Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1906-02-23
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The good man who wants good
home in good country inhabited by
/ good people should look carefully to
Durant and Blue County. Here the
homeseeker and investor will find
all the advantages for fortune-mak-
ing, happiness, peace and content
ment. Here the rich and the poor
alike can get better returns than else
where. Here the warm welcoming
hand is extended to the man with
muscle, money and brains.
Take look at the map and you
will find Durant and Blue County
right in the middle Of the best sec
tion Of the Choctaw Nation. A visit
here will convince you that this is
"the place" and that now is the
time" to enter this magnificent coun-
try. It's the leaders, not the follow
ers, that make the gains. This coun-
try is calling for men Of energy, push
and ability to develop her wonderful
resources.
Blue County is at the threshold Of
its greatest prosperity. The develop
ment made in the past five years is
but token Of that to come, and the
dwellers on its rich acres win have
reason to be more thankful than ever
that their steps were guided into
such pleasant places, where each year
adds to the value OF their property,
and where a larger wealth is accumu-
lated with every passing season.
Here you can raise fruit and ber-
ries, cattle, horses and mules, poul-
try and hogs, cotton and corn, wheat
and barley, alfalfa and oats, potatoes
and pumpkins, peanuts and turnips,
melons and tomatoes, grapes and
cabbage etc.e Here you can raise any
thing and everything grown in the
South. Here we have the splendid
mellow sandy and black sandy land,
fertile rolling prairie, broken by
J strips of woodland. The finest farms,
fruit and stock lands in the great In
dian Territory encircle the city of
Durant. No region in the world Of
fers the farmer, homeseeker or in
vestor finer opportunity than Blue
County. Of which Durant is the gate
way.
The climate is one Of the chief at
fractions Of Blue County. The ex-
tremes OF heat and cold Of the North
are not felt here. The summer days
are pleasant, the nights delightful. In
winter the thermometer does not
, register much below freezing point
, It can be truly said that Blue County
has comparatively uniform, equable
and mild climate. Farmers can util-
lie at least ten months in the year
for planting, cultivating and harvest.
hing. -
, Besides the best home market,
, Blue County is brought by rail. in
Eastern markets. The proximity OF
the markets materially increase the
value of Blue County products. At
no far distant time there will be cleo
trict lines running out of Durant into
J all of the neighboring communities,
which will be of much benefit to the
producer as well as the. business man.
Durant has railways to the north and
south (M., K. & IT, and to the east
and west (Frisco), giving ten passen-
ger trains daily. e~t
, Blue County has an abundance of
! oak, ash. pecan, walnut hickory. bois
dare, blackberry, elm, cottonwood,
sycamore and willow, cheap fuel-tim-
ber and coal. One Of the prettiest
streams in the Territory (Blue River)
winds its way through the county.
There are several other streams
which makes stock water plentiful.
The roads are as good and often bet
ter than you will find in many OF the
states.
The population of Blue County is
practically made Of whites and In
dians, principally whites. Schools
with competent teachers are estab-
lishod by the government and citizens
as fast as the settlement warrants.
The schools for whites and negroes
are entirely separate.
A man need not be seer. neither
need he be a prophet to know that
within short time-a very short
time-Blue County will be the great
est populated and the wealthiest coun-
ty in the whole Indian Territory. She
has every advantage to make her SO.
Wise is the man who turns his steps
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