Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-01-16
SPLENDID PROGRESS.
The Rapid Strides of wilbarger and tn
Town of VuTp~,s.

The Rapid Strides of wiIbarger and the
Town of vuTp~".
Correspondenee q thea t;n1eiiii" ,r.,,.
should visit this community he can form
| nothing like correct idea Of how rnpldlv
1t is being settled up. Where but fen
| years ago was only boundless cxpanse
OF prairie, tenanted BY prairie dogs, wolves
aud predatory bands OF Indians. with M
occasional passing prairie.scbooner. one
can md towns and, In many cases, snil-
lng farms. Two things have operated To
oring about this state of aifairs-cheap
| lands aud the building Of the Fort Worth
& Denver railroad. Crowded out OF
inc more populous counties by Inc
! high price OF lands, the settler has been
lorcei 70 come to this, the poor mans
paradise, and has been able to get n
nome, and, thanks 10 THE GAzErTE's
lree'grass ideas, which are making an i'm.
preston upon the minds OF the people of
the state, they will be able TO hold fbeir
/ homes against the encrOachmeuts OF tho
pasture DarouS. No man who will come
mere uhprejudiccd can fail 70 see that
TO close and fence up this eIorjons
country, Che heritage of che children M
Texas, Is sin and shame
Aud IL viii not he tolerat,,d
by the thinking people OF this great state
Not only does this part Of Texas awe H.
development to the Investment of cenitaI
IN railroads, but the whole state IL Va ma.
cullarly situated that were il not for ,bo
railroads that have been built, IN advance
OF tue development OF the country +
would have been a long time before We
could have seen the prosperity we now
see IN Texas. Not only have they brauuh,
people into the country, but lhey have
maze narkets accessible and rendered
iarIniis and cotton raising profitable.
"hunrgcr county was organized about
lour years ago, and 1t had then yptirs, |
population of 252; It now polls 5000
remarkable Increase, il you take into con.
sloefatlon the fact that the Panhandle
country mad more people fye years NO
, suan y nus now, caused, as everyone whcf,
IVES mere Knows, by the abominable Use
NV LANDS are In constant G,hand,
s KY prices VIII soon gdi;dnce as
be- 59ua 4 " 81 e. 90 n to S ~
owing TO location "a quality, and on r
te,,s@ Settlers ara cor,,on .
INTO tbIs coirs5 even faster than inta ~ .
dining snlties, owing 60 the ABSENCE ~" ~ /
he q pastures, so conspicuous eiso I,
e'noh, tne county seat, Is 1ouyist o
y town, and keeps pace with ~
own and, fortnnatcly,is not oyerdon rne
nas good school under tho nsnS..e
ent OF an efficient corps OF teaobcrs
=, even here, on the frontier Of Ts1s 90 NJ
N II, up,V nave no fear that his chIidra,, ri
y, =. not have all the advantages Of nm ear hi
teu, refined society. eoad !" , vau dr
Mspaptr, the Guard, chronieies ' IA hi
W OF the locality, while the benlgn ts sne nj
sHs great tree-grass thunderer. Twv
,IEIis, smiles daily upon ne neor,n M
! supplies the nows from the great ptV aa,
Y y thought that the Fort worm hi
itser Wy VIII soon be extended barn IN
wen y comes you may look for pcI
,s-enongh city to blossom ont 81 ~ "a a tIo
lfies' Wilbarger has the lsrg s',e era
o ',', OF per capita school fund Of 800 snn Che
my ~ the state, there being tho my my
,ly.Ve lot each and every child ,y,sh,n
. sInviastlc age, or enough for a ,an !,
i.us school IN every commnnitv "a
ia s general election there was no. y sIn
'1 ~. building In the county; there ara nsr
1--WE substantial buildings, aIl nicai'' rmo