| Show = THE LONE STAR STATE A Trip Actosi Her Immense Domains I Islerellpa Itemulto nee r trance ITo I of rattly and a and NI or 7 coos I rnarre I To hr Milan 1 Texas lo the average Ulonlan generally gen-erally implies a cowboy with his broncho I mustang pony lilt saddle his lariat and Irs spurs long haired rattle a great scope of uninhabited country and a few Texan citizens In keeping with the surroundings sur-roundings But while Texas onCe the home of the avnge Indian the buffalo and wild horse and thu ceding ground for 1 wild Texan Hears I was a vast and heautilul country dominate I by the Mexicans today it Is the home ol 3000000 free intelligent and enter yrlslnt p e opc The state abounds in I magnificent natural recources and advantages ad-vantages Is about Boo by rooo miles m the extreme measurements has mil ions of acres ol fertile soil and is a h tie world In Itself Vllli the cold winds of Kansas on the north the invigorating atmosphere of the foot lulls ol the Rockies on the west the great forests ol Arkansas and Louisiana I on the cast and valuable deep water harbors in the Gulf of Mexico on the southwest the four climates of such localities are represented and you can get almost anything you want This Is I Texas the highly prized inheritance of a refined and cultured people When the texans established their I Independence they maintained their In den uty and when the new power knocked at the door and asked to come in at one ol the slslerstates in the union I the oiler was accepted her citizens being i be-ing permuted at the same time lo own the public domain within the state He lag the only state so favored In her pecuniary independence she stands out today as the Lone 1 bur Alter tiding all dav long seated in the commodious Santa fe train through the vast fields I and citrus Ja viihages we arrived ar-rived at the capital Austin a city of 30000 inhabitants It is one of the most beautilul quiet and homelike cities I ever visited Climbing to the top of the dome of the capitol building 300 feet blh an imposing sight is brought to view The most remarkable is the vast stone structure from which I was permitted to look and on which I stood viewing the gunduer of the scenery blow This structure only surpassed by ono in the country dimensions dimen-sions and grandeur that at Washington cost the people 3000000 acres ol land The green glass and trees out In foliage greeted my eyes and were a pleasing feature alter having dropped into the little paradISe from the cold bleak winds and snow storms of the notth San Marca U i small but a beautiful city situatd some extent on the side lull and among m jeslic evergreens ol the cedar and the magnolia I was remarkably struck null conditions condi-tions in San Antonio where we got off the tram Like a summers evening about a pleasure resort tables were spread In open air to accomn odatc those who were bungtyy and as we sat down on the bench we looked about and saw sullncient ol these tables lo ac comodate to or three companies 01 hungry soldiers We took chilla the famous Mexican dish not altogether because be-cause W9 thought we vs oud like It but 1 for the hove IY of the red peeper mixture mix-ture The little Spanish girl who waited onus no doubt tluugnt she had made a mash Irom the pretty way she smiled as she struck a match lit a cigarette cigar-ette and tome I on her heel ti serve us with mare bread far the sauce by th s time was getting pretty warm lucre are 60000 pen le in bin An omo the largest i l city in the ft commonwealth i I pre some ail cafes have their mementoes the 1 ban Antonlans are nut slow m ohm ng theirs the Alamothe ruins of the old mision built first in 1731 were used 1 by Mexican soldiers and became the fort of the Americans under Travis Towie and Crockrlt when they became the scene of one of ihe most heroic and deadly contest known In modern times The day follovvl g the nand of elruiry I 1836 banta Ama displayed the red flag from the tower of the Cathedral bin Fernando a portion of which now stands In the heart of the city and when the Texans would not surrender a siege was waged from that day until the sixth of ihe next month when all the suivlv Ing Texans were killed their bodies hneJreJ ceki fl lhf eJ pried up with Fence rails and burned where bt losiphs church now stands lnleanoldrrd 1 nocdpi neerof Texas who earns a li tie by show ng visitors around the old forties told us we were standing on ground where a pool of blood about a foot deep had flowed Ihe spot where those heroes were sla n while 1 in defense cf their ccuntiy feelings ol a pecul ar character were curs The only survivor ol the Alma a Mexican woman wo-man now slit years old still lives and a i Bbl to relate some of those lining scenes The front of the old 1 ruins look quite romantic Us Hat and massive walls nak id windows shrubery I urns ndll moss growing about lend erl beauty to the as pct Us present size is in by 72 feet Pita walls are solid masonry lour feet thick and twenty two fed hgh They were formerly coveted vv Ihaichd stonework stone-work secured against the storms by a kind ol cement plaster Near the San Antonio river about two miles from the cIty