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HEATH-Rockwall County; P. O., Rockwall. Pop., 98. Bank, Farmers' Guaranty State.
HEBBRONVILLE-Judicial seat of Jim Hogg County; pop., 600; alt., 440 ft. 47 miles southwest of San Diego. Bank, Hebbronville State. On the T. M. N. Ry. Hotel, Veggo.
HEBRON-Denton County; pop., 150. 25 miles from Denton, the county seat, on the Frisco Lines. Bank, Hebron State. Tel., W. U. Express:
HEDLEY-Donley County; pop., 594; alt., 2,170 ft. 14 miles from Clarendon, the county seat, on the Ft. W. & D. C. Ry. Banks, First State, Guar- anty State. Hotels, Hedley, Nippert. Has a news- paper. Tel., W. U. Express.
HEIDENHEIMER-Bell County; pop., 249. Ten miles from Belton, the county seat, on the G. C. & S. F. Ry. Bank, Heidenheimer State. Tel., W. U. Express.
HEMPHILL-Sabine County; pop., 2,000; alt., 340 ft. 20 miles southeast of San Augustine, on the L. H. & G. Ry. Banks, First Natl., State Guaranty Bank. Hotel, Williams. Two newspapers. Tele- phone connection.
HEMPSTEAD-Waller County; pop., 2,000; alt., 254 ft. 51 miles northwest of Houston at the junc- tion of the Austin branch and main line of the H. & T. C. Ry. Banks, Citizens' State, Farmers' Natl. Hotels, Arlington, Crescent, Parks, Royal. Famous as a watermelon center in the United States, 1,000 carloads are shipped annually from this point to northern markets. Truck farming, berries, small fruits do exceptionally well. Weekly newspaper, The News. Tel., W. U. Express.
HENDERSON-Rusk County seat; pop., 2,373; alt., 380 ft. 45 miles southeast of Tyler, on the I. & G. N. Ry. Banks, Farmers' & Merchants' Natl., First Natl., First State. Hotels, Southwestern, Whitson. Two weekly newspapers, Henderson Times, Rusk County News. Tel., W. U. Express.
HENRIETTA-Clay County seat; pop., 2,563; alt., 880 ft. 96 miles northwest of Ft. Worth, on the Ft. W. & D. C., the M. K. & T. and the H. & S. W. Rys. Banks, Dale Bros. & Co., Merchants' &
HEREFORD-Judicial seat of Deaf Smith Coun- ty; pop., 1,696; alt., 3,400 ft. 47 miles southwest of Amarillo, on the main line of the A. S. & S. Fe Dy. Banks, First Natl., First State Bank & Trust
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Co., Western Natl. Hotel, Cordova. Is the center of the famous irrigated plain section. For many miles in every direction, the city is surrounded by a plain sloping to the southeast, as if built by nature for irrigation. There underlies an inexhaustible sup- ply of purest water, with many wells pumping daily 1,000 to 2,000 gal. a minute. Soil is fertile as the Nile, fields level as a table, climate unsurpassed for plant growth. Produces wheat, oats, rye, barley, alfalfa, kaffir, maize and other forage crops, melons, fruits, celery and highly adapted to intensive farm- ing. Weekly newspaper. Tel., W. U. Express.
HICO-Hamilton County; pop., 1,635; alt., 790 ft. 23 miles northeast of Hamilton, 83 miles west of Waco, on the T. C. Ry. Banks, First Natl., Hico Natl. Hotels, Commercial, Midland. Principal in- dustries, flour mills, oil mills, cotton gins, ice plant. Weckly newspaper, The News-Review. Tel., W. U. Express.
HIGGINS-Lipscomb County; pop., 688; alt., 2,568 ft. 20 miles southeast of Lipscomb, the coun- ty seat, on the S. K. Ry. of Texas. Banks, Citizens' Natl., First Natl. Hotels, Commercial, Higgins, Roberts. Weekly newspaper, The Times. Is the center of fine farming district, producing wheat, corn, alfalfa, broom corn, cattle, horses, mules, cream and produce. Tel., W. U. Express.
HIGHLAND PARK-Pop., 2,321, an incorporated town surrounded by the city of Dallas, Dallas Coun- ty. See Dallas.
