Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1904 — OKLAHOMA LETTER. [ARTICLE]

OKLAHOMA LETTER.

Yukon, Ok la., Jan 18, 1904. Editor Democrat: You will think it strange to receive a letter from me, Thomas Knight, but I thought I would write a few lines tp let, you know how we are all liking our new country. We like it very well; it is warm down here and we have had no snow yet. Have had frost enough to whiten the ground, but one can plow right along; people were ploughing here every day and last week we were planting out shade and fruit trees and trimming them and it was so warm the presperation was dropping from our foreheads. We have* had it very dry and the farmers did not get in as much wheat as they intended, but it looks nice what is in. Well, we had a visitor from “Sunny Tennessee,’ 'and he said this country was the nicest he ever stepped into. He was well pleased with this country and then we had a visit from Mr. McManus from near Rensselaer, and be was also well pleased with the country and stayed with us a week and went around and looked at the country and he would have bought a place but he could not sell his place in Dakota. He is going to come baok when he sells his Dakota land. We hid such big rains here early last spring that it floated away our bridge and we had to ford the river to get to town,.but we have got the bridge up now and we can go for our mail all right. We are sev£n*miles from Yukon and fourteen from Oklahoma City. In the city they have been paying 27 Yi and 25 cents for eggs. We can drive back and forth in one day and do our trading. Well, Mr. Babcock, you will find enclosed SI.OO for the good old Democrat. We could hardly live without it and the news from old Indiana. We also read the serial story in it and can hardly wait ’till it comes. Yours truly.

THOMAS KNIGHT.