we visited another ol these old Missions there being four of them within nine miles ranging in date of erection from 1716 to rat Ar living at the gale of the enclosure we were met by a good stored old german whoadlrcssed us In his own lingua pretending ol ccursehe couldnt underHand under-Hand our wants when w e made It known that we desired to get over the grounds and bee the ancient castle About all we could get out of him was his Ircque it reference to his own intelligence winch il he possessed my was so far obscured by that corpulent exterior that it seldom II ever get out twinging In his hand was a heavy brass k y nearly 170 years old with which he opened t the massIve front i door cne ol a pair set In home master carving work Stepping inside we fund oorse von In a olmal forsaken old i clruiture and while we stool viewing what had been a prosperous Mission in days of Mexican domain the old Ger 1 lid I 8 el gu man said that Illicitly under our feet we burlid 10 r hundred Monks Besides the main department in the shape if a eras There ore eera other depart indiH dmlnjroom brary 1 etc ai d ill 1 tt lfg brf d mll Monks bed clumber The sold mas onerv being covered with arched rockwork rock-work and plastered over is so throuhly covered to hit 1I1nbbr1 cactus fern and most that one might imagine on enterIng enter-ing that he is I penetrating an ancient cover San Antonio has a very pleasant climate clim-ate 1 he Mexican Chilla an I h t tamales are sold l at the various lunch stands and on every corner there cm tc seen also the darksklnneJ peddler with his basket of peanut cand bananas i h oranges etc The Curio stands dn the natural quaintness of the surroundings nlmbst makes one feel he Is not on United Stiles soil At Lockhait Elder Miner remained with our bilnn with whom Mel hi d 1 i very pleasant and no doubt pro fitaMe visit Elder Galley ace moanied meAt me-At Houston the itcord city in the Slate w e were especially Interested into the old fashioned marklt like we used to have In she middle of first Sours street bill Lake City many yean ago II et r la 1 the green groceries were of cpccial in latest to us trey having been crown durIng dur-Ing the winter and sparkled out Ike I Green garden stun at home In July Tic large valley of fresh salt water and l fsh a great cat hsh as big in n baby and ill kinds 01 fih entail 10 the unallt arlelle awakened our curiosity or course we climbed to tin top of the court home got a gold I look at the city and were pleased with the up to date large and beautiful I uildm As we neared Galveston we were struck with the beautiful long most that corers many kinds 01 tree la Southern Texas and were retain ed 01 spring at home when we saw the peach trees in CI vhVle mtl elr bloom U c Lchcld many be u thul evergreens ever-greens mammouth cactus amt magnolia tr at tern and many kinds ol cedars All but to the freshness ol I Ihe scene and ns we commenced 10 breathe the ocean air we were soon convinced ewer e-wer untying in anotlllr land Hurrying to the hay we were wafted three m lei nut where we w tneiscd the Untie Ship Texas already mentioned m jour Go paper stun Is an Island about two miles wide by about thirty tour longa dlaniel of the bay about three miles separating I it from the main land When you see one large city in a country you See them all with some minor distmzulih ng particulars but in Galveston there is i something new for this part 01 the ocean Most all of the buildings are on stilts comparative speaking so they can wads in the water for sometimes the sea heaves itself beyond Its bounds in this place For the lack of leadership In most instance in-stance the cites that come under my observation are poorly laid off San Antonio more particularly look as though Ithai grown frolll one housefn Ihe wilderness loa village and as the people needed to get from one place to the other they made a trill f sally a road way alter which they were adopted adopt-ed as streets indiscriminately indirectly permlscuoudv mall narrow and every other way All whoever saw the broad l clean regular street of the cap til ol Utili are lead to exclaim that Salt Lake is I laid out the best and Is I about the cleanest and most beautiful city they ever saw Outside ol Denver which is i L mcwhat like Sat Like City there arc but few Municipalities tint show the genuine leader ship of the city laid out under Die direction of resident Mfg ham Young There 11 i a missive as well is a n 12 mficenl hotel on Ihe beach here but u for a pavi lonbalh houseand accomoda lion for a watering place they are not in it compared to callow or even Garfield Gar-field leach on ha Great bait Lake The first time I ever looked upon Ihe mighty deep the wi ers of the great glut of Mexico and the Atlantic were tome to-me an Impressive eight and as 1 stood on the beach watching the rolling tumbling foaming waves was conI pletc carried away with the granauer ot the scene Awakening from my slumber In Ihe north bound tram after twenty four hours in crossing the great state and ashot run across Oklahoma I stepped out 01 the cars in Karsts and had my nose pinched with the first frost I had felt for weeks ANDREW KIMLML |
