The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-08-06
Oklahoma Letter.
NASHVILLE. OKLA. July ~.

NASHVILLE, OKLA, July y, 1908.
EDITOR REPORTER:-As | haven't seen
any news from Oklahoma, | will try and
drop my old friends few lines to let
them know am still in Gods country.
| n reading last weeks Reporter | see
that Mr.. Marvin, of your county, had
been travelling in California, Nebraska
and Kansas, but could not find anything
as good as old Decatur county. He
should have come to good state where
he could see something good. But he
might have done like one who came
down here, pitched his tent, stayed over
night, left the next day and said he
wouldn't have the whole state if they
would give it to him. He went back to
Decatur county, rented farm near
Blockley where he can pillow among the
rocks, stumps and bitches and pay big
rent. ] lived on the same farm eight
years and can make more money here
in one year than could there in three.
so we will let that go.
Oklahoma has one of the best wheat
crops this year it has had in i've years,
and you would think so if you were
here and see the wheat that goes to
town. We have three elevators and they
get from 100 to 200 wagon loads a
day, fifty to sixty bushels to the wagon,
So you can see for yourself about what
goes to town, and it is worth seventy
eight cents a bushel. Corn is worth
sixty-tive cents per bushel. We have a
fine crop of potatoes worth $3.50. AL
falfa is as fine as | ever saw, the third
crop now being ready to cut. Thresh-
ing is about all done. Most of my
threshing was done in June and my
wheat was Of fine quality, testing 81.
My threshing bill was $3.50 and we had
1900 bushels of grain. We had one of
the wettest seasons | ever saw. In May
we had twenty inches of rain and ten in
June. Our corr is looking fine.
| will tell you why Oklahoma is such
a good state. We have ten large rivers
across Oklahoma. The larger streams
whose waters flow into the Arkansas
are the Grand, Verdigres, Salt Fork,
Cimarron, Deep Fork, North Canadian
and South Canadian. The Washita is
tributary to Red River and the Arkan-
sas and Red River flow into the Missis-
sippi. Besides these large streams
which bear the name river, there is a
number of others which are called
creeks, some of which are of consider
able size, being 30 to 100 miles long and
having drainage area Of from 1000 to
| 1900 miles square. Each of these
streams have fertile valleys averaging
perhaps four miles in width throughout
their entire length. 1t is to be noted
that the new state of Oklahoma con-
tains about $4,000 square miles or APP
proximately 100000 acres of fertile
bottom land, an amount exceeded by
but few states in the union. These
facts taken into consideration with the
equitable climate, the three staples of
crop, corn, wheat and cotton, and the
possible diversity of crops in Oklahoma,
all go to support the contention that
this state will within few years &C.
cupy place in the very front ranks of
agricultural states. No other state
possesses so large a percent of ex-
tremely fertile bottom land, nor can
any other state produce the great
variety of crops in the amount produced
in Oklahoma. 1t must be remembered
that in addition to it's fertile soil Okla
homa possesses inc1haustible supply OF
a great number Of valuable minerals
Already these products are being de.
veloped. Mines and quarries are being
opened, factories and plants erected
oil and gas wells drilled and new in
dustries established. Every additional
mill, mine, we'll and factory means q
better market for the products of the
farm. Nowhere in the world is there
the peculiar combination of rich soil
mild climate, diversity OF crops and
valuable minerals that are found il
Oklahoma. With the development Of
both her agricultural and mineral pro
ducts Oklahoma is destined shortly tt
become one of the wealthiest states in
the union.
AS have written such long letter
perhaps it will find it's was to the waste
basket and my time and paper lost, viii
close. Oh yes, we so fishing to Har
and landed a ten FOUNDER the othe
day, and the next day ! caught fit.
pounds more. Yours truly,
A. DECK.