Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 79, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1912 — THINKS TEXAS IS ALL RIGHT. [ARTICLE]

THINKS TEXAS IS ALL RIGHT.

Elmer Gwin Invests In 20 Acre Tract at Edge of Town of Pharr. Elmer Gwin returned Thursday alter noon from his prospecting trip to Pharr, Texas, and was so favorably impressed with the -outlook there that he bought a 20 acre tract of land at the edge of the town, which is only a year old, but is building up with substantial business houses and he thinks is destined to become a town of considerable importance. The mercury was up around 70 degrees there, men were going about in their shirt-sleeyes and the “kids” were running around barefoot. Pharr is located in county in southern Texas, near the Mexican line, on the Rio Grande river. The country is .level as a floor, the soil a chocolate colored sandy loam. They raise cotton, sugar cane, alfalfa, corn, potatoes, onions and cabbage. Potatoes and new cabbage are now being shipped in small quantities, it being a trifle early yet. * Oranges, lemons, bananas, dates, etc., are also grown there. Water for irrigating purposes is pumped from the 1 Rio Grande and carried in canals back into the country.