Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-03-10
rs OUT WEST
II. =. Campbell In Oaklahoma Don't
Like the Country "a Lutte BIT.

good will and congratulations from
those who read that letter that ! am
prompted To further enlighten the pub.
lie regarding Oklahoma. What say,
Is based on actual experience Ia part,
aud part hearsay. We are told that
when the Creator had finished the
making of the earth he had little
stuff left, mainly the sweepings and
dirt and he dumped it out the back
door, and some enterprising Yankee
discovered it and called Oklahoma
rich, being translated means IN G.,
Oklahoma is located in the hind end of
this United States and some OF the
people here claim that the Garden OF
| Eden" was located about y miles south
OF this city and they also claim that
this territory now has more advantages
than the famed Garden OF Eden eyer
had, because the before named Yankee
has cut down the apple tree that caus-
ed all the trouble with great grandma
Eve, the foregoing is largely hear say,
now will give you absolute facts, as
have seen them.
Having already given you the pre-
else location, Wilt now give you the
analysis which shows that Oklahoma
is composed Of wind, red sand, news
paper advertisements and cookie burrs
Wind and red sand are the principle
Ingredients. The country Is very dr.,
having had no rain since September,
1908. said dry but in only one sense,
about every third door is saloon al.
he who does not drink is hardly = ass>d
as respectable.
While standing in the depot a. Guth
RE the air was so filled with sand you
could not see across the street, was
accosted by an elderly Dutchman who
asked, "Do the wind blow all the time
like this in Oklahoma" | replied yes
sir, think 1t does, it has all the time
have been here, he then said, II
come up from SIOUX Falls, 5, Dakota,
up there the snow blow in my eyes but
he melt, in Oklahoma the sand blow IN
my eyes and he don't melt, ] think go
by Souix Falls back. p" the have
about as much weather here as they do
anywhere. Last evening / was sitting
on the piazza of the HOTEL the Their
mometer hanging behind me registered
IS at o'clock IN the evening. | saw
peach trees 10 full bloom, aud all ma
ture was smiling, at S:45 p. m. ther.
came one of the celebrated norther-
and without moments warning thu
air was so filled with dirt and sand that
you could not see 10 feet, altho' the
moon was shining brightly, it was en-
tirely obscured and pitch dark, except
the lights from the hotel. | saw a
gentleman and his wife pulled into the
hotel by the porter, they were so lost
they did not know how to go home,
their hats were gone, clothes torn, and
ears eyes, mouth and nose filled with
sand, they could hardly breathe aud
when they got cleaned up little they
did not dare try to go home but stay ed
at the hotel all night. The stor N last
ed about two hours and you can have
no idea of the terrible effect, imagine
the worst snow storm Michigan ever
saw only substitute fine red sand for
snow and you will get faint idea oil
the sand storm, one can hardly breathe.
One man told me he was going home
and was only a few rods from his house
but was almost choked to death, he
a d if he had gone two rods further he
would not been alive. Several build.
ings we're unroofed others blown down.
looked at the same thermometer,
hanging in the same place, at O'Clock
this morning and what do you think,
was it SO, we'll hardly, If you will sub.
tract 20 from SO you will have the ex.
act figures, instead OF SS it was Is, q
clear drop OF 20 degrees in twelve
hours and the peach trees are out oi
business for this year. Yea verify this
is the Eldorado for rich, some think
they are seeking the land where you
ret land or real estate for nothing tina
IS certainly true, but blows down your
neck, and you can get more OF it thar
you want, and you don't have to pay
taxes on it either. One enthusiast tolc
me all we want here is more good citi
zens and water and it will be a fine
place to live. presume he was RICH,
mt one has only to stop and think thai
is all He'll needs, good citizens and
water, yea verify, / have seen goo
part OF the country. in my travels from
east to west, from north to south and
am fully satisfied that the all wise
creator did not bestow all the good
5hings or bad things in one spot, but
sprDnkled them OYER the whole United
states. am firmly convinced that
Michigan has more of the advantages
md fewer of the disadvantages than
Any other state / have visited. And