Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-02-27
QUANAH.
Board of Trade Organized and officers Elected.
Surprised at the Price of Land-Real
Estate Since February l.
Correspondence of the Gazette.

Correspondence Of the Gazette.
QUANAH, TEX. Feb. 24.-To-night,
pursuant of adjournment, the Quauah
board of trade assembled in the temper
airy courthouse building, Frank P. Knott
in the chair, and Frank Brown secretary,
and went into permanent organization
with the following membership: l..
Simpson, John T. Wiley, Hon. J. c..
Roberts, W. Q. Henderson, Hon. J. J I.
Combs, ". D. Wear, Capt. F. P. Knott,
Capt. William J. Good, W. H. Dunson,
Fred Rips, D. p. Gibson, J F. McFar-
lin, Col. F. T. Dysart, W. w. Clover,
J. D. Ballard, Hon. D. 6. Smith, D.
E. Decker, w. l.. Evans, j. w. Col
ston, NJ. II. Rankings, w. E. Johnson,
Frank Brown, J. L. Ebert, J. NJ.
Doolen, Wallace Good, Capt. II. B..
Newbery, J. R. Sanders, w. E. Smit q +,
D. D. Swearengen, J. T. Spears, Mart
Byrd, B. w. Morris, G. H. Shaw, F.
J. Ramsey, J A. Johnson, 7. d. Wag-
ner, J a. Pardue, Hon. K. II. Faux
ner, Walter Smoot, DR.. S. S. Stump,
w. A. Wigley, DR.. G. w. Hodge, J
B. Stitler, James Carol, J s. Harper,
J. NJ. Offett, Charles Goldberg, - Eu-
ban k, E. j. Flint, J w. Odell, j. J :,
Specht and Harry Snppington.
After adopting constitution and by
laws the following officers were elected
to-wIt: Hon D. G Smith, president;
Capt. William J. Good, Vice-president;
D. E. Decker, secretary, and H. N.
Victor, treasurer.
Committee of fnanoe-L. Simpson, J
W. Golston and J. j. Combs.
The people OF Quanah who witnessed
the proceedings of this body of represeu-
tative men of Hardeman county to-
night, went home feeling secure in the
upbuilding of all the public enterprises Of
our young city,. These men who have
entered into this organization are men of
means and ability, men who came to
Hardeman county undeveloped aud see
it to-day, through their energy and per-
severance, green with wheat fields and
peopled with a prosperous and happy
population.
Quanah has a way of doing things that
would be a credit to some of our leading
cities of the state. Last week, in a few
hours, money was raised by private sub
scription to build plank bridge across
the sand beds OF Red river, and will now,
as soon as a few prelimInaries can be
done, erect an iron bridge across the
main channel, and by these means Sc
cure almost the entire trade of Greer
county, which is now becoming very
thicklY settled.
W. L. EvaRs, a prominent mer-
chant of Dallas, is one of Quanah's
latest acquisitions in a business way.
Mr.. Evans is nephew of the late B. @.
Evans OF Fort Worth, and gives promise
of being to Quanah what his uncle was TO
Fort Worth. AS soon as his building Is
com pleted he will open up one OF the
largest, if not the largest, stock of dry
goods and clothing in the Panhandle
country. With the connections which he
has in the East be will be able to do
good iobbing trade.
Saturday night q farmer from Bastrop
county en- route to Hartley county with
his family was accidentally left by the
north-bound passenger train and COM
PEELED to stay over one day. He was
surprised ar the prices of farming land in
this county, as he had, as We fear many
others, been told that lands were very
high in Hardeman county. He informed
your correspondent that If ne could ar
range his matters of business without too
great q sacrifice he would resurn here
and make this his home. While we
have no school land now in the county,
yet we are able TO invite poor farmers to
our county, where they can bay land so
cheap that their first years wheat crop
will pay for the land.
Your correspondent, notwithstanding
the large amount of work our county
clerk now has on hand, was enabled TO-
day to gain access to the records OF deeds
long enough to get the total amount OF
the real estate transfers filed for record
since the lst of February. The total was
$40, 5l1 As, the largest consideration
being $500, and but two or thres exceed
ing $1,000. In chief, those who Fave pur-
chased have made their home here, or
intend TO some time in the near future.
on Q careful examination of the books of
real estate agents, we ara satisfied that
not more than one-third OF the deeds of
sales that have been made this month
have been fled for record at this tizae.