The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-04-15

this whole country will be dotted oxrr as in.
deed 1t now Is In some portions, with comfort
able homes, cultivated fields, ,arec orchards
and all that go to make up a uhr;v,np pros.
porous farming community,
Although Denton co.. Aaty is probably better
watercd and has a lar Ger proportion of tlllable
lands than many '.ners, it May be taken as a
type illustrating quite vide scope in this
part OF the sta @, and muc& that have written
AS to this p' Circular county will doubtless be
found 10 % True as to several of the adjacent
ones. Many of our northern men are spying
out the land" the hospltable people the
cneap fertile lands, the diversified crops
which can be grown here the ease with which
took can be raised, the charming, salubrous
climate which enables one man to do as much
as two can IN the more trigid north, are all
attractions which must, In my judgment
draw them hither in large numbers sooner or
later.
They will for a time miss our excellent free
schools, for although Texas, with her thirty.
six millions of acres of school lands, is the
best endowed of any state in the Union, she IS
at the present one of the poorest ana will re-
main 30 until many of these lands are sold 80
that the value thereof may be made available
The state tax, twenty-five rer cent OF which is
appropriated for Schools is quite insufficient
but this is nearly all that can be had except
whore the people become aroused and make 1t
matter largely of individual enterprise. l
alluded in Il former letter to the fine
schools at Pilot Point which are largely
maintained in this manner, and | had assur-
ances from many of the leading citizens OF
Denton that they intended to and would soon
have schools OF even better class, as was be-
coming the metropolis OF the county ana the
intelligence and public spirit OF her people,
The imperative necessity tor good schools and
the advantages TO be derived were so many
and obvious, that they did not intend to rest
till the work was done, and besides they know
perfectly well that what small town IN one
corner of the county could accomplish they
can do much better The Denton Monitor,
one of the Oldest papers in Northern Texas,
will lend its influence to the good work so
that before very long 1t is more than probable
that the one great need of Denton will be sup
piled The influence OF this city will be seen
and felt In the country and good schools all
over the county will be the rule and not the
exception.
TO such of my friends as have honored me
BY reading these letters of mine l will say
have aimed to be fair, truthful and impartial
in all that have written. l took no little
pains and trouble to gather facts before writ
ing at ALL not seeking to acquire any reputa'
ton whatever as correspondent but rather to
furnish reliable information so far as possible
tor the use of those who might wish to know
the truth or who were seeking homes where
they might better their fortunes. III.
pS. In my first letter l intended to say
that Schmitz and Swartz, from Mendoza, were
in business here, &c. Your compositor failed
to correctly get their names, see.
In my first letter, speaking of the county
fund for roads and bridges, wrote they had
$50, 900; the types made me say $4,000.
III.