Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-05

in the present and contemplated irrigation
! system. To invest heavily in land here, IL
to be found in the great development now
going on at Leeland>. two miles directly
west OF Harrington.
Leelands il named for Mr.. Thomas r.
Lee. of San Antonio. who il president of
the Lee Land Co. the company which i de-
yclopine the proposition. They own be-
tween seven thousand and eight thousand
acres of land, two miles west of Harrington,
living on both sides of the branch railway
track. While they have owned it a some
what longer time, actual work in clearing
the land has been going on only about for
ty-five days. At present several hundred
acres have been cleared and the rest l.
being very rapidly cleared and plowed,
! over two hundred MexicanS being en-
ployed in this work. | saw one tract of a
hundred and fifteen acres, on which men
were working from all four sides at once,
and | was told that it had been sold under
n contract TO have il cleared and plowed
in thirty days: | have small doubt that it
will be done. A hundred and thirty men
are at present engaged on this one tract
alone. saw another tract of forty acres,
only very recently cleared, but which now
has an ornamental. circular driveway.
lined with cedars, a spot laid off for q
house. surrounded with trees and shrubs
just planted, and ten acres planted in cit
rus with zane wind brakes. All of this
t,-a- llama hafara tha nrancrfx ura- sold tn
It's present owner.
This company sells land any way you
want il; if You are adventurous, and think
yo uknow allabout it, they will sell You
the land with mesquite on il: if You prefer
to have things a little easier. they will sell
it after it i cleared and plowed; or if YOU
want to have it all done for YOU. they will
lay off drives, plant cedars, plant your
citrus orchard, and agree 10 look after it
until the trees are old enough to bear, and
will actually plant your yard trees and
build YOU a house If YOU so desire. They
tracts. with dwelling sites. and enough cit
rus planted with zach house To ko>p a
family. Much attention il being paid to
appearances, in order 10 attract the hest
settlers. A handsome driveway on each
side Of the railroad, lined with palms. j.
being opened up, n sixty-foot road through
the entire estate is laid off, and a ommun
,ity club house has been planned. the site
chosen and prepared, trees set out, and
the actual building will be soon started.
This company j. now actively engaged in
developing this big acreage and in selling
it off n fast a it can be gotten into con
dition. lis aim l. to try to get people who
homes; they try 10 discourage spectators
and persons who have wild schemes of
making their fortunes off of one years
crop. They also try to get buyers who
have the money to farm here the way ii
should be done, and who will not have 20
quit if they happen TO MAKE a failure one
year. I'm addition. on account Of the at
fractions which the vicinity will offer, ON
account Of it, club house and it, beautiful
surroundings. they hope TO attract people
who will make their winter homes here,
and at the same time want to raise citrus
or some other crop. They nave a big lot
OF and 10 sell, and they are going Mt il on
the theory that a few satisfied settlers will
do more good than a larger number of dis
gruntled ones.
THE SNAVELY CITRUS ORCHARD.
The most talked of citrus orchard in the
vicinity Of Harrington j. that of Mr.. l.. r.
Snavely. who has 10 acres in all planted
in this fruit. Last year in his Oldest or
J chard, and one well worth seeing il j., too,
he averaged $14 tree for grapefruit and
ST. a tree for lemons. The trees range
from three to seven years in age, and aver
age ninety-four To the acre.
With wise precaution, he was prepared
for the two freezes of last winter, and on
his older trees, this years crop j. not in
iured. lie has an ingenious sort of a
smudge pot, which he claims j. his "
idea. Ii certainly seems to have answered
the purpose. lie simply takes a spade and
digs n small hole, fills a paper sack with
crude oil, places it in this hole, and over
this puts "a piece of ordinary stove pipe
about n foot in length. lie tells me that
Inc average cost of these improvised
>rIudge pots i six cents each. and that
last winter he had only one to a tree, but