The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-02-21
COMPANY REPRESEN .eis IN
THIS CITY.
MRS. D. ". Fits, OKLAHOMA
Tells Of the Organization Of the Com.
pany and the Work to be Accom-.
plished. Also OF Benefits to Be
Derived from Exhibits.

Mrs. d. w. Fits of Oklahoma City,
state representative of the Oklahoma !
jamestown Exposition company, is in
the city today securing subscriptions
for stock in the company formed for
the purpose of securing an exhibit for
the state at the jamestown exposition =
commencing April and continuing un-
til November. While here, Mrs. Fits !
has appointed Miss Lavinia Woods |
and Miss Jennie Wakefield as local !
representatives to secure stock in
this city.
The company has the backing Of all /
of the commercial clubs in both Ok !
lahoma proper and the Indian Terri !
tory, and among the prominent mem y
bcrs of the executive board is Lee ,
Crucc of this city.
Mrs. Fits Is meeting with success |
in her efforts and in speaking of the
exposition and the benefits that would !
accrue 10 the state i'm having an eX.
hbit she had the following to say:
The jamestown exposition. which !
is 10 be held during the seven months !
beginning April 26th., 1907, to cele- !
brate the ter-centennial anniversary
of the first permanent Anglo-SaXon
settlement upon the Americau conti- !
nent, Is an event of great interest to
every patriotic citizen of the United
States. Virginia, the oldest of the
sistcrhoOd Of states, has bidden the
people of the whole nation join with
( her own in the commemoration of
that most notable event. To the peo
pile of Oklahoma, the youngest of that
sisterhood, whose pulses are yet
IthIobbing with the inspiration which
led to their own magnificent pioneer
efforts and achievements, this
| { .yitation from the mother of states"
{ )mes with an atuactiveness that is
al but irresistible. Unfortunately,
However. ..ahoma finds itself i'm the
/ { ndition of transition from territory
! to state just at the time that legis-
l.tive appropriation for such pur-
pose Is desired. with no legislature
in early prospect such an appropria-
It.1n from public funds Is out of the
Question. TO raise money for sucn
public spirited purpose by popular
Subscription is not an easy matter,
! Il ough such course is by no means
Unprecedented. In 1898 the legisla-
,ture Of the state of Kansas ...hed to
make any appropriation for the eX'
|h.bit of that state at the Columbian
exposition at Chicago. \ voluntary
Ia ocation was foymed and the nee
cs ary funds were quickly ras,u
In Dular Subscription the puDnc spir
III, 1 subscribers being afteIward re-
lin burscd in full as the result of a
:. ecial appropriation Of the next ses-
sion of the state legislative assembly.
II ne funds for the ORlanoma eNhiuit
AT the Omaha exposition, 1898, were
/ likewise raised by popular subscrip-
/ tion and in like manner repaid by sub
sequent legislative appropriation.
The Okahoma-Jamestow rxposi-
tiun company is a corporation char
tered under the laws of the Territory
of Oklahoma for the specific purpose
OF making a representative display of
the natural resources and industrial
development of the new state at the
jamestown exposition. by provisions
of he charter of the OklahOma-James
| town Exposition company the possi-
/ billy of profit to the company or the
payment of salary 10 any of the mem
tbC.s of its board OF directors is effec,
tuully precluded
The authorized capitalization oi
the Oklanoma.Jame Exposition
|coMpany is Sl00,Jv0.00, divided into
shares the par value of which is SlOt
! The proceeds from the sale of these
shares are TO be used in making q
suitable display of the resources and
development of the new state at the
jamestown exposition, rho first ses-
siCn OF the state legislature will be
asked TO make an appropriation for
the purpose of refundins the sums
ithus advanced by public spirited sub
Iscribers or stockholders. The Okla