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ISSITED UY THE P.\SSENGIIR DEPARTMEN1 OF THE ST. LOUIS AND SAhy FPRAhrC1SCO XAILHOAD FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE.

VOLUMEI. DECEMBER, 1902. NUMBER11

CONTENTS.

Front Cover, desirrned and eseculed bv Mr. S. I,. Stoclclard and Miss Rhoda Chase. St. 1,ouis A Little ~ourue~&to ~rkansas-~llus

FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE. B. P. 0'FALL ON, Mamqpr-.- The i\'IaG~zrsri is jucliciously distributed by the Passenger Departu~entof the 1:risco System, not only over its own and connecting lines, but thronghout lhe Basteru al~dXortll- western States every month. The Mac;\zrnri, reaches tl~every best class of readers in every towu on the System, and is di~ilyread by hundreds of the traveling public on the observation and reading cars of the System. Aclvertising rates: per month, $50 per page; fractions of a page, pro rata: hack cover, $100 per mo11t11;illside cover, Si5 per n~onth. A discount of 20 per cell1 011 yearly contracts. The MAGAZIN~~will be mailed free lo any address ill thc Cnited States, Cuhx. Porto Kico. Mexico, Canadr?, Tl~ePhilippi~~e ant1 Hawaiia~~Isla~~ds, for one year for I'if other conntries add fifty cents for postage. Guaranteed Circulation, 20,000. Address all co~nn~u~~icationsto 8. I?. O'Fallon, Mauaier; publicatio~~1 , Locust Streets, St. Louis, Alo. INDEX TO ADVERTISERS,

PAOE PAOE . Real Estate Agents. A. Lesclien & Sons Rope Co., l~~sidcRI. cow Adair Pr McCurry, - - - - 112 Bauer Machine Works, - - - S A. W. Ollis & Co., - - - - 113 Raldwit~1,ocomotive Works, - - 8 A. 11;. McKeand, - - - - 110 B.&O.S.-?IT. R.R., --- 9 Chas. A. Mitchell, - - - - 113 Central Coal & Coke Co., - - 119 D. H. l3eainer, - - - - - 110 Cresce~it11-011 Works, - - - 117 Eastern Kai~sasLand Co., - - 111 & Alton, - - - - 119 Frisco Systein Townsite Co., - - 112 Con. P. Ciirrau Priuting Co., - - 116 F. H. Humphrey, - Crescenl Hotel, - - - Inside Ilk. cwr IF. V. Romland 8r Co., Dr. J. Harvey Moore, Eye Specialist, 6 Hoover & Elliot Frog & Switch Co., - Ii~si~lclid. tuwr Henry 3101 P. E. Schoenberg Mfg. Co., - - O H.C.Willia Fairbanks Standard Scales, - - 114 Hnnter Re First National Bank, Kausas City, Mo., 117 J. -4.Holm Geo. Mnnson, - - - - - 6: J. V. Flen Hopewell Railroad Supply Co., Illside Id. cow J. P. Bntle: Iulaud Equipment Co., - - - 114 J. N. Groe~ Jopliu Brewing Co., - - - - 118 Jot. M. 1% John 12. Meyer & Sons, - - - 117 Joe Hess & J. 117. Freeman, Miuing Macllillery, - 8 James C. T Langei~bergBros. & Co., - - - 6 1 Jacksou & Moore Mal~~~fac~uringCo., - - 113 I

I LongL. Brotl Mobile & Ohio Railroad, - B6, cow ;iul 8 1 31. B. Loci Pittsburg & Midwny Coal Miliiiig CO., 114 i Mall~ews8 Schlitz, Milwaukee Heel-, - - - 114 1 McKinney , ,,,. ,,,, Sin~pson-LaddCo., - - - - (i BIissouri Luu~ber& Laud Eschange Co.113 The Mirror, - - - - - S Neal Realty Co., - 112 The Harndell Seed Co., - - - 114 Parsons & Whitsell, - 113 The Sporting News Publishing Co., 9 Shivers & Williams, - 1J1 The Homeseeker & Investor, - Inside bk. cenr Sirni~~ons& P~rrdy, - 113 The Safety Car Heating & Lighting Co., G The Frank J. Hess Real LII~LLLLC&v., 111 The Staudard Steel Works Co., - Ci Wetzel Pc Weidenbach, The Keeley Institute, - - - 9 I W. T.: Wells Fnrgo & Co., - - - - 117 ' ! Wnllac B. Hurst 8z Co., - - - - 119 The traveliiig public and freight shippers mill please call upon or address our representatives for reliable information, rates, maps, time tables, descriptive literature, etc. Their addresses are as follows : ST. LOUIS, 10. BRYAN SNYDER...... Pssene Traffic Manager. ALEX. HILTON...... -1 Passenger Agent. R. T. HEED...... Advertising Agent. 8. A. HUQHES...... Qeneral Immigration Agent. A. S. DODQE ...... Reigl~t Traffic >Imager. J. A. JIIDDLETON...... @enera1 Freight Agent. CHAS. HALL...... Assistant General Freight Agent. H. Q. WILSON ...... Assistant Qeneral hight Agent. ZACK JIULHA1,L...... General Live Stock Agent. 11. SCHULTER ...... Industrial Commissioner. ATLAX I'd. QA., Pryor and 1)ecatnr Streets. W. T. SAUNDERS...... General Agent, Passenger Department. F. E CLARK...... Traveling Passenger Agent. CHAS. F. AUSTIN...... & a Agent.

C. 0. JACKSON ...... Traveling Passenger Agent. E. T. WILLCOX...... Commerd:11 Agent. D. F. NoDONOUGH ...... Traveling Freight Abwnt. CHICAHO, ILl... 832 lerquette Building. F. C. REILLY ...... General Agent. C. H. ADOLPH ...... City Passenger Agent. J. If. JILLICH...... Traveling Passenger Ageut. M. W. BURNS ...... Tmreling Freight Agent. G. H. KUXXER...... Traveling Freight Agent. CrXCISSA'l'I, OHIO, 407 Wahlut Street. A. D. XURRAY...... General Agent. H. I. JlcQUIRE...... Traveling Passenger Agent. C. C. SPALDINQ ...... Traveling Freight Agent. COPES HAGER, DEKNARK. C. HANSON...... Foreign Immigration Agent. DALIAS, I'EX.. 239 Nain Street. C. W. STRAIX ...... Sonthwestern Passenger Agent. H. W. ADAXS...... Cnmmercial Agent. ROY TERRELL ...... Traveling Freight Agent. DESVER. WL.. 1106 Sererlteenlh Street. Q. W. XARTIN...... :...... General Western Agent. C. M. WOODS...... Traveling Freight and Passenger Agent. H. B. WORDEN...... Traveling: -eight and Passenger Agent. FORT SCOTT, KAR. E. E. DIX ...... General Agent.

F. 31. RICHARDSON...... General Agent. FOILT WORTH, TES. W. A. TULEY ...... General Passenger Agent, F. W. & R. Q. R'y. A. R. DKEM ...... City Pasaenrer Agent, Ft. W. & R. Q. R'y. E. M. WINSTEAD ...... Commercial Agent, Ft. W. & R. Q. R'y. HOUhTOR, TEX., Hutchias House. W. C CONNOR, JH...... Commercial Agent. JAB. A. QIRAUD ...... T~aveliug freight Agent. JOPLIR, WO. J. C. LOVRIEN...... Division Passenger Agent. T. J. FRANKS ...... Division Freight Agent. E. C. HOAQ...... Traveling Freight Agent. CONTINUED ON FOLLOWIXG PAGE. KAXSAS CITY, NO., Tliayer Bailding. JAXES DONOHUE...... Assistant General Passenger Agent. CAL. P. JOHNSTON ...... City Passenger Agont. L. W. PRICE ...... Traveling Passenger Agont. P. W. JOHNSTON...... Depot P~seugerAgent. B. C. DUAIBECIL ...... Ansistant General Freight Agent. I KANSAS CITY, XO., 1200111 3 Erchruge Roildiirg. J. L. ROGERS...... Commercial Agent. I F. C. FLETCHER...... Travelink Freight Agent. LOS AXBELES, CAL., 2008 Stiuson Builtlii~g. J. F. EDWARDS...... Paciflc Coast Agent. IENPHIS, TERS., Peabody Ilotel. 6. N. CORNATZAR...... Dlvislon Passenger Agent. EUGENE SUTCLIFFE...... City Passenger and Ticket Agent. W. L. EVAhTS...... Traveling Pasonger Agent. W. P. ADAMS...... Commercial Agent. JIENI'HIS, TESK., Soiithern Express Ilnilding. E. I(. VOORHEES...... Assistant General Freight Agent. W. BAKER...... Traveling nightAgent. NEXICO CITY, ItES., G Colle cle Gante. ALEXANDER MORE...... General Agent. NEW ORLEAXS, LA., St. Charles Hotel. I. T. PRESTOhT...... ercial Agent. XED' TURK, X. Y., 385 Broadway. F. D. RUSSELL ...... ,...... mtern Agent. QEO. L. TRUITT...... Traveling Freight and Passenger Agent. W. H.PORTER ...... Traveling Freight und Passenger Agent. J L. CARLlNG ...... Contracting Agent. OKLAHOXA, 0. T. W. A. VICKERS...... ClAgent. J. H, GROTHER...... ger Agent. F. ANDERSON ...... :ht Agent. OHAIIA, XER.. 003 South Foiirtee~~lliStreet. W. C. MELVILLE...... Northmestern Passenger Agent. E. F. SEKVISS...... Commercial Agent. L'ITTSBURU, PA., iOG Park Bniltliii~.. 0. M CONLEY...... Qe nerd Agent. SIDNEY VAN DUSEN...... Traveling Passengor Agent. W. 3rILLlGAN ...... , ...... Traveling Fr ,eight Agent. ST. LOUIS, NO., Sont.heast Corner Eiglitli and Olive Strc I?. J. DEICKE ...... ,. aouuua,r .ilru Acket Agent. CAL. DUTTON ...... Union Station Passenger Agent. A. D. LIQH'rNER...... C?enBral Agent. Reight Department. WALTER E. BROWN ...... t Agent. I ST. LOUIS, NO., Sixth and Olive Streets. ' Agent. SAN AXTOK10. TES,, 102 West Commerce Street. J. W. HUTCHISON ...... rmvaung r-nger Agent. E. F. TILLJIAX...... Commero ial Agent. SAX FRAXCISCO, CAL., 105 Frout Street. J. F. EDWARDS...... ,P*,.iRn.-.,, on,at Agent. SYRISGFIELD, XO., W. C. SMITH ...... Oeneral Agent I WlCHITh, KAX., Corner dain Street and Douglas Ave~me. B. F. DUNN...... ,..,..,.v-mnieinn D~-~.,-~.. --u..s. ,,,,.. I H. C. CONLEY ...... CommerciaI Agent. C. W. YOUNG ...... Traveling Freight Agent. Dr. J. HARVEY MOORE, EYE SPECIALIST. d Twenty years' experience. Appoi~itedby two Gov- ernors of Missouri as Oculist to the State Blincl Asylum. Granulated Sore Eyes cured & 3 Cross Eyes straightened by a m~thoutcnust~cs or the knife. new method rmthout pain. Suite, 206 Odd Fellows Bldg., 9th and Olive Sts. St. Louis, Mo.

GEORGE MUNSON, Simpson -Ladd Co. 606 Bank of Commerce Bldg., ST. LOUIS. WHOLESALERS OF - j& - --- - .- PUBLISHER Horse Show Monthly, Green and Dried Fruits Columbia Theater Program And other High=Clnss Medlums. Fayetteville Ark. General Advertising Agent. We Want Your Business. Established 1891. PRESS WORK A SPECIALTY.

Langenberg Bros. & Co. WINDOW and DOOR

Grain, Wire Screens -4dvertising Picture Hay and Seeds, Frames.

417 Merchants' $4 ST. LOUIS, Fa Em Schoenberg Mfg. Co. Exchange, P~P MO. I I 3~7,3!0,32.1Lombard st. ST. LOUIS. MO. I "PINTSCH LIGHT"

In use on 112,191 Cars, 4,007 Loconlo- MANUFACTURERS OF tives and 1,211 Buoys tl~rouglioutthe I world. STEAM HEAT Locomotive and Car Wheel Tires 1 Bp the Jacket System of Hot Water Circulation. Direct Steam and Direct and Steel-Tired Wheels. I 1 Regulatiug Systems. All Types of Steam Couplers. 1 The Safety Car Heating & Lighting h, MAIN OFFICE: SOUTHWESTERN OFFICE: 160 Brotrdway, New Yurk. Harrison Building. S. H. RIOOELL, PHILADELPHIA. PA. 712 Security Building, WORKS: Burnham, Pa. ST. LOUIS, MO. Descriptive Literature

The Passenger Department of the St. Louis and San Fraucisco Railroad System has recently ir sued, for free distribntion, a number of pamphlets c ontaiuing carefully selected Photo E~~graviugsof Scenery, together with graphic descriptions of the resources and great possibilities of the cowltry travenied by the Frisco System. Write for a copy of any of the following put

Frisco System Magaz he. I I rparnovy and Fins on the Frisco. Thc5 Top of the OzarI The Ozark Uplift. 01 klahorna. 160 Acres for $14.0( The as a Sheep Cc il, and Where to Find It. Ailgurcr uuats. Resorts Along the Frisco System. ----

BRYAN SNYDER, Passenger T

rhey can be obtained from any : Company, or 011 applicatic

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Lnrgest Manufacturers In .Joylin of ICSGIS ES. BOILERS, WELL DRI1,I.S A XU '1'001's. lining Ilachillery of all kinds J W. FREEMAN. Jopl~n.Mo.

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MAOAZIBI WXIIE TO I E. P. O'FALLON. JIn~,\or.x. TElRD AND LOOUST STS., the "FRISCO" I / I ST.LO"IS,XO. I I

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* A 1 *. " WA ' LOUISVILLE RETROSPECT AND FORECAST

HIS (Christnias) issue marks the elid of the calendar year, and allnost T the end of the first year of existence of the new FRISCOSYSTEM MAG- AZINE. I11 the rehabilitation of this publication, which coininencecl with the February issue, we aniiounced the intention of placiiig before our readers a magazine of real facts and figures-one that would appeal to tlie searcher for information ill regard to tlie coiistaiitly enlarging territory traversed by the rails of the Frisco System. This we have eildeavored to do, in some illstances eveii to the sacrifice of literary attaininent. Many articles bearing tlie stamp of real literary merit have been rejected, in the belief that they would appear out of place ill a publicatioii, tlie announced intention of which was to proinote the interests of the communities served by our lines, aiid to interest the honieseeker and investor in a new and fast- developing einpire-"The Great Southwest." While we have, from time to time, en~ployedwriters of practice and known ability, to exploit in these col~unnsthe merits of certai~~localities and industries, there is traceable ill niost of our work, d~iriiigthe year iiow closing, the pen of the ii~aiiw11o writes, not from attainment in literature, but from direct and intimate knowledge of tlie subject treated of. The inen who write our articles oil farming are liieii who understand, from practical experieiice, the subject they are handling, and the same rule has, with few exceptions, been followecl in the other subjects treated of. We have only one complaint to make. of the treatment accorded us in the coilduct of this work-we have not received as many letters of advice and criticism as we could have wished for. It should be borne in mind that this, like other magazines, is conducted for the enlightenment of those perusing its columils ; aiid we are, at all tiines, glad to investigate and describe in detail the resources and promise of ally locality or ii~dustry reached by the Frisco System. On the other hand, our columns are open to those interested in the development,of ally portion of our territory, who desire its capabilities exploited to the homeseeker or investor. "Motion means money." The pith and point of this axioin was realized by the builders of the southwest years before the man to wl~omit is attributed achieved proniinence. But it is a slogan that may well be adopted by the promoters of an empire that is now drawing to itself the attention of the civilized world. The Southwest today offers greater and more substantial advantages than ever before i11 its strenuous history. The same may be said of that great territory lying south of Mason and Dixon's Line, nrhicli is now enjoying a degree of trade activity aid prosperity unknown before. Taken all in all, the readers of the Fri~scoSSSTRM MAGAZINEhave every opportunity to familiarize tlien~selveswith a territory offeriiig induce- ments to the most active promoter, am1 not less to the itlost coiiservative investor. The results achieved by this publicatioii during the year now closing, lead us to look forward to another );ear of still greater usefuli~ess in the coilduct of a work cnlculatecl to attract attelltion to a territory cleser\ring of much i~ioi-etlmi eve11 the world-wide coiiiiileiit its substaiitial prosperiG is now attracting. - - ..------. ....ISSUED BY THE...... Passenger Department of the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad.

Dcuoled lo the D~o~lopnicatof Lhe Resources awd tho Pronmlion of the MrrcanLile, JIa?iufncturmg ni~dAgncullu~al Inlercsts in the Tcrr~tor~of lire FRIsCO SYSTEIII.

------. - ---.- -- . ------Pnblicatlon C93ce. Third and Locus: Streets, St. Louis. E. P. O'Tallon, Manager. ------Vol. 1. DECEMBER, 1902. No. 11 -- -- . ------A LITTLE JOURNEY INTO ARKANSAS. BY .JOHN H RAFTERY. It has been my lortune during the past buy a good acre of fruit land in thc Michi- year to spend some inonths in the famous gall belt. The canny husbandmen are wed- fruit regions of Michigan and thcrcSore to ded to thcir homes, their farms. They haw know, at first hand, sometlung of thc na- through the generations and through yews tivc rcsourccs of that d~strlctand somc- ol harsh experiences, adapted thcmselvcs to thing of th~iucessant enden\or wllitl~has tl~ehard accessories of their northern cli- made it famous. 'l'hc climate is rigorous in mate and thcy are happy, prosperous anti spring and winter, often harsh elen in surn- contented. I think it is well for then1 mcl; and in thc autumn as whimsical as s that they are a home-keeping race. \voman's moocls. Its bcauty-ad it IS I left Xchigan in Sept~mber,w11e11 the beautiful-has in ~t the stinp, the polgnan- winds that rush hither i~ndthither acro;~ cy, the threats of the nloist vinds that whip tlic pcnins~llahave in them those buffct- from the grcat inland sea.; \\l~irL~Imosl inp that makc the hones ache and nrrmh surround the statc, teaslng thc nlghts witll thc fingers- that n.ould dallv with roil ancl chilly shrillings evcn in suinmcr, am1 with- rccl. And witliin n fc\v days J wns on thc ering the facc of naturc in the autumn be- south?rn slope of the Boston nlount ains, in fore the Indian summer dam of more Cra wi ord conntg, Arkansas, with a 13ungent a?.. . . sonthcrly states haw fclb the tang of the south wind blowing In lily face and the first frost. wine of a matchless antamn day stirring And get the huddlcd farmers of that my blood. I have lidin Colorado, mhcrc widclg praised fruit region of Michignli tlic niountains, vast and cold, in winter Iooli cliug to their small holdings of land with likc the mst-brown fragments of iron deso- jcalous devotion. Something of thc Dutch lation; I hale fished in Tahoe in the Sierras thrift is in thcir blood; they toil and figure in the fall when the whole world seemed and lay amalce o' nights, but they scldoin sell pl~uned ~vith mourning timbers, scarred out. Thcy hal-e at times pests of insects with rnshing mountain rivers and in- and visitations of bl~ghtwhich destroy some ~ioccntof drill or plow. 1 have stood at of their profits, but they st~ckmm~fully to thc mcasureless rim of that "inferno, thcir tasks ancl hold ~alueshigh. Living s\vathed in soft celestial fires," in Arizona. is costly, for lumbcr and coal, cattle and \\.here veteran trawlers are mute and ter- corn are scarce and therc thc winter bite.; rified in the prescnce of such pitiless iin- with fangs of stcel. Fifty dollars will not ~nensity. And in all of these mountains, in FFUSCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE. all the splendors of their titanic size, in all and grains that arc ripening bcPore tlie frost tl~cmysteries of their wan al)ysscs, I llaw is mcltcd in thc baclimarcl rcgions of the ncvcr said "Here could be ~nyhon~c!" north. Hut that is what onc says, standing upori xon; if I happcncd to 1)c n Michigan tl~cvcrdnrc-clad niountains of Sorth\vcsi- frail. fanncr, or any kind ol a Iar~ncr,I'd ~1.11Arliansas, loolii~~gacross hebillowing l)c tcn~plcclto dlant, 1)acli up ancl come to plalcans of Crawford, Wasliington, Bcnto:~ Arkansas, and ihe woncler of it all is tha.i, and Scbastim~ countice. Thcrc is a. wiu- in spitc of its a11noet ~~nc(~~[alcdclimate, its some tcnclernces about {hat, rcgion that is rare beanty and al~solut~ly i ncoinparah!~ not a.11 of the atmospl~crc,nor all of the froctivity? these north~rcsternconntics of magical hcauty of Illc srcncry, nor yct all Arkansas hare not yct rcacliccl tlie tcnt11 of the bourgconing sod, but,, I guess, so~r,c l)wt oE thcir po~~i1)ilities~hart not linown subtle hlencling of all thcac, some feat of onc-sercnth ol the lmp~dutionwl~ich tlicir Xature's necromancy, soln~ spirit of the tciming ficlds, orc-charged mountains anil earth, the sky ancl air ihat springs, sun- mntchle~sfruit lancls co~~lclwell s~~stain.

touched, fro111 the matchless , alembic of In C~~~wloldcounly alone tlicrc arc 400,00!) thosc hill-cncincturcd vales. I-Icrc could 112 iicres, ancl iC tl~c%'?;000 pcoplc livi~~gwith- IIIJ houic, yon say, looking from hill to hi]! in its borders wcrc scwltcrccl equally through the gold-gray lme ol tlie gcnl!c! t,l~roughol~lits cspww, thcrc wo~ilcl Ibe 1~1i Indian summcr; here could bc my l~o~nc,onc person on cwry tn~ntyacrcs. Similar you think, whcn the frosi, is in thc dl-?, renditions prc\-ilil in thc otl~crcounties of brieli air of winter like cowagc in thc nos- this singularly l)ea~ltilulrcgion, ancl even trils 01 a boy: a.nd thc hills stand 'round now thc grcat volnmc of cniigrntion whicl~ abont the sheltered alleys SO that you for- passes annually over thc Frisco System to get; the bligl~tof thc blizzor~l:: in the norih- the western and sonthwcslern wondcrlai~ds crn states; this could bc my home, you sa!: of Ol

It has been said that in Southern Califor- $as, for instance, is said by frait experts to ~iiathey sell climate by the acre and cer- bc capable of producing morc apples of n taiuly they get good prices for it. In th.? uniformlr high quality, than any similar rich farming districts of the north you buy area in the United States. And yet it has land without rcferclice to at,mosphcric con- not attained more than one-tenth of its ditions. In the serni-arid regions you must linlitations in this single particular! Last supply water for agriculture by artifice. In year the county marketed 9,000 crates of the cold regions you must coinbat the rig- stran-berries, delivering them in northern ors of nature by artifice, too. But in Ar- nii~rkctsfrom two weeks to two months ecrl- Iiansas, especialljr in those upper altitudes, ier than rival sections of even the South, and those radiant reaches of the hill-district, at a profit not cscellecl in any berry-rais- you mill find a climate Ihat is not surlmssed ing district. The county might just as eas- in America, a soil that has no superior for ily have marketed ninety thonsalld crates, fruit, for grain and for every flower, for- because the demand for the early straw- age, feed or falxic plant. that grows in the berries of Arlinnsas is unlimited, their fame

Cotton Field 011 Boston JIo~mtains.Ark. tempcrate and scmi-tropic zones. Whcu is established and the'accessiblc markets are you buy an acre of land, the cubic acre of expanding more rapidly than the supply. atmosphere that is "thrown in" is neither Land is more than fifty per cent cheaper, the brass-blue rainless air of the desert nor on an average, than the fruit lands of Mich- ihe storm-ladcn, marrow-piercing climatc of igan; the natural precipitation of moisture the north. is greater than in the fruit bc!t of Texad, I'm not sore that the average farmer the number of rivers and springs of pure "figures" much on climate. The nlasculina water is greater than jn any other SOU~~P;.~: fruitraiser is apt to be satisfied if he flour- state, and yet the climate is as equnble and ishes either by the sweat of his brow or the as hcaIthy as in the sun-bathed valleys of frost-bite of his ears. But if he can flour- I he Red river. ish with less labor and without encoiinter- The railroad, educationaI and social pro- ing the frozen face, what's the use of re- gression of this portion of Arknn.sas arc ,ll- maining a martyr? Benton county, Arkan- ready years ahead of the tributary popu- FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE. -- . lation. There are colleges and academies city of population in this wondrous region at Bentonville, Rogcrs, Pea Riclge, Mason becomes even more apparent and more as- Valley, Siloanl Springs, Gentry and other tonishing. There are today more Ihan twenty-fivc thousand acres of Governm:.1~1 lands in this county open to homesteading, arid in most cases bearing tiniber that is worth twice the initial cost of acquiring and perfecting a title. Upon its alluvial soil cvery cereal ltnomn to the temperate latitude mlll prosper. TTTashington county is callcd the "grain belt" oll Arkansas bc- cansc its fields 1~111yicld 20 1)ushels of coln, 20 bushels of wheat or 40 bushels of oats on evcry acre so plantcd. In addition to its cereal proclnctivitg tllcre are thou~ands of acres of fruit lands as pcrllcctly adnpteti for orchards as can be found in the world. Concord, Norton's Virginia, Neosho and towns of Benton county and more than a Dclaware grapcs wem to surpass the best dozen daily newspapers. A hunclrcd public performances of their native soils when and private schools off'er educaliord facili- oncc installed in the favorable vinelands of tics that would not bc overtaxed by an inl- TVashington conn ty. nwdiate access of 25,000 people. Scbnstian counlv, further south, is riclle~ It is not easy to ulider~talidwhy emigrants ill mincral endon~incntsthan any sinlilac secking for cheap lands of proved fructivity area of the soutli~vcst. Fort Smith, it- will "jump over" a region so singnlar!y chief city, has a populati~nof morc than blessed with evcry gift of naturc, to go fur- 20,000. It is a hi\-e of factorie4 and foun- thcr and perhaps fare worse. If yo11 aeries, and yet onc of the comelicst, clean- would write to Nr. Berkely Nca1,Van est manufacturing tonns in this country. Bnren, Crawford connly, he would The coals 01 Sebastian county, liltc thc ap- send yon a mass of inior~ution well ples of the state, csccl all o11lc1.s in (pal- calculated to astonish thnsc who do not know that the berry l'arincrs around Van Buren last ycar nctted more illan $15,000 from the strawberries sold in that ton.11alone. There are as yet no authcnlic figures as t9 the quantities of apples, pcaches, pears, cher- rice, grapes and other small fruits raised in these northwestern counties of the state, but it is a matter ol record that at cvcry exhibi- tion, fair, cxposi tion or horticul turd clis- play in which the growers of this scctio~l haw eshibited thc exa~nplci slion.11 have outranlted all others in point ol QTTALITY. In perfect testnre, in colol; in flavor, in freedom from scars and diseases, tlie Ar- Farm Scene at JIiller Springs, on the Big Piney River. kansas applc is, par excellence, the cham- pion of the world. ity. They are smokeless. The Quarternlns- Passing southward into Washington ter General of the Uliited States officially county, with its 890 square miles, the pau- reports that the heating capabilities of Se- FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE.

)astian county coal are from 25 to 100 per of beautiful scenery, good weathcr and cer- ent g-rcater than ally other in the world tain utililty, in the United States. I ail1 viih the exception of' the Pocaliontas coal lold that therc are other portions of thc of Nest Virginia. The available supply, if state that equal if they do not surpass the riot incshaustihle, is so vast that the outpu? Pour couiities ~vhich I have brieIljr men- of its mines has made no perceptible im- tioned in this writing. I believc it, though pression upon the deposits already surveyed. I can't prore it. I horn that the state- But the mineral wealth of this county has inents I have made scern tame ancl trite in subtracted nothing from its agricultural print after a short visit to the territor;~

Along the White River and horlicnltural endowments. It yields itself. But out of it all I would liltc to con- cotton aid wheat, corn and potatoes, of the vey some measure ol' the impression made highest quality and the greatest profusion. 11p011 an expcrienccd traveler, by the unique- It has true forests, including almost eyer!. ly gentle beauty of its contour, the caress- tiniber known to the middle timber regions. ing tenderness of its sky and ail; the al- Its topography is the warrant for, and the luring commingling of grandeur with siin- explanation of, its high sanitary rating. plicity, of freedonl and doinesticity that Tliesc are hut a few of the facts and sa- distinguishes this portion of Arkansas from lient characteristics of a sect.ion of Arkan- any other section of the United States. sas that is, I believe, the rarest comhin a t'lon

JASMINE. BY JAiUEB .JEFFREY ROCHE.

I envied my sweet flower lying When morning came the flower was missing, Upon a breast more sweet and fair, Its bloom and beauty vanished quite. And it with envy, too, mas dying, I envy still; for it perished lrissing To find its charm transcended there. Its life away on her bosom white. -Smart Set. 16 FRISCO SYSTEM- MAGAZINE. THE GREAT LEAL> AND ZINC FIELDS. BY THOS F. NILLARD. I What the 17Titwatersrand is to tlie world railroad Cacilities, the rcal development of as a producer oi gold, the great Joplin lead the inining district began. Since then its and zinc district is as a producer of those story has been one of comparatively unin- humbler but even more necessary inetals. terrupted progress. The district now sup- 130th camps, if settled coininunities b~d~blingports directly and indirectly, some 200,000 with life and business activity may be so people. Prom a lew acres, it has spread termed, are at the head 01 their class, and over the greater part of Jasper county, No., they have many points of sindarity, even to and across the line into Kansas, covering llie more than superficial observer. Entering soluc 600 sy~arcmiles. It iilcludcs the the Joplin district from the eastward, by towns of Joplin, Webb City, Carthage, Car- way of the Frisco System, I was at onco terville, Ol.o~iogo, Ccntral City, Duenweg, struck with the outward resemblance. 11t Spring City, Neck City and Chitwood, in fact, it would have required but httle exer- &Lissouri, and Qaleua, and a number of cise 01 the imagination to have fancied my- small camps in Bansas. Properly the dis- self looking froin a car window out upon trict should i~icludethe great coal districl tlie scethiug environs of Johannesburg. lying around Pitt,sburg, Iiausas, for, owing The landscape is almost identical. Therc to the fact that it is cheapcr to transport are the wllclerness of smoking funnels stantl- lead and zinc than coal, nearly all the ing against the sky like a limbless forest, sniclters have located near the coal mines. the vast slate-colored dumps of tailings, thc Thus it is no exaggeration to say that much labyrinth of car tracks, puffing svitch en- of the industry lying within the borders gines and swinging derricks; the successio~ of the Kansas coal district derives its sup- of "camps," some approacl~ingthe dignitj port from the lead ancl zinc mines. of cities, where on every side prospect shaf ta Especially in reccnt years, the growth of and mines dispute the surl'ace of the eartl~ the district has becn remarkable. Zinc with pretentious buildings; the suggestion was not discovered until IS'i4, when a chem- of a community which at one moment rep- ical analysis of some peculiar loolting stus resents all steps along tlie path of progress; that had becn habitually cast upon the and, pervading it all, the inclelible impres- waste dumps of the lead mines revealed it to sion of restless, untamable energy. be zinc orc of the highest grade. It was not It is now more than 50 years since lead loig before lcad mining took a secondary was discoverd in southwest Mmouri, near place, as zinc nlincs mcre rapidly opened. the ICansas border. The first attempts to Reports of the new discovery brought thous- mine were made ncar the present site of aucls of people into the district, anrl pros- Joplin. For many years the business was pecting began to be cxlensively carried on. conducted in the most primitive fashion, Between 1SS9 ancl IS99 the annual outpnt and under difficulties of almost oycrpomer- of the district rose from less than $3,000,- ing nature. The town of Boonel ille, on thc 000 to nearly $11,000,000. 01' this, the Missouri river, whence the ore could be shir,- zinc production furnished probably, on the ped via water to market, was tllc nearest average, nine-tenths ol the value. Sincrj available point located on an avcnue of IS99 the output has fallen off slightly in commerce, and it had to be hauled there in total value, bnt this has not been due to a wagons. Howe~er, in time these adverze llccrense in production. The unusual value conditions were ameliorated, and when the ol the IS99 product was due to extraordi- St. Louis & San Francisco railroad penetrat- nary prices which were more than doublc ed the southwest, capital soon sanTits oppor- those of the prcvious yea; and about 25 per tunity. Prom the date of acquirement of cent greater than at the present time. A;s FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE. 17