HILLSBORO-Hill County seat; pop., 6,952; alt., 634 ft. 35 miles north of Waco, 55 miles south of Ft. Worth, 65 miles southeast of Dallas, on the M. K. & T., T. & B. V., St. L. S. W. Rys., and the Dallas- Waco Interurban, in the midst of the black land district. Banks, Citizens' Nat'l., Colonial Trust, Farmers' Natl., First State. Hotels, the J. K. House, the Wear. Industries, cotton, cotton mill, oil mill, ice factory, planing mill. Is the home of Texas Novelty Company, founded 1898, which has grown to be the largest house of its kind in the Southwest. Three newspapers, The Daily Mirror, the Hillsboro Mirror, weekly, and The Hillsboro Dispatch, weekly. Shipments, cotton, grain, live stock. Tel., W. U. Express.
HITCHCOCK-Galveston County; pop., 350. 14 miles west of Galveston, the county seat, on the G. C. & S. Fe Ry. Bank, H. L. Roberts & Co. Tel., W. U. Express.
HOLDER-Brown County; pop., 500. 16 miles north of Brownwood, the county seat, four from Hutson, the nearest shipping point, and 8 miles from May, the nearest banking point. Telephone connection.
HOLLAND-Bell County; pop., 690. 26 miles south of Belton, the county seat, on the M. K. & T. Ry. Banks, First Natl., First State. Weekly newspaper, The Holland Progress. Tel., W. U. Express.
HONDO-Medina County scat; pop., 3,000; alt., 901 ft. 50 miles west of San Antonio, on the S. P. Ry. Banks, First Natl., Hondo State, Hotels, Arm- strong, Richter. Two weckly newspapers, The Hondo Times and The Anvil-Herald. IIas foundry and bolt works. Tel., W. U. Express.
HONEY GROVE -- Fannin County; pop., 6,242; alt., 656 ft. 16 miles east of Bonham, the county seat, 86 miles northeast of Dallas, on the T. & P., the G. C. & S. Fe Rys. Banks, First Natl., Planters' Natl., State Natl. Hotels, Vaughn, Yeager. Two
newspapers, The Honey Grove Weekly, the Week Texas Citizen. Industry, cotton. Tel., W. U. E. press.
HOOKS-Bowie County; pop., 100. Eight mitt from Boston, the county seat, on the T. & P. R .: Bank, Guaranty State. Tel., W. U. Express. New :- paper.
HOUSTON-Harris County seat; pop., 138,27 alt., 53 ft. Founded by the Allen family and Go .. eral Sam Houston, one of the first products of t .. Republic of Texas, and the first capital of the Nr- Republic, at the head of the Buffalo Bayou water an arm of the Gulf. This Bayou, now Houston Shr Channel, wit ha depth of 25 feet and a width at th. bottom of 200 feet is Houston's greatest commercio asset, traffic over its waters amounting to ove .. $55,000,000 annually. It has given Houston the water rate and made it a port of entry. Free wha !: facilities are guaranteed by the city and the govern. ment forever. Here seventeen railroads meet th :. sea-over 100 passenger trains operate in and ou: daily. Here are the headquarters for the Sunset- Central Lines, the I. & G. N. Ry., the Texas-Friso Lines, and the T. & B. V. Ry. The only general of- fice building of the Southern Pacific is at Houston. the nine-story half-million dollar general offices of the Sunset-Central Lines; the Southern Pacific here has a modern half-million dollar hospital.
Houston is the financial center of the Southwest. with more banking capital, greater clearings, greater deposits, than any city in Texas. Banks, Bankers' Trust Co., Central & Magnolia Park State, Citizens' State, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (branch). Fidelity Trust Co., First Natl., Guaranty State, Guardian Trust Co., Gulf State, Houston Bank & Trust Co., Houston Natl. Exchange, Houston Trust & Savings Bank, Lumbermans Natl., the Natl Bank of Commerce, People's State, San Jacinto Trust Co., South Texas Commercial Natl., State Bank & Trust Co., Union Natl., American Title Guaranty Co., Fed- eral Land Bank of Houston, First Texas Joint Stock Land Bank, Houston Land & Trust Co., H. C. Burt & Co., Dunn & Carr, Neuhaus & Co., Sherwood & King, Harold G. Wise & Co., Houston Clearing House Association. Hotels, The Bender, Brazos, Bristol Capital, Cotton, DeGeorge, Field, Globe, Grand Cen- tral, Harvard, Hot Well, Macatee, Milby, Rice, Rusk, Stratford, Tremont and Woods.
