The Enid Daily Eagle. (Enid, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 93, Ed. 2 Sunday, January 16, 1910 Page: 1 of 8
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THE ENID DAILY EAGLE
VOL. IX, NO. «.
SIXTEEN' PAGES
THE EXII) DAILY EAGLE SUNDAY, .lAM'AHV, l({,
SECTION TWO.
riUCE FIVE CENTS.
Conditions In Oklahoma
Written By Charles N. Gould, State Geolo|ist,
For The Manufacturers Record
Oklahoma—opportunity. The two
words are synonymous. Oklahoma is
a land of wonderful resources, all
undeveloped; a land of virgin soil,
unscored by the plow; of virgin for-
ests, untouched by the ax; of mar-
velous mineral wealth uninined. It
is a land of many rivers, with broad,
fertile valleys; a land of copioug
rainfall and sunny breezes, a land
inhabited by 2,000,000 happy, con-
tented people.
Oklahoma stretches across the
plain from the volcanic peaks which
make the foothills of the Rocky
Mountains to the cypress swamps
along the Red river, which continue
to the Mississippi. No state pos-
sesses a greater variety of soil and
climate, timber and prairie, of re-
sources both agricultural and minW
eial, than does Oklahoma. In gen-
eral the western part of the state is
a broad, rolling prairie, with few
hills or mountains. Eastern Okla-
homa is often hilly, and is in most .
places covered with heavy growths -being betwen 45,000,000
▼JOO.OOO barrels per year. Th
come comparatively wealthy raising
sweet potatoes, melons or strawber-
ries.
The mineral wealth of this state
is very great. Oklahoma possesses
deposits which for all practical pur-
poses are inexhaustible, comprising
nearly twenty valuable minerals.
There is no way of reaching any-
thing but approximations, but, tak-
ing the best data at command, the
probable amount of certain miner-
als in the state are as follows:
Coal, 8,000,000,000 tons.
Asphalt. 35,000,000,000 tons.
Glass sand. 50,000.000,000 tons.
Marble. 4.000,000,000 tons.
Gypsum, 123,000.000.000 tons.
Lead and zinc, enormous depos-
its. probably as great as Missouri.
Salt, enough to make 100 car-
loads per day.
For the. last two years Oklahoma
has lead the United States in tne
production of petroleum, the amount
and 50,-
of timber, chiefly oak, pine and
hickory.
Ten large rivers cross the state,
flowing southeastward. All are trib-
utary to either the Arkansas or Red
rivers, which flow into the Mississip-
pi. These rivers, in addition to the
two just n«ned, are Grand, Verdi-
gris, Salt Fork, Cimarron, North
Canadian, South Canadian. Poteau
and Washita. The valley of Grand
river is as fertile as the valley of
the Susquehanna; the valley of the
Verdigris rivals the Miami; the Cim-
arron valleys excels the Wabash;
the valley of the North Canadian is
as fertile as the valley of the Illi-
nois, and the valley of the Washita
as productive as that of the Ten-
nessee.
Nor are the upland plains lacking
in fertility. The broad prairies in
Western Oklahoma are capable of
producing a great variety of crops.
The hilly uplands in the eastern
counties are more productive than
the Piedmont region in Pennsylva-
nia or Virginia. Few states in the
Union can produce a greater variety
of crops. Cotton is the great staple
in the southern half of the state.
The fact that Oklahoma's cotton
took first prize at the St. Louis fair
is a guarantee of the excellence of
the material. In the noifTi western
counties wheat is the principal crop.
Corn is produced abundantly in all
parts of the state. Oklahoma is the
paradise of the stockman. No finer
cattle, hogs nor horses can be pro-
duced anywhere. Alfalfa is raised
in practically every township. Fruits
of all kinds thrive throughout the
state. Many farmers have made
small fortunes raising potatoes for
amount of gas already in sight is
probably more than 2,000,000,000
cubic feet daily. Only a small pare
of the oil and gas territory has yet
been developed. Limestone as good
as the Bedford stone is found in
large quantities, and stone suitable
for burning into lime or for ballast
and concrete occurs over thousands
of square miles. Sandstone is
found in every county in the state.
