The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-09-01


leased or sold, and the proceeds invested in
government or state bonds, as the legisla-
ture may direct, and the interest used an
nually for public free school purposes.
The present minimum price OF these
lands is 81 per acre and they will soon be
worth from 81 to s.. This win soon increase
the public school fund TO sl00,00o,0O
which at per cent. will annually realize
s., 10000
In addition to this, each county has spe-
cially set apart TO it four leagues, or MA
acres of land for public school purposes, TO |
be absolutely controlled by ii. This will
swell the public free school lands to about |
90, GOO, 900 acres; and in addition to all this,
one-fourth of the general revenue OF the |
State and 81 for each poll goes directly into |
the school fund as it is provided by the con- |
stitution.
There has been set apart for State Uni
versity, to be located in n few days, ,2l9,9S
acres, much of which was located thirty. |
five years ago on the very best OF lands, and ,
is now worth so per acre, with a cash fund |
now ON hand of SSS2, 2lS IL. Do not these |
figures and facts show Texas as leading |
American civilization in educational legis- |
lation, in providing for the proper rearing |
and enlightenment of her Children
POPULATION.
Our present population is about 100000, !
but were Texas as densely populated MS
England it would contain i500OO,OOO peo-
/ pie or three times the gross population of
! the United States Had we the popula-
ton to the square mile Massachusetts, has,
the number would be 72,000,0OO. Having
! lived in and travelled over Texas for more
than thirty years | believe these figures
will be reached | know that her climate
invites, that her soil will sustain, that many
people, and without the necessity of going
elsewhere for food or clothing.
STATE DEBT,
Amount of bonded debt. ,0l5 10 90
BY cash in treasury Aug. l......,. l,S6LSSS ~
Which leaves u balance of....o.. SO, SIS 0Sl 81
The institutions of the state such as pub
| lie school fund, university fund, blind deaf,
dumb and lunatic asylums own the bonds
of the state.
THE sTAKEp PLAINS, --
are so-called from French Araders, who at an
early day ran teams between San Antonio,
Texas, and Chihuahua and Santa Fe, who
in the absence of TIMBER drove stakes in
the ground to mark their road from one
watering place to another.
The opinion entertained by many that
this is an unproductive desert is great
mistake The fact is, that with the eIcep-
ton of a range of sand-hills about fifteen
miles wide at the western extremity of the
plains, there is less waste and more fertile
land than can be found in any country of
equal extent. The face of the country is n
level plateau greatly elevated above the
surrounding country The soil is generally
+ of q rich, red loan and dark gray, and
peculiarly adapted to the growth of small
grain. 1t will not be long till this wilder
. ness of wild flowers and waving grass will
be densely populated, and vast fields of
waving grain will gladden. the eye in all
directions. The Texas e. Pacific railway
is now completed across the plains, striking
the sand-hills about forty miles east Of the
Pecos river, the range of hills running
thence northwest into New Mexico. The
railroad company and citizens have de-
monstrated the fact that inexhaustible sup
!, plies of pure, soft water can everywhere DC
! obtained at depth Of from twelve to TWEEN.
!, ty-five feet.
? TO IMMIGRANTS
We would say, Texas offers greater and
. grander inducements to labor and capita
4 than any other country on the globe TC
. every good citizen of every nationality, anC
regardless of his political or religious tencts
=, Texas extends q welcome as broad as hel
!, vast domain and as free rs the winds that
:. sweep over it.
II am acquainted with every part of tho
:, state, and unhesitatingy proclaim that fol
= healthfulness, picturesqueness, and inviting
4 qualities of every character and descrip
: ton to the immigrant, il cannot be sur
= passed in the universe. Its sceneryis good
. its productiyeness marvellous, its climate
g the most genial Much of it magniiicently
:, watered, and lying in gently undulatinl
. sweeps prairie and wooded heights, il i,
y the paradise of the agriculturistas well as o
. the stock man.
!, Much oft still lies in its virgin purity a
u it came from the hand of the Creator, await
!, ing the energy of the husbandman, when i
: will generously respond to all human wants
and abundantly reward all who toll. j,
settling upon and cutivating n portion o
u the same for three consecutive years, eacl
I head of fnmily is entitled (,
J. and each single person eighteen years ofage
II to eighty acres out of any part of the unap
propriated public domain. Vacant lands il
I small quantities can be found in diileren
u parts of the State and large bodies subjec
y to homestead or presumption settlement
u (but not to location by virtue Of certificates
c on land script can be found in the Texas 4
r Pacific railroad reservation west Of the l00tl
+ meridian and north of said reservation
! School land can be bought in unorganizet
i counties at 81 per acre, and in organized
!, counties at their appraised value, mot les
a than ST. by paying one-tenth down an,
y the. remainder in nine annual payment
q with s per cent. interest
+, RAILROADS
s. arc penetrating every portion of Texas, an,
10 are now being more extensively and rapid,
/, built than ON any other part Of the cont
nent The city of Dallas is fast bccomin
the great railroad centre of Texas. II is sill
uated in the centre of what is known as tn
y black land country, the best small graf
II and cotton land in the state and which 70
r depth of soil and fertility Is unsurpasse
e even by the rich alluvial deposits along tn
y immediate banks of the lower Mississippi
c. Many Of our roads will soon reach Mexic
&c aud arouse the once mighty but now stun
s. bering giant beyond the Rio Grande, an
r rekindle the fires of his furnaces, extil
n guished centuries ago, to .relight his civil
n cation, to once more place him among tn
p onlirhtened and nrogressiYe nations of th