The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-05-16

people our earnest desire to cooper
ate with your laudablc efforts to bet
ter your conditions and take full au
vantage uf your wonderful wealth o.
agricultural, mining and Vil lands
which are now only IN the infancy OF
their development"
j. T. lcimort. of the Cable Compa
ny. manufacturers OF pianos ana VI
gans. when asked for his impressions
gained from personal observation IN
the present tour said
1T is most SURPRISING - m" that
the prosperous condition found
throughout the localities in Indian
Tcrritor, SO far visited is possible I'M
dor the atruci,us condi'ib1s Wh"h
seem M prevail hrouGhouf ms ter
ritory The evidences ot natural w"a!'h
ms shown to me are equal to those "i
any part = this vast country Wh''o
n has ever been my pleasure - Nis'I
i,r,is hoveyer. seems TO he your only
advantage and | am convinced 'ha'
Il Is great compliment to our spiri'
and manhood that yau are able W ac'
c,mplish the great things you nave
achieved in the face of such an over
whelming handicap as your local CIVIC
conditions inflicts upon you
"I view your conditions here VIII"
n rreat deal Of sympathy and nav
roso,ved TO personally do all w'',''n
tho u-wcr of my influence TO acp"''''
my political friends Of the north WIZ"
your true conditions here and e"u'''
or =, obtain their assistance 'o""''
their hctterment I'D,
"rbo Chicago Commercial AsSo''''
A., l.. no, oropuizcd alone for ;he Nur'
noso of developing trade; "ne VI w
nrincipal purposes being to advance
civic conditions whenever ana "h'''
oyor within It's power. The proper
committee OF this associau3n WI" Nv
most forcibly acquainted with your
conditions and assurance can pe CIV
ON Won that every assistance posslp'e
will ne accorded y-u by this asSocia
tion.
I'm closing would like to acqualn'
your merchants with the 'ac' 'h'' '"'
Chicago Commercial Association ID an
Immense commercial club, MAINTAIN
ing at considerable expense common
an. club house quarters In the Grea
Northern Theater building "he''
cvcry convenience is offered to com
mercial visitors and their ladies'
mn expense to them whatsoever. IL
. these club rooms there Will he iou"'
at all times gentlemen who are retain
. ed by the Chicago Commercial asSo
citation for the purpose Of at'thdihl
. IL, their slightest want and we ar
nleased to most cordially invite an
of Won to make the Chicago Commei
, cial association your headquarter
4, while In Chicago"
\. Henry Wertheimer, Jr., ~ the Ns
d tional Parlor Furniture Co, repre-
N ScntlnB tnt lulhi'"i'
n. cago, was enthusiastic In his prais
4. of the possibilities of Indian Territ'
IL ry. In part he said:
a. when left Chicago 10 start %
st this trip like good many other Ch
Al cagoans, | felt that no matter VIVA
trips we might make, no matter VIVA
" places we might visit, and no matte
m where we might go, the indomitabl
n will and energy II Chicago from
,e commercial and financial point wa
At matchless. ! am willing 10 admit an
ir happy to say that in Oklahoma and II
re dian Territory ! have struck cohu
nation that matches Chicago. ! fe'
We that in saying this | can pay no grel
W or compliment 10 the men OF bral
"a and muscle, to the men OF Oklahon
'e. and Indian Territory who alone pla
10 ned mighty things, but have ACME
ur ed them. II would take an entire GO
of umn In this newspaper II had u
ly gift and power OF description To t'
nd how deep and lasting are the impre
ce sions which have formed from II
of observations on this tour In cou
mr. try where the soil is so prollfic al