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Elastern Oklahoma
The
forty-sixth state iii the Union, Okla-homa, embraces
all the country formerly in-cluded in the Indian Territory
and
in Okla-homa
Territory,and
in area is larger than Missouri.The
population has increasedfrom
790,391 in 1900 to 1,657,155 persons in 1910,showing an
increase of 866,764 or 109.7 per cent.The
taxable wealth isnow
about $800,000,000,and
the value offarm and
mineral products ismore
than $150,000,- 000 perannum. The new
state has 5,000 miles of railroad, 250,000 farms,more
than 1,700 postofficesand
ninety ormore towns and
citieshaving more
than 1,000 inhabi- tants.The
meanifig of thename Oklahoma,
as explainedby
several authorities, is"Red
People," beingcomposed
oftwo
pure Choc-taw
words, "Okla,"meaning
people,and
"homma,"
red. In a treatymade
in 1866between
the FederalGovernment and
thecommissioners
appointedby
theChoctaw,
Chickasaw, Cherokee,Seminole and Creek
Tribes, thisname
for the territorywas
agreed upon,and under
thisname
itbecame
a state.
Eastern
Oklahoma
is the old Indian Ter- ritory,which
borders on Missouri,Kansas and
Arkansas,and
is the timbered part of the state.About
1810 the emigration of theCherokee
Indians to the Indian Terri- tory began,and between
1830and
1840 theremainder
of the Cherokees, the Creeks, Choctaws,Chickasaws and
Seminolesmoved
there
from
their oldhomes
in Georgia, Flor- ida, the Carolinasand Alabama. For
half a century the FederalGovernment
attempt- ed to hold the territory intact for the sev- eral Indian tribes, but eventually the time arrivedwhen
itbecame
necessary to enter intonew
treaties, so as tomake
available for white settlement part of the country heldunder
grants in fee simpleby
the In- dian tribes.The
first landsbecame
avail- able about twenty years ago,and
since that timemore
than a million peoplefrom
the older states foundhomes
in the western half,Oklahoma
Territory. In Eastern Okla-homa
the landswere
allotted to themem-
bersof the tribes in severalty under certain restrictions, which, since 1908,
have
been in a large degree removed.During
the years 1910-11, the residue or unallotted tribal landshave been
offered for sale at auctionby
theGovernment, and
with theexception of the
homesteads
occupied by the Indians nearly all lands in EasternOklahoma have become
available for settle- ment.The Kansas
CitySouthern Railway
tra- verses EasternOklahoma
in a northerlyand
southerly direction, passing almost en- tirely through timbered country.The
pre- vailing varieties of timbers are hardwoods, consisting of white oak, red oak, blackjiick, post oak, cottonwood, sycamore, wal-
iiut, elm, ash, etc., in the counties north of the
Arkansas
River,and
thesame
timbers with finemerchantable
pineand
large quan- tities ofgum
south of this river.There
are in all over one million acres of finemer-
chantable timber,most
ofwhich
are lo-cated near the
Arkansas
state line.Eastern
Oklahoma
is rich in minerals, which, in time, will be fully developed.Over and
above ten million dollarshave
beenexpended
in thedevelopment
of the oil fields,and new
experimentalwork
isbeing carried on in
many
places.At
Po- teau,on
the K. C. S. Ry.,immense
gas wellshave been
developedand
borings for oiland
gas are beingmade
at various points.The
full extent of the oiland
gas tield isnot yet
known. The
coal fields of Okla-homa
areenormous
in extent,and
lieon
both sides of theArkansas
River.There
are in operation about 150 mines, and the annual production is overand
above 3,000,- 000 tons.Oklahoma
coal is of the highest grade, semi-anthracitesteam
coalcom- manding
the best prices. It usually runs in layersfrom
four to seven feet thick.Along
the K. C. S. Ry. out-croppingshave been
found at Poteau, Sallisaw, Spiro.Panama, Howe, Heavener and
other places, but only a comparatively small part of the coal area is being mined.Congress
has reservedfrom
allotment 444,000 acres of coal lands,and
these will not be available fordevelopment
until theGovernment
pro- vides for their proper disposition.Good
limeand
sandstone areabundant
inmany
places,
and
near Ballard, Westville, Still- well, ets., limestone is available in large quantity.Marble
occurs inimmense
quan- tity atMarble
Cityand Bunch
on the K. C.S. Ry.,
and
isnow
being quarriedmore
or less extensively.The marble
is found in four or five different colors,and
takes a very high polish. Asphalt IsSallis<i>vCreekatMarbleCity.
Oklahoma
found in quantity in I^e Flore
and
other counties,and
near Page, Okla., is a deposit of grahamite, aform
of asphalt largely ^d in themanufacture
of roof- ing, 23 feet in thickness.Vanadium,
a mineral used intoughening
steel, is found with this grahamite. Shalesand
clays suit- able for the manufacturfc of brick, pottery, drain tileand
other purposes areabund-
ant atmany
places,and
at Spiro, Poteau,Panama, Howe,
Heavener, etc., are in close, ->ximity to
cheap
fuel,either coal orgas or bf i.Lead and
zinc oreshave
been found nejr Westville and Stillwell, Okla.,and
inMcC
irtainCounty
near Gillham, Ark., is a miTeral beltsome
ten miles wide contain- in,j large veins of leadand
zinc, antimony,manganese,
copperand
iron.None
of these veinshave
been fully developed, butenough
prospectingwork
has beendone
todemon-
strate that these ores are present incom-
mercial quantityThe
climate of EasternOklahoma
is mildand
pleasant in winter, coldweather
rarely setting in before January.There
is occa- sionally a snowfall, but thesnow
usually disappears in afew
days.Sharp
frosts oc- cur inJanuary and
February,and
occa- sionally there will be a fs-w successive days of freezing weather, but these occur only at long intervals,and do
littledamage,
ex- ceptwhen
theycome
verylate in the spring.The summer months
as a rule are pleasant, and the killing heat of the northern statesis
unknown. Heat
prostrations never occur,and
the nights arealways
coolenough
to insure sleepand
rest.The
thirty-seventh parallel of latitudemarks
theextreme
northern
boundary
ofOklahoma,
while the irregularboundary on
the south,marked by Red
River, in places nearly reaches the thirty-third parallel. In longitude the ex- tremes arefrom
about94^
to 98 degrees.These
boundaries indicate that EasternOk- lahoma
is wellbelow
the line of hard freez- ing,and
well east of the drought line, or thehundredth
meridian.The
altitude along the K. C. S. Ry. inOklahoma
variesfrom
490 feel to 1.135 feetIn Eastern
Oklahoma
(formerly the In- dian Territory) there is considerable di- versity in the soils.Along
the eastern border the country ismore
or lessundu-
latingand
generally timbered. Furtherwest
prairie country predominatesand
there ismore
uniformity in the character of the soils. All the soils are fertile, varyingill degree according to location.
