m i i . i i i u i i
Si\gUACItL CRESCEN•L
From Texas.
~()i~t Deoplo Itre gOl)|ett[ to l+~.",+ ,~,'[++.t'~
they e',+n (lo well iu a fimtneial ~+,.v. kii
hay. individual pl'et~renees as D~ I!!!DHttO
and soeialuurroundings. ()ur hih.Ji:~d
tendot~cies have much to do whh ,mr
likesand dislikes esl)oeially us to ch-
nlate. Those who were born mid t..d
north of tile Mason and Dixon line ).~-
tar' the snn:v, the stimulating air, ~ ,..
frost freigh)ed breezes of the no."!.)),
while those whose first impres,~i(ms ,,veto
oP c )lion, low~ the south with its b(!au~y,
it~ warmth, its delicious languor.
N,) -thor a~ate has hadso t,)'oui)h+:i t.,t
atronuma a career an that of '|'exam. iL,,,
d ff~-,rent flags ]lave tt,)ated over it -:h,.:
()i: 8pahl, Mexic,),the Texas l{e))*~i~,',
the Untied StaLes and theSouther (h,n-
federaey. Texas organized, as early as
1832, a military body that has no(z~,u!'-
terpart anywherem the ~.orld. 'l'h:,~ is
the famous Ranger service which i~ti!l
in employm(mt along the frontier, 'l'i..v
are recruited from the most dat.il~g
Spirits in the southwest--men who at* #it
homo in the saddle, whoaru thoro!t~.dfiy
famihur with the frontier, who are david
shols with tim r,fle, and who wilt ,,,t
hesitate to face tile I)uslv,.ss end of ~- six
ah.).ter in tho hands of a dest,~v .l ,.
Texas is, anti always will be, as,anti d,,>:
a liv~stock state. By climate and pr,>
(h)etmn it is adapted to the growth , f
animal life. One-third of its aroais b.-t-
ter ~(t~pte(t to pastoral persuits than t,)
12ur9 .grienltnre. Tile great e,lltlo
ranches wilt disappear, but, in the/)' et~ad
wili come hundreds of smaller ()t~e.
'['tie v~due of cattle shipped out o17 'l',.x.s
every year amounts to approxim~!eJy
iiftv million dollars. The live st(mR s~a.
tisties of 1904 show that Texas has one-
sixth of all the cattle in the United
States. Closely allied to the live stock
inturests is that of dairying. But dairy-
ing in Texas is only a name. From er,d
to end of the state you.may travel with-
out seeing a dozen creameries. Ou
every hand are to be seat) herds of the
finest dmry stock. Herefords, Durham,
Sh')rt, h()rns and Jerseys. What bee,lines
of the milk and cream that ought~ io
COme fr(,m these herds isa mystery, it,
is not fed to the hogs--there are )~om..
It is not made into nut(or and cheese,
for the state imports 75 per cent of the
butter consumed. Creamerieshavn been
startedin various parts of the state, :~,tad
failed for want of patronage. Thi~dai~y
Condition is one of those industrial
freaks found only in Texas, The naHve
grasses are not so favorable to milk flow
and the produchon of butter fat us t',)o~e
of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Upper
Michigan, but $he winter climate is more
favorable.
The autums and winters of Texa~ a~o
delightful. They make up for thesh,,rt-
Comings of thesummer. The inventhm
of the barb wire fence did more to de-
velop the agricultural and pastoral pur-
suits of Texas than anything else, ~ve
th(~ introduction of railroads.
For the lash six years the cotton pro-
duct of tim state has averaged 3,0(i0,()UH
bales, ()r a bate for every man, wom.n
and ehiht in the state. This at li~e
average price of cotton amount.~ to 81;G.-
00t,000. Add to this the value (if thi~
by-product estimated at 820,000,0U0 iihii
we have a total of $155,000,000 from I[.3
cottoa or.it alone. The cotton seed cake
or meal, brings 822 per tou at the rail!,
the oil 30 cents a galloP, the hl)~i~ ~:5 a
tog and the lint 2~ eel,is per p,)uhd.
