The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-08-26
pEANS FOR THE WEST
Beauiiful Pen Picture by Buie OF pla-
CeS and Things.

| pain III WHICH LHeTE are rev Valleys.
Occasionally there is slight de-
preston and here you find water
and fine cattle. 1t is at once re-
| mafkable and pleasantly surprising
to find that these prairies are no
longer grazed by long horns. Most
of the cattle ! saw were Herefords
and poll Durhams Twenty odd miles
| west OF Hereford we stop at Bovina
for dinner. Bovina has but few peo-
pie but the railroad eating house
gives me the best meal / have had
| since leaving home Our next stop
of Importance is at Texico. a new
| town recently built just over the Tex
as line. 1t has all the evidence of
newneEs and western civilization, but
Is rapidly building. A new railroad
| Is building out westward from Texico
| across 10 Torrance TO connect with
the Santa Fe line southeast from
Santa Fe. the territorial capital The
| first town of Importance on the
/ Pecos Valley lines after crossing the
| state line is Portales. Several Ellis
| county people live here, among them
1 Mr.. l.. c. Alexander and his son-in-
| law. Mr.. Stoyall There are some
| pretty lands around Portaies and
! some fine crops Shortly after leav-
| ing Portales you run into the sand
| hills or what / should term the
desert lands These lands are used
only for grazing and big cattlemen
| own or lease thousands of acres on
which they Craze and raise cattle
| From this point on until you reach
| within a few miles of Roswell there
| are no lands suitable for the agri-
culturalist Some six miles above
| Roswell you begin TO note canals
/ trees, alfalfa, corn and melons The
sight of these are as refreshing 10
/ the traveller as water In the desert
Sunday afternoon I aligbted a. Ros-
we'll. largest and most beautiful city
/ IN the Peeos Valley. Until the rail-
way reached here in 1892 the town
was a small trading center. all freight
/ being sent overland from Las Vegas,
| a distance of ESQ miles With the
advent af the railroad IL began to
+ build aud today it is a handsome
/ little city OF 5000 or more people
with miles Of broad cement side
walks. lined with stately cotton
/ woods, 1t has all modern conven-
/ ieuces. except q muIe car line. and
boasts OF acqmmercial club with hand
/ some rooms, a salaried secretary and
/ two hundred members. Roswell is
Ia cattle and fruit center The cattle
are raised back on the hills near the
/ mountains and brought here TO be
/ topped off and shipped The val
/ ley about the city is a veritable para
disc for fruits and alfalfa Mr. A
! o. Milice. an ex-Alabamian who
/ came here two years ago, took me
/ In charge one day and drove me over
some fifteen miles of this valley
country. Ellis county farmers would
be amazed TO see Il farmer here with
a handsome home on ten acres Of
ground and refusing $500 per acre
for 1t. Yet such Is the case Not In
one Instance, but In many. A ten
acre apple orchard will net It's owner
$4,000 a year Ia apples and In ad
dition to his fruit he can raise alfalfa
among the trees and fatten a large
number OF hogs on the alfalfa and
fallen apples All the fruit raisers
grow alfalfa and hogs A few miles
from town "a Col C. c. Slaughter
famous Hereford ranch where he
breeds the high priced white face
cattle. Next Is the famous T. r ID.
/. ranch. the feed from which is used
10 finish the cattle grown by The
same company on the sand hills My
friend drove me over 10 the famous
ChiSholm hog ranch where there
are 5000 head OF hogs These are
bred and raised here and most Of
them finished for market TAe hogs
from this ranch top the Kansas CITY
markets each year Our next visit
was 10 the Haaerman ranch Mr
Haaefmau WAS a Colorado man lie
hnilt the PeroS Valley road which was
recently sold 10 the Santa Fe Six
miles south of Roswell BE located
several sections II land and there
be nos resides IN foudal snlendOr
lIaif a mile from his house II sta
tlon and under a shed stands his pri-
waite car In which he travels any.
where on the santa Fa road I al.
most fear for my yeracity whru /
come 10 tell of what this man is
doing In fruit raising. but th~se state
meats cah be easily verified by the
doubling on~s One section ~ hts
estate gs In appies and wtth sxcwp-
ton ~ about GO acres is In bearing
trees These trees are nuw loaded
~ith fruit and that Il Is wooa attest.
"a ~ eAttnw thereof Last year ne
usttsd fvum his apple crop alone sse.
aoa The fruit il now b@auw picked
II IA carried TO large SHEETS. assorted
and parAed r~may for shipment Aus
the@~ aEislea brfnw three. tour smd e
cents Fser pound Those unfff fof
shipments are made into elder or
vinegar and thus ne AppGex are iuss
Those @hlsh fall frum thw trees arn
dev@ufnd ~ the hogs nmaured ia
the apple aFehmfsn
AT this ssetsun IL under srrnras
gsom s=sme ~ thu fArxznm have aFse-
aAam SELLS One saw maa fauwAns
enmaEh @afwf "a srFfgAte a hagf a.n
tluH Others are irrigated srnm
springs whsie south ~ shn e5ty sae
great Aassmsa reservoir covarane snoa
arF~s vt NeanmA Furnishes tAe mAtWr
Katm reservoir II heinR huiss ~ the
gox~rameHt and the farmers viii
pay the ssaf hAeA as the rate - 3