The Teton peak., 1903-04-09
/ from Samuel Tat|oV.
Writes About Oklahoma

The following letter from one of Ere
mont countys pioneer settlers and old
war horse republicans will doubtless be
interesting reading to his many friends:
EDITOR TETON PEAK:
/ suppose that you and the other ac
quaintances of mine in Fremont county
think have forgotten you. Don't you
believe it for minute. | and mine
have been here a little over three
months. After somewhat spirited
journey we arrived at Woodward on the
10th of December at p m, and have
been getting settled ever since. We
first rented Il house and bought furni-
ture, then came team, wagon, harness,
etc. We We're free plumber for every
one who had those things for sale with
in twenty miles of our location Every
one that had an old plug, wanted a hun
dred and then some for it. | went to
Wichita, Kansas, about 200 miles from
here, and bought very good team,
wagon and harness for 1929, and some
other property. While in Wichita l
met a gentleman who was in Boise dur
ing the joint session of the legislature
and the election of Judge Hepburn to
the I. S. Senate, which had occurred
only three days previously.
We have built very comfortable
four room house. with the one that was
on the place making five rooms alto
gether, and are now engaged in ou1.
regular spring work We are putting
40 acres more under cultivation So far
we have in 10 acres of oats, 11O apple
trees, 1862 peach trees, 90 cherry trees.
20 pear trees. 1875 other fruit trees, 215
grape vines of different kinds, and will
have in about so acres of corn, with
other crops amounting to 1870 acres in
all
Wheat is worth on the market 5Sc.
corn 40c, oats 40c, barley 45c, rye 55c,
hogs on foot $6.40, milch cows $25 to $40.
potatoes 81 90 to $12 per bushel tur-
keys &c per pound, chickens &c per
pound work horses S65 to $3.50 each,
work mules 5000 to $500 per span, eggs
1Oc per doz., butter a0c per pound,
potatoes 20c per bu., sweet potatoes 81
per bu., and hay s.. 50 to s3 per ton.
This has been the hardest winter
within the memory of the oldest settler,
so they say. We had 10 inches of snow
about the 10th inst. and this month has
been very cold and everything is back
ward. There has been no seeding done
except few oats, and few potatoes
! planted.
There is considerable land changing
hands, ACCOMPLISHMENTS selling at from
500 to $4,000, owing to locality and no.
tion of buyer and seller. Decided farms
sell from $500 to $4,000, owing to i'm
provements, quality of same and natural
advantages. Any man coming here and
wishing to buy land, should avoid the
army of land sharks that infest all the
railroad towns along the different lines
OF railroad i'll the territory Ride out
with farmer into the country, look
around till you see something that suits
you and then get the price That is the
way did and do not regret it | can
get more than twice what paid for it,
one real estate man has told me that if
he had known | was after this farm, it
would have cost me fully $4,000 to have
gotten it, but admitting that the owner
who sold would not have gotten any
more money than he did and probably
not as much, as the sharks commission
would have been taken out of the S25OO
paid for it,
We will be pleased to hear from any
OF our old friends in Fremont county
ana answer any questions in regard to
this part Of the territory
Very truly yours,
SAMUEL TATLOW
blackberry, Okla. Ter,
March 21, 1903