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v .-,-, ----- . . THB LEADER, QUTriRlEj OKCA. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1907. PAGE PIFTEEtf ' ' ' '.V :S tut 1 tlL How tne New to Settlement THE TRANSITION FROM RED TAPE TO Unsurpassed as said Today at noon the Territory of Ok lahoma passed into history, and tbo new stnto of Oklahoma welcomed into the Union by her forty-five sister states. In her career of eighteen years, six months and twenty-throe days the Teritory of Oklahoma has made wonderful rapid strides. It wns at noon on Uie 22nd day of April In 1889 that the people of this new com monwealth of the southwest entered the land of promlce to make a new start in life. Many had hut little r no money when th y came here. Tor"iy Oklahoma ranks tenth In wealth and also ranks well in popu lation, having a population of 1,414. 732 according to the special census of July 1907, as compared with 790, ;!91 in 1900, or a gala of 79 per cent, and is Increasing at the rate of 1000 a week. Nlnety-flve towns have a popula tion of over lono, 15 over 10,000, and three over '20,000. Oklahoma City is the largest city, having 42,000, these figures are taken from the special ' July census. The population is made up of peo rle from all the states of the Union, the majority, however, are from Kaa- J ru, .uiHiKiun, ano lexaa. tum .peo- pie are endowed with enoray an . faith And are the sort that " liest citizens of a nation. .9 Oklahoma cornea Into the Union with a larger population than any nhr territory e.iterlng the Union. It has a larger population than either Colorado, Deleware, West Virginia, Neada. Florida. Idaho. Maine. Mon tana, New Hampshire, North I ;.-otm, South Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, Arkansas, Nebraska, Ixniisiana, South Carolina, Maryland and Wyoming. Pay"e the Founder Through the persistency that ehar- ; . iii.i L. ,. I. . r. .... ygr. M. HI" , " n . N"' T N A -V 'i. ' ,. ' --'L-' S.--'"' ' A at-terized the work of Captain David Oklahoma credit in producing more bcira are safeguarded by a non-par-L. Payne, known as the "Oklahoma em-u to tin- "ie ilian any state in tiissan board-of agriculture uonpoaed ftoomer," and for whom a monument will fcoun be erecftd in the rapttsl en the Territory of Oklahona with lt 3.04M,000 aeri-s of ,i-l. Ia:id was opened to settli-meir b in,- (no. lamatloii of pri-Mdeni Mi-njaiiiiiie II n rison It Is salii ihai om 7Vnm m-i tltrs were in the new siait- M,e -en ing of the oimiiri day . Historical Connection One hunditil and tour yea. bko- isn:-t iii,- new state wast a pari ot Kfuiilsli Ti-i-rltcry Tliai v.-ai ut New tliU-aii PieaideiK J-fTeiMn rumple- a Commonwealth Development (he ted the Louisiana Purchase, whereby the state of Oklahoma with Its 73,430 square miles, became th rroperty of ten a&d trare acreage is sown to cot the United States. I ton each year and perhaps in a few Hew It drew. (years the fcouthrri and central portion When Oklahctra was first opened of the new state will be like the solid to settlement It bad but 38,830 square south the ln.id of cotton and Demo miles. 8lnce 1880 there has been ad-cracy. The li.tter. at least, is sure, mltted to Oklahoma: Beaver Conn-: Those wtunexamined the new state ty, 3,681,000 acres, added in 1891. wheat exhlflftt at the world's fair were The same year the Sac and Fox, iowa convinced S the fact that Oklahoma's and Pottawatomie Indian reserva- wheat is of a high grade. Thirty-six tlons were opened to settlement with , million bushels Is a conservative estl 1,282,434 acres. The Cheyenne and mate of the output In 1904, and this Arapahc? reservations, with 4,207,- , -.mount has steadily growa from year 771 acres were brought la on AprtI to year. The average yield per acre 19, 1892 and on September 16. 