The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-29
HOME LEE IN OKLAHOMA.
To the Editor of the Eagle.
OKLAHOMA Cry. Ok. August &c, 81.

4Ot EuitoF OF the Eagle.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Ok, August 26, 81.
The American people, as a people, are
migratory-ever on the lookout for bet
tering their condition, ready to pull up
stakes" sell out, or mortgage out and
seek fresh fields and new pastures and
get new land, more land, cheap land,
and a climate where the winter Is
merely name and not rugged, six
months-of-the-year fact.
A few days ago seven wagons passed
my residence half mile west of the
city. In conversation with the men
folks it proved to be the same old story.
Where are you from? Nebraska, was
the prompt reply. Which way are you
travelling? Well, we concluded to try
the new country; which is the best, the
Sac and Fox or the Pottawatomie coun-
try? Here long, scattering converse
ton ensued, and then Forward was the
word. Good teams; new wagons.
Loaded? Yes, crammed full to over
flowing with household stuff, chicken
coops attached, turkeys, geese, cats,
dogs under the wagon, mules and horses
and cows following in a drove. a
splendid set of men and women, sew
en- families besides young men
who will take claims, and then go back
for their best girl. The children of these
seven families numbered thirty-two, the
whole outfit a total of fifty-two; of
course this includes the single young
men. From the general appearance
these seven families were in very fair
circumstances. This is a representative
colony of the general immigration to
Oklahoma, they combine all the essen
tials of our wonderful nineteenth century
civilization. While of course all new
countries have more or less of what is
called the rough element, yet Oklahoma
certainly has the best class of people to
occupy the splendid new lands of any
territory ever settled since the first open
ing of the country. 1t will be in place
here to say that all the lawlessneSs and
unfortunate occurrences which have
from time to time transpired here in the
territory since its opening have, by CORE
spondents of eastern and also western
to appear as horrible and sensational as
possible. Indeed, one leading CORE
spondent without the slightest hesita-
ton, at the dinner table admitted this
fact.
Ny ministerial brethren of all denom-
.aations, bear glad testimony to the fact,
that Sunday is better observed in our
hamlets, villages, towns, and cities, than
in even favored Kansas. Our First
Methodist Episcopal camp meeting, held
here in Oklahoma City, or near Okla
homa City, half mile south of city, was
marvel of good, orderly behavior, not
a sign of rowdyisn, not a sign of any
kind of intoxicants on the ground. This
eminently successful meeting continued
for two weeks, and while our mayor
kindly detailed one policeman to attend
to any case of disturbance, not one case
during the entire two weeks occurred.
Our senior bishop remarked that the
quiet, order, and attention gwen to all
the religious exercises was indeed won
derful Yet, with all these facts, and
much more could be said on this import |
ant matter, correspondents seem to take
pleasure in writing up Oklahoma
as a land of lawlessness, the
paradise of blacklegs, horse thieves,
murderers, and every abomination.
Allow me here briefly, to give you
description of one of my neighbor's
farm: One hundred and sixty acres, all
fenced with a two-wire fence, half under
cultivation, the other half pasture and |
meadow. all of it upland; a good frame
house, cheap stabling, well of water !
very good, fine vegetable garden, abun- |
dance of everything, large patch of Irish |
potatoes very fine). Corn field of about |
forty acres, will yield minimum esti-
mate sixty bushels per acre-cultivated |
three times with cultivator; balance in |
cotton. The cotton is simply splendid,
will yield two bales per acre, at mini |
mum estimate, and at present low price |
of cotton, $40 per acre A young orchard |
of say 100 trees of various varieties are |
planted where the potato patch is, and /
doing finely. Passing by this place with /
one of our bishops he could not realize
that less than two years ago this was
wilderness, inhabited by coyotes,
snakes and prairie chickens.
Ali crops are A No. /, and the hay
and grass seem to be unlimited;
the writer's meadows were cut three
weeks ago, and are as green now as in
May, and by the middle of September
will be fit to cut again. No wonder peo-
pie are crowding to get some of the land
in the new reservations to be opened, as
now appears, by the 10th of September
Daily thirty, forty and upward wagons
as described above, throng our streets,
all on their way to the PottawatOmie,
Sac and Fox, and Iowa lands. These
lands are better timbered. better watered
and as fertile as Oklahoma. Doubtless
by the time these lands are open, not
single able man or woman will be left in
our own beautiful Oklahoma. All who
can will add to the mighty volume of
those who want claims and lots. Only
old folks and children will remain at
home. take care of the stuff, water
the animals, feed the chickens" and
wait for the return of the absent ones.
who will be able to dish out wonderful
stories of what they did and what they
didn't. WILLIAM r. WOLFE.
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