The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-03-17
San Benito Siftings

To The Herald:
San Benito, Texas, March Ia
Harry L. Fox of Miles. Mich, is here
spending few days on business con-
nected with his farm. Mrs. Fox, who
was here before Christmas with him,
did not accompany him on this trip,
much to the regret of the many
friends here. Both will return in the
fall, however. to remain permanently
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Zuber and Miss
Mary Zuber, of Cathbert, Ca, are
visiting Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Zuber
here. They seem delighted with the
place, and Miss Zuber, who came
with the idea of spending only two
weeks has prolonged this to two
months.
Mrs. M. E. Phillips and her son F.
T. Phillips, of Lincoln, Neb.. have
moved into a very pretty little place
overlooking the park. Mr.. Phillips
has joined A. e. Puryis in the square
deal real state office" which.is doing
f1f1ne business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bedford have moved
into their new home on the Boule-
ward. Mr.. Bedford only recently came
here as manager of the McMurray
Lumber Company
The land on the new Combe tract
here has sold so fast that selling
like hot cakes" would hardly ex-
press it. This tract was only recent
ly put on the market and the snow
diggers" have eagerly bought it.
The park here is improving every
day. The work is under the super
vision of swiss gardener who has
taken great pains with it and before
he is through with it. he will make
it work of art There will be two
parks in San Benito, lying side by
side with a street in between. and the
second one is also being prepared for
the gardeners halds.
Town lots have meen with ready
sales of late. and quite a number of
buildings are just being completed,
and construction will shortly COM
mence on number more
People are arriving here every day
ana building on their respective
farms and getting things in order for
crops. Your CORRESPONDENT would not
be afraid to say that there will be at
least four thousand acres of sugar
cane here next year. This. he Judges
from the large number of tracts that
have been sold to people who put in
seed cane this year with the expecta-
ton of using the crop, to seed more
the following season. One man here
alone has SO acres that he will put
in. and then thehre is the San Benito
Sugar Company, of which Col. Alba
a thousand acres in their tract.
Haywood is president, and who have
Mr.. Caldwell has just informed
your correspondent that during the
month of February he signed deeds
for 100000 worth of land, this
mostly to small farmers of 40 and so
acres. and not counting the large
tract to the Sau Benito Sugar Com
pany
Miss Grace Whittlesey, the proprie-
tors sister, woh came from Bardolph.
ILL.,, to visit her brother and his wife
has decided to make San Benito her
home at least for the next few months
to come. She is delighted with San
Benito and has made many friends.
The grounds of the hotel here
are more fecomingly adorned now
than they have ever been before.
This is due to the great amount of
pains that Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. Whit
tlesey, the proprietors' have taken
in the matter. Around the edges of
the lawn and all tn warlks dozens of
rose bushes adm other beautiful
plants, already blooming profusely,
have been planted, and in addition
all around the fences, small orna-
mental trees have been planted which
are now in all their beauty, covered
with the foliage of spring, and the
whole makes beautiful picture that
delights the eye. The lawn thick
with soft and velvety grass, was
only planted the last of September.
but owing to good care it is now
green and pretty. At the rear of
the hotel is the deer park and in the
interior of the bed that is planted is
a circular bed that is planted with
attractive bowers.