hurd as leader. The other officers elected were: Vice President, Mrs. N. P. Knight, also re-elected for the third time; secretary, Mrs. Herbage; treasurer, Mrs. George Ross, and corresponding secretary, Miss Myrtle Morris, re-elected also for the third term.
Houston Post, January 14, 1912 |
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Collegeport, Texas, January 27.--The members of the old men's Bible class of the First church of Collegeport Sunday school tendered a banquet to the young men's class and a number of invited guests Wednesday evening, the occasion being the acknowledgment of the elder men that they had been defeated, in a spirited effort to build up the largest class attendance before the old year had closed. There were ninety men at the sumptuous table, and a game dinner was served by the Woman's union, which was perfectly appointed in every detail. The toastmaster, Rev. M. A. Travis, pastor of the church, spoke words encouragingly and in touch with the great Men and Religion Movement that is claiming the attention of laymen everywhere, and fittingly introduced the speakers. There were pleasant, uplifting, witty and encouraging responses from those called upon, including Rev. Dr. Tenney of Oberlin, Ohio, who is one of the most interesting men it has been the privilege of people in this part of the South to hear; Hon. S. P. Sicks, formerly of the Indiana legislature; J. W. Hansel, Abbott Kone, Edward Leach, Earnest Livers and E. C. Van Ness, the superintendent of this live Sunday school, all made interesting speeches.
Houston Post, January 12, 1912 |
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Prof. Travis has been looking about and has secured some valuable information relative to the early days along the Trespalacios and Matagorda bays. An old history belonging to Mr. Joseph Pybus Sr., of Palacios, which was published in England about 1840 gives many facts of interest to people of this section. At that time Matagorda was a principal coast city with a Chamber of Commerce and an extensive wholesale and retail trade. Austin located just below Bay Park where the University grounds are to be, was then a small new town, while Palacios on the Portsmouth townsite was also mentioned as a new and growing town. A boarding school was in existence which some of the older residents of Texas attended, this was located at Austin near where the new buildings for the Industrial School are to be located. Prof. Travis purposes getting all the data possible and writing a short history of the section which will be both instructive and interesting to all.—Collegeport Chronicle
Palacios Beacon,
February 2, 1912 |
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Palacios Beacon, February 9, 1912 |
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The Collegeport Chronicle says: Every team is busy these fine days getting ready for the early spring crops. The copious rains of the winter have put the ground into the finest possible condition of moisture and now the farmers are busy conserving it and preparing for a crop. A number of men expect to get their corn planted early next week while others will not be far behind them. The idea is also to plant generously and early with rice which will follow along with cotton later in the month. A good idea of diversification seems to be in their minds in general, but the honors will be divided between corn and rice with cotton probably on a smaller scale than last year. The prospects are good for early planting all along the line and this with the fine soaking of the land gives the finest promise for a good crop in years.
Palacios Beacon, February 9, 1912 |
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Burton D. Hurd of Collegeport and G. M. Magill of Bay City were among the Houston visitors yesterday. Mr. Magill was one of the early founders and builders of Bay City and Mr. Hurd has been largely responsible for the growth of Collegeport and the development of the country nearby. Mr. Hurd has been engaged for some years in inducing homeseekers to settle in the Collegeport and Bay City communities, and the immigration company of which he is the head runs a homeseekers' excursion to that section from Iowa and Nebraska every two weeks. Mr. Hurd says that the number of homeseekers to the coast country this winter has not been as large as for the past two or three years, but that the number of tourists has been greater. "There have been three things which have militated against the homeseeker travel to the Texas coast this winter. One of these is the fact that the rates for this travel were made higher last spring by the railroads, another is that poor crops were made last fall in a part of the country from which a majority of the homeseekers come, and the third reason is that just now there appears to be a tightness in the money market. The railroads either ought to use a portion of the money they get from this travel in advertising the section of the country which these homeseekers visit. If the railroads which handle this homeseeker business to Texas would spend some money in advertising in the North the advantages and opportunities of the Texas coast country, it would not only increase the travel over the roads, but it would aid in the development of the country. Whatever helps the settlement and development of the country helps the railroads.
Houston Post, February 13, 1912 |
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Collegeport, Texas. Mr. Learned: Please find enclosed $2.00 to pay for the Argus last year and this year, also the K. C. Star. We are having lovely weather now and lots of gardens are made. Had a good rain and the grass is getting green. We still like our Texas home fine, but often think of our dear old Kansas home at Woodston. The Argus is surely a pleasure to us.
Yours truly, Mrs. Roy Nelson—The Woodston Argus,
February 22, 1912 |
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It is stated that the report of the auditors who have gone over the books will not report until after the primaries. Is that fair to the voters? If all is right, why not hurry it and exonerate the officials from any suspicion. If all is not right should the voters not know it in time to judge as to whether it is best to return or replace the candidates? The voters should demand the report before voting for next year's officers. We are convinced there is time to prepare it if the necessity is felt. Let us have it. If not, are we free to take it that its postponement had method in it?--Collegeport Chronicle.
Palacios Beacon, March 8, 1912 |
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Is Matagorda county an orange growing county? This question is at present puzzling some people not a little. Let us put the question in another form. Are the citizens of Matagorda county orange growers? Right here is the hitch. California learned the business in a school of experience. Florida took her course of training in the same institution. We the settlers of Texas have refused to accept our diploma from any other Alma Mater. Since experience is a dear school we have this past winter paid a high rate of tuition by our losses in orange stock. But the business is by no means doomed. Rather its possibilities have been demonstrated. After the worst winter in recent history we find the mature trees without protection but little hurt and those who took precaution have saved all their young stock simply by banking. It was our privilege to watch one of the farmers uncover his little trees banked up in November, and not one was dead, not did the banking injure them in the least. The dirt was loose and dry about them and the bark was as green and smooth as if it had been in a green house. The fact was that a freeze in November was so unprecedented and unlooked for that no one believed it could freeze then. Having our summer underwear on we hied to cover, and most of us having no thermometer, left the poor trees to the mercy of the winds, and the say being in the wood a slight freeze did the damage. The low temperature in January did little damage, if any at all. Without a fire pot, without protection, without thermometers, ourselves tucked in bed, are we to say that this is no orange country? How many farmers raising lambs or pigs are willing to go to bed on a cold night and hope they will not suffer? If they succeed they are on the scene providing protection against the unexpected cold spell, and no sleep is for them until everyone is safe and comfortable. Just so with the orange business. This is an orange county when we educate orange growers.--Collegeport Chronicle.
