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Ft. Worth is the second live stock and packing center in the United States. Swift & Co. and Armour & Co., two of the big parent packing plants of the country, have extensive branches here. The stockyards of Ft. Worth can handle in a single day 25,000 cattle, 10,000 calves, 15,000 hogs and 7,000 horses and mules. Each of the railroads centering at Ft. Worth run directly to the yards and 600 en- ployees are kept busy in the yards caring for the stock. The National Feeders' and Breeders' Show holds its annual exposition at Ft. Worth. The vol- ume of grain handled by Ft. Worth mills and ele- vators is second only to that handled by Kansas City, the leading grain market in the territory of the Southwest. Two big flour mills-the largest in this section of the United States-have a capacity of 1,000,000 bushels. In addition to its leadership in the flour mill industry, Ft. Worth is rapidly becom- ing the chief corn products milling points of this section of the United States. In the way of public organizations, Ft. Worth has the greatest number of any city in the Southwest. Tel., Mackay, Postal, W. U. Express.
FRANCITAS-Jackson County; pop., 300. 23 miles southeast of Edna, the county seat, on the St. L. B. & M. Ry. Bank, First State. Weekly newspaper. Tel., W. U. Express.
FRANKELL-Eastland County; P. O. Ranger. Bank, First Natl.
FRANKLIN-Robertson County seat; pop., 1,131; alt., 340 ft. 103 miles northeast of Austin on the I. & G. N. Ry. Banks, First Natl., First State, Mitchell Bros. Bank. Hotel, National. Weekly newspaper, The Central Texan. Tel., W. U. Ex- press.
FRANKSTON-Anderson County; pop., 818; alt., 530. 24 miles southeast of Athens on the T. & N. O. Ry. Banks, First State, Frankston State. Hotel, White House. Weekly newspaper. Express.
FREDERICKSBURG-Gillespie County seat; pop., 2,500; alt., 1,742 ft. 70 miles north of San Antonio, on the S. A. F. & N. Ry. Banks, Bank of Fredericks- burg, Citizens' Bank. Hotel, Ostrow. Two weekly newspapers. The noted Bear Mountain Red Granite quarries are four miles north of the city. Tel., W. U. Express
FREEPORT-Brazoria County; pop., 1,789; alt .. 64 ft. 16 miles southwest of Angleton, the county seat, 50 miles from Galveston, 60 miles from Hous- ton, on the H. & B. V. and on the Brazos River.
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Bank, Freeport Natl. Hotel, Tarpon. It is the location of the largest sulphur mines in the world, of the largest storage tanks of the Freeport Mexican Oil Co., and headquarters and terminal of the H. & B. V. Ry. Has a weekly newspaper, The Freeport Facts. Tel., W. U. Express.
FRIONA-Parmer County; pop., 200. 26 miles from Farwell, the county seat, on the P. & N. T. Ry. Bank, Friona State. Weekly newspaper. Tel., W. U. Express.
FRISCO-Collin County; pop., 733. 16 miles from McKinney, the county seat, on the St. L. S. F. & T. Ry. Banks, First Natl., Frisco Guaranty State. Weekly newspaper, The Journal. Tel., W. U. Ex- press.
FROST-Navarro County; pop., 913 21 miles west of Corsicana, the county seat, on the St. L. S. W. Ry. Banks, Citizens' State, First Natl. Two weekly newspapers, The Star and The News. Ship- ment, cotton. Tel., W. U. Express.
FULBRIGHT-Red River County; pop., 300. 15 miles from Clarksville, the county seat, 41/2 miles from Deport, the nearest shipping point. Bank, Guaranty State. Telephone connection.
GAIL-Borden County; pop., 126. 22 miles south- west of Fluvanna, the nearest shipping point, on the Colorado River. Bank, Gail Bank. Stage daily to Big Springs. Weekly newspaper, The Borden Citizen.
