The Herald-Sentinel. (Cloud Chief, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 2, No. 43, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 9, 1893 Page: 4 of 4
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Ondouu (lit* KJk Valley fur six
miles in a south western course i — — -• • •*
passing tbe Im claims of Thomn- J?1 °* 01 divide
•oe Pilgrim, Irie, Heno, Ike old I "aid out7 a""1 ""£?
feet Pilgrim, father of throe stab of laad, serr^eded* !?y a IpTndid
wart sons, whoa* oUimii we have I fanning country, ban several lines
ju*t jiassej, we arrive at Combs, a I0' bu*'nea represented. The
poetoflce adjoining Chicane, a I ®ul^.lr3r #round Cordell, ia a rolling
government towa.it* U t >u opeu-qal^Z^wlifcLulS Wi,h "V
^ to setUeiueut this Spring. W.lertUU],. To tha ao'ttbT'lk^gy"
II. Comb*, who own* a store here, bottom land, nettled mostly
also postmater. Comb, is sit* *u i,,(i,"trious class of generous
.ated In the broad Valley of the Klk J1*0"01"^ from Kansas. Their
and la ..rrounde, by i.uileg.^ i.^Zu'" ."'pJtt oT^ll
and enterprumg claw o| (annate, |ti Washita, about sine mile, above
that do all ig their power to aid Woud Chief, Re?. John Kliewer,
u the advancement and progress of 19 , Pion*r and founder of this
their county aud town. Leaving "•ttlcme1nt h**ing been sent to his
downtkis eitensive valley dotted I about four years ago About"oaf
over with large fields of corn and hundred of them have settled in the
sorghum, (the latter is eatensively *icinity of 8* elly, most of whom
cultivated throughout the county as !!! neat c°ttages and other im-
S^r-1?- f0ral1 klnd- wifl bo«t the^areVoMtoTLple*
or stock.) we arrive at tli« «tnr« «f in the wnrM u- m V V
o f . Jk T •"-I. peiahbors, there are no better people
of stock,) we arrive at the store of n the world than the Mennouites to J®®
Aloe Swindle. ... I Uva atnor.tr. North.*... and west "ng'ng speeches were made, every
w prewuyi . vn wie oiner side
situated on the bank of the far famed ?!the nve' th# land i verv much
Washita, which furnishes abundance tie! n*.«Vh ^r' wh^h emP"
«.,. ^pssstt-ss-a-
need to insure prosperity. On en- many trees being over 12 feet in
tenng the city one m surprised at I circumference. Along this itream
business air that prevails and the J?11 * found such solid settlers as
amount of business done. Msrs. Ikard, Bottom, Gordon, Jor-
==— dan Hagy and others, the latter,
K.r^-SKrt
|Kain^ Mountain creek, can be
Bail Road
Rumblings.
T* '*• «U U, Kaufa ft aid
S«ek Inlaid Headed air wajr.
Waaklla fMlt/'a rkaaceaofa*
firlig oue or both are good.
On last Tuesday Mr. Clinton
came in from Kllteno, where b<
had attended two big railroad meet
iugs of die Santa Fe management
with theyitiaens of KIReno. The
Santa Fe people say they wish to
extend their liue south-west from
Sapulpa, J. T., via KIBeno, Seger,
Cloud Chief and on to the moun-
tains. Dodgers were at once stiuck
off and scattered, announcing a
mass meeting that evening at the
court houst, to which about every-
body in town and several from the
country came. J. M. Wisdom was
placed iu the ohair and F. T. Cook
was made secretary. Numerous
Rea 1 this pv>; r oire.'ull/
r
Sweet and Irish potatoes
exceediu{jly well hem
dollar for this
Send us a half
paper a year
There is no tuahria iu this section
of the couutrv
we arrive at tiie store of >n tiie world than the Meno
Alec Swindle, an enterpriselng I ^'v® ainor.g, North-west a
merchant. Swindle as this place i§ of O01.^11 "itches one of as fine
called, has a nice body of ai/ri«ult..r OOU1ntr,e' M ®ver <>«t of doors,
•'."^-uodinglt, i. .itbiu Z
two mUes of tha south liue of the fuel needed for years can be had
county. We now cbauge our course ®^0llK 'be streams through whioh
♦ astward over a large scope of thin- everlasting streams of water.
ly populated, but beautiful prairie D0^N IN THE SOUTH-EAST.
