The Enid Weekly Wave. (Enid, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 5, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 26, 1898 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME 5.
ENID, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1898.
NUM3ER 21
Products of Garfield county for the
Year 1897, were worth $3,721,846.22.
Royal makes the food pure,
wholesome and delicious.
&AKIH0
POWDER
Absolutely Pure
ROYAL DAKINQ FOWDER CO., NEW YORK.
Garden Spot in Oklahoma.—
Composed of Rich, Level
and Rolling Prairie.
Doettlemeut, only to be driven out
ac the soldiers. At last mi the 16th
day of September, 1893, henefioent
government declared tin* (dosed
crates of the Cherokee strip Mjar, mid
•jiide all enter, who wished, provid-
ing 111ev held a booth certificate.
Thousands of mortgage ( inched
farmers from Kansas; the drouth stiie
ken poor from western Kansas; home
less farmers from 1'exas, Colorado and
all parts of the United Slates crowd
ed into this Edenic section of n-u
Oklahoma; took up claims, suffered
and toiled forihree seasons, brought
their far-iilies her--, founding per-
manent, hupp- and independent
homes, witlioir .nenns, without any
encouragement lor many weary days,
weeks, months and years, yet today
tliey feel fully repaid, as they are in
possession of bountiful crops and
valuable land.
'VLTITUDK.
This county is on a line with
central Tennessee, Arkansas am
North Carolina and the Bay of
Montery on the Pacific coast, and has
ii 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
swelb of green crested, billowy
waves succeeding one another, from
tytRY ftGRE HOA\ESTEftDED.
Soil Unsurpassed in the World
for Richness and Pro-
ductiveness.—A
3ftPTIVf\TlNG, HEALTHY GLiMftTE
That causes Thousands to Seek
Homes Here and Elsewhere
in the land of the Pair
God every year.
RflRF. Gr?ySTftL WRTE.R.
Plowing From Thousands of
Springs and Wells and Num-
erous Winding Creeks.—
Oak and Other Tim-
ber in Abun-
dance.
THE Gin OF ENID.
The County Seat and Trading
Center of 35,000 People.—In-
dustries, Crops, Population
Wealth, Prospects,
etc., etc.
Previous to the year 187<> the
: 'liarokee onilel was inhabited only
Oy Indians, buffalos, wild horses, j
■scattered bands ol cow boys and
their inseparable companions, the
Imig horned Texan steer. It was
lurins* the veiir 1S76 that the ad-
j hich miard of the grand army of
Xing Agricola marched into the
quiet pree\nt«nf Southern Kansas
to reconnoiter; the main army soon
f(,'lowed, taking up ev ery acre to thy
K in' as state line then looked wish-
hilly into the strp, this beautiful
Cn liitrv of whi -h we write. From
11,., centennial year, twenty-one years
i.-o, ihere was a continual struggle
vJ7r.li the powers at Washington to
open this land, so ihat. new homes
mi;;ht he established and the fertile
-oil lie made to bear the fiuits of the
ih ,r of die piiun' r farmer.
I', , str r.r| . i i ti mi-ill from year
,i vear, and, at times, the hardy
11■.;- miing tired of the in-
,.p iln srovernment would
ti i |i- ,..s tin* l\ en is line to force
n dark green garment, irrigatin
and draining, furnishing power,and
water for stock, and indicating
that at a moderate depth a superior
buality 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 sunlioht 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 (lis
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 h 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.
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 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 everv respiration, is unpre-
pared to accept the truth regarding
the influence ihe clear, balmy, invig
orating atmosphere of this locality
has upon mankind. A short stay
here convinces all that here is na
turn'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 t.iecold banks of gleaming
snow, and in the far north, where the
fret-zinir blizzard chills the marrow
n t lie'r billies,
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 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 ic-
sponsible citizen.
P150DUC1S.
The products of this country are
verv numerous and wonderful, as it
the peanut belt and just far
enough south to raise the best cotton
that has ever reached the market and
wheat, this vear, that lias or will
astonish the civilized world.
As a neneral tiling corn of all
kinds, including kallir and broom,
grow to wonderful proportions, the
species mentioned never failing.
Here is the home of the castor bean
oats, barley and sweet potatoes. The
homesteaders who lm< money to im-
prove their houys rapidly are well
I provided wit fruit this year.
I The records in the county clerk's
office, from the returns ol the town,
ship assessors for the year 1897,
shows that there are 58,7515 apple
trees planted and growing in the j
county; 170,540 peach trees; '24,481 (
cherries; 8,250 apricots; 4,672 pears;
6,7(50 grape vines; 207,250 straw-
berry plants; 16,229 blackberries;
2,930 raspberries a#>d 9.280 plum
trees. These figures do not include
the fruit trees planted this last
spring.
HUTTEK, KGGH AND POULTRY.
There was 128,826 pounds of bin j
ter marketed last year and jpwards
of 1,520,728 dozens of eggs and I
130,000 chickens, ducks, geese and j
turkeys, making a grand aggregate of
income from this source of about I
$u8,000, 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 c unty, but owing to
the farmers fearing a slough in
price, should tiiey report correctly,
lied considerably, nence, 125,000
acres is nearer the actual amount
liarvt sted 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 S!,87t>,000.
Gunninoham & Grower.
The Leading
Implement Dealrs ol
Have in stock the celebrated
Bicycles and a full line of Bicycle Sundries, also
Tlie Racine Buoaies-
of all sizes and patterns. Call and see them.
You are always welcome, dw 2 21
Bran New
We have opened up a ba ery, confectionary and fruit
store in Enid. We also carry a full line of lunch canned
goods. LUNCH COUNTER.
Best Brands of GlQars Tobacco,
Store in the old Banner grocery building. E street.
Proprietors.
STOC.
up to the first day of Febuary,
last, tiie little empire of Garfield
county, 30x30 miles square, con-j
tained 9,869 hogs, or a half a hog I
for each man, woman and child in j
tho county, which means cons'.der-
able pork; horses to the number of
9,635 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. Ihe
yiilun i f this stock on a close estimate
is $755,085. Counting an increiise
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, BAULEY AND RYE.
The acreage of these "ereals was
not large this year, but the yield per
acre was wonderful; oats and barley
fi Mired 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. . 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.
No cr r' on earth can beat, this
couniv on *"nik!e of all kinds, and
English ,'..i grassdoes remarkably
THEO STAMM.
Dealers in
m\\ M 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 meat mar e t line. We shall deal in only the best quali-
ty of everything in the line of meats on the markets. our
patronage solicited. G-IVE US A TRIAL,
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Saddles, Harness, whips
and- everything in the har-
ness line for sale by us at the
lowest rate. Give us a call.
Satisfaction guaranteed.
FRED LUFT. ESt.EnidO.T.
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Isenberg, J. L. The Enid Weekly Wave. (Enid, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 5, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 26, 1898, newspaper, May 26, 1898; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc112066/m1/1/: accessed April 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.