The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-08-25
CORRESPONDENTS,

an rules this will be chapter one.
Unlike the serial stories. however,
all things may not come in logical
| sequence, hence we win simply call
| IL editorial correspondence to dis
tinguish Ii from what Innocence may
have to say about the Rockies and
| the Pacific coast.
Friday morning. August Is, kiss
ed business cares goodbye and started
| out Go seek winter home At
| Fort Worth the ever accommodating
Denver Road took me across prai-
| RE and plain. grassy valleys and scar
| fields up, up, up. At Vernon my
chance companion and | bought a
watermelon from a farmer boy
whose wagon was backed against the
| track. The price was one nickel,
| but no sooner had | passed my mel
on through the window than the lit
| tie scamp cut the price and cried
two water melons for five cents"
| | had been buneoed. At Cnildress
| | interviewed a hot tamale man and
| got a combination of dog meat, corn
| meal, red pepper and chilli sauce
| rolled up in a shuck and the Mexi-
| can builder OF the article separated
me from a good American dime.
| From Childress TO Memphis in Hall
county, the grade is exceedingly
steep and our engine puffed and
| groaued like in extreme pain, but
after passing onto the level plateau
approaching Amarillo the speed was
good and even.
Amarillo was reached about mid
night. The next morning ! was out
| by : O'Clock looking at the town and
quite a pretty plains town it is. My
train left at 9:15. hence | did not
get to see any Of the Ellis county
people who live there. Out across
| the prairies we speed away Pretty
level plains lie out on either side
| Here is natural lake full of clear
water and fat cattle browse all about
A few mile further we are approach
| Canyon City which takes it's name
| from the canyons nearby. Here is
| some of the prettiest valley land
| one would care TO see. On il is grow
| ing alfalfa, sorghum, milo maize.
! June corn and some cotton One is
| simply amazed 10 see such beautiful
vegetation on what we have been
| taught TO consider the drouth-strick-
en- plains Here YOU are 5000 feet
above the sea level. the cool breezes
| blow cinder into your eye. but
| YOU are 100 much interested in the
magnificent scenery TO bother about
| cinder The conductor shouts all
aboard and the train is off for Here
/ ford ] recall that some Ellis coun-
| tians live at Hereford and when the
train pulls in ] alight 70 fall
| sQuarely before Charley Barton now
president of the Panhandle Christian
College Charley begs me to stay
over ] say no, I'm ticketed through
| 10 Roswell. Then up walked Tom
Graves, who is in the land business.
and before ! hardly know it my grips
are on the platform and the train
| is gone. ] am really glad they held
me mp for ! fell into good hands and
| felt Just like / was in Waxahachie
| Mr.. Graves went to Hereford three
/ years ago and entered the land bust
ness and he's a good land man TOO
! He has been buying, building anG
trading until he IS pretty handsomely
| fixed. With two .dtssourians he
carried me out 10 SHOW the country
There is no limit 10 the pretty lanGs
| ia that section. You can have roll
ing prairie or valley lands just as
YOU elect An abundance OF water
/ is secured at 40 10 20 feet and a
windmill furnishes you motive power
for lifting IL. These WIND mills fuTB-
ish all the water needed for your
gardens and orchards Your crops
do not need irrigating although the
average rainfall seldom exceeds go
inches Annually The prettiest,
greensst orchards | saw had never
been irrigated. Piurls grow in pro
fusion. Apples. pears. grapes and
all berries bear we'll It is an ideal
country for health and farming
Lands ran Ie from s. 10 500 per acre.
The PpCos valley road runs through
this section from Anna lilo 10 Pecos |
MIR. A. l.. Conrad, traffic mana ger
at Amarillo. will gladly furnish in
formation about any section adioin- !
ing his road
But 10 get back to the Ellis cnuu-
~ delegation Judge Joe Lancaster !
Is al Hereford and doing Well He
has bought land in Hale county and |
is pracJicinW law az Hereford and |
PiainvieW He is immensely pleas
I'D with the west Ross Davis is an /
old settler here now Re is banking /
bot win soon go 60 rambling Geo /
Wicker. Of Red OAK rs in the drug /
business and is almost as fat as Col /
Hooks Geo. Eagle brother of ]. A. /
Eagle Of Red Oak. DIS here. The
Turreut.nes are here and one Of the /
girls is teacher in the public /
sools Dr Estes. Of italy. Is pao-
6fsHc medicine and s doing we'll
.ueriutendruf of The city schools /
one Of the 8urks from Midlothian
end vruus Nr GaFyu from the /
same hisCa are Uertfhr1ites now /
John Mckinley wha Bsat q l,e aepn- /
tF sheriff uudrr wash Nthurn owns
pretty h0mn and a biz farm fusi
north Hf town Waiter Park keen
rag books iH rbe Hereford National /
lauk ard Recently married o plains /
Efi HN fntHar Sir B J pafss Inns i
lHrwa ranch saFeFai miles pnt and 4
Is SCH u.sasd j T. Park, another i
auu Els alsa farming. and wEn he /
met we uu fhN TtFev' rms first Hc /
wa# ia diE re SILVER dollar te hEfp +
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