The Enid Weekly Wave. (Enid, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 4, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 24, 1898 Page: 1 of 8
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";,r,"J.t.i nnrufp w or enid, garfield county, oklahoma, and democracy.
IT WAVES. SURGES ROARS AND REBOUNDS only^TOCOME NUME
NUMBER 12
cmm^l AH^ATerritory't h u rsday , march 24, i898
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POWDER
Abaolutely Puro
boyal fcakin# powdi* co., m* york.
,ess farmers from Texas, Colorado and
all parts of the United States crowd
ed into this Edenic section "f new
Oklahoma; took up claims, suffered
and toiled forthree seasons, brought
I heir families her?, founding per-
manent, happy and independent
homes, without means, without any
' encouragement for many weary day s,
weeks, months and years, yet today
they feel fully rej.aid, as they lire in
j possession of bcuntiful crops and
valuable 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
a mean altitude of 1,158 above the
sea, which is that happy medium be-
tween arid plains and malarial
marshes. •
The surface is as handsome as the
practical mind can conceive; long
swells of green crested, billowy
waves succeeding one another, from
GARFIELD
60UNTY.
A Garden Spot In Oklahoma.—
Composed of Rich, Level
and Rolling Prairie.
EYERy ftGRE HOMESTEftDED.
Soil Unsurpassed in the World
for Richness and Pro-
ductiveness.—A
GftPTlVftTING, HEftLTHY CLIMATE
That causes Thousands to Seek
Homes Here and Elsewhere
in the land of the Fair
God every year.
RARE GRySTflL WATER.
Flowing From Thouaandft of
Springe and Wells and Num-
erous Winding Creeks.
Oak and Other Tim-
ber in Abun-
dance.
a dark green garment, irrigatin
and draining, furnishing power,and
water for stock, and indicating
that at a moderate depth a superior
buahty 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
I in a bubbling spring, sparkling in
the sunlight and tasting to the
thirsty palate like the spring water
we so loved 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
tribu.ted so judiciously that in a inile
or two, at almost any point in the
county, one will cross a creek of
greater or lesser importance, while
die 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 at
the will of the wind today.
that has ever reached the market and
wheat, this year, that lias or will
astonish the civilized world.
As a general thing corn of all
kinds, including katfir and broom,
grow to wonderful proportions, ti
species mentioned never failing.
Here is the home of the castor bean
oats, barley and sweet potatoes. The
homesteaders who had money to im-
prove their homes rapidly are well
provided with fruit this year.
The records in the county clerk's
office, from the returns of the town,
ship assessors for the year 1897,
shows that there are 58,756 apple
trees planted and growing in the
county; 170,540 peach trees; 24,481
cherries; 8,250 apricots; 4J672 pears;
0 700 grape vines; 207,250 straw-
berry plants; 16,220 blackberries;
2,930 raspberries and 9,280 plum
trees. These figures do not include
the fruit trees planted this last
spring.
butter, kgg8 and l'oultky.
There was 128,820 pounds of but-
ter marketed last year and upwards
of 1,520,728 dozens of eggs and
130,000 chickens, ducks, geese and
turkeys, making a grand aggregate of
ucoine from this source of about
#158,000, and nobody makes
specialty of these lines in farming.
THE G1TY OF ENID.
The County Seat and Trading
Center of 35,000 People —In-
dustries, Crops, Population
Wealth, Prospects,
etc., etc.
Previous to the year 1870 the
Oharokee outlet was inhabited only
by Indians, buffalos, wild horses,
scattered bands of cow boys and
their inseparable companions, the
long homed Texas steer. It was
during the year 1876 that the ad-
vance guard of the grand army of
-iing Agricola marched into the
quiet preovnts of Southern Kansas
to reconnoiter; the main army soon
followed, taking up every acre to the
Kansas state line then looked wisli-
I illy into the str'p, this ■ beautiful
country of which we write. Front
,I,e centennial year, twenty.one years
„iro, there was a continual struggle
with the powers at Washington to
.men this land, so that new homes
,„iK|,t be established and the fertile
coil be made to bear the fruits of the
fthor of the pioneer farmer
TIih strggl"* continued from year
to year, and, at times, the hardy
hv mers becoming tired of the in-
obon of the government would
btiak across the Kansas line to force
Settlement, only to be dflven out
„c the soldiers. At last on the 10th
day of September, 1893, a beneficent
irovemment declared the long closed
* tes of tlie Cherokee strip ajar, and
bad* *11 enter, who wished, provid-
ir,if they held a booth certificate.
