Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-22

whose gallant frontier life made possible the
way for our present development of West and
Northwest Texas. Gladly do we exchange the
staff of life for the timbers Of East Tex
as without ,1 which we v,s Gould S1r. not
The Panhandle of Texas tonight offers greeting
to Southern Texas, land of the banana and
lemon and lime, mo sky can ever import such ?
wild wealth of crimson as gloWs in thy cline. -
We extend greeting to sunny Southland where
the palmetto fragrance Is watt ed by gentle
zephyrs from the foam-crested pillows of the
gulf over the broad Empire state.
We greet Central Texas-is where the cotton
and the sugar cane do grow's-where 81, 800 ,000
makes such products as without which the world
would suffer. A cottonfield holds a spell over
my young soul that language can never ex-
Born among the vine-clad hills Of Southern
Kentucky, my young eyes have ever looked
sGqthwardc17to where the good old niggers sang
Massa's in the Cold, Cold Ground.''
We extend, also. our hand of greeting to West
Texas-land the morning star OF whose creation
sang simultaneous with our own-land. where
vast reaches of boundless prairie lie out in PEN
sive quietness, dotted here and there by living
green, Watered by sparkling lake and crystal
homes, hundreds of towns and doz-
Sections Of Texas stand firm, united with the
Panhandle, each garnering into the state his
several parts, until our pondercus weight shall
be keenly felt by and among the sisterhood Of
states.
but the recognition of the fact that neither your
patience nor my investigation will allow full
discussion OF this immense subject, let me limit
my remarks to the Red river valley counties,
and shall attempt to illustrate the state Of af-
fairs prevalent in these counties.
When, in 1886, the Fort Worth and Denver
City railway ran far into the Panhandle and
connected the mountain with the sea, it opened
up to Texas what Columbus opened up to the
world, country boundless in extent, ininita-
BILE in beauty, imitless in resources, vast in
possibilities!
It has proved to be, not = barren waste of
fruitless prairie, but land Of peace and plenty,
where gentle peace and glad prosperity shower
down innumerable blessings: and I am happy to
tell you tonight my couDtrymen, that the sun
shine Of prosperity has superseded the clouds
of adversely, and bright rainbows OF promise
span our skies.
Take the young county of Hardeman-organ-
lied in 1885, with 800: to-day has 40OOl She is a
county Of tradition and of song. 1t is there that
not long since the Indian chieftain wooed and
won his maiden dear; there he bathed his manly
limbs in the lovely streams; but the magic wand
of civilization has driven him hence, and now
remains naught but his blessing upon the coun-
ty and the QuRnRh-Which bears his
name.
we are SO proud, steps out like queen and wins
the silver medal. and places it as another jewel
in her glittering crown; and how gladly does
Wilbarger, her sister county, give her the hand
of congratulation.
At her organization her taxable valuation was
81 900 In 1887, S. 0OOi to-day, 81 0O0, goo.
In her Dos ON are iron, copper and marble; and
who doubts that soon shining mausoleums will
rear aloft their proud heads taken from Harde-
man fields?
Take again the young county of Wichita
called by Mr.. Howard-tbe Banner Wheat
county Of Texas" Our sister by birth, our
sister by ties OF association, rejoicing alike with
Mr.. Eagle then proceeded to show such facts
as were both startling and interesting, and
proceeded: THAT we rejoice in her honorable
recognition here no one must question:
Need tell you more of far-famed Wichita?
No. Her exhibit shows that upon her fair
bosom are planted thousand farms, whose
glowing harvest waves as the gentle Zephyrs
fan it, and the golden morning sunlight casts
its quivering beams upon it. Here q homo
glow in the intense light OF honest homes; here
mortgage Is unknown, and every man tills his
glorious fields in the light of his own intelli
gence. Here stands Wichita Falls-''city set
among the hiIls''-a city of 5000 happy, push
ing. progressive citizens. But visit her and see
Touring mills; her church spires pointing aloft
wealth yns p Of her Citizens. and the unbounded
confidence in the future of this country! AS
Proctor Knott said OF Duluth, SO say OF Wich-
ita Falls, that had its mystical rhythm never
been found the English language had never
found one Of its sweetest melodies-and in the
recognition she has received we rejoice"
Mr.. Eagle then took up Wilbarger county, his
home county, and showed its organization in
lssl with $50 population; in 1887, 1900; in 1888,
7OOO; in $780, 10 0O0 That its taxable valuation in
1881 was 81 900, goo; in 1888, 81 go OOO in 1852
So 500 600; in 1890, opportunities Sc 600 o0o That
in 1851 1000 acres were planted in wheat; in 1883,
5000 acres in lSS9, 5000 acres; in
oats in 1883 made 26O, 600 bushels.
That there were 10000 acres of
land in .,,,a The county, 80 per cent Of
in cultivation, and still our crop this year will
be at least 81 900, 900, and our taxable valuation
Sc, 900, 600. Then proceeded: And do not your
eyes, as do mine my friends, look with ever
longing vision, for the aurora of that glorious
day when others shall know we know these
facts? Woven together, they make to me
our wheat crop this year will be at least
I,sO0, 900 bushels, and as PeaEe river spaned by
a brigde gives us control of Greer county wheat
fields, grain elevators with an aggregate capac-
ity OF 300, 900 bushels are being constructed.
My friends, as I have wandered bewildered
realizing the vast possibilities the future held
in store for Us, have in fancy seen q fair land,
lovelier than fancy can conceive; happy bones
on every prairie; corn-cribs full and people out
ofdebt and with bank account ahead: bright
eyed children singing merrily over blooming
pfaSrleS and babbling brooks; homes where en-
recognition of Anglo Saxon superiority reign;
church spires glistening in the silver rays of the
morning sunlight-joy and light and love and
And over this fair land see glimmering in
placid rays beam down on the blessed land.
Watch 1t as 1t gently steps out upon q cerulean
balcony bRlustered with sapphire, her beautiful
robes of ethereal azure with borders glinted with
rermilion falling gracefully about her lovely
form, while her fair brow wears a crown of dih-
monds, and her luxuriant tresses Of glittering
gold fall to her silver ssndals That star is the
city of Vernon-proud Queen of the Prairies, -
which in 1887 numbered 500: in 1883, 1000; in
1889 2sOO; in 1880, 400! whose taxable valuation
is 81, SOC, 900.
Will be interesting I hope. In 0c-
tober, 1883, the receipts from all
sources were $500, while in October, 1889, they
we're $50 500, and in January, 1890, S3l 900, and
moi Sh r0r
foEsEsrded. During the fifteen months ending
October, 1889, 672 cars lumber were received;
during December and January last 232-facts
unprecedented,
What does all this prove to you. 1t shows
that the man with the hoe has superseded the
red man. Where but few years
since shone the sullen sun of bar
where was naught, now are palaces; where then
the rank grass grew from the soil of heather
carnage. now waves the golden harvest;
where savage disorder Teigned, now republican
government lives.
Mr. Eagle continued in this line for time,
speaking of soil, climate, water etc., and closed
thus:
So, my fellow citizens Of Texas, let us mar
shat our several sections in solid phalanx on
and on to glories yet unseen; let US march under
the same flag OF Texas, above and infinitely
higher than which the flag of the rstars aud
stripes will wave its ample folds. Let us real
ize that the more glorious the several sections
the more glorious the state, which in turn
honors the Union whose constitution protects
usl
He closed, amid cheers, with the following
beautiful lines:
Texasl Texasl Texasl
She offers homes to the homeless hone to the