The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-04-23
eEARY IS GROWING.
sest City in one Of the sess Counties
Of oklahoms.

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many very good and decidedly pros
porous towns in Oklahoma This fact
is potent and can not be gainsaid, but
there needs must De among the maay
good ones" a few that are better
than ali the rest" and it might be
well to add that Geary, the Prairie
Queen Of grand old Blaine county is.
allegorically speaking 'the noblest
Roman Of them ALL
Geary is barely four years old but
she was fortunate in getting within
her borders live, wide-awake and en-
ergetic business men. During the past
twelve months this little city has TAX
en- wonderful strides. Eight brick and
stone business blocks have been erect
ed, and under construction now are
nine more brick structures. An opera
house. the finest this side OF Guthrie.
is under way. It will be three stories
high 100 feet deep and 90 feet front.
It will be built entirely out of Chand-
Ter press brick and will be beauty
when cor1pleted The lower stories
will be occupied by mercantile com
panies
Pat O'Connor, president of the
Farmers State bank. one OF the best
known business men in Oklahoma and
Kansas, has just let contract for two
new two story Chandler brick build
ings which he will occupy with a com
plete line of hardware, harness.
queensware and groceries.
M. A. Fortner OF Little Rock, Ark,
is here negotiating for site suitable
for a modern hotel to be operated up
on the European plan Mr.. Fortner
owns the Capital hotel at Little Rock,
as well as several other fine hostelries
throughout the country. He is very
confident of Geary's luture greatness.
The c.. o. & G. is breaking ground
here now for a large new depot and
additional yard facilities. The depot
when finished will be the finest one
in Oklahoma on the line of this road
Geary has the only cotton compress
this side of Shawnee, owned by Chas.
II. Mercer. its capacity is as bales
daily anu is kept busy day and night
during the season. Three thousand
bales of cotton was marketed here last
season and the prospects at present
indicate three times that amount will
be marketed here this season; is right
In the heart of the beautiful anu fer
tile North Canadian valley Crops
grow In this valley whether IT rains or
not The farmers raise corn here
when it grows nowhere else,
Thousands OF head of cattle are
fed In tuis valley every year and there
is always lots of feed to handle them.
Among the few things Geary needs
at present is an ice plart--a good op-
portunity awaits the right parties look
ing for this kind of an opening.
Geary is nearly four years old Lo-
Gated Is miles from the county seat
so miles from Guthrie; 81 miles west
Of FL Reno Cotton. wheat and corn
grow here prelifcally. Geary has
Two banks. one state and on national
two furniture stores, two millinery
stores, four lumber yards. three har
ness stores, three livery barns, three
implement houses. two newspapers,
Tone Democrat, one Republican,, four
hotels, two drug stores, one Touring
mill, five elevators, three hardware
stores. five dry goods stores, seven
teen grocery tsores, four meat mar
kets, three barber shops seven
churches, two schools, three railroads,
seven saloons. Not one clothing store
"a good opening).
John Dillon, territorial oil inspector,
is president of the First National
bank and T. ]. Balew is the very effi-
cient cashier
Pat o'Connor is president of the
Farmers State bank; A. T. Kruse. vice
president. and F. f. Gilmore, one Of
the oldest and oest bankers in the
Southwest, is cashier.
A. T. Kruse, president of the Geary
Mills is mayor of Geary; J. NJ. Wat.
terman, city clerk; John Davis. police
Judge oscar Allen. treasurer; John
Cross. city marshal.
Geary is a gay gOer.
Wleids q sharn Ave.