The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-03

recall them. The rent sharks. however, have
tine 20 redeem themselves in the Jefferson
county metropolis. Anybody Is liable to
inSke Q mistake, hut the wise man never
bahes the same mistake twice.
Tho Taylor journal seems 70 think aud
apparently with good reasons. that town Of
iicials in Texas are not constructs la
Kansas, and makes this comment in the
premises.
Tho Journal has recently heard a number
o pfrscns remark OF the most excellent good
Or er IN Taylor among all classes. NJ
ditnks and downs, no quarrelling, no hard
feelings among citizens that ono can see
specially. AMI cases ia the mag strate's court
ana he city court almost confined entirely 70
pe.ple who. are not citizens Of Taylor and
very few OF them. The fact Is. our officers
are s fnp!y doing their duty In cases of yil-
lntsons OF law, aud the people are quiet,
peaceful aud busy.
The oil craze has surely struck Texas
when all OF this boring has been completed
there will be several wiser but poorer mea
M the s ate. However. there Is no o5iec-
ton 20 the oil fields being developed 10
their iull capacity .-Yoskum Herald
There are always some failures IN every
! undertaking While thousands failed in thu
great colo district OF Cripple Creek hun-
Tost believes. that no well has boen bored
to depth OF 1000 feet without those utter
es,ed striking something 10 make their
efforts worth while. In some places the
scoyery has been oil, in others coal. in
others hot water. in others gold, silver,
| copper and other minerals. DO not discour-
age the brisades with the pickaX and spade
| The intelligence is sent out from San An
| tonic that the Texas legislature will not
| redistrct the State for congressman, but will
| let the districts remain as they arc, and
| appoint three congressman at large, one
| whom Is TO be Marshall Hicks OF that city.
| THIS nows viii take the rest Of the state
| by surprise. IL Is somewhat OF an inuoya-
| ton IN our government system for lesis-
| lntuie to appoint members OF congress Va
| III the Federal constitution Is set aside. IT
| provision that members of tho house o.
| representatives must be elected by the Peep g
| vii! proi ably continue to be respected, no
wthstaHding the word from San Antonio. -
| Fort Worth Register
| Word" In the esteemed Registers com
nIcnt as reproduced above. should be changed
TO read "hoax." State legislators are pretty
big fellows in some places but they are not
yet able to take the Federal constitution and
run it on sidetrack
~
! The truck farmer is as busy os n beaver
| just now, getting his land in good shap
| for a spring crop The truck growing in
! dustry is assuming large proportions in this
! part of the State and is causing the country
| to develop at wonderful rate. Especially
| is this true of the country south of u.s.
| Yoakum Times.
Truck growers of South Texas arc to be
congratulated heartily. They suffered severe
! ly last fail by the ravages. of the wors
storm in the history of the Southwest Now
they are heroically eudeavoring to recupera te
their fortunes There is every indication that
| they viii succeed, too. one good thing about
truck growing is that cary vegetables al
ways bring comparatively high price, and
another is that they arc ready TO market a
few weeks after being planted. South Texas
viii come UP to the top round on the indus
trial ladder yeti