Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-08

year, and her lumber trade amounts to
more than $l5,00o00O per annum.
Short Run From Houston to Austin.
From Houston to Austin is not a long
run, and the stopover at the state capital
was much enjoyed. Gov. Savers was on
the train. and talked about the vast pros
poets for his state. Secretary Wilson has
been through the state before. He has
visited the farms and the ranches, and he
is impressed with Texas He declares that
there are only two states in the Union
where rich farm lands can be obtained for
little money. These are Texas and Mime
sofa Texas has the most of this land. he
says, ana in few years it will all be
taken. The Secretary thinks the Texas
people have much to learn, however. Com
ing from the frugal state of Iowa, and pos
sessing the sturdy ideas of economy of the
Scotch people, Mr.. Wilson has seen many
things in which the people could be more
careful. Some time ago Mr.. Wilson was
down here visiting large rancher who
has thousands of head of cattle including
many milk cows. Mr.. Wilson wanted
some milk for his coffee and thought if
parent embarrassment when the Secretary
of Agriculture asked for milk. The Secre-
tarY found out afterward that several
cowboys had gone out lassOed milk cow
thrown her to the ground and secured some
milk. He also found that condensed milk
was used most of the time. and that the
mich cows ran wild with their calves, no
attempt being made to get milk from them
Tor use on the ranch
San AntOniO's Ancient History
San Antonio, the last principal point be-
fore the train left for FL Paso, was by far
the most interesting of all. Everything in
the city has a history, from the Mexican
quarter in which the train stopped, to
Fort Houston. The town was settled in
1853 The Francscans came into the will
derneSS and soon began the erection of the
ancient missions, most of which are stand
ing These were churches and forts COM
blned, and their architecture shows that
the priests were mechanics as well as re-
ligious workers. The Alamo. where so
many brave Texans We're slain by Santa
Annals army, was built in 171S. Some of
the ancient cathedrals were built prior to
that time.
Eight battles for the independence of
1exas We're fought IN and around San An
tonic, beginning as far back 1776, and
the city has lived under as many as eight
flags. Santa Anna invested the town Feb
ruary %, 1896, in command of force of
at least 5000 men. The Texans are esti-
mated to have been from 175 to 1873. The
MeXicans were often driven back with great
loss, but on the. eleventh day they sue
ceeded in killing the last Texan, after
ward burning their bodies. When the bat
tie of San Jacinto was fought April 2I
1886, the slogan of the Texans was Re
member the Alamo" The war was ended
by that battle, Santa Anna being defeated
and captured.
At the Alamo. w. B. Travis. James
Bowie, Davy Crockett. j. b. Bonham and
others We're killed. Crockett. the great
frontiersman and soldier, died amid a
circle of slaughtered foes. Bonham was a
native of South Carolina He had been
sent by Col Travis to Fannin, with ap-
reals for government aid. Returning he
saw from an overlooking hill the scene
that was being enacted. His two compan-
ions demanded that all should retire Ron
ham refused and said he would join Travis.
He did and was among the fallen
The time to see the Mexican quarter of
the town is in the evening. Their houses
are of adobe, mud or sticks, and the men
and women are shiftless, lazy lot. The
men wear big sombreros and the women
dress in the most gaudy manner In the
evening they spread long tables illuminat-
ed by medieval-looking lanterns and spread
out chill con carne, tamales frijoles chilli
verde and tortilas. so hot with CAYENNE
pepper that mouthful feels like a mus
tard plaster to the stomach of an Ameri-
can.
The Town of Juarez.
Across the Rio Grande from Ell PaSo is
the old Mexican town of Ciudad Juarez.
In the ancient church built there more
than 300 years ago, the people come and
go, Worshiping much they did in the
old days. Ell Paso is a live town of about
$1,000 people many Mexicans being among
the population. The town is not as quaint
with live people. One thing which bothers
everybody going to Eel Paso is the differ
ent times they operate under. There are
four different times, and a man may take
his choice Between New Orleans and Ell
Paso central time is adhered to. This is