The
an- nual rainfall isbetween
thirty-fiveand
fnrtv-fivp inrhes. usually wpII distributed throughout the year.
The
yield per acre ofwheat
is as great asanywhere, and
the cornproduced
is excellent in qualityand
great in yield.The
native pasturage isamong
the best in the world, and the crops of alfalfa and other foragemade
each year areenormous
in quantity.No
better coun- try can be found for the profitable raising of live stock and in the production of fine fruit, berries and truck, EasternOklahoma
holds its
own
withany
other section of the country.Eastern
Oklahoma
offers splendid induce-ments
to the stock raiser in its mild cli-mate, Its
abundance
of purewater and
the luxuriantgrowth
of natural grasses. For-age
of every kind, including the clovers, al- falfaand
cowpeas, is easilyand
cheaply grown.The
location is such that the greatmarkets
likeKansas
Ciiy, St. i^ouis,Omaha
or Chicago can be quickly reached.All conditions are favorable to profitable dairying,
and nowhere
is there a bettermar-
ket for dairy products than inOklahoma
itself, for
Oklahoma buys
in the northern states several million dollarsworth
of but- ter,which
shouldand
could bemade
athome. There
isno
better location any-where
for poultryand egg
production.The
climatic conditions are excellent, the
home market
very good,and
the cities ofKansas
Cityand
St. Louis within a twenty-four hours' run.The
principal fieldcropsgrown
arewheat,which
averages about22 bushels tothe acre,and
yieldsup
to forty bushels.The
aver- ageOklahoma
cropamounts
to 21,500,000 bushels, the greater part, however, beingproduced
in the western part of the state.Corn
is the greatest cropgrown
in the state, yieldingfrom
30 to 80 bushels to the acre.The
annual production of thewhole
state is about 135,000,000 bushels,sometimes
more,sometimes
less.Broom
corn is a great staple crop,-and isgrown
inmany
counties.
Every
county in the state pro- duces cotton,and
the value of the crop annually is about $35,000,000.The
yield isfrom
half a baleto a bale tothe acre. Spiro, Sallisaw, Poteau, on theKansas
City South- ern Railway, handlefrom
10,000 to 15,000 bales each. Alfalfa isgrown more
or lessextensively
on
thebottom
lands in all parts of EasternOklahoma, and
is a highly valu- able crop.Cowpeas
are next in favor,,and
are practicallygrown everywhere
for the purpose of securing agood
forage or hay, as well as fertilizing the soil.The
red rust- proof oats is acommon
field crop in Okla-homa, which
yieldsfrom
forty to eightyand sometimes
100 bushels to the acre.The
grainproduced
is of superior quality. Sor-ghum and
Kaffircorn aregrown
extensively inWestern Oklahoma. Sorghum grown
for forage in EasternOklahoma
is harvestedwhen
in full foliage,and
is helpful inmak-
ing a balanced ration for live stock, in con- nection with grainand
hay. Smaller quan- tities areproduced
formaking
syrup, withwhich most farms
are supplied.Fruit
and
truckgrowing
asan
industry nas not been fully developed,though
th«possibilities in thisdirection are very great.
The
unsettled condition of land titles de- terredmany from
planting orchards ormaking
extensivepermanent improvements
until the
Government
arranged for the proper disposition of the lands. This hasnow
been done,and
there is nothing in theway now
to prevent themaking
t erma- nent improvements. In theArkansas
Val- ley near Sallisaw, Spiroand
other points convenient to railway transportation, potato culture hasassumed
very large proportions.The
shipments of potatoeshave
reached 1,000 cars perannum, though
the ordinary shipments, one year with another, runfrom
600 to 900 carloads.The
crop is produced twice a year on thesame
land.Peach
o,"ThresbinA Wheat.Westville.
Oklahoma
Farm
Scene, Ballard,Oklahoma
chards of large area
were
planted eight or ten yearsago
near Sallisaw, Spiroand
Po- teau,and have
yielded fine crops with con- siderable regularity. All the standard va- rieties of apples yield well,and
the culti- vation of strawberries isbecoming an
im- portant business.Watermelons, and
canta- loupes yield bountiful crops,and
are very profitable.Most
railway stations shipmelons and
cantaloupes in carload lots.Fruit
and
truck growers' associationshave been formed
atmany
points,and more
truck than ever before isnow
produced, consist-ing in the
main
of sweet potatoes, Irish potatoes, onions,cabbage, cauliflower, beets, asparagus, radishes, tomatoes,egg
plant, beans, carrots, etc.The
cultivation of peanuts is receiving considerable attention. It is a cropwhich
willgrow on any
kind of a soil,and
will yieldfrom
50 to 75 bushels tothe acre, sell- ing ordinarily for 50 cents to $1 per bushel.The
crop is frequentlygrown
forhog
food, acting incidentally as a fertilizer in thesame manner
as does thecowpea and
other legumes.HarvestiniiWheat, M^estville,
Oklahoma
Making Hay
at Heavcner.Oklahoma
Indian Lands
Western Oklahoma was opened
to settle-ment
by whites prior to 1900,and was
a well settled territory beforean agreement was
reached by the NationalGovernment
w^ith the Five Civilized Tribes in the In- dian Territory, concerning the allotment of tribal lands
among
themembers
of the tribes. In 1904 a final conclusionwas
reached,
and
the allotment of land to indi- viduals began.The
allotmentswere com-
pleted in 1906,and
the total acreage of tribal lands allotted to individual Indianswas
19,511,889 acres, leaving a surplus of 1,600,000 acres,which was
not allotted, 444,- 000 acres of coal lands segregated for fu- ture disposition,and
a large forest reserve.The
allotted landswere under
certain re- strictions pertaining to the sale thereof, butmost
of thesehave
since been removed.Sales of allotted lands are
now made
once or twice amonth
through the U. S. Indian agent atMuskogee, and
lists of lands of- fered for sale can be obtained by address- ing the U. S. Indian agent.The
residue of the Indian lands, 1,600,000 acres,more
or less, the unallotted lands arenow
being soldunder
regulations prescribed by the Secretary ofthe Interior.The
title to all of this unallotted land is perfect.The
chain of title runsfrom
the grant of the United States to the Indian tribe,and
the convey-ance of the tribe by its chief or governor, with the official approval of the Secretary of the Interior to the purchaser.
