The Oklahoma Herald. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 4, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, November 25, 1892 Page: 2 of 8
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THE OKLAHOMA HERAII
HAMLIN W. RAWVKR, l'uh|l»h*r.
Profe**locia! Cards, one inch per month. Il.o
Advertiseineutaioiitinucd until ordered ou
and paid for.
Lo»*al noth**** Insrr ti*d nt the rale of Km
cents per line for each iuserlion.
Lowest living r* He given to all reirular advr
tiaera for tUundlrg advertU'lnmts. Kate
made know 11 on application.
Job printlnir <>f nil kinds neatly and prompt h
done and at the lowent living price*.
All adrertisemen n inserted in thin pm*
>nuHt b«- paid for at the end of each tuon
iinlcflH otherwise agree J ujioti.
Thiipaperhss the largest hona-flde count*
circulation of any jwiper puM sited in this c l)
Advertisers desiring to rciirli the larges* ,,nin
ler ot farmers should make a note of this.
GOVERNOR SEAY’3 REPORT
To the Secretary of lh«' Interior, 01
Iho Pror’n ss and I’rosp- cts
of Oklahoma.
Guthrie, Oklahoma 'Vtnm-r 1.181U
Dear Sir; In r spoH.c to your com
nil iiuticn <1 July 24, call inf; upm
tc lor a report of theaffaiis.progres-
*url development of the Territory n
Oklabtma for the fiscal yeur ci.dw;
June JO, 1892, I Leg leave to subiui
the following;
POPULATION.
Mo official uml reliable census ol
the inhabitants of the Territory have
iug been taken since 1890, the popu-
latiun on the JO h day of June ol
this yeur cao only be approximated,
but the commission appointed by
Congress to make an enumeration (»•
which 1 was a rnemlrcr) visited all the
counties and exercised great cure in
arriving at the approximate resel l.,
and I am of the opinion that the fig-
ures are nearly correct.
Cauntln Population
1SWI 1H1I
A None 10)100
U . ..Nuno lo.o Mi
C Nano a.UK
I* Nuno l.ooi
K None Hoe
K..... — None 7oo
0 .None l.Kii
H ....... .None l.uor)
Bearer ......... ........2.IIK2 u.lfo
Canadian ....7,70S ir.rUHi
Cleveland ........... 7.011 u.oon
Logan ... ... It, “M Uf.uus
Payne .......U.MB l;l,(«o
oklalioniH .11.704 n.ttjo
Kina Halier .. . S.SH7 111,00.1
Total 00,410 lau, | wi
Total Inoreaso, 72,SHI.
'The toregoiug llgures do not iucludi
the Indians of the Territory who stin
maintain their tribal relations. As
1 have not sufficient data from which
to obtain the population of those In-
dians who have not taken their lauds
in severnlity, their number can not
be gtvou in this report. They com.
prise ttao Usages, Pawnees, Kansas,
Otoes and MissouriaH, Tonkuwas,
KiekapooB, Wichitas, Kiowss, Corn
audios, aud Apaches. There lias al-
ready been purohased bv the Chero
kee Comuiisstou the Kickupun aud
'VVlohita r servations, which tue
awsil the ratification of Congress.
’] ho population ol Okluhnmu, a
icreiu enumerated, is approximate.'
is follows; Eighty-five pore, nt whit
en pern nt colored, five eerceut Indi
an About five percent of the whin
lire foreign-born. Nearly every »'«.
end Territory in the Union is repre
eented in Oklahoma, Imt n great
majority of our wliite population is
from Hie adjoining siatej. As ti clas
our people are intelligent, lawabiding
industrious,-enterprising,and thrifty.
Tile school population is as fol-
lows:
County, A .............8,887
County II ........ . 1,88(1
Beaver Con my Hid
Canadian County.. .... a, nil
Cleveland County ....... ..2,71.9
Kleyflitier County ...............4.7,;a
Loiran County B.ivai
Oklahoma County............. .5,ans
Payne County......................a.tci
Total, exclusive of C, I), K, F, o, end H,
vounttos ,. Hl.gso
Total school population for year 1S9I.. .11,887
Increase during past your_____ 10,.'9
This cmhraoea all children between
the ages of 0 and 21 years.
