The Shawnee News. (Shawnee, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 266, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 6, 1910 Page: 4 of 12
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•AGE FOUR.
THE SHAWNEE NEWS. WEDNESDAY. APRIL «.
THE seW«. I MONTHB TO* H OC
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HEALTH.
Shawnee has been a healthy city |
since Its foundation. Central Okla-
homa has always been regarded u
one of the healthiest sections of the
United States.
The balmy and dry air of this city
and surroundings, with Its refreshing
cool nlghu, make here a spot where
mind and body alike may perform
toe greatest tasks with the least fric-
tion. At an altitude of 1.00C feet
with a maximum of sunshine aij<i
pore air, the capacity for hard worn
1* up at highest point
to right: Glen Hall. Lil-
This is the first grand opera writ-and iaarka a memorable date in the
(en by an American ani snag ^jjtorj- „
Enekfc that has ever beer, produced.
A scene from the opera. "The Pipe
of Desire.' which has just had its'" celling. Leonora Sparks. Clar-
initial performance at the MecropotHmce Whitehall and Herbert Wither
tan opera house in New ^orfc. spoon
SUNSHINE OP PROSPERITY.
The face of natni* is young aid
fresh; Its features are diversified and
beautift:. Its climate la of ansar-
passed healthfulness and lovellnesi
and ol every variety. These are the
framework within which Shawnee Is
■nfolding its fairest and most frag
perlty is )tut cow expanding a loxu
riant growth. Shawnee is admirably
fitted for development As the city
expands and Joins hands with the In-
dustrial and college additions. In
which a new city of considerable
site will be built, the raise of lota .
fa Araonrdsie win Increase. Get tn
on. the ground floor The sale Is be-
ing held today.
Crystal
Oomino
Sugar
2'A.a 5".k SEALED BOXES
BEST SU£AB FOR TEA AHD COFFH!
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Visiting
The Shawnee stops of the Chicago.
Bock Island k Pacific railway are
the largest railway shops ia the state
They employ a thousand men at the
present time and are being greatl,
enlarged The erecting shop la be-
ing rebuilt, the repa.r tracks cor
ered miles and miles of additional
track put In and otner extensive Im-
provements are contemplated
These shops do all kind of repair
work, from private cars to locomo-
tive*. The facilities have been so
greatly increased within the past .wo
years that mnch of the locomotive
rebuilding that was formerly done at
the Moline shops is now done here.
There is also a great Ceal of new
work tn the way of coaches and pri-
vate cars turned out. The shops em
ploy the year round an immense
force of skilled mechanics .11 almost
all Dues. paying high prices for the
services rendered
Cards
50 Cents.
Plans for the cotton mill that has
been secured by the 8bawnee De-
velopment company from one of the
largest cotton mill centers of the
country have arrived In their amend-
ed form The bin as first planned
was to cost $300,000 to build; accord-
ing to the amended plans and speci-
fications. It will cost 1500,000. and
will employ 500 people. The dimen-
sions are as follows: Length, 563
feet: breadth. 207 feet; height, 35
feet All of the equipment will be
the most modern obtainable. This
one institution wiU add at least 2.500
people to Shawnee's population and
will Increase the dinner bucket brig-
ade to a noticeable extent.
The Baptist University.
One of the greatest victories ever
won for 8hawnee was the location of
the Baptist university, an Institution
that wlU cost $500,000 to build and
which will hold the Interests of 70,-
000 Baptists of the state. Work up-
on the construction of this university
will be hastened, as It has already
been long delayed, and It is the de-
sire of the school committee of the
state Baptists to get It In operation
at the earliest possible moment.
$125,000 Steel Mill.
One of the latest acquiaitions la
a steel plant to cost $125,000. This
Is to be build by Ohio people, who
have for some months been interested
In Shawnee, and have at laat decided
to build a plant here. The men who
will build the plant are men of af-
fairs, experienced tn the business,]
who have made a success in the
same line In the years gone by
The Farmer* Are In.
