San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-09

five yearsD will pay from $500 t.
$1,000 per acre. Five year old peal
trees have been known to produce
twenty-five bushels of pears t.
each tree. Ten-year-old pear trees
should yield not less than l,OO(
bushels to the acre, and which will
net not less than 81 per bushel, OF
$1,000 per acre; and this fruit can
be marketed here one month
earlier than in California. Nc
county can surpass this for grapes
this is its natural home. We
have seen them grow fourteen feet
from cuttings in one season. and
bear well developed grapes-they
will begin to bear the second year
and pay from 800 to $500 per acre
the third year"
From One-half to bale per acre,
of cotton, can be grown, here, in
anything like a favorable season,
and with proper attention, 40 to 30
bushels of corn can readily be
raised.
Such as melons, canteloupes, &C.,
grow to an immense size, and have
a very fine flavor. In short, the
character and fertility of the soil,
as we'll as the favorable climatic
conditions, make this section of
Texas, not alone, one of the most
productive, but capable of yielding
a wider range of products than al
most any other portion Of our
favored land.
CLIMATE.
Nothing can surpass the climate
of this portion of southwest Texas.
The average temperature, as shown
by government reports, for the
past five years, give 20 de-
grees in winter and 80 in
summer. 1t is never visited
by intensely "cold snaps" as in the
northern states, and the hottest
days of summer are always tenn
pered by the cool, refreshing and
healthful breezes from the gulf.
Although lying in a region favored
usually by sufficient rainfall for
maturing crops, yet there are no
low, damp marshes, nor decOm-
posed vegetation calculated to
breed malaria or fever. On the
contrary, the climate is healthful
and invigOrating, and this section
is becoming widely known as a re-
sort for the invalid.
Bee county is well watered, the
principal streams being the Medic,
PapalOte and BlancO, with their
tributaries. A number of these
are well supplied with fish, and an
abundance of sport is offered to
fishing parties that frequent these
streams.
Plenty of well water for domestic
and stock purposes can always be
found, at depth of from 20 to 100
feet. Many windmills have been
erected and they may be seen in
every direction in and around Bee
vile.
PRICES OF LAND.
Land can yet be obtained in Bee
county at comparatively low prices,
from So to Sl5 per acre, a
few miles from town. There are
some large tracts lying near the
county seat, which will soon be
divided up into small farms to suit
purchasers. The most of these are
now held by Mr.. A. c. Jones, a
prominent and wealthy resident of
Beeville, who is about to take meas
ures for their general subdivision.
The taX-rolls of Bee county, just
completed, show the total valua-
ton of the property of the county
to be $4,000, 15h. There are 545,l51
acres of land valued at Sl,2l5,437.
The number of horses and mules
are given as 5,761, at a valuation
of S105, 250. Cattle 1856 head with
valuation of S224,59S; Hogs $50,
valued at $l,25l.
Railroads, telegraph lines ETC.,
$5O4,S94.
The Arkansas Pass railway Co.
pays the largest tax of any corpo-
ration in the county.
Capt. A. c. Jones is the largest
resident taxpayer, with property
valued at $l2l,765.
The cOunty's affairs, having
been judiciOusly managed, since
its organization, by honest and
able officials, the county is out of
debt, and tax rates are compari-
lively low.
EEVILLE.
Beeville, the cou nty seat, is a
prosperous growing town, with a
population of about $500. 1t is sit
uated in nearly the geographical
center Of the county, and lies at a