1H93 has been between 17 and 22 bushels, the Cherokee Stvlp, consisting of 6,- thioughout the new state. According 911,209 acres wtas settled. On May 23, to figures given ont frsm the state IDfkE It.- tl-l 11 n,. AAA ? . . . . . .. tl.l-t I 1 1896 the Klckapoo reservation, 200,662 acres was. thrown open. Greer count) by supreme court decision with Its 1, 511,576 oecaine a part of Oklahoma March 16, 1890. On August 0, 1901, the Kiowa and Comaacue, Apache, HARVBSTINi: WHEA T IN TUG NKVV .STATE n.id Wi liita reservations, consistittK of 4.0O,0ia icrea of land werejpened . a. by means ot a lottery Eight public land opening during Oklahoma Territory's history pro- duced an acreage of 89,030 square nura to wmen laman territory aoueu 31.430 sauare miles upon Its admission Into the Union to-day. With Oklaho- this crop exceeded 135,000,000. ma on the eame footing, making a to-1 With these .'figures doubling and tal area of 70,430 square miles. (even tribling what has been expected Great Agricultural County. of the new state. Oklahoma grew a The country Is In the same latitude greater crop than either, and one for as North Carolina and Tennessee, and which she received he cash. He its climate Is mild. It surpasses the sides, it was of a Quality that a tt re states to the north of it because of, ted the highest prl: In the markets Its longer growing season, It surpas- of the world, for tvm In Oklahoma ses those of the west because it U cotton is king- Last year's Oklaho less arid, and It surpasses those of the ma cotton crop exceedid 85fo0 balea south because its climate Is such thai a;t tnerease of 11.1 per cent oyer the it is enabled to raise the lead.'ig crops previous crop, and bringing Into the f both tie north and south. In 1904 tin- I nit.-d m.h.-s arovcrnraent gave1- V (KI.IKI1 S i I lo l-IKI.D llie f i ,n l.ia. hiii i) Ki'.u .'I In S, ' Ai'h-- irnllii-' ' i. t .'! 1HH M u a- i .-,-iiuati-d lli.it i I il .it I . m rai- uelglil of I '.ii .i. ml-, vi. n in 'I For 'In l.,ti ut i;.4, Itu iiiil'niu! laid nl of ' gi le Inn,. .-, tin ..'- .! iild ot rot t i ut Hioi, "J (.!- rtinl Him ai-i n will go i-wil let-i in fpnt- ot llie fact tha' uie M-a-on ..a.- nm been favoru'ile Oglahi in i now v u V - xixfb lu iui' tiaueti-..i "t tul Htates f l.L .1 111!- I Hi W.i.at iMil lj. i ii ill'- Ki'Sl iiilinli Jtate was Opened 18 Years Ago of Natural Resources -Growth Marvel of a Century. of .the state for many Mars past, but it hi not proving so i:rf a crap as cot' board of agriculture, Oklahoma raised 2.OCO.00O acres of wheat last year, which threashed out over 25,873,950 bushels. Potatoes are another source of wfttltu. Alatiy who have given special a!t"ntie:i to tnN crop in the aew Mate hai realized much In return ,?nd It lias proven a nun y making crop. nrplng the year of 19iC the two ... territotles produced 94.897,772 bush- eis or corn, prowmg an ras m 28.4 bushels per acre. The value of new atatc f43,WOj0. The agricultural interepta of Okla- nt hix tliort hi live proarn-ssive 1. 1. mi.-, whiisr Individ al sticCMtoe- li.dk - i,i-in t.vin-al guides. The'. ...,,.,.,. mmm ii'iiii w i-m a l - ui-jin.iiu d i fii in i. ii- i wi vein lit-j- i i- -i-iuil tlia' be in thoroughly ivdki' I'l 111' ' db Oi I ll K)r-llloll iii ;kj.iioii ol t. ii- con-nil Hion nl ti in . r ate Increases the nnni bt r "' tile b.j.ud inemb i to eleteii itiiit n1 ice.- in lli.ir It. i nil as legeiits i -. i niiln i m lii-' A..:i U..Ki a nl MeihaiiU'al f..li. rt- Tin- tiiai..i I- of tfn '- en !li ,nl -aBr STATEHOOD nave been handling Oklahoma Alher ta peaches In oar load quantities for some years. The present yeat more than fo-.