The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-12-16
A RESUME OF ACHIEVEMENTS
DURING PAST YEAR.
Street Car Line, Paving Of Main
streets and Several msnufaetur.
ing Enterprises In Prospect
Of Settling Here.

Ing line, which has separated forever
from an oyergrown town, and is ack
nowledgod as the young queen Of the
new state. The residents OF this city
have done much I'm tne way Of ac.
compllshmcnt during the past year
and have mucn TO look forward TO
during the year which Is TO follow
upon the rctreatlng footsteps Of 1906.
The year which is soon to draw To
a close has been one of progress
iycness and push in Ardmore. The
citizens Of this town have placed
their shoulders to the wheel Of prog
ress and with results which are sub
stantlal. On every side the marks
of progress are evident, and the rum.
bic OF an approaching city. the fore
most in a state whore cities are 10
build as rivals To- their elder sisters,
can be heard In the form Of the
hammer. saw and trowcl
Among those achievements which
residents Of this city can look back
uiun as q work accomplished dur.
ing the wear which is fast drawing
To- an end is the building Of a city
out Of a town. the construction Of
more now business houses than for
any three years before. an influx of
| homoseekers, who are substantial
citizens, a Wholesale aud retail trade
which has been unriyalcd in years
passed To these need not be added
those little things which go to make
city and to which Ardmore is fast
falling heir.
THESE achievements. however. are
overshadowed by the possibilities
which the approaching year OF 1907
| has in store for ArdmOre. Never be
fore in the history OF any Western
city, which has attained its growth
/ by q substantial development. has
/ brighter fields ben opened TO the
/ investor and greater possibilities
roon displayed 10 the homeseckcr,
than the surrounding country now
presents Many things arelookcd for.
ward to in the year TO come. The
state government will be in the
hands Of the voters. restrictions re-
moved from the lands of the natives,
the country opened to immigration
and homes 10 the actual settler.
The paving OF the streets Of the
business sections of the city and the
building of "a street car system, two
things which are now forming for
actual construction. viii have been
completed long before the year 1901
makes place for 1905. The construc-
tln Of a glass factory, on which pro.
motcra are working. the establish
mCnt Of an iron foundry and a cheap
coal factory a cotton mill and ether
Industries. will In all probability be
located hero before the year has
drawn 10 close. The construction
OF a pipe line which will connect
this city with the great oil and gas
fields which lie few miles west OF
here, and the connection Of this city
with these fclds by mn interurbnn
system are few links in the chain
which are are forging ont of Ard.
more n city.
Az present there are more salarled
men in Arduure than for any time
in the past history OF the town.
More money being turned loose for
both private and municipal davelop.
ment The laying uf the waterworks
and sewer extensions. the paving OF
the streets, the construction OF the
street railway the grading of the
streets and the work in the i'm.
proyement districts which have been
created by the council, will turn
loose within the next few months
several thousand dollars 10 the wage
carners Of the city. everywhere i'm.
proyemont is gCing on and the citys
growth is like the shifting storeopti-
can views, which take the onluoker
from struggling village to n mag
nincent city in a twlnkling. All these !
changes have not come without much !
labor and EFFORT on the part OF resi-. |
dents II the town, and they stand as
a monument TO the push and energy |
OF people VINO glory IN their ac-
complishmouts.
Ardmore is welcomed rs the new |
queen OF progress and push and is |
an example II American energy com.
ulnod with natures mineral and az |
ricultural gifts.
Madden sells Toys Tor less.