La Junta tribune., 1910-07-09

ing trees, where they had 10 remain
for couple OF hours or more. Ey-
erything they had was lost.
The adobe court house melted
down when the water rose around It,
leaving nothing but a pile OF mud
and adobe bricks The court house
was later built on the San Angelo
side. and San Angelo was made. and
is now, the county seat Of Tom
Green county.
san Angelo Is nov fine city Of
fifteen thousand people There are
many beautiful locks Of brick some
three and four stories hish. There is
beautiful block OF six stories now
building and Is almost ready for its
tenants There are ten churches,
beautiful "difices. fine court house,
city hall. a street car liEe and all
the ornaments and utilities OF the
modern city The saloon Is sull
hero but the dance hall b gone The
chuck wagon Is s,arcrr than the
auto There are good streets. one
or two parks-uot as many nor a.
beautiful as they should b"-aHd
mauy fine residences aud beautiful
homes The fort Is gone and It's
old stone buildings are used some
f1r business. some Tor residences aud
others az" fallen into decay Whore
the band stand stood. al tho center
u the parade ground. now stands
beautiful modern school building
The gong OF the school bousu Us hear
while the buElp call the salute. rue
rHtelln, is silent. a call that play
cd the rising and the setting Of ihe
sun for many years. call that !
myself once was dsli-htrd to hear
1n this spot for ! otherwise seemed
fo be iu q for IGN country A bean.
.fgI h.rh school building De- the
pride uf her people. az w'Il as sew
raj other beautiful school buildings
Two railroads now enter san Angelo.
and both ar. rapidly pushing west
ward The one. th. Santa F,, our own
familiar road. and the other the Kan.
sas cry. Mexico aud Orient do you
know one feels friendship, a kin
ship. for the Santa Pc. sort Of
home-like feeling when he meets it
lar away from home
Tweniy.scyeu years ago ! came TO
Texas wns seeking location to
90 into the cattle business. |. at
FIRST. travelled by railroad. visiting
many places and seeing many ranches
and thousands Of cattle. Dallas and
Fort Worth Were then In the great
Texas cattle range. Fort Worth at
that time did not have pavement.
scarcely sidewalk. no public HIGHT.
ing, no sewer. no public schools
biz frontier village. Today Fort
Worth is splendid city With a pop
ulaiiou OF sixty thousand. With all
the Improvements. utilities aud orua
m'nfs e the foremost cities In this
country. and Is situated la the heart
Of rich farming country went
As FAR west as Big Springs. then
new town, about -four hundred miles
west Of Fort Worth. on the Texas
Pacific. and nov modern city.
There had my first experience OF
really ''roughing It." met IA.
county surveyor who Was just ready
10 so out on surveying trip /
volunteered to 40 alons and carry
the chain. Just for the experience
and 10 see the country. We drove
some twenty-five miles into the coun.
try. | remember my first expert.
.ncc In surveying In a new and
Wild country as well a. II II were
but last w.eS When We reached
the ncighborhood OF the sheep ranch
for which the sury-yin Ing Was to b.
madc--iu fact II WAS several miles
from this ranch-the surveyor drove
10 an established corner that he
knew well. TO rct his starting point.
We were In a light spring wagon.
The surveyor set his instrument aud
took his bearings aud sighted a
bush. or spot ON hillside. through
his glass, which Was some three miles
or more away. We tied n red an.
danna handkerchief. which Was
wearing. to tn. rim OF the hind
wheel OF the wagon and sat with
my face TO the rear while the sur.
Ncyor drove towards the objec,
sighted aud counted the revolutions
OF the wheel Strange TO say. when
the wheel had made n certain mum.
Der OF revolutions. the number re-.
CURED FOR mile. We always found
the section corner without difficult
~. We droy. for sla or .irh, miles