The advocate., 1897-03-03

AFGuur lB D66uLlIuI prAlrlo on Gn0
shore Of the beautiful, clear Sabine
lake; 1t is high enough to admit Of
proper drainage, safe from the ocean
waves, while receiving the gentle sea
breezes all the year round"
w. E. He'll, lumber man of Kan
sss City, who will build a large two
story building at Port Arthur to be
occupied ss hardware store, says:
"My opinion 10 that the outlook for
building large city la most excellent.
The soil surrounding Port Arthur
seems to be very fertile, and when
properly cultivated cannot fail to pro.
duce most excellent results. With the
railroad facilities that the X. c., P. &
G. will offer when completed, together
with the deep water connection with
the Gulf, it would seem that this sec.
tiOn will attract large emigration dur.
ing the coming year and that the
future of Port Arthur will be assured"
Mr.. E. G. Dudley, the general man
ager at Port Arthur, informed us that
many inquiries were coming to him
from the main Office In Kansas City
asking If there were any houses to
rent In Port Arthur, either stores or
dwellings.
For the information of those who
would like to build for renting, we give
the following figures on the cost of
building material:
Lumber costs from SO to $40 per
thousand. We visited a Hollsnder
who was just completing his improve
ments, near the experiment farm. The
following are the dimensions and cost
Of his several buildings: House-main
part, l6x32; wing, 16xl6; 14.foot stud
ding; contract, complete with blinds,
&470, without paint. Barn, 20x30,
1S.foot studding, Sl25, Tenant house,
14x24, 10.foot ceiling, $75; painted.
His we'll was 10 feet deep.
Judge II. p. Bennett Is building full
twO-stOry house, 18x24, with q wing
18x24, that will cost him $500. Most
of the houses built in this part are
ceiled and pspered. Judge Bennett
will plaster his house, however.
On Sunday afternoon we started for
home. We stopped aC Beaumont and
visited the farm Of Mr.. HI. w. Joach-
imi. He settled on this place In 1880.
He has forty.fVe acres In fruit and
vegetables, and his garden looked fine.
Strawberries were ripe. Mr.. Joachimi
Is a practical hOrticulturisC. He has
proven by actual experience that pears
will bear the second yesr after planting
If the proper trees are used. The nur-
sery trees that have been used hereto.
fore have taken from FIVE to six years
to bear. This gentleman has made a
very valuable discovery. He takes his
cuttings from limbs of bearing trees,
leaving two buds on each slip, and
places them about six inches apart In
well-prepsred ground the first of Feb.
rUaTy. We were there the 22d, and
they were just commencing to sprout.
These slips, he says, will grow from six
to eight feet the first year. We saw
some tWo-year-Old trees that were ten
feet high. The gentleman says these
trees will grow smooth and fine and
will bear the second year after they are
reset. He has some trees that bore
eight bushels Of pears last year which
sold for 81 per bushel at the station.
He plants 108 trees to the acre. How.
ever remarkable 1t may seem to
Northern man, these pear trees yielded
Mr.. Joachim about $500 per acre last
year. He stated his strawberries
yielded about $500 per acre, and he has
Ave acres. He owes no man and has
no reason to miastste the facts. Per
haps all men cannot do as well as this
gentleman, but with energy and judg-
mani Vnn will mako q snccaaa