Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-03-28
OKLAHOMA.
Much 0verratPd-ImprOvpments yota
worthy, but NecesSaries Only.
Necessity for q Territorial Govsrrmant-,u
Gains Have One o. More Claimants.
The Boomers Future.

speciSl to the Gazette.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, March PA ~,
weeks trip through the new terrf,orv o.,
Oklahoma develops the fact that fra
truth regarding that country has not hal,
been tod. When travellers go 10 Okla
homa they are disappointed. This is duo
to the fact that whole country has ,4a,
much Over-rated, both as to the tprr,to-,
as whole and the character of the i'm
provements made. Those who have as
sumed the responsibility OF ''boomrr,1I
! Oklahoma have left the matter of trn,n
telling to other mediums aud have sur-
ceeded in convincing great many nss-
| pie in various parts OF the Union rns,
! Oklahoma, country settled less than a
| year ago, is one of the best improved
! territories in the West
! While, OF course this is not true. ftfya
| fact that the improvements mlI.s-g..-
! April %, 1889, are worthy of rem Lrs
because they extend throughout tn. Ter
/ ritOTy, but outside of OkIahoma AMI fha
mining camps of the Western MOUNTAINS
such improvements would be regarded az
such. IN years to come il may be sal
that Oklahoma was made inhahlta1Is
that is, dotted with cities, towns AMI
houses in less than q year, aui all who
remember its present condition Will tss-
tify to the truthfulness of the claim; but
rs a country il will have little urai 10
make proof of this fact, as there will be
thousands of traces OF il left 10 view.
For good many years TO come the wis
dom of the maxim 90 haste makes wusts'f
will be realized by the pioneers of Okla
hC-1a.
They went to that country IN q hurry
and did everything in IA rush for months
after their arrival, and are now JUST Je-
ginning to deliberate before acting. As
q natural consequence such a turn brings
on a reaction, and the result is that times
are not so good. This condition might
be accredited 10 the country itself, but it
Is due entirely TO the methods employed
by the pioneers. At the outset the cal
culation was made tina: a territorial gov
ernment would be had within a few
weeks after the converting OF congress,
and thousands of bargains, consequently
as many hopes, were based on that sup
position. Without q government there
are no titles, and without titles there is
when the cash on hand brought bY the
settlers had been spent it began 70 be
understood. that to get more would be
quite difficult thing. People who con-
structed what they thought would be
temporary buildings when they became
citizens of the territory, expecting TO
erect better ones soon, are not able TO
do so, and because the boom has not held
out as we'll as il started Oklahoma has
set out to do as all other territories have
done-grow gradually from this time on.
Almost every claim in the territory has
q claimant aud many of them have two
or more. Nearly every quarter section,
except those set apart for school lands,
has house erected upon It and exhibits
other evidences OF civilization; SO that
the traveller who now sees cities, cult
waited farms, fences, etc. -, throughOuts
territory which one year ago was q vast
uninhabited prairie, wonders at the
transformation even though the present
form Is a rude representation OF the pic
ture to be seen in the older and weather.
In the towns hastily constructed frame
buildings are the rule and brick houses
are rarity. In the agricultural por-
tons of the territory may be seen many
UugOuISs out tuS sou mousse seems u 10
the most in favor, while frame buildings
with the plank placed perpendicularly,
have a fair showing. It is an uncommon
thing to see house OF more than one
story in height in the towns and cities ex-
eept on the main thoroughfare, and in
the country such a thing is not thought
of.
With a good crop season and the es-
Adjustment OF territorial government
" thin the year, Oklahoma will not lose
any ground and the inhabitants will be
in position to get on in the world, but
without these the boomers future Is not
quite so bright as his days are sunny.