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The Standard
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TEXAS 1912-14 -
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Public Library MAY 24 1957 Dallas, Texas
Entered according to an Act of Congress in the year of 1911, hy A. J. PEELER, in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.
An Exclusive Edition De Luxe OF
DALLAS AND TRADE TERRITORY
A. J. Peeler & Company, Publishers and Proprietors Dallas, Texas P. O. Box 732
STAFF REPRESENTATIVES
A. J. Poeler, President, Editor in Chief and General Manager
Miss Eleanor Watson, Social Editor and Anst. See'y and Treas.
MoK. J. Sullivan, Secretary and Treasurer
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Table of Contents
Title-Page
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Table of Contents
2
Index to Illustrations
3
Classified Directory of Advertisers
4
Sketch of Col. A. J. Peeler
8
Object, Plans and Effectiveness of The Standard Blue Book Publications
9
The State of Texas
17
Dallas, The Metropolis of The Southwest
23
Medical Evolution in Dallas
41
Dallas, Interurban & Urban Railway Facilities
49
Dallas, The Telephone Center
59
The Art of Music in Dallas
65
Social and Club Life in Dallas
73
Dallas Social Directory
83
Sketch Mrs. Alice Parsons Fitzgerald
95
Mineral Wells
97
Mineral Wells Social Directory
99
Mckinney, The City of Home Builders
101
Mckinney Social Directory
101
Waxahachie
103
Waco
105
Waco Social Directory
107
Display Advertisements
109-134
1937099
Texas Carlsbad Water Co.'s Drinking Pavilion, Mineral Wells, Texas
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Index to Illustrations
Anderson, B. R ..
55
Miney, Mrs. J. N 99
Miney, Dr. J. N
99
Miller, S. E ... 99
McReynolds, Dr. J. (.
75
McCoy, Dr. B. I.
Babcock, J. R 19
Bolanz, C. F.
21
Baker, Geo. W
53
Beazley, J. W
55
Oldham, T. G. 21
('Neil, M. Griffin 53
Barksdale, Hick
55
Boller, Mrs. B. R
Bock, Mrs. P. E. 99
Biquini Bath House
126
Carl-bad Wells
Crush, W. G
17
('rotty, J. W
21
('ranfill, J. B3
Cole. Prof. J. R 53
Curtis, HI. J . 53
C'allaway, M. A
55
Cameron, R. I ... 55
Chapman, J. A 67
Clay, Mrs. J. G 7.
7:
Collins, Mrs. Geo. Il .. 72
Campbell, Col. Jack 99
Cobb, A HI 117
Dallas Show Case & Manufacturing 128
Dealey, C. L.
21
Draley, Geo. B
Doerr, A. S 55
Deane, Granville MI
67
Estes, Ed. 55
Elliott, J. O.
67
Edward, C. H1 67
Ellis, W. R 75
Freidman, Max
55
Fitzgerald, Mrs. Alice Parsons
9.
Garrett, Bishop, A. C. 43
Gamble, L. P.
Garrison, L. S 3
Gilmore, Paul 67
Ilight, R. I. 21
Howard, W. B
Ilobson. (. W 53
litl. (. 1) 53
llasie. M. S. Ar 53
Honeyentt, Mrs. A. D)
Harrell, J. W 131
Meter. F. G
Johnson, W. S
Johnson, B. F. 53
Johnson, Dr. S. W .. 55
Jones, Austin
131
Keating, C. A 53
Kinnard, Capt. H. W 53
Koueman, Mrs. T. W 61
Kersh, Mrs. M. C ...
Lindsley, J. W 21
Lang, Otto II 53
Lasker, Win 53
Lang, Geo
Lynch, W. R 55
Miller, I. A 21
Murphy, J. P
21
White, Mrs. Wm. E
67
White, Win. E.
67
Woodrow, Mrs. Orho. D)
67
Waggoner, Mra. D. I. 75
Wright, Mrs. S. J
Watson, Miss Eleanor 71
Waldorf Hotel 121
Williams, W. Leslie. 75
Mavs. Brook Me Night, Mrs. O. 1.
