The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-07-31
N. E. A.
PENNsYovANIA.


has been developed a local patriotism
that would put to blush that which IL
has taken century ard more to culti-
Nate IN the East There Is no room here
for the professional ''koncker." and the
man who is continually growing because
the town In which he lives isn't good
enough for him to soon give to under
stand that they'll try 10 worry along
without MIN. As an Illustration; Dur-
ing the three. day session OF the National
Editorial association IN Guthrie, in the
course Of which the delegates were given
carte blanche on the electric car line
IL became noised about that the street
car conductors were not as courteous
TO the visitors as they might be, and in
petulance bred perhaps by a little
extra work, were daring TO intimate that
Guthrie wasn't the best or the only
place IN the Unite States The local
committee in charge Of the editors re-
cepuon took up the matter. the street
car company co-operated and from that
time on there was nothing from the con-
ductois but unfailing courtesy and good
words fof Guthrie. buth of which were
most abundanty justified in the HURDLE
opinions Of the visitors. well-to- do
farmer. who came here ten years ago
with all his possessions in an emgrant
wagon, told me he had never had a total
season failure in the crop line If he
planted crop and saw that for some
reason 1t wasn't going TO pan out"
he had time to switch off and put In an
other. once even planting the third time
htibft ne got n good return, He esti-
mated the average wheat yield az twenty
bushels per acre. and says forty to fifty
are not rare. In a number of cases he
has known single wheat harvest to pay
Tor farm. This seasons crop in ok
lahoma alone viii be 25 600 U06 bushels,
he says. He thinks the people right
around him are going wheat crazy, how
ever, and Is going in himself for more
dlNersined crops, arguing that wheat
year after year IS bound to wear out
The SOIL This may sound like the ad-
Nertisement Of somebody with land to
sell IN Oklahoma or Indian Territory, but
Il is beneath the truth rather than sLove
II. No observing person can traverse
the two Territories without coming to
the conclusion that they are, in very
truth, the Land of the Fair God" "a
garden spot Of the world" ] cannot
conceive Of anything dear to the heart
OF the farmer that he does not have
here. l saw him riding under a sum
shade and turning out potatoes with a
patent digger. He can raise as much
cotton 20 the acre as Georgia or Ala
hama, and get 1t ginned and baled
right AT home. There is probably no
place where such a great variety of
crops can be grown, Just to show
what he could do, V. E. Breeze OF
Cleveland county. last year planted on
- ranch "a little of everything" and
IN the fan at the annual exhibition OF
the Territorial Agricultural College he
showed Just 205 varieties Of products
from his one ranch That beats
t1tinL s of varieties by several.
One might write many pages de-
scriptive OF this rich land but The
above VIII give a fair idea OF the con-
dition as they really are. In all truth
y Is land that laughs with harN est
when ticlSled with a hoe"
Pattsville CPa.) Daily Republican: J.
II. Zerbey, editor OF the Republican, "
accompanied by his WIFE, after several
weeks absence, has returned home from
an extended trip through the southwest
ern portion OF the United states. COW
ering 5000 miles and having a very
delighfm 1ime of IL, Notwithstanding
the heat. The primary object Of the trip
was 70 participate in the gathering of the
National Editorial association at Guthrie
oklahoma. the editor of the "Republi-
can" having been honored with the ap-
pointment as a delegate from Pennsyl-
yania.
The rendezvous was at St Louis from
which point two special trains Of Pull
mans were taken by the delegates from
the various states and used as home and
business headquarters, with but several
days, exception, during the entire trip,
which proved very enjoyable and highly
educating to all participants.
Boiled down, the trip taught us the
Following,
That there is no wild and wooly west,
not even where we had all supposed was
Us headquarters. T. e., in Oklahoma aud
Indian Territory.
on the other hand these two terri
tories are farther advanced in the de-
Neiopment OF their business and natural
resources than are many of the Older
sections OF the country, and IL il a crime
% longer keep statehood away from
them.
Outside Of the broncos, all best horse
stock comes from Kentucky and South
crn Indiana and Ohio. or course, there
are occasional exceptions 10 this rule.
There Is no danger of any scarcity OF
negroes, and instead Of diminishing, we
.Is4a W4fa.H aaH
are vastly increasing, judging from the
ROoseveltian families we saw.
There is a quiet but sure shifting Of
business centers going on ane some or
The hitherto staid old wholesale -centers
are being rapidly egtsripped by the
!. st4tiRer aild up 70 the present almost
fn,s,.ur's rivals In this new land
There are no Indians In the Southwest,
such as we fasteners look for; that is.
what are called blanket Indians" who
are supposed 10 live in a semi barbarous
condition. On the other hand the In
dams Of the Central West and Southwest
all dress and live white man style, are
nine-tenth of them wealthy and only
substitute feathers and leather toggery
for their store clothes on very special
} occasions and then only for parade and
show effect.
The Southwestern railroads are mar
veis Of enterprise and up-to- -dateness,
some OF the stations, notably those az
Guthrie and Oklahoma city. Okla and
at San Antonio and Galveston. Texas
being perfect gems Of beauty and mar
Vels OF utility
That not only the Southwestern Re-
publicans, but more especially the Dem
ocrats in that section, are wildly en-
thusiastic supporters OF Theodore RoOse-
Welt for another term.
AS the guests Of the Missouri Kansas
A Texas r. r., famling known to
everybody as the Katy road the party
was taken from ST. Louis over a road
bed that for most part has been thor
oughly stone hallasted, and drawn by
engines that made as good speed as, and
IN "a manner that fully compares with
stopping during the daytime az points OF
Interest and travelling mostly AT night
and early forenoon, the visitors were
given a constant change OF scene and
enabled 10 Wow all the unusual points of
interest in Oklahoma and Indian rcrri-
tories, as well as their big neighbor
Texas and at many OF the towns on
route being royalty entertained BY the
citizens.
OF the places stopped at we desire
particularly 70 mention the following.
Guthrie, the capital OF Oklahoma Ter
ritory, and al which point the convention
,4ssemblage was held, occupying two
Gays, we found 70 be city of $4,000 10
10000 inhabitants, with paved streets,
iey system and other advantages far
superior 20 what is seen Ia similarly
sized towns or cteo here In the east
beautifully and scientifically Laid out as
10 streets, and elegantly built up with
stores and residences busy and bust
ling with retail and wholesale trade OF
varied character, supplemented by man
ufacturers and farming products, void
entirely Of an appearance of neWness
but WITH an air of a conservative care