The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-07-27
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terspersed with mineral. aud God.
when making the earth, reserved this
section to see how pretty a rolling
prairie with timber along the streams
ani sometimes on the higher hills
could be made. His success In this,
tho first landscape work las 50 extra.
ordinary that no second effort was
ever made
The second great agricultural belt
is not so well connected, being he6y-
Ter and wider breaks but. aside from
these the same conditions. This EN-.
braces the major portions Of Okfus-
kee, Hughes. Seminole. Pontotoc.
Garvin. Grady and McLain counties.
30 per cent smaller W agricultural
area than tho FIRST named
The third. division Is small com
pare1 with tlse two first. taking parts
Of OkmulgeeS Muskogee and McIn-
tosh counties.
The counties Of Love. Murray. John.
son. Carter. Bryan, Caociaw. Jeffer.
son, Stephens and section Of Atoka.
also come under the head, but their
great agricultural domain is broken
at short intervals by various other
lands.
That part OF the old indian Terri
tory lying east Of Grand river, down
10 the confluence With the Arkansas
river; down that to the confluence
with the South Canadian; thence
southwest along the Canadian to
where the main line OF the Missouri.
Kansas and Texas railroad crosses
almost along that road to the Red
river north boundary OF Texas. em.
braces the OH hard mineral belt. con
taining coal, iron. copper. marble,
granite, dolomite, kaolin. basseured
Darytese and various other minerals
OF vast Importance In the manufacture
( ing and building worlds. Restrictions
exist on much OF that last mentionei
territory, added to because SO maay
fuls.blood Indians reside IN the foot
/ hills, but nevertheless, the new day
IS red letter also for this section. be-
cause of the growing importance Of
the minerals, and because proof OF
Indian advancement will hasten the
day OF freedom and that spells re.
moval OF all restriction. That district
takes all or part OF these counties
commencing at north and going
south: Ottawa. Delaware. cherokeke,
Adair Sequoyuh. LeFlore. McClrtain.
4 puahmataha, Latlmer, Haskell. McIn.
tosh. Plttsburg (third county In state
IN population), Coal and Atoka.
This lay IS the day OF all for those
sections named. Il opens to tha
march of progress the greatest agri-
cultural and mining regions Of any
state IN the Union, and means a mil
lion added population within two
years
No one who has not a minute knowl
edge OF taat section has the most re.
mote conception OF the importance OF
this red letter day When he placed
his name to the red lettr proclama-
ton, Gorge Bellamy signed the great
est document he will sign as few are
permitted 20 come IN a generation
II Is new Oklahoma, a new deal
new impetus, a new population, q
new opening-the greatest stroke Tor
progress In fifty years. II was the
wedge to make this one OF the most
populOus sates IN the Union, surrey
the greatest west OF the Mississippi
n There are more dollars worth OF
mineral croppin gout Of the ground
tnan can be discovered Ia any othel
state; moro places for investment sab
and certain Of reward than IN any nv,
states OF the Eas
" is an empire. almost virgin now
placed az the disposal OF American
energy. and the thousands who vii
come will aid IN the construction 0
the peerless commonwealth