ARBORICULTURE 



**But where to find that 

 Happiest spot belo^v; 



Who can direct, when all 

 pretend to know?" 



— Goldsmith. 



Many are satisfied to live in Northwest 

 Texas, having proved the value of the land 

 in this region as a good Crop Raiser. Not 

 only Cattle, but Wheat, Cotton, Corn, 

 Feed-Stuffs, , Cantaloupes, Garden Truck 

 and Good Health flourish here — in a dis- 

 trict where Malaria is impossible and very 

 little doing for Jails and Hospitals. 



Land, which is being sold at really low- 

 figures — though the constantly increasing 

 demand is steadily boosting values — is still 

 abundant ; and Farms and Ranches of all 

 sizes, very happily located, are being pur- 

 chased daily. 



We will gladly supply all askers with a 

 copy of a little Book, published by the 

 Northwest Texas Real Estate Association, 

 which contains an interesting series of 

 straightforward statements of what PEO- 

 PLE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED along the 

 line ot 



"THE 



DENVER. 



ROAD." 



PsLSsenger Dept., Fort Worth. Texas. 



N. B. — We find our passenger patronage 

 very gratifying. It is necessary to run 

 three trains daily each way as far as 

 Wichita Falls, and two clear through. We 

 continue, the year round, the excellent 

 Class A service that insures the preference 

 of Colorado and California Tourists, Win- 

 ter and Sumrrrer. By the way, we offer 

 now more than half a dozen routes to Cal- 

 ifornia, the newest being via Dalhart (also 

 good for Old Mexico); with first-class Eat- 

 ing Cars all the way. 



We sell a Home-Seeker's ticket, good 

 thirty days, at one and a third fare the 

 round trip, allowing stopovers at Vernon 

 and points beyond, both ways. 



WONDERFUL 

 RIDE. 



_ The Coast Line Route of the Southern 

 Pacific Railway, from San Francisco to 

 Los Angeles, is one of marvelous beauty. 

 For one hundred and fifty miles the road 

 'meanders the Pacific Coast, most of the 

 time being in view of the ocean. The 

 long reaches of sandy beach, alternating 

 with broken cliffs, the ever-changing pano- 

 rama of exquisite beauty. To those who 

 do not often see the surf and rolling waves, 

 but whose homes are within the interior of 

 the continent, these scenes are wonderfully 

 grand. Passing through a continuation of 

 towns, villages and orchards, where in mid- 

 winter the pampas grass is waving, roses 

 blooming, and balmy air, past vine-clad 

 cottages, with trees and shrubs of tropic 

 foliage and flowers, the changing scenes 

 are truly enchanting. 



The numerous groves of tall eucalyptus 

 tress, orchards of English walnuts, vine- 

 yards and orange groves, offer to the tour- 

 ist a succession of interesting views of rare 

 beauty. 



Just now, after the winter's rains have 

 moistened the soil, a carpet of green covers 

 the entire surface. 



Long, gentle slopes in grass, with cattle, 

 make the foreground of one picture, behind 

 which the rugged coast range of mountains, 

 black from the patches of distant trees, 

 rise in irregular masses. 



Numerous oil-well derricks, standing 

 close together, remind us of our allies to 

 arboriculture — petroleum for fuel. 



It is no longer profitable to clear away 

 every vestige of forest, since these wells 

 supply a better and cheaper fuel. 



Only a quarter of a century ago this 

 entire region throughout Southern Cali- 

 fornia was an unproductive desert, solely 

 given up to grazing bv native scrub cattle 

 and ponies. To-day, through the efforts 

 of California's great railways, this has be- 

 come a continuous garden and orchard 

 with happy, prosperous homes. This 

 would have been impossible but for the 

 transportation facilities offered by the rail- 

 wavs. 



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