Garfield County Democrat. (Enid, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 7, 1901 Page: 1 of 8
This newspaper is part of the collection entitled: Oklahoma Digital Newspaper Program and was provided to The Gateway to Oklahoma History by the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
Garfield County Democrat.
vol. 4-.
enid, oklahoma, thursday, mar. 7, 1901.
NO. !3
TH W. M. WILLI AMS,
Real Estate " Loan and * Trust
Incor|>orated in
-1893.—-
Enid, Oklahoma Territory,
Office in Brick Block.
East of II. S Land Office.
We do a genera, Rea, Estate business throughout Oklahoma and
yourVnvestment*/nd deeiu:'"your"alIro^Tfe re1"!r<fm thepricSof lar/d you buy. Maps of Oklahoma Tettitory. Kiowa and Comanche res-
ervation furnished to Homeseekers on application, • ^
Deeds, Mortgages, Abstracts of Title and all kinds of Legal Papers careully prepared and furnished
in office*
A WORD TO THE WISE IS SUFFICIENT,
Wf would advise Farmers % Homeseekcr, to beware of irresponsible, curb stone, would-be real estaters, the} w .!! get
you into trouble. Below we will give a brief discription of Oklhhoma, a portion of which is
clipped from Gov. Barnes report of 1000.
\h ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ii' ti tij!' ii'„
Irf\/f\ Cf\ rf\'fv 'ft rfv /f \rf\
This has been another year of
general prosperity lor all of the
people of the Territory. The
farms and orchards have yielded
abundant harvests, the herds and
flocks increased, all mercantile
business .expander niatiutact" .s
devc.oped along new lines, popu-
lation ot citits and counties in-
creased. railways extended, com-
merce grown into magnificent
proportions, and new vistas of
progress and deveiopeinent open-
ed before the eyes of all.
longer hcMt. t ■ repond to our
beckoning, but c s of its own
acc ird seeking an opportunity to
participate in tlu tui\s of the
Ian-"1.
The time was. in the not far
distant pasi. when the man or
woman who started for Oklaho-
ma from most sections of the
Union was looked upon with sus-
picion, or bid a farewell by
friends such as is accorded the
adventurer starting for the iun-
o-les of Africa, or the explorer for
the North Pole, and the citizen
of Oklahoma was gazed uoon as
a curiosity in the communities of
the East; but all this is changed.
The person starting for Oklaho-
ma today is envied by all those
so unfortunate as to be left be-
hind, and Oklahotnans every-
where are beseigedwith inquiries
regarding thei.r wonderland.
No section of the county' 15 s0
well or so favorably advertisda
today as is Oklahoma. The eyes
of the nation are upon us and the
feet of the countless emigrants
are turned this way. Capital no
'Yitta 400,000ppor . with 100,-
000 chili,n i in her public schools
and 2,0u0 young men and women
in her higher institution of learn-
ing, with $50,000,000 taxable
valuation and 3135,000,000 real
wealth; with products of farm,
factory, and mines aggregating
375.000,000 for the fiscal year,
vith a soil whose fertility seems
wonderful, with a climate unsur-
passed anywhere, with crops sur-
passing those of many of the
leading agricultural States, with
waving grain, fruit laden or-
chards and vineyards, and cattle
upon a thousand hills, with
churches, and school nouses and
universities, and a people as loy-
al anst true and patriotic as ever
breathed the air of heaven. Ok-
lahoma today stands knocking at
the portals of the Union expect-
ing soon to be placed upon the
starry field of the nation's banner
a star whose brightness will .lev-
er grow dim.
To the people of all classes and
conditions less favored in their
surroundings and opportunities
At extends an invitation
Oklanom* y ; b b
to come add sliar* !"
teous plenty accorded this tlfiw
and wonderful commonwealth.
The commerce of Oklahoma
has been phenomenal from the
first, but the growth the past
three years has been of so great
proportions as to be almost be-
yond the belief of those who look
upon this territory is a new and
undeveloped country. Oklaho-
ma fiour can be found in the mar-
kets of Europe. South America,
and Asia; Oklahoma cotton goes
by direct shipment to Liverpool
and Japan; Oklahoma cattle fill
the slaughter pens of Loudon and
Berlin; Oklahoma corn and wheat
have gone to feed the famine
stricken millions of India, and the
products of the farms, dairies,
orchards, and gardens of the ter-
ritory help to supply the markets
of this and other nation*.
Oklahoma Territory is ship-
ping castor beans to Europe for
the manufacture of oil; peanuts
to many cities and even to Paris
for use in sweetmeats; cedar logs
to Germany for coverng pencils;
buttet to the city of Mexico; wat-
ermelon s to Salt Lake, Denver,
Minneapolis, and Chicago; chick-
ens to New York City; eggs to
London; kaffir corn to Holland,
and horses and mules to Cape
Town. No state in the Uni m
has a more divers'fieJ or far-
reaching export trade.
