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CARROLLTON-Dallas County; pop., 573. On the M. K. & T., the St. L. S. W., and the St. L. S. F. & T. Rys., 14 miles north of Dallas, the county seat. Bank, First State. Weekly newspaper, The Chroni- cle. Tel., W. U. Express.
CARTHAGE-Panola County seat; pop., 1,366; alt., 340 ft. On the G. C. & S. Fe Ry., 37 miles southwest of Longview. Banks, First Natl., Guar- anty State. Hotels, Kellie, W. O. W., Vandigriff. Two weekly newspapers, Carthage Watchman and the East Texas Register. Tel., W. U. Express.
CASON -- Morris County; pop., 315. On M. K. & T. Ry., 6 miles from Daingerfield, the county seat. Bank, State Bank of Cason. Tel., W. U. Express.
CAT SPRING-Austin County; pop., 350. On the M. K. & T. Ry., 9 miles from Bellville, the county seat. Bank, Cat Spring State. Tel., W. U. Ex- press.
CEDAR HILL-Dallas County; pop., 500. On G. C. & S. Fe Ry., 20 miles from Dallas, the county seat. Bank, First Guaranty State. Tel., W. U. Express.
CELESTE-Hunt County; pop., 1,022; alt., 658 ft. On the G. C. & S. Fe, the M. K. & T., and the St L. S. W. Rys., 12 miles northwest of Greenville, the county seat. Banks, Celeste State Bank, First Natl. Bank. Hotels, Franklin, Lindell, Maurice. Weekly newspaper, The Celeste Courier. Tel., W. U. Ex- press.
CELINA-Collins County; pop., 1,126; alt., 600 ft. On St. L. S. Fe & T. Ry., 18 miles from Mckinney, the county seat. Banks, Celina State, First State. Hotels, Childress, Hearne, Pond. Has a newspaper. Tel., W. U. Express.
CENTER-Shelby County Seat; pop., 2,500; alt., 360 ft. On G. C. & S. Fe and T. & P. Rys., 189 miles northeast of Houston, 190 miles southwest of Dallas. Banks, Farmers' State, First Natl., State Guaranty. Hotels, Adams, Elliott, Padon, Polley. W. U. Tel., Express.
CENTER CITY-Miles County; pop., 1,838. 11 miles from Goldthwaite, the county seat and bank- ing point. Telephone connection.
CENTER POINT-Kerr County; pop., 543; 10 miles south of Kerrville, the county seat, 60 miles north of San Antonio, on the S. A. & A. P. Ry., on the Guadalupe River. Bank, Guadalupe Valley Bank. Weekly newspaper, The Center Point News. Tel., W. U. Express.
CENTERVILLE-Lcon County seat; pop., 10: 8
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miles from Robin, the nearest shipping point. Bank, Centerville State. Weekly newspaper, The Record. Telephone Connection.
CHANDLER-Henderson County; pop., 341; alt., 404 ft. 2512 miles northeast of Athens, the county seat. On St. L. S. W. Ry. Banks, Citizens' Guar- anty State. Hotel, Leovall. Weekly newspaper, The Times. Telephone and Express connections.
CHANNEL CITY-Harris County; pop., 300. Bank, Houston Bank & Trust Co.
CHANNING-Hartley County seat. 51 miles northwest of Amarillo, on the Ft.W.&D.C. Ry. Bank First Natl. Weekly newspaper; Tel., W. U. Ex- press.
CHAPEL HILL-Washington County; pop., 1,000; alt., 340 ft. 10 miles east of Brenham, the county seat. On the H. & T. C. Ry. Bank, Farmers' State. Hotel, Toland. Tel., W. U. Express.
CHARLOTTE-Atascosa County; pop., 500; alt., 659 ft. 912 miles southwest of Jourdanton, the county seat, on the S. A. U. & G. Ry. Bank, Char- lotte State. Hotel, Charlotte. Telephone connec- tion.
CHEROKEE-San Saba County; pop., 500. 16% miles south of San Saba, the county seat and ship- ping point. Bank, First State. Mail daily. Tele- phone connection.
