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The Hereford Bread, Friday, February S, 1909
■ HEREFORD.
Is located at the junction of
the Santa Fe and Colorado, Here-
ford and Gulf railroads, in the
Panhandle of Texas, capital of
Deaf Smith County, 6JO miles
south vest from Kansas City, and
has 4000 population. In 1900
had^1 ess than 500. Has the usual
business enterprises. Look at
their ads in The Brand. Two
National and one State bank,
public high school and college,
four churches; fine cement side*
walks and macadmaized streets;
many beautiful cottages and resi-
dences ; territory occupied by
town, six square miles. New
$20,000 depot now under con-
struction; water works and sewer
system; fifty new residences;
$15,000 church ; fine brick busi-
nes houses; others contemplated.
For more information address
Secy. Commercial Club or any
real estate or business firm.
SOUTHWEST
SHORT LINE
Work to Bogin at Once on in-Mile
Link Which Will Coat $2,000,000
and Compare With Gould
System and I. C.
c.c.
SELLS BIG RANCH
4 * Long S" Ranch, Lying in Garza,
Dawson, Howard and Borden
Counties to be Colonized.
Big Springs, Texas, Jan. 20.—One
of the biggest land sales ever re-
corded in Texas is just concluded,
when R. L. Slaughter, representing
C. C. Slaughter, the millionare land
owner and cattleman of Dallas, sold
the "Long S" ranch, comprising
200,000 acres to the W. P. Soash
Land company of Waterloo, Iowa,
tor $3,000,000.
The land included in this gigantic
deal is situated in Garza, Dawson,
Howard and Borden counties.
The purchasing syndicate has just
finished selling the 100,000 acre
Slaughter ranch in Hale and Lamb
counties, and wjll begin immediately
to divide the "Long S" ranch into
quarter sections.
It is proposed to sell these sab-
divisions to farmers frcm Iowa and
Illinois and the first train of home-
seekers will arrive here from Kan-
sas City early in March.
The Sunday Record-Herald (Chi-
cagc) gave out the following dis-
patch which is of vital interest to
the Panhandle. This road inter-
sects the Colorado, Hereford &
Gulf at Adtian and will put Here-
ford in close connection with two
transcontinental rates, the Santa Fe
and the Rock Island.
The management of the Rock
Island road has decided to construct
one of the most important links in
its system of roads. The new line,
which will be 111 miles long, cost-
ing $2,000,000 and which will con-
nect Amariilo, Texas, with Tucum-
cari, N. M., bids fair to change the
transportation map of the South.
The new line will give the Rock
Island the short line from St. Louis
to El Paso, the Pacific coast and
northern Old Mexico. It wiil also
be a short comparative route from
Memphis to the West and Southwest
and will bring the Rock Island into
active competition with the Gould
system, the Illinois Central-South-
ern Pacific combination.
The strategic importance of this
link was seen by the Rock Island
management when W. B. Leeds was
president of the road. The building
of the line was begun in 1892, but
for some reason was discontinued
after twenty miles of road had been
constructed from Amariilo to El
Dorado. The reason for the dis-
continuance of the work was neeer
made public.
The line is to be constructed at
once and through service from Chi-
cago, St. Louis and Memphis to the
Southwest and West will be estab-
lished over it.
Both as a passenger and freight
line this route will cut an important
figure. It is purposed, for example,
to run a duplicate of the Golden
State Limited train out of St. Louis
for the coast by the way of El Paso.
At that point it will probably be
united with the present Golden State
Limited, which runs to El Paso by
the way of Kansas City. The line
from Memphis to El Paso is about as
straight as it could be, although it
is fifty-two miles longer than the
Gould rcute between the same places.
The importance of the new route
will be seen by the following mile-
age : Rock Island, Memphis to El
Paso, 1,202 milea: Illinois Central-
Southern Pacific route through New
Orleans, 1,589 miles; Rock Island,
St. Louis to Kt Paso, 1,339 miles;
Gould lines, 1,353 miles; Rock Is-
land, St. Louis to B1 Paso by way of
Kansas City, 1,246 miles; Burling-
too-Ssnta Pe or Alton-Santa Fe
route 1,452 miles.
Catholic Church.
The building committee for the
Catholic Church wnich is to be lo-
cated in North Hereford is now
ready to receive payments on the
pledges. Those who have subscrib-
ed to the fund will please hunt up
some member of the committee, W.
D. Kelihor is chairman. The com-
mittee wants to let the contract for
the building but do not care to do so
until most of the amounts subscribed
are paid in.
Lumber Company Improves Yard.
The Hereford Lumber Company
is improving their yards by erecting
a big storing shed, 50 feet wide by
100 feet long. This shed occupies
the same space as the old shed,
which was torn away, but is much
larger and more conveniently built.
Thus the lumber yards are adding
value to the realty in Hereford by-
making some improvements on their
own part.
SHIPS CAR
California to Receive Seed from
Panhandle for Experimental
Purposes.
From this city this week there was
shipped a car of threshed Kaffir corn,
the car load of seed going to Stock-
ton, California, where the growing
of this important cereal will be
thoroughly tested. The seed ship-
ped are said to have been very fine
and that the price received for the
Kaffir was considerably above the
average market value on account of
: the good quality.— Randall County
News.
