The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1892-11-17
FREEDOM
Peace, Happiness and Pros
perity.
DO you Want all These ?
Then Cast Your Lot With
Us d Make Your Home
in Langston City.

Do you ask whyi We will tell you. Lansston City II Is
q Negro city, and We are proud Of the fact. Her city Off
are oil colored. Her teachers ere colored. Her public
schools furnish thorough educational advantages to nearly
two hundred colored children. The country is a. fertile a.
ever was moisened by natures falling tears, or kissed by
heavens sunshine. Here, too, Is found a genial climate
about like that Of southern Tennessee or northern Mississippi
"A climate admirably adapted to the wants of the Negro
from the southern states. A land Of diversified crops, where
there need be no such thing As a total failure. A land where
every staple crop Of both north and south can be raised with
pr -:
One Of the finest fruit growing countries in the union.
A land where . few dollars judicously invested In real estat
will yield returns in the futre that cannot be estimated.
Do you want to build for the futurep II 90 you can
do No better than to invest . few dollars in Oklahoma soil.
1t does not matter whether you contemplate coming here at
once or not. Real estate 10 the basis Of all wealth. There is
nothing in which money can be 80 safely invested. Do you
wish 70 build for the futuref II you do. you cannot do any
thing that will be more to your advantage than . small in
vestmsnt in ~I.angstea City property. This property com.
bines everything that It needs to commend it to homeseskers
or investors, viz: Reasonable prices. easy payments, steady
and rapid increase in value. sure returns, absolute safety,
good society, church privileges. school privileges, and last
but not least, absolute political liberty and the enjoyment Of
every right and privilege every other man enjoys under the
constitution oishe country, What more do you wansf Young
men, IL you viii save the mt,ney that many Of you now squan-
der and invest It in Langston City property. tea years from
now you will be independent.
Remember It 10 not . picnic We are inviting you 70, but to
join hands with us in an active and earnest effort 70 better
our conditions and to open to the race new avenues Through
which they may obtain more Of 1.-THE good things Of life.
In another column will be found an accurate plat, N
he townsite. All that portion north Of Drexel Boulevard asd
west Of Michigan Avenue has recently been plated and put
put on the market. and 10 known ~ the first addition. With
the exception Of perhaps q dosen, all the lots front on Wash
ington boulevard, and al those lying south Of il are ssh
For business purposes. oil, things considesed. the cheapest
and best property now offered is that on Dcexel boulevard.
The post Office is located on lot Tin block 4; the Office Of thu
Langston City Herald is on lot 10. block }; the First Baptist
church Is in block IS; and the public school Is in block Is
- shown in the plat.
Before the first Of February $1,000 worth Of machiner!
will be on the ground TOR the grist mill and cottee gin which
10 to be located on the site shown on the plat. Plans hav'
been drawn ,rl work will commence on the hotel building
which. wa. completed. will cost from $4,000 to 5s,soe;
will be located Ia block 69. ~ shown in the plat.
All the lots which remain unsold 20 this time sxe goo
ones-there 10 not . rough " bad Oss in the entire osssCe'
Washington boulevard 10 the leading street in 'he <isy
present. being located exactly in the eenter Of the sss"aih
For particulars address
E.P.
Guthrie oh:lahOIna