The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-11-11
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Continued from Paxe one
boosting The city and giving lis good
points publicity He declared ina,
II these good points were given the
proper showing and the fact that our
factories making two pc. cent a
month and doubling their capacities
each year sere shown TO Eastern cap
ltalists. the problem OF securing new
Industries would be solved He, also,
urged the carrying out Of Judge Dales
plan for creating a factory fund.
Eugene Beyer spoke briefly on the
topic Of How 10 interest our People
in Town Progress.
Speed Makes Railroad Talk
Attorney Horace Speed spoke on
Progress OF Guthrie in Future in
which he painted a bright picture OF
The city ten years hence, should it
take advantage OF its present oppor
unities. He dwelt on tne material
things upon which the future prog ess
Of GutArie depends, such as coninu-
ed prog. .essiveness in municipal i'm
pioYemenls, continuance OF secur-
ing OF factories and better railroad
facilities declaring. that the spirit OF
content among our citizenship was
what held Guthrie back. Three sho.
connecting lines Of railway are bad
II NEEDED, he said, TO make Guthrie
the best railroad center in the SoutA-
west, but that the citizens We're con-
tent with our present railroad facll-
tiles and would not try to interest
the proper parties in fu Their bettering
conditions The lines ne referred to
and the connection of Santa Fe lines
from Gushing to Tulsa, giving direct
connection With Northeastern Okla
homa; the connecting Of the gap III
the road which Governor Haskell
started to build in 1902. from Mus
kogee to Gutarie BY extending the
Frisco line from Okmulgee to Chand
Ter, which would give direct eonnec-
tons with the east and southeast part
OF the state. the completion of the
Mountain valley and plains railroad
from Guthrie TO New Mexico is now
under course Of construction, and con
Meeting the Katy iiae from Falls to
Shawnee, which would give the cap
ital city not only direct connections
through Central Oklahoma, but a di
rect line to Galveston
These matters he urged the cham
her of commerce to take up at once
as well as comforting with the Katy
railroad officials relative to giving
through passenger train service from
Guthrie TO Muskogee
Guthrie As a Financial Center"
A. L. Cockrnm handled The subject
at Guthrie as d Financial Center,
that tnc city had made won
derful strides III The banking bust
ness and that her people had been
able at all times TO finance The city's
big enterprises without outside help
which with the fact the alb
stract records Of Logan county show
that less than fifty PEI cent Of Guth-
re property is mortgaged, speaks vol
umes for the community as sound
financial center
Niblack Speaks for Publicity
L. g Niblack responded with a brlef
and to the point talk on Advantage
Of Publicity" lie dwelt at some length
upon the necessity OF publicity to
make any line OF business successful. i
He urged that the citizens forget /
about the coming capital elecsi0n CON (
test and hven up from their present
Indifferent altitude and do their part
IN giving publicity to the natural re-
sources of Guthrie, IT'S good points as
6 factory center, its big improve
nents. etc lie declared that We had \
Ill the essential elements to make
great city and that publicity was the
3 wing need to get outside capital
coming Guthrieward He heartily en-
iossed the proposition of Judge Dale
o form Q partnership for the purpose
of securing factories He urged the
sending OF delegates East to interest
capitalists in the effort to establish
he manufacturing center Of the South.
west in our midst and suggested that
he chamber OF commerce start an i'm
migration bureau to get outsiders in
terested IN Guthrie and Logan coun
.y He insisted that more faith be
shown by the people in the city and
Ikat modern store and office build
ugs be started Immediately
Tells OF Pioneer Days
Fl B. Lille. a pioneer druggist OF
Guthrie. read an interesting paper on
aRl0neers and How They Have Been
by coming 10 Guthrie
John Golobie in an admirable way
handled his topic Of How TO Make
The City Beautiful He declared that
alre2dy Guthrie is the best paved.
most beautiful and best governed city
In the state and told how the city
could he further beautified.
J. NJ McNeal made an appropriate
speech on the "solidlty Of Guthrie and
How 10 Maintain IT," He showed by
statistics thar Guthrie Is in the best n
aaneial condition OF any city of its
size In the state and that her citi.
zens were IN Ike shane. there not,
being much mortgaged property here
no foreign capital and bank deposls
gaining daily.
The Temple chorus concluded the
efentfpl meeting with farewell an
them