The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-05-24
MIDLAND,
The New Town OF the Piains-i's Pros.
poets aud Probabilities.
A Glance ut the Magnificent Country II
Drains.
A Failure TlDged a Rosy Red,

The sale OF town lots at Midland was the
wonder OF tho age In the great southwest,
A few months ago, several enitrpIisinR
gentlemsn Of Ohio, Illinois, Missouri snd
Texas, were attracted by the foe grass hnd
| fertile soil OF n section Of CO intry c0mpTis-
| Ing an area about thirty miles square IN
the northwest corner OF Tom Green county
aud approaching the superior advantages
OF good ranger, good wells, climate, soils
and seasons for growing feed tramp RIA
tion and market facilities with cheap iands,
! conceived the idea ana were not slow TO put
| into practical operation the entcrpn q
which has Just been inaugurA..d with suCh
| hat,r.ng promises OF big suecess-the sale
IT tis 600 worth Of lois to men from nearly
every state In the Union, men Of energy ard
ahroWd business capacity, who know thai
money, Drawn and brAins combined with
natural advantages are sure 20 build up IA
il0urlshing city ana prosperous oommu-
nity.
OF the 200 or 500 buye,s, good number
are men who intend to begin Immediately
tie erection Of buildings Tor
sto-es, shopf, offices, etc. Othe 0
will follow no soon ns they can wind up
former business affairs 30 as to meke the
move. IL Is safe 10 predict that In Midland
We will witness another phenomena of Tex
90 enterprise, pluck and vim the counter
psr. Of Abilene.
Tue surroundings are all favorable 20 the
town. The excellent rnnge for stock has
already been taken advantage OF by the
stockmen; the ffee-rauge cattle nen
have occupied II for the first five
years and have grown rich on the
grass, with little or no attention 10 their
nerds; the sheepmen invaded this territory,
and then comes the nctuhl settler who BUYS
his section or two OF land, builds his home
aud adds his mite 30 the development OF
Texas. They are thrice welcome-the
state of Texas guarantees 10 them protec
ton 10 liberties and property, and bids
them to invite also their iriends, their
brothers. their cousins and their aunts-
TO come and contribute their skill and labor
to the development OF its vast, unoccupied
territory.
Standing on the block s5t apart for 8
school building can be seen beautiful
plain stretching away for distance AS far
as the eye csn see with here and there q
stock ranch, consisting In most instances oil
humble cottages and tents, but Ia come are
seen comfortable homes OF good one and
two-story houses, and an occasional wind
mill which denotes well and probably an
irrigated garden. The soil 10 a light sandy
loan varying In color from dark choco'
late TO bright rod ana appears to be rich
and well suited Tor small grain, fruits, veg
etaoles and more than ell else grape cul-
ture. IL strikingly resembles he highly
cultivated and richly productive lands OF
lower central California.
We believe that for sheep husbandry and
grape culturs this part OF tho plains oil
west Texas can hardly TO be surpassed.
Wells OF good water are now obtained at
twenty to forty feet. We saw one on the
railroad which was fifteen feet In diameter,
forty feet deep and with twenty feet depth
| OF pure, clear water, from which the rail.
road pumps from ten to twenty thousand
gallons per day, and without ever having
| exhausted 1t. We were told by reliable
parties who know, that there were at the
hab!tations within sight, eleven good
| gells.
| Tkere are twelve and twenty-five milo.
east OF Midland, Germania and MareDfe.d
colonies. OF twelve and thirty families each
respectively. At Marepfield We noticed
several wells, Windmill pump, neat,
white church, with belirf, and secobO
church, nearly completed. 1t seemed that
every resident had garden or little farm,
and the growth Of barley, rye, wheat and
/ vegetables were very gocd as iair AZ will lie
found the average In the counties Of eastern
| Texas. or course this Is crude expert
meut at farming, and the result now is not
what it will be when the land has been
prepared for cultivation the second
aud third time These oolonists do not de.
and prosperity, but have their little herds
| OF cattle and sheep on the range about
them, from which they get IN income
when needed; but as o rule they make a
| sustenance from their labor on their farms
and gardens, while the hocks and
| herds are permitted TO grow and multiply
AS to rainfall those pioneers are ready to
prove with their growing crops that the sea-
sons are ample for growing the articles we
have named, and most abund'
antly such stock feed as SORGHUM, millei,
grasses, etc., but suppose, for the sake OF
better argument with the chronic growler
we admit 1t doesn't rain but once or twice
year in that section, we can prove that
| the lands at 10 and SO per acre are cheap
and offer great inducements TO On energetic
people to engage in wool growing. The
dryer the country (when good well water
may be had by digging as here) the better
for sheep husbandry. That is prop
osition hardly any sheep-raiser
| will deny. That man with few hun
| bred dollars invested in q good flock Of
sheep, on one OF these sections OF cheap
land can make moro clear money with lesa
hard work than with the same amount OF
money invested in farming, is enothGr pro-
| position which will hardly be denied. With
these two plain truths TO begin with, can
| there be any doubt OF the rapid settlement
and improvement Of this favored section OF
Texas.
With an altitude 200 feet above the leve
| Of the see, and climate which 10 pure,
healthful and invlgoraling, and admit log
OF outdoor work almost every day in the
wear, IL 10, in the very nature OF things,
bound TO be sought by the people oil the
over-crowded states nor end east, where
lands arc high, winters are RICHLY cold,
summers excessively hot, aud coughs, con.
sumption and rheumatism are 90 easily
contracted.
The section house nt present serves ns q
hotel, but Mr.. @. w. Cain, of Tyler, has
contracted TO erect there within the next
sixty days splendid two-story frame hotel
OF seventeen good rooms, dining hall, Of
| flee. etc. Several business houses are 10
contemplation, and the timber lie on the
ground for the new depot building. The
Enterprise will keep it's readers well in
formed OF the progress Of the town.-fMid-
land Enterprise.
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