Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-21
FORT WORTH OPPORTUNITY
a NEW AND usoccurIED BUSINESS
FIELD.
The Merchants ana Manufacturer of
This city Gun Enter md Occupy
the Land with Trade--who
h. WIN Accept the Chancef

inent of her business supremacy. re-
oneated II. II. Brooks Of Amarillo. who
Is in business in FL Reno. o. T.. to
give his ve1vs regarding the occupation
of the territory through which the
Chicago and Rock Island railroad
passes as far north MS El Reno. and
aiso 10 state what Is being cone TO
secure statehood for Oklahoma and
the Indian Territory and the sentiment
OF the people Interested In the matter
and any point of general interest to the
public. The following is his state
ment:
"rhe building OF the Chicago and
Rock Island into Fort Worth has opon-
ed 10 this city u field for commercial
conquest Little realized by the enter
prising business men who have made
Fort Worth what II IL today. For 200
miles along the railroad mentioned
10 to be found u country capable OF
sustaining millions Of people. which
for atural richness equals the valley of
the Nile, and for beauty OF landscape.
with It's ever changing views Of undu-
latlng prairie3, wooded streams, It's
groves OF timber. IL far more enchant-
ing to the eye than the famous Garden
OF the Gods. Truly, n there is one
spot on earth whore nature has Inv
ished her best glfts IN endlesn profu
sion Is II In the grand country indl-
Gated. Water IS very abundant on
the surface and obtained at compare
lively shallow depths ana lying east
OF tho Gyp lands the water IN gener-
ally soft ind pure as freestone water
found on tho plains or Texas or the
artesan water OF Fort Worth. The
first hundred miles 10 Red river Ia
through the famous cross timbers belt
the fertility Of the soil aud the Won
dcrful crops raised creating at times
IN the minds OF those who do not know
wnat Texas can do doubt rs tn the
truth of the number Of bushels OF corn,
wheat. rye, oats, harl-y, sweet pO-
tntoes or pounds OF cotton raised to
the acre. Crossing Red river into the
Indian Territory or as Il ~ known
by the nume OF the Chickasnw Nation.
the country becomes more regular in
Its formation, with a deeper body OF
soil and rich In all the elements ncoos-
sary % mako good agricultural coun-
Try. The land is owned by the Indiana
IN common and rented out by the more
fortunate ones to white farmers, gem
erally from ToXns, who have made the
country To blossom as u rose. Along
the line every few miles are springing
up cldea as n by magic. Where only
few months ago was 10 be found
only unoccupiea prairie hind are young,
nhn prosperous cities with lumber Yards
|
ment ot all kinds and -four tines out
ot hye men from TeNus are running
the various enterprises. And Fort
worth. that should have nude her
commercial supremacy felt and been
the Wholesale supply depot for tt,st
entire territory. has never nttcn,nted
% evnnReiizc that Country BY sending
her angels OF commerce 10 convert
nose enterprising, progressive Texana
n -, me error OF their way. Wichita
Nlu hensns city drummcrs have COM
neted for That Geld. which RIGHTLY be-
longs TO Fort Worth. but Fort Worth
20 fnr has not been IN tho fight N
wants a, few men like Joseph II Brown
WIS To lend In the flFht and bring that
e.tre country To pay tribute to this
CITY Tor supplies OF nll kinds The
crops raised IN TINT country rust ali
PISS througll Fort Worth or be brourht
mere To market by reason of tho near
ness 70 deep winter and tho shortnesu
u the railroad haul and the supplleg
should be- furnished by the whoicqoto
merchants OF the Fort The nrpt town
nt Importance after leaving Rcd rtvnr
u Ter.l, II IL well built I'm ana has
every evidence OF being IA drat cIoss
business place. RYAN comes next and
n town as largo ns Decatur Surdon.
Nudington. ComRnche. Duncan. NInr-
low and Rush Springa hnvc enoh from
ten TO forty or ffty business enter
prises aud No rapidly are the towns
growing TINT Il puts the writer In MIND
OF man VINO took an extra drink and
when he nwoKc In the morning he
FOUND house bullt up AROUND and nm
der him. Every time we pass up and
down the Ire we sec now atoro bulld.
i l, " course or erection. new ones
opened, new commercial evnnRelista
chanung their seductive lays, car load
nfter car load OF goods being unlonded
but the goods come from the North
NM for the only reason that the Fort
mnru, drummer has failod 10 sing his
noi's tncrc, THEY seem TO be hoodoocd
ond with toara IN their eyes they com,
pain Ike previous angels OF com,
merce How can We sling n Taxna son,,
IN inc Chickasaw land" ChIciSnsaw
~ town OF about 1000 people and ia
Vel built up OF brick and stone storcs
~ " the division headqunrterr for on,
ilneer anu freight businesa and . tov,n
.nat does vast volume OF retail trnde
Mlneo Is also very fine. we'll built IN
pace md the mystery 10 ~ ts an,
haye the Wholesale merchants s,eg,
80 long on their birthrisht. The ,vrita,.
,euns mat active steps arc beln,r IA
Ken by the Dawes commission 10 oncn
tne Nhiekhsaw nation and also the
Nova, Apache and Comnnehe reacrvs-
Tons. and also the Wichita land ,,,,,,,.
nortn, 10 settlement by whitea nnd
" the entire country IN helu,r no AZ
Msre. pre-empted In advance IN, Tax
'n IN anticipation Of that event what
y mere 10 prevent or hinder Fort worm
from stepping TO the front and cini,ni
huM mat which rlghtfully belongs 10
n nsr oy occupation. by position, bv
e en5 or me settlers and merchants
H ~ hpoVe all by virtue OF her old spirit
Of business enterprise. TO write on the
pon'isai and social prohlems confront
W., ,ua,, INC Two territories with the aues-
Won OF taxation and MI tho aic,,to,,s,
which should be considered whom Wis
ns on the statehood question wnnla
m ,psxe ms article too long. so with The
10 q N, permission VIII defer that
ol Ihc matter not from n Texnn NM
, nrrpm 2 Tree and unbiased standpoint
ana nsin hnn. The Gazette for the honor
, nv honinr that this may stir mn !.
iittle of Fort worih's old fre pp a
'Vspeouuly y. H. RRooKEs."
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no smoke, no waste heat ma ahsal,,sss'
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