GAINESVILLE-Judicial seat of Cooke County; pop., 8,648; alt., 738 ft. Six miles from Red River on the G. C. & S. Fe and the M. K. & T. Rys., 700 miles southwest of St. Louis. Banks, First Natl., First State and Lindsay Natl. Hotels, Lindsay, Turner. Chief products, cotton, wheat, corn, hay, every known fruit and vegetable. Is known as the "Banner County" from the fact that she has won first prize at the Texas State Fair and the Inter- national Fair at San Antonio in every contest entered with her agricultural products and horses. Is a leader in manufacture. Is noted for her at- tractiveness and sanitary condition. Has public library. Tel., W. U. Express.
GALLATIN-Cherokee County; pop., 300. Eight miles from Rusk, the county seat, on the T. & N. O. Ry. Bank, Farmers & Merchants State. Ex- press.
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GALVESTON-Judicial seat of Galveston Coun- ty; pop., 44,255; alt., six feet. Located on the east end of Galveston Island, about two miles from the mainland of the Texas coast in the Gulf of Mexico. the chief seaport of Texas and of the United States on the Gulf of Mexico. Is the greatest cotton ex- porting port in the world and ranks second among American ports in the total of its foreign com- merce, being exceeded by New York City alone. Banks, American Bank & Trust Co., City Natl., First Natl., People's Bank, Security Trust Co., South Texas State Bank, Texas Bank & Trust Co., Gal- veston Trust & Safe Deposit Co., Hutchings, Sealy & Co., C. P. Mann & Co., Ed. McCarthy & Co., W. L. Moody & Co., and the Galveston Clearing House Association. Hotels, Atlanta, Atlantic, Bashos, Beach, Beacon, Boulevard, Galvez, Grand, Highland, Loves, Oriental, Panama, Plaza, Ridgeway, Royall, Salt Air, Seaside, Snug Harbor, Southern, Terminal, Tremont and Vinson. Fifty-six lines of steamers ply regularly between Galveston and foreign ports while five lines ply regularly between Galveston and other United States ports. Four daily newspapers
and several weeklies. Medical Department of the- State University is located here. The climate is ex. ceptionally even; the salt atmosphere eradicates a .. malarial influences, and on account of the low alti- tude, Galveston is a mecca for those suffering from nervous trouble, catarrh or hay fever.
The dock frontage provides berthing space for more than 100 ocean going steamers at one time Custom houses, bonded warehouses, appraiser, stores, immigration buildings and quarantine sta- tions are maintained by the Federal Government as well as the Federal courts and officers. The island is connected to the mainland by a concrete causeway about two miles in length, carrying tracks for boti: steam and electric railways, and a roadway for ve- hicles and pedestrians. Since the storm of 1900 which resulted in large loss of life and property, Galveston has a concrete seawall 17 feet high and five miles in length, along the entire Gulf side of the city. Twenty million cubic yards of sand filling: was deposited back of the seawall, raising the grad- of the city from the old level to that of the seawall.
Galveston is enjoying an unprecedented era of prosperity." Principal lines of business, cotton com- press, several of which are among the largest in the world, grain elevators of enormous capacity, cotton seed cake mills, sacking mills, rice mills, flour mills, marine ways, ship yard, machine shops, cotton concentration plants, cigar manufacturing, groom factories, fish and oyster plants. Surf bathing, fishing and hunting are exceptionally good and at- tractive and bring many thousands of visitors to the city every year. Tel., Mackay, Postal, W. U. Mexi- can and Marconi Wireless. Express.
GANADO-Jackson County; pop., 716; alt., 86 ft. Ten miles east of Edna, the county seat, and 93 miles southwest of Houston, on the G. H. & S. A. Ry. Banks, Citizens' State, Farmers' State. Hotels. Mitchell, Southside. Weekly newspaper. Tel., W. U. Express.
GARDEN CITY-Glasscock County seat; pop .. 100. 3312 miles south of Big Springs, the nearest shipping point. Bank, First State.
GARLAND-Dallas County; pop., 1,421; alt., 536 ft. 16 miles northeast of Dallas, the county seat, on the G. C. & S. Fe, the M. K. & T. and the Frisco Rys. Bank, First State. Weekly newspaper, The Garland News. Tel., W. U. Express.
