The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-05-01
TO EXPLOIT RESOURCES
OF MINERAL WELLS CITY
Headquarters Of GulhrIe Town
site Company Opened Per-
sOnaIG By Lamb

Extension Of Guthrie over the
school land tract at the city's south.
ern boundry and adjacent to Mineral
Wells park has been undertaken by
the Guthrie townsite company. do
mestic concern with abundant capt.
tai and an unbroken record for ae-
Surveys for 4 oom-
pete addition to the city are t. be
completed by Tuesday noon, and
within fifteen days the actual work
of development Will be in progress.
G. H. Lamb today opened headquar
ters here and made announcements
looking TO a large part in the deyel.
oDment OF greater Guthrie. He is
the representative Of several capital
lists who have operated extensively In
Western Oklahoma and who several
years ago secured a lease on the
scnool land here. For year the com
pany has watched with keen inter
es the opening OF the mineral wells
here, and believing that the time has
NhiNN w. AINiNAfI n@tt1ht ~ NH@ w
cided to open gigantic campaign
without preliminary rounds,
The tract contains l60 acres, tile
subdivisions oi WHICH are 10 be sub.
leased under the well-known and liD.
eral provisions Of the state
The tract has been unaer survey
Tor several days and the streets anu
boulegards are now practically detin.
cd
Tentative provision has already
been made for sanitarium site. n
is believed the hill Immediately fac
ing mineral wells park VIII be desir.
ed by parties with plenty OF means
and there are now prospective les
sees for such a reservation The site
IN mind seems to be an admirable one
from every point OF Yeg.
Having no doubts or reservations
whatever regarding the future oi the
mineral waters OF Guthrie. the OF
Eicers Of the company have announc.
ed a policy OF completed identiIica-
tion with the city and the park dc.
Yelopment plans now nearing COM
pietlon. rhey seem 70 be satisfied
chat the mineral waters on the city
property are without question assets
OF the first magnitude. and capable o.
infinite development il Is likely
that any advertising done for the new
development proposition will be bas-
cd on the mineral wells, adjacent 10
the site and on the general excel.
lence Of Guthrie under lts neW nl
petus.
The practice OF the state III the
handling Of leased lands will be of
decided advantage all around in
the snbeasing OF lots OK blocks IN
this addition the sublesseeB viii take
over al the preference rights OF the
original lessees The payments Oh
the leases are moderate. Amy sort
Of improvements may be made Oh
the lots with the inyincible guaran.
tee OF the state that when the prop.
erty comes up for sale tie lesgees
will nave the invaluable preference
right IN tull effect For Instance. Il
citizen oi Guthrie snb-ieeses piece
Of ground and puts la 5l.00y worth
Of improvement he practically nolds
an inyiolate option tie II entitled
to take the land itself Al the highest
bia and Il he should abaudoH the land
20 hiRb bidder be would be entlth
ed 70 the full amount Of his improve.
mentA
Mn Lamb has been promoter az
several successf0l towns and addi.
tiuns One ol his objects Lambs adj
dition 10 Hobart, Was hast lall sold
by the state AZ good prices It con
tains about 100 Of the best homes ii
Hobart and In no case was h0uae
holder despolled Of bis work. The
concern sith which air Lamb IN lden.
tiled has also built the Cilnt0n.But.
ler railway and introduced the hand.
some growing toRn o. Butler 10 the
W0Fid
iI Il expected that ay tomorrow.
afternoon the company wili have ae.
Unite announcements 10 make re-.
gafdlng the disposal 81 The tots,
The proposed addition embraces
fae Old falr grounds
H it s possible 10 inject ozone In
70 addition matters. Charlie fAub IS
tae man 10 DO Il. lie has been the
chief booster in Custer county build.
ing auto lines and railroads, ho,els.
etc
lie is head of che Clinton ana But.
Ter cnambers Of commerce.. IA bust
ness man oi fine qualities and hale
fellow well met
There iH no reason why Guthrie
should NOT hump herself Her posi-.
tion i pfeemlnent III regard to To-
ration. wealth and stability.