The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-08-12

Il ne lOts are worm from 80 10 @lUU. lhey
deduct go per cent. il you build on your lor
as soon as you buy. There is lumber yard
here, and they make this deduction as an
inducement for parties TO build Plenty
OF good water to be had here by digging
from twenty FIVE to forty -one feet, and is a
splendid stock county. All around here
you can see thousands of sheep rszing
here on the range. This section of laod was
bought by a company from the railroad
and laid off into a town and opened to set
tiers. think this will be a good little
town as the country settles up. / see herds
of antelope through here.
MARIoNFIELD,
is ,032 miles from St Louis, Mo. This is
the first town that shows the distance to st.
Louis. Now We are coming into civilization
There ere helds OF corn, and il looks well,
too. This is a new town also. Several
nice houses are under way. On we go east
Big Springs, Texas. This is good town :;
lots OF life and plenty OF whisky. Here we
see many cowboys. Several boarded the
train Under the influence OF "centipede
juice" They made things Lively while
they stayed on. his sirging, whooping and
shooting at anl,l pc. Bug juice on ice,"
was the pass word as they put their hlsks
in the water tanks to keep cool. This con
duct would put ar yone To thinking about
train robbers. The best way TO get along
with these boys is to get in with them and
drink too, if you can stand il. They say
there is nothing too bad for cowboy, and
believe it from the taste OF their liquor.
About ten miles from Big Springs we
have fine view Of Signal mountain about
1900 feet high. There is very good scenery
here and the boys began to shoot game.
This valley is called Satan valley and i,
very beautiful.
ARRIVE AT COLORADO,
on the Colorado river. This is the best
town since leaving LIS Angeles The soil
is very good AID brick are made here
There are a good style Of buildings, good
R-d fork of the Colorado runs through the
town affording plenty of water.
Vista, 953 miles to 81. Louis-There are
plenty of cattle TO be seen grazing. 1t is
splendid range but the grass is short and
needs rain badly.
Abilene-This is quite city, plenty of
life. You bet the red lights are very con-
spicuous. There is a fine eating house,
good building, and lots OF .uu.
Baird-This is place of 1900 inhabi-
tants acd very good town. In fact all
these towns are good. At this place / lost
a very agreeable companion, DIR. e. d.
Cleveland. He resides in San Francisco
and owns a large stock ranch near Baird,
which he visits and look out for. He likes
Texas and so do /. / am sorry that the
doctor could not continue his journey as he
was very lively and agreeable. He formerly
came from old Howard county, Missouri.
Long live the doctor and old Howard.
At Baird lost one companion and found
another. Here i met Mr.. John Keene,
of the K. & T. shops of Sedalia.
He hiss been stationed at Baird for the past
two wears and was returning TO Fl. Worth
and his family lives here at present. He
seems to like Texas but he is the same old
John. We had quite livelv time to Ft
Worth. G.
ARRIVED AT TT. WORTH.
This is quite a large city only stopped
here a short time. After leaving Fl.
Worth, the corn looks splendid and the
acreage is large. The cotton crop is very
u is year we see Only small fields as vet.
! will omit several small stations from Fl.
Worth to Dallas. The country is about
sill the same through here but more timber
land on the Trinity river. Arrived at
Dallas, Tex, July q, 1884. I readily
some of the old land marks after
al absence of twelve years. The first struc-
ture that greeIs my eye Is the De " hotel,
THE GRAND WINDSOR.
This is a structure that Dallas can well be
proud of. 1t is magnificent building OF
native stoue, four stories high with all the
modern improvements. Another fine build
ing is the Dallas opera house. In 1872,
where there were only small wooden shan
ties, are now reared splendid blocks of
stone and brick buildings. The system Of
street railway is good and there is one line
that circles the city. This gives a stran-
ger sn opportunity to see the city and its
advantages. One thing Dallas lacks is
plenty of good pure water, as the supply
is limited. The TIiniIy river affords
plenty OF waste water, but it is not
good to drink. Take everything into con-
Dallas is a heslthy town; /
stopped over there one dsy, Jnly 18th. The
ter stood about los degrees it is
very dry in Texas, and business of every
kind is dull, owing to bad crops. / sup
pose il is very dull there now to what it
used u he when there were no railroads.
Then everything was high, now everything
is low and the cry is hard times. FROM
Dallas to San Francisco is 1884 miles.
take the branch road here of the Missouri
Pacific at 7:30 and run up to Denton. Here
we intsrsect the main iiue and change cars
from Dallas to DenisOn, distanc OF 10 or
100 miles.
ARRIVE AT DENIsON.
This is the Garden Gate city. When /
drove team on my way to Dallas IL 1872
over ground where Dsnison now stancs,
little did think there would spring up a
city of her dimensions in such short time.
1t was dusk when we arrived and / could
not note any improvements. A few miles
farther and we cross the great Red River.
1t derives its name from the color Of its
w alter which is caused from the red soil
along its hanks Pecos River takes the