The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-05-23
RAPID GROWTH OF
TOWN OF CASHION
Little More Than a Year Old
But Containing all
Lines Of Business
Correspondence to DAILY Loader

ion now stands was a wheat field
To-day Cashion is one OF the most
progressive up-to-date town I'm the ter
ritory The site for the town was Sc
lected by the Guthrie & Western
Townslte Company One hundred
and sixty acres Of land We're bought
and eighty acres were surveyed ana
diyldeA Off into lots and sold Since
then the other remaining eighty acreg
have been surveyed and almost all o.
it has been sold
The town is beautifully located on
a high level prairie It is FIVE miles
north to the Cimaron river and two
miles south to the cottonwood
On all sides Cashion is surrounded
by waving fields of grain. Wheat
oats, rye, cotton and corn are raised
north Of the Cimarron river II any
one desires TO see a beautiful country
and good part of oklahoma, visit
Cashion and surrounding country
Cashion is one Of the greatest
wheat markets ia Oklahoma. During
the wheat season last summer there
was daily average of between four
and five thousand bushels of wheat
delivered to the town for about Ave
or six months.
The last time the writer was in
town, during the latter part of April,
there were sixty one wagon loads of
wheat brought TO the town. Some Of
the merchants were spoken to about
it and they said it was not unusual
at all, that almost all Of the farmers
had wheat yet and also plenty Of
money
The farmers in this section of count
ry are hustlers. wide awake and up to
date
They all have horses and mules
above the average. There is a good
grade Of cattle in this section. There
are more good horses in this section
of country than anywhere in Oklaho-
ma.
The merchants are enterprising
Cooperating with Kingfsher, they
erected a large bridge ooer the Cotton
erected a large bridge over the Cotton
the Cimarron. This bridge would
prove of inestimablo benefit to the
town as it would bring lots of trade
from the north, which cannot come
when the river is high.
AS yet there is no good school build
ing in Cashlon, but before the sum.
mer is over a large school house viii
be built containing probably six or
eight rooms.
There is a large city hall, two story
frame building, 24xcO credit to any
town the size of Cashion. The town
is well represented with churches,
viz: The Christian, Congregational.
Methodist, and Seventh Day Advent
ist. The Sunday schools connected
with the churches are well attended
as are also all the regular church
services.
The town is fairly well represented
in all lines of store business. The
firms of Hoyt Mercantile Co. King
man & Berry and T. e. Houghton, con
duct general stores; Mr.. II NJ Wixon
has an exclusive dry goods stock;
while ]. H. Bowman, Anderson & Har-
mon and Belt & Condit, run an exclus-
i've grocery and queesware store.
Bryant Hardware Co., Meers & Row
man and c. J. Merritt are the names of
the firms in the hardware business in
Cashion.
These firms carry large stocks.
and are doing a good business.
Lang 6 Co. have the only furniture
and undertaking establishment in the
city
The firms Of Clin & Co, and J. S.
Lyons are the implement men Of the
town. Beth have large stocks and
are doing an excellent business.
There arc three elevator com
pauies, namely: ]. c. Robb, Fred
RAN and Stevens & Co, The ArlSan
sas Lumber Co, Houston Lumber Co..
Long Bell Lumber Co, have y2rds in
Cashion and It is needless 70 say Lhey
are well pleased with the hnaness
they are doing,
The bank Of Cashion began doing
buainqee about a vpar agO and Is 80
well pleased that fine stone building
is being erected.
The banks capital stock is $4,000
The deposits are large
Mr.. H. W. Hodgan is the cashier.
He is a very pleasant gentleman, lik
ed by all and is a good business man
with man at the head like Mr.. Hod
gan, bank will never fail.