The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-09-23

great lake, covering over one hundred
acres, and making pleasure resort
that VIII be the finest thing in the
Southwest Just north of this pleas
ure resort on the highest point in this
country, is the suburban town OF
Britton. on the interurban railway
and on the AtchIson and Santafee
railway. This suburban town Is
just now beginning to grow, the street
car line just being completed to this
point few months ago, and while
am convinced that almost any of
Oklahoma or Oklahoma City is good,
you may know that I particularly
Ike the prospects at Britton, since ]
have confined my investments to this
point / have already invested sew
eral thousand dollars there and i'm
tend to put great deal more there
80 lots around the center OF this town
and have a business block of 100
front feet now nearly completed:
have everything occupied that is fin
ished and the rest of 1t contracted. so
that when this building Is finished
will be getting better income on my
total Investment than was getting
on the money at home.
Since / have been here this time
I have refused an offer of better than
35 per cent advance on the price
paid for some of my property 40 days
ago. but 1 have nothing for sale at
the present time.
What is probably the most sur
prising thing about this city IS its
morals We all knew that 1t went
dry at the last election, but some way
some of us did not understand It,
1t did not square with our old time
idea of westerner, so we hardly be-
neved they meant 1t. The law is OF
course not perfectly enforced; many
of the officers are not friendly to the
cause, and the large newspapers are
in favor OF local option, and sup
pose there Is considerable drinking
done on the sly, but have been in
this city now more than month,
counting former trips, have been all
through 1t both in day time a nd in
the evening, and I have not seen a
place where whiskey is being sold.
and in all that time / have only rec
ogniZed one man as being under the
influence of drink The people of the
state are in favor of decency and or
der. and believe at their next cleo
ton they will give more attention
to the candidates and have their pro-
hibition law better enforced than 1t
now is, though so far as can sec,
they are doing pretty well in this
city.
have counted eight new churches
costing from $4,000 to 100000, and
atleast four of them have been
built or started since the banks
closed up last fall, Including the
100000 one, and men tell me that
more men attend church services in
this city than II any city of the world
in proportion to the population.
You know that am not very
all know that the church aims at
better and cleaner citizenship, and
It is difficult for us to accept for our
wild and woody" westerner an up
to-date business man who goes to
church on Sunday.
was down town last Saturday
evening and I don't believe / ever
saw streets any more crowded any
place than they were here, and ev-
erybody looked happy, contented.
well dressed and prosperous. I was
ahont to say that the ladies' were the
prettiest, but I will have to admit
that our own West Virginia wives.
sweethearts and daughters are ahead
there.
I forgot to say that there has been
several nice rains since / have been
here, and that they are preparing to
gather the record corn crop, and
viii receive big price for it, as much
of the corn territory is short this
this year.
have written rather long letter.
but guess 1 have the fever; when 1
got started l did not find any place to
stop.
will be here several days vet.
pending the completion OF some of
my improvements under way at Brit
ton. and the letting OF another con-
tract for another building. that
have promised a merchant would
put M for him.
Think 1 will get away some time
next week.
Oklahoma City, Okla.
September 10, 1908.