The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-02-25

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LETrEK TO THE ApyANCE.

klN0vlsilDR, o., Eel. II, 1902.
10. ADvANcE:-1 wilt try 10 write
you tho prom'set, letter, though hard.
~ know how to begin IL, 50 much have
seen, already. The Cherokee strip will
not open before September of this. Or
= March 'of 'Iekt ye~r. But the Arxpx-
@hs's snd cheyenne lsuds, (xbout 4,Ot1,-
w scres.) will be open some tim~ be-
tween March 22"d and April lst, lS9,.
There 10 not ~ yet, however, u yesy
great crowd i" waiting. "A great a,.ny
have rented fbd1an or scl,Dol LANDS t.
f~rm ""til@cl''' strip II 'Opeuet.. l d"
not thi"k it n bad plan, NJ any one can
"srn a sgood living while they wait to
80; how, they like tl's country and the
climate.
i want TO be :very zcsrefai about re-
ooanaasnding this locality. knowing
nos~o pessuns see new countries
Alike. Although the new corners have
: uossils0 sny old, or we'll sab1upd land
~ woSk yet they have raised wonder
tul crops Que man raised 7OOO bushels
OF nice cor" on 1OO acres. an average
ut 20 bushels per acre on the whole
Atd. lhsvesesn several cribs that w.
% sssged from 90 to 7O;busl,els, and none
that averaged less than 40 bu. except on
breaking. Wheat, oats. and rye are
alsoa sure crop, and all wheat averag, 4
from Is to 80 bushels Of No last year.
S~eet potatoes and Irisl, potatoes do
we'll. Fruit Is successfully produced
bore. The weather is very like our last
OF SIay weather jn southern Minnesota.
Th.y*re now sowing oats and planting
early potHtOes, They tell me there has
not been any frost more than 2 WEEKS
'<hfs winter, to hinder plowlng, which
4tves, u man the whole year to do lis
work in.
The xb"ve mentioned strip soon to
'be eopened begins about one mile wrst
of eftis 'piace, tkihgflsler,) and is la
miles, running east and west aud 66
miles north and south, and for the first
Aiey miles west 1t IL we'll watered and
snserspefsed with some timber, altho'
this Is practically u prairie country.
There is considerable heavy timber
along the streams, and oak openings
are thick enough to solvr the fuel and
p''st question for many years to come.
lido not like the couutry farther east
=" well rs do this. While all the soil
have seen i" the territory is u redish
. sandy loan. but here the soil is darker.
asnd cannot help believing that all OF
1t raises good crops, foy seeing is be
lieving. l did not really want any of
. this country until / arrived at this To-
cslity.
Living Is full as cheap as in Mime
sofa. Straight -four r-tails 1T Sl.lO
pr suck. Best four 81 rs II, 80. Boltpd
Corn meal l cent per IL. Nothing is
high here but Irish potatoes, whicl, are
Is cents Der busI'el. This is accounted
for by ths fact that last sp, ing the
settlers ran short of seed and when
early potatoes were fit 10 sell tl+y y ship
ped them by the car load. Horses of
f"ir size are scarce, almost every one
using ponies.
Nome Of you can realize what the
|"w"s u Guthrie, Oklahoma CITY. and
ki"g6sher have brcome in less than
years time. There are 50 many nice
buildings. so many brick aud stone
blocks. that one cannot look at them
and feel that they have been in exist
edce day less than quarter Of cru-
sHury.
- have d~t idrd to wait for the OPEN
ing and get me u lot or two in some of
!She "ew c'"nty SEATS. 50 please tell
eeny OF the comrades that talked of
getting me I" 6le u declarntory state
sahent on u quarter section for them
that csnnot do it, as I will, in all
probability, be 25 miles from the land
of'ce At the critical moment. I encluse
you blanks that a soldier must fill and
lend to his attorney to do that business
Tor him. And while I wish all who
wsnt rlsnd would come on the ground
themselves, cl,eerfully recommend
.oomrade W. H. Wisner and Attorney
Robert A. Lyle, Of this place. to act ~
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