The Harrah Tribune. (Harrah, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, August 9, 1907 Page: 1 of 8
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VOL I NO 6
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Drainage of the Rivers°
The Governor Expresses a Keen Interest in the Reclamaiion of
the Overflow Lands in the Canadian and Deep Fork
Valleys—Thousand § of Acres to be Re-
claimed that are Rich but Which
Overflow and Destroy
the Crops
GOVERNMENT TO RESCUE
If this Fails Governor France has a State Plan to Issue Bonds
to Cover Expense of Drainage the State to be Re-
imbursed in Installments by the Land Own-
ers to beBenefitred
A few weeks ago the Tribune contained an extended ar- ers and the bonds to be seCur-
h nn rsinrt nf tINP tirATIAO:P tbp Nnrtb Canadian river ed by a lien on the lands'ben
tide on the plan of the drainage of the North Canadian river
in order chiefly to reclaim the overflow lands in the rich val-
ley This valley is only one of many of a similar nature por
t tions of which overflow and lay waste to fine crops That a
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tions of which overflow and lay waste to fine crops That a
government and state drainage plan has been on foot to re-
claim the land is well known by those who keep pace with
the progress of the times
Governor Frank Frantz is in sympathy with the move-
ment as is shown in the following:
have always regarded this as a matter of great impor-
tance As I travelrd along the Deep Fork valley recently and
noted the magnificent crops where the fertile valley lands were
unaffected by the overflows I realized more than ever before
that if the partially matured plans:for the drainage of this dis-
trict can be carried out there will be no lands in Oklahoma
more valuable than these for agricultural purposes I have
watched'with interest the developments of the survey of the
Deep Fork drainage basin by the members of the geological
survey and I am convinced that the reclamation of this valu-
able land is not only practicable but also a good business prop-
osition from the standpoint of the state as well as from the in-
terests of the land-owners The reclamation of lands by drain-
age is even more important from a standpoint of public wel-
fare than is the reclamation of an equal area by irrigation for
in a case like this one the lands are not only rendered bractic-
ally valueless for farming purposes but the annual floods
must do thousands of dollars of damage to crops and railroads
and private improvements I believe the chances are good
for the enactment by congress of a law extending federal aid
to these drainage projects on a plan similar to that by which
irrigation works are constructed the cost to be met by federal
funds to be paid back in annual installments without interest
by the owners of the land benefitted Should we fail to secure
federal aid however I believe that the state should authorize
an issue of bonds to pay the expense of reclaiming these lands
the loan to be repaid in annual installments by the land-own
HARRAH OKLAHOMA FRIDAY AUG 9 1907
ed by a lien on the lands'ben-
efitted I understand that some
such plan has been success-
fully usedelsewhere and I
shall favor some arrangement
of that sort in case we do not
get federal aid I shall be glad
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to work with the people in this
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The interest shown by Coy 11
Frantz in the reclamation of
these lands is pleasing to the
people
There is a drainage bill be-
fore congress which if passed
will directly benefit the Cana-
dian and Deep Eork valleys
and we trust such a law will
be passed by congress
e we do not
I shall be glad :
NOTICE TO REPUBLICANS
There will be a caucus of the repub-
licans of Elk township held at the
school house in Harrah on Saturday
Aug 10 at 2 p m for the purpose of
placing in nomination the following
township canidates: Trustee clerk
treasurertwo justices of the peace and
two constables
CARL WITTKOPP
Committeeman
The record of peach shipments from
Wynewood is something of which every
citizen should be proud Sixteen car
loads have been shipped to date with-
out taking into consideration the small
lots shipped by various persons With
the large additions that are being made
to the orchards near here the time is
not far distant when the fruit industry
will be one of the most important of
this section of the new state 7-Wynewood
Republican
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To Improve Lakeside Park
J A Ensminger and P A Jorski in-
form us that they have completed a
deal with an Oklahoma City party
whereby he becomes interested in Lake-
side park The firm will make exten-
sive improvements this fall and next
spring Among the new features soon
to be added is a club house and race
track and several summer cottages
are to be built The lake will be
dredged and stocked with game fish
Ball grounds will also be provided for
Next season a bath house will be
erected and several fine boats put on
the lake for pleasure seekers Mr
Ensminger says they w11 also put in
a green house next spring which will
add to the beauty of the place mater-
ially -
Lakeside park can be made the
nicest resort in Oklahoma and we are
glad to see the management move for
ward
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Yours for business
Large Sale of Apples
The first sales of this year's apples
by the entire orchard's crop were made
at Yale last week Spencer Bros C
W Berry and C M Dunn sold the
crop from their orchards for a lump
sum to parties representing Chicago
commission houses It is estimated by
the buyers that there will be 25000
bushels of apples in the three orchards
By another year there will be many of
the younger orchards bearing which
are not bearing very much fruit this
year
The canning factory has put in an
improved piece of machinery called u
header which does the labor of five or
six people The old way of soldering
on the can lids i a very slow process us
compared to this machine which crimps
the lids on
C 0 Lewis four miles north and
two east of Harrah made us a pleas-
ant call Monday Mr Lewis says his
neighborhood had a good rain last Fri-
day night one fourth inch of water
falling He says his corn and other
crops are fine
Come To The
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At The New Brick
FRIDAY AUGUST NINTH
Everyboay Invited Good Order And Good Music 1
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FOR SALE
4 lots 5 room house pretty fair barn in the Radebaugh addi-
tion to Harrah Also one cow one mare 7 years old 15 hands high
one mare 6 years old 16 hands one colt 6 months old one sow and
five pigs one set plow harness one two three-quarter wagon one
10 inch stirring plow Also house furnishings chickens and ducks
10 acres of corn This all for $750
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Loyd, B. F. The Harrah Tribune. (Harrah, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, August 9, 1907, newspaper, August 9, 1907; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2138944/m1/1/?q=War+of+the+Rebellion.: accessed July 16, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.