The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1898-12-24

have advanced so rapidly. Oklahoma
raises everything that grows In the
| temperate zone, and the prospects for
next years crops, by the way, are bet.
ter than ever. The farms are we'll i'm.
proved with buildings of all kinds, and
stocked with the best cattle and horses
to be had. Travellers tell us that there
is very little difference between our
country and the best part of Eastern
Kansas.
ave have a school system consisting
of 26 600 school districts, each With a
frst clat $ school house; also four higher
Institutions, with an average attend
ance OF about ESQ studen each. These
higher institutions are the University
of Oklahoma, at Norman the no nal
school, at Edmond the Agricultural
and Mechanical college, at Still water,
and the new North western normal, at
Alva. The last mentioned is In that
part Of the territory formerly known
as the Cherokee strip, and building
is now nearing completion that will
cost $50 900, and viii be the finest Of
its kind west of the Missie ippi river.
"All the towns in the tea tory did a
splendid business this year ru ] many
improvements of a substantial charac-
ter are under way. One peculiar thing
you will notice about Oklahoma,n con.
tinued the governor, in answer TO
question put by an Eas ern man con
cerniug the nature OF the building.
etc and that is that nearly all the
building being dons there is of per
manent character. II is not put up for
today, to be abandoned tomorrow. la
the principal cities we have fine brick
and stone blocks that would do credit
TO any community.
Manu- featuring In Oklahoma is yet
in Its infancy. New cotton congresses
and cotton seed oil mills were built
last year at oklahoma City and Guth-
rie, while plants Of The same character
have been in operation for long time
at FL Reno and Norman. One OF the
greatest Industries OF the territory is
cattle raising, and pa king houses
coult be made to pay in any of the
important towns. We also raise a
great many hogs, and the stations
along the Santa Fe road, understand,
ship on an average four cars OF hogs
each per day.
I'm the matter OF railroads, the
rapid growth of the territory and its
marvellous development made the
needs OF certa lines imperative. We
are pretty well supplied with north
and south lines and the greatest need
is for more branches and cross lines.
The Sapulpa road is already proving
a great blessing, and when the gap
between Little Rock and Wister
Junction is filed, which Will be very
soon, the Choctaw road viii have a
through line from Memphis to Wealth.
erford, way out IN the western edge of
the territ ry. A branch OF the Mis-
S uri- Pacific, which at present does
not enter the territory, should be built
rom CO tfeyville TO either Guthrie or
Oklahoma City, and would prove
paying investment all around"
Governor Ba mes, although in favor
OF statehood on any erms. believes
that he Indian Territory should be
included in oklahoma in the new
state. In the Indian Territory there
are about 600, 900 people and taxable
property much greater than that OF
Oklahoma, ere IL not for the fact
that so much Of the land Is tied up
with treaties with the Indians as to be
non taxable. In the Indian Territory
also are many elements which Okla
homa does not possess, notably miner.
ais, coal tim Der, etc which Governor
Barnes thinks wou just tt in to make
one magnificent state. lie is in favor
of one big state IN preference TO two
moderate sized ones.