EaEf G kssA AE'EOeVs

TO THE TRINITY IND RED RTFER COLONY, TEXAS.
{"newspaper_name": "The Arkansas banner.", "edition": "01", "page": "p3", "byline": ""}
{"character_count": 5452, "word_count": 954, "ccnet_language_score": [0.9147999882698059], "ccnet_perplexity": [1029.0999755859375], "fasttext_language": ["en"]}


 YH4llE parties to the contract with the Government A ef Texas for eolonizing the vacant lands of the Republic, lying and between the Brazos and Red rivers, and comprsingthe celebrated Gross Timbers together with the upper Trinity river and ifs tribu taries, having formed themselves into an association or company called The Fexian Emigration and Land Company 'i have appointed the undersipned as Trustees, and vested in them full powers and autho- nty to carry out and fulfil the objects and intentions oi the parties 10 the contract We would respect fully give notice to all those who may wish to avail themselves of the very liberal terms and conditions now offered by the company 10 settlers on their grant, that We have despatched an intelligent and competent agent to the colony to reside therein, who will at all

 times be prepared without the least delay to give and settle to their saisiaetion all who shall go into the colony.

 To all emgrants who shall go into the colony and settle on the grant of the company on or before the lst day of July, 1915, we shall give to each and every family 320 acres of and and to each and every single nun over the age of seventeen years 60 acres of land, to be selected by them in any part of the grant they may desire, by paying reasonable charge to our agent for the surveys of the lands upon which they shall settle. By family is to be understood man and hls Wife, with or without children a widow or WldoWer, With two or more children under the age o seventeen years; males the age of seven- teen years shall be each entitled o l60 acres of land in their own right beside the 320 acres given to the family of which they members. The lands are a1i exceedingly rich; but those who go on first will of course have the best chance for good selection For the information of those unacquaned with the inducements and advantages of settling ill our colony, would represent that the settlement now contains about six hundred families and late adyces from there show that large numbers are going in Which must insure the entire settlement of the grant and in short time render the lands of the emigrants very valuable. Our grant lies in the counties of annih, Nacogdoches, Milan, and Robertson, extend Ing l54 miles on Red fyer thence to the beginning on Red river LOO miles, and contains for its Gimen- slons perhaps the largest body of inc richest and most fertile lands oi any portion of Texas North America. The lands are pretty equally divided between woodland and prairie, with gently undu latlng slrace and is nteIspersed with rivers rvu- ets and fine springs, which afford at all seasons of the year, superabundance of the purest and most wholesome water. The forest trees consist princi- pally of white, post, and Spanish oak pecan cotton wood, ash, elm, black walnut, and holly, aaordins an abundant supply of timber for fuel, building and all agricultural purposes. This portion of Tex as IS considered the finest grain growing country in the world, and has an ample range of nutricious pastoage and every facility for rearing cattle at the cheapest rates. The extensive river bottoms and beautiful pfaires are not surpassed by any lands this continent for richness and fertility and will pro- duee as abnndanty, and with as little labor to the entvator, all the great staple articles grown within the United States such the finest cotton tobacco, oats, wheat, rye, barley, indian corn, potatoes and grass, together with all other productions of the | soil.

 Persons wishing to emigrate to our colony from the States of Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, of Ar<an- sas, may proceed by land by the way of Fort Smith to Fort fowson, thence to Englishs Fort and to the Trinity settlement Those living in other set dement's of the country would do better to proceed directly to New Orleans, where they will find nc difficulty i'll procuring conveyance by steamboat up Red river to Fort fowson or higher LID to with. in fifty miles, or ria Galveston and up the Trinity river 10 within twenty to forty miles of the settle. ment. Messrs. Martin. Owen, & Go, No. 10 . Tchoupitoulas street, or Mr. Edward HuI of tha TeXian consulate, Ae. q, Lower Bevee New Or leans, will be able to give to easfahts ali the he- eessafy information as to the best and cheapest route to the colony. at the time of their arrival.

 Enigrdnis should all take with them a reasonable supply of provisions; less supplies of meat than other articles, as wild game abounds n the country bat to procure f they should take Mith them guns and anianiloa. Planting season commences in February. and may b. continued e the first of Ia Y, but, as in every other country, early hlaniin9 gives the bsst yield.

 All communications relating to the business o the rompauy, addressed, p1st.paid, to the under sisned Trustees, or either oi them, at Louisville haniuekys alli b- psnlapih atirua-d ta.

 WILLIS sIEM ARf, , Ifas'ses ef lh' JOHN ]. SMITH. feX'A rmiela. I NM. (. PETERS. lion ts Llati co fhe AiI-zaari Reporter. Cincinnati Gatsltu, Nlsh visis Union, ticksb1rz sentinel feflu iisuie CaaF If. ssa Es5ssfs 1=ss5a4 1esssgsaHiaa. faf tassssa ClAi @es.l latle Rock naansF. aai Platte ala.l Ez5i' vii. p3alisa sss5.m9agHiy ia weekly faHeEH t4z i naatla al1 seali their accounts sn ne taaz tssa ias lszsaaal. la=sza

 Iusr RECEIVED fsz.zs 4asasa4saf eF noos ? AND IOH fYaE eAlsA saases sAe az4asssa sa e5 af4 eHse sanszles la sHs if sHe efsHe-