Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-12-02
the ROUGH RIDER NOTES THE
RESULTS or ROAD I'M
PR0vEnENTs.
THE PEOPLE IMPROVING THEIR HOMES
And Building New 0nes-News Notes
and Personals from the Kurten
Country.

The farmers seem 10 be In more
prosperous condition this year than
/ for several years past. At the same
time ] realize when | say this that
| they almost made failure on cotton
and corn, but owing to the good
/ price they got for the cotton made,
and the saving Of good deal fodder,
| tops, oats. COOLERS, etc, they will
| have very little corn to buy. They
have plenty Of potatoes, syrup and
meat for the coming year. To show
what is meant by prosperous condi-
ton, | will point 10 the improvements
being made, the lands bought,
mortgages and notes being paid,
new houses built, rooms added 10
old ones, new wagons, buggies, fur
niture, etc. purchased. repairing
barns and sheds, fencing lands In
deed Il might be said there is hardly
"A land owner in the county who has
not already made or will make some
| improvements before next crop time
on his place. We notice that nearly
all the farmers are going to diversity
their crop the next year. and II this
Is done, they will not be- hurt II the
cotton crop fails again.
DR. r. II Wilson is making some
[ improvements on his home iu the
way Of finishing.
Elder W. r. Meredith has built
I "a new house.
McDuiI simpson Is erecting nice
cottage ON DIS land % miles north 90
. Bryan and DO d, said Dee Will move
there shortly.
Elder j. T.. Post Is adding another
room tu his residence and will
/ rpuuyato the whole house.
Peter Ne1gDr built % new house DO
. the summer.
Henry kurteu has renovated. ADD
f. DEED new room, and built barns Ur
i'm other words done some repair
work ON nearly all his tenant
/ houses.
H. r. Shaw Of Cottonwood G. add
ing another room 90 his residence.
Walter English Is going to build
him a new house ON his place near
. kurtpn.
| W. T.. Cloud is going 10 make some
little improvement ON his home.
j. W. Henderson is going Ia build
n house on his land in Navasota bot
tom.
;. +. Taylor is building house in
| the bottom and will move there
soon.
Mickle Burger has finished paint
ing his house.
The Kurten Telephone line has
been leased To the South Western
telephone Co., aud they will put 10 iu
working condition iu "a few weeks.
Prof. Sam Dunlap of Millican and
. Prof 7. \. Cloud are teaching the
kurten school; this is now one Of th,
best schools iu the county and both
gentlemen deserve much credit for
their work.
G.. W. Bucklault- ha, bought on,
, Bill Slaughter place from j. n
White and his sou-iu-llw, Ed Edge
will move there iu few days
G.. II. Holmes has sold hi.
place near the store to Ralph Hays.
, u While ON the way tD kurtpu ruo~-
day evening the Rough Rider met
9 - bales of cotton coming tu market
and passed a number ut wagons r..
turning loaded with goods Of every
= description. Mr.. Lee Edge VIII,
wcntout in the morning says he met
100 bales before he reached Kurten
% This shows the immense amount OF
T business Madison county is giving
Us for liking the bottom. The cOun.
q ~ convicts are now working ON Ca,
road just this side of kurten.
The Rider notices that syrup MAX
j ing Is becoming one of the chief in
T.. dustries of the county among large
lot NJ farmers. II will take 2Dlt
stalks 10 plant an acre Of cane, seed
can bee purchased az SOC per hundred
u the seed will cost $3.50. Cane will
4 make an average of 80 gallons OF
syrup per acre. Syrup az JO' pet
gallon will make producer Si75.O
. per acre. Among those who made
!, syrup In kurten community are Joe
Zimmerman DD gals. Jim Mathis 8Ou
Geo. Price so, Il. \. Hugghius 2i0
% Jim Cloud l61, and Jim Noyil, and
} John Hummonds OF Grimes county
e made about 1890 gallons. All
o ! heard express themselves said
they sold nearly all their syrup at
% the mill and could have sold double
10 the amount since then.
G Ionic, the . year old son of Mr.
and Mrs. John Hearnc died az their
home Thursday night Nov. - auC
). was buriedat fryon ccmotary Friday
, following.
j ollie Scale has moved back o,
If kurton from Willow Hole.
4 Henry kurten, Jim ~ ms, T.. X
Lloyd and IL. II, o.. rson ar,
), opening new land.
$ Jesse Gilpiu will Pep % ... 90 m,
}, zimmerman place wu,-. .... 90. p'
4 lives.
Tom Foster and Miss Dell ,,scl
both Of kurten were mar...U n
J. Bryan Wednesday.
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