The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-06-30

GUS as the cotton and corn acreage
this year IN The county Is much larger
than ever before
The fruit season which is now about
to open in fun viii be exceptionally
good and Logan county will send out
her usual fifty car loads Of choice
fruit 10 the eastern markets. The cap
ital city canning factory. which is the
largest in the state, viii be run TO fun
capacity. giving labor to 800 men.
women and children during the can
ming season, which opens next month
and viii be a ready market for fruits
aud vegetables which can not be ship
ped. Guthrie's manufacturing ostah-
lishments neary an doubled the capac-
ity OF their plants during The spring
and winter and. Notwithstanding the
tact that they are running two shifts
are behind with orders
Natural gas viii be ready for the
consumers Of the capital city within
a fortnight which will not only be a
saving TO the average family but will
bring more manufacturing establish
ments to this city located here by
reason Of the capital city's splendid
railroad facilities ana the united effort
now beirg made by the citizens for a
Greater Guthrie.
The city is experiencing a building
boom. One can scarcely round a cor
ner without seeing a new modern resi-
dence under course of construction
More building permits have been is
sued by the fire chief in the past three
months than IN a year before. The
permits ranging from $4,000 iu the
month OF April and increasing every
month, the total so far this month
reaching near the $4,000 mark with
prospects for much more building dur
ing the months of July and August
The permits for business structures IS
increasing at the same proportion
MaitF OF the unsightly frame buildings
in tho boart of the city have been
elevated from the ground and viii be
replaced with TWO or three story struc-
lures. Among the large buildings to
be erected in the near future Will be
three story store office building
This viii be erected on East Oklahoma
avenue by Messrs Jack Tearney and
John Selstrom between the Kress
store and Robinson shoe store. 1t is
to be a seyentyfive foot front and
three stories In height Office rooms
are hard to find now anywhere and
a suite of rooms on the main streets is
hard to obtain at any price, Tearney
and Selstrom are enterprising men and
they have great faith in Guthrie.
Among the dwellings now under
course Of construction are the follow
ing:
Chas F. Eisenschmidt, $500; DR..
G.. S. Petty, S3500; c. d. Armstrong.
$4,000; J e. Nissley S4.500; ]. NJ. Fife.
5000; Henry Tearney, $2.500; G. A.
Hughes. S3500 Henry Wolfe, S2.500:
James De Banks, S2,100; NJ L. West
81 $50; d. NJ Smith. $4,000; G.. Metz
ler $4,000; r. +. Stoyall, S23.00O;
Dwellings between $4,000 and $4,000;
G.. S. Thompson, c. ~ Frazier j. NJ
Fife, (2 W. C. Gruber (2) Edward
Nichols, j. r. McCray, II. M. Wilson
n. NJ. Carter, y. f. Cheadle W. H.
Brown. J. X. Underwood, Mabel Fas-
kin, d. Nj. Smith (4) Jas. Mecham, A
G. Jackson, Joseph Ropp, John d. Ha.s
ris and Mrs. Laura Barnthouse.
Those $1,000 and $100: NJ Vein
berger, u. J. Wilber II NJ. Carter, J..
n Beadles O. r. Pickering. w. A.
Grant c. H. Emire, NJ y. Williams
JAS Mecham. w. r. Paterson h. P
McNeal, A. Cannan G. II Grisy-gld
and G. s. Drake From fifty 70 seven
ty additions to residences from $500 mp
to $1,000 each and also under course Of