Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-06-29
San Benito. Texas

Ohiy thLCC years Oiu 'Out 10 uOfAhB
ahead keeping pace with other
Southwest Texas towns. In 1908
Benito had population of 20, in
1910 the population was 24oo and
now it is 1000, while within radius
of twelve miles of the town fully
10000 people make their home.
San Benito is making manufac-
turing center of the Lower Rio
Grande valley. Within the past SIX
months canning factory with the
capacity of 10000 cans each day
has been completed; an ice factory
of 2o-tons capacity has been built,
and contracts let and all machinery
purchased for a 1900 ton sugar mill,
which will be the largest in Texas.
The sugar mill is now being erected
and will be completed in time for
grinding the cane crop this fall and
in addition to grinding cane for
sugar the mill will be equipped next
year for making sugar from sugar
beets, thus giving the mill an eight
months working season against g.
months season where cane only is
ground. These factories have been
procured through the efforts of the
San Benito Commercial Club, which
has also closed contracts for another
cotton gin and steam laundry.
San Benito has the largest irriga-
ton enterprise in Texas. The main
canal is 81 miles in length, is 20 feet
deep and $50 feet wide. 1t has
storage capacity of FL, 900 acre-feet
of water, which is storage enough to
last one year for the San Benito
tract. In addition to the main
canal the company has los miles of
secondary canals and 21o miles of
lead bitches.
The San Benito tract is covered
with a standard gauge Interurban
railroad, giving the farmers of the
tract easy shipping facilities. No
farm is more than one and half
miles from transportation.
California has become famous as
tourist center but this section of
the Rio Grande has better climate
and the land produces much more
and it is destined to be greater
resort for both winter and summer
than California.
The country surrounding the
town is hunters and fishers para
disc. The woods surrounding the
town on the North are full of deer,
wild turkey and all kinds of game
and the many canals TEEN with game
fish. An arm of the sea runs up
within 4 miles Of the town and one
can catch salt water fish, crabs,
and have sea bathing near his farm.
San Benito has two banks, the
Farmers State Guaranty Bank and
the Fist State Bank. 1t has three
hotels, waterworks, churches, three
Wholesale houses, mercantile houses
which carry complete line of every
thing, an electric lighting plant and
other modern convenlences which go
to make life enjoyable. Oranges
and fig trees and other citrus fruits
grow to perfection. The crop of
onions and other vegetables this
spring was very large, but the lower
price paid for onions cut down the
profits of the farmers somewhat.
About l o, 900 acres in the vicinity
of San Benito have been planted
this year in cotton and several
thousand acres in sugar ane.-Ex.
Wanted: Man and wife want
a position on a farm or ranch
where house is furnished. In
quire at this office. % At
"Why Willie, what are you
drawing?" asked teacher of one
of his scholars.
Pm drawing picture of God"
"But Willie" said the teacher,
"you mustn't do that; nobody
knows how God looks"
"Well, they will when l get
This doner said Willie M,u-;na