The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-09-01
pRoaREsslvE OKLAHOMA

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No state has progressed more rap
idly than oklahoma A glance az the
records as fac back as 1892 shows
that the original counties of Canadian
Cleveland. Logan. Payne. Oklahoma,
Kingfsner and Beaver had less than
125,O00 people ana their taxable
wealth that including some of the
vast ranch interests ont In No Man S
Land" was less than that of more
than one city Of the new state today.
Bower county had a population of ,
$50 and the Indian settlements. com
prising more than seventy per cent
OF oklahoma territory as II was when
united with Indian territory. had some
$4,000 people, with no known value in
realty
Since that time but seventeen brief
years. the same territory has added
almost million people to its pOpula
tion. and the vast increase In proper
ty Is lit le short of marvellous. In
fact one not acquainted with Oklaho.
ma an the strides 1t has made would
not believe a story narrating the act
ual progress of this country since II
was opened twenty years ago.
bordering cOmm0nwealths are list.
ed as progressive. and The state oi
Texas has cause to be proud of its
rapid mVrch toward first place IN
the sisterhood Yet almost three
score and.ten years have elapsed since
il became a part of the Union and at
this moment it has not twice the pop
ulaiion of oklahoma, area conside', 1
has fallen behind in the march OF de
velopment oklahoma has outgrown
all neighbors. has made greater and
better improvements than any state
of the Union. and Is today the most
prosperous under the stars and stripes
According to the recently published
digest OF state affairs, oklahoma is
the cheapest governed state of the
Union. and one must also lake into
consideration that 1t Is building great
insttu IONS of learning. penitentiarles,
aaylums and various other costly
places the state must have to carry
ont the law and protect it's cltizenS
in accordance with the spirit of the
age.
Within the memory of almos' every
voter this new state has travelled from
last to twentieth in Importance and
p6mlation. eighteenth in wealth, and
seventh In natural resources. 1t re
auires no stretch of imagination to be
licye that another twenty years Will
see It the most populous state west OF
the Mississippi river, perhaps the
wcalthiest west of the Appalachian
mountains. When one calls to mind
tina, This state was so long the DUMP
ing ground for mismle and maladmh
istration whore those lNho were not
wanted AZ 1ome were commissioned tt
come here and rule a thrifty people
ami re1lizes the strides made, is II
far fetched 10 presume that undea
statehood and with sovereignty our
$ ate woul set a pace never before
4 canned of in these United tates
Moreover. since statehood. with laws
uniform ana rights of property assur
ed The state has become one of the
progressive group. salutary and wnole
some laws making il one of the best
I'm the constellation
The Oklahoma of yesterday offered
much O the sturdy toiler seeking to
better mis- condition The oklahoma
of today bids to. whomsoeyr Wlll make
il his home ana az le by its laws Il
paws good return TO invested capital
furnishes labor steady and remunera-
tive employment. and the increase IN
realty valuations gives to the home
builder all possible encouragement.