Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1903-03-05
LETTER FROM TEXAS.
Pecos, Tex March 3, 1903.

~" b ~ 1ANNA'SS NiANJ
/ promised several persons who
had unfortunately been attacked
by the burning scourge of western
fever that'when | got in the west
and had been there long enough
to take IN the situation | would
write them in a conservative mane
ner about the country and the bus,
iness and social affairs of the people,
and now that | am here and have
been here long enough to be brim
ful of information, / am ready to
write, and as l can most conveni-
emily do this through your paper
for there are several of these fever,
stricken people to whom | made
this promise, and it would take me
some time to write to them all, l
beg space for the following
Pecos City, Texas, is 400 miles
west of Ft. Worth, is situated on
the Pecos River just south of the
Texas and New Mexico state line,
and has a population of 1900 or
l5OO. large per cent. being Mexi-
cans. 1t has an elevation of near
5000 feet and is in a splendid ar
tesian water belt. The water, as a
rule, is not very close to the SUR
face, but one man, however, was
fortunate enough to find it at a
depth several miles this side of
China, But if they have to go so
SO deep for it, they have machines
that will bore down to it much
quicker than you might think for,
They never commenced boring at
these wells until just before the
Civil War, and they have two or
| three done already. OF course the
water is much better than that
! which runs out Of Cumberland
Mountain, for it is already salted,
and hence cooks are saved the
l trouble OF sailing their victuals,
and farmers the trouble and exs
; pense of sailing their herds.
Pecos River is magnificent
stream. 1t carries a volume of wa
ter almost sufficient to run a good
sized mill if the beautiful red clay
from the hills of New Mexico could
be separated from it. The land on
Y its banks and in the surrounding
country is extremely productive
for | have seen jack rabbits on it as
large as poodle dogs, IL would ne
doubt be a good country for corn
There is simply no question abou
d it that if the ears on the cornstalk'
I. would grow as large as the ears OF
p these jackrabbits grow that mar
, could get rich here in little while
= 1t rains here occasionally. Their,
l. was nice shower fell here just af
l. ter Texas was admitted into thl
s. Union, SO | am very reliably in
= formed.
a The people are engaged in sever
Il al different pursuits, some deal IL
& cattle, some dig wells, many ar
: engaged in the undertaker's busi
ness, but by far the most importan
business seems to be gambling
There are two well equipped gamb
ling houses in the center of town
% open day and night, You Nigh
make fortune out here in some
thing like that.
" You can find all the liberty on
y, here you want. You can do jus
ID ID as you please and the law won't in
~ - terlere with you. This Is a fin
place for liberty loving people,
a There are several church demon
le nations here, each having paste
but no member, so l have been in
formed, The people are mostl
g, devout followers OF Ananias an
is jeff Davis so it seems. They al
all good people though.
~ The murder. roll out here is ne
very great. There hasn't bee
er over one man day, on the ayerag
is killed since came here.
nd As whole you see Pecos is al
" 70 right. Of course its elevation
.y bove sea level renders it very goo
place for those suffering from pu
re monary trouble, aud the eleyatio
'm of board is SO far above the level
- reason that ali kinds Of stOmaC
no troubles can be cured here in Ii