Most
of this land is in small tracts, but there are alsomany
large tracts, particularly in theChickasaw and Choctaw
Nations.These
lands are being sold at auction to the high- est bidder.During
themonth
of February, 1912, theCarter-Owen
Billwas
passedby
Congress, authorizing the sale of the surface of the segregated coaland
asphalt lands after proper classificationand appraisement has been made. The
sales will be at auctionand
willbe
heldunder
the rulesand
regu- lations providedby
the Secretary of the In- terior. All mineral rights are reserved for the benefit ofthe tribes.The commissioner
of the Five Civilized Tribes,Muskogee,
Okla., will be pleased to furnishany
de- sired information.Land
values inOklahoma
along the line of theKansas
City SouthernRailway
rangein price
from
six to forty dollars per acre, assome
of the lands are highly improved.The towns
of Westville. Stilwell,Marble
City, Sallisaw, Gans, Spiro, Poteau,
Howe,
Page, Heavener, aresurrounded
by lands' ofgood
quality,and
ahomeseeker
will not go amiss by visitingthem and
inspecting the adjacent country.Some Good Oklahoma Tow^ns on the Kansas
City Southern Railway
Ballard,
Oklahoma. —
This is anew town
in Adair County, platted in 1910, is 238 miles south of
Kansas
City, Mo.,and
21 miles north of Stilwell, Okla.,The
popu-lationis 300
and
thealtitudeabove
sea level 974 feet.There
are in thetown
at presenttwo
general stores, hotel, postoffice, asaw
mill, four charcoal kilns, stock
pens and
a public school. Railroadties, cattleand
hogs, cottonand
about 60 car loads of charcoal permonth
are the principal products shippedfrom
this station.During
1911 therewere
erected in Ballard, 14new
dwellings, costing $4,200,and
four business buildings, costing $1,600.The
country surrounding Ballard is well adapted to general farm- ing, stock raisingand
the cultivation of fruit, berriesand commercial
truck. Fine, large springsabound
in thevicinityand
the landscape is unusuallyattractive. Fiftynew
families
have
settled in the vicinity during 1911and have improved
400 acres at a cost of $10,000.There were
planted in orchard 200 acres; in truck, 150; in strawber-ies, 50 acres. Total acreage in cultivation, about 8,000 acres.The shipments
of surplus productsamounted
to three car loads of wheat, 10 bales cotton, 15,000pounds
poultry. 1,000 cases of eggs, 40 car load's of cattle, 5 ofsheep, 32 of hogs, 45 of
mining
timber, 25 of railroad ties, 56 of charcoal, 2,000pounds
of hidesand
10,000pounds
of dairy pro- ducts.Land
Values.—
$10 to $40 per acre.Business Opportunities.
— Wanted:
Re-tail
merchants
in various linesand
pro- fessionalmen.
Bunch, Okla., in Adair County, 272 miles
from Kansas
City,Mo.
Altitude, 772 feet;population, 125.
An immense bed
ofmarble
is situated a
few hundred
yardsfrom
this station.There
are inBunch, two hardwood saw
mills, a grist mill, Methodist church, public schooland
three mercantile firms.Lumber and
live stock, about 300 car loads of theformer and
ten of the latter, poultry, eggs, corn,farm produce
are the principal shipmentsfrom
this point.Cans, Okla., is in
Sequoyah
County, 299 miles south ofKansas
City, Mo.,and has
500 inhabitants. It isdependent
for the present business entirelyon
its agricultural re- sources, which, however, are very abundant.Owing
to the fact that the land sales in the vicinityhave
beenunder
restrictions verylittle progress in
development
could bemade
until within the past year. Dur- ing 1910 onehundred new
people set- tled in thetown and
twelvenew
dwell- ings, one business building, costing aboutCharcoalOvens>Ballard.
Oklahoma
iBirdseyeVie-H' ofHeavener,
Oklahoma
businessbuildings, costing$95,000.
