The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-04-10


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my inl,y ~ a, ~ ,hat tue G - an'hnr
dsscro,d. w-- mase tan zeal q. No
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TO M, eiOIl0ns queen iFie al al rolling
prnir. Suunilrs and 60 nHsy " bon tHy.
Ing ihsstha "bsau.ua latan Ten ~
has ossu .nra q, D. ,eifn9oIn1 I Nas
county. WlanlN.
10 ihe luur tns bauGtlrst ra'ries
ana tar el.,imten,a ysleNa al
the ysI.sS. resus eh%d va,
rsrsly -3dnsSn lny otler inicg 'ungo,ed
ssciionst Dee, a0teiore, iufsi... prsilir
chickens, qnsii, squirrels, rrerr noG 'incks,
tplovsr nrr sn'i.s a. taelf nlfi-rFn' .'asons
furnish spsS -rar nus made = slender 90 /"
like mtselt a4,llug rom ihe sast, uy OF
0Dp, "Sdvrid aot !o'lcs my boyisn isnoy
kpd COME her, ears sgO"'
IA streams, mn bsAyers are nov almost
-ppmbs<4kyH tnonp Inc hinsI ,hs wee.
s - Com sSgt tio, 10 seek amusement
Ny ~ ~eSclrr.ed mo over much oi
49, r i aud Ind lan territory. The
moTs ISP-t"-rvult.y The more be-
came sns Rioredsf tbis mar ionlaf section.
I had no thought OF comNirins nusioess
y vita pssNe w2sp Ieine here, N, ny
\HeaI,h inlnfoved 20 muon snd 20 Iapdiy.
- upot. slnyes.lss'iel, ie'Fned
hhAt SNeev Only stock-r.isns out
N rue o. n"mrg pad,
NvrNkl iha, ab,rdonet evciy idaa OF re-
slulpe'ig cat and locttcn l'e'e
Mnuv oi NV eastern 'fieids G'e WI in9
me for irlosmsi'Hn Hbru icrs., AID es
ptci ally aDout W oLra teils sad county.
III the He.ALD vii kird.y publish This,
can MAJ tnen cooies. THIS Wi ave me
al. .fffaI M
coou work vi bringing mcr who are now
toiiipe on the wSfn'out oIlsdes OF the
older tfGtss TOR n mem p!ttanoa liho bu X
OF .ihsir iabor so,pg 10 peY for fertilizers
70 This sec ION whose COL ~ " were situated
In sons eastern states would he recalled at
. $40 per ioD Tor r.. t.iizers
:. The coil OF this county L. ii1a Tor sericul.
tural pu'prss,, p,ing mostly u red, sandy
on the Red RIVER bottom, anu dark sandy
loan ON the Minoii, ADD most OF the
creeks, well uutsd tor cotton, corn.
wheat OATS. rye, barley arm mill,t.
Much OF the lands in das,s valleys, has
produced q b..e VI cotton TO- tue acre.
yield Of forty nu.hels OF corl, or eighteen
Of wnsat, or lixy ot sts Is the usual crop.
sHille' grove splendid and FIVE ons OF nay
to The sc.s has frsqlen'ly oeed baled. The
facilif:es for Hoping wsra the CO csr. aud
Wsgon. uail Ssolemoer 1885, when the
Fort Worth Il Denver Guy railrosd, toe
best managed und the best Irlifogd in
Texas, msde his city i,s Terminus. The
commen.emsnt of agriculture on any eX
tended1calp al isis county dates from then;
only sxtse1 III On hs ego. The rapid growth
of agriculture ia this county vs. only
equailed by the magic growth Of this, the
"GAie city vi tnePanhandle 4" There were
. several farmers wi;h line orchards prior to
jexk6 tiins, but Stock raising was the greas
!. .epterprise until 1855. >
The terrible floods that have devastated
,.fbe valleys Of the Ohio and the Missssippi
Wi surely turn 70 this, the great empire
81 the southwest, -Atide Of emigration that
Vas neSssaaA sq4Sled. These emigrants
will seek boines w$ere wa'sr il sought for
and does not plsy shch havoc, To these the
Wichita country AfeIs Inducements not
surpassed,any shsna lis valleys sre tillsd
With wstgr.courses, such es the r. and
the Big Wicnira fiasts. the Holiday, Bea.
yer, Gilbsit.. Buffalo, China, Cavalry and
Pond oEpsks. Drinking water ia easily
Along I'D riverspripg, are plentiful.
FinefA melons, nor more OF them
to the acre, have l ever seen any,
wheress than did here last summer.
The homo OF the fruit tree and the grape
Il in this section Of North Texas, where
.-ehe pniries; French vine.dressers have
-Soueht; smsl, .tFacts around Wichita Falls
Sc snd from mus San f Fs.n
u1SHq0 told mo, afew evenings since that he
was convinced thai wine could DO made
ION grapes raised in this section, which
would fully equal the best California wine,
End atiniIess cost, as California lands were
I.,sh priced Peaches, apples, rlums and
pears which would do credit TO an eastern
'ursery are retslled from the farm wagons.
j. tuit drying establishment were
started at Wichita Falls IL woula pay, /
think. With this abundance OF fruit it
speaks much for the morality OF our county
shat there is not O dstillerv in ii.
The sails OF agricultural implements at
!Wichits Falls during the past year was un
precedented for new country. One firm
sold fifteen sulky plows, ten respers and
-Mowers and other farm u.ebsils 10 proper
.s-tion.
Timber sufficient for all practical part
los SIS grows along the valleys, being mostly
r. IA and hscs berry. though that rich, oily
MI, thepecan, hcrrishes here
D6eseasops arc good, there being suffi-
Client rstG 10 always produces good crops.
Y The mesquite and sedee grass grow in
ago with tho cheap price o
;1ahd, being from So to SIS per acre, il would
!. not as'onisn me to soon see fine stock of
,S,nu descriDtionB taxiug the place OF the
long horn and the row pony. The Jersey
cattle would flourish here.
The assetsec taxable value OF property in
this county was 1852 600 in 1881, and over
o1,000c00 In 1883, being an in
grease oil over seven iolu IN Two years. his
wonderful Increase is dua. not only to the
railroad aud 10 The fine sol an, water, but
20 that greatest OF ali boops, u climate
where no inalaria exists.
s The-falis 1T THE place tford Iufficiep
water power TO run factories OF large cs DAG
ity. 1t In only a question of tine when
Wichita Falls will become the Lowell of the
southwest ss the woel and the cotton are
grown right ut cur dooss.
The Wichita immigration socially have
arranged with The owners OF several thous-
and acres Of land in this county 10 cut 1t up
into trac'stO suit purchasers. Every in
ducemsnt ss to time OF payment, &C lis Of
fered 10 actual settlers The people OF this
county are working to m IKE i: a great ag-
xicnltursl one. Its wonderful advantages
for stock raising are too we'll known for me
fto dezcant them.
~ Ara sample OF law abiding and good citi-
xens, this county cannot be surpassed. The
bank robbsr who was killed ct Wichita
Eslls, last week is IT. only man who was
ever killed In thiE City. The people here are
r anxious 10 hsyc new comefs, and extend
them svery hospitality. Each individual
In Mia coupsy. seems to have formed him
QH into committee of one, and TO think
an3<Hork as II the whole counfy's pros
~ depended on his Individual xertion.
AL EskRR lime they all pull together,
Hsn4 yeem 70 have no care but 10 send WITCH.
en the front With such o population, |
q i'm poks bief0r the county to fail OF be-
z6mipg in reslity. as she is now 10 name,
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