Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-31
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|UA ,.i6 Committee to Look ln'o
Z. tdition OF Affairs In the
1 fF Two Counties.
,,,,s Amounted TO Solicit AID for sns
Wrought sufferers-The Cause Anu
Extent of tho Loss.
snoc,ni 10 the Gazette.

appolnted 10 look into the conolton
ZONES and Stonewall counties, ana nuu
the cause Of the distress;
Both Jones and attached county, o.one-
wall, have made almost an entire iailuIs
of crops the present year on accoun. VI
the extreme drought which has been upon
us for about fourteen months, win wy
exception of some partial showers Whlvn
at The nresent time have done but liI.le
good towards making any crop ing
urass and range are in bad condluon ior
The most part, and there Is no demahu VI
sale Tor stock, and could stock be soiu
now IL would be Mt q great sacrlnce' II
we do not have good general rains ~ onVe
there is no doubt but that the loss ID
stock during the incoming winter WIZ DC
yery great unless they are removed, as
thew cannot subsist without grass ana
water, and II is hardly practicable OF pos
sible that many can be moved now on ac,
count of the difficulties OF moving, anu Vi
its being too late 10 commence ana COM
pete the work. Jones county alone con-
tains about three hundred and MY com
mon school and asylum surveys OF lsnu'
held almost entirely by actual setsleIs,
many of whom have not been soie "
make interest payments upon saia ianu
due August /, 1886. Nearly all setslers
upon these surveys and other lands nave
lspent all their means In improving these
Hands, and In an effort to make crop tne
present year. Quite number OF our GU,
LIENS have gone off to other portions OF
this state for employment, and some nave
gone not to return at all; Others must ~
at once II no relief can be ootalnedi oue
I.a- t..a
cannot leave, nor can they stay without
relief from some other source Wltnout
suffering. There is almost no employ
ment here now for those who desire to
work, our county having no large city or
towns within It's limits, and having no
wealthy stockmen as settlers, and being
almost exclusively settled by farmers con-
seauently has no moneYed men In our
midst, and in fact there are but few who
are able and who would be considered
good II inclined to indorse for our people
TO effect loan for our people. The re-
suit of this is that many in Jones and
: StoneWall counties are without any
means of subsistence, and II relief does
not come from some source some must
7 suffer without any fault of their own. We
beg leave to call your attention to the
fact that Notwithstanding the people OF
these counties have made failure the
= present year, and that many have been
reduced to want, and must appeal to a
4 generous public for aid TO carry them
! through the present year, and enable then
Q to make crop during the year Just fol
: lowing, yet all OF this arises not on &C
! count Of any fault of any Of our citizens
i or because this county is unfit for agrl
!. culture, for on the other hand we can as
. sure you that these counties have settlet
J up with an intelligent and an enterprisini
y class of people, and these counties ar
/ composed mostly Of large bodies of rio
i lands well adopted to agriculture an
n small stock farms. We further repor
~ that for the last four or five years farmin
a here has been very satisfactory, and thos
IL who have been so engaged have reason
y congratulate themselves upon their SUI
II cess, In fact we can safely say that
J. our judgment we cannot reasonably eS
!, pect another such year as this for man
81 years. Notwithstanding the fact Of tn
l. present unequaled drought, yet we ar
10 not discouraged, nor do we believe GU
e. people are In the least discouraged wit
d this section as an agricultural section
but upon the other hand we have reason
able ground to believe and expect ths
our section will again in the near futul
=. produce an abundance. Your committC
in referring to the crops of this sectic
heretofore made, report that the yield la
-, year OF the crops Of all kinds in JON
~ county was very large. Wheat produce
No an average OF twenty bushels per acr
AZ AID some crops made thirty bushels p,
ed acre. The oat crop also was abundan
n producing an average OF fifty bushels p
n acre, and some running as high as eigh
he bushels per acre. In this connection 20,
ed committee begs leave to call your attic
m, ton to the fact that though the yield la
n year was abundant and this year we a
on reduced to want, the seeming inconsiste
Ills cy arises as follows: Last year the acr
age planted was not large, yet the effo
was so encouraging that our people h
present year have by an increased effo
planted an acreage at least twice as lar
on as last year. Not only have the peor
gone TO the expense TO put double t
a acreage In cultivation that was in guilty
nd ton last year, but they have gone to t
~ expense to planting all the land In cul
~ walton this year at least three times viii
VT out any yield. In short the crop ma
yes last year has been lost In the effort
m make still larger crop this year.
III II was moved and seconded that part
en be appointed to go East and solicit a.
lp- Carried. Moved and seconded that A.
lat Kirby be appointed as an agent TO soll
on aid for our people. Carried. That L
MS L. II. Hollis be appointed to solicit aid
Is. Dallas and Kaufman counties. Carrie
he That Hec A, McEachin be appointed
Ior solicit aid In the cities OF Dallas and IL
OF Worth, Carried. That G. w. Boyd
appointed 10 solicit aid for our people
Navarro and adjoining counties. CARR,
That DR., X. G. Andrews be appointed
solicit aid for our people In Denton, II,
A kins, Grayson, Collin, Fannin, HUI