Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-19
COMANCHE.
STARTLING RECORD OF TOWN
AND COUNTY.
Comparisons with Surrounding Counties.
Comanche's S15, 900 Fair Grounds
and Race Track

w. o. Hamilton, district attorney of the
Forty district, embracing several
counties is delegate to the district and
COUNTS attorneys' convention in session in
sNSft Worth Mr. Hamilton. although a
sound lawyer, is also promoter of the in
terests of his section, and especially of Co.
manche'S progress, which he says is MAX
ing steady headway
On being importuned by reporter as to
the development and possibilities of his
town and section, the gentleman was found
to be as full OF information and Statistics as
an egg IS OF meat and delivered himself in
this wise:
The gentleman led off by saying that the
history of Comanche for the last yeaf
chronicles the erection of a S75, 900 court
house, thirty three business houses, foSr-
teen of them being fine two-story stoneAnd
brick buildings. In its march of material
progress it is also keeping step wifi the
procession in the way of schools, aid we
are putting on metropolitan airs lathe ex-
tent of building a $4,000 opera hoHse build
ing. We have eight churches, a g6ller mill
that dPst $4,000, two other floVksng mills,
three Notion gins, an iron fouyfdry, brick
and tin company, two nationff banks, and
local u Pm and improvemengfompany and
have buiSS hover 100 residences in the last
year. ~
ss Il support indus les and ins'isa'
''S Our own coua> whisi is one of the best
'I l. ~ The ns value of eaArm products of Co.
manche county is gfR ter than that OF any
west as Comanche S6uNy
. Comanche cq&nty ises more corn
than any other COUNTY in be state which is
as far west as Cdhanche c0hpty "a;
B. Comanche county rais1 more cotton
than any other Sbunty in the kate which is
as far west as 9bmanche count
T. Bexar co4hty is twenty. ars older
west as CONF nche county, but Ohnanche
raises more ebtton, corn, wheat an oats
than BeXar county.
). There is bot county in the state afar
west as Comdhche county is, that hasSas
many farms and farmers
d. Tarrant county is seven years oldee
than Comanche, and is 100 miles f,rthers
east; but CCmanche raises 5000 bales of cot
ton more than Tarrant
:, Tarrant county has 10000 popula-
ton and Comanche 5000, but the
value of farm products raised in Comanche
county annually IS greater than that raised
in Tarrant
s. Brown, Lampasas, Callahan. Tom
Green and Comanche counties are all con-
sidered Western counties and and will all
Comanche's annual farm product exceeds
that OF Brown, $500, 600: exceeds that of
Lampasas, $4S5, 600; exceeds that of Gala
han, $500, 1000. and that of Tom Green,
800, 600.
9. Comanche county is bounded by ,
Erath, Hamilton, Mills, Brown and East
land, but she owns more school houses than
Erath, Hamilton, Mills, Brown or Eastland
1t has more school houses than either Tar
rant or BeXar
10. Comanche county has more popula-
ton. more farms and raises more farm
products than any county in the p. C. c.
the Abilene country or the Brown
wood country
II. In 1880 Comanche had population of
sos; Ill 1880, 16, 1914, an increase of 1856.
In 1889 Comanche county raised Il, SIS bales
of cotton and 594 943 bushels of corn. The
estimated cotton crop of 1890 is $1,000 bales
There IS not county in the p. c. c. coun-
try, Brownwood country or Abilene country
that can make as good showing on popula-
ton, cotton or corn.
H. In 1889 there were recorded in
amounting to SO, 1856; Erath, Sl2s.s3S; Ham
lton, sl04,503; Brown. 500 Mills,
&c. 7o2. The tax on 300 for Comanche was
s. cents; Erath. 40 cents; Brown, 55 cents;
Hamilton, 6Ocents: Eastland, 80 cents.
IL. The average taxable value of lands
per acre IN THESE counties Tor Comanche
was So IS; Brown, e s5: Eastland S.. Sc;
Erath, $2.S Hamilton. 81. IL; Mills. 1925 |
These figures and facts may be relied !
upon. as they are taken from the report of |
If the states bureau of statistics and his |
DRY, and hence have the governments |
zeal Of authority upon them.
Besides these things have enumerated, |
which reflect as true as mirror rich ard |
'er.ile county, we have another enterprise |
We are proud of, and which viii interestxl
he breeding and sporting fraternity of the
tate namely, our county fair. Our track,
which alone cost $500, is gaming reprta-
ion among horemen, and there are now
wenty-three being speeded and in training
It this track on account of its excellent
qualities. Our fair grounds cost US SIS, 0a0.
The grand stand is tgo-story, and has 1900 |
n it. There are 200 stalls for horses, and |
t the last fair every one was filed ard !
lerland was made for mere. Our second |.
nnual opening is the I'D OF next Septem-
'er. The Breeders association will be
and we expect large attend
nee, TO be Drawn from all over the state. L
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