GARRISON-Nacogdoches County; pop., 603; alt .. 378 ft. 19 miles from Nacogdoches, the county seat. on the H. E. & W. T. Ry., 150 miles from Houston and 72 miles southwest of Shreveport, La. Bank, First State. Hotels, City, Wiley. Is in the timbered area of Texas; principal industries, large saw mills. planing mills, cotton gins and brick making plan: with capacity of 50,000 bricks daily. Shipments. cotton, corn, sugar cane, peanuts, fruits of all kinds. Here are the noted mineral springs, "Weatherly Wells" are annually visited by large numbers v1 people for stomach and kidney healings. Newspaper. The Garrison Weekly Newspaper. Tel., W. U. Ex- press.
GARWOOD-Colorado County; pop., 400. 21 mile- from Columbus, the county seat, on the G. C. & S. Fe Ry. Bank, Garwood State. Weekly news. paper, The Garwood Express. Tel., W. U. Express. GARY-Panola County; pop., 350. Ten mile- from Carthage, the county seat, on the G. C. & S Fe Ry. Bank, First State. Tel., W. U. Express.
GARZA-Denton County; pop., 300. Ten miles
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GATESVILLE -- Coryell County seat; pop., :.* /; alt., 795 feet. 125 miles north of Austin, ' miles west of Waco on the St. L. S. W. and S. N. a . T. Rys. Banks, First Natl., Gatesville Natl., .. aranty State Bank & Trust Co. Hotels, Bennet, . : t, Moar, Sloan. Weekly newspaper, The Gates- 1
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„ANSE-Milam County; pop., 750; alt., 376 ft. ": mies southeast of Cameron, the county seat, on ... [. & G. N. Ry. Bank, Guaranty State. Hotel, 1 : ght. Weekly newspaper, The Gause Guide. " ... W. U. Express.
GEORGETOWN-Judicial seat of Williamson unty; pop., 2,871; alt., 442 ft. 25 miles north of R.sun, on the M. K. & T. and the I. & G. N. Rys. 1.a:As, Farmers' State, First Natl., Guaranty State. H :els, Commercial, Makemson, Swenson. Has all . ... improvements of a modern city, is the seat of ** , Southwestern University; has two weekly news- aspers, The Williamson County Sun and The Com- moetcial. Industries, cotton seed oil mills, cotton { ", steam laundry, planing mills, ships cotton, grain, live stock and produce. Tel., W. U. Express. GEORGE WEST-Live Oak County; pop., 500. Bank, First State.
GERONIMO-Guadalupe County; pop., 150. Six mirs from Seguin, the county seat and shipping coint. Bank, Geronimo State.
GIDDINGS-Lee County seat; pop., 1,650; alt., sto ft. 60 miles east of Austin, 107 miles west of Houston, on the H. & T. C. and the S. A. & A. P. My s. Banks, Citizens' State, First Natl. Hotels, Perkins, Robinson. Two weekly newspapers. . Im- gurtant industries, cotton, corn, dairying, live stock pressed brick. Tel., W. U. Express.
GILMER-Upshur County seat; pop., 2,268; alt., **. ft. 100 miles east of Dallas on the St. L. S. W. ~! M. & E. T. Rys. Banks, Farmers & Merchants , a'l., First Natl., Gilmer State. Hotels, Bell, Com- wercial. Two newspapers, ice plant, cotton gin, !^ ^gle and saw mills, grist mills, cotton seed oil .. ... , crate and basket factories. Tel., W. U. Ex-
GIRARD-Kent County; pop., 60. 20 miles from s:remont, the county seat, and 11 miles from Jay- : ". on the W. V. Ry. Bank, Girard Bank. Express. GLADEWATER-Gregg County; pop., 560; alt., 4 ;1 ft. 15 miles west of Longview, the county seat. :h. T. & P. Ry. Banks, The Riddle Exchange, and Everett Banking Co. Hotel, Bray. Weekly a paper, The Gladewater Gazette. Tel., W. U.
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i.I.AZIER-Hemphill County; pop., 140. 14 miles "east of Canadian, the county seat, on the S.
1 ly. Bank, Glazier State. Newspaper. Tel., W. Express.
