The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-05-04
ANNUAL SALE, TEN MILLION BOXES Z;

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Sterling Remedy Co., cheuso or NY. so7
ANNUAL SALE, TEN MILLION BOXES
Succeeding period OF ten or twelve
years is Of sufficient size 90 be profit
lably cut: or In other words. If The tim-
der which is more thnn III inches in
diameter should all be cut md sawed
in 1908 in from ten to twelve yoars
/ Thereafter % larger crop of imhei
would be ready to be cni from thn
same land In fact very large uarC
of this forest was closely cut over
! twelve years ago by the Long Bell
Lumber company, and the same land
| is now yielding more lumber TO the
acre than 70 did at ih4 first cutting.
land the young timber is very mHeh
thicker now and of straighter growsk
than L was then-lt viii make q better
class of lumber, ten years ionce than
that which Is being cui now This is
the history OF yellow pine forests IN
THAT latitude
"If this land Is sold accor1irg 10 The
Atoka supplemental agreement in ord3
lnary sized tracts the purchasers WIN
take better care Of the growing tm
her than the government would do and
IN the meantime hey wUlld,have avoil
Fable pasfnrage for cattle aud hogs ana
industry which Is nov very flouriahlue
there.
FAlong The creeks and rivers in tho
proposed timber reserve and in sew.
.eral places in the uplands the agri-
.cultural lands Is of first qualify Set
tiers viii buy along the rivers and pdt
the liver bottoms in corn and cotton
and use the uplasds for the pine forest
and pasture Those lands which arc
now timbered with pine are an good
fruit lands. probably The hest I'M the
southwest beinR Of The same quality
as the farms OF Arkansas Immediately
east of and adjoining them The stare
.of Oklahoma should Favc Tho use of
these firms and pastures within her
borders.
In the proposed timber reserve
there are more than fifteen towns in
many of them the government segre-
gated the townsiies and sold the lots
TO people who have made their homes
thereon. Those little tOwns are flour
ishing from De trade of the farmers
living near them and from The saw
mills scattered about over lhe pro-
posed reserve which Mills arc now
buying The timber from the alioiieo9.
at ifs fun value In act iu mans m-
stances Che stumpage IS greater than
thar in either Texas on Arkansas
These towns and these peOple win De
ruined by be creation OF ihie reserve.
Outside and Immediately adjoining
the proposed reserve an around ii tbe
people VIII be greatly damaged by us
creation. The towns along the Frisco
railroad which are now we'll estab-
lisled viii of NECESSITY perish for the
reason that the territory from which
they draw their trade in grain, cotton.
hogs. cattle viii be SO greatly dimiu-
ished that the towns must 20 undera
In this manner the Government would
be oonliscaung the property which Il
had sold TO the people in these town
sites. Confiscating their homes and
store houses.
Two counties are most affected
McCurtaln on the south and east, and
pushmataha ON the west and north
twenty-five townships are taken out vi
McCurtain county, or $50 square miles
twcniy-seven townships, or S72 square
miles are tnken out Of pushmaiaha
county Five townships taken oui of
Leilore county. The last p9med
county would be SO seriously affected
having left only eleven townships ont
of total of thrty-eisht that Il would
be impossible for the taxable values
there 20 insure enough revenue Ia
maintain county government and
McCnrtain county would have a hard
struggle for many years 90 maintain
its existence
Many OF the Choctaw Indians have
their homes within tho limits OF the
proposed reserve They wore horn
and raised at the old home place and
are loaih 10 give 81 up Their cattle
and hogs thrive on the grass adm mast.
their corn and cotton folds on the riv-
er bottom provide for them sub
sislenco The Indian never moves. he
becomes attached TO "a spot and his
sentiment 81 strong Hundreds and
hundreds of families who were born
and raised and VINO have their homes
within the proposed reserve are To q
man opposed TO ms creation.