The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-03-02
BACKWARD ANp FoRMARp.


BACKWARD AND FORWARD.
There Il friendly rivalry galug on
between the cities o. The Southwest (
Tor The metropolis at the census Of
nexi year Since ne days when
city below the great Atchison main
line Of the Santa Fe to Trinidad
thence straight wesI was called sac
Southwest including all east 10 Little
Rock, there have Deen many claiming
the metropolis. but. allowing the
Coastal states IN division OF thel
own. San Antonio has held that honor
since the Inauguration Of President
Grant.
Arkansas ls putting Little Rock and
Fort smlA as the candidates for inc
big city Of the two states OF oklahoma
and Arkansas hul that is mere
Claim column. aa Wlchita Oklahoma
City Guthrie nnd Muskogee VIII M
nll probability put ihe old and stald
dome of the peeuiqr politicians ont
Of The enumeration department.
The real contestants ior he metrOp.
oils Of ihe vast domain will likely all
\ be in Texas, whore H0u, on. Dallas
and san Antonio, an make claim Tor
the honor. tn addition Waco ana Forl
Worth will both bc above the forty
Thousand mark Fort Worth may reach
$4,000 where too, Oklahoma may
have a notch IN thai stick.
There VIII be thlftytwO cities m
The district of more than 10000 pe0
pie, whereas, ten years before they
were limited 10 seven. Il Is believed
hat tho greatest percentage ncreasa ol
/ wealth IN the ten wears VIII be 10
/ Arizona with Oklahoma second IN the
lial bNiah0ma will shcg the grent
esl increase IN population OF an the
iorly-slx states. save possibly Neyada,
which. Il will be remembered, had less
than b0.a0o people
The great wealth Of Kansas Is al
most thfee.fnaFlha below the line Ok
The Southwest. and twothirds OF COL
arados agricultural production is
either beIHW the line. or within tie
radius 0t the irrigation dilches on
the north side 81 he Santa Re main
line tracks
4 Oklahoma will have II least eight
cities Ut over a.ed1 inhabitants not ln
existence III iauf and many Of thoae
ul 10000 waFe mere villages, URIA.
homa Cliy and Guthrie being the only
cities ii ina00 ii 1850
Fulufliy surely can be reasonably
Aell f0relold IN this gfeu' belt py
study Of the past Never IN the hls
.efY of oNf country has there been
Heh progress. aneh splendid develop
ment in al parts Of The Southwesl
nd The millions upon millions OF add.
81 wealth Is almost beyond crclence
hy these Who have not kepi track OF
lur progress Like Oklahoma. Aelza.
na. with not q city Of 1900 people ln
lga1. nov boasts Of Eve OF more than
10000 and two ol them VIII be above
The e0eo0 mark The opening OK
western Mexiee has started the ggent
lranaeontiHental lines from north 70
sauih ID an era OF prosperity not
ifeamed Il twenty years ago and the
millions now being expended 10 equip
Alontreal.Guayml n0rth-east.sOutht
sesl line through Oklahoma and Tex
Is To the Lower California gulf was
Zen wears ago regarded as the dream
81 Wild men.
When The Southern p1ciHc aud san.
I'd Fe bored across the Rocky Noun
aims and crossed the deserts of Afi.
1ona. the mineral wealth Of the terri.
tory and The sunny cline OF the coast
n empire were the primary causes.
md much was written Of the enter
1rise egegtlng tneHe arteries Of con-.
nefee. To-Day there are more lines
If railroads IN and OIL Of El Paso,
fexas. than In any city west Of The
Alleghenles when the civil war con-:
s nenced II has bigger buildings,
Teatef financial lnalltuliene and Is Of
more importance than any city OF co.
100 people away from the Southwest,
md practically controls the hnancial
situation for the north half of Mex.
tn
A nialn Statements Of facts about the
en wears closing for The southwest as
% illled with wonderful RECORD Of
development that Il appeals TO the
areIpas student uf aur industrial pro-
ifess IS fiction. arranged for the tf'
ewing nf ihe prospective investor.
hit III inApaetlun Of this vast area,
arsef than many Of the great natlons
ll the world. Is capable Of producing
It'll the cereals required 10 sustain llfe
i'd 10 II the precious metal aud then
axe from the top soil building ma
erial sufficient 10 wall the nations Of
Re eerEh bullet proof Gre ploof and
4spes Gus p heat oheolf ys
g. bbsH ~ aeszI ~ 4 \ Hesass < are
fafegsed hy many railways and thA
1llegs made 70 WELD a superahun.
lance Of he good things for the sus.
enanee nf inan Rather a not really
nere marvellous that our forefaihers
hohld struggle for austenanee TO-
generations IN lhe bleak North and
Fast af amone the snnGlssed hills o.
le sauIhlaud while these pllins,
ahleiauIs galleHa and kuolls were
III waiting Euf The hand ana SKIN 81
nan II mike Them the Eden of the
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