CHESTER-Tyler County; pop., 250. 22 miles northwest of Woodville, the county seat, on the M. K. & T. Ry. Bank, Chester State. Telephone and express connection.
CHICO-Wise County; pop., 800; alt., 938 ft. 14 miles west of Decatur, the county seat on the C. R. I. & G. Ry. Bank, First Bank of Chico, and Chico State. Hotels, Brown, Chico. Weekly news- paper, The Chico Review. Tel., W. U. Express.
CHILDRESS-Childress County seat; pop., 5,003; alt., 1,877 ft. 106 miles west of Wichita Falls, on the Ft. W. & D. C. Ry. Banks, City Nat'l., Farmers & Merchants' State, First State. Hotels, Fagg, Nave. Two weekly newspapers, The Index and The Post. It is a division point on the F. W. & D. C. Ry. with shops located here. Tel., W. U. Express.
CHILLICOTHE-Hardeman County; pop., 1,357; alt., 1,406 ft. 65 miles west of Wichita Falls, 13 miles east of Quanah, the county seat. On the Ft. W. & D. and K. C. M. & O. Rys. Banks, Bank of Chillicothe, Guaranty State. Hotels, Denver, Star. Two weekly newspapers, The Independent and the Valley News. Cotton, grain and live- stock are the principal shipments. Tel., W. U. Express.
CHILTON-Falls County; pop., 231. 10 miles west of Marlin, the county seat, and 22 miles south of Waco, on the S. A. & A. P. Ry Banks, Chilton Citizens' Bank and First State Bank. Weekly newspaper. Tel. W. U. Express.
CHIRENO-Nacogdoches County; pop. 500. 20 miles southeast of Nacogdoches, the county seat, on the A. & N. R. Ry. Bank, Chireno State Bank. Telephone and express connection.
CHISHOLM-Rockwall County; pop., 200. Bank, Farmers' State.
CHRIESMAN-Burleson County; pop., 100. 7 miles northwest of Caldwell, the county seat, on the G. C. & S. Fe Ry. The railroad name is Yellow Prairie. Bank, First State.
CIBOLO-Guadalupe County; pop., 300. 16 miles west of Seguin, the county seat, on the G. H.
& S. A. Ry. Bank, Cibolo Bank. Tel., W. U. E.x. press.
CISCO-Eastland County; pop., 7,422; alt., 1,606 ft. 45 miles east of Abilene, 10 miles west of East- land, the county seat, on the T. & P. and T. C. Rys. Banks, American Nat'l., Cisco Banking Co., First Guaranty State, Guaranty State Bank and Trust Co. Hotels, Daniels, Grand, Hartman, Mobley. Has splendid preparatory boarding school and pub- lic high school. Industries, oil and oil products, cotton, cotton seed products, peanuts and pecans. Tel., W. U. Express.
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CLAIREMONT-Kent County seat; pop., 150. 111/2 miles southwest of Jayton, its nearest ship- ping point. Bank, Clairemont Bank. Weekly newspaper, The Reporter. Stage daily to Jayton. Telephone connection.
CLAIRETTE-Erath County; pop., 500. 16 miles southeast of Stephenville, the county seat, on the T. C. R. R. Banks, Farmers State. Express and telephone connection.
CLARENDON-Donley County seat; pop., 2,456; alt., 2,719 ft. 164 miles west of Wichita Falls, on the Ft. W. & D. C. R. R. Banks, Donley County State, Farmers' State, and First National. Hotels, Atterbury, and Denver. Opera House; weekly newspaper, The News. Cotton, grain and livestock are the leading shipments. Tel., W. U. Express.
CLARKSVILLE-Red River County seat; pop., 3,386; alt., 442 ft. 61 miles from Texarkana, 183 miles from Ft. Worth, on the T. & P. Ry. Banks, City Nat'l., First Nat'l., Red River Nat'l. Hotels, Brewer, and Main. Has two newspapers. Tel., W. U. Express.
