The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-11-20
The Future d san saba.

D Future OF san saba. We begll
. by quoting a few words from
5 Sprague. Not many years age
where You now sit. surrounded b,
all that exalts a d embellishe
, civilized life, the r;s ink thistle nod
ded in the wind anil the wild 70,
dug his hole unsca}ed. And The
cruel, unchristian avages, red dev
lis of the forest, prowle9 arounC
over this beautiful land seeking
what and whom the I miehtdeyour
while the pappooselI and wild cats
and wolves, and lanthers made
the nights hiddeou4 with their I'M
earthly yells. OurIbeautiful fields
were barren pranes, and our towns
were not then dreame of. But
all have passed away. Instead OF
the wild Comanches disturbing our
slumbers we are disturbed by the
thoughts offnaneial sharpers, sub
treasures, politics & grocery bills.
Instead ofpappoose!b the midnight
cries of our civilized babies reach
our ears, and the wi cats, wolves,
and panthers have Owen vov for
rantankerous tom cas-, pianos, and
serenaders. The wise heads of
the great Lone Star conceived in
their minds the name San Saba,
and as the words naturally are
pretty and imply beauty, prosper
Gus, rich, fertil, thriving and plen-
tiful, they tasked themselves to
find that place in Teas that could
consistently be called San Saba.
After a tiresome search it was
found in Bexar county and straight
way carved ont anc. so named.
San Saba does not mean boom,
and there never has I,een a boom.
The wild heather sa,mges, Niger
in-laws to the black imp could find
no room here. The newly made
county started right off on the
road of prosperity and the red man
were left in the lurch and had to
go West to hunt some sorrier
place for his devilmelt. Then the
Solons began to select the most
beautiful place il the county for
the location of the county seat.
That was another hiud task as
there were SO many suitable places.
But by undaunted courage and
perseverance they found the place
right here, and again applied the
sweet name San Saba, and it has
been right here ever since, though
once it mighty nigh burned up.
That is how it happened to be here.
The fox, and the rabbit, and the
wolves dig their holes about here
yet, but they are mighty scared,
especially since the sc'Ip law pass
ed. This is all since mot many
years ago, but now 70 not many
years hence" San Saba Will be
one Of the great cities of the
west. tits surrounded by rich, |
fertil, and progressive county, sup
piled by all that might be asked
of Nature. Its underg :ound treas
ury houses are ! ct in their print
tive state. But they are there
nevertheless. Our marble is of
the finest quality, and our irons
are plentiful. These. old hills
that are looked upon as idle wastes, |
may some day turn out more
wealth than our most FERTILE valleys.
The sparkling waters that now idly
ripple in the San Saba river will
some day be turned to practical
use, and will be found more pro-
ductive than our richest farms.
The many flowing springs and
streams will some day be CONVEX
ted to power, and utilized in man
ufacturing the vast amounts of
agricultural products raised IN our
own county. The roekiand splen-
did quaries now cons dered but
Obstacles and distinctions will some
day be utilized in building fine
store houses, factories railroads
and bridges. All will come into
use some day, and we will then
look back with sigh Of regret,
that we in our blindness could not
fore see the results and avail our
selves Of these advantages. Could
you who were in this county 50even
% years ago have frseen the
county as it is to day, how differ
ent would have been yoar actions
and how many thcusands ofdollars
could you have been worth. And
could we to-day fore-sec . or 50
years hence, how easily could we
feather our nests. The same rate
Of progress is still being made.
.0uc beautiful little town must be-
come a fourisniug city. lis loca-
ton, and surroundings demand it,
and such it will be Cur cotton