Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-12
CLARENDON.
Meeting Of the Panhandle Sleek Asso.
ciation-Donlsy Coun'y's Schoel
Advaniages-Church Underway.
Immigrants Coming In Over the Kanras
Southern and from Colorado-Thou.
sands OF Acres of Rich Lands

a Hteuhu COMING IN IrOm Inc norm enc
from Clayton last night, says: Dom
blame the book makers any more. Any
one coming into Texas from Trinidad
would swesr he had reschei the extreme
portion CT the state when be got 20 For
Worth. It's the biggest state ever saw
He reports q beautiful country west O.
hera. Says in Armstrong county thai
drovss CT antelopes, apparently two
hundred or more IN number, were seer
grazing near the train and took no notice
OF them whatever.
The Panhandle Stock Association me
here yesterday, bringing many prominent
stock men to town, and proving cJnclu
sivelY that Clarendon is the town of ths
Panhandle. and that wlthout
railroad trade even, she would still
be great commercial center
from which the various rct
snd prosperous ranches buy their sup
plies; in fact all the grocery houses hert
are partial to the cowboys. Why does
not rome experienced hrm send ont 4
branch house and give US 6 railroad
store? A suitable person will under.
stand WA. this means. Oae prominent
house here reports sales more thar
$1,000 per day, on an average.
Fort Worth'5 scheme for the shipment
OF small horses is attracting general at
tention here among the stockman, and
is very favorsbIy received.
A ladies' riding club il spoken o. for the
amusement and mutual benefit OF horse
back riders. The open prairie here, with
the fragrant, life.glving air, which fairly
puts new life, red blood and gay spirits
into everyone who breathes It, oters sc
many inducements to the lovers Of out
door exercise that this ia likely to sue
coed.
II the most healthful climate in the
world, the purest air bio Tirg over thou
sands Of acres of fragrant prs;ries, seem
ing to be the very elixir OF lie, will have
any effec. Clarendon will like Quebsc be
noted IS "The City of Pretty Girls"
Donley county has q perpetual endoW-
ment for county free schools of $4,000 per
year; is out of debt and has over $4,000
in the treasury.
A two.story public school building is
now going up, and donation Of $50 acres
Of land is hered for college within one
mile OF the depot.
They have secured the lot to build the
church on, and Rev. G. W. Richards is
taking contributions for the building
The cowboys will please make note oil
this and when the church is done there
will be some place to go with your girls
Come up and subscribe.
Mr.. j. W. C.rhsrt says
If he had thirty cottages
ready that he could rent them
ell tomorrow; that he has been calling
the attention Of the ioWnsite company to
this fact, but they do not order the build
ing. The mystery is why moi? An old
gentleman who has grown wealthy In
real estate once said to the writer: Never
be AFRAID to invest in real estate in sny
county seat in Texas, no matter wat the
price, il you have chance to buy, it will
be safe Investment. The truth OF this
is apparent,
Clarendon is the county seat Of one of
the richest counties in he Panhandle has
attached to her for Judicial and land pur-
poses FIVE other counties equally IS pro-
ductiye. She commands the largest por-
ton Of trade OF the vast area between the
great Red sDd Cans0ian rivers in the Pan
handle. She is the only passenger and
freight division town between
Fort Worth, Tex, and Trinidad,
Col, and is blessed with
every natural advantage which goes to
make town. Fort Worth should look
after this part of her. territory. Her
drummers are likely to get homesick
when thy reach Quanah and think there
are no more people in the world, forget
ting the fact that people are coming here
sill the time Wis the Southern Kansas, and
the new favorite Fort Worth and Denver.
Many of the Inhabitants have never
seen Texas only as represented here. 1t
Is quite amusing to hear the various opin-
IONS relative to the advantages Of Texas
in this balmy treeless prairie.
An experienced gardner says the soil is
the finest in the world, and he intends
making experiments in raising hemp,
castor beans and various other things,
with q view of supplying factories, which
he Is sure will come here as soon as THE
GAzBTTE 2ives US cheap coal.
Grass is Just getting green here. AS
Clarendon is nearly 5000 feet above the
sea level, spring is not so early here IS in
some parts of the big state, but heslth is
more sure and cyclones less frequent.
1t was raining to-day and yesterday,
making glad the farmers and stockmen.
Mr.. Grant, editor Of the Panhandle
News, and who Is to the Panhandle as
John Howard is to Texas, has planted an
orchard and expects to eat his own fruit
in future.
Mrs. Fakes, late Of Fort Worth, has
Joined her husband here, and the dsily
sight of her rollIcking pony, with her
own cheerful face behind him,
bespeaks her contentment and
causes wonder to cease why so many
more people want to go, where Mrs.
Faker has come. Probably no woman
living except Mrs. b. B. Jones Of Indiana
has more true friends among the boys Of
the rail or their families.
The company want to send Jack Davif
on to the next division and though this
move will entail promotion to master
mechanic, Jack is not anxious 10 go. He
says this town is good enough for him.
IRENE.