The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-24

| reservations contained a million two hun
dred and eighty-two thousand four hum
dred and thirty-four acres The Cheyenne
and Arapaho reservations embracing
four million two hundred and nnety-seven
| thousand seven hundred and seventy-one
! acres were opened in April 1892. The
Cherokee strip, containing six million
/ fourteen thousand two hundred and thir-
| ty-nine acres was opened on September
il. 1898.
The KickapoO reservation was opened
in 1895 and containing two hundred and
six thousand six hundred and sixty-two
acres The Kiowa, Comanche and Apache
and Wichita reservations comprising some
four million acres of land were opened
to settlement in August. 1901. In 1890
No Mans Land now known as Beaver
county containing three million six nun
dred and eighty-one thousand acres was
attached to the territory. Greer county,
formerly a part of the state of Texas.
was also attached to the erriory.
The above described sections, with the
Usage. Ponca and Otoe Indian reserva-
tons comprise what is now the territory
of Oklahoma. more than $3.50 square
miles. This added 10 the Indian Terri
tory will make a state of about 10000
square miles.
Manufacturing is among the various in
dustrics which engage our population and
has made great advancement in the past
few years. While we are not so for
;unate as other localities in our supply
of cheap fuel, or water power. the for
mer. owing 10 a lack of railroad facili-
ties. yet those who have been the
pioneers in this enterprise have pros
pered.
The raw material IS at hand on every
side. and the increasing number of -four
ing mills, cotton seed oil mills. plaster
and cement mills. broom factories. shoe
factories. founderies. gas plants. cracker
and candy manufacturer. etc. all Of
which ara in furnishing condition in
dictate that the state of Oklahoma in the
near future may he classed among the
manufacturing states of this country
At the present time there are about 100
Touring mills in operation in Oklahoma
alone. ard half that number in the Indian
Territory. owned and controlled by our
own people. with a capitalization of from
S5o.eeo L. $50 coo each. The output of
the Touring mills in these territories dur
ing the past few years has been euor-
nous. ard the products are distributed
from the British provinces on the north
10 the gulf states on the south. and the
vast amount Of the oklahoma and Indian
Territory -four has been going into the
export trade. and is no small factor in
the ports OF Galveston, New York and
other cities.
oklahoma and the Indian Territory
have salt enough 10 supply the markets
OF the world. The great salt reserve in
the western part Of oklahoma Territory
contains approximately 400 square miles
The union Of Oklahoma and Indian Ter
ritory would make a state larger in area
than more thar half OF the states Of the
Union. oklahoma alone i larger than
either OF the states OF Connecticut. Della
ware. Indiana. Maine. Maryland. Massa-
chuSetts, New Hampshire. New Jersey.
Rhode Island. South Carolina. Vermont
West Virginia, and the union OF these
two territories would he very much larger
IN area than either Kentucky. Louisiana.
Mississippi New York. North Carolina,
Ohio. Pennsylvania. Tennessee or Viz
siaia. being more than eaase square miles
larger than either Of the last mentioned
states In point OF population and wealth
either % these two territories are Tar