The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-06-15

not be far below that of other big
wheat years Corn and cotton have
made an excellent stand and the out
look is for a record breaker In both
crops This will be Oklahoma's I'M
precedented fruit crop The orcha ds.
fortunately received little damage
from the usual early April fros,s.
Frost had cut short their yield Ia .he
last two years. and the trees hal
stored up surplus strength which will
be utlllzed this season IN giving SUI
perior quality and size OF the fruit
Oklahoma peaches, already famous,
promise Unprecedented flavor and Ia
ciousness Apple orchards, just reach
Ing a productive age, are bending be-
meath the weight Of the fruit. The
acreage. and the experience Of the past
years in finding markets, will make
this season probably the most remun-
erative IN the experience of Oklahoma
melon growers The Oklahoma cante-
loupe has a reputation second only to
that Of the Rocky Ford canteloupe.
The vineyards Of Oklahoma produce
more grapes thsa can be prohtably
marketed
Commercially Oklahoma grows with
astonishing rapldity Every town.
whether city or village, is increasing
| in size. New buildings are on every
hand. Men from other states are en-
gaging in business and giving to real
estate a present value that is regard
ed by conservative persons as exag-
gerated. Prices continue to soar, how
ever. without prospect of decreasing.
I Oklahoma has a multitude of banks.
too many in fact for the population.
They are filed with money which the
bankers find difficulty in loaning reg
ularly and prohtably. Railroads con
tinue building in different parts Of
the territory. and every new railroad
means more new towns Probably
nowhere else in the United States is
wealth so equally distributed per cap
ita as in oklahoma There are few
persons with large private fortunes.
So far as known, there is not sing
le millionaire in Oklahoma. A half
million is probably the limit. The
butcher. the baker and the candle
stick maker each has his bank ac-
count and hs home
And Culture for its People.
In their abundance the people have
not forgotten their educatioal in
stitutions. The legislature last winter
gave to the university nearly 100000
for new buildings TO the Agricultural
and Mechanical college, at saltwater,
nearly $4,000 for new buildings. a
large sum to the Langston universi-
ty ana close 10 $4,000 for a normal
school building in Southwestern Ok
lahoma. Furthermore, provision was
made for the establishment of county
high schools. which viii put within
each Of the boys and girls of the
farms educational advantages hereto
p fore denied them. Oklahoma's edu-
cational system is now adequate to the
needs of the territory for several years
to come.
In addition to its natural attractions
Oklahoma will this year feel the i'm
petus due to the presence Of thousands
Of strangers who will come to make
homes and speculation in the Kiowa
and Comanche and Wichita Indian
reservations to be opened to home
stead settlement IL August.
Both corn and cotton this year have
made an excellent stand. The corn
acreage IS larger than usual while
lthe cotton acreage is about the same
as last year The frequency Of rain
at desirable intervals during the last
six months gives promise of a suffi-
cient rainfall during the summer TO
make an immense yield Of both crops.