CLAUDE-Armstrong County seat; pop., 770; alt., 3,397 ft. 194 miles west of Wichita Falls, on the Ft. W. & D. C. R. R. Banks, First Natl., First State. Hotels, Claude, Palace. Weekly newspaper, The News. Tel., W. U. Express.
CLEBURNE-Johnson County seat; pop., 12,820; alt., 764 ft. 28 miles south of Ft. Worth, on the G. C. & S. F., M. K. & T., T. & B. V., and Ft. W. S. (electric) Rys. Banks, Farmers & Merchants Nat'l. Home Nat'l. National Bank of Cleburne, and Trad- ers' State. Hotels, Cheney, Cleburne, Floore. Here are the principal shops of the Santa Fe system, with some 1,500 employees sharing a monthly payroll of over $100,000.00, which has developed Cleburne an important railroad city a trifle more rapid in
. growth than in civic improvements. Institutions, Clebarro College, St. Joseph's Academy, a Carnegie Library, a R. R. Y. M. C. A. and an unrivalled school system. Two daily papers, the Review and the Enterprise, each with a semi-weekly edition, and and other semi-weekly, The Chronicle. Is in the cross timbers, with fruit and truck and cotton to the east, grain and hay to the north and south, with fine grazing prairies to the west. Tel., W. U. Ex- press.
CLEVELAND-Liberty County; pop., 1,500; alt., 159 ft. 44 miles north of Houston, 25 miles north- west of Liberty the county seat, on the H. E. & W. T. and G. C. & S. Fe Rys. Banks, Cleveland State, First Nat'l. Hotels, Cleveland and Junction. Weekly newspaper, The Herald. Lumbering, farm- ing and stock raising, principal industries. Tel .. W. U. Express.
CLIFTON-Bosque County; pop., 1,327; alt., 671 ft. 12 miles south of Meridian, the county seat. and 100 miles southwest of Dallas, on the G. C. &
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& Fe Ry. Banks, Farmers' Guaranty State, First waranty State, Guaranty Loan & Investment Co. H teis, Central, Nelson, Santa Fe. Has creamery, " whine shops, bottling works, grain elevator and weekly newspaper, The Record. Tel., W. U. Ex- press.
LINT-El Paso County; pop., 250. 20 miles from El Paso, on the G. H. & S. A. and T. & P. Rys. !unk, First State. Has weekly newspaper. Tel., w. C. Express.
CLYDE-Callahan County; pop., 610; alt., 1,979 !:. 6 miles from Baird, the county seat, on the T & P. Ry. Banks, Clyde Nat'l., and First Guar- anty State. Hotel, Commercial. Weekly newspa- ... The Clyde Enterprise. Tel., W. U. Express. COAHOMA-Howard County; pop., 250. 101/2 -:: les northeast of Big Spring, the county seat, on ::: / T. & P. Ry. Bank, First State. Tel., W. U. Express.
COLD SPRING-San Jacinto County seat; pop., 300; alt., 150 ft .: 12 miles from Shepard, the near- rt shipping point, and 235 miles northeast of Austin, on the Trinity River. Bank, San Jacinto state. Newspaper, The Times. Hotel, Greenaway. Daily stages to Shepard, Camilla, Evergreen and Maynard.
COLEMAN-Coleman County seat; pop., 2,868; alt., 1,690 ft. 172 miles southwest of Ft. Worth, on the G. C. & S. Fe Ry. Banks, Central State, Cole- man Nat'l., and First Nat'l. Hotels, Commercial, Cottage, Delmar, Jones, Modern. Coleman is the receiving and distributing point for a rich agricul- tural district. Has two weekly newspapers, The Democrat-Voice and The Coleman County Herald. Tel., W. U. Express.
COLLINSVILLE-Grayson county; pop., 337; alt., :30 ft. 22 miles west of Sherman, the county seat, on the T. & P. and the M. K. & T. Rys. Banks, Col- linsville Nat'l., and First Guaranty State. Hotel, Commercial. Weekly newspaper, The Times. In- dustries, Cotton and produce. Tel., W. U. Express. COLMESNEIL-Tyler County; pop., 600. 9 miles north of Woodville, the county seat, on the M. K. & T. and S. P. Rys. Bank, Guaranty State. Tel., W. U. Express.
