The Enid Weekly Wave. (Enid, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 4, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 30, 1897 Page: 1 of 8
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,T WAVES SURGES RO 76 AND REBOUNDS "'I" ""D' °Q-"TT. OKLAHOMA. AND D.MODRAOV
VOLUME 4.
ENID, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1897.
NUMBER 52
Royal makes the food pure,
wholesome and delicious.
:{ p. r.
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POWDER
Absolutely Pure
ROYAL BAKINQ POWDER CO., NEW YORK.
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less farmers from Texas, Colorado and
all parts of the United States crowd
rd Into this Edenic section (if new
Oklahoma; took up claims, suffered
i'lid toiled forthree seasons, brought
iheir families her-.-, founding per-
manent, happy and independent
S omes, w thout means, without any
' ncouragam.ric, lor many weary days,
weeks, months and years, yet today
ti ey feel fully repaid, as they are in
pi ssession of bountiful crops and
I v luable land.
ALTITUDE,
This county is on a line with
central Tennessee, Arkansas and
North Carolina and the Bay of
Montery on the Pacific coast, and has
j .1 mean altitude of 1,158 above the
| sen, which is tlmt happy medium be-
II ween arid plains and malarial
1 marshes.
I The surface is as handsome as the
| practical1mind can conceive; long
j swells III tfreen crested, billowy
i n:ives ,-n. ■ reilinir nne 11 m it her, f r< 111
CHRISTMAS
energies for which the people of the J
north are famous.
The siranger in this section is in- j
fatuated with the delightful climate,;
and satisfaction in this direction isj
guaranteed by every loyal and re-
sponsible citizen.
PRODUCTS.
The products of this country are
verv numerous and wonderful, as it
is in the peanut belt and just far
enough sout h to raise the best cotton
that has ever reached the market and j
wheat, this year, that lias or will j
astonish the civilized world. j
Asa general thing corn of all j , , . r
kinds, including kaffir and broom, |^n tlegcint Line OT
MONTH IS
HERE.
1 HAVE
eourt.
"Of course you were. Sleeves lik*
| that are worth it."
I "Yes. I took twenty-four Hours to
} think it over—then an idea occurred to
1 me. You know Tom is awfully sensi-
; tive in regard to the difference in our
j ages—so the next day I allowed him tc
I find rue in a flood of tears. Naturallj
, , _ he demanded to know the cause. At
Garden Spot in Oklahoma. flrst j relused to tell, but finally sobbed
ut that it was because people were
i paying1 such cruel things of joe. Whal
60UNTY.
Composed of Rich, Level
and Rolling Prairie.
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EYERY ACRE HOMESTEflDED.
Soil Unsurpassed in the World
for Richness and Pro-
ductiveness.—A
GftPTIVftTING,HEftLTHy CLIMATE
That causes Thousands to Seek
Homes Here and Elsewhere
in the land of the Fair
God every year.
FARE CRYSTAL WflTkR.
Flowing From Thousands of
Springs and Wells and Num-
erous Winding Creeks.—
Oak and Other Tim-
ber in Abun-
dance.
THE GITY OF ENID.
The County Seat and Trading
Center of 35,000 People -In-
dustries, Crops, Population
Wealth, Prospects,
etc., etc.
Previous to the year 1876 the
Cherokee outlet was inhabited only
by Indians, buif l< , wild horses
scattered bands of cow boys and
their inseparable companions, the
long horned Texa? steer. It was
during the year 1876 that «he ad-
vance yuavd of the grand army of
Kin a Agricola marcheu into
iiuiet preo's nts of Southern kansas
,o reconnoiter; the mam army soon
followed, taking up every acre to the
Kansas slate line then looked
I illy into th« atrp, tins
country of wliit'li we
iliecenteniiial year, twenty-.**. years
.here was a continual strung e
with the powers al W ashing on
OI,en this land, so tl 't "ew
L,t be established and the fertile
alior of the pioneer
flirt strfLrl*^ OOii tniutni
Veir and, at times, the hardy
leer's becoming .bed of the ,,
,(.li()„ of the governc.iei w
by the soldiers
a dark green garment, irrigatin
and draining, furnishing power,and
water for stock, and indicating
that at a moderate depth a superior
buallty of well water can be found.
Here and there a babbling brooklet
percolates through tangled grass
and over its gravelly bed, and a
short, brisk walk will find its source
in a bubbling spring, sparkling in
the sunlight and tasting to the
thirsty palate like the spring water
we so hived to lay our face in our
boyhood days in our far away east-
ern home.
There are at least one hundred
clearly defined water-courses dis
tributed so judiciously that in a mile
or two, at almost any point in the
county, one will cross a creek of
trreater or Iussbt iroport&ncBf
he Turkey, Skeleton, Boggy, Hack-
berry and Black Bear creeks and
others are formidable streams
There is along the banks of these
streams more or less timber, and had
it not been for the raging fires that
for centuries, prior to the settlement
of the country, swept over this coun
try, there is no doubt but what hard
wood timber would stand where the
tall prairie grass waves to and fro a
the will of the wind today.
CLIMATE.
grow to wonderful proportions, the
species mentioned never failing.
Here is the home of the castor bean
oats, barley and sweet potatoes. 1 he
homesteaders who had money to im-
prove their homes rapidly are well
provided wit'-, fruit this year.
