The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-09-17
TO BETTER SERVICE
EFFORT WILL BE MADE TO Sc.
CURE TRAIN FROM THIS
CITY TO TEXAS FAIR.

| secure DelteT lIdlH stINi't iIohi
this section OF the country an oppor-
tunity to visit Dallas and take In the
fair.
on account OF the train service the
people OF this section have been han
dicapped, and the crowds that would
attend he fair have not done so. A
movement will be put on foot In a
day or so by the officials OF the fair
at Dallas and assisted by the peo-
pie OF this section to secure a bet.
ter service. Col. Sidney Suggs was
In Dallas Saturday and | nan inter.
view to the Dallas News gave out
the following information on the
subject
The people are showing consid.
cradle interest in the coming meet
OF the State Fair OF Texas and If
the proper railroad facilities are pro.
vlded there will be big attendance
! from that section. The trouble here.
tofore has been In the changing of
: .ars on the return trip from the Fair.
This especially applies to Santa Fe
connections at Fort Worth for the
north. Time and again from 100 to
| $50 people returning from the Fair
have arrived In Fort Worth in time
to see the Santa Fe train leaving.
| necessitating their 'faying In that
/ city over night. which works great
| hardship on the women and chill
dren. OF course. It Is all right for
men and boys to knock around
good part Of the night, but when you
have tired women and children with
you. and especially with those that
are little short of funds, 1t is no
laughing matter, and naturally causes
a great deal of hard feeling.
In order to get the crowd you
must havebetter facilities, and my
idea is to make up train at Ard.
more. to be known as the Texas
State Fair train, and run It straight
through TO Dallas without any change
whatever. The train could leave Ard.
more at 8 o'clock In the morning.
arrive In Dallas at or $50 a. IN.
leave this city about $3.50 p. IN and
arrive In Ardmore at midnight. or
course the train would not have to
be run every day; run It say every
other day. or every third day. The
train could be advertised and thus
enable territory visitors the best OF
accommodations TO VISIT the Texas
State Fair and be instructed, enter.
tanned and amused.
"A special train run over the Fris.
co. leaving Ardmore, would pass
through Province. Durwood. Madill.
Mansville, Woodville and thence TO
Denison. Via the Santa Fe the train
would make Overbrook Marietta,
Thackerville and Gainesville.
One OF the most popular days
with territory people this year will
be Confederate Day at the Fair
Tuesday. Oct. 22. In the country ad.
| 1acent to Ardmore and in the city
itself are hundreds of men who fought
| with the Confederates In the Civil
War, and they will come down here
to meet their old comrades In arms.
Another inducement that will
make large attendance IL the fact
that there are thousands OF Texans
settled in the territories. and | know
NJ many who have written their
friends In north. south east and west
Texas TO meet them at the Fair on
certain day.
Captain Smith tells me that every
stall In the live stock department has
been taken by exhibitors in fine
horses. cattle, sheep and hogs, and
that over 1000 head OF stock will
be exhibited as per applications on
file In his ONCE. I note with pleas.
ure that J. c. Washington OF Mari.
eta, |. T, will be here with his short
horn herd. Mr. Washington breeds
some OF the finest shorhorns in this
country ana | have been with him |
when he has taken the highest hon.
ors in the live stock shows at ST.
Jo' Kansas City, ST. Louis and Chi.
caEo
The Oklahoma State Fair will /
soon open in Oklahoma City. and
pomises To be largely attended. II |
Will have a great influence IN the .
uphuilding of the new state OF Okla. /
homa, which. by the way. will enter
Democratic ranks by majorit, OF .
10000 next Tuesday. At the Oklaho.
ma Fair will be held the National
Farmers convention. attended by ag.
icnliurists from every state I'm the
union, You people should have rep.
resentative up there 10 get the north.