The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-02-06

imports practically all of ncr build
ing stone, lime, salt, pressed jIick
tile, pottery, glass sand and most
OF her Portland cement and gypsum
plaster, although the raw material
ior manufacturing them, as wei az
the fuel for their manufacture. are
present in great quantities.
In western Oklahoma where tre
country has been settled for Is or
20 years, farm lands sell for from
$40 to $50 per acre This lalnd was
originally opened tor settlement at
various times by the United Sta.os
government Most Of It was takcn
by men whose only thought was t.
sci. the land for what they c)ul
get out of IT, During the past feE
years values In this part OF tho
state have increased very rapidly.
immigration from northern and east.
crn states has added greatly to
the land values. Farmers from such
states as Iowa, Indiana and Illinois
have sold their farms for from 800
t. $50 per acre and have invested
ip oklahoma. whore land which will
raise as much as the farm which
they left, can be purchased at one.
fourth The price So II is no un.
common thing Tor northern farmer
to sell a quarter section and invest
in a square mile of Oklahoma land.
In eastern Oklahoma. formerly In.
dian Territory. conditions are quite
different Here the land belonged not
to the United States government.
but TO the Five Civilized Tribes
Cherokee. Creek, Choctaw. Seminole
and Chickasaw. During the last few
, years these Indians have taken their
| allotments of land. each individual
receiving from 100 To 600 acres. de.
| pending upon local conditions and
the quality of the land Up until
the last few months the Indians
were not permitted To SELL and good
title could not be- obtained TO the
| greater part Of this land An act
of congress recently passed how
ever made titles good. and much
land has changed hands within the
past few months. The conditions Just
alluded to have materially affected
land values. In most of the eastern
counties raw land as good as the
best of the Tennessee or nlinoi,
lands, still virgin soil and capable
of producing great variety OF
crops, may he purchased at price.
ranging al the way from 81 to s3C
per acre. Land which Is under cul
tivation will range from slj to s5C
per acre. while The best Of bottom
land is held at still higher figures
This in region where the rain
fall Is - to Is inches per annum.
Vt the present time perhaps &C
per cent of the land In western
Oklahoma is under cultivation
whilc In the eastern part of the
state the amount under the plow
doe NOT exceed 20 per cent The
average In the entire state will ap
proNImatc - % 10 per cent. OF
the mineral resources not one-hali
o ! per cent has been developed.
Within the past few years the
/ growth of the cities in Oklahoma has
been extremely rapid. Twenty years
ago Oklahoma City consisted of a
station mouse and dozen shacks
ont on the prairie Today il IS a
modern city of 5000 people. with
! - miles of asphalt streets, POO
mile, OF sidewalks. 200 jobbing and
/ wholesale houses. and with dozens
OF eight and ten.story skyscrapers,
either completed or in the process
o.. erection
MuSkog r.. in the eastern part oi
the state, Is not far behind either
in population or improvements. such
towns rs Tulsa, shawnee, Enid Ard,
more, Guthrie Chickasha. Rartles,
/ vile ana MCAlester have 10000 Ia
10000 people each immigration from
I eastern states is constantly adding
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