67
72
Wellfare, Miss Dora. 131
75
Thornton, Tomt P
View of Dallas Business District
View of Manufacturing Plants . 33
View of State Fair Grounds 37
View "Interior" Arthur A. Everts Jewelry Establish- ment 11
View, Interior Praetoriau Cafe . 17
Verschoyle, C. H 55
View, Interior Jos. Sammel's Jewelry Establishment 57
View, The Koneman Millinery Establishment 61
View, Interior C. M. Bailey Jewelry Establishment 63
View, St. George Cafe 63
View, Drinking Pavillions 99
Vorheis, W. E. 75
White, A. M 21
Watkins, J. W 53
Weatherford. W. E. 58
Witchell, Frank ( 53
Williams, II. M 53
Webb, J. Y. Jr. 55
Wakefield, (. ... 55
Weinberger, G
55
Weinland, S. R
55
Mc Aleer, I. 1 MeCullock, D
Moore, E. T
53
Murray, J. S
53
Moore, W. C
MeCray, W. S 55
Randle, Ed. Tom. 21
Ragland, .1
53
Riley, E. J. 53
Rosser, C. M 55
Representative Dallas Homes 69
99
Sanger, Alex 19
Smith, Capt. Sidney
53
Spellman, Jno. M 53
Silvers, A .. 55
55
Saner, John (
55
Sacksteder, M. A.
55
Shelor, J. W
55
Schley, Jack .A.
5.7
Samuels, Abc
07
Samuels, Jos Souders, R. R.
Saunders, Mrs. Bacon
72
Scott, Mrs. G. R. 72
Stewart, C. J 99
Smith, Lycurgus 99
S. W. States Portland Cement Plant .. 125
Swain, Col. H. N
75
Sullivan, Master James Peeler 75
Sullivan, Mck. I 19
Schraeder, Mrs. Mamie. 131
St. Mary's College .... 134
Taber, Dr. M. E 13
Turner, E. P
17
Turner, J. Elmer 21
Thorp, Ben
55
Terry, L. R 55
Toby, Edw
55
Turner, Mrs. I. P
Tucker, Mrs. P. P'
75
Period, The ...
126
Newton, Mrs. M 17
Oldham, C. W 21
Bregg. Wm. G 55
Pecler, Col. . A. J
Porter, Mrs. J. N
Ashenden, Clarence B
Angier, Chas. () ..
12-1
Atkinson, Dr. T. I)
Roberts, Dr. Lilly
Charlton. Miss Julia C
Stephenson, J. . 1
Spoont, Mrs. Marshal
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Classified Directory of Advertisers
ABSTRACTS
Title & Guaranty Co. 114
Stewart Title Guaranty Co. 133
AUTO RENT CO.
P. G. Cameron Auto Rent Co.
120
ASBESTOS
H. W. Johns-Manville Co. of Texas
117
ARCHITECTS
S. Nelson, Arlington, Texas
118
C. D. Hill Co. .. 118
Lang & Witchell 118
G. W. Moore Construction Co.
118
Il. A. Overbeck, Juanita Bldg., Dallas, Texas
Sanguinett, Statt & Overbeck, Dallas, Texas
ARCHITECTURAL SCULPTORS
So. Arch. Cement Stone Co .. 119
AUTO RENT CO.
P. G. Cameron Auto Rent Co.
120
AUTOMOBILES
Eller Motor Car Co .. 122
Cameron Auto Co. 122
United Motor Dallas Co. 122
Brush Texas Motor Co. 122
Mitchel Auto Co., Thos. E. Harvey, Gen'l Mgr.
128
AUDITORS AND ACCOUNTANTS
Corporation Audit Co ... 134
ATTORNEYS
A. E. Firmen
123
Ed Tom Randle.
