The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-04-29


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Guthrie has charmed and delighted thousands
by her matchless beauty and the enterprise of her
citizens and viii charm and delight you. Here the
culture refinement, shrewdness and wealth of the
met and mingled with the enterprise, push and
ability of the west Together they built the beauti-
full capital of the proudest territory in the uniona
territory whose matchless resources challenge the
world to produce their equal.
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Guthrie noted far and for her generous
hospitality bids you come. and only waits oppor-
tunty to extend to you cordial welcome
Okahoma Territory while only five years old,
has upon each quarter section of land a resident
farmer the buildings and other Improvements are
of such character that it not for the fact that
they are all new and fresh one might readily
imagine himself in old settled territory or state
The people came here to make homes and till
the soil and that they are prospering, far beyond
the possibilities and experiences of those who have
been the pioneers of civilization in other states and
territories has only to ride over the country.
observe its condition and talk with individuals. He
will find them pleased with the country. proud of
their success and hopeful for their future
CLIMATE.
The climate is mild and equable. the extremes
of heat and cold are not known. peculiar feature
is that during the hottest day there is always
breeze which transforms the slightest shade into
cool spot and is especially grateful at night. there
being none of the hot close, sutry evenings exper-
fenced in the states farther to the north,
There are no stagnant swamps or malaria pro-
ducing spots in the territory No need for Corduroy
roads across marshes. leading to homes where the
L. IN fa,,ar
ing with chills the next,
The soil is uniformly sandy loan with clay
subsoil varying from black land to red, each ct
which has ardent advocates of its supremacy in the
way of producing crops. the good qualities of both
being proven by the results attained.
FRUIT.
The growth of fruit trees in the territory is
phenomenal. As for the fruit Itself. we have the
finest peaches from our new trees, and at the Gov
ernment orchards on the old Sac and Fox Indian
reservation. part of Oklahoma. are TO be seen
apples, pears. peaches and cherries in perfection
and profuson. and the wine from the grapes grown
at the Sacred Heart Mission, rivals the famous
white wine from the Scuppernong. These products
are established here for twenty years and prove that
the farmer may safely rely upon them in the future
STAPLES
Wheat corn and cotton will be the chief staples
grown in Oklahoma but failure of all of
these which sometimes occurs in any of the older
states aud territories will not exhaust the resources
of the farmer.
Attention is called to the fact that Paus
Valley in the Chickasaw Nation, adjoining Oklahoma
on the south is Justly celebrated for its immense
yield of corn. For twenty years have the
''Sauaw men" and others farmed this rich and fer
tile land cultvating fields of corn equal in size and
quantity of yield per to the corn belt OF Illinois
and Missouri. The traveller on the Santa Fe rail
road gets glimpse of this beautiful country and
sees in Oklahoma a continuation of the same rich
soil In the Usage and Creek Nations, adjoining Ok
lahoma on the north and east, great crops OF corn
have been raised for the past fifteen years under
conditions similar the farming done in the Chick
asaw country while the Pawnee Indians on their
reservation on the Cherokee Outlet have for many
wears supplied from their little fields, for their
own use, and thousands Of bushels each year have
been sold by them at their agency,
This in addition to the experience in Oklahoma
seems to settle the question to the raising OF corn
There has been hardly time since the territory was
opened to settlement to subdue tie soil and bring II
into proper state Of cultivation, and yet from heids
of wheat near Guthrie have been ihreshed Forty
three bushels per and the general verdict oi
the home farmer is that wheat is grand success
Cotton Yields over One bale per acre and those who
are familiar with the growing of this staple are con
hdent of success
AN AGRICULTURAL REPUBLIC
To this title Oklahoma may justly lay claim
republic where neither nor cotton is king ou
where the several members OF the cereal and Vese
table families meet upon an equal footing an
where so far as the farmer is esaseraea the force
of nature work together in harmony for his good
She will equal Michigan for winter wheat Kan
sas for corn; Texas for Cotton; Georgia Tor melons
Alabama for sweet potatoes; Northwestern ArKal