LC\\. persons anticipated that the cstraor- Once the dcvclopinent stage is past, the poor cllnary priceh 01 1899 would be maintamed inan finds himsell' unable to go ahead, and the subsequent depression gave the industry is usually compelled to sell out to persons . no pernianeiil sct-back, and thc mining who can comnlaiid capital. For years, now, community is veyy well satisiiccl with pre- in the Johaimesburg field, all clainls have ailing conditions. Prescnt priccs are more bcen in the l~anclsof a capitalistic colnbl- than 100 per cent greater than priccs fi~e nation, composed of multi-millionaires, years ago, and the general tcnelcncy of the \vhich, until it is ready to operale them, ~ilarlcctseems to be upward, owing to the lets them lie untouched, to the exclusion 01 constant opening of new nlarkets and uws any who may desirc lo work them. Pe- for zinc products. cnliar conditions in the Joplin district rcn- In 1898 what was consid~reda tendency dcr it difficult-some pcrsons say impossible on the part of the zinc smelters to keep -for any combination tliat inight be formed don11 lhc price of ore. resulted in the or- to control operations in the lead and zinc ganization of the Zinc 1linel.s' Association, fields. wiih headquarters at Joplin. Concli lions at "Any company that tries it," said J that time were such as to enable the prominent Joplin capitalist, who is thor-

s~ueltersLO practically regulate priccs, wllicii oughly conversant wit11 the situation, "will they diG to their own acliantage in some in- go broke sooner or later, and it probabiy stances, and to 111e disdvantage 01 the min- will be sooner." ers. After a season, during which the Then he went on to explain. Miners' Associalion esportcd considerable LC One reason-and it is a good one-is quantities of' orc to Belgium at a loss, im- that the field is too large. It is diEcult to proved relations with the smelters followed, conceive the organization of a company and relatiolis between the producing and with suliicient capital to purchase or con- purcliasing branches 01 the industry are now trol, at the prices the owners hold it at, more satisfactory. 600 square miles of land. Even if the mon- The district is frequently referred to as eg could be raised for such a purpose, there "the poor man's camp," and it seems that is no possible may by which dividends on the title is not undeserved. In a great ma- the moncy invested could be paid. The jority of mining districts poor men have chances are, on the contrary, that an at- practically no chance to operate after the tempt to develop the field mould soon result field has once been thoroughly "proved up." in bankruptcy. While the entire district io FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE. - - -

theorclicully ~uirleralbcaring land, it is only ditioilal clevelopment. Capita,l is not calletl in certain localities that zinc or lead can- upon to risk until it has something tangible or has bcen-found in paging quanti- to operate upon. Then it talres hold. It is tics. Pcople who have izlade a study of the perfectly fair for all parties. If capital at- field are coilfide~ltthat the whole country is tempted to prospcct the district, it \\*auld underlaid with both lead ancl zinc, in prac- fritter its substance away before the real tically unlimited quantities; but undoubted- business of ore prod~lction began. This ly niuch, if not most of it, lies st depths has becn thc espcrience of those who have beyond prescnt facilities. I11 time, there tricd it, almost without esception. When - is no doubt thnt mc nil1 mine successfully I tell you that not ovcr five per cent of the at grcat depths, but at present, and for known mineral bearing land Has been pros- ycam lo come, we will be compelled to pick pected, you will see illat the poor man's op- our ground. At prcscnt most of the ore portunity has by no means passed o\vajr in bcing nrorkcd lics just beneath the su~face the district. There will be rooin for him of tile ground, and mining is rarely concluct- for a long timc to come." ed at a great,cr clcpth than 150 fect. The method of conducting busincss in the "Thc district was developed in thc bcgin- district is unusual, but from its practical ning, and is still being cleveloped by poor worliing secins cntircly satisfactory. Ncar- rncn. Conditions favor them, or rather, 131 a11 thc inines are opcrat,ccl ~indcrlcaseholcl give thcln opportunity. There is not a by the tcrms of n~hicli a percentage of tllc propcrty owner within tlzc limits of the clia- output goes to thc o\vncr of lhe land, and trict but has a chance ol' h.ving a iead or t,llc remainder to thc operator. .Once zinc deposit unclcr his farm or town lot. It weclc the brlyers for thc s1ncltcr.a visit each gcncrally Ilappens that tl~csemen eithcr mine, and bid for thc ~vcclily product. lack the means or arc reluctant lo take the Thcse buyers are cxperis i11 estirnat,ing thc iinancial risk necessary to prospect for orc. value of "jack" as the concentratecl orc is 'llhcreSore, thcy are willing to permit others locally called, and by merely glancing at a lo prospect on their land, in the hope that a dulnp can lcll almost its csact valuc. E~crjr profitable discovery will be made. IJere Saturday t,he "jack" pnrchased during tha coines thc opportanity of the poor man. It ~vecltis paid for. I-Io\vever, payincnt is not does not cost much to sink a prospect shaft, ma.& to the mine operator, But to the o\irll- and miners, probably more than any other er 01 the land, who talres out his percent,agc claes of rncn, are deeply 'Imbued with the and gives the renlainder to thc lessee. It speculative spirit. A number of miners, all frequently lzappens that after a tract of of them working in the mines for daily land is leased by a certain party, he will nragc, will club together, agreeing to pay divide it into small lots and sub-Idt them each a certain sum daily or weekly, out of to small operators. This rcsnlts in diver- their earnings, to prospect.. They will lease sifying the interests, ancl prevents too mucl~ a piece of ground, ancl set a couple of meu power over the destinies of the district froin to work sinlting a shaft. If they rnaIre n being concentrated. paying strike, they scll out to an operator, Promptly at 5 o'clock every Saturday af- this class being conzposcd of mcn of limit- ternoon, thc operators pay their help, which ed capital, who are able to work a prospect. constit~ilcsthc great worIting force of the If nolhil~gis struck, t,lie project is aband- district; the meekly output of all thz oned, and the miners regard their losses mines is about $200,000, of which 1,robably philosophically, taking another chance as $50,000 goes into the hands of the miners. soon as they can afford it. Prom them it passes on into ordinary chan- "By this method, the operating mines de- nels, and eventually the greater part of it relop other mines, and a certain percentage reaches the shops. of the wages of the district goes toward ad- It is interesting to be in Joplin on a Sat- FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE. 19

urday night. The city, which is the com- principally drawn from the surrounding mercial center of the district, has a popu- country. They canie of1 thc larins and out la.tion of 30,000, but on a Saturday evening of the villages of hlissonri, and thcir early t~housaiids of people who work and reside training makes them good citizens. Tlwj in the other "cainps" pour in to swell the arc very different from miners in other cro~\-(1sthat throng t,he stnets and fill the parts ol lhe world Thcrc arc coml~.rativc- shopsto overflowing. A11 tlic principal ly 110 foreigners in the district, and labor to\vns in the district are connectcd by clcc- tro~tblcs are alniost unkno\\x tric milways, wl~icllmalrcs Joplin ~asyof The reason for tlic absence of friction bc- access froni all dircctions, and from Sattu. tureen the operators and thr mcn who work (lily noon urltil long aftcr midnight thc in the drifts and mills lies in the fact that t,rolley cars can wit11 c1iflicult.y handle the al~nostc1~e1.y miner has a personal intcre.st passengers. The banks remain open until in the futnrc of the cli.;trict. I have ai- 11 o'clock and most of ihc business houses i.cacly inentioried the s~sttrnunder which (lo not close until midnight. The streets the licld is being derclopcd. When half are so clcnsely thronged tha,t one can only the ininers in the district arc dircctl>r inter- makc nay with the greatest difficulty. cdrd in some pro~pcctor min~.anything

C~tnl~lingplaces, ~alooiis, ttnd all places like a. general strike is irupossiblc. The that d'orJ ainnscmcnt are liberally patron- mcn are not liltelg to st1 ilte on theinsel\-es. ized. Fortunately, the miners of the Jop- Therc are no miners' unions, not that the lin district, wldc containing a small dis- incn are hostile to u~iioiisin gcncral, but bc- orderly, or "t oi1g11" clcment, are considered cauw they have not fclt the need of then^. thc bcst in the world. The tongl~sare too Another elcmcnt that makes for hsrmony rni~chin the minority to seriowly aBect so- between miners and operators is that both cial conilitions, and while an occasional bclong, generally speaking, in the same so- street had occurs, the crowds are snrpris- cial class. Frcqucntly the same man is both iiigly \\.ell bchavcd. On ihc nholc, it is a a miner and opcri~for,anila grcat inajoritjroL' crowd of cscellcnt appearance. When a the operators came out of the mines. Bear miner lcaves his drift, he doffs his working in mind that an operator in the Joplin dis. garb, and aplmrs on the streets in the CO~-trict must not he confounded with the men tume of a prosperous business man. The who, from ofices in New Pork city, virtixally superior character of the miners in this control the destiny of thon~anclsof miners district is due to the fact that they are in the great coal fields. He is altogether 20 FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE. anotlicr type. Usually he has not much pense of mining increases as it goes dowii, nrealtli, and depcnils on the working 01 a but the introduction of improved me tho& small piccc of gronnd for his living. IIe and machincry have so far about equalized lmow tlic miners intimately, and his point matters. Industries naturally associated of vicw is the sarnc as th~irs. In fact, tu with mining, ancl the manufacture of ~inc ptthe matter in a nutshell, in the Joplin and lead products, have shown a dispositior~ district the general policy is "live and let to gather around the center of production. live," and natural conditions seem destined Scven largc foundries and shops, which to perpetuate it. Thcrc is strong probahil- turn out eIrerg kind 01 mining machinery, ity that during its existence the great Mis- are alreacly located in the district, while ini- souri-ICaiisas lead and zinc field will always mense plants \\hich con1 ert the ram product deservc the title, "the poor man's camp." of the mines into markctable form are to he Fortified against labor troubles, the bete seen on every sick. Nearly all the land in noir of all other mining centers, by a sys- the district is cstraordinarily rich for ag tem that gi\w every man an equal chance, ricnltural pul.poses, and it is a common thc falure of the Jopliv cllstrlct scc~n:: ihing to sce land producing largc crops, bright. In thc opinion of espcrts, the field while rast quantities of ore are being at thc has Iiardly hcen scratchecl. The ore that same time talccn from underneath t!lc sur- lips near the surface is far from cxhausterl, face. The field has had a wondci-ful pad, and deep borings hwvc rcvralcrl hrpe ore but its future promises to be still more hodics at grcat depths. Of coursc, thc es- wonderful.

THE DEPTH OF LOVE. BY CHARLES HANSON TOWNE. Bccansc hc brought no tcars to hcr dear g ra\ e, Jranjc ancl many there were Wlio wI~is~)crcd,\\11cn nc singlc sign he gi1\ P, "IIc 11c1cr cared lor Ilcr."

But ilo\\x nritliin the silcricc of his soul A surging occan swept: Yct nono could see the cnrrcnt on~vardroll, The titlcs that ncvcr slcj t.

lhcausc I stailtl ill sileiicc whcn yollr cycs Look softly into mine; Because no words to my roor lips arise, Bccanw I givc no sign;

There arc, percliancc, those who would darc to say Tl1cl.e is no heart in me Iklovcd, 1ct them rry! Be glad that thcy C'iln nevcr soun(1 04r sea. -The Munsey. FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE.

WHY NO. 272 DID NOT FILE. A story of t.ho Great Land Lottery in Oklahoma. BY A. R. C!.

'l'l~c~ncitle~~ts. ol: tl~e opening of the great 170 llomcs to \vhicli tlicg might rctunl. ICiov a, Comanche, Apache and IVichita-Cad- II; was a Sew days after the bcginniiig of do lntlia~ireccrvations ill Oltlahoinn to white t,liis drawing that an imnligrant wagon, or scttlcineut in thc snmmer of 1301, are stiil ((prairie schooner," might have becn seer1 compara~ivelgfrcsh in the public mind. The passing eastward along the clnstg high\vay, prospcctire settlers registered at the E; wliich leads down the beautiful valley of thc llcno and Lawton land officcs. after which Kort11 Canadian river froin El Reno. Thc each liailic was written on a card, and en- wagon was old and very mnch the worse for clod in an envelope. These envelopes nrcar. Its running gear crealtecl and rat- n-ere placed in two large \\heclq, cach snp- tled under the Ioad which ils rickety bo~ ported on an asis nit11 bcarmgs ancl cranks looscly over the bo\vs, to ward OK the almos? by \\hich thcy ncrc turncd until the cn- vertical rays of t,he sun, ancl loopcd up at tlic sides, to permit the circulation ol! t,hc air, mas worn ancl torn and covcrccl with dust. The team, an ill-fed, ill-groo~~~erl,ill- matched pair of jaded bcasts, pulled but slow1y at best undcr the constant urgi~~g and prodding of thc clriwr. Eeneath the rear axle-tree, with IoIling tongue and limp- ing gait, pacccl "one yc1lo.v cur of lo\v de- grw." and another ~nongrclcanine of the same general type trotlccl con~placcnt!y along, close by thc licels of tlle near I~orsc. Faccs of children wcrc visible, pecring :Cro?r~ 1,cncath the folds of lhc wagon sliccts, faces nonc too clean, sun-tanncd and snrniounted by slioclts of unkempt ycllow hair. Finally t,lic \\.ilgon cailic to a halt in Iro~tof a mod- est-loolting :Carin honse which stood at tl:? cdgc of a grow n few rods 1xtcI~from thc: Ponca Indians. road. Then a woman was seen to climb out of thc wagon ancl approach the farm house, vclopcs were thoroughly n~is~cland shufflccl, while a man, with loose-jointed, slouchy fig- ant1 thcy wcre thcn dra\vn out one at a timc, ure, lazily dismounted, looked at the sun, ant1 tllc pcrson \\llo\c namc was contained tool< a generous "chaw" from a large ph7; \\,ii pcrmittecl to niakc a I-Ioii~cstcadFillnq of t,obacco, and then slowly proceedccl to at tlic Unitcd States land office in his make some needed repairs on t,hc dihpi- turn. dated harness of the off horse, using t,hz Although 163,000 people rcgisterrd, there ever-present ancl alnays usefnl 'l~alin-wire" wcre but 13,000 quarter scctions of land to in the oper at' lon. dispose 01, sq that thc intercst in tlie draw- It was noontinle in the farm house. The ~ilgwas intense. T11ol1sa1.d~who came to fanner's family 1vas gatherccl nbout the rcgistcr in wagons rcrnained in canip mltd table for the midday meal, when a Paint ra.? niler thc drawing, ancl then, most of them was heard at the front door. The farmer tli~appointecl, took up Lhcic toilsome jour himself answered the summons to thc door, neys whither they knew not, for many had where he found the woman who had corn? from the wagon. Her sunbonnet was throivu "Didn't like it at all-wouldn't live in it back on her shoulders, clisclosing a sallow, for all of it," said she. "I llaint got no use care-worn facc, aid her tall, spare form was lor any country ~vhcrc pa\irpams an' scz' clad ill :I l~~dcdhluc calico gown. \\'lien tlw Srazc can't strike. But then, ma, she di~t I'ar111crsaid, "Come in," shc remainccl stand- want us to have a home o' our ornu, ancl lo:. irlg nrlicrc slw was, and tilnidly a,sltcd that her sake, I believe I could hale lived theri-, shc might see the lady of the house. Thc 'cause she didn't want us to nlovc no morc." larincr calleel his wifc, who again invited "Had your nlother cvcr movecl belore?" the stranger to cnter the l~ouse. asked thc doctor. "Ko'ln, I'll not go in," shc said. "We'r..: "Lor', yes, I reckon ma ncver did live ino~ersan' wc'rc in a lzeap o7 troublc. Xa7s long enough in onc placc SO'S that she could ~ick,an' she's old, an7 we ~nuslfind a place 'lo\\ that ,she was at home. Sllc was born in to stop. C.'an yon help us ?" a n agon ~vhilchcr folks n as mavin' tlirough Thc look of kecn distress upon the othe~- from Inclianny to Pike countv, Xlssour.~., wise csprcssionless lace appc?alccl to tllc \vllcre they 'lomecl to settle. That's mighty lrirldl~~heart of the larmcr7s wife, who said : nigh on to '75 years ago. They clicln7t stay "Our l~ouseis hll, hut wc can fix a placc for settlcd there all the tinlc, though, for they golrr nlothcr in thc old 'claim house.' It did a sight of shillin' 'ro~incl while she \\-as will hc more quiet there, anyway." Aucl so a child, the longcst move bein' to Texas ancl it was that the old "raw-hide" shanty (i. e., back agin. Thcn, when she was about 16 made of rough native lumber), which had years old she was marricd an7 movccl dowa sl~cllcrccl the farmcr7s family for sevcr;~l to thc Ozark coiintry, bnt she an7 pap didn't ycars a:L'ter Old Oltlahonza was first openell stay themuch morc'n a gear. Two years to set.tlement, was enipticd and swpt and afterwards pap 'nlistccl nit11 Doniphan an' tlustcd and prcpar'cd for occupancy. \\'il!- \\?ent off to tllc war with Xcxico, 1cavin7he:. jng hands soon liclpcd to carry tlic aged sut- to care for two littlc ones. He coinc back ercr to thc Fnowy bcd, close by the lit,tlc ea,t jcs' as the Cal~lornggold fcwr swept across window n-herc a wild grapc vine almost ihc co~ultry,an7 thcy started an7 drouc clecr sc~~ccnedont tl~clight. Thc lines of hc;. tllrongh to thc coast. But pap didn't find thin, wnn, etern-fcatnrecl facc relaxed when no gold, so they was mavin' back in lcss n she looltctl up illto tl~at01 tllc larmcr's wifs two years. and said: "Whilc they vas cro~sin'the Xci ails "Yon'rc po\verhl l;incl, niu'am. I'm so tlcscrl the baby, J~mmic,~~110 was born in t.irccl-so tired o' ~novin'I jcs want to rest." Californy, dicd an' was buried 'way out on I11 hen shc went to sleep. an alltali flat-the loncsonmt place in all The pliysician who was r.allecl camc, antl, the world, ma useel to say. But poor ma al'lcr asking a few questions antl exanlining couliln7t spcnd much time mournin' for thc the paticnt, shook his head. clead, when Ihc livin7 hacl to be carcd for. "Worn ouC.," was all that lie nroldcl say. "When Ranias was opencrl to scttlers in Finding that her daughter mas somewhat '5.4 thcy mowcl out there. an' pap got a fine talkntivc ancl noting an allnsion to the claim on thc \Vaknrusv, bat he soon got Rio\\;n-Comanche country, he askecl if they tircd an7 movccl back to thc 01' stampin' hat1 l)wn in that, rcgion. ground in Pike co~ultjragin. Thcu, in '59, "Ycs, wc drove purty much all over it whcn the Pikc's Pcak gold craze was on, alter my inan rcgisterccl at El Rcno, an' be- they mo\d to Colorado, acrost them drcar! fore the c1rnmin7 come off." plains agin. But they xt~a~n'tnothin' fcr "How did you like t,he country down there pap in the Californy Gulch cligqin7q, cither, from what you saw of it?'aslted the cloc- so they took up the trail fer 01' Missoury tor. once more. Then the mar broke out and the FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE. - -- - - .. ------L - -- follcs had to move scvcral times, whether all about the wondcrs and beauties of thc tllcy wantcd to or not, for it was neighbor Olclahoma country, an' aftcr that nothin' agin neighbor, an' 1)rothcr agin brother. wonld do but move, an' move he must, an' But, law sakcs, mot in' was the least of ma's move hc did. Jes aflcr llw soldlers had took troublcs in them clays, for her oldest boy, the boomers baclc to the lZansas line, pap End, 'nlistecl in the Yanlcre army an' fell took donn with the 'ncumony an' died at shol tl~rouglithe heart in the charge u~~dcrArliansas C~tg. JIa didn't do much niovil~' Lyon at \\Tileon's Crcek. Then, a couple 0' after that till '89, when nre came back to gears later nest boy, Andy. who'd been on(! Oklalioma with 11cr youugest son, Bcnt. of Joe Shclbj's mosl darin' riders, come Bent, he had a fine clai~non the Cinmar- back to his ma with one sleeve of his grcp ron bottoms, but therc was a contest on it. jackct hangin' cmpl~-,an' hc only lived a an' one day he went to Guthrie to tlie lantl few n~orithsalter that. ollice to see about it, an' that night he didn't ''Llcouple o' years aftcr the n-ar pap n7as conlc home, an' thc nest clay his clcacl body fcr goin' to JIontany an' slartin' a cattle was Pound 1j ~n'by the road, where he'd be~n ranch. IVe'cl been out thcre nigh on to thrce shot by some one hid in the brush. Thcn nx1 years an' it did seem as if mar1)e \ve was came baclc to Jlissonri to us, an' she says to

Ropiug Catt,le ou tho Plaius.

settlcd at last, when one day the Ulnclcfeet me, 'llolly,' says she, 'you're all I've got left, made a raid and cleaned out the ranch. We an' I don't want to move no more.' jes' did escape to Fort Bollmap with our "But my mail, he's always been a renter, livcs. Then n c moved back to 17Iissouri an' we've generally mo~ccl every two or agin. three years. Last spring he heard tell of "In '73 we moved out to Rcno county, the wonderlul Kiowa country, an' he 'loved Kansas, nrliere pap takcn a homeslead. But as how that mas our chance, an', as wc the wry next year the grasshoppers lit clom-11 couldn't move off an' leave ma, she got an' ct up cvcry~l~in~,so we took the short- rcacly to malie one more nlo\lc. She didn't cst road leadin' to 01' Piltc county once complain, only to say that she was tired, more. In '76 we moved to the Black Hills, an' that she did hope me'cl get a home, an' but we didn't stay therc many months. We not have to move no more. stayed in Missoury then until along in tho "Yes, ma's shore done right smart of mov- summer of 'SO, when pap met up with one in' in her time, but if what you 'low is true, of 01' Dave Paynu's boomers, who told him she is mighty nigh through movin' now. "Died of a dieappointmcnt so great that it broke licr heart," he cxclaimcd, "became Ae could not have a homc." And then h~2 continued, as he thought ol the El Re110 drawing and the lucky nu~nberof the en- velope which nould entitlc him to make 1 homestead cntry for a choice qnartcr sec- tion on the third day: "To think that I. who have such a comfortable home in town bc~dcsthal well inlpro\rccl eighty-acre larill Red C+~'itnitcC3rge and Spring. Wichita JIountili~~q, near Lawtou. on thc ri\cr bottom only a mile out, must neccls rush in and speculate in what I do She clidii't see111 to have no hcart nor sperrit not need, while othcrs must remain home- alter she l'oulld that my man clidn't draw no less, yes, and hopclcss, too, in consequence!" clailn at El Reno-no she didn't even seem Thcn, after a few ~noinentsol silence, he to carc lo live till we coulcl gct back to Xis- soury agin." csclainled briskly, "Ycs, I kno~v,Xorlon, Wicn the farmcr'a wik Came in, just as that proPessiona1 relinquisllnlent shark, the narrative \\-as finished, she noticed that bays ihat he can guarantee me $1,800 net the doctor's cyes glistened and that he clear- for that quarter on thc Qnahada creek hot- ecl his throal as he passed out. 111 Sact,heIeft toms il I can sccure it, but-bl~t-ugh!" withont saying a word, and others noticed and hc chivered cven in that sultry sun- that hc was very much prc-occupied clurilig light, "1-can't-take-tllat-hind-of- lllc rcst ol thc dux. Ik carnc back Il~circst 111011l?y.~~ day and was th:>rc wlicn the spirit ol hii And greal was tl~cwonder at the govern- ilgtd paticut took its flight t.0 the rcall~isOC ~ilcntland ofkc scvcrd days latcr becnac:: eternal rebt, a11c1hc was tlicrc again when Dr. Clarcncc Colton did not appear in linc the worn-out body wns l~orneto the hillsitlc \vhen So. 272 was callcd to filc. And thc bnrjing gro~ulcl,a mile away. Thcre two doctor's Iricncls and neighbors ha\~ebecn swce t-voicccl girls sang : wondering c\ cr since. .'01i. thiuk of the lionie over there." .I tter wLich the clergyman spoke briefl!. from thc test, "In my Father'$ housc are nlillly nia nsions," and thcn rcacl the burial scrvice I\ hich proclaiincd that tl~cwander- ings OC one 11lc were ovcr an11 Ihal one longing soul 11x1 found ils homc. The mem- bcrs of tlic bcrc~a\-cclranlily were proPnse in I their exprecsions of gratitude to the doctor 1 -gralilude 1m.i n1)out all they had to give 1 -bul he seemed not to hcnr thcm. drove slo\\l~-home\\rard that warm alter- noon, he not only mused but fell to - Jlountain Lake, Wichita Jlonntains, near Lawton. FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE. TEXAS AND ITS POTENTIALITIES. BY LOUIS J. WORTHAX.

Thc ~mnlensityof Texas in point of area laid the foundation for 'that competent anil 1s onc thing. Its potentiality as a factor in scll-reliant citizenship upon which oppor- the 1ood ancl raw material supply for the t1111ity and potentiality will safely rely for Uu~tetlStatcs ancl export track is another conservation and development. and greater thing. In this latter proposi- But let me now comc to write of thc po- tion and upon its truth is predicatccl the tentialities of illy state. They arc SO pro- consequence and the glory of Texas. digious that thcy defy the genius of thc That thc founders of the Texas Republic boldest prophet ancl stagger lhc nml confi- foresaw a time when its vast arca, un- dent speculation. equaled in extent, as well as proclucti\ e Texas contains lS9,040,030 acres of lad po\~~erby any corresponding territory in valued at $437,215,410, $14,901,600 of this the United Slates, would become a dorninaut valuation represents tllc increase in land factor in the agricultural, livc stock, com- values since 1901. Eighty per cent of this nlercial and mariufacturing wcallh of the acreagc, lunescellcd in volunle and lertility, \\'eqtcrn Ileniisphere is quite obvious in is capable ol producing in abundance and the constitution with which the audacious at profit practically every crop Itno\vn to the repu1)lic ~naug~~ratctlits cxistencc. The far- tcmperatc zonc. Francc ol a11 civilized na- rcacliing provisions which these nlcn made tions has nlorc marly in,lstered the science lor. mstltutionq ol' learning ancl a public free of intensive agriculture. It.; farming class- school ~ystem,all inhcritecl bjr the State anti es are theleforc the grca teqt wealtli produc- t onbt~tutmgits clllefest glory, is qnitc sullt- ers in the world. I1 Texa? welac as clenscly cicnt to pro\ c the \visdom and coniidence populated as France ~t would havc a popula- \\ lth hich the fathers loolud to the fntr~rc tion of 3S,000,000, instead of 3,350,000, and caIcnIatcd upon thc coming of a citizen- which would make Texas tlic most prosper- ship that would beconlc tlic custodians 01 ous statc of all the world and develop it thc star of empirc. This public free school into what geographical, climatic and ccono, systrm todaj puts education as the gift of mic conditions hare predestined that it qhail thc Statc within thc reach of 374,310 white bccome, the stroilgcst cvcntual faclor ill and 163,000 negro children absolutely with- sustaining the agricultural and industrial ont partiality or distinction of race. Care- dominance of the United States. fully guarding the heritage from the father3 With less than 20,000,000 acres 01 this from the beginning of statehood to the pres- s tupenclons area under cultivation Texas ent hoar, the permanent free school funrl produced in a single year a cercal crop has nlountecl to the superb fund ol nearly worth $61,979,422, a cotton crop worth $30,000,000, with an annnal income of $140,000,000, not inclucl~ngthe bi-products nearly $1,500,000. And still therc remain5 of cotton seed oil anil calrc, and a fruit ancl unsold and unleased 2,500,000 acres of vegctahlc crop n-orth $7,000,000. This scl~oollands that, upon the basis of present cereal crop docs not include that of rice of land prices, woplcl supplement the pnblic which the State has an acreagc in 1902 of lree school fond by not less than $2,500,000. 200,000 acres and a rice area of 6,000,000 This fund has constrncied school houscs lo acres extending in an elipse from thc Sabinc the ~alueof $S,4G0,541, pays salaries to 13,- to the Rio Gmndc. In its fruit ancl vegeta- 039 teachcrs ancl provided for every child ble industry thc State is but in its infancy, within thc scholastic age an avcragc of fi~c sincc the adrrnt of Texas fraiis and xrcgc- and one-half n~onthsannnal frcc school tables into the marltets of the country did tcrin. In these unexampled provisions is not occur until within the preceding four FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE years. Bnl the dcrnonstrations made show reaching designs of the andacious St. Louis that not cvcn California can long stand b San Francisco railroad, are limitless snp- allcad 01 Tcxas and, moreovcr, that this new plies of sandstone, granite ancl ornamental industry is soon to become a conspicuous marbles that, oncc developed by competent part of the growing wcalth of the State. brains and capital, will prove an amazing Add to these productive mlues thc live stock addition to the State's ~\~alth.Still the and lnmbcr and mineral capacity of the story is not told. Iron exists in endless Statc. The first rcprcsents a value of $llG,. quantities in East ancl Southeast Texas, and 700,143, the second an output of 800,000,000 in the Llano repion arc deposits that rival fcct per annnm, and t,hc last the unknown, in quality the best orcs of Cuba or Norway

Admiral Schley :rt San Antonio. shoving Frisco System Cowhoy Bnnd in foreground. but enormous, wealth or oil fields like those and Sweden. In mineral waters, possessed ol the Beaumont and Sow Lakc and Corsi- of the best curative and remedial excellence, cans regions, still unexplored, but cven now it is but necessary to mention Marlin, Min- the wonder of the world ancl thc approxi- eral Wells and Sow Lake to demonstrate to mate solvcnts of the fuel problem. But oil the well informed that Texas leads in these discoveries do no1 conclude the chaptcr of any state in the Union. Tcxas' mineral wealth. Ovcr in thc Illarlo That Texans are coining to understand country, peilctrated by the H. b T. C. Ry., the value of its resources is dcmonstratecl in within touch of the G. C. b S. F. Ry., and A the eloquent fact 01 diversification, and in pro3pcctive and happy victim of the far- the advent of the lactory. Time was when FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE. 2'7 ------., . -- ., - . - - cottoil and lhc ccrcals claimed tlie attention ably in time Iced more of the world's popu- of thc Tesas I'arii~crto thc cxclnsion of all httion than any corresponding area of the things clue. That timc is passing with tlic carth's suriacc. And thc pacltery is but the iiltrocluction ol intensive agricnlture. The precursor of other factories to work up into espcrimcntal station and the truck farmer the commercial commodity the almost end- have come to adjust soil aid climatic condi- less raw material of Tesas. tions to the propagation of crops for which Texas has been kept poor by economic nature has suited thein. Over in East and conditions that only time, rrorking through Soulheast Texas and in portions of the the slow but sure processes of evol~~tion, soulh\vcst the diversifier lias discovered that could change. But evolution has won skir- it is waste 01 time and effort to grow cotton mish after skirmish until now evolution and tlie cercals, not inclnding rice, upon stands almost ready to win thc final battle lands that prodace vegetables and fruits that that will veer the State round from an im- net the producer from $250 to $750 per acre. porting to an exporting state. Evolution These sections gct into the St. Louis, Chi- has compelled the railroads to build and cago and I

duiericans are the grcafcst travelers on sources of different sections and who is in- earth, and yet cornparativcly few hour tlrcir tcres ted in social and business conditions, , o\vn country. Ccrtain liiics of travel seem is a daylight trip over the Fort Scott and to be mapl)d out as the correct oneu, and Jrcmphis linc of thc Frisco System from the pcoplr, like ihccp, follow tllc heatcn Kansas City to Birn~ingham,Ala. While it j1at11. Lincs of travcl are too apt to fol- is true that t11c dis!ance is only 735 miles, low parall~lsof latititclc, just as mmigra- tl~ctrip is estrcmcly inicrcsting l~ecauseof (.on from thc oldcr statcs has gcncrnlly the diversity of co~ultsypassccl through, tlic done. A I'CKycara ago it wab hardly thought historical associations and the various

ti~ata rallrwd could lxcoinc great unle\,, l)l~a~cbof lilc that arc ui~loldctl. Let us it followec! the cast and wst lincs 01 tracli- cpmid a allor1 time in consiclcring such a bion, but tins theory has long since bee11 jo~llmegIroin the stancll~oinbof a Korlhcrn- esploclecl. Travel is a liberal educator, ant1 cr, ancl the Soulllenlcr can rcvcrsc thc trip it is we11 that facilities are growing better ancl csperience the same -atislaction. 'Yo and bctter for going spceclily aid comlort- gd Pull satislaction out of the lrip and see ably from one seclion of the country to an- the country as it ih, it is bcst to take a part other, adit is well that an increasing num- ol tl~rccdays. bcr arc taking advantnge of these facilities. You will leave Kansas City about the mid One of the most instructive trips that can dle of the forenoon from the Uzion Sta- bc taken by one who is studying the re- lion, where so many trains a.rrive- and de- FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE. 29 - - - . ------~p -- part daily. Soon after leaving the depot t.ill nlorning and then pursue t.hc journey you cross thc state linc into Kansas and go to the sontlleast. through that state in nearly a southerly di- Altcr breaklast we are again on tllc way rcction to ancl beyond Fort Scott, and then through a country full of natural and his- cross back into Bfissouri and travel in a torical interest. F~omtlin summit of the soutJeas terly direction to Springfdd in the Ozarks at SpringAcld to the shadows of Rcd heart of the Ozarlc n~oontainregion, and mountain at Eirmingham, tlie tourist on 202 miles from Kansas City. Altcr leaving tlie Southeastern line of the Friseo for the the sinolcc ancl noise of I

is said t.hnt a suinlncr rcsort is to be cre- State Fruit Rspcri~~tentStation. Fruit cul- ; cd herc that will haw .lcw equals in this I.urc is thc leading intlustrg. At WiIlow coiultry, ancl that it will attract summer so- Spriligs the C~urenl.ricw braid1 01 the journcl.s from long distarlees, cven from En- Frisc.6 Systcin lcaves t.11~maill line. This rope. Mansfield, the next station, contests is an important railroad and lumber town. with Ccclar Gap the honor of occupying the Soon after lcaving Willow Springs we pass crcst of the Ozarks. This to\\~11is coming Lhrough Pomona, which has a widc reputa- into considera1)lc prominence as a mining tion for its fruit intcrcsts, ancl Olclen, the town, illcrc l~cingsome good lead mid zinc scat of one of thc largcst fruit :farms in the mincs in thc vicinity, and there arc many world. After passing Olclen thc next town who tl~inliinore valuable lnctals will yet b~ is West Plains, the co~ultyscat of Howell fomld in paying quantities in the eurrounil- county, a.nd a beautiful and enterprising

1,anraster Bluffs. ing hills. J t is hcrc that \ye see the first to\vn of about 4,000, with nuiucrous im- real eviclcnces of the lumLcr industry 01 portant interests, including a good collegd. South Missonri, and of the oak and pine Hcrc we sce the first eviclcnce of the cot- forcsts of the Ozarlts, and from this point ton ficlcls that we are soon to enter. This fcw towns are passed until the Mississippi ~rkinityhas some excellent lead ancl zinc river is reached that are not suppliecl nit11 mincs, and is backcd by a fine farnling onc or more saw ndls. country. Bftcr lea~ing West Plains nv Without going into clct~dsas to thc va- pass th~oughBrandsvillc and Koshkonong, rious towns, it may be noted that Mountain t,mns justly celebratcd for the. quantity Grove, (i?'miles from Springfield, is a pretty and quality 01 their fruit. Grape culture and enterprising town, and the seat of thlj is here brought to a high state of pcrfec- FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE.

tion, aid il has llcre becn cleinonstrated to made from mood aid cotton. After 1cavir.g a certainty that grape culture is to be onc nlIammoth Spring we follow a fork of of our most profitable irdustries in that Blaclc river for manjr miles, and the sccnerg scction. At Thayer, a clirision station, we is dclightfnl. This section is wcll timbered, are at the slate line and soon are in Arltan- but clcvelopment is not far advanced. Th19 eas. It may propcrly be acldecl hcre thax is a corn and cotton country, and both crop? thou~aililsupon thou~nndsof acres of thew do me11 when cultivated, ancl the leaclin~ finc hit lands have nevcr been touched, tame grasses are cspeclally ab~u~clant.Aitcr and can be bought at wry low prices, and getting out of the Ozarlc hills the conntry tlierc is room for thousnnils of families to is generally level ancl in some places low. sccure a footholil in this most plcasant and It it heavily tilnberccl where the timber profita1)lc bn~incss. has no1 already 1)ccn cut. Thc land is unuw-

In the Deep Forest of the Ozwks.

