The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-09-15
San AngeIoites In Dallas.

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thusiastic business men as have
visited Dallas in many u day were
Charles b. Metcalfe, 9. E. Hud-
son, George Hagelstein and w
d. Currier, all of San Angelo,
who spent u few hours in Dallas
yesterday.
They were on their way home
from Galveston, where they CALI
ed upon the officials of the Santa
Fe as to the securing of certain
privileges in the matter Of freight
and passenger rates to and from
San Angelo They presented the
claim that city supplying such
a great area of country as does
theirs should be given common
point rate. They praise highly
the treatment which the railroad
people gave them, and say that
General Manager Nixon and other
officials of the freight and passen.
ger departments are deserving of
much praise for the manner III
which they have interested them
selves in the San Angelo country.
Some of these officials lately
visited their home, and already
since that time the favorable
effects have been evlnced.
To hear these gentlemen praise
the city and country where they
live is extremely interesting.
San Angelo is known as the wind
mill city of United States OH ac-
count of drawing its water supply
from wells by means of wind
power.
1T is n town which, while hav-
ing now only about 1000 people,
is enjoying u steady and substan-
tial growth" said Mr.. Metcalfe.
1T never had a boom and doesn' t
want any, and the chances are
that it wouldn't get such soon.
But on the other hand Northern
and Eastern people are coming
into the town and the great eX-
panse of surrounding territory
and rapidly bringing 1t to the
position of one of the prosperous
sections of Texas. The great live
stock ranches which for years
have existed are giving way to
the small stock farm and every
thing Is on the upward move.
Heretofore this country has
been comparatively undeveloped,
but it is not going to be SO any
more. The longhorn really has
given way to the shorthorn, and
the land around San Angelo has
proven that it is one of the great
est cotton-growing sections of the
state This is largely because
there are no insects to bother the
plant.
Therefore we heartily invite
those who have been troubled by
the boil weevil in other parts of
the state or in other states to
JON us where this pest 10 I'M
known. Other crops yield abun-
dainty there, for we have u soil
that can not be surpassed for
fertility. 1t isn't so expensive,
; either, for it can be bought, the
best quality of land, for $50 to
$50 under the ditch; raw can be
had for rs to $40, grazing for 81
to 50 and upland for IS to $l4.
GAS showing the way in which
, the cotton industry has been adj
: vanced, it may be said that two
: years ago there were but two
: cotton gins in that locality, while
now there are between twelve and
fifteen. The country is being
: settled by good class of Eastern
: and Northern people, who are
coming to stay.
"The country is we'll watered
the following streams flowing
through it: North, Middle
: South and Main Concho Rivers
Spring, Dove, Pecan, Lipan
Kickapoo and Red Creeks and the
Colorado River. Besides these
streams, anywhere in the country
there are fine wells to be had by
going from forty to three hundred
feet deep. The streams are al
supplied by springs and there
seems to be an inexhaustiblt
g underfow. All the streams are
well bridged, many school houseI
are being built and generally thu
improvements are of the bes
, character.
1.-THE climate is a desireabl,
r one, there being little cold il
: winter. The atmosphere is dry
{ and for that reason 1t possesse
the qualities of | suppose one o
the most healthful climates il
the world.
: Consumption patients live il
tents while receiving treatment
9 and it 10 this living, in connection