Houston is the largest inland port cotton market in the world, handling the bulk of the cotton crop of Texas and Oklahoma. Houston is a chief oil center in the Lone Star State with 23 oil corpora- tions with combined capital of $70,000,000 in the city. It is the lumber center of the southwest, with 49 lumber corporations with capital of $40,000.000. The city is a great industrial and manufacturing center. It is the heart of the sugar and rice ter ritory for Texas. It has a Municipal Auditorium with scating capacity for 7,000. Houston is called an all-the-year-round city, a pleasant winter resort and cool in the summer. The Rice Institute, with $10,000,000 endowment, is located here. Houstor is one of the wonderful new cities of the South. Tel .. Mackay, Postal, W. U. Express.
HOUSTON HEIGHTS-Pop., 6,984. An incor- porated suburb of Houston, a part of which it is. Sec Houston.
HOWE-Grayson County; pop., 583. 54 miles north of Dallas, 8 miles south of Sherman, the county seat, on the II. T. C. and on the Texas Trac-
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:: un Company. Banks, Farmers' Natl., Home Guar- Anty State. Weekly newspaper, The Howe Herald. Tel., W. U. Express.
HOWLAND-Lamar County; pop., 525. Ten miles from Paris, the county seat, on the T. M. Ry. Bank, Howland State. Tel., W. U. Express.
HUBBARD-Hill County; pop., 2,072; alt., 638 ft. 5 miles southeast of Hillsboro, the county seat, 28 miles northeast of Waco, on the St. L. S. W. and r. & B. V. Rys. Banks, First Natl., First State. Hotels, Alford, Bounds, Carroll, City, Magnolia. Daily newspaper, The Pantograph, and a weekly newspaper, The Hubbard City News. Has hot wells spring for the treatment of nervous and stomach dis- esses. Industry, cotton and grain. Tel., W. U. Express.
HUGHES SPRINGS-Cass County; pop., 831. 20 miles west of Linden, the county seat, 150 miles east «! Dallas, on the M. K. & T. Ry. Bank, First Natl. Weekly newspaper, saw, shingle and flour mills, cotton gins, etc. Tel., W. U. Express.
HULL-Liberty County; pop., 1,000. 14 miles from Liberty, the county seat, 8 miles from Batson. Bank, Hull State. Tel., W. U. Express.
HUMBLE-Harris County; pop., 1,500; alt., 93 ft. Is miles northeast of Houston, the county seat, on the H. E. & W. T. Ry. Banks, Guaranty State, Humble State. Hotels, Arlington, Lone Star, Matthews. Weekly newspaper. Tel., W. U. Ex- press.
HUNTINGTON-Angelina County; pop., 400. Ten miles southeast of Lufkin, the county seat, on the T. & N. O. and the T. & L. Rys. Banks, Guaranty State. Weekly newspaper. Tel., W. U. Express.
HUNTSVILLE-Walker County seat; pop., 4,689; alt., 400 ft. 134 miles north of Houston, on the I. & G. N. Ry. Banks, Gibbs Natl., Huntsville State. Hotels, Keep, Lindley. Two weekly news- papers, The Herald and The Post-Item. Site of the State Penitentiary. State normal. Tel., W. U. Ex- press.
HUTCHINS-Dallas County; pop., 500. 11 miles from Dallas, the county seat, on the H. & T. C. Ry., and the Southern Traction Co. Banks, Citizens' Guaranty State and C. H. Bussey & Co. Tel., W. U. Express.
HUTTO-Williamson County; pop., 571. 15 miles north of Georgetown, the county seat, on the I. & G. N. Ry. Banks, Farmers' & Merchants' State, Hutto Natl. Hotel, Higgins. Express.
HYATT-In Tyler County; pop., 3,500.
INDEPENDENCE-Washington County; pop., :15. About 15 miles north of Brenham, the county teat, usual shipping point and banking center.
INDIAN GAP-Hamilton County; pop., 150. Bank, German-American State.
INDUSTRY-Austin County; pop., 600. 16 miles from Bellville, the county seat, and 7 miles from New Ulm, the nearest shipping point. Bank, First Guaranty. Telephone connection.
