The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-04-03

\ ~ les!seS hsvs bsen 1sssb,ished across But-
h ~ ~ otsss's Seyous ana two across san
1870 slvss, where bfidees were imprsn-
sSssa fiss there arc M moro than 90 miles
u lmvf0veG, QrAded fond IN Harris county
st0WO how wen the farmers are provided for
20 reech ne city with their produce.
Asss1eed for issS-s7, arc t2I, .0o7. and the
( real values are about S60.0oo.0o. Tho tax rate
4 for III county purposes Ia IS cents on 500
wn . & sics = II sss cou ss,
tiusivN Of Houston, nifty school houses be-
4 longing 20 tho State. There arc clehty-fivc
schocls 100 teachers and a scholastic ropu-
lation. between the ages Of and ~ incu-
sive. Of 60s3. White aud colorcd children are
: taught In public schools.
But thcrc ia. aside from the question Of the
establishment OF cotton and wooden mills and
other manufactures In Houston. another
great element that should mako Harris
county lands particularly good property u
possess The building OF the shin channel
preriate values OF all lands along Buffalo
bayou from Houston TO the bay. and will
create such a variety Of new fields for busi
tory devoted TO tho city and its attendant
Suburbs.
4 LII THAT, HOWEVER, is a matter Of
~ the future The conditions OF tho prcss
( ~ ent are attractive enough TO warrant
4 \ any homcseeker In being anxious TO
ewn 4 farm In farris county. As an evi-
dsnce OF this tho testimony OF cx-unitcd
States Senator John II. Reagan may be
given. Senator Reagan attended tho Fruit.
Flower and Vegetable Festival held In 1Ious-
ton last December. AT that festival tho |
products OF tho coast country WIRE displayed. |
Necessarily Harris county was one OF the |
principal exhibitors. Ioic Is what the ga
senator said:
II am much pleased with tho. success OF |
tho whole affair, and notice with some feeling
Of pride that the representation was complete
In every detail. recall visit OF mine IN
San Diego Cal, during the year 1897, where
representation OF that countrys products
was bad, something after the arrangement
Of this one. did not however, consider II a
fair sample OF their products, because they
took an unfair advantage OF the people by
preparing a year In advance to grow all their
products, especially for the occasion. and In
consequence they exhibited abnormalIy large
specimens OF almost everything, even at |
great loss In quality and texture.
II SAW watermelon that weighed ile
pounds. "a beet as large as my thigh ana
pumpkins in the snme proportion, but they
fesortsd to IA well known trick TO raise them.
A watermelon vine was only allowed To Dear
one melon, n pumpkin vino but one putipkiu
Ind ell tho products wers so untaturally
forced as to mako them spe, linens more to
be exhibited than for marketables or ut!li-
Inrian purposes. ,
"Thc exhibits as saw them hero In llous.
ION we're not grown for exhibition purposes.
suit taken from the hest OF our marketable
'afietes. Therefore l consider this far SUI |
,erior TO the San Diego exhibition '
II you consider that lands IN the San Diego
listrict--in fact, In any of the good lands i'll 5
ho Southern California country-are hold ut !
rom $500 to $500 per acre. while there nre :
housnnds Of acres here In Harris county ,
which. II properly cultivated Will provo al ]
rost productive. and which cnn he pur- {
hased at from 81 to 500 per acre. you will a
calico that 1t " not likely that an inrn tor
an make much Of n mistake In buying acre \
go property In this part OF tho State