The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-11-29
Midland Valley
ENID MAN TELLS ABOUT
NEW ROAD
Says 10 is Developing Vast
Opportunities for
Guthrie.

II u OkiaL- ga Review was ih|
Guthrie sunday between trains ON hisI
way hone from Eastern Indian terri
tory. whore he had been IN the inter
est Jf his publication Ie exhibited,
mans fine photos raphic scenes which
be had taken a!plg the Great AlidlnndI
Valley railroad aha especially tn
thriving city of sus'er These view
are,certainiy hne and demonstrate The
richness Of the country iraveraed hyI
The Midland railroad This new rail-
road enterprise ig promoted by the
builders cf the Choctaw system with
}. W NcLoul. as general solicitor,
and MoltoI, as chief engineer II is
10 conneit the coal fields OF Arkansas
at Fort smith with the grain belt at
wichita. Kas.. passing through the An
esf portions of the indian territory
and Oklahoma Already the line is
completed and IN operation from f.
smith 10 Tulsa. l. r., a distance OF
something over $50 miles. and the con-
tract was lately awarded TO the well
known taiiiors. ). ". Nancy and con.
paay.. for 20 miles more. extending
from. Tulsa to Pawhuska the Osag,
national capital. Mr. Sawyer throag,
the Oklahoma Reviow. had many
iifiitsbeen callea by The Choctaw
buiidprs 10 advertise their propoa-
tioasiana dll u by line and by pictures
50 effectively thar the same promoters.
IS builders Of the Midland Valley rail
road, have again called the Review 20
iheif Assistance hence Mr. Savers
visit 10 that country his tFip on thus
occasion. being at the request of Mai,
Wallsnihe Midland townsitc manager
inothe interest Of sugler at which
place ~ auction sale Of lots is to oc-
cur Thursday. Dec. ist, 1904
sugler is midway between Fort
sm'thrand Muskogee and is a pros
porous new town that has already
handled 50eO bales Of cotton this sea-
SON and the crop is probably not hale
gatherel
,Wheni The Leader reporter made
specialninQllry of the Midland Valley
country Mr. Sawyer took special pains
to1Neclare his loyalty TO his home
fe~p Enid. and his admiration for
The broad wheat fields Of Garfield
county, yet he was free TO acknowl-
edge the true merits possessed by 9th
erp1ocalties and praised the develop
rneAtsrof the new country along the
Mi1iaAd Valley railroad he had just
yisitedH
Wheh asked abont The farming in
terests ne showed pictures Of cotton
That yielded much over bale to tho
acre this year adjoining the townsite
Of Stigler. lie also showed fine pic
tiires OF ccrn ana excellent vegei les
and ether products that he had ts,lse,.
himself for publication ir the Okla
homa Review. He also showed sever.
al photographs Of coal mines that ara
being operated near the town. These
pictures show taking coal in great
chunks three and onehali feet thick
from STRIP mines practically at the
Surface Of he ground. This coal is
said % be Of highest grade Of bitum.
nous coal being government test only
two per cent ash
There are near stipler over 25.6Oc
acres OF segregated coal lands which
are advertised 10 be SOLD IN Decembcr
This fact alone win make sigler a
thrifty city for as soon as these lands
pass into private hands and can he
worked extensively. developments are
bouna 20 Follow rapidly and upon a
substantial basis This coal alone.
without the aid Of the superior agli.
cultural resources would make a great
trade center
sFhe Dogplan range surroundings
are snob as to practically make stlg
Ter the, exclusive market and supply
point for an Of this vast expanse o.
rich river bottom lands along the
groat valleys of the Canadian and Ar
kansas rivers AIej Wells. the Mid.
land townsite managcr, has had Mr..
sawvers assistance in promoting
many town propositions, but The lat
ter says feI has never before been
eallee 10 Illustrate aid with ihe re
sources of new town who're there
seemed such a eommingling OF favor
able conditions as ne found az snsler
Indeed so promising are the prospects
-fos the nliuro that notwithsiandine
AZ Is only six months since the first
,lrains were put into operation. still