The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-22
CITES KANSAS HISTORY
BY WAY OF COMPARISON
Recalls Time When Present
Rich Farms Were Part Of
DespIsed Territory
CIV p. Fl. GriswakD.

never UtlDlt 'ldb ilit Ii0bH'llA9 VI
the vest and southwest been on as
solid footing as u Is today accord
ing to T.. p. Ripley, president OF the
Atchson. Topeka and Santa f'e rail
road. g
"The change that Is going on ~
Wonderful said Mr. Ripley, already
the country beyond the Mississippi
seems as II the work is only fairly
begun. Twenty-Five years ago the far
mers of eastern Kansas We're objects
OF sympathy; the man with sufficient
means to move would not think OF
remaining in Kansas. To-day Kansas
is prosperous The crops are good
ana have been for several years, and
there Is good margin OF profit Ey
erythng is in CHEEKY contrast with
former conditions.
Each years as ! travel over on
lines in Kansas / am more and more
surprised at the permanent improve
ments and tle general prosperity OF
the small towns and villages. {
"In the short space of seventeen
years Oklahoma has been transform
ed from a huge cattle range to state
OF Hihly developed farms. Her pros
perity dates from the great rusmh OF
1893 and the boom that followed has
never left us. Today Oklahoma has
caught up with the boom and the pros
perity is based on solid values. The
agricultural statistics show an enor
mons increase over previous years.
THE gas and oil fields in the north
eastern part of oklahoma have devel
oped a number of good towns thai
win continue to grow as the natura
resources of the country are brought
under control.
"The breaking up OF the trba
holdings in the old indian Territorl
has given an impetus to the south
ern half of the state that soon vii
bring IL up to the level of the older
settled portions. The natural resour
ces of much of Oklahoma have moi
been tauche' and no man can pre-
diet TO what heights the state may
climb when the possibilities are de
veloped.
Texas is showing marvellous
growth and development. For years
cotton and cattle were the staple,
south of the Red river, but with th'
advent of so many farmers from tn
north and east corn has taken a lead
ing place, and the vast planes to th'
west are being developed into
wheat producing country. Large man
ufacturing centers are being deyel
oped at Dallas, Fort Worth ant
Houston. while Galveston as a por
is second only to New York in Tax
value of its exportsG
"ln this part of the state the sol
has great fertility and is adapted q
the production OF fine fruits. To
bacco, long staple cotton, etc. hav
no doubt but that all this land will
he under cultivation within a few
years G
u am always surprised at the nd
vances being made on the gulf coast
Between Houston and Galveston tn
country Is being cut up into small
holdings and cultivated intensiyell
II am told that the market gardener
along the gulf coast get into the MAJ
ket with their produce as early o
earlier than their competitors.
The south plains and the panhan
die in West Texas are changing raj
idly. The Santa Fe is building nearl.
900 miles Of new railroad there
and this will have tendency TO breal
lilp the huge cattle pastures SO as il
give the man with the plow chanc'
TO prove up The older communitie
have made rapid progress during th
! last veW years. Amarillo, for instance
has been transformed from a cattl'
town to a city where may be foun'
every modern convenience and tn
lbusness houses are doing q THRIVING
lirgla. The newer towns have doubled
I'm ooulatlon during the last few
yec rs.