country that woijld furnish a great Stowing down the river from
many good liomeH for the homeless, I k°U. Cnlef' one 8668 a dutiful
After traveling for some time we aid* ♦ 0Xtend,Dn« out °n each
.... « „ ^te}35t.sa-a
which is settled by an excellent H" upland, which stretches away
• lass of citiaens, who are noted for !11®rt*1 and ea8t °n the east side of railroad people, and state to them
their hospitality. Again changing !a«t ^e^embra aing L1!16 wh.ole what we ^re willing to do. A
onr coune w«i.tart northwert to- L the qu lit/o?tbl hS MrtbJ! TOI,,,,,Hte« °« ««>lutiou. eon.it-
rd Cloud CbiefourMartiug point, aig taken ut>. Edgerton, a beauti- lng of K'11 f'aull"1>'r. J. M. Wi«
going by farms<in a good state of fully located townsite in the ex-'doD1 and f. T. Cook was elected
cultivation, considering the short frePeJfout,iea8t corner of the cuon- nd presented the followsng:
period intervening since the open- Roll fT°,raelj •itu ted near the Resolutions
^.fr.
on an eminence looking down at store is also a good trading point
the beautiful little city so prettily that vicinity. On the otherside
he far famed !? rive' tJle land ia very much
body was enthusiastic and offered
liberally of their lots, besides the
c'aim holders present who offered
unconditional right of way through
their claimr. A committee consist-
ing of J. \y. Clanton, John Bing-
ham and Y, T. Cook, and T. J.
Mitts of Seger being present was
added to the committee to confer
with Seger, wa* elected to assist in
securing the/ight of way, donation
of lots e c, and to confer with the
^or good health, Washita county
cannot be excelled.
Washita couuty will have tvo
railroads before Christmas
All new subeeribers oau have the
first part of our story if they choose.
Wheat throughout Washita coun-
ty is yielding far more than was
ex)>ccted.
A contest will costs all the way
from MOO. up to 115,ooO, and they
have cost many their lives.
There has been less crime for the
amount of inhabitants in Washita
county than iu any uew country in
the kjowu world.
By the report of the observer of
the weather beaureau, the vicinity
of Washita county has had much
more rain fall than any portion of
the Strip.
Tome to Washita county.
Schools for your ehiidrea is au
object for setUara, and Washita eoun
ty is well supplied.
For information of any part of
Washita county vrito tha editor or
any advertiser in this paper.
Corn raising in Oklahoma is a
success beyond a doubt, as has been
demonstrated by this yean crop.
It must be remembered that this
county was totally an inhibited by
white settlersuntil April 10th '92.
Some of as fine granite as the
wor'dlean produce can be found in
the Wichita mountains south of us.
In almost any part of thi<
county in which you may locate,
you will find a good pubiic school
for your children. *
We your committee on resolu-
tions beg leave to present the fol-
lowing report:
First; we do honestly and mincer-
ly express our appreciation of the
prospects of a line of railroad into
our oounly, and
Second; we, as citizens of one
of the best oounties in Oklaho
ma, appreciating the need of a rail-
road, do pledge our assistance, our
influence and our property as an in-
ducement to any line of railroad to
enter our town and oounty, and
Third: we believe it is the sense
of all good citizens of this eounty
that a free right of way be given
through the county and towas, and
Fourth, that as many as 300 lots
of average value, toghther with
right of way through and depot
grounds in the city of Cloud Chief,
be given to any railroad building
*heir line through the same,
J. M. Wisdom, j
K. H. Faulkner, > Committee,
F. T. Cook, j
The meeting then adjourned to
convene again Saturday, September
30th, at ten o'clock a. m. and ur-
gently request everybody from the
Everybody go to J. II. Tuttle
and Bros, M'n<.o I. T. to buy the:r
D y Goods, clothing, Boo,*,' Shoes
aud Groceries. Tney Lave the
stock, aud make the prices.
The next countries to be opened
ii the Kiowa and Commanche which
joins Washita on the south, and the
Caddo and Wichita which is our
eastern border. Thus this is the
Washita will have about thirty
schools in operation this winter.
Pretty good showing for a oounty a
little over a year oldy
Can You Afford It?
It is evident that every ^^,,1
claim in the strip has been picked
out by unsciuplou* persons who d«.
not care what they swear to, and it
will require a contest to get it
Now can you afford the exponoe ot
a contest when you can get just as
good land iu Washita couuty with-
a contest?
notice.
