San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-03-24
SAN SABA COUNTY.


travel one half mile south; here
the base of a very steep hill we fin
the Twelve Springs. They are nc
generally known by this name, bu
by the name Henderson Springs
As the name indicates this is nc
one spring but group of many
When wLite men first saw thes
springs their waters ran a shor
distance and then formed a larg
lake. A. j. Rose, who settled ii
confined the waters to an area b.
building a dam. The volume o
water is about four hundred anC
fifty cubic feet per minute. Sew
eral years ago there was a corn anc
saw mill run by this waterpower
but they have long since fell into
disuse. The water is now owned
by Z A Sloan and the James Hen
derson heirs. At present about
two hundred acres of land is irri-
gated from the springs. Perhaps
the best peach orchard in the
county is found here. Mr. Sloan
is its proprietor.
About three quarters of a mile
due south Of the last named springs
is another large spring. 1t rises
on the land of John NJ Flemings
and runs down through Kings
Greek to the S., n Saba river. The
King heirs use the water from
this spring for irrigating purposes
The velume of water is near three
hundred and twenty-five cubic feet
per minute. About four hundred
acres of land is irrigated by the
four springs that have just been
described, and there yet remains
five hundred and six hundred acres
more not yet cleared up, that can,
with a small amount of labor, be
irrigated.
At the town of San Saba is
spring running FIVE hundred cubic
feet of water per minute. This
spring affords a sufficient power
to run the San Saba roller mill, a
corn mill, and several gin stands.
San Saba City has her supply of
water though her waterworks are
from this spring. After leaving
the mill and gin the water is used
for irrigating purposes, The
spring and mill belong to James
Brown.
Twenty miles south of San Saba
on Cherokee Creek is the Hex
Spring. 1t runs out from lime
stone bluff, then four hundred
yards into Cherokee Greek.
Around the spring Is a beautiful
mot composed of pecan, elm and
live-oak timber. This is not
large spring. Joseph Hex set
tied it, built a dam with the inten-
ton of using the water for irriga-
ing purposes but never completed |
the work. The spring now belongs
to Rubin Gray.
One half mile from the mouth
Of Little Fall Greek is the German
spring. 1t bubbles up from the
bed of the Creek in a course, pure
white sand. Just to look at this
spring makes one thirsty. The
surrounding are weird and rugged
IN the extreme. When the visitor
sees this place his mind begins to
run old stories of strange things
and deep laid plots, etc. The wa
.er runs off in a tortuous stream
until it reaches the banks of the
Colorado River, and here it leaps
rom the cliff sixty feet below into
he red waters of the Colorado.
This cascade is called the Gem
Falls. In order to properly ap-
'reciate this thing of beauty the
.eader must see it, for it is impos-
iible for the writer's poor pen to
describe it. Upon the cliffs side
md behind the fall is a large round
d space, having in the center Il
eat of the most beautiful work
while on its top and
ides grow moses and ferns pro-
usely. This seat [ have named
The Kings Throne. Further up
he cliff grows a large sycamore
rec, whose roots are fastened in
he solid rock. The spring was
ettled by John Clark, and now
,elong to Nay German.
Lemon Squeezer.
Cleveland has signifed his in
ention of running the executive
nd of the business, this is a
friendly hint to the senators that
hey would do well to attend to
he law making department
Three days Is very shorttimc in which
D cure bad case Of Rheumatism; but 1t t
an be done, if the proper treatment is I