Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-06

The Practical Experience Of German
colony Is san factory.

The Practical Experience Of a German
colony l. san factory
Much has been said pro and con about
developing the agricultural resources
az "A county by direct efforts of owners
through agencies directed 70 u particular
class of people. We viii refer 10 Il
colony near Wichita Falls, and let the
rpndsr draw lis conclusions Whcthtr
tbov and the country Interested are behe-
fitted or not. ......,,, ,,,.,.,,>,,,
is "A Gcrmnn Catholic colony The Hnd
h owned hy Mcssrs. Clarke x llulhni
includes 10000 acres, is situated ~
miles south of Wichita Falls IN the
rd,e of Archer county, county Ior uE-
rirnlturnl purposes about the same as
Wichitn county. which we have deschn-
cd fully. The entire body OF lNnu lH
,pdcr one fence, and b. sub-diNideu INTO
farms Ia sizes as deSired WmHh Ei's
Inc uurchnser the advantage OF pr'aHlhS
AMI saving his ground before ielring
Three wears ago. the gentlemen OWL
mo this land. aud deyOtlng 10 ana thelr
limo 10 cattle raising dccldeu Una! lNtlh
;l,,, would nay a much heavier interest,"
nm tho capital invested, ANA uel',ulHy
to dcspost of the long-horn 9hu SuD
stitute the "mnn with the noe, ~ ',t2
cnfntpeurod active work In setting lha
Ionds This was less than Two yehff
AN and TODAY they have thriving Town
~ NImdthrost, with every Inc OF cuh'
'orcc reprcsentod In brick aud sioh,
stores. Catholic church that cos.
| S-GDO, a fine stone hotel, an HcHhh'
| grb6ol house with fifty scholars IN Nttehu.
| moo taught by the Sisters, ana eisnly
! Families an Gcrmang filling the laiiua
,f as many farmers. There Is this one M.
- mn increased population 10 thnt
,,o,,,ty M between 400 and 300 thirty
,.;ti1o1s who own their lands ana are
| laVing 40 money each year. pehlues man
! ing a fat living. , ~, WHIT
Rnt let's 20 little farther ny,
viii The result bef ms COLONY - llu,t i
! Gftoon different states, northern hnu
lll l',,,rr, They are pleased ana are
v",sin" money The news has reached
ti,ajr friends. and one of the owner
! III 40 writer that over 100 lhnitet
,11 ioin the colony this year, II lhy
..,,, ,,,ere GOOD. and they will come lol
nm overwhelming crop ms year ~ ~
sured. There you partially ntN ' '
work of the pasture owner h ~ nh
and IN five years more N lll,,,a'' noonin
Il" town of some thQuaalu lc1iH.
,,lue tbe pasture viii be made my,
s,t'ns that from a producing slnhupolh'
''I.nn win be worth $50 20 Hpl an acre
f',ct ~ the Panhandle counties nae
CLARK & Plumb the gram 9rouu''
! would nstOuish the Woflu'
priest from ST. Louis who yisllg,
,bn colony last year, wrote TO his peopa'
i5s Immersion MS follows
Iii IL impossible 90 exactly descflp'
.bo county and soil, because both gl'
sn very different from all ever seen u
mo From the church site You oNeiloo'
.a'V or eight valleys ior mites aus ,
yet thew are not valleys. They are heau
tifpl hills. hut rising So Gradually INA
II il scarcely observable, ono pall ",
tbc onuearance &C q mountainous f'siol
whom seen from distance You cal
NOV through the whole year, lhe WINE
rron ends about Christmas ihen CON
nen6es the spring crop one hlnN
erass cal, be cut three times
"'The climate aud products fesllhu ul
~ Hungary. Southern Austria, Norther
Iialv ana Southcrn France, aud ali Lh ,
tbrives 10 these countries can, ih w oplu
I'm he raised here excellent gram an
Inc very best fruit
l'Near 70 Winthorst, az Blue hiof
there are many orchards, especial
peaches. upricots, prunes, also Hp,lei,
which are said 70 produce good lFul
} and rich haryests ,,..t.i,,.
AZ the geol0gical congress- ai 4siiln5
ton, ID. c., this red mesquite son wa