Shafter Lake Herald (Shafter Lake, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, September 27, 1907 Page: 3 of 4

                                
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HtREFORD—MEXICO
Engineers Now Rnuisg Lin Acrow
Great Plum—The Saata Fe' 
Proportion. *
Surveyors are now working
out of Odessa on a railroad pro-
ject from Hereford south, across
the great staked plains-of Texas
to some undetermined terminus
in the republic of Mexico, ac-
cording to Will N. Waddell of
Odessa, who is in Fdrt Worth,
Mr. Waddell says that he was
unable to learn positively what
interests the1 engineering party
represented, but the concensus
of opinion seems to be that the
Santo Fe is behind Jbtye move-
ment, and that this is a part of
that big system's plans to extend
to Mexico.
Working north out of Odessa,
it is the evident object of the
surveying corps to run a line
north via Shatter's Lake in An-
drews county, thence north
through Gaines, and. near the
boundry lines-separating Yoak-
um and Terry, Cochran and
Hockley, Bailey and Lamb, Par-
mer and Castro, to Hereford.
Though the accepted belief
seems to be that the Santa
is really backing the proposition
information is that the road will
be built by Kansas City, Chicago
and Western Texas capital. Six
prominent West Texas bankers
are said to be associated tfith the
undertaking, and the, project is
already financed, it is claimed.
Subh a railroad would draw
from a remarkably large and
productive trade territory. None
of the counties between Odessa
and Hereford are favored with
transportation facilities. Now,
the principal avocation of citizens
o^ the dozen counties is stock
raising, but the soil is declared
to be good for agricultural pur-
pose^, especially for the produc-
tion of cotton and corn. The
country is often referred to as
the Liana Estacado of Texas, is
well watered, and among the
most fertile prairie lands in the
sorithwest. Wheat, it is claimed,
can also be produced abundantly
if railroad facilities are provided.
At the present cattle raisers find
it necessary t<j take their stock
between 50 and 200 miles to
reach a rail outlet to the Fort
Worth and northern markets.
The proposed railroad would
connect at Hereford with the
Santa Fe system, giving an out-
let to Colorado, and the Pacific
coast as well as to Kansas City,
Chicago, and the general north
and east. Connecting on the
north with the Fort Worth and
Denver City and on the south
with the Texas &nd Pacific it
would place a great and rich sec-
tion several several hundred
miles nearer Fort Worth from a
standpoint of railroad facilities.
Below Odessa the road would
doubtless connect with the Ori-
ent for Mexico trafic. The road
would be about 400 miles in
length, and would, it is suggest-
ed, 'prove a tremendous feeder
for trunk lines as well as a won-
derful developer of the section
traversed.—EY>rt Worth Record.
Haadh Man forests la Shatter Lake.
W. W. Cobb was a caller at
our office this week. Mr. Cobb,
within the last few years has had
some varied experiences with the
affairs finuncial of West Texas.
One of them, the most interest-
ing which he tells us, is as
follows: ,
"I wa^ie man who hauled the
first load pf lumber from Stam-
ford to build the first house in
Hamlin, a town now something
like twenty-four months old, and
with a population, I believe of
over four thousand people. I
did not think that those people
could build a town there like
they did. It did not seem pos-
sible to me. X could have bought
lots on Central Avenue for twp
hundred and fifty dollars in that
town eigtiteen months ago which
today cannot be bought for
thirty-four hundred. I did hot
buy those lots because I did not
believe that they could build a
CONSERVATIVE
BUSINESS
Make their purchases, usually, before an advance in prices.
Thousands have attained fortunes by observing this
(method in their business. Today we are offeri^ the
Shafter Lake Townsite Property
To yoy at prices easily in the reach of every one, on re-
markably low terms, monthly, quarterly, semi-annually
Or annual payments are entirely satisfactory to our
company. The cash payments always small.
Price* Advance as our • Town Progresses
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And within a few weeks there frill be ordered a ten to
twenty per cent. adyanCe on all residence, and business
lots in the town of Shafter Lake.
Remember, we are building a County Seat Town and therje
are yet unsold quite a number of.choice business lots on
tne square. Lots in other capital towns in West Texas,
with less-than half the advantages offered in Shafter Lake,
are selling for from three to five times the~ price we are
asking.
38 Buildings in 50 Days
That's our past month's record—unoaralled in West
Texas towft building.
Buy a lot in Shafter Lake, upon which you build a home,
and this company will furnish you, absolutely free of any
•cost, for two years from January l, 1908, any of the fol-
lowing sized tracts, of 95 per cent, tilable, land ready for
theplow
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10 Acres, 20 Acres, 40 Acta, 60 Acres, 80 Acres, I00 Acres
This property is located just outside the townsite and you
have to step across your horse pastura to the truck patch
or farm.. The property is fenced at our expense.
