1100 Hamilton Herald-News TThursday,hursday, NNovemberovember 119,9, 22020020 HHN short and need to go up?” asked councilman George Beard. THIS WEEK IN TEXAS HISTORY Council “I feel like we are,” Polster From page 5 replied. “We need somebody pro- Smartest outlaw makes a dumb mistake nization had hoped to have com- fessional to do this.” pleted before the next youth fair. Slone asked if there were oth- er companies that offer this -ser lor-made chaps with a crimson and in June 1876 he arrested a hand, and within months the She said issues with wir- ing and repairs as well as fewer vice, and Polster said he would By Bartee Haile waist sash. Wearing a buckskin nine members of the Fisher deputy was in charge after his broaden his search. jacket with gold embroidery, he gang in a raid on the Pendencia. host ran afoul of the law he events because of the pandemic Determined to succeed have depleted funds but HCJLA “Forty-five thousand is a lot topped off the expensive ward- Tying the prisoners to their sad- was supposed to enforce. The of money for someone to come where his predecessor had has helped with expenses. robe with a white sombrero also dles for the ride to Eagle Pass, reformed rustler was assured tell us we’re losing money,” failed, Texas Ranger Capt. Lee “Also, we have a contingent trimmed in precious metal and the Ranger warned Fisher’s of election when voters went to Slone said. Hall arrested King Fisher on featuring a gold snake hatband. new bride that any attempt at the polls in 1884. plan for the stock show,” she said, in case it is canceled be- “My goal is to get someone to five counts of murder on Nov. On his hips Fisher carried a rescue would result in the death During a visit to Austin tell us what the rates should be,” 19, 1877. Had the smartest out- cause of the pandemic. matching pair of silver-plated of her husband. in March of that year, Fisher Polster said. - City Administrator Ryan law in the Lone Star State final six-shooters with ivory handles. But McNelly was upstaged bumped into fellow gunman The council tabled the item ly run out of luck? Polster presented reports for More than mere ornaments, the by a slick lawyer, who secured Ben Thompson, who as usu- and asked Polster to check out Seven years earlier, Fisher Hamilton Chamber of Commerce pistols enabled the ambidex- the release of his clients before al was in the mood to party. more companies that provide this entered the state penitentia- they set foot in jail. After turn- Although he rarely drank, on on hotel-motel tax and Hamilton trous gunfighter to dispense Economic Development service. ry to do a five-year stretchdeath for with both hands. ing Fisher loose, the captain of- this occasion Fisher imbibed in - housebreaking. But the gov- Corporation. The council approved financ Although Fisher felt blood- fered him a few choice words of a daylong binge which ended ing of the new asphalt zipper ernor took pity on the 16 year Polster also recommended shed was bad for business, wisdom. late that night in San Antonio. through BanCorp South, rejected old inmate and granted him a procuring NewGen Strategies he never backed away from a “You’ve won every bout A sober Fisher would have all bids for towing services for full pardon after four months and Solutions to study water and fight. He once caught a trio ofwith the law up to now,” con- never agreed to step inside the Hamilton Police Department; behind bars. sewer rates, but the item died for Mexicans stealing a horse from ceded McNelly, “but finally very gambling house, where appointed Linda Catoe to replace None too happy to see the lack of a second. his corral. After one thief fool- you’ll lose one and that one will Thompson had killed the McInnis on the Hamilton County teenaged troublemaker back Polster explained that the ishly fired in his direction, he be for keeps. You could make a proprietor two years before. Appraisal District Board and on the streets so soon, Goliad company would charge $45,000 grabbed the assailant’s gun and good citizen. You’d also make Associates of the dearly depart- - authorities kept a close eye on for a three-year contract to re- Justin Slone to fill McInnis’ posi killed all three. a nice corpse.” ed arranged an ambush in their tion on the Main Street Board of the budding badman. Knowing view the city’s water rates and In another fabled fracas, Ironically, Capt. McNelly honor and on cue cut down the Directors; and amended McInnis’ the slightest slip-up would land use its engineering expertise to Fisher single-handedly slew beat the outlaw to the hereaf- famous gunslingers with a bar- signatory cards for the city. him back in prison, the youth determine whether or not the rev- four more foes. Braining the ter, when he died of tubercu- rage of bullets. Polster said 11 applications went west in search of a fresh enue over expenditures margins first with a branding iron,losis he the next September. The Many Texans mourned have been reviewed for the chief start. are appropriate. shot the rest before they could Ranger that took his place con- the untimely passing