The Stanford interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1911-1912, 1911-09-05
GREEN MURPHY.
Writes 10 I. j.. About Trim Down 10
Old MEXICO.
Matamoros. Mexico.

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We started from San
Marcos Texas on a prospecting trip
through The Gulf coast. Rio Grandc
Valley aud South Texas country.
We visited Victoria county which ~
a pretty country but not n very good
farming country. Then 10 Bcevillc
Bee county. which is ia the northern
part of the winter garden country.
Bee county don't look a. we'll as u
Gid last April on the account of the
drouth which extends all over South
trn Texas, and Mexico. There are
some irrigated gardens in the Bee.
vile section that look fair. The
orange industry j. almost abandoned
IN Bee county on the account OF
heavy frost last January. From
Eeevile we came to the Taft Ranch
which Is a show indeed. II i Taft's
Ranch. raft's Dairy. Taft's Pank
and Tafrs everything.
The Taft Ranch is mostly given
up to cotton fields. almost the size
Of Lincoln county. From Taft we
come to Corpus Christi on the Bay.
Corpus is the famous shipping point
of Winter Garden truck. but they
do not do n mucn a. reported. ard
in summer all i, Oft as sumner u
their non-producing season. Corpus
j. quite n summer resort as well as u
winter resort. fine scenery, fine bath
Ing and good fishing. Saw the Pilot
fish M Corpus which j. sea fish
some siN 10 ten feet long very thick
and heavy. Saw one sea fish A.
most a. thick q, low. Sea birds
70 let. You bet Corpus is an cXpen-
sive place to stop. While they snip
great deal of garden trucs. It i
all shipped our IN the winter and
then m summerthey get theIc garucn
stuff from California aud Colorado.
From Corpus We came tn Kings
Vile. The Kin. Rauc. il lt Larry
est ranch in Texas, over um, liilipu
acres. King~villr j. o nice little town
mostly a cattle conutry. From
kiug-ville we camn through the
great sand desert ou our way from
kiug~,ille 90 Brownsville. IT, some
places the sand wa, SEQ bad That it
took teams and -crap,is to Keep the
sand Oft the track and quite o. lot
of men with ~hoycls engaged 400 she
time shoyeling sand. sand. sand. ,ul
more saud. Brownsville is tb5 iol-h
est town | have ever been on u tive
United States INT MaiJnora.. Mex
leo caps the climax. Brownsville -
fun ot sharks ard wildcat -pc,u'l.
tor. II looks quite old tim, like.
The Rio Graudc. T. crane if mud
D. grand son, or Ib,lc SANS
domain b. terrific bat w. cauuot
come mp with McNiro. It - rich
country, but q. my the people
Thought ans one We dome uaNlr. y.nt
when they diri il, A: find ~t,u -
not the ease iu Nlcyt,o for when one
dies 1t cost : per scar 20 grave
and When the fcI, j. not pad up ne
body j. taken ur aG duplpco .utoilc
bone yard. Tho grave, are mo,tl.
above ground No American can
have much of am idea of Mexico M
I'll he has visited there There g.
quite lot of talk of the United
States setting the trouble down her"
mt II ! can see ANYTHING we haven't
got much use for the most of the
MeNicau-. II we had the country
without the people it might do. Al
ter visiting Catholic Mexico think
! shall be able to think more of our
own great aud grand country and
surely viii think more of he religion
OF the Lord. aud Savior Jesus Chrlsr
From Matamoras We returned To-
Brownsville; then to Mission Texas.
which has the reputation of being
the best town in all this country.
With best wishes 10 all of the |. j..
readers Yours.
ARTHtR and VI. q. MURPHY.