Shollly nfler crossing the Arkansas line ally rich and capahle of producing i~nmens:! the town of Jlan~motkSpring is reached, crops, and the price is low cnough to bc ancl it is a most delightful placc. The ton11 attractive to the poor for honlcs and thi gzts its name frbm thc big spriiig which rich for invcstment. The homcseelccr n 110 bursls from the hlufls, ancl at thc ootbct buys a forest home here has the advantaq: forming a river of respeclable proportions. that the timber will yield rcady money, an11 This spring is la~gcenough to fnrnis?l il good managemvnt is used mill pay for thc poww suifi~icntio run a lnrpe amounl ol land and its clearinq, and support the lam- ~lt,lchincry,nnrl it i. ollljr a quc~lio~~oC tima) ~lyin thc meanlin~c. Tt is an excellent when lliis tonn will bc an in~porlantillail- sl0c.k country, also, and this industry is ulacturing ccnlcr, especially of products growing rapidly, as the finc grasses, good 32 FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE. corn and short winters all contribute to the northern'iraveler will be interested in that end. In the overflow districts there is tlie diflerent varieties of timber, the cottoil more or less malaria, bul inlprovement and fields, tlic way houses are built in the orer- drainage are rapidly reducing this to a niin- flon- districts, and by the dykes that keep the imum. What has been done lor Northern waters of the i\lississippi from flooding vast Ohio ancl Indiana by drainage will soon be arcas at every overflow. About sunset we clone for the flat districts of Northeast Ar- cross the Father of Waters adsteam into kansas, and rapid development may bc JIcmphis, one of the most important cities looked for from now forward. The princi- ol the South, and here me remain over pal town on this line in Korthcasi Arkan- night. At hIeniphis we enter on the third sas is Blaclc Rock, a ton-n noted for the stage of this delightful journey, though one industry of getting pearls Prom Presh-water i3 never in a hurry to leave hIcmphis, for

Through the mark Xountnins along the Frisco Systc~n. mussels, and for the manufacture of bul- it can't be "clone" in a day. There is much tons from the shells. It is said that during to see here that will intere~ttlie man 01 bus- the resent season not less than $100,000 iness, the lover of beautiful homes and has been paid' for these pearls. Hoxie is charming drives. Besides the people are so n good town at a railroad junction, lumber- hospitable in every way that one is loth to ing being the principal idustry. Jones- linger among them. Between St. Louis boro is the largest ancl most important of ancl New Orleans, Memphis is the most im- these bowns, and is a placr, oll nluch prom- portant commercial center in the South. It ise. It has good railroad Cacilitics and n is growing rapidly in nlanufacturing enter- good dart in various lnan~~Sacturingenter- prises, and there are those who eonficlently prises. All through Northeast Arkansas prcdict that by the next census it will have FRISCB SYSTEM MAGAZINE. quite a quarter of a inillion population. after crossing the line the character of the For a time after leaving Memphis the country seems to change and become more country is not vcry intcresting except as to l~illy. The fields are smaller an4 valleys historical associations. The first town of narrower. There is some fine sccnery to importance is IJolly Springs, with a popn- attract tlie tourist, and some pretty strcams lation 01 3,000. This place ships more cot- arc crossed. The land is hea~ilytimbered ton probably than any to\\w of its size in wlicre it has not been cut ofl'. Soon after the state. A large comprcss situated near entering Alabama n-e strike the great coal tlie Vrisco System depot reduces thousands fields, the richest in the world. This is the of halcs from the surrounding country, and cclebratcd Warrior coal field, and it has nil during tlic season in addition to thc local arca of' 7,SlO square miles, ancl the Frisco dcalers thcrc are buyers therc from New System passes nearly through its center Orleans, Fall River and other points. Holly from cast to west. It is fatimated that i Springs also enjoys a reputation far bcyond production of 10,000 tons per day would re- state lincs for its excellent schools and tho quire 10,273 ycars to exhaust the coal in lligh social tonc o-E its pcople. this district. It is an escellent quality of For nlauy iniles Lhe road passes through coal for steal11 or coke. This coal basin ex- n cotton conntry, wherc corn ancl cotton are tcnds to Birmingham, where it comes in in c\.iJcnce on evcry hand. I\Iuch of this contact wit11 mountains of iron, ~\~liicli counlry offers i~iducementsfor ncm north- inaltes a combination that is hard to beat ern blood, as land is cheap, and nortlierll for nianufacturing purposes. Birniingham nletliods would soon malrc it very produc- is one of the leading manufacturing cen- tivc. Of course, thcre are many fine farm ters of the country, and is growing faster and plantations mliich sho~\rprosperity nl~d !low than at any time in its history. The pogrcss, but this spirit is not as prevalent city is so locatcd that the manuf'actu-P of as it inigllt be. Therc are consirlerable all articles which require wood, iron or cot- strclchcs wllerc the conntry is as yet - ton can be made in coinpetition with any uncultivated, and these offer good op- place on earth. It n~ouldbe interesting to port~ulitics for new blooil. T11cl.c arc nu- the tourist to visit and inspcct the immense luerous good to\vns along the line, and tlic iron and steel mills and see how these indus- prosperity of these towns proves that tlicro tries are conclncted. The cotton factories is cvcn a morc productive country l~acli vould also interest, as would also those for hoin tllc line of railroad than ncar thc roacl. wood prodncts. The northern tourist vroulil A stop of a few hours at Tupelo, Miss., be snrprisecl to see such an enterprising, vo~~lrlinterest any nortllern tourist. I-Ierc modern cit.y, and \\~ouldstill further rea- c6;2ic't be seen the whole process d' manll- lize the greatness of the conntry and the iilcturing cotton, Ir0:n the plant i11 the field progress that has been made in the South to the finished cloth, or t,he rcfinecl oil from during the prcscnt generation. the seed. At Tnpclo the Unitcd States -- Govcrnnlcnt has located a fish hatchery. Tu- 111 this brief, rambling sketch no attempt pclo is an interesting and growing :wn, has been made to go into details as to the and has a fine country to support it. various interests, industries and locationa, At 'ilmory a branch of thc Frisco Sys- but it was hoped that something herein said tcrn cstcnds to the important lllmbering inav incite the interest and curiosity of city of' Abcrdeen. The greater portion of rcadcrs so that some of thcm may take tlw 3Iississippi is well suppliccl with timber, and trip and see Soutlwrn life as it is today, thcre i.3 considerable manufacturing of wood and look over a country that is so rapidly products. dev-eloping and that is so full of bright pros- The Frisco System entcrs Alabama about pects. In this trip the traveler will ses 300 mibs n~stof Birminghwn, ancl soom parts of half a dozen states; he will see tho? Sonlhern ncgro at work in the cotton field; Ozarlcs, and scores of other things to en- the steamboats plying the Mi4ssippi; tlu terlain ancl educate. It is a trip that oncc grcat pine, cypress, gum and liard n-oocl for- talcen is never rcgrctted, bnt rathcr repeat- csts of the South; the iron ancl coal mine4 cd. It is wc!l lor us all to see and laloxsr nllr of Alabama; the faniecl fruit belt of tlw own co~mtrg.

LULLAEY. BY EUGENE FELD.

What though thy stricken mothcr wecp- Sleep, 0 my baby darling, sleep ! Thc ship goes sailing out afar Upon the bosom of the sea; The moon is singing to a star The lullaby I sing to thee, \Vhile angels hover round and ltcep Their loving vigils o'er thy sleep.

And, tho' thy little eyelids close, The wakeful star will not repose; '.Kay, mother 111oo11," it seems to say, "I fain mould natch the baby face That drifts upon the ship away, While angcls guard that holy place And sing the little soul to sleep, Upon the bosom of the deep."

What tho' thy stricken mother meep- Sleep on, 0 child, thy gentle sleep; And may thy heart be e'er as light In all thy life that is to be As are thy baby dreams to-night, Whcn, floating on the tranquil sea, The angels and thy moth keep Their vigils o'er ihy quiet sleep!

So hush, my babe, and close thine eyes, As, floating on the tranquil sea, The angels come with lullabies, And sing them o'er and o'er t,o thee. So hushaby-oh, hushaby. -Copj~right By Julia S. Field. FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE. 3 5 PROFIT IN ANGORA GOATS. BY WN. R. DRAPER.

The raising of Angora goats for profit is Coincident with the organization of this ;tined to be one of the main sonrces of company, it is announced that the National renue to the farmer of 3lissonri within n Angora Goat-Breeders' Bssociation will es- tr years to comc, especially the farmers tablish in Kan~asCity a packing house for o lire in hilly sections. And what the goat meat, to compete with the beef, mut- gora'goat is doing for the Missouri farm- ton and pork packers. it is doing throughout the Western cooa- The stockholders and officers of the .. In the com.se of time Angora goat Frisco Live Stock company are: Zaclt Mul- sing mill be a principal factor in the hall, president; A. 13. IIulit, general man- ma1 indnstry of the United States. Therc agcr; Isaac 12. Orr, treasurer; S. A. Hughes, me main reason for this: The demand sccrctary; W. T. McIntire, W. C. Bailey, H. goat sltins in the United States is cnor- J. Cantwell, J. L. McCormack and R. B. us. In fact, $38,000,000 is spent annual- Hart. for these skins, to say nothing 01 what is Blr. Bailey, who lives in Bansas City, has nt for goat incat and goat milk. I11 the becn in the Angora goat business 32 years. itcd States there are about one-half mil- 1 Angoras, while 17,000,000 are killed ry year for the filling of orders frorri the itd States. Hence there is no danger of tr-doing thc growing of goats for profit. cre will l)e a markct for them for a long ~cto coinc. I wonclcrful intercst is now being mani- ked by the farmers of IIissoori and other tliwcstcm states in the raising of An- a goats. In the Ozarlc mo~ultsinrcgioi~ se animals thrive and grow fat on the Icrl?rush that covers the mountain sidcs I thus act as clearcrs of the forests. i most snbstantial beginning has becn Kids at Play on Teterbonrd de recently by the organization 'of the br~scoLive Stock company, which has pur- Mr. XcInlire, also ol' Kansas City, is sec- chased 8,000 acres of rough land ncar Cuba, retary of' the National Angora Goat-Breed- Ah., on the Frisco System, 87 miles from ers' Association. Nr. FIart livcs in Spring- St. Louis. The company has abundant cap- field, No., and mas the first man to bring ital and intcncls to stock thc'ranch with 50,- a herd of Angoras to t.hc Ozarlt mountains. 000 Angoras, to be kept for breeding and hlr. Eulitt, originally from Chicago, has sale. It is expected that from this ranch bcen engaged in the Angora indnstry in nornerous smaller ones will be stoclted all Texas and New Mexico several years. through the rugged Ozarlcs in Southwest- The goats of Missouri to-dag-that is thc ern Ilissouri and Northern Arkansas. ilngoras, are to he found in Pnlaelti, Taney, The object of the company is to sell An- Stonc, Ozarlt and Grecne counties, although goras to farmers in the Ozark rcgion ~110 tlic industry is spreacling through the Ozark de~iregoats but do not care to pay the ex- rcgion, and csperially along the Frisco sys- penses of a trip to Texas, New Mexico or tem. In Grcene county, eight miles from California to bny a small herd. Springfield on the farm of Geo. A. Ramse;~, FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE. is a herd of 1,800 Angora goats. These goats scl\m sell at a high figure, being useful as belong to 3'. D. Ougterbaugh of Chicago. rug material when the hair is long. The second largest herd at present in Nix- There are tlirce uses to which the Angora souri is owned by F. 13. Goss of Taney coun- goat can be put. First for the skin, the kid ty. 111,. Goss has 500. They are selected leather bcing used in great quantities; sec- stoclt, and promise to becomc the moat ond, for the use of the hair or wool, and profitable stoclt on the farm. They roam third, for the dairy product. Of very recent over 160 acres of rough colintry and are of yars many meat lnarltets make a specialty little or no trouble. Other farmers in Uis- of the meat. Somc of thc goat raisers of souri have some very good-sized herds, but this co~ultryare in thc busincss for tlie \\-hen the 8,000-acre ranch near Cuba, with purpose of supplying mohair, while others its 50,000 bleating billies and nannies be- use the goat as a clearer of brush\vood. In come an established fact this will be the Missouri the goat is good for both purposes, largest goat ranch in the United States, more than paying for its keeping by the or anymhcre else except in the domain of work it accomplishes as a forester. The the Sultan of Turkey, where the Angora is goat enrichcs the soil and maltcs it fit for cultivation while growing into profit for the owner at thc same time. The skins of thc Angora, if takcn nrhe!l tlic hair is abont four inches long, ~nalte very handsome rugs. Thcre is a grcat clc- inand for Angora rugs in the United .Statca, which so far has not becn supplied by do- nicstic proiluction. Thesc rugs can bc pur- chased at prices ranging from $4 to $S. An- other article of manufacture froni thc slciil is tlie carriegc robc, rirnling in hcauty and durability the l~uffalo robe, \vliich is no longer a, factor in tlic marltct. They arc not expensive when the clcmand for sltins is con- siclcrccl, and may bc purcllaacd for about Brieuds of Children. $20. !l?liesc &ins are used Iargcly in the manu- on its native heath. It is a little over hall facture of chililrcn's mulf's and as trim- a century ago that the Angoras first made mings for coats ancl capes. The fincst Itid their appearance on American soil. In re- fleeces adorn thc colh ancl border of sonic turn for a courtesy shown the Sultan by of the lrtclics' most handsome opera cloalta, President Polk in 1849, he presented the I11 tlie store thcy are soId orten imdcr some Presiclcnt with nine of his choicest Angoras. pecidiar name \vhich does not inform the From that small beginning with partial im- purchaser that they are ornanlented with portations in later years thc Angora has the hair of thc Angora gost. grown to bc a numerous ancl much-prized Tlie goat iiiduslrjr can be commeilced \\,it11 factor in the domestic animal life of Ameri- hut wry litt,le capital. i\ herd of t\velvc ca. good Angoras will cost froni $100 to $150. The Angoras are pure white, thcir hair The hair of thcse goats would weigh about being a foot long. The hair, which is shear- 98 pounds at the eiinual shearing in April ed in the same manner as sheeps' wool, is and selling it at an averagc price 01 50 cents I marketable at 35 cents to $1 a pound, an11 per pound, the onrncr would clear $49. He from it are rnade all the mohair articlcs of should pay for his goats in lcss than two which women are so proud. The hides them- years, for they will increase rapidly. It ' FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE. 37 costs but little to lccep an Angora. The on!y Ludlow of Lake Valley, N. M., a well-known neccssary thing in a goat pasture is plenty raiser. Nr. Ludlow says: of shelter, so thcy will not have to get met, "Wc have always macle it a point to cull and steep hills for them to climb. The out all undesirable stock. We have 6,003 average Angora woalcl rather stanre tha!l Angoras on our ranch, and, of course, have to venture forth in a snow or rain storm. to have a suitable plant for the handling of There are thousancls of acres of land in Nis- such a vast number. We have spent much souri that can be bought for $1.25 an acre time and money in fitting up corrals, sheds, that is suitable for a goat ranch, and for shearing plant, etc., of which a brief de- that reason the industry is certain to ex- scription will be in order. In the first place pand and that very rapidly. a suitable shelter for the little fellows mill A late government census shom there arc more than pay for itself every year. The 24,487 goats in Missouri, valued at $64,786. Angora cannot stand niuch colcl, wet math- In Kansas there arc 18,388, valued at $71,- er, especially a colcl rain ending in hail, di-

Herd of Angora's on Ludlow Ranch.

290; Nebraska, 2,399, valued at $9,12G; Illi- rectly after thcy have bcen shearccl, particu- nois, S,S77, valued at $19,932; Indiana, larly if machine shorn, which means very 4,482, valued at $5,290; Indian Territory, close shearing. The next thing to be con- 10,529, valued at $21,538; IOMa, 41,468, val- siclcrcd is fencing. We use 1x4 inch boards ncd at $146,708; Kentucky, 11,967, valued 16 feet long, malting then1 into panels that at $10.008; Ninnesota, 3,821, valuecl at will clovetail together at the encl. Using' posts 10 feet apart, with the panels wired to $7,S79; North Dakota, 1,122, valuecl at them, gives a rigid fence, and one that can $5,308; Ohio, 5,432, ralned at $16,975; Ok- be readily changed or raised up as the cor- lahoma, 3,772, valued 5t $10,554. rals fill with the manure. We place tha Texas has the largest number of Bngo1.n corral on a side hill, so that the goats in goats of any other state, leading the ro!l passing out trample the bulk of the manure with 85,000, wliile California has 65,000, ont through the large gate, which we make and New llexico, G0,000. so that it can be liftccl up, instead of a The following advice as to how to raise swinging affair, which is being continually Angora goats for profit is given by E. D. cloggecl up. FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE.

Thc ncxt most important thing is plenty jndgment of the breeder at this time. Kc of slnall pcns for hLnc1ling goats whcn nec- mark all our breeding stocls with metal ear essary. Of thcsc wc haw 18 or 20, with 3 tags, numbering consccutivcly, and keep n suitable cutting chutc for distributing tllc record of cach and every doe's breedi~ig,the goats into the various pens. This we find quality of offspring, etc. We also use a tat- necessary at Idding ancl brseding timc, and too ear marlier to good advantage for iden- whcn sclling. We have such a chute thai tification purposes. The metal ear tags wc we can tala a flock of 1~,000head and put place in various parts of the car. To illu3- them into twenty hunches if necessary, irate: In front ol right ear for one gradc, within an ho~lr,or as last as thcy call pass front of left ear for another and hack of through, which they do very yuiclily altcr right ancl left for other grades, this mo~k knowing what is wanted of them. being done at shearing time, when goat.: The nest thing is a largc, commorlious show thcir true worth to best advantage. shearing house. Wc usc a gasoline engine You can readily see the rldvantage of Ihi? to drive our sl~earingmachines, in conncc- systcnl at brccdii~gtimc. 1111 the goats arc

Angora Goats Clenring the Forest. tion with the shcaring table designed by separated into four classes, in separate pen*. ourselves. The goat is sheared on this table They are then all gonc over, taken one at o and before another is put in its placc, the time, and a glailcc at the rccord shonrs first fleecc is all picked up and put on a long whicll buck to breed to, ancl a record is the11 tablc in front of the shearer, a partition of made. One buck we spot with red paint, which is providcd for cacli. All tag ends, another bluc, another green, etc., and the cactns and &her detrimcntal substances are propcr nun~herof does to corrcsponcl. rcmovcd, the fleece rolled up inside ont and Our next important season is at kidcl~ng, placed in a baling machine. By this method of which mnch has bcen written by various we gel: all there is in the mohair out of the breeders. Our method is this: Aftcr shcar- bnsincss. i11g me talic all bnt the does which are to Brecding time we condcr our most criti- kid, and send them off to a dry flock or herd, cal and important season, inasmuch as the leaving at our kidding ranches nothing but lutwe crop of kids depends entirely on tho thc "dropping herd" to look after. Wlie!~ FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE, 39 -- -- -.------. .- -- .- - .- . - - the kids begin to comc me taltc thc cloes out coursc, all become lillcd in a short timc and at claylight, keeping then1 out until about ~nnstbe ciiipliccl. Naluldly we taltc all the 930, when thcy arc brought home ant1 strongest and olclc~lItids out first, tlicy be- placcd in a dropping pen, which we haw ai ing niarltcd as abo\ c, ard tlic cloes painled. the upper end of llic large corral. Connected We place eight does and kids in n cniall 1.1~ thcrewth we have a large number of small 14 foot pen, of nhich we havc a dozen, pcns, two and a half by three feet, thc front whcre they are left for a day or so, whcn we ol \rhich is made in the fashion of a co\v do~rbleup these pens, placing 16 in each, stanchion, by using two pieces of 1x4 fas- thns leaving one-half of the pens empty for tened al the bottom, so they can be opened another lot from the hoxcs. IVlien all thcse lronl the top, making a V-shape opening No. 1 pens, as we call thc 14~11,are f~ill, to let the docs through. one-half with 16 liids, the other half with The does and liids are taken from the S ltids, v-e empty Ihc 1x11s n-it11 the 16 kids dropping pen immediately after the birth of into onr No. 2 pens, which wilt hold about

Typical Homo for Angoras. tllc kid and placcd in one of these small 100 does and ltih without crowcling. BI: yens, n hich we designate as "bummer" boxes tl~elime Ihe Itids arc rcady to go into these and Icfl thereby lhelneelvcs they soon learn to larger pens, they know their mothers. 11 know each ollier. This is done with all the any of them do 1101 and are not thrifty and docs and liids lor that clay. In the afternoon aclivc, they are returned to the bummer ho~ alter the ltids have quit coming lor the day, aud must start all over. From Ihe largc No. thc herd is talcen out and while out a record 2 pens they go into a pen that will 1101~1 is made of thc lticl aria doe in a small pocket about 400 cloes adkids, and Prom therq rnemoranduin for corral use only. We nse inlo thc main corral, wherc therc is no for- thc systcnl described by J. R. Standley of lher bolher with them. The advantage of Platteville, Iowa, thc official esanliner for ltidcling in this manner is this: By having the Bngora Associalion. We paint the bos proper bun1 boxes we make the cloc own her nmber, in which the doe is first placed, on lticl before it is allowed to be out with the her left side, and make a record in the small other kids. This we do by putting her head book mentioned above. These boxes, of through the stanchion on the outsicle of the 40 FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE. box and fastening it there, holding her fast GOO kids with two or three times the help. in case she will not ow11 the kid otherwise. So much for the pen system. Thus the liicl has free access to all thc milk When the kids are about six months old it wants and a night or two in the stanchion nrc take them anray from the cloes and make will malie thc most obstinate doe think hers a kid flock. This allows the cloes to dry np is the finest kid in the whole lot. and to commence making mohair mnch We haw raised this year over 1,300 finc, faster than they would if the kids were al- large kids with less help than others ham lowed to rnn with them all winter.

A REGION OF SHALE. BY THOS. F. JIILLARD. Turn where you will in the Indian Tern- ing that the shale beds of Sapulpa are prac- tory, you will be confronted by unmistak- tically inexhaustible. able evidence of some extraordinary natural While the existence of an excellent grad? resource. At times the impressicn mill of shale in various parts 01 the Territory gather force that even the marvelous agri- has been lmown for many years, conditious cultural capabilities, whlch are obstrusively ucre not until recently such that any ad- obvious, are secondary to advantages aloug iantagc could bc taken of lhe fact. A shale conmercial and industrial lines. Here, bed in the wilderness is of no particular there, everywhere, is coal, oil, natural gas, \slue, but one l-jing in ilmncdiatc proxim- and a great variety of minerals; assembled ity to good railroad facilities, and in the in a conliguity which makes one the com- hcart of a country undergoing the most rap- plement of the other for industrial pur- id development the world has ever seen, will poses. Given these advantages, it is impossi- not long be overloolicd. Thc extension of ble not to promise industrial centers of first the Prisco System into Oltlahoma and thc magnitude springing up in the new land; southwest, the construction of the Red Rivcr especially when so many other co-relative division of the same systcin from Sapidpa sources of wealth arc to be found on every into thc heart of Texas, and on to the Rio hand, waiting only the touch of developing Grandc, and thc preparations to extend a capital to spring into life. branch north through the Osage country While the thriving town of Sapulpa, in and on into IZansas, now assures this locality the northern part of the Creek Nation, has an ontlet by rail to all directions. Under numerous natural advantages upon which these circumstances, a numbcr of enter- to found a hope, nay, a certainty, of future prising residents of Sapulpa decided to prosperity, rccent developmenls lead to the learn something morc dcfinitc as to the es- bclicf that it mill eventnally become a gretiL tent and value of the deposits. center for the manufacture of brick arid An organization was formed for the pur- kindred products. There is now no doubt pose OF prospecting the country thoroughly. that the toyn lies in the center of what is A wide rangc of territory was covered, probably the largest and best shale deposlt which established the fact that while shale in the world. Thorough prospecting show was to be found in largc quantities in many the shale belt to incIude an area of 15 to 20 localities of that region, that found in tht square miles, and to contain enough shale to immcdiatc vicinity of Sapulpa combined ad- rebuild the cities of New Pork and London, vantages of superior quality and quantity, a should those centers of popnlation be level- well as better shipping facilities. This hav. ed to the ground by some overwhelming ing been ascertained by surface iidicatioce calamity. This is only another may of say- it was determined to discover the real exteul FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE. 41

and nature of the beds, and a company was formerly of Nevada, No., have secured a formed for thnt purpose, in ~rhich Fred controlling interest in the plant, and expect Pfendler, J. A. Boyd and F. T. Watson were to more than cloublc the capacity as soon as the prime inovcrs. Thus, less than a jfear the ncccssary machincry can be put in. Es- ago, systematic development was com- perts who haveexamined these shale deposit^ menced. TKO prospect holes were drilled, pronounce them to be of exceptional quality cnch more than 1,600 feet deep. Exccpt for and variety. When exposed to the air, the a few thin laycrs of sandstone, both thcsc shale crumblcs naturally. Thrce vrrieties nells began and ended in sliale. Another -yellow, gray and blue-are found. Bricks hole drilled in the hopc of finding artesian manufactured from it take a beautiful color aater, after passing through SO0 feet of and polish. Comparatively limited as hare sliale, struck a fair quality of oil, running bcen the operations of the company up to from file to seven barrels a day. The fact the present time they have amply demon- is that the town of Sapulpa, and the cntiru strated the value of its product, which has surrounding country lies over an immense found a ready sale in open market competi- deposit of shale of unknown depth. Just tion. Preparations to add machinery for in the cdge of town rises a great hill, inole the manufacture of tiles and vitrified brick than 100 feet above the levcl of the land- are now under way. Othcr companies arc scape, and about 40 acrcs in cxtent. It is u being projected, for, mhilc thc Sapulpa solid inass of shale. One blow with a pick Pressed Brick company is first on tlic will turn up the shale on any part of t'ne ground, the field is inexhaustible. Thcre hill. There is no superfluous dirt to be re- is room for a hundred such companies, so moved. The hill has simply to be tunneled far as a supply of material is concerned, and and the shale can be stopcil directly into there is reason in the prophecy, so frequent- cars. This is not the only shale hill in the ly made by residents of Snpulpa, that the limits of the belt. There are many others, shale belt will, in time, owing to shecr excess and one or two are evcn lavqer. The huge, of natural advantages, contribute largely :G conical upheavals a fcm ~nilcssouth of Sa- supplying thc vast amount of building ma- pdpa, from which the town of Xouncls talrcs tcrial ncccssary to thc upbuilding of the its namc, are lrnomn to be composed entireljr grrat undeveloped cmpire in the southwest. of shale. The mounds do not lie so conven- iently to the railroad as the Sapulpa hill, but Mistress (hearing policeman's voice)- to run a switch to them would bc easy ant1 "Nora, didn't I tell you thnt I would not inexpensive. Still farther south, near We- have strangers in the kitchen?" lectlra, the Red River division of the Frisco Nora-"Yis, mum, come roight down and System cuts for n~arlyhalf a mile through Oi'H introduce yez awn thin he will be a a solid bank of blue shale. stranger no longer." It was only necessary to call attention to *** these facts to secure the capital necessary Sandy-"Why didn't yer let dat hypnotist to turn them to practical value. A fclv man make a suhject of yer?" months ago the Sapulpa Pressed Brick Conl- Cinders-"Not on yer life. Last time I pany mas organized, and immediately tool< ~msa subject de guy ma& me read a whole steps to begin operafions. Within a few page of 'Eelp Wanted-Nales' an' I was weelzs alter the company vas organized, lt po~erlcssto stop." hnd erected a plant and was tnrning out * * * brick. The ontput of the plai~thaq ahead!. La Montt-"They say her brother madc reacl~ed50.000 every ten haurs, and a total himself heard in Wall street." of over 2,000,000 have becn manufacturecl LaMoyne-"Ah, a great broker, eh?" aid distributed. Recently J. A. Daly anil LaMontt-"No, he sold newspapers and C. B. Ritchey, practical brick manufacturers yelled Zxtra!' " 42 FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE. DELIGHTFUL MONTE NE. After all, Nalure has a great way of dis- clusllcss, joltless rick ovcr a half-milc' counting man's dcvices for p1e:~sure and stretch ol: cool, transparent water, alighting hcal tll. close to thc vcrailda of a nlodcrii, well- What, artificial ani~iscnlciitcan match in cquippcd hotel. zcsl; thc beguiling of the wily bass from the Does it eonncl like a fairy talc? clrnr, smiit stream, or the exhilera t,ing b~cll,yo" shall judge for yourself ~vlicil rhythm of an early morning gallop over you visit this unique resort. grn\rcllg mountain trails? And one good, And it is not hard to reach. If you mi3 deep breath oE dry, dclicions nlo~lntai~iail- t alte n railroad map, place one end of a pieco at s~mrjscmakes so-cnllcd plij7sical cultme of string in the center of Eenton county, secm flat, stale and uiiprofital~le! In thi: ~\rltansae,and (hen describc an arc of 300 same sense that ('he that is wholc ncecls not miles according to the map scale, you 1\41 a physician," the nkll man departs niith makc the interesting discowry that Nont!?- more or lees impunity from tllc primiti~a Sc can he reacllctl rcaclily wi tl~intwcnt~ - laws of nature. But who11 Ilc is \\.car):, or lorn Iiolurs from nil! town or city on any ill, illerc is something 'n-ny clo\vn nnilcr- ra.ili.oa(1 \vi!hin that di~(-ancc.Do you co111- nca th thc vcnccr of civilization that makc-; 1)rchcild all that that Incam? IIcrc is a wst him long once more lor tl~csiinplcr csisb- scction of cormtry 1,000 milw in tliamcler. cnce and thc ritalizing influcnccs thn t call much of wliich is nnhcnra1)ly hot. during tlie newr be suminarizecl in a doclor's bill. sumliler months. 'I'llis tract 'Incl~destl~c Something of illis sort innst have passcd major portions of Xissonri, l

Hotel Montc Ne, Silver Sl~riugs,Ark. points all llic year 'round. Tlic far-rcacli- is hard to bcl~eveon lirst il~o~iglilthat the i~ignet-work of the Frisco Systcin lines ant1 splcnclid lagoon 01 Irunb1)arcnt water which their coiulections furnisli fast, coinfort- ilicc~~tlic gum as (lie 11x111 reaches he dcs- able service to Monte-Ne, such as few ro- tillallon 1s produc;ed l~gsprings, none of s~rtscnjoy. Kot only is this true, but 21 \vliich are l'artlier than a loot or two hoin special low ratc is in effect to Monte-Ne the banl

5,000 gallons per minute. There are times ter and snmmer, so that the matcr is deli- in the year when this overflow is much cious to drink, and slakes the thirst per- greater. But even at this n~inimumfigure fectly. The place was locally renowned long estimate for yourself the volume of this before the Civil war, and was the objective overflow .for a week, or a month, or a year. point for many visitors sua'?ring from rheu- I1 is almost iiwGIible! n~atismand organic troubles. It is said So much is published annually regarding by people who live here all the year 'round the medical properties of this spring and that these waters have performed many in- that spring that one finally comes to the volmtarg but effectual cures, resnlting from inevitable conclusion that a large percentage daily use. The larger springs are all ap- of thew statements are mxde for advertis- propriately named. One of tlle~n, Litllir ing purposcs solely. The physical values spring, is, as the title indicates, a natnrai of the nratcrs at Noute-Ne admit of so ra- spring of pure lithia water. Some of tlic tional and scnsible explanation that it is spots n-hcrc these springs rise are decidedly possible to fix their status in a sentence or picturesque. At onc polnt, a considerable two. Analytical test proves that Nature has stream is formed by the union of scrcn done a very rare thing her?, for the water.; small springs, lrnown as the Seven Sistcrs. arc almost chcnkally purc. Espcriinent The foliage at Ilontc-Ne is magnificent. ancl expcriciice haw shom that pure mter Early spring is gorgeous vith blossoms o!' \\dl do lnorc toward rclicl-ing tl~csystcin of applc, cherry, pcach and plum. Splendid oaks, pincs, maples and elins cluster along the valley, ancl crown thc ruged clifi thal rises ncarly Inlo hundred fect above th? quiet waters of the lagoon. There is an abnndaiicc of shade for the sunuiesl days, with the pleasant rustle of the breezc- fanned lcaves crooning an accompaniment. Over the cliffs aid hills there are excellenr trails, and they spread soine n~onderlul views bcfore the vision. There is so n11ic11 to see at Uonte-Ne. Followi~igthe narrow vallcy castwarilly for a little less than 3 uidc onc reaclics White river. From the

Parlor, Hotel Nonte Ne, Silver Springs. Ark. crcst of it.: stcep palisades, towcring more than 200 'eet abokc thc swift stream, one its vi7;rious ailmcnts than all of the many is presented a beautiful panorama of miles waters so heavily impregnilted with mineral of hazy valley and timber-bordered hills. mattcr. In other words, tl~cclrinlting of From the opposite sick of White river the pure water rc.gnlarlg for a reasonable period palisades themselves compose a striking of time mill cleanse the system, washing picture. away thc impurities of the blood and tis- Therc's a romance of old Spain which sues. Monte-Ney watcr possesses a remarlr- throws its glamour over the massivc cliffs able "lively quality, an endoument of vital- and glinting water. It has all the flavor of ity the sccrct of which is closcly guarded mysterious legend oh long ago. The tale in the subterraneall depths of Nature's lab- is as realistic as the narratives of Capt. oratory. For this reason it never tastes ICicld's wealth of hidden treasure, awaiting "flat," although it has no distinct flavor, some lucky searcher. It seems t!in+ stblile

mineral or otherwise. These springs- - have the three years ago a mysterious Spaniard came same temperature-about 50 degrees-win- to that portion of the White river va:lej lying in Bciiton county. He bore n-;i?l him sltcletons, which are now pretty generally a tattered parchment, yellow with age. This distrihuted among the farmers over the parclinlent was, he said, the key to a mag- county. They, at least, were genuine. nificent treasure of gold and jewels buried Whcther they were Spanish or not is purely bj Spaniards who overran the coutry after a lnatler of conjecture. the Mexican invasion of Cortez, three cen- There are other things beside hidden turies ago. The record stated that a ter- treasure here lo sharpen one's appetite for rlfic F,x!;li, was fought betw-?c.l the 91)an- esploration. This section abounds in caves. iards and Indians. The former lost heavily. Tllcl'c are at least twentyfive excellent The survivors placcd their treasure in a se- ones within a radius of ten miles. Some cret cave at the base of a tall cliE. Thc of these are of remarkable size and not a parcllmcnt declared the gold to be worth Scw of them ha~enever been thoroughly $5,000;000, and the jewels of unlrnown esplorcd. The entl-ance to onc of them is value. The description of the location a stream, and it is possible to row back in seemed to fit the palisades of White river for miles. Others contain stalactites and in Benton county. It was further stated stalagmites of great beauty. One in par- that the care had been sealcd up, and that ticular exhil~itscurious natural phenomena. over the entrance mere buried members This is Wind cave, so desiglmted because of the party who had been killed in battle. a steady breeze issues constantly from its The presence of the Spaniard and his cntrancc. This air current is so strong that parchment caused a furor of excitement. it ~\\~aysthe grasscs in summer. And the People flockccl in for miles from every di- temperature remains invariably 53 degrees rection. Tools and worlters werc promptly voluntcred. Excavation was begun at once at the spot indicated. Prescntlg, eight slreletoils were unearthed. Tl~enatives went wild \dl1 escitemcnt. Here was certain e\whnce 01 the existence of the treasure. Tlicir cupidity bcame so great that thqr drove away the Spaniard, threatening his llIe so that he fled in mortal terror. But further digging failed to rcveal the treas- ore, or the enlrance to the case. The search \\.as continuccl at other points with- out success. The necessity for dailv bread cooled Ihc cscitcment in a large degrer. Carl Stnrck's Home, nenr Xonte Xe. But still thc search continues: in a desul- winter and summer. Thuf one may be cle- tory my. Many people in the locality be- liciouslg cooled on a warm day, or comforta- lieve inq)licitly that the wealth is there. bly warmed on a very cold one. This cave Who the Spaniard was, or vhence he came, estends hack into the hill for miles, and no one knows. I-Ie declared when he went no one has ever followed its windings to thc away that he mould return. He has not yet end. Wind cave is only a few hundred reappeared. 3Ican1\;hile, you may see the yards from Hotel Nontc-Ne, at the east end various excavations at the base of the pali- ol the valley. sades, and if yon arc desirous of finding the There are many points of historical inter- hidden fortune yourself, you are privileged est to risit near Monte-Ne. One of these to search to your hcart's content. lnci- is Cross Hollows, a mile and a half to the dentall~if you are interestad in physiology, west, where two ravines intersect the val- you may examine various portions of the ley. After the famous Civil mar battle of FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE.

