West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-01-07
OKLAHOMA TERRITORY.
An Old Prcstoaiap IN the Par West
Writes OF the Country There.



Ian ,, 1906
As my snbtcnp,ioa expires the first OF Tie
Scar, enclosed herewith you will find one
dollar for another years Subscription; and,
al the same sims, write = few items for
publication. thinking. perhaps, that she,
nigh, be Of intsres, to The Argus readers
We could hardly esi siong ~i,hcns The
Argus, as it.ss about The only means We
have Of getting the news regularly from
old Preston for our ffiends aud relatives
do not write Us as often as they should.
Il is fourteen years since We left Preston
county and came West. and have taken The
Argus abou, s',p years Of that time; and.
Furthermore, since coming Yves, we have
left the ranks Of The c. o. p. and have
become Demo-Pop, so the political char
acter OF The Argus suits AS exactly.
We have been reading Of the cold
weather, snow and other disagrecable
weather conditions existing in old Preston
SO far this winter; while here We have been
enjoying the fines, kind Of winter weather.
for this climate. only moderately cool, hut
uniform Up TO The present time we have
had no snow, bu, from appearances at tie
time we are wrlipg. we will have snow
before tomorrow The coolest weather
we have had was about 81 degrees above
zero. which is about as cold as il usually
gets here. We are needing moisture in
some form OF other, as il has been about
ftvo ,oonffe 'e;,c,. 49,. H.. -
rain although the ground is in fair CON
diiion yet. Our winters here are usually
dry, but this seems TO be rather pro,rac,rd
spell. II il continues aud we have some
very severe cold weaiher, il will damape
our whoa, crop. Wheat, generally, through
here got a fair start last fall and the condi-
lion IS very good at the present time. Our
crops here The pas, season were hardly up to
the average. The wheat crop was abou,
the usual yield--2o bushels. Oals crop not
good on account Of loo much rain and being
stuck wi,hred rust. yield very light aud poor
quality. Corn crop very light through this
Immediate vicinity.on account of disastrous
hailstorm about the middle Of August. The
storm covered a large scope Of territory. and.
In some parts, completely destroyed corn,
gardens, orchards, in fact, almost every
thing. Corn outside the hail dis,ric, Is
making from 20 to so bushels per acre.
We are agila,ing County High School
proposition here at the present time, and
have secured the requisite number Of voters
on petition 10 have the County Commits
sioners call special election locating the
County High School at this place. If we
can gel the school located here Il will help
build up our lutte town 10 great extent.
We are almos, sure OF another railroad
from vInila, I. T., running west through
here aud on 10 Denver, Colorado. We
understand that work has commenced on
the grade We are going to Try 70.
Passenger Division 10 be located here. II
we succeed in landing these new enterprises,
We will experience some lively tmes here
next year.
We.are trying to get the Famous Preston
County Buckwheat Flour introduced here.
We had I,aoo pounds shipped, this fall.
from Freeland & welcn. Terra Alta, and
had no trouble in dispcsing Of ii. Those
who are using Il say that It's far ahead of
the backwhea, flour shipped in here f,om
Iowa aud Michigan.
Well We must bring this to c'oie, or IL
will add TO The heap 10 The EDITORS waste
basket Wishing The Argus prosperous
year, weremain,
Yours truly,
JIMEsoN SNYDER.