The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-02-18
WITH THE PASSING THpoee|

roster, presiden, :. I.
Agricultural and mechanical, .. ,a' o. N
down. from College Station. !. S'sse. va
ZIP Yesterday. Colonel Fos,ss casistt1
mat affairs at Texas rreat es Tepcr
school are In excellent condl,Io niustrisI
material progress is being MAJ AL iht
me various lines Of Industrial IN ~ az
~ "SA
Mr. PM t. Tippett. REPRESENTS !.
Real Widow Brown" a faroa s ~
be presented by one OF A. O. SEA- Wy
companies during the coming wansaa,
IN tne cry yesterday arranging 4. VA
appearance OF his attraction. IL VI ad
guest al the capitol hotel while h."
IL occurs to me. said Mr. /,
Peden in conversation with ren,....
tive Of The Post yesterday, "tbs, =
weather 10 coming to South Tesa. -. IVY
any ~ ialer eaeh year. When l caus
huston several years ago most - 4
severe weather occurred in January ., ny
Low Tue lowest temperature pensrsns
comes in February. 1t was a littis s
year ago. you will remembsr ne over
worst cold snap OF 1899 occ,,lrsa uen ns
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"A notable visitor to Houston ju,. i,
present is Colonel Lafayette Fit,hnss
waco, who is the guest OF relative. -
city Colonel Fitzhugh was ssr... Y
arms OF the Confederate oonyrss esns ~ r
the time 1t was In session al srs Suhos
and he acquired his present miliisr ul asl
when the congress, having been nrs,. uu'
into a regiment for the defense :, n
capitol, elected him as its commanai". ss ',
neer lie Is typical gentleman 49,.
ola southern school. and some ~ bis 10y
lhlscehces OF the days of the Confeds,a..
are of extreme interest. 1eia'F
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Mr.. Boiling Arthur Johnson one 4, q.
founders Of Hoo Hoo and probabIv (.
best known OF all the lumber trade ~.
paper men in the business, is acou,,,,
considerable distinction as lecturer M,
lecture on The First Things in Hoo IA
Whlch was given during the annual rns
catehation at Denver last year and sra.
at recent concatenation at Kansas f'tT
VIII De repeated in New Orleans ON al.
uruay: FEBRUARY "a, after which one i
the biggest eye openings the South ia,
ever known will be held. Thoss whn h.s.
had the pleasure of hearirY the leci.a
which, by the way, Is illustrated nv NJ.
jor Mapes, the gentleman who had cbs,,,
OF the stereoptcon feature of all o. Il,
lectures OF John l.. Stoddard, saw that
Is thoroughly enjoyable. Quite a rum.
Der of the Texas Hoo Hoo will 20 10 ma
crescent CITY TO take in the lecture ani /
the concatenation as well as TO enjov M
various features of the carnival.
A. II, Baldwin, travelling Representative
of the Houston Manufacturers associa.l,p
has Just returned from an extended tru
over the line of the San Antonio via
Arkansas Pass railroad. He went as M
south as Corpus Christi and stopped 81
at all of the important points, whore b.
did some effective work along the line q
Industrial expansion. He laid great slka
on the Importance of the people OF Tma
taking immediate steps looking tovad
the establishment OF manufacturing indi,
tries. and in conversation with a repre-.
sentative OF The Post yesterday he stated
that at practically every place visited b
saw evidences of progression In the prcpa
direction. All eyes, he says, are can;erM
on Houston, and great things are EXPECTED
or the city. II heard many complimentary
things about The Post said MIR. .Baldwlr
and | always improved the opportunity
to impress OH the minds Of those with
whom | came in cotitac. the fact thai
The Houston Post IS the friend d ~
people"
Mr.. W. T, Meriwether Of Eagle Lake,
engineer in charge of the rice plantation
of Vineyard & Walker, the headquarters
of which firm are at the point named, VA
a guest at the Lawlor yesterday. In coa
with representative Of tn
Post during the day, Mr.. Meriwether saSs
some interesting information regarding
the progress being made in the cullar
Of rice in the vicinity Of Eagle Lake w
firm would, he said, place 1000 acres 10
der cultivation during the coming sessop
and he was of the opinion that the yen'as
would be successful one in every Nu
from the fact that everything was u
yorable TO satisfactory results.
The land in the Eagle Lake distrit
better adapted to rice culture tnan Iaa
ot Western Louisiana" he said pecaps
here the land has natural fall from ~
lana, thus obviating the necessity OF eFsa'
ing expensive relifting stations IN ol,a
to properly distribute the water suppp
Dur plant will have pumping capasiN
about 10000 gallons per minute, the VIZ
first being pumped from the Uoions'
liver into the lake and thence on " sAs
ields. Our canal will be about i"e ~
! half miles in length, The clay saos,
IN that vicinity Is of such nature
hold the water properly and at inc sa~,
lime the land is so situated tnat y p
natural fall sufficient to furnish olapass
Turing heavy rains or overfows. IN Ky
ion TO the 1000 acres which we VIII p'.t
inder cultivation and the 5000 acres
dining which will be handled BY eap's
William Dunovant. there are ihoa',
Ind thousands of ceres OF lana
'art of the State as we'll adapted
ulture of rice as any / know Oh,
liant both the Honduras and Jspsl
ieties of rice and expect so'I
rom both, M, ur
1T is not generally known" sald W
Ieriwether. that there is very ~.
waste connected with the raising o.
IKE in cotton, practically eyerytnias nj
e utilized in some way. The SUE" -,
half. including the unmerchantaoe
makes excellent feed and is alsO ,nl
dapted for use as bedding for hOs'
ther stock" u.d.
at is probable" continued M; Nv
vether. that Eagle Lake VIII Nan ssss.
ice mill in operation in time 70 .- nsS
he present seasons crop. The p,ys I'm Il
apaclty Of the mill, In the eresu sh,v.
which local capital is used. VIII "
900 sacks"
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