The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-09-21
A rEAsuBLR PRoJECT.

There is only one thing that has pre-
vented this paper from trying to get
an automobile line established from
Beaver to Liberal or to Meade. and
that IL the want Of bridge across the
Beaver river at this place. II the
line run to Mcsdc it would, Of course,
De necessary also to bridge the Cin'-
arron. But these two bridges are
necessity that cannot he pet OF much
longer, especially the bridge at Bea-
yer.
A ten or twelve horse power auto,
which would easily make the trip, be-
tween Beaver and Liberal in ore hour,
consuming only two hours in the
round trip, would be Of such immense
benefit to Beaver, and all the country
around, and contains such elements
Of profitable and money making en-
terprise, that IL is rather strange that
some epterprising man or firm has
oot put the idea into practical use
long ago, Such machine would car.
ry eight To ten passengers, or would
haul "a much as ton of freight. II
could be used to carry all express and
mail matter, and do IL in one-tenth OF
the time Il takes to do such work wi1h
horses. Consider the mail and express
alone: We would get our mail from
twelve ~ twenty-four hours sooner
than we get il now
An auto line would bring many more
vIsiters to Beaver than come here now,
A great many people coming to Meade
or Liberal want to come to Beaver,
but are deferred by the long drive
over the prairie behind pair Of poor
horses No person likes to waste a
whole day going 30 or 40 miles; they
dread the WEAKNESS OF the trip. But
II they could make the same trip CON-
fortably, very few people wouid miss
the chance OF coming to see the coun-
try around the county seat. For
talk as you may, land near county
s.at 10 always valued higher than land
Of the same description farther away
The facilities for getting to 1t is what
settles up a locality. Witness the
difference In the settlement Of the
land along the Rock Island road in
the western part OF the county, and
the settlement Of the eastera part,
There IL now scarcely . qusrter-scc'
zion along that rosd In Beaver county
which has not been filed on, and mosl
os them are occupied by bona fide set
tiers In the eastern part Of the coun'
ty, which 10 the oldest settled part
the population is thinner, and much o
the land that has been filed on is sub.
ject to contest. The difference Is al
caused by the difference in the facili.
ties for getting to the land.
Now W. want home hunters to com,
here and see the land, but we have n,
railroad to haul them here, and ther,
Is no telling when we will have. Blu
excursionists who are hunting homes
will not pay high prices for slow team
TO haul them over the country. i
we want this class Of people to com,
70 Beaver we must make arrangement
10 bring them here comfortably an(
quickly, and anto line is the onl,
thing we know Of that will fiil the bill
except railroad, and our people can
not build railroad. But we can ar
range in some way to start an auto
line, either by forming company. OF
by inducing some one who has none,
20 invest to put on an auto line fo
the profit there 10 in IL.
II We expect to keep up with the ad
vance that Is being made by othe
parts Of the county which have rail
road facilities, we muet do something
TO put us rs nearly Us possible on al
equal footing with them. II we cal
get IN auto line established, perhap
we can force the building Of bridge
someway. II is plain that something
must be done; we ars falling too IA
behind the balance OF the county. w,
believe this thing can be accomplished
without much trouble. Who viii
work for an auto line and a bridge
We can do 1t IL We go 20 work in earn
est. Talk II up Write it up
These columns are open for anythin,
that will benefit Beaver or Beaver
county.