Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-02
AT THE FALLS
The swlro Smith, and slllman Parry We'll
Pleased.

( fNtdhiNs
Wichita Falls, Tex, April 1.--(Speclal.'
Tho purity Of English capitalists, com
prsing AlessH .Swire Smith, j. q. H0rs.
| fall, William Sugien aud Prince Smith
| Jr., who received extended mention In
the col INNS Of Fridays Gazette. arrived
IN this city Friday afternoon. They were
ON the way 10 Vernon. but concluded 10
20 no further after an Invitation had
been rendered them TO remain and OK
plore the country adjacent TO Wichita
Falls Tho party included also Mr.. g. II.
Silliman Of Fort Worth and representa-
lives Of the Decatur and Henrietta boards
Of trndc
They were met ne the depot by ]. A.
Kemp, w. a. McCutchcp and other
citizens and escorted 10 the 81. James
hotel where an elaborate lunch had been
prepared, aud aftor the cravings Of the
inner man had been satisfied the train
was again resortsd 10 for a short Journey
among the broad wheat fields Wing on
each side o. the Wichita Valley railroad.
Returning again 10 the Balls they took
carriages for n drive about the city, aud
up The river valley between this place
aud Iowa Park
What most impressed the visitors was
The present excellent VIII int prospect View
ed from nearly any standpoint along the
road, the fields extend In level e1pnnse
oi gllstening green, which completely
hides the soil. Six hundred aud forty
acres Ia solid wheat blocks arc not al nh
uncommon, and $50 aud lOO-acro tracks
are ON every hand
j. g. Horsfall, who Is In this country
Tor the hrst time, has relinquished the
conventional umbrella OF lid travelling
Briton and assumed the American hn,
OAK. lie looks snap shots of m ut,mLer
OF the helds. 81 want 10 show York.
shigc what inr-aw0y Texas Is doing Ina Tho
WY OF wheat raising" he sni1
IA ipelyltllotn h0Cs.dnflNlo ahrlu
In reply 10 The Gazette mans question
he continued.
:. Yes this Is my first American trim
No opeh Flohe-trotter for a number
oil years, whenever 1 could snatch nm
Interval from business. hut nv travSls
nave been confined TO Europe and mo
Anst, am glad | came 10 America
anu 20 Texas. Your whcnt certainly h
magnificent | feel assured of TIM fi.
lure OF your country aud of your sprirhi.
y lttlc city | shall tell my friends
Mr.. Silliman has been telling us Of
ms section FOR some time past" said
VIZ VIM Sugden, as lac wiped the lens
lt MS Held glass for another look down
across the wheat and across the river
20 where the spires aud roofs of Wichita
Fails were extended "Ele has spoken
lt u very highly, but ] see he has NOT
1t particle
Texas lands ought to Increase in
value very considerably" he continued
lie was told that land which Law be-
Tore him could bring any day SIS per
lcre' aud that three years ago il had
Been sold for 50 per acre.
We'll, them he answered call van
need now is immigration aud develop
mont
After m extended drive the party
urued TO the residence Of Mr.. H. Specht
where an elegant collation. had been
prepared and where the viands of Texas |
were supplemented 10y the sparkling |
'Intoge OF the German fatherlnnd An
'Noning drive to the Falls followed aud |
here the visitors took their special ear |
or Fort Worth, That this city will |
lerye considerable benefit from the visit |
\ these gentlemen goes without saying !
They are Influential, monicd men; they |
ave considerable Invested hero already. |
Nd They left very favorably impressed |
With what they saw here.