Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-09-24
A Georgian Asks for Information of the
Valley of the Pecos River.
Galveston News.

balNestOn News.
ATLANTA, GA, Sept In late COPY
OF the News noticed that the valley of
the Pecos river will soon be opened up
for settlement, and that irrigatin@ bitches
would soon carry the water of the Pecos
on to the valley lands of the same, there
by irrigating the entire valley. Also, that
II public sale of town lots would be held
at Pecos City some time during the month
OF October next.
Being subscriber to your paper, and
having desire to secure some reliable in
formation of Western Texas, especially
of the Pecos valley (havlng heard much
OF ~, | take the liberty of addressing
you Tor the same, assuring you that any
Information given will be thankfully re-
ccived by several of my friends who con-
template settling in Western Texas, as
well as your SUBSCRIBER
In reply to the above the News here
with republishes an article on the Valley
of the Pecos, written for the News by n
gentleman who is well acquainted with
the section of country referred to. The
letter speaks for itself, The party who
wrote it is thoroughly reliable. The Texas
Pacific railway crosses the Pecos
river, and Pecos City is located on that
line of road ut the crossing of the river:
hence we would suggest to Subscriber to
write to the land Office of that road, which
is located AT Dallas, for particular nfor-
nation.
VALLEY OF THE PECos RIVER.
We hazard nothing in predicting that
the valley of the PecoS river will be the
seat, and that at no distant day, of a
very prosperous agricultural and stock
raising people. The capabilities of this
| great valley-from ten to thirty miles in
| width and about 200 miles in length. in
TeNas-ure as yet but little understood
| The soil Is of the most fertile character,
| all alluyiHl, formed from the sedi.
ments OF the river itself. There
is hardly stone in tine valley.
| except near lis confluence with the
! Rio Grandc, whore it narrows and passes
/ through mountain ridges. We all know
what garden Of productivcness is the
| valley of the Rio Grande about MeSilla
! III PaSo, lSlcta, San Elizario, Preside
del Nortc, and wherever it can be irri-
! gated. 1t produces the finest wheat
| onions, grapes and pears in the world
! Al least, none better in the world are
/ produced than in this Rio Grande valley
| II is also unsurpassed in the production
OF alfalfa and other nutritious
! grasses The Rio Grandc val
ley, IN point of natural fertility, is not to
/ be compared to the valley OF the Pecos.
except at a few points, such as Yslcta
me no Grandc valley is often sandy and
/ peDoiN the Pecos is not so anywhere in
e., ieNNs' 1t is all rich, except near its
F. junction with the Rio Grande. 1t would
4 ne impossible to make a soil richer than
that OF the Pecos valley. Some say that
there Is too much alkali in the soil.
There IL not bit more in the valley
! ol the Pecos than in the valley of
inc mo Grande. suppose there is
aINali IN the soil, is 1t not easy to neu-
tralize its deleterinuS effects and convert
II into an admirable fertilizer; 1t is the
easiest thing in the world to do this by
| proving into the earth the native luxu-
! rant grasses that grow upon Il, and AZ
terward by blowing in the stubble of the
| wheat, corn, alfalfa, etc. The acids de-
! rived from this rottinp vroots
bic matter will accomplish the
desired end, ii too much alkoli
exists, and render the soil nil The
more lerti % tnI-liS-pEGSnnea@ --+4r-4r4
! Nersed in agricultural chemistry knows
that such would be the inevitable result
another most important point In consid-
erlhg the capabilities of this valley is the
ease with which it MAY be irrigated. The
rivver has fall of six to ten feet to the
lhlle Although this is entirely impcr.
eeptolc TO the eye, we readily perceive
lhat me fall is great from the
astonishing rapidity with which
me river runs, though its speed is
much retarded by its wonderful slnuosi-
t'es' It's banks are six 10 len feet In
height and often less. How easy then 10
euI . ditch a mile or less above any field
lhat u Is desired to irrigate, and thus pour
npon II all the water that Is needed. nj
e 'ne easiest valley to irrigate In ali