Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 170, Ed. 1, Monday, June 23, 1884 Page: 1 of 8
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Jrth 1 each Will bo eold ut
LbD Is M Ladles While Lawn
lu both embroidery
trimmed
worth from 12 to 2C0 each
It Mid at SI n u l G0
L l l 211 LadlesWhite Lawn
wotted In styles and we guar
LthTftncst garmenta BV shown
for less than
smarkct and money
tbo material
Ajan buy
Kjla 8000 yards Bleached Soft
LdMuslin Ilc5ulnr prlcb 10a
R Mid at Bo per yard
LMIs Co2yards 42lnch Bleached
f C lng Worth ISc Will be
12lc >
94 is ono ease 01 Bleached
jjV Worth 35c Will bo eold
per yard
493 Is 2010 yards Blaok Lace
20o Will bo sold
Jj Worth at
Uryardi
LiiSl an assorted lot of Summer
tn black and whlto plu stripes
3 will ho solti ut 35u
4459 ia 20 pieces of PinStriped
iflwck Silks at 472c of moat ex
mBit value
i 30 Is 11 pieces of Shaded Sllks
garnet winegold brown and
men at t5c a yard These
utlcularlydesirable
ChomUo will bo told from oc to ill
SlghtDrcH illK aKSfij
PanalcMOU bo so Ar ° 15
Skirts will be oldi l ° 10
Worth from tl to o
Lot4G2lsl5 pieces or Changeable
Checks and Stripes extry heavy
weights entirely jaow Will bo Bold
at 65c a yard
Lot405 Is20 piecesextra fine Change
able 1lgtired Silks lu all the new col
ore nt 175 per yard usually sold at
250 per yard with allSilk Surah at
1125 per yard or Solid Colored
liEicbange drawn on nil tho principal cities of Europe Collection n specialty
UIUTTON 8 W IOMAX 011 DAOGKIT JOHN NICHOLS AND G It NEWTON
IVasZandt Prest Tll03ATiDDALlVlc Pre t N Haudiso Csuhler
FORT WORTH NATIONAL BANK
Successors to Tldball Van Zandt Co Fort Worth Texas
ipital Stock Paid TTp 125000
rural bunking business transacted Collection wade and promptly remitted Ex
Hdrawn uSi all the principal cities of Europe
lilltECTORSt
CM Van Zandt Thos ATldball N Hnrdluc J P Smith J J JarrU E J Ecalt
BWVD
frulclent
D C HKNNETT
YlieIresldent
Ji ° n J Y Hogott
fu w HolltngHworih
UH1KR0M1
Cmliltr
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
tjmer Houston and Second Streets Fort Worth Texas
CASH CAPITAL AND SUKPLUS 402500
DIRECTORS
IGodwin M B Loyd J D Eoed Zano Cettl D 0 Bennett George Jack
son and S B Burnett
TRANSACTS A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS
IBoii
nslilent
V HonsKrr
Vlcolre ldent
II C Euuikotok
Cashier
O W < IIOLMNQsnonrii
Asslsliint Cashier
THE TRADERS NATIONAL BANK
Ffrt Worth Texas Second Street between Houston and Throckmorton
CAPITAL PAID IN SI25O00 SURPLUS FUND S1OO0O
cti a general banking biislnow Collections made and promptly remitted
cliungo drawn on all tho principal citltI of larope
Ex
J It Adams HCiarlnglon J F Ellis H II
tWISRAEL President A ARCHIBALD Cashier
W ISRRAEL CO BANKERS
Henrietta Clay County To as
ANRACT A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS
Large Tracts of Land for Sate In Different Parts of the State
fKCOBTiaProildont f B Ikard VicePresident J WTObat Cashier
ARIETTA NATIONAL BANK
IHTA18XO0K
nrletta
soooo I anaiMja
9600
DiaioToavWB WornUam APBelcher SB lVXuir
K y Ikard T J Atkinson Vf K Cttrtli J Yf1 Oiay
NERAL BANKING BUSINESS TRANSACTED
EOK ST BBETT Ac OO
Bankers San Angela Texas
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ITALOTOOK
IfifYESTMENTB LOANS COLLECTIONS
OvcrThlrly Yoara Experience In Und Title la this State
P Smiths Toxas Financial Agency
Smith Jarvls Block 511 Houston Street Fort Worth Texas
SftgOM Cover nor Ireland Anstl nTexa A < t < W uJ V nKWr
to Aloxander CO >
v Rankin lOoiajillpWY Latham
I TEMAN
tUtabllsbed 1S15
WdBATEMAN
TEMANBATEMAN BRQ
Nm 2 M s ad 0 West Second Street Corner Throckniortoii
I evis Rrotiers >
TOM WORTH TEXAS B10SDAY JTJNR Kl WW
ISllYUm BARR
3000 c i
Misses Childrens and Infants r JuT tr
amidst the S JftS 1 D
g io Striplxeri TSTew York
Changeable
Plain Silks at f 150 per
yard to match
Lot 400 Is Gl pieces of assorted solid
Groa Grain Silks In all the now colors
new brown gold brown light and
dark beige Mute elephant gray to
gether with all the 8tarloshBdisvill
be sold at 100 a yard would bo cheap
at 125
Lot 47019 Jot of Black Gros Grain
° u In a 2 pieces at 100 125
JliQO all pure silk overv ono a decided
bargain
Lot 471 s 10 pteeoa of Blaok Cash
mere bilk the
handsomest goodH we >
