Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-03-31
HENRIETTA.
..,kmen of Clay County Profting by
y Their Recent Losses--Po.
litical Affairs.
u,,duipg Invitation to the Man with
he Hoe The New Court House
Nearly Completed.


ssH Special.
II uTyRIErrA, TEX, March 29.--It
H.. been so long since your readers
tOrA ,.ve seen anything in the columns of
" sas GAZETTE from Henrietta and
1At nav county, or, at least, from the
Isgpbu, that they have probably
,cAs .,iven her up for gone", concluding,
psv ,',hsps, that she had fallen victim
Nhe dynamiters' plots, had been car
70 I'd away in the flood or swept out of
& u.n ,lstence by some otaer dire calamity.
~ rhey are badly mistaken; despite the
~ orlyersally hard times, financially,
- j ma cold winter and back ward epring,
lsk in and other misfortunes, she is 'ail
y. 4 mar vet, aud her citizens are not de-
sNndent or downhearted on account
ayrS oisny or all of these.
eM4 Judging from reports from other
aous auarters the standard Of prosperity in
'd, ~ n sections lately has been not which
oungl could show most improvements, but
sl which have escaped with few
l ~ al failures and disasters
while we cannot chronicle
aTsyt any special business boom or any sud.
irn y dsD accession OF wealth and increase
J M II population, yet we can truthfully
y Sy that there have been of
ssv hie no disastrous business fail
,AEg ues in thiscity or county
N Our merchants have not been obliged
~, h make any wholesale reductions In
! ~ a.s,,T force of employees. as in some 10.
w N csldes Many merchants are off on
IN Lii. ,,ut1ul ufNrtun twins In
frurt snd Eastern markets laying IN new
.eac} stocks, and hers are making extern
\ cot dve Improvements In their places of
y a es business and preparing for prosper
Gus season, which all feel confident is
-HdawniUg.
Building and otherimprovements are
tgongon steadily. The new courthouse
b III i nearing completion, the tower, roof
- sud nearly all the outside work being
MI NO.. finished aud the inside work is progress
Ming rapidly When completed it will
~ be credit to the county and an orna-
Hsit nent TO the town. At their last meet
tng the county commissioners did
4, "a iedit 10 themselves by closing a con-
shsAS tract with Messrs A II Andre ws &
W. TO-, Of Chicago through their agent
d Il BIZ. Atcbison of Fort Worth, to fur.
!SE fsh the court rooms and offices COM
w ~ n Dlete throughout.
l iX Judging from the doleful reports
Im from many sections, we think, Clay
OpE5 bounty has cause for oongratulation on
MID per prosperous condition. The gen.
" fal health in city and county is good,
- per people, despite hard times, all get
" lheir three meals day. Our hotel
9nd boarding house proprietors are
.aa lenient. The prospects for good crops
/ t3or 1885 are promising, and, last but
bot least, none of our citizens are
of the unsavory Nineteenth
lam The stock interests which, In this
4county, in amount OF capital invested
.,AAYs the most important, has suffered
most during the winter. In some
: ocili les losses have probably been
M besvy and again in many Instances
reports have been exaggerated. We
pre- preparing some figures obtained
: Pom reliable local Information and
MA Pfcial sources which will show the
Epecentage of lOss not so disastrous as
nRfepOrted. These losses, although un-
K Epitnn 1T, will noJ be without their
Beneficial results in the end. Like
nd 'he surgeons knif4 thew make us
sr,i|. flDce for the time bat will lead 10 a
peathier condition in the future
I'D already our stockmen are noting
a d Pafeiully the real causes which have
eff{ ted 10 these losses, and are preparing
\, IA ~ guard against them In the future
n praVely determined by avoiding the
frroIs In the II ansgemeDt of the past
II 70 seek to retrieve the loss and win
~ = uccess through hetter and more care
ssN system of conducting the business
IVY Ing time has come, in Clay county al
FasI, when every stockman, whether
y. numbers his herds by hundreds o,
eioussnds, knows that what he car
~ on Of one acre well cultivated viii
Sie ss& further in carrying COW or steer
IA III rough the severe weather than what
~ J4ey can pick up on the old ten-arrt
ItEerage to the COW, while q stiff north
Is blowing.
IN from all over the country come the
~ v ports that farmers will this year pay
mi creased attention to diversity oil
y Fps, and notably will put In an in
gsstN passed acreageo small grain, millet,
gSAE', ana they will find ready mar
sYsiEt tor this small grain at their doors
eh me stochmen. This Is move in
x NJ flgbt direction There is no lire.
= n ssanle conflict" between the stock.
"a H. ana the farmer. II is not that
Ivasr want less cattle or fewer stockmen,
AJa3M "ehb llOTt IIlSl WIN VIC
Inc very nee ds of the stock
~ are quietly working out a solu,
.nfn OF the land question which lease
Uf OF free grass" extremists have
H been able to accomplish
AID lev the time is not far dis
~niI when you will zee the rat.
Elsn and "the man with the hoe, "
~ .hg hand in hand. each contributirg
RA. az prosperity Of the other, and all
MI ng to the wealth and advance.
IyX Sn.o Of their common country. When
{ m : ume comes you will see largely
sed population, smaller ship
gSk at beeves.
s.n anere is no doubt about there being
y a Tor blth in Clay county There
q % vyer 100 600 acres OF land in the
. $500 for sale in small tracts,
~ !" acre of which is as good as