Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-26
A Revelation to the People Of the
Northwestern States.
Let Texans Read and See How Little
is Known of Them or Their
States Resources.
The Grand Work of the Texas Spring Palace
Being Carried on at the NiIwau--
kee Exposition.
Peck's Sun.
TEXAS COMING TO THE FRONT

exhibit of the products of WESTERN Texas
tributary to the Fort Worth and Rio
Grande and the Texas and Pacifes rail
way companies, is on the side traGh5 OF
the Reed street depot, and is being ex-
ahmed and admired by the many thou
sands passing this favorable location
The car and exhibit is under the special
charge of T. A. Wilkinson, immigration
commissioner of the Fort Worth and Rio
Grande railroad company. On each side
of it is beautiful painting of the Texas
Spring Palace of Fort Worth, Tex. and
a large, well executed map of the state
of Texas, showing the counties
in cOlors, all of the principal cities and
railroads. Fort Worth looks up as the
chief railroad center of the state. This
is unique, original and certainly prac-
teal method of attracting attention to
the state and many are the questions
| Mr.. Wilkinson is called upon to answer
| concerning Texas. Printed statistics of
the resources of the state also appear
painted artistically on tablets and are
constantly read by the passing stream
of humanity, especially the one calling
attention to the opening of the Spring
| nOuncing 20 900 900 acres of state school
land for sale at 81 per acre on 40 years
! time at five per cent. interest. The con-
tents of the car has been transferred
to the exposition building, where it will
be for some time.
! Great interest and surprise is expressed
at the display, which consists of corn,
wheat, rye, oats, millet, johnson grass,
sorghum and large number OF native
| grasses. The johnson grass is q tame
| grass and is giant, standing seven feet
| high, and yields from eight to twelve
tons per acre, when cut twice, which is
common thing during the same season.
! The jars of fruit elicit all sorts of eXcla-
nations of wonder and admiration. APP
! pies, large, clear, smoOth-skinned, with
| out spot or blemish.
! Peaches, pears and ounces, so large
! as TO allow but two or three in half gal
lon jars The chief attraction because
so unusual is the collection of wild fruits,
| especially grapes, which are as large as
| the Concord, and wild plums as large as
| hens eggs Mr.. Wilkinson called. at
! tentiOn to the fact that in country
! where nature does so much man has but
| little TO overcome to reach the highest
| success in fruit culture. TO those who
! have heretofore looked upon Western
| Texas as only a grazing country, this eX-
! bibit will be q revelation. He has a
| large variety of wood, and his collection
/ of iron ore, Manganese, Autograph
stone, marble and several specimens
| of polished granite. speak volumes
for his part of the state. EVERYBODY can
learn something new by seeing this
wholly unexpected display Of Western
products. 1t shows a state of develop
! I,pE md Nnrf+
It means the growth of cities and towns,
factories and mills. 1t is good news to
the laDorer, capitalist and home seeker.
1t means that land which was worth only
50 per acre less than four years ago, is
now in demand at SIS per acre. It means
that land which can now be bought for
81 per acre will soon undergo the same
changes in the near future. 1t means
that the city of Fort Worth with
her seven trunk lines of railway
and eleven railway outlets, is the
gateway to this great country that a
mixed and progressive population from
all parts of the union is fast converting
into the best and healthiest country on
the glObe-we say healthiest, because of
its altitude lifting 1t above all malarial
influences and its latitude giving ex-
emption from severe winters. A coun-
raising, yet with wonderful strides has
come to the forefront as a successful
rival of fruit and grain growing states
Some states offer fruit lands at $500 and
$500 per acre; Texas offers just as good
land from two dollars to fifteen dollars
per acre, where you can combine the
raising of fruit, grain and stock all on
the same farm
Notwithstanding the fact that the
croaker and those whose interests is best
served that way, have given Western
Texas the reputation of a drough ty
country, yet the experience during the
past SIX years of practical farmers who
have gone in there, have "knOcked that
idea into q cooked hat. - Last year
Western Texas had full crop, this year
she has raised one-half of q crop.
Sometime IN October Mr. Wilkinson,
acting ir conjunction with several lead
ing lines of railroad, will conduct an ex-
cursion to Western Texas. The follow
ing counties whose products are now OH
exhibition will be visited: Fort Worth,
III Tarrant county, Hood, Erath Conan
che, Brown, Coleman, Runnells, Tom
Green. Crockett, Somervell, San Saba,
Mitchell, Midland, Taylor, LlanO ana
Mason counties. The two latter counties
furnish the principal portion of the iron
and building rock display and will soon
lead the iron interests of Texas We un-
derstand q syndicate in this city is largely
interested and fully informed of the great
value of this mineral district, which is
soon to be tapped by the Fort Worth and
Rio Grande railway company. When |
this event transpires unlimited coal and
iron interests will be only seventy-fve |
miles apart and connected by rail.
Mr.. wilkinson, through the courtesy
of the Chicago, Milwaukee and
st. Paul railway company, will visit !
several fairs, and labor in a legitimate |
way tor his part OF the state of Texas.
He is an old citizen of the state of Wis |
consln. He attended the reunion of his !
regiment, the Thirty Second Wisconsin |
volunteer infantry, and made an inter- |
esting address to his comrades on the re- |
sources and advantages of Texas. Moth |
ing that he said called forth more hearty !
response than the announcement that a |
large proportion of the expense of his ex-
hibit was contributed by ex-Confederate |
sol6iars ROuOd after rOI1n6 Of a0pIsuSa :