The Peoples Voice (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, June 7, 1907 Page: 3 of 8
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J FARMERS' EDUCATIONAL |j
* AND i
1 co-operative mm i
I OF Ah'.ERiCA • - 8
Tlie manufacturers of farming tools
and vehicles had a meeting recently,
arid the whole trend of the talk was
that prices must be advanced. Now,
It is the easiest thing in the world to
meet this advance, if the farmers
would only do it. The way to do it is
to put every farming tool, every ve-
hicle. and every Implement on the
place under shelter every night when
at all practicable, and never leave
anything out in the weather for a sin-
gle moment when it can be put into a
plase of safety and protection. If the
farmers would do this, it would cut
the demands for such things fully half
in two. Would half of the demand
bring, the price down? You bet It
would. The factories are now running
over time, and the dealers are hardly
able to get. stocked up at all. Cut the
demand iu two. and the factories
would immediately seek a market, and
the "overproduction " of cotton would
have a parallel. At any rate, this
sort of a thing on the part of the farm-
ers would be the only sensible thing to
do anyway. How much better a tool
works when it is clean and ready at
the commencement of the job, instead
nf having lo be used half a day to get
it so that it can bo decently used.
There is a constant tendency in the
minds of some of the Farmers Union
people to want to mix up and amal-
gamate with, the labor unions of the
towns and cities. They make a serious
mistake. There is little .or nothing in
■ ommon between them, and the whole
idea comes from politicians who would
like to ride the organizations into
efflce, or "business men" who want to
make good by fleecing somebody. No.
thank you, the farmers will be kept
so busy tending to their own business
that the won't have time along in
\ugust to look al all the Amalgamated
Haymakers' cards to see whether all
the students from the Eastern col-
leges who come west to work in the
fields have paid all their assessments
10 the union. No, the thing is too
many; the farmers are farming now.
and are not. making shoe laces.
The only question about the Union
in the minds of many people seems to
be whether the Farmers' Union is the
"Order that has come to stay." It is
no longer questioned as to the wisdom
of farmers getting together as all
other workers are doing. Every man
who lias sense enough to come in out
of the rain knows that this is the only
salvation of the farmer. Now. as
there is nothing else under heaven,
i ven claiming to be a farmer's organ-
ization, it looks funny to see anyone
longer hesitate. Get in on the ground
floor.
Every now and (hen we read of the
So-andso Farmers' Union Debating
Club. That sounds mighty good to the
old-timer, who in the days gone by
Joined in the country debating club,
and decided whether the Monroe Doc-
trine should be enforced as a matter
nf right, or as a matter of expediency,
or some other equally profound sub-
ject.
It is lime that the I'nious were ta-
king some notice of the movement to
till the South with emigrants from all
over Europe, and particularly from
Spain and Italy. This means the plant-
ing of more cotton and the consump-
tion of no iibore cotton; the produc-
tion of more food stuff, and the sale of
less, to the Southern farmer. This is a
condition that must be met, and right
away.
WHAT A HE WE ORGANIZED FOR?
Til question is the biggest one con-
nected with our moventr.ont. It will
take some real thinking to solve it.
One may say I joined to buy for less
while another would say. I joined to
get ; better prce for my product,
while another gays he joined to down
i very other clas, .and build himself
upon the ruins of a destroyed commer-
cialism. All Df this brings about a
confounding of tongues that makes
sueiess impossible. A correct under-
standing of the real purposes of the
organ'ation on the part of each mem-
ber of the Union is necessary in order
for wise consideration along lines that
will assure success.
The Co-Operator would feel that it
had accomplished a great deal if.
through its editorial columns it could
get a correct understanding on this
one question, "What are we organ-
ized for?" For when all our members
fully understand this wfc will tyove on
harmonious lines to victory.
The first effort of the tfnion should
he to take out of our lives tho spirit
of enmity and fill it with charity. Then
remove from us the principle of greed
and avarice and fill us with the princi-
ple of justice and equity. Tills would
give us a desire to do unto others as
we would have them to do lis instead
of doing the other fellow before he
does us.