Pca Iiidge, the Confcclerates retreated to sire thcrc arc cottngcs an4 tcnts for rent. this spot. Elerc a clcsperate battle was Table hoard may be secured at the hotel if Iought, thc conflict being almost hand-to- clcsirccl. Hatcs througl~outare vcqr rcason- Iland, ancl the mart-ality fearful in view of ablc. the number of combatant.; engaged. Pea hclwhat is thcrc lo do at Xonle-Ne? Ridge itself is but a fcw miles from Monte- \\'ell, to start with, there are cl~arming Ne, and the drive is a favorite one. walks ancl drives and ridcs. A good liver) Visitors to Xonte-Ne during the early scr~iceis maintained, wit11 comfortable car- part of the season are clelightecl with the riages, and surc-footed, eosy-gaitcd saddle strawberries and fresh vegetables. The re- horscs. Then there are bovling alleys, and sort is in the Ireart of onc of the finest fruit billiarcl and pool rooms, and ltinclrcd amuse- scctions in the morlrl. incnls. Tlicrc is a fine swiln~ning pool, It is said that Bcnton county has sold its 25x50 feet, wilh carclul appointmentc. apple crop of a single season for ovcr $2,- There is an aucliloriiun n-ith a seating ca- 000,000. Thiiik of such au output from a pacity of 500. IIcre durinp the season may single county! The soil is wonderfully bc lward some of the lamous speakers, ell- adapted for fruit raising. Peaches, plums, tcrtaincl.5 aitd concert people of the clay. pcars ancl small fruit of every ltind ard 'l'hcrc is a large danc~ngpa\ ilion where reg- raiscd with signal success. Late sumincr ular parties arc given. White river, les~ offers a perfect feast of fruit for the vis- than a mile al~ay,afEorcls the best of fisli- itor to Nont,e Ke. ing. It is indeed a poor day nrllcn the angler Half a mile from the resort is the Vinoia ~annollint1 all tllc sport hc dcsires hcre. vinery, a fruit farm property bclonging lo At night, Monte-Ke is a veritable fairp- Xr. Starclc, a former rcsident of Washing- lad, with the rcfcclion of myriad lights ton, D. C. Tlie residence and buildings arc: in the lagoon, the echo of laughter and sonq Ioeatccl upon a fine knoll, spleudiclly sliadctl as thc gonclolicrs wend their way over the and coininanding an esceptioilal view ol wincling waters. The cvcuings herc are While river valley. hlr. Starck is a closc ~rlaclcto ~pendout of doors. And listen to studcnt of nature. He is also an able sci- this: There are no mosquitoes at Xonte-Xc. entist, and has applied his knowledge to Can you fancy an inland rcwrt with a body the culitvation and pcr'fecting of many va- of water without these splteful pests? \\'c~l, rieties of fruit. Chief, in point of success- it's truc hcrc! Isn't that ~uortliremember- ful dcvelopmcnt., is his vineyard. From this ing ? source he is enabled to produce anuually 2 hlontc-Ne has the accon~modations and considerable cluantity of nativc wines. Mr. the amuscineuts of othcr resorts. Ancl bc- Starck is authority for the slatcmcnt ihai yoid all thcso things, it has a ~calthof grapes grown in North Arkansas arc by ac- naturnl cliarm distinctly its own. Its mon- tual test the fincst wine grapcs in the clcrlul climate ~11~1nlagnificenl water are world. Hc bases this statep-ent on the fact clestincd to re-invigorate thousands af that thcy exceed the highest test of the weary pcoplc for thc rcturn to labors that snccharomcter, the nnivcrsal instrument for are inevitablj to bc rchuint d when vacatim determiniiig the relative yualitics of grape clays are o\ cr. sugar. The acco~nmodations at Monte-Ne are "Wc all haw burdens to bear in this excellent. Hotel Xonte-Nc is ncw, and cor- irorld of sorrow," said the casy-going phi- respondingly modern. Its tablc is appctiz- losopher. ing; its rooms are ample, well-appointctl, "But some of us have a double load," re- ancl perfectly ventilated. All are outside marked the father of twins that were trou- rooms. For families or pa~tieswho so de- bled with insomnia. . FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE. 47 ------COTTON. The cotton blossonl is the lotus flower of ton, carrying it by the thousand packages to the South. No matter nhat new crop may be England's great spinning center, while long plantcd bcyond the Potomac or what may train-loads cross thc continent to be placcd cnlne out of its mountains in the way ol in ships bound to China and Japan. Perhaps m~ncrals,orirom it5 lorests in l~~lnl~cr,cottonthe same trains may carry cargoes ol cloth is to the Southern planter what wheat am1 maclc from the staple w11ich in a i'ew months corn arc to the grain farmers of the Western will l)c worn by the coolies of eastern Asia, prmies; but, unlike the latter, he has a love for some of the Southern mllls are sending for it inherited from long lines oC ancestors. their cntire product to the Orient. The true native of the Southern States Though a fair crop may add $400,000,000 cherishes the pame feeling for the cotton to thc wealth of the South in a single sea- that his grandfather did ycars bei'ore thc scn, this is but one itcm oC profit. It rdprc- n ar. scnts merely the cotton convertccl into cab. T11c people oC the South, indcecl, have llacl~ineryis to bc found in cotton-grovi;~g good reason for this sentiment toward t1~States, wllich, when the package or n'q\l:- fleecy staplc, for it has done morc than any- load is placccl in it, cleanseq the flccce, scpa- thing clse in malting ovcr the South and rates the berry or seed, rolls the fleece into bringing its present share of prosperity. A bats, turn< thc seed into oil and incal, n ith- sccond Birmingham ancl SheEielcl are to be out the touch ol: a human hand. The prod- louncl in Alabama. The u-orlcl's grcatcst uct of thc seed itsclf in a year is worth pine forests arc located in Texas. l3nougl1 $(i0,000,000 to the South, in oil, meal, and phoy~l~~teto fertilize every farm in America "linlcrs," thanks to this wonderful mechan- underlies the earth's crust in Floricla, South ism. About 1,750,000 barrels of cotton oil Carolina, and Tcnnesscc. Along the Atlan- lmve the Southern Sti~tesyearly, some of it tic coast strctchcs a great garden from to be uscd in making salads for the tablc, Hampfon Roads to the Florida capes, 11 hich some going into soaps and medicines, and fcecls the people of the North ancl West dur- some Coming the base of various food com- ing the months when their own gardcns arc pound~. Its usc to-day is almost world-widc, ccverecl with snow and icc. Bnt cotto? o\~ershadows all of these in its benefits. and it mnst he admitted that not a little Even if a 10,000,000-balc crop sends thc crosses the Atlantic to Europe to bc rcfinccl price down close to the cost of production, and come back in packages labelcd as oil nearly a fifth of this goes into the doors ol from the olive trees of Southern Europe. the mills at home every season to be turncd Bnt chcmists and physicians say that it into all kinds of fabrics, from the coarseqt contains no harmful ingredient, and per- shecting to velvets ancl even carpets. There haps this deception is not as clangerous as are plantations in North and South Caro- lina whose onrim-s haul the contents of the some of the others with which the public 1s boll to the factory in sight of the ficlcl. Thc daily victimized.-IIarper's Weeltlg. men and boys vho gathcr the crop may 17est season be weaqing shirts made from it Naude-"Which mould you rather be- in the near-by towns, for the cloth was rich or handsome?" pnrchased at the mill. The clays when Clara-"Well, I'd like to be rich also." nearly every pound went a thousand miles X** perhaps before being converted into clot11 "Yon sag Smith's credit is bad?" asked or yarn have passed away, although a large the drummer of the village hotel proprietor. fleet of steamships every season leave the "Bad!" echoed the v. h. p. "Why, he string of seaports from Norfolk to Galves- can't even borrow trouble."

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was to arrest him, I'd have to hold him in both on the Whitc Flyer to Spakone, and custody for two hours or more, till the ex- get back bcfore the Spakone express is dnc, press for Spalione is due. or bcforc the good people of Leadtown "Do IOU suppose Leacltown would see know that we're even gone." that man in the charge of only one oficcr "By gum," cried Siinmons in delight, for two liours and respcct thc lu\m of' thcir bringing his hand down on his 1<11ec, "that's country? No, sir; thcy'd lynch him, that's thc ticlet. Wcstcrn hustle ih all r~ght,but nhat they'd do; and neither you nor me give nlc Eastern brains." conld stop them. They're a lawless lot, herc He reached out his rough panr ancl shook in the West. I rcclcon Sherid Potls 1cne)v Vanderwcnl's hand enthusiastically. his man when he appointed a fellow who was The details mcre soon arranged. Tlie raised in the East for depnty." White Flyer was sidetraclted beyond the "What's your plan?" aslccd Bandcrment. town, an eighth of n mile from the station. ITe was interested in spite of himself in Vandcrwcnt mas to see the station agent, the Westerner's mastery of eircumstanccs. make surc of a clear trazk-without, of "J1y plan is this," said Simn~ons. coume, taking the agent into his confidcnrc "Thanl

POPULAR FICTION. A dab or two of history, h fragile tllrcnd of plot, Grcat gol~sof tnllc and low and gore- The rest, it matters not. -Life. FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE. GOOD THINGS ABOUT KANSAS. BY D. 0. JIcCRAY. IFhen we think 01 the birth 01 llamas \vc cvents of Kansas would bc marvels else- think. of the flag. Both were baptized in wllerc, our platitudes would be panegyrics, blood. Both are s~~oiiyi~lsof liberty. ll~eLrile and colnmonplace are iunl

MIKE FEARED A RELAPSE.

Joscpl~Jcffcrson once played an engagc- The Irishnlan was summoncd. Said the ment in a \Testern towii, appearing in Rip clerk : ane. In the hotel at which he "i\lilrc, ll~crewas rio call for Mr. Jeifcr- stopped was an Irishman, who actccl as por- con. Why did you disturb hinl?" tcr and gcneral assistaut. Judgccl by the Taking the clcrli to one sidc, he said in decp interest hc took in ilie house, hc? a mjsterious whisper : might have been clcrk, lessee and proprie-

Holdenvillc is distinctly an American rcal cstatc are being issued. The Creek ~0111111~lnity ancl one of the Scw Territory Council has ratified the supplenlcn tal to~vnsthat bears an Ihiglish nanx. It ws trcaty, ancl clcecls to Indian lands arc being Sounclcd in 188.7, and was named for Mr. J. issued to allottees, thus insuring seitlecl I?. I-lolclcn, who 113s taken a keen interest ill conditions and the passing of the la::& cvcry enterprise that woulcl contribute to iiito ihe hancls of white men with the ils growth. Holden~~illcis in the southwest mcans and disposition to develop one 3f corncr of the Crcclc Nation, on the Prisco llle richest ancl most productive sections Systein. It has liacl a slow, steady, sul~stan- of thc Soutliwcst~. tial growth froin thc hcginning, clcspite the IZoldcnvillc is rcadg for the ncw order anomalous conditioi~s tllnt prevail in the of tllii~gs. 'I'hc ton.11 has mndc gigantic 'l'crritorg, and today prcscnts msny striking strides tliro~~glithe prior1 of cliscouragc-

- 3Inl.k'~Block, EIoldenville. evidences 01 a progressive and enlerprisiilg 111cnlant1 talwi high raiik aiuoiig the thrifty ci lizenship. An authentic ccnsus, just coni- niunicipalities of Ihc fut~segreat state to l)lctcd, fises its populalion at 2,100. It be. It is thc commercial ccnter of a rich. ]nust he rclncinbercd that mhatevcr dcgree agricultural section, with no trade rival of progress is nl~nif~stcdin tllc CB~CCI' of within a rndius of 50 miles. From the Inclian Territory towns, it has been made natural elewtion on which it stands one dcspite thc nnsettled conditions througll gets a charming view of the surrounding which they liave st,rngglcd. Notwithstancl- country. In thc distancc are heavily ing these hindrances, Holdenville has woodecl hills and wcll-filled streams, while reached its present status and is just emerg- intervening are rolling plains ~vhichrichly ing from the shadows of mcertainty iuto produce all the cereals and cotton; rich the dawn of a new era. The appraiserncnts pasture lancls on which thousands of cattle have been made, titles fixed and deeds to are fattening; up~rards of five thousand FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE.

les of cotton have been ginned ant1 people. Three solid banks are the pride of ~rkctcdthis year; thousands of hogs and thc conlincrcial interests and the annual ttle shippcd to distant markets; corn, ~oluincof business done by the merchants eat, oats and potatoes jield in al)unci- is ainplc tribute to lhcir busincss ciilcr- :e, wliile vigorous young orchards anJ lprisc. As a wholcsalc rentcr IIolilcnville nll fruils civc evidence ol climalic con- IKKSW~CS superior ad\wltages. Situatcd 111 at the crossing of the Friwo Systcm ant1 es Choc!a.w railroad, it has in and out-shipping I) - lacilities that have luade it a jobbing point of considerable consequence. Already thcre arc three wholesale grocery houscs, two flonr and lccd firms, an icc plant, three pwlting colnpanics havc 1)ranch houscs hcrc from n.hic.11 thcy distribi~te $60,000 n-orth of their products annnall~~.The town is \\~cllwpplicd with churclrcs and T~xtcrnal organizations. Bonds have been votcd to 1)uild 1 $10,000 school housc. JTorc thnn 500 cliildrcn nltcnclcd lhc city schools this ycar, aiul $,000 will l)c cx- ~)endcdfor school maintcnancc ncst. )car. i1 sl~cccszfultelcphonc s;,stcm is in opcr- alion and an clectric light p1ai1t is among the i1c;t.r faturc probabilities. Among the othcr proil~~ctivecntcrpriscs arc thrcc gins, a saw mill, a feed and chop mill, a 20-ton 31- icc plant, a stone quarry and brick yard. 11 C Holclcndlc has pursued a waiting policy, ;s, but all thcsc ycars has hcen gatl~eriiq 1d latcnt cnergy wllich, wlion tho tl~ralldomof rctarded dcvelol~n~entis lifted, will cnal~lc C' S it. to ad\~aiiccto thc front mnk of Tcrri- to the rcflncment and ~ntelhgenceof thc I tory towns.

FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS.

Fort Smith, Ark., is one of the towns that ter, and is thc supply point lor a large, rich always intcrcsts the visitor n~llctherhe be and rapidly del-cloping country. It has a thcre only casually or seeking a place for midc-an-alte population and is cons tailtly ,z home, lor a place for investlnent or a busi- looking out for more productive enteqrises. ness localion. It is a 'ciiy that is l~andsonle It has an active comnlercial ~1~111to pro- as to its residence districts and its broad mote tllc location of factories and to look al- ter the gcneral intcrcsts oP thc citl. 91- huhcss strecis. It has much to attract waw bear in mind that Fort Smith is one tlle eyc and still more to appeal to the busi- of the present as well as one of the future ness instinct of the man of affairs. It is great commercial and manufacturing cen- both a yholesale and a manufacturiilg cen- ters of the Southwest. 66 FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE. NORTH ARKANSAS. BY OLENA WEBB. So much has becn writtcn on this sub- There havc been ncw developlncnts in ject that, ineshaustiblc as it is, I scarcely thc mineral ficlcls in Boone county. One know what icature to cnlarge upon. So mlnc near Harrison has been sending in much has been said of thc Iruit productio~~some magnif cent specimens. A good lead that the picture in the mind of the avcrage has becn struck, much of the rock carry- stranger ~vhohas ncver viiitecl the Osarh ing fully 90 per cent of zinc. Bcsides the is that of a country \vllcre all the trccs, oil ficld at St. Joe, should the flattering ~voodsand all grow 111ight-j red apples, will1 prospects be rcalizcd, the ncm railroad will hcre and there a peach tree interspersed, furnish a carrier for the output of mineral V~OSAfruit 1s a3 large as a tca cop. from the Tomahank dictrirt. This is prob- Wllile all that has been said of thc lns- ably thc least developed, the lcast adver- cious peach aud the juicy, red apple of Car- tiscd, and yet the richest orc of all thc zin: roll, Boone, Nel~ton and Searcy counties is deposits in this country. We arc on tha true, it strikcs mc that some of the othcr vcrgc ol a new era in the nlineral history fruits hare bccn rather Itept in thc back- of this section. We I~avcpasscd the period ground. Just bclore you cross Crookccl ol prospecting, cshlblish~ncnt of claims, Crcek is a vincyard ml~osegrapps, thcy telL speculation, etc., and the work of actual cle- mc, nevcr fail. And thc plums. th~rssp- velopment and active operation has Begun. hcrrics, the blncl

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for ihc hardy mountaineers. The soil mm by the solit~ldes01 the border land of civ- so fertile that the light cultivation requircd ilization ancl count physical pcril one of the to make a corn crop was no more than pas- best gifts of life. time for the hunter-farmer and his sons. The first settlcrs of the Oznrlc region had The climate was mild and healthful, the but little idea oll the graat resources of the scenery of the diversified lanclscape bold land that so easily fell into their rind picturcsquc, and the water that gushed possession. The pioneer farmer hardly out of a thouv~ndeverlasting springs ns quickened the latent t~easureof the soil. pure as was ever distilled in the earth'r Hc kncw the virgin land would yield corn granite reservoirs. KO wondcr that the and whcat and fruits and vegetables with strong men who built thcir cabins in the wry slight cultivation. There mere no majestic forests of Southwest hlisouri sixty marltets then for surplus farm products, years ago n-ere pleased with the hunting and to raise more of any crop than the fam- 58 FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE. ------1 ily could consume \\o~lldhave bccu useless t.hc farmer of the Oznrks was adding to his , laLor. 'llhcrc \\as no inccnlivc Lo test the bank account by sclling thc largest wheat l'ullcst possil~ilities ol the soil for many crop cver harvested in Southwest Missouri. years, and until allcr tllc Civil mar farming l~atcron whcn the applc crop natured the in thc Ozarks was vcry simplc. owncrs of sinall orchards put another $1,000 Today Southwest Missouri, which in- aside without doing milch work. The cludes most of the Ozarlc country, chal- fruit buyer came to their homes, estimated lenges the wonder of evcry visitor who en- thc yicld of the orchards aid paicl the cash ters its borders betwecn May rmd October for the privilege of gathering the apples. with i,he great wriety and ricl~ncss01 thc Thc Pruit inlcrests of the Ozarlts 11avo products of the soil. Few scctiol~sof the iricreasecl so rapidly of late years that none earth can match this count,ry in the sc.)[)c but thc painstaking statistician can more of Eann prod~~ctionssuccessfully grown. than loosely estimate the progress of this important industry. The apple orchards oE Southwest Missouri are among the largest in thc world. Some of the mammoth fruit farms of this region have become farnous owr half the world. They are so vast io cstcnt of area tllat'tllcir owners do not see ill1 of tlic trees once in a year. All of t112 soul11~r11llalf of Nissouri abounds in fruit, but tlic lollowi~igcounties comprise most ol' tl~tseclion ol the stat.e which has been called the "Laud of the Big Red Apple:'' (:recnc, \\rebslcr, \Yright, Texas, I-Iomcll, Oregon, Oxark, J)ouglas, Taney, Christian, Outing party irt Caw Spring>. Stone, Barry, Lawrence, McDonalcl, New- 'I'l~crcare corn stales, wl~catstates, t,obacco ton, Jasper, Dade, Polk, Dallas, Lacledc, states aircl dairy stales, hut the Omrk coun- IJulaslti, l'helps and Dent. IVithin this ter- try coinbincs all of tllcse agricullural in- ritory, lying on either siclc of th,e watershed dustries aucl then acl.ds to its prestige the cli\.itliug the Osage ad \Vhile rivers, the fanlc of thc "Land of the Eig Rccl Apple." l~ortic~~lturalislfinds a soil that will pro- There is Imrdly a useful crop grown in the duce evcry kind of fruit except those indi- temperatto zone that may not bc raised in genous to tropical or senlitropical , lands. Southn-csl Missoul*i. All tl~cstaple crops Here is the homc of the apple, peach, pear, of tl~cmitldlc section of tl)? Union do well apricot, plum, chcrry, strawl~crry,black- 11cro. 'l'hcrc can be 110 complclc crop fail- berry: raq)l)crry, ~nulberry,goosel~erry, cur- ure in a country where coril, wheat, oats, ~xrrt,grape and various other varieties ot ryc, l,arlcg, clovcr, timotliy, Lluc grass, mil- useful and mxrlietablc fruits. let, flax, sorglluni, tol~accoand all Itincls of The stranbcrry of lhe Oxarlcs is tllc hest vegetables and fruits grow on cl-erg acre of grown in America ancl the plant hcre at- soil. This is why the pcople of the Ozark tains its greatest Pertility. 'The strawberry country are gctting rich so rapidly of late. hnrvest in Sout~lln~cstMissouri lias become They can always have something to sell. .A an industrial feslival mhicl~the young folks dry scason inay blight some crop, but an- look forward to froin year to year with other product yields a surplus. lmt year much pleasant anticipation. The pickinq when the drool11 mithcred tl~ccorn fields season brings light and rem~ulerativework ovcr half of thc IIississippi valley and des- to t.houeands of boys and girls ~110earn titution threatened thousalds of families, as lnucll money iil the berry fields as do 1 FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE. 59

the more sial\\art hands of the wheat har- bn~ygathering the lu.cious harvest the vest. sight is one north going nlany miles to see. Horticulture is thc poctry of husbandry From Ccdar Gap, thc highest point of tho and thc frnit gron er ranks highest in point Ozarli plateau, on the railroad, down to thc of intelligence and rcfinemcnt among the edge of thc hrkancas swamp+, the prospect tilIers of the soil. To attend a mceting of that invites the eyc of thc traveler is n the fruit men of the Ozarks, listen to their panorama of delight. This is inclecd a iairy- scientific diecussions, see their vives and land of nd~oleso~neindustry. At Ccclar Gap daughters parlicipating in these inrlustrial thc tributaries of \\'hilt river and thc Cas- parliaments, and then at noon share the conacle are partcd by a narrow ~atershcrl bountiful and elegant dinners spread in the not much wider than the railroad track. On public hall, is to realizc what a noble pur- cither side of the summit o[: the inounlain suit the horticnltumlist follows. All ore. range the specialor 113s a view over many Sonthn~c~tXiesouri the frmt rai~crshaw miles 01 country. ,\, tliou.anr1 l~lucpeaks

tllcir socicticts, a~icl I!icee periodical ~ncct- oC illc O~a~ltsdot thc land-cape and 111a11y ings furnish a great deal of social cntcr- ol these lililc mountains havc peach or- tainment as well as diffuse tl~clatest scien- chards up lo their \ cr)- crests. tific kno~vleclge about the bnsincss of talc- I?ut thc Ozarlc country has other sonrces ing care of trees and plants. of nrealth than its clivcrsiiiecl agricultural The Frisco System traverses with two and hitproducts. \T7ithout any other nat- liinin lines and several branchcs this great ural advantages ihm its fertile soil the rr- fruit region of Uiesouri. From thc car win- gion would be a land of thrift for indns- dows the passenger can behold iu thi: trions people. Adclcd to nrcalth of thc springtime thousands of acrcs of bloominji grain fields and orchards are thc richest trees. Thc pcrhne of apple, pcach and mincs of nschrl ores on the continent. The plnm blossoms fills the air. Later on in the mini?ral district of Southwest Missouri has season the ripening frnit inaltcs a picture of been hut partly developed hecauec much of Imuty and wcalth \vllich no artist can ade- it lies beyond the rcacl~of present railroad quatcly portray \villi pcncil or brnsh. When tran~portation. The world of conimerce the big peach ~rcllilrdssonth of the su~nn~itknon s something aboul tlic n calth of the of the Ozarlis arc bending with ripe fruit Joplin district. The ontpnt of these mine;; and the armies of pickers and packers arc has been reported by the daily papers for 60 FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE. ycars. But there are hundreds of good in the United Siates lie between Spring- prospects in Southnlest Missouri which lack field, i\Iissouri, and the cotlon belt of Ar- only transportation facilities to nlalte them Imusas. Most of the big pine forests have profitable mining camps. The White river been cut over, but thc supply of oak tim- counties abound in lead, zinc, copper and ber is large enough to furnish a constant other valuable ores that will some day be traffic Por many years. Aside Prom the ma- successfully mined. In north Arkansas terial wealth of this country, yet new in its thcre are mountains of mincral n-ealth that resources, there arc many attractions to in- have not been touched because of the re- vite people who haw money to invest in pic- moteness of these great deposits of ore? tnresque homes. As has been said, thc scen- from railway traffic. Besides the undevel- ery in the Ozarlts has a grandeur of its owl. oped mines of the Arkansas scction of the Some of the enthusiastic admirers of the Ozarlts thc marble quarries of the country White river region have called the border would supply building material for a thou- 01 Missouri and Arkansas "The Switzerland sand cities. This beautiful stone, of which of America." In the fall of the year when eight or ten distinct varieties have been dis- mountain woods are aglow with the tints covered, will some day constitute an im- of the fading leaf the pictnre is one of in- portant element of the rcsourccs of thc White river region. describable charm and Indian snmmer casts The timber of thc Ozarlis is abundant and a spell of beauty over the country that ~aluable. The largest forests of Iudwoocl makes it n drcamlancl for weeks. DEATH TO THE PEACH MOTH. The peach moth has long been th.2 banv his person an assortment of twigs contaili- of pcach growers everywhere, and how best ing larvae of the destructive insect. to destroy the pestifcrous insect, a problcm The unsuspecting anarsia hntclla, believ- that horticulturists and scientists have dc- ing that ~t was time to begin business op- voted much timc to solve. It is an insidious erations, burst from their coverings of hark insect that burics itscIf under the tender and thus bctragcd to the keen scientist the bark of the twigs, and at its appointed time sccrct \vhich is to he thcir undoing. bursts fo~thto do its worst upon the From these strictly pcrsonal investigs- orchards. Just what time of year was best tions Mr. Clark is now enabled to announcc to forestall the rawnous moth before it in his bulletin illat the time to catch the conlcl begin its destruction has been a long pcstiicrous insects is at the budding time mooted question. in early Spring. But it scems that Prof. Warren T. Clark, By the application of an emnlsion of lime, assistant cntou~ologistof the University 01 salt and sulphur, at this time, he g~~arantces California, has at last solvcd the probleiil that thc former loss of 75 per cent n-ill be and suggcsted the weapon for a succcs~ful rcduced to 1 per cent. warfare on thc peach moth. Prof. Clark Prof. Clark's bullel in has attractecl ilw gives his discovery in a concise bulletin that spccial attention of the Secretary oC Agr1- cannot fail to be instructivc to peach grow- cultnrc, who feels lhat after thc many ers everywhere as well as in the frnil belt of costly experiments the government has California, to which it is mainly dircctecl. made in this direction a satisfactory solu- Believing that the most successful fig111 tion of it is at last at hand. The remcdy against the pest co~dclbe carriccl on in thc suggcsted is simple and trifling in cost, and first flush of thc Spring's modificd temper- no doubt will be hailed will1 thc ihanks of alure, JIr. Clark undertook to simulatc the pcach growcrs in cvery scction of thc couil- balmy breath of May by carrying about on try. MINETTE'S EYES. BY WILLIAM JIARXON REEDY. She sat at the dining room table alone. When did he not think of them? Even Her gown nr:a3 bright in the morning light at the altar, as the marriage ceremony that filtered through the lattices made Miss Boulder Xrs. Duykin was be- and laces. He stood in the door, drawing ing performed, he though of them. He felt on his gloves, and looked at her. She look himself nervous because of a desire to rd up at him froin her cup, and the great look around and aee whether AIinette was brown eyes were soft with tears. There not in soine corner of the church, with was a perceptible quiver of the lips, a those eyes fastened upon him. He look- ti3emor of the cheelts, aid he almost felt ed for her as he walked out of the Church u tcmplation to kiss them. Be flung a of the Holy Pyx, but he did not see her. letter on the table, strode through the She was not there. parlors and out on the street. She had left town three days before Duylrin had broken with Ninette for- and it was a bit of laughable gossip all ever-the RIinette he had met in Paris, around town that her house on Elvin had brought with him over-sea, and had Street was being sold out at auction while loved wilh tireless, if illicit, devotion for Duyliin was being married. Boulder pere five long years. He stood at llie corner had to subscribe $500 to the stock of a sen- and loolied at the house. He made as it sational publication to keep the interest. to come back again, but he mastered him- ing acconnl of the i~llctionand the mar. self and board(1d the next car down town. riage out of the sheet in question. It had Alinetle, at the window, saw him dis- been in typr and was licaded "Two Sales." appear. lealied 11~r white, low brow I11 the language of that charming piece of against the cool pane, and simply gasped suppressed literature, "Duykin had the "011!" Then she went in the parlor, sat blood and Boulder had the 'bood', and be- in a ro~li~l.,and closed her eyes. His tween thein they made a bargain." crayon portrait slnilecl down on her. The reporter who wrote the article was Dnykin had clone "the proper thing." so rlisg~istcdat its non-appearance that The~ewere no two ways about that. lie got drunk and was discharged, and Everybody told him so, and what euery- told the whole story. body says must be true. It was one of "l3y God," he exclaimed, "I just let my- those attachments that had to be broken self c,ut on a description of Jlinette's eyes. sometime, and now was the tjme to sub- If it had come out, Dana would have sent scriBc to the univer3al law. He mas for me and given me $73 per week on the ahout to marry the beautiti1 heiress, Niss Sun." Boulder. She had I lmow not how many I, the chronicler, regret that I could not millions in her own right even if she did get him sober enough to reproduce this not possess JIinette7s subtile grace, the description of the eyes for me. I might pervading perfume of her, the eaerlast- have used it and got the job from Dana ing sensation 31ir gave one of a desire to 1113'scl f. let her nestle dn his breast, the eyes-the eprs of Minette. Xo one knew what had become of Rlin- 1 Those eyes! As he renlembered them, ette. After his mui.riage, Dugkin used to they sceined liltc sobs coined in soft light. allude to her, now and then, in an off'- Their helplessness reproached him, and 11:ind aorl of vioy, in the hope of Icarn- he felt somehow as if there was a film of iiig of her, but Ire heard never a word. cotton around his heart and chocking it, Nr. and 111-s.Duykin led the-social world ns he thought of them. in everything. Duykin blossomed forth (i 2 FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE. ------. .. . ------as a capitalist, a director in several com- ne.rcr heard of his brother's attachment panies and a general man of airairs. at Iioine. The constaiit chatter about v t C li Slincttc inflamed him in his desire to see Mr. and Mrs. George Duyltin were in the woman. Re had more money, thanks l'aris. They cut quite a figure there in the to his brother's generosity, than brains. American colony i~ndwere much exploit- He was living a wild life in Paris, under ed in tlic local papers Iwcause they were the pretense of being a student. He man. the first St. Louisans wlio had ever risen aged to meet i\Iinette-but it was only from obs~nrityin that strange company after he had had a "tip" that he had "bet- of exiles. more or less tcniporary, nllio ter not be too free tliere; lie inight be w:~ntto go to Palls ~vhilethey live and treading on old family preserves." don'l carc n~llerethey go when they die. So lie was introduced as JIons. Thomas The splurge they made was somewhat Filters of Chicago, and he conducted him- noted even in Paris. There was only one self ils such-in the usual brutally bour- subject that divicled with it the honors geoisc fashion. The old Du-Bin blood had of conversation among the chroniquers gotlen mighty thin by the time it had and flanenrs. gotten clonn to Tom. Tlie IIinette took That subject nras the new light among him in. Tlie money he spent! The way the Parisian horizontales. Her name was he spent it! Hc soon found that his JJinette-Minette of the beautiful eyes. brother was also in her train. and he kept lle Maupassant had declared, judt before irom tli~salon of Minette when he hen7 he began to think he was being smother- his lrrother was to be tliere. cd in roses, tlint he would write a norel ahout 111~beaus yeus. C';1l11llc Xcncles '\\'hen. one clny, Mr. George Duykin in- Iiacl l)c~rl)eti.;~tcda salaiiici~ll,~beautiful formed his 1)anliers lhat a clieclt for 60,000 pastel i11 prose on the snhjecl, and even franc~s,sigi~ed by him, and paid by them. 11. ,\ur~licnScholl had touched upon was :I forgrry, there was talk. The check tl~einilll!sti~nti~ely in n criliqne that dc liacl been paid to the faultlessly attired lighted the boulevaids for two clays. soulenenr who l~oscdin a filthily bril- Of course, Mr. George 1)11jltinheard of liant bacl

1 lrle through iny brother-through a bog. the making in all cafes before sundown. t You fiend!" George I)ugliin, upon reaching his 1Cc struck her. She fell aud lag slretch- hotel, found his brother there. He said: i ed out on the floor, n stwarn of blood is- "Uuve you heard the ne\vs?" sniug from a wound in her head, n-here '(I have." she Bad struck upon the corner of an "It is well she coufessed belore she onyx lamp-table. died. It showed there was some good in * \ B e c her." Minette lay white in her little bed that "Confessed ! What ?" looked too spotless for tl~e shn1ne3 it "That she Pol.ged the clieck heraelf." knew. Xr. George Duylzin stood 113 it, his Tom arose bolt upright. He lurched I I face hard set. ZIe had come reluctantly back again upoil the divan, and George, bending do~nto help him, heard but a 011 a sIinmons. "1 wish to speak with you," she whis- gasp : pered, opening her eges, at which he "She lied! Not for me though! For glanced only to turn anray. 3'011." "Well!" While Toni Dugkin lay unconscious in "I forged that-that cl~eclito-to-to his room, his brother Georgc went out on stab you. Your little brother is guiltless." (he streets illat the air might cool his brain. He walked and walked, as one in "Thanli (j od !" ('Do you, George, dear George, do you a trance might valk. Ile found himself before Ninette's. forgive me?" I-Ie stood and looked up at the stars and "Yes," he said, at a nod l1~1ntl1v doc said something to I~ilnscllf.Then he pull tor. Then he went out of the room. Sllc ed out his handlzerchi~f,wipcd his face sat up to listen to his retreating foot- and entered Ihe house. steps. Then she Iny back md slniled once lnio i\Iinettels room he went and gazed more. upon her there, dead. Y- c + e B Y The little hands he llnd often toyed with The gamins crying tl~eevening papers were crossed 1111on her breast. announced the death of Wnette of the Ee bent over and kissed her on her beautiful eyes, and mots on her nere in beautiful eges.

