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Seeing Texas with the Editors
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lots it gives a very satisfactory
appearance.
Fort Worth, our next stop,
was where we made the noise.
Ais we stepped off the train we
were each handed a small cow
bell and with each one shaking
a. bel-even if it was a small siz-
ed one-therc was some noise.
At Fort Worth another one of
those banquet breakfasts was
served and it is needless-to say
what happened to it. Later all
auto ride over miles and miles
of well paved streets revealed the
truth of the. statement that Fort
Worth is the third largest city in
Texas. 1t has a population Of
94,494 people. On this ride we
were taken out to one of the new
beautiful homes that had just
been completed at a cost Of 5000,
900. According to statistics given
us Fort Worth is the leading
grain market of the entire
southwest, having 10 elevators.
1t has 1856 manufacturing plants
Its tax rate is $1.93 per hundred,
based. on a IS per cent rendition.
1t is a great petroleum refining
city, using 1000 barrels of
crude oil daily.
The country west of Fort
Worth is the cattle country and
at Fort Worth the third largest
packing house in the Unit
ed States is established
Chicago and Kansas City holding
first and second places. An OPP
ptortunity was given those who
wanted to go through the pack
ing house but the pale faces Of the
first to return discouraged others
in making the trip. @e
There are a great variety Of
soils around Fort Worth. The
bottom Lands, adapted to corn,
Gotten and feed crops, is valued
at from $40 to $75 pen. acre; the
black waxy prairie, especially
adapted to small grains, is valu-
ed at from 500 to 1926 per acre;
the sandy loans are valued. at
from $35 to $40 an acre, and
they will produce melons, fruits,
berries, peanuts and a great
variety of other crops. Farm
labor is paid $40 and board, and.
crop season labor is paid 81 to
$1.50.per day with noon meal. At
Fort Worth are located ten fac
for building silos Of all
stylss. The farmers in. Texas
decided a number of years ago
that silos were a necessity and
many were seen through the
country.
The entertainment part Of our
visit at tort Worth was enjoyed.
probably more than in any other
one place. The caberet supper
at the auto club several miles
from town, ended a day that we
cannot soon forget. ],
Owing to the rain on Satur-
day our days travel, was done.
by train while it had been pan
ned to have been made by auto.
VIZ were tn ken. IN Electra In. the
morning to see the "oil we'll
town" just before our special
reached there lightning struck q.
$1,000 barrel oil tank filled to
capacity with crude oil, and it
was a peculiar fire to watch.
The flames did not rise very
high but the dense smoke and
flames curled and rose in one.
wide black funnel that we could
see long after leaving the place.
The town Of Electra has grown,
to a city of $500 in only q few,
years. II is the home Of the oil;
men and employees.
Only an hour stop was made
at Burkburnett another OIL town.
We reached Wichita Falls
about 5 80 p. M, Saturday and
were ut once taken ont to Lake
Wichita, the largest artificial
lake in Texas. The people Of
this city are very proud Ct;
Wichita Lake and they have q
right to be-! II il . summer Re
sort that can be enjoyed all the
year around. 81
Houston, AalvektOnand San AM
tonic were cities built almost on.
the sea. level while Wichita Balls