The Hallett Herald. (Hallett, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 26, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 30, 1910 Page: 1 of 8
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THE
HALLETT HERALD.
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VOL. III.
HALLETT, PAWNEE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, SATURDAY, JULY 30, i9u>.
NO. 26.
Factories
>r Hallett
While OPVfer Work l« Protr«iMn|
Preparations Art Doing Made
To Put In Many factories
E. M. Lewis president and man-
ager of the Lewis Industrial Com-
pany formerly of Anniston, Ala
baum, arrived here this week and
announces that he is ready for
business. Mr. Lewis's company
recently purchased the Hallett Ga«
Pipe line and the local lighting sys-
tem here at Hallett and the com-
pany has also purchased 320 acres
of land lying along the Frisco and
•'Katy" railroads >outh of town
where they propose to establish a
number of factoiies.
The Inick factory with a capacity
of too.000 daily out-put may be
located in the north part of town 011
account of the snpeiior quality of
>hale tested out in that vicinity.
It develops that the shales here are
of a superior class as tests have
been made of both shale and clay
and a great variety of materials
are here in sufficient quantity
1 bat it is possible to manufacture
lommoil^ buildfng brick, pressed
brick for fronts from plastic clay
or from the blue shale*1 by dry
pressed process, and the plastic
clav is of a nature that it i adapt-
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mm
A Fie. d of Open Cotton.Heady Foh The Picking
interurban
Rail Road
Cotton Bloom®
This is the time cf year when cotton rai-ers begin to wonder who will get the first bale of cotton on
the market. As a usual thing in large cotton markets the first bale brings a big price as a premium or prize
for tire first of the new crop to go on the market and not because it has any particular merit or quality. Early
cotton is all in bloom now. Many of you have liewrd the song of the '-Cotton Blossom" but few of my
readers ever observed the wonderful evolution of this most beautiful of ill southern Howers. No wonder the
pen of the poet finds inspiration in the contemplation of this most gloiious work of creation. Then- is not
a more beautiful plant in any conservatory than that 011 which the great southern staple grows. We at once
associate it with the harmonious chant of the dusky dreamers of the Sunny South and the thrilling notes of
able to the manufacture of roofing 1 the mocking hird. The plant grows rank and green to!its maturity and the buds or squares burst out in
beautiful creamy white blooms that turn to snowy whitrtess with the first rays of the morning sun. Upder
1 ile and hollow ware. There is
shale or clay north of town that
resembles very much Kaolin from
which lire-brick is manufactured or
■ t may be of the same quality as
that used in making china-ware as
we art- informed by Mr. Starkey
and others who have seen some
tests made tliit this clay was mold-
ed into various ornamental ware
and small samples ot household
vessels and proved to lie of a very
high quality.
However this may be Mr. Lewi-.
The Grofcfelnft of T* o Railroads
Mure And ><ilural (ia« Piped In
Gives hallett The •vdvunlugo
The Inter-urban electric line that
is 1.0.mn from Stillwater via Paw-
nee cannot miss Hallett as this
the only point where it can conned
with both the Frisco and "Katy'
railroads and that, and cheap hie I
seini to be the primary object in its
being extended to the eastern pari
of Pawnee county. The promoters
have already said that the power
Jiouse and repair shops of this coni-
p.inv would be loca ed at the east-
ern terminus. Therefore Hallett
"being a junction of these two roads
and having an abundance of natural
I gas already piped on the ground,
makes it the only logical point for
the $100,000 power house. The
(act that this road will build at
, once is stilling the citizens of this
part of the country much more than
anything that has recently hap-
pened.
A big demonstration was held
at Jennings two weeks ago. The
citizens here joined in the celebra-
tion as, in fact, Hallett will reap
the only benefit thai will be derived
by any town in this* part of the
country.
The location of the power house
and terminal shops of the electric
| system here will be a greater bene-
the beaming, seductive sinile of '.'Old Sol" they begin to change again first to a modest blush of pink ami j to tjle town KIU| tnil;mce the
their to a deeper ieduntil they fold their butterfly wings and drop to the earth leaving 11 tiny boll in which value of oji properly more than
hang!) the destinies of many men. In its tiny graq> is a commodity that sways the stock market and turns the anything else except the Lewis In-
dustrial Company's factoi ies.
great wheels of commeice.
switches and trackage for the un-
uuloading of machinery and for the
handling ot raw materials and man-
ufactured articles.
These are a few things that Ilal-
leit's citizens can contemplate with
open eyes and mouth, but that the
future holds secrets of many better
things that a few slioit days may
reveal to the most skeptical and
to build, operate and maintain a
dozen or more high class fact-
ories.