^ Notice is hereby given that a
C. W. Buckmaster, mortgaged to
H. ( . Jacobs and Company on May
0, 1893, twentv-seveu head of hors-
es, branded C. H. andL M. on left
shoulder, and ono Jackson wagon,
which mortgage was assigned to the
There will be sown this fall near 5"°/ M®"ntoin creek, can be
here ,,000 acre, of wheat, in what „ I know„a.7th""stnWH?-Tk"''
kaown u the Big Klk country and hood Applications for pTrtoffim
its tributaries, and oats and corn in „au "ave been made at both
the spring in about the same amount. ' hePherd and Hagy.
This strip of laud is obout eight ^an ^ow Take The Oath?
miles wide by fourteen long. Com- Keraember that if you have been
mencing at the south west corner of *n the strip in any capacity, or in
Washita county, thence eight miles an^ way aft>ot, horseback, wagon
north, thence east to East Elk, or car are sooner, and cannot
thence south to the Kiowa line, #c9"ire title to any land or town
thence west to the place of begin- M0* there>n- This ruling does not
ing. I do not believe, after what I aPPty to lands in Washita cour'y.
have seen, and I have been all over J• H. Seger, Superintendant of
theC. A A. country and several the Indian schools at Seger, has
times through the strip, that there ju«t rceived notice that the appro-
is a tract of land, 8x14 miles that priation asked for to build the an
u"«n ZZir**"' "" thi"; " T tOJth0 "Cb001 buildi,,S hM 8e°"y '<*<" ■ ev.
*,11 watered by namerou. creek., •lowed. Thu, #20,000 more of country to be in. A barbecue i.
that run water the year round, all Uncle 8am'. mo„ey will be .catter- probable and a good time ^"ed
having plenty «f wood all along Ud o'er Washita county this winter. * "
their banks. The prairie, and Neal Morrison, who has a claim
al«ys are generally undulating, about .i« mil,* weal of ClondOhief
an,I in nearly every case one could sold last year from less th,„ Z
cultivate every bit of land he might I half „raof ground, T.,l",Zs
take, withm twenty feet of the bank to tha amount of *117 To in cash
ofthJ streams, without incoaven-1 Mr Morrison is ready to make affi
lence. It contain, no rough country davit to this. Hi, crop this vear is
to s,«ak of, and two hundred fanii- much better than laat, owing to the
""iu ti,<)ground ^
abo\e described trai t, happily, a k:n nn_ . -
pleasantly a*d pn.dtaWy; ,nd to vide, that we ^11^ W°gl^" l>r°'
much better ailvantage than in tbe free .ft,,. °!" Iai"''
Cherokee Stnp. I am not in the j^d th * I I ! °"
real ..tate business, have no ax to L ' ^ C0,ram°ting
grind, I only wan, this country to b
settle up with a good, thrifty class !„ , ■ If' *0r<'' lan(i
of people, and wL that ^
we Will be the most densely p„,,u|t ' . Iltere" ave ^•r" «
ted aa well as the most .hr'viug ag. 1.7,:^ " "i"00" y°"
ricultural eommunity in Oklahoma. t0U| 0^., ! '.mk'ng'
Anyone doubting what,.ay ^
place to locate while wailing for 11"lch/nort*faff° was assigned to the
these openings. vlMt ^stional Bank of Oklahoma
Af " , City, O. T. and as said note and
Alter having read this paper care- and mortgage is past due and un-
ully, hand it to a friend who has paid and as there is now due on
not seen a copy, or mail it to some «aid note and mortgage the sum of
one in the east who contemplates *270.30 the siad property will be
coming to Oklanoma„ and send us ojd at public sale at Cloud Chief
50 cents topaj^orthepaper a ye*r. O. T. on Sept at 1 o'clock P. M.
The Wichita mountains which H. A. Lamberson,
lay about ten miles south of us, con Attorney for 1st National Bank,
tain rich deposits of silver and gold, A^AS NOTICE TO SETTLER,
and this county is the nearest pub- cask no. 1950.
lie land to them. Kiowa and Com- 0>Mlioma City,O T i
mauche, in which they are located, August 21, 1893. [u 8- L ndoffice
will soon be openod to settlement, L,CoaIfla,tnt havin*r ***" entered at
am Cloud Chief will become the Janea T SD,lt"'
Loadville of Oklahoma.
