Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-03-01
CHILDRESS.

Tie Ccu"try Srro to Become One Vast Or hard
and yIreyrd-T' wn I'll OF ros: eco s.
Corresronsence Of the Gazette.
CHLDREss, TEX. Feb. 26. THE GA
zRTTE reporter had the pleasure Sunday
afternoon to take ride with Col. John
Ii. Bowman behind one of his dashing
teams out to his farm in the Cottonwood
valley neighbOrhood. We were sur
prised and delighted with the rapid set
Element and development of that locality
since our visit there last fall. New homes
ana fresh broken sod are to be seen on
every hand-here, there, over yonder, in
every direction. Wheat looks beautiful
and well advanced, and much ground
has just been put in spring wheat, oats
and other grain, while the farmers are
now busy getting land in condition for
planting corn, sorghum, millet and other
crops, and those we had the pleasure to
meet seemed happy and contented.
Manv of them have just finished their
spring planting of fruit trees and grape
vines, and from present appearances it
won I be a great many years before the
NHiA''AN NDhhAAg " Al 10 bAO ookI AOAC-
continued orchard and vineyard.
The action of our county commission
ers IN passing the order 10 build our new
courthouse seems TO have infused our
people with new life and renewed anima-
ton, causing many to consider the feast
biiiy of erecting brick business houses,
aud now we learn that the coming spring
and summer will witness the erection of
six handsome storehOuseS, If not more.
Our people, in conjunction with the
citizens of Della Plains. Floyd county,
have lOrated a new and muUh shorter
road between the two POINTS than the old
one. The business men Of this place have
subscribed fund amply sufficient to put
SAID road in splendid condition.
Col. R. Z. Montgomery, the father of
ChldreSs, spent several days in town the
early part of the week looking after his
Interests here. We understand he has
sold to the Houston and Texas Central
railway q half interest in his town lot
property here The railroad section, on
which the northern part of the town is
located, has been patented. and his local
agents here have instructions to give
Warrantee deeds to all purchasers in the
future.
Mr.. W. G. Bushon and family, who
have been spending the winter at their
old home in Montague county, Texas.
have returned home While absent Mr..
BuShnn visited Oklahoma and many
points in the Indian Territory. and says
Ch.ldress 'iays it over'' any other town
De saw, and that he here to stay.
The stream OF prospectors aud home
seekers, instead of diminishing, seems to
increase III volume. To show you, we
nave five hotels, two restaurants, aud
quite q number of private boarding
houses, and they seem TO have about all
The transient custom they can handle.
We have three large. first-cIass, we'll
appointed lumber yards and they are
DONG heavy business just now supply
Ing thildress and adjacent counties with
iumher and building material, aud,
Judging from the large feets of prairie
schooners that are constantly coming and
going loaded with lumber, there must be
large amount of building and improve
meut &c ny on in the territory tributary
to this piacs.
Last fall our business men and citizens
subscribed a fund TO have $50 extra
copi' 5 of our local paper, he Childress
County Index, distributed each week in
the old states aud other counties of
Texas. and that fund is just commencing
10 bear its certain fruit. By the time
the old contract expires a larger FUND
will be subscribed. one amply sufficient
TO circulate 500 copies each week, and
We intend 10 keep the good work pro-
crossing until 1.-THE garden spot' is
known OF all men.
Mr.. J. E. Fleager of Georgetown,
Tex. w L. Evans of Beeyille, Tex,
A. c. Yaufis OF Doans, Tex, z. S. OH
yer of Sherman. Tex, Geo. w. bale of
Kansas. J. D. Floyd OF Iowa. - Roots