And the imports are equally as
Varied as ^reat. Our people vUJ
lately of the manufactures and
produc.s ot tiip various states and
of other nations and the incom-
ing railway train is laden as
heavily as "the outgoing in all
Oklahoma.
The railways operating i i the
Territory years ag; found their
Oklahoma divisions the best pay-
ing parts of their lines, and tc
traffic has increased perceptibly
every month ot the past three
years.
The immense wheat crop of the
Territory the past three years
has been the one thiig largely
instrumental in attracting the at-
tention of the entire nation to
Oklahoma. For an unknown
and untried country scarcely
heard of in the markets ot the
world to unexpectedly put a score
of million bushels of wheat on
the market was something to
startle everybody. And now tor
the third consective year the Ter-
ritory has produced a record
breaking crop, both as to aggre-
gate yield and yield per acre.
The wheat crop of the territory
will this year reach close to 25.-
000,000 bushels, and the railway
companies will be pushed tor cars
to handle the crop.
There arc many authenticated
yields of from 40 to 50 bushels
per acre, and 35 bushel yields are
very common, yet owing to im-
proper planting by many and un-
favorable weather preceding and
during harvest iu 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 in
Oklahoma. Too many farmers
are growing nothing but wheat.
They did the same elsewhere and
found that no soil was so good
but that it could be exhausted.
There are, however, many mit-
igating circumstances, and Okla-
homa wheat growers have had
excellent reasons for growing
nothing but wheat up to the pres-
ent time. Money was needed,
and wheat growing has brought
money. The change from the
sod house to the comfortable
dwelling has been rapid, and
tends to inspire increased confi-
dence in the crop that has
brought it about. There is per-
haps nothing else that would
have done it so quickly.
Many wheat growers have paid
for their farms with a single
crop. Mortgages have been paid
off, comfortable homes erected,
farms stocked, the family pro-
vided for, and sons and daughters
educated by the wheat crops of
the past tew years.
The favorable season for plant-
ing, the early harvest, the long
season for threshing, the excel-
lent winter pasturage from the
growing crop, all unite to make
wheat growing attractive and
profitable.
The results of trials at the ex-
periment station at Stillv.'itcr
and the practical experien >f
wheat grr . ,ni over the terri-
tory sl.ow that i r'.y plowing
and early sowing for wheat have
given the highest yields and best
wheat. At the experiment sta-
tion wheat on ground plowed em
July 19 yielded a little more
than twice as much as that plow-
ed on September 11. the seeding
in both cases being done on Sep-
15. Wheat seeded September 15
yielded 37; October 15, 35, and
November 15, 23 bushels 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 acre, was ob-
tained from Sibley's New Gold,
en; the lowest 27.70, from Big
England. German Emperor,
Turkey, Pickaway, Red Russian-
Early Ripe, Fulcaster, New Red
Wonder. Fulz, Missouri Blue
Stem, and Early Red CUiwson all
gave satisfactory yields.
Garfield County.-Location north
fX^rlTco^ "5
££ SSESu. Ch SSt-aSTrLli.;' principal
imagine they seejast j hent and are not content to stay
forests of the w«Marjjj 9ufficient, fertUe or productive to satisfy
in one p1a ' ,t] Thongli any man here may lay by a com-
lh#:r,irCfortune in a generation, they seek a place where it may be
fortable ^ of the rkh Jmires in theWichua Mountains
acquired in a day. Klondyke and the Philippines, like the
tol0AfeC£ S: SaT hemaiay from cerZn wealth here
songs of the birens oi vonder. Many of these offer their
to -XT^ToAale cheap, with the view to going farther west. 1
append betow a list of some of the bargains in farms which have
been placed in my hands for sale.
from Enid; good house and barn,
Local List. good bearing orchard, 90 acres in
cultivation, ail under fence,
No. !. 160 acre farm, 3 miles smooth land. Price $3,200.
from Enid, good house and stab- 3> 150 acres. This is
les 60 acres in wheat, balance in g.ood farm, with good improve-
oasture, all under fence, running ments, 10 miles from Enid, 100
water in pasture, all bottom land. acres jn cultivation, all good
A bargain at §3,500. farming laud, good house and
No. 2. 160 acre farm, 10 milesbarn,vfine water. Price 2,600
No. 4. 160 acre farm, H miles
from Enid, good improvements,
good bearing orchard, 100 acres
in cultivation, all under fence.
This is a farm that we can rec-
comend. Price $2,600.
No. 5. 320 acre farm, 9 miles
from Enid, all under fence, good
improvements, good water, wind-
mill. pumps, etc., good bearing
orchard, good vineyard, 90 acres
of wheat, 140 acres in cultiva-
tion. Only $5,000, price.
