The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-09-27
Douglas Praises
INDIAN TERRITORY
RESOURCES
What He Thinks of the Possi-
bilities Of the Cap
ital City.


liant editor of the Muskogee Phoenix.
stands in regard 10 boos ing for In
Ian territory and especially Musko-
gee should rest at ease for II one
would listen a fun ten minutes to his
eloquent descriptions a paradise would
Immediately appear before ones eyes
TO Colonel Douglas there is no place
this side Of heaven tha' is half AS GOO
a place as Muskogee. He has love
for Indian territory that is expressed
in words vf tenderness and elegance.
Yes erday he vas in Guthrie attend.
ing the Republican editors associe-
lion. He slipped away from under the
Jurisdiction Of that coglating body o.
scribblers and ftblers and visited the
offices OF the Guthrie Daily loader.
And for a fiill hour he sat and related
to he Office force The beauties. excel
lencico and SURPRISING advantages OF
lndisn 'orri.ory -
Colonel Douglas is a fine LOOKING
gentleman with an expression on his
face that signifies honesty and sil
cerity. and one would naturally be.
lieve all that he says on the very
first acquaintance, and II not. one
would have a mi.hty good Impression
of him Hence his ability TO hold the
attention OF tho Daily Leader force
while he talked
Colonel Douglas said that his agei
father. whose hair is gray and whose
face is wrinkled iold him years ago
that where Muskogec STANDS was
where The gods used to hold their
calnivals His father told him that
lHaian e-ritory WAS the garden spot
Of the world AMI that there was no
bet er country anywhere adapted TO
all purposes and he predicted has
II would some day develop into y
wonderful country that would be rec
oenizcd through The earth rs a land
where they raise every hing and every
natural advantage is TO he easily ob.
tanned Colonel Douglas thought tha
his father was becoming jus a little
of his base ami he declared In the
language tha is modern and words
that are horrid. why. pa. you must
be growing nutty Now pa" knew
Indian terri ory has natural re
sources suon as few places on earth
have. One can axe for illustration q
for,y acre tract of land IN the Creek
country. on hat tract one can see
cat le that furnish milk and butter for
families leather Cor shoes and taliow
for tie household On that same land
VIII grow timber of which to bun
houses. Fourteen or twen'y inches be-
low the surface of the ground there is
clay for til'ns and 5.'ck 30 make as
good building material as one can find
anywhere in the world
Below is sandstone and on down
below hat may be found other ma
teriai that is DO valuable and use
ful Further down sull are gas. oi.
and coal The crops raised are es
fine as arc raised anywhere a va.
ncty Of crops may be raised Corn
wheat oats harley alfalfa cotton
frui and every imaginable crop
makes a fair yield there.
The soil in indian territory can not
be excene1 for fertility and peoduc iy-
iiy Anything win grow and with
very Ii tie cultivation II has been
known iand Colonel Douglas swears
by that fence posts put down in the
sming would bear leaves and start to
grow before fan Now nothing is i'm.
possible in Indian territory and even
tho newspapers down there reach
that stage some mes. that they grow
roo because he plauts get so large
in such brief space of time
Bur Muskoeeo is Colonel Douglas
principal sourye of JOY and his chief
base Of argument Muskogee has elev-
en- railroads They undoubtedly did
not have ANY grafters down there to
blum he railroad magnates on the
earth aud drive them away from thei'
cily
They have natural gas They have
large. subs antlal buildings that throw
heir marp,e spires upward TO the
blne yanlt Of heaven like the sand
rocks O Giaraltar And Muskogee
has Colonel Clarence q. Douglas. oi
whom she has good reason 10 BE-
proud
Only few years since Muskoeee