The Fort Stockton Pioneer. (Fort Stockton, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, November 22, 1912 Page: 3 of 8
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Painted and Galvanized
Iron Roofing, Rubber Roof-
ing, Building Paper, Glass
and Paint. No trouble to
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ROONEY
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FORT STOCKTON, TEXAS
IRRIGATED and RANCH LANDS
For the Next 60 Days
Tracts of lands under ditch in cultivation and raw lands in
bodies from 10 to IGo acres.
One ranch, 5 sections near Fort Stockton. An exceptional
bargain
Nine sections school land purchased from State; this ranch
controls 24 sections fine land in pasture.
All bargains. Write or wire at once.
LEE FOWLER
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Geo. Westerman, C. A. Westerman
Pecos County's Resources
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done in thin county b.v intelligent
effort.
The Imperial irrigated lands in
the northern part of the county,
1h one of the most important en-
terprises of the county. This
plant contains alxMit 2r»,(H)o acres
of irrigable land, »,000 of which
is already in cultivation, and over
2,000 acres more is under contract
to be cleared and put under culti-
vation by spring. This large
tract of land is irrigated from
an immense reservoir, that con
tains nine square miles of water,
obtained from the overflow of the
Pecos River. Great crops have
been grown on this land the past
season and many sale* are now
lining made to people from the
North, who are seeking homes in
the tine climate, we have in Pecos
county.
Buena Vista is a thriving town
in this community, with good
merchants, who carry large stocks
of goods. A good school house
has recently been built, and soon
it will lie necessary to build addi-
tional school room.
The Zimmerman irrigation
plant fronts on th** I*♦»<•«*s River
arid contains alsnit 25,000 acres
I fertile land, and is now open for
j settlement and is being rapidly
j taken. The Coyanoso Valley
Northwest of Fort Stockton is
one of the finest valleys of land in
Texas and has an abundant supply
of shallow water, that can easily Ik?
j brought to the surface by pumps
I and used for irrigation. The \sc-
oncito reservoir and irrigation
project, owned largely by New
York and Boston capitalists, is
one of the mort important enter-
prises of the Southwest. This
company owns 42,000 acres of as
rich land as can he found in this
section of the country and the
water rights, with ample water to
irrigate The preliminary work
of surveying and locating an im-
mense reservoir to store the water
for this plant, has l>een done, and
just as soon as the K. C. M. AO.
Ry., is completed to that point
work will begin on the construct-
ion of the dam for this reservoir.
Part of this land lies in Brewster
County, and the reservoir will be
in that county, but most of the
land lies in this county, twenty-
five to tbirty-flive miles, South-
west of ilie city and near tin* line
of the Orient railroad. Add o
these large irrigation plants, men-
tioned, ;P least as much more rich
land, that will lie put under irri
! gat ion by tin* pumping plants
! and we will have in this county,
at least L*.*»tt,tHH) acre* under irri
gation, which would easily sup-
port 12.500 families, allowing 20
at?res to the family; and an aver-
age of five to the family would
make a population of 02,500. I bis
would still leave 5,2011,040 acres
of land for ranches and dry farm-
ing. When we U*gm to calculate
tin* enormous yields of tin* aver-
age land that is farmed under ir-
rigation, we are amazed at tin*
immensity of the* figures. Alfalfa
is tin* most important crop grown
in this section on irrigated land,
with grapes a close second, and
yielding many times the cash re-
turns, per acre, more than alfalfa,
but taking longer to begin to give
returns, and costing much more
to keep up. \\ atenmdons and;
cantaloupes grow to perfection
and yield as much per acre as can j
be grown anywhere. Milo-maize,
Oats, Sorghum and Kibhon cane
are successfully grow n here ami
yield paying crops.
With all these resources of the
countv and Fort Stockton being
almost in the center of the
county, why should we not have
a city, within a few years of 25,-1
(H M people (
And in addition to all this, Fort
Stoekton, is one of the important
division points on the k. (J. M.
t >. Ry., work already being
done on the great freight depot;
the roundhouse, turntable, coal
she.Is etc., located and work to
begin on them within ten days.
