The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-07-17
LANCASTER.
From Dallas 90 Lancnsicr-The Crops.
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Near Itutchins.


From our Special Correspondent
LANuAsIEu, Dallas County, Tcxns,
july 10, 1914,
Leaving "rhc Three Forks city,
on Tuesday afternoon az o'clock, IN
one of Captain j, \. Works fine turn
outs, your correspondent made II rapid
aud pleasant trip 10 thls growing and
llourishing town, preierring the old
road, and mode Of conveyance, to the
going out 10 the depot, thence 10y rail
TO lluichlns, and then by hack TO this
place. Two hours and twenty minutes
found M here just In time for n good,
substantial supper for which the ride
Of fourteen miles had given III II keen
appetite
The crops IN this neighb0rh0od have
not suffered materially as yet, though
rain II needed both for cotton and
corn, The fields still look greel and
comparatively well, and but few crops
along the line of the road from Dallas
seem to have been much parched. The
cry, however, IL for rain and cooler
atmosphere. Oppressive heat and dry
weather prevail here, ~ at "The city,
though there il generally a pleasant
breeze stirring, which tends to
make the weather bearable. A good
rain has fallen here since Dallas has
been favored in that way. The Their
momeler stood at 90 here yesterday,
the hottest day of the season. | should
not wonder If the mercury reached n
hundred in Dallas.
A tramp around town of an hour In
the morning, among old acquaintan-
ces, then to the house, where endeav-
orcd to keep cool, was the sum of my
"day's dolngs.n
Lancaster has grown somewhat since
my last visit, u year or more ago but
presents the usual summer dull appear
ance. In my ram6le yesterday | step
ped into
THE STAR MILLS,
Owned and run by our old friends
Messrs. Nance q Motlett, perhaps the
most complete or among the most
complete establishments of the kind
In the State of its capacity. The build
ing is of stone, plastered inside and
out with cement, and is one of the dis
tlnguishing featers OF the town. These
mills were built some eight or ten
years ago, but We're not completed and
enclosed until two years ago. 'rheu
Mr.. Nance went North and selected his
machinery, which Is of the most APP
proved and modern patterns, and
thoroughly perfect In every respect.
The arrangement of the machinery
is such rs to render the utmost facility
for receiving, elevating and grinding
IA large amount of grain, and produc-
ing therefrom the finest grade of flour.
There are but two run of stones IN ope-
ration, but the capacity is for five, and
should it become necessary, that num-
Der can be run. The whole machinery
10 SO arranged as to produce the great
est amount o ( flour with the least posi-
Die expenditure of space and trouble
In no case, however, has economy TAX
en- the place of efficiency. With its pres
ent run of stones, the mill win grind
six hundred bushels of wheat In
twelve hours. There is now stored In
the mill house about seven or eight
thousand bushels of wheat, which has
been purchased at an average price of
one dollar per bushel for the best
grade. This mill is producing flour
that can not be eXceelled in quality by
any of the Northern mills. And why
should II not? Here IL the best Of ma
chinery, the most experienced millers,
and this year, as good, ii not better
grain than can be found in the North,
and more of 1t than has ever been pro-
duoed in any one year In this section.
There are two large never failing
wells on the premises, which furnish
all the water required for rlnning the
mill, as well rs in case of fire, should
1t be needed; though there is hardly
any danger of that sort to be appre-
hended. You know "a burnt child
breads the fire." and Messrs. N. & NJ.
having suffered once from the devour-
ing element, have taken every precau-
ton TO guard against a recurrence of
such disaster. The pride of the es-
IL to be found in the rooms
by the engine and boiler. The
latter Is tubular one, consuming
about one-and-a-half cords of wood per
day, and running a sixty horse
power horizontal engine built to
order by Messrs. Griffith & Wedge, of
o. This engine Is one Of
the most beautiful pieces of machinery
Of its kiud have ever seen. Simple
In construction, running almost with
out noise or jar, aud Kept as bright
and shining as polished silver, 1t per-
forms It's work quietly and surely, re-
quiring less fuel aud with less noise,
than any engine of its capacity 10
Northern Texas. Messrs. N. 4 M.
stand ready to bear me out In this as
ser,lon, as they as particularly proud of
their motive power.