The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 33, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 18, 1889 Page: 4 of 8
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THE MMEOLl WEEKLY
I'CIII.IKIIKI) KVKRY 8ATU11DAY 1 Y
W. B. TEAGAIiDEX.
Saturday, May 18, 1881)
Entered at the post office as second-
class matter.
Col, Jim Hogg will ho plcaccd
to learn that Sctli Hhcpnrd will
not be a candidate for governor.—
Helton Journal.
Of course. All friends of Mr.
Hhoparn will he glad to learn that
he has decided not to engage in a
hopeless struggle.—Marshall Mes-
senger.
WOOD COUNTY THE PROMT-
IBRD LAND OF THE
HOME SEEKER.
Mi ii col a the U«Ht Little City
In North Emit Texan.
Amaiiiki.o, I'otter county, is on
a "hig boom." It is reported that
the sheriff killed one of the eon-
stables and that the county judge
has been jailed. State rangers have
been dispatched to the scene of the
boom to preserve the dignity of
the law as against infractions by
the county's pcace ollicers. I'an
Handle booms arc strange freaks
of progress.
In another place we publish an
article from the Paris News under
the heading "Cotton Worms."
This idea oi forming agricultural
societies is an excellent one and
we suggest its'adoption in Wood
county. With our county well or-
ganized in local societies, ,jt will
be an easy matter to handle the
cotton worm question and to or-
ganize and promote fairs and all
other matters of interest.
Tun famers of Webster, in this
county, held a meeting on the
night of May 7th and agreed that
they would adopt the plan of burn-
ing moth exterminators to protect
the coming cotton crop from the
worms. They at once ordered of
Mr. Thos. Breen 150 lamps. This
means that in that one neighbor-
hood alone at least 400 acres of
cotton will be saved. We are glad
to see the people of Wood county
taking such active steps in the
matter. From what we can learn
wo venture the prediction that
seven-eights of the farmers in
Wood county will use the lamps
tbis year.
We received from Pro. Small, of
the Tyler Courier, last week an
application for one of the cotton
lamps made at this place which he
desired to put on exhibition in his
oilico to induce the farmers of
Smith county to adopt and use it
to protect the coming crop. This
morning we are in receipt of a
similar request from Mr. .las. A.
Pills, of the East Texas News,
Palestine. We respond to such
applications with pleasure and we
hope that our exchanges will suc-
ceed in their laudable undertaking
of getting the cotton raisers of their
counties to use lamps and save
their crops. %
The Cotton Worm Must (So.
A number of our exchanges have
taken the matter in hand and are
presenting to their readers in clear
and forcible language the necessity
of adopting the plan of burning
lights in their cotton fields, to
destroy the cotton worm miller, as
the only means of escape from the
ravages of these insects. Thse in-1
lecte are annually increasing the;
tribute they exact from the cotton |
raiser until it is now a serious qucs-
tionwhetiicr the cultivation of cot-
ton can be maintained or not. The
MuMTOH lias been hammering at j
this question for some time and
has related the experience of fann-
ers in Wood county that proves
the plan a complete success and
Wo are glad to see our exchanges .
becoming interested in the matter.
If the newspapers of the country
will take hold of the question and
exert their well-known power in
bringing the people to ■■ e the im-
portance of acting and in pointing
out the remedy, the cotton worm
will no longer he the dreaded pest
that it is now regarded.
Wood county contains thousands
of acres of the best fruit land in
Texas. It is the future vineyard
of the State. It is the locality
where grape-vines will produce the
extraordinary yield of 75 pounds
per vine at three years old. Il is
the locality where peaches, apples,
pears and all kinds of berries grow
to the greatest perfection in size
and flavor. It is the locality
where is situated the "Mammoth"
fruit orchard and vineyard of Texas
containing KXJO acres—it is the
county that is well watered with
beautiful creeks fed by pure spring
water, it is the county where
pigar-cano will mature nine feet in
leghth arid is capable of producing
the sugar and rice supply of the
State on its thousands of acres of
rich bottom lands.
Its level and fertile uplands pro-
duce more cotton per acre than the
famous black lands of the west. It
is the place where corn, wheat,
oats and rye grow in great abun-
dance. It is well timbered and is
now one of the best open range
counties in the State for cattle and
horses. Its oak trees supply
acorns to fatten thousands of liogs.
Its woods afford an abundance of
game, deer, turkey, birds and
squirrels, for the pleasure of the
sportsman and its scores of large
and beautiful lakes teem with the
finest of fish. It is without doubt
the best fresh water fishing in
Texas or any other country.
