The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-03-27
WHERE THEY
DIFFER ON
OPINIONS
Two Editors Discuss Merits of
Western Oklahoma.
ONE INSISTS ON CATTLE
While the Other Encourages
Farming.
ONE INSISTS ON CATTLE

Guthrie. o. T.. March Pa cusrious
controversy has broken out between two
editors in the extreme western part Of
oklahoma one claims that cereal far
mers should be discouraged from locat-
ing in that section; while the other says
not
Recently Mr.. Quinn, editor Of the Har-
desty. Beaver county, Herald, said that
the extreme western portion OF Oklahoma
was purely a livestock country. He
said: THE Woodward papers except
Bottoms, go merrily onward encouraging
settlers to farm in northwestern Okla
homa. About the time corn is in the
bloom, necessary moisture viii fail to
materialize hot winds win come and the
settler who takes the advice of such
papers viii realize shat he is trailing
after false prophets"
TO this the Woodward Dispatch said:
"The Hardesty Herald man must be try
IN gto make an impression on the cattle
men, or on Bolton. While perhaps this
country is best adapted to stock raising
get parts Of it can be farmed to good
advantage, and what stockman is it that
would want land thai he could not raise
his own feed on II he so desired? A. G.
Wood, who recently came to this country
from Iowa and located near Selling. Mr.
Wood paid S20l0 for one-fourth section
and we venture to say that he would
not take $500 for his bargain. Now,
what do you think of this. Mr. Hardesty
Herald? This man is going to farm this
place. And he is not crazy, either"
This annoyed Mr.. Quinn ana he at once
rejoined We think the gentleman from
Iowa is fun Of enthusiasm at the present
time and viii get his tire punctured lat
ct on Go and give him intelligent adj
vice by telling him to invest his money
In cattle and 70 limit his farming 10
raising Orage-principally sorghum and
hay-for them. If the gentleman per
sists liz planting a large acreage in cora
Jet him go to Woodward and attempt to
bug a larbe bin Of chuck on the strength
oil the prospective crop That VIII be
searching test Of the merchants estiua-
ton Of this locality as a farming country /
Credit VIII not be given the applicant
Tho iowa man is fortunate IN having
money 10 pay his bills tin he tries farm
ine one season which win change his
mind about some things. The Woodward
papers have repeatedly and continuously +
proclaimed northwestern Oklahoma a
farn iue country. The qualifying state !
ment "ouly lo the extent of raising for
age Tor stock has not been added. con-
sequenty dozens Of poor devils with
barely enough means to get here have
drifto3 into the country only to meet
with bitter disappointment for In the true +
incoming ri le phrase, that is not a
farming country. This is not a farmers +
country, but % the other hand it is ex-
ce'lent f0r the live stock business. The (
man who buys stock and limits his farm /
ing TO raising roughness for them VIII /
live long ana prosper ia this country. /
Telling the plain truth about the coun-
ivy Dir. Dispatch. does not constitute
an attempt to make an impression on +
cattcmeu however the course Of the
Eardesty Herald. we know, does not DIS
please them. We do not have to at
tempt to make impressions on cettlenen
or 1871 Bolton. for both-au of them
have been our friends for years Mr.
Bolton YVES a friend of the editor Of this
paper before either OF Us thought Of To-
eating i'm Oklahoma, ard the Herald cd
itor has resided in whit IS now Becyer
county for over "a wears AIcn3 your
ways. change the trend Ok your advice,
Nr. Dispatch else this fan loJ az Gle
appointed farmers VIII make yog cat
your words"