The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-08

ing section. as transportation facilities
over a dozen railway systems are ex-
cellent and expeditions. putting ship
pers in easy reach of metropolitan
markets. And as a stock-raising
country it cannot be surpassed, for
the short winters enable farmers to
keep their stock with very li1tle feed
ing from the barn. Cattle, hogs.
horses and mules. as well as sheep
and goats, do well and flourish with
reasonable care. The latest statis-
tics give the value OF farm animals at
$4,000, 600. other farm products are
valued at S35,o00o0 There were 250,-
600 bales OF cotton ra sed last year
from a two-thirds crop. and this years
estimate is 100000 bales. There we're
3S.Jo0,009 bushels of corn raised last
year. Two crops a year are grown
On the same land
The rainfall, according to the gov
eminent reports. has averaged thirty
three inches annually for the past
fourteen years. Prices of good COWS
range from $40 to $40 and horses from
$50 to 500. Building stone runs from
rs cents lo SIS a perch, lime $50 per
barrel, and lumber from SIS to $25 per
Loco feet.
Since 1909 the railway mileage has
practically been doubled, there being
at this writing 4,510 miles Of track
either In operation or in course of con
|struction Six railroad companies are
now building new lines In the Terri
I tory. Along these new roads the In
terior Department has removed all re,
lstrictions on alienation for townst e
purposes Again, many Of the ori-
ginal Government townsites have
proved too limited u accommodate the
growth of population. and in such
cases sufficient adjacent land has been
lfreed Of restrictions to meet the re,
| qulrements.
Thus there are In the Territory to-
lday three classes of town property
W.: The Government townsite laid out
I In 1902 and 1908; additions TO these
ltownsites authorized by the Interior
Department, and towns established BY
the department along the lines Of new
railroads.
In 1900 All per cent or almost one.
half of the total population of the
United States was living in incorpor-
ated towns. In spite Of the fact that
not one acre Of farm land could be
bought In the Indian Territory. only
1871 per cent of the population was
living in Incorporated towns. That is
% say. 74,749 of the inhabitants Of the
Territory our Of a total of 392.060 were
living In Incorporated towns. Every
state In The Union shows larger per,
centage of town population than the
Territory Even Montana has 1872 per
cent Wyoming 42.6 per cent and Ari-
iona 25.5 per cent. The older and
more popnlcue states show, Of course.
! much greater percentage.
| The tribal school system in the IN
iian Territory has been augmented
this year by an appropriation of $780,
600 made by Congress for the pur-
pose Of strengthening the present
schools. establishing new schools. ami
providing for the attendance at all Of
white children. In all the towns pub
lie schools are maintained by taxa
ton, each community directing its own
system and paying the expenses. Ii
/ rs estimated that there 100000 school
children in the Territory at present.
! There are 232 banks, 100 Of which
are national banks. All have been es
tablished during the past fourteen
years, seyenty-five during the past
two and half years, whIcn ~ Ave
times as many as were established In
all the New England states combined
and in excess Of the increase In any
single state in the I'm on.