White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-04-21

of our South and West, nothing has
changed more completely than the
Texas cattle ranches. Today the orig
inal high-speed Texas longhorn, that
streak Of hoofs, horns and yellow hide
that used to run with the deer and
wild mustangs, is practically extinct
Yet, in his time, he was the basis
Of vast fortunes.
With the banished longhorn there
also passed from this wild-cattle arena
most of those rollicking, hard-riding,
quick-shooting heroes whose names
still live in the old cowboy ballads
When barbed wire was invented, 70.
nance and adventure died-on the
Texas plains. Freedom was no more
AS to Texas the climatic, geographic,
floral fact remains that she is still the
biggest natural COW pasture in the
United States At this very minute
millions of bulky bovines are quietly
feeding and fattening inside the wire
fences Of Texas.
Bigger and better meat-bearing anil
mals-that Is the modern Texas COW.
mans slogan. Gradually building up
the herds-no yearly models but con-
stantly improved. To get husky,
fever-resisting beast for the low coast
lands, the canny Texans have crossed
their native cattle with the great
humpbacked Brahmans of India In
good years the Fort Worth market
alone will receive more than 100000
cattle, as we'll as, perhaps, 1,25O,OOO
calves, sheep, and hogs
Measured in dollars and cents,
Texas cotton is above cattle. Cotton,
in Texas, is above everything. But
nothing is above cattle in the senti'
ments and memories of Texans. To
keep alive and spread the fame of
Texas COW kingdoms, so historic cattle
brands have been carved on the walls
of Garrison hall. newest building on
the campus of the state university
When Cabeza de Vaca crossed Texas
in 1885 the Indians gave him gar
ments of cotton. From the few plants
of those early days there has devel-
oped production of astounding mag
nitude. At times Texas crop has
amounted to more than 40 per cent of
all cotton grown in the United States.
In the record year, 1926, it reached
the amazing total of 5,630,931 500
pound bales
Taking a leaf from the book Of
North Carolina, Texas is beginning to
build up her most obvious industry,
the cotton mill. She enjoys three Of
the most vital factors for their profit
able operation adequate labor, cotton
"at the gate of.the cotton PATCH" and
fuel for power.
Developing Its Resources.
Like North Carolina, also, Texas is
setting about methodfcally to make
the most of all her natural gifts. The
newly formed Society for the Scientific
Development of Texas Natural Re-
sources is just what its name implies
Vast as mary resources Of Texas
are known to be, further surveys must
yet be made to determine the best
local Industrial use of the many min
eral deposits which exist. Already the
annual mineral production, exclusive
of oil, is valued at S70,000,000. Take
potash. A thorough survey Of the
Texas deposits may reveal enough OF
these salts to make the United States
forever independent Of the present
French-German potash monopoly.
Texas produces s50,00O,OOO Of net
surplus wealth each year. 1t is the
aim Of the Scientific society, by publish
ing freely the results of its surveys, to
aid this home capital in the develop
ment Of mining and industry.
Texas, never territory, entered
the Union on her own terms. Shrewd-
ly, she kept title to her own public
lands. Half this vast domain she gave
to her schools. Her university re-
ceived more than two million acres.
the University Of Texas very rich.
Hosts Of Americans have seen Texas
from the windows of transcontinental
trains To such train riders 1t seems
largely a fiat, dry, almost treeless
country. That's the fault Of men who
like the great barrancas of the Pan
handle, or the Santa Helena gorge In
Brewster county, are wild and pic
turesque Cross-country train trippers
killing time at bridge between Kansas
City and Los Angeles. see nothing of
these rougher. wilder regions Like
wise. by hundreds Of miles, they miss
the verdant. fruitful subtropic Gulf
coast, with It's palms and beaches. it's
pleasure resorts. and It's busy. grow.
ing tourist traffic. From all over the
Middle West increasing numbers of
visitors 60 now each winter to Gal.
weston. Corpus Christi. and other Gulf
towns.
Farther south and along the Rio
Grande, between Laredo and Browns
vile, has developed rapidly vegetable
and citrus growing region Of wealth
and Importance