The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-07-24
MIDLAND MITES.
TOM GREEN'S YOUNG DAUGHTER
IL Putting an Long Dresses Now and Il
No More "1om-roy'-itrm- of.
Interest Occurring There and
Inthc Vicinity Thereof.

MIpLAS", July l7.- Correspondence.
In answer to many inquiries have a
Few words tu say about the Midland
Town company NJ the beginning of this
letter. u - this tinc, excepting the
iuwu company ull!ce AMI wci!, every
Improvement mace ~ Midland has been
by private enterprise ami capital. or nj
.c many Improvements now going lni-
ward the Town company has no part
rur lot I'm one of them 10 the amount ui
one honest nickel. 10 make this state =
mrnt still more explicit, ] VIII say that
no member OF the iuWn company
has ever expended one do
lar toward Tie Improvement Of
Midland ANA there is no GPpnrrut
intention of doiu- 50. There il AWAY
n great deal OF Blowing and cMUEgurU-
ito i in the planting of new town, but
it is now high lime tina; the gong.hcut
ing. luru-hi"wing element SEDuld be
eliminated from statements concerning
Midland. Tho Town company has not
done anything; IL never intended to do
anything. SO Jar ~ these weekly letters
are con ;crncd, care Will he taken that
credits are bestowed only where thcy
belong.
4 new enterprise of considerable inn
por.ance deserves Il brio! description. y
ride oI twenty-five miles northwest from
Midland takes one over tic borders oil
Andrews county, and upon the south
east corner OF the Morris tract, "A pasture
of one hundred and ninety-twO sections
owned by Morris, of Chicago. The
first part of tho work OF improvement
consists in the boring of thirty wells at
proper distances apart 20 supply water TO-:
tho herds. This work has boon cntrnst, d
20 Mr.. ". 7. Stewart, OF Big Springs,
Texas, and he has, 80 far, been entirely
successful. Tho wells arc bored twelve
inches in diameter in the dirt, and ~ <
inches in diameter in the rock. The
first three wells were completed III
about ten days, powerful veins "t
fine water having been strn *
Mt twenty, thirty.n!nu and n!nety-twu
feet respectively. An these veins are
powerful enough 70 supply wind en-
zine continuously. The deep one is an
excellent sulphur well, and the water
rose thirty-one feet. When the thirty
wells have been completed. wind en-
glnes will be erected over thom. The
next work will be to fence and cross
fence the entire tract. The erection of
ranch buildings will be next in order,
and several quite costly residences will
be built for the agent and his assistants.
AS early AS September LIST proxi'no
the first herd of ten Thousand
graded cattle will be shipped via Midland
TO the ranch. The business to and from
this ranch, a business of no mean mag
nitude, will be handled ut Midland. The
water question will settle the future Of
the Pan Handle for AL time to come.
Those who theorizod on ii great, splendid,
subtc.ranoan stream, can now hug them
selves and scratch their backs against
posts in their joy because their Theory
has been proved true.
Mr.. Z. Phillips, tae COW ranch man,
arrived this morning safe and
sound with his COWS IN good con
ditiou. AS ! mentioned before, the
raura il only three miles from
Midland; and from this time on Air.
Phillips will do what he can to furnish
rs with pure milk and butter aud fresh
poultry and eggs.
Murphy, of Dallas, also arrived this
morning with his livery stable ont!it.
Such an establishment is mu n needed,
and it is believed will do well.
We call, and one by one our friends
answer us and come vast distances to
supply our wants.
Within the last few months quite n
number of very mysterious filings were
made upon school lands near Midland.
our community, very peacable one,
waited serenely to see il any violent
uvcrt act would be committed. There
has been little hypocritical rot and as
sumption of fairness, but nothing worth
relating thus far. These scoundrels are
from illinois, Iowa, Missouri and Ohio.
Legitimate land sales are good C. ID.
for school section for Wash Cain, of
Tyler. Inquiries for railroad sections
are numerous.
We are having light showers, which
are very acceptable, though nothing was
suffering for rain.