A
munici- pal waterworks and
electric lightsystem
costing $75,000, hasbeen
installed,and
a warehouse,steam
laundryand
postoffice building are the latest acquisitions.The improvements made by
theKansas
City SouthernRailway
exceed in cost $300,000.About
$100,000hasbeen
invested inmercan-tile ventures, the latest being the Pierce-
McNeeley
GroceryCompany,
$30,000; theHeavener Supply Company,
$20,000,and
theGrand Leader Dry Goods Company,
!fl0,000.The Heavener
Oil& Gas Company
ismak-
ing test borings in the vicinityand one
coalcompany
is operating amine two
milesfrom
town.The improvements made by
theKansas
CitySouthern Railway
('o. are extensiveand
includenew round
houses, repair shops, office buildings, depot,em-
ployes' hotel,and
several miles ofnew
yard trackage.In a business
way
thetown
hastwo
sub- stantial banks,which
doubled their capital recently,two
cotton gins,one hardwood
milland numerous
mercantile es'ablish- ments, carrying stocks valued atmore
than a third of a million dollars.The town
has a Baptistand
Methodist church,fud
ex- cellent school facilities, largecommodious,
well equipped school buildingsand
a thor- oughlycompetent
corps of teachers.One new
school building, costing $30,000,has
recentlybeen
completed.The
country nrijacent toHeavener
ismore
or less hilly and in places mountainous,
Tbpro
is. however, ranch fine tillable landar'l this is exceptionally fertile. Corn, cot- ton, potatoes, oats, forage of all kinds are
easily
and
abundantly grown,and
fruits, berriesand
truck are profitably produced.The
hillsides yield grass abundantly, af-fording excellentpasturage aboutten
months
in the year.
The
water supply is excellent in qualityand
abundant, there beingnumer-
ous springsand
small rapidflowing streams.The
indications are that artesian water can behad
inmany
places by boring for it.The town and
a large area of the adjacent coun- try is underlaid with a fine vein of coal, which, insome
places, is beingmined
for local consumption.The
quality of this coal is excellentand
there are good prospects for developing a great coalmining
industry.Much
fine timber, such as oak, pine,gum,
hickory,abounds
to the south, southeastand
east of thetown and
severallumber
mills are in operation.In agricultural lines the country is at- tractive
and good
tillable lands are excep- tionally cheap.The shipments
of surplus products consist of cotton, poultryand
eggs, hidesand
furs,hardwood and
pinelumber and
railway ties.For
raising cat- tle,horses, mules,hogs and
sheepno
better faciltiescan be
found than are available here.Business Opportunities.
— Wanted: Plumb-
ing shop, sheet metal worker, electrical supply store,good
lawyer.Good
open- ing for a brickand
tile plant, ice plantand
cold storage, furniture factory, chair factory, cooperage, fruit box factory, coal mines, stone crusher. Available formanu-
facture, large quantities of ash. oak. elm.
hickory
and gum
timber.Address
Secre- tary 10,000 Club. Heavener. Okla.Street Scene, Poteaii,
Oklahoma
Howe,
Le Flore County,Oklahoma.
Thistown
is at the crossing of theKansas
City Southernand
the Choctaw,Oklahoma &
Gulf
branch
of theRock
Island Ry. System, 333 miles south ofKansas
City, Mo.The
population in 1912,was
about900,and most
of the businessdone
intown
is mercantile, the handling of cotton, live stockand
themining and
transport of coal.The company
surroundingHowe
isopen
prairie limited in areaby
theSugar Loaf
Mountains.The
lands in the vicinity are claimed to be of exceptional fertility, particularly so in theHorse Shoe Bend
ofPoteau
Riverand
theSugar Loaf
Valley. Nearly all the country surroundingHowe
is underlaid with coal deposits of excellent qualityand
there are several large coalmines and
a large coke plant in theimmediate
vicinity. InHowe
there are the StateBank and
TrustCompany,
a largecommodious
hotel, a flourand
grist mill, four cotton gins, a bottling works, a public school building, cost $12,000,telephone service, three or four churches and from ten to fifteen mercantile estab- lishments.
Four
or five substantial brick business buildingsand
a hotel costing$50,000
have been
erected during the pasttwo
years, as well as ten or fif-teen dwellings, costing
from
$500 to $3,000 each.The temporary
segregation of the coal lands in this vicinityby
the U. S. Govern- ment, hassomewhat
retarded immigration to this pointand
intending farmershave
foundit difficult to secure suitable lands.
As
theGovernment
hasnow
arranged to sell the surface of segregated lands, splendid opportunities willbe
available for thp agri- culturalhome
seeker.The shipments
of surplus productsamount
to about 1,000 bales of cotton, 20 to 30 car loads of live stock, several car loads of Irish potatoes,hardwood lumber and
poultryand
eggs.About
fiftynew
familieshave
settled in the adjacent country during the past year.Westville.
Oklahoma
Business Opportunities.
— Wanted: A
cannery, bakery.
Good
opening for a cokemanufacturing
industry, coalmines
;an
elec- tric light plantwould pay
well.Address
StateBank &
TrustCompany, Howe,
Okla.IVIarble City,
Oklahoma. — The
things thatgo
tomake
a prosperoustown
are al-most
infinite in variety.Sometimes
one sin- gle industry is sufficient, but frequently a variety of resources is the stimulus to growth.Marble
City, Okla.,has at the pres- ent time 750 inhabitants,and
its principaldependence
is on the agricultural resources oftheadjacentcountry, thegrowing
ofcorn, cotton, forageand
live stock. Its principal asset is, however, anenormous marble
de- posit, situated aboutthree-quarters ofamilefrom
town. This deposit, probably the larg- est intheUnited States,hasbeen most
thor-oughly tested
and
hasbeen
found to with- stand a compression of 14,270pounds
per square inch. It hasbeen
drilled into to a depth of 142 feetand
is of excellent qualityfrom
topto bottom.The marble
is found in five distinct colorsand
each takes a high polishand
ispleasing tothe eye.The
supplyis practically unlimited
and
thedemand
for agood marble
is practically of thesame
di- mensions. SeveralMarble Companies were
organizedand
the quarrieswere
forsome
time scientifically operated.The
financial disturbances of 1907and
the difficulties of getting themarole
to the railway tracksmade
the industry temporarily unprofitable.Since then the
companies have been
reor- ganizedand
the difficulties of transportation ganizedand
the difficulties incident to transportationhave
alsobeen overcome and
there is nothing in theway
now-MarbleQuarries. MarbleCity.
