The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-10-08
"ws poo THE PEOPLE

lCOntinuPd FROM fdse
"a citizen of Oklahoma City, in a
pubtic examination. declared in an
s~er 10 Governor Cruee that 10 loan
money on the lands they were not
worth over $4,000, and for town lct
specuIation. II there was any Soo,'
600. AS to the character Of the land.
" consists Of thirty to forty pieces OF
which one piece OF rs acres 's' as
YOU 40 by actual section lines Ssee
ynspls nine miles from the center OF
the city, east of another town nance
Eritton.)
Guthrie also contends that its cap
itol square containing fourteen acres.
and located in the extreme eastern
portion OF Guthrie is worth half
million dollars This square is fur
ffer from the center OF Guthrie than
fhe site selected by the legislature is
from Oklahoma City Guthrie's ap-
praisement OF its land is $4,000 an
act. and of the land donated by OK
shorna City $1,000 per acre. Can any
reasonable man believe this? The
statament carries its own rcfutation.
Guthrie further claims that the sec
ff0n OF SHUDVl toHV AibhANH AA'A'A
mile beyond its capitol square IS
worth half million dollars. or ap'
pro1imately $500 an acre. and that
The land donated by Oklahoma City
ia worth s10o an acre VIII this com
parison of. values stand the test?
1.-THE statement that Guthrle's cap
itoI ia as far from center of Guthrie
az the capitol site OF Oklahoma City
is from Oklahoma City is deliberate
lie.
Guthrieis capitol square is SD
blacks east OF Division street on OK
lahoma avenue. which Oklahoma ave
nue. ia the principal business street o'
the city. and the corner OF Divisior
and Oklahoma is the center OF inc
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 hanosome
residenccs, On this square the CIT,
built a si5o,o0o state House, and
spent another $4,000 bond issue tc
rave the streets around the square
and the grand drive way up TO ano
around the building.
Oklahoma citys capitol site ls' by
actual count OF blocks, three miles
from the corner OF Main and Broad
way. the corner OF the Lee-HucKins
Hotel)
Cruces Statement
NE refer to Governor Cruces pub
1ished statements and the appraise-
nent made under the direction ot the
legislature for complete relutatioh
of Guthrie's attempt TO depreciate lhe
value of the land donated hy Okiano
ma CITY. but why should Guthrie re-
for in it's argument TO the section ol
land belonging TO the school chilaren
of the state? Does it intend 10 aP'
propriate this land for capital PUT
poges and rob the children OF II Le'
Cnfbrie answer this question as y
may.
1.-THE appraisement OF these 'anos
was made two years ago, during tne
session of the legislature, at the then
boom prices. Governor Cruee ooet
not uretend TO say they are worth
II now. He hopes they will be worth
IL some fifty years from now II tne
state spends five or ten milton ooE
lars for csptoI in their neiehbor
hood.
The school section, less than han
mile from the Capitol Square, re-
fe~red 10 in Cuthre's argument has
already provided for its sale TO inc
city IL II desires TO purchase H. oy
the second legislature, just as the of.
Iahoma city fair grounds were sold
to Oklahoma City,
Another argument adNahe"u O'