The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1912-01-05

enced are being kept away from OPP
portunities to become independent.
There are thousands of people back
there who are making a bare living
cultIyating other peoples high priced
farms and coming out OF one year
after another with no advancement
IN material affairs.
Those people have been told OF
drouths and sand storms in west
Texas until they are filled with an
unjust prejudice against Western
country and they ignorantly believe
that they would starve to death II
they should leave the "fleshpots oil
Egypt and migrate even to tn ana
of the most choice grapes
II is but proper and real service
10 those people to tell them that
West Texas is destined to be the
greatest region in the State.
We are not disposed to boom
conditions. but we do feel free to
boost for a country that holds so
much promise to people who Will
tear away from the old haunts ana
seek better conditions In the fertile
and rapidly developing west.
scurry county is capable TO sus-
tain a population OF 7J,000 There
are now possibly fifteen thousand
people here and these are all white
~ <,Practically all the county Is
Die to cultivation, yet there
~ about eighteen per cent of
land in cultivation
,e soil Is deep, fertile and easily
ed and nowhere in the south
nay greater returns for good
tation and a moderate moisture
nd may now be bought in Sour
inty for eight to thirty-nye dol
N acre, according TO location
Improvement These lands VIII
from a fourth of bale to
pet acre and other crops In
I prpottfon. Fruit Of all kinds 1eS-
cept tropical grow here to periec-
ton. Elberta peaches grow larger
and more luscious here than In East
Texas and this Is prominently the
favored home OF grapes, plums, april
cots, watermelons, canteloupes' to-
matoes. sweet potatoes and other
fruits and vegetables.
The rainfall here Is not always
what is desired, but the average for
series of years, is after all not 30
lar below that In eastern counties
and Il has been noted that when
other sections OF the state have hea-
w rains. the western country gets a
fair share OF IT,.
l. Is true that scurry county and
all west Texas has suffered from dry
weather for two or three years, but
then what section OF Texas has not?
lust now the cotton crop here and
elsewhere is being rounded up and
scurry county has harvested about
1880 bales while the Eastern
counties. a country OF solid farms
has grown large cotton crop. yet
the farmers in the West have gath
cred a large feed crop while the cas-
tern farmers are forced to pay out
their cotton money for corn.
As proof that the so-called drouthy
years have not stranded West Texas
let the candid observer note the con
slant progress In material advance
ment. and be assured that the spir-
II OF improvement is still in active
force. What may be said of Scurry
county is true also OF practically all
OF West Texas.
Since the coming OF the Roscoe.
Snyder and Pacific railroad, the town
has made rapid progress and with
the coming OF the Gulf. Colorado and
Santa Fe. the conditions have gone
forward TO even grander achieve
ments. Within the past two years.
there have been more than a hundred
residences built in snyder. ranging
In cost from seven or eight hundred
dollars to ten thousand dollars.
There have been a great number
Of substantial business houses built
including the solid north side block
and half Of the west side. besides
others on the square and the magni-
hcent three-story Scarborough build
ipg on the Southeast corner.
The finishing up OF the Court
House gave 70 Scurry county one Of
the best and most perfect temples Of
justice in the state. outside Of the
large cities.
The county Is Just new finishing a
coEy. comfortable and we'll construct
ed brick jsu At 4 cost Of sixteen
thousand dollars. The City 81 sny-
der has iust completed systems sf
sewerage and vatsrvsrks a. q csst
n so noo