The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-20
Letter from Texas.

Strattord, Texas, June 10, OF
Editor Tribune:
| will proceed to make good my
promise TO you before coming, to
give you a note on my trip to this
far southwest. The trip here was un-
eventful though the time passed
pleasantly, as one can always find
congenial company
The country still showed excessive
rainfall when morning broke on
Wednesday June 5 at Fairfield, Iowa
Crops were of inferior quality all
the way except fifty mile strip in
the bottoms of the Kansas river west
of Kansas City, except potatoes, and
it was remarked by other passengers
their superiority in growth over 9th
eursion section, which consisted oi
twelve coaches all loaded and our
engine had all it could do to pull us
up some of the heavy grades in Ok
lahoma From Stevens to Stratford
the last ten miles is an elevation OF
l55 feet.
| have not as yet been to see the
Marshall county colony but have
seen most of them here and all are
well, though a couple of the ladies'
were reported as being little home
sick. Ira Ritchie has started store
at Conlon and George Denn,an has
started lumber and coal yard at the
same place Joe Goodyear, who lass
winter reported as being afraid to
go outside the house to shoot off the
gun to scare the coyotes away at
.....,rht, is braver since his wife has
core, and will go out if she will go
with him. George Goodyear and
Harry Richie have their houses
built and are quite comfortable, and
E. A. End George Kizer are prepar-
ing to build. George Kizer is much
better in health than when he came.
but it is feared he will lose his eye
feeling much better than for a num-
ber of years though while he attrib
uted some of it to the healthful eli
mate, he thought it was largely due
to his being outside, he having work
ed in the Mishawaka rubber boot fac
tory before coming Acre. Elmer
Gatten, formerly of Inwood, was
mosf pleased of all to see the home
folks He is working on big ten
section ranch near Conlon and is the
busiest man in Texas for which he
receives thirty dollars a month. DR.
Stephens is worthy of the credit OF
being the busiest homeseeker in
the panhandle Besides doing as
much prairie gazing Friday as any
man in the crowd, he shot jackrab-
bit and prairie dog and chased a
coyote out of the country. and Satur-
day Mr.. Caldwell. the doctor and
myself were down to our section and
range of an eagle, a coyote, jack
rabbit. a skunk and flock of cur
Iews, he could do nothing but fret
ard bewaii his fate, having forgotten
his gun. The panhandle is not seer
at its best just now. as ! expected
owing to the continued cold having
cut the wheat to little better than
half crop and the oats is not first
class for the same reason. Corn IS
doing nicely and has the rich green
color always seen on the crop on
prairie lands, and there is no pos
sible reason in sight why this coun
try should not compete with any 9TH
er for the honors as corn raiser
All the forage feed crops are yet tc
plant or are in process of planting
now and will have plenty of time 10
mature through the long summer
They have had good rains here this
summer and it is only because OF
the continued cold that they have
reason to complain.
/ saw a pleasing sight Saturday
when a number of little girls rang
ing in age from eight to twelve
years, were out for ride on their
ponies. There were seven ponies
and four or five of them carried two
girls each and TO show they knew
just how to ride a couple of them
tested the speed of their mounts for
forty rods. We had a shower o!
rain Sunday, just enough to lay
the dust and today the atmospher J.
fine For fear / weary your people
with this I will close. with best wish
es for the home land. | remain as
ever YOURS. +. M. McCrory