The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-04-28
GOVERNOR CRUCE SAYS CARTER IS
BANNER COUNTY OF SOUTHWEST

and make his permanent abiding
place with u.s.. and can be assured
that when he obtains a deed to any
land that it will be as good a
title as can be obtained elsewhere.
What shall we offer to this class
of homeseekers and state-builders?
There are so many things that might
be enumerated as an inducement for
the thrifty man TO come this way,
that a recital of them would be tire
some to relate and tedious to read;
The climate is rarely excelled in
healthfulness, and is well calculated
to bring out the best possible effort
of which mankind is capable of Civ
ing; minerals in abundance await
the coming of capital and intelligent
exploitation to yield immense wealth
But | would tell not of these resour-
ces, but confine myself solely to the
question of the agricultural possibili-
ties of Carter county, for, after all,
that state is most enduring, that peo-
pie most prosperous and happy which
can build upon an agricultural popu-
lation, and draw from the never ceas-
ing source of the agricultural pro-
ducts.
When the minerals of Carter coup-
ty shall have been exhausted; when
her oil and her gas wells are
matters of history her soil will still
be yielding fruitage to bless genera
tions to come. An intelligent develop
ment of her agricultural possibilities
is the surest safeguard to an endur-
ing government and prosperous peo-
pie.
Carter county permits OF the pro-
duction of practically every sort of
vegetation that is to be grown in the
, Temperate zone. Grain of almost
every variety, cotton Of the finest
quality, and splendid fruit in rich
abundance is the reward which the
soil of Carter county offers to the in
telligent agriculturist and fruit grow
er who energetically pursues this av-
ocation; and the great beauty and at
traction about it is this-that these
lands at this time can be bought for
a mere fraction of their real value.
Compared with the selling price of
similar lands in other states, the
price asked in Carter county is ri
diculously low.
There are other things In our coun-
ty in addition to the soil to make it
a desirable place for the thrifty and
intelligent farmer to make his abode
splendid school houses are built in
every section of the county, and the
school system of Oklahoma is fast
approaching that degree OF develop
ment that will soon make it possible
for the farmers sons and daughters
to obtain a thorough education with
out leaving their community to OBJ
tain the same.
The people who have already come
our way are good people: probably
not rich in this worlds goods but law
isly endowed with generous hearts
and noble impulses. What Carter
county wants and what Carter coun-
ty seeks is an influx of farmers who
are coming here to make permanent
homes and help build up a great
commonwealth: men filled with pa
triotism: men surcharged with en-
ergy. and men of that exalted charac-
ter needed in the perfect American
citizenship. We have already had
our share of spectators, and the
sooner the lands of Carter county
pass from the hands of spectators
into the hands of home e-builders, the
better it will be for our county and
the state.
What do We need to make this re-
suit possible? Intelligent and honest
advertising: tell to the world in SIM
pie and truthful language the value
of Carter county's resources and her
agricultural possibilities. lie the farm
ers looking this way and seeking a
home, understand that nature has
done her share, and with generous
hand has furnished this garden spot
of Oklahoma and that is all that is
needed to make it blossom like rose
is the handiwork of intelligent, ener-
getic, honest men who are not only
seeking to better their own condition.
but have that higher and greater pur-
pose of adding to the sum total of nv
man happiness and a higher devel-
opment of the human race.
LEE CRUCE.
Good Farm for Sale.