The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-14
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!: AT CORPUS CHRISTI.
A Cool and DustIess Oasis in a
Land Of Dust and Heat.

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Day after day the press dispatches arc
nlied with accounts al the prostrating
hent From Boston where the lev char
acter of the people should insure a normal
condition OF thermometer st Louis the
death list from sunstroke Is appalling.
Even under the breezy Lone Star the heat
Is record breaking. At Dallas. waco,
sherman and Austin the register has been
anywhere from 100 to l04 degrees Fin the
shade for weeks Houston and san An.
tonic 10 aud so on from Palestine to I'll
l'aso except In this one favored little nook
un tue 1ar southern coast. In al inc
thermometer has rarely risen above So, and
then has been tempered by the cool breeze
tnal plows from over gulf and bay twenty
True il Is free eDSTE u"$ " the eno mEnt ~
DION the hair on your head but what is
Madge Wildhre' appearance to COM
Portable temperature?
Corpus Christi is pretty little town
rurNlng In horseshoe fashion around the
beautiful unchecked bay OF Corpus Christ.
which an enthusiastic newspaper man has
nkened TO the Bay OF Naples minus it's
picturesque craft and the city OF Naples,
mat many colored jewel Of the Mcditer-
ranean glittering IN the sunlight Oh it's
shores, and Vesuyius. and capri, the pll
aces aud villas the orange and olive groves
of Its coast line, and for background 5000
years OF history and romance and poetry.
Bnt Few essentials such as these are
OF small Importance to a Corpus lover.
Aud for us snn-hakcd Texans Corpus Will
do, Why it is not better known is a mys
terry.
The town Is charmingly situated. The
business portion running along the waters
edge, and the residences on the bluffs
nfty feet above sea level Corpus Christi
bay lies 10 the east and south. locked IN
and made storm proof By Mustang and
50. Joseph's Stands, which form natural
sea wall against the encroachment of toe
gulf. Nueces bay lies north Of the town,
and the Laguna Madrc southwest, so thHt
however the wind may blow, 1t Is cooled
Add to this the 6ne sulphur well GU the
public square. which Is said 10 be speclhe
Tor an the ills flesh is heir TO- And what
The faclilties for bathing. boating and
sailing are excellent The FISH simply beg
to be caught. There are trout for your
breakfast Spappsh mackeGel ob IGr ny your UT
New Orleans celebrity for your dinner.
For sport this Is the home Of the festive
tarpon which offers such reln to inc C. IN IN
nort svpftlv Jumped Into renown
Corpus is different from the usual small
Texas town In that It Is COMPOSED osIpod no or a
II is the center " the richest ranch coun
try In the United States and many OF the
wealthy rauchmen have handsome homes
here
Mrs. Il NJ. King Of the famous santa
Gcrtrudes ranch. with It's 10000 acres
under fence, its spouting arteslan Nels,
model farm and thousands upon thousands
Of improved cattle. owns a residence on
"tbe Blntf - The house and beautifully
kent grounds. wish palms twenty feet high
growing in tho one would grace riverside
Another splendid home ia that of Or,
Arthur T. Spohu, the Kennedy mansion
Mrs Spohn was the only daughter Of inc
wen known rahChmau. Captain kenedNl,
which contains artistic treasures not 70 nc
matched elsewhere in the south rant
lngs. marbles, bronzes. Florcntlne capnets
fled with rare old china and venetian
glass oriental rugs and cmbrodcrcs. Won
derfu carved screens from Cairo-everF-
thing rare and beautiful from the art
stores az the old world and the new-has
found it's way into the home ot this cat.
lie queen" on the breezy bluffs of far-away
Mrs. spohn spends her summers here and
declares II the most delightful summer
climate in all her knowledge Of climates
from Jerusalem to Frisco.
The fine ranches and their hospt Die
owners add much 10 the summer social life
of Corpus Afternoon teas "merlendas =
and melon parties are fnvoritc country
pleasures drive Of twenty miles In this
cool hreeze Is considered "bagatele -
ine long drouth has played havoc with
the corn and the cattle ranges; nut Vegc.
tables and fruit grapes. cantaioupes and
wntermeons-arc plentiful The melons are
beyond compare. 'The old. green Galveston
melon that a Houston darkie would sell
himself for Is discounted by the Corpus
variety, and the yellow meaters, gold
colored and sweet MS honey, are distinctly
r Corpus prOduct.
An along the coast Of Nueces county, as
Of Harris and Galyestou, the truck farms
arc Welding golden haryests, orc cabbage
patch" Bringing as much ms $1,000 Nln,-
yards and small frnt farms are g[oW ,his
coast country should not rival that NJ
Southern France The climatic conditions
are much the same. while this is new and
- The only threatening drawbacks is the
oil craze which is disturbing the county,
town and ranch no little just now.
Tradition has II that Corpus christi nay
was discovered and Corpus Christi town
Was settled by the early Spanish explorers
or buccaneers what matter? The very
on Corpus Christi day. BEING good Cath
oilcs as all spanlqrds were, whether Pc
pirate Ijfgf )" they named the bay and their
harbor Corpus Christi, and so 1t remains
RIA. II was settled by the Spanish or
Mexcans Spanish there Is no guestlon' Tor
turesoue grace on all the country side, on
the winding streets and the adobe cots
Oh In '"e ls4 I'd" General Taylor made Corpus
his headquarters. preparatory to mis- marcn
into Mexico. Among the young oincerss
with him were Jefferson DAVIS, nero OF
our Southland; U, =; Grant. nero OF In Nm.
keeland: Albert Sidney Johnston, Ham
Bee and others whose names are house
hold words in Texas. Since then corpus
has not been known to fame.
In fS4s Nueres ctunty was cut from
the empire proportions Of San Patricio and
Corpus christi was made the county Site
The cattle kings saw and f9und, II eo1!!;
planted their cowboys tents and grew into
royai estates and many another ,rancn
has grown and prospered and petted Cor
ms until n IS the sweetest and most
summing K.S.T.
APUBLlC LAND OPINION.
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