' FREE! FREE! FREE! FREE}
If you (ire not a^le to put down a well upon your own
prbperty we will supply you with all the pure well water
you may desire, also supplying abundance of stock water
from'out* immensfe reservoir.
Addresa all correspondence to - .
hoik'
over-sone hundred
three direction^ and
town there in less than ten or
fifteen years. I had come from
tjfie east where it takes ttjein
from twenty-five to one hundred
years to build a town and their
method of town building was un-
known to me, but I have profited-
by this experience and as aeon as
I heard of Shafter Lake I knew
that a town could be built hejfre
quicker. In the first place, it
has a greater radius, extending
as it does, for
ihiles in
fifty miles in another. The soil
around this town will produce
anything and your water, of
which you have an abundant sup-
ply, has not an equal in any part
of the state. These three essen-
tial elements, connected with the>
fact that vou are to be the termi-
nal division of the new Llano, Es-
tacadp( Mexico & Gulf railfyad,
a road destined to split the
staked plains in half, will mal|e
your town a city within the next
twelve months, and so much do I
believe in the future of your city
that I have come here when the
town is young and have pur-
chased four lots in your city and
will build upon thenT. If I was
unable to see a future in Hamlin,
I have profited by the error of
my way, and I will attempt to
make here what I lost there."
Mr. Cobb's example is beu$g
emulated by many men through-
out West Texas. They, as he,
did not believe in Hamlin azLd
watched the opportunity for a
handsome prpfit slip from their
hands; many of these men are
here today and will reap the hair-
vest that surely awaits them;
other, whose brain is unable to
grasp the situation and who have
not backbone enough to take
hold of a proposition at the phy-
cological moment, which is
necessary for them to do in or-
der that tney ijpap the rich re-
ward that will come to others—
their more fortunate brothers-.
Be A Hog.
Be a knocker. Be a growler.
Be a cross, surly, ill-tempered,
obstinate, unreasonable, avari*
cious old hedgehog. Don't smile
—the sunlight of a smile lights
the dark places and makes others
happy; Look mad and feel
worse. When a man asks you
the time of day tell him it is a
ct—site later than it looks. If
somebody predicts a refreshing
shower tell him we are just en-
tering a long drouth. When
people thank the Lord for a sun-
ny day point over, to the north-
west-and show them an ominous
cloud. Ddn't let anything please
you. Cuss the lawyers, cuss the
teachers, cuss the merchants,
cuss the farmers, and with all
thy cussin' slight not the editor.
Abuse your town, lie slanderous-
ly about your county, and don't
pay your preacher. Keep down
immigration, keep out money.
Be stingy and mean and knock
your town all you can, and some
of these days you will be begging
Abraham to send one of your old
neighbors down with a bucket of
fresh water—Exchange.
Yes, and^you can bet your bot-
- torn dollar that old Abraham will
never do it. He will tell him to
go way back and sit down and
let the boss fireman break bark
over his head so as to warm up
the fires under the balance of the
grumblers and growlers.
HOW TO REACH
SHAFTER LAKE
To tl)e TraveKag PiUie: .
Take the T. & P. Railroad to
Midland; On Tuesday, Thurs-
day and Saturday hack leaves
Midland for Hollebeke at 5 a. m.
Before coming, notify us of
date of arrival and number in
pprty, and private conveyance
will be sent from Shafter Lake
to meet yofcat Hollebeke.
To those preferring to drive,
Shafter Lake is fifty miles from
Midland; plain road all the way.
Address Secretary, Commer-
cial Club, Shafter Lake, Andrews
County, Texas. ■ ■ .
We Want Mot and Women
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Of Some Capability and Absolute Integrity
to Represent us Throughout the South.
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We have placed upon the market one of the largest ranches in
the entire West; to be sold in forty, eighty and jand one hundred
and sixty acre tracts. It is an interesting proposition—both for
you and your neighbor, and when you make a sale you make a
friend of the purchaser. . . Now, if you are a person, we would be
glad to place you in a position to make $25 a day. Address:
PUBLICITY DEPARTMENT
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and Trust Company
SHAFTER LAKE,
Andrews Cotmty
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TEXAS
COTTON CROP
VERY SHORT
' Houston, Sept. 14.—President
D. J. Neill of the State Farmers'
union spent today in , Houston
with ex-President Calviiv man-
ager of the Farmers' Union
Warenouse & Compress compa-
ny. He was accompanied by
yf. T. Louder milk, chairman "of
the state executive committee,
and they spent tfye day here
looking into the affairs of the
warehouse company, holding
conferences ,with Manager Cal-
vin and selecting the delegates
for the Texas branch of the
Farmers' union to the cotton
yention to be held at Atlapta.
Oct. 7, 8 and 9, which will be at-
tended by the spinners of both
Bvrope and America and the
leading cotton planters of this
country.