A DEED. BY ROBERT LOVEJIAN.

I-lc clicl a clccd, a gracious deecl- IIc ministered to rnen in ncccl; iIe bound a wound, he spoke a word That God and every angel hcarcl.

IIe did a deed, a loving deed; 011.souls that suiEer and that bleed, He clicl a dcecl, and on his way -5 bird sang in his heart all day. -The Argosy. FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE. . - - REALM OF HUNTSMEN. BY A. d. KENDRICK. That sportsmen who wants to And the glisten for a momcnt, of those good oid bcst huiiting in the Indian Territory, or ill clays. But now it is \;cry mnch diiferent. the Southwest, for that matter, will bctalte Ciame is scarcer than in the early timcs. To hin~self to the wild and woolly section of the successful Nimrod a stout pair of legs is cuuntry located in the southcast corner of as essential as a good gun or a bountiful sup the Choclaw nation. ply of a~l~inuiiition.And so it hapuens that In truth it is exceedingly doubtful if any t,hc Inclian of ihe B. I. 1'. t-oday amounts to where ill the Unitcd States he will find bet- lilllc or i~olhingas a hunter, aid his ivhitc ter sport involving the use of rod, dog and brother cnjoys a practical monopoly of tho gun than that which awaits him in this ~~lcasorcsof the chase. Perhaps it is juc;: portion of the territory, owned by thc? as well that this is so, if you look at the Choctaw Indians. There is hunting else- ~nat,terfrom the standpoint of the Nimrod where in the Inclian Territory, of conrsc, from the city, who boards a train with dog but thc cream of it is in this section men- and gun, and sets forth to enjoy a season of tioned. The rest of it, in comparison, is a$ sport in the ~aradiscalorcsaid. For if the skimmed milk. Indian wcrc as industrious in this line as hc It is a wild, rough, mountainous country, might bc, he woulcl leave mighty poor pick- along which lie the rails of the Zkisco Sys- ing for his white brother. tem, but it is a country that is full of game Bciorc writing in detail of the galno and almost every kind of game at thax. coui~tryof the Indian Tcrritory, it will be o: Hcrc the man with the gun will find decr, intcrcst to sportsmen to rcfer to the law hcars, panthers. wild cgts, cougars or governing hunting in the Indian Territory. ~nountainlions, coons, Poses, wild turkcys, Thcrc has been an idca in some quarters, pheasants, ctc., to say nothing of the hum- that it is necessary to get a pennit hefore ble hut nilnblc squirrels. In short if the Idling gainc in Ihc. Indian country. This hunter will penclrate far cnough inlo these is not truc, for thc simplc reason that moiultain fastnesses, he will find his para- Indian Agcnt Shoenfeldt mill not issue per- dise. But it will not be obtained without mits. Col. Oscar I,. Xiles, the well l

However, it is generally unclerstood that if er side of the Frisco, is to be found the fin- aliunting party goes into the Territory and est hunting in the United States, because hunts purcly for pleasure, killing only such of the variety of game to be found there. game as it can reasonably use, its mcmbera Dcer, bear, wild turkeys, pheasants, wild will not be molested. I myself have been cats, panthers, mountain lions, foxes, coons, lmnting in the Territory since the second all these in addition to the smallcr game, ruling was made and so have many of my are here to be found. Not that this game friends. None of us have been inolestecl. is so plentiful as in earlier clays. By no Indian Agent Shoenfeldt is a broad-minded, means. The Choctaw Nation has been tha liberal man, and his only object is to prevent hunting ground of too many sltillful Wim- the ruthless and recltless slaughter of game rods for that. But still there is plenty of in the country under his jurisdiction. Per- sport to be enjoycd, even if it is conpled sonally, as a sportsman, I heartily endorse with considerable brain work and not a lit- his action. I believe all true sportsmen will tle leg n-ork. The best deer hunting in do the same. There has been in the past this section is found along the creek?, of a frightful destrnction of game in the In- which may be mentioned Cloudy Creek, dian Territory. A ycar or so ago I was ill V7ild Horse Creek, Frazier Creek, Nocho- hlena and noticed a big lot of deer-skins nnbbee, Eagle Fork, Boketultolo and others. hanging up in a hide and fur store. The This general section is extremely monn- proprictor of the place told me they num- tainous, and for rugged grandeur it is almost bered 300, and that he had already that sea- without all equal in tile country. Among son shipped out 400 more of them, also some the principal mountains and mountain 1,500 coon and fox skins. That is simply mngee, which afford unequalled hunting onc incident giving an idea of how the grounds, are the Xcamichi, Wincling Stair, ganlc in the Indian Territory is bcing deci- Eagle Folk, Blue Bouncer, Black Fork and mated." Rich Mountain. While many hunting par- No thorough sportsman mill hold a grudge tics go into this country in wagon:, if one against Indian Agent Shoenfcldt for his wishes to gct to the points where game is atiitucle in this matter, and no hunter who thc most plentiful, he mill provide himself will act within the bounds of reason in with pack ponies. He can thus reach placcs killing Tcrritory game need fear trouble. inaccessible to a wagon outfit. It may be mentioned in this connectioli, Arriving at Tuskahon~a,or going fur- that one of the most ardent hunters who tlicr down to Antlers, the hunter can rest visits the Territory with his gun is a certain ovcr night and then start for the mountain Federal Judge of the Southwestern District, fastnesses. If he is wise he will take along rho would bc the last person on earth to some good hunter or guide, who is familiar Break the laws. with the stamping ground of the deer or The legal side of the question having thus other game. With such a companion, skill- been disposed of, the hunter may gather ed in the arts of woodcraft, success is much up his hunting traps, leash his clogs and more certain. board a Frisco train. That is, if he is wise, Spcalting of deer, one of the n~ethoclsof he will board one of the trains of that sys- hunting that animal employed by old-time tem, for there is s'omething to hunt ns well woodsmen in this section, is that of fire- as something to sce along the Frisco. hunting, a plan familiar to most lovers of Shortly after leaving Ft. Smith the Choctaw the chase. nation is reached and the mo~~ntainous "Fire-hunting is my strnnghold when it corintry comes in sight. The gamc belt comes to killing deer," said one native, who may bc said to begin with Winding Stair has bccn hunting in the Kiamichi country Xountain and to extend to Hugo, I. T. In lor 20 years, to the writel., the other day, this zone, extending 30 or 40 miles on eith- "Gimme a good strong light, a dark night 66 FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE. - - . .. - -. . ------.- and my ~vinchesteu and 1 can bring 'cnl hcrc attains an cnormous eizc, ancl 28 and clown every time." 30-1)0u11clcrs arc by no illcans ancomrno~i. The olcl-fashioncd ~ncthociol firc-11unt.ing Ihriiig thc "gol~bling'~scascn, in thc rno~~th was to have one inan carry in a l)an fasten- of April, is of corlrsc thc bcst time to hunt cd to a sticlc throw11 over his shonlder so~iic this spccics of gainc, for then both i.h? ' blazing pint Irnots. Thcsc n,oulil be re- gobl~lcrand thc lwn may lx t,lle morc casily ' newccl from time to time, and thc bright sutnnloncd by t!~cleceptivc call of thc 1111nt- light woulcl reveal the presence of thc dcc: er. St,ill, at othcr seasons of thc year wild by showing his eyes, first as a single ball 01' turlteys arc plentiful cnongh to afford the fire, ancl then, as t,he hnnter drew nearer, bcst sort of sport. And it is enough to two balls of fire. "Never shoot until the ~ualtetllc iuoutll 01 an cpicnrc mtcr to Lea? single ball of fire becomes tnro halls," is thc old cmnpcrs tslk ol' ltil l ing 25-ponnd turkeys rule of the hunter who stalks the deer at- so big and full of meat., tl~atstcalts wcrc night. The bright light secllls to fascinatt? sliced off tlie~nand hroiled just as one would or hypnotize tllc animal and he falid ail easy broil a porl-erhousc. You never gct tllc full prey to the huntcr's h~lllct.Thc same nlctll- benctfit oC \vild tnrkey Ilcsl~until you haw od is successfully employcd in hunti~igthc it served up in this lashion by a good old coon. ilarlq cat-np chef who properly uudcr::tnnils Thcn thcrc is the l~laclibcar, a con;m.dlg Ilia busi~we. cuss, and very little of a fighter unless he <)nails and prnirie chiclccns, it, is hardly gets into a corner and is compellecl to give ncwwary to say, are fou~din great quali- battle. But then, evcn a co~vwill fight un- titics in the Indian Tcrrit,ory, more partic- clcr those circumstances. To use the ex- olarly, of course, in the level country. In pression of an old hunker who has for years truth, in Ihe scope of this hricf articlc it is been bringing clown all sorts ol' ealllc in iii~p~ssiblcto ~1~~11in detail upon the rar- the Choctaw Nation, the Territory Llacli ious forlns of gainc-shooting that here bear is "God Almighty's race horse,:' n~hen await tllc hunter. Let him sccli t,llat game he gets to running away from an enemy. IIe in the right placcs and at thc right time and will jump from crag to crag, and lrolll his cflorts will he amply rcwarclcd. Fur- bocldcr to bouldcr, as though he hacl wings. tl~c~.morc,hc will find in this scction idell

It is not the easicst thing in tilc \vorld to I a am ping groiinr~s,for nrountaiu strcams, kill a bear, for his vulncrablc spots arc not. carrying an ah~lldill~~cor purc, reall water numerous. If you gct a chancc to slloo! tmhcrc ill plent,y. him squarely in the head, tl~cchanccs alsc . In concluding illis al.ticlc, it may hc illen- that yon will not bring him down, for hc hw iioncil that ii llas Lccn proposcd 1)~'tllose an acute anglecl frontispiece from mliich (IIC intcrcstd i11 the subjcct t1ia.t thc govern- bullets have a distressing knack of gliding nicnt. Ieilcc ON n galnc prcserw, say 40 iiiilci: harmlessly, and, moreover, his sltull is liko squarc, in the scction of the Chocta~NR- damant. The old-time hnnter will tell tion rcfcrred to. SrwIi a reservation, cor- you that the best way to bring down ;I liering nbout eight ~nilesfrom Tnskaho~na, bear is to shoot him in thc hrown spot wo~rlditicl~tde evcry varicty of galnc to be back of the em, which will .scnil thc lirlllct found in thc Territory. 11 such a tract into his brain, oi. to shoot him in the lights wcrc cndosccl and rctaincd unclcr govarn- ba.clc of thc shoulder. All of which, of ntcnt coutrol-lia~ing first, been sccr~rctlbp course, requires no sinall degree of slrill, for ~)nrcl~ascfro~n thc Choctaw lndianc-hunt- if i\h. Bear is not punctured in thc proper ers would hc cxcIudcc1 from that section, place, he will anlblc away and give you thc just as t.hcy are escl11dcc1Pronl Ycllon.ston? horse-laugh, or ratllcr the bcar-laugll. l'nrk. 'l:r~i suc~l~ii 1)lan wrriccl out wo11lt1 The turkcy Ilunter finds his hands f111l bc of i~~c+ti~nnl)lcbcnclit in prcscrvin~tile when he gcts into this scction. The tarlcey game nrhich exists in such varicty in ill!: or~or tl~cSoull~n.csi--so~~~crl~ing which 1)leasurcs of the chase as he is, may be re- d 1)c I~ailccl \\.it11 pat sslisf:~ctiou i)y licltl LI~OIIto do c\:crything in his power to )i sportsllian. I1 is iiot at all improl)- put thc project into csecation. ''Protect that {.his rnattcr will be broughl to the Amcrican gamc" ought to be as nlucl: of 3 llion of Congress at its nest session, national slogan as "Protcct American for. thosc who faror s~~cha plan believe cuts." Perhaps, in the near futore, it wi 1 President Rooscvclt, great lover of the be.

TO HELEN. BY EDCTAR ALL AN POE. Iiclclr, thy beauty is to me LiLtc those Kiccan barks oS yore,

Ilhat I gcntly, o'er n perl'umcd sea, The weary, ~vay\vorn\vanderer hore To his own nati\ e shore.

On dcspcralc sene long \vo~~tto roam, '1'11~'l~ynci~~tli hair, 111~'elassic face, Thy Kaiad airs haw Brought me home 'To thc glory t,l~at\\us Greccc And the g~-anileurillat vas Xomc.

Tie! in y011 1)rillialit \\~intlo\v-~~iclic Ilo\\. siatuc-like 1 scc thce stand, 'I'hc agate lamp wilhiu thy hand ! NI, Paychc, Proin the r~gionswhich Arc JIoly Land!

CUT IT OUT. 1C yon havc an inclination '1'0 bc savage, cross and mcaii, Cnrcless in your conversalion, Full of bitterness and splccn, Put aside this wickcd habit; Chargc upon it wibh a shout! Seize it-grab it! Stieli it-stab it! Cut it out!

IT you see some clever lrerses Such as poets often write, Where the bard his soul immerses In n flood of golden light, Taltc the poem-take and save it; It will hclp you, past a doubt; You in after years may crizve it, Cut it out! -'iVillis Clanahan. FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE, WELEETKA, INDIAN TERRITORY. BY THOS. F. JIILLARD.

I am prompted to write the history oC to be bnilt between Port Smith, Ark., ant1 Weleetlta bccausc it illustrates as well, if not Guthric, Okla. While the exact course of better, lhan any other I haic eiiconntere:l, the road was not, of coursc, known even to the wonderful development which is with al- the engineers coinn~issionedto sclcct it, it most inconceirahle rapidity converting t!w was generally surmised that it \vould pass Indian Territory into a center of modern through ~lusl

THEN AND NOW.

Sir Icaac Newton sat onc day Bcncath inn apple-tree, ;Jc saw the fruit fall to Ihc grouid- Quo111 hc, "Tlial's gravi ty," If Jlrc could livc again to-day, l\lctl~inltslie'il show surprise, :\nd licclge his bct, to see thc way The fruit now takes a rise. FRlSCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE.

JTUST A LINE OR TWO. The fellow who has to make new resolu- Of course, the fifteen-year-old St. Louis tions the first of every year us~lallydoes not wife who is suing for a divorce should be keep any of them over thirty days. pern~itleclto go back to her ma. *** *** There is a whole lot of danger in skatcs The voters of Wyoming have clothed a besides thc kind yon glicle over ice with. woman with the judicial ermine, but she re- *** fnses to adopt the Dr. Mary Walker coo- Halnlin Garland wants Uncle Sam to tume, in order to make it fit her like a man. compel the Indians to assume American $ * * nanlcs. Impossible. The alphabet has al- JVell, it all may be over sooner than nre ready been twisted upside down to eshans- expect. Astronomers report that comet 990. tion by the whites. bigger than the sun-discovered by Prof. * Q * Fcrrine-is swooping down on this old Nothing is beyond Alnerican reach. The \\orld at tl~crate of 1,000,000 miles a day :< ::. $. captain of a gorernmcnt csploring boat in the South Pacific has recently caught a fish It is to 1x2 hopcd that the ''l~nlls" and at a depth of 6,000 feet. "bears" will leate the farmers enough corn *** to raise another record-brealring crop on. * Q :$ Snow balls furnish lots of fun, but thcy Denizen4 of the mountain4 in Kentucky will ncrer become as popular as ''high ancl Tennessee are beginning to think that balls." 8 8 thc milleuinm is near at hancl. Thc year is closing, ancl therc is not the sign of a fend "Christmas may bring all thc joy we in sight. hear so much about, but as for me, give mc **I "The good old snmmer time," waileth thc If a man conlcl only borrow moncy i1.4 tramp. easily as he does trouble, hi.; tro111~lc~wonlrl * ,: Q be rcw and soon forgottcn. Thc ~JC~SO~who thinks that thc invc~~iivr- .,: .> * gcnius of hncricnns is on thc wane should Especially about Christmas imc do so inspect a toy store. many young men gct a lot of ryc mised *Q* with thcir wild oats. Yon can travel for many hnnclrcd milcs *** over the Frisco System where the "Last It is bnt natural for a mountaineer to Rose of Summer" is known only in song. takc a peak whcn he is trying to obtain a Roses bloon~ in those parts all the year good vicw. 'round. *** X: * :;: It is not always the longest stocking that A New Pork bankcr proposes to scttlc draws the richest prizcs Jrom Santa Claus. the thrcatenecl international iinbroglio in * * * Tcnezuela by refinancing her national dcbt, Figures are awful prosy but it would he so that thc Europeans can get their inozlcy intcrcsting to sce a census 9f thc pcople in -if this govcrnmcnt will back him. Sure, this world who mould be miserable if they and n7cI\ ill do thc same thing. codd not be finding fault with somebod,v * * * about a down times n day. The hu~llcr~vho shoots a lame duck is * * :: not a truc sportsman. Moral: Ncver kick A man ~~ithwinning ways is oftcn a Ilea\> a man when he's on the down grade. lost .. FRISCO SYS'FEM MAGAZINE. 73 - - - A LITTLE OUT OF THE WAY. She was sitting in the front chamber- came for them to mo-ie to Washington, a small, fragile figure half hidden in a and she began to wonder at the delag. pinlr chintz easy-chair; with the most in- He made a sudden, desperate resolve- viting of footstools under her helpless she should newr know at all. The pack- feet. There was a pale pink bow in her ing began, the journey was taken, and dainty cap to match the ribbon at the this small house rented on the outskirts throat of her white wrapper. The sun- of the city. He picked up a little law light, flowing through the broad window practice here and there, ihrough interested to ripple placidly on the walls, seemed a friends, and his real ability. Those of very different thing from the blinding us who were likely to see his wife, he re- dazzle on the library dome-it was mel- quested not to mention his defeat before low and tranquil-the golden heart of the her. sun poured out there to delight and cheer It was slow, hard work for him, but those faded blue eyes. eyen in his native town, through his long "I'll take myself off and leave you ladies absences, he was no longer in the current together,'' said the squire. He bustled of things, and it was perhaps almost as away with a great assumption of hurried easy to gain a modest income here. responsibility. We three talked awhile I sat where I could see him filing papers of old friends, happy associations, and be- in the next room. With nervous fingers loved places. She forgot a great deal, he pored them over, and fastened them repeated herself very often, and cried carefully into neat packages with the rub- softly from time to time, as she stroked ber bands which are a sine qua non to our hands, and told us how glad she was every man who has once been a Congress- that we had come. We could see how man. His eyes wandered from time to time much she had failed since we were here toward the little figure in the front win- last, but her wrinkled face was prettier don., and I saw for the first time on that than many a girl's, with both beauty of grim face an undisguised look of yearn- feature and the immortal loveliness of a ing tenderness. And then he silently gentle nature and a pure, sweet soul. drifted back into our room again, "to put We had always called her husband things to rights on the mantel-piece." "The Squire". The title traveled with A few more moments, and he was stand- him from his own little town when he ing behind her chair, forgetting that he first came to Congress. He was a rugged had ever tried to stay away. She reach- old fellow, of pronounced views-often as ed a soft wrinkled hand up to him with- narrow as they were positive-but the out a word, and he covered it in both of man was genuine through and through; his. Then we all went on quietly talking. there was not an ounce of expediency in "Ezra had to go up to the house today," his being. When he clung with savage she said, "and the morning nras a whole energy to some position which seemed- year long without him. I'm a selfish old and probably was-retrogressive to woman, for I know the country needs him, younger, broader men, it was never a and I'm afraid his committee work is matter of cautious policy or a weighing getting behind-but it isn't going to be of possible benefits, but the defense of a for long-and I want him so. Ezra, you proud conviction. By and by they did mustn't ever leave me again!" She turn- not return him to Congress. That was ed to look back at him, with anxious, after his wife began to fail. His career clinging, dependent worship in her eyes. was her glory. He put off telling her He lifted a loop of the little bow on her again and again. At last the usual time cap over his finger, and bent to kiss it, FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE. ------. ('50,no, wife, 11ever again. JVe'll let for as I slwlic, his old back slraighlenc~d, Congress go." He half turned toward us and the "official" poise came bilck. as he spolze, and there mas a pleading "2111, yes, yes, I rcnieiiiher that day inquiry in the nlolion. It said: "You will well," lit. said, with a g~xtifieclring in slm-e her?-and help me pretend?" his voice. Slie said nothing, but \vatched l'roud and scnsilive, defeated ancl set lii~riprouclly. aside, he chose to bear it all alone. As we went away he escortcd us down- "Your llusbnnd can afl'orcl to slay away stail.s, 1,111 first lie kissed lieid, and shc awliile now," I said quickly. "He li~clung to hini as if he \ve~~cgoing from won his reputation, you Itnow. Don't her on :L long journey. Hl~ccalld down xon remember I happened to be beside to I~S,"C'OI~W again soon. l'crhaps if you yon in the gallery the day he was called can spel~dtlw ~l~orningsome day, I \~ould Ille best parliamentarian on the floor?" let Ezra go 111) to Congress-but I don't know-I don'l believe Illex need him as (He had defeated the consideralion of a 1nuc11 as I do--jusl now." wry popular measure, which he consid- And will1 smiling, patient bravery, as ered extravagant, by a clever and perti- if she could sw him fro111 her chamber, 1w nacious use of points of order). I have cnllcd back cheerily. "I don't believe tlleg xlways been so glad I was there that day, do. wife-just no\~!"-~\tlantic Monthly.

SILENCE. BY JULIES VOKDEY. (Mrs. Van Rcmsselxer C~xgnr.) 1,el silence reign. Thcrc needs no furll~cr TOY^ To yoice or blame or praise. I,ct clamor cease Ec4ween us twain, and newr more he heard Aught but the hush of uniungined peace. With parted lips Faith wings a wonndccl flight, Ueating the wind rent bj- a tricksier's skill, ITer life blood oozing in the poisoncd blight l\:hich fells its victim to cnrlh's con- quering chill. Lct no red drop plash on that frozen ground To stain the hand lhat sped the cruel dart; Let no loud cq escape, nor any sound Ihealc from the stillness of the quiver ing hcarl. Tho' an ignoble line thy 'scutcheon bars-- The world moves on\\*nrd, and, above, tlw stars. -i\Ietropolitan, FACTS ABOUT INDIAN TERRITORY. BY THOXAS F. MILLARD.

of sl c>;lcl*\opposit ion. 1)oth fronl the Incli:1:1 gorcw~nlm(s within i~nd the Tinitecl Stale..: govel.lt~tlc~nt\\ithout: pl'cwnts a cw~*ious;l~tonlitly ill llle de\relop~ll~~~ltof il c.oul~try,:tnd one that rnny ~vcllpnzxlc thc stndcnt of suc.11 evolntion. It niusl 11.~1,~be an III~IISU;I~attractio~~ that will incl~~ce:3.?0,000 intelligenl peoplc to move into a country u.hc~~ethey are expressly told tlicy are not wantccl. where they can ow1 no real properl~,where to reniain nleaus to sncl.ifice all political rights and absolute exclusion from pa~ticipationin arairs of cithw loci11 or national govrrn- mcnl. and where they nlust live nndcr a cwnstant tlweat of eviction. Yet all this Iins I~apprnrd. And the reason is not hard to disrowr. To sa,v llint under such cir comstances, the charms of the Territory havc npprcwtly ontnrcighed tliosr of otliw seciions of 0111. bl~~iddomain, is to pay 111~uatorrrl wsoorws of the country ;I compliincnt nrlticlt would be difficnl t to parallel. Is this coml)lirn~ntto the Territory de- scl~c.d? TPelI. n fact is not cnsy to got a~~onnd.Tlic grclat slntcs of JIissouri. Kanqns, Texas nnd Arknnsas s111m11ni1 the region originiilly set aside in pcr- pel~~ityfo~ the Tndinns to live upon i111d rnjo?. ibe frllits ihreof. Tlirse states ilrr not 1scdliing in atlractions to settlers. Their resonrccs may propel'ly be termed ~xti.aordinary.since the? have mfficed, in ('hwtnm I"nll11lood Family. Ihr half crntury they have been included nilhin ihe confines of civilization, to at- tracl and.hold n popnlnlion of npproxi- matrly piglit n~illions.and there i3 aniple mm for twice as manv more. In those slatcs ~*esidenlsIiaw all the ad~aniagcs tlint modern i4vilixalion is able to confer. Tn many of these advantages the Tcrri- tcl.?.. owinr: to its peculiar situation. 11~s hen ilc.ficirnt. Yet it has dranin, or. to sprillc corrccily, bren unable to exclude, il popuhfion now exceeding, with the tribal citizen%l~ip,400,000, and thousands that in the near future the adverse con- of others but await a betterment of con- ditions that have operated in the Terri- ditions, say rather a removal of the ban- tory are to he nmelioriated. Thc ban is to join the constantly swelling tide of im- to be removed. Settlers will no longer nligration. Witl~inthe period mentioned, have the door slaiumed in their faces, or, a considerable segment of the Indian Ter- when once inside, be in perpetual fear of ritory has been alienated, by purchase, the bouncer. They may come, and wel- and thrown open to settlement. It de- come. The lands of the Indians are to tracts no whit from the marrelous be allotted, and once that is done a large achieren~cntIhat is the story of Oltla- percentage mill he available for occupa- homa. to my that, notwithstanding com- tion. And in ~iewof this prospect. thou- parative clisadvantages, the Territory sands of prospective immigrants are anx- now stands nearly even with her in mn- ious to ascertain the terms under which terial development and population. Okla- the lands may be obtained. The present homa has thronrn open her doors, and the territorial possessions of the five cirilized

Indian School in the Creek Country. response of energetic upbuilcle~shas car- nations comprise approximately 20,000,- ried her almost within a decade to the 000 acres. These lands, which have been verge of statehood. With doors that must held in common, are now to bedistributed. be forced by those seeking admission, the each Indian citizen to receive a share. Territory has ne~ert11eIesskept pace with Deeds mill he issued. and, under certain the vigorous stride of her friendly rival. loestidictionsand reservations, the lands The fundamental vitality hack of this ac- will be thrown open to occupation and complishment must be indeed remarlrable, tillage under terms that will afford a even in a land of all on this earth the reasonable security to the occupant. Ow- most favored by nature. ing to the fact that couditiolls wry in each The reason for the present concentra- of the five nations, separate allotment tion of the interest of homeseekers upon treaties were necesary, but the system and this country is to be found in the fact spirit of all the treaties is practically the FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE. - -- - . ------same. The general theory of the treaties has lived, and which he has probably im- is to give each tribal citizen his or her proved. When a citizen makes hisselection fair share of the tribal estate, and in order he is required to designate a homestead to accomplish this the government de- equal to 40 acres of the average land in cided that it was necessary to classify the nation, and under the provisions of and appraise the lands, according to their the treaty he cannot alienate this home- character and value. In all the treaties stcad in any way for 21 years after he it was deemed prudent, for the protection secures his deed. Within this period, this of a people who had not been accustomed homestead cannot be encumbered, or to hold land in severalty, and who were taken or seized for debt or any other ob- consequently presumed to be unacquaint- ligation. All other lands in excess of the d with its values, to make a certain home. homestead nlag be alienated at any time stead inalieiiable for at least ageneration, after five years, and valid titles given. It and to throw safeguards around the re- should be borne in mind that, under no niainclcr during a brief period. It be- circumstances, as the law is at present, comes important, therefore, for anyone can valid titles be secured to lands with- desiring to settle in the terl*itorguponany in the Territory until five gears after they of the tribal lands to be informed fully are allotted. But the lands may be as to the terms and conditions imposed leased just a soon as the allotment is by the treaties. While, as I have said, made. This section of the treaty, which the treaties difler somewhat in minor de- has now been enacted into law by Con- tails, their general principles are the gress, reads as follows: same. and an examination of the principal "Cheroltee citizens may rent their allotments provisions of one will give an insight into when selected, for a term not to exceed one year for grazing purposes only, and for a period not the workings of the others. Let us, then, to esc~erlfive years for agricultural purposes, but take n cursory glance at the term3 of the without any stipulation or obligation to renew the same; but lenses for a longer period than one year trealy between the United States govern- for. nrazing' purposes and for a period longer than ment and the Cherokee Nation providing five years for agricultural purposes and for min- rral purposes may also be made with the approval for the allotment of the national lands. of thc Secretary of the Interior, and not otherwise. On a basis of a pro rata division, earh ,\ny agreement or lcase of any ltind or character violative of this section shall be absolutely void Cherokee citizen is entitled to approxi- and not su~ceptibleof ratification in any manner mately 110 acres of land. but the method and no rule of' estoppel shall ever prevent the assertion of its invalirlity. Cattle grazed upon of equalization adopted by the Dawes lensed nllotments shall not be liable to any tribal Commission will cause a great variance tax, but when cattle are introduced into the Chcroltre xntion am1 grazed on lands not selected in the allotments. A citizen who selects as allotments by citizms the Seoretary of the In- comparatively valuable land, according to terior shall collect from the owners thereof a reasonable grazing tas for the benefit of the tribe." the appraisement, n6ll naturally receive It will be noticed that short leases may much less than one whose selection em- be made without the consent of the Secre. braces land that is comparatively in- tary of the Interior, but long leases must ferior. It thus happens that allotments be approved at Washington. No agree in the Cherolzee Nation will probably vary ment entered into by a Cherokee citizen from 80 to 640 acres, according to loca- prior to the expiration of the time limit tion. Impr'ovements are not taken into to sell his land as soon as it shall be alien- consideration in the appraisement, for able will be valid. It will be easily iinder- they go to the credit of the man who made stood that the reason for these restric- them, and their value is considered as tions is to prevent the Indians from sell. apart from the natural value of the land. ing the land before they have an idea of In a11 cases, each citizen is given a prior its value. However, one great difficulty opportunity to claim the place where he has been removed. It will be possible to FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE. ------secure valid leases, for a limited period Thiq norm;ll headway nil1 finish Ihc job without interference from Washington, in n comparati~elyshorl limc now. and an unlinlited period will1 tlic consent I\-bile Ihe situation respecting land tcn- of the Secretary of tlie Interior, and under ure in the Territory stands in this shape these leases the lands can bc cultivated just now. it is liig111y 1)robal)lethat by the nlifh as much security of possession as in time il~eallotnlcnt is finislicd some sup- any of the states. This is a long step in plemcntal legislatiou will be enacted, by advance, and an immense immigration lo which the tinlc lilnits nithin \vliich titles occupy the millions of acres that hare may not be conreycd will hv modifcd. or never fclt the plow is sure to come. in many cases (lone away\\Gtll allogclher. For about eight years, now. the Com- The reason for tllesc. li~uitntionshas al- mission to the Five Civilized Tribcs, pop- rcndy Iwc*n es1)lainecl. The portion of In- ularly lcnonrn as the Dawes Commission, dian cil ixcns who arc even thcoi~ctically has been preparing the way to allotment, assnmcd to need a I onipor~ryguardian with the result that the work is nearly docs not escccd 20.000, out of n total done. The land in the Seminole Nation irihal cil iecwshi~~of ahou t 85,000. This has been allotted, that in tlie Crcelc NR- po~dion consisls chicfly of full-bloods, tion is nearing completion, while in thc nrho hare hem hncl;\vnld in lenrning the Cherolwe, Choctaw and Chickasaw na- ways of the white inan. It map be that tions it is rapidly progressing. While it it will be to Ihe :~cl~nntngeof this class is at present impossible to fix a date when of Indian, lo prcvrnl Iiin~from solling his this treinendoi~sand difficult labor will he lioineslc:~d for a gc~~cwlion,but snch a finished. it now seems probable that an- theory can smrcely be nss~lmeclto apply other gear will suffice. The Secretary of to the pln~tictllly"n-llitc 1nili:tns." of mix the Interior has been quoted as saying pi1 1)Iood.who constiti~tcfnllgthree-fourth$ that the Territory will he thrown open to of the tribal population. These people settlement within two years, and lie arc as cnpablc of managing their own ltnows if anyone does. EEe probably business now as they eyer ill bc, and means that all deeds will be issncd by they dc~plyrcscnl being tiecl np as \vnrifs that time, and all disputed claims scltlcd. in rllancery. 'l'hcy want to be able to do From the time that is done, valid lcases as Ih~plc~~e niih Illc>irp~.opcrt,v, and no can he secured. One hears in the Terri- ow wllo is at a11 falniliar with their sit tory a great deal of more or lws bittcr nnlion will think of denying 111~justice of crilicisln of 111~delav of thc government their posil ion. I1 would he just ;IS 1~s~- in perfecting allotment. This criticism sonable for the gowrnment lo prcvcnt a comes from all classes. but it seems to be Pcnnsy1~-aninor Illinois f;wmer Prom sell- fonnded rather on impatience than upon ing his land on the theory thot he n-as not dereliction of the Interior Department. c:?pahlc of manaxing his own hi~sincss.I Accnsations that every possible means to assnme that the Swrctary of the Interior delay the issuance of deeds are employed and Conglms Piilly rcalizc this, and will by those in authorit1 are freely bandied conscwt to a morlification of some of th~ about. Tt is difficult to determine thr provision3 of 111~treaties. Thr only dif- Rc~ltyin ilie way of snpglcnicntarp legis- justice or injustice of these charges, but lation is how to dclhnine who is and to me they do not seem to be n~llfounded. who iq not entitled to excmplion. Two Perhaps the most that can bc said about mc>fhods Ilaw been sngpstccl: The first, the attitude of the government is that it that the Ter~r~itol*ialcourts he given jnris- shows no disposition to accelerate mat- riiciion to determine siich competency, on ters beyond the normal rate of pro,~ress. presentation of evidence; second. that this FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE. - - poner be yiveu lo lhc Sccrelary of the sc;~pcdocs uol materially diEer from large Interior. Either plan would auiwer, al- porlious of Inciiauu, Illinois or Nissouri. ~lloughpublic opinion in the 'l'errilory 1s \I7hile tllere are, particularly in the north- over\~helii~iiiglyin favor of delegalilly ern part, wide stretches of prairie, the this oilice to the courts, as beiuy the luosl river boltoi~isaud almost the whole of si~tisli~ctory;1nc1 expedient. At an3 rate, the Cliocla\v and Chickasaw nations are soulc legislalioli of lhis uature is loolted liberally supplied with a fine growth of for, and lf it is euacted fully three fourths tiiuber. The geueral topography is an of the land in the Territory will be at u11du1:iting uplaud, plentifully watered by once placed ou the same Cooling as land the great streams of the Arkansas, Cana- iu auj oi the slates. cliau and Eed Kivers, and their nuinerous Conditions in the towns are enlirely dill'ercul, being rcgu1;iled by separate pro- visions of the lrealies. To pul the mat- ter in a nutshell, a11 towusitcs are to be localcd-in iacl, all in existence have al- ready been loci~tecl-by the L)a\ves Coiu- mission. The to\\ 11 101s are to be ullollcd to whoever cau establish a valid claim before the townsile comulissious, and all lots thul arc unclaiined are to be sold at auclioii, tlie money to be turned into the tribal treasuries. Iu many of the lowus the alloliuents have already bceu ruacle, and some of the sales held. R great iilajorilj of the priucipal towns, however, are yet to be nllottecl, and persous \\rho desire to secure good property for busi uess or nlauutacluring purposes in the lo\vns sllould lake nole of the public sales, which ill all be duly advertised. IVhether bonglit a1 oue of these sales, or from tlic holder of the deed after all clai~nsliavc been settled, tilles on lo~vi~ properly will he entirely free fro111 any rcstrictious froln the beginning. Wh'ilc Llie 11ri1clical bmefil to lhe Iildialls of Illc Irrpulrhecker. a fullb1.ml Creek, formerlp Chief of ~illli~lization uliclerl akcn by I lie lhwcs Creeks. koowu as ' Cfr.wd Old Xan of Creeks." Uoiuinission, viewed broadlx, way well be tributaries. The river bottoms, of which dou bl ecl, it afl'ords a wln;~rl

