The sun., 1901-08-25
the NEWLY OPENED STRIP.
Resources and Agricultural Possibilities
Of Indian Territory Lands.

Resources and Agricultural Possibilities
| Of Indian Territory Lands.
| CHIcKAsHA, / T. Aug % Excepting
| "a those who have tTaverrnd the newly
opened Known e -Comanche Apache country
i's general aspect and it, po-, bio resources
are comparatively unknown
Its latitude Is balow the sSth parallel
and west ~ tho aah meridian oi
| longitude Consequently In regard ~
it, agricultural possibilities 7, il dis,incily
Southern and its crop conditions mus;
naturally H. common 20 tho States of Sout n
Carolina. Georgia. Alabama Mis=issipp
southern Arkansas and Louisiana and Texas
/ II l. the most soIthcrly region vet thrown
| opcn tu public settlement II The hp meat cad
order and FOR this reason the Northern
Immigrants to tho new country will fnd
entirely new conditions confronting them
II l. entirely out Of the corn lclt and the
grca, staple Of the country must probably
10 cotton 10 tho average Northerncr-
tho cultivation of cotton II a new trade and
II will bc wears before they can hope "
compcte with their southern neighbor-
In planting. cultivsti ng and gathering
this crop ~ course some corn can be
raised as well ~ oats nj wheat, hut the
climate IL more particularly adapted 10
tho growth of sub-troplcal croJ~ A. a
consequence a great many southern people
have been attracted 20 the new country
The country IL most 81 IL level a nd rolling
IN Chsrac,cr' sHcep,inS a small area through
and the Wichita and Rainy Mountain
ranges In the central western part Tho
soil l. slmos, invariably red. sandy
loam with alternating strips of gypsum
land Cutting diagonslly through the ter
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timbers heavily wooded tract from ten
to fftecn miles In width The timber
l. largely post oak or black jack. and II
useless for any other purpose than for fence
posts and fuel Occasional groves of
stunte1 white oak will be found and CON
siderable elm. walnut. and some pecan
groves Tho China tree. common 30 the
South h al-o found In considerable abund-
ance
The principal streams are the washita
River magnifcently wooded stream.
that courses along the northern boundary
OF the strip. and in the eastern part the
Little WAshita, Little and Big Beaver.
Cache and West Cache Medicine Bluf.
Apache and Deep Run crooks These
latter steam- how to the south and enter
the Red River Along the northern bor-
der arr the Delaware. Elm, Walnut and
Rainy Mountain Greeks which flow north
ward into the Washita West Of these are
Fix Wolf and other creeks which nov
into 'le Norm tofh OF fO~l river, NIl'h -
the western boundary of the nev strip
They are all heavily timhrred and are
siipplisl with numerous tributaries Sew
eral - these streams have their source IN the
mountains. and AFFORD hne fishing. trout
b"ing caught in many Of them.
Tho prevailing grass r. the mesquite
with considerable blue stem which Rhords
magnificent pasturagc Much of this Il
cut for hay and IL now h.'ing baled and
shipp.d to Kansas city and Wichita, where
I; brings from SIS TO $50 ton.
The mesquite grass country n invariably
good wheat land A. might have been
expected tine Indians have -elrctcd all the
bottom lands as their nllotmcnts. and
vast majority of the home~teads will have
80 II. taken on the high landr There have
also h-,en reserved by the Government
.s,0OO acres of pasture lands In the southern
part Of the strip for the sIecia accutnmuda-
iion ~ the cattlemen who have been com
pellet 80 remove their herds from the
pasture lands thrown open Tor settlement.
There u al-n a pastur" reserve of %,uo
acres u, the eastern part OF he strip ana
anot her 20 go acres ia che northwestern
par and still another soon In th" keeche
Hills In addition 20 the-e special Reserves
ar, nso acres Of wood lands i'm the cross
timh'r,. aud 5000 acres OF park reserve
~ the Wichita Mountains
The homestead selections, therefore.
wer. merely Hobaun's choice aud many
and loud arr the complaints made by en-
p~Cthut home-teadeTS
Thus far the only railroad penetrating
'h, new country l. IN" Rock Island THIS
road travet-..s the eastern border ~ the
strip and n branch line runs from this city
we~' ward along th" northern border no
miles weS' 90 Mang,Im, the county seat oi
Gnrr county The towns along the east
line ara Chickasha. Ninnekah. Rush Springs.
MARROW Duncan. tomanche Addington,
Su gden and RYAN
Westward from Chickasha tho Rock