Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-10

gable stream, nor is 1t attractive in ap-
pearance; but the government engineers
have surveyed 1t, the Texas congressman
and senators have gotten an appropriation
of 100000 to begin with and 1t Is pro-
posed 70 turn 1t into a big ditch. or canal,
with minimum of eight feet of water in
the dry season suitable for fiat boat bust
ness similar to that done on the canals OF
France and Germany. Barges will be
loaded with cotton and other merchandise
and hoated down 800 miles to Galveston bay.
Where the current Is swift( slack water Is
to be secured by the construction of a Sc
ries Of locks and dams. the first of which
will be built near Dallas at the expense or
that city. The cost of the first lock Is
estimated at $4,000 and bids will be ad-
vertised for next month. The government
engineers are now engaged in clearing out
the snags and getting ready for the
dredges. 1t Is a very broad and. to an or
binary observer, a useless enterprise: but
the people of Dallas argue that the canal
Is needed as a rate-regulatOr. and that 1t
will open up new country now practical
ly inaccessible. which Is as rich as the
valley Of the Nile. There Is strip 500
miles In length. through which the canal
will pass down the valley OF the Trinity.
whose resources are almost unlimited, not
only in the fertility of the SOIL but in the
and iron ore.
Social Activity.
Dallas is a plug hat" and billed shirt
town. Its social activity Is greater than
that Of any other place in the south. ex-
cept New Orleans and Atlanta. and many
OF its citizens put on evening suits every
night for dinner. While there is no arts
tocracy and the population is very demo-
cratic. Dallas Is the only town south of
Louisville that publishes a social register
q directory containing a list of its 400
and others equally worthy, arranged in
alphabetical order. with the members OF
the families and their home addresses.
1t Is a handsomely bound book OF 1874
pages, and includes list of the clubs Of
Dallas-socal. literary. musical athletic.
sporting, ETC.: there Is a list of the Daugh-
ters Of the Revolution and the Colonial
Danes. and it gives the membership of the
musical society and other associations. AS
an evidence of culture. you can also find
An art league. a Shakespeare club, two
other organizat tons for private theatricals.
a Schubert instrumental club and a sym
phony association-all of which are busy
every winter. Last April Sembrich gave
two concerts at Dallas which cost $4,000:
but the attendance was sufficient TO pay the
bill and leave margin of profit
. Dallas claims the largest number of edu-
cational institutions of any city in Texas.
and the finest school houses In the state.
1t also claims to pay it's teachers higher
salaries than are paid elsewhere. There
are nineteen public schools-fourteen for
white children and five for colored children
The school houses cost half a million dol
lars. In addition to these public Schools
the directory shows q HSt Oh tniTty live pt l.
vate institutions. including two colleges
Methodist and BaptisD. five commercial
colleges. four technical and manual train
ing schools and five seminaries for young
women.
Religion and Politics.
The city is a religious center also. with
three bishops Catholic. Episcopal and
Methodist making headquarters here) ana
having a number Of fine churches.
Dallas is the political headquarters OF the
state end the chief convention city or
Texas. 1t is the residence of United States
Senator Culberson. He does not remain
here very much, however. and owns no
property; but he keeps a law ONCE as
sort of political headquarters. His father.
who was the greatest man Texas mas pro-
duced in recent years. lived In Jefferson
but his law practice extended all over the
state He died a few years ago
Young Mr. Green. the son or ffetty
Green, who Is usually described as the
ricbest woman In the world. spends mucil
NJ his time here, although his home Is AT
Terrill. about thirty miles away. lie is the
president of a railroad. the Texas Mioiaho
which is owned by his mother. ana ne ~
said TO manage 1t with great aoliity- ne
usually travels in automobiles. however
ana has a large herd of them, or poth 40
nestle and foreign pedigree.