The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-06-17
MIDLAND.
The Wonder of tho West-is Pro,'
poets and Possibilities.
Phenomenal Growth of tho Town ard
Trlbaiary territory.
Points Of an Interesting Isieryicw.

DIR. J.. o. Harris, secretary of the Midland
town D Who has lnbOred % .enl-
ousiy aud efficiently iu making Midlaud
the town wonder of the west. arrived ia g e.
oity Yesterday morning on fouts 10 O.tawa,
Illinois, ana Tue ea.tl Nhl,her ne goes on
busine OF n personal nature aud
to talk Texas n0d Midland.
He viii ne absent bui d briei period, o. ne
will return 20 Midland, who're ne will make
his peImansnt home. Having heard 20
mucn ol late ni the unparalleled gt0Hth OF
this tluity little town that rprung into
existence llmlst in a day, uH 70
b. magic, q HERALD reporter tQuFht
the doctor Tor the purpose oi g~leaniu! some
facts concerning a.. H. was found 40 thr
Windsor hotel aud had tae following no.
say of DC Ia resp rnte 20 yarious qnts.
tions pu. hv tre reprrioi: 1.-THE
".ovn OF Nidl nd sid ne dc oh,
js situated on tYr ll4i OF Oh. IcXt
d p,citC uilsty, $40 mica west 0ittr cIy
a. pIls, i1 tlt uulthrfu part 90 P.u
Z -.tn cluuty,tl Tine midst of O. bgluti'u'.
i'-'tsi uufulaHuF plaItic, o. En altitude u'
Guf OF Mexico o. mean
tie. Speaking more locally The
town Is iuCatt4 .. Is rr.tls styst lu
wr'ca gives one -rI uiucglt yiaN 90 tut
Tr.uu1ipc cluLiry, o. rcl profile ~ euI-
To- uH fr o. be csc C-h roach 100 every ul.
res iOl. Thu sllItnlCh chocolate llam
OF o detih % tom two to four
feet which w highly susceptible
G.. ocllv.lln i4d 0lu pfolucs a6uudAntiy
al inr small rrAin, i|onuson era % and mil.
LEI, tuI b.. f,ct, any pr'duci .r,0u iu
North Texaq; while tae cultivation OF The
s7ii IN tag immediate vicinity OF.
Midland has heretofore been
Lailed, yet the ey1Crimeots
no 'u 4.sirn. usyb unnecessarily d.uJu
strAied tast II wi, produce well rlr sofl
gIf flHwRHHn 4. arrHsfrIn. ]. nImw"UI a. tA. I
Cuttiyf'.Dn of grapls and lfaIts. o IA large :
nUmbor 81 yireI aud Trees planted ia
year ru- u have ted HId they
give promise OF bearing %a1lpdlnuy the
comic year A % nt'emru rom Wis,pn-
Sir, h large cplilvsfIr 90! amber cane, WHO |
recently visited Midland, af.er a th1fough
eaemlnat on NJ Tho coil, - convinced tusi
II s. specl.ly gdNp'tu Co the EroSt.
Of that cane, and he i, maktls
preparaiiono ~ pgL 4n n large crop, uuu
wiI..estabii-h "a msuuiac,ory iJr tne pfn.
cuotl0I ol sugar nnd syrup. lhe gfOwth
OF the toGu hGa oscl marked, Agd No must
become q town Of i~mpIrtAuCa ior
the reason that there ar5 no towns
psaTer than BIG springs. foft7 mi,c,
81 the east end Pecos, 100 gtc', win n o.
p~osftiol. NORTH Or sD4.u. ls rJsofc arc
decidedly more prom.ti . tian rith,r ot
the towns mtnnr. cd Nr-n men leCl O.
there, With large s'tcts - ranch suppl 60,
Midland will rrc-iva all TIA trade ifom III,
Surrounding c9uutr wnci VIII D qulte %
feature in Der youfg crmmtrol4i history.
/ u few years every etcloh OF l4nd VIII
have rs farm .h,u.n qua cfcp1ui grhit,
c.ne, dairy pfcduct., grapes, wines aau
iruits, will be produce ~taNuuda1cr. roe
fencing in OF the clultrs uts already bsgu1,
aud within the next itW years All ~ u Tor
a radius OF ri lllst ia mile will have bees
fenoed in. Anotht. reason 'hhl mls
Midlard rs q tow u tn "a nc - ihtt ih'
large county OF Pom Green VII b 0ut in'a
smsller COUNTIES perhaps ny lhe next lea
7sturc. erd IA thst ,yen. Midland all o..
cono the capital OF oae Vt me NJ" oognii,
thus or, .ied. The climate is iutt simply
dt'igh. 'al. The aiutud IS s.iu6''h 10 ~
Eur5 pure, fr.5i ar, n1j thc g'Atlf raira lu'
ipu and ,Shi 'arati1g bigs2'h sFetp Z M
ppded over the p~ratrl't, feuutf-
in. the sftIer pie Q iha
ynrmcft day in the Year
Alir neai,h, tnerei s NOT 10 my ,pinion,
a NOR, heruny spot On earn Midiauf
has 10 cr' vGyard Toe climate tnd sur
r1un8l : county IRE such that II - a
heryep Tor the invalid, and ptriicu'
isrly fr those suirsring from the
meDy t3rms Of lang disease, SUCH
ms aS hut, ocnsump'lon, etc. Jns air Is
brsciig and the inha5il4ns have nae
benlfh b, good Ape tes, gru sleep vel at
niyhtt. Here IL q fnc opening for some
phys clan z. co ah'is1 a saultarlum Tor lhs
treatment ~ ia e dsefoes. There IRE Ten
wells if0m 10 TO - lrtt uttp Nuph iii19'
on aouldant supply OF pute water Inc
town whose birth oates ir'm tue ID u OF
MAY last. numbers tb0q' 100 s0uis; mas u
drug store stationery st0re, "A po.i'Othc'i Q
lumber y-Td and q rsstaur M. The con-
trsct . ~ been let for a bo' 81 and n NUMBER
of dgeiliug ard busiNosB houses.
An eniri blprk q grouud has been "a.
apart tor school purposes, and the erection
oil n fcaool hulding aud ohufch ~ M eaflV
day IS contemplated. IL hae a good depot.
The infant wonder ana the rioh countfy
surrounding 10 is nsripning 10 at'rict pros
ppc,or. and capita. Lard is worth IRON
80 10 81 Ger acre, which ore wear ago could
bave beeu purchased for half those hgnres
Who were the original owners OF the site
Twspty.fye gentlemen. southern aud
northern ue.ly III OF whom sre among
the mos. enlerprisl- s and influential in
their rtsueClise SiltiS. re l'c,U'" V,on
inent ~rsilroad men, capitalists. di9 rlct lsnh
agents ne live. active travelling men-n
very strong combin ition as you wiz see.
We mem bu.iuess aud think We have the
nb'Ii Y ard the veal h as well as the inc l.
natoa, 10 make a good town there ara
shell certainly succeed
How about your tilpF
Irecarn 10 ns absolutely perfect. Tbn
s'ete 81 rsxa8 conveyed IL TO the texa9 ~
Poetic ailWaq by patent, recorded In BOOK
I, pays an, 1t San AnRe e and We TaIrona
compsav conveyed II 10 me Midland Town
company, but c4u not gieo book Gnu Pare
as the county clerk has not YET edvisei US
onr els, ter from the state Of Texss Is
recorded in book X, page II and IL ard our
nan or DOT ~ recorded II book H. on
par,s i3 and II. Tnere Is no question
about The validity OF the title.