Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-17
Hog, HOminy and Cotton-A Good Coun-
try for the Home-Seeker.

"How did you come to go to Dublin}''
| was asked Of John Howard yesterday BY j
| GAZETTE representative.
.'Well, that question is easily answered."
| replied John. After l got through with
| the Santa Anna Anna land sale and finished
my contract with the Brentwood people ]
| returned to Fort Worth, and it was my in
| tention 10 take a rest for month or two,
and about the time L was ready to take a
| trip with my family to the mountains re-
ceived telegram from Mr.. A. A. Chap
| man, cashier First national bank and treas
urer of the Dublin land and improvement
company OF Dublin, Tex, saying he wished
to meet me there, or if convenient to come
| to Dublin.
'sWell. boarded the Rio Grande train
here at 9 O'Clock p. m, and was in Dublin
al 3 80 that evening, and intended to return
to the Fort the next day noon. On my ar
rival at Dublin l learned from Mr. Chap
man, Capt. II. A. Smith, president of the
First national bank, that they thought OF
having public sale of farm lands and town
property, and wanted to know what l
thought of the plan, and 10 tell you the
truth. didn't encourage them but mighty
little, for the reason that did not have a
very favorable impression Of the country.
Still l could not say that l knew much of
the town and its history from actual obser-
walton, but in some way got it in my head
that the country was rough and broken,
and that only a small per cent of the land
tributary to Dublin was good farm land.
..Yes expect there are many people
scattered over Texas that think about as l
did, and YOU may be one of them" con-
tinued John, and to make long story
short, we talked matters over in a general
way and | found the business men OF Dub
lin 10 be clean cut, broad gauge, business
like men. l learned and saw with my own
eyes what they had done in the way of in
provements and in building up their town
and county. and finally L says to myself.
those men must know that they have
foundation here for a good town or they
would net be fooling away their time here.
| guess | had better stop over u dag and see
the country around here and meet some of
the farmers and hear what they have done
this and last year in the way of crops, and
hear something of the Dublin district, and
the people-now that l am here.
$50 next day we hitched up and drove
around the country and over the town, and
| became interested enough to want to stay
another day, and learn more of the country
and people, and finally after remaining
there for four days l was thor
oughly convinced that L didn't know as
thought did. I always thought it was
pretty fair kind of country, but was OF the
opinion that there wasn't really much to at
tract the business man and home-seeker as
compared to other portions of our state, and
as said before, was a little cold on the
Subjet.' a
But you seem to hifse been converted,
or at least changed yolr mind"
Eyes sir, l came to theS conclusion that
there was plenty of room fcr more people in
Erath and Comanche counties, and that all
that was necessary to secrHe the home
seekers for that section was toinvite them
to come and see it.
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cheap, and that the lana owners were will
ing to sell at reasonable prfsessand give the
actual settler the best o. the bSsgain.''
What is the country BEST adaffed to, and
what are the principal crops 2" was;ssed.
That section, in my opinion, is a Seod
corn, rottpn and hog Sountrysand fruit and
peeed If S Gsa a0 wss a sr made ds so
fine stock, aeecially hprsss..tand thata
graded cattle ars 1ping wen. The corn crop
shipped to your pacEes from, that section
this fall"
dark rich sandy soil of asgood depth and
it nicely. and there iss.abund ance of timber
for fuel aRld ~ater is IA1nd Eenerally from
fifteen toN<hi1tA feetas9d y very good
quality The SlSNnIe ofsHuHin is about
200 feet which insdeR heaaEp
Yes, DuNHha tkftHaQe ~ the south
half of EratHthe norN hafreA Comanch e
land and Han klton for hers sritory, and it is
ninety miles fSRp Fort Wdxh, 1O6 miles
from Waco, for milesSrom Brown
wood and forty is6tmiles fT<m Cisco, so
you see it is very wenatecated 4ar business
and the drummers all saSSit isS 'the best !
town from Fort Worth to RRpwhyood or
from Waco to Cisco"
S.No T 6op.+ N. o,,o,, 0-nn |
population. The atte 6spce of tie schools
last year was 100, wMdl thing is good |
proof that they have not Mc&e0ak $500 pop |
ulation in the town. The taxable. values of |
the town this ye4ns $40, 900, Which is not |
bad showing. Ihllg cotton compress |
handled last seasohs lsNSes bales OF cotton,
they viii handle not rs tSaas5, o4 bsles |
this season. This of it5sk to sSkkbthing |
of grain, stock, etc, oughtN.put quite !
little money in circulation in thasseeefon." i
ives sir. After getting this information |
and seeing the low price at which land |
could be rhad, and the advantages gen.
conclusion that Dublin had good future |
to it,
NO sir. don't think it will make city, |
but do think it will make good town. |
In fact, it is good town now, and is bound |
to grow and prosper as the country settles |
up. And now that there Is an effort being |
made to induce the farmers to occupy the |
vacant land there is not the least doubt in
my mind but that the population Of both |
county and town will increase rapidly
'.Yes; all that is necessary to secure the
farmer for Erath county is to have him go |
and see it. l certainly think so, or l should |
not have undertaken the work am engaged
i'm
''You can say for me, if you will, that if
7 am mistaken about nuhlin and tho cnr1r |
try tributary to it, am willing to pay the
expenses of any man-come from where he
will, in the United States-if he don't find
the country and town as I have and Will
continue to represent it while I am con-
uected with it, and if am doing wrong in !