OLEN FLORA-Wharton County; pop., 700. 6 " northwest of Wharton, the county seat, on > 5 ;. C. & S. Fe Ry. Bank, Glen Flora State. Tel. 1. Express.
JJ.I.N ROSE -- Somerville County seat; pop., 1,000 : miles south of Grandbury, its shipping point. "'A. First Nat'l. Two newspapers. Telephone ·action.
GODLEY-Johnson County; pop:, 600. 12 miles "hwest of Cleburne, the county seat, on the G.
C. & S. Fe Ry. Bank, Citizens Nat'l. Newspaper. Tel., W. U. Express.
GOLDEN-Wood County; pop., 400. 10 miles southwest of Quitman, the county seat, on the M. K. & T. Ry. Bank, Golden State. Newspaper. Tel., W. U. Express.
GOLDTHWAITE-Mills County seat; pop., 1,214; alt., 1,581 ft. 98 miles northwest of Temple, on the G. C. & S. Fe Ry. Banks, Goldthwaite Nat'l., Trent State. Hotels, Commercial, Saylor. 2 weekly newspapers, The Goldthwaite Eagle and the Rustler. Shipments, cotton, grain, cattle. Tel., W. U. Ex- press.
GOLIAD-Goliad County seat; pop., 2,500; alt., 230 ft. About 150 miles west of Houston, and 150 miles southeast of San Antonio, on the S. P. Ry. Banks, Commercial Bank, First Nat'l., Goliad Bank & Trust Co. Hotel, Denham. Was settled by the Spanish over 200 years ago, by Americans, in 1836. Has cotton gins, broom factory, laundry, bottling works. Two weekly newspapers, The Advance, and The Guard. Principal shipments, cotton, corn, broom corn and livestock. Tel., W. U. Express.
GONZALES-Gonzales County seat; pop., 3,128; alt., 300 ft. On the Guadalupe River and the Gon- zales branch of the S. P. and the Lockhart branch of the S. A. & A. P. Rys. Banks, Dilworth Bank, Farmers' Nat'l., Guaranty State Bank & Trust Co. Hotels, Arlington, Plaza, and Richter. Here oc- curred many battles for Texas Independence from Mexico. Daily newspaper, The Inquirer; two week- lies, The Inquirer and The Reformer. A number of factories. Ships cotton, live stock and dairy pr? ducts. Tel., W. U. Express.
GOODLET-Hardeman County; pop., 100. 9 miles northwest of Quanah, the county seat, on the F. W. & D. C. Ry. Banks, Farmers Bank, First State Bank. Express.
GOODNIGHT-Armstrong County; pop., 300. 12 miles east of Claude, the county seat, on the Ft. W. & D. Ry. Bank, Goodnight State. Weekly newspa- per, The Free Press. Express.
GOOSE CREEK-Harris County; pop., 1,500. 27 miles east of Houston, the county seat, and 5 miles from La Porte, the nearest rail approach. Bank, Guaranty State. Telephone connection. Is on Gal- veston Bay.
GORDON-Palo Pinto County; pop., 1,000; alt., 955 ft. 19 miles north of Pal Pinto, the county seat, and 73 miles west of Ft. Worth, on the T. & P. Ry. Banks, First Nat'l., Gordon Banking & Mer- cantile Co., the Guaranty State Bank. Hotel, Kel- ly-Ray, McDonald. Weekly newspaper. Shipments cotton and livestock. Tel., W. U. Express.
GORDONVILLE-Grayson County; pop., 300. 12 miles from Whitesboro, the nearest shipping point, and 25 miles northwest of Sherman, the county seat. Bank, Guaranty State. Telephone connec- tion.
GOREE-Knox County; pop., 614. 23 miles from Benjamin, the county seat, on the W. V. Ry. Ban1., First Nat'l. Express.
GORMAN-Eastland County; pop., 3,200; alt., 1,420 ft. 22 miles northwest of Eastland, the county seat, on the T. C. Ry. Banks, Continental State, Farmers' State Bank & Trust Co., First Nat'l. Hotels, Commercial Gorman, Palace. Weekly news- paper, The Progress. Industry, cotton. Tel., W. U. Express.
