San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-04
ONE-NINTH OF AMERICAS
WEALTH is In TEXAS

Romance and reality are entwined
in the history of the settlement and
development of Texas. This great
domain of the Southwest was the last
land area to become a part of the
Continental United States, and the
only one acquired by annexation
Texas was admitted to the Union as
state in 1915. The name, Texas,
said to be of Indian origin, meaning
friends" or "allied" and which was
also used as a form of greeting. was
introduced by the early Spanish ex-
plorers, from whom later French and
English settlers received it. From the
earliest days of its settlement up to
the present the people of Texas have
lived up to this name, for their hos
pitality and genuine friendliness have
become part of their very nature,
says the Manufacturers Record.
II would be friends with you and
have your love. r-Merchan Of Venice.
The early pioneers, trekking their
weary way across endless miles,. were
the first to realize the potential great
ness of Texas, though they could not
visualize such modern common
wealth as the state has become.
Down San Antonio way the state
ment is often heard that one day in
the early fifties General Robert L.
Lee, then an officer in the United
States army, with Joseph E. John
ston and Albert Sidney Johnston, was
standing on a high bluff in Kerr coun-
ty, Texas. AS General Lee silently
stood for long time looking toward
the Northwest, one Of his companions
said: what do you see?" Il am
listening to the footsteps of oncoming
Millions" answered General Lee.
Though about three-fourths of a GEN.
fury has passed since these prophetic
words were uttered, millions have en-
tered Texas and the end is not yet.
MINERAL TREASURES.
With its southern border extending
farther South than any other state
in the Union, except Florida, Texas
offers almost every variety of climate,
from the temperate southern. coast re-
gion, through the plains to the noun
tains on the west. The highest peak
east of the Rockies is FL Capital. or
Guadalupe Peak, over 1000 feet high
in Culberson county, one of the 254
counties of the state.
Nature has endowed Texas with
mineral treasures, the extent and va
riety of which are only beginning to
be known. Its soil and its climate
are conduciye to agricultural album
dance. .
The state of Texas is an empire
in itself, having land area of 262,-
39S square miles. Texas is larger
by $4,000 square miles than France,
$4,000 square miles larger than Ger
many and 144,0OO square miles larger
than the United Kingdom. Its farm
area alone is nearly equal to the total
area of Germany. 4
Texas is as large as the combined
land area of IL (one-quarter of all
the states in the Union) Eastern and
Middle Western states, including all
of New England. Maine, New Hamp
shire, Vermont, MASSACHUSETTS,, Rhode
Island and Connecticut, New York,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware,
Ohio and Illinois. If the eastern
edge of Texas were moved to New
York City, the western end would ex-
tend beyond Chicago. the southern
point would be near Raleigh, and the
northern boundary 80 miles beyond
Sault st. Marie. The cities embraced
in this territory would include New
York, Brooklyn. Philadelphia. Balti-
more, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Washing
ton, Richmond, Detroit. Toronto, Chi
cago, Milwaukee, indianapolis and
Cleveland. Texas is 740 miles from
north to south and s25 miles from east
to west. Of such is the vastness of
Texas, and the opportunities and re-
sources found there are in keeping
with its size.
A Texan, with a flair for figures,