The Enid Weekly Wave. (Enid, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 5, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 12, 1898 Page: 1 of 8
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IT WAVES. SURGES ROARS AND REBOUNDS ONLY TO COME BACK AGAIN W'TH GREATER FORCE FOR ENID. GARFIELD COUNTY. OKLAHOMA AND DEMOCRACY.
VOLUME 5.
ENID, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY THURSDAY, MAY 12,1898.
NUMBER IS
The Products of Garfield county
Year 1897, were worth $3,721,846.22.
for the
Royal makes the food pure,
wholesome and delicious.
&AKIH0
POWDER
Absolutely Pure
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK.
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
oftPTIVflTING,HEALTHY CLIMATE
That causes Thousands to Seek
Homes Here and Elsewhere
in the land of the Fair
God every year.
RARE CRYSTAL WATER.
Flowing From Thousands of
Springs and Wells and Num-
erous Winding Creeks.—
Oak and Other Tim-
ber i-i Abun-
dance.
THE CITY OF ENID.
The County Seat and Trading
Center of 35,000 People.—In-
dustries, Crops, Population
Wealth, Prospects,
etc., etc.
Previous to tile year 1870 the
Jherokee outlet was inhabited only
Oy Indians, buffalo*, wild horses,
■scattered bands of cow boys and
their inseparable companions, the
long borued Texas steer. It was
hiring the year 1876 that the ad-
vance guard of the grand armv of
King Agricola marched into the
(juiet preo\nts of Southern Kansas
to reconnoiter; the main army soon
followed, taking up every acre to the
Kansas state line then looked wisli-
f illy into the strp, this beautiful
country of which we write. From
the centennial year, twenty-one years
*<ro, there was a continual struggle
with the powers at Washington to
open this land, so that new homes
might be established and the fertile
ioil be made to bear the fruits of the
abor of the pioneer farmer.
The strggle continued from year
to year, and, at times, the hardy
ay mers becoming tired of the in-
sobou of the government would
tiak ac-oss the Kansas line to for<>"
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.
PRODUCTS,
The products of this country are
verv numerous and wonderful, as it
is in 'he peanut belt, and just far!
enough south to raise the best cotton
that has ever reached the market and
wheat, this year, that has or will
astonish the civilized world.
As a general thing corn of all
kinds, including kaflir and broom,
grow to wonderful proportions, the
species mentioned never failing.
Mere is the home of the castor bean
oats, barley and sweet potatoes. The
homesteaders who ha<! 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 58,750 apple
trees planted and growing in the
county; 170,540 peach trees; 24,481
cherries; 8,250 apricots; 4,(572 pears;
0,760 grape vines; 207,250 straw-
Doettlement, only to be driven oni
ac the soldiers; At lasl on the 16th
day of September, 1893, « beneficent
government declared the long closed
gates of the Cherokee strip ajar, and
Dade all enter, who wished, piovi l
ing thev held a booth certificate.
Thousands of mortgage | imde'it
farmers from Kansas; the d:', uih -tin:
ken poor froui western K:o hmn"
less farmers from l'exas, Colorado and
ail parts of the United States crowd
ed into this Edenic .section nf iv " |
Oklahoma; took up claims, .-uffercd
and toiled for'liroe seasons, brought
their faivilies her:, founding per-
manent, liapp- and independent
homes, witliot' .lieans, without any
encouragrtiiien for many wearv (bus,
weeks, months and years, yet today
they feel fully repaid, as they are in
possession of bountiful crops and
valuable land.
, ALTITUDE.
This county is on a line with
central Tennessee, Arkansas and
Nortli Carolina anil 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 c.;n conceive; long
swells of green crested, billowy
waves succeeding one aiiother, from
a (lark gieen garment, lrrigatm
and draining, furnishing power,and
water for stock, and indicating
that at a moderate depth a superior j |,e,-ry plants; 10,229 blackberries;
buality of well water can be found. | 2,980 raspberries and 9,280 plum
Here and there a babbling brooklet
percolates through tangled grass
Gunnrnaham k Grower.
