The Manchester Journal. (Manchester, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, June 18, 1909 Page: 1 of 4
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IT WOULD DO TO SEND AWAY.
How a
Letter Written to a Friend Concerning
Part of the Country Would Look in Print.
this
If the editor of the Journal were
writing a personal letter to a friend
or relative in the east or northern
states concerning Manchester and
the country tributary thereto, it
would do so in about the following
fashion:
Manchester, Okla., June 17, 1909.
Manchester is a great big little
town, She has a number of hust-
ling citizens and business men, and
a few who are what are usually
termed “back numbers.” The
“back number” fellows, I am happy
to state, are largely in the minority.
As a place in which to live, Man-
chester is all right. We have a
good graded school with nine
months school in the year, three
good churches, between four and
five hundred population, and an
enterprising class of people in every
way. The streets are kept up in
fairly good shape and we have num-
erous brick and cement walks, and
more building. The streets and
residence properties are beauti-
fied with numerous shade trees
which are growing nicely, and in
all the little' city is looking pros-
perous.
But when it comes to the country
tributary to Manchester, here’s
where we shine! My, but the
country does look pretty! Every-
where you go the wheat fields, the
corn fields, the oat fields and the
alfalfa fields take the eye. Just
now the wheat is almost ready to
cut and promises an income to the
farmer of from $15 to $25 per acre.
The oats looks as though it might
make anywhere from 50 to 90
bushels per acre, the corn is black
as tar and growing rapidly, with
most of it well cultivated from two
to four times.
But the prettiest sight of all is
the alfalfa fields. One crop for the
season has been put up and the
next hay crop will soon be ready.
We cut from four to six hay crops
of alfalfa here each year, and it is
the most paying crop by far of any
yet known to this country. Cured
alfalfa hay has been selling at from
$0 to $7 in the field this summer,
and where stacked and held over
until winter it readily finds sale to
the cattle feeders at $10 per ton at
the stack. It usually brings from
$12 to $18 per ton when baled and
shipped to the big markets.
Average alfalfa land in this
locality will yield about one ton per
acre at each cutting sometimes
more, sometimes less. But with
and selling it on the market.
The reason for this is, a half crop
of wheat, at an average price, is a
loss to the farmer for the reason
from Arkansas Wednesday. I"“’c "" ““““7 "t"! V”’, riMe ieaui“g Protecuuiuau “* ...... o;her wav bv runtime a dusk
, tossed at the Journal last week by , . • , . bv the } other wa> oy running a uihk
—A son was born to Mr. and tb Waldron Argus and Wakita r > > * P ' over the wheat fields, just behind
BOUQUETS. I DON’T SEE WHY.
Boquets, for which the authors The New York Tribune, one of
have the thanks of this paper, were I tbe leading protectionist papers in
—The farmer who has the force
to do it, can make more money
during wheat cutting time than in
Mrs. Sam Ford Monday night.
Albert Morse came in from
action of the United States Senate. Lbe binder jf y0U bave doubts
about it, just try it for a single
the Waldron Argus and Wakita
Herald as follows: 1
The Argus: “The Manchester The Tribune of June 13 says:
—Roy Stiles, who has been with That ,s a record to be proud of. members of the Senate finance ture and prevent weeds and grass
the Santa I e at Deerfield, Kansas. « <rnr»d naner committee to see that thev are out I starting to a great extent, and
iubo tu w.c .u. .-----j Fe at Deerfield, Kansas. Simmons pUtsout a good paper committee to see that they are out I starting to a great extent, and
that the expense eats it up. With |for some time, writes the Journal L ^ gize of tbe town and is of touch with the sentiment of the when you get ready to list or plow
corn, a half crop pays for the reason that he is going to California. doing all in his power to make a country. The finance committee’s for wheat you can do a much better
that there is practically no cash ex- —A daughter is reported born I bigger and better town. Sixteen Tariff bill seems to have been I job and the plow will run much
pense—only the farmer’s own to Fred Wood and wife on Thurs-1 years is a long time to conduct a framed with a singular disregard easier, merely from the fact that it
labor. But with alfalfa it don’t May of last week, and all interested business in the same place, but the not only of popular opinion, but of will not be hard and dry like that
matter whether the first crop parties doing fine. 0ld saying “Stick to your bush” I ordinary political caution. not disked. Of course, if there aie
is a half crop, a quarter _Tbe busy season is on in ear- is a pretty good motto to have if “The senate has followed, so far, | abundant rains all during the
crop or a totai failure. It just I t now. The farmers nearly all it is carried out.