-r hundred car loads of this luscious fruit were sold on track iti def ccapctltlve blthllng to buyers frcx :fl Of the larger centers of north end east, netting the growers from $1.50 to $2.00 per bushel. The many thousands of young trees soon to come Into bearing are sere to attract the attention of the public far aud near. Oklahoma apples have heretofore attracted but little attention from the fruit crop reporters of the country, but this yiar brings us Into the lime light. The general scarcity of apples throughout the northern states has used the buyers to investigate con ditions in Oklahoma. Nvtnbers of car loajls of summer maturing apples have been shipped out this season .uid ms evidence or how the fall maturing crop will be used. New York buyers contracted a few days ago for the pur chase of 25,000 bushels sfroin three small orchards la Paydte county. While other states are lamenting the loss of their apple crop, the trees of Oklahoma are fairly breaking down with theli load of fruit, Fruit growers' nssochltions have been organized In nil of Iho leading fruit producing counties, and a char ter has Just been taken ortt for h very complete state nrgaiilaatfrn. A uni form system of grading fnd packing fruit is practiced aud the mistakes of uie individual are reduderi to the n inium. A splendid suppIV of rholee ipples la annually placed In cold Mor.ge In the larger cities of the t" me "t the demands for choice goods. TIk- value of the other crops of Ok Idlionia are of equal Interest as the .n crop Is estimated at $8,166,917, while broom corn sold for $1,861,329, .mil Irish potatoes exceeded this sum. No eiop Is Increasing ho fast In Ok ion ma as alfalfa, having increased I ist year more than 40 per cont. both in acreage and production. This crop possesses more value aud a greater f lure lii Oklahoma than any other. It is destined to be one of the leading crops of the state and make this the sweet reeuted farmer's path to wealth, ffwers Wlhlte, D.ie of the most prac tical farmer of the new state, has 95 acre of alfalfa on his fann In Pot tawuomle county from which he had cut -time eropa before the ffraj of Aug ust. He sold the first for a net profit of 4950. is keeping the seeond for feed, and sold the third crop for a net profit of $1,300; thus netting him for this land this year $23 per acre aad with half of the crop left for disposi tion. Five crops of alfalfa will grow in Oklahoma every season, and any one of these crops will net the farm er a greater profit than the average products of the farm In the rich staUh of Iowa or Illinois. It is for this reason that the prediction Is made that alfalfa will soon become a leid lug crop ta the new state, and thin will occur as. soon as the ramx-i learns how to handle it, for It Is nm half as hard for the avemgc f;nnni to learn how to raise alfalfa ah it i for him to leara how tj properly can lor It. Dairying In Oklahoma. The h:l conditions In Okl hmn.i are sucn to enrcurage tne dairy i ...-. i Beau. Located ner ptaotlraiiy mi unlimited market in the south n.i the soil and climate fa unable for tin in-r-Ji j)l,oi. if auftablf! foods tin n l, no reasoi why A frying sli iild nm become one of the most important in dustrles. The southern market n- supplied with b Her fioir the iimm. and If the dairy Tien -( the north cm ke profit from their product,' after hlnolng e-ch a great distance, the Oklahoma farmers In log ntiaro favor ably lodiled. shoulr give a portion of their attention to tafa Industry nmi Man Keep Pakh. As vrlginslly intended b the Gov erenw nt 1 idlan Territory was to be only a home for the imi'suf. The 4 cinration nf the tndlm tnuo. render JHiC the popuUtl m almoi n:ay low far jM'lhi- gieat. 'jwfltory. wa-. i cay il.ed Mf (unnKPtr h!ca In 1HHU fvldc-d tfr .Idlan Territory, by denignatlac the '. . .., .i i..;.aa n-.i,i (.lutein iKirtlon ai OMaiioana Ten I I poll iiiffeiaiiie a nl. iillhmmli i-lll-lln I' b lilt- .ll'-- I'll I'M- I til. t!! il. uliiti iiii-ii w.i.