Land is yet cheap, $1.50 to $10
per acre, but is being rapidly set-
tled up.
The people of Wood county arc
intelligent and progressive. Law
and order prevails and school
houses and churches adorn the
the landscape in cve.y community.
The school facilities have for sev-
eral years received the careful at-
tention of thftycounty's public ser-
vants, and Wood county is in that
respect one of the favored localities
in Texas. Our public roads and
bridges arc always in good condi-
tion, the county script is at par
and the tax rate as low as any
county in our favored State. Water
is pure and health is no better
anywhere.
In Wood county the home seek-
er may take his choice, he can get
a home on which to cultivate
sugar cane, cotton, corn and rice,
or he can get land upon which to
grow small grain, cotton, corn and
fruits, or ho may get 'a farm con-
taining all the varieties of soil and
grow the whole list.
In short Wood county is the
place where the honiescckcr may
grow any agricultural product or
fruit successfully that can be
grown in the State, and if one does
not suit him he can change with-
out the expense of moving. It is
also a place where the pleasures
are abumlent, which is indeed the
prime object of life.
MINKOI.A
Is the principle trading point, a
thriving city of 2,000 or 2,500 pop-
ulation having three of the great
trunk railroads of the State, large
inerantile establishments, fine
schools and churches and a trading
area larger than any town in North-
east Texas. It has not had a com-
mercial failure—except in drug
business—in ten years. There is
not a vacant store or residence in
the city lit to be occupied.
The adjacent country is rapidly
filling up and the trade of the city
is increasing. Water is pure and
health excellent and the school fa-
cilities unexcelled at any place.
Mineola is in a geographical location
that is hound to give it two more
railroads.
The writer has recently returned
from a trip of 2,000 miles terminat-
ing atj the (.'itv of Mexieo. On that
trip we saw all kinds of soil, in-
eluding the valleys of Mexieo, the
richest on earth and noted care-
fully the di lie rent agrieuUurrl
interests, and we relumed (irmly
ei>nvinced that that Wood county is
the favored spot of all and it was
the contrast that inspired the
writing of this article.
The Trip to Mexico. Paso Del Norte (The Pass' of the
North) now called Juarez (pro-
Tho lirst and one of the most nounced W&urez) in honor of the
important objects of interest to our great Mexican general and ex-
readers will bo the beautiful i President of the republic. I
city of El Paso, situated; In the streets and buildings the
about 725 miles west of Mineola original simplicity of tho city, es-
in the western corner of the State, tablished four hundred years ago,
at a point on the Itio Grande about is preserved, and though it is said
throe and a half miles south of the
monument which marks the south-
to have had at one time 20,000
population, it has at present only
X. o.
DEALEl
ern boundary of Now Mexico. In | about 10,000. The old church,
made of sun dried brick, anl said
to be 300 years old, is still in a
fine state of preservation and is
still used for public worship.
The Press Association visited
the city of Jaurez in carriages, and
were royally entertained at a ban-
quet in the new Mexican custom
house, by the commander of the
Mexican forces at that post and
the mayor of tho city. This was
our first introduction to Mexican
life and customs, and our first ex-
perience of the courtcousness of
tho Mexican people, which later
on commanded our admiration at
the city of Mexico and other places.
From the city of Juarez the
party visited the celebrated home
and vineyard of Dr. Alexander,
where we met, like on all other
occasions, with a generous wel-
come and plenty of wine.-* Dr. Al-
exander's vineyard is a beautiful
sight; it contains about seventy-
five acres of grapes—the famous
Mission variety—all under a per-
fect system of irrigation. The
product of the vineyard, in wine,
was 15,000 gallons last year and
will De 20,000 this year. The
wine manufactured by Dr. Alex-
ander is of superior quality, and
he has at present several thousand
gallons of it in his cellars.
The entertainment of the Press
Association by the city of El Paso
was a splendid success in every
particular. The four days of our
stay there were spent in one con-
tinual round of banquets and ex-
cursions, with the exception of a
few hours of each day devoted to
the business of the association.
On May 1st, at 6:20 p. m. our
train pulled out of Paso Del Norte
on the long run of 1225 miles to the
City of Mexico, of which trip our
next will treat.
1878 the spot upon which now
stands this beautiful and flourish-
ing city of 12,000 people, had a
population of only 23 Americans
and 150 Mexicans. On May 13th,
1881, the first train of the Southern
Pacific railroad reached the city
and three weeks later the first train
of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa
Fo arrived. On January 1st fol-
lowing, the Texas and Pacific was
completed to this point. On Jan-
uary 28, 1883, tho Galveston, Har-
risburg and Sail Antonio was built
to El Paso and in April 1884 the
Mexican Central was completed to
the City of Mexico, giving El Paso
five important railroads.
