The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1908-05-22
OKLAHOMA.

OkLAHOMA NlTf, OkLA,s M Ay o. lJVor-
Especial correspondence Tothosewho
will for the first time read my letterthis
week want to vouch for my truthful
ness in every respect where | might be
contradicted by the facts and figures.
shall never tell YOU story where you
can catchup with me- The fact is many
of the good people whom haveinduced
to Investigate the wonderful opportunity
OF this country declare that ] am too
modest in my claims
AS usual, the tide of migration to the
southwest has unfinished wiihthe open
ing Of the crop season. Farmers either
come here in time to pitch their crops or
wait until they have given the old farm
one more trial. The wiser agricultural
prospector always visits this country
during the crop growing season and, to
show the good faith of our people, | wish
to say that il is during this season that
we court an investigation. A visit here
at that time will refute decomposition
that ours is drouth-blighted area. A
strangerin Oklahoma anytime from May
to November will see us in our robes of
verdent green and will feel the balmy
llte-givng breezeS, never hot, always
bracing, which tempers our summers
sun and feeds our plains and valleys
with a moisture which makes this the
greatest diversified crop producing coun-
TRIP of the world. In my next letter |
shall quote from the federal government
reports the statistics to prove the above
assertion.
Reader did you know that whit the
last days of April, of this good year, only
a week or SO since, while the good old
States of Kentucky and Tennessee were
wrapped in mantle of snow that Okla
homa's legislative body transacted bus
mess the entire time without fire or heat
of any kind. was at the time in Guth-
rie. | visited some of the departments
and the legislature. Although the CAPT
tol building is equipped for steam heat
it was not necessary TO uselt Guthrie
is at least forty miles north of thecenter
OF the State, reckened from east to west.
While the good old States of Georgia.
Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi
were being swept by death dealing tor
nadoes and drenched with destructive
floods, Oklahoma was enjoying gentle
April showers and vegetation was I'M
folding its tender form to the embrace Of
wooing cline. Time and again, with
in the last few years, a like contrast has
been forced upon the country. The time
was when Oklahoma was regarded as
the play ground of the tornado, but with
the tilling Of our noil and the growth Of
vegetation nature seems to have revers-
ed her decree and now the "twister"
seems to have sought other lands In
which to chase its victims.
Next to the granting of Statehood the
federal Congress has done no act which
is of more beneficial effect to this new
country thanits action last week in the
Removal OF the Restrictions, !" which
means the granting to the Indians the
right to sell and convey all their lands
except a small homestead of forty acres.
This opens more than eight million acres
OF the choicest lands of the State to white |
farmers The Indians had secured the |
best lands in the State. For the next |
six months the wise homeseeker will |
busy himself by an inspection of what
is here for him. lie will come to Okla
homa while he can have an object les
son as to our ability to produce. He
will find that we can produce more of
everything-yes moreofanything--t
any other section.
Dast week | noticed in the ST. Louis
Republic an accom- of how Mr.. j, H. |
Paden, an Oklahoma farmer, was max
ing fortune by growing alfalfa. Here
is part of what the Republic said
"Paden last fall planted so acres in
alfalfa. On this he pastured 200 head
of cattle during the winter and is now
fattening $50 hogs upon it. The field
will produce four good cuttings and each
cutting will average four and halls tons
to the acre. This brings an average of
$40 per ton.
'The so acres brings the farmer$4 600
from the cuttings, and it is estimated
that the pasturage of cattle and the fat
tening OF market hogs are worth 81 600"
A BOOK ON DOGS.