Oklahoma
Street Scene, Poteau, Oklahoina
of the
development
ofan enormous
indus- try. It is thought thatwhen
the industryis fully established, there will be
ample employment
formore
than 500men. The
output of dressedand
polishedmarble
dur- ing the year 1911 consisted of 70 car loads, valued at $210,000.The
country surroundingMarble
City is agriculturaland
can be safely classed as a fine fruit-growing section.Not
only is it a fine appleand peach
country, but all the small fruits can be successfullyand
profit- ablygrown. In thevalleysand bottom
lands along SallisawCreek and
other streams, corn, potatoesand
cotton aremore
or less extensively grown.During
the year endingJune
30, 1910, fiftynew
peoplehave
settled in thetown
and
severalnew
dwellingshave been
built Fifteennew
familieshave
settled on adja- cent farms, and 400 acres ofnew
landhave
beenimproved
at a cost of $10,000.Three new
business houses, with stocks of $19,000,and
the Citizens State Bank, capital $10,000,have been
established within the year.Among
the localmanufacturing
entcprisesis a
hardwood saw
mill, the Kelley Cotton Gin, with a capacity of forty bales perday and an
annual output of 700 bales, a grist mill, printingofficeand
a newspaper.There
are also intown
twelve mercantile firms, a bakery, hotel, churchand good
public schools.Marble
City is inSequoyah
County,Oklahoma,
hasan
altitude of 729 feetand
is 281 miles south ofKansas
City,Mo.
Land
Values.—
$10 to $25 per acre.Gaa
Well.Poteau,Oklahoma
m
Good
Fishingon SallisaiMr Creekcultural
and
is well farmed, produc- ing annually 7,000 to 8,000 bales of cot- tonand
considerable livestockand
grain.The
institutions of thetown
consist of a cotton compress, cotton gin, a grist mill, public schools, churches.Bank
ofPanama,
with a capital of $10,000,two
hotelsand
about five substantial mercantile establish- ments.Business Opportunities.
— Wanted: Dry
goods store, shoe shop, furniture store,
hardware
store, harness shop, bakery, clothing store,implement
store, jewelry store, notion store, newspaper, physician, dentist, livery barn, cotton seed oil mill.Good
opening for a brick plant, flourand
grist mill, coal
and
oil development. Ad- dressBank
ofPanama
for information.Poteau,
OKIahoma. — Where
tnecity of fo-teau, Okla.,
now
stands therewas
thir- teen years ago a cotton patch near the base of a mountain.The
NationalGovernment
platted a townsite thereand
sold the lots.The Kansas
City Southernand
the St. Louis& San
FranciscoRailways
crossed at this point,and
the authorities decided that itwas
agood
location for a town. Since thattown
lot sale there hasbeen
a steady, cer- tainand
healthy growth; the citizenshipwas
energetic and enterprisingand
todaynumbers
3,300. It is the county seat ofLe
Flore County,which
has within its borders over 200 miles of railway. It is the center of theOklahoma and Arkansas
Coal Districtand
is underlaid with coaland
surroundedby
coal deposits. Coalmining
is themost
importantmoustry
at Poteau.Three
exten- sivemines
are operated in theimmediate
vicinity,
two
ofwhich
are within the city limits.When
in full operation the average daily output is 100 carloads.The
clay found in connection with the coal is excep- tionallygood
for themanufacture
of vitri- fied brick.Immense
beds of shale are also in evidenceand some
ofthem
are used In themanufacture
ofpaving brick,sewer
pipeand
tiling, etc.The
surrounding countryabounds
in val- uable hardwoods, including oak, hickory, ash,gum,
elm,sycamore, etc., affordinggood
opportunities for the establishment of wood-working
plants.There
are in Poteau a spokeand
handle factoryemploying
75men;
a pressed brickand
tile plant, with a daily capacity of20,000 bricks; a planing millem-
ploying 100men,
an electric lightand
ice plant, a municipalwater works
system,and
several coal mines.The monthly
payroll of Poteau is about $50,000.The
assessed val- uation of taxable property in the city is be-tween
one-halfand
three-quarters of a mil- lion dollars,and
the municipality is entirelyMarketing Cotton. Salliaaw^.
Oklahoma
^ A -^^
Business Opportunities.
— Wanted:
Groc-ery stores, gents furnishing store, hard-
ware and
furniture store, hotel, notion or racket store, hideand
fur buyer, produce dealer, tailor.Good
openings for brickand
tile plant, foundry,
machine
shop, furniture factory,wagon
works,fruitboxfactory, flourand
grist mill, sawmill, chair factory, coop- erage, fruit evaporators, coal mines.Raw
material of every kind
abundant and cheap
gasand
coalmined
athome
for fuel.Ad-
dress Business Men's League, Poteau, Okla.Redlands,
Oklahoma. —
This village is sit-uated near the
Arkansas
river inSequoyah County and
has 100 inhabitants,most
ofwhom
areengaged
in agricultural pursuits.The
village is 306 miles south ofKansas
Cityand
has an altitude of 455 feet.The
country surrounding it is very fertileand
produces abundantly of corn, potatoes, cot- tonand
livestock ofwhich
large shipments aremade.
In the village are five mercan-tile establishments
and
a cotton-woodsaw
mill.
Business Opportunities.
— Wanted:
Bank,drug
store, physician.There
is consider- able timber that could be manufactured.Address Agent
K. C. S. Ry. for information.Sallisaw, Oklalioma.
—
This is the county seat ofSequoyah
County, Okla.,and
has a population of about 4,400 people. Itwas
platted about thirteen years ago at the junction of the
Kansas
City Southernand
Missouri Pacific Railways. Its location is 291 miles south ofKansas
City, Mo. Salli-saw
hasmade
a steadygrowth from
year to year, until the tribal landswere
allotted to the individualmembers
of the tribes,when
amore
rapidgrowth became
possible.In the last three or four years the
growth
hasbeen
very rapid.There
are in Sallisaw aboutseventy-five mercantile establishmentsfive hotels, four restaurants, five cotton gins, one cottonseed oil mill
and
three pros- perous banks. It has stores inwhich
stocks of $25,u00 to $40,000 are carriedand
a busi- ness of $125,000 is annually transacted.A
majority of the leading stores do a business of $40,000 to $80,000 a year. It is a
modern
little city, having a water
works
system, electric light plant, telephone service, well graded streetsand
paved sidewalks, etc.,and
isexpanding
in all directions.The two
trunk lines of railroad passing through Sallisaw transport annuallyfrom
12,000 to 15,000 balesof cotton.During
1910 this cottonwas worth and
sold for $75 per bale, bringing to this city thesum
of over$1,000,000.
