The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-04-03
Gull Coast Holds Comfort

Under the above caption, the SOUTH
west Trail of Chicago, gave its north
srn readers the following tempting in
ducement to visit the Gulf Coast
country of Texas:
Every man has it deep in his heart
20 some day live where he can have
the maximum Of comfort for himself
and his family. Usually there creeps
in the fear that the dream may never
be realized for any thought of ease
carries with it the idea of great cost,
To such as these the Gulf Coast of
Texas appeals.
Stretched along the gulf from CAL
weston on the north to Brownsville on
the south there lies a body of land
that is constantly famed by the
balmy breezes from seward. In the
midst of summer this breeze halts
the mercury in its upward climb. saw
ing every inhabitant along the way
j from the discomfort coming from in
tense. heat. It is rarely that the rec
ord runs above SO degrees, and when
one hunts the shade it is easy to be-
iieVe that reading is twenty degrees
too big. This fact alone causes those
who know to say that the summer
climate is superior to that of Cali
fornia
So much for the assurance of COM
fort in summer. Now for the winter
You in the north think of the bleak
days. with the foliage all gone, the
earths carpet dried up and snow
banked here and there where it is
hard to get through it Who would
not exchange such prospect for a
land of neVer-ending roses, if it were
possible? Few would say no to such
thing and there would be unani-
nous vote if the housewives were
called into conference.
All this dream is possible. especial
ly to the man who can muster some
savings. There are places within the
belt of roses where as little as 1900
win make sure a home that will earn
a good living for an ordinary family,
and that is more than most northern
localities can boast. Five acres, prop
erly cultivated. is enough to insure
good living to a family. Twenty
acres is a great abundance, and forty
acres make a man a plantation own
or.
Can many of you say your land is
bringing you in from 500 an acre
to 1000 an acre each year? There
are men along the Texas Gulf Coast
who can say so, and prove it.
Wouldn't you rather distribute your
work over twelve months than to
crowd it all into six months and then
shiver throughout the other six
months? Most any man would. Then
the Gulf Coast country of Texas is
the place you are looking for.
This favored spot in Texas is no
place for drones There are huge
profits awaiting the man who Will
work but the idler may expect to fail,
Just as he will anywhere else in the
world. 1t requires care to grow
vegetables and these bring huge
profits when properly grown. In that
class are onions and cabbage. both
great producers, but they need atten-
ton in the growing and marketing
period. Big money is realized from
citrus fruit trees, but they need to be
watched and nursed like child. This
requires effort The same is true of
sugar cane, alfalfa and ali the other
things that grow.
Now let us talk to the good house
wife for a minute. Your dOoryard
looks mighty bleak just now, if you
chance to live in the north. The resi-
dent along the Gulf Coast of Texas
has roses in blossom. She has hy-
discus and lot of other blooms there
to greet her every morning. She
has beautiful palms at random in her
yard, along with an occasional orange
tree or grape fruit tree to supply a
part of the breakfast. Off in one
corner are few banana trees with
great punches of the fruit rapidly
reaching the ripening stage. What
else? Everything that sub-tropical
climate vii produce, and it remains
green all the year.
And the gardeni Does it seem we'll
to invite the absent members of the
family home to Christmas dinner and
then serve them some roasting ears
fresh from the garden? Then some
new strawberries with dew still on
them? And wind up with water
melon just from the vine? All this
embellished with as many kinds of
green vegetables as you care to pre-
pare? Does this tempt you? That's I
what the Gulf Coast country of Tex
as offers, and is what it can and will /
deliver. |
pssa m -, find in this publica- !,
lion and 90 not doubt 1t. The pos /
sibilities are SO great that no pen can
exaggerate them. The writer al
WAYS has lived in the north. lie ala
not know his country offered so rare
spot for home as he saw last
month in that wonderful section. he
did not know there was place richer
than the valley of the Nile. He did
not know one could live forever IN
der the sweet smile of nature. He
did not know the old world could be
so beautiful in midwinter-
When you have read these pages
you can make no better decision than
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