San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-25
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.


PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.
W. d. Oliver, office manager, Men
ger Hotel. for the Winter Garden
Farms, Inc, was among the leaders
Of the expedition. He pronounced
the trip a great success and was en-
thusiastic over the sales of townsite
lots and acreage. Mr.. Oliver an
nounced that it was planned TO run
electric power lines from Asherton
and Carrie Springs into Catarina
and the farms in the near future and
that q potential oil and gas field near
by held good promise Of fuel gas for
Winter Garden farmers.
On one of the farms visited, the
farmers saw one orange tree that
had been bearing fine fruit for the
last eight years. It was heavily load
ed and visitors were told that its
| fruit had just taken the Blue Ribbon
| Grand Sweepstakes at the Dallas
State Fair. On the Price farm at
| Carrie the visitors were treated in
| field of watermelons. Told to help
| themselves. the crowd lunched on RED,
juicy. sweet melons grown in the IT.
rigated, rich soil Of Texas prize gar
dens.
Mississippi was we'll represented.
Among the well known men from that
state was J. w. Goolsby, Myrtle. who
owns large sawmill interests. n. Z.
/ Written, tax collector and deputy
sheriff Of New Albany, Union county
| of the same state. was among the Wis
/ itors and was very enthusiastic after
his inspection tour. ]. X. kilgore,
I Eta, was another visitor who will re,
/ turn 10 his home state with good
news Of "the wonder crops that are
raised in Texas"
BUILDINGS PLANNED.
/ The large Catarina ranch was pur
/ chased last summer by ]. Il. Jar
| RAFT, Clinton II. Kearney and 5. w.
/ Forester Of San Antonio for the pur-
[ pose Of colonization.
4 large number Of women made the
/ trip. Mrs. Charles +. G. Ladd, az
/ companied the train and had charse
/ Of their entertainment and comfort.
Visitors were entertained at Gaia
rina in the large home built some
/ time ago BY Charles z. Taft at a
/ cost Of $4,000.
Many townsites were sold and ap'
plicatiOns are still being made for bus
mess locations at Catarina, according
. 20 o. s. V. Ross, former secretary oi
/ the Rio Grande Valley Chamber Oi
/ Commerce, who is director of town
[ site sales. All business buildings on
/ the main street will be restricted to
/ brick, stone. concrete or stucco fronts:
/ Work Of developing the town and
! farms is going ahead rapidly.
/ ETHERIDGE SPEAKS.
Wells nre being drilled, streets arc
| being built and all public improve
mentg and conveniences are being IN
/ stalled.
Tom Fl. Etheridge, San Antonio
/ real estate man, was among the Visi
/ tors and leaders Of the excursion ss
a representative Of San Antonio ana
/ the San Antonio Real Estate Board
and when called upon by Mr.. Ladd
10 speak he told Of the great "far'n
| ers' paradise" at San Antonio's door
and welcomed the visiting farmers 70
South Texas-the land Of perpetual
! springtime and prosperity.
Roy II. Walker. general manager
Of the AshertOn & Gulf and the Sugar
land Railroads, was among those al
| Catarina 10 welcome the visitors
you folks are making history today
| in the greatest undeveloped farmini
| territory in the world" he said. "an'
Mr.. Ladd and the Winter Gardef
! Farms. Inc, are to be congratulate
on the wonderful service they are rem
dering you visiting farmers as well q
| this great community and state"