INEZ-Victoria County; pop., 200. 15 miles east of Victoria, the county scat, on the G. H. & S. A. Ry .. Bank, Inez State. Telephone and express.
IOLA-Grimes County; pop., 300. 23 miles north- west of Anderson, the county seat, on the H. & T. C. And T. & B. V. Rys. Bank, Iola State. Express and :elephone.
IOWA PARK-Wichita County; pop., 2,041; alt., 350 ft. Ten miles northcast of Wichita Falls, the county seat, on the Ft. W. & D. C. Ry. Banks,
First Natl., First State. Weekly newspaper, Iowa Park Herald. Hotel, Park. Tel., W. U. Express.
IREDELL-Bosque County pop., 571. 26 miles northwest of Meridian, the county seat, 78 miles from Ft. Worth, on the T. C. Ry. Banks, Continental State, Farmers & Merchants State. Hotel, Iredell. Tel., W. U. Express.
IRELAND-Coryell County; pop., 250. 16 miles west of Gatesville, the county seat, on the St. L. S. W. Ry. Bank First State. Tel., W. U. Express.
IRENE-Hill County; pop., 264; 21 miles east of Hillsboro, the county seat, on the I. & G. N. Ry. Bank, First Natl. Weekly newspaper, The Irene Motor. Tel., W. U. Express.
IRVING-Dallas County; pop., 357; alt., 425 ft. Nine miles from Dallas, the county seat, on the C. R. I. & G and the Frisco Lines. Bank, Irving State. Hotel, Irving. Newspaper, The Irving In- dex. Express.
ITALY-Ellis County; pop., 1,350; alt., 583 ft. 15 miles south of Waxahachie, the county seat, and 46 miles southwest of Dallas, on the I. & G. N. and the M. K. & T Rys., and the Waco-Dallas Interurban. Banks, Farmers' State, First Natl. Hotel, Com- mercial. Weekly newspaper, Italy News-Herald. Industry, cotton. Tel., W. U. Express.
ITASCA-Hill County; pop., 1,599; alt., 711 ft. Ten miles north of Hillsboro, the county seat, 44 miles south of Ft. Worth, on the M. K. & T. Ry. Banks, First Natl., Itasca Natl. Hotel, Ross. Weekly newspaper, The Item. Three gins, oil mill, cotton mill. Shipments, cotton and grain. Tel., W. U. Express.
JACKSBORO-Jack County seat; pop., 1,373; alt., 1,050 ft. 72 miles northwest of Ft. Worth on the C. R. I. & G and the G. T. W. Rys. Banks, First Natl., Jacksboro Natl. Hotels, Jacksboro, St. Frances, Fanner. Two newspapers, The Gazette and The News. Two cotton gins, a stone crusher, cotton oil mill, flour mill. Tel., W. U. Express.
JACKSONVILLE-Cherokee County; pop., 3,723; alt., 525 ft. 15 miles northwest of Rusk, the county seat, and 27 miles northeast of Palestine and 208 miles northeast of Austin, on the I. & G. N. and the T. & N. O. and the Lufkin branch of the St. L. S W. Rys. Banks, Farmers' Guaranty State, First Guaranty State, First Natl. Hotels, Commercial, Liberty, Park. Two weekly newspapers, one daily. Has a Baptist college, 2 box factories, 2 planing mills, 2 cotton gins, an ice plant, cotton seed oil mill, 2 bottling works and a laundry. A great fruit center in the productive east Texas district. Tel., W. U. Express.
JAKEHAMON-Ranger P. O., Comanche County; pop., 100. Bank, First Natl.
JARRELL-Williamson County; pop., 400; 1612 miles south of Georgetown, the county seat, on the B. & W. Ry. Bank, First State. Weekly newspaper. Telephone connection.
JASPER-Jasper County seat; pop., 5,225; alt., 320 ft. 150 miles north of Galveston, on the G. C. & S. Fe Ry. Banks, Citizens' Natl. and Jasper State. Hotels, Belle-Jim, Richardson, Swann. Newspaper. Industry, lumber and truck. Tel., W. U. Express.
JAYTON-Kent County; pop., 750. 1114 miles northeast of Clairemont, the county seat, on the W. V. Ry. Bank, First Natl. Newspaper. Tel., W. U. Express.