Being located at the gateway
between Mexico and the United
States and contiguous to tho great
mineral desposits of Arizona and
New Mexico,and the natural trading
point for the vast stock raising
industry that the future will develop
in western Texas and the territo-
ries, it is no wonder that its busi-
ness men are so sanguine
of the city's future and it is no
wonder that the city is so rapidly
improving. The valley of tho Rio
Grande in which El Paso is located
is estimated to contain 125,000
acres of land susceptible of culti-
vation and large quantities of it are
now in a high state of cultivation
being irrigated with water from the
river. This land is exceedingly
fertile producing in the greatest
luxuriance all kinds of fruits, vege-
tables and cereals. The altitude
of the city is 3,800 feet above sea
level. This insures a pure atmos-
phere which, added to a delightful
climate and pure water, makes it
a charming health resort.
The city is supplied with all
modern conveniences, electric and
gas lights, street car lines, water
works, stately public buildings,
palatial residences, fine hotels,
magnificent commercial houses,
numerous and wealthy banks, neat
and clean streets, excellent pave-
ments, splendid schools and
churches, a strict and perfect sani-
tary system, more newspapers
than any city of its size in the
State and the most genial and hos-
pitable people in the world.
From among the generous and
open-handed citizens of El Paso it
is almost impossible to single out
one as the object of special
thanks, for contributing to the
pleasure of the "Press Gang" while
in that city,without making invidi-
ous distinction, but we know that
our friends in El Paso will not take
offense at the mention of the name
of the man whom the boys desig-
nate as the immortal Sam Ecker,
mine host of the Grand Central
I Hotel. A report of the objects of! Galveston's Great Celebration.
j interest in El Paso would be in-;
| complete did it not contain some j Fifty years ago on June the first
| special mention of the Grand ! the city of Galveston was incorpor-
Centrill Hotel, its splendid accom-1 atcd and now its enterprising
! niondations and that Chesterfield- citizens have perfected the most
J inn French gentleman, Mr Sam elaborate plans for the celebration,
Ecker, its proprietor. from June 4th to the 15th,
The Grand Central is one of the of that scmi-ccntcnnial event. A
best hotels in Texas, and one that grand interstate oncompmcnt
any city might feel proud of. An- and drill will be one of the attrac-
| other object of interest is the great tions of the occasion. There will
' smelter, situated about two miles'be 5,000 soldiers in camp and
j north of the city, on the bank of; §22,075 will be awarded in prizes
tho Hio (irandc, erected at a cost for competing military, horse
of §200,000. This the members of racing and regattas. Money has
the Press visited in a body, and by been lavishly expended to make the
the kindness of the proprietors', i celebration a success. Reduced
were shown the process of reduc-, railroad rates have been secured
This will he
opportunity to
eitv and no one
Staple : and : Fancy : Groceries.
Buys and Sells strictly for Cash, conse-
quently sells Cheap. Call and see me on.
Broad street, opposite Thos. Breen's, Hard-,
ware store, Mineola, Texas.
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good work as can be done in Texas.
-Eitmoiirr Barns-
IF FRUIT TREES, Etc.
At the Nursery formerly condncted by my late husband, one and
a-half miles West of Mineola, I have a large and complete assortment
of all the finest varieties of Fruit Trees, Grape Vines, Berries, etc.,
and all kinds of Ornamental Shrubery, in fact everything usually kept
in a first-class nursery, which I am anxious to sell, and must sell in the
next three months. S
Now is the time to buy while stock can be had at less than half
price. Write for prices.
Mrs, w. m. Mcdonald,
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imate competition for cash or credit.
We thank you for your liberal patronage in the past and solicit
a continuance of the same.
Mineola. Texas.
ing and smelting in nil its stages.
On the lloor of the smelter were
piles of bullion bars, the sight of
which caused the itching palms uf
many of the newspapi r boys to 1>
seized with a nervous twitching,
but the hars were very wisely
made too large to bo hidden in tin*
ample folds of their pockets; they
could only look and admire.
On the opposite side of the rivi r
and only one mile from Hi Paso,
is situated the (plaint old eitv of
over all lines,
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The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 33, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 18, 1889, newspaper, May 18, 1889; Mineola, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth254283/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Mineola Memorial Library.