COLORADO-Mitchell County seat; pop., 1,766; alt., 2,066 ft. 69 miles west of Abilene, on the T. & 1. Ry. Banks, City Natl., Colorado Natl., First State. Hotels, Barcroft, Keathley, Majestic. Week- ly newspaper, The Record. Tel., W. U. Express. COLUMBIA-Brazoria County; pop., 400; alt., 34 13 miles west of Angleton, the county seat, on the I. & G. N. Ry. Bank, Columbia State. Hotel, Phillips. Tel., W. U. Express. ,
COLUMBUS-Colorado County seat; pop., 2,000; alt., 201 ft. 84 miles west of Houston, on the Colo- rado River and the G. H. & S. A. Ry. Banks, Col- umbus State, First State Hotel, Live Oak. Week- ; newspaper, The Colorado Citizen. Tel., W. U. Express.
COMANCHE-Comanche County seat; pop., "521; alt., 1,434 ft. 113 miles west of Ft. Worth, on the Ft. W. & R. G. and S., N. & S. T. Rys., and en the Leon River. Banks, Commanche Natl., First Wat'l., First State, John M. Easley & Co., Bankers. Hotels, Comfort. Weekly newspaper, The Co- manche Chief-Exponent. Principal products, cotton ats, hay, live stock, peanuts and poultry. Tel., W. ". Express.
COMFORT-Kendall County; pop., 800. 20 miles
north of Boerne, the county seat, on the S. A. & A. P. Ry. Bank, Comfort State. Weekly newspaper, The Comfort News. Tel., W. U. Express.
COMMERCE-Hunt County; pop., 3,842; alt., 509 it. 16 miles northeast of Greenville, the county seat, on the T. M. and St. L. S. W. Rys. Banks, Citizens' State, First Nat'l., Planters & Merchants Natl., and State Bank of Commerce. Hotel, Com- merce, Fought. Has two newspapers and is the home of the East Texas Normal College, also of the Cotton Belt Machine shops. Tel., W. U. Express.
COMO-Hopkins County; pop., 827. 9 miles southeast of Sulphur Springs, on the M. K. & T. Ry. Bank, Como State. Weekly newspaper, The Como Headlight. There are three lignite mines, near its eastern limits. Ships cotton, fruit, garden truck, cordwood and lignite coal. Tel., W. U. Express.
CONNVILLE-Sabine County; pop., 3,000. About 20 miles southwest of San Augustine, and five miles east of Jeans, the nearest shipping point.
CONROE-Montgomery County seat; pop., 804; alt., 339 ft. 39 miles north of Houston, on the G. C. & S. F. and I. & G. N. Rys. Banks, Conroe State, Farmers' & Merchants' State, First State. Hotels, Capiton, Conroe, Smith. Two weekly news- papers, The Courier, The Montgomery County News. Is the home of the Conroe Normal and Industrial College, a co-educational institution for negroes. The soil of surrounding territory is highly adapted to truck growing and potatoes, tomatoes and early spring vegetables, which are extensively grown. Tel., W. U. Express.
COOKVILLE-Titus County; pop., 420. 8 miles from Mt. Pleasant, the county seat, on the St. L. S. W. Ry. Bank, State Bank. Tel., W. U. Express.
COOLEDGE-Limestone County; pop., 880. 15 miles northeast of Groesbeck, the county seat, on the T. & B. V. Ry. Banks, First Nat'l., First State. Weekly newspaper, The Ledger-Local. Tel., W. U. Express.
COOPER-Delta County seat; pop., 2,563; alt., 495 ft. 22 miles south of Paris, on the Texas Mid- land Ry .. Banks, Delta Nat'l., Farmers' Nat'l., First Natl. Hotels, Ganard, Parish, Robertson. Two weekly newspapers, The Delta Courier, and the Cooper Review. It is in the heart of the famous black land belt. Tel., W. U. Express.
