The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-05-06
BIG SPRINGS BULLETIN.
Spring on the Wide Rolling Prairie
Picturesque Points.
Midland and ils POssibilltles--A Far
Western Arcadia.
And Other Pointers from tho Plains.

And Other Pointers from tho Plains.
BIO sPnIrGs, Msy 4-[Oorrespon dence.l
The new town OF Midihnd where THO lota
arc TO be sold on the l3th and lith OF thlB
mouth, is situated in the northeast corner
OF Tom Green county. IL 10 in latitude W
degrees and longitude 25 degrees west OF
Washington. 1t has an altitudlnsl average
of 600 feet above sos leYel.
Tho surrounding country 10 one vast pen
OF rolling prairie, presenting ono OF the
most besutiiul landscapes Tho eye ever bo'
held
Tue plains arc nov gay with flowers, and
covered with sheep and cattle. The 'oil 10
dark chocolate loan, aud IL very fertile.
Daring the most protracted drouths the
aoil Is alwAys packed with moisture. The
grass remains as green "a after On April
Bhowor during tho dfyett heasona THIS
singular phenomenon Is what gave rise
TO the supposition that there
acsosa the plsino, shooting out branches In
every direction aud by natural laws It's
water WAS attracted 10 the earth's surface.
There Is no longer doubt anout this being
y fact. for in many instances, wells have
been sunk FROM ten To- thirty feet, striking
theto large veins Of wafer, which would
gSesp OF rocks or anything thrown into
in tia vicinity OF Midland from which q
thousand head oishnop are wGtefed the year
around. A gentleman living near this town
| told your reporter that ne had vel, ana
30 Il wax attached u wind mill, and tom
this fountain he could pump water sufficient
to supply the whole cOnniry. Ho sad be
could pump the well dry, but hat IL would
refill itse I within nn half hour.
Rsnchmen no longer lingee along the
| hankg OF creeks ia search OF water Tor their
il1cl,,. but pitch tholr tantu on tho open
plains and by digging twenty or thirty feet
they can find wator Ia abundance
and OF the very hetlthisst and purest quail
| lty. Since the introduction OF the Texas K
| Pacific railroad the rainfall bas increased
10 great extent. Within the last six
months 1t has almost doubled itself. Blk
months prior 20 November, 1883, the rain
fall WAS worry slight, but since that time We
have had pretty fair rrins every Few days.
Tho wheat crops growing at marioniioid
and in the Quaker settlement Will yield
, twenty-five bushels 20 the acre. The farm
ore have ordered from 81. Louis fourlug
n III which will be put in operation for the
coming crops. DR.. Hsrris inform your
reporter that gentleman from Michigan,
who IL doing a banking buslness there will
open large store 1T Midland and will 30
conduct his business es to induce ranch
men 10 do their trading at this Embrro
1
All kinds OF trees aud shrubbery Will be
cultivated at tho new town, and every
effort will be msds to make the place hith-
erto unknown, the garden spot OF the
plains. The plaza has undergone consider.
ablo cultivation In the way OF building.
Strangers arrive on every train. and are
stopping at various points awaiting sale OF
lots. Carpenters with their tool cheats are
as thick as hops and arc ready to 80 TO work
at The sound OF the gavel. The cry re-
bounds on every side GOA to Midland the
coming Eden OF the sunset region" Tho
easy facilities for procuring water, taken IN
connection with delightful climate, maze
this country, TO cay nothing OF farming, one
| of the most desirable places for ranches III
the west. The thermometer rarely goes
beyond 92 degrees in the very hottest, and
seldom to zero In the very coolest Seasons.
There was not ono sheep TO the thousand
| lost hero last winter. Tho climate is simply
delightful both winter and summer. A cool
breeze Is always blowing over the plains.
The nights In July are like auiumn. One
can always lsep comfortable under two or
three blankets. 1t IL so healthy that ranch
! men tell me they don'b know what sickness
is. They hSvs lived on the plains for more
than dozen yeara aud nevsr had to take
30 much ne a dose OF shlts.
TAs excurslonists from the eastern states
who have been Waiting this country now
|
failed to loose sight OF these important
lao,s and will take advantage OF every OPP
portuniiy that will have a tendency 10
bring these undeveloped resources before
the eyea OF the world
Almost every one in Big Springs intend
to invest In lots in Midland, os past expert
| ence has taught them that there is more
money to be msde la tbs investment OF LOIS
than In any other stock. For instance, lota
that were sold here for SlOO
on the day OF the sale over two
wears ago, cannot be bought now for 81 600.
A town ruay have all the resources and IA
cilities to become city, but II che 10 want
ing tho'e enterprising no.-sfrnid.to.inyest :.
a-dollar kind OF men, she will more than
likely go to decay. This can not be the
case with Midland. Those who have the
interest of the town at heart are men oil
Largo experience and backed by abundant
means. They are men who have Inquired
extensively In the building up OF towns IN
Illinois, 1ndians, Michigan, Tennessee,
know how TO go about. Dr.. Harris 10 re-
ceivins letters daily from all parts OF the
south and west--irom parties stating they
would BIO at Midland on the sales OF the
iho lots. Letters from othern requesting
him to buy lots for them, should they, fail
to reach there in time. No doubt there
will be from two to three thousand people
ON hand--people who will Wis
it the place, not out o.
mere curiosity, but come to drive dowr
their pegs Ia She great plains OF Iexao
where In very short time one Of the mos
prosperous and thrifty little cities WI
sprlng up like star in the west.
The lots will be sold on very liberal term
and every proprietor made to accommodate
the visitors in q pumptious manner on tina
cay. There will be present over Jour hun
bred excursionists from the western states
including as many beautiful ladies' to grsc
PAUL PRY.