The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-08-16
rur FAR WEST.

80, interview With Major
Ser, nm, Brown, Who Has Just Re
". ,,om that Section
~" .'i, nm : reporter called on Major John
R.oSu at his residence corner Of
tas,sSEiw OAK streets Yesterday to get
,ioSrmsiion regarding the survey oil
fss,5,. Of which he is state commits
/ He stated that he was Just reeoy'
VI. ~ a Sight illness occasioned per-
M ,no free indulgence in water
y y ,.yon see said he, II got back
~ in The watermelon season" In
\ III ,be major said in substance: The
.. 49,; sns county school lands consist of
. 'i'.s ar nearly 100000 acres, and
s-.e .s follows: Two hundred and
80 sS. is.eues situated practically in a
.. .o bcdy in the counties of Hook
IAN. Bailey and Lamb, on the up.
.s.,softhe double mountain fork OF
S.'-as river and between that and
ras If New Mexico; in the
a of the LAKES commonly known as
WAN House, or illusion lakes; Silver,
l'' ad fashes) lake; Monument lake,
yNss 1'I Lutte BADGER; Cayote lake;
f,ronslos improperly called Rich
Y rbsrs are various other lakes, some
I ssh are strongly impregnated with
and others with salt. The lakes
,eeomposcd of saline, soda some
ia,ermiyed with gypsum, and the
unit ior use, but a. each one there
!, abundant supply of fresh-water
,ni wells three to four feet deep.
'Sss vary in size from twenty 10
81. They sometimes go dry. and the
.s,,tion that forms on the
saSt Inc earth resembles a frozen river
nav on Il. The double mountain,
Wy " tbe Brazos, which was covered
\ surveys for q distance of thirty
wnot a running stream in that part
4 coanlry, but is a drain in the centre
n, valley with lakes and springs of
tssh water every few miles, and
4. whole course such water can be
|a,J IN great abundance by digging
n Two to SIX feet. ..,
LIN speaking, the whole 24i leagues
..DIsrlossed as choice grazing lands, the
nortion OF it being covered with
I, ne,ouite grass. The other part
,,nore or less sandy, and covered with
III Hue stem, gamma and other grasses.
~, norton of the land is rich and well
Ky Ia agricultural purposes, and is of
~ "A lOam, This entire region, in
.Jdleing a level plain, as is generally
s,,pl Is indented with innumerable
tiIwA basins or wet weather ponds
,5,stry surface outlet to any other
,,it carses. All the rain that falls flows
.mrebaslns, some OF which afford
ma he entire year, but twice
,rw the last ten years,
M Slng the second season, they have
VI t,pely dry. With but little labor
y Ivense they can be converted into
IN, ponds of pure water. The Other
NraIle leagues are located in connected
N, on the head sources OF the Nortl
irdn in the counties of Martin, Andrews
Il, md Damson, within from twenty
Nt,dIty.ive miles Of the Texas & Pa
s,nlroad This is fine stock country
rhwhich there is n larger proportion o
4 sandy land than in tina
4 mentioned. Throughout boil
stS there Is no. reason t
tsslha BY means Of tanks, shallow we'll
III vindmills, ineIhaustible water IL
rlsrable quantities can be obtained
Iw Brown says that Mr.. L. M. Moore
a@Hractor, has surveyed the land will
ssiictest fidelity, not only by actual AM
gal measurement on the ground, Blu
gAe erection Of permanent mound cor
n wherever required by law, and no
tI 50, but by putting up ut least y
~ mounds than the law required an,
\ cnaeCting his work with the es
s&sAsd corners Of the state car
leagues and by proper bearing
|t.i known and prominent land mark,
@nthe lakes and springs referred to, 8
y any sOlourner in years to come c.,
aa tie field notes of this work and fin,
nlwner established on it. There is
a,iy growth of sheep and stock farmers
laAse aud there slight attempts are be
I, Hate towards agriculture.
I,!r Brown will make his rerort [
Y governor in a few day,
lhyae holds this land for the unors:
In counties. The leagues are numbere
fa % 30. The first county applyin
Nc voc nrsl four leagues. The secou
WY nSes lhe second four leagues to vii
a@9 y, and sand so on. Since the pa.
NY lne law March 18th 1881, the cour
.sV ponleys Wichita, Wilbarger, Hardt
~ zone, haywood, and perhaps one G
" . J.lsh osye been organized aud ar,
-,'elOie entitled to their leagues.
lug n1lGlhlnks of writing q book abor
u and his surveying trip, whic
~ !. snehstlng as 1t will, from such
sMRa, ind q ready sale.