I the purely negative policy of neu-1 season for plowing for wheat the
comes on again in thirty or forty h corn to low and wheat and The Herald: The Mauchester tralizing the work of the House and difference will not amount to much,
days and makes another crop, and I tg tQ cut and every man it the Journal commenced its seventeenth reshaping the Payne Bill in the but if we have the usual dry spe
so it goes all through the season. country wbo wm worfc can find all year of usefulness last week. The image of the Dingley Law. The that comes in July and August then
Many farmers here have fenced be w.ints to do. Journal was established May 26, changes in rates made in the Senate the disking counts,
their farms hog tight and have [1893, by J. M. Simmons, who still have, as a whole, simply nullified The train service that Manches-
gone to raising hogs in their alfalfa —All the threshermen are getting: I holdB the reins after sixteen years the House’s attempts to modernize ter getg over the rotten ties be-
fields, and they find it an easy way | their machines rigged up preparatory | (,nrifir|linns on this one I the tariff. They have placated | t Hutchinson and Blackwell.
so as to give more
time to make the run. Sixteen
miles an hour proved to be too
—,--------j -------------„ ., . . , of continuous service on this one [the tariff. They have placated Lween Hutchinson and Blackwell,
make money, to making a good run during e paper This is a recordnot held by local and sectional demands, but dangerous to travel over at all
The farmers generally over this threshing season. . \era wi raany newspaper men in this state,[have sacrificed the political ad-Itimes, has made another change in
part of the country are getting to start in thls vlcmity. anci editor Simmons has cause to vantage which would have come to tbe t,me 0f the arrival and depart-
be in pretty 'ood financial circum- —N. B. Thomas had a fine field be proud of his paper and the the Republican party from a ure of trains at this place. The
stances. This may seem odd to of fall barley which is aleady cut rec0rd which it holds as the Jour- prompt and united effort to make 1 train going south now goes through
you when 1 tell you that but a few and in the shock. It looks likt naj ,s unquestionably one of the good the promises of the Republi-I a jjttle later and returning goes
years ago when the country it might make anywhere from 30 most influential country weeklies lean national platform of 1908 and back later still,
was first opened to settlement | to 40 bushels per acre: • jin Oklahoma. j to satisfy the just expectations of I*:—
many of these same men came here _j0hn Powers now has his TO FORT SUPPLY. the voters. i—- —---- r----- -
without a dollar. Now they have Lutomobile well enough in hand On Friday morning of last week “It wi significant when a fading fast for the dinky Santa Fe.
good farms, good houses and barns nowthathe can keep on either side Fred Ebenhack’s physical and Surest lik^heTTou^ Glote -With a rain every night like
and their checks are honored at of the ,„ad that he wants to. Lental condition was no better Jdl'tooirn -stan,l- we have been having tor more than
the bank for any reasonable j„st a little awkward to tho„ they had been for several days ^wTays that week the corn fields are kept in
amount. The country must be all handle at first that’s all. previous, so he was taken to Med- P P misunderstood Re-1 the finest of condition for cultivat-
right then else they could not with , 0, ford where he was apjudged insane ” That , th J i„g „„d the com is humping itself
have shaped themselves up; so nrce- a d price, goorl oats and from there was sent ,0 the Talm»t 00! about right. The showers have all
lym so short a period of tune. and a good price, a bumper crop of asylum at Supply for treatment, ^’^^mtoa j light, yet a great plenty and
Jta'Zut pttti,r,n alfda »“"> “d * ««*> Pfi“- t^herlhis wife accompanying bun on th. Lcensus of opinion the Sen-Ure than is goorl for the wheat
ta king about putting an airalla 1 g rjce8 for both hogs and trip. , ate has shown a lack of political and oats,
m,II now, and they are going to „ do„.t see any reason why He L, in his right mmd most of P
get rt It may be some tune com-1 his ^ of colintry sbouW„’t the time, knew where he was gomg S I “ '
ing, but Manchester always gets wear sundy clothes all the while and and was anxious to make the trip - _P__*_
what she goes after, and the mfl11 the farmers aU ride in up-to-date in the hope that he would soon re- __0n Thursday of last week ”-|th lfalfatnU1 propoSition that has
cover. took a spin to Wichita with G. J. ,, , , . . .
