Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1873-03-29
DALLAS WEEKLY HERALD
ID MeCAn.Ef,. Editor.
SATURDAY,M ARCH ~, 1873.
DALLAS COUNTY,
INFORMATION FOR EMIaRANrs'

such questions as are propounde"d1
by persons desiring to come to this
country'ioia doing 80 we shall say
.somcthinglthatt VIC once thought
was known . to all the world "and
the rest of mankind" People Of
this country who are not in the
habit of receiving letters of ipqui-
ry can form no adequate idea Of
the ignorance that prevails ih 9th
or States in reference to this coun-
try. Almost everybody knows that
Texas is a good country, and es-
pccially Northwest Texas. 1t is tol,
orably well known that this is the
only country in the world where
both wheat and cotton grow to per-
fection, that we have fertile soil.
q healthy and salubrious climate
are facts Of general notoriety. But
as to the products of this country,
be yon d wheat and cotton, the rail
road fnci lities, the size OF towns
and cities, the churches, school
houses, public libraries, newspapers
and state of society in general, they
know absolutely nothing.
The questions that are asked
about this county and city are not
only surprising but notifying
What do the citiz ems of this enter.
prising and flourishing city think
of intelligent men in enlightened
countries asking such questions as
"How far are you from arailroad?
"How far from the Texas and Pa
cific railroad ? Have yoa q news
paper published in your town?"
10 many of our citizens it will
seem incredible, but it is never
theless true that scarcely a day
passes that we do not receive a let.
ter asking us if we have newspa-
per published at Dallas, and ifso
please send them a copy. q q.
Have woa "newspaper' publish
ed in Dallas? Yes VIC have three
spicy weekly papers, and as live a
daily as can be found anywhere,
and hope soon to have a large book
printing and binding establish,
ment, and then VIC intend to print
five hundred thousand copies OF
"What we know about Texas" and
what everybody else ought TO
know. We will give some ques-
ticns in the letters lying before us.
and brief ard truthful answers:
Have you a good farming coun-
try ?"
We have; wheat, corn, cotton,
oats, rye, barely, millot and hun.
garian grass all grow finely in this
county.
"Can youraise vegetables in your
part of tho country y 1aa
We can raise every Vegetable
that grows in the temperate zono'
and many that belong to the torid
zone. Id lassJnI ~
"Can you grow fruit in your
country?' elag. aq e04s
For peaches this country is supe'
rior to any country We ever saw
Pears, plums, appricots and grapes
grow very finely, and bananas and
figs have been successfully grown
in this country.
"Havc you good country for
stock raising ?"
Not in the sense in which stock
raising is usually understood in
Texas, that is to try to raise Them
on the range without any food
this is a prairie country, but it is
being rapidly.feneed up, SO thai
the range will shortly be destroy
ed; but this is very healthy
country for cattle, and in the fstur'
it will pay to feed cattle in this
coutry.laraes asiaor e,aH se9
"What are lands worth ~
Lands in this county, first-clas'
black-waxy soil from two to twen'
ty feet deep, convenient to. rail
roade, wood and water, are worth
from four to eight dollars pei
acre. ta at H fa ser
ais that a good country fol
mechanics 2" ~ m
II is, especially for carpenters
great deal OF building is going
on in this country, and more thar
four thousand people have settlee