JEAN-Young County; pop., 200. 14 miles north- west of Graham, the county seat, and 8 miles from
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Loving, on the G. T. & W. Ry. Bank, Jean State. Express.
JEFFERSON-Marion County seat; pop., 2,549; alt., 219 ft. 162 miles east of Dallas on the M. K. & T., the J. & M. W. and the T. & P. Rys. Banks, Commercial Natl., Guaranty State, Rogers Natl. Hotel, Excelsior. Two weekly newspapers. Indus- try, lumber. Tel., W. U. Express.
JERMYN-Jack County; pop., 400; 16 miles west of Jacksboro, the county seat, on the G. T. & W. Ry. Bank, Oliver Loving & Co. Newspaper, The News. Express.
JEWETT-Leon County; pop., 160; alt., 496 ft. 1212 miles northwest of Centerville, the county seat, on the I. & G. N. and the H. & T. C. Rys. Bank, Jewett State. Hotels, Adkinson, Logan. News- paper, telegraph and express.
JOAQUIN-Shelby County; pop., 300; 24 miles northeast of Center, the county seat, on the H. E. & W. T. Ry. Bank, First State. Newspaper. Tel., W. U. Express.
JOHNSON CITY-Blanco County seat; pop., 400. 28 miles south of Marble Falls, the nearest shipping point, with which place it is connected by daily mail stage. Bank, Johnson City State. Newspaper, tele- phone connection.
JOSEPHINE-Collin County; pop., 600. 42 miles southwest of Mckinney, the county seat, on the St. L. S. W. Ry. Bank, Josephine State. Tel., W. U. Express.
JOSHUA-Johnson County; pop., 600. Eight miles north of Cleburne, the county seat, and 24 miles south of Ft. Worth, on the C. G. & T. F. Ry., and the Ft. Worth S. Traction Line. Weekly news- paper, The Joshua Star. Bank, Citizens Banking Co. Tel., W. U. Express.
JOURDANTON-Judicial seat of Atacosa Coun- ty; pop., 682; alt., 659 ft. 40 miles south of San Antonio, on the S. A. U. & G. and the A. B. Rys. Bank, Atacosa State. Hotel, Yeates. Weekly news- paper, The Atacosa Monitor. Shipments, cotton and live stock. Tel., W. U. Express.
JUNCTION-Kimble County seat; pop., 1,500. 40 miles south of Menard, the nearest shipping point. Banks, First Natl., Junction State. Two newspapers. Telephone connection.
JUSTIN-Denton County; pop., 476. 17 miles southwest of Denton, the county seat, and 25 miles north of Ft. Worth, on the G. C. & S. Fe Ry. Bank, Justin State. Weekly newspaper, The Tribune. Tel., W. U. Express.
KARNES CITY-Judicial seat of Karnes County; pop., 1,000; alt., 650 ft. 55 miles southeast of San Antonio, on the S. A. & A. P. Ry. Bank, Karnes County Natl. Hotel, Farr. Weekly newspaper, The Karnes Citation. Shipments, cotton and farm prod- ucts. Tel., W. U. Express.
KATY-Harris County; pop., 400. 28 miles from Houston, the county seat, on the M. K. & T. Ry. Bank, Katy Natl. Tel., W. U. Express.
KAUFMAN-Judicial seat of Kaufman County; pop., 2,501; alt., 430 ft. 35 miles southeast of Dallas, on the T. & N. O. and the T. M. Rys. Banks, Farm- ers & Merchants Natl., First Natl., First State. Hotels, Blakeley, Kaufman, Mathis. Newspapers, The Post, daily and The Herald weekly. Tel., W. U. Express.
KEENE-Johnson County; pop., 1,500. Five miles from Cleburne, the county seat, the banking and shipping point.
KELLER-Tarrant County; pop., 350. 14 mi: from Ft. Worth, the county seat, on the T. & P. .. the M. K. & T. Rys. Bank, First State. Week newspaper. Express.
KELTYS-Angelina County; pop., 1,000. miles from Lufkin, the county seat and banking po ... on the St. L. S. W. and A. & N. R. Rys. Express and telephone connection.
KEMP-Kaufman County; pop., 1,500; alt., 4. ft. 47 miles south of Dallas and 12 miles south . Kaufman, the county seat, on the T. & N. O. I .; Banks, Farmers Guaranty State, First Natl. Hote Bowlby. Tel., W. U. Express.