It Is well for us to consider what
we ara not organized for that we-may
more fully understand what we are
to do. We are not organled to destroy
any part of our commercial, social, re-
ligious or political system where they
are progressing along paths that lead
to the road to a higher and better civ-
ilization. It will take all the agencies
co-operating together to reach a better
condition. We can not hope to build
up this great organization upon the
downfall of any of the necessary agen-
cies or helps in this help.
Our duty is clear as to our atttitude
to all churchs, schools, fraternal or-
ders and legitimate commercial enter-
prises. It is not to pull down, but
eliminate the illicit and confirm and
build tho-legitimate.
We are organled to take care of the
business of the farmer, both in pro-
duction and distribution. In other
words, to ras'e and sell the products
of the -soiI. In the past we have only
studied the production of wealth and
not its distribution.
The educational feature of an oTgan
ization should call every farmer to
thoughtfulness and study, for it i«
only through intelligence that we will
be able to take possession of our own.
We are organized to plant at the very
foundation head of our commercial
life the principle of justice, equity and
the golden rule that it may take root
and give a health tonic to our entire
civilization.
The Farmers' Union has a respon-
sibility that no other organization in
this country has and in proportion to
a correct understanding of this re-
sponsibility and our action iu keeping
with our principles, will be the good
effect of our effort on our fellowman.
—Co-Operator.
The cotton crop has, in the hands or
Providence, been reduced to something
like a money-making quantity.
There must lie warehouses, and the
farmer should own them. He has the
cotton at first hand, it has cost him
less than it wiil cost anybody else, If
it is sold at the right price, and he can
therefore, hold it to better advantage
than somebody who has to buy it and
then add his cost and expenses.
The day has gone when diversifica-
tion needs to be discussed. It went
with the crowd of rain makers who
brought plenty of water from the
clbuds by the firing of ropkets, and
with thi man who plants his potatoes
"in the moon."
The Farmers' Union should stand up
for the quality of stuff under the Farm-
ers' Union label. Make it a guarantee
of first quality, and it will need no
sort of boosting to keep the price
right. But don't amalgamate with
it her orders.
i'h ' farmer, more than anybody else,
is interested in building and maintain-
ing good roads. livery thing he handles
must use the public roads. It, is the
way he travels to church, and the way
his children go to school.
It makes no difference how rich
wiu; land is, it Is only a ouostlon o?
time when you will exhause it by con-
itiually drawing from It and making
no letiiHi.
Don't think for n moment that be-
cause some people got rich in the days
of long ago by taking things as they j
mi me you can do so now. You must
1,-r •;> up with the procession.
Don't always wait to bo "showed."
A blir.il man can tell a good thing |
h«n h sera It.
UNION NEWS NUGGETS.
t The man that thinks is the man that
i wins.
The time has come when the ma«
that plows is the man to rule.
1 The farmers are learning to think,
' hence arc more prosperous.
1 The banker has his organization, the
merchant his, the lawyer his, the rail-
rotder his, the mechanic his, aud why
not the farmer his?
It. is said that the drummers have
decided to mouid the sentiment of this
\ country, and they are going to play a
part, no doubt. Taev are organized,
| you see.
j The Farmers' Union is bound to
: sticreed so long as all local, county
and State officials are men who were
| elected to office from the farm. A
farmers' organization, see;
A million dollar paper company, 9
hundred million dollar holding com-
pany, a ten million dollar cotton 1*
change, a greater cotton journal. What
next, please?
CO-OPERATOR CLIPPINGS.
It is better to be an independent
farmer than a dependent speculator.
No, no. A business organization can
not be political. This is a business or
J sanitation composed of people of tho
' various political beliefs. We will stay
I on the main track.
The old system of marketing is fast
! falling of its own weight. We huve
had two sytsems of marketing cotton
■ We are now building Ihe third, the
I correct, the just system.
| Wealth belongs, or should belong to
I him who creates it. The wealth pro-
; ducers will get what is rightly their
! own when they properly understand
each other.