Palacios Beacon, March 15, 1912 |
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Bay City, Texas, March 17.--The commissioners court of Matagorda county has canvassed the vote of the Collegeport School district and made the returns to the effect that the recent bond issue election for $12,000 for the purpose of providing for the town of Collegeport a new school building was successful.
Houston Post, March 18, 1912 |
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Col. E. H. Wilson sends us a copy of the Collegeport (Tex.) Chronicle containing items referring to the favorable weather that town and its gulf coast vicinity have had during the past winter, when all inland parts of the big state, together with a very large share of the “sunny south,” were shivering in the grip of cold northern winds, shoveling snow and suffering the physical and financial effects of unusual and unexpected frost and freezing, which put the people of that section in almost the same plight as those of the north. The Climatological Service of the weather bureau reports that the mean maximum temperature of Collegeport during March was 48 degrees above zero. In the personal columns of the paper appears the following item: “Col. E. H. Wilson, who has been confined to his house for some time, got out to the good roads meeting on Wednesday. We are glad to see the colonel among us again and wish he might be able to remain with us and keep on improving in strength.”
Farmer City Journal,
Farmer City, Illinois, Friday, April 19, 1912 |
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Many complaints have been heard from farmers that after corn has been raised the weevil eats it up. Mr. Allen was asked for a remedy for this and readily responded that with every load of corn put into the crib the application of a half gallon equal parts of common sal-soda and salt scattered over the load is a sure cure for weevil and in addition will not injure the corn for feeding or milling, but rather preserves the husk and makes cattle take to it as they will not to the corn not thus treated. The price of soda by the keg and salt by the barrel or sack is considerable and the recipe is a welcome one, putting to silence the objection of those who have brought up the weevil bogie. Not only corn but other products may be similarly treated according to Mr. Allen's instruction. Don't forget it, equal parts common soda and salt scattered over the product stored.--Collegeport Chronicle.
Palacios Beacon, April 19, 1912 |
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Mrs. W. H. Travis of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Smith have
gone to Miss Grace Shuey of Citrus was a Collegeport visitor Saturday. Mrs. H. N. Sholl, president of
the Collegeport Woman's Club, went to Mr. and Mrs. Lee and son,
Robert, who have been spending the past few months at their winter
cottage near the bay, left for their home in Miss Lena Corse went to Blessing to take a position in the bank. Mrs. Cary and children left for Dr. and Mrs. Tenny of Oberlin, O., who have been here for several months, leave this week for their home, and will be sorely missed by their many friends in Collegeport. Mrs. Harry Austin Clapp, who has been quite ill for the past two weeks, is improving rapidly. The box supper given for the benefit of the Public Library last Saturday evening was a financial and social success. Miss Edna Hunter left for her
home at Mr. Irwin Glasser of Buckeye motored to Collegeport and spent Sunday with his father. The King's Daughters were entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Livers, two miles east of town, last Saturday, the young ladies enjoying the outing, which was in the nature of a picnic. Miss Anna Spence of Buckeye spent several days in Collegeport the last of the week, visiting her sister, Mrs. L. E. Liggett. Messrs. Eldon and Don Travis came across the bay in their sail boat last Saturday and visited Collegeport friends. The musicale given by Mrs. Walter S. Culp at the Smith home last Thursday was an unusually pleasant affair and will be remembered long by the Woman's Club and their friends. Messrs. Rutherford, Amandus Pfeiffer and A. M. Weborg were visitors to Palacios Friday. The home of Mrs. E. A. Holsworth was the scene of a very enjoyable affair last Monday afternoon when a large gathering of ladies met to do honor to four of their number who soon leave for the North--Mrs. Walter S. Culp, Mrs. Tenny, Mrs. George Boody and Mrs. Lee. A number of the guests added to the pleasure of the occasion with vocal and piano solos. The guests of honor were presented with large bouquets of roses of chosen colors. Ice cream and cake. While this was an unusually pleasant gathering, a feeling of sadness was also present at the thought of friends parting, these ladies leaving a host of friends who will miss them on future occasions. The |
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Special to the Tribune. Many Collegeporters attended the
Our farmers are "living at home" this year. Many are doing it of necessity, others because they always have done so. The withdrawing of credit by the wholesalers and in turn by the retailer has been for this community a blessing for both parties. The merchants are paying bills more promptly and the buyer is out of debt. Two years ago Mrs. Burton D. Hurd held the first better babies contest and last year the results were so gratifying that she has been urged to conduct the contest this season to which she has consented. Probably 25 per cent more children will be entered this year than last for the mothers are wide awake to what it means for the physical development of the child. While living here Mrs. Hurd was the leader in every movement for the upbuilding of the moral educational and artistic life of the town. She took especial pride and pleasure in the children and started and for two summers conducted in the pavilion a play day each week for children. The connection between the Ferris & Simpson canal and the Collegeport canal has been completed and a large amount of rice has been planted south of town in a territory heretofore without water. The Collegeport fair will be continued for two days this year and a department has been opened for livestock. The fair, although a local show, has been a splendid one in the past. This year, with a much larger number of entries of greater variety, it will be a display worthy of the town.
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Palacios Beacon, May 17, 1912 |
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Collegeport is very much alive musically and the Choral Department of the Gulf Coast University has arranged a May Festival consisting of two concerts. The first of these will be given Friday evening, May 24, by the students’ choral class and the ladies chorus assisted by Collegeport’s best soloists, presenting a miscellaneous program. The second will be a matinee on Saturday, Collegeport Day, at 2:30 o’clock, given by the children and young people. Two features of this program will be the “Sun Bonnet Babies” by the children, and the cantata “Excelsior” by the university students. More than fifty persons will appear on the program these two days. These two concerts offer a treat to music lovers in Palacios, and it is hoped that many will avail themselves of attending. The festival will be held in the First Church. The price of the tickets 25 cents. Children 15 cents. We suggest that our people arrange for parties to attend these entertainments. Boat service can be secured to go at a convenient hour in the evening and return after the program Friday evening. For Saturday there will be ample boat service all day and evening.
