Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-01-10
The Indian Territory.

This, now interesting portion Of our
territories is engaging the attention of
the people Of the United States In point
of mineral and agricultural richness.
G. w. Ripley, Esq. wealthy real es-
tate owner of Sapulpa, Indian Terrific
ry, who lately visited friends in this
city, gives quite an interesting account
of that far western country, its resources
and progress. He says it lays between
the storm belts, having fair rain fali
| and yielding in grain from 20 to 30
bushels of wheat per acre; corn 40 to 10
| bushels shelled per acre; cotton from
to 1 ] bales per acre; potatoes two crops
per season-the second crop keeping
better than the first All kinds OF fruit
trees yield bountful crops whilst the
prairies are covered with the most lux
urious growth of blue stem grass, upon
which the thousands of cattle fatten and
grow as if fed on corn, in wiLter as well
as summer
The Frisco r. r. and her branches
are now spreading through the Terrific
ry affording markets for all her pro-
ducts. Her farms are rapidly filing up
with whitemen and the Arkansas
traveller.
The educated, college bred Iudian
lives at home enjoying luxurious ease.
growing rich on the fat of his princely
heritage from Uncle Sam.
We must not forget to mention that
this territory is pierced by the great
Ozark uplift, the mineral bearing region
where oil, gas, gold, silver, lead zinc,
tin, copper and iron are said to be III
large quantities in the mountain dis
tricts, whilst oil comes to the surface in
many places aud is collected for domes
tic use In the Usage country many
large oil and gas wells are in operation.
The following from local paper re-
minds one of the balmy days of Butler
county oil fields:
'Bartlesville mechanics stand no show
for a holiday vacation this year"
That red glare in the northwest
heavens after nightfall is not the aurora
borealis, neighbor 1t is the reflection
of the burning gas from Bartlesvilles
wells. And it is discernible from NeO-
desha to the Arkansas river
mo. s, the new gas well at Bartles-
Vile is a hummer 1t has pressure of
$50 pounds to the square inch. The
two gas wells together have Il flow Of
1900 600 cubic feet per day. Bartles-
vile, with her gas wells and petroleum
wells, ought to make city.
Just across the Arkansas river from
the Bartlesville oil field, JnO. S. Wick
is hustling the stuff on the ground for a
| well on j. a Heydrick & Companys
| lease.
| Sapulpa is a new railroad town at the
| junction of the Frisco and Texas r. r.,
! having a population of over 5000, dur
| ing the last five months over 30 build
ings have been erected, and one cotton
| compress, which cost $50 coo TO build,
and has now in store 500, 600 worth Of
! this seasons cotton.
| They have two colleges one for
white students the other for indian
| students The Indians have Monday
/ forenoon, and the whites Saturday af-
( teTnoon olf-a precaution taken boy the
Indians that their children may not
! learn some of the knowlege not found
in the whiteman's school books.
The Indian children received their
Christmas box from their Butler freujs
with an appreciation that would nave
amply repaid them for the thoughtlui
gifts.
A letter from Sapulpa lays there has
been contracts for 100 wells let in the
Bartlesyille oil fields by the Cudahu
and Usage Oil Cos. and that the oil is
F, of high grade green oil.