The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-26
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help TO Shawnee
Rock Island Employs One
Thousand Men; Santa Fe
Division There.
FARMS CHIEF ASSET
Many Mills and Factories
Are Also Concentrating
in the City.
FARMS CHIEF ASSET
BY GEORGE A. MDONALD
DeerstaTy Business Mems Association

SIeAIy business lens ASSOCIATION.
SHAWNEE, Okla, Sept. 22.-"In
The Heart Of Oklahoma" lies Potta-
vstomie county one OF the richest ag-
Sicultural counties OF the state, The
coil Is so diversified that II allows the
cultivation OF large variety OF pro
ducts.
That part of the county north OF the
North Canadian river, is upland and
produces the upland crops in abundance
The North Canadian valley is very
fertile, being adapted to the raising OF
alfalfa, cotton and potatoes as well as
other farm crops. Between the North
Canadian and Little river there is more
Of the upland and then comes the val
Keys Of Little and Salt rivers through
which the drainage district runs and
has opened up thousands of acres to
cultivation whose fertility is Just being
discovered. From here the county
slopcs on down to the South Canadian
with its fertile valley adapted to all
kinds OF farm products,
Stock Raising Increased.
Stock raising has also been increas-
he for the pas, few years and many
herds Of pure bred stock arc found.
There are also several farms devoted
. the raising OF Percheron and other
standard horses.
Fruit raising is also carried on to a
large extent, the Elberta peach and all
the leading varieties OF marketable
appIes are raised in abundance as well
. the smaller fruits and berries.
The different varieties OF soil make
this county we'll adapted to diversified
farming, and while cotton continues to
be the money crop, the cotton raiser|
ore planting more OF other kinds OF
crops supplying themselves with feed
stuffs and vegetables. Market garden
iag Is a good industry and is growing
= popularity.
Shawnee ID Metropolis
Shawnee, the metropolis OF Potawa-
tonie county, is situated on the north
side Of the North Canadian river on
~ lands that slope back to the hills
end affoSd an admirable system OF
drainage lor the city.
Shawnee Is supported both by its
sAops and factories and by the rich
aoRicultural region surrounding it.
u q founded July 4, 1895, and has
sAjoying \ steady natural growth ever
s1nee, building along lasting lines, in.
scosporating all the modern features OF
Z. city, making II sanitary and health
lNL All the main business and resi-.
! 6enee sections are paved. an extensive
4 sewer system extends to all parts OF
lAe city, natural gas is supplied to all
n citizens and the entire city is well
6gAted by electricity. II has the most
0odern telephone switchboard in the
! oDuthwest and all other modern con-
vunienees with . water supply that is
6sver failing.
z Reck Island Shops There.
The Rock Island maintains one OF i,'
hRget shops here, employing from coo
- 100 men in all departments. the
DaVoll for July, 1917, being $4,000,
lafee improvements have been made
~ past year and others are under way
Which will make this one of the larg.
est shops maintained by the Rock
Island system.
The Santa Fe maintains division
point with roundhouse and repair shops
which gives work to large number os
skilled workmen, and they also are