Pottawatomie county farmers have
become Immensely enthused by the
big things that are taking nlace tn
Shawnee, and have been clamoring
for their share of the boosting. Tbiy
realize thai every foot of ground
within a radius of twenty miles will
have Its value greatly Increased by
the magnificent allowing that Shaw-
nee Is making.
CITY PARKS.
Shawnee maintains two parks, one
In the center of the city, near the
bustness section, and one on ths
North Canadian river. In the southern
part of the city. They contain In all
twenty-eight acres, and are managed
by the park board and maintained
by public taxation.
City parks 2g acres
Benson park 32 acres
Woodland park. When the city
was platted a tract of fourteen acres
of native forest was set aside as a
public park. It Is now within two
blocks of the business section of the
city. It is one of tne beauty Bpots
of Shawnee.
Riverside park Is situated on the
high bluffs of the North Canadian
river In the southern part of the city.
It is covered with a fine growth of
forest trees. A view of the river
valley from this park Is quite pleas-
ing.
Benson park, which Is situated two
and onehalf miles south of the city,
on the Shawnee-Tecumseh Interurban
railway, is one of the most beautiful
suburban parks in the West. There
are In this park thirty-two acres of
native forest, and the variety of na-
tive forest trees found flourishing In
Benson park Is most Interesting,
there being twenty-three varieties,
which is most positive evidence to
those not familiar with the surround-
ings of Shawnee that the city is not
on a barren prairie.
The Interurban railway company Is
expending $85,000 In making Benson
park a modern, high-class place of
amusement.
More Economical than
the Cheap and Big Can Kind
- and MUCH BETTER
WHY? Because Calumet Baking Powder is more
certain in its results—the baking is always lighter,
more delicious and more evenly raised You never
have a spoiled batch of baking by its use.
It requires less — hence goes further.
CALUMET
BAKING POWDER
IS the "full value" baking powder—the highest quality
baking powder a: a medium price. And we guarantee that
it wi.l give you more real satisfaction than any baking pow-
der rou have ever used—ask your grocer.
Free—large handsome recip* book, illustrated in color*.
Send 4c and slip found in pound can.
Calumet R:c#l*od Highest Award—World's Purs Food Exposition
fAiiurf
ULUMtj
CHEAP NATURAL GAS.
Shawnee offers cheap natural gas
to manufacturing plants. Snawnee
has great coal beds right at her door
and offers cheap steam eoal to fac-
tories. Shawnee offers Srst-class
transportation facilities on three
great trunk line* of railroads tha
reach every part of the Southwest
OPENING BROADWAY.
North Broadway Is being improved
to Armourdal", and today Is being
opened and gradf-d to the packing
house site.
The work upon the street has been
very effective, and has greatly Im-
proved the appearance of the entire
addition.
it has keen suggested that the
wooded section on the IJes quar-
ter. this (Me of tbe packing house,
would If Improved, make a beauti-
ful pars
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ISDUS1R1AL EDTliOX
The Shawnee News.
A $3,000,000
PACKING PLANT
FOR SHAWNEE
Deal By Which This City Gets Monster Industry Has Been Final! y
Closed-Three Railroads Are to Build As Part of Agreement
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A scene at a meeting of the train-
men of Canada, held at Toronto, at
which the question of striking was
recently discussed.
Practically the same issues as those
faced by their Philadelphia brethren
had to be considered.
The meeting and the voting were
conducted in an orderly manner.
Too Late to Classify
FOR SALE—One upright piano, Starr
make; cost $360.00, a bargain at
1275.00; terms will be granted to
parties proving themselves reliable.
Call at 323 North Minnesota street.
5-4-6-10
W ANTED—To rent three or four-
room bouse; must be close In. Ap-
ply to SHAWNEE INVESTMENT
COMPANY, K. T. Howe, manager,
1231 Main street, 'phone 115. 5-lt
ANTED— A lady to do some bush-
ing. at 205 East Main. AL FRANKEL.