Now
this is for the cotton crop,one
item only.Among
the products of agri- culture shipped last yearwere
also largeconsignments
ofpeaches, cantaloupes, straw- berries, poultry, eggs, potatoesand
corn,worth
approximately$52,000,towhich
should beadded
the value of 20 carloads of cattle,two
of horsesand mules and
three of fat hogs.There
are in the city four churches of different Protestant denominations, anew
five-grade school building costing $30,000, and another school building for the
younger
children.The
school attendance is about 900,and
fifteen teachers arepermanently
employed.During
1910and
1911, the cityimprovements
consisted of eighty-fivenew
dwellings, costing $100,000; eleven
modem
business buildings, costing $60,000; a
new
factory, $8,200;
two new
churches,new
postoffice,
two
lodge halls, theater, publicamusement
park, public school building,$25,000;
water works
system, $60,000,and
enlargements— and
miscellaneous improve- ments, costing $6,000. ^Amoa
BrothersHandle
Factory. Poteao,Oklahoma
Among
thenew
mercantileand
manufac- turing enterprises are a clothing house with a stock valuedat $10,000; a dry goods house$8,000; a general
merchandise
stock, $20,- 000; six other stocks, valued at $10,000;a
lumber
mill, cotton gin, planing milland
a handle factory.The
capital stock of thethree
banks
is $30,000.Sallisaw offers
many
attractions to the homeseeker,and
aman
looking for anew
location
makes
a bad mistake if he fails toexamine
the adjacent countryand
the city.Lands
are very goodand
very cheap, the climate is everything that can be desired, public health is goodand
the people are progressiveand wide
awake.The
SallisawCommercial
Club will cheerfullyfurnishany
desired information abouttown and
country.Business Opportunities.
— Wanted:
Hard-ware and implement
store, shoestore, notion or racket store,meat
market, coal yard.Good
opening for abroom
factory, tannery, brickand
tile plant, flour mill, creamery, sawmilland
coal mines.An abundance
of coaland
hardwoods.Address
SallisawBank &
Trust Co., Sallisaw, Okla.Shady
Point, OklaJioma.—
This is a coalmining town
at the junction of the K. C. S.Railway and
thePoteau
Valley Railroad.The town
has a population of 300and
is 320 miles south ofKansas
City,Mo. The
sur- rounding country is fertileand
produces annuallyfrom
600 to 800 bales of cotton andfrom
25 to50 carloads of livestock,most- ly cattleand
hogs.The Sequoyah
Coal Min- ing Co., operating at Sutter, Okla., ships dailyfrom
six to ten car loads of coal. In thetown
are three substantial mercantile firms, a cotton gin, grist mill. Baptist church and public school.Land Values.—
$10 to $30 per acre.Business Opportunities.
— Wanted:
Hard-ware
store, restaurant.Opening
for coalmine
operators.Address Agent
K. C. S.Ry.,
Shady
Point, Okla.Spiro,
Oklahoma. — The
city of Spiro issouth of
Kansas
City, Mo., 312 miles,and
west ofFort Smith, 16 miles. It isthe junc- tion point of themain
line of theKansas
City SouthernRailway and
its FortSmith
branch.The
population for 1912 is given at 2,600,showing an
increase of 140 over the preceding year.During
1911-12 fifteennew
dwellingsand two
substantial business buildingswere
erected at a cost of $34,500.preceding year.
During
the year fifteennew
dwellingsand
one substantial business^uilding
were
erected at a cost of $18,000.The
municipality also installed a waterworks
plant costing $40,000.and improved
ItBelectric light plant
and
citypark ata costof $8,000. In the adjacent country one hun- dred
and
ten familieshave
settledon farms and have
broughtunder
cultivation 2,SOU acres ofnew
land, involvingan
outlay of$30,000 for
improvements.
The
auuual production of cotton in theimmediate
vicinity of Spiro isfrom
10,000 to 12,000bales,and
large quantitiesfrom
oth- er places are also handled here. Potatoes aregrown on
a large scale, the annual ship-ments
varyingfrom
100to 600 carloads.The bottom
lands near Spiro aremost
excellently adapted to the cultivation of these crops.The
hill lands or uplands are good for gen-eral
farming
operationsand
also splendidly adapted to the cultivation of fine fruits andcommercial
truck.A
few miles west of Spiro are large areas of prairie lands, well adaptedtogeneralfarming and
stockraising.Along
theArkansas
Riverand
north, eastand
south of Spiro there ismuch good
oak, hickoryand
cottonwood timber,which
could be manufactured.A
good quality of coal is convenient to town, but is beingmined
only in a small way. In thetownship
there are 6,000 acres of coal landand
one veinbetween
fourand
one-halfand
five feetthick isknown
to extend to within one-half mile ofthecity. Coalis beinghauled directfrom
the mines, three to five miles away. With- in a half mile oftown
isan
inexhaustible deposit offinebrick shale,and
buildingstone of excellent quality is found on the edge of town.There
are in Spirotwo
large cotton ginsand
a compress,two
prosperous banks,two
churches,an
opera house, localand
long distance telephone service, a brick plant,some
thirty mercantile establishments, the largest ofwhich
do a business of $60,000 to$75,000 annually.
Land
Values,—
$20 to $50 per acre.Business Opportunities.