of King of police department, and three Fisher found just that in “It’s not going to get any bet- clear leather. It did not take tinued the campaign to clean up Fisher and cursed the cowards of four chosen for further review the no-man’s-land between the ter,” Polster said. “Inflation keeps many such episodes for him to the border badlands by filing 21 who nipped his new life in the have submitted personal history Nueces and the Rio Grande, going up, and we are keeping the rank among the fastest guns in separate charges, including five bud. Not everyone, however, statements. He said background where the wild inhabitants lived same rate. We need that margin Texas. for murder, against the best- shared that sentiment. checks will be conducted, then a - to buy equipment and protect our by their wits and trigger fin Fisher hobnobbed with the dressed outlaw. For years the mother of a fu- public interview before selection gers. As a cowboy, he learned city.” high and mighty cultivating the Fisher was in and out of gitive killed by the sure-shoot- of a new chief. to outthink and outshoot the friendship of politicians and court for six years but eventual- ing deputy appeared at the “So you’re saying we are competition, Mexican bandits even a future dictator. Prior ly beat every rap. While a guest Uvalde cemetery on the anni- that preyed on the isolated cat- to seizing power in Mexico, of the taxpayers for five months versary of her son’s death. She tle ranches. By the mid-1870’s, Porfirio Diaz often dined in with the Bexar County Jail, he re- would build a fire over the re- he was beating the rustlers at the border boss in Piedras solved to turn over a new leaf mains of King Fisher and dance Give thanks. their own game and building a Negras across the river from and to become a legitimate triumphantly on his grave. private empire known as “King Eagle Pass. Fisher’s connec- rancher. So complete was the “Unforgettable Texans” Fisher’s Territory.” tions with influential officials conversion that he sold his in- on sale for reduced price of Send us 30 words about what you’re The King was the picture time and again foiled efforts toterest in a saloon and regularly $20.00. Mail your check to thankful for this season. of frontier success. Always bring him to justice. attended religious revivals. Bartee Haile, P.O. Box 130011, dressed fit to kill, he sported But Capt. Leaner McNelly The sheriff at crime-infest- Spring, TX 77393. the finest linen shirts - andcould tai not be bought or bullied, ed Uvalde asked Fisher to lend [email protected]

Let’s Talk About … WATER RATES as (the number of gallons of wa- ter used by the customer) X (the WATER RATES FOR PURCHASERS FROM UPPER LEON RIVER MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT By Karla Werkman rate per 1000 gallons). The num- ber of gallons used per customer Residential Residential Commercial Commercial Average Square Population INSIDE OUTSIDE INSIDE OUTSIDE Monthly Miles (Utility policies, procedures, is determined on the 15th of each and rates have changed over month by reading the water me- Base Usage Base Usage Base Usage Base Usage Water Bill For time to address changing condi- ters. The rate per 1,000 gallons Fee (per 100 Fee (per 100 Fee (per 100 Fee (per 100 Residential is $5.40 for both Residential and tions in our city. This is the fifth gallons) gallons) gallons) gallons) Inside in a series of articles written to Commercial Inside the city limits, and $7.99 per 1,000 gallons for Hamilton 40.00 0.54 57.50 0.799 50.00 0.54 72.50 0.799 $65.62 3.53 3012 alleviate any misunderstandings Dublin 48.16 1.11 69.13 1.34 63.38 1.13 84.35 1.36 $67.53 3.6 3553 or confusion about those chang- both Residential and Commercial es and to dispel the misinforma- Outside the city limits. Base Fee includes 3000 tion frequently posted on social Each month, a Billing gallons media.) Register is generated listing the DeLeon Base Fee 39.93 1.04 55.11 1.42 46.46 2.07 63.28 2.07 $58.08 2.1 2198 charges for every active utility When a utility account is includes 3000 gallons opened, the charge for water is account and summaries of each of the services (water, garbage & Comanche 31.39 0.947 < 31.70 0.956 < $57.39 4.5 4197 determined by use (Residential Base fee includes 2000 10,000; 10,000; or Commercial) and by location sewer) for that month. Using the (Inside or Outside the city lim- Billing Registers from October gallons 1.062 $1.072 its). Each category – Residential 2019 – September 2020, the fol- over over Inside (RI), Residential Outside lowing monthly averages were (RO), Commercial Inside (CI) or calculated: • Each month, the City Gorman 34.00 .825 $60.77 1.7 1035 Commercial Outside (CO) – has Base Fee includes 1500 two components: a Base Fee and provides an average of a Usage Charge. 