Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-02

record as ranger anu lHulhh hhhNI ~
unsurpassed, besides the generals solid
cominon.acBec, observation-disclosures and
freedom from fcranke," makes his opin.
ion especially interesting 10 the people Of
the stats generally.
The chief sections Of the generals ais
trct ARE El Paso ana Preside counties,
and ia reference 20 HIS observations out
there, Gen. McCulloch wac to-day inter-
Viewed by reporter, and tho following
substance Of his remarks may be taken NJ
an index 10 his ofliclnl report, forthcoming
and already IN type, but yet taDoocd nom
the public by the land hoard.
ABOuf FoRT DAVID.
Before the advent Of The present com
unndlup officers at Fort Davis, military
oneers. representing the United States
government, had established steam saw
nllig. put 30 NJ three different points,
which mad used mp oil the juniper and
cedar wood Obisluable for posts, lumber
and shingles iniuriug the value 81 many
sections Of school lands
Citizens have delivered large quantities
Of cordwOOd 90 Fort Dayla, under COM
tract with the government, but 40 attcn-
ton had been paid to school lands Of tho
lines thereof one lrm cutting timber
on lands said they had mover been shown
any school land lines. The lrm OF Abbott
& Davis got permission from Mr.. ",
Il. Gage 20 cat timber on his
land. The wood WAS cut without
any attention being paid 20 school LAM
lines. Consequently some school land
was cut up0n. For this sixteen Moxnnns
were arrested aud jailed, pending oxaml.
milton, but the district atiOrncYand inilCr
both stood bail for them aud they were re-
lpasod Examination was wnlvcd, Event
ually the county attOmoy took the evidence
aud tho McNicnus we're released on the
ground that The lines Of the school laUds
had not been drnned and could not be
Identified without an actunl survey aud
tho establishment Of corners.
cfnsNA1l SILVER MINES.
Az or In the vicinity of this mine the
Mexicaus have cut large quantities of
wood 40 80 much per cord, on school
lands, aud hauled and dclly-
cred ON the ground for the
firm Of Kerscy < CO. The identification
OF some Of these lands was IN the opinion
of Commissioner McCuloch, easy, they
having been surveyed; but nobody
WIS found who would be willing To- come
forward aud inform on the deprodators
Tor fear OF personal injury 10 themselves
or property. IN other words, they would
not conslderthclr lives safe In such case.
Great quantities OF cord.wOud are cut
on the school lands OF Gen. McCulloch's
district aud hauled aud sold to citizens
OF towns and villages.
FnnE GRASS.
On this subject Cen MCCnlloch makes
the startling and Utmost incredible state
mcnt that to-day there are IN this state
not less than eighteen million school,
asylum, or other lands
under control OF The land bourd
that ARE being grulcd upon, and for
which not solitary nickel Is paid, And
the worst Of II Is these dcprodotions are
not, In majority OF instances, by our
own people, bat by aliens from abroad
some Of whom never saw the state aud
don't cnro II continental for Texas or It's
people except what they can tllch from
them. Put these ls,00O,000 acres
at SIS cents an acre, the
lease price dcmnndcd by the board, and
we now have the round STUN of one mil
lion dollars out OF which the educational
and other revenues OF Texas are being
cheated. but, says Commissioner Me.
CullOch, the law cannot be enforced
against these dcprcdntors on the public
domain, because the local directors ARE
indirectly Interested In their non.enlorce-
mcnt the district attorneys and other
officers, and the foreman of
the grand jury being unusually
frocgtassors IN counties where the doprc-
datlons are carried on
THE REMEDY.
In regard 20 this Con. McCullocb sug-
gcstH nn extra session, not that there II any
certainty that tho Nineteenth would do
any more than IL has already done, hut
the experiment IN worth the trial, In the
hope ut lonst, that something may be done
Gen. MoCullOch also suggests the eRtnb.
llshmCnt OF such courts as could bu relied
upon for the punishment of the doprc-
dators, or else the trial of offenders ut
Austin. Secondly, the use of the military
arm OF the state government Is suggested,
but the commissioner says even this In OF
doubtful utility, and might be attended
with unsatisfactory results.
There is now due tho state 10y free
| grassors aud dcprcdatnrs not less than n
4 million dullurs buck rentals,
TitE MINES on WEST TEXAa.
| Gen, McCulloch gave some interesting
/ points on the mining and mining pros
/ pccta and capabilities OF his district u.
personally observed by himself. Forty
! i've miles from the station Of Maria, OF
the Southern Pacific, In lrcsidio county
on the north side OF the Chunuti noun
tins, there Is silver mine being snc
Gessfully worked. From this mine rlcl
ore tx taken A tln.minlng stamp-mlll 4
used, which reduces the ore 10 SILVER u
The rate of 100000 per month, aud az
cost Of about $4,000 per month
leaving profit Of $4,000 pc
month. The mine il partly on
school section sold TO Lieut. Bulls
u, 3, A., when mineral lands were not no
served from sale,
coat MINE,
i Gen McCulloch speaks OF u coal min
four miles from rorhct station, In IN
eastern part OF Preside county, iron
which coal has been taken which In
been pronounced good aud sol
In El pasO at $3.50 per tor
Ia addition 20 this the commissions
says n good many mines and miner.
, lands have boon discovered
preAdlo and III paso coui
; ties. Among the more notable isa min
south of The Chenatl range, twelve mil,
/ from the Rio Glande, at which Gen
Montgomery, representing Nilsson
b. company, * Fonn TO erect a smolto
T. There Is also In the counties OF M Pa,
4 and Preside lnrRo quantity Of goo
! soil, but not adapted to agricultural pu
4 poses, for want vi rain auflng the or,
\ season, The rains i0lllng In these counti
I generally occurring FROM july to Noypl
(. Der.
I General McCmloch says the graft