Gabbro and porphyry form moun-
tains hundreds of feet high and
many miles in length. Granite of a
gieat variety of shades and textures
occurs in mountain ranges 60 miles
long and 1,000 feet high. Clay and
shale of good quality occur in every
county. Building sand and gravel
are widely distributed. Portland-
cement rock occurs in half the coun-
ties of the state, and is in most
places close to fuel.
Besides all of these minerals,
which are in inexhaustible quanti-
ties. Oklahoma has iron, copper,
novaculite, mineral paint, volcanic
ash, phosphate and tripoli in quan-
tities more or less abundant.
With all this array of minerals,
very little has been developed. Ok-
lahoma imports practically all her
building stone, lime, salt, pressed
brick, tile, pottery, glass sand and
most of her Portland cement and
gypsum plaster, although the raw
materials for manufacturing them,
as well as the fuel for their manu-
facture, are present in great quan-
tities.
In Western Oklahoma, where the
country has been settled for fifteen
or twenty years, farm lands sell for
from $20 to $50 per acre. This land
northern markets; others have be-^was originally opened to settlement]
at various times by the United
States government. Most of It was
taken by men whose only thought
was to sell the land for what they
could get out of it. During the past
few years values In this part of the
state have increased very rapidly
Immigration from northern and
eastern states has added greatly to
land values. Fanners from such
states as Iowa, Indiana and Illinois
have sold their farms for from $100
to $150 per acre and have invested
in Oklahoma, where land which will
raise as much as the farms which
they left can be purchased at one-
fourth the price. So it is no un-
common thing for a northern farm-
er to sell a quarter section and in-
vest in a square mile of Oklahoma
land.
In Eastern Oklahoma, formerly
the Indian Territory, conditions are
quite different. Here the land be-
longed not to the United States gov-
ernment, but to the Five Civilized
Tribes—Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw,
Seminole and Chickasaw. During
the last few years these Indians
have taken their allotments of land,
each individual receiving from 100
to COO acres, depending upon local
conditions and the quality of the
land. Up until the last few months
the Indians were not permitted to
sell and good title could not be ob-
tained to the greater part of this
land. An act of congress recently
passed, however, made titles good,
and much land has changed hands
within the past few months. The
conditions just alluded to have ma-
terially affected land values. In
most of the eastern counties raw
land as good as the best of the Ten-
nessee or Illinois lands, still virgin
soil and capable of producing a
great variety of crops, may be pur-
chased at prices ranging all the way
from $5 to $30 per acre. Land
which is under cultivation will
range from $15 to $50 per acre,
Willie the best kof the bottom land*
is held at still higher figures. This
is in a region where the rainfall is
35 to 45 inches per annum.
At the present time perhaps 6u
per cent of the land in Western
Oklahoma is under cultivation,
while in the eastern part of the
state the amount under the plow
does not exceed 30 per cent. The]
average in the entire state will ap-
proximate 35 to 4 0 per cent. Of
the mineral resources not one-half
of 1 per cent has been developed.
Within the past few years the
growth of the cities in Oklahoma
has been extremely rapid. Twenty
years ago Oklahoma City consisted
of a station house and a dozen
shacks out on the prairie. Today it
is a modern city of 65,000, with 75
miles of asphalt streets ,200 miles
of sidewalks. 200 jobbing and whole
sale houses, and with dozens of 8
and 10-story skyscrapers, either
completed or in the process of erec-
tion.
Muskogee, in the eastern part of
the state, is not far behind either in
population or improvements. Such
towns as Tulsa, Shawnee, Enid, Ard-
more, Guthrie, Chickasha, Bartles-
ville and McAlester have 10,000 to
20,000 people each. Immigration
from the eastern states is constantly
adding to the population of the cit-
ies and the country.
There was once a time when Ok-
lahoma was "wild and wolly," but
that time has passed. The state has
been accused of being educationally
mad. and the criticism may vo true
if the establishment of numerous
educational institutions constitutes
madness. The state schools are as
follows: The university at Norman;
univershity preparatory schools at
Tonkawa and 'Claremore; six state
normal schools, at Edmond, Alva.
Weatherford, Tahlequah, Ada and
Durant; an agricultural college at;
Stillwater, and six branch agricul-
tural schools at Warner, Broken
Bow, Tishomingo. Lawton. Thomas
and Goodwell. In addition to these
there is a girls' industrial school at
Chickasha and a boys' industrial
school at Pauls Valley. There are
also a dozen or more denomination-
al colleges scattered throughout the
state.
