The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-10-29

DALLAS, oct. N.-[Edltor HEnALD.l
Your fomarks In this mornings pc
per touching on tho settlement OF the
Pecos valley by actual settlers, the
irritation OF thst country, and it,
bright future, arc timey and TO the
point, and Will help % endear Tuu
HERALD TO ths hears Of every man IN
Texas who has the good of tho state ut
hosrt, who believes that we need
moro Immigration, more settlement,
mora aRricuiiurslistn. more develop
mont Yop strike Tho nail on the head
when you say: I
at makes no dillarfncs what tho fu-
ture value OF these lands along tho
Peeos may bo, IL will bs tho result OF
AN expensive Ny stem of irrigation, to-
wards which the school fund will not
contribute, and which private iuniYid-
nails Will not undertake. unless the
lands 10 b. benea,ed will.ba suhJect TO
ocoupation."
This ~ the whole situation In nut
shell. Your morning contemporary, In
its long windsd article publlshed yes-
Up" has evidently taken its
cue from wrong source,
from q source whose interest Ia not 70
build up and develop tho country, es-
pocialiy the West, but which would
Dar "lho man with the hoe" out from
uottling in West Texas, II 10 had tho
power 70 do 80. They Ikea the Pecos
valley 10 the far famed "San joaquin
valley OF CALIFORNIA;" and seek TO con-
vey the impression that ibese pecos
valley lands ii ouid DO held by the
land board Nt fabulous prices 20 the
actual settler; in other words That they
should not 10 sold a. al TO settlers, but
rather allow tho cattle syndicates 10
use them, st the uominal ront, or as
has been The case in many Instances,
no rent at all. In their present con-
dition these rich valley lands are next
to worthless, because they are not
utilized, but put them on the market
TO actual settlers only, at a fair valus-
lion, land give them Che settlsrs) q
chance To make irrigsting dilches, and
L believe the country will become the
most productive and valuable in the
State, aud ths school lands back from
the river largely enhanced liz grazing
lands. The ir,igaurg bitches will fur
MAX water for the stock nearer IA the
grazing grounds, and stock will not be
compelled TO 70 u the river at all, and
we fnil 70 sea- wherein thu "iuterest"~
that your morning cctemporary is try
ing to profecs can possibly suffer, II
LuSso TlNSr lduUs are plNCtu on Lio
market, unless that "inteYestD "wants
the esrth.'
1 happen TO DO one of those who
attended the lot sale at Pecos City, and
became purchaser cf lots, intending
to make The pec1s valley my home.
(prortded these echCbl lands ore placed
on the market to sslilera oply), and
is clessed, therefore, as zone OF the
land spsculsters" ffsn Texus
by your morning cowmporary, snd
J. woulG suggess right here
that there are several hundred more
OF these "lsna speculstors" beside
myself, who are row Interested In the
Pecos valley, and we should make an
uuited effort To try ana induce the
land board 10 do that Western country
justice.
All honor to Lieutenant Governor
Gibbs for his manly stand ia, favor OF
actual settlers and tho settlement OF
tho Pecos valley. Like many Others
who have receptly been out thera. he
now saes the Importance OF putting
those watered lai DIS pD the market to
actual settlers, an ,fui V comprehends
the stu qtion. ana IL the entire land
board wond 80 out and stu6y the
situation they would settle iflis ques-
ton without delay.
tits understood that tho reason the
land board have not placed the waterod
lands along the Pecns en- the market
long ago, wes the fear that IL Ii WIS
done the cattle syndicstss, by systemf
of hired substitutes and 1-straw men,
wonld succeed in gohbiing up these
lands. II this ia true tbey have
acted wisely, but the time has now
come when they ore wanted
by actual eet,l9rs, and the
land board can rest assured that IL
they ard placad on thS market TO actual
county, the county officials and the
several hundred purchasers OF lots at
Pecos City, whom your worthy NJ. Q.
ia pleased 10 term Gland sDecuiators,"
will unite as Que map. and allow none
but acIunl setflsrs TO file on and hold
these lands. Yours respectfully.
Ppnns CrTY 7 on RrTyE6