O. T. April 20th, —
iVewanta good bright boy of v fS f."1; lm Up011 tl,e s<
about fifteen to eighteen years JS"! MuXttfn V7"
earn the printer, trade. To one county, O. T..allcglngtbat defcndaM
that is willing to work and take an ,las abandoned said land and (has never
interest in what he does we will ebtabli8hed his residence thereon) for
give a good lay. Board and small Tm thl?n8ixmo"ths since the ming
wages to start with, or we will ar -• iA tr .°.niCStead affldav,t- That
range for -im to work for his board ^,'7^
and attend school. Address or call P-'""'- ' l"w
at this office. With a view to the canwllatlon of
7 A v , , 8d d ent 'y the 8a|d Parties are hereby
• A. King who has a claim near Hmmoned to appear at this office on
oeger was in town Monday. Mr. I ^^.th day of October 1893, at '
this oountry can oall an me at
Wood, Washita county, and I will
show yon the land gratuitously,
Yours,
Harry S.uith.
Now whioh is the best, to pay $8.75
per acre with a certainty of a con-
twt, of ffee equally as good a claim
in Washita county free? This is
food for reflection.
J. M. Wisdom, Chairman.
F. T. Cook, Secretary.
SEtiER IN LINE.
Everything looking onr way.
The citizens of this town and
community met in mass for the pur-
pose of considering ways and plans
for securing ailroad facilities. T.
J. Mitts was elected cairmar. and
C. L. Davis Seoretary. On motion
of J. H. Seger, it was the sense of
the meeting that a proposition be
made to give six hundred lots in the
town of Seger ss a bonas to any rail
road company that would build a
1 ine through the corporate limits
with depot facilities there in, T.
J. Mitts was eleoted a committee of
one to co-operate with a committee
from Cloud Chief Oklahoma for the
purpose of considereng the matter
of the right of way through this
(Washita) County, Moved to ad-
1ourn subject to a call of the ohair.
Thos. J. Mitts, Chairman.
Chaa. L. Davis, Seoretary.
King has just threshed hi's wheatIt Cl0Ck A M< to re8pond aad furnish
which averages over 11 bushels tn at"1'!?0^ ('°ncerninK "aid alleKed
theacre o„ggro«nd brokenoestab-
one year ago after cutting his oats B. M. Dilley, Register,
"nmediately plowed the stubble [ Firstpub. Sep. 9th, 1893
and now he has a crop of volunteer
oats about waist high and beginning I ALIA'S NOTICE TO SETTLER
to head out thus he will raise two CASK N0* 1W9-
good crops of oats off the same Lu> u
ground one season. Who can beat August Slfiw&f ^Aland Office,
that outside of Oklahoma?
KEALESTATE MOVING.
Compiaiut having been entered at
John0UK Jr" H- BPeedin«' a«ai,18t
■John NeviHe, who made homestead
The following are tbe transfers *."t51No„33'8 ,lst<>'1 Oklahoma City
of realestate for the last week as w i, t '.h'1892, upon ,he s'w «
"•a«. H. u.w™. .pti'rsrrrr
J. C. Broughton, |.10. I,ot 4 B. .'i'"!?"' '"IT" months since
fi H. A. Lamberson to O. E Thai- 1 J"*.0.1,18 Ho,negt««daffidavit-
atJsri'jisS-a.-'aa.':
A 19 B. 39, Jesse Simmona to C. a vi°w to the cancellation of
C. Luttrell, $60, I^ots 11 A 19 B e0tP> parties are hereby
38, Wisdom and Jacob, to " c feT? l°.i|W 111 thl"
j ,.' ^"^yofOctoberltWS.atlOo'alock
Luttrell, lioo, 4 of lot 13 B, 34
Wisdom to Lamberson Ifto. Lot 7
B. 35, Joe Wood to John Clanton,
•100. Lots u A ia fi. 09, D, W
Keaser to J. B, Uinshasr, |fto,
a u , , aoao, m mo flOi'S
A. M. to respond and furnish lostimonv
eoncerninB said alleged abandonment,
(or failure to estabish residence.)
B. M. Dilley, Register,
rlrst pub. s«p. nth.
01 d3 * U.y
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Cook, F. T. The Herald-Sentinel. (Cloud Chief, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 2, No. 43, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 9, 1893, newspaper, September 9, 1893; Cloud Chief, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc168629/m1/4/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.