The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-28
TOWN BOOSTERS
 HAVE FULL SWAY Every Important Occasion Is
 Graced By Them OKLAHOMAS NEW INDUSTRY Specialists in Booming New Towns Flock Into Large Cities to Seek Investors For Their Prop
 erty.
0KLAHOMAS NEW INDUSTRY

Guthrie O. T., October 27-The most l important men in the new state now are the town boosters''-those whose
 special business it is to proclaim the glories of their respective communities
 on every important social and political occasion.
 The booster is the man who goes after railroads for a town. He also hustles for industries of various kinds, keep an eye open for colleges and oth-
 CT public institutions, and advocates paved streets, better water facilities and other always necessary improve ] ments.
 In Gutherie. for example. "Bin" | coyle is the holder of this important position.
 His letterh eads and his private check books show the name as William II 1 Coyle. but it's plain Bill" in Guthrie. And this is how he became the city's booster;
 | One night at a meeting of business men, attempt was being made to raise s10O, 900 bonus for a college. It was necessary also for the city to do- nate site of 1s0 acres for the in- stitution
 How to Become Booster.
 Coyle concluded that the men who had land suitable for such an in1i- tuition were not coming forward with as much money as they should This charge he made openly in the meet l ing, and he was so forceful in his argument and so emphitic in his offer | to give 5000 toward the fund if the men with the land would give a like amount that he was immediately ele- vated to the honor of a booster-sD1d 1 the men with the land each put up | 5000.
 | His method of boosting is shown by | a recent incident. Society and business ! circles were equally alarmed, in so- | cial way, when several hundred print ! ed invitations passed through the mails. the recipients being requested to at tend a reception and musicale wfich I MT. and Mrs. Coyle would give at the | opera house.
 Booms Things at a Musicale. | The people knew "Bill Coyle so well l that they could read between the lines, and they were certain of the fact that there would be something doing in ad- dition to the rendition of musical pro- 1 gramme. The opera house was crowded and the musical programme was well rem ! dered, the best talent in this and neigh 1 boring cities appearing. Then, before 1 any of the guests were aware of the
 change, the event had been turned into ' a "get-together' meeting for the good | of the city. Coyle and other citizens
 made addresses explaining the needs of | the city and what should be done to meet them. The seed was sown and not | all of it fell on stony ground. | About ten days later another batch of l invitations appeared through the mails. 1 They were addressed to the same per | sons who received the first ones. They | called the recipients attention to the
 fact that it is always proper to return l your party call" They had been invited 1 to party given at the opera house l by MT and Mrs. Coyle, and, of course, | they intended returning the party call" | at their first convenience. Knowing.
 therefore, that the intention was to "re-
 turn the call'' MT. and Mrs. Coyle had l planned to make it as easy and con
 venient as possible for all, who had re-
 ceived invitations, and had again rented 1 the opera house for a certain evening. | on which all could pay the formal call.
 A Fellow "Get-Together" Meeting. | This proved to be another occasion of 1 getting together" The immediate re-
 suit was the organization of business mems league to keep the wheels of prog 1 ress greased. The old organization of | this kind had served it's usefulness and | another to rejuvenate and take it's place l was needed.
 The president of the new league is l "Bilf' Coyle. and he has strong direc torate with him in ex-Governor Cassius
 M. Barnes as vice president; William S. | Spencer secretary: Robert Sohlbere l Ca of ha Nofi al h,,,l
 treasurer; other directors being U. c. i Guss banker; F. E. Houghton. rival cot 1 ton seed oil manufacturer; Frank Dale,
 ex-chief justice; William A. Frazier, ! wholesale grocer; F. o. Lutz, F. F. Isen-
 schmidt and J. B. Fairfield. merchants.
 New Industries Secured.
 One of the first industries to be estab- | lshed by the new league will be the sec l ond cotton textile mill for Guthrie One was established here during the past 1 year, the first of it's kind within the new
 state. It manufactures twine, cordage
 and belting. It's success has been phe-
 nomenal. This is a cotton center, with a half dozen gins. three oil mills, a conl- press and textile mills.
 The belief is general that a second tex
 tile mill. manufacturing a different class | of products. will do just as big a busi- i ness as the first one IS doing. The first mill is now behind several
 weeks with its orders. It has doubled it's
 capacity since opening, six months ago. | It's products are demanded in St. Louis, l Chicago, Kansas City and other western markets much faster than they can be | turned out.
 l Cotton is grown within sight of Guthrie, ! is ginned here. baled here, compressed 1 here and then manufactured into fin- 1 ished products, while the seed Is also
 manufactured here into oil and other
 products. Not a penny in freight rate
 is necessary between the field. wherein 1t l is grown, and the finished product