Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1917-09-28
DCRANT TO RECEIVE GOOD NO
TItE IN STATE DIRECTORY
Il. l.. Polk 4 Co. MW Here This
Week Getting Data, Correcting
List, Etc, For State Dir,c.
tory to Have (irrula-
tiOn OF 1OO, 900.

r.. l.. Polk & Co.. the famous di-
rectory publishers. are now at work
preparing an issue of one hundred
thousand business directories OF the
State which are being sold all over
the State. A representative of the
company has been here this week
correcting the Durant list and thru
his kindness the NEWS has been IA
vored with copy Of the write-up Of
Durant which is to apear in the di-
rectory. The write-up Is as follows:
| "Durant."
| Population 1900. An incor-
pOrated city of the first class. coun-
ty seat OF Bryan county. Main lines
Of NJ, X. & T., NJ, o. & G. railways.
and branch line of the st. l.. & S. F..
Railway. Sixteen miles from Red
River. The city has 100000 State
Normal School. a 100000 Presby-
buildings under construction for
both institutions; four ward schools
and high school; seven fine church
houses; $4,000 Federal building;
,$125,O0O county court house; $25,-
900 Elks' Home: new $6O,000 bank
building: 100000 cotton oil mill;
new 100000 theatre; cotton com
press; two large wholesale grocery
establishments; nursery; many mod
ern cotton gins; elevators; ware
| nto h,n x.,ttt,
gregate capital and surplus of s425.-
900, and deposits of $2,50O, 900: (:
one daily and three weekly newspa-
pers; Wells Fargo and American En-
press companies; Western Union,
Postal. and Mackey telegraph; Pho
neer Telephone Company.
"Durant is essentially school
city. situated In the heart Of a very
fertile agricultural county. The
principal crops are cotton, corn. oats
and feed stuffs. Hogs. sheep and
cattle are raised. and truck garden
ing and dairying are rapidly coming
into general practice. The moral at
mosphere of the city Is decidedly
high class, and the influx of families
= desiring the city's school and church
advantages is large
"The city has miles Of pavement
, and more being laid continually The
} lcntire business district is paved, an'
street after street of the residence
, sections are under contract. Blu'
: River furnishes an inexhaustibl'
supply of crystal pure water for d"
. mestic use and provides ample fir
protection. The city filters the wat
= or AT its own electrically controllc'
: station on the river and pumps
VI five miles to the city
= "a local electrical plant provide
= cheap power for lighting and indus
trial purposes. and this with the OK
ccllcnt railroad facilities. and read
2 access 10 many raw materials, max"
~ the city ideal for many manufactui
e ing propositions.
although the city has neve
doomed. the growth has been stead
! and rapid The population has NOR
than doubled since the 1910 censu
Within ten years the personnel
practically every business In the cit
has changed, and many new business
es have been established, and MOI
are under contemplation continual.
The retail business OF the city.
well as bank deposits, have almo
L, trebed in the past six years, an a
10 erage Of probably four hundred re-
- licences of various types built eac
year; but rent houses are difficu
~ to obtain In spite OF the coDsta'
49, building.
20 "As an index to the prosperity
the city, local dealers sold and deli
," cred over 300 automobiles fro
"a January TO July /. 1917. and maj
So dealers are unable to procure ca
. In keeping with the demand. With
80 a year probably thirty businesses
- various kinds have motorized the
ic. delivery equipment, ranging fro
,ut the smaller delivery hacks to q
uc heavy three-ton trucks; and othe