Palacios Beacon,
May 17, 1912 |
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The Orchestral Concert given by the Presbyterian choir and orchestra of Palacios for the benefit of the Collegeport Church building fund under the auspices of the Women's Union last Friday night was a great success in every way. The orchestra consisted of eight pieces and both in accompaniment and orchestral numbers did fine work, while the flute numbers were also much enjoyed. the singers were not one whit behind the orchestra in excellence and both as a chorus and in male and female quartets their work delighted the large audience present. One feature was the distinctness of enunciation on the part of all the singers. Little Miss Beatrice Bentler sang "Cheery up Dearie" in a charming manner and in spite of being accompanied by the orchestra every word was distinctly understood, a decided compliment to both singer and orchestra. Miss Alice Campbell, the reader of the evening, by her naturalness and entire absence of affectation created a fine impression and will be always listened to with pleasure by all who heard her. The entire combination showed uniform proficiency no matter what the character of the number chanced to be, and Collegeport people by their frequent encores showed their appreciation of the evening's entertainment. At the close of the program Mr. D. L. Stump, the leader, made a few remarks urging a good spirit and frequent interchange between the sister cities on the bay picturing the mutual benefits from such co-operation. After this an informal reception was tendered the performers by the Collegeport ladies at which time the people form the two places took occasion to become better acquainted. Brother Stump, the leader of this musical combination proved not only that he can edit a paper that stands with the best in the Coast country as the Beacon does, but that he is not without musical lines which work claims much of his spare time. The choir and orchestra gave their services entirely without remuneration and as every seat was taken in the large auditorium the proceeds were a decided addition to the accumulation of the Women's Union which will be used for church purposes.--Collegeport Chronicle.
Palacios Beacon, May 31, 1912 |
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The silo sentiment is growing and with it the conviction that the dairying industry is the thing in this country. Creameries are springing up on all sides of us, but we are more concerned for the preparations to supply the factory which will follow as soon as it can be supplied. Those creameries already in operation claim to be doing a good business and they are sufficiently near to handle our cream if we can produce it. The man who has been pasturing his stock upon prairie grass is not convinced that dairying is a great money maker, and we are glad if a sufficient number have found that to be a fact. It is sheer wastefulness to consider native pasturage for this business. Grazing goes with low land values, and our land is too expensive for this. The various fodder crops and facilities for handling them is the solution of the problem which is a very simple one. Ten acres with a good silo or two will support a herd of cows much larger than most people imagine. The northern farmer from one crop makes an acre go a long way, what can we not do here where we can raise from two to four crops from the same land consigning it all to the silo. Silos are not expensive considering the saving they create. We are informed that some of our farmers have already placed orders for silos, and it is sincerely hoped that the number may be increased in season for the first fodder crop which will soon be ready for preserving. Not only for dairying, but also for the fattening of hogs, the feeding of work mules and horses and other stock is the silo a great advantage. A large element in the solution of the expensive feed bill will be their introduction, and this alone is an argument mounting up into the tens of thousands in our section alone. For this one feature the silo will prove a fine investment but it will not stop there. The profit in dairying will at once prove itself, and the farmers be put on their way to a good safe money maker with the minimum of risk and expense. If the necessary capital is not in hand, there are few excuses for borrowing that stand before the silo. It will pay fine returns on the investment and in a very short time pay itself out.—Collegeport Chronicle
Matagorda County Tribune, July 5, 1912 |
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We have had glorious rains recently, coming at a very welcome time for most crops. There has not been more to fall than the ground would absorb. It has not been too much for farming only in a few instances, and therefore the crop condition now is above the average, and a very bright prospect for splendid crops of all kinds for the future. One of our neighbors remarked to us recently that if men farmed in Ohio as some men farm here they would not expect to get any harvest whatever. And yet in spite of heedless, shallow, makeshift cultivation they do get some crop. The effects of real thorough work is seen on other farms, however. Our land will respond to poor methods, but it also testifies to the good effects of proper treatment. The Land Company have rearranged the interior of their office and given it a very bright and cheerful finish, which adds much to its comfort and convenience. There are new arrangements with numerous persons of known ability to push the immigration feature, and the definiteness of their intentions are such as to warrant that there will be an activity in Collegeport and surrounding territory that has not been witnessed heretofore during its whole experience. Co-operation and nothing else should be our only word and thought henceforth, and such a oneness by our whole community will put our section fair in the lead of any Mid-Coast section of Texas.
Palacios Beacon,
June 7 & 14, 1912 |
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O. L. Bateman and E. E. Bateman were visitors here on Monday from Palacios. J. W. Kirkpatrick went North with the land car Tuesday to begin immigration work with headquarters at Fairfax, Mo. H. N. Sholl, departed Tuesday for Upland, California, with a contract with the Land Co., as representative for the territory in and around St. Louis, Mo., to which he expects to move his family soon. Prof. Travis took the train on Tuesday for an extended trip through points in Iowa, Minnesota and other states. Before returning he will visit his mother at his old home in Eden, Ontario. The professor has large plans for the immediate future of the University and no stone will be left unturned in its interest. The last party coming with the Hurd special car "Land" was comprised mostly of their best agents from many sections of the North. The list is as follows: J. E. Hartenbower, Chicago; E. R. Bailey, Clarinda, Iowa; Matt Pierce, Red Oak, Iowa; Howard N. Sholl, Upland, California; C. D. Spielman, Kansas City, Missouri; J. H. Mason, Clarinda, Iowa and others numbering 12 in all. The result was a strong manifest spirit of co-operation to be backed up with the best office and transportation possible of determined and collective effort.
Palacios Beacon, June 21, 1912 |
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Just returned from a trip to Collegeport, Texas, I have made arrangements with the Burton D. Hurd Land Company, now acting as sales agents for the South West State Corporation, a Syndicate of New York capitalists who control the Collegeport lands. I will open an office at Omaha, Neb., July 1st. for the purpose of handling the territories of Western Iowa, State of Nebraska and South Dakota. Office No. 701, Omaha National Bank Building. Detailed information will be given later.