- pi-rniliHil hidlaj Territory upon suHeranc-r and, altbougii they hud n eontra. In ial ilnati, a Do'xl m lininlaratln eon tl med pouring iui i iIihi country, and la nl eolitracls wei . eli'eied Into with tae Indians. hei'; iiun ense inlii feldk weie e-uietied Into faru.i when I'olliin. wheat o.ii-i, ruin .i1 falfa, fruits, tnbjeeo aid i P table Wiio i led in abiiiiJdiic it n- il- i .i nolewoi iliv l.iei 'hal altbo'.grtt'1' eontraets entered Into between he In (linns and whites had no legal stand ing, that the Indians never broke fnltii with th.- spirit of surii eontract . The cltlzensnip r the new state of Oklahonci Is tvpleally American. Its population hit been drawn larKely from the old Mtthsl states. In In dian Territory, t.ie American -population comprises !u.35 per cent, of the rntahVtrtle In QJdioma It Is about two W. ! '.' ' There are Od.ilO Indians In the new -t;te .id a few of IlKItt blanket. Rainfall. The average rainfall during tlte mouths from Ap II to September In-eiu.ivi- Is greater 'n Oklahona than ii is in Illinois. During the whiter men la, It ralas less In Oklahoma than in illln.il. The avert ge riia rail (if minoi la 35.73 Incite, so ytm see 4t's not so dry In Oklahoma after all. OH Predtratien. , Oklahoma Is this year producing . y- - - . . i:ltl-Y DAY Sl'KNK IN (il'TllUIIO. Bkw I r r- W V Ml field in the world except the llaka field In Itussla, aud there will be very little difference letween thoso two great products. Oil 1 the second Indus try in the state. This yeir 27,050, 100 barrels of crude petroleum have been produced. This la 3,381, 263 barrels per month which mean o,57f,14l barrels for the year at the present rate of production. This oil is selling at forty-two cents per barrel dirrect from the well. And so far the extent of the oil districts have not been determined. Wild catting Is in progress all over the state and new wells in entirely new territory are being brought In. Fol lowing the ninety-sixth meridian, which runs north and sooth be tween the Oaage and Cherokee na tions, there are wells nearly clear acrosa the state, and where they don't 'find oil they find gas. Oklahoma has been breaking oil records with frequency, for the last two ytiirs. It has the biggest wells in the ountry. it has the highest grade of oil ever found west of the Mississippi, it has more different pools. This held has gone from fifth rank in the United States to the first In the production ot oil. ! H now out rakes California which , held the hondr for five yiars and Texas which led in 190t but drop ped back then and has been going backward ever since.. And with all tbls production there are now drill ing 300 more new wells, and I men are grabbing every foot of land they can get. 1 Mineral. ! la mineral there l everything from diamonds to coal. Rnough of the dlam mils have been found i" the KlamaeM i . m Mi- bis exi m m-iit tl.e.i u iiiiJi ,-, Id is I'.'scoveied m til'- VVicaita noun taiiib lo keep up u ooitlnual fetrerj th i. whlln coal in vast deposits is foimd lu all part if tho' at half orgko suM. la the Choctaw and rhBMpadtkM there st great bed frf ApftaTt of the "nieat qual-i-y, ami m to western eo04tiM of hf -lit- i e,i" la ri nd gypwm and ..ii 'i ..oi mi Three million ' ii .'..! vy in. .1 last year ami tit' yftimbtJ i-. ,uu..t" win n t-.eiyii.ine w , t los-d on ae c unit nf ft 'hike ,i.id .six ollie.' motitt.4 whin, hi iiilmiil (oelil tin I In'i lia!' : niVji ' i. - in Inn IIU. II III, I 111 Vl '.' 'I he iin-n' i -ei . .1 1 ! i. i in .