123
BEAUTY SPECIALISTS
C. C. Roystone
131
BONDING CO. SURETY
C. H. Verschoyle & Co 114
Western Casualty & Guaranty Ins. C'o 115
General Bonding & Casualty Ins. Co
S. M. Hilligoss, 609-10 Praetorian Bidg., Dallas, Texas.
BANKS
Collins County National Bank. 121
Dallas Trust & Savings Bank
124
Guaranty State Bank & Trust Co
131
BRICK CO.
Globe Press Brick Co
118
BUSINESS COLLEGES
Toby's Practical Business College, Waco, Texas 121
Harrell's Business College.
131
Metropolitan Business College
130
BATH HOUSES
Bimini Bath House.
126
Gill Well Sanitarium
124
BUTCHER'S, WHOLESALE & RETAIL
Lewin & Hooper, 2309 Elm St., Phone M 1406, Dallas, Texas.
CLEANERS
N. Y. Pantatorium Co
117
Muller Dye Works
122
COLLEGES FOR YOUNG LADIES
St. Mary's College and School of Music
134
University of Dallas.
134
CONTRACTORS, ELECTRICAL
W. M. Clower Electrical Co.
119
W. R. Williams, Mineral Wells, Texas.
E. H. Johnson, 308 N. Akard St., Dallas, Texas.
CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS
Ilurdy & Hardy 119
I. R. Wright 118
G. W. Moore Construction Co.
118
HI. J. Curtis.
118
W. R. Lynch & Son
118
J. W. Slaughter Construction Co.
118
CONTRACTING PAINTERS AND PAPER HANGERS
E. J. Lloyd & Co
118
CONTRACTORS, WELL
R. H. Dearing & Sons 119
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Classified Directory of Advertisers
Continued
CEMENT MANUFACTURER
> W. Portland Cement ('o 125
CAFE AND RESTAURANTS
The Praetorian C'afe 47
The st. George Cafe. 63
The Columbian Cafe 122
langs Cafe .. .
122
Manhattan Cafe.
122
COAL-LIGNITE
Hoyt Lignite Coal :. 121
CUTS AND ELECTROS
A. Zvese Eugraving Co ..
131
DRY GOODS AND LADIES FURNISHINGS
W. A. Green & Co., 1508-1510 Ehu St., Dallas, Texas. Darham Dry Goods Co 117
DENTISTS
Dr. J. J. Simmons, Wilson Bldg., Dallas, Texas.
DYERS
Muller Dye Works 122
N. Y. Pantatorium Co.
117
DIAMONDS
(. M. Bailey 63
Arthur A. Everts 41 Ju4. Samuels Co .. 57
D. L .. Hendricks & Co., 16 Wilson Bldg., Dallas, Texas
N. Goldstein & Son ....
121
ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER CO.
Dallas Electric Light & Power Co 113
ENGINEERS
Southern States Steel Co . 118
()'Neil Engineering Co
119
EXPRESS CO.
Pacific Express C'a 122
Wells Fargo & Co ..
122
ENGRAVERS
A Zeese Engraving Co
131
FLORISTS
Lang's Floral & Nursery Co .. 123
Henry Holtkamp, Sr.
123
GROCERS
Central Grocery Co., Inc. .
122
HOTELS
The St. George Hotel and Annex 120
The Waldorf Hotel 121
Paris Hotel .. 121
B. & M. Hotel 12-1
Hotel Oasis 124
Hotel Royal ... 124
The Magnolia Hotel 124
The Caldwell Hotel 126
St. Paul Hotel 124
The Period Hotel
126
Hotel Plateau
127
Fairfield Inn
127
The Colonial Hotel
131
The Oriental Hotel, Dallas, Texas.
The Adolphus Hotel, Dallas, Texas.
HORSE TRAINERS AND TRADERS
Simms & Gallagher. 133
HOMEOPATHS
Dr. I. C. West, 1518 Ihn St., Dallas, Texas.
HAT RENOVATORS
Wood & Edwards.
133
INSURANCE, TITLE
Title & Guaranty Co
114
Stewart Title Guaranty Co.