'l't>~ oil is used in c¢)mbinatiou with beef
fat for making olemargarin~ and m com-
binatitm with olive oit rot pa(!k;~:g .~>:~r
dines. Notwithstamling this b!'.v,,
showing, cotton is the most unsatisfac
tory crop produced in Texas. '17i.3
trouble is, cotton has been king. And
/lniversal expermnce has demons!rated
that a:grieultural monarchs are failures.
While corn was king in Illinois, hraa
and Nebraska, the people had to pay
tri!.atetootherstates. While the north-
west was under the rule of King Wheat
dest)itethe show of broad fields tirol
glittering ststistics of "average yielJs"
ttud "total profits," the mortgages ,~,..t
unpaid. King rule is an exploded .(:,~,
crow(beery. It is only under the d.-
m(~cracyof the farm--the diveluity ,2
erol)s, that the tiller of the soil will h:
able to reap the greatest reward foi' his
labors.
There are notadozen canning fact,.
iesin the state. There in room for hun
drtdsin the fruit zone. There isnv~:~T
as well an starch in potatoes. The >ied
is small, but that is offset by the fact
that two crops can be grown on the same
la.,)d each season• The first cr-p is
planted in February and matures m
May The second crop if pl~anted in Juty
matures m November.
The, l)each seems to take the lea(t,
murked success having been achieved in
its cuitu)% and now hundreds of acre.
of )dUng orchards are seen on every
hand. The blackberry can be placed on
the northern market in May and be kept
there until the northern varieties c.nm
il~.
Texas is not,, strictly speaki.g, a wheat
state. Its northwestern part ah)ne is
adapted to ttlegrowth of this northern
c~real. Ti~e seasons are Stleh that for 10
and some(trace 12 months of tile year the
soil may be kept busy bearing small
'[i,e ~'~(.'(* i~l~s:~y is .ver Bdvertised.
,u
• ~ , .~,q,. .' ~,~,,,(i~ ):,m,,• The quea-
; ,,t (:ht**p t*, a)l(l ~ ith it the ques-
: ~ (4 i),)a,.r a .s()Ix(~,i ~hen the first
;: (--it 'r x~a~ ,!!s', ~,)vd at, l.lesnnlont.
'F {l:k ,f .)1 ,>;i ,v.t! flowing seventy
i ,: .,:,1 ba r is ,~e,"> twenty.four
[ ~,: Theofl(',)~ i,olaid down in St.
!. :[> for 15 cents I'r barrel. Three
t- re ~-itld t,) it ton of coal. Iu-
! :,i of payill!~ ,23.7)() for coat, oil costs
: :~ -,,
\,HiO;l [ th- chief l~Ollrt'es Of raw mater-
i,: .r. lhe fu)'e-t:~. Th%v lie mostly in
!',:. ,.stern I,a) ,)I tile stale b(,tween the
>, hh)e an i 'l.'r..l< rh':.rs llnd cover an
a, .:~ ,,f about :;~;,(!(!0 square miles--an
:~: : i :M to th(, stateof In(liana.'
'l'i~ ruth, an ', lt(~ no, re are insepara.
it', ~,1 ,.,m~ ,, un,l~rstand each other
i1:~i b'i;;* ;t *el!It ¢ltt~ ~,attle Views Of life.
'l 4i !.', w~)rk wh(q~ ilmy }!a.V~ t,), but would
In )'i r;tLher (] ~z~ in the 811n.