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GRAFORD-Palo Pinto County; pop., 63; alt., 1,049 ft. 15 miles from Palo Pinto, the county seat, on the W. M. W. & N. W. Ry. Bank, First State. Hotel, Bond. Newspaper, The Herald. Ex- press.
GRAHAM-Young County seat; pop., 2,544; alt., 1,040 ft. 26 miles west of Jacksboro, on the C. R. I. & G. Ry. Banks, Beckham Nat'l., Graham Nat'l., Guaranty State. Hotels, Belmont, Commercial, Dal- man, Henderson, Robown, Walker. Has Flour mill, oil mill, gins, weekly newspaper, The Leader. Te !. , W. U. Express.
GRANBURY-Hood County; pop., 1,364; alt., 698 ft., 41 miles southwest of Ft. Worth on the Ft. W. & R. G. Ry. Banks, City Nat'l., First Nat'l. Hotel, Colonial. Has oil mill, flour mill, five cotton gins, two weekly newspapers, The Graphic-Democrat, and The News. Tel., W. U. Express.
GRAND PRAIRIE-Dallas County; pop., 1,263; alt., 519 ft. 13 miles west of Dallas, the county seat, on the T. & P. Ry. and on the Ft. Worth-Dal- las Interurban, and the Dallas-Ft. Worth Concrete Pike. Banks, First State, Guaranty State. Has furniture factory, planing mill, gins, ships cotton, grain and live stock. Weekly newspaper, The Grand Prairie Texan. Tel., W. U. Express.
GRAND SALINE-Van Zandt County; pop., 1,528 alt., 399 ft. 12 miles south of Emory, the county seat, 63 miles east of Dallas on the T. & P. and Texas Short Line Rys. Banks, First State, National Bank of Grand Saline. Hotels, Berry, Commercial, Has salt works, foundry and two weekly newspapers. Tel., W. U. Express.
GRAND VIEW-Johnson County; pop., 1,084; 16 miles southeast of Cleburne, the county seat, and 36 miles south of Ft. Worth, on the M. K. & T. Ry. Banks, Farmers & Merchants Nat'l., First Nat'l. Hotel, Commercial. Weekly newspaper, The Tribune. Shipments, cotton and Grain. Tel., W. U. Express.
GRANGER-Williamson County; pop., 1,944; alt., 539 ft. 15 miles north of Georgetown, the county seat, and 47 miles north of Austin, on the M. K. & T. Ry. Banks, Farmers' State, First Nat'l., Granger Nat'l. Hotel, Commercial. Industry, cotto.n Weekly newspaper, The Granger News. Tel., W. U. Express.
GRAPELAND-Houston County; pop., 1,200; 12 miles from Crockett, the county seat, on the I. & G. N. Ry. Banks, Farmers & Merchants State, Guaranty State. Weekly newspaper, The Grape- land Messenger. Tel., W. U. Express.
GRAPEVINE-Tarrant County; pop., 821. 21 miles east of Ft. Worth, the county seat, on the St. L. S. W. Ry. Banks, Farmers' Nat'l., Grape- vine Home, Tarrant County State. Newspaper, The Grapevine Sun. Shipments, cotton and grain. Tel., W. U. Express.
GRAYBURG-Hardin County; pop., 1,406. 18 miles northeast of Kountze, the county seat, and I mile from Sour Lake, on the S. P. & F. Ry. Tel., W. U. Express.
GREENVILLE-Hunt County seat; pop., 12,384; alt., 549 ft. 54 miles northeast of Dallas, on the M. K. & T., the St. L. S. W. and T. M. R. Rys., and on the Eastern Texas and Greenville & White- wright Traction Co's. Lines. Banks, Citizens' State Commercial Nat'l., First Nat'l., Greenville Nat'l. Exchange, the Guaranty State, Matheng, Dixon & Co. Hotel, Beckham. Has nine railway outlets, 33
passenger trains daily. Has municipal own --: electric light plant and water works, a splend: street railway system, 65 acres of parks and play grounds. Is the seat of Wesley, Peniel and Bur. leson Colleges. Has a Carnegie Library, 4 cotto: gins, the largest cotton compress in the world, tt. largest cotton seed oil refinery in the south,a beehive factory, sheet metal factory, brick work. mattress factory, broom factory, four machine shops newspapers, Greenville Banner, (daily and weekly). The Greenville Herald (daily and weekly), The Grey .. ville Messenger, weekly. Tel., W. U. and Posta .. Express.
