The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-12-09

ing 10 do with the spending OF the
money. but unless the new officials
who are elected in April have money
to- spend there will be nothing doing,
for there will be- nothing to do with.
The new charter provides for a may
for myself and begin to repair my
financial fences and provide Tor ny
family.
desire to tender to the city
council my resignation and the only
sad feature to me is that have
to leave a town where ! have prac.
tically lived since boyhood and raised
my family. Nv oldest daughter was
one year old when came here,
who has since grown to womanhood
and married. and is the birthplace
of my other little daughter. It is
sad 10 me TO leave town where
have lived so long / feel now,
and always will feel. that this Is
my home. The sad part Is to leave
"a place where YOU have worked sew
en- years for the public TO make
back the money you have lost. and
still nave some people, who doesn't
appreciate the sacrifice. would
again take the same course have
taken for It has broadcncd me and
am glad to have had the expert
cncc, but am going to a broader
field OF work and that in serving
our state.
The construction work Of which
am TO have charge appeals to
me. You know the state expects to
have her convicts work the public
roads. and It is my ambition to
build in Oklahoma a grand public
highway. crossing the state from
north 10 south and from east TO
long as the Appian Way. expect
10 be instrumental in pushing uhis
project forward and | hope II will
BE- an object lesson to the counties
Of the state TO build by-roads INTO
thes state roads and cover the en-.
tire state with network OF good
roads, where you can start an auto
mobile and go at the rate of thirty
miles an hour through the state with
out having to stop want us to build
such roads as cannot be found in
any other state in the union: and
when that is accomplished YOU VIII
see values OF land jump from fifteen
and twenty dollars per acre TO Sow
/ cnty-fivo and one hundred dollars
/ per acre and business and progress
IN every portion Of the state will go
! forward in leaps and bounds.
! trust that my conduct will he
J rnch that can always retain your
good will and support I will do
my best 10 fiji III, place 10 whci
I have been appointed with credit
/ 10 my state and 10 myself
think know what II takes Ia
build a city, and that Is TO get ont
and build II Horace Greeley said
"Tho way 70 resume was TO rr
sumc" There Is only one way to do
II and that Is 10 vote bonds. We have
two or three bond issues: two issuo-
where they voted | did not take any
steps further other than to tell the
. nnnp1n ush 10
them that they would later see their
error. did my duty as mayor and
told some Of the kckers the city
would he injured II they were turned
down, Only few davs since one
Of the men who so bitterly opposed
them came 10 ME and said that he
believed that 7 was right whom I told
them they were making a mistake
In voting down the bonds That
man today has four vacant houses
not getting one cents rent, when Il
they had voted the bonds they wouli
au he occupied now and he would
hc drawing n nice monthly income.
do not s'andor my town. for on
town morally Is ms good rs anv ir
the state. 10 not believe IN advcr
tising the fact that We h.v, some
thing that We must suppress. Astc
our Joints We have no moro and mo-
so many MS some other towns IN N,
state. and q makes mo mad 10 hoa'
noonlo going mn and down tho street
and travelling from town 20 town ad
vorfisinr 20 me world that We hav,
the moauos' town 10 its size IN OK
lahowl. ! want 70 state 10 Won tho
Ardmoro is ~ ahead NJ anv town {,
oklahoma and T. hurts Ne IN ovNr'
WOW ~ s7v that We have tho wors
town I'm tNo state Thoro arc 'hIrr