The daily sentinel., 1909-06-08
What Texas Produces.

The great political and economical
changes in the far East that now oc-
cupy the worlds attention mean
much to the farmers of Pecos, Ward
and Reeves county. as well as other
counties in Western Texas 1t is a
wonderful thing to think that. that
state produces one-fourth of all the
cotton raised in the entire world
China with her 4OO.0O0,0O0 people
who mostly wear cotton goods must
draw her main supply from this eoun-
try. her markets are being opened
up to us and the American railroads
VIII soon bring that vast interior to
our own ports. Our trade with Japan
is growing faster than the ability of
the steamship lines TO take care of it
and Texas steers are now feeding the
Chinese and Japanese people Texas
is the great rice producing state and
although we are accustomed to think
of the Carolinas in connection with
the production of rice Texas produces
more rice annually than the com bined
produce of North and South Carolina
and we yearly ship tremendous guam
titles of rice to both China and Japan.
Texas leads in the production of fuel
oil. There is more pine in Texas
than in Michigan and mules are being
sent abroad by the shiploads. The
development of this state. larger than
the Republic of France, has Just be-
gun. The Philippines. Hawaii and
Australia offer great markets hither-
TO unknown. The transportation
companies have looked ahead at this
wonderful development of a state
which is almost an empire in itself.
The great Hamburg-American Steam
ship company is now under contract
to put on line of steamships at
Topolobampo to the western aend of
the Orient railroad as soon as the
railroad is completed
All those people settling along the
Orient road viii have the great ad-
vantage of being able to ship their
products of every kind not only on a
through line to Kansas City, st.
Louis, Chicago and other Middle West
cities but they will have the marked
advantage of being able to put freight
on steamship in the Pacific ocean
by sending ii to a port four hundred
miles nearer than San Francisco
Three hundred thousand dollars
worth of land has been sold along the
line of the Orient on the western
bank of the Pecos river during the
past six months. Two million dollars
worth of land has been sold along the
line of the Orient in Pecos and the
duJoihiiib tOuHlleS uuTlHS the Iabl
eighteen months time, If SO many
people are buying this land you would
certainly like to see it, The next ex-
cursion will leave Grand Junction.
June 21st. and all men from the
Western part of Colorado will gather
here on that day to go down with Mr..
II. j. Gray and Mr.. Hall Harrison.
the travelling representative. who is
selling these lands to Colorado men
who will have Colorado neighbors
that will know how to irrigate. These
men from this section either Grand
Junction. Palisade or Fruita who
have already purchased this land ex-
pect to make il worth as much as the
best land in and around Grand valley.
Mr.. John r. Lewis. who purchased
$4,000 worth says, Il think that at
very conservative estimate this land
will be selling for one hundred and
fifty dollars per acre in years time,
when the land will be under irriga-.
tion and railroad facilities afforded"
Prices on this land are being rapidly
advanced. Mr.. Harrison will be in
the office of the II. j. Gray Realty
Co. from June Z to June -.