The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-04-12
President Roosevelt said:
TEXAS is THE GARDEN SPOT OF
THE LORD"

THE LORD"
Investigation will show that this
$4,000 acres comprises one Of the
duest bodies OF Agricultural and
Truck Farming land in the entire
3.1te commencing about 3G miles
.Outh Of San Antonio, and about two
miles south Of Pleasanton (tho county
seat of Atascosa County,, and ex-
0cudng through Atascosa and a part
ut HcMullen Counties, to within II
miles Of my G0,000.acre Live oak
County Ranch, which in four months
last year sold 10 1000 Home Seekers,
on liberal terms, without interest on
deferred payments, which gives the
poor man, from his savings, a chance
TO secure a good Farm and Town lot
for his home in town. l will donate
and turn over to three bonded Trus-
tees S250.0O0 from the proceeds Of
the sale OF this property to the pur-
chlacrs, as a bonus to the first rail-
road built through this property on
the line which l shall designate.
This property is located on that
middle plain between East Texas,
where It rains too much, and the arid
section Of West Texas, where It does
Aot rain enough.
It's close proximity to San Antonio,
the largest city in the State, with
a claimed population OF over 10000,
enhances It's value as a market for
Agricultural and Truck farm products
far beyond the value OF similar land
not so favorably located.
Typography.
Level to slightly rolling. Large,
Vsfa NFn11 nH hNr a
vations suitable for homes; 80 per
cent fine farming land, balance pas
ture land.
Forestry.
Ash, Elm, Gum, blackberry, Live
Oak Mesquite, Pecan. abundant for
shade. fencing and wood.
Soil.
About GO per cent rich, dark, sandy
Ioam, balance chocolate or red sandy
loan, usually preferred by local
farmers, and each with soil averaging
from 2 to 4 feet deep. with clay sub
soil, which holds water
Climate.
Mid, balmy, healthy, practically
free from malaria, few frosts, no snow.
no hard freezes; continuous sea
breeze moderates extremes of heat
snd cold, producing warm winters
and cool summers. Average temper
Rture about G2 degrees.
Rainfall.
From the Government record, 1t Is
safe to assume that the rainfall on
this property has been fully 80 inches
per year, which Is more than some
OF the old States have had, and Is
plentiful for ordinary crops properly
cultivated, and for Grass Growing.
improvements and Water.
This property is fenced and cross
fenced in many large and small pas
lures. with four barDed wires, with
posts about ~ feet apart. Also a
number Of fine shallow wells.
also, a number of fine Lakes and
T.uks {
Also, a number of fine flowing
Artesian Wells, whose crystal streams
fow for miles and miles down those
creeks, whose broad rich valleys, ir-
rigable from these continuously flow
ing streams, make It the ideal place
| for the Marketing Gardener who de-
sires to raise from two to three
crops of marketable produce on the
same ground every year.
Seasons never end.
Thls land is adapted to profitable
/ culture OF Beans, Cabbage, Celery.
! Cucumbers, Lettuce, Tomatoes, Beets,
| Carrots, onions, Radish, Squash,
| Strawberries, Cauliflower, Okra, Oys-
/ ter Plant Peas, Raspberries, Turnips,
! Apricots, Cantaloupes, Grapes, Irish
! Potatoes, Olives, Sweet Potatoes, Ba'
nangs. Dates, English Walnuts, Figs
Melons, Peanuts, Barley, Blackberries,
Bro Corn, Lemons, Plums, Tobac'
co, Alfalfa. Rye, Oranges, Peaches
P2cans. Corn. Cotton, oats, Wheat
Apples, Pears
Page GO Of the book entitled Beau
usn san Antonio" officially issued
" the Business Mems Club of San
Antonio, dated May, 1906, says:
1T Is readily conceded by all those
who know anything about Texas that
the most prolific agricultural section
Is that which recognizes San Antonio
as Is logical center. particularly thai
portion directly south of San An
tonic. with the Gulf of Mexico border
Ing On the southeast and the RiC
Grande bordering on the south and
west
within the last four or five years
N th7 territory named, special at
cutlon has been given to CROWNS
eo tables, they maturing at a time
Utcr they secure TIE maximum price
.v Northern markets, which markets
1cv virtually invade without a com
".i trr The profit in growing vege
a'}s IN his territory will be seer
no. examination OF the following
.tcjred from reliable sources
r.,.-v
go. rlTHnos Per Acre.
.'''asnr crs from S7j TO 5000
a- o'r-cs from $1,000 70 $500
r~cn sos 90 10 s2250C
from S15 % 20 S20ooo
= ooes from $4,000 -,
'om -l250o to $500 %
$1,000 Reward will be +
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