The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-12-24
THAT PARTY.
The Fort Worth Gazette's Account of the
Excursion Here Last Sunday-The
Party Well Pleased

r. ID. Yoakum, live ct ck agent Of 4
the Santa Fe, al S. B. Eurnett, /
were the joint promoters of an excur-
sion to Ardmore, /. T., Sunday, and |
with two such men al the head Of
the party, il is no wonder that the 1
trip afforded unlimited pleasure to
every membir of the party. Mr..
yoakum extended all the courtesy
and conveniences of the road he rep
resents, and Mr.. Burnett in his in
imitable way contributed substantial
Iy to the enjoyment Il the party.
Leaving Fort Worth on Sunday
morning, the party went mp on the
Santa Fe, making rapid inspection
from the car windows of the large
herd of Witherspoon cattle that are
being fed at Gainesville, and arrived
at Ardmore in time for dinner. Up
on arrival there the party was met at
the station by w. r. Moore, manager
of the oil mills, who had been noti-
fed by Mr.. Burnett, they were
driven to the Wisnor hotel and )yal-
ly entertained, Mr.. Moore proving
himself to be prince of entertainers
After an hour spent most pleasantly.
during which dinner was being pre-
pared, the party was conducted into
the dining room, where ieast had
been spread commensurate with the
appetites of the hT ~ men.
The ME f he 5ar'y aving
/ tse1 1scr;be,- /, D. iotei re )
.e. - the 70, ..o-.'s = ega,ioh," !"
ne. t~vl g, rrcv-nres @rl were
driven II trough q led pens,
,5hc ?. Ne rrs a-s d Ttere
are many among them that will reach
the 14Oo Tc nd mark, and few that
viii fall te'ow 100 pounds, these be-
ing vo-~ear-olds. The expert cattle
judges 40 inspected them pronounced
them unsurpassed by any bunch of
cattle on feed in Texas this season
with the possible exception of the
bunch of the 6G6 brand feeding at Al
varado. le cattle are in fine mark
etah condition now, and would
AidEC - - 1T III AAAG AAhG1AA = wv "a
beef-eate-s, but they will likely be
kept on feed till the market justifies
their sale. me method Of feeding
pursued by the mill company this
year is different from that adopted
last year when meal was used alto
gether. This year a mixture of meal,
crushed corn ana cut nay is used
and Mr.. Moore declares tat the cat
tie have fattened better than ever be-
fore, W 'ch is manifest from their
splendid condition no r Besides the
cat e on feed the company has 27-
90 on grass about forty miles west o
Ardmore.
When the cattle hs1 Jeen looked
over the party was driven to the oil
mill ana shown through it from the
place where the raw seed with the
lint on go in, to where the finished
oil and meal come out. The mill has
capacity o. seven y-fve tons,
and is operated BY 15O-horse power
Corliss engine. There is on hand
now about one and one- half million
pounds of meal, but as ON seventy
five to one hl1 ed lousand pounds
are consumed Gaily ~ the cattle on
feed there, it is evident thai even
this enormous quantity would be
consumed, should none be sold to
outsiders. The visitors also inspected
the crusher, here much corn is pre-
pared, and examined the method OF
cutting hay and oats for the mixed
feed.
The parly returned over the Santa
FeISunday night, much pleased with
the trip, and voting Ardmore an ex-
: cellent place to visit.
You who typewriter letter
heads can He. lT is Of
/. flee that W please -. only
Ire be st paper used.
Flank mO~SP9ges 4 tie pest form
fo~ sale al this office.
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