President Neill has just re-
turned from attending the meet-
ing of the national union in Lit-
tle Rock. He was a member of
the committee which recom-
mended to the convention that
the minimum pride of cotton be
established at 15 cents. Discus-
sing the price which should be
received for cotton this year,
Mr* Neill stated that everything
indicated ' an extremely short
crop and that it was conceded by
even the inflaters that the crop
will be short, and that there is
no' reason why the farmers
shottfd take less Jthan 15 cents.
"New York formerly controll-
ed the situation," he stated, "but
the bucket shop has been elimit-
ed arid the cotton is sold direct
to the spinner. The elimination
of the bucket shop has done away '
with a great, expense to both the
farmer attd the spinner. It if
not now necessary to secure the
gambler's figures to know what
the^rice of cotton is. Every day
I receive letters asking what the
price Is. ' My uniform answer is
that 25 cents is the price. If I
' at the bulletins before
these inquiries and
then gave the bulletin figures, I
would be gWing the manipula-
tor's price. We have our own
price. We have the cotton and
it is worth it and there is no
reasofc on earth why we should
not get what our product is
worth.
"At every one of the 2,000 cot-
ton warehouses throughoun the
Sooth every morning the price
of co$ton will be posted at 15
cents until perhaps later on in
the season conditions might re-
sult in the posting of a higher
>hiAg has gone up in all
cotton is used prices
and the manufacture
their prices on these
a 15 cent cotton. At
price manufacturers
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The Central-West Texas Association
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of Commercial
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Organized for the purpose of pushing Central-West
Texas to the front and getting her ^hare of the new
x people and jaew capital coming into the state.
To the Prospector or Homeseeker of other sections off this
or other States we wopld say The Central-West Texas
Association of Commercial Clubs cordially invites you
to visit and inspect a country rich in resources and possi-
bilities; with less than one fifth of its tillable land yet sub-
jected to the plow and hoe, and offering numerous and
marvelous ^opportunities for the investment of capital and
personal energy. J
Write Either of the Following Officers or Address
.the SECRETARY for Information:
T. E. Powell, President, Baird,Vrex4s; •
J. P. Stinson, First Vice-Pres., Anson^ Texas;
R. B. -Wofford, Treasurer, Hamlin, Texas.
Executive Committee—A. H. Johnson, Cisco,, Texas; W. G.
,Sherrod, Munday, Texas; Edwin A. Kelley, Midland,
Texas; George S. Berry, Merkel, Texas; F. G. Alexander,
Haskell, Texas. ^ ? (
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0. P. THOMAS, Secretary,
ABILENE, TEXAS
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make money."
Discussing the affairs of the
union, Mr. Neill stated that in
Texas \fhere are over 4,500 locals^
that about 151 counties are or-
ganized into county organiza-
tions, that the total membership
in the state at the -present time
is 225,000,* while the total mem-
bership in the cotton growing
States is 1,500,000. Nineteen
states were represented at the
national meeting in Little Rock.
Since the state meeting was held
in Fort Worth some weeks ago
fully 100 loca| unions have been
organized, he stated.
The farmers as a rule are
holding their cotton, he staled
not only the members of the
union, but those who have not
become identified with the union.
No Crop Shortage Worry.
The following interview, pub-
lished in Tuesday's Dallas News
is somewhat contradictory to
several reports that have gone
out concerning West Texas and
the Hamlin country. And is an
unprejudiced statement of con-
ditions as seen by a prominent
prospector and capitalist of
Southwest Texas.
"Cotton prospects north and
west of Fort Worth are fine, but
south Snd west from Fort Worth
they wont make a third of a
crop," said M. M. McFarland of
San Antotiio, who has just re-
turned from an extended trip
State. '
recently been in Ham-
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Stamford and Albany, and in the
Panhandle. The Panhandle
country has the best cotton crop
I have seen in any place, and es-
pecially around Vernon. There
are no boll weevils in the Pan-
handle. Around Munday and
Haskell they made a good grain
crop, and corn and other small
grains, and will have plehty of
feedstuff, but I understand they
will not make over a half crop of
cotton, and what I saw of the
crop bore out these assertions.
"One thing I noticed particu-
larly, and that is that the pros-
pects for a short cotton crop does
not seem to effect the boom of
West Texas towns. They are all
strictly alive, and in the town of
Hamlin there are twelve brick
buildings going up at the present
time.
"A new compress is going in
at Hamlin and new cotton oil
mills going in at Haskell, Rule,
Munday and two at HamUn. They
are all good. towns and cotton
Was selling on the streets of these
towns at an average of 14c—and
to one who has watched the con-
ditions for years it seems good
to see a farmer swap a bale of
cotton for $75 to $85."
We want ladies or gentlemen
correspondents in every postof-
fice in every West Texas and the
Shafter Lake'country. Write to
us and tell us the news about
yourself* about your friends,
what is happening, What is go-
ing to happen. We have a pi
sition for our con
which will be interesting
Write us today.—The
Company.
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