Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-02-28
THE OKLAHOMA OUTLOOK.

Yesterday a resident of Oklahoma
moi a sooner, but one who was there as
soon as any body who was not a sooner
and one of the best informed as to pres
ent conditions and future prospects and
needs in that territory, was IN the city
and in answer to questions touching
these points he made the following
statements that will be read with inter
est by all, especially by the denizens of
the Beautiful Land:
The year 1889 added many new con-
tests in the field of labor Ii was a
winning wear for Oklahoma. 1t WAS d
season OF success It was a nine-month
of triumph in the building Of towns and
cities; in the harvest fields of grain and
grasses. The grand prize belongs to the
people and 1t Is the greatest prize of the
year. With population Of $4,000 to
900 people and no government,
every one who has secured "a quarter
section feels that he possesses a minia-
ture empire. 1t is gratifying TO his
family. acts as Il kindergarten for the
children, pleaSes the admirers of the pic
turesQue and satisfies the shrewdest Of
farmers.
When God placed the Golden Gate
three thousand miles weStt from Plymouth
Rock He intended that the United States
should be the grandest and richest COun-
try on the face of the earth. Oklahoma
lies very near the center, from ocean to
ocean. Oklahoma has proven one of
those phenomena heretofore unknown
IN the history Of man. IN new country.
Every prediction charged To her opening
has failed to come 10 pass. Rivers did
not run with blood: murders and thieves
have been almost unknown: suffering
and starving there has been none; no aid
has ever been asked; no sick uncared for
by her own people. Oklahoma has no
beggars and her people are as generous
Us the air.
Seeding time is at hand, but for all
that, it Is said, there are a lot Of orators
sw;rming over the territory lex
cept kingtisher. which place sat
down upon them recently stamping
the county seeking for political favors.
This is no time or place to listen To
politics. The people need no orators.
Ii must be admitted that a good many
calamities that have been committed
upon communities have been brought
about by oratorv. Every student OF
human nature must admN that the lit
lie speech made by the serpent IN the
garden Of Eden caused Mother Eve to
commit the first SIN on earth. OratOry,
/ according to Milton, came near convert
/ ing heaven into he'll Oratory and not
| the intidelity of the Greek woman led TO
| the Trojan war. Ii was oratory and not
/ the SlXpenny tax on tea that led 10 the
/ Revolutionary war.
: What the people Of Oklahoma want is
a territorial government and titles 10
town sites, that they may invite capital
| lists within our borders. Without their
/ aid we are a helpless community; but we
want no 81. Paricks unless they will
| drive sill the orators into the sea, as
we're the snakes in Ireland What the
! farmers need Is reliable and profitable
| information. | am 4 believer in and
admirer of Wichita and Sedgwick coun-
", and the state agricultural reports tell
the story. Here l form nv basis for
what | may say in behalf of Oklahoma
Without any data ii is generally consid-
cred that the kingfsher or Cimarron
| valley is some 600 TO 500 feet lower in
altitude than Sedgwick county, Kansas
So the difference IL seasons Is easily ac-
counted for III the little difference of 135
miles south. While northern ThXaS l.
generally too wet. and southern Kansas
some seasons too dry, the Oklahoma
| country strikes the medium. Within a