over handlW Will be sold nt I > 0
175 and 300 a yard Send for sain
pies at once
Lot 467 Is 60 pieces of beautiful Bro
caded Satins In all the new shades at
40c n yard
Lot 48S Is another lot of Brocaded
SatluB nt 40c much liner thou the
11 rot
rotLot
Lot 469 Is 15 pieces of Shaded Bating
In solid colors very choice Will be
told at GC a yard
Lotmis 2400yard of nice White
Victoria Lawns Will be sold at So u
yard
Lot414 Is 1591 yards of very flue
Victoria Lawns at 15c 20c and 2 > c
Theso ore very superior values at tho
prices
IMftm orders will be filled C 0 D with iha privilege of examination All garmenta not satisfactory can be
Tirf of our expanse Descriptive circular of Our Special Bargains in 472 separate lots mailed to any addrost
Send orders for goods and
your samples to
AYLOR BARR FORT WORTH TEX
itMBBITTOK
tH Fresldent
JBAJSTKS AND BANBXSB
JNO NICHOLS
Vlcorrcildent
OR NEWTON
Cuhler
THE CITY NATIONAL BANK
Of Fort Worth
ipilal Paid in
rplus Fund
18000000
3000000
All matters pertaining to Conservative IHnklug receive careful and
prompt attention
SEPTEMBER EDITION
A Qntirler of a Million
lrlntcd
Cliccrlug llcporls from Various Parts
of the Count rr
Better Thaa Ever Beforo is the Uni
vereal Verdiot
ISOIAN TKRITOKV
Special to the Oaiette
OAiNiaviLrKi Jimo 22 A gstitle
raau froni Jliutoivnr Treports cotton
prospects in iliut region very fine
He predict tlio acreage tills yoar will
he far In exceta uf auy former period
Hoe 38tba Ileitis are full of blooms
The proxpect for a good com croi > are
noteoeucuraglrji From some caube
tho stalks are fhort and yellow
Mr WJieoler from Oklulioinn re-
ports conii wheat and oata as beinc
very line In Ills eectiou HI report Is
not so favorable for cotton as in eomo
other localities
HELL COUJnTY
8p elaltotlie Oaxctte
TCJIWK Juno 2 Farmers from
the country around reporL the crop
prospect as excellent and many pros-
pectors from the states oast of the Mis-
sissippi wuo have been viewing this
part > f Texas will return when tho
falltlnia cornea to cait their fortunes
in Dell county
AIMTIN
8pelaltotho axetle
flno
Bellvillk June Several
rains lately aro dolnir inucli In brlnK
out the crops They look I lie A
very Ing good com crop Is expected It Is
getting ripe ou some few farms here
all Is In silk
HILL COUNTY
8pMiUUtotb Oaxelt
WlHTSEV June 22Tho weather s
clear and warm with good rains du
rlDK the mwt week Crops were never
better 8iiall grain Is yielding splen-
didly Couou tuousrli youn Is gener
allv clean and growing lapldly Com
la just magnllloent
Memorial Serrlces
CiSciskati JuneSiMtmorlal
services lu iespect of the life and char
nipr of HIsliop Blmpson deceased
t held lu St Ym Methodist
llurWlotilocUy uniting In theuj
Copies to lie
And 100000 Oooics for Distribution at
tha New Orleans Exposition
Boveral montlnitjo TllK OArtTrj nd e
tlifj the fnct I lint a tpcclul corps of work-
men were eounged In collecting innlerlnl for
a September edition that would aurpnits any
thing of tho kind eicr attempted by nny
paper In tboslnte und rccognltlug tho nmk
nltude mid Importance of tlielr mission tbey
have labored slemntlcally and earnestly
to merit the plaudlifrom tho public Well
done thouKood anafalliful nervaiita
In a MrwifliH tboiollccilou Tacts and
IlgmcM Hbovitig tli lesources mid
rapablllllci of Texas will bo
llulsucd nntl the work of rlasilllcillou
and armniement will follow The prepare
tlraofmatter for tins cillton Is uiuer tho
personal snpirvlsluu or Col 11 l llcntley
Mho lsemlneatlyriatlllled for tbe > ilcby
iriuon of 111 recognlred ability hs wrtLr
tils long reiMencelu the statu and his Inti-
mate ncfualntmiresmd thorough ldentlllra
tloa with Its Ialerests
Ju this eanion will Ijo ohow n the oommer
clal prsgre > < < and material udMinccmenlnf
every slilpplng point of Interest
within tbe enllin range of the
sU oa railway system together whh
approxItnuted grosH sales of muihandlso for
tlialCiir mid Ibuainouutuuil > alno of Ktaplu
produclsslilppeil rrom each point csllin tes
us to population by countiesnstsseri nlao
of real csUtc live ttock and
agricultural proJuc > the mineral
resources of the htnte mid many other feat
urisuhlcli lmvonoer beeniucorpornUd In
similar nlllloiiswlllbolntrnliieed making It
ibo most cm iiprehensUoand valuable vdltlon
