Mr. Editor: If you will allow me space in your columns, I
will give a brief description of the Pan Handle of Texas. This season has been
the most unusual ever known in this part of the country. Cotton is the
principal staple. Cotton is very late owing to the last spring, although the
old cotton growers say that the Pan Handle has a brighter prospect for cotton
than any other section of Texas.
This country is being settled up very fast by almost every
nationality on earth. There are more Bohemians than any other foreigners. They
are very much like our people in every respect. They are honest, truthful and
ingenious people. There are quite a lot of Germans, too. They recently
purchased 1,000,000 acres of land near Wichita Falls, Tex. They are preparing
to put up their own banks, stores, etc. Most all foreigners settle in colonies
to themselves.
The vast prairie which was once roamed by the cow boy and
red man are now being converted into farming lands. Farming is almost a
pleasure to a Watauga boy. Everything is done with a tram here except chopping
cotton. The cow boys range has been cut up into small pastures, and will soon
be a thing of the past. We often have terrific storms here through the summer
months, most everybody occupy their storm houses during storms. I will add here
that a storm house is dug in the ground and covered with dirt.
Railroad facilities are very good. The town of Seymour has a
prosperous road connecting Ft. Worth and Denver and the Pacific railroad.
Seymour contemplates building her an individual road of her own in the near
future. The game of the South West is about extinguished, nothing larger than
the wolf remains.
--D.F.
Herman, Seymour, Tex., July 9, 1907
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