It is not necessary in Oklahoma
to begin a conversation with a re-
mark about the weather. One is
safe in asking, "Where are you
from?" The oldest native of old Ok-
lahoma is not yet old enough to
vote. The inhabitants in Oklahoma,
now about 2,000,000 in number,
come from every state in the Union,
Texas, Kansas and Missouri head-
ing the list, but the state is full of
people from Kentucky and Tennes-
see. Georgia and Carolina, Nebraska
and Wisconsin. Oklahoma Is a
meeting place of the clans, where
the man from the South learns to,
raise wheat and alfalfa and the man
from the North cultivates cotton and
eats hot bread. Animosities are for-
gotten. prejudices are concealed,
and the descendant of the Puritan
and the Cavalier work hand in hand
in the upbuilding of the develop-
ment of what all firmly believe to be
the greatest state in the Union.
A. 81 COLLEGE
NEWS NOTES
The work of the winter term Is
progressing better than that of any
previous year. The students are prac-
tically all settled in their respective
routines of work and it is noted that
an excellent showing is being made
in both class rooms and laboratories.
The following is the complete and
exact enrollment up to January 10.
1910, as reported by the register on
that date: Summer school, 270;
Seniors, regular course. 49; Juniors,
51; Sophomores, 93; Freshmen, 109;
Sub-Freshmen, 19?; Business cour-
se, 90; Specials. 74; Short Agri-
cultural and Domestic Economy
Course. 12: making a total enroll-I
ment of 1.013 since June, 1909.
\ C*mp Of the National Kill.' As-
sociation of America was organized
among the cadets last week. The
necessary officers have been chosen
and due application has been made
for the rights and privileges of ord-
ers of this kind. According to the
rules of the War Department, the or-
ganization will be of the fourth grade
in the National Association. The Mili-
tary Department of the Institution
has on hand over $1000 worth of am-
munition. and a complete target eq-
uipment. Considering our resources
we hope to make a good showing at
rifle work.
Miss Wise, a sister of Or. Wise of
the Department of German and Latin
has registered as a student of the
college.
The next Issue of the New Educat-
ion which will be mailed January 15,
will contain the pictures of the new
woman's Building, and the Boys*
Dormitory. The pictures of the Dis-
trict Agricultural School building
will also be contained In this Issue.
The poultry expected for use In the
Short Course has not been procured,
and will probably not be on exhibit.
Owing to this fact the work of erect-
ing buildings and selecting poultry
Will probably be omitted from the
course mentioned.
The college board bulletin contains
an announcement which proclaims
the early distribution of the "Red
Skin." the College Annual.
The unsettled weather has pre-
vented drill for some time. How-
ever. the classes In Military Science
continue their work quite success-
fully.
Some excellent wood work is being
done by the Freshmen class. Some
of the boys are now doing cabinet
work to fill outside orders.
Professor Rose gave a very inter-
esting lecture on Alpine Mountain
Climbing Friday evening. The lect-
ure was made real by a number of
lantern slides. Professor Rose is a
member of an Alpine Club and gave
us the real thing In his lecture.
The Y. M. and Y. W. C. A. dele-
gates have returned from Rochester
and bring a very interesting account
of their trip and the convention. A
special meeting will be held Sunday
in order that all may secure the
benefit of the report.
The first basket ball game of the
year will be played in the home
gymnasium against Edmond, Friday
evening. A splendid game is expect-
ed.
Dr. Bowers of the Department of
Pedagogy will go to Pond Creek Jan-
uary 22, to address the Teachers' In-
stitute of Grant County which Is to
be held at that place. Dr. Bowers
will lecture on the subjects, "Better
Education the Best Social Invest-
ment" and "School Improvement."
Renarkable Record
For A New Church
DON'T FORGET
jTo pay your telephone bill by Janu-
ary 15th and avoid having your tele-
phone service discontinued. 1-13-31
Speaking of the recent dedication
of the First Baptist church of Enid,
the Bnptlst Record says:
Saturday, December 10, opened
with a cold blast in Oklahoma, "the
coldest In years," said the "oldest
inhabitants." AH this did not pre-
vent the members and friends of the
First Baptist church at Enid. Ok.,
from assembling in large numbers to
participate In the dedication of their
new edifice. It Is a superb structure,
costing, all told. $41,000. It is fin-
ished in fine dark oak. producing
a splendid effect. The auditorium
and ante rooms will seat about 1200.