COPEVILLE-Collins County; pop., 22 . miles southeast of Mckinney, the county seat, on the G. C. & S. Fe Ry. Bank, Citizens' State. Tel., W. U. Express.
COPPELL-Dallas County; pop., 200. 25 miles southwest of Dallas, the county seat, on the St. L. S. W. Ry. Express.
COPPERAS COVE-Coryell County; pop., 509; alt., 1,092 ft. 26 miles from Gatesville, the county seat, on the G. C. & S. F. Ry. Banks, First State and Guaranty State. Hotels, Goodson, Middick, Simpson. Weekly newspaper, The Banner. Tel., W. U. Express.
CORPUS CHRISTI-Nueces County seat; pop., 10,522; alt., 35 ft. Is located on and overlooks from its high bluff, two magnificent bays, Corpus Christi and Nueces, and with its advantageous sur- roundings is destined to become one of the leading cities of the nation as commercial, agricultural and resort center. Four railways enter the city-the T. M., the St. L., B. & M., the S. A. & A. P. and the S. A. U. & G. Rys. Banks, City Nat'l., Corpus Christi Nat'l., and First State. Hotels, Bidwell,
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Home, Nueces, St. James, State, Williams. Owing to its location and freight rates, Corpus Christi is the jobbing center of southwest Texas. Paved streets, municipal owned docks, splendid public util- ities. Cotton, forage crops and winter vegetables are very prolific. The surrounding land is as rich as any in the United States and produces cotton, corn, milo maize, kaffir corn, sorghum and other forage crops with heavy production in truck pro- duce. This city is known throughout the country as a resort city and has 5,000 attractive rooms for housing visitors. Bathing, boating, fishing, hunt- ing are afforded at all times. The city has two weekly newspapers and an active commercial club. Tel., W. U. Express.
CORRIGAN-Polk County; pop., 1,000; alt., 32 ft. 24 miles north of Livingston, the county seat, on the M. K. & T. and . the H. E. & W. T. Rys. Banks, Citizens State, and Corrigan State. Hotel, Holoman. Tel., W. U. Express.
CORSICANA-Navarro County seat; pop., by 1920 census, 11,356; alt., 418 ft. 55 miles south of Dallas on the H. & T. C., the St. L. S. W. and the 'I'. & B. V. Rys., and terminal of the Dallas-Corsi- cana Interurban. Banks, Corsicana Nat'l., First Nat'l., First State, State Nat'l., Corsicana Clear- ing House Association. Hotels, Beaton, Comnier- cial, Main, Navarro, Wilson. Corsicana has fine opera house and public library, with first rate pub- lic utilities for its citizenship, as paved streets, electrical power, telephone and water systems, etc. Is important as an oil and natural gas producing center. Corsicana was the first cil center of Tex- as, oil having been found in considerable quantities long before the discovery at Spindle Top. In 1921 there was a great deal of activity in oil development, and Corsicana has become one of the leading oil centers of Texas. The population increased several- fold and the industries of the city grew in propor- tion, and Corsicana has again come to the front as a leading oil city. Corsicana has two daily, a semi- week.'y and two weekly newspapers. Prominent in- dustries, cotton seed products, cotton mills, cotton compress, cotton gins, overall factory, candy fac- tory foundries, brick and tile works, planing mills, bottling works and lumber yards. Tel., W. U. Ex- press.
COTULLA-La Salle county seat; pop., 2,000; alt. 425 ft. 87 miles southwest of San Antonio, on the I. & G. N. Ry. and the Nueces River. Banks, Farmers & Stockmens Bank, and Stockmens Natl. Hotels, La Salle, Travellers. Weekly newspaper, The Record. Tel., W. U. Express.
COUPLAND-Williamson County; pop., 150. 30 miles from Georgetown, the county seat, on the M. K. & T. Ry. Bank, Coupland State. Weekly news- paper, The Record. Tel., W. U. Express.
COVINGTON-Hill County; pop., 500. 15 miles north of Hillsboro, the county seat, on the T. & B. V. Ry. Bank, First Guaranty State. Tel., W. U. Ex- press.
