The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-07-26
N. E. A.


reached until long after dark, ana ~
the midst OF heavy rain fall. We
should have arrived there at $3.50, but
u was after 300 when our train arrived
Elaborate arrangements were made for
oU entertainment. only small part OF
whicr could be carried out. oklahoma
City IL a wonder and no mistake-six-
teen years old with a population OF 30
COO with almost every known convent
enee. The city has constructed and un-
der contuct fourteen mil1s of asphalt
paved streets. IL has twenty miles OF
street railway and a system that bas
no superior In the country. IL has eight
diverging lines Of steam railways and Is
soon TO have a belt line and new union
depot II has already Invested $500 900
IN church buildings and one church build
ing is now being erected at a cost OF
$4,000 Il has now eight large school
buildings With another one being built
and bonds issued for two more to cost
$4,000 each II has university and
military institute. St Marys academy
- now being completed at cost of
Sl2o,000. IN public buildings Il has a
Carnegie library balued at $35. GOO, the
city hall $4,000. court house, $40 600.
The wholesale business or the city cx-
ceeds $l2,0 900 annually and the trade
territory commanded by this southwest
metropolis is gradually widening The
city boasts OF three splendid parks at
one Of them chautauQua assembly was
held during the month Of June. Okla
homa City has eight banks. with deposits
aggregating In excess Of 81. 900 O0p 1t
has five modern equipped hotels and II
has $4,000 theatre, which is visited
py some Of the best metropolitan COM
panies. 1t has large and thorouehly
equipped gas and eiectric lighting plants
and the building OF Oklahoma s first in
ter-urban line will be begun within the
present month. Oklahoma city is In
truth as well as name. a city. The peo-
pie do a heap Of Dragging about their
flty. and with eXcellnt good reason.
The next day, June IL our train was
run TO bliss and ranch Nh of no
Miller Bros, where the buffalo hunt
etc, was advedtsed We expected to
md crowd, but did not expect G5, 900
people 10 be present, but as that num-
bcr Of tickets were sold and there was
not less than 1000 others present, we
had TO accept the fact. ring FIVE
tlghths ol a mile bad been enclosed, and
an amphitheater eight seats high built
around it, and thses We're crowded TO
the limit. lie had buffalo meat for
lunch. What we seen was in strips
about an inch long, and smaller than a
lead pencil The meat vas good
tasted like old beef with gamey taste
10 II. The exercises consisted OF a par
ade consisting of Indians, feathered
from head to heei U, $. soldiers, and a
caravan from an ox-team to huge
auto. Intended to give an idea OF what
the territory was and what Il Is now;
cattle were roped bucking bronchos
rode an Indian game played--a kind of
base nall, a long stick was used. on
the end OF which the ball was caught
and thrown. Goals were placed perhaps
zoo yards apart and the endeavor was
made TO get the ball beyond the oppon-
ents goals, and the distance the In
dams threw the ball was very great
Then we had Indian quadrille on
horseback with a round up OF Indians
attacking and burning the wagon and
home Of the early settler. II had been
advertised tnat buffalos would be turned
loose and several slaughtered bur I'm
Gle sam said no, and perhaps twenty
nunalo were chased about the ring by
the Indians. The people present were
hearty looking, well dressed, and the
order Sep,9 was excellent.--in fact we
were reminded OF the crowds who at
tend the Iowa State Fair.
Cleveland.
Our party returned to Guthrie on the
evening Of the 11th, leaving there at
pldnight and completing a circuit OF
hundreds OF miles through the best rart
OF Oklahoma Monday morning found
US at Cleveland, In the midst OF the oil
and gas belt. A year ago Cleveland
was unknown, save as a name on the
map. Now II claims a pop,aation OF
5000 May 20, 1904, oil was discovered
the nrst well brought in July g.
twenty days later that wen was shot
Since that time the growth OF the town
has been phenominai. Gas well der
ricks are as thick as shknneys IN most
towns. The oil IL found in an unusually
thlck deposit OF sand at depth OF six
Teen hundred feet. The present pro-
duction Of the field is estimated at be-
TWEEN twelve and hfteen thousand bar
reis per day. As defined now, the
Cleveland oil field is two miles and a
haf long and about two miles wide az
the widest point. Within this radius
there have been no dry holes drilled and
while the present field is small, IL is be-
ine gradually widened and heightened
out. The town Is supplied with natural
gas for lighting, soOking and heating
purposes. and so plentiful is the supply
mat me street lights are permitted 70
nj y 20 4fa..-f
10 see two well shots" but only one
w2S ready When the shot was made
she oil shot up nifty or sixty feet in
thick spray, and il was estimated that
at least one hundred barrels was wasted
before the cap was put on TO stop IL.
Tulsa.
Here Is what Mr.. A. w. Lee says Of
1 Tulsa; From Cleveland the editorial
party crossed the Arkansas river into
Indian Territory and the first stop was
made at Tulsa, wonderful and typical
new southwestern town, located on The
Arkensas river on the northern border Of
the reek Cnation. A few years ago,
Tulsa Was railway rag station. To-
day i Is the home OF 1000 people, prin-
cipally OF eastern birth and training
with excellent schools. national banks.
modern churches. daily newspapers and
an ineNhaustable supply OF pure water.
Tulsa possesses In the FULLEST measure
the nNe essentials for successful manu-
facturer-cheap fuel. raw materials,
abundant labor. ample railroad facii-
lies and a growing market. II is In the
center OF a coal field, many miles In ex-
tent with veins OF coal from thirty
inches 10 six feet in thickness II has
natural gas, oil. timber and stone II
Is located on the beautiful Arkansas
IiNer and surrounded by some OF the
FINEST fagming land in the United
States. II Is built on high ground
where half "A century ago in the shade
of the trees overlooking The broad Ar
kansas river, the Tulsa clan OF the
|Creek nation held It's annual council
is II were la night and is the best city
pr its age In the Indian Territory IL
ias more pretty women and better
dressed people and finer horses and
equipages than any town OF its size that
~e have ever been in. Tulsa Is "a hum
|ner. whose prosperity is based on a
Solid foundation Of naturai resources
ana anybody who visits tre Indian Ter
|itory and does not see Tulsa has lost
lnlf OF the beneht OF his "trip. The
completion OF the work Of the Dawes
commission, the discovery OF oil and gas
and the development Of the coal fields !
slNeS Tulsa magnificent prospects for
uture. Tulsa Is -emmently a typ
cal town OF the great Southwest
Muskogee.
Several hours were spent In this
own. IL is typical city OF the Indian
Territory. Sne o. the Oldest but IT'S
srowth has ben made within the past
CIV years. II contains 20 900 people |
Who are prosperous, have all the mod
IN conveniences and luxuries OF an up
o-Jate city. It's people are OF the same
IA southwest. and they made US feel
<e staying with them indefinitely
dusiogee Is one Of the towns that We
would recommend 10 young men seek |