Show TEXAS WIDOWS MAKE MONEY san antonio in th 3 i development of the weLt development that lias has baeli like to i to the drama fl grow tit cf tho 3 wf i women ens are pla it a t r to ahr texas widows b ian in of tho credit of the arbiter ar citer growth of san antonio aind another texi widow hati haa done much tr to llah lish the onion industry walh h brought tho growers in di 11 t I 1 that of laredo more than one ml ini loi 1101 1 dollars in profits this year th se four widow it Is conservatively ciati mated magod axe are worth orth at leat least ten nil MI allons dollars and they have fc factors in the gro growth groth th of the city mid and section out cf their for tortures tures they lime have constructed great artel he tola a mid nd office buil buildings dingis and pet per th that aro rapidly grow ins ing la in wealth those these four wido widows a are I 1 mrs RT hr ana gunter mrs G dedell bedell booro TOO ire irb elizabeth ila Hamp kinann majin and the fexas onion queen mrs edwards callahan dodd they al all I 1 were N ere 0 tie e wives of wealthy cathomen catU catt Jomen omen who 0 deaths death 9 occurred just prior to to tho ora era of development t that hae beon producing such activity in great re suits both in city and county mrs mra gunter was the wife of the late J ij er the salo of whose b ose gre great t tao ranches for farming purposes pur posea made hla his widow one of the altal t omen the south this was alo tho the cabe with mrs moore albore the fiech of their husbands in the future san antonio a city they had al alv made their headquarters tr hilved mirt ted to x their widows they fr fc themselves them solves directors in banks r v arious nin industrial concerns by tue of the stock they lie hell I 1 acl r ht hers rs iott fort n aly bleir rss ess mp ill I 1 r of these re bill ties camo came pt ft time ahen the search for land u WEIS r s at its height it Is due to the shrews busin business ciss sense each displayed ahn thit t these thee original fortunes hane hae ben more ihan doubled mrs gunter with L J hart bu business gneiss associate and financed of her husband within a little more thain a year has ere ctr two buildings on 14 street rep resenting s more than one million fie hundred hun dried shousan tho usan dollars expend ture and which are monuments to her husband a oro the million dollar gunter hotel and the gunter office building bith el eight ht stories in height and among the best con and boft impo imposing aln edifices in the south in the boter hotel hangs a magnificent oil pain pailun drig of cf mr ti ii ter the ownly pro protract in the large lobby mra moore has haa just completed complete te bedau building a third of a mil ion don dollar property adjoining the nio mo ra building one of the largo office turc s cm Ilou street mrs kamp ina mann la Is at the head of an owning v the monger hotel the kemp mann building and other prop properties eTtles in addition to thedr business bui birb iness ness invest they axe are always ready and d ie C n lous nerous in their investments in brad and practical lines of charit char 10 aiding tn in many enterprises for the betterment of san aatlo s acor it la Is sad ld that no worth applicant is ever turned away empty handed alm dodd has justly earned earn sd her title of the onion queen ifer her farm re ono one of thoo tho most highly pro ductoc and well nian managed aged Pro at lanado it damns adjo ilna the town and orah embraces races acres the majoT mio rit ft of the tract Is devoted denoted to the different of BeTi bermuda nuda G onions and mrs airs dodd was waa tho first aror grower in tho the southwest to prove prone the success of the culture of the nd md bermuda onion in this 3 tl j the farm possessing poc tessing the adanga advantage e of boT bordering dering upu alo rio grando frem fre m I 1 which an supply of water may bo obtained at all tamea fj ajr i ri gatIng purposes this is due dill to hei fit fi i ot i as arz ow one of the first to harness the uio grande and install a inu dern pumping pl ut the pumping stati oln stafi id 14 well above high water maik and la Is protected from over alm flowe the pump h b us a o of 3 30 6 gallons of water a minute the flew of waiter pases pa ses sen through foet of cf 14 inch oo diri pire md and campia cm pia into a ra w cuir from this thin clr sure airo th ahry ditche and ono iron flump flume V t Q e I 1 tier loing 2750 foot ewt long trie mol motor r tit at the pumping Is n horse power the pump I 1 act in a lancrete can cone crete rete well vell 37 feet dep de p and aind 13 fet feet in diameter this irti irria atin i pl plat planned plairs etl by mrs dodd brins tu to a b ban dt fote ataul ran gavenus mue turn lishing water to farms in iad aad biota to hw famous phack tlc alc couch c ct uie 11 vo vc venans nans abuid illa allart is awn in ill abe fr for employs employ ts aind labore b they are am wat reat ad a d comfortable comforts camf foat ble ablo f r abre tho the aeme av cira farm hout tha Is lana has bas w ta ats w tt isnetto wrid iad h N in caw malit ma lit ita a ou suburban burban place all thu of ct W wn town n may y bo enwood she hato E large larga foci f jag aai ample ale room ot aa eji an illustration of tho babun luction olf of aich aba farm is capable mn jim dodd obtained off cc ar lass tha thrace acres acma 68 era katoa ef f bormida wL oatt |