San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-03-01
SAN SABA COUNTY.


the County's tax roll for 1891
Land, val sL640, sos; city ard town
lots, val sI37, 300; wagons, etc, val
$50, 9O4; tools, etc, val s4,3S6; hor-
ses and mules, No 1,53S, val S256
434; cattle 6l,19S, val 1854, 222i
jacks and iennies As. s4,375; sheep
42.4OS, val SCI, 146; goats 2445, val
Sl,202; hogs 11,l0O, val S1I355i
goods. wares, etc, val S62,55I; mon
ey on hand 1910; miscellaneous
property, val sl82,9l5; total value
Of property rendered for taxation
s.. 7s0I2S; Amount of tax. levied
s25, so6,94
Timber. notwithstanding what
nav be said TO the contrary, San
saba's timber, excepting the cedar
and the product Of the pecan tree,
VIII never be Of any commercial
value. We have a large variety of
woods but only few Of them have
anv known value other than for
fuel. Among our native trees l
may mention the pecan, cedar,
mesquite. post oak, red and water
elm. live oak, china, slim oak span
ISL oak. burr oak, blackjack, null
berry, blackberry, willow, walnut,
and gumelasfic, Besides there
are many scrubs ofmany varieties.
The cedar Is pretty generally dis
tributed over the county, but in
the southeastern part of the coun-
t. there Is a brake covering thou
sands Of acres Of land The pecan
grows on the banks and in the val
leys Of running streams, and al
most always in black dirt Every
year this tree is the source Of thou
sands OF dollars of wealth to our
citizens. The superiority Of the
pecan over all other nuts has never
been disputed. The peeans of the
San Saba valley are the finest on
earth. E RisIen has, perhaps CIV
en- this tree more study than any
. otber person. As yet little atten-
ton, as an orchard tree, has been
given it. but 10 the one that will
give 1t the proper care a fortune
is waiting. For q shade tree it is
beyond comparison. a straight
clean BODY and a heavy black
green foliage The live oak, post
oak and mesquite are used extern
sively for fence posts
San SABA, The LAND OF SPRINGS.
Besides the Colorado river,
which rms half way round the
county and the San Saba river,
which runs diagonally through the
county from southwest to north
east, there are many large creeks
fed by never failing springs. The
principal ones are: Cherokee, in
the southern part of the county;
Wallace, in the south-central part;
Simpson. IN The east-ceDtral part;
Brady in the Southwestern part:
Harvay or Bonnet in central part;
Richland IN the north-central part:
Never Failing or Twelve Springs
Creek near the central part; Post
Oakin the Southeastern part; Lit
tie in the southeastern part; Rough
Creek in the eastern part; Barnet
Sprs Greek. in the eastern 1esft-
With the eyesps5n q Wallace.
Simpson al Richland the creeks
haze per been known to run dry
or I'll IN the least bit, let the
drouth be never so long.
The section Of country known as
Rock Shoales is particularly fay-
ored spot as regards springs.
On the notrh side of, and one
half mile from the San Saba river
and twelve miles west of San Saba
town Is Harvey, or Bonnet as it is
named in the surveys. Out from
aTezas marble cliff ruS,es in one
crystal stream thy Harvey spring.
The spring Is at the head of can
yon whose sides overhang with ce-
dar Tvs oak and tangled masses
Of vines This spring presents to
the lovers If nature an enchanting
yieu. TIE volume Of water Is
something like three hundred and
fifty cubic feet per minnie. The
water from the spring winds itself
down in a silver thread through
rich alluyial valley aifording,
sufficient amount of wa
ter TO irrigate over one hundred
acres Of land. The water has been
used for a number Of years for If
rigation. The spring is owned by
George Baker.
About one mile south of last
named spring and on the same
side Of the river are two large
springs separated by a distance of
one hundred and fifty yards. They
rise at the base of rock capped
mountain. which rises to a height