In addition to what has been raised
by direct taxation, and as proceeds
from fines in oriiniuul ea-esjneiv lias
been apportioned lo tho Several school
districts in proportion to their school
population moneys arising from the
rental of school lauds in the Territory
to the amount of $21,349.13. The
schools of the Territory, are in a very
prosperous condition. It is a praise,
worthy fact, that Dottritb-staiiding
the unfavorable conditions which
have existed in the Territory, the
people have not lost eight of the nec-
essity of educating their youth, and
in the abscence of school buildings,
and the means with which to eteoi
them the people have heroically gone
to work and established and are now
maintaining schools in nearly every
dietriot that would he a credit to
tome of the old States.
In addition to the system of public
'he Territorial University, at Nor-
i»n, for instruction in the highei
ranches ot learning: The
'ioruial school at lhlmond for in— |
unction in the art of teaching and
n Agricultural and Mechanical Col-
ege at Stillwater.
till of ihese institutions are mak-
og consul-ruble progress having
heir buildings erected and the
cliools are in active operation under
mo management «f mo3t thorough
• uchcrs and instructors.
HANKS
There are five national Hanks c‘
$550,000 with an average of ,$150,000
teposil. Tliete are four iueorporuti d
iud fourteen private banks
RAlLBOAOa.
There are three railroads in opera-
i m. The Santa Ke,running through «
lie eastern part 8,032 miles in length
The liook Island running through tin
western part and Uio Choctaw built
'rum El Keuo to Oklahoma City.
These three railroads are all doing it
very large business.
farm products.
Not having been favored with any
rtport I can only speak from
observation and information that the
oast year has been one of general
prosper! y lor our farmers. Thecii
malic conditions have been very fav-
orable to successful agricultural and
(he soil :if Oklahoma has deiuonstru
'«d iis capability of producing large
C ops of ail staple croals, vegetables,
mil fruits. This is an excuptionalv
lino country for wlioat and oats. 1
am reliably informed that there 1ms
been gr own as much as 44 bushels ol
wheat and 118 bushels of oats pet
acre on a few choice lurms this yeur.
Owing to the low prico existing Iasi
V cur for cotton, hut very little wus
planted and is us line in some locali-
ties as I ovor saw grow in the Misso-
iri Valley. In other localities drought
cut it short.
I think 1 can sjely say that our
190 ucre farms will average 50 acres
ouch, in cultivation. Oor fanners in
the erection of farm buildings, have
winced a disposition to make them
lasting and permanent, and to make
uieir homes and fumilies ooiufortable.
STOCK RAISING
Tho assessor’s returns for the year
1802 show that there were listed lot
luxation in all of the Territory ex-
cepting counties C, 1), E, F, G, aud
H, horses, mules and asses, 52,809.
Number of outlie over 0 months old. 145.077
Number of sheep ovor 8 months old..... 16,550
Number or swine ovor a mouths old . ;<o,188
1'bero imve beeu no col'agious
diseases affecting the stock of the
Territory, with the exception ot a few
eases of Texas or splenic fever.
MINING.
We have fine cluy for brick, and
same fairly good building stone, D.s
coveries ot coal have been reported at
different points in the Territory, hut
00 mines have been opened up to this
line,and 1 have seen uo specimens,
"ere are inexhuustiable quautilie
>i gypsum in the western part ol the
Territory.
forestry.
Tlio western portion of the Territo-
ry has hut little timber except along
•tic streams. Tue eastern portion
contains quite a considerable quanliti
ot the different varieties of ouk, wai
nut,hickory, elm, etc. Up to this
lime this timber has not been utilized
except for fuel and the erection ol
lartn improvements.
SOCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS.
The social and industrial progress
of our people is appeareot, even to a
casual observer. The murks ami
monuments of industry meet the
traveler ou every hand, in town and
country, anti the attainments alreadv
realized are the surprise of strangers
within our gates. Better farms, im.
plcmcnts, slock, houses, and hams ar.
the rule, not the exception, among
I he agricultural population. In oily
and village tho varied branchts ol
business, tho shop, mills, and facto-
ries though yet in their iulauoy, gtv.
proof of faith in the lu'ure develop-
ment of our Territory, as well as an
t - nipt to utilize her present resour-
ces.