i er Itsuetl by any puper In Tcxuk Arraug <
meats will lo mndo for lis distribution In
B ery counlylu tho lnllod KtnteH hikI IODux
copies will be Uldtributrd among tho visitors
to thoNrwOrleann exposlilon
This edition will reuch all classes and Inter-
est by the most direct means and being de-
moted toTexas anil Tfins Interests Hill be
preserviHlfor futuro reference
A limited space will bo reserved foradver
tl cislnun < l ota of Toxas and after a ccr
tnlnilnteto boberealter Hied iioadvertlhc
inentwlllbo rcclved atauy price tpeclal
fcBturen will be Introduced Into the writeup
of Texas towns and an opportunity given nil
toavall tbeinselveaof the advantagescillered
by tbe Beptcmbcr edition of TJirOAcims
CWNOTES
AVOICKFORFREEGRASS
ACaudlilatcfor tho StatO SenateDe
nounces the Leaso Lair System
And Exposes the Injury to tho Stato that
Keiulta from It
Lease nnil Herd Lam IU ntlcnlFrco
flrn < s tlio CorrtctlTc
Witli a Fow Words in FaTorof a New Oon
buj and Fair Dealing
DrSv IX lloblnsoti of Colorado City
was In Fort Worth Friday mid learn
ing that ho was n candidate for tho
stale sonato from tho Tivoiityitlntit
district anil thcreforo fit material to
elicit a public expression from Tin
QAzirrTR prepared to draw the gentle-
man out on the mibject matter of free
grass Tho Twentyuluth senato-
rial district embraces tho couu
tles of Stephens Jutland Ilrown
Comnncho San Stlm McCul
Inch C lemnn Cilhlinn RlincUeironl
Jonej Tiylor Uutineli Concho Nnl
Ian Usher Mitchell BcurryHoward
lwrlen Uatvaou Jltirtln Qatiies and
AndrewH The e comities aro niner
etnlnputly Ihn rrecgrnfsregion ofVx >
no anniooftlieiiiimiyettiudovclopeil
by ntsrlcuttnreliiit others iirotlichomeH
oHlioiimndsofwell tivtln fnnnein and
snnll rtocknipii wluwo herds hitvu led
and fattened on freo gra < 9 enabling
their owiipm t iiuilntaln themselves
wlit 0 putting their ftrms In ahaiio for
cultivation Knowing by nctual expe-
rience the pricKlens vnluoto them of
freo era = s when gni s Mas nil tlint tho
oonntry allbrded to support
life the pooplo of tho com-
paratively wellsettled counties aro de
termined that tho privilege of Treo
grass shall not bn tUirlllgwl to tlirue
wlio are forcing tho lines of agricul
ture and clvllUitlon further Into tho
western ami northern counties This
feeling Is practically unanimous
throughout tho cntlro district and Dr
Hnlilnson evidently voices very accu-
rately tlio feeling of tho people to
whoso support he appeal as a freo
grnss candidate for tho stnlo senate
It requires little conversation with
Dr Robinson to couvluce ono tlint ho
thoroughly understands tho uueetlon
which Is paramouut to all other in
this part ofthatttitc nnd ills no less
evident that ho is intensely In earnest
in his opposition to the pres-
ent policy of tho laud board In the
leasing of lands Elo looks to ho a
tiinil who takes hold of everything
wltlt a strong grip and never lots go
until something gives way lledocsut
mince word or tone down the rugged
parts of u sentence hut to ail appear-
ances Is a man to coummnil con
lldenco ami Impart n feeling or sincer
ity by saying what ho means and
inclining all that he says
TKIlllKIl a HILL AND Tin tvasi LAM
To the llrst < pi est I on addressed him
asking what llrst drew him to a study
ofthotjuestlous growing out of the
land policy of tho state JJr Jlobluson
said
Tlio discuBsloti of the Terrell
hill In tho InclHlnturo last winter llrst
drew my nltcntlou to tho question of a
herd law or freo grass I regarded
that as 11 dangerous measure to tho
property Interests of tho state Ah I
studied It my hostility Increased to
uuy law that restricted the right of tho
people In their use of grass 011 the pub-
lic commons and Investigation of the
matter persuaded me that a herd law
or a leato law that withdrew grass on
the ptibllo commons from general uso
was damaging to tho Interests of our
people Such legislation Is calculated
to retard If not destroy the develop-
ment of tho state The mere discus-
sion of the Terrell hill though
It was defeated v as enough
to Impair con lldenco in tho wisdom
of our legislature and many who
were ready to come to Texas gave up
the idea uutll there should no more
satisfactory legislation It caused on
apprehension of danger Tho evident
hostility of tho legislature to the grac-