- 1 1 wis veins of eo.ti umi( null p H of Me i o iy oilier on Held in rriuus airratiy opei iting, iiure ,ue i n i nii'ii i .t s .inn iim IBp lfijt4I '' Jt' VVt ' t.ir rrMKMf3& fcjfe4BNy 'Vri isiND i'M'K vmiihi: nii: I'.'i-'.i . ". i i i.'i- .mtk M. '.' . (i'l 1 '. - i- I II. I ly l.l 'l rt 1 I! 1 II H M IK W.IS mill J ,. ., , Jl,.,!',. ..I h'.h I is found In abundance In tho fto nations. Timber. I A :lili si ut y fie miles wide lear act oss the east side of the state is entered with heavy limber, lii- noituern pait of tlni strip is hard wood. South of the Arkansas river It is pine. There are millions and million Of foot of limber there that has ner been touched. t,i pine is of the yellow nri"tv Tin inri wood is oak, hickory, nilnm. elm and maple. In the t.nut;ie:i i !er:i part of the state the pin.- t -n her Is or much greater valtw in m the land on which it stands. O.K lumlMr comojny there owns enough tandlng timber to keep its mill running for twenty year ot they cut li,(Ko feot etery day. Thte timber Is w;rtb $4.00 per thousand a it stands In the tree. Railroad, There are 5,08? mile of railroad la the state. In addition to the roads airratiy opei itlng, there an now fourteen different railroad contpiiilis wCilt-h have either let contracts to build mw Hues or are making surveys and preliminary preparation for new one. This does uot include any electric rail way. The new trend ot freight traf fic toward the Oulf instead of the Atlantic eeaboard Is responsible for tbls unuaual amount ot railroad building and threaten lo turn . the great trunk line north aad south across the state Instead ot eist and west, as formerly. Aeon It Asphalt Is found chiefly In the Ar buckle mountains in the Chickasaw nation In the state of Oklahoma. Alao it has been discovered all the way from. Lawton arid Fort Bill to the Ar kansas line. In the Arbucle moun tains the esphalt Is found along the fault Hues which are fissures extend ing from the surface to the center of the os-th. At some unknown depth Ihene flusurcs have come lu contact with beds of petroleum, and this hu forced Its way upward along the fault and has Impregnated the rocks on either aide; sometimes to a dlstant of fifty feet. These so called asphalt veins are, many of tbem, fifty feet Wide, several miles long aad no oue knows how deep, certainly several thousand feet. W4ien it Is rnw-Biber-ed that there are perhaps hundred aud thouvand ot these vein already discovered It will bo understood that the amount of asphalt 1 itifxhavetlble. la tts vast deposits of apha!t lies one of the greatest source of profit Uk the new state. There 1 noaejh a plait In th new state to improve every (ni.iib ii .1 i . ,iai' i.i .treel and Ii , i , in i i i .'I ii .immunities i. . ' 'l i ,i ii, li i d million dol- llll A oi til I 1 Coal. T an jtfut of coj) 1 1 tae new tat ,r..Titv : 7K6e eiil.'gte4 In ' Choctaw natkm, aeeordlLj to the tlmatirs of tb Oulted Slat, guogloal c 1 survey, tkar are avattabt t,H4, 138.000 too. wbA have ba4 aegre Rdtt'd or aet apart for tb bmejtt of the India is. A c aiservajlve pstisnate would indicate taat this 1 uot a haft ot the avaitabte ooal la Oklaho. ma. There-1 probably as much coal in Mn rrek aud Cherokee uation a i il,. ('.m.-t.iw Nat -in M'iii- ili.m I jli 11 .1 '! ' op' 1 111". i .. i . i, ' at ' .M ii - oi' i ' "' "" ' '' 'i .nm .ill I ti i '-I' --, ' ' -' .i '.i' ii ' 'i' ' i. . . I. i i Il 'S. I t1,,H' fnill-lonll aifTf.ri-,,1 nillt.iajl 11 ill int'f'..lit llci nf ( 1L I.l aVSHKl I" . 