People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-03-04
a Trip to Port Arthur, Texas.

The people believe it and crowd TO reach it:
Good by, old blizzard, good by.
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From east and west and frozen north:
Good by old blizzard, good by;
! The people are coming to Sunny South;
GoCd by, old blizzard, good by.
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With Stilwell true. at the head of our crew;
Good by, old blizzard, good by;
Wen land our freight by the great blue lake
Good by, old blizzard, goodby.
! Chorus
Hornbeck's trump at every jump;
Good by, old blizzard, good by,
He's young and slim but goes with vim;
Good by, old blizzard, good by
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McDonald's quill the country will fill;
Good by, old blizzard, good by;
With figures and facts as sharp as tacks;
Good by, old blizzard, good BY.
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Edwards & Moffett are financial prophets;
Good by, old blizzard. good by:
Their hearts are In 1t, their smiles will win II;
Good by, old blizzard, good by.
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Come join our band In the promised land;
Good by, old blizzard, good by;
And drive your stake and future make;
Good by, old blizzard, good by.
Chorus
Congressman E. R. Ridgeley is won
derfully pleased with the outlook. He
and the writer were room mates at
Port Arthur and occupy adjoining
berths on the train. This morning,
10 conversation, he said:
81 visited POrtArthur to see its pos.
Utilities as deep water harbOr. After
several days careful observation, ] am
not only satisfied that all vessels Of
twenty-five foot draught and under
can safely enter the harbor now, but
| fully believe the government work
on the jetties will soon make it safe
for much larger vessels to enter this
port, and am convinced that it will
be Of far less expense to maintain deep
water here than at any other point on
the entire line of tie gulf coast. My
reasons for these conclusions are
based on the following facts:
''lst. There are absolutely no sand
bars in this harbor or any of its trib
utaries, the entire watershed OF
Sabine lake being free of sandy planes,
but to the contrary, it is stiff, black
loan and clay substance seventy feet
deep.
"2nd. All the streams emptying in
to Sabine lake are deep, and three of
them are navigable for fifty to one
hundred miles. They afford a current
of water sufficient to keep an open
channel thirty feet deep from Sabine
lake to the sea half mile wide.
"3rd, The government jetties are
already completed across the clay bar
to the gulf, connecting at perpetual
deep water and by little extension
will always insure a channel much
deeper han at present, which is twen-
ty-fve feet and still cutting deeper.
"4th. By building one etty parallel
liag the west shore of Sabine lake
from the outlet of the lake into the
present pass up to the mouth Of Sab
inc river, passing the mouth OF Taylor
and NeCheS, will insure the cutting
and maintaining by these rivers a
chauuil along the west shore of the
lake thirty feet deep, thus inSuring
deep inland harEor some thirty
miles ia extent, with access up each
of the three rivers for large vessels.
"AS stated above, the government
jettieS are already in, and deep water
established into and up the entire
length Of Sabine Pass. The eKten.
sion of a deep chaonel up to the town
of Port Arthur is to be done by the
Port Arthur Town Co., and wcrk on
this will begin at once.
Thus deep water at Port Arthur is
assured and a great city will grow I'D
here with astonishing rapidity.
E.R.
l will be at home about FRIDAY,
and will be pleased to give all inQuir-
ing friends any information | have
gained. 20 those who have lost their
homes in Kansas and are looking for
homes elsewhere We truly believe
the Port Arthur country is a haven.
LYMAN NAUGLE.