133
INSURANCE, CASUALTY
C. H. Verscholye Co 114
Western Casualty & Guaranty Ins. Co
115
General Bonding & Casualty Ins. Co
116
S. M. Hilligoss, 609-10 Praetorian Bidg.
INSURANCE, LIFE
Kansas City Life Ins. Co., Orville Thorp, Gen. Agt 114
Federal Life Ins. Co., Ben Thorp, Mgr. for Texas. 114
C. Il. Verschoyle & Co ... 114
Sam Houston Life Ins. Co.
115
Lone Star Life Ins. Co 114
Southland Life Ins. Co., Dallas, Texas.
M. Murphy, Gen. Agt., Guaranty Bank Bldg., Dallas, Texas.
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Continued
JEWELERS
C. M. Bailey ..
63
Arthur A. Everts .. 41
Jos. Samuels Co 57
Lawerence Hendricks, 426 Wilson Bldg., Dallas, Texas
FIRE
Oklahoma Fire Ins. Co., J. W. Beazley, Agt. 114
Western Casualty & Guaranty Ins. Co 115
Murphy & Bolanz 116
Thomas Bros, 1400 Main.
W. R. Ellis, 1400 Main.
W. Leslie Williams, 1400 Main.
LAUNDRIES
Steir's Laundry 117
LIVERY STABLES
Rock Barn Livery, Feed and Sales Stable. 127
Capitol Livery Stable. 134
LOANS
Lawrence Hendricks, 426 Wilson Bldg., Dallas, Texas.
MORTGAGE CO.
Middlesex Banking Co 112
The Texas Land & Mortgage Co 112
Dealey Realty C. 112
Oldham & Oldham
112
MUSIC TEACHERS, PIANO AND VOICE
Julia Graham Charlton 124
C. B. Ashenden
124
MINERAL WATERS
Gill Well and Sanitarium . 124
The Lamar Well . 126
Texas Carlsbad and Pal-Pinto Water 127
MOTOR CYCLES
The Texas Motorcycle Co 122
Clas. Ott
122
MAGAZINES
The Investment Journal
128
MONEY ORDERS
Pacific Express Co 122
Wells Fargo & Co .. 1222
Guaranty State Bank and Trust Co 131
Dallas Trust & Savings Bank 121
Collin County National Bank 121
MILLINERY
Mrs. T. W. Koneman
The Parisian, 1024 Elm St., Dallas, Texas, Misses Scha and Clemmons, Props.
NARCOTIC DISEASES
The White Sanitarium
OSTEOPATHS
Dr. L. Amato
OFFICE EQUIPMENT
The Dorsey Company
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Granville Deane
PATENTS
Jack .1. Schley
Spellman & Murray
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PLUMBERS
P. J. Sheehan & Co
1
W. L. Miller
1
PICTURE SHOWS
The Nickelodeon
1
The Candy ..
The Palace
1
PIANOS
John Church Piano Co. of Texas 1
C. II. Edwards Music Co., 1810 Main St., Dallas, Texas Brooks-Mays & Co., 1707 Main St., Dallas, Texas.
PAWNBROKERS
N. Goldstein & Son:
1
PRINTERS
The Dorsey Company
1
RAILROADS
Texas & Pacific 1
M. K. & T. Ry. of Texas 1
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Classified Directory of Advertisers Continued
REAL ESTATE DEALERS
Il H. Saunders, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio
110-111
1. P. Gamble Realty Co . 112
J Edgar Finley
112
Dealey Realty Co
112
J W. Lindsley & Co.
112
J Elmer Turner
112
oldham & Oldham
112
Felton & Morgan.
112
J A. Me Aleer & Co
112
W S. Johnson
112
Crotty & Miller 113
The Howard-White Land & Investment Co., Inc. 113
3 Knox Finley & Co.
113
sidney Smith, Jr
113
Murphy & Bolanz
116
Thomas Bros., 1400 Main St
W. R. Ellis, 1400 Main St.
Leslie Williams, 1100 Main St.
