Show LETTER FROM OKLAHOMA thinking you might have space pace lot for a low few lines linea in your columns columna I 1 take pleasure in sending bending them to you by way of letting the latter day sainta know ow how bow blessed bleared they hey are of the lord in zion I 1 will give a few quotations on etc of this country several times lately I 1 have heard merchants merchant ask aak per bushel for colorado potatoes pota toB am Bails fied many of 01 them were from utah now our people could find a market here for many car carlonas losas of potatoes in the fall or have hav them stored here until this time of years year and do exceedingly well on them dried fruit also chuju oe no profitability shipped those only could I 1 recommend mend shipping this wapaa you will nets gee bythe following farmers hero here nave have acres each and depend entirely on we the rain from above tor for irrigation last year wheat crops averaged throughout oklahoma ten bushels per acres acre oats oaf twenty and barley about twenty five live many bushels burbela of wheat were sold old at thirty cents while oats to and barley brought only fiftena conta the corn crop was quite a failure not going more than live five bushels per acre one reason why potatoes are high la Is owing to te their yielding so 10 light and another reason to in beca because tase they cannot keep tiem them they rot belore before christman time sweet potatoes arow large fine fide and keep splendidly through the winter in cellars oel lare yesterday Yet erday I 1 met some young men with six ix very fine one year old chickene chic kena on their should aers which they had bad just jul purchased frain a nel gabor for or sob one can buy last bearss year goose geese aad nd turkeys turkey at each dronek droned fine live geese geee foat feather bers for per pound pork in this country is the moo moat profitable business pat hogs boga bring from aj to 60 60 per pound und on foots foot and always alway ready market for them beet on loot may be purchased from ai 1 to it 1 pur per pound on foot in any quantities small email or large just juat before the holidays holiday I 1 saw eggs egg noid at 60 60 per dozen and farmers are now in glory they get for them butter is worth only loo per pound fresh frean from the churn no coal is ia used in thin vicinity but the astonishing fact that th atgood good black lack jack and oak wood some of the finest timber I 1 avei ever imm saw for durability and best beat can be had at ones door out in curd cord wood for per cord or one may have it chopped chapped in stove lengths a double wagon box full for at our headquartered bro 8 hauled wood six miles pay tag log per load a little over a cord card standing stand ingin in the forest he cut it in ID cord lengths length reloaded loaded re and hauled it another five miles to hennesey for the enormous sum of per cord this wood cost at least per oord cord and was wag paid a y ung man for nutting cutting it up go 80 our brother 8 receives for nis ii is and his bis teamed two days work the latter day saints do not fully appreciate their blessings blessin gd for truly they are blessed lauy of our young men may have ao an opportunity of learning to love home and surroundings as I 1 have when they are among people who merely exit and they as 88 1 I will says say 0 Os how bow nappy god has truly prospered his him peopled our work in the service of our father is progressing nicely since my last communication four new baptisms baptism have taken place during the past week the weather has been exceedingly cold snow having baving come to the depth of an inch we have had something pecullar peculiar toabe to the Ut onlan since wednesday heavy tog fog or mist mint with partly snow frost and rato rain continually falling failing one gets wet by being outdoors a few ew mi oteo our new years was pleasantly spent the saints and elders about twenty y met together on the blot during toe the eve we sang songs of zion and had bad a good time generally at the home of brother smith all remit remained ned over night and partook dinner on the let some of the saints came fourteen miles to visit with us at 1157 1167 p in all took seats around a cosy fire and while we the knell of the dying year was sounding wel we sang the abe all inspiring io lo hymn so well known to israel we thank thee 0 god for a prophet ss so we saw the old year out and the now new year in sy soon after this we kaneft in solemn devotion to our father in behalf of ourselves our selve aud and zion for 96 at with a hearty good night ap we ones once more retired en baling the row r ew atmosphere of a brighter day A happy new year to all P yours as ever i W D BO oklahoma jao jan a 6 1895 |