The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-25
no KL0HDlKE FEVER
w. e. HELLER'S ENTHUSIASM CEN
TIERS AROUND CORPUS CHRISTI,
WHICH is IN TEXAS.
HOTEL REPORTERS CAROL.
FOUND TOURIST NOT EN- ROUTE
FOR THE GLACIAL FOR
NATION.
STRANGE SCENES OF yULETIME.
The Hotels Present Some Real HoI-
1day NOveIties-GOssip of the
Metropolitan Inns.

1--WE have experienced only one frost
in four years, and raise two crops an
nually down in our country said W.
E. Heller, of Corpus Christi, yesterday
afternoon to G o b man. Mr.. He'll
er is joint owner with his brother Of
the Palo Alto range of 125,000 acres,
which is situated on the road between
Corpus Christi and the famous Kings
range, about ten miles from the an
cient city Of Corpus Christi. Mr.. Heller
went from Minnesota to Southern Tex
as a number Of years ago, engaging
in the cattle business, and is now in
st. Paul spending Christmas with his
relatives.
William Jennings Bryan, while on
his recent trip to Mexico, was enter
tanned at Mr.. Heller's Palo Alto plaza,
about three weeks ago and remained
guest at Mr. Hellers place for several
days. Mr.. Heller says Mr.. Bryan was
very much pleased with the climate of
Southern Texas, and was in the best
of health and spirits during his stay.
Mr. Bryan has a large following in that
section, which gave him big vote.
There are comparatively few con-
tinued Mr.. Heller, who go to Texas and
engage in agricultural pursuits, as the
country is filled with cattle men and it
is quite difficult for anybody to buy
land for agricultural purposes. The
land is, however. the most fertile in
the United States and were it not for
the occasional droughts which pre-
vent the cultivation of a second crop, it
would be the garden spot Of the United
States. The soil is very black and
rich. and you are always sure of one
crop and about half the time two crops
can be raised In the summer cereals
are raised such as wheat and corn, and
in the winter, onions, cabbage and all
garden products, which largely supply
the Northern market in the winter.
A neighbor of mine about fifteen miles
north, sold his entire cabbage product
to a firm in Denver which netted him
$500 per acre. The soil never re-
quires fertilizing, and two crops
a year can be raised for many
years without the soil playing out
There are millions of acres in that
country which extend to the east and
west which are uncultivated and grow
wild with ''muskeet' beans, which grow
in punches as large as bananas and al
though they are never cultivated and
grow in such profusion, they are very
nourishing both to man and beast. A
hog will fatten on these beans quicker
than on any other diet, and horses eat
them more readily than hay. The pods
are from six to eight inches long, and
the plant bears the mesquite blossoms
twice year without fail, and during
rainy season they will bear three times.
up to few years ago Corpus Christi
was practically isolated from the rest
of the world, it's only railroad being
the narrow guage Mexican Central to
the City of Mexico, but six years ago
a standard guage road was built to
San Antonio. which has opened up
that section of the country wonderful y.
Col. Yokum, who was instrumental in
the building of this road, was one of
the most picturesque of the old war
riors of the Mexican war. His death
occurred only few years ago.
James King, who was the sole own
er of Santa Gartrens ranch, which has
100000 acres under fence, was, at the
time of his death, three years ago, I'M
doubtedly the cattle king Of the Uni ed
States as his ranch, which is next to
our property, was the largest owned by
one man in the United States and 1
don't know but what his holdings were
the largest held by any one man in the
world. His wife now owns the entire
estate and she does not know how
many head of cattle she owns. The
old ranch building is veritab BILE arsen-
al, having guns mounted on every
corner, and in an hours notice Mrs.
King can summon 500 armed men to
her defense. These days there is no
fighting, and the garrison, for such it
might be called. was built in the days
of Mexican outlawry, but that has been
largely overcome and there is very lit
tie of the tough Mexican element left,
as the white settlers have driven them
out by force.
1.-THE country around Corpus Christi is
full of Mexicans, but they are all of the
lower class, and it is rare thing to
see white laborers. Nearly all of the
500 men who are engaged on Mrs.
Kings ranch, are Mexicans and they
make very good cattle men, but aside
from this they are a poor lot.
English syndicates have recently
gone in and purchased large tracts of
land, and the country which heretofore
has been sparsely populated will short
ly be well populated. Corpus Christi
itself is one of the oldest cities in the
United States, being founded by the
Mexicans several hundred years ago,
and it is doubtful if any one has been
able to Inquire out just when the city
was first founded. The formation OF
the buildings is rather ancient, but the
modern improvements which have been
introduced is gradually changing
the town and its 5000 inhabitants into
more modern appearance"
A. H. Harrison. of Morton, was registered
at the Merchants yesterday.
c. w. Cameron, of Helena, is at the Ryan.
ofD ,,1Y nth ;e
sor.
J. A. Muir of Louisville, was at the Wind
sor yesterday.
H F. Boardman, of San Francisco, was a
guest at the Ryan yesterday.
E. j. Remer, of Stephen, was at the Wind
sor yesterday.
o. H. Clark, of Duluth, is at the Mer-
chants.
c. H. Doyon, Of Bartlett, N. D., was
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