F. G. Jester & Co ..
116
Ed Tom Randle
123
Hedick Bros
128
Hazlewood & Hill Realty Co
128
Fisher & Fisher, 111 Martin St., Dallas, Texas.
T. A. Hoard, 715 Harris Ave., Dallas, Texas.
Lancaster & Martin, Oriental Hotel, Dallas, Texas.
R. L. Hlight, Me Kinney, Texas.
Bergfeld Realty Co., 1717 Live Oak St., Phone 6835, Dallas, Texas.
Scarff, W. G.
121
Chapman-O' Neall Co.
133
SANITARIUMS
Call Well Sanitarium Co 124
Mineral Wells Sanitarium 124
White Sanitarium .... 131
St. Paul's Sanitarium
133
SAFE CO.
Win. Lasker, Agent Mosler Safe (o)
124
SPECIALISTS
Drs. Roberts & Roberts
127
SHOW CASE FACTORY
Dallas Show Case and Mig. Co. Inc 128
STATIONERY
The Dorsey Co
129
STEEL CO.
Southern States Steel Co
118
TITLE INSURANCE
Title & Guaranty Co
114
Stewart Title Guaranty Co. 133
Western Casualty & Guaranty Ins. Co
115
TRACTION CO.
Trinity Valley Traction Co ..
117
TAILORS
Dundee Woolen Mills
119
Slaughter-Benham Co
123
Max Friedman, 221S Ehn St., Dallas, Texas.
TAXICABS
P. G. Cameron Auto Rent Co
120
TALKING MACHINES
Dallas Talking Machine Co
133
Columbia Phono. Co:
133
TYPEWRITERS
Remington Typewriter Salesroom.
123
TENTS AND AWNINGS
G. W. Ewell, 510 N. Akard St., Dallas, Texas.
VOCAL STUDIOS
C. B. Ashenden
121
WONDER STORES
Wolfe's Wonder Store
128
WEDDING CARDS
The Dorsey Co
129
WATCHES
C. M. Bailey
63
Arthur A. Everts 41
Jos. Samuels Co
57
D. L. Hendricks & Co., 426 Wilson Bldg., Dallas, Texas.
N. Goldstein & Son
124
WALL PAPER
Hick Barksdale Wall Paper Co.
1301-03 Elm Street
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yours for Sexan und Peler ,
Author, owner and publisher of The Standard Blue Book Publications and Financial Broker, dealer in Stocks and Bonds organization and financiering of any sound business proposition. Reliable connections in the money centers of the United, States and foreign countries.
The Memphis News-Scimitar of Memphis, Tenn., of date, January 23, 1910, in referring to Col. Peeler, says: "He is an industrial and social exponent, as applied to the development of trade conditions of international reputation. In apprecia- tion of his ability along these lines, he was placed upon the National Pay Roll by the great Military Ruler of our sister Republic. He has served as a Presidential Toastmaster, is a University (Texas) graduate and a retired bank president, and for 18 years has been a close student of industrial development and has dedicated his life to this work."
The Standard Blue Book Publications bear the endorsement of some one thousand commercial organizations, business men, commercial institutions and banking houses throughout the United States. Correspondence solicited.
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Object, Plan and Effectiveness of the Standard Blue Book Publications
By A. J. PEELER Author, Owner and Publisher
After several months of pleasant labor, intermingled with most agreeable associations, we submit without an apology the Standard Blue Book of Texas, Edition de Luxe of Dallas and Trade Territory. During the last five years we have completed and issued separate and exclusive Editions de Luxe of the Standard Blue Book on the States of Oklahoma, Arkansas and Tennessee; Houston, Texas; Beaumont, Texas; East Texas; including this book on Dallas, Texas, and Trade Territory, probably the strongest works ever issued on the commercial, social and intellectual progress of any states or cities in the American Union. Our plan of bringing together and blending the commercial conditions of a community and state into a happy, entertaining and attractive volume is original and un que, and we believe to be the most effective and powerful method of presenting the actual conditions of a state or a country to the world.