Like all other corporations a
Sphinx-like disposition character-
izes eveiy movement of the Lewis
Industrial company, but enough
believes there are great possibilities | has been learned 111 the last twelve
here in I he y\ay of brick tile and months, enough ot the plans of this
lena-cotta and is devoting a great 1 company have been exposed from
deal of lime, energy and capital to | time to time to draw sufficient con-1 dubious is not a mere conjecture,
its development. | elusion that a brick plant, a gray-
He has for some time been inter-1 iron foundry, sheet-metal works
ested in the location of a large cot- and boiler pattern shops, a wood-
ioii-«eed oil mill at some point in working plant and a cotton seed
Oklahoma or Texas and since this oil mill will be constructed.
company has tnvesled so much j However, the out lay of capital
money here and devoted over a and investment in land for sites
year's time and energy to getting I would justify the belief that a
control of all the necessary advant-, glass factory aiu) textile mills might
ages for the promotion of its in- j also be included in the complement
Indian Lands in
Sunny Oklahoma
dustrial enterprises it is easy to be-
lieve that the lar^e cotton seed oil
plant of the Lewis Industrial Com
of factories.
Mr. Lewis is on the ground giv-
ing his personal attention to the
pany will be located at Hallett. I preliminary arrangements looking
where the company has 320 acies
of factorv sites, an inexluiustable
-upply of natural gas at the lowest
rate possible, and sufficient capital
to the unloading of the ponderous
machinery, lie is here to sec that
the railroads lose no time in con-
structing siding and necessary
Livery Dray and Transfer
(i(K)l) TKAMH AND NAFK DHIVEUS
BUS MEETS ALL TRAINS PHONI* 1 LONG 3 SHORTS
duiyeh hknt with team
WHEN 1>KHIRH1>
PASSENGERS CARRIED TO ALL PARTS OF THE
CITY AND COUNTRY CHARGES REASONABLE
B. L. GILLASPIE, Prop.
Otiginally, all the land in Indian
Territory was owned by (the tribes
as a whole, and the individual In-
dians had no titles. A few years
ago the lands were allotted in sev-
eraly to the citizens of the various
tribes, and, although the title was
vested in the Indians, they were
forbidden by law to sell it, and
could not give a wairanty deed.
This recent legislation by Congress
authorizes the Indian allottees to
sell their land, and to gi\e a good
title, thus putting them on a full ■
equality with the whites, and re-
moving them from the guardianship
of the Government.
Under the old system, many of
the Inians did not have the means
or the inclination to cultivate their
holdings, although the lands were
good, and capable of producing
large yields of corn nnd small
grains, cotton and fruits. Farming
was cairied on in a desultory sort of
way by the Indians, or by the white
settlers who rented from year to
year. The restrictions on aliena-
tion prevented the Indians from sel-
ling enough land to get money to
I cultivate and improve the renia
ing lands—for the Indians were
anxious to get title to lanns and in-
augurate modern methods.
Although there w ill be nothing
in the new situation to compel the
Indians to *ell their lands, there arc
many causes that will induce them
to do so. All of the land from
which restrictions are removed i
liable for taxes, and all other civ
processes. Heretofore Indian laud
was exempt from taxation.
Indians are a* anxious to sell their
lands as (lie white men are to buy
it, and the rapid transfer to neyv
owners is to be expected.
One of the first effects of the re-
moval of restrictions w ill be an in-
i crease iu realty values in the cities
\ and toyvuS of the eastern half of
| Oklahoma. As the present values
are based upon industries other than
i agricultural, the development of the
farming country is certain to in-
crease the population of the towns,
and give greater value to city realty.
Willi the development of the farm-
ing countiy to normal proportions
all the town will increase.
We can hardly realize what these
two gigantic movements mean to
us. It is that point 111 the history ot
Hallett yvhen those who see the
future and grasp the opportunity
will profit thereby while those who
nevei see the good side of anything
turn away just as day of days is
dawning anil the golden opportunity
slips away forever.
Those yvlio are reading the great
future for Hallett in the unmistak-
Tlie "hie signs of the times are also los-
ing no time in improving the op-
portunity offered for investment.
The clatter of hammers and the
whir of tiie Carpenters saw is evi-
dence of this fact. Two large cot-
ton ginning plants arc building and
a large teed au(l grist mill. Otliei
enterprises are adding to taki care
of the enormous business that will
follow the location of the Lewis
Industrial Company's factories at
the new and thriving town of
Hallett and the advent ot the In er-
urban Electric railway that is
slowly but surely directing its
terminus toward our much favored
city.
WIIKN IN TI IK CITY STOP AT THIS
HOTEL HALLETT
tverntking Neat and "Clean
Transient Trade Solicited
RATES $1.00 PER
BY THE WEEK
DAY
$4.00
S. R. Moore, Prop.
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Mason, J. E. The Hallett Herald. (Hallett, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 26, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 30, 1910, newspaper, July 30, 1910; Hallett, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc180262/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.