Since his arrival at the asylum Roacb jn his new Jackson 35-horse j ^®en ^ e 0 s0 mu®’’
word has been received that he is er auto. That is, we went meetlDg wifch qUlt® a ° ®“cour‘
. .. ‘ I Tf 0 r» OOGtf TT» n t1P r If!
J. D. Bsdkln, the alfalfa
mill man, has been here a few days
this week working up an interest in
is bound to come. It will be of
far greater benefit to the farmers
than it will to the town, but will
be beneficial to all.
automobiles.
—Clint Roach has added an-
i other manufacturing enterprise by
! beneficial to all. other> manufacturing enterprise by I ^ and u in p00(1 spirits, 'ilini^ until a rain overtook us It,s “ ”*“er.
Well, in the fear that you wilimstalling a machine for making Ij leased know that he is L Conwav Springs, and from there “lk ‘h0111 “ *l,al[a “
tire reading about the country, 1 cement blocks of the various stylos.........I -PBs, I---------
wdi change the subject: Mary Ann M n>»h,ne,s here and'
it-----— ue wdj be ready to tell the,
1 imo out. u-* | y\arnocs went aiung, uuu we re giuu ■ -
insanity the Journal ever heard of. tbey d,d for jn a mud-hole on the There is nofchlD^ that means 80 mu°
of the time ana wouldn't go name i------------ ----- | It is reported that some time ago way bome Friday night a couple of to farmer>the land owner and 1 ®
east for nothin’. She likes it out —Hon. J. D. Bodkin, who was when working for an eletrical com-Leys wbieh fasten the rear axle a0 business man as an alfalfa mill wou!
here’eause the roads are always good here working up interest in an pany in Pueblo he got a fall in the differential gave way and the mean' It would make money for the
and the people are up partickler and alfalfa mill for Manchester, was which his head received a hard Lar W0Uldn’t budge, either forward farmer‘ increase the value of every
stuck as they used tobe back there, taken sick and went to Caldwell 1 lick, and that it is possible that his or back. .Several hours delay was acre of land in fchls partofthe country
The children are about all grown to see his old family physician, derangement at short intervals occasioned in getting new keys |frotn 10 10 25 P®r cent the mlnute tl,e
up and Dan’s married and they’ve He will be back and go to is due to this. But be the trouble made and put in, and then we r111 is secured and running, and
got a big baby. Dan works every work again as soon as he is able. what it may. it is hoped and ex- came on home in good shape. wou,d br,ng trade to our merchants
day and is getting along fine. _FnP tbp iMt fpw d„vs the roads Pected that he will soon recover. Aiong the route traveled over we and lnsure new bu9lness enterprises
There’s always something to do to Manchester have fur- Mrs- E,:>enhack is still at Supply Law iots Gf good country, gocxl |of various kinds. We have thousands
out here a. good wages tor ^|nishedgooa walkine for numerous|W“‘'i"her^hUSba"'l'B|™ ^
mau^: tuH z asps
sledding is very little better here|to ^ ^ th<j harvest fields. As
sledding is very little Detter nerei rfc b the harvest fieids. As I -Bert Severance and wife, ac- lar interesting sight about twelve Manchester-north, south, east and
than back therefor the lazy man. ,g out here they will comphnied by their children, were miles east of Anthony was a large |we8t- and the country can on y
This is the finest country everL0 on north.' down on a visit from Hutchinson field of timothy, all headed out in mad® what 16 0411 “d ou*ht 10 1)6 by
was for raising chickens. Mary * .... - * ",,n ,'hla
lent to $40 per acre annually for
the use of the land. This looks
pretty good,don’t you think, for
land that can be bought today for
from $50 to $75 per acre. Have
you a crop of any kind in the east,
labor considered, that will half way
compare with this?