THE ADVERTISING SECTION
The Advertising Section is positively limited so as to enable the work to go through the mails at a reasonable expense, reaching the marts of trade and the centers of population throughout the United States and European countries, and admits only such persons, firms or corporations as can establish a record for integrity and honesty and whose express purposes are clearly and substantially trustworthy and honest. Thorough investigations are specifically made in each and every instance as regards both the advertiser and the advertisement.
Standing behind this section is the written guarantee of A. J. Peeler & Co., the publishers, and the assurance that individual investigation has been made with unfaltering exactness and that every person contained in this section, from an advertising standpoint, is deserving of public confidence.
The advertising section of the Standard Blue Book publications is simply the channel of com- munication between honest persons engaged in straightforward business pursuits upon a basis of recti- tude, valid declarations and substantiated facts.
It will be our constant aim and ambition to hold this department to the high commercial con- fidence and prestige it has enjoyed in the past.
THE MATERIAL SELECTED
The material selected herein exploiting the commercial representation of the respective cities included herein has been properly and duly submitted by us to their various Commercial Clubs, Boards of Trade and Chambers of Commerce for approval, and meritorious citizenship has been first and fore- most considered. Our best effort has been made to give the world a good, clean, reliable, trustworthy publi- cation, FREE FROM PAID PHOTOS AND "WRITE-UPS."
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SOCIAL SECTION
Our Standard Blue Book publications are fashioned after the Blue Books issued by the United States Government on trade conditions, blended with the improved idea of the Social Blue Book of Euro- pean countries with harmonious perfection.
The social section of the Standard Blue Book of Texas, Edition de Luxe of Dallas and Trade Terri- tory, like all of our other State and National publications, is held primarily above a money consideration, and meritorious citizenship will be first and foremost considered.
Every personal illustration contained in the work of prominent club, musical, literary, social, professional and commercial leaders of the State will be selected under the advice of an advisory board, and the pretentious and mediocre will be excluded.
We will eliminate from the Standard Blue Book publications, with but rare exceptions, personal sketches of the living and under no circumstances indulge in "write-ups" and cheap and extravagant flattery, reserving the right only to preserve historical data in perpetuating some distinguished pioneer citizen.
There will be no space rates charged for any personal photographic illustration in any of the Standard Blue Book publications, but all photographs and engravings must be furnished without cost to publishers to insure insertion.
We will properly and justly recognize unselfish and patriotic assistance given us in making this work a success in behalf of civic, social and industrial pride in the State's best interest by dedicating a conspicuous part in the Blue Book for the enrollment of such names of the citizens of Texas to whom honors are meritoriously due.
COMMANDING INFLUENCE
The rapid industrial, educational and social development of Imperial Texas demands the production in permanent form, from time to time, of a correct account of the statistical progress, com- mercial and social advantages and club life of its various cities, portraying therein the names and faces of their men and women that have assisted materially in the general welfare and progress of the country and whose lives have stood for the highest order of enlightened progress. We believe this feature alone gives the work a commanding influence before the American people.
CONFIDENCE OF FOREIGN CAPITAL
It will be observed that we have brought into the work the personality of many of the citizens, because in so doing we wished to make plain and fully exploit our views upon a subject to which we have given years of experience and thought. We believe, to encourage a better class of permanent citizenship and to gain the confidence of foreign capital and interest it in our prolific opportunities, it is just as neces- sary to show the refinement and stability of a community as it is to give statistical data setting out strictly the commercial advantages.
STATE RECORD AND FAMILY SOUVENIR
Then again, outside of all business considerations, this work in years to come will be prized be- yond a money value as a State record and family souvenir, giving the living a lasting pleasure in com- memorating the names and faces of those loved ones long since passed away to the Great Beyond, and serving as a tribute of respect to those who have done their part faithfully and well in the race and pro- gress of human life.
