Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-22
A SWORN STATEMENT
In Regard to the Recent Fence Cutting in
Taylor County.
BAIRD, TEX, Aug. ls, 1880.

In Regard to the Recent Fence Cutting in
Taylor County.
BAIRD, TEX, Aug. ls, 1880.
Editor Gazette.
In THE GAZETTE August 16 1 notice
that THE GAZETTE correspondent at Abb
lene has become quite laxative concern
ing our discussion of the recent fence
cutting in Taylor county. Among other
of his ridiculous statements he has the
gall to say that rwo-thirds of the fence
cut was in Callahan county, but have
no doubt that the readers of THE GA
zETTE notice that ell he has said was
simply assertions drawn from his fertile
imagination; as he does not present a
particle of proof on the subject, and he
calls upon me for the proof that 1 pro-
posed to furnish; and in answer I hand
him a sworn statement of MIR. Oscar P.
Jones, one of the owners of the Jones s.
Hearn pasture that was cut. Mr.. Jones
lie a young man Of unquestioned integ-
rity, and knows well what he is talking
about. I asked in my last that this CON-
troversy be ended by a simple sworn
7 statement of the surveyor of Taylor
county, knowing as did that he sur
veyed the land in the Jones & Hearn
pasture three or four months ago, and
| was paid for his services by those young
| men. Now, that same surveyor puts up
| the pitiful story that he is not able to
| hire q conveyance to go down and re-
survey the land, tut would gladly do so
| and furnish the desired affidavit If l will
| pay expenses. Now, just to show to the
readers how thin this is am authorized to
say that if he will go down with his in
struments and show that single twelve
| inches of the cut fence of either of the
| two pastures under discussion was
| in Callahan county his expenses
will not only be paid and his work
| paid for, but If he can get instruments
| enough in the stute to show that such Is
| the case, he shall have $500 in gold to
show our appreciation for his valuable
services, but the readers of THE GAZETTE
will see that he will not call for the
| money. This is fair enough, and 1 dare
him to accept the proposition. Mr.. Rad
ford wants me to hush, and l don't
blame him, for If a fellow has no facts
to back him he feels at a loss to know
what to say when he knows that the
other fellow Is loaded. Yes, there are a
few rocks scattered over the small county
| of Callahan; in fact, possessing as she
does in her borders some of the most
magnificent building stone to be found
in the state, this is one of her principal
industries, shipping stone for building
and other purposes, while all the people
here look as though they get plenty to
eat and all seem to be in very good con-
dition. Callahan county Is very "rocky'
to hear Radford tell it now, but while it
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ner ii is also fact that Callahan county
captured the second prize at the state
fair last fall, and when Radford wants
to use Callahan county and her products
to help along the boom of the "Abllene
country then she is a dandy. The
Abilene correspondent for THE GAZETTE
had the audacity TO call the attention of
the world to the wonderful success of the
culture of the Mission grape last year,
and he called attention to the vineyard
of Capt. w. j. Maltby, which is very
fine, and in Callahan county twelve
miles southeast from Baird, but he pub
lished it as being in the "Abllene
country With this document I pro-
pose to bring my remarks to a close, as
see no further room for argument.
Now Radford come down to the CAL
lahan county fair September 20, 26 and
81, and / will see that you and your
family are admitted free at the gate,
and you can stop with me, and by
that time we hope to have tapped my
subterranean lake on Mount Airy, and
we will go in bathing and drink some of
that life-giving water from the foun-
tains, and we can rest our weary bones
on some of those small rocks about the
size of Taylor county, and then we can
keep cool. FRANK DORSEY, Cor.
At the request of Mr.. Dorsey hand
him description OF land surveyed by
Mr.. Thomas (the surveyor of Taylor
county,. got Mr.. Thomas to do this
surveying because il was entirely in Tay-
lor county.
Beginning at the s. W. cor. of section
No. g.; thence north TO n. W. corner OF
this section; thence west two miles TO
the g. W. corner OF section No. 1913;
thence north two miles to the n. W. COR
ner OF section No. 396; thence east two
miles to the n. Q. corner of this section.
We paid Mr.. Thomas to run the lines
as they are described above (no more nor
no less).
Our fence extends one mile further
north and south, but not one inch Is in
Callahan county. The remainder of the
fence that encloses this pasture Ia owned
by windham and Ferguson.
The cutting of our fence is entirely Ia
Taylor county, and we are highly pleased
with the efforts made by the good officers
of that county TO capture the parties.
OSCAR JONES.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
August goth, 1890.
I. N. JACKSON,
Clerk county court, Callahan Co., Tex.