The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-02-14
THE TRUTH ABOUT OKLAHOMA
AS TOLD BY CHAS. n. GOULD

Professor Chas y. Gould state gc.
/ olOgst Of Oklahoma. received the
following editorial in the Mdnufac.
mrcr's Record last week in regard
10 an article written by him on
Oklahoma's resources for that publ.
cation. Director Chls y. Gould OF
the geological survey Of Oklahoma.
| has written for this weeks issue OF
! the Manufacturers Record brcez,
article eptomizing the wonderful op.
! portunities in the natural resources
Of his state. Incidentally he meets
in a good humored way the impress.
sion prevailing In the east Of general
conditions In Oklahoma We are sure
that Director Gould's article will be
read with interest everywhere. lie
emphasizes the faith in Oklahoma =
future manifested in other parts of
the country, as well as by Oklaho-
mans themselves Dr. Gould's article
! follows:
recently visited several eastern
cities. including Baltimore. Pittsburg
and Washington. and had the oppor
tunity Of meeting number Of prom.
in"nt business men. ! was surprised
and often somewhat chagrined to
! find that a number of wrong impres.
sions are prevalent regarding Oklaho-
ma and It's inhabitants. Many people
imagine that this Is land of In
dians and cowboys; that every man
who doesn't carry tomahawk cel.
tainly wears a blanket, or at least
a sombrero
In point OF fact. in two-thrds of
the towns in Oklahoma an Indian
Is as great n curiosity as in Balti.
more, and much more SO than in
Washington. Oklahoma's population is
a little more than 800 600. of which
about 10000 have Indian blood. ami
Of these the greater part are per
! sons of mixed blood For instance.
Senator Owen is citizen Of the
I Cherokee nation and Congressman
Carter is a Choctaw citizen. Many Of
our most progressive citizens ana
business men. whose wealth is often
counted by the hundreds of thous-
ands of dollars. are Of Indian blood
Another idea which find very
prevalent in the east Is that Oklaho.
ma has been the victim of a super.
| abundance of freak legislation This
impression has been furthered by
the yellow journal press and so thor
oughly ventilatot in certain classes
OF newspapers that even the persons
who have been most active in pro.
noting the action are now believing
it. For instance, | find that two ideas
are everywhere prevalent. First. that
Oklahoma has a nine-foot bedsheet
law and second that Oklahoma has
"a bank deposit guaranty law To
both of these charges the people OF
Oklahoma beg to plead guilty.
The so-callcd nine-foot bed-sheet
law, is, in fact. only part Of a
neoSwesnsoonnsmWhewaaf? I'm m MN
hotelinspection law, which was drawn
of America The law provided fol
by and passed ON the recommendation
of the United Commercial Travellers
the inspection Of hotels. and one
clause relates to bed sheets The law
VAS first passed IN Texas some years
ago and 1t seemed to be very effec.-
i've. The United Commercial Travel
ers have proposed the same law IN
a number of other states, and III
viii probably be passed by some OF
them the present winter with re.
gard 10 the bank deposit guaranty
law, 1t may be admitted that thi !
law is more or less of an experiment.
So far II has proved a success Their,
have been only three bank faimcs
IN Oklahoma since the law went INTO
effect, and in each case the dcposl,
ors have been paid in fun within a.
hours. As a result OF the passage
Of the law bank deposits have great