Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-05-02
President Roosevelt said:
"TExAs is THE GARDEN SPOT OF
THE LORD"

LONN6s
Investigation will show that this
$4,000 acres comprises one of the
finest bodies of Agricultural and Truck
Farming land in the entire state, COM
mencing about. sc miles south of San
Antonio and about two miles south OF
Pleasanton 1.-THE county seat of Atlas
cosa County,, and extending through
Atascosa and 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 hts savings, chance to secure
good farm and town lot for his home
in town. | will donate and turn over
to three bonded Trustees, $25O,OOO
from the proceeds of the sale of this
property to the purchasers. as bonus
to the first railroad built through this
property on the line which l shall
designate.
This property is located on that mid
die plain between East Texas, whore
1t rains too much, and the arid section
of West Texas, where 1t does not rain
enough.
Its close proximity to San Antonio,
the largest city in the State, with a
claimed population of over 100000, en-
hances its value as a market for Agri-
cultural and Truck farm products far
beyond the value of similar land not
so fayorably located.
Topography.
Level to slightly rolling. Large,
broad, rich valleys, encircled by ele-
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 an ~ oast x,ob dor,, sandy
Ioam halarcee chocolate mr. rcd sandy
loan ns,aIIv nreferred nv local farnn.
ers and each Win soil averaqinp from
to feet deem with CLAW subsoil
which holds wafer
$500 $500
~ s9ate.
Mild, balmy, Krcltfy, practically
free from malaria. few frosts, no snow
no hard freezes; continuous sea breeze
rrod,o;ua ar,, i,,+ y, ' cd anu any, s,u
pers Ayarasa temneratrre about GO
degrees.
Rainfall.
I,ror, +ba fova,.,,,,a,,t reoord a. 10
cote 10 ass,,,na ttat tba rairfo,i -, tbis
nronertv has bean f,,i1v Ak incbaa NOV
raor M III, q y,1ra no, sa,,,a - ~
oid statae have bad and 10 n1ent,fnI
for ,,,.,,a,i,, 80 o,,Iti,,ntaS
and for Grsss Grow III "''N'
improvements and Water.
This property is fenced and cross
fenced in many large and small pas
lures, with four barbed wires, with
posts about ~ feet apart. Also q
number OF hne shallow wells
Also, number Of fine Lakes and
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, irrigable
from these continuously flowing
streams, make 1t the ideal place for
the Marketing Gardener who desires
to raise from two to three crops Of
marketable produce on the same
GROUND every year.
Farming and Truck Farrninu,
Seasons never end.
This land is adanted to nrot,toh,e
culture Of Beans Cahbage GaIerv
| Cucumbers Lettuce Tomatoes Raets
/ Carrots. Onions Radish Sonasn
Strawberries. Canlifower 0l,ra Ovs'
ter plant. Peas. Raspberries TIirnIns
Apricots. Cantaloupes Cranes irish
Potatoes. Olives. Sweet Potatoes IA.
nanas, Dates. English Walnuts. Figs,
Melons Peanuts, Barley, Blackberries'
nlooit ,,o Sorn' Lenons. runs; Iopac'
P Pc, Corn r, - Cation s oats S WSest
Apples. Pears.
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