The Orlando Clipper. (Orlando, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, March 26, 1909 Page: 1 of 12
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THE ORLAM
ttutwiori BooWiy
D, E, Dahlgren, Publisher.
Orlando, Logan County, Oklahoma, FRIDAY, MARCH 26,1909
HEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR
FOR HOMEBUILDERS
Washington, D. C-, lhursday,
March 25, 1909— West of the Mis-
souri river lies a vast region ex-
tending to the foothills of the
Rocky Mountains, and from the
Panhandle of Texas northward in-
to Canada. It is known as the
Great Plains For many years the
vast region has been utilized as a
public common. Countless cattle
and sheep have had free accoss to
it and have overgrazed it Its ad- j
ministrati m is still one of the most
vexiug piobloras before Congress.
The pioneer of the Great Plains
was the cattleman. lie farmed
but little, and from the nature of
bis business and the methods of
operation, as a rule, wanted no
neighbors.
The real homebuilder, who un-
dertook to subside the plains to ag-
riculture, encouutered many diffi-
culties. In sections there was no
timber and he was forced to build
his house of sod or adobe. He
found the streams wore not depen-
dable. they were dry in summer
when water was most ueeded, Na-
ture, however, provided an inex-
haustible supply of underground
water, which the farmer pumped
into small reservoirs and then led
to his garden and orchard and sup-
plied his live stock. He harnessed
the wind, which blows almost con ,
stanti y on the prairies, and made
it a cheap and useful servant for
his vork.
Within Ihe past fiftoen years
has been awakening to the oppor-
tunity which lies la the plains area
find settlements have moved west-
ward with such remarkable rapidi-
ty that the day "f the brood, free
range, with the old, carelew, and
often inhuman methods of slock
raising, is about over. The day
of smaller flocks and herds, wintei
fed and fattened on home-grown
forage, is at hand. Diy fanning
has come into vogue, and has
greatly increased the crop produc-
ing area of the Great 1 lains.
In the Groat Plains area the
Reclamation Service has in pro-
gress of construction eleven pro
jocts involving an expenditure of
$18,710,000 and the reclamation ol
500,000 acres. Several of these
projects are unique, and in their
engineering features of constitut-
ion are deserving of extending
description. All hive reached a
stage of construction where water
will he available this season, and
the hundreds of new homes which
dot the prairies show that the set-
tlers are preparing to put it to use.
Full particulars! concerning the
lands available to settleas, antl the
te^ms of water right, etc., may be
obtained by addressing the Statis-
tician, U. S. Reclamation Service,
Washington, D. O.
Two of these piojects are locat-
ed in North Dakota, in the valley
of the Missouri River, and in the
vicinity of Williston. A heavy in-
flux of settlers is auticipaied this
spring to take up the lands to be
irrigated. Diversified and inten-
sive farming by irrigation will|
bring about a great change in the
agricultural methods now in vogue
in this section. The cultivation of
alfalfa, sugarbeets, vegetables, and
such fiuits as apples, cherries,
grapes, melons, and berries of all
kinds, for which this region is ad-
apted will doubtless csetitc a pros-
perous community here in a few
years.
Not far from here, in the Lower
Yellowstone valley, and embracing
66.000 acres of laud ir Montana
and North Dakota, is the Lower
Yellowstone Project- The settle-
me it of this large area has been
progressing rapidly, but there are
still opportunities for homeseekois
to secure good lands.
Up the Yellowstone about 200]
miles is the Huntley project, locat- j
ed 12 miles east of Billings, Mont,
and embrasing 30,000 acrs of land, j
having a general elevation of 3,000
I feet above sea level. 1 he inig-j
I able area has been divided into 589
farms of 40 acres each, and about
half of these have already been
tiled upon. The project oilers un-
usual advantages for the practical
farmer of small mea^s to obtain a
good home, whereon by his own
industry he can secure a conifoit-
able living. The climate here is
delightful and the soil of except-
ional fertility, producing bountiful
crops when wateied. Cereals and
alfalfa are the principal crops, al-
though apples, small fi ui'»and gar-
den vegetables do well. On ac-
count of the fine range country
surrounding the pi oject, alfalfa
w 11 always be a staple product.
Lt produces about live tons pel
care at present, and is worth $5
per ton in the stack. A sugai
beet factory now in operation at
Billings aud the farmers are in-
I creasing their acreage in this crop,
as it is very profitable. Unusual
facilities for transporting crops
to the large markets are atfoided
by two lines of transcontinental
railroads, the Northern Pacific and
the Chicago Burlington and Quin-
cy, which traverse this tract. No
farm is more than three miles
from a shipping point. Theie are
eight new no was on this project
af intervals of about live miles
along the two lines of railroad,
and town lots aro now offered for
sale by the Government at reason-
able pi ices.
