Garfield County Democrat. (Enid, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 28, 1901 Page: 1 of 8
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garfield County Democrat^
OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY. FEB. 28. 1901. ==-===
VOL. 4-.
Real
F=N1D. OKLAHOMM. inw _____ ================--~p^^
THE W. M. WlLLIAMb,
- - ■ Loan and - Tru8t ■* 1
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Trust - Company.
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,„„«sia-s!SS3=siSSS TTT'Z
and ,11 kinds of Legal P«P« ««* P-P-d «- I —
in office* .e-mt
„ TO THE WISE ISSUFFICIEN I , would-be real estaters, they will get
A WORD • urtT,eseeker to beware of irresponsib e>L oklhhoma, a portion of which is
We would advise Farmers £ ™^Tow we will tfve a brief discretion of Oklhhoina,
you intOftroub.e.roBe.owwj ^ iqoq
.• • • -v.-i
Office in Brick Block.
East of U. S Land Office.
This has been aether year of
general prosperity tor all of
oeople of the Territory, ibe
farms and orchards have yieldt
abundant harvests, the herds and
flocks increased. aU me.....
busi
creased, an , .
cM*nded, manufactures out) chihlre
i: ontui- . o nnf \
r\t Oklahoma products ot th « '
longer MU .« mm* «•« „ Tht^pTe«.n,l™o «■ ' ' «• . '
« >•" iSvi™ 'u '
land. Vonrt the belief of those who loo* I he railways
With 400.000 neoole, with 100.-
•.tes and
ir.com-
.uigoing
in a
11
ople, witn i"u> upoll tin
her i ublic schools un(|eVeloped countr
developed along new lines, .nf
lation ot cities and counties in-
creased. railways extended, com-
merce grown into magnificent
proportions, and new'viKtas of
progress and deve.opement open
cd before the eyes of all
The time -was.
in the not far
distant 'pasV Vhen the man or anvwhere, with crops sur-
woman who started for Oalaho- V
fi« North Pole, and the citizen
of Oklahoma w «a««d upon "
a c
♦ rritorv us a new ana Territory yt-ar, „• -
Oklaho- Oklahoma divisions Uu
ma fioui c-.n beTounrl in the mar-
kets ot Europe. South Amcru^
and Asia; Oklaho-a cotton goes
bv direct shipment to ^verpo^
and Japan; Oklahoma cUth tii
™c slw.hfr IK-.. !.. ■
Berlin; Oklahoma corn and w he.
have gone to feed the famine
stricken millions of India, and th-■
products of the farms, ^lr'^
orchards, and gnrd- 's of the ter-
ritory help to supply the marla ts
of this and other nations
operating in the
;i!ro found the"
during harvest in some sections
the average yield per acre over
the Territory will. I believe, be
from 18 to 20 bushels per acre.
History is repeating itself ;«
Oklahoma. T.o many uui'tp-
are growing nothing but w.ieat.
best pay- Thev did the same els. wnere am
.« ."! s:r
SS? - S**2 S'o'f.:
yearS' i, -i i too of the ho ma wheat growers have lud
Th mini n«e whea Urop oill Uent reasons for growing
Territory the past i ^ ■■ not|1jt,!J. i,ut wheat up to the pres-
has b-'. n the one tin g hi- U ) ^0nev was needed,
lenHon'oUhe e"£e nation 'to and wheat growing has brought
and 2,000 young men and women
in her higher institution ot learn
„ with S50.000.000 taxable
SLX? J «*. ■ «,
wealth; with products ot farm,
factory, and mines
S75.000,000 for the .i.^al yea ,
vith a soil whose fertility see
nnderful with a climate unsur- Rtricke„ millions or inaia, au-- tcntion . ;"7n ttnknown
' "\ with crops sur- >ducls 0f the farms, dairies, Oklahoma, to. an ,
tS a gr ic^ul t u r a 1 "s't a t e s', Uu. ^ ^
rlatkuar-sar«s ^
c . thousand hills, with Oklahoma to Kurop.1 for the marke* was
Sm. .1 •?" • "Tit S?«'= "•«.-«!- the T«r
oniversitie,, .' cen Par « ''"'J'',lucid record
„ ... . ?SSiSK^h-™.. oh; ^^Kd-^id'^
The ssThSai ■ ^
unfortunate as to toe left a star whose brightness London; kaffir corn to
and Oklaliomans every^ ^ Lrrow dim. .jr.,i horses and mule
ma
so
hind
els arid tne rauwaj viucu , 4 •
HolFaad, con.l n;c.r"«P ''"l'°""'
and horses and mules to Cape to han e ie c enticated The favorable season for plant-
„ctioo of .he country i. so "d.«°J f"„'d w,tu«it export trade. per acre and teljWjJ* 'in„ winter pa.tur.Ke from <ho
or so favorably s oklahoma extends an inv1t'1^" And the imports are equally as jaating- by many and -un- growing crop, a u l;. __
today as is Oklahoma. The eyes > ^ and share in the honn as grcat. Our peop e buy P'^e weathe/ preceding anc
of the nation are upon us ana t accorded th s ne ^ thc manutactures
• the countless^tm^ants w01ndcrtul commonwealth.
