The Prairie grass is of a very nutritious nature, there is no grass superior to it for several months in the summer, and when mowed it makes good hay. Every enterprising farmer has a mowing maching and mows all the Prairie grass they want. They dont have to won the land they mow. There is plenty of stove coal almost everywhere, and there is a stray suspicion of Petroleum or oil springs. There is several salt manufactorys in operation.
Fruit trees do well and wild fruit is abundant.
There will about sixty persons move into this neighborhood from Big run and Jackson township this spring. So you may know I am not without some influence even if I do live away out among the Indians. I would be pleased to give any person from your state any information in my power or assist them any way I can to make desirable locations with a view of settling in this country, but not for speculating purposes. Dan, Grif, and Efaw will be here in a few weeks I suppose and they will do well if they do not get discourages too soon. Henry is doing very well at his business and has made several thousand dollars.