Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-18
TEXAS PANHANDLE.
A Steady Increase in Population aud
Production Of 6rain and CetEons
A Few Comparisons
an Answer 10 Inquiries from HomesesRtrf.
How Land Gan be Obtained ana in
What Quantities.


the old states desiring Information would
do we'll to mail them copy Of THE GA
zETTE:
FORT WORTH, TEX, Aug. Is, 1887.
To the Editor of the Gazette:
The increased wealth OK the state Of
Texas from January l from various
sources is by actual computation S24,
100000 This represents an increased
valuation in resl estate, railroads and
the augmented values brought about by
the development of the natural resources
Of the state oY the railroads penetrating
its territory.
This grow h is but medium statement
of facts that are reGogliz9d by investors
all over the country.
A Chicsgo paper says of Illinois
"TWo showers in April aud oue eaca IN
May and June have had bus temporary
effect on crops. S.uGred yellow spears,
bending disc0nsolstely oVer immense
beds Of dust, are TJe only evidence that
farmers soWed any corn this yesr
Leaves OF fruit trees are falling off and
frui; which promised to be plentiful is
Trinkled and dried to the stem"
Texas, in .he worst drOu:h the state
has ever passed through, could present
no such terrible picture as this. The
Panhandle has been without rain from
Juae till November, but only once has
this been known.
For many yesrs this country has had 8
steady increase in population and product
OF grain and cotton. Reports from
seventy-hve counties in the state show
an increase in the acreage Of cotton
pl21tad. Five counties report fair
yearly average. Ssventy-tWo couuties
repoTs , good ssSad OF cotton, sGd two
counties report fsir average. SiXty-fTe
counties report CT Increase ia the GCre-
age of corn as compared with 1856, and
nine counties report the acreage as 4
little over the average.
Whest Is reported, on the whole, ss
being 100 per cent. greater than last year
in the northwestern portion Of the state;
oats, millet and johnson grass about the
same
take grest pleasure in Offering you
the following iuf1rmstion as to how to
acquire the public lands in Texas. AS
there ere CONSENT inquiries being made
from home-seskers to purchase some Of
our public lands, we reply, once for all,
th4t you cannot buy less than l60 acres,
or 800, or 480, or $40, but not more IN
less you select purely grazing land
without permanent Wster and not
adapted to agriculture. OF this pasture
land, you can buy not to exceed four sRc-
tiops. The dry land will cost you So per
acre, but you must come in person 80 the
county sest Of the county wuere the land
lies, or to which it is attached if in an
unorgsnizsd county, and call on
the county clerk, who will show
you public record Of the
classification Of all unsold state
lands. II in looking the ground over you
find the land to suit you, you will get 8
blank form for an application to purchase,
and such other information concerning
the law snd the land IS msy be known to
him. You will taeu execute q sworn
affidavit, in your application to purchase,
that you want the land for homestead
and no other person or corpora
ton Is interested in the pur-
chase, and thst you will, wihio
six months, actually settle upon the land
and improve the same. You will forward
your application to purchase direcl to
Hon. R. NJ. HslI, State Land Commits
sioner, Austin, Tex, iaclosing the sum
of $50 to the order of Ex-Governor F. R
Lubbock, State Treasurer. This is one
fortIeth Of the principal on section of
dry agricultural land.
II you select land with permanent
water on it, the cost will increase to So
per acre, which is one-third more than
the uuwatered lind, Ityou buy land thst
is valued chiefly for its timber, you will
pay IS an acre cash
down, On all these lands lex
cept the timber sections) you will
pay one-fortieth of the principal annu-
ally, according to the apprsisement put
on each section IN classifying snd vsluing
it. Each annual payment on the priEci-
pal must be made on or before the lst Of
August, together with interest at the rate
of per cent. per alnum on the unpaid
principal.
After you have occupied the land for
three consecutive years and made the re-
Quired payments of principal and interest
due at that dAte, you Will be allowed to
pay the balance due on the land and OBJ
tain patent for same, provided you hsVe
resided on the land for the time specified.
At any time after you have settled on the
land and bought it you can sell it 10 an
other actual settler, who will be required
to assume your obligation to the stste.
All the uusold state lands are now on the
market for ssle to actual settlers only, for
the benefit Of the common school, the
State University, Lunatic Asylum, Blind
Asylum, Deaf and Dumb Asylum and the
Orpaan Asylum funds.
The DonleY land district is composed
Of the counties of Donley, Armstrong,
Briscoe, Carson, Randall and SWisher,
with headquarters st Clarendon. Public
lands in these counties are being culled
every day. Excellent state lands can be
had here and good location secured by
coming ct once. Tie sooner you come
the better you will be served. When you
come call on US and we will take pleasure
in telling you al we know about the Psn-
handle i Panhandle News.
Land which has heretofore been known
in the state IS purely grazing, IS distin-
guished from agricultural, watered or
timbered sections, is intrinsically Of more
value to the farmer than either of the
other two classes. Whist i3 known as
grazing lands resembles the plains of
Kansas and Nebraska, gently roll
ing prAiries On which water caI
be found st depths varying from twenty
five to seventy-fve feet. On the !
higher lands, the depths st which water
i, found is greater. On what are known