Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-24
TEXAS PANHANDLE.
4 Stesdy Increase In Population and
Production Of Grsin and Cotton.
A Few Comparisons.
An Answer to Inquiries from Homeseskerr
How Land Gan BIO Obtained anu in
what Quantities.

Inquiries sre being made concerning
the method OF acquiring land in Texs:
so often that THE GAzETTK republishst
some facts that appeared In this paper
In August. Those who have friends IL
the old states desiring informa.lon would
! do well to mail them copy of THE GA.
zETTK:
FORT WORTH, TEX, Aug. Is, 1851
| To the Editor Of the Gazette:
The increased wealth Of the stste Cf
Texas from January l from various
sources is by actual computation S24.-
POO 900. This represents an increase
valuation in real estate, railroads and
the augmented values brought shout BY
the development of the natural resources
OF the state 0Y the railroads penetrating
its territory.
This growth is but medium statement
d facts that are recognized by investors
all over the country.
A Chicago paper says of Illinois:
Two showers in April and one each in
May and June have had but q temporary
effect on crops. Stunted yellow spesrs,
bending disconSOlstely over immense
beds OF dust, are the only evIdeuc. that
farmers sowed any corn this year
Leaves OF fruit trees are falling of and
fruis which promised to be plentiful is
Wrinkled and dried to the en-"
Texas, in the worst drouth the state
has ever passed through, could present
no such terrible picture as this. The
Panhandle has been without rain from
June till November, but only once hss
this been known.
For many years this country has had
steady increase in population and product
OF grain end cotton. Reports from
seVenty-tive counties in the state show
an increase in the acreage Of cotton
planted. Five counties report q fair
yearly average. Ssventy-tWo counties
report good stand of cotton, and two
counties report fair average. Sixty-fv
counties report an Increase in the acre
sge Of corn as compared with 1886, and
nine counties report the acreage as 8
little over the average.
Whest is reported, on the whole, as
oeicg 100 per cent. greater than last year
in the northwe stern portion of the state;
oats, millet and Johnson grass about the
same
take grea. pleasure in Offering you
the following information as to how to
acquire the public lands In Texas. As
there are constant inquiries being made
from home seekers to purchase some If
our public lands, we reply, once for all,
thxt you cannot buy less than 100 acres,
or 800, or $50, or $40, but not more un-
l. ss you select purely grazing land
adapted to agriculture. or this pasture
~ 70
tons. The dry land will cost you 80 per
acre, but you must come in person To the
county seat Of the county wnere the land
lies, or to which 1t is attached II in an
unorgauiz4d crunty, 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 ever you
find the land to suit you, you will get q
bl INK form for an application to purchase,
and such other information concerning |
the Law and the land as may be known to |
him. You will then ex- cute q sworn |
affidavit, in your application to purchase,
that you want the land for homestead |
snd no other person or corpora
ton Is interested in the pur-
cease, and that you will, wihi
six months, actually Settle upon the land |
and improve the same. You will forward |
your application to purchase direc, to
hon. R, NJ. Hall, State Land Commits
sioner, Austin, Tex iocIosiDg the sum
Of S32 to the order of Ex-Governor T r
Lubbock, State Treasurer. This is one
iortleth Of the principal on section of
1ry agricultural land.
If you select land with permanent
water on it, the cost will increase TO SO
per acre, which Is one-thtrd more than
.he unwstered land. If you buy land that
s valued chiefly for its timber, you will
pay S. sn acre cash
Town. On all these lands lex
,ept the timber sections) you Will
pay one-fortieth of the principal annu-
lily, according to the appraisement put
IN each section in classifying and ysluing
t. Each annual payment on the princi-
psi must be made on or before the LIST of
August, together with interest at the rate
d per cent. per annum on the unpaid
principal.
After you have occupied the land for
;hree consecutive years and inside the re-
luired p,ymeats of principal and interest
1ue at that date, you viii, be allowed to
pay the balance due on the land and OBJ
Jain patent for same, provided you have
resided on the land for the time specified
1t any time after you hsve settled on the
and and bought 1t you can sell it to an
other actual settler, who will be required
10 assume your obligation to the state.
All the unsold state lands are now on the
market for sale to actual settlers only, for
.he benefit of the common school, the
State University, Lunatic Asylum, Blind
Asylum, Desf and Dumb Asylum and the
Orphan Asylum funds.
The Donley land district Is composed
If the counties Of Donley, Armstrong,
Briscoe, Carson, Randall and Swisher,
With headquarters st Clarendon. Public
Ends in these counties are being culled
very day. Excellent state lands can be
lad here and good location secured by
coming at once. The sooner you come
he better y u will be served. When you
)me call on us and we will take pleasure
u telling you sill we know about the Pam
landle = Panhandle News.
Land which has heretofore been known
n the state as purely grazing, IS distin-
pushed from agricultural, wstered or
lmbered sections, is intriRsically Of more
'slue TO the farmer than either Of the
'ther two classes. Whist is known as
,rszlpg LANDS resembles the plains Of
Kansas and Nebraska, gently roll
ne prsiries On which water cS.