The Greeley tribune., 1910-01-27

'uorther with tomperatureN so de
,,r,ss strikes. rs they d0 nom
when the thermometer drol' 10 -
hollow haven't seen ilh sun
shin, since / came, though.l I'M toi'
they have IL sometimes, Ae9eeiaii
In fhs summer. However, m toi'
,,1t this is an unusual ant
n ann inclined to believe Il. We haN
no fix up story of that so hom'
sometimes.
/ Living expenses are ies nan II
Colorado Good sirloin d p sell
s,r r9i. cents a pound. r. chop
same Veal steak, . cene Fresf
oysters three dozen for cents
strictly fresh eggs just no ire ~
and 30 cents, though in b month
they viii be selling at - Fresh
sweet potatoes, 25 cents a g.
poundsl. and Irish potatoe mostl,
I Grealrys. Sl.75 per 100 pouAd Min
is 10 and II cents "A Qutr AL
sorts OF vegetables are Shba and
plenty. Egg plant. string D hns. GU
cumbers. green onions. rad4 's, let
tuce. rahbaEes, young tureiis and
beets. al are grown here q within
700 miles, and are as chean with
us in midsummer. \
House rent is a good deal aeaper
than in Greeley, though thets IS not
SO much difference if copk Gience
and comfort is taken into c1rsdera-
ton Few of the older h(nss or
of the new and cheaper On. are
plastered. They are mosey built
with wooden blocks for foutdl,ions.
and set we'll of the ground Com
Portable furnished quarters tut INTO
money. A furnished rood in a
steam-heated building will q rom
to 81 per week. Three santily
furnished rooms for housek<eIing a
dozen blocks from the busiles cen
.er will rent for $40 per mon(h Four
room furnished apartmento down
own cost nearer $50.
A northern man coming into Texas
for the first time will find meoh that
seems peculiar. For instance IL
IS punishable with a SO sfle to
rink liquor in any coach o1 % any
,ar PLATFORM, but nearly evaty town
IS full of saloons. and near6 every
grocery store has its bar I'M connec-
'ion. The coaches also CON ban no.
tees that it is unlawful to dkpector-
ate In the wash basins. or y clean
teeth in them. All the store and
shops have sign hanging In H. door
Or windows, with the world open
on one side, and closed" on the
other. The merchant 10 a. tsrupu-
lous In having this sign rt(hi side
out as he Is In locking his oors at
time. Street cars ID rail-
road coaches have . part pa kiaoned
OF for negroes. II 10 MN. ~ vi
whites to sit in the negroes auAr.
tiers. or the blacks with the whites
A big greasy Mexican may plank
himself down beside you any time
however. 1t is all right for The mos,
beautiful southern girl to SIT In th.
same buggy seat with big, black
niger If he is driving the horse. In.
cidentally, a Texas woman cam
vote, but she can get lat in 9
crowded San Antonio street cal
quicker than city fun Of suffra
gettes in Colorado
San Antonio has much nat is n
interest for the visitor. First of all
the Alamo. where Davy Crockett apt
Bowie and Travis and 1872 other Tex
as rangers stood off Santa Ana's
army Of 1000 Mexicans for severa
days, and before the last of rbe Tex
ans were killed they had hot owe,
1000 OF the Mexicans, nth old.
fashioned muzzle-loading rlaes Tn,
Alamo was originally Spanish mis-
sion, built by the same za,Ious or
der or Franciscan monks hat huil
the missions of southern c,,iforria
There are four other missions with
IN ten miles of the city, AN of His
torlc interest, all by the same Fran
ciscan order, and bull, abo,t n.
same time. Near the mIggio, ~ Ga,
I '''''FNNn Oh sadi
Juan Is an acqueduct car-y.;rg tb,
water of an irrigating ditrb bull
IN 1881, and still in use. n Is prob
aoiy the Oldest irrigating I,tch i,
continuous use in the Upita5 c+.tes
'hen there are beautiful usrks wit,
tropical plants and live n,rs an,
spanish moss. Fort Sam FIopston
with an immense numbcr no. ,roor.
is always an objective U,in, viii
tourists. The big MARI, whar,
most of the meats and vegcta,,es n
.he m city are sold, will rersy v,sit
ihe ostrich farm, the hot ,a,,s an,
,he insane asylum each come in 70
their share Of attention
,ns we nsa are IRE. lso $50 miles from he gull
,he nearest pont being corprs christ
hockport and Arkansas pass DOW,
there they raise orange ~,