Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-03-26
a lienrgia RoY Out West

Dear Household. This country is known
a. the Panhandle country OF Texas, stu
ated in the extreme northern part Of the
state. People in the east think they can
come here and stay a year or so and DC
permanently cured Of bad cases of con-
sumption. This is a very sad mistake.
When people come and stay. II n alt
right. but do not come and stay awhile
and return east. TO have IL again resume
its work IL is better TO stay at home
while you are there. or here after you get
here There are quite a few who come
here with catarrh who get well, while 10
others Il only aggrayates the trouoie-
RheuuatiCs may beware Of this country.
IL one must change. go 10 a warmer ell
mate than you live in: do not so TO a cold
81 one. I speak from observation
The air is very pure and the altitude
very high. A barrel Of water viii remain
pure for two weeks when left out In the
open air We have to so from one hum
dred and hfty 10 five hundred feet Tor
water. thus making the cost OF a wen
very heavy. and out OF reach OF many
poor people who are forced TO either ouy
rr haul their water. and may be do both
paor4e are here from almost every coun-
try on earth and nearly every state IN
tire union is represented by people who
seek health or fortune. or perhaps botn-
The mast winters have been hard. but
are more mild now. Snow ranges IN depth
from two inches 10 as many feet Inc
mud left from the snow and rain Is dread
ful. often taking four horses 10 pull
wagon on the streets During the winter
months the wind blows from twenty-five
10 as high as eighty miles an hour. often
accompauied by dust which viii seep in
places where water viii not. and II so nils
The air that az times Il is difficult to see
The sun for from two TO forty-eight hours
And sometimes IL is below zero. when
ve have these dust and wind storms This
dust is hard on house furnishings.
The season we dread most Is along IN
spring. when we have cyclones. To watch
their nnaneuvers is very interesting when
you are not in their path. They have the
appearance OF a waterspout and VIII low
er TO the earth and play havoc, and return
to the clouds and back TO the earth
again Many people have storm pits. and
Il Is wise to do So
The mirage is something grand Some
clear day you can stand and look down a
street and see people walking in a perfect
pond OF water and even see their refiec-
tons You can see cattle out on the
plains grazing in a pond OF water and
you can see the trees in the canyon ten
miles away rise 20 the surface.
We have many large ranches here and
IN adjoining counties. ranging in size from
one thousand 10 a million acres. and some
times as many as half a million head of
cattle are on one ranch. Cattle are
shipped from here TO Kansas City and
Chicago to large packing house. But a
large packing house is now under con-
sfruction IN this city which VIII add to its
already large industries large auto
mobile plant Is now being put in,
Thoroughbred cattle cost from one
hundred to five thousand dollars each
The country is now being changed from
r cattle raising TO a farming country.
Lands can be bought from twenty to fiji
Is dollars per acre. The principal crops
grcwn are maize. corn. wheat, oats and
kafar corn. 4 little cotton is being plan
ted as an experiment. Trees are kept
down BY hail and wind Practically no
fruit Is grown here thus making the
cost Of IL very high
A lot of people come through here going
10 New Mexico and parts of Texas TO
take up claims More abandon the claims
than those who remain Many Of them
are forty and fifty miles from railroad
and ten miles from a neighbOr- / do not
say this TO discourage any one of your
readers from taking up a claim / speak
from observation Many have done
well on these claims There are two sides
10 any question. Without a man deter
mines before ne leaves home that he will
stay regardless Of obstacles. IL is worse
than what General Sherman said war
VAS.
"A lot OF game may be found below
here and in the mountains of New Mex
leo. Many OF the bird kingdom may be
found also. At Goodnight. which is only
few miles away. there is a buffalo
ranch.
Sunday is a regular picnic day here
Many games are played while many PEG
pie 90 TO the canyon to have picnicss A
lot OF men use Sunday as a repair day
at home Churches all seem 10 be cold
and insiucere.
We have a lot OF divorce suits anc
murder cases here, but no hangings. We
hope the day is not far distant when the
government will take both matters in
hand and see that every fellow gets the
Law Imeted out TO him 70 its fullest ex
tent. IL matters not how rich or poor they
may be- This is the only way to stop ii
1t Is a shame on the United States 4
have the record she has.
The cost OF living here is vary, yer,
high and the wages are but little bette
than they are back east.
We have quite a number Of fraterna