Matt Pierce
Red Oak Express, June 21, 1912 |
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Red Oak Express, June 21, 1912 |
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The silo sentiment is growing and with it the conviction that the dairying industry is the thing in this country. Creameries are springing up on all sides of us, but we are more concerned for the preparations to supply the factory which will follow as soon as it can be supplied. Those creameries already in operation claim to be doing a good business and they are sufficiently near to handle our cream if we can produce it. The man who has been pasturing his stock upon prairie grass is not convinced that dairying is a great money maker, and we are glad if a sufficient number have found that to be a fact. It is sheer wastefulness to consider native pasturage for this business. Grazing goes with low land values, and our land is too expensive for this. The various fodder crops and facilities for handling them is the solution of the problem which is a very simple one. Ten acres with a good silo or two will support a herd of cows much larger than most people imagine. The northern farmer from one crop makes an acre to go a long way, what can we not do here where we can raise from two to four crops from the same land consigning it all to the silo. Silos are not expensive considering the saving they create. We are informed that some of our farmers have already placed orders for silos, and it is sincerely hoped that the number may be increased in season for the first fodder crop which will soon be ready for preserving. Not only for dairying, but also for the fattening of hogs, the feeding of work mules and horses and other stock is the silo a great advantage. A large element in the solution of the expensive feed bill will be their introduction, and this alone is an argument mounting up into the tens of thousands in our section alone. For this one feature the silo will prove a fine investment but it will not stop there. The profit in dairying will at once prove itself, and the farmers be put on their way to a good safe money maker with the minimum of risk and expense. If the necessary capital is not in hand, there are few excuses for borrowing that stand before the silo. It will pay fine returns on the investment and in a very short time pay itself out.—Collegeport Chronicle
Matagorda County
Tribune, Friday, July 5, 1912 |
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Collegeport Chronicle In order to encourage the farmers of this section to grow more truck crops and get the best possible yield, Mr. Burton D. Hurd proposes to offer prizes to the farmers producing the best acre of truck in a number of varieties, including cabbage, cauliflower, onions, tomatoes, carrots and potatoes. The amount set for cabbage, cauliflower, onion and tomato crops is $50 as a prize for the best producing acre of each of these four varieties, and $25 each for the best producing acre of carrots and potatoes. A committee of citizens will be selected by Mr. Hurd and the Industrial League through which organization the negotiations with the farmers will be made, as it already has a produce department and is in touch with the farmers, many of whom are members of that department. The donor of the prizes propose to have the judges visit the farms entered in the competition and give honorable mention to those having their soil in the best shape for planting when planting time comes. It is possible that second and third prizes will also be given by other parties to supplement those given by the Hurd Company, but this is not yet provided for. The terms of award and details of the first prizes are not yet worked out, but will be soon and will then be announced. This policy of encouraging the farmers to excel in certain particular crops is bound to be a strong incentive toward greater endeavor and better success in these directions. The raising of truck has not yet risen to the proportions it is capable of doing in this section, but in cases where men have tried they have made demonstrations that leaves no doubt as to the adaptability of the land for that purpose in a paying way. The time to go about to raise fall truck is right now. A number have become discouraged in the past because of indifferent methods and lateness in planting. Two things are worthy of note and absolutely necessary and those two things are proper soil preparation and early plants. It is too early to get plants yet, but not so as to the preparation of soil. A well drained piece of land, preferable one that has been cultivated a season or two, should be available and preparations begun at once to prepare for planting. We do not feel qualified to advise as to the best method of culture and fertilization as different preparation but the farmer should become informed as soon as possible, and our columns are open for instruction if there are those who know and will volunteer information. The other matter, that of germinating plants and preparing them for setting in good season, may be handled in one of two ways. Either each farmer may make his own beds and raise his own plants or he may place an order with some other grower who is more experienced and has more time for this business, also the water and coverings necessary in time of dry hot weather. The chances are that the busy farmer on a large acreage would be glad to handle a few acres of truck but he has not the time, facilities not experience for getting plants, which require care just at a time when other duties are pressing. Here is a good opening for some hustling farmer on a small tract to get busy and take orders for plants to be delivered to those who would rather buy than raise them. A meeting of farmers and truck growers will be called soon when these matters may be discussed and proper organization complete for preparations necessary for successful procedure.
Matagorda County Tribune,
July 5, 1912 |
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Mrs. G. S. Welsby and little son, Glenn, from Collegeport, Texas, have been visiting friends here.
Red Oak Express, July 5, 1912 |
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Matagorda County Tribune,
July 12, 1912 |
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On Tuesday, July 16th, I will have an excursion party leaving for Collegeport Matagorda county, Texas. Those desiring to join us, call, write or phone.
Matt Pierce
Red OaK Express, July 12, 1912 |
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Red Oak Express, July 19, 1912 |
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The fair at Collegeport last Saturday was the biggest thing for its size we have ever seen. It was a revelation indeed. For want of time we can't tell about it this week, but will give it special mention in our next issue. The fair was largely the result of the good work of editor Travis, of the Chronicle.
Palacios Beacon, July 26, 1912 |
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The fair given at our neighboring city of Collegeport on the 20th of last month was a surprise and revelation even to its originators and promoters. The exhibits were many and of high grade. Especially was the corn display a surprise. There were a large number of exhibits and of several varieties, and all pronounced as good as ever seen at any of the fairs in the old corn growing states of the north. Other field crops, including rice, cotton, milo maize, kaffir corn, sorghum, and others, while every kind of vegetables and melons and pumpkins of the finest grown anywhere were on display. In canned and preserved fruits and vegetables, there was a great variety and a large collection that were a feast to the eye. The premiums were articles of merchandise offered by the enterprising merchants of Collegeport, hence the money outlay for the fair was a very small item. The fair was a most gratifying success in every way, and will be of large benefit to the Collegeport community in many ways. Bay City, Blessing and Collegeport have had their fairs, and it is now up to Palacios to get busy and show her hand and the best display of the whole county. What shall we do about it? It is up to us.
Palacios Beacon, August 2, 1912 |
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Mrs. J. J. Gillespie, who is summering at Collegeport, entertained Thursday evening at the hotel with a prettily appointed dinner in honor of her guest, Miss Ocie Sanders of Houston, and six Houston young ladies attending the Baptist Young People's Union encampment across the bay at Palacios. Covers were placed for fourteen, a miniature tent in the center of the table resting in a bed of ferns and flowers with two tiny dolls dressed in the encampment colors, green and yellow, standing near the tent's door. The place cards were small Baptist Young People's Union pennants flying from tiny boat receptacles holding the mints and a delicious five-course menu was served. After dinner, the guests were joined by a number of Collegeport young people for an evening on the broad porches. Carrying out the camp idea, punch was served from a large camp fire kettle by Misses Evelyn Kone, Marion Jones and Margaret Holsworth. Mrs. Gillespie was assisted by Mrs. A. B. Kone, Mrs. Ben Corey and Mrs. W. D. Mihills and the personnel of the dinner guests included: Misses: Ocie Sanders, Ruth Ward, Ella Walling, May Branch, Edith Penny of Minneapolis, Robbie May Burt, Annie Aday, Frankie Eastland and Evelyn Kone of Collegeport, Kenneth Mihills, Eldon Travis, H. Black, Thompson, Abbott Kone.
