Show t VELASCO OYSTERS FOR THE MILLIONS MILLIONS- COOKED TO ORDER FREE FREE- FREE I Z of the tho Trans 1 She Invites Invite tho the People leople WIth Her Do- Do Mississippi to Jer cember comber IS Excursion On Great Gre Oceans Ocean i Ships Free ASCO VElASCO Texas Nov Nov 28 On 28 O 28 On tb too tb of next month this infant city w celebrate the accomplishment of ad dec deep water For twenty long years the great gat West has wis wished ed and waited for a deep on the Gulf Gul Coast Const of Texas Texas day To-day daj they have their wish At Velasco the mouth of the BrazoS river where it ih it empties into the Gulf Gul of Mexico privates private money and Western Wester enterprise has accomplished accomplished ac ac- no what Government money expended under the direction of GOr- GOr ment meat engineers entirely failed in Capt Eads put to shame the silk silk- sik- sik sleek and well fed kid gloved engineers engineers' of the United States at the the- mouth of the Mississippi river and now again Mr E. E L L. Corthell who was J Capt Eads' Eads chief has heaped moro more shame shamo upon pon them them at the mouth of tho the i Brazos river They reported that the I jetties jettes at the Mississippi's mouth would woud fail fai of what Capt Eads Ends promised Every Ever school boy knows the triumph of brave Capt Eads They reported that hat the mouth of the Brazos a channel 6 feet deep and 10 i feet wide wie could not be maintained la Ira two years year a channel 7 10 feet deep and feet wide has been opened without dredges and the scour of tho the river is not only ony maintaining it but bat bilt 1 wearing it deeper every day I It Did Dill Not Cost Uncle Sam One Cent I e either Now we arc are rejoicing and ard wo we we ask asic ask all al the thirteen million milon people odthe of od the West to come down clown o on the ol i 0 tle December a and d rejoice ice with us n. n j j The railroads will mil wi sell sel yo you trip round round tickets for one fare fre goo good l for thirty days and we wo will wl take the best care of you Our deep water and our landock harbor belong to you Every producer in the tho West has a dollar and cent interest interest inter inter- est in Velasco Every tax-payer tax in th tho thu Union mus be its is fi friend nd b because cause it is is a j J 3 public work which has hn been i without digging ito into his pocket for the cost i iA A city is i building already The t great grent oceans ocean's commerce of the world word 1 has hs rushed through the channel made by bythe bythe the jetties into V Velasco lasco and is demanding demand demand- tug ing business attention Fit Fruits Fruits Fruits' of tho the so rm eoal al silks in n large ships which co could coui l 1 not get into ito other Gull Gulf ports port without expensive charges are deman demanding demanding de- de man manding dg that Velasco take then their cargoes 4 1 and give them return freight of cotton wheat corn flour fou and meats Velasco is only ony days old but its it comerce commerce is established ev every r depart depart- depart meat ment of trade is inviting begging s some some someone me one to take the business Three Thee hundred hundred hun- hun hun'S S 'S dred ded and seventy one firms are already established but tire the business of a city of or people would not be 4 enough to answer the demands In days at private sale dollars worth of lots have been sold On the and of December there will be a public auction of every other block in the city These blocks have been reserved for thi this sale You can at J that time buy lots which are across the street in great brick business blocks which are being piled up as fast as men zan an handle brick and mortar All railroads will give information or you can get it by writing to the Velasco Commercial club Come down and see us grow whether you buy a lot or not You may need a tonic and three days with us where the roses are blooming in every yard and fat oysters sleep in every creek will repay you for the trip We will welcome wel welcome come you Remember the dates of the HARBOR OPENING with oyster roast and ship excursion Dee Dec 15 The auction auction tion sale Dec 16 and 17 We will give our right hand in welcome to all who come S 0 W. W |