I A White Settler's Home in the Indian Country. ern portion of the territory, cars to han- indicate that a majority of the people are dle the cotton crop can be secured only "li\-ing ofl each other", as a resident put 1 with difficulty, although all the railroads it. Yet there ig no evidence of the stag- in the Territory are making every effort nation that would be the inevitable result to meet the demands of traffic. Tliinlr of if that situation rcally existed. The cap- this, and the earth hardly scratched. One ilal that is daily coming in with the tide mould expect, as is the case in most new of immigralion is probably what pre- countries, that the imports would greatly serves the balance now, but bankers anh exceed the exports. Already the reverse tliosc in touch with the business situa- is true of the TePritory. The "empties", tion profess to feel not the slightest un- as railroad men call unloaded cars, are easiness as to the ultimate outcome. The! hauled into, not away from, the Territory. confidently predict that development This curious reversal of the ordinary will keep pace with the immigration, the course of traffic is a surprise, and some- concentration of the population in the what of a puzzle, to railroad operators, towns being Ecre apparent than real, and they are already wondering what and due to the fact that the country is they mill do when the country is settled. passing through a critical formative period, and that production will more -4cres. i.'l;~:s1...... 12,110 than equalize matters before any strain Clc~s2...... 1,739 is felt. Observing condition3 on the spot, Clavs 3 (a) ...... 194,596 1'1::~sS (b)...... 124.400 I am inclined to accept this esplanation Class 4 (a) ...... 112,336 as a just one. There are not apparent, Class 4 (b) ...... 671,503 Class 5 (a) ...... 298,507 either on the surface or in the forthcorn. Class 5 (b) ...... 770,756 ing sequence of events, any indications Class 6 (a) ...... 202,744 Class G (b) ...... 46,783 of a reaction. The present rate of de- Class T (3) ...... 31,135 velopment in the Territory is sound, for Class 7 (b) ...... 512,282 Class 8 (a) ...... 26.469 the land is here to support it. Class S (h) ...... 91,310 For purposes of uppraisement, the Clnss 9 (a)- ...... 16,477 Class 9 (b) ...... 1,464 Dawes Commission has classified all the Class10 (a) ...... 69,54G lands in the Territory according to sched- Total ...... 3,072,513 ules. The land in the Seminole Nation, which is not extensive, was divided into The following table gives the lands of only three grades, and allotted on that the Cherokee Xation, as classified under basis. Ilowever, in the other four na- the schedule, fraqtions omitted. tions Ilie land was of such extent and Acres. Class 1 ...... 11.646 diversity of character that more minute Class 2 ...... 1,623 divisions were deemed necessary. The Class 3 (a) ...... 143,836 Class 3 (b) ...... 231,900 remaincler of the Territory was divided Class 4 (a) ...... 213,903 into two parts, one consisting of the Class 4 (b) ...... 899.207 Class 6 (a) ...... 322,556 Chcroltee and Creek Nations, and the Class 6 (b) ...... 634,948 other of the Choctaw and Chickasaw na- Class 6 (a) ...... 414,899 Class G (b) ...... 6.673 tions,and a schedule for each devised to fit Class 7 (a) ...... 7,700 the land as near as possible. I believe Class 7 (b) ...... 614.362 Class S (a) ...... 16.640 these schedules will be of value to persons Class S (b) ...... 159,394 anticipating a location in the Territory, Class 9 (a) ...... 12,062 Class 9 Ib) ...... 41,142 especially if they intend to cultivate a Class 10 (a) ...... 220,341 farm, and so I will insert them. Class 10 (b) ...... 469,330 Following is the classification sched- Total acreage ...... 4,420,070 for the Creek and Cherokee nations: Following is the classification sched- Class 1. Natural open bottom land. Class 2. Best' black prairie land. ule for the Choctaw and Chickasaw na- Class 3 (a). Bottom land covered with timber tions: and thickets. Class 1. Natural open bottom Class 3 Best land other than land. (b). prairie black. CIass 2 (a). Cleared bottom land. Class 4 (a). Bottom land subject to overflow. Class 2 (b). Best black prairie land. Class 4 (b). Prairie land, smooth and tillable. Class 3. Bottom land covered with timber and Class 5 (a). Rough land frcc from rocks. thickets. (If the timber is of commercial value, it Class 5 (b). Rolling land free from rocks. mill be appraised separately.) class 6 (a). Rocky prairie lanil. Class 4 (n). Best prairie lanil, other than black. Class C (b). Sandy prairie land. Class 4 (b). Bottom land subject to overflow. Class 7 (a). Alkali prairie land. Class 5 (a). Prairie land, smooth and tillable. Class 7 (b). Hilly and rocky land. Class 6 (b). Swamp land easily dminable. Class S (a). Swamp land. Class 6 (a). Rouzh prairie loncl. CIass S (b). hlountain pasture land. Class 6 (b). Upland with hard timber. (If the C!ass I) (a). Mountain land, sandy loam. timber is of commercial value, it will be appraised L'lass 9 (b). Nountain land, silicious. Class 10 (a). Rough and roclcy mountain land. separately.) Class 7 (a). Rocky prairie C!ass 10 (b). Flint hills. land. Class 7 (b). Swamp land not easily drainable. The following table shows the lands of Class S (a). Alkali prairie land. Class 8 (b). Hilly and rocky land. the Creek nation, as classified under the Class 8 (c). Swamp land not profitably drain- above schedule. Fractions of acres are able. Class S (d). Mountain pasture land. omitted. Class 9 (a). Sandy land with pine timber. (If FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE.

the tirntwr is of commet'ci:ll valuc, it will bc ap- tliat in tiule it mill be rcclaimecl mid add- praised scparatdy. j Class 9 (11). Mountain lnnd with pine timber. ed to the poducing part of the Territory. (If the timber is of commercial valuc~,it will be 1u fact, it is liiglily probable that this appraised scpnrntely.) Clnss 10. Rough mountain land. land may becollie exceedingly valuable, for it is peculiarly adapted for the cul- The following table sliows the lands ture of rice, which illdustr~iri being the of the Choctaw nation, as cl~ssifiedun- means of reclaiiiii~~gtlie s~varuplands of der the above schedule, fractions of I,ouisia~ia and eastern Tc.sas. It is said acwa oiiiil tecl. that rice gro\velGsalready have their eyes Acres. Class I ...... 1,OGS on this country, wit11 a view to develop- Class 2 (a) ...... 4,399 ing it as sooii as they can secure posses- Class 2 (b) ...... :5,2:35 Class 3 ...... 286,190 sioli unclcr valid leases. Blucli of tlie land Clxrs 4 (a) ...... 84,764 is very va1u;~blefor its li~nberand for Class 4 (11) ...... 281,231 Clars 5 (a) ...... 52S.187 other iiatural resources, such as coal and Class .5 (1)) ...... 21.281 oil deposits, whic.11 are to be found almost Class 6 (a) ...... 129.020 Class G (1,) ...... 2,1:;,4,427 ewiyv1iei.e in the Territory, i111cl the Class 7 (a) ...... 145,318 great shale deposits at Sapulpn, n liicli Class 7 (b) ...... ::7,5.87 Class 8 (a) ...... 14,125 are alleeady the foullclatiou 11pon wliicl~ Class 8 (I)) ...... 1.290,4S0 great mauufacturing enterprises are be- Class Y (c) ...... 14,666 Class 8 (cl) ...... 289,276 ing preclicatecl. The whole of the Terri- Class 9 (a) ...... 265,5!J4 lory lies well within the rain belt, and CI;IYS 9 (b) ...... 765,895 Chss 10 ...... 514,21)6 the illlpression that has got abroad that this is an arid countiy is e~ilirelyerron 'rota1 ...... 6,050,045 eous. Severe droutlls are mrc, ~vcnmore The following table gives thc lands of so than in the neighboring states of Xis the Chicltnsnw iinl-ion, as cla.ssificvl uncle^ souri, LCall-as aid Texas. The notion the sclictcl~ilc,f~c.l ions omitted. that the country has a clcficienl rai1iE;~lk Acres. probably arises out of tlic false i11il)res- Class 1 ...... 83,176 Class 2 (a) ...... 15.014 sion that it is poorly timberecl, which 1 C1:tss 2 (6) ...... 29,97,4 have already shown to be iiicol*rect. The Clnss 3 ...... 145,458 Class 4 (a) ...... 173,02ti tables gi\,eii arc the result of the worl; Class 4 (b) ...... 1S2,819 of skilled observells, who covered elcry Class 6 (a) ...... 1,505,11G Class 5 ;b) ...... 12.281 mile of the Tewitory and examined Clnss (i (a) ...... 223,800 every acre of tlic land, admay be de- Class G (b) ...... 1,748,61:3 Class 7 (a) ...... 191,996 pended upon to delineate the charactc~r Class 7 (b) ...... 3,673 of llie 1:tnds wit11 reasonal)lc accuracy. C:iass S (a) ...... 22,285 C1;tss S (b) ...... 407.962 As to climale, it is very siiuilitr to tlial Class S (c) ...... 2,214 of Tcnncssecb, the wintrrs being mild, Class 8 (d) ...... 53,181 (CIW :I (a ...... o nrith very little snowfall, slid the sllln- Clans 9 (11) ...... 0 mel*s ol i~iode~~alelieaf. Class 10 ...... 2,512 As yrt tlie laid 11as not been a1)prais- Totdl ...... 4.70:;.108 ed; that is, no value in dollars and cenls Froin this classification it appcars that has been placed upon the various grades, abo~itfour-fifths of the total area of the escrpl in the sinall Helr~inolecountry. It Trrritory is arable, and most of the re- will not be long, Iiowerer, before tlli4 mainder is valuable for other purposes. appraisenwnt is niade, mid wlicn jt is, it h large part of the lnnd not classed as will enable one to get a very fair idea of arable is designated as snlamp lanel, RUS the value of the land, if one ful1.v under- ceptible to drainage, so there is no doubt slands the system under which the mlua tions are determined. The rules govern- Of coursc,lie must first learn how 111e land ing tlic classification of tlic lands give a lie fancic3 is classified, and that can be clue to the iilctliod emplojcd. These rules done bj referring to the colllpleted allot- follo.i\r: ment lists of the Danw Commission, 1, lands ~1i;rllI,c v:~luccl in the apprniscmont as whenever those lists arc conlplcled. More- if in thcir original rendition, rxcln:ling improve- over. by a judicio~~ssludg of the lablcs, rnrnts. 2. Appraisers will grade and appraise lands with- one ma? willlout tlifficul ly seleel ayproxi- out regard to their locntion and prosirnity to inalely Ihc kind of Innd one desires. Do markr I. 3. T.and will hc graded and nppr:~isrtl hy qrmrter )ou dcsilx~ 11;1lui~11open bolloin land? srctions except in cnses where a part of a c~rtnrter Tlicrc is a certain statrd mount to he is of n clil'Covcnt grade from thr rest. In such \I cnscs of the quarter sections will he grader1 nnd np- had. a11c1a lilllc i11qnil.y ill revcal wliere pr.:li~cd in sni:rller parcc.1~. bnt no parcel to be il is lovaled. Do you prcfc~black prairie Icss than 40 ncrrs. .I. If timlw~?s of comnlercial \wlr~c,thc qrtnn- Innd? Y~II\\ill liud il cl:~ssified and (it), will I)c cnrcfr~llyestimiatrd and thc variety nial~kcclout foldyour iusl)cctir)n. .\re you

stated, and it will Iw \vlu~~dsepnratclly; nlld if not I,,()l~illgfOIa ~lO;l\.i]Jr lill,l)elded l:rn(l gcncrally tlistributcd over the tracts, its location will .t)e given. which to operate a saw mill, or mo1111tai11 5. (Tpon completion of this worlc the vi~litcswill ,)as[III,c n;hic, to locate ;L goat hc adjuster1 by the Commission to the Fivc Civil- ized on the klsis of t1-1~,ralues fixed for ~Xndl?13olli are available. In fact, jron each class and the locntmn of thc lands and (*all l)ag your mone.v and lake your the~rproh~rn~ty to matkct choice. And, bear ill mind, this estimate Given tllc ~wlesgoverning tlic cl:ts4fi of tlic c.haldacler and value of the 1;inds cnlion, the cl;xssificalion tables, the clns- is nol 111at of 111e prolwietor, bill Illat of silicati011 schedules, aucl Ihe clclinite ap- impni~tinlespe1.1~ employed by the TJnitccl pmiscn)cnt, all of wliirh, csccpt the :ip- Stntcs governnwit. It is to be prcsnined p~~niscn~cnl,arc here reproduced, and a that appraiscnicnts will not represent ac- prospective pul-c.liascr of lands in the Ter- ritory will be able lo determine wilh tnnl mar1:c.t -iruli~es,but will be within the tolerable accuracy the cllaracter znd llsllal lilllitation imposed by similar cir- vnlnc of a piece of land in any locality. cumstances. It is probable that the ap- praisement will be comparative rather worked with complete satisfaction to all than specific, for its only object is to parties concerned. alt'orcl a basis of comparison on which to Take the Five Kations. IIere practically equalize the allotn~ents,but it will never- all the Ii~ndthat is in cullivation lias been tlieleas give a considerable insight into tilled by while men, the interlopers whose actrial values as conditions are today, presence gave perpetual offense. These with the exceptions as to improvenlents lands were cultivated under conditions and locality noted by the rules. Those wliere not even valid lcases could be ob- are advantages to be weigliecl by prospec- tained, wll~reall improvements became tive piirchasers, and will fluctuate in the property of the tribes, and where the valne according lo individnal desires. tenants were in constant fear of evictiou V'ithin the gear just past, thonsmds which the,v would have been powerless to of 1)ersons have laken advantage of fav- resist. Pet the lands found men willing orable opportunities afforded by the rail- to cultivate lliem. What more nced be roads entering the Territory to inspect said'? There is no scarcity of land as the country. I have encoiintered these yet in the United States. There is land ((prospectors" crerywhere. Few, indeed. in plenty. But some is more desirable arc, disappointed with what they see, but than others. The fact that white men I tincl that many had before coming an cultivated the Indian lands nnder inse- erroneous impression as to the conditions cure tennrc, or no tenure at all, is abso- under n~llichthe Territory is soon to be lute proof that they found it profitable thrown open to settlement. Many thought to do so. If they found it profitable under that, as soon as the Dames Conlmission no tenure, is it not reasonable to assume has finished its work, the lands may be that under secure leaseholds, with a pros- pai.chased outright. Some, when they pect of cvent~~alpossession, it will also learn the facts, feel a sense of disappoint- be profilable? Moreover, conditions are nient and are somemllat averse to locat. vi1~tI.V~IOYC favorable in other respects. in? upon land they cannot, at least for Fol~nerlythis wgion mas isolated firm :I tinic. own. That this consideration will the world's inailiets. Sow it is rapidly c.:~usc.many who had entertained a pro becoming a 1let\\101+liof railway lines. jcct lo rcmove to Ille Territory to change Within fivc years a ailro road map of the Ilicir mind, or defer moving in the mat- Tcr~ito1.ywill look like a spider's web, ter, is certain. In il country nil~ereno If lhe present rate of construclion con- man is so poor bnt he may. if he really tinues, and lliere i.; no donbt that it will. wislles lo onrn some land, many are dis Five great systen~snow reach the Terri inclined to settle upon ground to which lory, and a11 have the building fever. The they do not hold a title. Honrever, un- railroads are gelting inlo shape to handle less one is swayed chiefly by sentimental the traffic that will result when the ad- considerations, such objections must fall ditional million, espected to arrive with- to the ground in this instance. Owing to in the next ten years, gets on the ground the fact that the lands of the small tribes and to work. that occupy the Quapall Agency, in the So the "prospector:' who comes to the northeast part of the Territory, have been Territory now will have no just cause to allotted for over ten years under almost regret his journey. He is a seeker for exactly similar provisions as will obtain opportunity, and opportunity is here. If in the Five JTations,we may observe how he be a farmer looking for land, he map the system operates when put into prac- find himself just a little ahead of time, lice. Nearly all the land in the Quapah but to be ahead of time is generally esti- Agency is cultivated by white persons mated an advantage. The man who is under leases, and the arrangement has ahead of time is infinitely better off than FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE. 85 lie man who is behind time. But is the terim mill intervene. It means that home prospector" who comes to the Territory seeliers mill have ample opportunity to low ahead of time? I should say, de- look over the ground, decide upon a lo- idedly not. A Inan does not, or should cbation,and prepare for removal. It means lot, change his home without good cause. illat the new territory will not star1 Ie must see, or think he sees, a fair liandicapped by the unsettled conditions ~hanceto better his condition. If he is that always follow a "rush." Its "boom" vise, he will "prospect" a little before will be more gradual, but will lose no aliing the plunge; and if he expects his impetus on that account. The founda- 'pl*ospectingn trip to result in anything, tions are well laid, the resiilts certain. ie must certainly not be behind time, I have had occasion, during tlie past few )is lie will find that others have seized pears, to traverse a large part of the lie opportunity hc sought, while it was earth's surface, and if I were asked today ;et newborn froni tlie womb of progress. to name the localiip most likely in my I11 a short time, now, this fertile re- opinion, to enjoy during the forthcoming ;ion will open its arms to embrace the nen whose destiny is to convert its teem- decade the most substantial development, ng resources to the uses of mankind. It I should, without hesitation, reply: IS, indeed. fortunate that this brief in- "The Indian Territory."

Jlaster Johnn Leaf a hrave Ya ho-l~,the hright little son of Chinuiibbie yowg ~ierokde. Hmjo, the ludiau Poet. Courtesy of Twin Territories i\Iagozine.

AN ARKANSAS YARN. '~Anilyou mean to tell me the hailstones ceived that they sat on them." were as large as hen eggs?" queried the "H'm! Guess you are going to say they stranger in Brltansas. hatched out something." "Yes, sir," responded the native without "Yes, stranger, they hatched out froze11 blinking, "and our hens were so much de. chickens." 86 . - .. .- FRTSCO-. SYSTEM.. . - MAGAZINE.... . - NIGHT TERROR. BY NAJOR ARTHUR GRIFFITH. This is all i~bsolutc~l~(rue tale. I could, if called upon, givc elr;~ptrrand 1 elw for it, Ilie name of the place in which the terrible ilicident OCCII~~P~,the name dao of the 1)rincipal actors. It liappencd at n fainous old hotel ill ti grw t seaport city-an hotel known to all tlic ~vorld,a \\ell-~nanagcd,higlrly re- spcctable holel. I will tell lhc st~].~as I 11eard it. A fa mil^ party was sta) ing at this hos teliy-lather, ii~oll~er,l~vo daughters, and a son. They were about to embark upolt a long voyage by an ocean stea~uer,aud 111~yhad come clowu the night before de- parture. They llad dined quietly, and afler a11 Ilorir or two in tl~cdrawing-room the la- t7ic.s Itad retired for the night. tach 1(: her own bedroom. ‘\\'list is co~uingaf- fwls one of the clnuglitcw, wl~on~I ~vill c;lll Laura, the eldest of the family. 1,;lnra llacl fallell oH to sl~pvery soon after. she got into bed-the soul~d,dwalri- less sleep of u Iienltl~,~,unemotional gi1.l who had had u hard day's trawling, ~1io1ig11to induce p11ysic~;tlfaligucl, and \villi notlli~~g011 11vr UI~II~t:) (YIIISP \v:tk(:- f11III('SS. Y(.t slte itwoke sudtlcmly iti~tl I\ it li il sliovk, wilh intcwse b11l ~~a~~~cless.invs- plicable terror. SIN. l)cc;~llleco~is(*i~\~s of son~cthingscl~*ious ilnpending, so~r~ctliing that forehoclcd evil lo Ile~~self,something so awful and so near tlltlt she shivered under the bedclothes in horribly acute fright. Her first inipulsc-the ltlost natuml in a weal, woman-was to hide hcr heail. 81ie lnigl~tIi:l\-e cried out to givc the ill;~rn~,to appeal for help, but she was voiceless, quil(1 inc.apablc of actioi~,al- most paralyzed in thought. Her room wi~snot itbsolutely dark. rls is oftell the (me in hotel bcdrooins, a faint pencil of light came over the door from the lamp FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE. - - - - -. ------the ficlcl. A ucl conl iuually the same bclcn ~C~IIIOVC~,wit11 all suggestion of the dread sound proceeded from it, the ster- hol'rifyiug episode, and whell her meluo- torous wheezing of some one breathing ry returned sufficienlly to tell the tale hard. A voice it must be, laden wit11 it \\-as trealed as a vision, x slrange black nlelracc, but unable to fran~ea syllable of nigl~lmare.a baseless clrealu. inlclligible speech. For herself, sonw suspicion of the agony The clilnas was soon reached. This tl~rougl~nhich she had passed must have Thing so m~-sterious and so terrible been evolted, for the first glance at her quicltly crossed the floor till it calm to glass showed that her hair had turned the bollom of tlie bed, and then, wilh one s~ro~v-whitein the night. bound, ll~espring of a wild animal in- The real iriitl~ww known only lo a few. stiuci with fierce energy, it sprang up and The dwcased had committed suicide. The seltlcd in a heavy, inert inass across tlitb drwd acl ]lad been pel.fornied in the poor girl's feet. ~1101iil1grooin, but death \\-as not in- So far it \\-as Laura herself wlio sub- mediate, and the man, struggling now for sequently recounted the awful ad\wntnrc. the life lie had tliro\\rn away, crept up- She could tell 110 more, for she lost cou- slairs to die. He no doubt mistoolc Lau- sciousncss at the supreme nlonient, faint- ra's room for his own, and there expired. ing dead away. -3lctropolitan. The sequel comes fro111others. It was to have been an early start, and the cham- The Current Rivcr division of the Frisco bermaid who .was to call Laura should pc31lctrntes onc ol: tl~cbcsl fruit scciions ol' have rewhed her door at seven A. ;\I. But l\li>~ouri,ad it is a won~lcrthat thcre is as shc was HJ-ing along tlie corridor, as not niucl~lnorc dc\elopnlcnt in tlial d~rrc- usual in a desperate Iiurry, her foot slip- ti011 tlml llrcre is. It may also be sad that ped on some soft, greasy substance, and tlicrc~iz ii11wl1 fine corn and wheat land ou she fell. IVhen she regained her feel and lhi< lint also. It 1s true that the lulnbc;. looked for the cause of the accident, she r~~tlustryprctlom~natcs now, but after the found, to her horror, that slle had been Ininbcr w all v-orlred up the land will rc- treading in blood. main, md it mlll be utili7~~1and bring ill With a shriek she could not restrain, lave retnrns. she ran back for assistance, and now, backed by the chambermaid of the next floor, madc a fnrther inspection. There Imn~igralioninlo Oklaboma iicier secms was a trail of blood, great gouts of it OU to clwcli up. Like a might) river it lcceps on the stairs, along tlie corridor, and to the flowing lorcwr, and call neilllcr bc cla~n~nccl very door of Laura's room. IIer door was nor t~~rncdProm its course. Thc bcsl ol: still ajar, and the track of blood was fol- it is L11at thc grcal inass of people wl~ohavc lowed illside lo the foot of the bed, nrlter~ gonc to Olrlahoma have prospered. il gathered into a stagnant pool. The Thing on the bed mas a man--dencl. Land in South Nissouri is incrcnsing in His throat was cut from ear to ear-a valuc, and the low priccs of tlw past Sew hideous 2nd appalling sight. years will nevcr be experienced again. Thc Laura still lay senseless, and nothing scnsihle man is he who takes advantage of could rouse her till her mother and sister pcsent prices and gets the benefit of the caine with tender care to win her hack to ribc that is now under way, and will con- life. No mention mas made to her of the tmue for years to come. A delay of a rnontl~ horrible occurrence. The dead body had mag make a material difference. FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE. ------. - . - OKLAHOMA TOWN BUILDING. BY A. K. W. The commercial axiom, "Towns do not homa City to Quanah, Texas, both divis- grow, they are built," is being accentu- ions of the Frisco System, opened up a ated every day in the marvelous develop- broad and fertile section that had hitli- ment of the Great Southwest. The sun erto been sparsely settled by ranchmen rises there on a houseless plain and sets and hot a few farmers. There were many on rows of buildings, with families snugly excellent locations along these routes for eusconced in comfortable cottages, and thriving towns and the most advantag- plenteous meals cooked therein to cele- eous were chosen by the founders. These brate their first day in the new home in a new towns each now number from 800 new land. This building of towns in a to 2,000 population, and every day nenr- day has been going on in the West-jn comers arrive. Oklahoma especially-for some years, The first of the young and vigorous but the people are not through with it municipal quartette was Thomas City in yet. Immigration sufficient to make a Custer County. This town was promoted good sized to\vn flows into that Territory bjthe Oklahoma Railway Townsite Com- emrx day, and yet there is room for more. pany, which is composed of a number of These opportunities for settlements of the leading citizens of Clinton, Uo. They from 1,000 to 5,000 have been made pos- purchased 580 acres of land and offered sible by the network of railways that the 2,000 lots for sale at the low price of $20 Frisco System has been and is spreading per lot. The company retained every throughout not only Oltlahoma but the other lot. The purchasers of $20 lots Southeast and Southwest. The material drew for location, and it was a novel lot- for the houses, stores and shops is hauled tery. Two nail kegs, one containing the to the proposed new site, every household lot number, the other the names of pur- utensil and ful.nilure is shipped in ad- chasers were placed on pivots, and as vance, and when the day comes for the ilie kegs were whirled around the num- "opening," or rather sale of lots, train bers were drawn. One man cleared load after train load of people are hurried $1000 before the close of the day by buy- to the chosen spot. There is no 'criffraff" ing and selling lots. The Farmer's and among them; they are men and women Xewhants' Bank of Thomas City paid wit11 the money to pay spot cash for what $1250 for a corner lot. The next morning they want, and have come to make not Thomas City was ready for business with only a new home, but better fortune for two banks, two newspapers and about themselves and children. fifty different other industries. Among These observations are most pointedly its first shipments to the outside world and practically pertinent to the growth of were nine car loads of cattle. urban colnmunities in Oklahoma. Since . Custer City was the next to come forth last August four pew towns have been full panoplied in municipal garb. This made there within a distance of not a was on Norember 18. The founder of hundred miles. Prior to that time there this town is Ur. D. F. Nicholson and sev- was scarcely a village of a dozen persons eral associates of Lamona, Ia. The town to be found along the route. The reason was platted on 420 acres, and the lots why is easily explained. The building of disposed of on the same plan as had been tlie Blaclwell, Enid and Southwestern from followed in Thomas City. When the sale Beaumont, Kas., to Vernon, Texas, and of lots had been concluded Custer City the Oklahoma and Western from Okla- had a bona fide population of 800 people, FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE. and the town has grown rapidly since. ped off the gazetteers and the maps. The third to rise on the prairie was Some ambitious Kansas towns with im- Eagle City. The birth of this town was posing names back in the 50s and 60s on , and is so graphically de- are now corn fields. History has for- scribed, along with other pertinent com- gotten them. Even tradition is a little ment on Western town building in the dubious as to the spots on which they Glob-Demociut a few clays afterwards stood. that the entire editorial is reproduced. aBut no such fate is liltelr to come to It says: Eagle City. Lawton and several other "Some time between midnight and towns in Oklahoma in recent years had sunrise on , 1902, a new town as swift a rise as this latest-except was placed on the map of Oklahoma. Its Snyder, which was born a day afterward name is Eagle City, and it has several -accession to that territory's map. All thousand people by this time. M7hat was are on the map still. All are flourish- a stretch of vacant prairie on the evening ing. In fact Oklahoma itself mas a light- of December 3 had many residences and ning creation. The place that we call business houses in course of construction Oklahoma, which, at a certain noontime at sunrise on the 4th. It had a daily in April, lSS9, had not a single inhabi- newspaper, the Eagle City Star, in oper- tant, possessed a permanent population of ation on the latter day, with several lum- 50,000 before sunset on that day, with ber yards, restaurants, hotels, a long-dis- residences, hotels, restaurants, stores, tance telephone system, a big city hall, banks, printing offices and the general with other accessories and accompani- equipment of a modern community. Its ments of civilization. A city government 61,000 people in 1S90 were found by Un- n4l soon be at work there. Uncle Sam's cle Sam's census-takers in 1900 to have mails are delivered in it with as much increased to 398,000, Probably they num- regularity as in any other part of the ber 450,000 or 500,000 now. The growth West. Another name n4l be added to of Jonah's gourd was slow compared the country's gazetteers. In the politics with the creation of scores of Olrlahoma's and social economy of Olilahoma, terri- towns of the past dozen gears and the tory and state, henceforward Eagle City towns, unlike the gourd, stick. Aladdin's will have to be reckoned with. marvels seem less marvelous than they 'What would Boone, Harrod, Logan, did before Missouri's Southwestern neigh- Robertson, Sevier and the rest of the bor appeared. Nothing else in the his- founders of Kentucky and Tennessee tory of the building of the West and noth- have thought if they had heard of the ing in the annals of any other part of the establishment of a town in a few hours, world equals the swiftness with which with connections with every other corn- the prairie wilderness of Oldnhoma has rnunity in the United States, and with been transformed into the homes of hun- most of the conveniences of civilization? dreds of thousands of people who have What even would the founders of Kan- built up communities possessing all the sas, who came on the scene two-thirds of accomnaniments of civilization in its a century after Roone and his compatri- 1nost modern phase." ots had done their work, have thought Snyder covers nn entirc! section-640 of this feat of the citizens of Eagle City? :wres of land. $he sale of I ots took place In Kansas' case many to~nswere estab- i311 , and on the next morning fnnn ---- 1- ----I-- A- -I-! lished after laborious preparation which jmu peopt: ilwulie io clium it 8s their disappeared in quiclier time than they future home. They were gratified a1- were created, and have long since drop- most beyond expression to hear newsboys 90 FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE. - .. ? .. . . -, ...... - .------.-. - - - . - - - - - .- - - .. crying "The Snyder Daily Star" on the Soutliwesterli, and Olrlaholna City alid streets, but there it was with all tl~c Western Divisioils of the Frisco System. incidents of t11e"opcning":~nd other ~~e\\~s.The founders of Snyder were Mayor C. G. The lots in 81lydcr mere sold at auction Jone5. Oklaliolna City, and several other and fetched from 82.70 to $1250 a lot. capitali5ts. So far lots aggregating $!)0,000 hare been The coliiitiy contiguous to all of these deeded. Snyder bids fair to outstrip a11 new towus is of a. deep bli~ckloamy soil, of its thwe young sisters from the ad- very procluctiw of corn, wheat, cotton \xutageous fact that it is situated at the and all the fruits that abound in the tem- jnnction of the Blacltn~ll,Enid ancl l)c~.;itevliniatc of the Southwest.