— Wanted: Shoe
shop, furniture store,
implement and
hard-ware
store, harness shop, jewelry store, tin shop.Democratic newspaper,
axe handle factory, chairand
table factory, physician, lawyer, dentist.Good opening
for a can- nery, creamery, sawmill, fruit evaporator, cooperage,wheelbarrow
factory, ice plant.Coal
and cheap
gas forfuel.Hardwoods
of all kinds in abundance.Address Choctaw Commercial Bank,
Spiro,Okla.Stiiwell,
Oklahoma. —
Thistown
is ^aa miles south ofKansas
City, Mo.,and
lies on the slope of the Boston Mountains, be- ing 400 feet higher thanany
othertown
within forty miles.The
population, 1910.was
2,300.The
business part ofthetown
is substantially built of brickand
stone, the residence portionhaving many
neatand
at-tractive
frame
buildings.There
are in Stil- welltwo
banks, fifteen or twenty mercantile establishments, hotels, schools,churches,and
several large cotton gins.The town
haa been visited by several disastrous fires with- in the past few years, but thenew
buildingshave
been constructed of fire-proofma-
terials.
Stilwell has enjoyed asteady
growth
since the platting of the town. Since the allot-ment
of the Indian lands to individuals thegrowth
hasbeen more
rapidand
during the pasttwo
years therewere
ei'ected sixtynew
dwellings, costing $110,800,and
four- teen business buildings, costing $60,000.Among
thenew
structures aretwo
factory buildings, costing $10,000;two
theaters,$15,000;
water works
plant, $25,000; electric light plant, $25,000; asteam
laundry, bot- tling works, hotel, $6,000.Four new
mer- chants established themselves in business.Fifteen
new
families established theirhomes on farm
lands in the adjacent coun- tryand have
placed in cultivation 1,600 acres ofnew
land at a cost of $6,000.The
shipments of surplus products for 1910amounted
to 800 bales of cotton, 1,800pounds
of poultry. 200 cases of eggs, 10 car- loads of cattle, 12 carloads of hogs, 1 car- load of sheepand
35 carloads ofhardwood lumber and
railroad ties.Two new mer-
chants, with stocks valued at $5,000, lo- cated intown
during the year.The
surrounding country is rich agricul- tural land, adapted to the standard field crops, as well as to the raising ofcommer-
cial fruit
and
truck.Corn
producesfrom
forty to seventy-five bushelsand wheat
20 to 25 bushels to the acre.The
ordinary yield of cotton isfrom
one-halftoone
bale per acre.Tree
fruitsand
berries yieldhandsome
cropsand
with poultryand
eggs willbecome an
important itemofincome.The
country is well grassedand
forage of all kinds is easily grown.The water
sup- ply is excellent,and
the climate such that stock raising can be carriedon
very profit- ably. All conditions are favorable to the profitable production of beef, pork, horsesand mules and
poultry.Good oak
timberand
otherhardwoods
areabundant
near Stilwelland
there aregood
openings for awood-working
industry.Among
the available resourceswhich
in time will be developed arehardwood
lum- ber, building stone, zincand
lead ores,com-
mercial fruitand
truck growing, the rais- ing of live stockand
general farming.Land
Values.—
$10 to $25 per acre.Business Opportunities.
— Wanted:
Cloth- ing store, dentist.Good
opening for acannery,
wagon
factory.Address Bank
of Stilwell, Stilwell, Okla.Watts, Adair
County.— South
ofKansas
City, Mo., 236 miles, altitude 96 feet, popu- lation 250.
A new
division terminal of the K. C. S. Ry.,which
is rapidlygrowing
into a prosperous business town. In addition to the railwayimprovements,
exceeding in cost $175,000, comprising yard tracks, en- gine house, hotel, yard offices, etc., therewere
constructedby
private enterprise 25new
dwellings, costing $20,000; 10 busi- ness buildings, costing $10,000;two
hotels, costing $17,000.Numerous new
cottages are in course of construction. All the im-provements have been made
in the course of a year.The
surrounding country is well suited for stock raising, poultry raising, fruit,berry
and
truckgrowing and
for generalfarming
operations.The
adjacent countryis receiving
many new
settlers and new-farms
are beingopened
up.Westville, Okialioma.
—
Westville, Adair County, is a crossing pointon
theKansas
CitySouthern Railway and
abranch
of the St. Louis& San
Francisco Railway. It is 244 miles south ofKansas
City, Mo.,and
hasan
altitude of 1,137 feet.The
location is a verygood
one,owing
to the very large scope of fertile country surrounding it.The
present population is about 1,200.The town
isnow
rapidly growing, because the adjacent lands arenow
inmarket and
can behad
at amoderate
price.During
the year 1910,twenty new
dwellings, costing $18,000,two
hotels, $4,000,an
electric light plant,$4,000,
were
completed,and bonds
for a waterworks
plant to cost $28,000were
voted. Concrete sidewalkshave been
ordered for all parts of town.Forty-five
new
families settled in the ad- jacent countryand
purchased 1,100 acres offarm
lands.Twenty-seven new farms were opened
during the year,and
980 acres ofnew
landwere
putunder
cultivation atan
outlay of $20,000.The
shipments of sur- plus productsfrom
Westvilleamounted
dur- ing the past year to thirty carloads of wheat. 5,000 bales of cotton,worth
about$75 per bale, 20.000
pounds
of poultry, 2,000 cases of eggs, 44 carloads of cattle 15 car- loads ofhogs, 5 carloadsof oats, 8 ofapples,and
30,000pounds
of hides, peltsand
furs.Nearly all the businessbuildings in West- ville are constructed of brick