'contpiiilis wCilt-h have either let latin i loieiuiiets. Wl , ,..,. t. , Ul. .... v V...V h,,..'u... ,.,.,... .. n. ... ....... tm.. , Ii normeo niniviqiwii inquiring wnn there la to support the rapidly ci.m , Ilitt cities mil imiiI of OMnii" a. Th large-t ci's ,n ihe new s-u has nut nit.iiiiil i population of fiii.ot). O.ily one 'in in the tertitmv has more Hum .'immiO popitt.itlu i While mi ill Unite npoit Of the pm duct Ion of the ti' w i lie is obtain M-i it may lie isimia'iil at, about $:'' " -' '.' ' ) Btlliu illv. in which the tn mi ii. I ' is product m ol the mid ' i t ,,i "11 fields tit .ii . eonspii mi i i ' ' niniial ,iui H l"n al prodm i -i. i ii i I'lttral ;eld. Im itoek ami m i ." I 'he mill I- i mated at ai"i i M ., II 'sin Value ot PrOparty. Th state v slue ut I" Mi -i ly i.l tne ! a 2.'.i .( ' 'ii n llie mini i i! .b- noalts "f tin- s.iie is valmil a' l - WO.t JO.lt ill 1 1 .lit' is it 11 caret i -villi nearly ftPo miles m i.mioad. The per rem ot ilii-ernrj in '! ne-w state la m m n pei cent, wbiiii i four per cent, in low, me avcia- im I'llll'd St .1' s .mil II ii ill percentage of OM.iil latin i loieiKiiets. There are over 1.200 mat establishments In the new ploying 1 1 ."' men. There ate i,:t7 postoftlee state and I2.'i newspapers. There aiv a d .en gre it ii Ii which flow lieu l across the ana scares tt -miner on. these large stn mi- arc. being . ed grert water power plant., i promise to maki the eastern p .of the atate especially a wiit.iM main factoring dlatijot. hceioist- mid ' ed to Itti natural gas, nimil and coal, too. And projecting in.n the eastorn border of the si in nearly 100 mile westward is iin navigable water of the iii.m i river, whhto place th center the state's commerce lu ft of water shopping rates. Oklahoma will sooa become mn the greatest educational state m !i. Ualon and I already leading !: older and larger states In givln . boys aud girls advantages of lit ' and technical training, according Knssetl A. Cotton, state auperiu u dent of public Instruction of Ind .i . and a speaker in the Farmer' n tloiisi) congress, which was in $9 e in Oktahoma City recently. Ample provision ha alao Im Oh I' In the enabling act for oolic eh .... over 1,400,000 acre of inv1, wm "' $5,000,OCO, ha v lag been set asiij im that purpose. In addition to that, Mi. Ocvtrnment will rontrlbute $iA " 000 for schools lu the Indian T)t tory. AK hVTBRRUPTISD INAUG0HAL (Continued from page 11) - ww 11 the iftrst governor, and a eontaltio r citlBcna Journeyed to Arkanaa Cli Kas to meet and escort aim to U . .pltal town. While the coramlttc as waiting there Oovenior Steele a i ived in Guthrie early one morula :id sought the home of a federal I'elsJ with wh.ini he was acquaint) Mt.r no Utile persuasion the new go nor quietly took his baggage an i . ft town, appeared in Arkaasa Cli' and waa formally escorted to tho eat tul, now being the wiser of ail firmer visit, n was not until loo ifierwurd that the incident be?ags geuenttly known. Addrear. Wai Nvr Flnlhl Oi ibuday follow lug hi arrival th 'iioj. ii I occrrsd. A parad. hi tor :i ,. day here, waa formed to i nm', '! a mile cast from the prer Kednil iMill.tt.K site to Capitol HII1 a s.i'ii ."I si,,. by the (lovernMMii ' for ib t nii-- at ten capital balidjft ('. A! I';iitiis, tliejl re4vr of $ Kov i nm' nl Imrl offl'" and after wa I gov in -r of th" i"i-ri,rjr was graji t n-a" hal of Mm diy a eouipauy ,' United State.-i mfapiry, a party ' pythinu Knights. deuoty Uattf Brat s iiiHitaals, n-hool children at t uta ty 1 1 linens ahorse and afoot l the line, whh-b reached tor nea ; lull- At Capit il sqiuiA (iovernar '. begsu delivering hi inaegurM at drsa. When about half St. t windstorm, accompanied by i. . '. . rain, eame from th south ea' ml -audience, I icludlng th' new .i ru scampered for the iret bti iii i 'tmlH mil away I' ibis rea-.ni t'. adiJresK w- ompl'-'i d 'e ffrst iiiiiiimial ,et im i ! ' )i is .al s w lilcli lias i o'.i 'i ' l i ImsI.u ' i .-die lb r iii i I'' -us,,,, ,, ill ,. i ! 1 ' ' e s' I ulll I'-l .1 il d 'ii I ll . 1 ...... .1 11 . i al .;-,- sj.i Iui ,-11; Ii' ' ' lid'- n th leiioin llll'M. hiilin nl Im ' lit ban h