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WORTHY OF REPRESENTATION
In the compilation of this work we have faithfully and honestly tried to give everyone worthy of representation in the cities of this State treated upon in this edition, a place in this book. We have extended a personal invitation to every eligible citizen to help us make the Standard Blue Book of Texas, Edition de Luxe of Dallas and Trade Territory, the greatest work of its kind ever issued, and we are pleased to say that we have had a strong support along these lines and have no hesitation in saying that we present to the public the most representative work of its kind ever issued on this trade territory.
INDISPENSABLE TO THE HOME
We have incorporated in this work such matters as to make it indispensable to the home as a constant reference book, and it will there occupy the same relative position as the city directory does in the business world, as well as financial and social guide book. This work will be invaluable to the merchant, the banker, the manufacturer and business house of every nature as the only direct, permanent, reliable method in reaching the wealth and culture of a community.
POWERFUL ADVERTISING MEDIUM
It is the only possible way in which an advertisement can reach the banking and bond houses, stock exchanges and the commercial institutions of this and other States, and the drawing rooms and libraries of the wealthy, and be made lasting and perpetual.
It will increase trade and enhance property values. The medium and plan bears the endorsements of one thousand commercial organizations, merchants' associations, ad clubs, banking houses and busi- ness men throughout the United States, including the unqualified support evidenced by written testi- monials from every commercial organization and business men's club and merchants' association from three of your adjoining states.
AS AN AUTHORITY
This work is accepted as an authority and as a reliable guide by bond brokers, banking institu- tions, public service corporations, the homeseeker, investor, tourist, and capitalist throughout the United States and will be a powerful medium in upbuilding the community, introducing one section of the State, their people and industries to the other and in placing business interests in touch with capital seeking investment. It can readily be seen that we have diverged from all stereotyped methods in the plan and preparation of this work and have blazed out unaided through virgin forests in hope of new discover- ies in ideas and methods, seeking to bring together, if possible, a happy combination of the social and poetic side of life, intermingled and blended with the prosaic conditions of commercialism and wealth into a happy union, a crystallized charm of entertaining, reflection and study as well as a peerless and most powerful advertising medium.
DEDICATION-SUCCESS IS DUE
If we have achieved any measure of success we want to take this opportunity to say that our success is due in part to the useful, unselfish and progressive citizens, corporations and business firms of this section of Texas, whose names are found in the classification of prominent business men in the first
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part of this volume; also to J. R. Babcock and J, W. Register, the courteous and able Secretaries respectively of the Dallas Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club of Mineral Wells, to whom this book is dedicated. Without this aid and unqualified support, zeal and unselfish patriotic devotion to their State sections such an undertaking would have been, on our part, the wildest folly.
UNLIMITED AND MATCHLESS RESOURCES
We do not deem it important to go into a full detailed account of the contents of this volume, as the book will speak for itself, but there is no getting around these important facts that Dallas and Trade Territory with her extensive diversified farming interests and great agricultural resources, her many and great facilities of railroad and deep water transportation, with her increasing manufacturing enter- prises, is causing the world to sit up and take notice of the marvelous resources of North Texas and her great metropolis.
It is a well-known fact that the cities of Texas, on the completion of the great Panama Canal, will be amply prepared to take care of themselves in the foreign trade and enjoy their pro rata benefits now annually amounting to five and a quarter billion dollars, and will materially assist in increasing that trade.
DALLAS AND TRADE TERRITORY
It has also been our pleasure to show in this volume that Dallas and her trade territory is in the heart of one of the richest agricultural countries on Earth and is in the center of population of Texas with over one-third of the population of the entire State living within a radius of one hundred miles; that Dallas and her trade territory is the principal beneficiary of the great cotton crop of Texas (includ- ing value of cotton seed, amounting last year to over $225,348,000.00, an average of 20 per cent of the world product of 27 per cent of the crop of the United States;) that Dallas is the banking center of Texas and the Great Southwest and is able to take care of the demands of Trade, home industry and assist honest capital; the State with over 1,110 banks with individual deposits of over $200,000,000.00, gives Dallas and trade territory a commanding position among her sister cities of the United States; that Dallas is the principal city of a surrounding territory whose manufactured products annually exceed $20,000,000.00
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