The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-05-28
Texas S tie Garden Spot q The LoTi0
$4,000 Acre Ranch Of Dr. Chas. F. Simmons
Now On the Market.
Here Your Opportunity Buy Farm Of 10 Acres GAO and
I've Town Lots in This "Garden Spot" for s2O. Pay.
able $40 per Month Without Interest

Auft8l4EdAauu Will buUW 4AAh LktAS
5000 acres comprises one OF the
fiI,est bodies Of Agricultural and Truck
Farming land in the entire state, com
mencing about 36 miles south Of San
Antonio and about two miles south Of
Pleasanton lthe county seat Of Atas-
cosa County,, and extending through
Atascosa and q part Of McMullen
/ Counties, to within II miles Of my
60,000-acre Live Oak County Ranch,
which in four months last year, sold
to 1000 Home Seekers, on liberal
terms, without interest on deferred
payments. which gives the poor man,
from his savings, chance to secure
u good farm and town lot for his home
In town. ] will donate and turn over
to three bonded Trustees, $3.50, 900
from the proceeds of the sale Of this
property to the purchasers, as a bonus
TO the first railroad built through this
property on the line which shall
designate.
This property is located on that mid
die plain between East Texas, where
1t rains too much, and the arid section
Of West Texas, where It does not rain
enough.
Its close proximity TO San Antonio,
the largest city in the State, with
claimed population Of over. 100. 900. en-
hances its value as a market for Agri-
\ cultural and Truck farm products far
beyond the value Of similar land not
so favorably located.
Tonooranhv
Level to slightly rolling. Large.
broad. rich valleys, encircled by ele-
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 so per cent. rich, dark, sandy
loan, balance chocolate or red sandy
loan, usually preferred by local farm
ers, and each with soil averaging from
2 to feet deep, with clay subsoil,
which holds water.
Climate.
Mild, balmy, healthy, practically
free from malaria, few frosts, no snow,
no hard freezes; continuous sea breeze
moderates extremes of heat and cold
producing arm winters and cool sum
mers. Average temperature about g.
degrees.
Rainfall.
From the Government record, It Il
safe to assume that the rainfall on this
property has been fully So inches pei
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 mas
lures, with four barbed wires, Will
posts about IL feet apart. Also {
number of fine shallow wells.
Also number OF fines Lakes anC
Tanks.
Also, a number of fine flowing Arte
sian Wells, whose crystal streams flow
for miles and miles down those creeks
whose broad, rich valleys. irrigabl'
from those continuously flowing
streams, make II the ideal place fo
the Marketing Gardener who desires
to raise from two to three crops 0
marketable produce on the sans
ground every year
Farming and Truck Farming.
Seasons never end.
This land is adapted to proftabI
culture Of Beans, Cabbage, Celery
Cucumbers, Lettuce, Tomatoes. Beets
Carrots, Onions, Radish, Squash
Strawberries, Cauliflower, 0lKra, Oys
ter Plant, Peas, Rasberries, Turnips
Apricots, Cantaloupes, Grapes, Iris
Potatoes, Olives, Sweet Potatoes, Bs
nanas, Dates, English Walnuts, Figs
Melons, Peanuts, Barley, Elackberries
Broom Corn, Lemons, Plums, Tobat
co, Alfalfa, Rye, Oranges, Peache:
Pecans, Corn. Cotton, Oats, Wheat
Apples, Pears
Page 63 of the book entitled Bear
tiful San Antonio" officially issued b
the Business Mems Club Of San All
tonic. dated May, 1906, says:
1T is readily conceded by all thos
who know anything about Texas tina
the most prolific agricultural seetio
Is that which recognizes San Antoni
as its logical center. particularly tina
portion directly south OF San Antonio
with the Gulf OF Mexico bordering d
the southeast and the Rio GraRde boz
dering on the south and west.
Within the last four or ffvc year,
In the territory named, special after
tiov has been given to growing vegs
tables, they maturing at a time whe
they secure the maximum prices q
Northern markets, which markets the
virtually invade without eayr ,Setitoi
The profit in growing vegetables /
this territory will be seen BY an exam
ination Of the following figures, 81
cured from reliable sources, shown
Net Earnings Per Acre:
"Watermelons from $500 to 5000 o.
"Gantaloupes from $4,000 to $780,
Cabbage from S125.OO to s225.00.
"caulihower from $500 to S225.O
Beans and Peas from $4,000 /
S125,00.
Tomatoes from $125.OO to $4,000
Potatoes from $4,000 to $4,000.