Houston Post, August 4, 1912 |
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What the Beacon said last week about damming the Tres Palacios river making it a fresh water lake and reservoir, has attracted much attention and favorable comment. It is a big proposition, and is worth much attention and consideration. The Collegeport Chronicle reproduces what we said last week with favorable comment, and suggests that the proposed dam across the bay should be wide enough for a railroad guide, since the town may want the S. P. railroad to build across to them; and in like manner this appeals to us because we very much desire the 'Frisco to build from Collegeport into Palacios, and there is no limit to the width this dam could be made. That there will be objections to this plan for storing the flood waters is to be expected, and there are some objections that have merit; the whole question is which will be the largest benefit to the greatest number and widest area of country, to make this a fresh water lake or leave it to be used as best it can be for open navigation. To us it appears that the conservation of the flood waters is of the greater importance, and will be of vastly more benefit than can ever be expected from the use of the river for navigation only. Bay City is now considering the matter of expending a half million dollars to dam the Colorado river for storing flood water for the rice lands in that vicinity. The Tres Palacios river can be made a reservoir to hold more water than the Colorado dam will secure for the Bay City territory. On a rough estimate we believe the fill can be made across the bay as suggested by a dredge at a cost of about five thousand dollars for the fill; and to this would be added the cost of a bulk head across the bay, and which if made of piling might perhaps cost as much more; but only one bulk head would be needed, and that on the bay or lower side of the fill. The cost of making this great fresh water lake would be a small item compared to the benefits to be derived.
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Palacios Beacon, August 23, 1912 |
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The Chronicle says: Our county seat, Bay City, seems to be the receiving station for more wet goods than usual, and people from here have repeatedly gone to Palacios, probably one of the cleanest driest towns in the United States usually, and return home well loaded. In fact the freight and express books show quite a business coming into Collegeport. Rumors are afloat that the local option law is being broken and if so it should not be overlooked. It does not seem to us possible that we have citizens that would be guilty of such misdemeanor, but if it is true it should not be tolerated if they persist in so doing.
Palacios Beacon, August 30, 1912 |
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Collegeport, Texas, September 7.--While repairing a portion of the Collegeport canal bank, eleven miles east of here early yesterday morning two men, A. E. Soekland and Arthur Morris, who were making a run to the top of the twelve-foot bank, were caught by a portion of the bank, which gave way, and both narrowly escaped death. The earth struck Mr. Soekland first, knocking him to the side, while the falling bank buried Mr. Morris alive; just a part of his head was out and his neck was across a piece of timber. It required the effort of five men to lift the solid piece of earth from the young man. At this time it can scarcely be determined the extent of their bruises.
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Collegeport,
The Town of
The Houston Post
Special Industrial Edition contains the following generous
description of our city and institution.
The man was Burton D. Hurd, and
that moment marked the birth of Collegeport.
From that time the
story is one of continuous development, never for a moment has it
stopped. First came two or three families who were not afraid to
pioneer a town where there was no railroad, postoffice, stores, or
other conveniences, more followed and today Collegeport is the home
of 450 people and has a trading population of more than 1200. The
Frisco operates its trains into the new town and supplies splendid
service for passengers, freight, and express. Through his belief in
the town’s future Theo. Smith provided telephone communication and
the local exchange has thirty subscribers with long distance
connections to any point. H. N. Sholl became the first postmaster
and the office is now held by J. H. Adams. A bank with $40,000
deposits, two lumber years, a hardware stock, several grocery, dry
goods, and a drug store have stocks from which supplies may be drawn
at reasonable prices. The Collegeport Chronicle has a
circulation of several hundred and is the mouthpiece of the
community. Hotel Collegeport, located directly overlooking the bay,
is a delightful place for rest or recreation. Lining the bay shore
are beautiful residences, some costing as much as $25,000. Between
these homes and the shore line is a boulevard which follows the
shoreline through the town and along the coast for twenty-five
miles, returning through the country forming a boulevard and
automobile drive more than sixty miles, a feature not found in any
other American development. Back from the boulevard are many
beautiful bungalow homes, the churches, school and other public
buildings. More than one and one-half miles of cement sidewalk has
been laid and a contract has been let for the building of one mile
of modern shell streets. Shade trees are growing, lawns have been
graded, flower beds are blooming, and the town of
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Farming
Industrial League
The Collegeport Industrial
League is the commercial organization of the town, and ever
since its organization has been an important factor in the
development of the town and surrounding country. Organized in
1909 when the town was only sixty days old, with W. H. Travis as
President and H. A. Clapp as Secretary, its work has steadily
increased in value. At present M. L. Herbage is the President
and O. J. White, Secretary. Communications addressed to the
League will receive prompt and personal attention.
Public School
The first public school was
opened in a 12x14 tent and employed one teacher for three months,
but the rapid influx of settlers soon required more room and
teachers until at the present time three are employed during a
school period of nine months. The present enrollment is close to
100. The standard educational efficiency is as high as can be found
in schools of the same class. In one more year the requirements for
affiliation with higher institutions will be met; and the school
will then be on a much higher grade. During the past summer bonds to
the amount of $12,000 were voted, the bonds have been placed and
work on the new building has commenced, and the trustees are in
hopes that the building will be ready for use in the early fall. The
building will be modern, of brick and steel, and will provide
quarters for 300 students; also laboratory equipment with apparatus,
indoor playroom, large auditorium for school and public use. The
superintendent is R. E. Coffin, who will be glad to reply to any
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Industrial
No subject at the present is
receiving larger attention than that of practical education. In the
Collegeport district the Gulf Coast University of Industrial Arts is
demonstrating that best practical education for boys and girls may
be had by them at the cost of earnest effort upon their part. The
effort to earn an education by their own hands is a great education
in itself.
The school has 350 acres of which
constitute the farm, nurseries, gardens and campus. It has already
collected dairy stock implements, teams and tools for work on these
grounds. It has a nursery stock valued at $6000. These things have
been accumulated, not from gifts, but from the results of labor
performed by the students under management of the instructors.
It is the purpose of the school to
keep the highest sane literary curriculum and at the same time fit
the boy and girl for immediate useful work the moment they graduate.
