San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-24
GREAT IS TEXAS
Rich in All Her Varied Resources
She Presents Splendid Pros
poets TO the Settler.
We have Room for Thousands, and
the Right Hand of Fellowship
Will be Extended to
One and All.

N%ANS ~ NA~ 49, . 49, NNN%N~ -
Union, being six times larger than
New York and seven times largeG
than Ohio, and 100 square miles
larger than all the Eastern and
Middle States, including Delaware
and Maryland. To illustrate bet
ter:
Take a correct map of the coun-
try-not a railroad map-and cut
out the State of Texas; stick pin
through the center of it and let this
central point rest on Nashville.
The northern limit of Texas will
then cover Chicago, the southern
will reach to the gulf at Mobile,
the eastern will reach Raleigh, N.
c., and the western side will reach
Little Rock, Ark. All that mighty
empire in area covered by the map
of Texas will give Some conception
of the immensely of this State.
Texas has a total area of 253, 5I4
miles"
There were, January I, 1895,
22S organized counties and 22 Tin
organized counties in the State.
Some new counties have since been
created out of the large counties in
the southern portion of the State.
Texas justly lays claim to greater
variety and richness of soil than
any other State in the Union. The
black waxy, black, gray and red
sandy loan and alluvial soils are all
to be found in the State. The best
evidence of the fertility Of Texas
soils is the fact that commercial fer
tilizeas, so common in the older
States, and constituting such a
heavy tax on their agricultural in
terests, are not used in Texas. After
experimenting with such fertilizers
practical farmers say the black land
produces more without than with
such fertilizers.
Texas has a variety of climate.
The coast country enjoys a mild,
pleasant climate almost all the year
round. The gulf breezes sweep
over the State and make the long
summers pleasant and frequently
enjoyable. These same breezes
modify the weather in winter, and
except when the cold blasts sweep
down from the north the weather
in winter is mild and pleasant. The
average annual temperature varies
from so to 70 degrees Fahrenheit,
in the different portions of the
State.
Texas has few navigable streams
for any great distance. Her streams
are not numerous, considering the
size of the State. The BraZos i:
perhaps the chief river of the State
draining an area of $1,000 miles
: navigable only about forty miles
The other rivers of importance are
the Red, the Colorado, Trinity, Sa
bine, Pecos, Rio Grande and few
smaller ones. This State has abou
5000 miles of sea coast and a fail
prospect for several deep watel
harbors, one of from I6 to IS fee
baving been obtained by a system
of jetties at the mouth of the Bra
; EOS.
1t is said by some that Texas il
; a treeless plain, but more careful
investigation will reveal the fac
that there is timber in every por
ton of the State, on the stream:
and in canyons. There are alsC
the upper and lower cross timber'
extending from Red river south
into the central portions of thu
State. A large portion Of Eas
| texas Is llDuDGlSu Will tuC uSua
growths of timbered countries
There is an area of about $4,000,
900 acres of long and short lea
pine lands, interspersed with hick
ory and the various oaks. Soutl
and West Texas abound with The
pecan, an important nut bearing
tree, the crop of which is worti
more than a half million of dollar
annually.
: In mineral wealth Texas is yet +:
terra incognito, but she can show
coal equal to Pennsylvania, iron t.
Alabama, copper to Michigan, sill
yer to Colorado and lead to Mis-
souri, and SC on. There are severa
coal fields in the State, mines being
worked at Thurber and Gordon, il
Palo Pinto and Erath, also in Wise
Montague, Young and other town:
of North Texas, also some being