Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-02-26
Letter From Texas.

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A little letter of my love for
the Gulf Coast country may not
be amiss. go
After ten months of uncertain
health in Tennessee during 1910
and 1911, ! thought a change of
climate was desirable, so I came
to Southwest Louisiana, near
the Gulf in the fall of 1911. Soon
the rheumatism and neuralgia
left me and have not returned. /
have gone through the two win
tiers and thus far in this one
without a cold or cough or ca
tarrh-a condition better than in
the north for forty years.
This sunny, lovely cline has
captivated me, and ! am welded
to it and purpose not to seek a
divorce, though divorces seem to
be popular.
During the two years. pastor
ate in Southwest Louisiana in
1912 and 1913, 1 made several
protracted visits to Southeast
Texas, and saw it's life and Wig
orous growth. Surely is this
shown in and far around Hous-
| ton. 1t is the commercial center
now and constantly coming. 1t
has seventeen railroads. From
there to Galveston the transport
tation facilities are ample; five
great steam railroads, the Inter-
urban with cars hourly each way,
shell roads for autos and all pub
lie travel. These ways are al
ways good and invite everybody
to enjoy them. They encourage
gardening, and all kinds of vege-
tables and fruit culture. Oranges
strawberries, cabbage, cucum-
bers, tomatoes, etc. are the push.
Since closing work with the
conference year last month, /
have sought for a place to pass
the winter in this warm cline
with my wife. who is here and
quite we'll.
I visited San Antonio, Austin,
!, Victoria, Canada, Galveston, AL
vim and many places, and finally,
having friends here and finding
a friendly and fine people mid
way between Houston and Gal.
weston, we chose to abide a while
with them and eat of fresh fruits
and products.
Jan. 18th, we were out to dine
and had new potatoes and other
things just gotten from the green
. garden. Cabbage, turnipS, rad
ishes, ETC., are shipped daily
from this and other railroad sta
tons at paying prices.
You people in the frozen north
with chattering teeth, come down
and set those teeth in juicy, fresh
picked fruits.
All of these things and more /
reveled in while on a trip to the
Rio Grande valley Jan. II to n.
The development of aggressive
agriculture and intensive farm
| ing are surely surprising. Every
thing can be grown any day OF
the year, and the climate equals
Southern California and Florida.
We also went to Brownsville, the
southernmost point in the United
States, and ferried across to Old
Mexico; saw the mars and scars
of the, war. The sentinel was
on guard. The war tax is on to
get in. and out of Matamoras.
Some gruesome sights may be
seen. What a contrast is their
country to our christian civiliza-
ton. Good may yet result from
their war. Their bull pen is
burned, and cock fighting no
more at present. They are fight
ing each other, and not Ameri-
cans, thank God.
Well, / will weary you no
more now.
The United States forms a
grand, golden part of Gods Gre
alton, and Texas is the grandest
of ali these states, and her coast
country tho most charming,
cheering and captivating part of
1.-THE state. Its population Is cos
mopolitan and congeniai, being