! Ijct us never thing that the other
fellow will change the system and
build a new one for us. We are doing
It. Keep up the good work.
Have you yet arranged to have that
supper for your local? It wifl do you
mueh good. There are yet. u few men
and women in your community who
should become members of your lodi
How wonderfully our Farmers' Uu
Ino has grown in the past little more
than four years! Starting with ten
members, it now numbers more than
1,200,000, an increase of 1, 200,000 per
cent! These are stupendous figures
that almost bewilder one to contem-
plate. That Is not all! We are in-
creasing at the rate of 6000 a day or
over 2,000,000 per annum. It will not
bo long until we have them all at this
rate.
it is easie: to tell the other feliuir
wtiai :o do
HANDS DOWN DECISION
Secretary Garfield Sustains Appeal of
School Lanti Department
GUTHRIE: The decision of Secre-
tary Garfield of the interior depart-
ment relating to the ttiasing of 11 n-
mlneral affidavits and the payment"
of fees 011 the selections of college
lands granted to the colleges of Ok-
lahoma by the statehood enabling act
has been received at the school land
department.
This decision sustains the board
for leasing school lands in their ap-
peal from the holding of the com-
missioner of the general land office,
aud means the saving of about fifteen
thousand dollars to the colleges of
the territory. Under section 12 01' the
enabling act lands were granted to
the colleges as follows:
Agricultural and Mechanical
college 250,<)00 a.
University 250,000 .1.
Normal schools 200,000 a.
University preparatory ... 160,000a.
Colored Agricultural and
normal university 100 000 a.
Total 1,050,000 a.
Immediately upon the passage of
the act these lands were selected by
the secretary of the board in the va-
rious land offices, and the selections
certified up by the governor. When
the matter reached the commissioner
of the general land office he rejected
the selections for the reason that the
non-saline and non-mineral affidavits
had not been made, and held that
these affidavits must be made for
every selection.
To comply with this finding it w uld
have been necessary to employ agents
to visit every piece of land filed on
aud make an inspection of same so as
to be able to make tile affidavit, and
tills would have entailed an expense
of from twelve to fourteen thousand
dollars.
The board appealed from this find-
ing upon the ground that the lands
were granted to the colleges fully
and completely without regard as to
whether they were agricultural or
mineral lands, and that the intent of
congress to grant to the colleges tlio
mineral 011 all lands wag shown by
section 8 of the enabling act wherein
it was provided that any of the lands
found to be valuable for mineral
should not be soiij until 1915, but
should be leased for mineral purposes
by the state. The secretary of tile
interior sustains the board in this
contention, and the selections will
now be approved in every case where
they do not conflict with homestead
or other entries, and the state will se-
cure the benefits of salt or other min-
erals upon any lands upon which
they have filed.
The other point on which an appeal
was taken from the finding of the
commissioner was in the payment of
fees, the commissioner holding that
the filing fee of $2 must be paid for
each selection 1 f 100 acres or fraction
thereof. The board contended that
tho proper method as clearly outlined
in th? rules of the land office, was
to divide the toial acreage embraced
in any one filed list by 160, and to
charge $- for each 160 acres and for
any fraction remaining over.
As it was necessary to make many
of the selections in small tracts of
twenty, thirty and forty acres, the
method of charging fees prescribed
by the commissioner would cause
them to be several thousand dollars
in excess of what they would be If
computed in the other way for which
the board contended, and in which
the secretary sustains them.
This decision cleart, up most of the
complications in regard to the new
college lands, and the school land de-
partment will now proceed with tho
leasing of the same as rapidly as
possible.
The only matter remaining to be
acted upon by the department Is the
final approval of each individual se-
lection. the only question coming up
at such approval being whether the
particular land selected was subject
to entry or not at the time the se-
lection was made.
