The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-27
BUSINESS LEAGUE.
An Organization Looking Out For
Houston.

Like all progressive cities Houston has
an organization to further and promote
her general and material interests. Tho
Houston Business League embraces IT.
its membership men Of nearly every call
ing In the city. all united for the sole
purpose of keeping Houston. Harris county
and South Texas properly advertised to
the world and to foster and encourage
manufactures of all kinds. The resources
and advantages Of Houston will be vastly
enhanced by the systematic work this
body contemplates and. though but re-
Gently organized. good results are already
apparent. The officers are: j. NJ. Cotton,
president; Ed KAN, second vice president;
Eugene r. Hainer. third vice president.
These gentlemen, with the following. COM
pose the boar of directors: &. II. Jones,
". r. Sinclair, f. l.. Alexander, Clarence
Gucringer, Richard Cooke. d. NJ. Angle.
II. II. Dickson, G. kittrell and Gus
Schultz. w. W. Dexter Is secretary and
Guy NJ. Harcourt, treasurer. There are
besides full complement of committees,
all in thorough accord and earnestly work
ing for the best interests of the city.
HARRIS COUNTY.
Harris county is in one sense the birth
place of Texas liberty and independence.
But few miles below the city of Hous-
ton on Buffalo bayou General Sam Hous
ton and his brave followers completely
overwhelmed the Mexican forces und
General Santa Anna. driving him from the
soil of Texas and giving life to a rev Re
pubic. The BATTLE was won on April u,
1896, and the day has been set apart as a
legal holiday. But historical data is 20
be found elsewhere so a brief descrip
ton of the county may be given For
many years the greater portion Of the
county was considered suitable for moth
ing but cattle grazing. The man with
the hoe. however thought otherwise and
began fencing in and bringing the land
under cultivation. once demonstrated
that the soil was productive 1t was not
long ere the huSbandman's pillow was con-
verting pasture land into farms. The
stockmen protested but in vain. 1t was
impossible to stop the onward march.
Each year saw large bodies of land cut
up INTO small tracts ana brought under
cultivation. The need of good roads to
enable farmers and gardeners Co reach
market was soon apparent and the coun-
~ comm ssoners inausurated thorough
and PRACTICAL system of good country
roads. The effect was almost marvellous
and has been the result of bringing thous
ands of new and Industrious settlers into
he county within the past few years.
The soil of Harris county Is capable of
prodncts being particularly adapted to the
raising of all kinds of vegetables and
fruits, as well as cotton, corn cas-, t3hic-
co. grasses, ramie, etc. Experiments which
nave been made with tobacco demon
strate the fact that 1t can be grown TO
Sreat profit on the lands of this county.
Seed was imported from Cuba and the
crop grown was raised under the direction
OF practical tobacco grower. The crop
on being matnred and cured was shipped
10 New York where II classed with the
finest grown on the Island of Cuba and
sold for top Tr:ces Strawberries ami
pears do well here and. ripenng early,
are always marketable at good prices.
| t.Nerythng In the vegetable line grows
prol h!cally, two and three crops Of m PSI
varieties being grown each yclr. The
market at Houston consumes enormous
Quantities of garden truck aud conSidera-
Bile IS being shipped to North arm markets.
Land sells from s. per acre mp and farm
ers IN search of a good location near
Dig market could not do better than To-
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