For instance, the boy will know how to manage a farm, or how to
direct a working force in such a way as to get the greatest cheerful
response from the force under his charge. He will be able to
construct buildings. He will be taught to successfully grapple with
the problem of supply and demand and the proper distribution of
products. In fact, his education will be intensely practical.
The girl will be trained in
household duties and economics by actual work in the kitchen,
laundry, dining room and parlors of the home. Her instruction in
literature, music and art will at the same time make her the best
social companion.
This school has been in successful
operation for three years, having graduated its first academic class
in June of this year. The school was the first to turn the virgin
soil and plant the first crop in the vicinity of Collegeport. It is
at present a vital force in locating and settling the very best
class of people in the community, for people seek a location where
such a school is in operation.
There are many people in the North
who desire a locality for removal from the rigid winters of those
States and provinces.
The school has seen this need and
has already solicited these people. It is now improving properties
for homes, for those who can not live here the whole year because of
their business interests in the north. The situation is thus unique.
The students are here whose services are readily had to care for the
grounds, through which services under the guidance of their teachers
a compensation for an education and at the same time the education
itself acquired. The student spends an average of six hours per day
for his literary and scientific instruction and four hours per day
for practice. While the practice is educational it is at the same
time equivalent to money paid for tuition and board.
Even the buildings of the school
will be built by student labor. The experience of the school
management is that the labor of the students is of the very highest
class, as each student is desirous of the very best results since
the results determine in a measure his class grades.
At the present time the school has
properties which it has placed upon the market. These properties are
being improved by planting a small orange orchard on each lot. Many
of these lots are already sold to Northern people. The students are
caring for these orchards for a term of years. The revenue from the
sale of these lots will be sufficient in amount to erect a number of
buildings for the school. This fact illustrates one way how the
purpose of the school to make itself self-supporting and
self-endowing is carried off. The farms, orchards, dairies, gardens,
nurseries, hotels, manufacturies, etc., will provide other means of
support and self-endowment.
One great fundamental teaching of
the school is that no student should look for any advantage in this
world without a just return on his part for what he receives. He is
also taught that there are plenty of resources in the earth to give
him an opportunity to become a public benefactor, and that he ought
not to look for advantages simply for self at the expense of
another. The spirit of "graft" is frowned upon in this school.
The much discussed
subject of what constitutes a true education is practically solved
in the method of instruction adopted by
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When the Puritan fathers pushed out
from the first
This spirit seems to have characterized
the beginning of Collegeport, for in the hearts of the first settlers
was the desire for a Bible school and the history of the Collegeport
Sunday school dates from the coming of the first women.
Before the church there was the little
group that met in the first store building, at the different homes or on
the hotel gallery. It was a union Sunday School and members and teachers
from a variety of denominations.
In the fall of 1909, with the coming of
more people, the school took on new life and settled in the university
chapel a part of the activities of the First church. At this time E. G.
Van Ness from
From the small beginning the school has
had a steady growth and modern methods have been followed and the school
is up to date in every particular.
There are fourteen classes, and the
teachers with the superintendents of the different departments and the
officers of the school make a working force of twenty-one. The aim is to
have every family in the Collegeport district identified with the school
and 60 per cent of them now are, and new plans will interest the other
40 per cent.
One very striking characteristic is
that the attendance of men is unusually large—many Sundays the past year
the membership numbered over 50 per cent of the total attendance.
The young men are organized as the
“Princes of Jonathan,” under the leadership of John W. Hansel, who had
been a prominent Young Men’s Christian Association officer for over
twenty-five years. This is a semi-secret organization, with activities
very much like the Young Men’s Christian Association, with strong
emphasis on social service.
The hour of holding the school is the
last half hour of the morning service, making what is known as the
“combination service,” the benediction not being pronounced until the
close of the study period.
According to standards of the Texas
Sunday School association, the Collegeport school is known as a “front
line school,” and meets seventeen of the twenty essential points
necessary to a Twentieth century Sunday school—a record made by only a
very few schools in the State and a remarkable showing for a new
community.
During the past year the school has
bought and nearly paid for a fine piano for the use of the church and
school.
On July 4 the school observed the day
with a patriotic parade, program and picnic dinner. The school plans an
attractive social program for the coming season. The high standard already attained by the school is a remarkable one and is an indication that nothing less than the ideal is to be reached, with every point of the standards covered with 100 per cent for every point.
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Whereas, we, the citizens of
Collegeport and vicinity, realize the need of a church in Collegeport
and
Whereas, we belong to different
denominations and faiths, none of which has a sufficient number of
adherents to support and maintain a suitable church at the present time,
and
Whereas, the day has come when men and
women have learned to emphasize their common ideals and service, in the
interest of the best and highest citizenship and for the glory of God,
we join together and agree to follow articles; to wit:
The church was organized three years
ago as a temporary convenience; it has grown into a permanent idea and
the members refuse to leave it for any denomination. Since the
evangelical denominations agree to 90 per cent of their religious ideas,
the people question the wisdom of splitting over the 10 per cent of
theological differences.
There are about a dozen denominations
represented in the membership, each enjoying membership on the basis of
an individual conscience, none being asked to relinquish his
denominational affiliations nor his peculiar ideas so long as he is
broad enough to accord the same to his neighbor. “Broad but high” is the
slogan. Broad in the intellectual conceptions, but high in ethical
standards. Because of united action Collegeport has a large, attractive,
substantial church building, of colonial design, the interior finished
in mission consisting of a spacious auditorium, three large parlors and
class rooms, besides the minister’s study. The burden of support,
resting as it does upon a large membership, falls heavily upon no one,
and the large enthusiastic congregations are an attraction, not seen in
every new town. The Collegeport church has the rare distinction of
having more men than women in its Sunday school and other services, due
to the fact that the aim of the organization is evidently the uplift of
the community and not the advancement of any denomination.
Not only the religious, but also the
social life of the town and community claims an interest in the church.
The various social entertainments, banquets, etc., are gotten up not as
money-makers, but as social functions, the price charges being
sufficient to pay expenses always, and the advantage is seen in the
response of the people.
The citizens of Collegeport will not be
compelled to go through stage of competitive mission interests nor will
he need to go to the little village church, but he has the advantage of
a large, flourishing spiritual church carried on along city lines, with
its various affiliated organizations calculated to contribute to the
needs of the entire family in an efficient manner.
