The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-10

Wichita is now eighth in impo, tance
in this country in live stock business.
Bell Ringers Please
The Wichita male Quartette appear,
ed in a genuine noyelty-a bell ring
ing act. II was not one of the brassy,
| Professional sort but their work was
Psapliful and ,Yell oHt Of the amateur
Class They flFst played, The, Holy
llct$' III. delightful manner and
Mound up with How Dry i Am Cali
cd again by the enthusiastic crowd
they put one over on a newly married
booster by singing, Has Anybody
Seen Wills House?" Will was there,
al light, and he was forced to bow
10 the crowd
+. H. Greer was introduced as 4
native OF Kansas and pioneer news.
PAPER man. He talked pleasantly ol
the greatness of Kansas and the fond
ness of Oklahoma and Kansas people
iol unusual politics. He said Kansas
is wonderful state in its type OF
population. The Kansas man down
here does things as he does at home.
lie told of the wealth of Oklahoma, its
cereals, minerals and lumber.
The Real Big Orator
Henry J. Allen. the editor of the
Wichita Beacon, man immensely
POPULAR and one of remarkable abil-
ity, was the next speaker. He is
rare booster and a genuine orator
and he got an ovation last night He
was disposed to wonder that Kansas
has made progress in the last twenty
Years, seeing SO many Kansans here,
As a young newspaper, man he said he
wrote a glowing p-ophesy for Guthrie,
telling 1t could become the bapital or
/ . new. state and the commercial cen.
ter. He believed it was all working
out. After an absent of nineteen
years he finds he G ity of the high
est type.
Mr.. Allen told of the striking
changes i'm nineteen years. When he
first came the country was wild.
Now the covered wagon has given
place to the automobile, and the lady
with sunbonnet belongs to bridge
whist club and. wears fashions from
! Paris" Alluding to the two cities,
lie said 1t Is better We swap dollars
than to send them outside the terri
tory of trade He said: ITS good
thing that you folks and us folks have
Imet."
Abiding to politics Mr.. Allen said
that Kansas and Oklahoma aIe the
great promoters Of thought in politics
The old Kansas Populist's theory OF
lhe government loaning money to the
farmer when tho farmer is in deep
trouble was one met by loud laughter
from the East, but in 1907 the same
capitalists holiooted il to the treas
Iu-y Of this country and borrowed $40,
100000 10 help them out of trouble
Mr.. Allen concluded by saying that
4 lis heart was full Of the great sights
he had seen This looks like an old
], country, wonderfully and beautifully
built up
Closing Services
This concluded the spcech-maklnS
/, The Wichita Quartetto appeared il
costume and sang "Mornin' ST.. The
Guthrie uuartctte closed the evening,
Souvenirs by the bushel were pass
ed out last night. There wer
Whistles and balloons, sunflowe
watch fobs and all sorts of trinkets
The boosters from Wichita distsih
uted handsomely ptinted book Is
: sued by the commercial club Wich
| .atC 81 hat n1
: Watch Wichita VIM is the slosa1
: ci the expedition The boosters al
. wore light colored caps. with the mot
ton printed on the band They ais
: wore badges and still other badge
telling what lines of goods they rel
resent. se Fupl 4, l .ttH
H. A. King, city passenger agen
= of the Santa Fe, was in charge OF tn
! train. His first day out on persoI
ally conducted tour was voted SUI
cess. The train made many stops o
9 schedule but got thee exactly o
: time The train itself is winner
I four Pullmans, diner and haggag
:, coach and day coach, all coache
:, - connected by telephone.
T viii Gary, special representative
y the Cudahy packing concern, Is on
: Of the big boosters. na ..t
: The Wichita Male auartette, While
= charmed everybody, is composed
: four of the prominent young bushes
J men of The city-iIarry Stanley, II.
! Hull. Charles H. Knight and Charlie
" lHatton. Mr. Stanley Is a son of o
:. Governor Stanley of Kansas
:, Nearly everything Is represented Q
u the trip. One enterprisng man sea
y tered lot of cards telling OF gas
lire engines, for plowing. He sa
q that. the level country westward he e
! l,ected to. sell a lot of his reliab
! "plowhorses."
O. Fruit Champa, Guthrie produt
y was served at the city hall last nigt
: The lunch business was In charge
William Ritzhaupt, and II was gre
!. success.
= one of tho fist Impressions gan'
: q Harry ]. Allen, the brilliant VIE
!. ita Beacon man, is resemblance
= ". j. Bryan. He Is a much small
!. man physically, but has the same III
- : read, appealing style of oralory al
:, capressivenes5 of countenance.