The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-04-28
BIC CONCERN OPENS TODAY.
National Biscuit Company
Establishes Distributing
Plant In Guthrie

For Tie purpoe yf giving quicker
aud more d.fect service Ia supplying
customers Ia Oklahoma. fse Nstiouai
BISCUIT conn By To-Day opens large
distributing t0mp here I'll the eafee
sl9ry buiiuing At rs West Harrison
avenue formerly occupied by the
Guthrie Candy factors on which the
company has secured i've rear
lease
Branch Offices nill also he opened
tcday IN various Uthef towns Of The
state, including Oklahoma CTS. End.
tulsa and Muskogee
4 " Green, president of the Gem
psny is expected here Saturday morn.
lug from New YORK in bis private
car Republic 10 witness the start
ing Of the big establishment
Railroads Factor in GUthries Sslec.
ton
Guthrie was chosen al the Best
point Ter the distributing house on
account oi its sDlenaid railroad fa-
.c,lities The company ships is goods
tr local freight, ana as Guthrie Ia the
largest freight division point In the
state, With local trains In and out
pf Tie city daily ou eight different
lines, the COMPANY will be able ~ d..
yer orders 10 their customers doors
The same day ON ali these lines The
saata Fe local alone touches BE-.
tween forts and FITS towns in which
The National Biscuit company has
customers The other roads also
make 2 large number 0f towns daily
On many lines there are two local
NJ through freight trains day. thus
giving shipping facilities 10 points on
these lines Dotn morning and even
Ing
Roads Cover Wide Territory
All towns iii seven counties on the
main line OF the santa Fe are reach.
ed out of lere daily the Eastern Ok.
lahoma lines also cover all points ia
seven counties tie Denver. Enid ami
6uli territory covers four counties iu
Oklahoma aud tao counties in Kan
sas. the Guthrie and Cashion braucu
80 the Santa Fe covers two counties
the Rock Island covers two counties
the Frisco covers TWO counties tae
IT Smith aud Western covers points
Iu seven counties The NJ ReBO aA1
Western two counties aud the KATY
points IN two counties
Another strong lnoueement
The National Biscuit company was
also induced TO locate its house here
on account Of the rapid increase Isl
toe demand for its products IN thh
territory The company has had a
travelling representative with heat.
quarters in Gut ie for five years ana
nOt only does have the majority
OF the groceries lnGuthrie and L0
gan county ais customers. bur In e..
cry other town ON all the eight
lines OF railroads mentioned n III
said that every Guthrie grocery
STORE handles tue National Biscuit
eompanys g0ous and that only Two
merchants ID town patronize compe,-
it0rs
w A. Grant. OF 522 North Bros,
street vino has been travelling ont OF
acre for tie company for the past
fYe years will be the manager of tAt
local Office. which will furnish en-
plOy ment for six persons
There will be two travelling mel
out Of here, besides Manager Grant
who will make the towns ia TINS
county
The travelling meu will be HaFg
3 StembaUgh who bias been lransfe
~ here from ibe Oklahoma Gifts ter
STORY and another who Is 10 comt
from tue Chicago office next week
q ! smith uf Chicago. whg Ina
cen here arranging for The openln
o. the local Office will BE the cashiel
Karl Ruthrsn ~ ITO WeGt Msusu
avenue, has been employed as ste
nograFher and shipping clerk
A driver mas bees employed fof th
local trade deliveries End later oi
shipping clerk aud driver 70
I depot wagon a I'D be employed
Zig Shipments Mada To-day
Altacur this II the first daY th
suthrle office was ready foF buaiue
ZEN wagon loads ~ package good
sare shipped out on local trains G.
lay besides several wagon loads bg
Hg delivered a. Guthrie stores Th'
lew agency here is in an respects
& the Standard 0f the Offices in 0ti
n large cities n has shs --latest
methods - handling N goods It wn
i0t 0nlg cagry goods in packages. bo
ilso the yagieiie3 of cOnieetlous sOl 1
rom the well known glass irDH 4
aus