The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-07

can be made for an exhibit which will show
the industrial side OF Houston j. +. Dick
son, II. W. Garrow, f. Hacker. II. f. Paine,
T. ii. Thompson, L. e. Miller, Il. T. Bar
den, H. w. LOTHIAN, II. Henke. II. Prince.
ii. Waddeli Henry House, f. A. Heitmann.
Il. J. Tuffy, C. f. Parker, j. +. Meyer, A.
=. Saur, C. II. Mllby Tom Jones, Sam
Allen, y, G, Bering, Jr., j. +. CARROT, w.
ID. Cleveland, Jr., Aaron Lewis, Ciarencs
Richmond, j. c. Boring, Howard i. Smith,
Il. Blalier II. Y. Hartwell. Earnest Necco.
u. X. Rice, j. $. Meyer. Is. A. Reisner. j.
w Quail j. j. Mckeever, Ia I. Noyes,
Brooks Hamilton.
Judges of awards-Major f. w. Cave.
Mrs j. Il, Byers. George w. Kidd and Nor
man G. Klttrell.
Auditorium Decoration Commttee-Mr.
w. j. Hancock, chairman; Mrs b. f.
Coombs, vice chairman Mrs II. s. Will
lett. Mrs. j. II. Dickson, Mrs. Lee Fell
lows. Mrs. Sam Ashe. Mrs. N. @. Kittrell,
Mrs. r. G.. Beard. Mrs. o. C. Lohren,
Mrs. w. s. Wall, Mrs. Sam Swinford, Mrs.
Max Urwitz. Mrs DR.. Gray, Mrs. w. p.
Grlbble Mrs DR.. Wngner Miss Belle Dick
son, Miss Edna Wooliord, Miss Mary
Hutchinson. H. G.. Lidstone, j. e. Reilly.
s. l.. sam. J. F.. Dumbe A. Hampe.
James Lawlor, C. II. Sprong. A. 70. oSuth-
| ward and l.. Wyatt.
| Committee on BICYCLES and Football-Ru-
| fus Cage. NJ G. Munger. e. b. Parker
jerome Swinfnrd ]. IL. Mettenheimer, o.
H. Hutchinson, Jr., o. II. Reed, w. D..
Cleveland, Jr., Sid Proctor. l.. d. Smith,
DR.. Nj. j. Losing, George A. Gragin, DR..
". Il. Eckhardt Il. l.. SwearinSen, t.
| 10. Gafrney, d, Il. Sturgis, Ike Keller,
Charles j.. Crane, Karl Druesdow, Dean
| Tompkins.
Public Comfort-Colonel j. II. Waite.
chairman; Mr.. e. C. Crawford, vlcs chair
| man.
Transportation Commlttoe-R. NJ. John
ston, chairman; H. h. Rice, C.. W. Bein,
o. 7. Holt, M. l.. Robbins. l.. J. Parks,
George l.. Porter, Tom Richardson, e..
II. Cushing. n. w. Cave, r. A. Rechardt,
X. II. Courtney, j. II. Groenhill, George
D. Hunter, George W. Gaines. DR. j A.
Kyle, o. G. Drew and II. Il. MacGregor.
Street pafade-Ed Khan. chairman; Abb
bolt Ctckrell vice chairman, Mrs. IL. III.
Dickson, vice chairman; Miss Carrie Car
gill, Miss Tina Cleveland. Miss Frankie
| Iiita, Miss Adell Kiam, Miss lisa Lloyd
Miss Annie McKeever, Miss ELSA Schmidt
Ma:n Ella NJ Smith, Miss Ella Wigsin
Miss Hamilton, Miss Margirc Kendall
Miss Alice Gibbons, Miss Milly Dumble
Miss brewery, Miss Eva Bolts, Miss Mamie
Lubbock, Miss Mamie House, Miss Manic
Cardweh, Miss Belle Dickson. Miss Ama
IClcNollnu, MlsS ftSltllt tuIuWell, MibS MA
mic Gehring, Miss Lula Bryan. Miss Minnie
G. Archer, Miss Harriet Levy, MisH I.bb,
Raphael. Miss Anna Taylor, Miss NJ. Il
Taylor. Miss Adela Lubbock; Mesdames o
G. Drew, Charles Dillingham;, u. f
Wocms, +. w. House w. II. Cleveland
II. IL, Dickson. Ella Downey, C. Grune'
wald, Henry Henkc. o. 7. Holt. j.. c.
guire A. T.. MoGregor, Rosine Ryan Geo
Stleff. w. G.. Van Week, j, II b. House
John Shoarn, c. y. Shearn. james Buto
H. T. Tuffly,, n S, Meldrum, G.. A. Mis-
trot, H. Prince. C. G. Pilot, James \
Baker. Jr.. II. S. Lovett @. w. Bcin. a
T. Root.
Colonel r.. T. Wheeler of Galveston i
convinced that tho Texas Fruit Flower
and Vegetable Festival. to occur in thi.
/, city December to II. will he of grea,
benent to the State of Texas. aud espe
clally that portion known as the coas
: country
Colonel Wheelcr's country home a
Hitchcock is one of the most beautiful
: places In Texas. aud Is located in the yer.
. heart of the NEST thoroughly developed
sections OF the coast country.
At the request of the officers of tn,
: Festival association, Colonel Wheeler ha,
, contributed the following article which
! should be read carefully by all Texans:
TEe coast country. as now by common
!. consent known and recognized ard a
: shown upon the map by q line run iron
: about Orange to San Antonio. embraces 4,
:. area an empire within itself, greater ii
= extent than Eagand and Ireland combined
J, equal to many OF the Southern and excsed
Ing In AREA most OF the Eastern and SOM
I OF the Western States, and yet so deficisn
. IN population. agricultural deyelopmen
q and, In fact, every tndratry except chat o
J. cattle, so large portion OF Its great var
i iety of valuable timber unmarked by tn
axe and virgin soil untouched by the piow
i that until very recently Il might hay
il been said to have been. TO great OK
(. tent unknown, unsettled and und,veloped
n fruit and vegetable culture for market on
l. tirely unknown, rarely even so much a
\. little garden sass In the patch benin
tho kitchen. The beautiful. rich prairie
II raised horned frogs COW boys. 'gailieip
S. Hers and long horned cattle; tbs bottor
Il. lands cultivated to an inconsiderahie *
Il, tent, and that only III corn and cotton. wit
l. some sugar in one ccuaty, asi a few goo
towns and shipping side tracks, but n
lie tourlshiug, fruit aud vegetable raistn
+ and exporting Villages with their goo
school HOUSES and churches. The principl
:. eject Of the occasional passiuE OF 10
81 lonesome locomotives through this Va,
ae territory wac 70 scare the wild deer an
q \coycte. and break the monotony Of the q