The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-06-09

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Boldly ont on the greatest prairie
he world hae set presented 70 lhe
we of man. SOUTH OF tho famed old
SANTA re trail which marks the
northern boundary Of the section
DESIGNATED for convenience and short
/ ness or description as the South
west. and still connected by rail
with the greater populous cities o.
Central Oklahoma, woodward has 9
| right 10 claim that size la monarch oI
the Oklahoma plains country, and her
future. n judged BY the very few
Years OF her past, must be one 50
dazzling and 80 rapid IN development
| that even thuse Of us who have been
| long IN the land of the fair god
speak with trepldatlon IN fear q
arouslng lncredullsy IN ahe mind ol
TIE reader.
no other OF the new cities IN the
edry belt" can claim equal advantage
IL location, climate. and possibility
Sith thlE great ahrohhing mart Of
commerce where Il seems as a Il
we're but yesterday the cowman, the
huntsman and the Indian sought that
peace or u1e plains and dreamed Ok
the land beyond from whence trouble
and care had been hurtled long
cycles agone
Geographical location.
Forty miles south 0l the Kansas
line. on thai branch Of the pioneer
sanla Fo which sweeps across the
plains from Klowa. Kansas, to Anna.
rlll0. Texas, Il le east Of the Texas
llne just dilftyfour miles. and but g
'ew miles south or the limo which
forms the southern boundary Of The
sirip once sN0 Mans Land. Juss
.hlfly.twO miles 10 the east tho Clms
arron rushes across those plains car.
rying ilhO waters gathered over ita
route from the foot OF the Rockies
toward Tho great Sall Plains further
10 tho cast and south S0uthward as
the crow flies another thirty miles
the main Canadian also travcfses the
rlch semiarld region n, too filled
With thc melting snow from the great
imperial peaks far 10 the Golden
N eFt. afi, across q ;ssessssaa aasEs.ess vlg.
Tin 10 the tliler OF the soil Eighty.
four miles east aud three 10 the south
Enid. the other great plains city
ahieh seeks to be the metropolis OF
that Vaet empire. iiae two 80 far
apart and So well surrounded with
resources when once properly peo.
nled the growth Of the one can but
add 10 the wealth and glory or the
othef--riyals only Ia name aud each
VI henefll to the other
One hundred and eleven miles
east and Nhlrgslx to the south 4
he capital City. Guthrie; across a
domain as beautiful as nature ever
lcfl for the use OF humankind: aa
rich a8 the valley u the Nile Is de-
scrihed IA history and perhaps the
most heallhfnl man has ever known
What Ia Produced
Ne product grown in Che heart u
he Ncrth Temperate zone but can
be grown on the great unduIatlne
plains which surround Woodward
lnd tbe smaller products as set bit
axneflmented with 70 only sufficient
extent of proving that heets and
cautAl0upos nan be grown on almost
every section throughout the region
al 3 profit greater than the reader
who GINS never investigated the cul
tnra of those profits can conlpre-
hcnd
Woodward, TOO. has become one ol
The Rfea broom corn markets OF the
world Where seven years ago the
| purchasers from Amsterdam and from
HE Central Illinois belt formerls
sent their agents and secured The
rep IN few woeks. is now q mar
kei demanding the attention OF tbs
largest consumers. llac industry be
lne 81 great profit: the grower aidet
because at the peculiar season the
late falls and dry periods enablinf
no harvesting with but little dan
Ger Of Il being injured BY rain, the
/ dampness being the destroyer of tbs
green huri brush that brings the toI
market price from the broom man
ulacturers.
Citizens Are Proud Of city.
| Civic pride Is possessed by al
Wo0dwardites. ARE business and res
ldenee portions Of the city Showing
lrrnfsltably the people are deter
mined 20 make an Impression iipol
the nrospector, and It can he slates
by the railroad management In thl
messenger tratllc department tina
Woodward Is one Of the obiectiv.
| points Of travel TO large numbe
who aeek investment or a home Il
the land OF the fair god
How It Has Grown.
IN 1907 Woodward had lrllli
more tkan s,100 people. Az lhls tint
| n wuuld be hard II estimate thl
number Of inhabitants. some OF tn
residents claiming 5000. others d0wi
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