The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-07-17

tained many Of them az their guests,
This ls one Of the few places where such
has been done Indeed the hospitality
of the people as shown IN 70 many
pleasant ways e.At II win ever te rem-
enberod with Measure ty the 3eloc.tes
present al the lNenticth annual mcet-
ing. An Ohio delegate or prominence re-
marked to The writer one dpy, why
those people where We are stay ing treat
us exactly as II we were fricnde com 10
visit them. we are Ia every ~seee their
guests" and we know he rxnrcssed the
ieeling Of many others wlc ~cre being
similarly entertained. Those who have
an idea that the cities Of Oklahoma are
back wo0dsy IN any respect, or their eiti-
zens Wild and woody or behind the times
are sadly mistaken. An eastern lady re-
marking on her place OF entertainment
said We are 50 comfortable we are
In such an elegant house; ln nct every
thing is just like we are used to ha. inr
al home, and as everything we're we
were staying was so much finer than SFe
have al home we were prepared to acree
with hr. No more cultivated refined reo-
pie VIII ge found anywhere this side Of
kQsion than right there IN Guuri ok
lahoma.
Lnwrel lNeb) Advocate Cne thing
We noticed particularly about The farms
was that the houses We're generally large
with great deal OF vcranda 20 neces-
sary In that region Of long summers.
ttlADAiiI AnAnAr NIt nAIiNs enthr ana Hok
yards were set a respectful distance 70
the rear their proper place it has all
ways seemed to u.s. and the front Yards
We're made pleasant TO look uron by a
profusion Of towering plants and shrubs.
Along the highways her We're many
wild flowers new 90 us.
stock raising j. carried on, but not so
extensively as In Nebraska. We saw ono
herd OF sheep during the afternoon, but
they are not plentiful.
Among The growing crops which we
noticed IN passing were corn. cot on,
oats wheat alfalfa and rape Much
cane y raised Tor fodder. The cotton
ranged from three Inches 20 "a foot high
and whole families OF negroes and some
times whites, were 10 re seen IN the
fields shopping IL. as they say. The
seed IS sown very thick. and when Il
has come up they go along with hoe
and tllin Il out All kinds OF crops look
cd well
Land in this vicinity sells from 81 500
70 $4,000 per quarter. they 20 not adote
tho price by the acre down there. but
always by the quarter For some reason
the cultivated land seems TO ne singu-
laily free from weeds.
one Of our horses giving cut about 6
/ o clock W. stopped az q farm house
nine miles front Glthtie ana were very
Hospitality entertained over night. The
I family were from Atlanta, Iowa. and tbs
man OF the house a most entnnsiastic
lodnirer OF oklahoma They had left a
hno farm adjoining Atlanta and gone
down there and sterted that place for the
sor 81 the family They nad pEt up this
fine large house but IN paused on tho
point of furnishing It as the mother OF
the family did not like the lllninte az an
and had about decided to return to ner
former home They made Us very com
Portable. and we enjoyed a plearant visit
4 with .hem.
They had not been on the place long
and their trees and shrubbery has not
had chance IS grow, but tliey bad
quantities set ont, and within a Few
years theirs viii be "A very pretty pie zee.
They own a trs Of 400 acres and were
farming 200 tbs selves md had leased
another hundred &c ne.1h"or.
Sll the farms IN Oklahoma have the
rural free mail delivery tie same as
with u.s.
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