:,i>' flog,,) a~ a I)roUlem, is certainly it
,..,V,}I~ -llC~OSS }its SIuIIIS, social and
[,..:i~,:~, :na.),~:. t,) keep him before
{:V) !.U IFy ;.i iii, whatever views we may
],/,i. w( must ;.Im~t that the negro ae a
i.,~ I,,q~ i;~ Lw vquals. However, il
o.r (>)nsti~ut o ~ and flag mean anythin~
a !h 9 me~;n-give every man a
c ~,,,- 'l".er~ i~ no use trying to dis-
gul. h.~m•,' ' ~he negro Isbor in the
so l't~ u~ lq' t!>~ present conditions) and
~1'~ ~(l~ i~ 11o .x,,~q)ti.n~ is inefficient and
(; ,reilaUle. \Vha) is h'ft of the old slave
K:':ie?r.tti,)cls IU)) be dep.nded upon. But, :
th(~ .~,*aer:~ti,on , ).v .a deck will work
(>.~ , i)eu it i~ forced to do so. In tim
s)~! h wcst.ern p ~r). of the state where
3J~ Xi,~:al ]d) ): < l:~ b3 s~.c,lrod the situs-
tie: in li(e adrwultural ~liuos is some=
what bu~!er, i',o Mexican is steady,
f. !hi'ul l)nL ~-tul)id But to even up
~hi).g:~ ti~a '.',u.k~ for little and boards
hb~s.if. "t't~e c,.mst country is the nat-
u ~ i~ome of i'i(:e and sugar ease. In
t ~ central praimo zone, while nearly
ever) th;ngknown lomix~d farming will
L,) :,~.,, "rtoa and corn are at present
tile :-,tal)]O I)r,)dl ',Ls. The western plain
,,vt:ib, )nait)ly gwen to cattle ranges are
)>:i./~r.,luaily thrown open for farm-
ing tmrposo~, Where sugar cane and
rice ~re It(st adapted to the conditione,
l:m em )~ had from ~/6 to $30 per acre
~c~ ,r ii~ ;, to l()~: ~tioa in reference to wat-
er ~,: i ti'in~i)ort~tlon In the eastern
i>~! ,17 ti:e sta:e -that part which hae
b~ ~ ~.i.)le(I f,)r more than a century the
nil .t pic)tlr( sq)le and pertmps the most
fe. ia parL of |he state, land can be
h.~i f.:. fr,m $3 to,~20 per acre accord-
i~. ~) imi~r,)vem(*nts. Here the cotton
)i, ,l~,vtu,lded with dead tress which tha
ow~eri~)oo"busy" to remove, is neigh
t),r t,) •( peach farm newly cat out of
th, h.rd,iarch 1st, 1845, of the
a(q. th)! m;id,~ Texts a part .f the Amer-
ica, l;ni~m.
!ex;,s ~.sadmitt(,(lto alt the rights
of au A)n~ricm .omm()nwea]th and re-
s~!rv,.,d iJ~e privih,ge of i)eing subdiwded
lilt) !i\'e >tat(,. ,,~ ;my liuls at her own
re ',ie;t This r::h; ll.s never been ex-
e)'~ ,.,d m.I p;,i,.bty never will be,
th,,u~'h it has ~:~,'. r I)e(.n revoked. The
'J~,,S,),h Hf t~IH~:+;, H+q';dttre, the swagger-
b.f ,,):(i,+~" ruili~., 'aHh pistol and bowie
k' i~,' iS ".,H}~[,~("~ }tlS by hisabsen~e. Ha
' , ~ [ ;,I ;t l)lalol'ia[ (+xi~Le)|C%
b~;t !mi)a~" h).;..~ ~,ve retired over the
b ,'.,h".' (~I' Pe:,:au ~ vtho',,)gv. A majority
(! !,.:;,()~>~'.():)i) >++,>l,I,+ in Texss came
from the soq!)+,))) states, or at least
t,,•il i"')"' +sdi,!. A great many came
w¢~t after the war. Springingfromsuch
a ,~.i¢, w+. lin(i what we would expect to
lid a iw,q)le courteous, gemal, cultured
lth,t h()~+pltablt,. There IS a charm, a
si!)t!e, ;-.,d~.dve iMtuenco about the
tlt;t+it ers (d' t!'e s()tlLherr! people that is
Irr),>>ib!e C.me from wh~re you may.
*,,;ii S )(m +'omt~ under its dominion.
