Hereford Reporter (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, November 22, 1901 Page: 1 of 8
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Reporter
VOL. I. NO. 40
HEREFORD, DEAF SMITH COUNTY, TEXAS, NOVEMBER 32, 1901
fx.50 PER TEAR
HEREFORD
I T S RESOU
AND
R C E S
ITS SURROUNDING
AGRICULTURAL
COUNTRY
UNSURPASSED
H E phenomenal growth of
Hereford since its foundation
in October, 1898, has caused
many people who are unac-
quainted with the conditions of the
town and surrounding country to
soliloquize upon the ability of the
fast increasing population to make a
livelihood, and it is for the benefit
of the unsophisticated newcomers as
well as those who are contemplating
a visit to our fair country that a few
of its many resources and advan-
tages are hereby enumerated.
In the first place, the town of
Hereford is situated on a rise of
ground prominent enough to give it
an excellent drainage to the Tierra
Blanca river, which, added to the
exquisitely fine climate and dry at-
mosphere, makes it an ideal place
of residence for the health seeker
who would leave the hot, swampy
and malarial regions of the south
and east and the heavy, cold, damp,
pulmonary-disease-dealing atmos-
phere of the north.
As a place of residence for the
tiller. of the soil the surrounding
country affords an appreciated relief
to the hardworking farmer who
struggles (many times in vain) for a
livelihood on land which was worn
out long ago by his forefathers and
whose crops at the best bring so
little returns to the acre that by the
time the hired man is paid off with
the meat of the grain nothing is left
to the self-sacrificing owner but the
chaff. With such grain producing
land as he finds here at from one
dollar an acre to five dollars an acre
he is more than willing to dispose of
his twenty-five to one hundred dol-
lars an acre land (when the oppor-
tunity presents itself) and migrate
to this agriculturists' Eden. Situa-
ted as it is in close proximity to the
mountains on the west it affords him
reasonable protection from the awful
drouths so prevalent in most other
portions of the United States, and
absolute protection from the life and
property destructing winds so com-
mon in the more unprotected dis-
tricts of the western prairies.
Experiments have shown that this
land, when properly cultivated, will
yield enormous crops of wheat, corn
and other grains and feedstuffs. all
kinds of garden produce and fruit of
all varieties known to the temperate
zone, besides affording an excellent
grazing pasture for stock.
Thus, it will readily be seen that
on account of the rapidity with
which the land surrounding Here-
ford is being settled upon, the fast
increasing business interests of the
town will receive the liberal sup-~
port needed to maintain those inter-
ests. It is also a noticeable fact
that the settlers are men with good,
sound business qualities, as is evi-
denced by the inevitable check
book which they carry and the
properly signed leaves of which, with
which they cancel th'eir financial ob-
ligations.
The fact that Hereford is the
shipping point for a vast area of
country, has unexcelled educational
facilities, an unlimited supply of
the purest of water easily obtained,
a citizenship of peopte who are ever
alive to the best interests of the
town, and last, but not least, a
beautiful stream of water, abounding
with game and fish, gives to her an
impetus for advancement that few
other towns in the Panhandle pos-
sess.
SEVEN LOCATED
On Deaf Smith County Ranches
This Week.
Frank Morris, the hustling Gaines-
ville real estate dealer, came in to
Hereford again recently with a
party of prospectors, and succeeded
in locating seven of them on de-
sirable ranch properties:
George R. Russell of Gainesville,
four sections on block K4, patented
land; consideration, $6,016.
Benjamin Miller of Sivel's Bend,
four sections on block R5, patented
land; consideration, $5,120.
W. A. Dougherty of Gainesville,
one section of patented land, situated
seven miles south of Hereford ; con-
sideration, $1,600.
W. T. Norman of Nevada, one
section of patented land, situated
ten miles north of Hereford ; consi-
deration, $1,600.
Thomas McBroom of Dexter, one
section of patented land, sixteen
miles northeast of Hereford; con-
sideration, $1,600.
John Thomas of Dexter, one sec-
tion of patented land, situated six
teen miles north of Hereford; con-
sideration, $1,600.
These gentlemen will move here
in the near future aad make exten-
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HEREFORD MEAT MARKET
M. O. MEEKS, Prop.
Steaks, Chops, Sausages, Fish and Packing
House Supplies Constantly on Hand
NICE FAT TURKEYS
FOR YOUR THANKSQIVIN0 DINNER
Market on Dewey Avenue Telephone No. 38
sive improvements on their newly
acquired property, and will be
warmly welcomed. They are of
the class of settlers which are de-
sired in this country and with which
our vacant lands are being in-
habited.
These properties are considered
very desirable as places of resi-
dence on account of their close
proximisy to Hereford and the ex-
cellent water supply which abounds
in this section of the country.
Announcement.
We are glad to announce to the
readers of the Reporter the return
of the editor, Mr. Vanderburgh, who
has been away on a visit to his
childhood home in New York. He
reports that \Irs. Vanderburgh and
the baby girl are both doing well,
and will soon be able to come to
Texas.
In retiring from the editorial
chair, I wish to express my appre-
ciation of the forbearance of the
public for these few months, and
will add by way of parenthesis that
you will be able to appreciate more
fully a good paper after having done
without for some time.
What I have said through the
columns of the paper has been
done with but one thought and one
motive, namely, the bettering of the
community and country.
We now surrender the quill to
Mr. Vanderburgh, and bespeak for
the paber a more successful career,
as our opportunities are broadening
as population so rapidly increases.
Yours very truly,
R. F. Hollow ay.
Notice to Subscribers.
Since my return I have received
many complaints of subscribers not
having received their paper during
my absence. I sincerely regret that
such has been the case, and request
that all who have not received the
Reporter regularly will notify me
by postal card or otherwise and I
will credit them on the subscription
book with the number of papers they
have missed.
F. L. Vanderburgh.
TO CHICAGO
For the International Live Stock
Exposition.
The Pecos Valley Lines will put
in rate of one fare plus two dol-
lars for the round trip to Chicago
from all stations. A fee of fifty
cents will be required at Chicago
for execution of tickets for return
passage. Tickets will be executed
for return by Eben E. McLeod, joint
agent, Monadnock building, corner
Jackson boulevard and Dearborn St.,
Chicago. Tickets on sale Novem-
ber 3<Hh and December 1st. Limit
for return December 11th, 1901.
See your local agent for particulars.
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Hereford Reporter (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, November 22, 1901, newspaper, November 22, 1901; Hereford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth142272/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Deaf Smith County Library.