We have made rapid strides in
population, wealth, material resources
and social and industrial progress
With 133,000 people, full of courage
and energy aud of confidence in the
ACKERMAN HARDWARE k PIIIITM COMPANY
>4=^-DEALERS N--^s-
Windmills & Pumps,
Ai.SC IN-
Hay Presses, Hakes,
“AN
Baling wire, Mowers & Harrows
—-Anti-Rust Tinware.—tie:--
(Warranted, not to ru st for five years.) We have the best furnitnre in t! e city-
ACKERMAN HARDWARE i FURNITURE COMPANY.
ElReno,
Rock Island Avenue.
Oklahoma Ter.
wm snmt. a ■ m a wu ■ ■ ■ .
H. O. Hall,
We give «pecinl attention to cues rejected la other
nanda, also to intorferencM, appeala, reiiiuei, trade*
marke, the preparation of opinion aa to Infringement,
ecope and validity >f patents. and the prosecution and
defense of aults for infringement. Our book of iaatrac-
tloni, terms, reference!, etc., sent free
KDSON itKOTIII Its.} imitublennlldiiijr.
lOO.'I F St., Washington, I). C.
I St., Washington, I). C.
A7*8end threo stamps for postage on handsome 111ns*
26 cent!, and our quarto-centennial pamphlet for in*
vuntors, manufacturers and patentees.
(Mention this paper.)
DRUGGIST.
Bickford Avenue, El Fit no, OMa. Ter.
# N- EL Wass, #
U. S. Commissioner.
Legal -J- ]np rument^ $ Drawn,
COOD LOANS NEGOTIATED. FIRE INSURANCE PLACED-
"Cknthal Block, El Heno, okl.a .
H. J. WHITLEY,
President.
GEO. I>, ORPUT,
Vice-President,
M. T. CLARK,
Cashier.
Citizens State Bank
f INCORPORATED)
CAPITAL, $80,000.
Ocas a General Banking Business.
^ DIR E C T 0 R S:
H. .1. Whitley, Geo. D. Orput. I. A. Dunsmoor, H. E. Acuff,
George F. Brown, M. T. Clark, j. r. Parson.
r .... _____
THE J. E, ~i RbN f,
POPULAR LIKING HALL, Auctioneer and Conveyancer.
W. A. WATKINS,
Noivly Fitted N-wly Hnm'i-d. Newly Furnished.
Evjryiiuf*; Neat tiud Attractive.
*-i «i'. - Sijp|)lie*i With Bust i •* AJriket Affords—Cleon wboleeame Beds,
west side Clioetaw, bet woodson & Russell
Uu.vsand sells hrs s, mules, Waogons and harnss, ale., secondhand furniture
Counirv sales a specialty
El Reno- Okla.
isrst
and H-
tore, Corner Woodson l
nek Inland Avenues. A
•a-iifonr-ei .•»*- m... .anva ".*vuivi
sehcols there have been established t°n I). C.
vuv.gij HUU GWUUIIUIU.U 1U lilt
future, wiih nearly nineteen thousand
square unles north and scuth of u-i,
aud iu our midst (enough to furnish
homes for hnlf a million people) with
a fair prespect of nn early decision bv
'he Supreme Court of the Uuit- -I
States giving us Greer county, con -
tmniugl,300,000 acres of land(alrea
settled,) ive shall be entitled to stau-
hood, and shall soon ask Cougress to
admit us as ono of tho states of this
great Union.
Aiip.aiiAm J. Skav, Gov.
Hon. J. W. Nori.e,
Secretary of the Interior, Washing-
RITCHEY BROTHERS,
J. LOUDON,
- Contractor and Builder,
- ID Al.Kttt? IX-
Groceries and Provisions.
The host, grades of floar^—7==^
Estimrtils made on application tor brick, store & wood woik
'—Nortii Bickford Avenue—-
Heno, Okla. Ter-
J. T- REYNOLDS,
I I --PKOPIIILTOROF-
-eh?’ Wh'ttager’s Standard Meats Thp f!itv Tl’incfav Finn
RITCHEY BROTHERS 07? , 1 ^ ^ LlDe
^ k-)' All kinds of transler business promptly done. House-
^^Cirner ot Choctaw and liold goods mo’-cd with care
w.ElReno, O.tI KIReno, Oklahoma.
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Sawyer, Hamlin W. The Oklahoma Herald. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 4, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, November 25, 1892, newspaper, November 25, 1892; El Reno, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc913402/m1/2/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.