The records in the county clerk s
office, from the returns of the town,
ship assessors fur the year 1897,!
shows that there are 58,7o6 apple j
trees planted and growing in the j
county; 170,540 peach irees; 24,481 j
cherries; *,250 apricots; 4,(572 pears; j
6,760 gtape vines; 207,250 straw-
berry plants; 16,229 blackberries;
2,930 raspberries and 9,280 plum
trees. These figures do not include
the fruit trees planted this last
spring.
BUTTE It, KGGS AND POULTRY.
There was 128,826 pounds of but-
ter marketed last year and upwards,
of 1,520,728 dozens of eggs and j
130,000 chickens, ducks, geese and j
turkeys, making a grand aggregate of
income from this source of about!
,'(58,000, and nobody makes a
pecialty of these lines in farming.
>
wish-
beautiful
write. From
by the a ben'eficent
'l^ernmen. declared the long closed
"ales < f the Cherokee strip ajar, and
gi e enter, who wished prov.d-
™ they held a booth certificate
The climate of Garfield county or
Oklahoma can scarcely be exagger
ated in words. The country is cen
trally located between the cold
frigid north and the torrid, hot
south. To prove this we have only
to say that both wheat and cotton
<.Kn ' be successfully grown here
The weather scarcely ever gets ex
tremelv lc t or cold; the nights are
always cool and pleasant, during
the warmest weather.
The reader whose fortunes bi
him dwell in low malarial places
breathing the foul breath of death
itself at every respiration, is unpre
pared m accept the truth regardin
the influence the clear, balmy, invig
orating atmosphere of this locality
lias upon mankind. A short stay
here convinces all that here is na
iore's sanitarium. The depressed
mimlis made buoyant, the clouded
and aching brow bright and pleas-
ant, ihe cramped muscles and sore
joints elastic and strong, the slug-
gish brain and impaired blood active
and healthy, and, in fact, the whole
system becomes renovated, making |
ife "worth the living." Those who
ive amid the cold banks of gleaming
snow, and in the far north, where the
freezing blizzard chills the marrow
in their bones, pinches the poor and
impoverishes the rich, will find that
much sought medium between the
cold blasts of the north land and the
ndolent atmosphere of the south in
his latitude; and at this point the
elevation is such as to eliminate all
traces of lassitude and retain *11 th*
WHEAT.
The acreage of wheat reported to
the assessors for this season is 85,000
acres, for this county, but owing to
he farmers fearing a slough in
urice, should they report correctly, |
ied considerably, hence, 125,000;
acres is nearer the actual amount.
arvested and it will average thirty j
bushels to the acre making a grand I
yield of 3,750,000 bushels, which at i
50 cents a bushel amounts in cold j
gold cash to ♦1,875,000.
you see, Her nustmna is versea in u |
the ordinary feminine wiles and sha j
4iust always be original. I tried coax*
lug, tears, threats, everything, for
jjamma hfcd brought me this gown
from Paris and I was determined to
ihow it U it lauded me iu the divoroe
Up to the first day of Febuary,
last, the little empire of Garfield
county, 30x36 miles square, con-
tained 9,869 hogs, or a half a hog
for each man, woman and child in
the county, which means consider-
ablepork; horses to the number of
9,635 about a half a horse for each
one ot us; mules 1,561; cattle of all
kinds 11,376, about two thirds of a
steer, cow or calf for each of us. 'lhe
yalue of this stock on a close estimate
is f(755,085. Counting an increase
of one to each head of stock each
to be is sold iu the market
Dolls,
Doll Gabs,
Handkerchief Boxes,
Glove and Tie Boxes,
Albums,
Story Books,
China Sets,
Cups and Saucers,
Handkerchiefs,
Mufflers,
Ties,
Etc.
We will give away on
Christmas day a beautiful $8
doll. You get a chance with
each 25 ct. purchase you
make.
Yours For Business,
JENKINS BROS.
Pure Liquors are always in use
for Medicinal Purposes.
E. STETTNISCH
Makes a specialty of this class of trade in quantities to suit
customers. All liquors guaranteed as recommended.
GoiumDla Saloon, ^
E St. Enid, O. T.
ear —
makes the income from the stock
source about the amount mentioned |
above.
OATS, BARLEY AND RYE.
The acreage of these cereals was!
not large this year, but the yield per.
acre was wonderful; oats and barley
figured as high as eighty bushels to
the acre. There were 7,488 acres of
oats out, some barley and rye, but
no record was made of it. I here
were 4,022 acres of castor beans, and
6,220 acres of cotton planted.
These crops are estimated to be
worth *100,000.
forage•
No county on earth can beat this
county on forage of all kinds,
English blue grass does
well.
THE
WAVE
and
remarkably
This country will produce m fine
peanuts as were ever placed on the
markets, yet they are not raised to an
extent worth mentioning.
The best advertis-
ing medium
in the Strip.
Read by thousands
all
over the
land.
ALSO the best
Equipped Job Office.
Garfield
pensions.
county contain*
the
tour Patronage Solicited.
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Isenberg, J. L. & Isenberg, Edna. The Enid Weekly Wave. (Enid, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 4, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 30, 1897, newspaper, December 30, 1897; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc112045/m1/1/: accessed May 11, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.