Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-04-16

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IA has onothcr limo IN onerotiop across Tho
nor,b,yest r,rnor ~ Tho terr;to~v cxtendinc
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~, b,,it 20 Fl paso All tbcso roads cyistinc
orJ ,,r,,,s,J viii bo found on tho man
Or ~ ~ s,,r,.o,,o.s ,.osorts tbis estimo,s
y, Tho ovaiIoble land. ..Tbere aro 70 600 Oo0
ocr,s now ,,nocc,,r;oJ and N OOO Ooo Included
Nv Tho hi, which q being occpnied Inv los
tban q ooo Indians AIottel lands under thc
Indian sevoroltv nro allowed 100 ocrcs for
ooch family az 6vo n,rsnns or two npd ono.
half ms much MS is allowed the whites by this
bill This would give les, than 900 600 acres
TO tho Indians leaving a surplus of "a 600, 900
Now then this gives us 10000 farms. or n
farming population of 10000, and taking in
tho city population would leave | 900. 600 peo.
ple. or about the snme as now live in The
great state of Kansas
A oueer feature of tho Oklahoma business,
Is that all that mart of the country controlled
by the Cherokees. and much of the rest, Is
used for the herds of vast cattle syndicates.
whose leases have been repeatedly declared
illegal and who have been peremptorily or
dered to leave. md vet they are still there.
OF course they are opposed to opening the
lands to settlement Nearly all the Cherokee
strip is inclosed by barbed wire fences
IL is not possible to give complete list of
tho cattIernen who hayo ranges in the new ns
well as old Oklahoma fenced in. without
travelling further than the information Is
worth. Tuttle & Co. however, fenced up
the old Abilene cattle trail last fall the trail
having been abandoned since the Santa Fe
line WINS completed across the territory. The
strip thus gobhled Is three miles wide md
forty long down to Pond Creek from Buffalo
Springs. say 70 900 acres in all.
The Cherokee strip Cattle comnanv IA the
leading concern Of ali but tho comn,nv owns
NOT boof lint only n lease Of tbe Cberolae
strip. for which II pays the Cherokee nation
soO1 900 year. or about az cents n year nor
aero for something over G. 900 900 acres This
land it subjects TO ANYBODY with cattle. and the
sum realized Is estimated Mt from 500 600
10 $40 900 per annum. Tho coananv ia not
telling how much il makes
Another feature of the cattle business here
is the fact that a large amount of English
money Is invested In il.
The life of the cattle owners when they
como TO tho ranges Mt certain seasons was Of
a sort TO arouse the indignation of the boom.
ers to tho highest pitch. Every range had
somewhere sheltered nook, and ranch build
ings and corrals were erected there. Ono OF
the buildings was invariably fitted up for the
owners. 1t was made OF logs usually, but
there was large hall on tho first floor with
q long table in 1t, an ample kitchen at tho
rear, and n dugout cellar handy by. On the
second floor were number of bedrooms fur
nished in style to suit the taste of q Partisan,
Or Parisienne for that matter.
Tho face OF tho country is varied, chang
ing from sandy plains and treeleSs prairics In
the west to hiiiy country and well timbered
regions in tho east. The whole country is
gentle slope From the foot of the hills Of
the Rocky mountains the slope turns in
direction and most OF the rivers
md streams run that way. AS the central
portion Is reached there are some groups and
ranges Of mountains, most OF them between
he Red and Canadian rivers, known as tho
Washita, Sansboys and tho Poteau ranges.
The northwestern secticn Of tho Cherokee
"trip consists Of grassS plains, lacking some
what in rainfall for agricultural purposes,
mt sinplyinp excellfut food for cattle In