Some interesting experiences have been
related by members. In several instances a man and his wife who belonged
to different denominations have stated that for the first time they have
enjoyed the membership on the same grounds in one church.
The effect of such an experience upon
the family may well be imagined. In fact, Collegeport has been spared
the harrowing spectacle of denominational dissensions and friction, and
in many instances men who had ceased to take any interest at all in
church life because of these things in other places have been delighted
with the atmosphere and become happy members here. There are but few
churches in this country just like the First Church of
Collegeport—federated—but the idea is a growing one and the tribe is
bound to increase. The minister, Rev. Murray A. Travis, who was largely instrumental in the organization of the church, will gladly answer any inquiries as to its work, which space forbids in this brief description.
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The country was new, and roads and
trails had the faculty of ending abruptly into a fence or an old-time
hedge--indeed the obstacles of the drive were enough to try the good
natured patience and equable spirits of even a right reverend bishop.
But at last the few scatting buildings of the city-to-be, Collegeport,
loomed into sight and their goal was reached.
Services were held that evening and
before the bishop and Dr. Sloane left St. Mary’s
However, their desires and ambitions
were not curbed by the knowledge that the communicants were woefully few
in number, and it was decided that somehow and in some way, then
unknown, a chapel would be built in which to hold regular services.
In the meantime a room was secured at
the
At first it really seemed impossible to
build more than a small frame structure, but quietly and faithfully the
work went on until finally it became a settled fact that funds would be
provided with which to build something artistic as well as serviceable
and durable for all time. Early in the next summer work was begun on the
beautiful little building which stands today a splendid type of all
mission architecture and a structure of which any locality should be
proud.
The building is constructed of
concrete, the inside walls being plastered and tinted a rich deep cream
color to harmonize with the mission woodwork. The windows are of
Florentine glass and the doors are of special design done in mission to
correspond with the architecture of the building. Even the organ was
finished to match the woodwork and the effect as one enters the chapel
is peaceful and inspiring giving an ideal environment in which to
worship one’s maker.
In two months of laying of the
cornerstone, the building was finished and just a year after his first
visit to Collegeport Bishop Kinsolving returned to consecrate it as
Grace chapel of St. Mary’s
Today, the property,
entirely paid for and out of debt, includes three lots and a building
worth $2500, a result of earnest effort and endeavor, and a living and
speaking illustration of the spirit of the development of midcoast
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“Magnify the Good.”
When the town was less than a year old
the Collegeport Woman’s Club began its life with thirty-six charter
members, and choosing the above motto, began an earnest work that has
grown steadily ever since until its membership has nearly trebled, and
the influence of which is felt in every feature of the upbuilding of the
town.
The first woman's organization and
still the largest and most enthusiastic, besides following regular
programs of study in the three departments of education, domestic
science and music, has instituted a free public library and reading room
without any cost to the town for maintenance; committees from the
Woman's club attend to the library work voluntarily. The books are being
added by friends who know of this venture, and every week is bringing
new additions, all of which are reviewed by a committee before being
placed on the distributing list. Such an interest in the reading room
exists that more demand is made for books than can be supplied. The
library register shows 106 visitors the first day. The Woman’s Club has joined the State Federation of Women’s clubs and has been appointed historian for Matagorda county by that organization’s committee in preparing for some special club work. A keen interest in public school and in all affairs that need the help and assistance of women. The president of the club and its founder is Mrs. Burton D Hurd, wife of the founder of the town, who has been unanimously elected for the third term and under whose direction the Collegeport Woman’s club has reached the height of being the largest woman's club of any town of its size and age in the United States and a recent census showed that not one member now enrolled had been lost except in a few cases by removal.
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Roses, everblooming, perpetual, annual
or climbing varieties, all are naturally adapted to my garden, there are
great tall spikes of gorgeous tube-roses, lilies, hydrangea, althea,
jonquil and narcissi with cannas for hedges and background, ever growing
ever green and blooming; a setting quaint and serviceable for
long-spiked tender iris and fragrant carnations. A wealth truly of the
rarest flowers, grown in richest profusion for pleasure. What the profit
would be from the roses alone--but my pleasure and the gain may be for
some one else whose time, thought and labor will give in return some
profit almost every day in the year, for the best and finest of blossoms
put forth in all their glory at Thanksgiving and Easter when in all
localities those rare gems of my garden are indeed rarest, and in the
great cities almost priceless. To reserve a few days of cutting previous
to those two festivities, has been my practice, to be rewarded with a
wealth of glorious blooms and in such quantities that they are not
reckoned in dozens but hundreds and but few are anything but nearly
perfect.
"Come into my garden of roses." (My garden is 100 feet square.)
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Work that had its beginning in
Commissioner Sterett has urged this
project for many months in order that he may be prepared adequately to
present to the next legislature suggestions and recommendations for laws
to protect oyster beds and for possible appropriations to plant new beds
in available locations. It is understood by the department here that the
A survey of
Congressman Burleson sent the following
wire:
Commissioner Bowers
notifies _____ that repairs in Fish ______ about completed and _______
in September he will ______ the _______ survey the ______ of the gulf.
Will commence on the
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Houston Post, September 15, 1912 |
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The Collegeport warehouse was opened Saturday night with a dance. About 500 were present and were royally entertained by the proprietors, Messrs. Yott and Mapes. The warehouse is 80X160 feet in size and has a capacity for 20,000 bags of rice. The firm which goes by name of Matagorda Warehouse & Commission Company will also handle feed, hay, fertilizer, seeds, wood and buy for cash and handle on commission poultry, products, truck and fruit. The outfit for Hull Bros. canning factory has arrived and will be installed as soon as the building is ready. This machine will have a capacity of 3000 cans per day and will largely be used this fall for figs, tomatoes, cabbage and beans. The heavy rain Sunday morning made the ground ready for plowing and everyone is busy getting in the fall crop. The A good delegation from Collegeport will attend the Mid-Coast Congress at Matagorda. Some will go by boat thereby getting a glimpse of the Inter-Coastal Canal. Mr. Towsers of Vernon Hurd left Tuesday for
Essex Fells, The Burton D. Hurd demonstration farm under the management of Mr. H. F. Loeschner is beginning to be worth seeing. Loeschner has more than 200,000 cabbage and cauliflower plants growing. The Hurd Company employed this truck expert so that the people of Collegeport could have a practical demonstration of what may be done in the truck line. The Homecroft fig orchard of four acres was one year old last month and is bearing in fine quality of high grade figs. The owner is optimistic and believes the fig a splendid investment. He plans to increase the acreage to ten the coming season. On Tuesday Mrs. Judge Jones goes
north with her two daughters for an indefinite period. Her father is
very ill at his home in Friday evening, Mr. and Mrs. Clapp of Homecroft will entertain Judge and Mrs. Jones and daughters at dinner. Homecroft products will supply the oak board. Plans have been received for the new hotel on the bay front. The building will be concrete and steel, modern in every respect and will cost about $75,000.
