The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-08-18
CREATING MUCH INTEREST
Is DixOn's Flour Train all
Along the ROute-The Re
ceptiOn at Wiceita.

and now cnroute for that point Is a gilt
terlng success. 1t arrived IN this city
Wednesday nigh' and The Esgie gives
th- foliovlne account Of "
Oitlahoma's % -four train and agHcul-
tural display which was scheduled to ar
rive here on the Rock Island at 515 D.
m. yesterday was an nour late, on ac-
count Of the big crowds at Wellington.
Caldwell. Peck. zyba and all the stations
where the train was scheduled to stop
syl Dixon says the crowds simply took
possession Of the train at all these places
and that the tram had TO be held until
the people were sat SIZED Probably "a
thousand people went o. the Rock Isiant
TO see the train come ia yesterday The
crowd began 90 gather g. early AS half
past four when % wae announced that
the train was an hour ilte most OF the
crowd left though probably IA hundred
waited Nearly everybody that went aw'y
came back again and the procession o.
spectators continued until g O'Clock at
night.
There were eleven cars in an anG about
10000 pounds of -four. l. ght cars wee
filed with -four. A baggage coach s. used
for the agricultural exhibit and a coach
is attached TO carry the oklahoma silver
band. the speakers, railroad men and the
train crew.
The freight cars are finely decorated
with cartoons. banners oklahoma scenes
figures Of wealth and population tnl You
can't rest.
on one car is c'rcled of the statement
that Oklahoma has more salaried bail
teams than any other state or territory
in the union" and close besides this an
old farmer stands with a market report
that quotes wheat at a dollar and ne
laughs as he says MY wheats turning
out 40 bushels to the acre"
on another car a strappng young fcl-
low with new clothes which are good
though they don't shine much. s. stand
ing up before Uncle Sam who says while
he strokes mis- whiskers:
Gosh. aint tnat kid grown. Guess Ill
have to put long PANTS on him and call
him a state.''
The cars are co ss.H with Illustrations
Of sim lar sort and ali along on the blank
places. people have written their names.
The first car IS decorated by Waukom-
Is and It reads:
"Waukomis has warm winters aud cool
summers. Population 1900"
El Reno, which did nobly by the traln.
has the car on which Uncle Sam stands
talking with mis- grown kid. The popula-
tion Of FL Reno is given at 5000 and that
OF Canadian county as 5000.
The third car is fitted out by Hennessey
There is a picture Of the Hennessey high
| school building and a cartoon represent
Ing two big grasshoppers Sitting on %
high fence overlooking a broad wheat
field ana the two giving each other the
wink In this wheat field bye and bye"
On the Kinghsher car IS the eloqueN dis
course on the glory OF the farm life in
| Oklahoma:
"KInghsher ships 100000 bushels gof
| wheat in 1899" on one end OF this car.
| there is painting OF big cotton neld
showing that the country has more than
one source OF wealth,
The Okarche car has the inscription IN
red "Okarche ships 100000 bushels Of corr
In 1899. Population 1000"
Here Enid towers with the startling IN.
| formation that Enid ships 4.2JO, 900 bushels
of wheat in 1898" " There Is a picture OF
| the Enid MAJ ana Elevator company and
a representation of a model Oklahoma
farm on one side of the car. on the Other
side It whistles; Are you a sport? WI,
game Of all kinds abound A trip 20 OK
lahoma is what u need"
The sixth car IN the Ine Is decort ed
by the Rock Island and Baltimore au,
Ohio railroads. The Rock Island will pa,
the train TO Chicago. from where H. WI
run over the Baltimore and ono to New
York by way Of Washington and Phila
delpha. They have various designs an
statements that the Rock Island is IN
rIgh, Dad"
TcWe.ug Freight Agent Glrard Of th
Baltimore and Ohio came TO Wichita wit
the tram. Passenger Agent Drake an
Acting Commercial AGENT Herbig wen
from Wichita yesterday morning an
came up on the train from Enid. Tn
Rock Island has taken an especial intei
-.. IN the train and has given Il grea
publicity Oklahoma viii appreciate m
help the road officials have given II
the train a success.
The seventh car Is for Oklahoma
large and bears the invitation 20 "Con
20 Oklahoma, the best and the healthle
country on earth" Pond Creek did 81
share TO make the train great as d
Hennessey and lei Reno. on the car
big letters Pond Creek ships 7j0.Oo0 bus
e.s Of wheat in 1899" The car has wo,
and water scene and a picture OF a
Pond Creek mill and elevator.
The exhibit car attracts most of the "a
tent on. one could no more describe ta
car than he could eat all the biscu ts Do
Oklahoma wheat would make or cary
his arms all the pumpkins it grows.
see the TOT Of its high corn, OF haul Il
sweet potato crop I'm a wheelDarr0w. %
OF the most unique exhibits vas hous
put up by ]. B. Worrel OF Pond Cree
1t had walls Of corn, a roof Of kafar co
ana doors OF wheat and the yard W
parked with sweet potatoes. Above
were ears Of corn fourteen inches lor
grown by Messrs Hamilton T.. Green, j
Mckinney and Henry Bakhouse Of Ora
county and picked from the fields VIII
Mr. Worrel said would yield eighty bus
= els 20 the acre. There was a jar OF whs
raised by c. NJ. Sink OF Pond Creek tt
\ tested 62 pounds strong. There was "a vi
er melon Weighing eighty pounds and
"a pumpkin Big as a tub and Il weigh
ninety pounds. There was mluet six Il
high taken from fields that yielded eil
tons per acre There was GARFIELD COT
2 ~ broom corn that was put up by Gil
Dit Bros, and f. Greeg Of End. One
the most interesting sights was six loa'
'e OF bread ak feet long and each weight
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