The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-08-22
A MESSAGE FROM HELL



How The place Was improved
Tae following article Is boosting article and about
unyb0dys town.
Don't III around aud damn your town
The town Il Just good az the man who damns Il
Every town Is Just what IFS citizens want 4 to be-
desire on the part of thp people for better town s
q prayer that Is always answered,
The advantages of town another are the re-
nal advantassa-rraagaSrV some one individual ssSs
There is no reason why Cleveland should have been
the oil center Of the world There oil wells there
and shipping facilities better than dozen others
far as oil Is concerned simply John D. Rookie
Teller He wanted to live there and his personality his
There Is no reason why Boston should be the shoe
manufacturing center Of te world No hides are there
they are all shipped from the West. Simply
who knew how to make shoes large scale
wanted to live there, and his success started others
along the same line ,4SF8Ks
There is no physical rea why Chicago should have
been the beef packing center II might as well bavo
been ST. Louis. Simply old Phil Armour wanted to 1--we
In nearly every town visits you hear residents
say "Aw, this amt nothin but an overgrown country
The resident of any town who makes such state
men wears whiskers and boots In his own heart
OF course. II town isn't sporty enough FOR you,
why move--that isn't the towns fault
u you get too sporty you'll have to move anyway
Cincinnati is still the mercantile supply point for all
the territory south OF The smth and Wessons line
Years ago, at the waning q the river traffic i was
,s about to give place to Louisylle and Memphis
The citizens got busy a. builtthe Cincinnati South
rern railroad
i They called him a dream
Yet his dream saved the town. at.ti
You hear people of the West In mercantile industrial.
artistic and scientific pursuits. saving: IF we were
only in Chicago. could set thsNor do that In Chi
4 cago sou hear people say IF we were only in New
York" When you in New York You hear them say
III only we We're in London or Paris.
results Of their citizens taking the material at hand and
doing the best they could with t--jus YOU can do.
a Once died and went to heayen--here might
have been more than one f1r all we know
of mind" did not come up - his expectations The gold
streets lacked much of heir pictured hsre, and he
OF his old friends.
Going up to ST. Peter, he asked Il there was not some
way he could visit the other terminal that he doubt
less had many former earthly associates there.
why yes, certainly" sld st. Peter trains running
almost every hour" Grabbing santa timetable
off nail the throne UPON which he seated. he
turned the pages rapidly. ) es, he continued you can
go down eight-6fteen aad return at five fortyfve
Just. buy roundtrip ticket.
The newcomer boarded The express, 0ed back
the rich purple velvet upholstery of ats beautiful
riage he rode swiftly over the webaiased roadbed
try grew more fertile beautiful the traveller look
upon 1t ALL the hills and fields whrled
seemingly in the other direction. rNtt
The train slowed down, the brakeman stuck in his
head and yelled He'll
1t stopped and the traveller aghted before an elab-
crate stone station On the of street outside
he observed familiar fgire, which herecognzed from
pictures earth as being that of Charles Darwin
The arrival introducing himself, Darwin asked
him If he had just come down from Glory and what he
thought of He'll and rs surrounding country
AT this point the Joined by Voltaire. Richard
Wagner and Heinrich Hena. The from above
pressed surprise and agreeable disappointment
well" said Darwin, things not always you
them In Hell. When you here this eternal
dre you hear much about earth still going,
but have harnesseG piped about and
using 1t for cooking purposes We have dug arte
sian wells, irrigated the country and rendered 1t agri
culturally ferlewhy let Voltaire wasn't 1t only
Yesterday that heard of corner lot in Glory being
sold for taxes?"
Excuse me, gentlemen said the conner interrupt
ing and at the same time feeling in his vest pockets,
but where will find a scalpers Officer
There you are. Any place Is what the men who live
in make it.
If your town is not 10 yovr liking get busyit's all
to you.
The first process in the Improvement OF any Is 10
get rid of the who al damning H.
Let's all pull together ipr greater Guthrie
The best town in the anl
p. S. Start Il by buding the yiaduct.