The first leasing of these college
lands will be for grazing purposes
only, and the leases be temporary
leases running until April 1. 1908. Be-
tween now and that time all of tho
lands will be appraised and classified
preparatory to their permanent leas-
ing or sale as may be decided upon
SANTA FE WRECK
Fatalities in Head'on Collision South
of Shawnee Saturday
SHAWNEE: One man was killed
and ten Beverly injured, while many
othn-s miraculously escaped injury
or death when a north bound passen
ger train and a south bound freight
train collided head-on eight miles
south of here Saturday afternoon.
James Downey, of (iniusville, Tex-
as, fireman of tho passenger train
was killed.
The more seriously injured were:
Expressman Humphrey, Pauls Valley,
cut on head; Uray George, mall
clerk. Shawnee, internally Injured:
Mrs. Leon a Hunter, Henryetta, rib
broken.
Crushing together while running
fifty miles uu hour, as the freight
rounded .4 curva, the engines were
telescoped, the combination mail and
baggage car was demolished and tho
other ears In the passenger train,
save one, were thrown from the rails.
The freight was on the passenger'*
tlmi and was endeavoring to make
the siding at Sewall to let the pas
senger by.
WHISTLER'S COCK FIGHT YARN.
Disguised Eagle Pitted by Yank*.-
Sailors Against British Champions.
Whistler used to take delight In tell-
ing a story of sona \merlean sailors 1
who were at a cockfight 111 a seaport
town In England, when one of them
•emarked to the owner of the chftni- .
ploii:
"\Y-vo got an American cock on
.lourd that can whip any bird here."
"Go fetch 'liu on." said tile English-
man. "chuck I111 in and see. If 'e licks
ine hird we ave plenty more to throw
in that can lick liau.v blawsted lla
mericaa bird you can fetch 'ere."
"All right; we'll bring one," said the
sailors.
When they got 'aboard tliey rigged
up an American eagle. After their
own manner they painted, trimmed,
spliced, and reefed fore and lift, trans-
forming the eagle to a eoek. When
ready they went ashore, and at the pit
chucked in their new gamecock,
which, overcome by surprise, prompt
ly backed close to tile wall.
"Now bring on your birds, yelled
the sailors.
A strutting cock was thrown into j
the pit, and was another surprise to |
the poor dismantled eagle. He backed
closer and closer to the wall, wonder-
ing what would happen nexl.
The cock walked three times 'majes-
tically around the circle, cuffing at his 1
strange opponent, the eagle pitiably
abashed and bedrabbled, crouching
lower and lower, and looking around
and above hint for an explanation of
what it all meant, while the crowd
were yelling madly for the English
lighter.
The eagle made himself smaller and
smaller, but at last, finding that he
could get back no further, and think-
ing that something was expected of
him, stretched out his long claws as
the cock dashed at him again and took
his opponent by the neck.
Here Whistler ended, with an imita
tion by motions of what the eagle did.
He stretched out his arm, shaped his
hand like a claw I by this time it
looked like a real one), drew It to his
mouth, and, with one bite, pulled off
tho head, as he thought ail eagle
might do it. Then he looked blandly
about the room, as the eagle had done,
at the astonished crowd and said:
"Now bring 011 your other birds."— I
Century Magazine.
Wood Felled by Gladstone's Axe.
What Mr. Gladstone most enjoyed j
ablaut the Chateau de Choronc (adds
our correspondent) were the beautiful !
walks in the neighborhood. Many pho-
tographs were taken of him there, but
the one he liked most was a photo-
graph in which he and Lord Itendei '
appeared walking arm in arm, deep in
political discussion. I came across a j
copy of it once in a remote farmhouse j
in Montgomeryshire, and on the back
of it was written. "To Mr. John Jones ,
Vi'chlr. with best wishes. W. E. Glad-
stone."
John Jones was a farmer, a constitu-
ent, of Lord Rendel. a tremendous ad
inirer of Mr. Gladstone, and 1111 ama-
teur woodcarver. He had once writ
ten to the prime minister asking lot
some wood felled by the statesman's
own axe. and for some time afterward
he regularly received a supply of
wood whenever Mr. Gladstone brought
down a new tree.
