The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-04-12
|0lO TIMERS
WILL Be ON
THE GROUND
MANY LETTERS RECEIVED
FROM FORMER RESIDENTS
OF GUTHRIE AND OTHERS

| t%AN
Seer association has received stacks
of letters from old time Guthrie resi- l.
dents and others. Excerpts from
some of these letters follows:
Governor r. B. Ferguson. Waton-
ga, Okla; Mrs. Ferguson and my
self will be with you to celebrate the
18th anniversary
| Col. j. Bart Foster Chandler, Okla,
writes that he will be with us, and
give the S9ers a Spanish war veteran
boom"
Col Roy Hoffman, Chandler. Okla.
'I accept invitation with many thanks
and will be there if possible
Hon. John Embry. Oklahoma City:
Professional business permitting,
will gladly be with you April 22nd."
Hon. John p Hickam. Saltwater,
Okla: Il will try to arrange my
business affairs and be with you
April 22nd"
Governor c. n. Haskell, Tulsa: ut
will give me great pleasure to be with
you during the seer celebration"
Col. p II. Coney, Topeka, writes
that he is an Oklahoma Seer, 'and is
coming home if possible on April %.
Hon. Wm Higgins, Bartlesville,
writes: Il came to Oklahoma, then
Indian territory. in 1862: was in nine
battles in the territory during the
Civil war; voted here in 1864 for
Abraham Lincoln for President, in
1870 commanded a mule team in the
construction work of the NJ, X & 7.
railway from the state line TO Vinita.
Am dyed in the wool S9er, and will
be there to greet and shout with
them April 22nd
Clark First Police Judge.
Hon. Ed NJ. Clark. Pawnee. says:
Mrs. Clark. my daughter, Miss Flor
ence. and myself will celebrate with
YOU on the 22nd | was the first po-
lice judge of Guthrie, with Wichita
ordinances for my guide, and always
have thrill of memories crowding
my mind when | hear the date. April
END"
Col. John Queen, Perry. 1T will be
the height of his ambition to be with
us the 22nd and meet his many
friends
Walter Ferguson. Cherokee viii
be there
Gov. Cruce Accept invitation
with pleasure.
Secretary Harrison; viii try and
he present
Everett Purcell, Enid Respond
ing TO your kind invitation desire
to inform you that | will be in az
tendance at your celebration April |
p, the Lord willing and all things |
being equal However, 4 have no |
smbition TO make speech on that
occasion, although ! hope that the at
enhance and interest exceeds your
xpectations.'
]. W. McNeal: "Will come"
p. S. MCGUIRE Don't wish to
ak; will try and be present"
et+er From Bonfiis.
Fred G. Bonfils, of the Denver Post,
rites: Myself and VolDey T. Hog
att. Eighty miners, want to thank |
ou for your invitation to be present
{ the celebration at Guthrie. April
? and 23, and if possible we will
ONE down | can not promise aD-
,lutely but will try and do so Moth
lg would give me greater pleasure {
he 'S9ers is the only association in :
le world that / am member of and J
take great pride in my membership. 7
believe it has larger percentage ,
real pioneers and Americans than I
~ other order in the world" r
rom Vol. Hoggatt.
Volney Hoggatt, of Denver, one il
ne mayor of Guthrie, now land O
gister of Colorado. writes. III a
,ssible yill certainly be there. A
uple weeks ago Mr.. Bonfils and d
yself had the pleasure Of talking 81
er old times in Oklahoma with Ed
.lley at Hot Springs, and our friend. D
ok Love. We discussed the 22nd
Y of April, 1914, and ! can assure
n we have been thinking OF being le
esent and of making arrangements A
be there prior to the receipt OF al
nr letter. think il is our duty 10 III
there. to see how many of those sll
.at statesmen now extant and run
IL fugitive over Oklahoma were an
one-s' Always. at all times. un- he
all circumstances. give my love f!o
the old timers who are there. pe
ere is certainly warm spot in nv a
lrt for every one Of them-God dill
ss them," WI
-ner City Attorney. IN
Z. Baker. wewoks, former city his