Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-11-03

The Harris County Gardeners asso-
citation did not have a meeting last
week, but wlllhayc one next Saturday
If things turnout according to plans.
| Mr.. Theo. IIillendGhl one of the lead
ing officers, sent the following card:
Houston Texas, October 23.-Dear Sir:
There will be a meeting of the Hous-
ton Fruit and Vegetable association at
the Market hail. Houston, Texas, on
Saturday, October 30. 1897, Mt 10
O'Clock a. m, for the purpose of thor
oughly organizing the fruit and vegeta-
BILE growers of this county, with the
end in view of finding IL market and
| procuring rcmunerative prices for pro
ducts raised by them. Meet with us
If you can. but If impossible, hand this
card to some other party interested,
In reply to questions, he said: 1--WE
are sending the above card to men in
various parts of the county who are
| in our line of business. We have mark
ed out forty-slX districts in the county,
cutting up the territory into equal
parts, and expect to interest good men
in each section We want him to be-
come the permanent representative of
| the association in his section and eX.
pect him to be at the meeting next Sat
urday to fall into working harness. l
have the names of lot of good men.
and 1t will materially promote the fur
| therance Of the movement. There will
be lot of important work for the
next meeting. We are taking the mat
ter in time, in order that the time
between this and next spring may be
taken advantage of, We will have
representatives at the meeting of the
coast country people, TO be held at
La Porte on November g. Mr. Ii. 7.
Zapp and | will try to be there, as we
regard the meeting there much in line
with our work. its object being to pro
mote the prosperity of the coast sec
ton. The association was invited to
have delegates there"
The Texas Railway News and Illus
traitor, which has heretofore been pub
lshed at Fort Worth, Texas, has
moved its office of publication to
Houston. The October number made
its appearance Saturday, being the first
issue published at the new headquar-
tiers. An entirely new design adorns
the front outside cover, making 1t more
artistic and attractive than before. The
issue teens with the latest and
choicest railway news of Texas, Mex
leo and the southwest, and also CON
tains several handsome half-tone en-
cravings of prominent railroad Off
Gals and railway scenes. birds
| eye view of Houston is one of the fine
cuts presented. There are also two ex-
cellent engravings of the scene at the
| laying of the last rail and driving OF
the last spike at the completion OF the
Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf rail
way near Beaumont, Tex. The me-
chanlcal makeup, as well as the lit
erary merit of the publication is par
excellent, and is credit to the jour
nallsh of Texas and the Southwest.
Houstonians generally are manifest
ing lively interest in the proposed
Fruits, Flowers and Vegetables festi'
val to be held in that city from De
canlber to IL. They are all willing to
push 1t along, but some people are
candid enough to say they don't know
what they can do. In a case of this
kind it will perhaps devolye upon the
committee and management to point
way of usefulness. In speaking of the
affair, Mr.. NJ. Thing said I'VE want
to see 1t big success and to see supe-
| rior displays of fruits and flowers, but
there are other features that should
not be overlooked There should be
interesting features composing an
amusement programme. Visitors from
abroad must be pleased, not only with
the particular points or object of the
| show, but with special features for no
purpose but to amuse and entertain
| 1t will take an amusement committee
composed of people experienced in that
kind of work to make it success. OF
course it requires good business men
on managing committee They are
essential to success, but unless the
management should have amusements
in the hands of people who have had
training that feature will be failure,
and it should rot be. 1t will take the
very best talent to properly present
and utilize this feature and the man
agement should have it. There are
people in this city who for many years
have made such things specially and
their talent should be brought in. or
course there is ample time yet, and
| don't think that President Childress
will make an oversight of the kind"
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