The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-26
Wild Life of Gold Camps
Absent in Miami District

: Associated with mining in the mental
tnprsssion Of most folk is picture of
rugged peaks, impenetrable wilder
Sesses, Wild beasts, physical hardships,
SAootins irons and the like That is
~ imaginative idea. But, in fact no
sseh thing exists in the celebrated Mi
sni district OF Oklahoma, whose pco-
~ sfe - highly cultured intellectually
vAose land are o. fertile and beautiful
a0Ticalturally, whose institutions are as
1odsm and efficient as can be found in
~ Anerica
II 10 true that certain communities arc
logmsd camps" but that is merely
01aing vernacular and does not mean
W)ne Il would seem to suggest, In the
n1h perhaps. their home ediiices lack
~ architectural designs OF permanence,
oocause Of lease drawbacks, but they
~ % comfortable and contain as many
~ modern convenienees as are ac-
osDiblA In snoat rural regions.
M psrnalsnt Improvsmsnts.
Sevsni socalled camps have emerged
eUm he uncertainty OF foundation upon
oooogvatioa lands and are erecting
0euEeures Of notable attractiveness,
l1sgs dimensions and enduring material.
NY ore growing with lightnine-like
Qooed. Business blocks, hostelries, pret-
81 heQes ere rising BY hundreds and
Q4w end beauty are being brought out
4 "a sort Of confusion OF arrangement
Iublie utilities are being installed, cx-
oooe6oas made TO those already in oper-
'o&a, and everything within the peo-
~ power 10 improve health, comfort
~ Industry Is being done as rapidly
/. = skilled artisans and engineers and
p1nolness men can do it.
Although there are men who recall
y time when cattle herds grazed over
Ce entirety Of the Miami district, peo-
~ Of the nowaday inuN not make the
,0jnke Of concluding il to be merely a
'uose pasture or a barren waste being
! tpaNerted into Q renowned mineral ter
sosy.
Thrifty Pam Community.
& The Miami district has been for years
\ ~ 10 today raising ~ fine agricultural
.lFuos - the state OF Oklahoma boasts,
N farms are models Of moderni,y and
tFlk. They are scientifically cultiva,-
~ lts hills and valleys and rolling
ptaifies are charming in raiment Of yer.
iqoss. And although the miners drill
sbos incroached upon the wanted peace
81 pastoral lie II has in nowse de.
ttroyed il. for drills are working righ,
h Tie midst OF magnificen,ly PRODUCING
CON and other fields, efiecting prac.
9eally NO damage whatsoever to grow,
lne crops or farmers peace Of mind ant
~.
The environment OF Miami's minins
eamps Is beautiful. Their citizenship
,Nlats for little j, cannot procur,
heuld Il desire recreation in the shade
~ lovely groves il can find II not fa'
Sway. There isn't a more eNQuiSitel,
4eautiful spot In Oklahoma than 9Th,
Devils Promenade" on Tar river, ;
ealcking ground beloved by the In
nns and all others who visit it, Grca
rallies are held there at times and thou
ooNds 10 TO il for the resful pleasur,
10 natural loveliness affords Motio'
e1eture theaters. vaudeville house,
Darks and other amusements an,
amusement places also are within reacl
of every villaeer in his home camp, ar,
- far S mercantile houses are con
eefned those in the mining region hav
IN superiors.
Quick Access 10 Other Towns.
All Miami district villages. towns an
fites are quick Of acce" by gasoln
AieruSban, steam railroad or taxical
They sit within a network OF highway
end steel rails even though we spea
q them ~ springing up magically rigf
out Of the prairies AlmoS, every sec
lioa 10 touched or uaversed by eth,
N Frisco, NJ, O. & g., o., K. & NJ. {
Mineral Belt lines, all OF which al
putting forth hetculean efforts to c,
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