HORSE BALKED.

THE WINTER POOL. BY E'HANK DEJIPSTEH SHERMAN.

. Cellold it now, all ghostly white and still Shut iu the shadow of the iw n~id s no\\-, solitnry, sad, forsa1;en thing; 1:ercfi of beauty, marred and d:irk until lliana comes again a~idlooks to lcnow Jlw living sniilc-llict lovcli~~cssof Spring! --Cosn~opolit:in. FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE. TYPES OF THE NEW WEST. Ucographically the new l\rcsl coincides will~outlirsl brc.aliing lediously through with the old. It is nlel at the Mississippi, Ilie hi~bilualbarrier of polite snubbing. ar~pposingthe observaut, initialed traveler For the man of this new Empire is busy; comes from the Easl. He will, sum Ire is open to new influences; what the enough, catch glimpses of it through C.RS~I;I~stranger has to sa1 as lle drops in- Southern Indiana, and across Illinois, lo the seat beside lrim may affect liini and w1iei.e there is likely lo be n loosening of Iris b11sill(~ss. He is courteous but thrrcb tall; in Ilie Pullman, and a ltind of taken is 110 sense in spendi~igI~alf iln hour talk- for-grantcd-you-~1re-:i-ge1~1Ici~1a1~fellow- ing nbonl the disco~nforlsof Iravcl and hip thal is alien to New York ancl Buffalo llie wrietics of landscape wllc~r (here is trnin loads. But the big Union Stalion inforn~ationlo bc gained of the process at St. Louis scatlers the Easlern traveler+ into isolated groups and breaks down of mnnr~facturingshoes, or Ille stncly of tlrcir reserve. From St. Louis west the Latin in the Eastern colkges, or the fer- obser\.aut- Iravcler lrrajr study his lypes lilization of thin soil.-Leslie's Wceklg.

FOR PREACHERS. The lie\.. Stephen A. Korthrup in the "Don't grow weary in wcll doing." Kill Ihm's Horn is writing a good deal ol bright yourself wit11 \vork, and pray yoursclf aliv~ and pthy logic, ebl)ccialljr in his "donl'a ' again! to preachers. In a late iss~lcof that csccl- Don't harp too much on one string. Va- lent paper he sagcly observes: ricty is pleasing) and god'^ Word gives am- Don't exaggerate. plc choice of themes. Don't fool with doubts. Don't tire people out with long introcluc- Don't lct succebs tip ~OLIo\ er. Lions. You can spoil the appctitc for din- Don't dabble 111 business ventures. ner By too much t.hin soup. Don't snub anybody-not even a booic- Don't hesitate to speak 911 public ques- agent. tiom of thc clay-and all cvils too-but do Don't get thc clumps. I rivc 111 the snu- not introduce party politics in tllc pulpit.. shine. l)o11't scelc the praisc ol incn. Preach Doil't jolt in ruts. Vnrj~your scrviccs ill such a way tllat tl~cywill uot be so ~nuch and n~ciliocls. pleasccl will1 you as lhcy are displeascd with Don't make long pulpit praycrs. Tcd- t.llclllscl\~cs. Inw pcli lions drag hza\ lly. Don't imitate othcrs. Betlcr be a poor Don't exalt post mortem virtues. The oligiiial than a fine copy. dcad can't smell Ilowers. "R.oses on caskets Don't mumble your wrds. Chew gour laid iinpari; no s\\reetncss to clepnr1,ing food, but not yoin- language. days." Don't prcach long scrmons. No conver- Don't bawl or scream. Too much water sions after the first half hour. st,ops mill wheels, and too much voice Don't spcak in monotone. The voice has dro\vns sense. Thunder is harmless, light- nmncrous keys; play on as many as possi- ning strikes. blc. Don't scold gour congregation or the Don't be untidy. You cannot teach mcn burden bcarcrs. Attack measures ancl hit to become clean insidc if yon are unclean people only when they stand between you outside. and the devil. 92 FRISCB SYSTEM MAGAZINE, NEWSPAPER WIT.

Hix-"1 was surprised to hear that Slcck "Will you marry me?" he said, suddenly had been arrested for picking pocltets." loolting up from the paper which he had Dis-"Ycs, poor fellow. He used to bcen studying. "Wh-why," she replied, have fils of abstraction when a boy, and I "how you startled me. What has caused suppose he never outgrew thcm." you to ask me such an important questioo $3 * * so suddenly ?" "I've been loolting over the "IIavc you the inspiration of the muses taslist." "I can't see what the tax list has to-day?" aslred the caller of the poet. todo with our love?" "Your father's "No," replied the long-haired party, "l'ni nainc isn't on it. He must be very rich:' forry to say the bottle is empty." * * * *** "Wasn't it a terrifying experience," asked He-"When poverty comes in at the door his friend, "when you lest your foothold what is it love does?" and went sliding down the mountain side?" She-"Why, it flies out of the dining "It was exciting, but extremely interesting, ' room window, of coursc." said the college professor. "I could not * 9 * help noticing, all the way down, with what She-"Did you enjoy the breakers at the absolute accuracy I was following along the sea shore?" line of least rcsistance." He-"Can't say that I did. Those sum- $** nlcr girls break a fellow too quick to suit "What 1tind of little stories are yon go- me." ing to put in your advertising booklet?" * * * asked the caller. Biggs-"They say young Scpanderleigh is "Ghost," responded the agent of the hair unable to hoe his own row." restorer concern. Diggs-"Naturally: He's a rake." "\\'hy ghost ?" *** "Because they are hair-raising." "Did I understand you to sag," queried * * * the young physician who had taken over the "You eat your breakfast food so slowly, old doctor's praclice, "that Growells is a Ur. Beaks," remarked the landlady. chronic invalid ?" "Yes, ma'am," replied the star boarder, "Something like that," replied the vener- "and it reminds me of a kiss through 3 able &I. D. "Re has worn oat three wives telephone." ialting care of him." "In what may ?" *X* "Goes a long nay and tasteless." Diggs-"\\rh~i; is young Softed doing 2: * * now ?" "I wonder what malres it so warm in Biggs-"1Zunning a soda fountain. He licre," asked the young bride, as they jour- has made a failure of everything else he ev- rleyccl toward Nia g ara. er tried." "Pcrhnps it is because me are passing Diggs-"And at the soda fountain he is near a mountain range," chuckled the bound to make a fizzle." young nian by her side. *** * * * "Ethel used to say her husband mas a Rodriclr-"No women would never make 'bird' before their marriage and she finds good soldiers. They would show their heels / that he is a bird now." on the battlefield." ~ "What kind of a bird?" Van AlbertPuYes, if they happened to "A night owl." wear that fancy French kind." FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE. 93 - . -.. ------. -. .- - .. -. - - .. - --* ------. EXTRACTS FROM REPORT OF THE GOVERNOR OF OKLAHOMA.

BY HON, WN. 31. JENKINS.

Historically considered, Oklahoma as a Some time early in the seventies the Territory is of recent origin, but as a name of Oltlahoma first appears, in politi- small portion of the great tract of South- cal history, the occasion being the intro- western country, known at various times duction in Congress of a bill to create a and under various circumstances as Territory out of a portion of the Indian Louisiana, Nandan Territory, the great Ter~itoryto be known as Oklahoma. The hinerican desert, uninhabitable lands, measure failed of passage, and for more and the Indian Territory, it has a place in than a decade little or nothing was heard the hisiov of the nation dating back to of this country. the days of the Spanish explorers, who Then came the agitation started by sought in the great Southwest unknown Payne and Couch and kept up by their in- empires and their reputed fabulous trepid little band of boomers until, in wealth. March, 1589, in the dying hours of Con- Follon~ingthe course of travel de- gress, an amendment was tacked on the scribed in illany early Spanish manu- Indian appropriation bill providing for scripts and books, one is readily con- the opening to homestead settlement of vinced that the original Oklahoina boom- the little area of land then known as ers were the little army of adventurol~s Oltlahoma, embracing less than 3,000,000 spirits who traversed the Southwest acres, now lying in the heart of a great under the leadership of De Soto, and that Territory. they were followed by Jesuits and others, This land mas opened on April 22,18S9, who sought wealth in the mineral veins and then occurred the first great Okla- of the mountains and hills of the Terri- homa rush. The brief legislation opening tory, there are ui~inistaltablesigns in late- the land provided no form of government, ly discovered ruins of mines and places of and for over a year the people of the Ter- early abode. ritory were a law unto themselves. The Lewis and Clarke visited the Tewitory only government during this period mas in one of their early exploring expedi- that created and maintained by common tions, and the prairies and vallejs of the consent, yet there was no lawlessness or Territory were the hunting grounds of outlawry and property and life were ade- the earljr tribes of Indians, from the ear- illlately protected at all times. liest time of which there is record of the I11 June, 1890, the Territorial govern- niovements of the aboriginal Americans. nieilt came into existence and by the same IVhen the Indian Territory mas created act of Congress the strip of country as a home for all of the Indian tribes and Itnonw as "No Man's Land," embracing with the intefition of sonie day building 3,651,000 acres, was added as Beaver there a great Indian State, most of what County. In September of the same year is now Oldahonla Territory was included the 1,282,434 acres embraced in the Sauk within its bounds, and IVashington Irv- aud Fox, Iowa and Pottawatomi reserva- ing, who, in 1534, made a hunting trip tions in the eastern part of the Territorj here, describes most graphically the were opened to settlement, and the fol- beauty and wealth of Oklahoma's natural lowing spring came the 4,297,771 acres endowments in his sketch, A Tour uf the of Cheyenne and Arapaho land. Septem- Prairies. ber 16, 1893, the Cherokee Strip was FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE. ------. -

ope11c.d to set 1 lcnlcwt adthe counties of wl~osc~lwaltll-giving breezes ;ire nowliere Kay, Grant, lVoods, l\'oocl\vard, Garfield, cxc~llecl, \\ill1 ;III ultitude iiivigor;~lirig Koble and Pawnee created from its 6,014,- and ius1)iring; geographicnllg of the Z!) aciw of fertile 12111cl; in 1893 the South, bul politic;(lly of the Soltl~;with ICicltnpoo Reservation of 206,GGL acres a ~nislureof Kortlierii p~isliniid eliergy was settled and the yeala following Greer \\it11 Soutl~erncomfort ;rnd hospitalily; County, which had been previous to that willr scenery of rugged mounlain and val- considered n po~tionof Texas, was given Icy, far stretching prairie and wooded to the Territory by a decision of the Su- hill; vitli soil as feltile as the valley of 1)1~inoCourt of 111~Uliited Statcs. tlic Xle; wit11 rainfall and other climatic All these, with the ICiowa, Comanche courlitions f;~voi.ablcto the successful and Apache and lVicliita Indian reser- gro\ving of all of the crops of the tern- mtious just opc.ned, give the Territory pcratc zone, liere is the ideal localion Pol4 a settled area of 24,000,000 acres, 1,725,- a lioine and tl~copportunity for agricul- 646 acres still being included in Indian tul.nl and coruincrcial enterprise. reserrations. ,lnd when lo the natural advantages This, in brief, is the story of the crea- wit11 11 liicli the Territorj has been so tion of Ciltlahonla Territory, but of the richly endowed the people have added loitg struggles to secure tlie various tl~ri~irig cities, growing business enler- c~nactmentsof Congress required to bring prks. successful farms and orchards slid it aboul, of Ihe successive great rushes of viiichgards, school lionses aud cliurcl~cs, settlers to the country, of the struggles colleges and universities, comfortable aucl lo build up here an ideal American com- l)ri*n~;~nel~tl~olnes surrounded by all the n~onwealtli,and of tlie great measure of social ad\-an1agc.s of a pnrely American succcss nttaiiicd, volu~riesmight be rit- commoiiily, is il any \vender that they ten. are envied by countless thousands with In the little more than a decade which less favorable surroundings in the crowd- has elapsed since the creation of the Ter- ecl communities of the other States? Is ritolp the people have nccoiliplished here it strange that the railwaj trains are more than any other community had eyer loaded with lionie seekers, whose destina- ;~ccomplishedin a quarter of a century. tion is Oltlalion~a,and tlie wagon roads Tlie story of the achievements of this are constantly traversed will1 mhite- people, whose prog~msiveness,energy, in- topl)cd wagons loaded with families dis- d~istrr,and hnierican citizenship haw couraged or dis1ic:rrkned at the adverse never been equaled, reads allnost like a coiiditions in nlany older coiniriunilies, fairy tale. and the great and lasting re- alid sceking thc oppoi~tunities ;tiid adwn- sults altaiiied call only be realized by hiin luges whicl~all elljog liere in this new who comes and views and ponders. coninionweal th? 1,ooldng back over the brief but event- To a11 \\ 110 have come Oldallon~ahas ex- ful history of their Territory, recounting tended ;( welcome hand, and to countless their struggles and triumphs, and corn- thousands who are wary of the cease- 1)lacently viewing tlieir comforlablc and less grind, the galling bond of conven- prosperous surroundings, the people of lionulily and class and the overcrondiug Olilalioma are well satisfied with their of all lines of business, professions and present conditions and believe their fu- agriculture, she extcnds an invitation to ture prospects are brighter and greater colnc and participate in the freedom and tlian those of any people on earth. prospel*ity and opportunities of the past, ll'ith :~narea a little greater than that as well as the possibilities of a future of the Rtate of Indiana, with n climate whose lilnits seem boundless. FRISCO SYSTEM MACMINE. 95 ------p - --

Had anman dared ten years ago to Mion of all of the States when granted foretell for Gltlallorna but a srnall portion s~lfgovernment; with an nrea almost of what is loclay a reality he would un- c~qn;lllo that of the State of Ohio, and doul)tcclly Iiilve been classed with Mun- grrater Ilian that of thirteen other States; cl~auscnor adjutlged a fit subject of re- wit 11 a free scliool wilhin easy distance of straint in somc asglum for the insane. every home and n higher college or uni- Ahdj11 view of what has been accom- versity eclncation offered without price to plished in these ten years in a new and all of the $-oath of the Territory, of what- untried land by a people who had little ever race or sex or condition; with well- capital save their strong right arms and governed cilies and counties and laws en- active bvains, who dares predict for the forced in every way; with a people 96 per fntnrc, now lliat Lhe success of all lines of c~ntAmerican born and all loyaI and agricnllure and business is assured, the patriotic cilizens; with an annual produc- l~wonof experience has been learnecl, lion of 25,000,000 bnsllels of wheat, G0,- and nol only l~cople,but capital and 000,000 bushels of corn, 150,000 bales of ~vealtl~am coming and taking hold on cotton, other agri~ulturalproducts in pro- every hand to malw the fulure far eclipse portion and 11c1.d~Illat pass the million the rapid progress of the past. mark; will^ a financial record wilhoirt a Here today is a groving, progressive stain of dchull or ~3ep~~diation;wit11 a American communit,~of more than half financial, commercial and business a million people, successful in all lines of g~~mlhequ;~lecl by no other Stale or Ter- life work, with schools and colleges and rito~ey,is ~~olOltlal~oma clearly entitled universities beyond lhose of half the to admission to the sisterhood of States? States; wilh a code of laws equal to those And if it be that the lawmakers of the of any State; wilh a taxable wealth suf- nation decide that Oklahoma and Indian ficient to carry on all of the functions and institutions of self-government nrithout Territory shall be admitted only as one burdening the people. State, how much stronger is our claim Who, then, can give any good reason for immediate recognition. M hy all the rights and privileges of self- For ll~e111diiln Tcrrilory has a popula- government sliould not be accorded tl~~selion allnost rqunl to that of Oklahonla, people'? iind. co~nbinril,lllc State would haw a T,el him ~110(lisp~~tes the claim of Ok- populalion exceeding a million, or about 1;lliorna to a pl:lcc> in the galaxy of States eighteen times the average population of carefully peruse Ihe pages of this report the States of Vernlont, ICentucky, Tcn- as slio\ving the past progress, present nessee, Ohio, I,onisii~na,Indiana, Missis- conditions, and future possibilities of lhc sip~)i.Illinois. illaba~na,Mssonri, Arkan- Terrilo~+y.and 11c can not but be con- sas, Jlichigan. Florida, Iowa, Wisconsin, vinced. even against his will, of her right California, JIin~~esota,Oregon, Kansas, to Statehood. Nevada. Xebraslia, or Colorado when ad- TVilh a population several times greater mitted as States. tlmn illat of any Tewitory ever admitted It is claimed hy many that the condi- to Slatchoad and greater than that of lions are not rig111 in the Indian Territory thirteen different Stales of the Cnion at for Slatehood, and it is true that there this time; ill^ a taxable val~~ntionarc coutlilions there which present a seri- g~wtcr111an t11;1l of any Stale of the ous p~~)blenlfor 111e Pulure, but they can I11lio11al its adminaion; wit11 ;l school pop- be wo~kctloul as \wIl, or even hetLc~, ulalion almost double the average popu- under Stale govr~rnincnt. 9 6 FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINEs ------True, there is no land to tax at present, many more convincing arguments to be but the time is rapidly coming when there deducted from the statistics and informa- will bc, and, as shown elsewhere in this tion upon every subject which follow in report, a careful and very conservative es- this report, it seems to me that no reason- tirnate of the property there that would able objection can be made to the inl- be taxable before Statehood could be mediate creation of a State either of Ok- fully completed were an enabling act lahoma alone or of 0l;lahoma and Indian passed this winter $25,000,000, which is Territories combined. greater than the taxable valuation of the Oklahoma Territory lies between the States of Arkansas, Florida, Iowa, Cali- thirty-fourth and thirty-seventh parallels fornia, Oregon, or Kansas at the time of north latitude and mostly between 96 de-

Tho Risco System Cowboy Band, of Nulh:~ll. 0. T. their admission, and 25 per cent greater grces 30 minutes and 100 degrees west than the tasablc valuation of Oklahoma longitude. Its location north and south five ycars after its organization as a Ter- coincides with that of Tennessee; east ' ritory. and west with central Kansas and Texas. And nlc-find there prosperous cities and In general'the surface is rolling prairie, towns, rapidlp increasing agricultural and with timber-skirted streams throughout, 1 i~lineixldevelopment, and a people fully some considerable timbe~.arca in the east, capable of assuming the responsibilities rough hills in the ceutral west, and udprivileges of Statehood. rugged mountains in the southwest. In view of all these facts, and of the The climate is healthful, the rainfall FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE. - -- - . . - sufficient for agriculture and horticul- in 1900, as given by the United States ture, the whole area well watered with Census Bureau, was 398,331, as compared streams, and good water found through- with the population in 1890 of 61,834, out the Territory at a depth ranging representing an increase during the de- from 20 to 100 feet. cade of 336,497, or 544.2 per cent. No Many misinformed people in the States other Slate or Territory in the Union ever Ioolr upon Oklahoma as the home of the made so great a percentage of gain in savage and scene of outlanrry and bar- population in ten gears. The population barism, when nothing can be further from of Olrlahoma in 1900 is more than six the truth. The people of the Territory, as times as large as it was in 1890. The a rule, a~eintelligent, cultivated and edu- total land surface of the Territory is 38,- cated to a degree beyond those of the ma- 830 miles. The average number of per- jority of the older communities. Social sons to the square mile at the census of life has much the same aspects as in the 1890 and 1900 being as follows: 1890, 1.G; States, and yet there is a difference; for 1900, 10.3. No other Territorj- has ever there are no distinctions of caste or class been able to show so dense a population. to be found here. A large number of Western States con- Oklahoma has been settled by a re- tain a much smaller average population markably strong, self-reliant, and ener- to the square mile. I give below the pop- getic people-the more active and en- ulation of each county folh 1900 and also terprising element from all the States- 1890, as far as it is possible so to give: ------.------.------pH-- --- .- - - - who brought with them neither "purse Counties. ( 1900. 1 1810. nor scrip," settled upon homesteads -of ------Beaver ...... 160 acres, each man relying upon his Blaine ...... Canadian ...... own resources, often consisting of but a Cleveland ...... Custer ...... strong right arm and an intelligent mind, Day ...... Dewey ...... to build for himself a home surrounded Garfield ...... Grant ...... by the comforts and privileges of a civi- Greer ...... Kay ...... lized life. Kingfisher ...... Lincoln ...... Our progress has been phenomenal, and Logan ...... Noble ...... the wisdom of the homestead law, which Olclahoma ...... Pawnee ...... encourages the citizen to own his own Payne ...... Pottawatomie ...... home a~~dsuccessfully employ his' own Roger &"ills ...... Washita ...... I labor, has been fully demonstrated here. Woods ...... We have here thoroughly democratic Woodward ...... a Kaw Indian Reservation ...... , . Kiowa. Comanche and Apache In. commiinily, where all have equal oppor- dian Reservatlon ...... Osage Indian Reservation ...... tunities for advancement and preferment, Wlchlta Indian Reservation ...... and where all are prosperous. We have Total...... 393,331 61,834 neither any very rich nor any pauper Liz class, and the homes of all our people are While the growth of Olrlahoma in the reasonably supplied with the comforts of past has been most phenomenal I believe life. that the increase of population will be Every community has its churches, still more rapid in the future. The fart schools, and social, p3litica1, and frater- that almost a million and a quarter acres nal o~.ganiza,tions, and our cities and of land were filed upon for homesteads towns have the lecture and the theater in the varions organized counties of the and practically all the privileges of the Territory during the past year would in- older States. dicate an increase in population, by the The population of Oklahomn Territory taking of these homestead lands, of from FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE. "- - 35,000 to 40,000, and the growth of the The taxes in any new country where cities and towns and of rural communi- there are so many things to be inaugurat- ties-21s well as in the localities where ed are apt to be somewhat higher than in there mas no homestead land-in addi- old settled communities, but the Territor- tion to these, would indicate an increase ial tax of Oklahoma has been an excep- over the figures of the 1900 census suf- tion to this rule, having always been less ficient to make the population of the than the State taxes of most of the States. Territoiy at this time fully 460,000, and The Territorial tax levy for 1901 is 7 1-2 the opening of a large area of Indian land mills, divided as follows: to settlement within the next sixty days Territorial Tax Levy 1'101. Mills. will bring another great influx of people, General fund ...... 3. University support ...... 0.5 carrring the aggregate popul~tionof the University building ...... 7 Territory to a point in excess of half a TJniversity preparatory school ...... 2 Normal, Edmond, support...... 5 million inside of ninety days. Normal. Alva, support...... 5 The people of Oklahoma are cosmopoli- Alva normal building...... 26 Agricultural and Mechanical College support. .1 tan, coming from every section of the na- i\gricultural and Mechanical College building .3 tion, and a few from foreign lands. They Agricultural and Normal University support. .1 Agricultural and Normal University building .3 are energetic, progressive and industrious Southwest Normal building...... 4 to an extent that has caused them to Deaf and Dumb Institute...... 4 Bond interest ...... 25 build up in the space of a decade a com- Total...... 7.6 monwealth which has never been equaled This is an increase of 2.35 mills over for progress anywhere in the history of last year's rate, the increase being wholly the world. They are distinctively Ameri- for the erection and payment of buildings can, with less than 5 per cent of foreign for the various educational institutions, birth, and with a per cent of illiteracy The amouut of tax for Territorial pur- less than that of three-fourths of the poses this levy will produce in the various States in the Union. They are hospitable counties of the Territories is as follows: and open-hearted, patriotic and loyal, not Beaver ...... t12,106.69 only to the nation, but to their own rising Blaine ...... 7,470.73 young commonwealth, which every man, Canadian ...... 37,284.21 Cleveland ...... 16,531.42 woman and child resident therein believes Custer ...... 12,388.02 to be superior to any other under similar Day ...... 3,584.34 Dewey ...... 6,080.44 conditions, and a coming State which Garfield ...... 23,293.50, shall he equaled by few and eclipsed by Grant ...... 20,442.15 Greer ...... 25,223.24 none. Kay ...... 27,207.23 The total valuation of all property of Kingfisher ...... 24.462.79 Lincoln ...... 19,699.35 the Territory as returned for taxation in Loqan ...... 35,198.11 1901 was $60,464,696, an increase of $11,- Noble ...... 15,224.57 Oklahoma ...... 35,536.00- 126.035 over 1900. Of this amount $4,- Pawnee ...... 16.165.03 534,375 was railway property, $17,279,809 Payne ...... 24,117.30- Pottamntomie ...... 22,133.06 farm lands, $8,062,567 town property, $2,- Roger ivIills ...... 6.852.84 552,932 moneys and credits, and $28,631,- Washita ...... 10,749.60. Woods ...... 36,361.61 013 other personal property. Woodwnrd ...... 15,593.56- Farm lands were returned at an aver- Total...... $463,485.09 age of 93.45 per acre, cattle at $12.58, Owing to the fa.ct that no taxes what- horses at $17.14, sheep at $1.30, and hogs ever were collected the first two years. at $2.46, which shows that property is re- after the Territory's settlement, the local turned at a very small part of its real taxes in some of the communities mere value. excessively high for a year or two, but every couuty and city, and alnlost every The public school s~stemof Olilahoma school district, is now on a cash basis is at once the pride and glory of the ris- and the tases are no higher than in any ing Commonwealth. Its remarkable de- active, progressive community. While in velopment has kept pace with the phe- some instances the tax rate at first glance nolnenal material progress of the grow- would seem to be high, when it is taken ing State. into consideration that both real and Legendo recounts that that Athene personal property is listed at about one- sprang, fully armed, from the brain of third its actual value, it will be seen that Zeus; so our public scliool sjstem seems the rate was comparatively a very mod- to have sprulig into esistence fully de- erate one. It is a significant fact that veloped. the tas rate in the ~uajorityof the coun- One of the first acts of the legislatiw tics of the Territory had been reduced assembly a decade ago was to cnact com- the past year. prehensive laws for the establishment The total Territorial indebtedness of and support of a public school system. In- Ol

broom corn and cotton, and among the is pure and a health-builder for the in- grasses gro\vii here are millel, IIungar- valid. ian cane and alfalfa, and the writer be- This 1s the lioriie of cattle and hogs. lieves that as our land is put in culliva- As the nrilcr has stated before, this is tion this will prove to be one of tlie tlicl cattle iiiiiii's paradise of the pasl, and greatest alfalfa growing countries in the niaii~Iiavc made fortunes 011 leased lands west, as we have any amouiit of sub-ir1.i- for giming. Tile \\inters are mild and gated land, and at one of our missions, short. eiiabliiig stuck to li~e and do well south of Hobart. that has bern running on grass through the winter. Bwides this for ten gears, on high land they are now the farmer has his large wheat fields to liarvesting two good crops per season. past111.e his stock on in winter, and they lye also have the native grass, that is will grow Silt on the same. harvested in abundance for such stock Ilogs are h~altliyin tliis climate, and as does not run on pasture. the writer predicts, wftcr Iiaving 23 years' This is eminently a fruit counlry. Ok- experience in tlie stock business, that tliis lali~lili~fi4uils. such as peaches, apples, new counlry will prove to be one of the ~pricots,cherries and grapcXs,are known greatest hog and alfalfa growing cuun- the world over for their size and fine tries in the II'est. One lias only to go six Ilavoi*. Grapes never fail and are next miles north of us. to Washita County to the C:1lifornia grape in quality and which has 1)ecn setllcd 12 years. also to flavor. Ko country can produce a Grcer Counly, 12 miles west of us, to greater aucl lnore perfect variety of prove the above statemc~nts. apples. Peaclies are anothcr crop that To the miner or in\-estor, Kiowa Coi~n- never fails in this part of Oklahoma. ty prcsents an inviting field. It is well All kinds of vegetables call be grown I~now11that the range of mounlnins run- here to perfection by proper planting and ning diagonally throiigh the so rill^ part cultivating. Potatoes and wbbage are as of the county, is rich in precious metals, fine i11 quality as the Micliig:~n grown. as recent developn~entshave conclusivelg The iiielon crops here are ~;lui11to the sl~on-n.IIiiiing companies have chartered Georgia grown. The writer observed on and pay ore has been struck at a very the streets of IIobart loday a wagon load sliallow dcl)lh. The nssaTs 1)roJ.e the of 54 watermelons that averaged 84 richness that can not be doubted, and pounds to the melon. This is the home of n-ill undoubtedly increase in value at a the sweet potato, and tlie fkavor will sur- greater drpth. Oil and aspl~altumhave pass the New Jersey variety that has the been discovered at inany points, and the wide world's name of ' 'Perfectiori. ' ' writer predicts that it will o11ly be a few The climate is pleasant, ~a~gingin tem- years until our ~nillsand factorics will be perature between the extreme heat of the running with oil for fuel, as at the pres- South and the rigid cold of the North. ent lime we 11a.w greater prospects for The winters are mild and short, enabling oil than tl~eydid at tile celebrated Beau- stock to live on th~native gri~ssc~s.The mont gushers a few years since. days are nTarmhere in summer, but the nights are cool. This climate should be a The tiinber in Kiona County is confined guarantee that this section is a healthful most1~-to the vater courses of the lower home for the prudent and wise liver. The bottom lands. l'rairie fircs 11n1e no donbt elevation is 1,545 feet above sen level. been the innin destructive forcos against From the government records of the past the growth of timber over all the prairie the average rain fall wa5 from 1880 country, but along the walcbr courses the to 1889 33.66 inches per annum. The air timber consist^ of l)ecan, waln~lt,oak, FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE. I 05 "- -.- - - hickory, hackberry, elm, cottonwood and ity, and a steam laundry, electric light mesquite. plant and canning factory are to be estab- CHANDLER. lished in the near future. Chandler (population 3,500) is the coun. LAWTON. ty seat and largest town in Lincoln Lawton, the "magic city of mountain Coui~ty(population 30,000), and is the and plain". is situated on a beautiful largest local cotton market in Oklahoma. elevation overlooking the C~zcheCreek I11 1901 it shipped 14,500 bales of cotton, Valley with the magnificent IYichita which yielded more than $600,000 to the Mountaitrs in the I>ackground. It .is three farmers. The cotton seed from the same miles south of Ft. Sill, the famous niili- crop amounted to 8,000 tons and found tar?. reservation, and six miles from the a ready sale in Chandler at the big cot- u~ountain. It Ivas founded lug. 6, 1001. tonsced oil mill, yielding $140,000 inorc The to\\ nsite. conlprising a half sec- to {lie cotton grower. Do not lose sight tion of land, sold at public auction for of the fact that less than one-half of the 5414,000, $130,000 of which goes to the T~incolnCounty crop was marketed in city for ninnicipal iinprovements and the Chandler. This is but one of the renlaindeid to the county to erect court many crops that are successfully and house, build roads, bridges, etc. Four profitably grown here. In season canta- hundred acres of land have since been loupes and peaches and other fruit are platted for townsite purposes, adjoining shipped by the car, and the success of this the city. fruit industry is established beyond ques- Jlarch, 1902, the population of Lamton, tion. Chandler ranlrs well as a markel for according to the assessor's returns, was live stock and for all kinds of grain and 7,052, Lawton has two railroads, five prodvtbe. It has the largest and most sue- banks which have on deposit more than cesst~!l 1)i~sscdhick plant in Oklahoma, six 111lndr~dthousand dollars, a splendid with an oliiput of three cars per day. It sj.stem of graded schools, nine church has three cotton :;ins, two mills, and many congregations with six church edifices, snlaller indus1i.ir.s. Nuruerous fine build- some of ilicln costing as much as fire ings have beell cwcted by private enter- tlionsand dollars, electric light, a fine prise, and the city lias two fine brick syst~niof water works and sewerage. The school houses, costiiig $16.000, and numer- pro~~~t~of the muiiicipality n ill soon ous churches. Among the many conveni- be in course of construction. Lawton is ences may be iileiltionccl the system of the seat of the Ti. S. Land Office, U. S. water n~orlis,on-nd by the city, a good court, ncar the ceilter of a large agricul- telephone excliaugc ;uid nunierous long- tural vounlry and a good flow of gas, distance lines. The business men of also many evidences of oil and valuable Chandler ai4cAenlerprising and energetic, mineral have been discovered. Lawton is and its banking and other institutions are the laidgest city in southwestern Olrla- solid and idiable. Besides the F'risco, ho~na.the Indian Twritory or northwest the Rock Island Railroad also runs Texas. It is nell situated geographically through Chandler. Business ill all lines is io become a mannfactilring and disti4bu- rapidly increasing in volnine. and it is ap- ling point of iinportance and if the stories parent that Chandler is destined to bc one of gold, silver and copper in the Wichita of the leading cities of Oklahoina. At >iIountains prove to be true. some of the / this time exceptional opportunities are of- hundreds of prospectors will be richly 1 fered for profitable investments, either in rewarded and Lnwton will become the business lines or in farm property. Clian- largest city in Oklahoma. dler has an ice plant, 15 tons daily capac- The Lawton Coniinei~ialCli~lJ is a wide 104 FRTSCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE. - - awalte aggregation, and the secretary more mature cil~.The most substantiaI will lalte pleasure in answering your business men have interested themselves questions and giving any information re- in the public scliools, with the result that lative to this wonderful young city and teachers and educators have been em- unopened Comanche country. plojed who are second to none. Nany This cit~is known as the metropolis of them hare come from the larger cities of the "Ken. Country", which is that por- of the country, where they had put in tion of Oklahoma Territory opened for years of faithful work along the same settlement August 6, 1001. The district line. so desigmted is composed of Comanche, The liberal prorision made for the pub- Kiowa and Cacldo counties. Lawton is lic schools of Oklahoma by the laws of situated in Comanche county, one of the the Territory results in the best of edu- largest in the Territory. It is one of the cational privileges. At present there are three cities of the first-class in Olilahoma. three school buildings, and more room the otlwr two being Olrlahoma City and must be found at once. Three new addi- Guthrie. tions, comprising four l~undredacres, are The growLh of Lawton has been mar- now asking for admittance to the city. velous. Puurteen months ago the town- \Ve have Sour excellent daily news- site :is well as (he surrounding cuuniry papers. each on a sound financial basis, was bare prairie. Sine liionths latc~r, aud each well patronized. when the cemus nus taken. Ihe cil~'s The post-office receipts are sufficiently pol)ulation numbered eight thousand large to warrant free mail delivery, A steady and sturdy growth colilinues. which will soon be an accomplished fact. Therch is every evidence to ~vnl*rantthe Lawton has not the appearance of a hope of ;I great city in the near future. "new" town. There are several excellent The professions, industries and trades hotels, and very many handsome and are all fioul.isl~ing. An electric light coulinodious buildings have been erected. plan! has been in olmation since July 1, I11 driving over Comanche County, it giving excellent service to both business scarc~lyseems possible Illat it can be a and ~wideutportions of the city. par( of what was onre known as "The

Tlierc :~r(~sever:ll 1;ric.k-yards which Great hn1erica:l I>=\cirt. " It i, certainly a furnish an excellent article for building striking example of the "desert blosaom- - purposes, and a plan1 is now started to ing as the rose." Substantial farmhouses make vitrified brick from a shale found and barns together with cultivated fields west of town which produces the very give the country the appearance of hav- fin~stquality for paving. ing been inhabited for years. The copious The native stone is beautiful and dur- rains have enabled the farmers to do well ablr. There is also a red granite which in even this first year and the "new coun- takes ;L very high polish. All the build- try" is fairly on the way to prosperity. ings at Pt. Sill are of Comanche County Every variety of fruit does well here, stone. Also many of Lamton's substan- and all the cereals have produced excel- tial siructures are oi this material. lent crops. Experimental farming at the Ida\\ton already boasts a uumber of Indian School indicates that the soil and manufacturing plants, a cold storage climate of this country are especially house. a cotton gin, and many other in- adapted to the growth of wheat, oats and dustrial enterprises. cotton. M;LII~of the churches have built their Farms are held at prices ranging from own houses of worship, and the schools one thousand to thirty-five hundred dol- are such as would be a credit to a much lars. One farmer south of town has a FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE. twelve hundred dollar house and a me hundred clollars per year from rh:> fifteen hundred dollar barn on his quar- government, and they number about two tei4section. The hard times wail of most thousand. newly-settled col~nt~iesis here conspicu- Ft. Sill is about five miles from Lawton ous by its absence. and is a place of much interest. It is Beginning with October, the land- one of the old frontier posts, and has of office in T~awtonwill be a decidedly busy late been much enlarged and improved. place. as the farmers will at that time be- Lawton people count the coming of gin to prove up on their lands. the Frisco as the most fortunate event in At present the oil and mining interests the history of their city. It gives them a of the counlj are attracting much atten- direct route to Kansas City, St. Louis, tion. Oil wells have been sunk near Xemphis and Birmingham. It is also the Lawton, and ihe interest is being pushed shortest line to any of these points. It and outside capital invested in order to fn~nislles acconlmodations equaled by develop the field. Miners are busily at no other road. The wise officials who work in ihe Wichita Mountains and claim govern the policy of this road are deter- to haw found ore in paying quantilirs. ~ilinedthat it shall be thoroughly "up-to- Of the natural beauties and social priv- date" in every particular. Wherever its ileges of Lawton and Co~nancheCountr track is laid: cities spring into existence. much coulri be said. The roads are ex- Already, since this great system entered cellent .ind many bridges are being built, Coinanche County, twelve towns ha.ve so that driving is one of the favorite di- started into being along its right of way. versions. The Wichita Mountains, twelve miles from I,awton, form an objective PUNGEST PAB.AGRAPI-IS. point for many pleasure seekers. Tllc Sometimes it is his lie-abilities that in- scenery is most varied and picturesque. creme a innn's assets. The Coillanche and Apache Elanket ..I... .,._!, _?_... Indians are of much interest to tourists. Any small boy in his first pair of trousers They cling to their bright colors, and re- feels sorry for his mother. tain many of their tribal customs, in spite :t B :3 of the industrial training their children The skin-deep beauty of the rhinocerod rpceive in the Indian School near Law- isn't calculatecl to make him mill. tt,,~. The1 seldom cultivate their 1:\11~1, * * 6 but rent to the white men. The Cu When it comcs to the find eho\v down it nlanches are also quite a source of rar- is the ~uldertaker who lays the champion enlie to the city, as each on(. draws about puyilist ant,.