CRANDALL-Kaufman County; pop., 750. 26 miles south of Dallas, 9 miles north of Kaufman, the county seat, on the T. & N. O. Ry. Banks, Citizens' Natl. First Natl. Weekly newspaper, The Crandall Star. Tel., W. U. Express.
CRANFILL'S GAP-Bosque County; pop., 97. 18 miles southwest of Meridian, the county seat, and 19 miles from Clifton, its shipping point. Bank,
First Guaranty. Telegraph and telephone connec- tions. Express.
CRAWFORD-McLennan County; pop., 573. 26 miles from Waco, the county seat, on the G. C. & S Fe Ry. Banks, Farmers' State, First Natl. Weck- ly newspaper, The Advance. Tel., W. U. Express.
CROCKETT-Houston County seat, pop., 3,061; alt., 350 ft. 162 miles above Houston, on the I. &- G. N. Ry. Banks, Crockett State and First Nati. Hotel, Pickwick. Two newspapers. Tel., W. C. Express.
CROSBY-Harris County; pop., 300. 22 miles east of Houston, the county seat, on the T. & N. O. Ry. Bank, Crosby State. Tel., W. U. Express.
CROSBYTON-Crosby County seat; pop., 697; alt., 2,912 feet. 38 miles from Lubbock, on the C. & S. P. Ry. Banks, Citizens' Natl., First Natl. Ho- tels, City and Star. Weekly newspaper, The Review. Express.
CROSS PLAINS-Callahan County; pop., 700. 36 miles west of De Leon, on the T. C. Ry. Banks, Farmers' Natl., First Guaranty State. Has weekly newspaper. Tel., W. U. Express.
CROWELL-Foard County seat; pop., 1,175; alt., 1,456 ft. 23 miles south of Chillicothe on the K. C. M. & O. Ry. Banks, Bank of Crowell, First State. Hotels, Crowell, Orient, Rasor, Smith. Weekly newspaper, Foard County News. Industries, cotton, grain and live stock. Tel., W. U. Express.
CROWLEY-Tarrant County; pop., 250. 1212 miles south of Ft Worth, on the G. C. & S. Fe Ry. Bank, Continental State. Tel., W. U. Express.
CRYSTAL CITY-Zavalla County; pop., 800; alt., 1,000 ft. 25 miles southwest of Batesville, the county seat, on the S. A. U. & G. Ry. Has a bank, Zavalla County Bank, and a weekly newspaper. Ho- tels, Cross, Jackson. Tel., W. U. Express.
CRYSTAL FALLS-Stephens County; pop., 74. 11 miles north of Breckenridge, the county seat. Bank, Bank of Crystal Falls. 28 Miles from Al- bany the usual shipping point.
CUERO-DeWitt County seat; pop., 3,671; alt., 177 ft. 135 miles west of Houston, on the S. A. & A. P., and S. P. Rys. Banks, Buechel Natl., First State Bank &Trust Co., H. Runge & Co., Bankers. Hotels, Butler, Muti. Has two sanitariums, two daily and weekly newspapers, The Record and The Star; a German weekly, Der Missionfreund, and a semi-weekly, Der Deutsche Rundschau. Has one of the largest cotton mills in the South, also one of the largest cotton oil mills, and cotton compress and one of the largest electric water power plants in the South. Two of the largest turkey dressing plants in the world are here. The climate and soil are adapted to raising cotton, corn, alfalfa, onions, cab- bage and other kinds of truck which are shipped into northern markets early. Tel., W. U. Express.
CUMBY-Hopkins County; pop., 945. 14 miles west of Sulphur Springs, the county seat, on the M. K. & T. Ry. Bank, Comby State. Hotels, Graves, Mathis. Weekly newspaper, The Rustler. Tel., W. U. Express.
CUSHING - Nacogdoches County; pop., 1,500: alt., 412 ft. 20 miles northwest of Nacogdoches. the county seat, on the T. & N. O. Ry. Banks, Cush- ing State, Farmers Guaranty Bank. Hotel, Wal- lace. Weekly newspaper, The Enterprise. Tel. W. U. Express.