10,180,464 gallons of water gallons to an average of 1524 active WATER RATES FOR STEPHENVILLE (OWNS ITS OWN WELL-WATER) The Base Fee is a fixed accounts. amount charged each month. Stephenville 12.50 .455 $37.09 11.89 21,247 Currently the Base Fee for RI • On average, the City of = $40.00, RO = $57.50, CI = Hamilton sends month- $50.00, and CO = $72.50. ly water bills to 1184 lons/month - average cost Comanche - $57.39. Between Examples of economies of provide service to an area over If the City of Hamilton Residential Inside, 69 $102.23 - $3.41/day these five cities, the RI averagescale include: To produce tap 3 times larger than Hamilton, it owned its own water source, Residential Outside, 176 • Commercial Outside: monthly water bill varies from water, water companies had has 7 times as many residents to there would be no need for a Commercial Inside and 12 Average usage 9839 gal- $1.91 /month more in Dublin to invest in a huge network of share the costs (and again, it has Base Fee. However, as discussed Commercial Outside cus- lons/month - average cost (.06/day) to $8.23/month less water pipes stretching through- its own water supply). previously, all city water is pur- tomers. $151.11 - $5.04/day in Comanche (.27/day) than out the country. The fixed cost Everyone would like to pay chased from the Upper Leon • The Residential Inside Is Hamilton’s water too high? Hamilton. of this investment is very high. lower water bills. Every City River Municipal Water District. customer uses an average For a meaningful compar- So how can cities like However, since they distribute Council would like to lower wa- The Base Fee is necessary to of 4745 gallons of water ison, it makes sense to look Stephenville offer water waterto to RI over 25 million house- ter rates. But in addition to the pay for the equipment, materi- per month at an average at the water rates in the oth- customers for a monthly aver- holds, it brings the average cost principle of economies of scale, als, testing, salaries, training, cost of $65.62 ((Base Fee er local cities that purchase age of only $37.09? There are down. Hamilton is saddled with an aged installation, operation and main- = $40.00) plus (Usage = their water from ULRMWD two reasons. The first is that Each of the six cities listed water delivery system – it is es- tenance of almost 35 miles of 4.745 X $5.40/1,000 gal- – Dublin, DeLeon, Comanche, Stephenville has its own water, had to make a huge investment timate that 75% of the pipes are lons = $25.62)). That’s pipeline, 135 fire hydrants, 94 and Gorman. As shown in the using a system of wells. The in the infrastructure needed the original pre-1960 lines – and gate valves, 4 service pumps, 2 $2.19 per day. attached table, using the same second is an economic principle to provide water to their city. a preponderance of vacant houses booster pumps, 2 elevated stor- • Residential Outside: average 4745 gallons per month called “economies of scale” that They also have monthly mainte- and lots that do not contribute to age tanks, and a standpipe water Average usage 7464 gal- as Hamilton’s Residential Inside says that the cost per unit of out- nance and operational costs. The the operational and maintenance tower. lons/month - average cost customer, Dublin’s customers put decreases as the scale of the smaller cities have fewer cus- costs. We enjoy the small-town The Usage Charge varies from $117.14 - $3.90/day pay the most at $67.53, followed enterprise increases. If you goo- tomers among whom to spread advantages of living in Hamilton, month to month and is calculated • Commercial Inside: by Hamilton - $65.62, Gorman gle the term, it gives the follow- those costs. As shown in the ta- but it does come at a cost. Average usage 9857 gal- – $60.77, DeLeon - $58.08, and ing very apropos example: ble, although Stephenville must Jonesboro Eagles continue to soar By Grant Lengefeld ble for Jonesboro missing out third quarter led to a 36-point Coach Eddie Gallegos and The Jonesboro Eagles and the night in Dublin at 6:30 p.m. on two state titles in the past run by the Coyotes, and Bordon the Eagles sandblasted the May Tigers will kick off Friday The Jonesboro Eagles’ six- five years. In 2016, the CoyotesCounty claimed their second Nueces Canyon Panthers 54-8 ______man squad is flying high again,mercy-ruled the Eagles in the consecutive state title with a 60- in the bi-district round of the Invitation for Bids soaring into round two of the state title match 60-12, stamping 22 championship victory over playoffs last week and now turn 1A-Division 1 football playoff Jonesboro’s only loss on an in- the 2017 state runner-up Eagles. their attention to the fourth in The Hamilton Independent School District is accepting hunt this week touting a 10-1 credible 14-1 resume. Jonesboro Following a 6-5 2018 cam- state-ranked May Tigers. Like proposals for landscape maintenance. Proposal specifications overall record. Jonesboro’s only managed to avoid a 45-point paign, the Eagles again entered Jonesboro, the Tigers are 10-1 are available at the Hamilton Independent School District loss on the year was back on mercy rule repeat the following the playoff fray last season, -ex on the year after defeating Irion Administrative office or from www.hamiltonisd.org under October 9 in week seven of the year as both Bordon County tending their season four games County last week 46-0. May’s “Department and Services”, “Business Department”. season. The Eagles fell that night and the Eagles again battled for deep into the playoffs. The only loss on the season was back Proposals marked “Landscaping Proposals” are to be to their archrival Bordon County 1A-Division 1 supremacy at Eagles’ 2019, 12-2 season end- in week two when they fell to the submitted to: Coyotes by a score of 77-31. AT&T Stadium in Dallas. ed in Hico as they fell to Blum number one ranked team in the Hamilton Independent School District Bordon County is responsi- Though the game went the 52-30 in a state semi-final round state, the Sterling City Eagles, Attn: Ken Alexander distance, turnover woes in the contest. by a competitive score of 44-40. 