The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-16
OKLAHOMA HOMES
| GOOD ENOUGH
After An Extended Trip to the
North Frank Franklin Advises
Neighbors to Keep Homes.

cent trip 70 Madison, Wis, will say that
We saw part Of six states and Chicago,
81. Louis, Kansas City and other cities.
noticed conditions closely. They were
no better than here. Some of the
corn is so poor that il wont be worth
fathering. The drouth conditions were
about the same as here, in Illinois, Iowa,
Missouri, Kansas and Wisconsin so we as
farmers should be satisfied enough to re
main in Oklahoma, with its great advan-
tages and inducements for all classes, es-
pecially the man with moderate means
and | came back more pleased with my
state. As farm lands can be bought from
$40 TO $50 an acre here and as the ones
in the states just mentioned that will cost
500. to SI60 per acre, so you see our
state offers more land ,or homes at lis
fhe money than the older states. You
that are selling your homes must do some
%Arious thinking as this will be the last
home you win probably ever own in your
life and this little pittance will soon be
spent and you will afterwards be glad to
rent the place you so unwisely disposed
Of The ambition of nearly every
american is 20 own a home. Now you
home owners stay with them, as we never
appreciate what we have until it is gone
The greatness Of Oklahoma or any other
state is in It's farm homes A section
Where large tracts are owned by corpora
tions win never amount to much as
renter or leaser and has not enough in
terest in the place to do very much for it.
Those states are farmed much better than
ours, as / saw very few weeds in fence
corners and highways and none in the
corn fields ! found farmers satisfied
with conditions but merchants, laborefs
and in fact nearly all living in cities and
towns complaining Of very hard times.
There we're at least a thousand dele
gates at the Farmers National Conven-
ton. Most Of the states of the union
were represented. There we're seven
delegates representing Oklahoma, They
were: Ewers White. McLoud J. H. Con-
nell. Stilwater Robert Newberry, SALON.
s. e. Ran6e Sulphur, John d. Bench,
Hayt; J. L. McCorkle, Weber Falls and
Frank Franklin, Vinita The sessions
were of unusual interest and some Of the
best speakers of the day entertained the
audience with sometimes as many as
six thousand listeners to the speeches
Some Of the most noted speakers were
Taft, Bryan. Hill and Mrs. Don Laws. |
Nahnot refrain from commenting on Mr.
NHilrs speech. James J. Hill for all he has
achieved through his own industry ambi-
ton and perseverance. The greatest rai'-
way creator and operator in America, If
not IN the world believes in intensive
farming as the future salvation of this
Republic. With lot Of figures he show
ed that the population was increasing at
rapid rate. and unless change takes
place there viii be a population in the
United States Of 200,000.000 inside Of
the next fifty years and not enough loaves
10 60 around, he said the remedy is in di-
viding the farms and obtaining more
from the land by fertilization and intelli-
Dent farming. He cited Germany where
the soil was not so good as in this country
by scientific farming more than doubles
our yields per acre. Great Britain also
more than doubles our average per acre
on land that has been cultivated success
sively for thousand years His was the
best speech Of all.
Madison is a city of 10000 people sit
uated on high and dry land between
Lake Mendoza and Lake Monona, which
help 10 make rock river. These lakes
vary in depth from one hundred to one
hundred and sixty feet in depth and
several miles in length and breadth.
Madison has beautiful paved streets and
concrete sidewalks some Of the most
beautiful lawns, flowers and trees, and
) also large and numerous expensive state
building. costing millions Of dollars, one
h4ow In construction to cost S250,000
n Thousands Of students attending school
! there over three thousand six hundred at
x tend state university,two private academ-
!. les, one library school, one commercial
I college. two public schools and several
+ large parochial schools.
a Madison prides herself on her fine pub
= lie building, but what a great burden on
\ the tax payers Of Wisconsin must have
/ been. A new state should go slow on
Z the matter Of expensive state buildings.
because the overworked farmer and other
laborers have to bear their share, as a
q majority Of the population Of every state
is 81 this class
My trip has made me more proud Of
my. state, and more ambitious to see il
the greatest state Of the union.
FRANK FRANKLIN
M Second class one way coi0nist fares TO
4 Alberta, Arizona. British Columbia. Cali
fornia: Idaho. Mexico, Montana, Nevada,