The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-11-16
TRUE INDEX
Of PROGRESS
). Q. tiarrie Says Contracting 5usi.
ness is Good.
He Made the Prettiest Show Window
In Guthrie. Is a General
Contractor.

Mr.. John d. Harris has be en-.
gagged in the carpenter trade Jr the
last twenty-four years, the las, ten OF
which has been spent in Guthrie
Three years ago he opened up a work
shop on North First street and en-.
tered the general contracting business
During these three years he has bid on
no large contracts, not caring To
handle them, but he has held spb-con.
tracts on many of the large buildings
that have been built during that time
Mr.. Harris is a native of Illinois.
where he lived all his life until he
came here ten years ago from Quincy.
He began to work at the carpenter
trade when he was fourteen years Id.
and has been continu usly at Il ever
since. He is pleasant man to meet
and deal With and numbers his friends
by the score.
AT his shop Mr.. Harris-s prepared
10 do all kinds of cabinet and wood
work. having the best and latest ma
chinery installed for that purpose
everybody in town has seen and taxed
ABOUT Jack Norris show window, and
zens upon dozens have pronounced
II tae prettiest in town. That is
fair example of Mr. Harris handI.
work, he having built It in its entirety.
even to the construction of the elect
ric light fixtures. Mr.. Harris also
made the electric light fixtures in the
d. d O.s show windows, which have
also been compllmented far their
beauty and uniqueness.
During the past year business has
been better for Mr.. Harris than II ever
hFs been. which speaks well, not only
for Mr.. Harris himself but for Guth.
=. as well, because every growing
(. business industry means that much
ttTards a growing city During the
Gaming year Mr.. Harris expects to bid
for some bigger jobs and do more in
every way. His twentyfour years of
experience in his chosen work makes
him eminently fitted for ambition to
do more. and the Leader wishes him
God speed in itQ
The building industry Is perhaps
the surest index of n city's growth
and progress. Wherever you see
plenty .of contractors you may make
sure that there Is plenty OF building
going on, or else these contraetcrs
could not live. The have families 10
feed and clothe and school, and all
that takes money. To secure that
money these contractors need work.
We know not OF a single contractor.
who is complaining and that means
that they are all at work. which means
in. turn, not necessarily that Guthrie
Is on boom, but that she is pushing
70 the frcnt, slowly. continuously.
surely, just as she always has.
There is one thing however. that is
necessary in all lines Of work The
town may be growing, there may be
work for everybody, there may not
for instance. be contractors enough
In town to handle all the work, yet
Notwithstanding ali that. unless a man
isr able to do his work all right, he
VIII not last long In other words, the
contractor who has prospered. has
ppspered not so much because there
was plenty to do, but rather because
he was able to do his work so that
1t would stand the test
y4Mr. Harris work has stood the test
as evidenced by the fact that his bust.
ness Is growing ali the time and that
the prospects are better than they
ever have been before OF this any
man may well feel more than proud,
and We predict that within the next
very few years Mr. Harris will be rec
ognized as one Of the leaiing contrac-
tors OF this city II indeed, he is not
that now already.