The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-08-09
STILL AT GALVESTON
Innocence Continues to Sniff salt
Breezes and Drink ice Water.

, 1eII aHu r. r. moore son OF Mr.. AnC
Mrs. r. j Moore, all of Waxahachie
took passage here recently on one OF
the big steamers which plies between
this place and new York, and | saw
In the papers where the passengers
Of that vessel were held in the de-
tention camp at New York several
hours. OF course there was no ne
cessity for this, but city authorities
had better be a little careful during
a yellow fever epidemic There Is
just about scare enough here to put
them to work in earnest cleaning ND
the city as 1t should be kept at all
seasons of the year.
| My better half, who spent two
weeks with me here would get lit
tie nervous while reading OF the
deaths from yellow fever at New Or
leans. ! am trying 20 get relief here
and as yet have felt no fear OF any
thing worse to come Yellow fever
does not now carry with fl the terror
and death It formerly did. Physi-
| clans have learned to treat II and
control X better than they did
few years ago This outbreak in
New Orleans will not be without IT'S
good effects, for | see from the Daily
Light that Mayor Robertson is urg
tng the citizens of waxahachie 10
clean up their premises.
/ II did me good 10 read of the
splendid meeting Of the Farmers
/ Congress at College Station. and FL
lis county was well represented
again Mr.. Buxton and P. + Rape
end several others from Midlothian
after attending the congress bought
! excursion tickets from College Sta
| tion for 5000 and came 10 this CITY
/ and spent two days and one night
/ Mr. Buxton said be spent one hour
/ and one~half al one time swimming
/ tn the gulf He said he greatly en-
1 loyed the congress The great
Icrowds oveFtaxed the accommoda-
/ tlons at the meeting this year OF
ltouTse arrangements will he made to
overcome this next year. but a farm
I er can afford 10 20 down there, pull
/ of his coat roll II up. put IL under
| bis head and sleep on the grass
rather than miss a meeting Of such
1 Importance TO him as the Farmers
I Congress, ! was sorry indeed that
could not bee with our Ellis county
citizens up there. and while | have
/ known Of a few Nho did nor get beds
on our former trips vet no Ellis coun-
" man who ever went With me laid
out on the grass I made Il nv huei-
ness 10 see that all Ellis c0untians
we're provided for and also a great /
many others OF my old friends from I
Limestone county where formerly I
lived. The information ga lined hv /
the farmers of Texas at the Farm /
evs Congress has been worth mil
lions OF dollars to them No wonder /
ti grows SO rapidly IN attendance 4 ,
farmer knows a good thing when he /
sees IT,. and will avail himself OF II 4
too /
Since coming 10 Galveston am /
getting pretty we'll acquainted One
firm offered me "A good job. but I !
haFe the very best job on earth for
me iu Ellis county when his doctor
gets through with me Tluusan Is.
y"s it was estimated thar say fh .us l
and eXcursiouistE came 20 Galveston /
lasf Saturday might and ief M0nday /
evenigg and it is great time they
bad walioWing in the salty water af !
the gulf riding GA street cars ahuuf /
The city and going over and through |
bis vessels tied mp at the wharycs /
The hie sea wall is about CONNECTED 1
and noW for "A distance Of nearly five (
miles on fh@ gulf side of Galveston /
"a wall seventeen feet high stands aa 4
"a protection against the angry wnvez /
Several large dredre boats are #ul /
at worA dischargiuE loads at sand /
and water on the streets aud under I
ne BONUSES raising the grade of the 4
city They are almost done with this I
bis undertaking About twn-thirds i
water and one-third sand is cue con
sisteucy of the boat loads brought !
ln and forced through htN wines into i
the districts 90 fill up the lots The 1
and settles and the water flows off +
into small canals sud thence lu1o the 4
bis canal made fer the hosts ~ come 4
ap through the city in which con
yeKH ne water back to the gulf Thi
was the biggest job ~ its Kind ever 1
undertaken in the history ~ fhe /
world and three milllous ~ dollars /
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