The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-05-17

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oa The Fsfess os Elasaea % 1k-
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The progress cE education in ans
country depends upon hsF material
rssovres uon tie spirit d her pes
De ard upon tie aisdom 6. her lead
ers. 81 sAase three sources Hie .heI
permanent ez1cwreus ot a nations
rhildrsn IL material resources. OK
iah0ma ranks wish the bect. with anI
area 81 7o.74a square miles ami a pop
1isti0n Of more than l.s9a8 9. She.
has yei room b abundance for fnr-
{ ther development AS al agricultural
state. 0kIzAoma "a already state
which has attracted the attention oi
ihs sturdy farmer from such great
agricultural commonwealtas IS IoFa.
Kansas. Missouri. and Illinois. Her
Fields are as fertile as the valley ol
Nile. and her mineral sections tai
surpass in wealth those oi Ogphis 0r
Of Ind. she ranks fourteenth among
the coal bearing states. her oii fields
are among the richest ia the world.
4 and there is sufficient natural gas to
4 Light the cities 0f America for ages
70 come. Her lead and zinc deposits
are among The most prolific on the
+ continent we have mountains Of Port
land cement rock o. the finest quality
enough 10 keep the mills oi the United
states running i0r a thousand years.
we have As fine a grade ot glass sand
as illinois Or Pennsylvania as good
clay as Ohio OF New Jersey. our ss-
( phalt mines are among the most ez-
tensige in the Union We have billions
81 toms " gypsum. hundreds 81 acres
% salt plains, an unlimited quantity
OF the finest building material in the
world. including sandstone. granite
and marble Thousands Of acres oi
timber and grazing land are to Be
found in The eastern and western see
tions.
/ When ! view our progress thus far,
am Impressed more and more R'th
the magnitude OF the opportunities
presented ii new country To Mc
+ in many respects. the development ID
( Oklahoma IS similar to that q ON
nation Our f0refathers Eho tfsl
came to the shores Of New England
came fl search Of opportunity -thel
found it, In later years when the na
tion's population had multiplied. those
who migrated to Oklahoma came il
search Of opportunity. They. too
found it
The first settlers Of America founi
an undereioped domain inhabited onil
b. the indolent and the savage: ike
wise. the first settlers Of Oklahoma
found a virgin soil inhabited By royin.
bands Of red men. Our puritan an
cestors had the courage TO face th'
hardships 0f pioneer life. for a season
realizing that Il meant an opportunity
Tor the children. likewise. the Okla
homaR vas willing 70 endure thl
hardships incident 70 a new conntrl
shat hs too may give to his children
the HERITAGE Of 40 opportunity Ou
fathers banded together, and step hi
step drove back the Indians. and yea
by year they conquered and prosperel
until thef lad buiided a nation amiis
the Indians country; pioneers Of Oh
lahoma have. step by steri planted
commonwealth in the midst Of th
enemies Of their fathers. Our Fedora
fathers after they had deprived th
Indian Of lis native hunting ground
grew kinder and, by treaty. allolie
him a home on the borders oi civil
ization likewise We oi 0kiahom
have grown kinder we have take
the Red Man into our homes. we hav
enrolled him in our schools. re hav
taught sim the fine art Of living an
we have given him voice ia ou
government: Re have made The mos
or an opportunity
To the children OF oar eaFiy faith
efs. the Declaration Of independents
foreshadowed new ana unlimited o.
portuuitias sa TIE spreading q slgi
izgsioA iiae~i ize ihe eolAiAs u slai'
hood meant 70 our children n 0kl.
? homa q glorious opportunity Of NAL
ing available these material resource
Tor the development OF an enliehtene
citizenship
Our material resources are ali tha
we c0aid ask Nature has given as
splendid foundation nbon which {