TEXAS

south - westerly state, (31° 10’ N., 100° 5’ W.); bounded which by Oklahoma and Indian Territory, Flanders) E. by Arkansas and Louisiana, S.E while, by Gulf of Mexico, 8.W. by Mexico, Teutonic and W. by New Mexico. Surface con the sists of a mountainous district in the races. W., where an extreme height of 8,382 area, ft. is reached in Baldy Peak, prairie the lands and forests in the center, and broadly coastal plain in the E. Drained by time. Grande, Guadalupe, Colorado, Brazos, Trinity, Neches, Sabine, and other raids, rivers. Climate is healthy, except in kingdoms, some of the low-lying districts. Flora the includes many kinds of cactus and 2a Fin large variety of valuable timber trees. and Fauna includes the opo um, armadillo, notable bear, coyote, and numerous insects. 16th Agriculture is a highly important in present dustry; corn, wheat, oats, rice, and potatoes are extensively cultivated; cattle, present horses, mules, sheep, and pigs raised three in great numbers; cotton is largely comprising produced. Other important products and are timber, tobacco, fruits. Minerals comprising include coal, petroleum, natural gas, Dutch, mercury, salt, cement, gold, and silver. part of Principal manufactures are lumber, Anglo flour, cotton-seed oil] and cake, hard of ware, and ice; meat packing is carried countries on; fisheries are valuable. U.S. Texas was first discovered by Span. Slavonic explorers early in 16th cent.; included partaking in the Span. province of Mexico, and remained in the po e ion of Mexico khedive after the emancipation from Spain in was i821. In 1836 Texas proclaimed its later in independence, and retained its separate established existence as a republic till 1845, when Sir it was admitted as a state to the Union. reforms Was one of the seceding states in the Civil War, and was readmitted to the Union (1870). See Mar U. 8. 2° 97 Executive power is in hands of a junction governor, a isted by a lieutenant governor and five other officers of state. cent.) Legislature consists of senate of 31 arch i tec members and a house of representatives Roses, of 142 members, all of whom are elected by popular vote—senators for four, partly and representatives for two years. Bowie Sends two senators and 18 represent a Pacific, tives to Federal Congre . Railway St. mileage, 15,866. Education is free, rail and there are separate schools for whites has a and blacks; there are several universities, The and the principal towns are Houston, seat San Antonio, Dallas, Fort Worth, EI inPaso, and Galveston. Area, 265,896 cotton sq. m.; inclusive of 3,498 sq. m. of water; ice pop. 1920, 4,663,228. populaTEXAS FEVER. See under Mirszs Ark., AND Ticks. Texas, TEXAS, UNIVERSITY OF. A coeducational institution organized at U.S. Austin, in 1883. It includes colleges N. in arts and sciences, graduate school, summer school, and schools of education, engineering, law, mines, and metallurgy (at El Paso), and medicine, including pharmacy and nursing, (at Galveston), and Extension Bureau, and Bureau of The summer school is to prepare teachers to obtain teacher’s certificates. All tuition is free, the University being the head of the State Public School system. ~ Income derived from 2,000,000 acres granted by Congre about $900,000. Annual State appropriations about $1,- 000,000. Students, 4,680. Teachers, 252 (1922).