The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-07-21
Ardmore, Friday, July ii, 1905.
okLAHomA's GOOD PROSPECTS

OKlAHOMA'S GOOD
The statehood convention which met
at Oklahoma City early this week TO
exprsss once more the sentiment OF
the inhabitants of Oklahoma and In
dian territories concerning their in
corporation in the immediate future
as a iull -fledged member OF the Union,
adopted resolutions setting forth
four distinct reasons for the bes;owal
upon these territories of joint state
hood. The reasons are good. The
case as presented by the convention
will impress the fair.minded citizen
and the member of congress who be-
lieves in honest legislation upon the
merits of the propositions submitted
very favorably.
As we had occasion to say recently
in commenting on the account of Ok
Iaholna's growth given by our own
correspondent, Mr.. Curtis, that terri
tory clone, without the aid and con
sent of any other ~neighboring com
munity, would be entitled to state
hood On every test fairly applicable.
Certainly the union with Indian Ter
ritory, a free and voluntary one. still
further strengthens her claim.
The two territories, according 10 the
resolutions. have a combined popula-
ton of 1900, 900. a combined area of
$4,000 square miles. taxable property
valued at 81. 900, OOO, 600, undevelOped
coal and gas fields and 5000 miles of
railway to convey their products to
market from every county and bring
the products Of other states into every
county.
What Is of greater and decisive i'm.
. portapoe, the We territories are able
20 point with just pride to the charac-
ter and quality of their population.
"Our fathers" say the resolutions
passed by the delegates at the enthi l.
siastic convention, live in every state
of the Union; we were born n bred
in the atmosphere of American liberty
AIT hlbhlAss G'ANNhNhS1 ~ -
literacy is remarkably low, the latest
figures being 5.5 for Oklahoma and 10
for Indian Territory, where 1902 600
persons are of indian extraction.
In n word. the reasons advanced by
the convention are good enough TO
account for the very excellent state
hood prospects the two territories un-
doubteGly enjoy.-ChiCago Record
Herald.
If half in the following from the
Dallas News is true It is time pure
feed laws were made and enforced
everywhere. Speaking of the pure
feed law, Senator McKamy says:
says: THE reasons for such a bill
have been forcibly seen in the last two
years or more. In the first place
many of our flour mills have been
grinding corr cobs and running it in
with the bran. Others nave used rice
hulls and rice char and mixed them
with bran. Not long since II mill
was detected mixing sand with cotton
ntrN Ultdls Tue l'dNbiN ~ iNANN
numerous and quite sufficient, and the
laws should be enforced to the let
ter. II It turns out to be weak or dc.
fectivo the weakness and defects
should be secured and the public thus
saved from a fraud which has resulted
in the death Of thousands of head OF
stock and cattle. Stop the fraud
That = the idea.
Penny Is a corruption of pun for
pound weight for one thousand; used
in combination with respect TO nails
as 10 penny nails, nails Of which 1000
weigh 10 pounds.
$+f%
II. y. Prick Is going to build a $40,
600, 1000 hotel in Plttsburg. He can't
have any daughters who want TO get
married to titled Englishmen.
No person is now allowed 10 take
mp moro than 800 acres of timber
lands. hut the evidence in the Mitchell
case shows that this matter must be