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

the best mliroadine n the eaat and BY
stopping during the daytime nt points Of
interest and travelling mostly az night
and carly forenoon. the visitors were
enabled 10 view alI iht unusual points Of
interest N oklahoma and lndian lcrri-'
tories ~ wen as their Blk neignborl
Icxns and nt many cf the towns en
citi1ens
Of tao places stopped "a. we desire
particularly 70 mention NE ioiowing
Guthrie. the capital OF Oklahoma Ter
rliofy. ard al whicn point tne conven zion
tasembinRe was heid. 1ylng two
duys, We found ID be a city of 5000 20
20 DJO Inhabitants. wlth paved streets.
large public and private buildings. lroi-
ley system ana other advantages FIR
superior 70 what is seen Ia similarly
sized towns or cites here Ia iltr cast,
beautifully and scientifically laid out as
10 streets. and cegtnfy built up with
stores and residences. busy and bust
ling with retail uld wholesale trade OF
varied character suppicmented by m9n-
ufacturefs and farming products, void
entircly oi an appe4fssnCe tI uswness.
bur with an air Oi "A conservative. care
fui commercial community, we could
not help Dut being struck with this
young 1--we metropolis only 20 be- to.u
that Ne should wait TO see oklahoma
City before giving expression 10 our
Views. and when we got to the latter
place and found asphalt street pavins.
NIX. tiEUi ana IN-tluIY stone ana Dllik
buildings, factories and other concoli-
tants OF a thriving prosperous COM
munity rivaiilng Harrisburg or Scranton.
and far superior % both OF them IN many
respecis. We were astounded.
lgut the surprise OF an vas 20 GnG in
indian Territory the city Of MuskOBee on
$4,000 inhabitants. with a nreproOf hotel
cQualllug the bellevue Stratford OF Phil
adelphia in quality, but not quite IN
size, but with bath attached to every
bedroom. The city, 100. POSSESSING "A rail-
road station and commercial section
equal IN volume Of trade to that found
at Reading here in Pennsylvania fniiy
Duilt Up business streets and h,tndsop'e
residential cottages costing up AS his,f
as 100000 each. the whole pcOpled With
inhabitants the most OF whom are the
salt OF the great United States, exhibit
ing n commercial energy aud education
sl capacity that Is not SUI passed. In he
larger suburban cites surrounding cui-
tured Boston. We We're indeed. SUR
prised beyond expression. but when we
saw the baiiS metropolis OF Tulsa, only
a half N9zeii years aid, with its large
stores. handsome residences and many
banks. with one new bank structure
that win compare fsNombly with The
Drexel banking establishment IN Phl'A-
dephia. we were ready 90 gee almost
anything. and following the rubbing OF
Aladdin lamp. We were expectant TO
see and be shown things beyond the dcs-
crltion Of brush and pes.
All thege cities have varied resources.
with unusually rich farming country,
containing al kinds of Industrial re-
sources, especially so OF o plrticuhrly
rich supply of oil gas coal. ore stoue
and minerals already developed and still
virtually almost untouched
Then. last Out not least, the baby
frontier town OF l.awton. only three
years old having over 10000 Inhabitants.
al streets laid out under Sovcrnmer.t tai
superintendent Ia park system, with
trees Ranking all the pavaments except
la the mein business PARIS, with the
nouble sewerage system, one for the Slr-
face drainage ana the other for the usual
sanitary purpose, with magnificent large
school houses, all this already prepar.-i
and In actual use paid for ana money IN
The reasury, with an unCxpendcd re-
source OF many thousands for future
Improvements. TO be seen in a town sup