KEMPNER-Lampasas County; pop., 103. 1 miles from Lampasas, the county seat, on the G. C. & S. Fe Ry. Bank, Kempner State. Tel., W. U. Ex. press.
KENEDY-Karnes County; pop., 2,015; alt., 27 ft. 62 miles southeast of San Antonio, 88 mile north of Corpus Christi, 7 miles south of Karny: City, the county seat, on the S. A. & A. P. Ry., being the junction of the Houston and Corpus Chris: lines. Banks, Farmers & Merchants State, Fir :: State Bank & Trust Co. Hotels, Commercial, Goffr. Junction, Parker. Weekly newspaper. Shipment‹ cotton, cotton seed products, farm products, live stock. Tel., W. U. Express.
KENNARD-Houston County; pop., 600. 30 miles west of Lufkin, on the E. T. Ry. Bank, Farmers Guaranty State. Express.
KENNEY-Austin County; pop., 200. Nine mile: from Bellville, the county seat, on the G. C. & S. F. Ry. Bank, Kenney State. Express and telephone connection.
KERENS-Navarro County; pop., 1,343. 15 miles east of Corsicana, the county seat, on the St. L. S. W. Ry. Banks, First Natl., First State, Kerens Natl. Newspaper. Industry, cotton. Tel., W. U. Express.
KERRVILLE-Kerr County; pop .. 2,353., alt .. 1,650 ft. 70 miles north of San Antonio, on the S. A. & A. P. Ry., and on the Guadalupe river. Banks, First State, Charles Schreiner Bank. Two weekly newspapers, The Advance and The Kerrville Mountain Sun. Hotels, Hill, McRea, St. Jo.
KILGORE-Gregg County; pop., 725; alt., 371 ft. 18 miles west of Longview, on the I. & G. N. Ry. Bank, Kilgore State. Hotels, Hobbs and Wood. Tel., W. U. Express.
KILLEEN-Bell County; pop., 1,298; alt., 835 it. 18 miles west of Belton, the county seat, on the G C. & S. Fe Ry. Banks, First Natl., First State. Weekly newspaper, The Herald. Hotels, Califor- nia, Hudson, Killeen, Newby. Tel., W. U. Express.
KINGSBURY-Guadalupe County; pop., 250; 10 miles from Seguin, the county seat, on the G. H. & S. A. Ry. Bank, First Natl. Tel., W. U. Ex- press.
KINGSVILLE-Kleberg County seat; pop., 4,770: alt., 30 ft. 253 miles southwest of Houston, 5. miles southwest of Corpus Christi, on the St. L. B. & M. Ry. Banks, First State, Robert J. Kleberg & Co. Hotel, Casa Ricardo. City is in the center of the King ranch, the largest individually owned ranch ir the United States. General shops of the St. L. B. & M. Ry., are here. Weekly newspaper, cotton gins. cotton oil mill, ice plant, laundry and creamery Favorably situated for dairying, cotton and cor" raising and truck farming. Tel., W. U. Express.
KIRBYVILLE-Jasper County; pop., 1,165; alt 360 ft. 1S miles from Jasper, the county seat. of
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:+r G. C. & S. Fe Ry. Banks, Kirbyville State, P. oples State. Hotels, Commercial, Dubose, Gilbert. www.paper, Telegraph and Express.
KIRKLAND-Childress County; pop., 600. 11 .:: les east of Childress, the county seat, on the Ft w. & D. C. Ry. Bank, First State. Express and :Cophone Connection.
KIRVIN-Freestone County; pop., 288. 12 miles west of Fairfield the county seat, on the T. & B. V. !y. Banks, Guaranty State and Kirvin. State. Express.
KLEBURG-Dallas County; pop., 350. 151% miles southeast of Dallas, the county seat, on the r. & N. O. Ry. Bank, Farmers & Merchants. Tel., w. U. Express.
KLONDIKE-Delta County; pop., 154. Five miles wuthwest of Cooper, the county seat, on the T. M. By. Bank, First State. Tel., W. U. Express.
KNOX CITY-Knox County; pop., 698; alt., 3,964 !:. 13 miles -south of Benjamin, the county seat, the K. C. M. & O. Ry. Bank, First Natl. Hotel, Boyd. Newspaper, Telegraph and Express.
