The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-06-18
.GUTHREY CITES
AN OPPORTUNITY
Northeastern Oklahoma
Has Great Future,
He Believes

Northeastern Oklahoma, today's
land Of opportunity:
Virgin soil susceptible to oultiva.
ton market center, good roads, right
climatic conditions-all Of these are
TO he found in this part OF the state.
II sounds something like a prospec-
tus for a money making concern but
it is merely a statement of everyday
fact as pointed out by the northeast
ern Oklahoma chamber OF commerce.
According to that organization. the
21 counties comprising what is
| known as northeastern Oklahoma
/ are in sense still open TO pioneer
| ing, In that there are such latent
/ possibilities In their undevelopeq
/ farm lands.
Much Not Cultivated
Twenty-Five per cent OF the land
In this designated part OF oklahoma
/ has never yet been put into cultiya-
! t.On. That is. that part OF such
land as is susceptible TO cultivation.
+. Bee Guthrey, secretary of the
northeastern chamber of commerce,
said the other day in discussing this
fact that II faUnors could be at
ltracted to NORTHEASTERN Oklahoma in
sufficient numbers to put all of this
land in a state OF cultivation not only
would the population be Increased
many times, but the possibilities OF
Tulsa and the other 20 counties in
this part of the state as a rich farm
ing. fruit. stock raising, dairyins
and poultry section would be real
lied. In all parts Of these counties
as In Tulsa county. only the begin
ming has been made.
/, Accomplish this, Guthey pointed
out, and tho population of Tulsa
, would automatically be increased
. from $4,000 to 100000. As the mar.
) ket center OF northeastern Oklaho.
ma. the development of the lanL
would inevitably mean the develop
: ment of the city. Thus far, atten-
ton has been turned almost eXclu
: sivc!y to the development OF elite;
, rather than the land. A great dea
: has been done towards city building
= but not very much towards buildinl
I up the land. IL IS impossible to di
r vorce the two and backing up hi
. contention of the value OF further
E development of northeastern Okla
| hOma farm lands, Guthrey quote,
figures furnished by Walter a
e Goodner vice president of the Crit
= fln-Goodner Wholesale Grocery com
- pany and the senior member Of III,
3 Goodner Mitchell Producing com
5 pany, as follows:
! Canned MIX Imported.
There is shipped into Tulsa ever,
year an average of 500 cars o
, canned milk at an appropriate valu,
\ OF S3.5O0 per car, total value o
$l,750.00O. Egg shipments, Good
Y ner estimates. total 500 cases week
with 80 dezcn TO the case, this
would be $4,000 dozen a week or
: total Of 100000 dozen a year. At a
cents a dozen, this means an expen
/. diture of $4,000 for eggs shipped
! In every year. Six hundred pound
| OF butter are shipped every year int
3 tulsa, totaling an expenditure o
, $4,000.
4 In other words, the city of Tuls
in paying out s2,272,0O0 per yea
Y for canned milk, eggs and butter, al
= OF which should go to local produc
l ers in Tulsa's immediate trade terri
a tory"
so there you are. II there are no
S the producers there is most assur
' ediy not the product and if tn
1 product isn't here then Tulsa mus
| 30 some place where II is. Utiliza
q tion of land that has never been use,
{ for farming purposes but that is ii
1 for it-in other words. the availabl
!. 70 per cent--wounld enable north
Q eastern Oklahoma TO receive baci
4 from its marketing center, Tulsa
. this more than $2,000.00O every yea
instead OF this money being paid ou
into other parts of the state and-int
other states for produce that Nigh
he raised within the confines o
these FL counties.
They're Doing Something,
!, Northeastern Oklahoma cnambe
D Of commerce purposes to do some
thing about Il, Towards that end
is preparing now a book abou
northeastern oklahoma. In 1t wi
he compilation OF reliable dat
concerning all Of the counties, all O
their towns and their cities, and III
surrounding country. The informa
lton will be as complete rs possible
Tho book is neatly bound and wi
have 100 pages of splendid qualit
paper filled with fully illustrate
reading matter. II is being com
piled now by Guthrey and will be OF
the press. II is expected. by Septem
ber l.
The book will be available to any
one writing and asking for infor
nation about this part OF the stat
or 10 anyone interested. upon re
quest. IL is designed to make IS
iplain the opportunities embodied I
the land that IL will act as a magne
for farmers ot the middle west an
eventually lead to the settlement Q
hitherto uncultivated farm lands.
Scotch manufacturers have ha
fair success IN max ing paper wit