The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-22
BY VIRGINIA c. CLAY.

Guthrie, the capital city or Ohia- homa, in undertaking the entertain ment of the National Editorial Asso- citation, did what no century-oid town of 25,000 population would have at- tempted. 1t meant the responsibility of taking care of 3S9 delegates ana their sisters, cousins, aunts and wives. providing comfortable quarters ana tempting meals at the most reasonapie rates; and in many eases entertain ment at private houses free or cost showing them the best In the social life at home. and the club and business life. Oklahoma must become a State! The citizens must prove its eligibility by putting its best before the editors. who represent every state in the Union. and who will advertise It's resources and claims to recognition by Congress-: and with this idea pre- eminent in the mind of each indi- vidual citizen, the united strength made the meeting at Guthrie, one of the most successful and enjoyable re- unions that the editors have ever had. Mayor J.sw. Duke (who is handsome; courteous and diplomatic Mississip- pian) struck the keynote and harmon ized the editors with Guthrie whcn, in his welcoming address. he said:
 My faith in the press Is equal to that of the old preachers faith in the Bible. He told some boys of the Bible lesson he was going to read in tho morning. The boys, finding the rlace. glued together the connecting pages. The next morning he read on the bot years old he took unto himself a wife, who was (then turning the page) 140 cubits long, 40 cubits wide. built of gopher wood and covered with pitch inside and out He was naturally puzzled at this. He read 1t again. ver- fled it, and then said: My friends. this Is the first time I have ever met tthis in the Bible. but accept it as an evidence of the assertion that we are fearfully and wonderfully made
 R The editors will stand up to this im- plicit faith imposed in them and Ok lahomas right to statehood will re- sound from every section of the Union, it's praises sung joyously, until every Congressman and Senator is in perfect accord with the refrain: oklahoma must be a Stateg"
 This 16-year-old territory raises about 30,000,000 bushels Of wheat g. year, so we know that the people are weli-bred; with 1,000,000 head of cattle. 50,000 sheep and 3Oo.ooo hogs they are well fed. with 135,697,o0o pounds of cotton raised per annum they are well clad Oklahoma's corn crop yield is of the best quality and is consumed by the stock feeders of the territory who furnish more hogs to the Fort Worth packing houses than the entire State of Texas. Farmers are revolutioniz- ing the planting methods by a rotation of crops in alfalfa and COW peas, which net the owners $50 per acre a season. Leguminous plants to perfection are raised, and are soil irnprovers.
 While the South is mourning over her fruit crop failure this year, Oklahoma is reveling in a fine crop of small sruit Apples that would lure Adam from those of Eden. Peaches. exquisite in color, mammoth in size and rich in fia- vor; quinces weighing fourteen ounces; grapes that rival those of EshcoI. Honey as sweet as that of Hymettus. is gathered by the jolly, frolicsome bees from ~the wild flowers that dot the plains, which, to the tranquil traveller,