The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-06-10
TEXAS FARMING LANo.
a Warning to Those Who Are Holdns
Real Estate.

Real Estate.
To the Editor ~ The lost.
Houston. Texas. May ell note your
words Of wdnmg TO the people Of Texas
'who have lands fer sale aud have hreu
waiting for yesrs 20 sell thcm. / refer
to yorr editorial under the head OF enold.
Ing ON FOR Higher pricSs,' In ycur issue
Of the LIST instant.
In travelling over the state, and especial.
|, In the coast country Of same. ! hnd
similar cases TO the one yop speak OF Ia
the Iiano country, whcw Their VIVA 5000
acrrs OF mountain. side land offered for
SSum. and when buyer arrived &c. same
IL had gone mp 20 Sls,Vn and that land
owners are holding on Cor big prices. and
say they arc going Go get what they ask.
This liano country that You speak Of
has laid there for years dormant No
bc ssehea 70 wsn anS o ~ oIi1I,Ss ~
and stock farming. During the past few
mouths attention mas hcen called tr that
section of the State by the pfcss OF Texas
any expense whatever a. Those who own
the mineral and other land. THIS work
~ the press has resulted In Naying many
men so Into that section Of she country to
see what there was there, and the fact 81
their going has caused those. who own
IMMORAL land to become independent, wherc'
| as II II WIS loft to the owners of these
| lands 10 attract the attention of pros
pectlye huyels i mlshi he some time be- he.
such country ns the l4lano country.
What say Of the Llano country will m.
ply 60 many other sections Of Texas, Vhs
ppunic of the cenSt country who own land
and have been waiting Tor the past twenty
ave or thirty ycniS Tor chance 60 dlspoA
ot Il, are losing the opportunity of thcs
lIvcs from day 60 day, Without any *
/ ponsc 20 those who avn land, rs rnlc
I ihr press OF the coast country OF Texas
| the real estate agents ana taiNoaus @
4 rcthcr With the gushing oil wells AT beau
! mont hnVc Induced many people To com,
\ to tho coast country from the old hht
! thlckiy settled counties 81 Texas us wei
/ ns from the old States, This has create
4 Il demand for land AZ the prices named nl
4 the land owners before these proSpc, iN
/ buyers Cnmc and now thNt lhtN nav
| come II secms 10 he about rs hard 70 &c
| laud Tor farming purposes rs i would
| to get drink Of fresh water IN the EuR
| Men have come from nearly every stat
In the Union during the Inst few month
| arc mon TODAY In Houston. beaumont nm
| other cities and towns IN the state thN
are willing md ready 10 pay tull Nnu
/ for the lnnd for forming purposes nnd lni
those of us who arc here now In the fur
thrr settlement and development 0f IN
/ part Of the state, 1t Is, of course, for tho'
/ people who own land 20 say whether OF no
tbeec people Viii become Interested and 10
cate with Us. Something Ike six years az
| we had quite an inhux Of people tu Ia
| coas, country uf reNaa from the old Stpt'
and North Texas, The majority ~ the
people came to Houston, aud the cNpers
OF calling thclr attention To- this part %
the state was horuc by the prcss aud
few energetic real estate RFcnte and th
! railroads ON the strength ~ the cnniu
of the newcomers, land was doomed cut q
sight and we soon settled down Into IN
old rut again. and not until the Texas coas
country land was found 20 De Vol Ndapte
10 rice culture did We recover from IA
boom days % Sin wears ago Lot us hcp
pcrienec think we will hud When W
Stnp Go consider, that We viii have ~ hay