The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-09
Railroad Passenger agents


Rcol l8sctiYg u hae ndsE Niisna a
passenger Taklhg but Two o. three
tais statement ls true ami iris also
the record, trackasc trains tnl mule
age considered. for the railroad world.
iron Mountain.
The Iron Mountain division in OK
lahoma Is not extensive. Out OF Cot
feyville, Kansas. through Nowata
county keeping the valley of the
Verdigris. aith high hills on either
side. this system crossed old Indian
Territory in the days when prairie
hay was valuable IN the Kansas city
market The road crossed the Katy
at Wagner, and from theres on TO
Font Smith. Arkansas. formerly the
seat cf Fede-al authority for the
punishment OF sucn offenders as
could not be han He'd well by the
chiefs of the Five Civilized Tribes
Mr. Il. c. Blecksley IS the district
passenger agent for the Iron Noun
tain in oklahoma. with hcadquar
ters at Fort Smith. He Is q thorough
and popular railroad man, aud fights
for passenger traffic against what
ever Odds or forces may be required
for him to combat His immigra
ton business has teen limited inso
far as Oklahoma Is concerned, for
the roadway Is down through the
populou3 Cherokee nation but il aas
Deen sich as freight and passenger
producer since the first day of a rail
road in lmiian Territory.
The Great Rock island"
The longest system OF railroads on
earth. with moro tracAagc than any
other, Is the Rock Island Originally
q pioneer from Rocl Islanl. lllinois
TO Chicago, Il has grown In advance
with the western regions central,
north anil south enterl ali the
states east of the Rocky mountains.
and has a net work OF tracks IN Okla.
homs. Ra allatlng through this state
like the yeins through tho body or
man. the Rock Island has more men at
work in building than any other sys-
tenn, AMI some Of us wonder why they.
are never ready for the big coaches
and heavy trains like they send from
Chicago to Denver ans to Fl Paso.
Passenger Agent Basecm smlingly
assures the passenger that the Rock
Island starts everywhere AMI goes to
othe- places where other roads are
unknown. srl It's a fact thai almost
half of the Is counties OF Oklahoma
are touched or crossed by the Rock
Island. Perhaps no other system OF
railway is so well known between the
Miss. ssippi river and the Rock
mountains as the Rock Island. The
historic Sante Fe and the empire
building Burlington both have riohe-
history as pioneers and the Pacilics
llso ma e Inc plains acquainted With
ihe locomotives pr.Gr to the Rock
Island but Il c-csses. recrOsses. and
then rgilldtcs hy districts 90 much
'htt IL Is a h2usehp wori, md when
working in conjunction with It's twin
tho Frisco, was to the Southwest a
trailmaker for commerce tlat can not
be forgotten in generatons
PassenEe- Agent BasCom taiicves in
personal application 10 business, and
gives It ungrudgngly A buslne 9
rival 20 Mr. Jackson. he Is nonc-thc-
less one who fights for business fairly
ami still with q persistency WORTHY of
praise
Why says Hascom. "if that fool
King Alexander had travelled by AMI
over the Great Rock lslan3 his lach-
rymal gland5 'Rould not have been
lyerw orked because he eonll lind no
nose worlds TO conqGes. lie is only
ever The Rock Island these worlds un.
fold themselves to the vision i men
who wish 10 conquer th2 elements an
all that confront them
MERRY Old Souls"
Fore and ait the passenger agents
| 81 Oklahoma are men WHO nave been
long In that branch oil 'aibgay service
They haze had their troubles anc
KNOW Whist Il Is TO msettake 10 eros.
the great prairies on new tracks an,
With heavily ladened trains. untoll
thousands OF dollars WORTH OF FespOnst
bility resting upon them and the train
men whom they select for the service
AGd often when they sing loudest AM
smile broalest these typical Amerl
cans OF br~lness are wondering wha
shall the aaryest ba, AMI praying Il
the god OF fortune that ell obstacle
mly be successfully surmounte& An,
be Il said for aud OF them, they have
as yet never failed To reach the goal
and each year sees the difficulties 3
new trackage, new bridges new towns
and al get smaller and each mont
sees the chentage mount higher an
! highe. lenoting that ai Okiahom.
grows so also will her commerc
bring wealth to those who nave lon
beer investors,