This he worked up into walking
slick handles, crosses, lockets, neck
laces, etc.. and they were greatly
prized among his friends—.Manclies
tor Guardian.
Delicatcly Put.
Stuyvesant Fish was discussing ir
Philadelphia the March panic.
] "That was delicately put," he sail
referring to a remark that indirectly
oast the blame for the panic 011 a cor |
tain source. "Whether your remark
j is true or false, il was couched dell 1
j eately. it reminds me of the story ol
I the footman. ,
"A footiffan called his master Uf
by telephone and said:
"'I regret to Inform you, sir, that
vour house Is 011 fire and fast burning
down.'
"'Oh!' cried the master, 'what a
terrible misfortune! Hut my wife -Is
she sale?'
" 'Quite safe. sir. She gol out air.uug
the first '
" 'And my daughters—are they all
right?"
i "'AH light, sir. They're with tlieii
mother.'
"There was a pause. Then: .
" 'That, sir,' said the footman aauve j
ly, 'was what 1 wished lo speak to you
1 about sir, particular. Your mother ::)
! law is lyin' asleep In Ihe third story
back, and knowin' your regard for her
comfort, sir. I wasn't sure whethi 1
ought to disturb her or not. sir.' "
Suiting Music to the Work.
The mistress of the house is a eultl
vated Hostoniun of much musical
laste, and the whistling of (lie foot
man, who believed himself alone 111
the house, fretted her artistic soul
Joseph." she called at last fro -
i the bead of the hue I: stalls, "pleas
don't whistle thos vulgai rnUlnn 1
1 tilings!"
"Yes, mem, returned Joseph, v. >k
ly. "1 know, mem," he continued, w ith
unexpected spirit, but you cannot n j
pect a rhapsody of Liszt i Ii cieanl:::.:
Ihe knives. That wiy come Int. when
I'm polishing the sllvi . Ye.tt!
Companion.
Taken Literally.
"Lady," suid Weary Willi. Vie
President Roosevelt Said:
"Texas is the Garden Spot of the Lord"
95,000 Acre Ranch of Dr. Chas. F. Simmons
Now On tho Rflarket.
Here is Your Opportunity to Buy a Farm ot from 10 Acres to C40 and
Two Town Lots in This "Garden Spot" for $210. Pay-
able $10 per Month Without Interest.
ueai dead fur a good square tiit ul."
"Well,' 1 aid Mrs. llaiijlceetp, "1
you'll saw sonic of that wood owr
there I'll let you eat your 1111
"Good day, lady! I ain't nevsr ol
no wood, tbuul. ye. kindly
Investigation will show that this
95,000 acres comprises one of the
finest bodies of Agricultural and Truck
Farming land in the entire state, com-
mencing about 36 miles south of San
Antonio and about two miles south of
Pleasanton (the county seat of Atas-
cosa County), and extending through
Atascosa and a part of McMuilen
Counties, to within 17 miles of my
60,000-acre Live Oak County Ranch,
which 1 in four months last year, sold
to 4,000 Home Seekers, on liberal
terms, without interest on deferred
payments, which gives the poor man,
from his savings, a chance to secure
a good farm and town lot for his homo
in town. I will donate and turn over
to three bonded Trustees, $250,000
from the proceeds of the sale of this
property to the purchasers, us a bonus
to the first railroad built through this
property on tho lino which 1 shall
designate.
This property is located on that mid-
dle plain between East Texas, where
it rains too much, and the arid section
of West Texas, where it does not rain
enough.
Its close proximity to San Antonio,
the largest city In the State, with a
claimed population of over 100,000, en-
hances lis value as a market for Agri-
cultural and Truck farm products far
beyond the value of similar land not
so favorably located.
Topography.
Level to slightly rolling. Large,
broad, rich valleys, encircled by ele-
vations suitable for homes; 90 per
cent, fine farming land, balance pas-
ture land.
Forestry.