No. 6. 320 acres, stock ranch,
all well fenced and cross fenced.
Good 8-room house, barn and
cattle sheds, two good wells and
windmills, pipes and water tanks,
some timber, cattle corals, 2 miles
from Enid, beautifully located.
This is a snap if taken soon.
Price 35.000.
2 miles from R.
Price $3,500.
No. 7. 160 acre farm,with good
improvements, 4 acres beating
orchard, small vineyard, 100 acres
in cultivation, 60 acres meadow-
land, good well and windmill,
fine water, 5 miles from Enid.
Price $2,600.
No. 8. 160 acre farm, all
smooth black land, good house
and barn, plenty of good water,
3 acres bearing orchard. All un-
der fence, 100 acres wheat, one
half goes with farm delivered in
half bushel. This is a fine farm
No. 9. 160 acres farm, good
house, store, and postoffice build-
ing, bain and other outbuildings.
100 acres in cultivation, 70 acres
in wheat, goes with place, all
level, smooth land, all under
fence, 6 miles from R. R. Price
$3,500.
No. 10. 320 acres, 1 mile from
Enid, good 8 room house, barn
for 200 head cattle, 10 head ot
horses, 200 tons hay, and other
cattle sheds, all supplied with
water by windmill power, hog
houses and lots, 75 acres in alfal-
fa, 80 acres in wheat, balance in
pasture, all under fence and cross
fenced, good young orchard,
stock scales on place. T he
whole shooting match goes for
$8,000.
station, 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 31,200.
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 $1,000.
No. 11. 160 acre farm, 2 miles
from R. R. town, 1 good 5-room
house, good on porch, good cel-
lar. good barn and other out-
buildings, forest trees around the
house, good young orchard, 80
acres in cultivation, 80 acres in
pasture, all under fence, and cross
fenced, good well and windwill
in pasture. Price $2,600.
No. 13. This is a school sec-
tion 640 acre stock ranch, all
fenced with 4 wires cedar posts
Foreign List.
No. 1. 120 acres of good farm-
ing land in Effingham Co., Ills.
Fairly well improved, to trade
for Oklahoma land.
No. 4. A stock of general
merchandise in good shape, and
doing a good business, in Spring-
field, Mo. Invoice $7,000.
To trade for Oklahoma farming
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 for Ok-
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 Flori-
da, adjoining the beach, close to
a good market. To trade for
Oklahoma land.
Nj. . 320 acre farm [in Tan-
ey Co., Mo., ion . es in cultiva-
tion, balance good timber, all un-
der fence, good house and barn,
12 acres in bearing orchard. To
trade for Garfield Co., Oklahoma,
land.
No. 3. A hardware stock, lo-
cated in a good town and doing a
yood business, invcice about
$5,000. To trade for Oklahoma
farm land or Enid city business
property.
No. 4 820 acre farm n Dade
Co., Mo., to trade for Oklahoma
stock ranch.
No. 5. A rfine sheep ranchfof
(>40 acres in Dakota. To trade
No. 10. 240 acres in farm in
Lalede Co., Mo., 40 acres beam-
ing orchard, good house and
barn and other out buildings, 40
acres in wheat, 30 acres in red
clover, balance good timber. To
trade far farming land in Okla-
lua.
■ . . T Via vp n number of choice claims for sale ▼erv cheap in Garfield
mHE abov.e farms are the modus of Garfield county, Oklahoma, and can • "Oklahoma and will guarantee you satisfaction in every particular, w it
T^Voble ami Wood, counties. I am pr^red o stow you the o«, . ^ *.„v O..W Ban
Remember it
T Print Noble and Woods counties. 1 am i M""°d to show you the best ' ' "L1" r' will "refer you to the First National Bank of Enid, Citizen s Bank and Bank of
costs vou nothing to look at the above bargains. As to my mode of doing e«. I «^ refer you WILLIAMS, Enid, Oklahoma, Box 271.
costs jou notn g Yours Verj Kespeetiuuy, facilities to show these lands and will take pleasure in
IMMIGRATION AGENT I — — ot„er ,.™ a. - as town P^Jor sate. I have a.pte
erty he may desin
nuift UU1L1 HUH'.- un v. V .. r *
show in;, v< '■! the best bargains at the lowest possible price,
as to its location, value and terms of sale.
<ale. 1 have ampie iacuiues u> >••••• • 1
j would be glad to correspond with anyone in regard to any spectnc prop-
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Matching Search Results
View one place within this issue that match your search.Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Moore, E. P. Garfield County Democrat. (Enid, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 7, 1901, newspaper, March 7, 1901; Enid, Oklahoma Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc166287/m1/1/?q=music: accessed June 30, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.