The Leading
Implement Dealers oi O'^r,cuia.
Have in stock the celebrated
Bicycles and a full line of Bicycle Sundries, also
Tiie Racine Buggies-
of all sizes and patterns. Call and see them.
You are always welctftne. dvv 2 21
Pies. - Gm. ■ Bread,
BAKERY.
and over its gravelly bed, and
short, brisk walk will find its source
iu 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-
tributed so judiciously that in a mile
or two, at almost any point in the
county, one will cross a creek of
greater or lesser importance, while
the 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 th;
tall prairie grass waves to and fro at
the will of the wind today.
Bran New
The climate of Garfield county or
Oklahoma can scarcely be exagger
ated in words. The country is cen-
trally located between the cold,
fsigid north and the torrid, hot
south. To prove this we have only
to say that both wheat arid cotton
can be successfully grown here.
The weather scarcely ever gets ex-
tremely hot or cold; the nights are
always cool and pleasant during
the warmest weather.
The reader whose fortunes bid
him dwell in low malarial places,
breathing ihe 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 i« 1111
turn's sanitarium. The depressed
inindis made buoyant, the clouded
and aching brow bright and pleas
ant, the cramped muscles mik! sore
joints elastic and strong, the sing
gish brain and impaired blood active
and healthy, and, in factt the whole
system becomes renovated, making
life "worth the living." Those who
live amid t.ie cold banks of gleaming
snow, and in the far north, where I lie
freezing blizzard chills the marrow
u their bones, pinches the piw.r and
trees. These figures do not include
the fruit trees planted this last
spring.
BUTTER, KUGS AfD POULTRY.
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
income from this source of about
#(')8.000, and nobody makes a
specialty of these lines in farming.
WHEAT.
The acreage of wheat reported to
the 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,
lied considerably, nence, 125,000
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, wliicli at
50 cents a bushel amounts in cold
gold cash to $] ,875,000.
STOC.
Up to the first day of Febuary,
last, the little empire of Garfield
county, 30x3(5 miles square, con-
tained 9,809 hogs, or a half a hog
for each man, woman and child in
the* county, which means consider-
ablepork; horses to the number of
9,035 about a half a horse for each
one of us; mules 1,561; cattle of all
kinds 11,376, about two thirds of a
steer, cow or calf for each of us. I lie
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.
oats, barley ani) rye.
The acreage of these "-ereals was
not large this year, but the yield per
acre was wonderful; oats and barley
figured as high as eighty bushels to
Ihe acre. There were 7,488 acres of
oats out, some barley and rye, but
110 record was made of it. There
were 4,022 acres of castor beans, and
6,220 acres of cotton planted.
These crops are estimated to be
worth $100,000.
No co-ip*" on earth can beat this
county on '-rage of all kinds, and
English uti.e ijrassdoes remarkably
well.
We have opened up aba ery, confectionary and fruit
store in Enid. We also carry a full line of lunch canned
goods. LUNCH COUNTER.
Best Brands of GlflflPS TODflCCO.
Store in the old Banner grocery building. E street.
Cunningham & Linneborn.
Proprietors.
New Ml Market.
THEO STAMM.
Dealers in
Fresn nsti Fresn meat, salt meat
Poultry, Oysters, Game, etc.
We have purchased the market just east of Kuhlman res-
taurant on E street and have refitted the same with latest in
the rtieat mar et line. We shall deal in only the best quali-
ty of everything in the line of meats on the markets. Your
patronage solicited. GrIVE US A TRIAL.
FRED LUFT.
e leading Enid dealer in harness, collars, whips, saddles,
and everything in the saddler and harness making line,
at the very lowest prices for good stock.
Hand Made Harness a Specialty.
w 2A handor warranted. I invite your trade; try me.
FRED LUFT
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Isenberg, J. L. The Enid Weekly Wave. (Enid, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 5, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 12, 1898, newspaper, May 12, 1898; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc112064/m1/1/: accessed April 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.