After this week I will be in Mis-
souri until about March 1st. I still
have 20 fine lots, earh 50x200 feet,
in Block 39 Evants addition. Will
1 sell on easy terms. I also hav.- two
new houses, just being completed,
will sell one or both on easy terms,
might rent one of them. See L.
Baskin, for particulars. J. B
Phillips. 49-tf
MAKES TWENTY
DOLLARS PER ACRE
Crop of Millet Brings Goerf Re-
turns in Sixty-seven Days at
Small Expense.
The fertility of the soil of this
country is the measure of its value.
Without fertilization or irrigation
and little cultivation, S. J. Sanders,
who owns a farm some teo miles
south of town, has a bit of experi-
ence well worth the consideration of
the bomeseeker and farmer. His
story as elicited by a Brand reporter
and without varnish or flourish reads
; asfollows. The account tells the
| whole story.
Plowing, harrowing. 40 acres
old land at SI 50 . $60.00
Seed and seeding by drill at
50 cents . 20.00
Harvesting with self binder 62.50 ,
Hauling and stacking . 42.00
j Total cost of production $187 50
80 tons hay netthreshed $800 00
Net income $612.50
I The seeding was finished July 20.
and on September 27, just 67 days
afterwards the harvester finished the
| field
The millet hay is good feed and if
1 Mr. Sanders should have had the
' crop threshed, no doubt he would
! have realized a greater income, as
j the seed are in great demand for
I sowing. As it is he nets $15.30 per
j acre from the 67 day crop—and
this is not all the crop he made, as
! he has a lot of other feed stuff to
[sell.
Bids Wanted.
Hereford, Texas, Jan. 29, 1909.
Dunlap & Britian request bids
for the construction of a Store Build-
ing in the City of Hereford, Texas.
Plans and specifications for this
building can be seen after Monday
at Hereford Hardware Company's
store. All bidders will be required
to deposit a certified check for
$500.00 or good bankable paper,
made payable to Dunlap & Britian,
subject to the satisfactory making of
bond for 5" per cent of the contract
price.
B;ds will be closed February, 15th.
We reserve the ri^ht to reject my
or all bids. 51-2'
Deal Smith Co.
COUNTY SKAT.
Is one of the largest cuuntiss
in the Panhandle of Texas, con-
tains 1,000,000 acres of level
land, nearly all of which is tilla-
ble. Intersected by three creeks,
and has abundant pure water sup-
ply which is brought to tn* sur-
face by windmills Rainfall 24
inches annually. Farming and
stock rais.ng principal industries.
Grows wheat, corn, Kaffir, maize,
millet, oats, alfalfa, also fine
fruit and vegetable country Won
first premiums at State Fair in
1907 Wheat average in 1908,
over 17 bushels per acre. (U. S.
average 14 bushels ) Received
highest price in market Camp-
hell method of farming produces
30 to 40 bushels wheat per acre
Feed crops bring trom $lu to $25
per acre County being settled
by best class of farmers from Illi-
nois, Iowa, Missouri. Indiana,
Wisconsin. Texas and other
states Taxes on farms, 47 cents
on the $100 Home of famous
| Hereford cattle.
^ _
POLL TAX PAY
MENTS FALL Off
A Decrease of Four Per Cent in
Total Number ot Poll Tax Pay-
ers in the State.
There seems to have been a slight
falling off in the number of poll tax
payers in the state, a decrease of
about four per cent having been re-
ported to the Dallas News. Dallas
county reports the largest number,
14,985. Tarrant county 14,000,
while Bexar comes next with 13,533.
The total number reported so far is
473,811 polls. On this basis there
should be 500,000 qualified voters
in the state for 19<)4> Deaf Smith
county issued 463, a loss of 7 from
1908. Hereford issued 345, a gain
of 75 polls. There should have
been a bitf increase in fh-- county
and the city should have had not
less than 325 poll tax payers
The best alfalfa hay will not last
lon^ now at $1A 00 per ton Better
place your order at on e In ton
and half ton quantities.
49-4t Irwin, 'iough At Colons.
A DRIVE ON
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; washing machin
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A COMPLETE UNE OF HARDWARE AND IMPLEMENTS
OF GENUINE WORTH AND MERIT AT REASONABLE PRICES IS OUR OBJECT
And we shall exert every effort to serve our friends and customers with the best goods
that money will buy. In Shelf and Builders Hardware. Carpenters Tools, and General
Hardware our lines are full and of a quality that appeals to a discerning buyer. We have
just received a carload of Baker Perfect Barbed Wire and Farm Fencing, a carload of the
Celebrated Emerson Standard Disc Plows, Eclipse Windmills, P. & O. Success Sulky and
Gang Plows, a car of Enterprise Buggies, a car of Bain Wagons, in stock we have the Easy
Running Florence Wagons, Disc and S Drag Harrows, Superior Drills, The Woodmanse
Windmills (the best steel windmill ever made), Steel Towers, Pipe and Casing. A full line
of Plumbing Goods are soon to arrive. Our Queensware Department is brim full ot bar-
gains. The Great Majestic Ranges and Buck's Enamled Line of Cook Stoves gain friends
and customers for us every day. Come in and see us we will serve you well and faithfully
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Elliot, A. C. The Hereford Brand, Vol. 8, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, February 5, 1909, newspaper, February 5, 1909; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth253487/m1/3/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Deaf Smith County Library.