The Western Light. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, February 21, 1908 Page: 1 of 8
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The western Light.
SMITH & JACKSON. Publishers.
Volume Eleven:
^Strictly Scurry, county institution, devoted to her best Interest.”
SNYDER, SCURRY COUNTY, TEXAS, FEBRUARY 21, ivutt.
One Dollar Per Ve^r
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Annoucement
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On February 23rd I will open
up a Staple and Fancy Grocery
store in the new Nunn building.
My stock has been selected with
an eye singly to please my custo-
mers, whether purchases be large
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or small. Call and see me and get
Next Weeks Supplies
and you will want to buy from me
all the time. Prices to suit the
times. Yours truly,
B. H. FREELAND
Roscoe, Snyder
& Pacific.
Numbers of cars of material
are here which will be used iu
the construction of the Roscoe,
Snyder & Pacific- to tlie tempo
rary terminal, Snyder. F. W.
James stated this week that with
the material on hand and that
which is to arrive shortly the*
road would be completed and in
operation to Snyder within the
next two months, provided the
weather did not got too bad.
Aside from the material neces-
sary to construct the line to
Snyder, General James f states
i that twenty miles of rail hrve
been ordered to use in the con-
struction of the line from Snvder
to Fluvana, the new town in the
north-Western part of Scurry
county.
It is w’ell to note here that
many lines of railroad projected
in the country within the last
twelve months have vanished in
to thin air or passed into oblivion
but in spite of the panic and the
very stringent money market
tiie Roscoe, Snyder & Pacific has
never stopped work and will not
until Snyder, the objective point
or the first ambitious of tiie com-
pany, is reached.
The wise ones, who, at first
said this road would never be
completed, are sitting up and
taking notice of things now and
having been forced to admit that
they guessed wrong about the
matter.
Al a meeting held this week
between Gen. James, President
of the line, and a committee rep-
resenting the guaranters, Gen.
James called attention to the
original contract between the
company he represents, and the
town of Roscoe in which it is
agreed that the general office of
the road are to be located here
and he stated that if present
plans could be materialized Ros-
coe should, in the near future,
grow into a prosperous city of
4,000 or 5,000 inhabitants. To
say the least of it Roscoe has
been greatly benefitted by the
building of this line even up to
present and the good to come
from ii is just beginning. — Ros-
coe Junes.
Texas Heads List.
Washington, To the long list
of its pro eminences may now be
added the fact that Texas has
more mules than any other State
in the ITnion. The crop report
in;, ton d of the liureau of Stat-
istics has found that there were
687,OtX) mules in Texas Jan. 1
last. Missouri, which has been
boasting that the “Heehaw” of
its mules is heard around the
world h«s only 821,000- That
makes Missouri second, Tenn-
essee being third with 284,000;
Mississippi fourth, with 279,000.
Alabama fifth with 284,000;
Georgia sixth, with 232,000; Ar-
kansas seventh, with 209,000.
Kentucky eighth, with 201,000
and the rest stragglins, none of
them with 200,000; "mules Okla-
homa had 168,OCX).
It will have to be admitted,
however, if the figures of the
bureau are tube accepted, that
the Texas mule is not as val-j
liable as some others. He is
written down as being worth, on
an average, only $91, whereas
the Missouri mule is appraised
at$l<>|. The average Georgia
mule is worth $142, the bureau
avers. The fact is, that only in
Montana, Nevada, New Mexico,
Arizona and Uta are the mules
worth less, per head, than those
in Texas.
In the aggregate value of its
mule flesh, however, Texas is
tir£t, tiie whole herd being
appraised at $57,967,000, which is
nearly twice as much as the
mule values'of any other State,
with two or three exceptions.
The average Oklahoma mule is
worth $96.
As to horses, Texas had on
that date 1,278,000, which made
it third in rank, Illinois having
1,589,000 and Iowa 1,489,000
Oklahoma had 744,000. As is
the ease with mules, the value
of the bureau is correct about the
matter. He is appraised at $65,
while the average Illinois horse
is valued at $1()7, and the Iowa
horse at $99. In Connecticut,
which is at the top in this re-
p<(l, lie uveruge pi ice of
horses is $11*. The average*
value of Oklahoma horses i.-> • <3-
The value of all the horses in
Texas is put at $88,070,000 umi
in Oklahoma $54,312,000.
Apparently tIn* value o'
average Texas milch cow is not
much, comparatively, being
placed at $26, whereas the
average price of Illinois milch
cows is $85. Texas Irtis 1,072,
000 of them, and in point of num-
bers is exceeded by only five or
six States, and the total value «>{
Texas milch cow s is $28,972,000-
Oklahoma has 388,000, valued at
$8,788,000, or an average of $26.
Of course in cattle, other t han
milch cows, Texas is at the head
of the column again, having had
Jan 1 last 7,825,UK* head, while
Iowa, which was the second
State in this respect, had only
3,881,000, Kansas and Nebraska
are the only other States that
had as many as 3,OtX),000 head.
In point of quality, Illinois cat-
tle are at the top. The average
priec in that State is $22, and in
Texas only $12 The total value
of Texas cattle Jan. I was $93,-
l.KX>,iXX>, which is about $10,000,-
000 more than the value of the
cattle of Iowa, second in this re-
spect. Oklahoma’s cattle, other
than milch cows, numbered 1,-
814.000 and were valued at $29,-
024,0(H), which gives them an
average value of $16, or $4 more
than the average values of Tex-
as cattle.
Wyoming has nearly 6,000,000
head of sheep, and is rivaled
only by Montana. Texas had
1.799.000 head, worth $4,92S,OQO
or $2.^74 trtitead. Oklahoma had
only 98,000, valued at $28i,000.
Died in East Snyder.
J. R. Nobles died in East Sny
der Wednesday night of con-
sumption. Mr. Nobles has beer
siek for several monthsm and his
death was not unexpected. He
came to Snyder in 1907 ir
quest of health, but his disease
had too greater hold on him,
growing gradually wo-se until
death relieved him of hi-t sullei
ing. He leaves a wife and sev
oral children to mourn their loss
Interment took place Thursdo;
afternoon in Snyder eemet'M-y
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The whole Standard line is a prime favorite with all practical
farmers. The prudent purchaser is cordially invited to carefully con-
sider the question of buying for price only,or for price and merit com-
bined. If you happened to be one of those unfortunates, who bought
the “the just as good” kind last year, don’t run on the motto that
misery loves company, but, put out a guiding hand and restrain some
friend who is about to commit the same mistake.
Standard Planters have that good reputation established long
ago of delivering the seed so [that very little chopping is necessary in
cotton and no replanting of corn.
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take to gather what would have grown on the skipped places. Y<
cannot gather when yon have not planted.
Bear in mind, The Standard Planter Plants.
Take no man’s unsupported statement that he tan sell you a
Planter as good as the STANDARD. There is but one ether ju$t as
good, and that is just another Standard, nothing else.
We handle the STANDARD line complete, Cultivators, Plan-
ters, Disc and drag Harrows, etc.
Our Motto: Nothing too Good for Our Customers.
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