Thousand* of mortgage pinched
'urmri-s from Kan***; the drouth utrio
.1- fro.! w«st.rn Kansas; horn*
CLIMATE.
The climate of Garfield county or
Oklahoma can scarcelv 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
can be successfully grown here.
The weather scarcely ever gets ex-
tremely hot or cold; the night« are
always c.ool and pleasant during
the warmest weather-
The reader whose fortunes bid
him dwell in low malarial places,
breathing the foul breath of death
itself at every respiration, is unpre-
pared to accept the truth regarding
the influence the clear, balmy, invig-
orating atmosphere of this locality
has upon mankind. A short stay
here convinces all that here is na-
ture's sanitarium. The depressed
mindis made buoyant, the clouded
and aching brow bright and pleas-
ant, the 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
life "worth the living." Those who
live amid l.iecold banks of gleaming
snow, and in the far north, where the
freezing blizzard chills the marrow
i„ 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 m
his latitude; and at this point the
elevation is such as to eliminate all
traces of lassitude and retain all the
energies for which the people of the
north are famous.
The stranger in this section is in-
fatuated with the delightful climate,
and satisfaction in this direction is
guaranteed by every loyal and re-
sponsible citizen.
wheat.
The acreage of wheat reported to
die assessors for this season is 85,000
acres, for this county, but owing to
the farmers fearing a slough in
price, should they report correctly
ied considerably, nence, 14D,UUU
acres is nearer the actual amount
harvested and it will average thirty
bushels to the acre making a grand
yield of 3,750,000 bushels, which at
50 cents a bushel amounts in cold
gold cash to $1,875,000.
8toc.
Up to the first day of Febuary,
last, the little empire of Garfield
county, 30x30 miles square, con-
tained 9,869 hogs, or a half a hog
for each man, woman and child in
the county, which means consider-
able pork; horses to the number of
9,035 about a half a horse for each
one of us; mules 1,581; cattle of all
kinds 11,378, about two thirds of a
steer, cow or calf for each of us. 1 he
yalue of this stock on a close estimate
is <(755,085. Counting an increase
of one to each head of stock each
ear to be is sold in the market
makes the income from the stock
source about the amount mentioned
above.
Gunninaiiam & Groooer.
The Leading
implement Dealers oi Oklahoma.
Have in stock the celebrated
Crescent s Monarch
Bicycles and a full line of Bicycle Sundries, also
The Racine Bunnies-
of all sizes and patterns. Call and see them.
You are always welcome, dw 2 21
Pies. - Cakes. ■ read.
Bran New
BAKERY
We have opened up a bakery, confectionary and fruit
store in Enid. We also carry a full line of lunch canned
goods. LUNCH COUNTER.
Best Brands of Cigars and Tobacco.
Store in the old Banner grocery building. E Street.
Cunninoham & Linnedorn.
Proprietors.
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
,he acre. There were 7,488 acres of
outs out, some barley and rye, but
nl, record was made of it. 1 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 cc-i"' on earth can beat this'
county on *~rage of all kinds, and
English grassdoes remarkably
well.
p lamlb
This country will produce as fine
peanuts as were ever placed on the
markets, yet they are notraised to an
extent worth mentioning.
pknsions.
Garfield county contains 'he
nies of many ol 'flli rs «
I bepension money paid o
etrnas amounts to >4 ,d
i.at 10 n.
The population of the county is
now about 18,000, and increasing
ii Kvery quarter section has been
„ esteaded, in fact, only eighty
acres in the 1,080 square miles com
nosing the county, remains to be
taken up, and the eighty is thought
to he valuable for gypsum.
STAUM & BRAUGH.
Dealers in
Fresli iisli Fresh Meat, salt meat
Poultry, Oysters, Game, etc.
Wc have purchased the market just east of Kuhlman res-
taurant on E street and l.ive refitted the same with latest in
the meat market line. We shall deal in only the oest quali-
ty of everything in the line of meats on the markets. Your
patronage solicited. GIVE US A TRIAL.
PRODUCTS.
I
The products of this country are
verv numerous and wonderful, ** it
is in <h« peanut belt Mid just f«r
•hough south to r i* tW h«*t cotton
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Isenberg, J. L. The Enid Weekly Wave. (Enid, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 4, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 24, 1898, newspaper, March 24, 1898; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc112057/m1/1/: accessed April 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.