Ash, Elm, Gum. Hacltberry, Live
Oak, Mesquite, Pecan, abundant l'or
shade, fencing and wood.
Soil.
About fiO ppr cent, rich, dark, sandy-
loam, balance chocolate or red sandy
loam, usually preferred by local farm-
ers, and each with soil averaging from
2 to 4 feet deep, with clay subsoil,
which holds water.
Climate.
Mild, balmy, healthy, practically
free from malaria, few frosts, no snow,
no hard freezes; continuous Seabreeze
moderates extremes of heat and cold,
producing warm winters and cool sum-
mers. Average temperature about 82
degrees.
Rainfall.
From tlio Government record, It is
safe to assume that the rainfall on this
property has been fully 35 inches per
year, which is more than some of the
old States have had, and is plentiful
for ordinary crops properly cultivated,
and for Grass Growing.
Improvements and Water.
This property is fenced and cross-
fenced in many large and small pas-
tures, with four barbed wires, with
posts about 12 feet apart. Also a
number of fine shallow wells.
Also a number of fine Lakes and
Tanks.
Also, a number of line flowing Arte-
sian Wells, whose crystal streams How
for miles and miles down those creeks,
whose broad, rich valleys, irrigable
from those continuously flowing
streams, make il, the ideal place for
the Marketing Gardener who desires
to raise from two to three crops of
marketable produce on the same
ground every year.
Farming and Truck Farming.
Seasons never end.
This land is adapted to profitable
culture of Deans, Cabbage, Celery,
Cucumbers, Lettuce, Tomatoes, Meets,
Carrots, Onions, Radish, Squash,
Strawberries, Cauliflower, Okra, Oys-
ter Plant, Peas, Uasberrles, Turnips,
Apricots, Cantaloupes, Crapes, Irish
Potatoes, Olives, Sweet Potatoes, lla-
nanas, Dates, English Walnuts, Figs,
Melons, Peanuts, Darley, Blackberries,
Broom Corn, Lemons, Plums, Tobac-
co, Alfalfa, Rye, Oranges, Peaches,
Pecans, Corn, Cotton, Oats, Wheat,
Vpples, Pears.
Page ti;' of the book entitled "Beau-
tiful San Antonio," officially issued by
tlio Business Men's Club of San An-
tonio, dated May. 1906, says:
"It is readily cdnceded by all those
who know anything about Texas that
the most, prolific agricultural section
Is that which recognizes San Antonio
as its logical center, particularly that
portion directly south of Sun Antonio,
with the Clnlf of Mexico bordering on
the southeast and the Itlo Grande bor-
dering on the south aud west.
"Within the last four or live years,
iu the territory named, special atten-
tion has been given to growing vege-
tables. tliey maturing ut a time when
they secure the maximum prices on
Northern markets, which markets they
virtually invade without a competitor.
Tho profit in growing vegetables in
tills territory will be seen by an exam-
ination of the following figures, se-
cured from reliable sources, showing
Net Earnings Per Acre:
"Watermelons from $75.00 to $200.00.
"Cantaloupes from $40.00 to $75.00.
"Cabbage from $125.00 to $225.00.
"Cauliflower from $75.00 to $225.00
"Beans and Peus from $100.00 to
$125.00.
"Tomatoes from $125.00 to $400.00.
"Potatoes from $60.00 to $150.00
"Onions from $150.00 to $800.00.
"Tabasco Peppers from $500.00 to
$900.00 per acre.
"The Chicago Record-Herald pub-
lishing the following individual experi-
ences in South Texas:
"Men who came here with $500 and
$600 a few years ago are now inde-
pendently rich.
"A young man who cam# to this
country for his health, bought IS
acres and in one year cleared over
$6,000 from it, which was $333.33 per
acre.
"Another man, 65 years old, from 79
acres, sold $5,000 worth of produce,
from which he realized $63.29 per acre
and then raised a Cotton crop 011 part
of It, which made him $35 per acre,
which made the same laud net him
$98.29 per acre for that year.
