New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-18
WOMEN To CART BACK
OKLAHOMA CAPITAL
Will Direct 1000 Farmers with
Teams in Hauling Records
to Guthrie:
HOPE TO DO 1T IN A DAY
Fitting to Oklahoma City,
80 Miles Away, Occurred IL
Months Ago-Feast to
End Days Work.
fRv Telecranh 70 The Tribune.

BY Telegraph 70 The Tribune
Guthrie, Okla, Aug. 1.-THE farmers OF
the country surrounding Guthrie are
being engaged by the Women's Chamber
of Commerce Of this city to haul the fur
niture archives and records OF the vari-
Gus state departments back TO Guthrie.
following the regular election In Novem-
Der. To a man the farmers are agreeing
TO undertake the work, to take their
teams and haul the capital back.
To do the job and do 1t in one day. It
is estimated that It will take at least one
thousand regulation farm wagons. two
thousand horses and mules and two
thousand men as drivers and helpers
Moving the capital back in this way VIII
eliminate the trouble Of careful packing
of the greatest part of the equipment
which would be necessary in order 10
ship II by railway train, as was done
when the capital was moved from Guthrie
10 Oklahoma City. eighteen months ago
The entire Job Gun be done, too. in one
dav, whereas before the work OF PAGING
and moving covered period OF seVerai
weeks.
The plans, as outlined by the Women
Chamber Of Commerce. contemplate the
farmers driving 10 Oklahoma City the
day before the moving is TO start III or
dsc ., get the work we'll under way by
sunr,se AS fast as a wagon is loaded it
will be headed Immediately for GUTHRIE
and when the first half OF the distance
is covered the horses and men VIII De
rested and we'll fed. This will occur near
the city Of Edmond, a halfway point
and the dinner will be served oy the
Women's Chamber OF Commerce.
Finish Task with a Banquet.
As fast as the teams arrive III Guth-
ne in the evening-for II is only 'iur'!'
mile drive--a banquet will be served 10
the farmers at the Guthrie CITY Hali'
the building where the Oklahoma state
constitution was drafted and enacted
The Women's Chamber Of Commerce VIII
serve the feast, one Of many courses
that will provide plenty OF meat anu
vegetables for the men after hard DAY g
work And each horse and mule tnat
helms null the capital back will receive
big ration of oats and alfalfa hay.
To have charge Of this department OF
committee has already been named by
Mrs. Rebecca L. Finch, the presloent'
The chairman of the committee is MIS-
I e. II. Furrow, wife Of Civil war vet
eran. It was Mrs. Furrow who first sus-
rested the plan 10 haul the capital back
without cost to the state She consult
ed Fred I. Wenner, secretary OF the
Guthrie Chamber of Commerce Uhe
mems organIzation), but when the
women organized distinct commercial
club Wenner turned this proposition
over 10 them. The women gladly and
quickly accepted the responsibility and
Immediately went to work on the plans
That the farmers of the Guthrie DIS
trjct are glad to accept the work ana
furnish the horsepower necessary Is
the opinion Of J. A. Fsrquharson, the
Logan County apple king" and who Is
nresident of the Logan County Farmers
Institute "AlI we want is the oppor-
N tunity and we will sure pull the capt.
kf tai back" was his declaration when
y asked 81 he thought the farmers would
Join in the work.
The thirty-mie road from Oklahoma
city 10 Guthrie lie in good condition.
thanks TO the automobile club OF this
city, and there are practically no hills
and only one or two stretches OF sand
To pull the wagons loaded with the
states furniture and records will DE
easy. therefore, for any good farm team,
and to make the trip in time TO attend
the dinner at night will not be diff
cult undertaking.
II also is the intention of the Wom-
ems Chamber Of Commerce to provide
automobiles for the state officials and
f,lepartment clerks and their families TO
make the trip to Guthrie. For this pur-
pose the several automobiles, owned by
Guthrie people. will be used. They Will
make the run down to Oklahoma City In
the morning and easily make the return
TO Guthrie in time for the banquet III
the evening.
n u planned to have the Governor and
his private secretaries ride in the first
machine, carrying back the great seal
Of the state. Then will follow the men,
bers OF the state courts, the various
other state officials and the department.
heads and clerks.
There will be women drivers for some
OF the automobiles as we'll as for some
of the wagons. Throughout this locality
are women who can hold the reins with
as cool hand as a stage driver, and
who can pilot an automobile with the
ease and confidence of expert. Sew
eral women have volunteered In this ca
pacity and their services were promptly
accepted.
The citizens OF Guthrie have given their
word that all the quarters necessary
for housing the state departments will
be ready for immediate occupancy when
the first wagons begin to arrive on the
"puir' from Oklahoma City. The Wom-
ems Chamber Of Commerce has asked
to have this part of the work assigned
TO that organization also. and in all
probability the request of the women
will be granted.
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