There is ample room for a large Sun-
day school and a fine room for young
i men's work.
The church has never asked a dol-
lar from any one outside the congre-
gation. ami when the day of dedica-
tion arrived they had $16,500 to
meet. No effort was made to solicit
the outside at this time though It
was hoped the citizens might appre-
ciate the splendid addition to their
many fine buildings and come to the
help of the Baptist hosts. Not many
found their way to the Baptists' head-
quarters that day. but the church
was equal to the emergency and un-
der the leadership of Dr. Myron W.
Haynes they pledged $18,350 to be
paid in eighteen months.
It was a day long to be remem-
bered. So grateful and enthusiastic
were the people that at the close of
the dedication prayer they showed
their appreciation of their faithful
and noble pastor. Dr. J. A. Sutton,
by voting unanimously to raise Ills
salary six hundred dollars. Not only
that, but they paid the "church dedi-
cator" more than he asked. The
crowning work of the day was at
the evening service, when, after the
sermon by Dr. Haynes, five were
found who desired to begin the Christ
life.
Certainly the church in Enid is in
fine shape. Financially they are
safe, and spiritually they are a host.
It Is an atmosphere in which any
Christian finds help and sinners reach
coihictlon.
The pastor. Dr. J. A. Sutton, was
once pastor at Algona, this state. He
has been at Enid three and one half
years. During that time 350 have
been added to the membership of the
church and the benevolences have
been increased four fold. He is loved
by the church and honored by the
city. He is surrounded by as fine a
body of people as a pastor would wish
to have and together they are certain
to make a record in that enterprising
city of that marvelous state.
Many business men are found In
its ranks and the proprietor of the
finest hotel in the city and one of
the finest in the state, is head usher
in the church. He la a fine gentle-
man, one of the most generous giv-
ers and an earnest Christian. Where
an that be duplicated in any of our
license states?
Altogether we think that Pastor
Sutton may well be envied and his
people may well be congratulated on
having such a pastor. Baptist Rec-
ord.
- A ti
Thirty-Second Passenger.
The thirty-second passenger boarded
the street car and paid his fare. When
the conductor rang up this fare, the
new passenger peered up at the fare
register a moment, then turned to the
man next to him:
"Did ye see phwat he did?"
"No; what?"
"Oi gave him a nickel an' he rang
up 32 clnts!"—Sunday Magazine.
ozo
MULSI0N
THE DANGER IHMNT FOR WEAK
LUNGS.
Hani Work Is Good for Strong |y< -
I'le, Hut Death to the Weak.
That's why cold weather is death to
thousands who suffer from Weak
Lungs.
Even the healthiest and strongest
break down during the rigors of the
winter months.
Then what must it mean to mil-
lions of Lung Sufferers who haven't
the vitality to fight the elements?
It means DEATH.
There is a Danger Point for all
with Weak Lungs, beyond which it
is not wise to allow their lungs to
go. Coughs. Colds. Pain in the
Lungs. Grip, Pneumonia—all tell the
tale too truly.
Before Reaching the DANGEK
POINT take OZOMULSION, the
Food-Medicine that has saved many
thousands from the Danger Point and
Death.
Ozomulsion is known, recommend
ed and sold by worthy druggists
everywhere in 16 uz. and 8 oz. bot-
tles.
Always ask for Ozomulsion by
name.
That all may experience for them-
selves what this exclusive preparation
will do. a 3 oz. Trial bottle will be
sent by mail to all who send their
address, by postcard or letter, to the
Ozomulsion Co., 548 Pear street, New
York.
W. C. Pfaeffle
Have An
AUCT0N
|
§ All Upto-Date Jewelers know that it does not pay to carry fine goods over from one season to another, and in order to keep my store strict-
|| ly up-to-date, and to remain the leader of the Jewelry business in this city, I will offer and sell at auction my entire stock of :: ;;
| Diamonds, Watches, Solid Gold Jewelry, Silverware, Cut Glass, Hand Painted China and Bric-a-Brac
^ Regardless of Cost and Value
Sate Commences Saturday, January 15th, at 2:30 P. M.
® and Continues Daily at 2:30 and 7:30 until entire stock is sold
W. C. Pfaeffle
Handsome presents given the Ladies attending the Auction Sales.
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