The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-04-23
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=. soil, climate, He.oGree'' E'en E'e.

rbo Wat or that part Of il beyond Fort
no. Phantom llill, Camp Colorado and
\. ronrho, hns been u sealed book 70 most
op, people; and Is yct to all except few
-,eyors, State Rangers, buffalo hunters and
a.el States troops
rbs extension of the Texas a Pacific mhln
,to n Paso, Together with tho extension
,rbwcsterly up the eastern foothills Of the
Grnndo by tho Galveston, Harrisburg ~
d, Antonio rouJ, to u junction ut this point,
,,.t. tbo frontier sections Of Texas with rs
NAH Intarostas hosrecenIly been felt In that
l,,p.n,, and moro recently that mineral
dom OF Colorado md New MosIco'
IA direction west from callahan and
arsollom counter We pas about one hun
miles before Wa come 70 tho Colorado
ger Thla region has some Of ~ rich
d.. land hi can bo found anywhere In Tho
,tr and will settle very rapidly by Mmcm
t.n Iuclllllos 10 uulzl NJ productions md
.urres nru Increased, lna recent VII 10
rpgIop tho writer wNs nslouthed
be fertility of the roll, ~ shown by tho
Iutons OF las, yenE In Jones county,
lrre. until within Only two years ago, inc
Hr men have successfully undo now COM
holoyo hocuunlry WIS too dry Tor farm
I.,yn sp1lpl farm, where, M the raw
i of only trw months decay, very llno
n miIlcL pumpkins potatoes, fqumheN
ro,hhws, the same equHllng IN magnitude
quality any Of the s,mu spe'
nl,oi In Central Texas, This
,ao section, from Callahan county
tle Colorado river, win at no dstOnt day
dotted over vita farms True, there ore
ans ya,te plNecs but there Arc rs lovely
flows OF rich land Ms can be found any
lere In the State, besides the table lands
o among the lncst upland sections In INC
uthwc.t. The writer visited this s'ctl,nn
mpany with good practical men from 'ho
orthern States and from Europe md they
concurrrd in saying that the Table lands
MO on the plain, between the head wnlore
the Brn2os and the small streams flowing
etwardy into Colorado, and lying In
,lan county, composed the finest body OF
|aud they over saw.
The streams generally have stock water
h Ma A whsle the country Is not well
terod, but this will be corrected by Dig
hg wells for hrm-houscs md building
Lks or artificial ponds for stock, where the
rms are opened TOO FIR from the streams.
There are thousands of ncres OF rich VHlIey
ID that we're surveyed whom Phantom llill
IS provided with troops, before
. war, that may now be had
prices ranging from one to
10 dollars per acre. There are sui
her thousands Of acres of state school
IDS now surveyed and ready for the imml,,
,nt who arrives, which may be purchased
|m the State NJ one dollar per acre Farm
can secure US much of this land Ms they
|y desire by paying one-tonth of the pur-
ase money cash, and tho balance in one,
a. three. etc, to ten years, one'tcnth each
lar. Or, they may pay oil all credlts ana
.ure title from the State during the llrst
ar, where they have ability ard inclination
do so. .-,
Ths section has but little timber suitable
building purposes, but is full OF good
nber for fuel, has fine limestone and sand
me suitable for building purposes, besides
nd Judges decide that SOM of the clAy
AZ of the streams will make durable bricks:
Tbe whole region abounds in the beautiful
emery SO often dilNtod upon by western
vclers.
There are large herds Of antelope seen
cry few miles, the same almost ms iIect ms
e birds of the air when frightened by the
Rveler .o;.;o
There are thousands Of turkeys, prairie
ckens, California quail, with their pea
wl ton. knots, rs also snlpe, pheasant etc.
Le huiblo. like the Indian, has gone west,
ID MS II source of pleasure or proh'' would
h ia now failure. lthas been national
Eerace-,ho destruction of buffalo here, l
United the white bones of eleven on one NJ
"swpg" ON the plain few hundred yards
ST of the Colorado river, in Mitch
county, NIL of which we're proba-
k killed the same day. The bones
{ there, and when the railway
@ extends to this point will be gathered up
ID sent TO Baltimore or New York MS "A
ems of COMMERCIAL profit, and used to fer
"a the farms Of worn.out New England:
|.t this bone business will be competed
|th by those VINO ship the gypsum, whlch
here found in beds like stone coel III tnS
|ddle States. This white and heautltul
ystalized mineral may be gathered up a.
ost as easily Ms the stones OF the m'uuic
,tes, along the stream called by the resi-
nts "Sweet. Water creek, y in Nolan county;
When we reach the Colorado riverwe ma
It little good water, and the country grow
more dry us we go VESTS not well
snted TO farming unless where irrigation
IN be done. This whole region, however,
very fine stock country. There are large
is of land full of small oak bushes ana
oW on sandy soil where hogs do well; these
,uch," or "shineries" being literally
h of d sweet acorn, which iatten
/ hogs as rapidly as corn. :,
rpeTe are many surveys of fine railroad
hd through this country, which may be
|ught at very low prices on tayorapie
This country will soon be opened up by
/ extension of the railroad, and within II
Y years will receive vast amount OF pop
htion from the eastern counties Of this
hte.
Owing to want of any State effort, and
uncalled for cry on the part of the news
pers of this country, touching the
ti.school policy of the State admins
|tion, the persistent efforts of the North
h press to deiame Texas, together with the
1t that every Northwestern State and rail-
|y line has agents in the densely populated
Eces North snd East, as well as in the
rger cities, ready to Ego for" any In
hded emgrant having means, we cannot
pect moneyed men to come, and in the alb
nee of any organized effort Of the state
|lway lines, or the people, we must largely
pend on the Southern States and eastern