Not far from the thriving city of
Great Fads, Montana, the tirst
unit of the Sun River project com-
prising 1*3,000 acres, is now open
to settlement. This psoject when
completed will be one of the larg-
est undertaken ny the Govern-
ment, irrigating nearly 256,000
acies, or considerably more than
tye cultivated acreage of Rhode
Island. An interesting feature in
connection with this project is the
proposition of the engineer, to
augment the wafer supply by tak-
ing water from the streams now
flowing into the Pacific Ocean
through a gap on the continental
divide to a watershed which
drains into the Atlantic Ocean-
The Sun River Valley proper is
about 70 miles long and from one
to 5 miles wide- The uuit now
open to entrv is the abandoned
Fort Shaw Military Reservation,
which contains about 2U0 eighty-
acre farms-
In this project the rural settle-
ment plan is being carried out.
l'here will be a village about every
mx miles. The soil is a wann,
sandy loam, covered with buffalo
grass, gramma and wheat grass.
^Allthe crops which can be grown
in the northern countries can be
raised in this section. The prin
cipal crop* will be alfalfa, sugai
beets and potatoes.
On the northern bordor of Wy
oming the Government is building
the highest masonry dam in the I
world. This structure, which will
raise 328.4 feet above its founda-
tion, blocks a very narrow gorge.
It will be 108 feet thick on the
bottom and only 175 feet long on
top. We might get a better con-
ception of the enormous height of J
this dam if we compared it to the
height of some f am'liar building.
Take, for instance, the Flatiron
building in New \ork City-
Placed side by side, the Shoshone
dam would raise two stories high-
er. Twelve miles below the Sho-
shone dam a diversion dam has
been built in the river which turns
the stream into a tunue' 3i miles
long, connected at the other
end with a large canal which car
ries the water out upon 100,000
acres of tine laud. 1 he tirst unit
of 17,000 acres was opened up for
settlement last year, and so rapidly
was it taken up that another unit
of 15,000 acres will be opened up
for settlement this sprin -
LITTLE TAPS OF LOVE.
Caused Quick Police Run On
Beautiful Saturday Afters
noon.
From Perry Daily News.
A vigorous ringing of the police
bell Sunday afternoon caused Chief
Stockey, his curley dog and about
sixty of the boys to hike to the co-
zy home of .1 udge Winn. I he ^
house was not on atire, excep
with a flame of love which wasj
still consuming the judye and his
bride, formerly Mrs. Cordell,
more formally Miss. Rosa Calori.
Phov had been patting each other
on the chin until they got too vig-
orous— iu fact the boys assert.that
the bride was going for her hubby
like a chicken after corn and the
judge's movements weie akin to
a rooster after a hoppergrass. It
was simply a family affair, so the
audience dispersed anil Rose got. a
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rig and went homo to tell ma.
And Captain Cordell heaved a
sigh of relief.
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New Variety of Sandwitcli.
A police alarm Sunday after-
noon attracted a crowd to the
I homo of O. 11. Bender, corner 8th
and C streets whore his house-
keeper, Granville Morris while
laboring under a nervous attack
had made in the middle of the
floor a big sandwitcli composed of
I alternate layers of clothing, pie,
moro clothing, aud topped with, a
pudding. As ti garnishment the
cat was baptised with hot lard.
Today's Market Report.
BUTT Kit, I'l'.K
BOOS, I'KR DO/.1N
eli It'K r.NN, 1'KK l.U
'l'urkeys
COHN •
WHEAT, ri.K I1U.—"8 l.US
Oats, l'lCll
HOGS, l'KR CWT
. . lfo
.. Ho
..
,.. 13c
,.. r)(le
$0.00
. 400
$5.85
'CLOTH""
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TTIT —J |
We want you to know more about Ihe I lollies w<v
are showing for Spring.
More about Styles that are most popu-
lar. You can see evidences every day
of the great values and high class ta.
oring of our Spring Suits, worn by doz-
ens of our pleased customers, but you
can get a still more intelligent idea ot
how you should be dressed and ot
what the latest creations are by com-
ing personally and looking our great
assortment over. There are a
many new features shown in the i\cvv
Spring Suits.
There is no store more [able to
demonstrate them than this one. New
Suits are arriving every day.
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Wash Goods Specials
Our complete line of |
White Goods and Lawns|
go at
Special Reduced Prices.
Standard Prints -
w Amokeags Ginghams, 12£c value, now
Blue Bell Cheviot, worth 15c now
Southern Silk Shirting, worth 10c, now
Black Muslin, worth l-)c, iu this sale only
" " 8*c "
Percales, worth 15c, now
" " 12£, now
" " 10c, now only
SHIRT
WAISTS
Our full line of Shirt
Waists are thrown
into this at special re-
duced prices.
4S72—Ltdlcs' w»lrt-
Situ 32, 34, 36. 38. 40 Inches
bust measure.
Wo have just receiv-
ed a fine, new and up
to-date Shoes and
Oxfords. Y u will
need a pair for next
Easter.
lliel
Only Two's More Days lefoig
in the "Consolidated StocK|
Reduction Sale. ^
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Dahlgren, David E. The Orlando Clipper. (Orlando, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, March 26, 1909, newspaper, March 26, 1909; Orlando, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc305504/m1/1/: accessed April 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.