The Enid Weekly Wave. (Enid, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 4, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 14, 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. APRIL 14, 1898.
NUMBER 15
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Enid must have a good road from Cleo
SPRINGS TO THE CITY LIMITS. Remember this.
Royal makes the food pure,
wholesome and delicious*
Absolutely Pure
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK.
GARFIELD
COUNTY.
Garden Spot in Oklahoma.—
Composed of Kioh, Level
and Rolling Prairie.
Doettlemein, only to t>e driven out
ac the soldiers. At last on the 16th
day of September, 1893, u beneficent
aoVerninent declared the long closed
lates (if the Cherokee strip ajar, and
Bade all enter, who wished, provid-
ing tliey held a booth certificate.
Thousands of mortgage pinched
farmers from Kansas; the drouth stric
kc* peor fro** western Kansas; home
less farmers from 1 exas, Colorado and
all parts of the United States crowd
led into this Edenic section of new
Oklahoma; took up claims, suffered
and toiled foriliree seasons, brought
I their families her'.', founding per-
manent, liapp' and independent
I homes, withoti means, without any
encouragenifcn' for many weary days,
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 vvitl,
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 handsou\,e as the
practical mind c..n conceive; long
swells of green crested, billowy
waves succeeding one another, from
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
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 io our far away east-
ern home.
There are at least one hundred
elearlv 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 the
tall prairie grass waves to and fro at
the will of the wind today.
CLIMATE.
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
be successfully grown here.
Tne 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
llirj„,r the year 1876 that the ad. j him dwell in low malarial places
chruanl of.be grand army of breathing the foul breath of death
Vricola marched into the | itself at, every respiration, is unpro
; T-Ants of Southern Kansas I pared to accept the truth regarding
' ..iter; the main army soon 1 the influence the clear balmy invig
orating atmosphere of this locality
tYERy ftGRE HOMESTEftDED.
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 Fair
God every year.
HIRE CRYSTAL WATE.R.
Flowing From Thousands of
Springs and Wells and Num-
erous Winding Creeks.—
Oak and Other Tim-
ber ia Abun-
dance.
THE GITY OF UW.
The County Seat and Trading
Center of 35,000 People.—In-
dustries, Crops, Population
Wealth, Prospects,
etc., etc.
Previous to the year 187(1 the
Jherokee outlet was inhabited only
ny Indians, buffalos, wild horses,
scattered bands of cow boys and
then inseparable companions, the
long horned Texaf steer. It was
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 I his point the
elevation is such as to eliminate all [,
traces of lassitude and retain all tht
energies for which the people of the
north are famous.
The stranger in this section is
fa united with the deligtillul climate,
and satisfaction in this direction
guaranteed by ever\ loyal and re .
sponsible citizen.
PRODUCTS.
The products of this country are
very numerous and wonderful, as it
is in 'he peanut belt and just f r
enough south to raise the best cotton
that has ever reached the market and
wheal, this vear, that has or will
astonish the civilized world.
As a general thing corn of all
kinds, including kalfir and broom,
grow to wonderful proportions, the
species mentioned never failing.
Here is the home of the castor bean
oats, barlev and sweet potatoes. 1 he
homesteaders who had money to im-
prove their homes rapidly are well
provided wit i fruit this year.
The records in the county clerk's
office, from the returns of the town,
ship assessors for the year 1807,
shows that there are 58,750 apple
trees planted and growing in the
county; 170,540 peach trees; 24,481
cherries; 8,250 apricots; 4,672 pears;
6,760 grape 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.
butter, kgok and poultry.
There was 128,826 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
#158,000, ami nobody makes a
specialty of these lines in farming.
WHKAT.
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 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, which at
50 cents a bushel amounts in cold
gold cash to $1,875,000.
> %%%%
Gunninoliaiii k GrooDer.
The Leading
Implement Dealers ol Oklahoma.
Have in stock the celebrated
Bicycles and a full line of Bicycle Sundries, also
of all sizes and patterns. Call and see them.
You are always welcome, dw - 21
Pies. - Canes, ■ Bread.
BAKERY.
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 Cigars ed Tobacco.
Store in the old Banner grocery building. E Street.
GunninQliam & LinneDorn.
Proprietors.
STOC.
fallowed, taking up every acre to the
Kansas stale line then looked wish.
| , 11y into the strp, ibis beautiful
country of which we write. From
the centennial year, twenty-one years
H,r„, there was a continual struggle
n"111 the powers al Washington to
this land, so that new homes
mj,,|lt be established and the fertde
<„il be made to bear the fruits of the
ab >r of the pioneer farmer.
The strggle continued from year
to year, and, at times, the hardy
ay mers becoming tired of the ln-
Kobon "f the government would
tiak ac-osa the Kansas line to force
bus Up<>'
ma nkind. A. short stay
here convinces all that here is na
turn's sanitarium. The depressed
tnjndis made buoyant, the clouded
and aching brow bright and pleas-
ant, the cramped muscles and sore
joints elastir 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. 1 hose who
live amid the cold banks of gleaming
snow, and in the far north, where the
freezing blizzard chills the marrow
in their bones, pinches the por.r and
Up lo the first day of Febuary,|
last, the little empire of Garfield
county, 30x36 miles square, con- ,
tained 9,869 hogs, or half a hog .
for each man, woman and child in
the county, which means consider-1
able pork"; horses to the number of |
9,635 about a half a horse for each
one ol us; mules 1,561; cattle of all
kinds 11,376, about two thirds of a
steer, cow or calf for each of us 1 lie
yalii" of this stock on a close estimate
is *755,085. Counting an increase
of one to each heafl of stock each
ear to be is sold in the market
makes the income from the stock ^
source about the amount mentioned
above.
OATS, BAKLEY 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 1100,000.
No co ir"- on earth can beat this
county on '"rage of all kinds, and
English I' e grass does remarkably
well.
Mew Meat. Market.
THEO STAMM.
Dealers in
fresh tisli Fresli 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 et line. We shall deal in only the best quali-
ty of everything in the line of treats on the markets. Your
patronage solicited. GIVE US A TRIAL.
Womn lo t%6 Wort*
& French scientist figures thafl
number of women in tlie world
nearly equal to that of men. lu Frane*
the numbers approach moro nearly to
tonality than In any other country,
there being 1,007 women for 1,000 men.
For tho same number of men In Swe-
den there uro 1,004 women, and la
Grwsco only 033 women. In tho French
colony at Reunion there are 4.77 Creole
women for 1,000 provincial Vrench-
ir,m, colored men Included. In Hon#
Konp thero arc 1,000 men for &3<
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Isenberg, J. L. The Enid Weekly Wave. (Enid, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 4, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 14, 1898, newspaper, April 14, 1898; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc112060/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.