Add loall this our unexcelled
climate and we have more induee-
inents to offer people, who are
looking for homes, than any othei
place of which we have knowd
•dge.
“There could he no better med-
icine than Chamberlain’s t'ough
remedy. My children were all
sick with whooping cough. One
of them was in bed, had a high
fever and was coughing up blood.
Our doctor gave them Chamber-
lain’s Cough Remedy and the
first dose cased them, and three
bottles cured them,” says Mrs.
R. A. Donaldson, of Lexington,
Miss For sale by Stockton
Pharmacy.
Do You Want
FT. STOCKTON. TEX.
(FORMERLY U. S. GOVERNMENT FORT)
The Next Big Railroad Div. on Main Line of Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Ry.
One Hundred and Sixty Miles West of San Angelo.
Get There pvc
Ahead of p:
The Railroad H
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OPPORTUNITY
OF A
LIFETIME
To get in ahead
of construction of
a big trans-conti-
nental railroad,
building from
Kansas City to
the Pacific Ocean,
and secure a loca-
tion in this new
and rapidly grow-
ing town.
The place to get
in on the Ground
Floor of a Future
City. What would
your lot be worth
today in the cen-
ter of Dallas,
Houston, Fort
Worth or San An-
tonio.
Worth thinking
about
Then worth act-
ing on.
LOOK AT THE MAP
This is your opportunity. There will never he another RAILROAD like the Orient,
and there is but one FORT STOCKTON. Get a lot in Fort Stockton and make money.
The coming Metropolis of Western Texas. In center of a New Empire, nearly 200 miles
square. County Seat of largest county in Texas. Thousands of acres of irrigated lands
surrounding. Artesian springs flowing 55 million gallons daily. 3,000 feet above sea
level. Finest climate in V. S. A PLEASURE RESORT. Ixxik for 10,000 people in
Fort Stockton within two years. For full details, plats, etc., write
F. A. HORNBECK, Land & Townsite Com’r., Kansas City, Mo.
Or call upon F. R. RICKEY, Local Agent, Fort Stockton, Texas.
The Fort Stockton
T elephone
Exchange.
.IAS. ROONEY, President
l(. r 1)1 RETT, (*rn*l .Manager •
IRRIGATED LANDS
-IN-
Southwest Texas
To
Trade?
T
We have 320 acres, improved
farm in Wheeler county, Texas,
to trade for irrigated land, what
have you to offer’'
We have 20 acres to trade for
Arkansas property, all irrigated
and part of it in alfalfa, this will
make some one a good home.
We have a ranch, 12,000 acres,
plenty of water and grass, six
miles from town, to trade for
doog income property.
Come in and let us tell you a-
bout all kinds of trading propo-
sitions. both in dry and Irrigat-
ed lands.
W. T. JONES & CO
<)ttii't* hours from 5 a. rn. to 9
p. m. Close at 9 a. m. and open
at 6 p. m. on Sunday.
We have connection with SheffWJd,
Ozona, San Angelo, Pccoa, (irand
Falls, Alpine, Marathon and a num-
ber of ranehes through the county.
Polite Treatment to All.
Auto For Granada.
Leaves every morning at 0:30.
Baggage carried on hack. tf
ALFALFA, HOGS, EGYPTIAN COTTON
One man’s Alfalfa seed alone brought over #75.00
per acre besides three cuttings of hay. Hogs are now
fattening during the winter months on the same Alfalfa
field.
For furUu*r detail* address
VERNON L. SULLIVAN.
Manager and Engineer,
Buena Vista, Pecos county, Texas.
F. A. Hornheck, Land Commissioner, Orient R. R., Kansas City, Mo.
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General Merchandise
Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware, Notions,
Boots, Shoes, Hats, Lumber, Barb Wire,
Nails, Fence Posts and All Kinds of Build-
ing Material
Fort Stockton Abstract & Title Co.
Titles Examined and Perfected Agents for non reeldant
to all Pecoe County Land and Lots t-and Owner* and Tan Payers
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Barry, E. The Fort Stockton Pioneer. (Fort Stockton, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, November 22, 1912, newspaper, November 22, 1912; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth806853/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .