The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-08-03
N. e. A.



Pittsdeld (Maine) Advertiser We
we're soon nearing our destination and
shortly arrived at Guthrie. some FIVE
hours late. the delay being attributed
to recent heavy rains badly washing
the tracks in the Indian country
We we're prepared somewhat to an
ticipate the welcome to be given us
at Guthrie but were overwb olmed
with the open-hearted hospitality that
the good people OF tbs cit' extended
to us upon our arrival They we're
bound that we should have good i'm
preston of themselves and their sur
roundings They succeeded so well
that Guthrie seemed to be the center
Of our complete enjoyment. in spite of
the lavish entertainment given us in
the numerous other places Of interest
throughout Oklahoma
Guthrie is a city of $4,000 people and
to enterta n for several days, the Ma
tional Editorial association nearly
/ 1000 strong-was an unsolved problem
at the start that most cities Of its size
would have staggered under But their
hustling western spirit was equal to
the emergency and not a single dele
gate could be found who was not de
lighted with his reception and visit
to the Capital City.
The hotels we're quickly over-crowd-
ed and then the elegant homes of the
citizens on every hand we're thrown
open to those who were fortunately
left over, We had the good fortune to
be the guests of Councilman and Mrs.
Jake e. Douglass. at their pleasant
home on Noble avenue. where every
attention was paid us that could posi-
bly, add to our enjoyment. Mr.. Doug.
lass is secretary and treasurer Of the
Houghton g. Douglass Cotton Co. and
one Of the stalwart young business
men of the city He was among the
successful settlers in the mad rush
when the strip was opened His
company is one Of the most extensive
dealers in raw cotton materials in this
section. having wen equipped gins at
Guthrie, Coyle. Meridian Crescent
Seward Falls. Wellston. Oklahoma
and Kellyville l. T. They handle thou
sands of tons of cotton annually and
their business is rapi3ly extending C
the east and foreign countries.
Mr. Douglass is a native of Ken
tdcly and his charming wife was rear
ed in one of the old homes Of Tennes
see. They have a family of fve child
rem and more delightful home would
be hard to find anywhere.
The convention Of the National Edi
torial association was one Of the most
, interesting and successful ever held
and although the details would be nm
interesting to the general public. they
were of vast Importance to the craft
! The Information gained from the valu
able papers read cannot bat help tC
elevate the standard of journalism anC
, after proper digestion. will result in q
better understand ng of serving the
public with good clean newspapers.
one Of the daily papers of Guthrie
sized our party up in the following
item which appeared on the day of om
arrival "It will take that Maine bunch
sixteen weeks to recover from their
surprise They had been thinking o
Indians and prairies" Now, we really
did not have just the above impres
sions in our minds regarding the section
we were to visit when we left home
as we have Indians in Maine, quite
the equal Of some of the sour-facet
specimens that we had seen at differ
ent points on our journey west of the
Mississippi But the prairies. we shal
have to take of our hats, we have non,
in Maine and are glad Of IT, We Ger
tainly enjoy most. a little mixture o.
woodland hills and sparkling rivers
and streams Of clear water in ours.
Nevertheless, we must admit tha
We We're not prepared to see prosperity
and enterprise thrown at rs by IN,
wholesale from an almost unlimited
source Il sort OF took our breath
away to come face TO face with tn,
fast that within sixteen years a cit!
equipped with every modern conven
ience- had sprung into commercial ac
tivity TO shortly take a leading plac,
among the gray headed ones of IN,
J United States
IL is nothing more or less than gos
pei truth 20 say that when Oklahoma Il
endowed with statehood she will max,
those of her class hnstle snnn ~ kenl