The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-13
Letter from Oklahoma.
Wakita, Okla, June Z, 1901

Waklta, Okla, June I, 1901.
Editor REPORTER:
Having nothing better to do thought
would write few lines for your yalua
BILE paper to begin with ! will tell of our
start from Iowa and landing here. Tues
day Feb. IL, Jesse and Elisha with our
household goods and live stock loaded
into car left Blockley and landed at
Medford, Okla, Friday ID. Pearl and
stayed until Monday when we took the
train at Davis City and reached Medford
the next dav about 9 O'Clock in the
morning, where we waited for two long
hours for j. Ii. to come after us to bring
US to our new home. Since coming here
we have had some fine weather and some
that was not so fine, all through March
the wind was so very very bad 1T blew
almost all the time we did not have any
mud but plenty Of dust. 1t is not hard
work to farm here like it is in Iowa
where we lived. The people farm alto
gather different here to what they do
there, they ride to do so much of there
work. Corn is looking well wheat is
good but not near SO good as it looked
like it would be; we did not have lain
enough. People think they will begin to
harvest about the middle of next week.
Early gardens do we'll here but late
vegetables dry out and do not do SO
we'll. There is several different kinds of
soil here we have dark sandy loan
then we have some that is red and some
redder and some reddest. The red soil
produces as good as the other and seems
to be better for wheat but is harder to
farm. have not seen any tame grass
here but wild grass grows in abundance
and the stock seem to do as well on it
as tame grass. There is number of
fine peach orchards here and peaches
will be plentiful if nothing happens, we
have not had any storms so far this sea.
son. Jesse has his health better than
he has for ten years in fact we all have
good health at this time and all we'll
satitied perhaps after we are here year
we will not like it sc we'll, we have good
society here we have preaching twice a
month and Sunday school every Sunday
they have good schools here and nearly
every district has good school house .
We have good neighbors there are fine
farms here and some very poor ones it
certainly is good country or people
would not improve their farms the way
and graneries going up all the time.
| ucIc are SOllC lew llVlHS GaCiL oOu
houses yet.
May oath our old friend Charley
Hinkle and family drove up to our
place and such an old Iowa hand shak-
ing as we did have. They were all we'll,
and well pleased with the country.
They stayed with us until Monday and
then started for RIPLEY, Okla. | will
tell you something about the little town
where we get our mail and do our trad
ing. 1t has three hundred and twenty
five inhabitants. three stores of general
merchandise, two furniture stores, three
hardware stores, one racket store, three
miliiner shops, Que church building and
another Enclosed where they hold Bap-
list, Methodist and Christian meeting.
There is one blacksmith shop, two grain
elevators. two lumber yards, and two
doctors. There has been over twenty.
five houses built in the last two months
an last but not least $50 the men
think is two saloons. Three years ago
there was only one store and The post.
office. If this finds a place in your
| paper | may write again. And now,
wishing THE REPORTER and all It's force
success will say good night.
MARY +. NoRTHcUTr.