The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-09-24

school for several years In different
sections OF Ellis county, In principal
OF the school here. This town two
years ago was little side-switeh
STATEN; nov IL has population OF
over 1000. The Rock Island and the
Fort Worth and Denver roads cross
here, and the Rock Island has its
general offices and machine shops
located at this place, and Dallam
county is now building a court
house here, and they are putting in
an ice and electric light plant.
spent two nights and days with
ohm and he drove me out to several
ranches. A pretty country, good
grass and fair feed crops, and is set
Ting up pretty rapidly and there is
room here for thousands more. AT
a depth Of go TO 800 feet plenty of
water is found and the wind-mills
bring 1t to the surface, and this is a
delightful summer climate. In the
shade it is cool and pleasant all
summer and they sleep under heavy
cover. The water and air is pure
and there is very little sickness. /
spent couple of days there very
pleasantly, and to John Jones and
wife and to Prof. Farrow | am in
debted for my pleasant visit. At
two O'Clock in the morning / left
there and it was almost cold enough
for frost. AT Dalhart cattle in
spector and bunch of Texas Ran
gers got aboard. The cattle inspec.
tor lived up at Canadian, in the
northern part of the Panhandle, and
the Rangers are now stopping at
Amarillo. They had been out aud
had over-hauled cattle thief with
a hundred head of stolen cattle right
op the border of New Mexico. The
Rangers appeared to be nice, quiet,
sober men and all OF them were old
/ timers in the ranger service and 1t is
no doubt due to their work in as
sisting the sheritfs on the borders of
New and Old Mexico that it is as
quiet and orderly in the last few
years as it is. In this sparsley set
! tied country the Texas Rangers
| have, since the settlement Of Texas,
| been noted for their bravery. From
! Dalhart to Amarillo is 100 miles or
more and at ) O'Clock in the morn
| ing | got of there almost frozen,
took my breakfast at hotel and
! proceeded down to Jones' Lumber
ward. A. ID. Timmons, son OF II. ID.
/ IimmOus, Of Waxahachie, is in
| charge of the yard here, and after "a
! few moments talk he took me into
/ his buggy and showed me the town
| Six thousand people now live mere
and it Is rustliug, busy city. Tween
/ ty-tive or thirty new brick business
houses are now going up, and also
several large wholesale houses, and
/ 1t looks like Amarillo will be the
! Fort Worth Of the Panhandle Two
or three sauitarlums are here and
| sick people from All oyer Texas and
other states keep them full. Come
| here To reCupeTate health in this
cool, dry climate. Ia my drive with
Mr.. Tlmmons we ran across Mr..
McKinstry, a real estate man, and
| got into his buggy aud went out
: or ~ miles to several Hereford
cattle ranches and they are fine ill.,
deed with rich mesquite grass, ard
with windmills to lift the water T..
the cattle. They have nothing 20 d.
but to nip grass and grow fat. After
several hours lay-oyer spent iu tax
ing in the sights of Amarillo md
the surrounding country, ! boarded
the Pecos Valley and Northwestern
train for Hereford.
To be continued