and
stone,and
in addition tosome
fifteen ortwenty
mercantile establishments, thetown
has a largemodern
flour mill,an
electric light plant,two
banks, a largemodern
school buildingand
several churches.The farm
lands at Westville are fertile.the country gently undulating
and
quite level in places.Good water
isabundant
everywhere.The
corn production isfrom
fortyto sixtybushles peracre,that ofwheat
15 to 25 bushels,and
oats, small grainand
forageyield fine crops. Cotton isgrown
ex- tensively,and
there isenough grown
of corn,wheat and
cotton to maintain a flour milland
grain elevatorand
several large cotton gins.Stock raising can
be
carriedon
economic- allyand
profitably, as the country is well grassedand
supplied with nutritious forage grasses. Beef,pork and mutton
canbe
pro-duced
here at aminimum
cost.Owing
to the altitudeand most
excellent quality of thewater
there is hardly everany
diseaseamong
the live stock.Some
feedingmust
be
done
in January,February and
March, but the cost is very smallcompared
with the cost of feeding inmore
northerly lati- tudes. Poultryand
eggs are important sources of income,and
being convenient to the greatmarkets
likeKansas
Cityand
St.Louis yield a
handsome
profit.The commercial
fruitand
truck industry has notbeen
fully developed, because until quite recently only a small acreage of suit- able lands couldbe had
for this purpose.Apples, peaches, cherries
and
strawberries areproduced
in considerable quantityand have
yielded agood
profit.The
People's Bank, Westville, Okla., will be pleased to furnishany
desired information.Land
Values.—
$10 to $25 per acre.Homeseekers' Round Trip Tickets
To
points inOklahoma and
return, limited to twenty-five days, areon
sale at very low rates,on
the firstand
thirdTuesdays
of eachmonth, from
points in Illinois,Wis-
consin, Minnesota, Iowa,North
Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska,Kansas and
Missouri, whilefrom
points east to Illinois, tne rates are slightly higher.Stop-overs,
on round
trip homeseekers' tickets toOklahoma
pointson
K. C. S. Ry.will
be
allowedon
both goingand
return trip atany
pointon
K. C. S. Ry. soutk of Jaudon, Mo.For
rates, address S. G.Warner,
G. P. A.,Kansas
City, Mo.Household Goods and Elmi^rant Movables
The term "Household Goods and Emigrant Movables"
will apply to property ofan
intending settler only,and
will include toolsand implements
of calling (includinghand and
footpower
machines, but not includingmachinery
drivenby
steam, electric- ity,gas, gasoline,compressed
airor water, other than agriculturalimplements)
; second-hand
store fixtures of merchants;second-hand
vehicles (not including self-propelling vehicles, hearsesand
similar vehicles); livestock, not to exceed ten (10)head
(sub- ject to declared valuationsand premium
charges); treesand
shrubbery;lumber and
shingles; fence posts,one
portable house; seeds for planting purposes; feed for lire stock while in transit,and
household goods, but does not include general merchandise, norany
articleswhich
are intended for sale or speculation.Shipments
of emigrantmovables must
contain a sufficient quantity ot furniture tomake
the intention of apermanent
residence at destination evident. Information about Freight rates can 1)>obtained
by
addressing R. R. Mitchell, General Freight Agent,Kansas
City, Mo.Immigration Department, K. C. S. Ry.
WM. NICHOLSON, Immigration Agent Kansas
City, Mo.J.
HOLLISTER TULL,
AgriculturistMena
Ark.KANSAS CITY SOtTIlEKN RAILWAY CO.
TKXAHKANA & 1 OHT SMITH RAILWAY CO.
ARKANSAS WKSTERN RAILWAY CO.
J. A.
KDSON
PresidentJ. F.
HOLDEN
Vice-PresidentR. J.
McCARTY
Vice-President and AuditorS. Q.
WARNER
; General Passengerand
TicketAgent
R. R.
MITCHELL
General FreightAgent
GENERAL OFFICES. KANSAS
CITY,MO.
BEAUMONT, T£X.
J. L.
BOYD
GeneralAgent
R. A.
MORRIS
(T.&
Ft. S. R'y) City Pass, and TicketAgent CHICAGO,
ILL., niarquette Bids.J. o.
HAMILTON
GeneralAgent
DALLAS,
TEX., Slanehter BIdiC.A.
CATUNA
• General CottonAgent
HENRY BROWN
GeneralAgent
PORT SMITH, ARK.
H. N.
HALL
GeneralAgent
K.
DICKERSON
City Pass, and Ticket .VgentHOUSTOX,
TE:X.,Commercial Bank
Balldlns.G. M.
RILEY
GeneralAgent
JOPL.IN,
MO.
C.
W. NUNN
GeneralAgent
iJ.
JOSEPH
Depot TicketAgent
ij. S.
HALL
City Solicitor and TicketAgent
KANSAS
CITY,MO.. 911Walnut
Street.J.. V.
BEATTY
GeneralAgent
•J. A.
McM ANUS
City Pass, and TicketAgent
M. O.
BELLIS
Depot TicketAgent
LAKB CHARLES,
LA., 824Ryan
StreetF. R.
HASKILL Commercial Agent
J. R.
MUSTAIN
City Pass, and TicketAgent
MENA, ARK.
W.
C. B.ALLEN
GeneralAgent
J.
HOLLISTKR TULI
Vgriculturalist.MOW ORLEANS.
LA., Gil HiberniaBank
Bldg.J. M.
CARRlERE
GeneralAgent
NBW YORK,
3«6Broadway.
.1. P.
KNIGHT
GeneralAgent
I'lTTSBUltG, PA., 142!»
New
Oliver Bldg.D. S.
ROBERTS
GeneralAgent
I'URT
ARTUtR, TEX.
C.
W. LITHERLANl)
City Passongoi- and Ticket .V^ent ST.LOUIS, MO
, CliemicalBldg.T. E.
HAYWARD,
Jr General AgentSAN ANTONIO, TEX
, 314 GunterBldg
C. M.
WILKINSON Commercial Agent
SlIltEVCPORT,
LA.,Caddo
Hotel Bldg.A. H.
VAN LOAN
General AgentA. B.
AVERY
Union Station Ticket AgentJ.
W. NORTON
City Pass, and Tkt.Agent
TBXARKANA, TEX
.S. G.
HOPKINS
(T.&
.S. V. It's) Gon. Passenger and TicketAgent
J. L.
LONTKOWSKY
(T.&
Ft. S. R'y) City Pass, and TicketAgent KANSAS
CITY. !»IO.,Thayer
Bldg.WM. NICHOLSON
Immigration AgentC. O.
WILLIAMS
Traveling PassengerAgent
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