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Announcement. On account of my personal holdings and interests in the Texas Gulf Coast country and Montgomery county, Iowa, I have been compelled to give up the active immigration work and from now on will be only interested in handling our own private properties. I will be in position to make the right prices to the purchaser as there are no expensive land company’s profits to be added on our holdings which means a great deal to the purchaser. 4,000 acres, as fine a tract of land as there is in the Gulf Coast country of Texas, located in Brazoria county. The very best of land for corn, cotton, rice, potatoes and fruits of all kinds, and extremely well located, 1 ¾ miles of this tract fronts on the intercostals canal, which means high values in the near future. Three miles from a good railroad town. We will sell any part or the entire tract at a wholesale price and will take a certain amount of Montgomery county land as part payment. 300 acres, located 2 ½ miles from Eagle Lake, Texas, one of the most up-to-date towns in the Gulf Coast country. It is a good piece of prairie and unimproved and at the right price. 40 acres, located ½ mile from the town site of Blessing, Texas, and a choice tract of land. Blessing is a town with two railroads and up-to-date in every particular. 270 acres, well improved farm, located near Collegeport, Texas, one of the most desirable farms in Matagorda county. 200 acres in rice this year, making a big yield. If you are interested or thinking of making a trip to the Gulf Coast country of Texas, don’t fail to communicate with me as I have choice lands and in position to make you prices that no land company can or will compete with. Address all mail to Red Oak, Ia. Matt Pierce
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Rev. Stokesbury took charge of the Matt Pierce excursion party which left for Collegeport, Tex., on Tuesday, Sept. 19. Mr. Pierce, himself, will accompany the next excursion party which will be on Tuesday, October 3d. Those desiring to join this excursion or with further information regarding rates, etc., call or phone Matt Pierce, Red Oak, Ia. Office opposite postoffice.
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The Collegeport Chronicle, which for more than two years and a half has been printed in the Beacon office, is now being issued from its own new plant just installed, and presents a handsome mechanical appearance. Collegeport is to be congratulated upon securing such a first-class printing establishment. We predict and wish for the Chronicle the largest measure of success. In making the change the Chronicle has the following kind words to say of its relations with the Beacon, and which we very much appreciate. It would not be fitting, however, to let the occasion pass without expressing in some measure our appreciation of D. L. Stump, and the entire Beacon force who have so patiently and intelligently handled our printing in their shop. There are few shops that would accept “dope” from a messenger, make up the forms, read the proof, fill up the shortage or select from an over supply without seeing the editor for a month at a time with as much sympathy and intelligence as Bro. Stump and his helpers have done. We shall always hold none but the most kindly feelings for them and the little city they represent. The only reason we have not moved over there long ago was that Collegeport suits us better.
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Sometime ago, C. E. Williams of Mt. Ayr, wrote a little poem, published in this paper, entitled “The Little Texas Fly.” The following is a comment upon the article, taken from the Collegeport Chronicle: The Little Texas Fly The above is the caption of a series of verses published in the Alton (Kansas) Empire, which poem (?) proceeded to tell the disadvantages of Texas, the chief being the little Texas Fly the words used to complete the rhyme in each verse. The joke seems to be that the Texas Fly is known only in Kansas. We don’t even know of the nuisance referred to. If that was what stung the writer of the doggerel, we will take precautions against such infection for we would be slow to break out as the writer of these lines. The fact stands here as in other things that the man who talks most about the bad things of Texas is the one who never saw it. The others have learned something. Alton Empire, Alton, Kansas, October 17, 1912
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The Collegeport, (Tex.) Chronicle gives C. S. Douglass, formerly of this place, almost a column writeup which starts out with the following paragraph, indicating that our old friend has “made good” in the south: C. S. Douglas, who came to Texas from Cawker City, Kansas and bought 50 acres of land just north of Citrusgrove on the Simpson-Ferris tract about two years ago, has gone to work with a will and method that has spelled success with a capital. As one of his neighbors remarked “you should see the Douglass farm, everything is good there. He has not a poor thing on the farm.” In another part of the paper we find these items of interest to our readers: Mrs. H. A. Crabill and daughter Evelyn are in Houston this week, where the latter has undergone an operation for adenoids. Last reports were she was getting along fine. Mr. Douglass, who has been visiting a month with his son Stewart and wife has returned to his home in Kansas.
Cawker City Ledger,
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Prof. Edgar Sutton and Travis are in Canada promoting the interests of their university.
Cawker City Public Record,
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Work of Modern Structure Began After Bonds Were Sold. Collegeport's newest addition of a business nature is the mammoth warehouse of Messrs. Yott and Mapes. The building is at the terminus of the railroad and on the water front. Besides handling rice and crops, all kinds of produce, hay and feed are bought and sold, thus placing the markets within reach of the producer. Matagorda County Tribune,
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Word has been received from H.
A. Clapp that much interest is manifested in his work of advertising the
glories of the Collegeport country. He has some fine slides and good
records that should arrest the attention if people are looking for a
place to locate. He will return to Collegeport after the great Burton D. Hurd returned with the
land party on Friday from a tour covering A fine rain fell on Thursday
night of last week putting the ground in fine shape. The winter gardens
are now thriving and the land is in good shape for later planting of
winter stuff. Radishes, lettuce, mustard, etc., is in order now. See Mr.
Loeschner if you want reliable instruction. Claud W. Jester came into the
city with the land party on Friday looking after the interests of his
company and will be here for a few days. Mr. Jester is a native Texan
and says we have one of the finest locations in the state. He states
that the farmers up state who are rich owe much of it to cotton, and
insist that our farmers are losing a golden opportunity when they do not
plant at least one quarter of their cultivated land to this crop. The
experience of the men who are getting returns seems to back up Mr.
Jester's statement. The problem of pickers will be solved if we can get
sufficient acreage here to induce the pickers to come. They will not
come for a few acres, however, like we have had past few seasons.
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