Telegram-herald., 1889-04-21

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lss .as.e..lf le2.. o. $50 yeass I1s Esrk
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Is las anolaef liae la oIog4tl.I acrls,s tils
north scsf c0rner y tbe teintafl exte-..llg
lnto tae lox4s panhandle aal plt-l-4lclf Ie
b. b4llg g. d I.4so .A.l ti.oss ra44s. ez4ssias
zn4 PROPOSED. Nll "a. ies.Aa on lae u4af
one ot lie surveyors lrsse4ss Tia estimate
al tne G F..ll2nie lanl lhege are a. 90 9,Q
acres nos uuoec.plei aud is D,9tsV l4cla1e1
=, tLs bL.l which Is beng occaped bs less
Than 9 90 ia2.4ns Alltt..l lands tni ..le
Ial.al se,s sr2lty arc allowed 400 acres loT
sseA ianiiy ~ iiye persliis az two slnd cne
bail a. naeA - ls allow el fls y hlles ~ l-.s
tli Ihls would give ioss than .o9l o9V acres
T. the Indians la4s las . seII Ilsss II -. s.oleoo
Asn then t4is slfee "a loo.oJJ farms. ~ =
farming pop4lat4ln Il go 900, aud taking il
the elty population would leave 800 01J ps.o.
lse 90 about tie same as uoN i've IL ths
great stats 4 Kansas
4 queer feature II the oklahoma business
!. lha ala that part q the country ooltrollod
bs the Chcrn@s>as, and much II the resf. Is
ussi f1r tie herds q sast cattle syndicafes
ohoss Losses lave been repeatedly DECLARED
ales1l ani who have beeu pereiuptorAy o.
lerod To- leave. and yei they are stll therS
~ course they aro opposed o. opening The
lands u settlement Nearly al tAe CheroEee
strip is iaclosed ty b3rlcl wire fences
ii il uoi possilie u give a complete list u
thc cattlcmen Who have ranges Ia the new as
wei as Cli Oklahoma fenced in without
traTcl-lg further ta-n the Information Is
worth Iltile < Co. however fenced up
the old Abilene cattle trail last fall the trail
having been abandoned since TIE Santa ie
lIne Wa complets-d across the territory. The
strip thus Eibbled - thros miles vide and
forty long down 70 Pond Creek from Buffalo
Springs, say 5000 acres IA AL
The Cherokee strip Cattle company is the
leading concern II All out The comlany owns
act hoof, bat only lease 81 The Cherokee
strip, for which IL pays the Cherokee nation
$4,000 year, or about 4 cents year per
acre FOR something over 0DJ1.OJJ acres This
land il suble;s 10 yboGy with cattle, and tie
sum realized Is estimated at from 5000
u $1,000 per annum. The company Is not
telling how much II nakes
Another feature oi bo cattle business here
L t.e fact that e large amount ot English
money is invested in l.,
Tho lie of the cattle owners when they
come - the ranges 40 certain seasons was of
Il sort T. arouse the Indignation of The boom
ers L. the highest pitch. Every range h1a
somewhere a sheltered nook, and ranch build
ings and coirals were erected there. One cf
the buildings was invariably fitted up Tor tie
owners. IL was made II logs usually but
there was a large had ca the first floor with
q long table in IL, an ample kitchen az Tie
rear, and q dugout cellar handy by. On the
s-cond floor were Il n..,nljer II bedrooms fur
ushed IN "A style 10 s1li she taste OF Partisan.
a. Parisiennc for that irGtter
The face q the country is varied. chang
iug from sandy plaias and trecless pralries ia
lhc west @ hily country and we'll tnnlcrei
regions IN the east. The whole country Is
.entle slope From the foot II the hills ~
lac Rocky mountains The slope turns Ia
sautheastcrly direction nud most of the rivers
and streams run that way rs the central
PORTION is reached there are some groups and
ranges Of mountains. most OF them between
,he Red and Canadian rivers. known Gs tho
Washita, Sausboys ana the Iotcoa range.
Tho northwestern section os the Cherokee
strip consists of grassy plains lackirs soinc-
what IL rainfall Tor agricultural pa poses.
bat Supplying esc4llent food for cattle Il
tho eastern portion there aro broad 3nl fer
lie valleys on each side Of the rivers frc-
qlent overlows from which keep the coil wei
rriPaied and constantly adding 70 IS alluyi-l
deposits. Back Of these valleys are unGuist-
az uplands. most Of them valuable agrici.l-
tural and timber lands.
For many years the Indian territory VIC,
considered great hunting ground After tie
buffalo retired west of tie Missouri river
their iavoritc range. wore from the northern
portions of Texns, between the i05d and seth
degrees Of longitude. - tie British nn. IN
Montana They were found IN considerable
nanbcrs in the western portion 81 the tcrr-.-
tory. Us were also taa other large came 4 TIC
prairie s..c,ler,. i-.cldlir.- the Wild horse Tie
blilaio an. antelope havc 10 considerable
extent disappea--i. ani they are very rarely
found. but deer. hacl, ani brown boar an
other game are found il ia. t.mbercl regions
-nd along thc Streams OF the smaller gssno
the wlid TURKEY slge hens aud "a great 81
riofv of birds ~ prrv are stll found iu th1'
e-fiar fas- . verv lftie isa.ng to h. la 3.
however. D. ,lc terT1tors. Tor tle reHeon. So
-iatel above. taat many of The rivers dr1
lown u shallow pools during the slwmar