The Minneapolis journal., 1906-01-26
CLIMATE IDEAL TN
CHARMED CIRCLE"
Remarkable Growth of Dallas in
Commerce, Manufactures, and
Population Due in Large Part to
Wealth of Adjacent Territory.
CONDITIONS THE BEST
<s AND SOL. MOST FERTILE
Story of Northern Texas City One
of Progress and Development
Along Right Lines and with the
Right Influences Behind Them.
BY HERBERT VANDERHooF.

in its citizens, natural advantages Of
geographical location, climatic and agrl-
urally happen? ' No e, doubt H % there ' is Vide
diversity Of opinion on this matter, but
there can be no question, when a city
possesses all of these attributes it Is des,
tined to become that most wonderful OF
American developments-a city.
Just such a combination exists at Dal-
las, Texas. IF there is in the whole
fertile soil than that which surrounds
Dallas within a radius of one hundred
miles; if there is a spot where nature has
been more bounteous in her gifts; if there
more favorable for the carrying on Of
agricultural pursuits; and last, if there
is a city in America where public spirit
and aggressive enterprise obtain more
Texas, history records 1t not.
Climate In the "charmed Circle"
The state Of Texas has worldwide
fame for it's climate-and Dallas county
this regard.
The annual mean temperature of the
state, speaking approximately and from
statistics in the office of the weather
service. is about Sc January is generally
the coolest month of the year in all parts
of the state; and it is called "cold' in
Texas when the thermometer goes to 10
above zero. July is the month of great
in strip of about 100 miles wide
through the central portion Of the state
from. the east line to the Tooth meridian
| only about six years out Of twenty in
June, July and August. The maximum
temperature over 100 in these months on
these occasions, averages about one to
three days in June, two to four, days in
| July, and one to three days in August.
The rainfall of Texas is very uniformly
| distributed. Dallas county especially has
never experienced a continued drought. of
| long duration, nor has it known anything
approaching the tropical wet season"
| February and July are the months Of
least rainfall, and May and September
the months of heaviest rainfall
Soil and Staple Crops:
When I say that soil is the greatest
| factor in the upbuilding of a community.
I feel that am proclaiming generality
| which is founded on fact. I argue tina
everything we eat everything we wear,
civilized man. comes from the soil di-
rectly or indirectly. It is an axiom that
| the farmer is the pioneer of civilization.
The first question a settler looking for a
| that with a soil that is productive-that
| brings forth of it's fruits the maximum
amount with a minimum Of time, labor
and expense-he is doubly armed for the
AS giving some idea Of the nature of
| the land In and around Dallas it Is only
necessary to say that it is universally
| known as the charmed CIRCLE And
| when this is said Of a state so prolific as
is Texas the phrase means something. It
| is said, and with truth, that this terri
tory, comprising about thirtyfour coun-
| ties in Texas, in whole or in part, is one
of the richest agricultural districts In the
known world. And this, mind you, with
in a radius of 100 miles Of Dallas, the
| city.
Wheat hay, cotton, oats and corn are
fertile reaion but smaiI Tp frits and d ears
den truck thrive and are extensively cul-
tivated. The average yield per acre is:
Cotton, l bale; corn, IS to 30 bushels;
oats, As bushels; wheat, 25 to S5 bushels
hay, to tons. Alfalfa thrives in this
region, and, while a comparatively new
crop, it is now being very extensively
planted.