The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-01-30
OKLAHOMA.
Another Fulton Countian Takes up the
cmdgeI In Defense Of the New State.
Says II Is All Right.

part IN the ulscuSSiO1 Ol lne
merits and dement's of this coun,
try. / was born and reared in
Fulton county, Pa, and left there
ab ut twenty years ago and went
IN Kansas; but during the last
eleven years, l have been resi-
,lent of Oklahoma. Recently l
noticed in your paper an article
from one who had lived IN Co
manche county, this stale, giving
rather a discouraging descrip-
ton of the country. | would like
my Fulton county friends to hear
soma of the other counties of
Oklahoma, and | think they will
agree that Oklahoma is not all so
bad as that article would seem to
indicate.
| live twelve miles south of
Pond Creek, near a small town
five years old on the d. E G. r..
II. in Grant county. have been
in Grant county, and through
several other counties just little
north of Elrew. We have had
plenty of rain during the past
five years-have raised good
crops-indeed during the past
two yea s, have had to be very
careful to get ocr crops harvested
on account OF too much ram.
During the past fall and winter,
we have had lots. of rain. The
wheat looks fiae now. Farmers
pasture their wheat all winter
and stock keep fat on it, and re
qulre but very little rough feed
This winter, so far, has been
very mild only cold day now
and then, and stock has not had
to be sheltered scarcely any.
The price of horses and mules Is
high, and hogs and cattle pring a
fair price. No trouble to get
water. There are many running
streams, and nearly every farm
has plenty of running water for
stock.
With the exception of a field
here and there eaten up by the
green bug, there was splendid
crop of thousands OF bushels
One man living near here, came
down from Nebraska a few years
, ago, and now owns several farms.
Last year he raised seventeen
Thousand bushels OF wheat which
he l. now marketing at form 50
cents to dollar a bushel.
OF course, the panic which we
recently passed through, made
times little dull for awhile; tut
the farmers had plenty to tide
them over the few weeks that II
lasted. and could draw from the
bank five dollars day every
day ir the week it they had
the money on deposit; but
that is all over now.
Farmers here raise lots oi
Kaffir corn. 1T yields well,
makes foe feed for stock, and is
sure crop. We usually have
an abundance of fine fruit, al
though last year, the peach crop
was cut short by an untimely
frost.
About a hundred miles south
of this place, lots of cotton il
raired. Recently took trip
south as far as into Canadian
county, and was wonderfully
surprised to see what progress
had been made. Although only
settled six years, there Is a nice
two story house on nearly every
quarter, ard iine orchards al
ready bearing fruit. /. was in 8
town only FIVE years old that had
three nice churches, several gooc
stores, three cotton gins, and {
good school building, and tn,
country around was as beautifu
as any | have ever seen. I NV,
" miles north of Enid where
thev have paved streets, electri,
lights, and street cars. 1t i,
quite a railroad town. 1t does
large wholesale business, ane
has just completed a i90,000-dol
lar college building.
All through the country-ever,
three miles there is schoo
house, and in nearly every bom'
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