profitable.
The results of trials t the ex-
periment station at • ti wa
Ld the practical Vxpe ence of
wheat -rower, all ovei the t. rri
torv show thai early plowin0
a lid early sowing k'r
,rjv.'ii the highest yields and best
v,heat. At the experiment sta-
tion wheat on ground plowed on
ulv , . yielded a little more
than twice as much as that plow-
ed on September H tk
both eases being done on Sep_
\s. Wilea1 wded September In
vieided 37; October 15. 3a. ana
ovmh,r'l5. 23 buthels per
acre. The early seeding was
much less affected by the rust
than the late seeding.
As to varieties,the hard wheats
as a rule are preferred in the
western half of the Territory and
the soft wheats in the eastern.
At the station the highest yield,
44.52 bushels per ac/re was ob-
tained from Sibley's New Gold
en- the lowest 27.-0, from Big
;teu, Kn.rhmd. German Lmperor,
U.C fan.il,_J.ro; Torhcv.
Wonder. Fulz. Missouri Blue
Stem, and Early Red Clawson all
gave satisfactory yielc.s.
money. The change from the
sod house to the comfortable
dwelling has been rapid, and
tends to insp-re increased conti
U1. deuce in the crop that has
something to brought it about There is_per-
And now tor haps nothing else that
have done it so quickly.
Many wheat growers have paid
for their farms with a single
trdp. Mortgages have been paid
off, comfortable homes erected
farms stocked, the far.—., , _
.. ,d the railway vided for, and sons Jind daug
a" , , i <v,„ „.iipnt crons ot
veil
g crop, an unue. w i..""-
growing attractive and
feet of —
are turned this way. ^-
— ,v.V «tnl- area, 460,000 acres;
Garfield County- —Location, north . < land taxed, 140,-
1 ♦ 11 438* taxable valuation, <,-1 •> levy, 24 nulls;
population. - h ' , $46,000; county ta. • ( i^">*
Li acres; county bonded debt w > Gf school children, M3-,
school^nd^n'wmityMt^ ^^^ppy^^sea^'Enid^otl^er 'leading
as
of people, asricjjj^et0^0 flouring mills, cotton gins, brie - >ar
thrTgried "for wealth. Thongh any man ^ m:iy be
fortable fortune '" ^^f^he'rich mines in theWichua Mountains
acquired in a day. Stories °twc>. an<i the Philippines, like the
".us.o'S p«« *? *~crrss«"A i*
r£^ r'untold ™iffi°°Uhfc .ie^.o«ot^ ' h".r!' 1
bargains in « «« l.a.
S%,accd « my hand,
from Enid, good house and bcirn
t /-.r. a t T rsT -rood bearing orchard, 90 acres in
r2f rr$Jr£
les. 60 acres running ments, 10 miles irom Enid, H'"
pasture. aU u ^r e men . cultivation, all good
water m pasture. au non acres hoUse. and
A bargain at i?3,500. farming ianu, b
No 2. 160 acre farm, 10 milesbarn, fine water. Price
No 4. 160 acre farm, 8 miles
from Enid, good improvements,
goo" bearing orchard 100 acres
in cultivation, all under te.nce.
This is a farm that we can rec-
comeml. Price $2,600.
No. 5. 320 acre farm, 9 miles
from Enid, all under fence, good
improvements, good water wind-
mill. pumps, etc., good bean g
orchard, good vineyard, W acre3
of wheal, 140 acres in cultiva
tion. Only 85,000, price.
