Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-08-01

miles, but little less than the state OF Rhode
Island 1t Ia enclo,ei by wire fence.
This Is said to be not the larges, but only one
ol hundreds OF large rat ches. We are now
at Bowie the western edge OF the upper cross
timbers-called cross limbers because the
timber trend Is transverse to the river courses
This timber belt averages about thirty
miles in width and extends from the Canadian
river on the north to the Colorado on the
| south 1t is along the 9sth meridian and
principally between the 800 and 34o north
latitude. The rock of this region is princi.
paly conglomerate, or red and white sand
stone.
About five miles west of Cougar mountain,
in a deep canon, we dug into the coal cutcrop
and found what seems to be the permian vein
| Of the carboniferous age. The coal is mixed
| with slate, soap-s,one and clay. II is ex-
| tremely 'riable and will not bear Transports
| ton.
1t seems that Texas must have remained
| submerged much longer than the surround
ing country, for all western Texas seems to
| be a deep dritt-a conglomeration OF hetero-
| geneous elements. The competition of the
| water, the arrangement of rocks Nf such II
| thing exists, the longitudinal and transverse
| timber belts all indicate irregularity and |
| think favor the theory OF frequent submers-
| ings and emergings and consequent drifts.
| The timber growth in this transverse belt
cons ,ts principally OF post oak, black jack,
some elm, cottonwood, walnut, pecan and
| live oak.
The live oak grows in clumps. The
branches are very long and furnish a delight
tui retreat from the summers heat and win
ters chill
| Al. r. Il, -a1 ,, -.
| soluble silica. The remainder consists of sol.
silica, potash, soda, lime, magnesia, oxide OF
manganese, oxide of iron, slumina, phos-
phoric acid, water and organic matter. The
soil produces well now and certainly will
continue to do so, especially it posphRtes be
added occasionally TIE coda is evidently in
excess of the potash but the potash is in suf-
hcient quantity and there need be no fears
sbout too much soda. Water can be Obtained
from l. to 40 feet. II is COOL palatstlc and
wholesome. Its composition Of course de-
pends upon the strata through which il
comes.
The best soil will produce over 100 bushels
of oats per acre, and other crops in proper
ton. Apple trees and peach trees are heavily
loaded with large, luscious fruit.
Although it is midsummer the heat is not
oppressive during the day and the nights are
always COOL Many things in southern Texas
attract our attention. The twilight is shorter
and the days shorter than in Springfield, q
At noon OF clear day we cannot tell which
way is south. Polaris seems much lower
Ursa Major dips more, while the slritude OF
Scorpio Ssgittarius is prtceptibly increased
| The sun rises and sets more nearly due east
and west than at home. There are hundred:
of other things in reference to soil, climate
ETC., also incidents IN camp lite that have
noted, but ! find that / have four time;
too much already. Bethard and Bur
pett enjoy frontier lie so much tha
| do not know whether | can get them HON,
or not. wish | could have photogTa phcG
the scene yesterday while they were shooting
prairie dogs iu the Nation. We find the cit
zens of Wichita Falls and Bowie, where v,
stopped the longest, intelligent, courteou!
and very kind. Captain Bunch, OF the Wich
ita Herald, and Colonel Davies, of Bowie
Cross Timbers, are enterprisiug newspaper
men. Especially are we under obligation ,'
F. p. Knott, W. A. Knott and family, Rev
W. Blackburn, pastor N. Z. church, DR.. J
". Mullen and the Harris family, tor ,h
| kind attention given US while at the Falls
The Knott brothers are almost worshippsd b,
the Indians and are held in high esteem b,
all. DR.. Hayes, of Bowie, also deserves GU
thanks for iavors rendered.
WILLIAM REECE