GREGORY-San Patricio County; pop., 26; alt., 36 ft. 16 miles southeast of Sinton, the county seat, on the S. A. & A. P. Ry. Bank, First Nat'l Hotel, Green. Tel., W. U. Express.
GROESBECK-Limestone County seat; pop., 192 census, 1,522; alt., 480 ft. 96 miles south of Dallas, on the H. & T. C. Ry. Banks, Citizens Nat'l., Con .- tinental State, Farmers' Guaranty State. Hotel. Brown. Weekly newspaper, The Groesbeck Jour- nal. Tel., .W. U. Express. In the development of the oil fields in Limestone County in 1921, Groes- beck became a prosperous and progressive oil city. Much production has been developed in the immedi- ate vicinity of Groesbeck, and the population a. well as the industries of the city, has increased many-fold. Groesbeck is destined to be one of the prosperous and progressive oil centers of Texas.
GROOM-Carson County; pop., 100. 20 miles from Panhandle, the county seat, on the C. R. I. & G. Ry. Banks, First Nat'l., Guaranty State, and the State Bank of Groom. Tel., W. U. Express.
GROVETON-Trinity County seat; pop., 1,103; alt., 331 ft. 100 miles north of Houston, 265 miles from Austin, on the G. L. & N. and M. K. & T. Rys. Banks, First Nat'l., Guaranty State. Hotel, City, Locke and Swinney. Two newspapers. Tel., W. U. Express.
GUFFEY-Jefferson County; pop.,. 1,200. 5 miles from Beaumont, the county seat, on the T. & N. O. Ry. Express and telephone connection.
GUNTER-Grayson County; pop., 575. 20 miles south of Sherman, the county seat, on the St. L. S. F. & T. Ry. Banks, Continental State, Gunter State. Weekly newspaper, The Grayson County Advocate. Express.
GUSTINE-Comanche County; pop., 750. 12 miles from Comanche, the county seat, on the St. L. S. W. Ry. Banks, Farmers & Merchants State. Newspaper, The Gustine Gazette. Tel., W. U. Ex- press.
HAGERMAN-Grayson County; pop., 150. 16 miles northwest of Sherman, the county seat, on the M. K. & T. Ry. Bank, Hagerman State. Tel., W. U. Express.
HALE CENTER-Hale County; pop., 250. 1" miles southwest of Plainview, the county seat, of the P. & N. T. Ry. Bank, First State. Has a news- paper. Tel., W. U. Express.
HALLETTSVILLE-Lavaca County seat; pop .. 1,444; alt., 2,235 ft. 101 miles west of Houston, 137 miles southeast of San Antonio, on the main line of the S. A. & A. P. Ry. Banks, First Nat !.. First State, Rosenberg Bros. Bank. Hotel,s Brick. Finks, Sokol. Lavaca county is noted as the best watered county in the state, with ten living runnitts streams of water in its boundary, all well bridge. and timbered along the streams. Hallettsville la:
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rure newspapers than has any other town its size " the state-there being eight publications with : reulation of 25,000. Prominent for turkey raising i shipping large quantities of produce. Cotton is te staple crop, considerable live stock is raised, wad dairying is carried on. Tel., W. U. Express. HAMILTON-Judicial seat of Hamilton county; ;. p; 2,018; alt., 1,200 ft. 130 miles southwest of Fallas, on the St. L. S. W. Ry. Banks, Hamilton Yank & Trust Co., Hamilton Natl., and the Perry ‹ tton compress, ice plant, flour mill and weekly · wspapers, The Herald and The Record. Tel., W. t. Express.