ing Interests followed as It was by tho
action of the slate laud board In doub-
ling the lease price of land confirmed
the feeling that had already found a
lodgement in tho minds of these people
that there win a party in the legisla-
ture inimical to tlio Interests of Weal
em Texas Hut for this fear of ad
veno legislation these people would
be cltl ns of Texas today
Tho disaster which these
uuwlse measure havo wrought
will tnko years of conservative pru-
dent legislation to recover from A
consideration of these effects as I have
aaid led me to an investigation of tho
uieriti of a lease law and its Inevitable
outcome a herd law as opjiosed to
free gnuv The result of that Investi-
gation confirmed me In tho belief that
it was u most dangerous ex > ermcnt
on the part of thottate It Is tlio llrst
effort ever made on this continent to
lease or rent out the public domain
From tho earliest settlement of tills
country the public lands have been
held for actual settlers only
TJIK LMAHH LAW DUIVIXfl out bet
TLUH8
1 Please stato in full tbe reasons of
your opposition to a lease Iuw was
next asked Dr Ilsblnsou
As above stated he answered It
clucks the great tido of immigration
that has been flowing Into Texas for
the last ten years not only keeping
out thoulauds of welltodo settlers and
millions of capital but materially
crippling Interests already planted lu
the tUte Tho operation of this law
as Hhovvn by tbe leases already made
will very soou result In the paxsago of
the public domain of West Texas into
tlio hands of a few corporations to the
txclus loti of all actual settlers
and emu II stockmen In sup
ttort of this view it Is shown
that twothirds of the lands already
leased are in tbe hand of fifteen cor
ioraions ono corporation having
Jcated 33551 acres from the state
and with this amount of public lands
they have taken tbe same amount
rroui private parlies or corporations
thus placlutr iu tbe hands of one body
of men 7I03I acres or the public com-
mons and tied It up for ten yearn from
actual settlement This land is situ
ated In tbe most fertile section of
Northwest Texas which Is one of the
most eligible districts in the entire
state for actual settlers to JoMIe upon
and develop Of course tbe very beat
Undo lauds U t tutted for nomes
and moat attractive to
the y e of the Immigrant will tie leased
J
ftnt nearly 2000000 ncrw of which
have been relegated to the wlrofcuce
pastures The records or tho land or
lice show that iw theso lenses hnvebcen
Ulectrd sales havo constantly tlecreas
ll nnF ° > ln January there
were sold 1210612 acres at the meet
ing In April only 2MftU acres and In
J utio tlie small amount of 1228S0acrc
Mbstatl of tho smaller leases havo
been made by men who had already
bought tho nltcrnnto sections from iirl
vato corporations or had fenced state
lauds without authority or for the
purpose of iimtlng up their ranees
aiijacotit to hinds purchased under the
flliycent act
LUICIK COltfOKATlOVR WILL TAKItUt
TllK LAND
lu your view or tlio matter Dr
lioblimm should tho law bo periajt
Hated as It now Maud ltow ntuoli of
theso lands will be leased
I ttituk not moro than oiHUVX
ncrcHofthortr O00OC < uow subject to
lease by tlio html lizard ThU will ab-
sorb tho watered lands nnd tither lunda
niost ellglblo for actual settlement by
which the whulo country can ha con
trolled by theso syndicates without
lettliur the remaining 30000000
ncres Hut tho whole oattle iutensts
of Northwest Texas would uuder
the system permitting audi unllmltid
leases ai the huid board Is favoring
very soon imv it ijl0 hands of for-
eign syndicates whoso Interests and
influence will ho constantly onposfd
to tbu Rctlleiiieiit u tliu uountry by
American husbandmen while the
small ttockiilen who own tho bulk
of the cntllu In Texas today will
eltliur be forced to sell out to tho cattle
klugsorto get up nnd got out of tho
state llundr ds of them uru hlreadv
on tlio move or aro proptrlng logo to
the freegrass territories where tho
I tilted States us custodian of tho
lauds docs not force them to pnv rent
or to tlio lepubllfl of Mexico
Ihavestallntlcisliowlrtg that no lest
than notlOvK head of stoeltcitttlowlll
bu driven rrom Texas tills year be-
cause of th ohnnxloua httts nnd