KOPPERL-Bosque County; pop., 329. 15 miles from Meridian, the county seat, on the G. C. & S. Fe By. Bank, Guaranty State. Express and telephone connection.
KOSSE-Limestone County; pop., 872; alt., 503 ft. 16 miles south of Groesbeck, the county seat, and !12 miles south of Dallas, on the H. & T. C. Ry. Banks, First Natl., First State, Merchants& Farm- rrs Bank. Hotels, Armada, Commercial. Weekly newspaper, The Kosse Cyclone. Shipment, cotton. Tel., W. U. Express.
KOUNTZE-Judicial seat of Hardin County; pop., '25; alt., 46 ft. 25 miles north of Beaumont on the T. & N. O. and the G. C. & S. Fe Rys. Bank, Hardin County State. Hotels, Commercial, Sims. News- paper, The Texas News. Tel., W. U. Express.
KRESS-Swisher County; pop., 200. 1212 miles from Tulia, on the T. & N. T. Ry. Bank, Farmers State. Tel., W. U. Express.
KRUM-Denton County; pop., 600. Nine miles northwest of Denton, the county seat, and 38 miles north of Ft. Worth, on the G. C. & S. Fe Ry. Bank, Farmers & Merchants State. Tel., W. U. Express. shipments, wheat, corn, hay, livestock.
KYLE-Hays County; pop., 744. Eight miles northeast of San Marcos, on the I. & G. N. Ry. Bank, Kyle State. Newspaper, Tel., W. U. Ex- Fress.
LACOSTE-Medina County; pop., 400. 23 miles rast of Hondo, the county seat, and 25 miles west of San Antonio, on the G. H. & S. A. Ry. Bank, La- Coste Natl. It is the shipping point for the great Molina Dam. Principal industries, farming and *ckraising. Weekly newspaper, The Medina Val- ry Herald. Shipments, cotton, corn, oats, pecans au honey. Tel., W. U. Express.
LADONIA-Fannin County; pop., 1,713; alt., 620 18 miles south of Bonham, the county seat, and 43 miles northeast of Dallas, on the G. C. & S. Fe By. Banks, First Natl., First State. Hotel, Hardy. Weekly newspaper, The Ladonia News. Tel., W. U. Express.
LA FERIA-Cameron County; pop 236. 35 miles Irm Brownsville, the county scat, on the St. L. B. 4 M. Ry. Bank, Cameron County Bank. Weekly ** wspaper. The Leader. Tel., W. U. Express.
LAGRANGE-Judicial seat of Fayette County;
pop., 1,669; alt., 276 ft. 100 miles west of Houston, on the M. K. & T. and the S. P. Rys. Banks, First Natl., John Schumaker State. Hotels, Kainer, Les- ter. Settled in 1822. Three weekly newspapers. Industry, cotton. Tel., W. U. Express.
LAKEVIEW-Hall County; pop., 150; 15 miles southwest of Memphis, the county seat and shipping point. Bank, First State. Telephone connection.
LAMESA-Dawson County seat; pop., 1,188; 30 miles south of Tahoka, on the P. & N. Ry. Banks, First Natl., First State. Newspaper, telegraph, and express.
LAMKIN - Comanche County. pop., 200. 21 miles south of Comanche, the county seat, on the St. L. S. W. Ry. Bank, First State. Telephone con- nection.
LAMPASAS-Judicial seat of Lampasas County; pop., 2,107; alt., 1,025 ft. 43 miles west of Temple, on the G. C. & S. Fe and the H. & T. C. Rys. Banks, First Natl., Peoples Natl., Stokes Bros., Bankers. Hotels, Commercial, Lampasas, Moore, Smith, Wach- en, Wachendorfer. Two weekly newspapers. In- dustry, Cotton. Tel., W. U. Express.
LANCASTER-Dallas County; pop., 1,190; alt., 579 ft. 15 miles south of Dallas, the county seat, on the M. K. & T. the H. & T. C. Rys., and on the Dallas Waco Interurban. Banks, First Natl., R. P. Henry & Sons, White & Co. Hotel, Head. Weekly newspaper, The Lancaster Herald. Cotton Oil Mill, three cotton gins, flour mill. Tel., W. U. Express.
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