The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-07-17


territory commanded by this southwest
meirol-5lis is gradually widening The
city boasts Of three splendid parks NJ
one az them chautauqua assembly was
held during the moith Of J,ne. Okla
homa city has eight bgnks with deposits
ae1regatinS In excess Of S3.Ou0,O0o. IL
has fNe modern equipped hotels and Il
mas q $4,000 theatre. which Is visited
by Soise ~ de bect iaetf0Pssstbt com
paniae II has large aId Thoroughly
eQn.rs-ed gas and electrlc lighting plants
and the building ~ Oklahoma's first in
ier-uilan line win be begun within the
present month. Oklahoma City Is hi
truth, a. well as name. q city. The pe0-
rle DO q heap Of bragging about their
cisy, and with excel~Jit good reason.
The ncx{ day, June ". our train was
rvn to Bliss, and ranch No. 10i, or The
Miller Bros. where the. buffalo hunt
etc, was adyedtised. we expected to
md crowd but did not expect 65. 900
people to De present, but as that NUM-
not less than 1000 others present, we
had 10 accept the fact A ring Ave-
eighths of mile had been enclosed, nd
an amphitheater eight seats high built
the limit le had buffalo meat FOR
lunch. What we seen was IL strips
hbout an inch long, and smaller than
lead pencil The meat was good
tasted like old beef, with galney taste
20 H. The exercises consisted OF y par
ade consisting of Indians, fcathercd
nom ncaci 70 heel, u. 3 soidcfs and a
shrAtan from an ox-team 10 huge
tbs territory was and what il is now;
cattle were roped. buckinK bronchos
rode an Indian game played.--a kind OF
base pail, "a long stick was used on
the end Of which tho bali WAS caught
ana thrown. Goals We're placed perhaps
200 yards apart and the endeaNor was
made % get the ball beyond the oppon-
ents goals. aaa the distance the In
dams threw the ball was very great
Then we had Indian qnadrilia ol
horseback, with a round Up q, Indians
attacking and burning the Wagon and
home Of the early settler. II had been
ndvertiscst that bunalos would be turued
loose and several slaughtered but ,ln-
ele sam said no, and per;la1s twenty
the Indians. Tho people present were
hearty looking, well dressed ana The
order kept was excellent. lin fact We
were reminded OF the crowds who at
lend the ioSa State Fair.
Cleveland.
our party returned TO Guthrie on the
evening Of The iiul. leaving there al
midnight, and completing a circuit OF
hundreds Of miles through the besf rart
* oklahoma. Monday morning found
oe az Cleveland, IN the midst OF the oil
ana Gas belt year ago Cleveland
was unknown. save as name on the
map. Now L claims population Of
1900. May ~. 1904, oil was discovered
1.-THE first well brought in July a.
Way Gays later that Well was shot.
Since that time the growth Of the town
has been phenominaL Gas well der-
flcks are a. thick ,ts shimna,s in ,,,oet
towns The OH IL found IN an unusuaiiv
thick deposit OF snnd al Il denim az six-
teen hundred feet The present pro
duciion of the field Is estimated az he
fwen twelve and fifteen thousand bar
rels per Gay. Aa defined now. the
Cleveland oil helc Is two miles and 4
faf long and about two miles wide af
the widest point Within tbis r,,dirs
there have been no df,, holes drilled ana
while the present neid ls small fi IL ho
ius gradually wldoned md icstrtheued
out The town Is supplied vim naft,r,i
gas for liFhtngs sookine ana heaflna
purposes and 80 plentiful II the sinrlv
than the street lights arr, perfniffed ~
1urn day and night w, were p,,,nis,'i
10 see Two wen Shots mn oalv on.
Wns ready When thc shof WIS ,nsde
he oh shot up fffv or slxtv fe.i ln .
hick sprar and ii was esfimafei fhqf
Al least ofe hundred barfels VS. yvasfe6
before the cap WIS put % to sfop N
Tulsa.
Here is what M a w Lee saws az
parity CROSSED me Arkansar river mo
indian Iefritorv and ne frst SION v1s
made at Tulsa "A vonderfil ana f,-,ir,i
new slufhuestcrn town. loc,fed ~, t,e.l
Arkansas river on Inc northern taI,f.r ~
.hc reck Cnaiion few wears at.as
Tulsa WAS "a railway flag station. To
day Z Is ne home Of 1905 people. prin-
cpaly of eastern birth ana tatnins
With excellent schools. national hanks
modern churches. daiiy newspapers ana
~ incxhausisnle supply on pufe vater
TULSA possesses In me FULLEST mcasur,,
the hye essentials for successful manu-