400 S. College Hamilton, Texas 76531 Military, tip and prayer Proposals will be received at the above address. By Suzy Thames bless our service men and wom- Jason Pack, Rocky French, Camp Hershel Stocks, Melvin Eilers, 46-2tc. Thank you to the men that put en. Please say a prayer for them Mabry, William Moore; Jason Grady Mayben, Sonny Stevens, ______the American Flags out in our every day: Aubuchont; Michael Edwards, Sandy Ivey, Irma Mayben, Julie yards. The Lions Club is doing Warren Stanley, Chris Hartsell, Patti Glen and David Glen, Bynum, Ruby Edmondson, a great service by doing this and Ian Atterbury, Kenneth Craig, William Jelks, Cole Wells, Sgt. Norma Marwitz, Sue Kingman Hamilton to host it is so appreciated. It’s a lot of Ross Bates; PFC Ryan Beineman, Matthew Medina, James Pearce, and Martha Rice. extra trouble to find each home’s Bailey Janisch, PFC James Keay Jacob Spiller, Ernie Mendez and Also please remember the little pipe that the flag fits in but III, Marine David Earl Simpson, Danny Lopez. ones in our nursing homes and six-man showdown want the men to know it’s worth LCPL Dylan Fredrick, PFC Jose Thursday, Nov. 26 is homebound residents. We have By Grant Lengefeld with wins over Oakwood, Apple it and so appreciated. Rodriquez, E3 Josh Chorenziak, Thanksgiving and be safe while far too many to list here, but a Springs and Chester. Last week I had a possum get Georgia Burroughs; Anthony you celebrate it with your family. card would be so welcome. The lights at Kooken Field In the opposing corner, the in my yard and the dogs went French, Garrett C. Jackson, Remember the mask; wash your Tip of the week… We need will be shining bright Thursday Cherokee Indians herald a 7-3 re- bonkers! This week a skunk got Ensign William S. Stevens, hands often and the safe-distanc- this tip now with cold weather evening as Hamilton plays host cord after placing second in their in my yard and the dogs went Michael Robert Jr., Barry Bivens, ing. Enjoy being with your fam- coming on……If you notice your to a second-round 1A-Division district at 3-1 behind Richland Stephen Burroughs, Warrant ily and remember to pray for the nails are peeling or cracking, try crazy and now everything smells II playoff matchup between the Springs and ahead of Rochelle, like skunk when you get near my Officer 2 Stephen Parrish,ones that Sgt. have lost a loved one this DIY soak: Pour ¾ cup of seventh-ranked Calvert Trojans Mullin and Lohn, respectively. yard. Two of the dogs are house Billy Gibson, Staff. Sgt.to Covid. Garrett vegetable oil into a small dish and the Cherokee Indians. Richland Springs upended the White, Creech AFB Nevada; Sgt. Please remember our friends and microwave until warm. Then dogs so you know what my After dropping five dimes and Indians in a district champion- house smells like now. I don’t Jason Gibson, Bart Gaishaver, Pvt. and neighbors who need our soak your fingertips for 15 min - a couple of pennies while hold- ship deciding game by an 84-81 know how long this stink lasts Timothy Palacio, Lance Corporal prayers and have health prob- utes. The oil will deeply moistur- ing their bi-district opponent to margin. Cherokee spearheaded but I’m hoping real soon it will Jordan Ratliff, Pvt. 1st Class lems. Larry Kopp, Dorothy ize both your nails and nail beds, a goose egg in a 52-0 gilding of the playoff hunt last week with be gone. You can spray all you Jaime Hernandez, Cpl. Wyatt May (tumor/cancer), Derrick warding off the dehydration that Dime Box last week, the Calvert a tidal wave 80-30 waterloo over want but the smell is still there. Smith, Lt.J. Slager, Pfc. Allen Dietrich’s mother (hospice), causes brittleness. Tojans enter Thursday evening’s Brookesmith. Please help me keep the ser- Shelton, Sgt. Mike Blair, Spec. Dale Moore, Micah and Naomi See ‘ya in church six-man shootout touting an The Calvert Trojans and the vicemembers’ list current by Garrett Blair; Jim Broyles, Pfc. Parrish, Gary and Aubry Gates. “Life is too short – enjoy it.” 8-2 season record. The Trojans Cherokee Indians are sched- calling changes to 784-3357. James Thornberry, E4 Bentley Joe Virginia Townsend, Jimmie varnished a perfect 3-0 record uled to kickoff at Kooken Field God bless America and God Stevens, SFC John Slough, Sgt. Benton (home awaiting rehab), through district competition Thursday evening at 6:30 p.m.