The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-07-28
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rawrei tNeb> Advocate: Guthrie wal
hot-hotter than a bake oven. W.
thought the first day or two that ",
should burn up alive before we could ge
used 20 such torrid weather, but We rcet.
"a IN the assurance that they never hsv,
heat prostrations down there-and KEEP
on tanning. One thing that eBnw rather
amusing before our two weeks ia the
territories ard Texas were al au enc
was that whenever we mentioned this
beat to a native his ihvariable rsply was
Yes but We always have cool nights
We couldn't help wishing hat some OF
their much Doasted c0olness Of he
nights might be extended over INTO the
days. but such was not 10 be al least
duHng the solOurn OF the editors in Aai
Nlcinity. Some days latter-for the heat
seemed 70 pursue us wherever We went
IA lady leared owes in the Pullman and
IN a cOniidnc!al tone said to one OF the
female membegs of our party Dom
you really think that Hades mast be To-
Gated some plac near here" She re-
piled uuheeitatngly that she thought
IL was on another occasion one OF the
lathts accOnpauing The Advocate ,nan
passed "a prominent Illinois delegate IN
the ailse Of the auditorium where She
meetings were in progress; both were
swplterinR with the heat and In answer
20 some remark she made upon The sub
iect IN passing he promptly replied Gin
an emphatic undprtone. as the meeting
was In progress.) I'VE are going to meet
In Alaska next February" II certainly
seemed that such an arrangement would
be as sensible as meeting i'm Guthrie In
June But then Oklahoma naturally
wanted us TO see their growing crops
and we had to go there in the summer
IN order to DO IT,
A friend in Guthrie who has resided
lhefe since the opening. sixteen years
ago. told US that IL remained that hot
only more so, until October hut that
the residents became accustomed to Il
sitter a few seasons and Hid not mind IT,
However. they do not attempt TO stir
around there in the heat OF the day as
we do IN the north Many of the well
Sto do people-and there are a good many
SuCh IN Guthrie-Eo away for the sum-
n'er. and those who remain take their
meals at one or the other Of two very
nice private boarding houses and have
rs little work as possibse carried ON IN
their homes. These same friends told
us also that when they ic.tva their
hons for two or three months IN The
summer Ii Is considered better 10 rent
them furnished than TO close them. as
the dust is so very prevalent that Il
penetrates every crevice aad puts things
IN d srious shape before fall brings fFe
rturn OF the house wife wiIh her III.
evitable dust rae.
Guthrie Is a nice town OF abount i5.-
geo people. This is a conservative esti-
nlttt te--many claiming more. 1t is a mod
ern city of fine homes, paved streets,
etc A Etret car systefa mad been in
stalled just three weeks befc3a ouk ar
rival and the driving horses which were
many aRd valuable were having the
time of their lives getting accustomed TO
the new animal: they had already made
the acquaintance OF tRe auto, but rhis
new creature WIS a source Of much
terror to some Of them
Guthrie has several educational in
ntltutiOns. one Of which Interested IS
specially, II is large rural school on
the outskirts Of the town to which the
pupils from the country are brought
from six 10 eight hundred pupils are ac
coUmOdlated and the corps Of instructors
number sixteen II we remembers correct
~ Think how much better instruction
these pupils from the country districts
are Citing on account Of said consoliIa-
ton. We shall learn after a while that
The older settled states do not have
monopoly Of the god things Though all
Nepraskans are Justly proud OF our rec-
ORD for the smallest per cent of lliteracy
OF any state in the Union there are few.
~ any, consolidated schools within our
borders! yet Oklahoma has them and
she's only sixteen years oid'
Suthrre has beautiful Carnegie IL
brRry. She was fortunate In number
ing among her citizens u Mr. Ramsey,
a man of some influence, who chanced
70 be born IN the same town as the great
philonthropist. Mr.. Ramsay wrote Mr.
Carnegie and 10, the gift for the library
and thousand dollars for books be-
sides--the gift for books being very un-
usual
As the hotels in Guthrie could not nos
sibly accommodate the large crowd Of
newspaper people gathered there the
citizens opened their homes aud enter
tanned many Of them as their Guests |
This is one OF the few place, where such
has bUen done Indeed the hospitality
OF the people vas shown an so many
pleasant ways that Il will ever be rem |
embered with pleasure ty the delegates /
present at the twentieth annual meet
ing An Ohio delegatE OF prominence re- |
marked TO the writer one day, why |
those people where We are stas ing treat
us exactly as we We're Friends soun 10 |
visit them; We are la every sense their /
guests and we know he exprassed the |
feeling OF many sthers VINO were being
slr ilariy eatertiined. Those, whs nsfve |
an idea that the citieS OF OiAaaoula are |
back woSdsy In any respect, or their citi- |
zens wild and woody or behind the time /
arc sadly mistaken. An eastern lady re-
said; We are 50 comfortable We are
in such an elegant house; m iaoe every
thing Is lust like we are used 10 ha, fnir /
az home and as everything were we |
We're staying was 20 much finer than we i
nave at home We were prepared to arreo /
WIN mr. No more cultivated refined rea,- |
pie will ge found anywhere this aide OF |
Boston than right there IN Guthrie, Ok \
Lawrel CNeb) Advocate cne thing
we noticed particularly about the farms |
was that the houses were generally large
with a great deal of veranda. 20 necest
sary In tbdt region OF long summers:
another hng, the barns. sheds and hos
yards were set "A respectfui distance 20
the rear their proper place. Il has al
ways seemed to US; and the front Yards
We're made pleasant to look ulon BY a
pfoIuslon o. howering plants and shrtlbs
Along the highways mere were many
wilt uowers new to u.s.
stock raising is carried on bu. not 50
extensively as IN Nebraska We saw one
herd Of sheep during the afternoon. but
they are not plentiful
Among the growing crops which we