The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1902-04-04
Oklahoma Letter.

tied, | take this opportunity of
reaching those interested In the
new country, to- whom we promised
to write. AS our stay has only
been two months we are not ac-
quaintcd with the adaptability os
the soil or seasons, but will give
you a few brief facts. We are lo-
Gated IL miles south of Lawton In
the Snake River Valley. Snake
River one mile on our west and
Cache River one mile on our east,
and is rs pretty country as ever
was seen. the soil Is fertile n black
loom from to q feet deep, Is COW
cred with n heavy coat of Blue
Stem and Moscuit grass; the up
land II principally red soil and has
Moscuit grass and say II Is the
best wheat land. The majority Of
the settlers intend to put In Callir
rn. cane and cotton, and are
busy plowing now. The late
rains have made plowing good
and the grass Is growing fine. pas
turc will he good In n very short
time. The weather has been very
pleasant, have worked In my shirt
sleeves nearly all the time, this
will seem strange to many people
there lthc work part ! mcan.)
While this country is In It's infan-
cy, yet there are many purchasers
every day looking for some dis
couragcd fellow that will sell his
rclinquishmcnt, In this vicinity.
They are selling from S32DO.O0 to
S7O0O.0O' these were actual sales
and are scarce mt that.
The railroad through our town
Is II certainty as the company hns
purchased the Right Away for
nearly all the Route. Since the
assurance OF the railroad property
has begun To advance IN price, our
town seems to take ON new life,
aud business of every kind will
soon be represented, 1t will be the
sound of the hammer and the buzz
of the saw instead of the howl of
the Coyote ~ II now is. From
our place you have u beautiful view
OF nature; we have broad rich val
lies on either side with heavy
timber along the streams, such as
Bur Oak, Cotton Wood, Pecan,
WALNUT and Hackbcrry. The
Wichita Mountains lying To the
North about - miles away as n
back grouny, and covered with
timdcr which have benz, deer, tur-
key pheasant and quail for the
nimrods, but II is line OF SJ00.U
to kill deer (unlcss In eminent
dangcr.) Thif country has been
Stockmcn's Paradise. The catttc-
men were In here "A few days age
and rounded up about 5000 head oi
cattle with horns as long M youl
arm, that have been living ON tn,
range all winter, in fact | dom
suppose they ever saw IA grain o
corn, and likely they looked bet
ter than the average cattle OF you
county do this spring. These cat
tie were driven into Texas and pu
ON the range, as now every l0'
acres In this country has "A hous'
and is being fenced by its owner
What wonderful change th,
past six months has made In thi
country, even the Indians stan,
around and look In amazcment IA
the white man. The Indian say
"white man like To workcy, lndial
no like work, squaw workcy.'
The Indian is n peculiar being
They are given their pay and ra
tons every three months. Las
FEBRUARY list was pay day with tn
Comanchcs and they all moved ul
near Lawton with their tents, wig
vans, pappooses, dogs, ponie
and all camped around spring
They stayed there about thrc
, weeks, dancing, gambling an
having big time until they spen
all OF their money then disperse'
hoping the great White Fathe
would soon pay them again.
The Road System Is good in thi
country. We have q cross roa
every section in the country, an
they are as nice and smooth a
n ever was driven over. The cor
tracts for bridges over the stream
:, have been let. Another dcveloE
Il. Al.