The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1901-05-02
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A trip to Oklahoma without a visit
at Norman would be incomplete, for
here is where you find that prince OF
good fellows, E. K. Hines. Mr..
Hines has been located here only a
few weeks, but you could not pull
him away with an inch rope. He and
Ed Porter are partners in the loan
and real estate business, though Mr..
Porter is still in Fremont. He expects
to eventually become a resident of
Norman. The town of Norman is
nicely located and we'll built up, and
business is not overdone here as 1t is
in many towns in the territory. 1t
has a population of about 5000, al
/ though to rut the figure less than
1900 is an insult to all citizens there,
( even "Kicky," 1t is a county seat
and the territorial university and
asylum are located here. About
s100,0 has been appropriated and
will be expended at the university
this year.
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Roustabout was agreeably sur
prised to meet DR.. @. j. Lukens and
N. O. Adlon at Oklahoma City on
Friday. The doctor is just out on a
little jaunt to see the country, while
Mr.. Adlon is here to fiLd location
to engage in the jewelry business.
The last l saw of him he was unde-
cided whether to stop at Oklahoma
City or go to Mangum. He optioned
room at Oklahoma, but went down
to Mangum to look around before he
decided.
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The new country will be opened up
in August and hundreds of people
come into the territory every day to
be on the ground. From present ap-
pearances there will be about 20 ap-
plicants for each claim. AS under
stood now, the Indians are to have
first choice, then the old soldiers.
and lastly citizens. Citizens will
have to pay s14 for chance at thu
drawing, and if they are luck
enough to get number will have tb
pay s1.25 per acre for the lant
There will be no grand rush as there
was when Oklahoma was opened,
consequently less fun and fights.
Nearly every west bound train is run
in from two to three sections to ac-
commodate the people coming in.
From information cleaned by Rous
tabout many prospectors are doomed
to disappointment. About two-thirds
of the new land is not good for any
thing but grazing, and as 100 acres
is only q drop in the bucket for this
purpose, many settlers will wish
they had hung onto the old place,
especially if it was in Iowa.
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The green house or "Hessian Fly"
is playing havoc in the wheat fields
in the south part of the territory and
in northern Texas. 1t is destroying
everything and is moving north at
an alarming rate. Farmers are burn
ing their fields and are planting cot
ton. The crop will necessarily be
late and possibly of little conse-
quence. The other crops all have
splendid prospects and fruit is fine.
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1t is amusing to look over the
names of homesteaders On section
al map. For instance you will 6nd
Mr.. Crooked Neck, John Big Feet,
Harry Sweat House, Miss Molasses,
Bad Woman, Killing Ahead, Poor
Singer, etc. These, of course, are
Indians, and the deeds are recorded
in their names. There are, however,
very few, Indians in this section, and
their appearance on the street causes
as much comment as it would in Os-
kaloosa.
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Wnlle Oklshoma Is thriving city
it has no paved streets and but few
cement sidewalks. Everything has
been done in hurry and in the best
resident portion there are no side
walks atall, or only planks laid with
about one nail to the board. Shade
trees are unknown, although they
are coming. The Oldest trees in
town are not over IL years old and
they do not afford much protet tion
from the sun, which is already as
warm as it is in Iowa in July and
August. But with all her faults Ok
lahoma is good town and is des-
tined to be the commercial center of
the territory which already boasts of