rulings of the innd board These
cattle represent a value of at least
fcGOO m whleh would Yield to the
slate a tax ofnt least 10000 a year 10
say nothing of tho animal Increase
This Is exclusive of the Utx they would
yield to the county fundi willed will
botwonrthreotiniesos tnttch as that
collected by tho state
A lATAL WOW TO T1IH STATU
Hut the moit fntal blow to tbo wel
fare of the i > tato has been from tlio
octlon of tbe land board In with
drawing tho wattred lauds from tho
market The live gentlemen consti-
tuting that board wero doubtless se
lected by tbe legislature heennso it
waa thonght tlielr honorable positions
would secuio inch action upon all
questions arising before them as would
subserve tho best Interests of tho statu
and tho purlieu mo t nearly Interested
In those questions ltut the whole
country has been disappointed lu tho
results lust at that tluiu above all
others In the history of Texas when
these lauds were lu demand ami could
easily huve been sold to actual tettlers
this hoard became wise above what
Is written In our statute books
or In tlio chronicle of tlio past and
legislated the watered lauds oil the
market advertising them for rent at
twenty oeuts per acre Iho Immi-
grant who was looking to tho vast do
main or Toxas as all Inviting field fur
ecttlemcut Is uow kept back bv learn-
ing that the great state of Tex is will
not allow him to approach the water
on the public lands without ncccrs to
which It Is Imposilblo for any mail to
make bin home lu the West
a iw Kiauiins AND PIHIlWriONH
There uro about I 000 Hctlnu of
tlicso watered lands 00 of which
front 011 rivers and large streams
with an abundant 11 ml con
stant supply of water With tlicso
lands011 the market for sale with ml
jaccnt dill lands fieo for grass thcyo
100 sections would ptovide half a mile
of river or water front for each ranch
home willed would have a capacity
for 1000 dead of cattle tdil giving us
MX rnticli domes Tito other 000 sec
tions being watered by large springs
or lakes mid not susceptible of divis
ion would davo a capacity for much
more tlinii 1000 head of cattle hut we
will put It at the minimum of 1000
head and wo hnvo 1 UX ranch sites
which with u minimum capacity of
1000 head each gives lis 1400000
head of cattle worth 1S000000
The stato tax to be derived from this
property would bo not lens than 110
00011 year The lauds them clvcH if
eold at tho minimum price of i pur
acre would yield 1020 000 which
bearing Interest at five per cent will
yield nn annual luconm U > the todooi
fuudof t a000 or in thirty years If
noun of tile principal shall have been
paid will give us 8y00001n Intenst
which when added to the principal
gives the school fund u sum of lb00
U00 If left > > en to actual set tiers this
could easily be sold Insldeoftwoycurs
and wlillo every section might
not lie taken as above a suf-
ficient number of them would be over-
stocked to make the whole average tho
figures given making a greater cattle
lutertst thau we have to dnyand with
It u thrifty population or actual set
tiersiind permanent taxpayers This
estimate observe includes oulv 1000
sections or 040000 acres of the fiOOO
OOOsublect to lease
HA IUS AND MIASIS COJIlAltF l
If tlio rich lands already leased
had been sold at JU per acre oti thirty
years tlmo at 3 jr cent Interest
without payment of principal till the
end of thirty years every acre no
sold would at tliu end of ten years
have yielded in Interest to tbe
school fund If while every aore leased
for ten yearswill at the end of that
time huvo yielded but eighty cents to
the school fund Thelandssold would
at the end of thirty years have yielded
in Interest making together with
the principal j per acre while the
tame linds being leased if It were
possible to lease them for thirty years
wilt have yielded but 240 per acre
Hut the worst feature connected with
tbe leasing policy will bo the
IlKHIHUOTiprrOK TJfK JtAVOK
in all tbe valleys beyond the limit
of meitjulte grass lands in tho West on
tho slangy land where there Is
no turf the range will he
overstocked by tho leasees wdo will of
course labor to get the utmost out of
their leases The range will be utterly
exterminated within the first ton
years After which these lauds can
neither be leased nor sold and tbe
