The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-02-28
ARE YOU A BOOSTER? +?
you a real booster?

Are you real booster?
Not one who tries TO deceive but
one who tells the truth OF Oklaho-
mar ana gets into the game and helps
build it up, improve what we have
already and trying to aid in those
lines not yet developed
Boosting our here Is a pleasant
task II means one can truthfully
iell. of splendid opportunities which
viii pay handsome return on capital
invested and where the artisan can
get fair wages and proper treatment
by the capital that employs him. To
be an Oklahoma booster one need
rot say disparaging thing Of his
neighbor. The neighbors all have
something good, and are also busy
trying TO develop fast enough to gel
the best results. There are so many
raw materials The factory pr0posi
tons are unlimited the locations 81
many that one in one community onls
means that other communities must
get them in order to work up the
wonderful bulk OF raw materials that
are TO he had within the confines OF
This state
In 1880 the population of the
Southwest THAT district below the old
Santa Fe trail and westward to the
parrow strip in the Far West) was
trifle IN excess Of 1,750.e0 souls
today it has more than 100000 and
the vast domain is not one-fifih peo-
pied, There Is still land enough In
OKLAHOMA that is not being titled to
care for all of the landless tillers Of
the soil in that district once called
the Northwest Territory" There is
work here for every idle worker In
The New Worlds metropolis unde.
Feloped minerals to employ ever
miner in the United States. on we
get capital TO start these sources OF
wealth 10 bringing their proper re
turns.
There is not a city of 5000 popu
lation in this state hut will he twice
that size five years hence: II is prob
able there will be cities thrice that
g:ze NOT now dreamed of. And all an
Oklahoma booster has to do is TO col
lect actual facts and present them tC
The people Of these United States
|; is absolutely true many read then
and think some clever writer or al
vert iser is dallving for new blood
and al OF that, but this is The state
Of great opportunity ana vision stag
gering resources. and the slightest
investigation can always verify III.
statement of a careful. conscientious
Oklahoma booster Two or three
years ago investors from older states
were heard to declare that Tulsa and
Sapulpa would not grow, DECLARING
Them too close to each other. Nov
they are building a city between and
6ihers all around them and their pac,
Is a pattern setter for that section &
ihe state. The cities OF old oNano
a, once prone to war with each 9th
O" now grow so fast they have Il
aid each other 10 take care of the
simnroying conditions. and the aeri
cullursts keen the pace with add
iional crop diversfications and much
improved farm property. It is a case
OF the Creator having placed this
wealth here for the use OF human
kind and the mortal. having ascertain
Ell It's treasures. reaning with thc
iook of happiness and prosperity tha
which he has taken from natures
golden granaries.
Are you a booster for this greatest
ct all now states
II not what sort Of pessimst are
You. where did YOU come from an
what is the matter with your diges
tive organs?