The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-11-01

ritory opened, twentythree years
ago, the location of the capitol 10
) Oklahoma City has been the dream
of The residents OF the states me,
trOpolis. With statehood came an
even greater desire for the seat or
state government. and at an election
held June II, 1910, the people of Ok.
lahoma voted its removal here by
majority Of 320lf, a total OF 9G5l5
votes being cast for the change. TO
! 6i,10l against it. That same night,
the great seal Of Oklahoma was
brought to oklahoma City, and the
capitol has remained here. Not dis
posed to abide by even this over
whelming majority, the former cap
ital contested the validity OF tho
| referred measure In the courts, and
their cause was lost in the supreme
court OF the state The supreme
court OF the United States refused to
! take jurisdiction on an appeal, and
Oklahoma City has been legally the
capital. The state Capitol Building
| company agreed to furnish $1,000,
900 for the erection of a building.
! but three years OF dry weather made
Atltlu aetit0 SiOM. anu tue AOlilIfbhp
forfeited to the state 100000 in
cash and ESQ acres Of land, payment
being made and the deeds turned ov'
er during the past week. From these
Resources, the work will be begun
ON Independence Day, in the good
year 1912.
While plans for the new capitol
building at the intersection Of Lin
coin Boulevard and Twenty-third
street have not been adopted it is
probable that when they are com
pleted that they viii vary but little
from the first plans drawn and sub
mitted to the capital commission
several months ago, The building
VIII be large enough to accommo-
date every department OF state un-
der one roof. For months the state
board OF public affairs, now consti-
tuting the capitol commission, has
been engaged in securing data rela-
tive to the exact amount OF space
needed by every department, and
with these figures readily available,
the task Of drawing plans win not
be a difficult nor a long one. Upon
the final choice OF the material
whrch is to go into the structure de-
pends its cost. The building VIII
cost no less than $l000,000, and may
exceed that sum. 1t Will be of sub |
stantia nature, Of the best work |
manship and viii be credit to the
state and to the city serving all |
needs of even such rapidly devel- |
oplng state as Oklahoma FOR gener- I
ations to come. The capitol viii be !
situated in fine fifteen-acre tract I
at the site mentioned, the location I
having been fixed by act of the leg
islature. The square surrounding I
the building will be parked and
made extremely attractive BY rea,
son Of the location Of the handsome
structure, built OF native materials,
the other land turned over by the
State Capitol Building company I'M
doubtedly will increase In value
We want to call your attention to
the cunning jokers in the above
lines Of gush that is hanucd out to
IS "The Capital Company agreed
o finnish $1,000, 600 hut three years
)f dry weather made land sales SLOW
the company forfeited 100000 and
$50 payment being made and
leeds turned over to the state
u tc
The sole excise for not keeping
his agreement with the people is
hat the "land sales were SLOW"
which in L. S English means that
he crop Of suburban lot-buyng
uckers failed to fall for the first
inc of dope handed oat by this
iame bunch.
The assertios that the Capitol
ompany has forfeited" n dollar or
foot Of land is a lie pure and sim.
lie. They did turn over a check (9
0r 100000 to Governor Cruce
Us AN INDIVIDUAL but the state
as not an iota OF interest in tho
heck what ever to prepare plans
md promote the sale Of the CSC
crcs TO be converted into town lots
nd sold TO the sucker crop Of lot
)uyers that it is supposed will he
arge If the Oklahoma farm crops
prove to be as big as conditions in
licate. Let me repeat, NOT A Doll
LAR. NOT A FOOT of land has
1een turned over to the state but
0IFTEEN ACRES Of the $50 acres
hat is only about four miles out in
he country, and that May the 10th
lad but 223 flaws to its title, some
If it having been in litigation for
Dyer twenty years and prospects for
1eing there for twenty more, is
promised (?) for capitol purposes.
While this article admits that
even the "plans have not been adopt
ed" yet this bunch of town lot
fakirs published for our inspection
/ building that could not be built
'or less than five or ten million dol
lars. and tell MS it is the CAPITOL
WITH WHICH CITY MAKES GOOD"
We ask, IN all seriousness. do they
think the people of this state are a
'ot Of fools, and that they can be
worked the second time by their
line Of hot air talk?
The whole deal Is n rotten. dirty
town lot scheme, and is unfolded
plainly to the gaze by the concluding
lines Of the article, which says, "The
other land (the $50 acres, less the
IS acres) will undoubtedly increase
in value"
Let's boil this Guthrie-Okahoma
City proposition down to actual
acts We accepted the Enabling
Act and by our votes endorsed an
agreement whereby Guthrie was to
De our capital until 1918; by all
lonor we were bound to stand by
hat agreement.