state will liave realized but eighty
cent for them whereat If tbey had
been sold the purchasers would be
careful to husband their resources In-
creasing the value of the lauds build-
ing up honied and becoming perma-
nent urcs of revouue to the state
lolltlcal economists estimate tlint
y Vtual settler Is worth In taxablo
hi1 ho 4tP rnuo omen on
the watered sections that have been
mentioned this would add n wealth t
100000 Thus
we era bat the op
enjtlon or tho Itwo w has already
l T 0lil of l 1u hMeot k lt from
coming Into
tbojtato taxable values
prtvlng thn people of a stato rovenuo
tqnal to awWKl aiiuunlly
0 1 n kcl HWV rro Texas
and the taxablo values taken out of
tho
stale If retained and protected
would conttlliuto more to tho genera
prosperity of the stato lu revenues and
mi < srvrls than tho highest powlblo
results to hn HDpetl for from the lcaso
system could give
TUB IKA8I LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL
llutaside irOtu the had policy pf
tlio ipaie sjstein wlilch ofltself Is stir
tlclcnt h > tvmpel iu repeal tho law Is
clearly Jiucoiutltuilonal Thu constl
till 011 provide tlint lands slml be sold
ami even prescribes corladi securities
lu which tho money rrom thoso niIch
shall be Invesud Tlio constitution Is
mandatory on this point Saylug theso
iindshlinll he soldj nuil If they shall
lie sold It follows that tdcy shall not
be leased
WKSTTRXAH AH A lAltMlNO COIINTUV
Doctor iho iMlvocalesora lease law
claim tliat West Texas Is Incapable of
ngilcilltnrll thiveloiinont and that
nctual sutlers will not Invndu that part
of the state which Issnld to bo lit only
forgnislng large liorda or cattle
Tills said Dr lloblnson Is only
n repetition of tho argumenl whlcli
has been used with refervueo to every
mile1 or territory front the Trinity to
the Colorado river There ate In Texas
ItMlay tlioiisands of uiuti wdo hnvo
hunnt this same argument used with
reference to tlio black lands about lnrt
Worth and tho fertllo dlsttlet of thu
npjM > r llmitot and doubtles llino was
wlien thew Was not stilllcletu rainfall
to Innlio farming 11 smuCfs lu tlieso
sections hut nnw wo all know thla to
ou nnu of the 1110H prosperous
agricultural ddtrl s In the World
I remember tine Instance In reference
to tho Urazo country In what is
known as Biultds lleml In tlio north
wt corner or Itosipio County Mr
Snilth jnoveil to that plaeo jibout
thirty ycara ago with 11 largo number
or negroes opened iiial rgo farm
planted corn and to imo his own Inn
gunge the Unit year lie made neither
list grain norarouud one He
brought Ills liread for tliu next year on
wagons from lied ltlver nitiutv the
nearest point at which It could bu
bought Ills success the second year
was but llltlo better than tho
llrst Ills cotton growing
only from four to six Indies
lilgd Tlio third year ho succeeded
reasonably well sluco which time that
lias been one of tho most uniformly
successful agricultural regions on the
Drives river and It Is nothing tiuumal
now to gather sixty bushels of corn
nnd 0110 bale of cotton to thu acre
Hlmllar circumstances liavo been re
lated lo mil by thu oldest settlors or
lalo Pinto and other iiiintlr s Id tliu
West where fanning is now a great
success What lias been tnlo hf coun
ties now admitted to bo good farming
country will doubtless bu repeated hi
the experience of ntoro Western set
tlers
P0MHWKSTIJ11N CIMMJ
Callahan Taylor and Jones coun
ties are today rejoicing in thu poises
slon ufabuudiiiit Wheat crops Hlicli
inglnsomelustatiiUHajluld of Uon
ly buslieU ptr acre of as line plump
grain us was overgrown In any coun-
try Hut to go nearly 2U0 miles west
of this even ou to thu very summit of
tliu great plateau known a the Hiaked
Plains wlirat this year will yield mi
nveragu of twelve to slxdcii bushels
per sere on land never tuuebed by the
plowmans baud until last year I ru
fer particularly to tlio German colony
located twenty iiillca west of Jllg
Hptlngs mi thu line of the Texas
fc lncTllo railroad In Howard county
When the cost ot cultivation unit the
lime occupied iu making harvtstlng
and marketing thocropili considered
It can bo demonstrated that an average
of eight or ten bilshtli of wheat per
aero ntsovftnlyllrocvuls pur bushel
Is a more valuable crop tluii cotton at