HAMLIN-Jones County; pop., 1,633; alt., 1,800 !:. 17 Miles northwest of Anson, the county seat, . a the K. C. M. & O., and the T. C., and the A. & s. R. Rys. Banks, First Natl., First State. Hotels, Hamlin, Morgan. Has cotton gins, cotton oil mill, coton compress, ice plant, flour mill and weekly newspaper, The Herald. Tel., W. U. Express.
HANDLEY-Tarrant County; pop; 1,000; alt., 581 ::. 7 miles east of Ft. Worth, the county seat, on the T. & P. Ry, and the Dallas-Ft Worth interurban as also on the Dallas-Fort Worth concrete highway. Bank, First State. Tel., W. U. Express.
HANSFORD-Judicial seat of Hansford County; rup., 41. 35 miles southeast of Texhoma, Okla., the "rarest shipping point. Banks, First Natl., Guar- anty State. Weekly newspaper, and telephone con- Cection.
HAPPY-Swisher County; pop., 250. 17 miles from Tulla, the county seat, on the P. & N. T. Ry. Bank, First State. Tel., W. U. Express.
HARLETON-Harrison County; pop., 360. 18 miles northwest of Marshall, on the M. & E. T. Ry. Bank, First State. Tel., W. U. Express.
HARLINGEN-Cameron County; pop., 1,784; alt., i ft. 25 miles north of Brownsville, the county wat, on the St L. B. & M. Ry. Banks, Harlingen State, Blantes State, First Natl. Hotel, Moreland. Weekly newspaper, The Star. Produces good crops of corn, cotton, sugar cane, dairy products and for- are crops. Great irrigation district. Tel., W. U. Express.
HARPER-Gillespie County; pop., 300. 211/2 miles from Kerrville, its shipping point, and 25 miles west of Fredricksburg, the county seat. Bank, First State. Mail daily.
HARRISBURG-Harris County; pop., 1,461. 512 mules from Houston, the county seat, on the G. H. & S. A., the I. & G. N.,the G. H. & H., and the M. K. & T. Rys., and on the Houston Ship Canal. Bank, American State. Tel., W. U. Express.
HARROLD-Wilbarger County; pop., 250. 16 miles from Vernon, the county seat, on the Ft. W. & D. C. Ry. Bank, First State. Tel., W. U. Ex- press.
HARWOOD-Gonzales County; pop., 200. 9 miles from Luling on the G. H. & S. A. Ry. Bank, First State. Tel., W. U. Express.
HASKELL-Judicial seat of Haskell County; pop., 2,300; alt., 4,010 feet. 16 miles north of Stamford, on the W. V. Ry. Banks, Farmers State, Haskell . Planters' Bank, W. B. Worsham & Co. Hotels, Elm- wood, Imperial, St. Elmo. Two weekly newspapers, The Henrietta Independent and The Peoples Re- view. Tel., W. U. Express.
Natl. Hotels, Commercial, Haskell, Hunt. Weekly : - wspaper, The Free Press. Principal shipment, .. tton. Tel., W. U. Express.
HASLET-Tarrant County; pop., 100. 16 miles from Ft. Worth, the county seat, on the G. C. & S. Fr Ry. Bank, Haslet State. Express.
HASSE-Comanche County; pop., 350. Eight
miles from Comanche, the county seat, on the Ft. W. & R. G. Ry. Bank, Merchants' & Planters' Bank. Tel., W. U. Express.
HAWKINS-Wood County; pop., 300. 27 miles southeast of Quitman, the county seat, on the T. & P. Ry. Bank, First Natl. In the east Texas fruit district. Tel., W. U. Express.
HAWLEY-Jones County; pop., 100. 11 miles from Anson, the county seat, on the W. V. Ry. Bank, First State. Tel., W. U., Express.
HEARNE-Robertson County; pop., 2,741; alt., 303 ft. 13 miles west of Franklin, the county seat, and 119 miles north of Houston, on the H. & T. C., the I. & G. N. and the H. & B. V. Rys. Banks, First Natl., Planters & Merchants State. Hotels, Junction, Oriental, Oxford. A weekly newspaper, The Hearne Democrat. Is division headquarters for the H. & T. C. Ry. and repair shops are located here. Tel., W. U. Express.
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