'I .x;t~isc,)rnt.~t to beastatoof many
Ci~i~'-~ The htl'~est, San Antonio, is also
th-,,!,le~t, t)ailas is the hesdquartors
,K ~l s~!,,+s farming interests, and Fort
\V ::h ts ~;,~ (,+~,~ter .f the caltle indus-
t >, th+u~!¢m is an important railway
l'(' t ;i!l:i (,on)man led this remedy and it
(: ml~ie:ely cured me." There is hOUSe
of .+ ~or.(+ entt'erh;g from that painful
aihmut when ~his liniment can be ob-
lai~:ed f(~r a ~malt sum, One appilioa-
fruits and vegetables for northern mar- lio): gives prompt relief and its contin-
kets. Forty years ago people did n(,t ex- n,.d use- for a short time will produce, a
pert tog.t vegetables and frui+s out , f l.'rmm+'nl cure. For sale by all drug-
season -they hnd not acquired thetast', gists,
Wat~on'e Magazina.
Febrt, ary Number Enlara~l to 160 Pne~ trod
Greatly lmproved--Nnw Ftmtur~--
Price Innrvatmd.
Tom Warden's Msgazine celabrIted
the completion of tts first year by mak-
mg a number of improvements and
changes. A year ago ths first (Maroh
1905) number wss i~ued; it had 128
pagae, no illustrations or cartoonth and
was in a way a disappointment both to i
its friends and ira editor~. But w~th
each succ~ling number it grew tmttsr.
Cartoons and illustrattona warn added in[
July. And now the cur~nt (l~eb. 1906)
number haa so many improvements that
tt is really a new aud far cup.riot pub-
lice) ion.
One radical change is the lopping off
o~ the word, "Tom" from the tttle. From
this time on it Is plain Watson)a Maca-
zine, a shorter and coma think, a mote
dignified title. The cover daelgn is new,
although slmtlar to the old. Thirty-two
pag~ of reading matter have been add
ed, making the pr~aut number an 160
)age book, not counting the advertising.
A Home Department has b~on addad,
under the direction of M~ Louisa MS
ler, a writer who will Ix) b~ttar known
to tha women rea,lars of We(con's Msga.
zinc a year h~noa. The circulatton man-
ager eontribut,~ a page or two of chatty
goestp, under tha caption, "Along tha
Firing Lina."
Mr. Wateon himself ia doing a prodi-
gious amonut of work. His brilliant ed
itorials fill about 32 psg~ in front of tha
book, while hia Educational Dapartment
and Book l~viaws contain mote genuina
educational matter than can b~ found in
any similar publination.
The fletion m Watlmn's Maffazine ie
equal in merit to that app+aring in tha
25 cen~ and 35 cant publinationa~of)en
better, and the aditora ate atriving hard
to be excelled by nona. Sp~iai artiol~
along eceflomic and political lin~ make
up tha remaining page. Theto ia not a
frivolous lina in the magazine) if wa el.
cap( p+rhalm an ocotaional jokn uRd a|
a fitlarl but nven th~ teach valuable
lessons. Some ot the artiol~ may prove
too dry for sores of the r~adera,but thato
ia an abundance for all the family in ite
160 page. Members of the Farmer's
Union will rand J. A. F~garton's articin
, • . ))
on "Farmers Organizations with much
intereet; and evarybody who is watching
the antic, of the National Banker~ in
(herr efforta ta~ ~outo an "alas(in" cur.
reuoy will find Altmrt Grifltn'a article,
"Elastic Currancy D~lusion" of abaorb.
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To Clmmberllln's Cough llem~ly,
"I can heartily and conacientiously
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says Hen. John 8heniok, 220 So. P~ori&
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Refusing a Transfer of Wata r.~Judge
Barley sitting in Chaff~ county ha=
turned down thn petition of the Ot~ro
irrigation district for a draft of water
from Chaffee and Laka counti~m as it
flows rote tha Arkauaas. Tha deciaion[
holds that tbe transfar or changa would
materially injure tha v~)od rights of
jumor appropriators of water rights of
the Arkansas rivar and its trtbutaritm
aud that ~t would be impoeaible undnr tha
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"From p+reonal experience and from the
temtimony adduced the court flnda that
the usa of water up, m the lands at and
near the ~ourca of the Arkantaa us here.
tel.to used for irrigation purpoa~ ia of
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both above and I~low, and this too with-
out regard to the qu~tion as to whether
the priority ~o" ,if+,tad wato ~nior or
junior to those ~ought to im transferred."
The suit wu brought by the ,tern irri.
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ninety-two cubio f~t of water from din.
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