a dalf bale sjr aero sold at ten
cents a pound The Qilnkcr settlement
about seventyfive ml leu north < if Dlic
Springs lias been planted about four
years They aro raising 11t only lino
wheat but Hue com domeatlu graces
and all kinds of garden vcgutublo
with youti oicliards and vineyards
willed give promho of great succeis
To go mill further wist 100 inles to
iecos comity we have farms 011 Toyah
crtck lit the haudiof Mexlcius who
kuow notliliig but Iho inoHt emtio
forms of agriculture which yield an
abundant harvest evury year
of wheat barley ami oats
and after theso small grains
are harvested the same laud is planted
In cornoftou yielding thirty bushels to
the acre thus giving two crops of
cereals each year Thla however Is
done by irrigation There are lu
lccoi valley 2000000 acres of arable
laud susceptible of irrigation there
being an ubuudancu of w ter iuhe
Iecos liver This stream never has
less than eight feet of water during
tlie farming season Cullfornlaus who
have examined this sectluupronouuco
It equal If not superior to auy of the
famous valleys of California for thu
production of alfilfa fruits and tha
cereals and In addition lu whluli It Iti
more convenient to the purj e of
Irrigation thau any of tbe valleys of
their own state The lime Is not far
distant when If tbe lease law bo re-
pealed this will become one of tho
richest sections of Texas There are
now fcoies of men who woujd pur-
chase and settle upon those lauds but
they cannot take tlie lUk of belng ln
closed In the large paatunt containing
thousands of head of cattle
wiiik yuscm kkiji out HPmlniH
Hlnce asked the reporter there
Is a reservation In the leases or sales to
actual settlers who wish to nettle on
these leased lauds do you think It
likely that settlers will be kept away
by largo pastures iu closed by wire
fences
I dont thick that any man will
seek a homu within the bounds of any
leaned dlsttict replied tbe doctor
He certainly wJJl not desire lo make
a home inside ar pasture inclosed by
barbed wire Neither will he camp
outside of pasturw waiting to settle at
the expiration of the leases M bas
been suggested by certain fresh states-
men of Texas
LKA IAVA1SI > HKM > LAW IhKNTI
iJ OAL
ApoIogWs for tbo lea law try to
make It ajppaar that they aro pposea
l
vol vni ko m
toal rillaw Dciyott think thcro la
any distinction between the two In
their operation
They make it distinction rrhlla
there Is no practical difference Tho
lease law when enforced to the lettor
U11 herd aw iu dlaguNn nntl tho prac
tical result will bo substantially tho
snmo ns miglit tw expected rrom a
stralg 1 out herd law ir tlio leasing
Idenobtains indorsement byh juniority
TM0 r Ul ° ftc lt wl In
1 1
evitably lead lo an open herd law
MAKT TKXVH lNTRll 2trs
2you tlk u 0 ub Interests of
fM l 0XM t lerpcttiate tho leaso sys
iL 1 1 1 ° tno w rary I thlhk
11
It decidedly detrimental to tho Intet
jsts or that sccllon in tho first place
they ralsan KroU many uitllo IliJJiwt
ern 1or and aw forced to sell their
young cntllu to West ivxm stockmcit
every year Tho operation or the leaso
law In broken down competition
among buyers shutting out tlie small
purcliasers ntid reducing tlie prlco of
vearlliiKS at least l per iiead TI1I9 U
In tlie lutertst of tile largo csttleinan
enabllug htm to buy at reduced llgurm
the young oAttlo of JJwi Texasatiid
Irlvo tliein to lit largo leased pas
lures wiillo tills udiictlon lu tho homo
prlco pf stock cnttlo doc not ntleot the
market value or his beeves In 8u
Louis and Chicago Add again
hastcm lVxas U htrgibly de eudenl
ilH > u the Wert for a market for her
vast quantities of lumber ami In tho
samo rnilo n Immigration and pros
perlty tleoreiwo lu tho West the tle
uiatitl for thu lumber or the liast will
tlccrene Tho lensu law prevents tho
countrys settlement iilut tuu building
up ortowus Hiid fariiidiouats willed
must draw tlielr supply of lumber
v5im u 1 ° forwH ° f J Rt Toxas
Without the demaiid thus crented
theroennbniioliomo iimlkot for tile
products of heir mills and forests
And again by drawing taxable
value on ot tliu West tlicie
by decreasing tlio ruveiuies from
thatseotiuii tliopn rata of taxation In
Fiwt Texas will necessarily bo In
creased from year to year It would