DAINGERFIELD-Morris County seat; pop. 11,000; alt., 250 ft. 33 miles northwest of Jeffer-
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son, on the M. K. & T. Ry. Banks, Citizen's Natl., Natl Bank of Daingerfield. Hotel, Smith. Has weekly newspaper, cotton gin, cotton seed oil mill, saw and grist mills, etc. Tel. W. U. Express.
DALHART-Dallam County seat; pop., 5,676; alt., 3.948 ft. 82 miles north of Amarillo, 530 miles wuthwest from Kansas City, at the junction of the main lines of the C. R. I. & G. and the Ft. W. & D. lys. Banks, Citizen's State, First Natl., Midway Bank. Hotels, DeSoto, Grand. Weekly newspaper, The Texan. Dalhart is the center for the growing of cattle, horses, hogs, kaffir corn, milo maize and her forage crops. From here heavy shipments are made of cattle and hogs, kaffir corn and milo maize, produce and dairy products. Tel., W. U. Express.
DALLAS-Dallas County seat; pop., 158,976; alt., 126 ft. Dallas is located in north central Texas on the Trinity River in what is known as the black waxey belt of Texas. The first settlement was made by John Neely Bryan in 1841; the county was or- ganized in 1846 and was named after George M. Dallas, vice president of the United States. In 1872 two steam railways reached the village of 5,000 and by 1880 the population was doubled and by 1890 it was trebled. Within a circle the radius of which extends 100 miles from the city of Dallas, more than 25 per cent of the people of Texas live, there are over 17,000 rated business concerns, 686 national and state banks with a combined capital of over $38,000,000; in the same territory are 156,373 farms or 16.6 per cent of the total number of farms of all Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana combined, yielding 1734 per cent of America's cotton crop and over 1,200 prosperous towns and villages. Banks, American Exch. Natl., Central State, Citizens State, City Natl., Dallas County State, Dallas Natl., Dallas Trust and Savings, Federal Reserve for the 11th District, Guaranty Bank and Trust Co., Liberty State, Natl Bank of Commerce, Oak Cliff State Bank and Trust Co., Southwest Natl. Financial corpora- tions, Bankers and Brokers, are: Bankers' Trust Co., Dallas Joint Stock Land Bank, Dallas Securi- ties Co., Dallas Title & Guaranty Co., Dallas Trust Co., Dallas Union Trust Co., Texas Finance Corpora- tion, U. S. Bond and Mortgage Co., Breg, Garrett & Co., Brown Crummer Co., Jas. Schwartz Co., J. P. Scranton & Co., R. T. Stewart & Co., Thomas Mort- rage Co., Dallas Clearing House Association. Hotels, Adolphus, Cadillac, Campbell, Galloupe, Huntley, Jefferson, Oriental, Park, Queen, St. George, South- land, Texan and Waldorf.
The wholesale business for 1920 of Dallas totalled ₹;00,000,000; the wholesale business in all automo- Ove lines is approximately $200,000,000 annually. The value of products manufactured in Dallas passes the $100,000,000 mark each year. In express busi- ". As Dallas ranks first per capita of all the cities of the Union and is seventh city in volume of express business in the nation. Dallas' building permits for 1020, totalled $13.363,157, giving the city 19th rank among the Nation's boilders. Dallas ranks 24th in Postal Receipts, and only six cities in the United states pay more money orders. Dallas is the farm van center of the Southwest, the census showing that 91.8 per cent of the total farm mortgage loans - { the state are held by Dallas companies.
Dallas is the distributing center of the southwest, " its location and transportation facilities make : the jobbing and wholesale center for a territory wer than the New England and the Middle At-
lantic states combined. There are 570 wholesalers and manufacturers here, 256 of which are of national importance. Dallas leads the world in the manufac- ture and distribution of leather goods, cotton gin machinery, and ships more galvanized corrugated tanks to the oil fields than any other city in the nation and is the geographical center for the oil territory of the Southwest. Dallas is the largest film distributing center in the world and is one of the three largest depots for farm implements in America. 3,000 travelling salesmen make Dallas their headquarters.
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