Hereford Reporter (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 5, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 23, 1901 Page: 1 of 8
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Hereford Reporter
WHY NOT CLEAN UP THE STREETS AND BACK ALLEYS?
VOL. I. NO. 5
HEREFORD, DEAF SMITH COUNTY, TEXAS, MARCH 23, 1901
$1.50 PER YEAR
HEREFORD AS A
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
The Numerous Advantages Which are Offered
to the Investor and Home-Seeker
UNEXCELLED FOR CLIMATE AND HEALTH
Hereford's Altitude is 3,700 Feet, Its Atmosphere Dry and Exhil-
irating, Its Water Plentiful, Pure and Absolutely Free
From Alkali or Other Poisonous Substances-
Its Educational Facilities are Ex-
celled by None.
Hereford is situated in the great
state of Texas in the district known
as the Panhandle on the line of the
Pecos Valley & Northern Texas
railway, a branch of the Santa Fe
system, and is the county seat of
Deaf Smith county. It has a popu-
lation of nearly one thousand
people and is the trade center for a
vast area of country mostly given
up to cattle raising, that being the
chief industry, though experiments
show that the soil and seasons are
unexcelled for gardening purposes.
Its altitude is 3700 feet. The air
is dry and exhilirating, making it an
ideal place for a person suffering
from pulmonary diseases. Its
water is the purest, having none of
the alkali properties in it which are
so offensive to most people, and it is
easily obtained in large quantities
at a depth of not to exceed sixty
feet and it is believed that ar-
tesian water can be found at a
depth of less than 1000 feet. A
trial for the latter will be made in
the near future.
On account of its superior cattle
shipping facilities, such as stock
pens, pure water, free grazing land
the equitable freight rates, Here-
ford is destined to be the greatest
cattle shipping point in the country.
Hereford also has one of the best
conducted public schools in the
country, making it a desirable place
of residence for the coming men and
women of the family. To supply
the wants and needs of the citizens
. of Hereford and its tributaries there
are as follows: A National Bank,
three stored carrying large lines of
groceries, dzy goods • and clothing,
one store handling groceries ex-
clusively, one confectionery, to-
bacco and gent's furnishing goods
store, two drug stores, one furni-
ture store, one millinery store, two
hardware stores, two good hotels,
one good restaurant, one meat mar-
ket, two barbers shops one with
baths, four lumber yards, two feed
stores, one harness and saddlery
store, two photograph gallerys, two
blacksmith shops, one livery stable,
four transfer wagons, one well
supported newspaper and job print-
ing office, one^shoe repair shop, one
broom factory, and one wholesale
and retail liquor store.
Among its professional men are
four physicians, one dentist, two
lawyers who are also real estate
and insurance agents and one
music teacher.
Numerous contractors and build-
ers, carpenters and painters and
paper hangers supply the demand
in the trades. For the religious
and social advantages see the col-
umn headed "Directory" on page
seven of this issue.
Hereford has also a ten-acre
park which will soon be a place of
beauty and recreation, as trees are
being planted, a pavilion will soon be
built and it is being otherwise im-
proved as fast as possible.
Any other information which the
prospective home-seeker or in-
vestor may want will be gladly fur-
nished on application.
Hereford needs and there is a
good opening for an investment in
the following lines: A laundry, an
ice factory, a dairy man who will
establish a milk route, a cigar
factory, a scavenger, and any other
enterprise which will be a benefit
stuj6feliih-iiik muwhie gmwf
(INCORPORATED)
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
Bain and Mitchell Wagons, Barbed
Wire, Hardware, Water Supplies,
Implements and Windmills.
STORES AT
Amarillo, Canyon City and Hereford, Texas.
COLORID [UMBER COPIPPIT
WE ARE HEADQUARTERS FOR
CASH BARGAINS
Jack Harwell
PROPRIETOR OF
The^Hereford*^ Saloon
....SPECIALTIES....
fine wines, whiskeys
and cigars
to the town. For the next eight
months profitable employment can
be found freighting for the new
Rock Island extension contractors,
who ship all their supplies from
Hereford.
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IN THE BOER WAR.
A Prominent Panhandle Cattleman
Distinguishes Himself.
W. de S. Maud, who until about
a year ago was the proprietor of the
Moon ranch, and was a well-known
Panhandle cattleman, enlisted in
the British army and went to South
Africa to fight the Boers. He had,
before coming to Texas, been a
second lieutenant in an English
regiment, and when he went to
South Africa was made first lieu-
tenant, then captain and he is now
Major Maud of the Imperial Light
Horse, a crack regiment. He has
been awarded a special medal by
King Edward and will be advanced
to the rank of colonel of his regi-
ment. In a recent engagement he
was shot through the right thigh and
he is now on his way to England.
It is thought that the thigh bone
will hav to be saw,*d and tne end¿
brought together before he will b?
able to use his leg. — Amarillo Live-
stock Champion.
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The great trouble with the aver-
age advertiser is impatience. He
expects to cast his bread upon the
water today and see it come float-
ing back tomorrow made into a ham
sandwich with butter on both sides.
Good results in advertising are se-
cured in the same manner as other
profitable results are attained in
any line of human efforts—that is,
by keeping at it.—La Junta Tri-
bune.
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