bo well for the Uastern taxpayer to
nolo Ida fact tlmt lu sustalulng tho
leaso laws ho subscribe to a aysteni
wlilch bleaks down groat Interesls lu
tho West reduces thu demand for tho
productions or tho Hast mid liicroa in
tlio burden of Ills taxation
VlllflJ tlllASH Till CttltlllcitVI
Do you think pursued the re
porter thnt tho repeal or the leaso
law and restointlon of free gras would
bring again thu tide or Immigration
that ha been checkwl bv tho laud
hiurds tinfrleiidly notion
I think It would certainly
During tliu whole history of
tho settlement or Texas down
to tho piuisngo or HieNu olinov
Inuslaws a mild doaltlifnl vllmntu
clieap lauds for actual settlors mid freo
grass for tlio oattle or tlio poor
ua well ns tho rich huve
been tlio prlmu factors lu tho set
tlement of thu state from thu Iteil
river and Hnuinu to tlio Colorado Tho
principle of freo grass has built up unit
Hindu > ru perous tho most populous
nnd xvtiilthy districts of the state and
I deem It exceedingly bad policy to
withhold tho minio advantages at this
line from nun who might Im Induced
to settle our great unoccupied North-
west I thliiit we should return to thu
old rcglmo willed his wrotighb o
well not only lu Texas liutlu tlio not
tleincnt of nil tlio territories of tlio <
United HtatcH from the foiiiidiillon rr
our governtiieiit to tho present
time Let us repeal the leuso
laws and liiforlbo freojgrais upon
our banner unfurl lt to the breeze
sell our lauds cilieaply to actual settler
only and the 2000000 population of
Texas will soon be increased to luoo
000 and then we will Indeed bo tho
banner Deuiocratlo state or the Union
Let us urge our delegates to tlie Ilotia
ton convention to so present our
strength formulate our grievances
and contend fur our tights as to com-
mand attention In that body nnd se-
cure recognition in tho platform which
that body shall put forth An null
rrecgrasi platform at Houston lu
August moans defeat for the slate
Domocmtlo ticket In November
Nortliweit Texas nt tboJast election
gave 0 V Ireland 70 000 votes
ICast mill Boulb Texas gavo 0 W
Jniies a majority of nearly
lfJOO Aunullfrcegrawiplalfiinii will
cdanuo tliu votca of more tlnin 23000
moil lu these Nurtdwcstorn counties
wlilch must Insure the dofuat or tho
Btatollcket To avoid Mich a disaster
the party inustsuilufy lio peoplo by
listening to their demands
Hi W JIMrllfff NII ItKAIilJltnONJIIINT
Well to change the mbject slight-
ly do you favor tlio reapportionment
of the stato into new legislative dls <
trloU
1 certainly d > If wo are to havo a
class of luud legislation which Is calcu-
lated Ui prevent tlio further settlement
of North west Texas we Should certain-
ly havo a Just representation lit the
statu legislature for tlie population al-
ready hero Tlie population of what
Is known us Northwest Texas
hies Leon nearly ifnot quite doubled
allien tlio census of IBM upon which
the present apportionment was based
On the line of the Texas iuclllo
railroad west of Weatherford alone
there has boon un inoreusu of popula-
tion to tliu amouut ofnoruthaiiCOOOd
The Hi euio rat6 of Increase In some
places 1ms reached north uud south of
that road 00 miles I2nslsnd county
for Instance which had in 1870 a popu-
lation of but olyjity aud lit 1BS0 cOOo
das today no Itf s than 10000 souls In
Taylor Nolan Fsberaud Howard the
Increase has been much greater some
of the e counties having towns of 4000
aud C000 I bellevo that an up
porllouuieut based upon a correct
census taken in Wi would give
Northwest Texas twooty senators in-
stead of elovsn and sixty representa-
tives Instead of tblrtiieven If the
Nineteenth legislature is disputed to
givoull purls of the state Justice It
cannot deny u this simple right It
will bethedutv oftherepfeeentHtlvts
of Northwest Texas in that legislature
to demand an with tbe voice of ouo
man a ooasiltullonal amendment pro-
viding for this census
Labor Troubles
KABTBAffiNAWMiOH Juno 22
t
Ctfmpauy C of the Michigan state
troops of this olty tecelved orders this
evening to take a special train at ft
oclock for Oscoda tbu scoue of tit
labor disturbance lUport ffom Os
coda are tx the rftVct that all fa qulst
thera but trouble Is appri baod el to-
morrow 4 S
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