Xen are apt to fret and worry, But ~\rhat'sthe use? When too late they always hurry, But what's the use? Just to keep business boomin' Men do lots of things inhuman- !

To close the eyes on the smokes of the Follow any path, and it will lead you to cily and open thcm anlong the hills, this ;s one of the springs lor which this region is what the Prisco System makes possible to lamed. Clear, cool, health-giving water it the dweller in St. Louis or Kansas City. is, with medicinal propcrlies but no un- On all other sides surrounded by almost pleasant medicinal taste. Thc Basin spring lin~itlessprairies, in this direction there is is the most centldal, and is the daily resort an easy cscape to the uplands, where the of all the seekers after health and most of eye rest!: with relief upon a broken sky-line. the seckers after pleasure, to whom it af- Hillier. too, comes the man from Texas, fords an escnse for a pleasant little stroll Alabama, ltississippi or Louisiana on n don-n the main street of the town, a stroll sunilar erl.anc1. which usually ends in the purchn~eof sou-

The approach to E~lreka Springs is a venirs in some one of the many attractive gradual preparation for the romantic beauty ~tores. Within easy reach are the Hard- of the rcsort itsclf. One's first impression ing spring, thc Sweet spring, the Crescent of Eureka Springs is of a town on end. spring adthe Grotto springs, the latter a EIoases onc story high in f~ontmay be thrct! particular favorite with the amateur pho- or four stories in Ihe rear. An electric car tographer. Further off, but still withill n-hich winds in and out around the liills is wallting dist-ance, are the 1Iagnetic spring, a welcome sight to the tired climber. Con- Oil spring, Moss spring and inany others. spicuous from every point the Crescent Ho- To get a good general idea of the plan of tel lifts its white walls and shows its crea- the town one has only to take the elevator cent moon, the highcst point of tlie town. in the Crescent IIotel and be carried to the FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE.

- ~ .. . - - -, - tower. There such a panorama is spread o: the Gods, which are to be reached only by out as is not often seen. A valley stretch- a horseman. ing north a.nd south diverges into two and While the tide of pleasure seekers at En- is intersected by half a dozen lesser val- relta Springs rises to its height during the leys. In and out vincls the electric car, summer and early fall, every season of the climbing the mountain on which we stand. year has its peculiar charms, and the hotels The Basin spring, with the surrounding and boarding houses keep open all the year buildings forming the nucleus of the tom, round, the glorious climate insuring patron- lies to the southwest. To the southeast is age. To those who have never journeyed the railway stat,ion, completely hidden by in this direction, ancl who believe and teach the trees. that there is nothing worth a journey bc- For one who loves nature with a constant tween the Catskills and the liockies, should aEcction therc is no need for amuscmcnt Iiait Eureka Springs and see with their own other than the free life of out of doors af- eyes its picturesqnencss and be invigorated fords. But some of us are more fickle. TVe by its healthful waters. love nature, too, but there are other things we love, and above all me ~ra\~evariet,y. All PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS. kinds of people can find their favorite Patience is a great virtue but a fellow amusement at Eurelra Springs. Tcnnis loses a whole lot cf time if he cultivates it court,s are provid.ed in the beautiful grounds too closely. 05 the Crescent Hotel. Black bass, perch * * * and other fish are found in White and The young man who reccntly had his King's rivers, and there is abundance of broken neck mended in a Philadelphia hs- game for the sportsman. For t,hosc vho do pita1 may yet live to regret it. not care to go so far afield there is the bowi- * * *: ing alley, a favorite resort for all ages. Her lips were a luscious red Weekly dances are given at the Crescent Her eyes n sparkling black Hotel ancl occasional dances at the smaller And all hands fell dead houses. When she bet a blue stack. But the thing in which Eurelra Spring *** easily leads its rivals is in the facilities it Laundrymen should malre good farmers affords for horseback riding. The stables because they too make their living ont of are good and are adnpted to the wants of the soil. those unaccustomed to riding as well as to : * * the experienced. At this season of the year A cynic is a man rnhr\se disappointment the sumac has tnrnecl and the .cvoocls are is clue to the fact that the world was made glorious. The list of attractions to be vis- ivithout his advice. ited is a long one and inclndes Silver Lake, * * * the Goat Ranch and Blue spring^, the lnt,ter A great deal of the charit? t,hat begins at a distance of nine miles, the others three at home is too n~cali-knecdlo math the next ancl live milcs respect.ively. Tl~erearc cxvcs: neighbor's door. to be explored and nuts to be gathered...... :. :B There are precipitom places to be climbed If it is hue that the good die young it is and there are woocly paths in which to walk up to the oldest iuhnbitant to offer an em- the horse and drink in the odor of the pines. planation. To many of the points of intercst it is pos- ....,. ...., . .!..,. sible lo t-ake a carriage or a tallyho. Olh- It sometimes happens that a man puts ers there are, like Pivot Rock, a ininiature hot11 money and confidence in a bank-and nf the fainous Balance Rock of the Gardell lnrcr draws out his confidence. FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE. FRISCO SYSTEM POINTERS. Small Itoms, but Interesting-Rend Them-They Will Do You Good.

It is cbtimated that tliere is coal enough and negro citizens. Soon the gates mill be in the Warrior coal fields 01 Alabama bo last thrown open to vhite citizens, and whites 10,275 years if mined at the rate of 10,000 will own their own farms and make valua- tons per day. Does the reader realize all ble permanent improvements thereon. Then that this means? I1 he does he can look will Indian Territory blossom as the rose, forward with a prophebic eye to future pos- ancl then will cle\;elopment take on a phase sibilities for that section. Thai ilrimensc that has been impossible as yet. coal field has an area of '7,810 square miles, every square mile of vhich is tributary to Arkansas has surprised the country re- Birii~i~ighaniniid to the Frisco Sykte111, as peatedly of late years. It was a surprise to the Frisco crosses this fielcl almost in its cen- the world vhen fortunes were made out of ter. There are other coal fields near Birin- the pearl fisheries of Blaclr river. It was a ingham, but the Warrior fielcl has no rival. surprise when it mas learned that lead and zinc were to be found in endless quantities At Birini~~gham,illabamu, conclltions are in the hills of ncrth Arkansas. It mas a nearly ideal Tor a great manufacburing cen- surprise to learn that the heaviest forests tcr. In this vicinity are found cxhaustless of pine and hard ~voocltimber were to he fields 01 coal, mountains of iron and vast fouiid within her horclers. It was a sur- Sorcsts of timber, and all in a climate that prise to learn that the heretofore neglected is at once healthful and milcl. This city is overflow districts of northeastern Arlcansas liaving a goocl growth at present ancl is add- could harclly be equaled for cotton produc- ing productive enterprises all the time, bnt tion. It. was a surprise whcn Arliansns if its advantages mere more genersllg un- came to the front with anthracite coal near- dcrbtoocl its growth would be much more 13; equal to that of Pennsylvania, during the nipid. late disastrous strike. It was a surprise to visitors at Ft. Smith and other points to Texas has the constitutional privilege of see smokeless coal rw~uinglarge factories. diriding into fivc states, a privilege which It was a surprisc to many to see sparkling has bccu granicd to no othcr state. Hom- strealm ancl pure springs so comnlon I:) evcr, no man has yet ljccil found with the many partmf the state. It was a surpriv hardihood to seriously advocate the division to learn that Arkansas oft'ered so many in- of the state. Texas is largc, but her citi- ducements for investors and home scelrer~, zens are large minded, and to a man they ancl it may be said that she has still fur- are proud of the very bigness of the state, ther sarpriscs in store for those who do not and vould vigorously oppose any effort to kno\v her at all, or but slightly. take from hcr any of the glory 01 being so large and so great. The Angora goat has come to the Ozark mountain region to stay. The goat ii dns- Indian Territory conlinues to develop, try is not a fad or a passing fancy, for it has notwithstanding the niany vexatious delays been clcmonstrated that this is the animnl that have come up to postpone the day of for our tree-covcrecl hills. The Angora white ownership of land. Tlie g-reat cattle will aid the fruit grower and the farmer ill ranches are fast becoming things of the clearing snch land as is suitable for crchard past, ancl are giving wag to corn, cotton and and farm, and will resen e for himself such wheat fields, even though the cultivators tracts as are too rough for either, for lie must lease of and pay tribute to the Indian deliglits in hills. Under the intelligent su- FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE. perl-mon of man, the Angora will clear thz Northern BIississippi offers a good field way for l'arms and orchards by his indus- for northern farmers who know how to use trious habits. fertilizers and otherwise reclaim land that has been worn too much for its olr7n good. Norc commercial orchards are now being The opening is good and worthy of investi- planled or arranged for in Southwest Us- gation. sour1 ancl Xorthn-est Arlransns than ever bctore dreamed of. Now that it has been Black Rock, ilrkansns, is a good town, deinastrated that thcre is a good market and is noted for its pearl industry, the for all the apples me can raise, theie is no pearls being taken from the fresh water longer any hesitation in putting labor a~zd musscls that abound in Bl~clrriver. Thex nloney into orchards, ancl thonsands are go- is also growing up there a big industry in ing into commercial orcharding as a busl- the manufacturc of buttons and ornaments ness. As jet good frcit land can be b3aght from musscl shells. at prices that make them attractive invest- ments for capitalists as well as offering thc Osceola, ilrlransas, is a "hummer" for a poor man an opportunity to secure a home town of its size, and is having a growth and a foothold in the world. that is most pleasing to those especial!y interested in it. Quite a good many Iow~ The Solltheast must not be overlooked people are coming in and buyin: the rich by northern people who are seeking a land of i\Iississippi county, alitl -nine c;f change of location. Those gray-hailed men these days you mill hear of record Gr, l',' 1% who rnarched with Shcrman "From Atlanta crops of corn and hay, whsre coltoil i~ I'!c to the sea" would recognize but few familiar main product now. scenes \\-ere they to now talw thc trip from Atlanta to Savannah. The whole south is Tupelo, Mississippi, is one of the growing being revolutionized and rcjuvennted. The towns of the state, and is surrouildecl by natural resources of the conntrp are bemg a fine country. This town is now a cotton developed; n1anufactor;es arc heing rcmo~e6 center, having one of the most complete from New England ancl planted in the cotton mills in the state, and also an up-to- south; farms are being improved and mines date cotton seed oil mill. operated as never before. With qoch oppor- tunities as the south oiEers, wh.v is it that If it is true that fish are the best brain people continue going to the bleak and in- food, Tupelo, Mississippi, sliould produce hospitable northwest ? Thc south extends the brainiest lot of peorle that can be a kindly grecting to all. found, for Uncle Sam is establishing a fish -- hatchery there, and the citizens have al- The Frisco System is so big now that all ready made a large artificial lake that is kinds of good country can be louncl along stocked with all kinds of fish. its various lines. Pick out the kind of country you mnnt, and yon can find it No section of our country offers better in- throu~ghthe immigration department of the clucen~entsfor the location of manufactur- Frisco. ing establishments than Birmingham, Ala- -- bama. This is especially true of all pro- Dykes and drainaqe are making the over- ducts in which iron form<\ an important flow land of Northeastern Arkansas one or" part. It may also be noted that the citizens the most productive and reliable spots on of Birmingham are not the kiilcl that "sleep earth, ancl also making it a good place for on their ~.ights." but are ~ctivclyat work a permanent home. bringing in ncw cntcrprises. FRISCO SYSTEM MAGAZINE. __ -- -

The Granclin fniit farm at Hunter, Us- Thc Southeastern state. \\-ere neglected souri, on the Current River division, is Cor many years by northern immigration, but worth a considerable trip to see. The or- such is not the case now. It is true that chards on this farm show what intelligeut there is not the rnsh there that is some- care and culture will do fcr fruit raising in times scen in the West, but every gear adds the Ozarli hills. Nothing dlpay better. a fair increase of pop~llatiol~from the states furthcr north. Our northcrn pcople have Why don't more people in the Ozarii discovered that thcse states oft'er superior mountain rcgion invest in Angora goats? advautages in many respccts in addition to Thesc animals arc money-makers froin start the decided advantages of climate. The to finish. They play an important part in So~~theastwill bear the closest investigation. clearing land, a1.e hardy, easily hanclled and yield two crops a year. They will thrive on If there is any better cotton country any land that is too hilly and roclry for culti- place than northeastern Arlransas, a reward vation, and in fact our Oznrk region should will be given to the person who points it be full of them. out. -- Autumn in the Ozarlrs is a season that A11 carly crop-the small boy's first hair has its share of attractions. The climate i.; cut. nearly perfect, and the foliage of trees pre- sents a scene that words are not able to dc- VTitll some 5-ccnt cigars you get at least scribe. sjs scenls.

COAL LANDS. I am in positioil to negotiate definitely with parties desiring investlnent in large tract of land carrying six to eight feet Semi-Anthracite Smokeless Coal. These lands also carry two and one-half foot vein Arkansas Aiitliracite, along with valuable pine and oak timber. Located one to five miles from Lt~r-eerailroads, aucl is all proved coal lands. Address I). H. BEAMER. Lamar. 110.

FINE HOMES FOR ALL Along the Frisco System. yo^^MISSOURI ~LVZI~~a jkiw, ill LANDSf/l~OOJ~ jhwt of I IN IMISSOUWI. KANSAS. OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS. Farm, Fruit. Timber. Coal and Grazing Lands. flflissolrri, in fhr bcsf Comf_~~,ujifh good \vr~leI,. lor I~IIinlnnnnlion I SC~OO~Saad C/MY&S nad iaiiroad /k iiitics, , M. B. LOCKE & CO., lllrirlr., WALLACE & STEVENS, 711 X. Y.Life Building, KAxSAS CITY, 310. I I CLINTON, HENRY COUNTY. MO. I

For the best investments, in $ Immiga~onAgent ft farm, ranch, or one the best country on earth, & Wneeda just write, & of those fine fruit farms of Erath County, Texas. Three crops in a season, rich soil, plenty of rain, healthful climate, pleasant surroundings. Good mar- Ciuthrie, Okla. kets. Lands Cheap, $3.00 to $30.00 per acre. Tell us your wants, or Farms, City come and see us. Property and J. N. GROESBEECK & SON, Land Agents, Ranch Lands For Sale. STEPHENVILLE. TEXAS. BIG RED CLOVER And all other Species of Tame Grasses.

500 In Farms, Stock Ranches Farms and Ranches SPECIAL and Frrlit Farms in -INSout heastern Kansas BARGAINS Kansas or Missouri. (IS ~111.: OIL ~ELT) Write for my free list or call and see me. The most productive part of the Cnited States. Tell uti what you mnut, and write us for clescrip- F. H. HunpHREY, tions and prices, or come :1nd see us office, NO. 18 N. Moln street, FORT SCOTT, KANSAS, MSG BROfrHk:RS, llilld ]leu, Frerlonia, KHF.

MATHEWS & PARKS, The Frank J. Hess Real Estate Go. Real Estate, ARKANSAS CITY, KANSAS. Loan and insurance Agents, r the

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Farms and Fruit Lands, South East Kansas. Improved Farms from $20 ro $40 per Acre. Farms, Ranches, Fruit Farms in Soutlieasterii Kansas. CALL AND SEE US, OR WRITE FOR BOOKLET. OSWEGO, KAS- w41.r~to, ~~rcEsand DEsc~1p-rIoN.

JAMES C. TOPLIFF, ARKANSAS CITY. KANSAS. Pa5ture Lauds, Fertile Soil, Farms and Ranches. Loans, Investors' Agent. Thrifty I+oplc. Fruits and Southwestern Kansas and Northern Oklahoma. k'lowers, Elegant Homes, Good Kansas Scllools mid Colleges. 'I'11ir.t b Itesiclence. Yenr*' Write for booklet clesaribiug this portion of K:~usas. Special Facilities for Attending lo Properly of Non-Residents. SHlVERS k WILLIB3ZS. Winfield. Has. READ AND THINK! STOP! We have some choice farms for sale, and if you are tired working for a salary, or farming rented ground for the benefit of your landlord, write ns and we can sell you a farm on easy terms. Bear in mind, however, A SINGLE CROP OF the enormous wheat crops Kansas has raised for the WHEAT SOWN ON KANSAS LAND OFTEN PAYS THE last two or three years, aid the inmelise live stock in- ENTIRE COST OF dustry, have created a clernniid for Kansas lauds, and I/ PRODUCTION they will not remain on the market long at present AND HARVESTING. AND FOR I THE FARM BESIDES. I prices. For further information, call on or address Wetzel & Weidenbach, Wichita, Kas., IMMIGRATION AOENTS Hnrry N. Hoiner. J. E. McCarty. JOE HESS & GO., I HUNTER REALTY CO.

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Oklahoma City and Leger, Oklahoma. 1 Real Estate and Loans 1mmicrat.ion Agents. A SPECIALTY OF FARMS IN OKLAHOMA. Farms, City Property, Loans, Abstractors aid Iiisurai~ce. Offire East of U.S. Lnud Oflice. Enid, Oklahoma. Write for Particulars. All Inquiries Promptly Answered.

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ST. LOUIS, 310. you particulars here, hut iwite your in- vestigation. There are rare opportuni- ties. Don't miss tlieni. Home Office, Oklahoma City, Okla. C. G.Jtlnt,.i. Prc~idcnt. I'errg a Dowde~r..\laungera.

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Investments made for Non-Residents. Complete Set of Lincoln County Hecords in Offrce. Immi~ratian F. V. ROWLAND & CO.9 CHANDLER, - OKLAHOMA. bgcnts. BLACKWELL, OKLA.

FARMS and SCHOOL LANDS ADAIR & McCURRY, in the most fertile section of the Kiowa Real Estate Agents, Cou~~ty,Okla. Prices from $2 to $10 per acre. Fruit and Farm Lands a Specialty. J. P.' BUTLER, REAL ESTATE. ROOSEVELT, OKLA. ROGERS, ARK.

Neal Realty Co. H. C. Williamson Land Investment Co. Oil, Coal and Gas. Creek and Cherokee 31 -32 PORTER BUILDING, lands leased and sold. MEMPHIS,TENN., nafercncc: For free copy of the Mississippi VaUe Investor Demin:' In\cbtmcot CO. Watch us Grow. which tells all about the rich alluvial Knds of th6 Mississippi Valley, the richest lands on the American Tulsa. Ind. 'rer. continent. ATEOSHO, NEI'VTON GO., MISSOURI, Remember XEWTON CO. has PRAIRIES VALLEYS BOTTOMS and ALL RINDS OF LANDS. It costs you aothiug to see them. If you want any informktion before) hand, write us. Land is chcap and sold on easy terms. DON'T THINK YOU CAN SEE 1T ALL FRO31 THE TRAIN. Send for L'HOJIESE:EIiEKAND IANVESTOR." J. V. FLEMING REALTY COMPANY. Farm. Orchard Lands, Dliniug Lauds. All kinds of Lands. Correspondence solicited.

------~- Are you inter- ested in the I Southwest lissouri Lands. ( Howell County, Missouri' Southern Omrk Couotrv? If so. inrestirrate Howell Countv. the best countyin this region. &well County is so"1ocuted as Choice Lands along the Frisco for sale. to get off the top of the Ozarks and doma on the ex- 1 I treme sonthen1 slope. Tinters short and mild, snm- for circulars. mers not as warm as in the northern Rtates. The county is ont of debt and taws are lorn, and is noted 1l1:lllXTEY C LEI\\'ITT, for its large orchards, good facilities for general farm- BOLIVAR, POLK CO., MO. ing and stock raisiug. good schools and churcAos and --- hosp~tahlepeople. WKST PLAmS tho connt,y seat 1 and metroplis of South Nissouri, is d thriving tom= of. I 3.7M people. Is locnted on the Jlemphis Di~islqnof the fiisco System. Uain hne to Memphis. St. Louis. Kan- TO H 0 M ES E E K E R S %Y~2E't,9d,","%&Z~ sas City and other poiuts. We have improved f~ult farming, fruit growing and stock raising than any farms. bottom,rallev and upland farmsand unimpsoved other cnuntv 111 southwest Jfissouri. Springfield, the land for sale. Noiis the tlme to invest. as proroperty is county seat.'is the prettiefit city of 3O.WIJ people in the continuallv advauclne. me ask everv I'ead0I' of this southmest. For new and complete description of card to send for a, c&y of the Home

MISSOURI, KANSAS, ARKANSAS Good climate, fine water, and OKLAHOMA I CHEAP chean lands-in Southwest I We can sell von F r 11 i t Farms. FARMS stock rnr,~, -h~iueralLauds, in any of the above States. Wrlte us for our large lists and descriptions. PARSONS & WHITSELL CARTHAGE. JASPER CO., MO.

ST, CLAM GO,, Best county For Farms and Ranches in 1GO counties in in the State Central aud Xorthern Texas, write to for combined I I 1 try. ~Gcated100 maes southeast of as 1 I J. A. HOLMAN, I Write for my list of bargains. city. Comanche, Texas. HERRY XORGAN, Renl Estate Agent, OSCEOLA. ansounr. Abstract*, Loaus Xcgotiated and C~ollectiou.Mnde.

Moore Manufacturing Co. I Send for our list of Cass School Church Opera Seating. countyfarms. Bank dnd Courhouse FiLtinWi. Missouri Farms Vood 1)errllll~ol have a ,mooth farnliIlp .illd grass only 40 miles south of Kamai City, and four ~i,i,lillory ~al,~rt,,,elltGeneralcbinery, WoodworkingCircular and Band Ma- railroads into that city. We let you deal di- Saws, Knives. rect with owners. WRITE Us SPQINGFIELD, MISSOURI. JOT. 31. WILSOX \'SON, Harrisonville, No.

. . SOFT MISSOURI PINE Has gotten to be a household word with users of Lumber. Ask your dealcrs or your carpenter about it. We have received three highest awards at three expositions for this class of Lumber. Address all correspondence to Missouri Lumber & Land Exchange Co., a09 KEITH PERRY BUILDING. J. B. WHITE, Cien'l Manager. KANSAS CITY, MO. Pittsburg & Midway JacksonBUY a home & inFoster the celebrated Land Blue CO. Grass Regiou of Missouri, the greatest Coal Mining Co. Corn Belt oil earth. Henry County, the banner Corn and Tame Grass &liners and Shippers of Southern Kansas County of the State. CLINTON. . , . . BITSSOUBI. Coal. All coal screened over improved shaker screens. Capacity of mines, Farm lands, any size tracts, in the garden 2,000 tons per day. spot of Texas. MINES HAVE DIRECT CONNECTION WITH ALL FOR INFORMATION WRITE TO I RAILROADS IN SOUTHERN KANSAS. I I W. T. DANIEL, I PROMPT SHIPMENTS MIDWAY, KAS, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND LAND AGENT. GUARANTEED. DUBLIN, TEXAS. Drink--- Schlitz The Beer That Made Milwaukee --- .- ---F amous------a The main difference between good beer and bad beer is in the after=effect. You notice that pure beer. Schlitz beer, does not make you bilious. Pure beer is good for you; bad beer is unhealthful. You may be absolutely certain of its healthfulness WHEN YOU DRINK SCHLITZ BEER. INLANDEQUIPMENT COMPANY, 1 FAIRBANKS Bank of Commerce Building, ST. LOUIS, MO. ( STANDARD SCALES -- ARE THE BEST, Link Metallic Car Roof. THE BEST ARE THE CHEAPEST. Handy Swinging Pilot Coupler. I FAIRBANKS, MORSE & GO., Snow Car 8Locomotive Replacer. I ST. LOUIS, MO. THE HARNDEN SEED GO, I Wholesale and Retall I IOOR DETAILS AS TO

ADVERTISISG RATES IS THIS

XAGAZIS6 WIUTE TO E. P. O'FALLON, JIAXAGER, GARDEN, GRASS AND FIELD SEEDS. THIRD ASD LOCUST STEW I ST. XO. hlon'Sets. Seed Potatoes, Flour Seeds. Seed Cora, ZOUIW. Poultry Supplies, Raffia (for lndlan basket work), both natural and colored. Our Hew Catalogue for 1303 mailed on application. KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. I ALONG THE FRISCO YOU WILL FIND UNEXCELLED BUSINESS CHANCES.

You will find excellent opportunities for the establishment of lumber mills, wood- working plants, flour mills and grain elevators, cotton and cottonseed oil mills, canneries and factories to produce many staple articles of every day use, all of which would find a ready sale in the section of the Southwest reached by the Frisco System.

sh 1 I1 OKLAHOMA and =& 1 INDIAN TERRITORY . especially afford magnificent opportunities for the establisliinent of industries. i\Iany of the towns along the Frisco System in these Territories offer substantial iilducemeuts ill the way of free sites, bonuses, etc., to the manufacturer who will locate wit11 them.

is anxious to aid in the development of the magnificent natural resources of the country traversed by its lines, and to further that end has established an Industrial Department to disseminate information in regard to special opportunities for invest- ment. Write to or call upon us for information in regard to openings for industries.

M. SCHULTER, Industrial Commissioner, Commercial Bldg., St. Louis, Mo. I COMMERCIAL PRINTING

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SOLE OWNERS AN0 MANUFAOTURERG OF CCONOMY WAY-BILL FILE AND rlssuL nu AND BINDER. CRESCENT IRON WORKS, ~g~~~~~~~~&~~~mm%h%%mm= Iron Founders, Architectural Iron, MANUFAOTURERS OF Structural Steel, Englnes, Beams, Boilers, Girders, Mining and other Carried in Stock. Machinery. OrFlCL FACTCRY !+sS%~slrnX%%% -AYL.I€AR JUNCrlON 01 FRISCON4DUEHPHlS~S ~%%%%%WXSA%% SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI.

JOHN F. MEYER & SONS, Springfield, Mo. MERCHANT MILLERS. r,oooBBCs. "ACBafross" Soft Fl//lenf(;Loul-. r,oooBBCs. "Mode/"Hnrd I44enf FCot~r. ELEVATOR STORAGE. 2.i0,OCO X3USIIIiI.S. Correspondei~cewill1 JVhcnt Shippers aud Flo~i;Cuyers Solicited. FIRST NATIONAL BANK, liAXSAS CITY, MO. Capital, - - $2j0,000 Profits, - Su~plus, - rp,ooo Deposits, - - 13,500,000 - 450!000 I

THE EXPRESS ON THE FRISCO SYSTEM I I IS OPERATED BY 1 1 WELLS FARGO &. COMPANY.

Express Carrier of Phoney, Jewelry, Valuables and Freight to all points North, South, East and West. Quickest, Safest and Cheapest Medium of Transportation to all Principal Cities aild Towns in the United States and Canada, also to Xesico adBritish Columbia. Express forwarded to London, Paris, 13aniburg, and all parts of Europe, South America, China, Australia and Japan. Off ices, 3,820. Mileage, 43,032. Rail Routes, 36,159. 111la1idSteamer Routes, 778. Stage Routes, 1,352. Ocean Steamer Routes, 4,763.

Runs EXCLUSIVE FAST EXPRESS TRAIWS from XEW YORK. SAX FRANCISCO and inter- DAILY from New Pork to the West. Northnwst mediirte gomts to MEXICO. and Southwent. Has its own WAGOXS IN CITIES AND PRONI- &s its own EXPRESS CARS. equipped with fire SENT TOWNS where espress packages are and burglar. proof safes for valuables. crlled for or deli-kred withont estm rhawe,- with. Has its own REFRICIERATOR CARS for large in detlned limits. shipments oE perishable matter. Has fully ec nipped CUSTOhIS BROKERAGE DE- Hns its own PALACE HORSE CARS for large ship- PAHTAIE~TTSat New Y0rk.X.l'. ,San Francisco, ments of lire stock. Ca!., El Paso and Eagle Pass, Tex., and Nogales, Forwards matter to distant countries by Ocean Routes. Is the ONLY Company that has its OWN service ACROSS THE AMERICAN CONTINENT, from tion at the fmntier. the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. Has Avents or Correspondents in nearly every large Is the ONLY Company that has its OWN service city :n the world. THERE IS SOMETHING TO SEE Central Coal & Coke Co.

NINES LOCATED: COAL, NILLS LOCATED: Kansas. Texarkana, Tex. Missouri. 'Keith, La. Arkansas. Lumber, Railroad Carsoli, La. Indian Territory. Kennard, Tex. Wyoming. Ties LP Timber.

Capacity, 25,000 tons daily. CapaciQ, 750,000 ft. ~"rnberdaily. Long and Short Leaf Yellow Pine Lumber Address all correspondellre to CHARLES S. KEITH,

Asst. Gen'l Xgr, nud Gen'l Sales Agent, Keith c3r. Perry Building, KANSAS CITY, MO.

W. B. HURST & CO. Wholesale Produce.

SPECIALTIES. Poultry and Eggs.

Packing Houses at all imgortaut stations on F~.iscoSystem.

OIXBRAL OFI.'lCEY: SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI.

The apparatus that we have installed are of the latest and most improved designs, and our improved brewing methods combine to make ART CALENDAR Fourgraceful poses from life; fiynres ten inches THE MIDDLE WEST high, reproduced ill colors. ~?~\!estexample of lilhograptiic art. "THE ONLY WAY" BREW to own one of these beautitul calendars is to send twentv-five cents. with name of oubli- cadon in which you rend th~sadvertisement, THE BEST OF BEERS. to Gso. J. Cn~~~rolr,CeneralPassenger Agent Chicago & Alton Railway, 328 ~onadnoci Trya case and satisfy yourself of this. Brewed in Joplin Buildin CHICAGO,ILL. The test railway line between CHICAGO, ST.LOUIS. KANSAS CITY and PsoRla. JOPLIN BREWINC CO. 509 MAIN STREET.

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