The log cabin Democrat., 1907-05-02
PLEASED WITH NEW HOME
w. R. Flack Writes Interestingly of Coun-
 try Around Milburn, I. T.

To Our Friends of Faulkner Coun-
 ty.
 As we supposed you would prob ably like to hear something from this part of the Union" we adopt this plan of writing one letter to all. AS many of you are aware we took our departure from our old home at Cato on February 22. We reached our destination at p. n., l February 25, where we were met by D. J. Perry and Mrs. Guy Clark with vehicles and were taken to Mrs. Clark home. Our car of household goods and live stock under the management of Ardon Park arrived at 6 p. m., on the same date-everything in fine con ditlon. We remained at Dr. C1ark's two days and then moved to our home in the western part of town.
 Milburn is situated on the Ard more branch of the Rock Island railroad 10 miles east of Tisho- mingo, the capital of the Chicka- saw nation, and 40 miles north of Denison, Texas, and is surrounded by an excellent farming country. Milburn is a town of over 1000 people. It is in timbered coun- try, although it is only three miles to 12-mile black land prairie on the south and four miles north is a big sandy prairie.
 Blue river, a beautiful, clear, crystal stream flows in the surburbs of town and abounds i'll fine fish. Its bottom lands contain an i'm mense quantity of timber such as cottonwood, walnut, bois d arc and an abundance of oceans. A large sum of money is being realized off the timber. This bottom land un improved sells for S2o to S3o per acre; the improved sells for $50 to S6o per acre; the black prairie land sells for $50 to $50 per acre; the unimproved sandy prairie and tim bered land sells for SIo to SIS per acre and the improved for SIS to S25 per acre.
 All kinds of fruits, vegetables and grain thrive well here. The worst enemy with which the farm CTS have to contend with is the boll-weevil, which has done con- siderable damage to cotton the past two years and more especially in 1906.
 This is also a very fine stock country-being we'll watered.
 Anyone wishing to come to the Territory to farm could not do bet ter in my estimation than to come to Milburn, as he can get any kind of land he desires-black land, prairie, sandy prairie, timbered land or river bottom land.
 The people here are of all na tionalities, nearly every state in the Union is represented. But "Old Arkansas" has larger representa- | llOu ludu ally OtAGl SldtG.
 The church and school facilities in the country are not as good as they are in Faulkner county, but we have an excellent church and graded school in town. We ex- pect better church and school facilities when we get statehood.
 The Democratic primary election for the county and state officers for the new state of Oklahoma will be held May 22.
 The health of the country has been fine since we have been here excepting a few cases of measles and humps which have developed recently in town. But altogether I regard Milburn as a healthy town.
 We find an abundance of water at a depth of 50 to 75 feet. Most of 1t is hard water but Is consider ed very healthy water It is very little trouble to bore a well, as they are all bored wells, for there is no slate rock.
 I am well satisfied and would be exceedingly glad to have any of my friends come and prospect the country as we'll as to visit us.
 With best wishes to the Log Cabin Democrat Ca welcome visitor in our home) and its innumerable readers l remain yours for success.
 w. R. FLACK.
 Milburn I. T., April p.