No. 6. 320 acres, stock ranch,
all well fenced and cross fenccd;
Good 8-room house, barn an
cattle sheds, two good wel saml
windmills, pipes and water tanks
some timber, cattle corals, 2 miles
from Enid, beautifully located.
This is a snap if taken soon.
Price S5.000.
2 miles from
Price S3,500.
K. R. station.
Xo. 160 acres farm, good
house, store, and postoffice build-
itirr barn and other outbuildings.
100 acres in cultivation 70 acres
in wheat, goes with place, aU
level, smooth land, all under
fence, 6 miles from R. R> P "
S3,500.
No 7. 1^0 acre farm,with good
improvements, 4 acres bearing
orchard, small vineyard, 100 acres
in cultivation, 60 acres meadow
land, good well and windmill,
line water, 5 miles from Enid.
Price $2,600.
No. 10. 320 acres, 1 mile from
Enid, good 8 room house, barn
for 200 head cattle, 10 1,cal
horses, 200 tons hay, and othc
cattle sheds, all supplied with
water by windmill powe., hog
rira?res\T wheSbalance in
pasture, all under fence and cross
fenced, good young orchard,
stock scales on place. lie
whole shooting match goes
88,000.
one rod apart and cross fenced,
wells, tanks and wind mills,
abundance of fine water, good
ranch house, sheds for 200 head
of cattle, some scattering timber
on same. Price $1,200.
No. 14. School section 640
acres, all under fence, 100 acres
in cultivation, balance pasture-
land, good house and barn, good
well and windmill, water tanks,
etc. Price SI,000.
Foreign List .
No 8. 160 acre farm, all
smooth black land good house
and barn, plenty of good water,
3 acres bearing ore.hard.
der fence, 100 acres wheat, one
half goes with farm delivered
half bushel. This is a fine farm
No 11. 160 acre farm. 2 miles
from R. R- town, 1 good 5-room
house, good "nPor.ch'^°dout-
lar. good barn and other out
buildings, forest trees around the
house, good young orchard ^
acres in cultivation, > > "0<:s
oasture, all under fence, and cro.s
SS?'goodwell and ..d .ll
in pasture. Price 82,600.
No 13. This is a school sec-
tion '640 acre stock ranch, all
fenced with 4 wires cedar posts
No. 1. 120 acres of good farm-
ing land in Effingham Co., His.
Fairly well improved, to trade
for Oklahoma land.
No. 4- A stock of general
merchandise in good shape, and
eloing a good business, in Spring-
field, Mo. Invoice *7,000.
To trade for Oklahoma iarming
land.
for farm or cattle ranch in Okla-
homa.
No 6 160 acre fruit farm in
Jasper Co., Mo. 60 acres in fruit
and vineyard. To trade fo
lahoma farming land.
No 7 1280 acres cattle ranch
in' Ford Co., Kan., all under
fence with running water, to
trade for Oklahoma farming
land.
No. 8. A fine orange orchard
of 60 acres with all modern im-
provements in the state of 1' Ion-
da, adjoining the beach, close to
a good market. To trade for
Oklahoma land.
No. 9. 320 acre farm Jin Tan-
ey Co., Mo., 100 acres in cultiva-
tion, balance good timber, all un-
der fence, good house and barn,
12 acres in bearing* orchard. (
trade for Garfield Co., Oklahoma,
land.
No. 3. A hardware stock, lo-
cated in a good town and doing a
a-ood business, invoice about
S5 000. To trade for Oklahoma
tarm land or Enid city business
property.
-sjo 4. 820 acre farm in Dade
Co., Mo., to trade for Oklahoma
stock ranch.
No. 5. A rfice sheep ranchjof
640 acres in Dakota. To trade
No 10 540 acres in farm in
Lalede Co., Mo., 40 acres bea--
ing orchard, good house and
barn and other out buildings, 40
acres in wheat. 30 acres in red
clover, balance good timber. I o
trade far farming land in Okla-
ma.
:T 16(Tacre farm, 10 milM^.. <&. w,.er. - -J ' , a,so ta« a number
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Moore, E. P. Garfield County Democrat. (Enid, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 28, 1901, newspaper, February 28, 1901; Enid, Oklahoma Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc166284/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.