The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-05-15

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Land is taxed at it's fair value,
improvements on land is taxed
l25 per cent but household furni-
! ture, cash and certain personal
) Ieffects are not taxed. They
claim building operations have
/ increased SIS per cent during the
last two years since the adoption
| iof this plan. Houston has many
beautiful homes which are cover
ed with climbing roses These
were generously supplied to the
]Niators and our one regret. was
that we could not send some
north for our home folks to en-
10y. =.
The social part of our stay in
Houston will long be remem-
bened. The press club kept open
house every day and night, Civ
ing a program and dance the
first evening. The second night
THE Red Roosters were the hosts
to masked ball given in the
ball room at the Rice hotel and
Saturday night a big banquet
was the crowning feature of our
visit in Houston.
Sunday morning by special i'm
terurban train Of five cars a ride
of two. hours was taken to Gal
weston. Galveston, as many do
not know is built on an island
and a new two mile steel rein
forced concrete causeway has
been built across the bay to the
mainland, near the island a great
;hridge was made so it could be
raised to let the steamships go
|by. An exhibit of how it was
done was given for our benefit
Upon reaching Galveston we
were at once taken to four large
pleasure yachts and were given
Ia ten-mile ride down the bay.
The great vessels at anchor were
of special interest to all and as
we glided aAng we passed the
battleship's Gonnecticut, Admi
raj Mayo's flagship, with 49O
refugees, the, battleship tende
Dixie, the collier Cyclops, the
Ward liner Esperanza, the oil
tank Trinidadian, all with refu-
gees, totaling more than 1000, and
! four United: States. torpedo de-
stroyers. 1t. was a sight that
could not have been seen had it
not been for the war with Mexi,
co. After spending two hours on
the bay we were given long
ride around the city Of Galveston
We had noticed along our trip
through Texas that nearly all tht
houses were built on stills or
several feet from the ground, in
Galveston every house was built
this way but the lack of fcunda-;
tion was covered up making
them more substantial looking.
Both Houston and Galveston
are only eleven feet above sea
levl and tn houses are built up
to get away from the dampness:
After seeing the city the terri
BILE facts of the Galveston flood
in 1900 can be mcre.s fully. rea-
lied. The city has spent about
$6, 100000 in protective works
during the last fourteen years. A
ssawan has been built Of concret
that is five miles long, II feet
high, 16 feet wide at the base
and five feet wide at the top
Some parts Of the city has been
raised nineteen feet by pumping
sand beneath the, houses on stilts,
street car tracks, on trestles, ele-
waited sewer. and water mains
It was at Galveston where we
saw the first beautiful palms.
These plants cannct be grown in
a country subject. to frosts SO
none were seen in the northern
part of Texas. Galveston has
many beautiful homes and q large
substantial looking business sec
Ftion. This city is the greatest
cotton port in the world and the
second greatest port in the Unit
ed States in volume Of annual
exports and imports. She also
has record as q resort, claiming
100000 visitors to. the, beach last
year. Several in .oar party took
advantage Of short stop at the
beach and went In surf bathing,
many enjoying it for the first
time. Galveston originated, the.
city commission form: Of govern
ment and was the first city Of
the United States to pnt it into
practical working order. This.
pEan Of city government has
since been followed ins many
cities in the United Statlss and
Europe.
& On Monday we visited Il augar-
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