The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-10-28

'N'Nf- lf'f'tffNN''A ~ Hl0NtNu VIII
her contract
(oklahoma City has no clear title
10 these lands now. And If the $780,.
900 is IN the hands of Governor
cruce II Is there as private trustee,
not state officer, and can be with.
drawn anytime. Oklahoma CITY has
already forfeited the 100000 bond
made with the last legislature. And
then, the 100000 could not build a
one million capitol, anyway. Okla
homa City expects to ask the state
TO build the capitol and hopes that
IN time, by 50 doing, capital will
make those $50 acres grow in value
and reimburse the state.
Lands Within City Limits
an the lands donated for capitol
/ purposes by the State Capitol Build.
ing company, lands appraised at more
ithan Sl0O0000. lie south OF Twenty
third street, or practically within the
city limits Guthrie states in her ar
gument that the lands submitted by
/ the State Capitol Building company
are scattered al over the northeast
! part OF Oklahoma county. This mis-
statement is made knowingly and for
the expressed purpose Of deceiving
the people The lands donated were
all examined by the various members
/ OF the legislature which accepted the
/ proposition, and they have been ap.
| praised by the representative Of the
people of the whole state and Gov
ernor Cfuce himself has stated that
| if the lands are sold after the cree.
ton OF the capitol has actually begun,
they will produce more than $1,000
600.
"a citizen Of Oklahoma City, in a
public examination, declared in an
swer to Governor cruce that to loan
money on the lands they were not
worth oyer $4,000, and for town lot
speculation. If there was any, $685.
600. AS to the character Of. the land.
1t consists Of thirty forty pieces Of
which one piece Of rs acres, is. as
you 90 by actual section lines (see
map) nine miles from the center cf
the city, east Of another town named
Rrtton.)
Guthrie also contends that its cap
itol square containing fourteen acres,
and located in the extreme eastern
portion Of Guthrie is worth half al
million dollars This square is fur
ther from tne center Of Guthrie than
the site selected by the legislature is
from Oklahoma City Guthrie's ap-
praisement Of its land is $35 600 an
acre and of the land donated by Ok
ahoma City $1,000 per acre Can any
reasonable man believe this? The
statement carries it's own refutation
Guthrie further claims that the sec
tion OF school land located half
mile beyond its capitol square is
worth half a million dollars, or ap-
proximately $500 an acre, and that
the land donated by Oklahoma City
is worth Sl01 an acre. Will this com
parison Of values stand the test?
(The statement that Guthrle's cap
to Is as far from center of Guthrie
as the capitol site Of Oklahoma City
is from Oklahoma City is deliberate
lie.
outhrie's capitol square Is six
blocks east of Division street on Ok
lahoma avenue, which Oklahoma ave
nue. is the principal business street OF
the city, and the corner Of Division
and Oklahoma is the center of the |
town.
Guthrie's Capitol Square is not acre
farm land, but four blocks of lots |
with the streets and alleys destroyed, |
surrounded all around by handsome |
residences. On this square the city
built $t50,ouo State House, and |
spent another $4,000 bond issue tc
pave the streets around the square
and the grand drive way up TO and
around the building.
Oklahoma City's capitol site is, BY
actual count of blocks. three miles
from the corner Of Main and Broad
way the corner Of the Lee-Huckins
HoteI)
Cruces Statement
We refer TO Governor Cruces pub
ished statements and the appraise
nent made under the direction of the
legislature for a complete refutation
II Guthrie's attempt to depreciate the
'ahle Of the lapd dQpated by Oklaho
ma City, but why should Guthrie re
er in its argument 10 the section Of
and belonging to the school children
u the state? Does it intend to ap
ropriate this land for capital pur
oses and rob the children of ii? Lei
'uthrie answer this question as it
lay. :
(The appraisement of these lands
ias made two years ago, during the
ession of the legislature, at the then
oom prices. Governor cruce does
OF pretend to say they are worth
now. He hopes they will be worth :
some fifty years from now If the I,
-ate spends five or ten million dol :
rs for capitol in their neighbor :
ood.
The school section, less than half
mile from the Capitol Square, re x
rred to in Guthrie's argument, has
ready provided for its sale to the
ty If it desires to purchase it, by -
e second legislature, just as the OK in
homa City fair grounds were sold F.
Oklahoma City) ii
Another argument advanced by .,
lthrie is that the state of Oklaho
/ ewes il the capital because it nev- 'e
has asked for any other institution m
d rests It's claim on the belief that We
e people Of the state are morally di
und to locate the capital at Guth- ~
because Of the 1913 clause in the ="
abliug act It has always claimed --
2 capital as favor conferred BY
ngress and denied other cities ci 4
5 state the right 10 dispute the pro , -