The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-21
BUDGET FROM BRENNAN
FARMERS LIKELY TO TURN THEIR
ATTENTION TO TRUCK.
Santa Fe Gang at Work on Big OIL
Tank--Ra Barbecue at
Vaudeville.

thH'u tue ear OF tue farmer 10 listen Wnen
some one rises 70 remark about the ad
yantnges Of diversified farming The visit
OF representatives from Chicago dealers Of
fering TO pay cash for Irish potatoes
watermelons. tomatoes, berries, etc, as
soon rs loaded on the car at your own
station has opened the eyes Of the farm
ers 20 the advantages Of truck growing
The land that will make $50 worth OF cot
ton, provided the price Is feir, viii produce
100 bushels OF potatoes, which are now
worth IS cents per bushel The same kind
Of an acre viii produce from $3.50 TO $40
In watermelons and berries Tomatoes,
one Of the easiest vegetables raised nre
bringing good prices in the large cities, and
the counties Of the State that have ahan.
doned cotton have done so well that land
values have greatly Increased. II does not
require much more than one.fouuh the
labor to produce 0 crop OF marketable truck
than Il does 20 raise cotton, and there
seems TO be less risk now. especially IN the
boil weevll districts The truck Is ready
for market before the summer drouth sets
In, and the money comes In when times
are the hardest The representative Of the
Chicago Produce company, who was here
not long since said that be would buy all
the truck raised in this section ana pay
cash for Il, aud urged the farmers along
the line Of The Santa Fc aud central TO
plant more potatoes and waiermolons, more
beans aud tomatoes Washington county ls
too good a cotton growing county TO ApAn
don the growing on IL altogether, hut the
farmers would be infinitely better OF Il
they would not depend ON II entirely They
have already commenced raising more corn,
hay, alfalfa and feedstuns than they used
70. and the prospect is mat there VII NOT
hc half as much corn shipped INTO Wash
lngton county next year as there has been
The big barbecue Friday. given by the
pretty post oak grove near the Ncldeville
church six miles north OF Rrcnhum, was
an abundance Of well bHhccued pork,
beef and mutton. together with all kinds
Of delcacios were served at dinner Hon
5. b. Rogers addressed the assemblage
lr, who explained the proposed stock law
IN this county 10 the farmers present.
the stock instead OF the present plan %
fencing both the stock aud the crops
Quite n number OF Brephamitrs were In at
tendance, aud all of them express them
selves MS having spent q most enjoyable
day With those hospitahle people, The IL
ycar.old son OF Mr.. William Newmuun
was overcome with heat during the day
and was cnrrcd home quite sick Ihe
festivities were concluded with q grand
ball at the residence Of MIR Lonnic Weiso
Friday night about o'clock while
Mcssrs William Sonnenherg ana Henry
Kasper were on their way home from
Hauhelt Bros. store In the delivery wagon,
the horse got the lines under his tail and
kicked the occupants out Of the vchcle
Mr.. Sonnenberg was kicked on the side Of
the face and the flesh lacerated aS Wen
MS bruised, the Kick knocking him from The
vehicle Mir kasper was struck over the
eye. and pretty severely bruised. Atler
kicking the two men and the lines
out from under his tail the animal stopped
and made no effort to run away.
The Gulf, Colorado and santa Ee on,
ginos are to use fuel oil instead Of coal.
< force OF 100 men arc engaged in putting
In the big storage tanks al Sommeryll
II will be 100 feet long and thirty feet In
diameter Some time since this company
made q thorough test of OH as fuel running
an engine that had been equipped with OIL
burners over the entire System to test T.
The test, we presume was entirely sat s
factory Judging from the arrangement s
to change the entire system Ia use oil
instead of coal OF an early day
Mr.. II. Fischer has three acres ot long
staple cotton, from which he was today
exhibiting lot OF open bolls and TX
planning TO his friends The advantages Of
tRan the ether varietles eqnaiiy as ~
linz and brings q cent or two per pounl
more in the market lie VI plant an thni
Is or the opinion Il at II is the best cotton
Mr. +. s. Heart6eid n cnappell uin
was IA the city Saturday ana saws mat
the machinery for tho Chnppcll lilll cream
ery arrived this morning and that there
was meeting of the stockholders VA frog.
ress when he left aud that ne work of
putting up the machinery would he com.
menccd at once and pushed To compieu n
30 that tho creamery could start 10 work
| AT the earliest possible moment
The Rrenham Field Artillery Lieutenant
| Grotc In command. left Friday night 10.
/ Austin with about fifteen members NJ the
eieht Of the Burton detachment at tbn,
| place Captain Schultz lott to-day At noon
! TO join the COMPANY sickness ana nn
sepcc from the city prevented fun turn
! out Of the company
! Messrs BuchNnnan and BENTON two a.
! torneys from l.Ongylew, Texas were m
the city Friday afternoon on their return
! from an overland hunting and fishing tril
/ to Corpus Christi They had been oni
| from home since June Is ana expressed
| long outing and camp-llfo
County Treasurer G. Hebst has been
notified hy the state e9mptrollse55 ~, o 3t 90 II,
! Washington couuty's pro rata ,9t m
! school fund s. now ready This Will MAKE
S3s .26i Is total Of the state school fund
saturday was one Of the most disagree
/ ably warm DAYS Of the hot summer,
Caldwell has broom factory ana na.
/ handles ought TO have been made from
! 1exas timber In this State 80.
for the statement that the Santa re e ar
ranging to have storage tanks az an on
/ Visions along the ine for fuel oil, and thu
! the one at Benyille Is nearing comple
/ ton
! Arrangements have been made FOR th'
/ annual celebration Of the anniversary oi
/ the battle Of Sedan by The German ktie
/ gerverein 90 Fireman's park the hrsi
/ Sunday In September
| The condition of Mr. W. H. Lipscomb
/ who shot himself in the head Thursday
was unchanged Saturday. and but bttl'
/ hope n entertained for his recovery
match game ~ baseball between
BRENNAN and Gay Hin nineS VIII be playel
| at the park tomorrow afternoon ~
In the district court saturday j y. Croot
! hleG a suit against A. Bailey et oil anc
[ Willie Abram, uespafs 10 try utle
Born 10 Mr. and Mrs Henry Miller 81
Reflin, a few days ago, a fine girl
/ DR. n Upshaw of Sommervile was II
| the CITY Friday night
General Felix Robertson ~ Waco is Aei'
on "a visit
MI ] Hoxie Williams ~ Independence
was in the city today.
Mr. John Foster Of Hampstead vas l.
M Mrs " T. Sails and children returne'
last evening from visit 10 Mrs. Sails
sister IN Giddnss
Dr r o Mclean Of Caldwell spent III
AIr Wlhugh wilkins, cashier Of th
4 Beevine National bank rs IN the city on
visit 10 his parents
Mrs William Leak and Miss Della Glen
mons who have been here on visit 4
the family Of Nh ID v Williams, 70
turned to their home IN Navas0ta today
Mr. 70 g. Sayies. Jr~ u Gay Hill wa
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