St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-10
The STATE OF TEXAS AS VIEWED
BY MEMBER OF PROGRESSIVE UNION
Texas Made Prosperous by the Energy and Patriotism of
Her People More Than by Any Natural Advantages
She Enjoys. A Lesson for Knockers to Learn

the Texans teach--patience, work,
grit, courage and above all, loyalty
and devotion to their towns and
state.
Marshal is wide awake, busy
little town, where the Texas Pacific
has located it's machine shops. Des-
pit it's red sandy soil, and lack Of
rain, it's streets are clean and we'll
kept, it's houses and, yards attractive
and flowers trimmed. 1t has a pro-
gressiye union too (men's), and this
active body put up big board sign
down at the depot, setting forth all
the advantages Of the town and sur
rounding country, cheap lands, fac
tory inducements, etc. SO that che
who runs may read" Don't. you
think this a capital idea. =. IL
At Dallas, the meet of the National
Wholesale Druggists Association
was most royalty entertained. For
hospitality Texas certainly upholds
the reputation of the South Dallas
has brought a high priced man way
down from Boston to remodel the
town and put it in line with the
other cities beautiful Of the country.
Great attention has already been
paid to the resident portions Of the
place. '<.,..,.
In Waco / saw more back to the
farm than any where else. on. ac-
count of the incoming Of the country
folks to see the cotton palace. Tfey
all seemed of sturdy, thriving Spit;t
the kind that are the backboneaof
q nation. -, ...tre.t 80 y
\ San Antonio is charming. Palms
and foliage andf flowers grow every,
where they can possibly grow. BAH
copies and porches,. many vine and
role hung. are buiiteto ali the dwell,
FfnE houses and hotels. Ancient
GhdTches and wonderful ruins bf
@ids Spanish missions, and brown
Akinned Mexicans in sashes and soniy
brerers. give a foreign, romantic aaah
pearance to every one sauntering
along the streets. A :: tree-bordereti'
river runs through the. heart of the,
city, and lends picturesQueness to
even the work-a-day business part Of
the towA. The centuries rub noses
most delightfully."- togethersand he-far
famed Alamo and quaintYold abnde
houses stand side by side With stately
modern buildings and .luxurious ups
to-date hotels: San Antonio is a lovely
place, one which tempts one to loitre,
to linger, lazily. enjoying her seefhf
ing endless procession of balmy, san
shiney days and ,cioudlessc moonlit,
or starlit nights. And YET San;Ah-
tonic is not lacking In buAan esd -ac-
tivity, for it wa rig Il sxisiE
ed the liveliest, hustling soap factory
you can imagine.
Houston is called Heavenly
Houston" by one of it's editors, and
well-things are .'1ooking up" won
derfully. Watch us growH, Unjust be
Houston's slogan, for the big, solid
buildings seen every where, and. tho
busy throngs racing along her fusi-
ness streets show progress bounding
along with mighty strides: Don't
miss Houston If you go to Texas,
We took surf bath at Galveston
on the 22d Of November, and not a
shiver reminded us that it was win
ter. Porpoises moved along within
saw the dorsal fins of a pirating
shark. We did not stay to full ascer-
tain. The four mile sea wall is won
drous work and looks as though it
ought to protect it's "city by the sea-"
But ugh! how I'd hate to be behind it
in its arms,' as it did that fatal Sep
tember when Galveston was washed
away. This wall is mighty monu-
/ ment to the pluck and bravery of
the people of Galveston, to the care
OF nation for her children, and to
the generosity of all Galveston's sis
ter cities in the state, and of Texas.
big, open hearted, open handed, won
derful Texas herself.