Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-18

nually from that source alone. This in
dustry is better adapted to this section
than any other single industry in it, and
should be fostered and encouraged in
every possible manner. he dwelt upon
how the thinly clad sheep man bravely
faced the fierce winter norrher and the
thunder storm of summer, and by hard
knocks and economy in a few years be-
came one of the wealthiest men in the
country.
6. 1.-THE Water System of the P. G.
G. Country was answered by J. L.
Millspaugh in an impressive and amusing
manner. The water system of the Con-
cho country was 400 miles in length and
had an average fall of twelve feet to the
mile; the rainfall of this section was
larger than that of Kansas and Ne
braska; compared the irrigation prop
critics of the river Nile with the Concho.
z. "Our Land Agents. was respond
ed to by Frank Lerch, "the" land
agent, who went on to explain that they
were better class of people than they
were generally represented to be.
8. "Our Lawyers, by j. w. Hill,
was well and ably responded to.
9. "Our LADIES' was responded to
by D. a. Walker Of Fort Worth. Mr..
Walker probably made the most success
full hit of the evening. His popular sub
ject helped him OF course. The language
was well chosen aud his happy remarks
were brought to close amid storms of
applause.
10. "Our Bankers" was responded to
by Geo. E. Webb, showing how banks
benefited country; how the banking
interests of San Angelo advanced from q
private bank in 's2 to two national and
one private bank to-day; how the reduc-
ton from q TO Il per cent. benefited
the people.
IL. "Our Railroads, - by A. s. Reed
OF Ballinger. He made somewhat of an
anti-commission speech. While he did
not pretend to know anything about
railroads, yet he expected he knew
good many who want say in running
them; while We might feel a little sore
because our own Santa Fe wouldn't give
US all free passes and make every station
between Temple and San Angelo q
common point, - let US keep on good
terms with her and receive all others,
that wish to build with open arms.
~. "Our Schools and Churches
by Charles H. Jenkins of Brentwood
was one of the jewel speeches of the
SF0uiuk I1c NCuL Ou III u 6LUOOlu, Gu
Quent and graceful manner, illustrating
how several years ago the first school
house in San Angelo was made OF adobe,
and how to-day the elegant mass of
stone, beautiful in its architectural pro-
portions now crowned the highest point
in the city. He also spoke in the same
strain about Bsllinger, Coleman and
beautiful Brentwood, the gateway into
the P. c. C. country, the city of enter
prise, energy and push, the Athens of
West Texas.
ID. "The State of Texas, - responded
to By Col. A. J Baker. 1t being now
within few minutes of train time and
having to throw to the winds his
collected ideas for more elaborate
speech, the colonel besides other things
said something Ike the following: He
could not see why he was called upon TO
talk upon the grandest of all subjects,
"The Lone Star State of Texas;' il
could not have been on account of his
being the oldest man present, because,
as he glanced at his friends around him.
he saw old Pat Murphy of the Standard:
he then made ten minutes talk on the
present and future grandeur of the
state, and closed the evenings
festivities ut 12:45 by thanking the
visitors for honoring our city with their
presence, and extending them and their