Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-07-12
DESCRIPTION OF WACO VILLAGE AND MeLEN
NAN COUNTY.

lhlLNb hoUnLANbEH i--Mny hNAll HltcE OF
your generosity and save TO myself considerable
amount Of labor, and give directly through the
columns Of your paper to q number Of gentlemen
from the counties Of Clcarfeld, Centre and Cln-
ton, at whose solicitation have CLEANED the fol-
lowing information
WACO, TEXAS, June 9th, 1876
TO d. p. Etfeeiier
In reply to yours Of SOth Of May, 1876 would
say that there several kinds Of land certificates
let. Alternate. railroad certificates are worth
Sl35 per section. OF these, you must survey at
your own expense one for the State for every one
you survey tor yourself.
I'd. International railroad certificates are worth
S275 per section. or these, you do not have to
survey any for the State, and the land is exempt
from taxation for twenty-five years.
ID. Old Headwrght certificates can be located
without surveys for the State and are worth from
30 TO 90 cents per acre. These certificates are rc
liable, provided the transfers are correct.
Good timber and mineral lands can be pur-
chased from s. to 50 per acre. These minerals
consist in iron, copper and coal. The question
Of mineral lands has not yet created any excite
mont In our State, except that in the gold and
silver section, such as the San sabar lands and
adjoining counties. There is no better time TO
make investments in mineral and timber lands
in Texa than the present, as she is now rapidly
filling up with an active and entefprising popu-
lation and in few years they will certainly rise
In value.
WACO, McI.ESSAS Co., TExAs,
April LIST, 1873.
10 Whom il Nay Concern
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the following facts and statistical information
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IN resas' Mo,a ,bar n baie NJ .a,,as ~ ~ no.
80 ~ ,h, a.,. on ,ho ,iy., a,d sss~h h,,,n,s.
anJ moro tben half a hale on tbe on,snds Frorn
o5 ~ go bushels of corn from 10 ~ So h,.hs,s as
hs,,ov n, oa,. arc ,he u,aaI nrodns," ~ ,sa ~
In tbis county. and these Yields conId no douhs
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ho,o.,h sys,am sf cultivs,,on H. i.Ve =,
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to nyoduco n,odue,isaIv- I..nds ,ghish hsss
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rasa,Iv oh,aInaa almost anyuSsra In "A. ,o,,a,a
bv di.gins wells lrom rs Ia 40 foe, ana y shsyy
gonnd p gs,s,aiJv rood onr cIimaic l. ds,,nh,
mi Tbaueb W. have long warm sumrnsr'. ,ee,o
i aiwavs \ rplf brce1e at hight vhich sacr,es N
n. a .,,,te ,efr,shing sleep ou, in,s,s arc mia
anJ asllsbtfni for Tho most nar,. ,ho ns,en,v
seidom falling below tbs frcc,lnr noint soms,
Zines howeyer. n falls as law az a or a aes,,e,
below zero and ice h frozen to The tbleknes, of
ono or two inches. Sometimes. also. We have an
inch or Two of snow. but neither icc nor snow
atom with as more tban dsy or two Al lime.
The prevailing timber Of our cousty fos which
there Is plenty for fencing and drevoodl consists
for The most mart Of cedar, pecap ash cottonwood.
haekberry. elm. most oak. suanish on. Iye oak'