The Southwest World (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 42, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 13, 1902 Page: 3 of 8
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Lillies Drug Store-
an^eeds0JisfacW and f"r"ish material and (Juar^
Estimates Cheerfully Furnished
PHONE IMO. 7.
F. B. Lillic ft Co.
One fare for the round trip on
I the "Choctaw" December 24, 25
31, 1 *>02, -ind January 1,
Tickets good to return until Jan-
uary 2, 1903.
THE CHICAGO POST ™MUT
HOME PAPER,
If a girl were stone blind she
would not want all tho<e frills
and fussy things that nobody
ever sees but herself.
Lots of people get round
shouldered patting themselves on
the back.
No man can long stay angry
| at woman; women are so expert
at making up.
THOUSANDS
Are Seeking Homes In
the Territories
Oklahoma and Indian
A Rich Field is Promised Here
to Those Who Desire to
Leave the Crowded
East.
The following from the Kansas
City Star is an indication of how
rapidly Oklahoma and Indian
Territory are filling up with per-
sons seeking homes:
From 6,000 to 8,000 homeseek-
ers passed through the Kansas
City Union depot yesterday on
their way to various points in Ok
lahoma and other fertile sp^ts in
the Southwest. Practically all of
the homeseekers, who came from
the North and from the Central
states, were compelled to wait
over at the Union depot in Kan
sas City for hours, and the utter
inadequacy of the ramshackle old
place was never better or worse
displayed.
From 10 o'clock yesterday
morning to 9 o'clock last night
the Union depot was crowded to
its utmost capacity, and for every
one that could secure a seat, there
were twenty who were compelled
to stand or else sit on the floor.
Many did sit on the floor. Scores
of others walked up and down
Union avenue in the rain. Of
these thousands of people nearly
all had heard of the greatness
and prosperity of Kansas City
but few had heard of the small-
ness of its Union depot.
A thousand or more of the
homeseekers were Swedes from
northern Minnesota. They said
the winters of that state were too
long and cold and that they were
in search of a rich farming coun-
try where the elements were more
kind. Many of these Swedes were
dressed in fur overcoats, heavy
wool mittens, and the familiar
winter cap of the north, They
all looked sturdy and prosperous.
The homeseekers were almost
all destined for the three terri-
tories that are seeking statehood.
Yesterday was the last of the
homeseekers' excursions offered
by the railroads of the season,
and it proved the largest of the
year. Many of the homeseekers
including many of the Minnesota
Swedes, were going to Eagle
City, a new town in the western
part of Blaine county, Oklahoma
on a branch of the 'Frisco system.
Eagle City is fifty-five miles from
4Enid and 450 miles from Kansas
W hi!e Eagle City is spoken of as
a municipality, yet in realty there
is little or nothing there yet but
the townsite. It is a town that is
to be settled in a day, but every-
thing has been prepared for this
hasty settlement. Today there
will be a drawing of townsite
lots.
"All aboard," shouted the con
ductor of a special train at the
Union depot last night and COO
Kansas City people, representing
almost every trade and profession
and including two brass bands of
twenty pieces each, piled into the
twelve coaches of a special train
in waiting bound for Eagle City,
Ok. Ivagle City is the name of a
new town in the territory which
this party of town builders ex
pect to boom. The "Six Hun-
dred" assembled in the offices of
the Southwest Townsite company
in the Gibraltar building. It was
originally planned to march down
to the station from the Junction,
but the rain prevented the carry-
ing out of this programme. The
bands gave a short concert at the
station before the party embarked
The crowd is made up of peo-
ple from Missouri, Kansas, Iowa,
Arkansas and Texas. They will
arrive in Eagle City this after
noon at 5 o'clock. The drawing
of about 2,800 lots will begin
about 7 o'clock to-night and last
for two days. There will be speak
ing and a vaudeville entertain-
ment to amuse the party. Fifteen
buildings have already been
erected upon the grounds. Eagle
City has a guaranteed population
of 500 and two banks* Oil and
gas have already been located on
the property.
A good many people pay as
little attention to the beauty of a
sunset as if they had to get up
early in the morning to see it.
Low excursion rates for the
holidays on the "Choctaw."
Every FARMER should read daily The Chicago Post.
E*erj LIVE-STOCK Shipper should read daily The Chicago Post.
Every PRODUCE Shipper should read daily The Chicago Post.
Every GRAIN Shipper should read daily The Chicago Post
THE GREAT
MARKET NEWSPAPER.
THE BEST IS HOWE TOO GOOD FOR YOU.
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The Kansas City Star
Published every evening and Sunday morning, presents
all the news oi the 24 hours in thr most attractive and
eadable shape. Well selected miscellany, special arti-
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a nd thoroughly authentic market reports, make everv
issue of value to the reader. The Kansas City Star has
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—the largest circulation of any new spaper in the world
published in a city ol less than 300,000 population. The
kansas Cit\ Star deserve^ and obtains the appreciation
of the reading public or it nevor would have achieved
such great success.
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Country preachers are usually
long on sermons and short on
salary.
It almost restores a woman's
faith in her husband to hear that
hd has gone into politics.
Remarkable Offer.
The attention of our readerrs
is directed to the announcement
in this issue of special clubbing
rates with Young People's Week-
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and The World for 75 cents. Our
readers will surely appreciate this
\ery liberal offer, and we invite
them to make it known to such
of their friends as are not already
subscribers. Two papers for the
price of one is an inducement sel-
dom offered, especiallly when
either is well worth the price ask-
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companied by the cash, should be
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DENTIST.
Office next to Postoffie, over Hetscli
Shoe Store, Cor. First and Okla. Ave.
guthrie, okla.
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SWEARINGEN.
Strawberry Plants For Sale
The best varieties, acclimated
to Oklahoma, and strong, heal-
thy stock, Write or call at my
farm miles southwest of Guth-
rie.—A. Ellison.
City. It is in a rich country.
I he Choctaw, Oklahoma &
Gulf Iv. R. will sell holiday ex-
cursion tickets locally at one fare
for the round trip, December 24,
25 and 31, 1902, and January l'
1''03, limited for the return until
January 2, 1903.
Wearing out the seat of one's
tronsers looking for work save^
shoe leather, but the wife of the
man who does it will continue to
be compelled to take in washing.
I he 'Frisco's December calen-
dar was the handsomest thing of
the kind ever received at this
office.
E. A. DOUGLAS.
The Guthrie Jeweler.
Watches, Dirmonds, Silver-
ware, Fine China, Clocks.
R. I. Watch Inspector.
102 Oklahoma Ave
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Ask your ticket agent all about
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Choctaw."
So feline is a woman that she
can't bear to have anybody ex-
cept her children look like their
father without raging jealously
T. A. WHITE,
CIVIL ENGINEER.
.. Special attention given to
Street Paving-, Water Supply,'
and Sewerage Engineering
Office: 105 West
Oklahoma Avenue, vJUtlirie, Okla.
Horace M. Adams,
A ttorney-at-Law.
Loans and Real Estate
Over Guthrie Nat. Bank.
J. B. GREEN. c. I.GREEN.
GREEN & GREEN,
LAW,
INSURANCE, LOANS.
212 W. Oklahoma Avenue.
guthrie, ok.
Notary in Office. 1 hone 553
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Booth, H. A. The Southwest World (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 42, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 13, 1902, newspaper, December 13, 1902; Guthrie, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc88984/m1/3/: accessed May 4, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.