"Another man from 80 acres In 1904
realized as follows: From Onions,
$2,226.91: from Cotton, $1,800; 200
bushels Corn; 12 tons Hay; 5,000
pounds Sweet Potatoes.
"Another made $3,200 from five
acres of early Cabbage, which was
$640 per acre, and grew a second crop
of Corn and Peas on the same ground
that year.
"Another realized $27,000 from 90
car loads of Cabbage, averaging $306
per car, which was $207.69 from each
of the 130 acrcs he had planted.
"Another netted, above all expenses,
j $60 per acre on Potatoes, and planted
I the same ground in Cotton that year
I from which he realized $35 per acre,
, which made that ground yield him $95
per acre.
"Another realized $32,966 from 230
I acres In Melons, which was $143,33
I per acre.
"Another netted $21,000 from 35
acres in Onions, which was $600 per
acre.
j "Another netted $17,445, or $79.25
I per acre from nine cuttings of 220
acres in Alfalfa, which yielded 4n one
year 2,475 tons and sold at $11 per
ton.
"Another received $900 from one
acre in Cauliflower; sown in July,
transplanted in August, and marketed
in December."
The same authority quotes the fol-
lowing statement from the Hon. Jos-
eph Daily, of Chillicothe, 111., who
owns thousands of acres in the Illinois
Corn Belt. He says:
"I am one of the heaviest taxpayer*
on farm lands In Mason and Tazewell
Counties, Illinois, and I have been fa-
miliar with the conditions around San
Antonio for 12 years. Any thrifty
larmer can get rich, and make mora
money off of this cheap land, acre for
acre, than any land in the State oj
Illinois, that sells from $150 to $223
j per acre."
j Come to the land of beautiful sua
! shine and ali^fst perpetual harvest.
Where the people are prosperous.
; happy and contented.
Where the flowers bloom ton monthi
) in the year.
| Where the farmers and gardeners,
{ whose seasons never end, eat home-
grown June vegetables in January, aud
bask in mid-winter's balmy air and
glorious sunshine.
Where tho land yield is enormous
1 and the prices remunerative.
Where something can be planted
and harvested every month in tha
I year.
Where the climate is so mild that
the Northern farmer here save prac-
tically all his fuel bills and three-
l'ourths the cost of clothing his family
iu the North.
Where the country Is advancing and
property values rapidly increasing.
Where all stock, without any feed,
fatten winter and summer, on the na-
tive grasses and brush.
Where the same land yields the
substantial of the temperate and tho
luxuries of the tropic zones.
Where the farmer does not have to
work hard six months in the year to
ralBO feed to keep his stock from dy-
ing during the winter, as they do la
the North anil Northwest.
Where there are no aristocrats ami
people do not have to work hard to
have plenty and go in the best society.
Where tho natives work less and
have more to show for what they do
than iu any country in the United
States.
Where houses, barns and fences can
be built for less than half the cost In
the North.
Where sunstrokes and heat prostra-
tions are unknown.
Where sufferers with Asthma. Bron-
chitis. Catarrh, Hav Fever and Throat
Troubles find relief.
Where, surrounded by fruits anil
vegetables, which ripen every month
in the year, the living is better and
less expensive thun In the North.
Where the water is pure, soft and
plentiful.
Where the taxes are so low that tho
amount is never missed.
Where Public and Private Schools
and Churches of all denominations are
plentiful.
Where peace, plenty and good will
prevail.
Where it is so healthy that there
are few physicians and most of them,
to make a living supplement their in-
come from other business.
$1,000 Reward will be paid to any
one proving that any statement
in this advertisement is not true.
Write for literature and name
of nearest agent.
C. F. SIMMONS,
215 Alamo Plaza • San Antonio, Tem
Case of Necesiity.
Maud—I thought you hart made
Jack swear off smoking cigarettes.
Ethel—I did. But I had to let hliu
begin again. I couldn't think of a
thing to give bim for Christmas that
didn't have soitethlng to de with to-
bacco.—Life.
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