The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-05-06
PROPOSITIONS DISCUSSED
At BANQUET LAST MIGHT
Ring OF Optimism PsrVadss
Talks for The Promotion Of
a Greater GulhrIe

IeNelUpmchA OI Tue ullneldl Wetia
and park system, location Of the Okla
homa.Texas-New Mexico college, and
the Santa Pc yiaduct we're principal
topics at highly representative
gathering at the chamber ol com
merce banquet ia the lone hotel asst
night The eliminating period in
each of these big affairs is near at
hand and the interests oil the city
are very largely at AXE In all OF
them
President J. J. ORourk started pro
ceedings by proposing toast
10 Guthrie and her mineral water
may it exceed our anticipations.
Mayor olsmith First Speaker.
Mayor Frank Oismith was the first
speaker He said Guthrie had rea-
son to congratulate herself on the
general approaching outlook The
impending development OF the miner
al wells, the passing Of the old coun-
cilmanic form OF government and dis
c0yery OF the grandfather clause he
believe to be matters Tor profound
congratulation.
There is an old saying the mayor
said, to the effect that opportunity,
knocks once for ALL That's moon
shine Opportunity is always knock.
dlSA Our mineral webs open up
great possibilities People no dot 50
readily aud gracefully yield up their
money for anything else as they do
for health and pieasure. Here we
have a combination that Is irresisti.
BILE
We must have something to
amuse and entertain visitors after
tlser arrival. Our neighibor down
the line got her start In life by fur
nishing amusements. and she has
never had anything like the adyant-
ages we have. Wealthy people viii
come here for months at time If
we provide for their pleasure They
don't care how much it costs they
want to be entertained
One thing brings another. Ihe
voting Of the park bonds Is RESPONSE.
Bile for the development Of great
addition to the city next door to the
mineral park A $l50,00J hotel will
be about the next thing Naturally
all this will have an effect dn the
capital situatioE We believe the cap
ital is coming back here, and once
u is here it will never be carried
away The development OF the re-.
sorts will attend 10 that
Park Commissioner w X. patter.
son gave an account Of the present
intentions Of the commission With re-
gard TO the use Of the 100000 bond
issue There are plans for the tenn.
porary bath house. to Be gotten ready
Tor use this year The plans Of the
commission are t0f spending SIS, 900
Or more ia advertising. There is
likely TO be an effort 20 develop al
the wells to their capacities and to
have every parcel going out bearing
the Guthrie label A bridge Is to BE-
built connecting Mineral Wells PARK
and Electric park, and roadways are
10 be further improved No / weli
Is 70 be pumped at once.
The commission has undertaken 10
secure one Of the great baseball
teams next year Offers have been
made Of training grounds This viii
necessitate the building Of bail
grounds Mr. Patterson said that the
commission does not regard the PARK
system as an experiment The Wtter
Is here, and it's analysis shows II to
be as good as there Is In the world
Ia three or four years. he said the
population Of the city should be
doubled
IN Regard to the viaduct.
Ia regard to the giaduet, ex-Mayor
IA o. F'arquharsbn was called out
He read letter from General Man.
ager Coman. hi which IL vas claimed
that an ordinance IL being drawn to
cover the construction. Reinforced
concrete construction viii be neees.
sary The plans and specifications
are up 10 the chief engineers now.
FIT was intimated That the general Of.
ncerg viii be- here the latter part of
next week Mr.. FirQuharson said Il
1~ae iucritgS.- that sais Is ~ be =
division point. and that the yiaduct
would thoroughly tie the Santa Fe
u Guthrie
Methodist College Proposition.
Judge Frank i,aie told ol the sta
tbs ~ the Methodist college prOp0st.
ton The capital location case IN
fefIereJ with the immediate location
Of the college and the four trustees
resident III Guthrie secured an ex.
tentinn 81 time for sixty days The
time for filling the tentative location
agreement viii BY up IN May %.
but tina slime fof actual business will
he I'll next Tuesday. The trustees