The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-06-15
Tom Doyle Talks of
OklahOma'S Future

| Wichita, Kan. June l4-Tom Doyle the
wen known democratic lawyer Of Perry.
O. T., was ia the city today on his way
home from Springfield Mo. where hehas
been for several days on business Mr.
Doyle Is "a leader of Oklahoma democracy
ana is spoken OF as "a candidate for com
gress next year against Dennis Flynn.
the present republican incumbent
Mr. Doyle SIS very enthusiastic regard
ing the future OF Oklahoma and ospe-
cally OF Perry, which he asserts is and
VIII be the leading commercial point or
central and northern oklahoma. During
the past six months Mr.. Doyle says THAI
seven or eight residences have beea COM
pleted In Perry, costing any where from
5000 TO 5000. besides about 100 smaller
ones. lie says that there IS not an empty
business house I'm Perry ana he city lsI
enjoying a greater prosperity than It has
at any time since the opening Of the strip
oklahoma. said Mr.. Doyle. "wh have
a phenomenal crop this year Conservative
judges say that a will far exceed the wou-
derful crop Of two years ago when Okla
noma. surprised the wortl. harvesting
has already commenced and the results
are surprising even TO the most sangulne
Except In Logan county the average yield
will exceed thirty bushels to the acre. In
Noble county in which Perry s. situated
the average yield viii be nearly nfty
bushels. have travelled lately all over
Kansas Arkansas and Missouri ana mo-
\ here nave / found such excellent crops
Oklahoma Is IN the front now as "a big
crop state and viii continue TO lead the
procession"
What Mr.. Doyle Is especially enthusas.
tic over is the railroad future of Perry. !
That city he claims ls 90 be the railroad |
town OF Oklahoma and predicts that IN |
the near future IL win bee made the santa |
be Division point between Newton and |
Purcell II o. situated exactly midway |
between the two points aud has every
advantage 10 offer 70 a railroad compan- |
The Blackwell aud Southern. which |
was chartered two weeks ago" said Mr.
Doyle, is going 70 be a fne thing FOR |
Perry II will give our city an air line |
road 10 Wichita ana will result IN our be |
ing made the division point OF the main |
line south OF Newton. This read viii re- |
duce the distance from Wichita t3 Perry /
TO an even 100 miles
This road, continued Mr. DOYLE. ws /
not a boom OF a visionary project. IL is \
a branch OF the Santa Fe ana win be- com |
pleted in a few months Henry h ASH |
solicitor of the Santa Fe Tor Oklahoma. /
is the president OF the new line which Is
Ia fact but an extension OF the old Hun /
newell ana Southern branch OF VIII ch Mr.
Asp Is also president The Hunneweul |
branch Is now extended 10 Bremen a /
few miles south OF Blackwell II conneets
directly with Wichita hy way Of hIulvane
ana Wellington. when the line De- bunt
10 Perry it viii shorten the distance
twenty miles ana give a short and fast
route, as the grades are much less than
on the regular division"
Perry" eNclam med Mr. Doyle with en-
thusiasm, wants everything la sight ana
stands an a fair way TO get large pa-
ton of IT, Not only are we 10 get the
Santa Fe extension bat We arc after
Missouri Pacific line branch Of the
Missouri Pacihc now extends from Roper
10 Peru IN Kansas and is called the kan
ney Valley Air line Il can be extended
directly 10 Perry without d.varging from
'H route and the commercial clubs max
.ng every effort 10 have t extended a.
our town The club has appropriated
money 20 have the preliminary survey
made ana the Missouri Paclhc / know
looks with favor on the project. az II
gives tAem desirable opening into the
territory We have organized a local
company 20 begin the work and 7 have
been elected the president of the company
When Perry secures these two roads.
remarked he, y WIN soon develop into
me largest town IN 'hs territory ana viii