The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-11-04

During the past thirty years 90
962, 100000 feet of timber we're Gu,
in Texas.
Rock Salt in paying quantities has
| been found about forty miles west
of Amarillo
half million dollar bond issue
for road improvement is being plan
ned in Bowie county.
Randall county is represented by
four cars of fine cattle at the Kan
sas City Fat Stock Show.
1t is estimated that the pea crop
OF Henderson county will approx.
mate half million dollars
One hundred farmers near San
Angelo have formed a company for
ginning and milling purposes.
The civic and commercial clubs of
FL Campo are identifying the city
by an extensive park movement.
Galveston, Cham bers and Jeffer-
son counties will jointly construct an
inter-county highway in the near flu
are
The county commissioners of Mac
ogdoches county have recently
bought steam traction for road
work
There is 100000 invested ia
the oil industry in Texas and there
are 1850 miles of pipe line in the
state
There are 19,576,076 acres of I'M
proved land in Texas Approximate
ly half of this is devoted to raising
cotton.
According to recent report o.
the city tax collector, Waco's taxable
values increased $2,750,00o in the
past year
Through the efforts of the Spur
Commercial Club state experiment
tai farm has has been established
| near that city.
| The San Benito Commercial CLUB
is naugurating a campaign for stree,
| paving, drainage, sewerage and ce-
! ment sidewalks.
! The total money value of the
| 1910-11 cotton crop was $261,S4e
389, an increase of 47,441,3S6
| over the preceding year.
Shipments of tobacco from tins
| demonstration farm at Nacogdoches
have been forwarded to Washington
for fermentation and tests
During the period from June
1911, to September l. 1911. eig'
teen state banks have been authorfz
ed to do business In Texas
1t is estimated that Texas has
100000 acres of land suitable
| for growing cotton. At present there
are l 0, 0SS.O0O acres in cotton.
Houston and Texas Central sur
veyors have completed a survey from
Giddings to Stone City and construc-
ton work will begin Immediately.
About December /, work will be
gin on three thousand foot well at
San Angelo. the money for the WORT;
being raised by public subscription.
About fifty of Rockport's leading
business men, headed by the Com
mercial club from that city, recently
made an inspection visit to Aranssa
Pass
Port Arthur business men have
plans under consideration by which
they expect to make that city one OF
the gulf terminals of the Morgan
lines.
The Texas Midcoast Industrial
Congress has planned to give lee
lures, illustrated with colored NOV
ing pictures, at the Chicago Land
Show,
Plainview is to have 100000
sugar factory 1t has been clearly
demonstrated that beets grown in
that territory contain II per cent
sugar,
Reports from Bay City show that
corn is running from thirty-fiVe to
seventy-five bushels and rice from
eight to twenty bags per acre in that
vicinity.
The Galveston causeway will soon
| be completed. 1t is 10,675 feet ions
and 273 feet wide. 1t has accommo-
dations for a wide road, street ca
and railroad tracks.
Construction has begun on a dam
across the Medina river about thirty
miles west of San Antonio that VIII
impound enough water to irrigate
/ 10000 acres of land.