5-3t
John W. Gates, the multimillionaire
who has made It known that he does
cot care for the republican nomina-
tion for governor In fie state of Tei
He saya he can't spare tbe time
from the work he has be^un to bring
capitalists to Texas, and that be has
wreral projects which mean the In
vestment of several million dollars in
new industries in Texas.
There are those In the state, how-
ever. who grin and declare that Gate*
with a republican nomination In Tex-
as has about as much chance—well,
the only chance allowed for him Is
a liberal contribution to the repub-
m campaign fund.
K*>K RENT Thr. furbished rooms
for light housekeeping; gas and
lights furnished. 315 N. Oklahoma.
6-3t
LOST—Green leather purse, old. con-
taining about 17 Please return to
News office.
The new convention hall, the finest
and largest in the Southwest—In
fact, the largest south of Kansas
City— Is well under way. The con-
tractors are now almost ready to
roof the building, one of the Im-
mense steel girders, weighing seven-
teen tons, having been already put
Into place after two days of hard
work.
A special feature of the convention
hall Is the floor of tbe auditorium.
This la arranged on Joists swung on
pivots, so that it can be let down
to a level position for use as a
dancing floor, or for the annual poul-
try or flower shows.
The building Is also so arranged
WHAT THE PACKING HOUSE MEANS TO SHAWNEE.
An immediate increase in the population of Shawnee to double what
it Is at present
A corresponding increase in the size of the retail business of Shawnee
The building of at least 1,000 new homes before the end of the
present year.
The building of at least flftv store and office buildings to accommo
date the increased business.
The establishment of more wholesale and jobbing houses, more com-
mission bouses and supply houses.
The establishment of new Industries of every description
The Increase in freight traffic of all railroads by several ml.jion Col
lars.
The building of new railway lines Into the city at once, which wl
open up a wide territory now reached with difficulty.
The making of Shawnee the great livestock center of the new state
in which millions of dollars will be exchanged annually.
Stock for the other packing houses of the state will be bought a'
the Shawnee market
FACTS ABOUT THE BIG FOUR PACKING PLANT.
It will cost $3,000,000 to equip and operate.
It will equal In size a full city block four stories high.
Its capacity will be greater than that of any other In the Southwest
It will be built my men of independent means, who are fully able to
build and operate a plant without other resources than their own.
It will be located on the Lies & Lorentz quarter section, the north
west quarter of section 31. township 11, range 4 east, and will occupy
with the union stockyards, 160 acres.
A belt line for which the right-of-way is already under the control
of the development company will connect the packing bouse with alt
railroads now entering and to be built into the city.
THE MORAL.
Come to Shawnee NOW and get In on the ground floor, for SHAWNEE
HAS AN ERA OF UNEXAMPLED PROSPERITY AND GROWTH TOST
AHEAD OF HER. 8HE WILL BE TRULY THE WONDER CITY OF
THE GREAT SOUTHWEST.
Stanley Ketchel, the middleweight
champion fighter who met Frank
Klaus of Pittsburg recently in six
rounds, and could only gain a draw
Considering the difference in the
reputation of the men, the result was
a surprise to all followers of ring
work. The battle was a slow affair.
that when the ctly hall Is rented to
the county for courthouse purposes,
the front part of the convention hall
can be fitted for use of the city
officers, and the basement for a police
station.
Convention hall la most artistic, as
pretty effect has been obtained by
the use of different colored brick.
rHRKB LINKS THREE TIMM IK
WALL PAPER
In order that we may keep in pace
with the recent leaps and bounds of
Shawnee, we have enlarged our stock
of Paints and Paper, so that today we
stand unquestionably as one of the
largest retail establishments carry.
>ng exclusively Paints, Oils. Paper
and Glass In the state of Oklahoma.
Our main feature this season will be
WALL PAPER, and today, ,h0llld
you chance to pass along Broadway,
you will observe the east side of the
street covered with a sufficient quan-
tity of paper to paper the city ot
Shawnee.
Consult us as to your wants. No
matter the grade, we have got it.
WIRFS PAINT & GLASS CO.
Corner Ninth and Broadway.
•Phone 721.
Anticipate your Wants. News Want Ads Pay
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