The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-30
.1r. HERR1NeToN TALKS.
some Interesting Information About
oklahoma and Its People.

80 Interesting Information ABOUT
s0'- oklahoma and It's People.
IL, Alfred Harrington, Of Swaines-
-rbo is attending the United States
- ~, At Savannah, has but recently re-
- from Oklahoma where he repre-
IuI M ne United States government as
seuS99 "orn missioner at Alva, one of the new
an Isl-rs in the northwestern portion of the
new territory .-, - -.
..L1o,er after q service of three months.
IIIIln5ad made application for the posi-
~ ~ of United States district 1t )rney in
Oklahoma. and stood a good clance OF
IN -snrointed when circumstances de-
pes ad Fvhi b decided him to return to
E Va,,t.,r;a and continue the practice of law
in this state. - -
usrrington to a MORNING News
I.,.+ar Yesterday, "that the re-
Ie sp+ mat I have returned to Georgia
PG;,b lie intention of making the race
"lloirsr Col. Lester for con res in this
s5s5.trict Is untrue. | have rlt .rned because
uIilI2.rrivate interests here required my at
t te7t on and not with any Political object
A.; -is,y have Aad CuUagh OF politics
and shall give my attention to my prac-
90 hereafter. l gave my SER
US si( to the Dem ocratic party in the
,ast campaign when 1 thought the party
Iaos in danger. Now the party is in
ro,rer think it is able to stay there if
he hedges made during the campaign
Of 1892 are carried out"
VI M Harrington talks very interestingly
If oklahoma When he arrived at
Ava four months ago there was
onlv one house in the town and that was
the government land once. When he
he To- aYs
i00 business houses in the place and 1000
settlers had registered their claims to
land.
be said Many of the
houses we're taken to pieces at
other places and brought to Alva and put
together there Alva is in the north
western portion of the territory on the
Atcbison. Topeka and Santa Fee railroad.
This is not as good a farming section as
the eastern or southern portions of the
territory The soil is very rich, but
there is not enough rain and a
crop every three or four years is about
ali the farmers are able to calculate on.
When they have good crop year they
make enough to last them until they get
another good season. The soil is 80 feet
deep. and in a good year will make so
bushels of wheat to the acre"
While Mr.. Harrington was at Alva the
climate was all that could be asked. The
only objection is that there is no rain and
the wind blows all the time The climate,
in consequence, is very dry, and is consid-
cred very fine for sufferers from pulmo-
nary complaints.
A curious feature of that section is the
salt plains which lie about seventeen
miles on either side of Alva. These are
nothing more nor less than great lakes of
drv salt which covers the ground like
snow. Mr.. Harrington says there is
enough pure salt without adulteration
living on the top of the ground to supply
the United States In rainy seasons the
dry lake beds fill with water and the salt
dissolves but the sun and wind soon
evarorate the water, leaving the pure,
crystallzed salt.
Mr. Harrington says there are no buzz
Yards in Oklahoma. The atmosphere is
so dry that nothing decays Everything
dries up. Consequently, the buzzards
have no show. The country suffers occa-
sionally from billiards., but the climate is
considered mild compared with that of
Nebraska and other states to the north of
it.
MIR Harrington says Northwestern
Oklahoma is the finest cattle raising
country in the world. Two crops of hay
can De cut every season from the uncultl-
waited prairie. The population of the ter
ritory is drawn from nearly
every state in the union, but
principally from Kansas and the adioin-
ing states Like every new territory the
tioaters form a large element of the popu-
latlon. but the majority appear TO be
bona ide settlers who intend to secure
the advantages of settlement
IN new country. Mr.. Her
ringtOn thinks Oklahoma prospects
are bright. He does not consider il as
good a country as Georgia, but he says
1t is bound to grow and prosper.
1t is TO the interest of Georgia and
Savannah to encourage the development
OF Oklahoma he said las large portion
OF its products will naturally find
a market in this section and be shipped
through this port
Mr.. Harrington has much better
opinion Of Oklahoma than he has of
southern Kansas, which, he says, is alto
geJher the most God-forsaken. blizzard
blown, debt-ridden, and altogether desc
late-looking country he has ever seen, and
the natural BIRTHPLACE of the DoDulist