Manchester is located in the
very heart of the corn and alfalfa
belt of Grant county, Oklahoma,
and Harper county, Kansas. We
have excellent corn and alfalfa
lands to the north, south, east and
west of this town. Wheat and
other crops also do well, but alfalfa
and corn are fast coming to the
front and within a few years will
have the wheat industry pretty
well rooted out of this locality
The farmers are beginning to find
out that there is far more monoy to
be made growing alfalfa, corn and
hogs, than there is growing wheat
back there. They have purer air game. They are playing at Anth- I jocajity He thinks an I didn’t affect anyone in our crowd been creeping under doors and
to breuth and don’t have to sit on ony now, and as we go to Press I ajfalfa mill at Manchester w ould ea:h of whom knows Oklohoma through windows for the past week
the rail fence for three months at Thursday evening a game ^ going I ^ town and tbe country far land Kansas and also knows either or ten days are the chaps that lay the
a stretch to keep from miring down on there with a lot Manc *^er more good than anything else that state can.grow almost any crop eggs which furnish our cut worms
in the mud. Ohickens, like girls j boys present who are rooting or | cotdd be done. He is still in the | that grows in any of the other | next spring, so we may expect a fine
and boys, need exercise, and they the Medford team.
any of the other next spring, so we may expect a fine
mm uujo, urou cAcitioc, ...... .Uv, |--------- ] lumber business with his brothers I states, as well as many things that crop. As they fly at night they are
can’t get it sitting on a rail fence —E. R. George told us Wednes- at Hutchinson and says they are they can’t grow. | hard to catch although the writer has
u-nitinor (nr t.h#» mud to dry up. day tbat owing to covering his itojjjg weii ' I
icf milt I ____ X___ _1__11____ 1 A arntini* li A I
waiting for the mud to dry up. |day tbat owing to covering his I dojng weu • I caught a good many by suspending a
Well, it’s time and I must quit. corn too shallow last spring, he . —If >ou men sowing a a a 1Jghted iantern just over the oily sur-
Say, such radishes, onions, peas had to religt> and by reason of it -The grain markets are getting next fall where you have a crop of L Qf & ^ ha]f flUed w|th water<
J ’ | for him to harvest his wheat. He j mixed corn at Manchester, and con-1 wheat is being cut, and then plow | ^ 1(. aQd wheQ they fall lnt0
This lettm*-"' wa**"prepared and says he thinks well of the two-row has been hauled in at that the ground just as soon after as it I ^ ^ done for._Anthony
printed for the man who has prom- planter with disk furrow openers, P^e on which 66 cents was bid is possible to ge to it. There * I ^
iseda hundred times to write to and that next year he will likely a^ ten days ago. The tendency plenty of moisture in the wheat
11 1. . .1 lrt ho,, ocidp hist lUtor nlow his corn ^ for lower prices still, as the grow- fields now, and to make sure ot —Burchfiel & Warnock shipped out
,„mefne„db«k a he M home. IP 'e°™ I ing cr„p never looke,! better end getting a eteed of elfelfa it is im- tw. e., led. of beg. Tnesd„
but who cannot hnd tune to do so. ground and plant it in the new- fe F ’ ___& . ... ...inn from Manchester, mostofwhicti
No further excuses will be necessary fashion way, which appears to have 18 30 reported overmos o c P® " they bought at M.80 per cwt. Thr™
Just cut it out of this paper, sign many advantages over the old
your name and put it an envelope,
stamp it, and the awful task of
writing is over with.
—N. W. Patton's father has been —A snap
here several days paying him a visit.
in lawn-mowers at the
Badoeu Lumber Co.
growing states. Again, the oat
crop, which promises to be heavy,
— Manchester needs a hotel, and wdj soon take the place of corn for
needs it badly. If some good hotel {eedillg work stock. Wheat is
man would come here and erect » quoted a little lower, though the
hMes are ii rc"“in “* *
he oould handle. Idollar for 30rae time*
be retained.
—H. W. Beneau sold his this years
crop of wheat Monday, just
as it comes from the threshing ma-
chine, at 11 per bushel. Several in
this lecallty have engaged their wheat
the same way
they bought at M.80 per cwt. Thf tb
comparatively few hogs left In the
country to go on the market unt 11
after the new corn crop, which
promises to be abundant at this time.
—Buy the best oil for the binder
and mower—the Buddy Harvester —
at the Bock Island,
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Simmons, J. Mason. The Manchester Journal. (Manchester, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, June 18, 1909, newspaper, June 18, 1909; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc497217/m1/1/: accessed April 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.