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West Texas Drouths
amount was about $3.25 per person. As much needed as the fund
was, there were some people in the drouth district who opposed it.
The thing most desired was seed. One indignant editor wrote that
"the people could live on prairie dogs and jackrabbits, but they
could not raise a crop without seed to plant.""5 So great was the
demand for seeds that the commissioners recommended to the
Legislature that an additional appropriation be made for that
particular purpose,0 but nothing came of it.
The Red Cross sent its national president, Miss Clara Barton, to
inspect the drouth area during the latter part of January with the
view of utilizing its agencies of relief. Miss Barton went first to
Albany, a region not so hard hit by the drouth as other places.
From that point she made a study of conditions and visited a
number of communities in Shackelford county. She was much
impressed by the adverse conditions of the people when she first
arrived, but within two weeks three things happened to cause her
to change her opinion. The Legislature made the appropriation
of $100,000 for food; Congress had appropriated $10,000 for seed;
and some local rains fell in the immediate region she was visiting
and caused the spirit of the people to rise. These things, in ad-
dition to the fact that spring was at hand when grass would be
green and early gardens could be raised, caused her to report to
her organization that no help on its part was necessary.1'
Persons Amount Appropriated
Parker ........ ............... 2,000 $ 6,500.00
Jones .......................... 750 2,437.50
Taylor ......................... 750 2,437.50
Erath ......................... 1,500 4,875.00
Hood .............. .... ....... 750 2,437.50
Somervell ...................... 300 975.00
Bosque ........ ..... .. ... ... 500 1,625.00
Montague ...................... 1,000 3,250.00
Hardeman ...................... 500 1,625.00
Archer ...................... . 500 1,625.00
Totals ...................28,750 $ 93,462.50
RECAPITULATION
Amount appropriated .............$100,000.00
Amount distributed ............... $ 93,462.50
Expenses of distribution ........... 1,278.55
Amount remaining ................ 5,258.95
"Albany News, February 24, 1887.
"Taylor County News, February 25, 1887.
"Albany News, January 20, 1887; February 3, 1887; February 17, 1887.
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