The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-04-21
OF THE PRODUCTS OF CARTER
COUNTY DISCUSSED BY COLONEL.
NORMAL. LAKE DAM. PAVING
Three other Topics Given Due Atten
ton During the Course Of Con.
versation on Matters Of Gen
eral Interest 10 City.

OF the past few dlys2 Is your rheu-
matsm giving you amy rouuler'
My boy / never felt better in my
life, although / wish this rain would
/ let u1 Ton few weeks at Least, So
o.. tl. farmer. could DO some work"
Colonel have you ever seen as
much rain fail as We have been ha
Ing during the month of April as We
/ have had iu this month";
"l remember when was boy,
way back before tho war. We had in
ccssaut rain for two months, and
/ farmers had AN of their crops wash
ed ont, it was later than this, and
/ everybody was feeling blue
Colonel. what do YOU think about
the establishment of permanent ex-
hibit for Carter county to be placed
at some good point in the city SO as
to show the new comcrs and prospec
tors what We can raise here, and the
fixing OF the first Monday in each
month as sales day?"
Some noted man once said, that
all great minds run in the same
channel, so your mind as we'll as
mine own mind is running In the
same channel this morning. | was
discussing that topic with my wife
last night and stayed up an hour
after our usual retiring time TO talk
the question over. with the pros
poets Of securing a removal of re-
strctions and the present influx of
I prospects TO this section Of the Coun-
try. and especially to this section of
Oklahoma, makes such step almost
a necessity. When you come TO think
about the question, do you know, that
but few of us who live here IN town
know what we can produce in this
country? why, we have the greatest
country in the state. the most pro-
ductive soil, and the greatest c!inat-
In the world. We can raise fruits,
vegetables, broom oorn, peanuts cot
ton, corn pop corn, aNG anything else
We try Some good place should be
picked out and farmers should be
invited TO bring their products here
and place them on exhibit. We
should have an exposition limit
ed to the farmers of this county
and offer prizes for the many kinds
OF products that are raised in this
county We should offer a prize
for the best ten ears Of corn of a
certain kind, Tor the best ten ears
OF pop corn, for the largest pumpkin
largest water melon, for the best
peck of peanuts, for the best te"
stalks Of cotton, TO, the largest dis
play OF farm products and everything
else that is raised on a farm This
exhibit should be neatly kept on dis
play in some vacant house centrally
located near the business section OF
the city, so as prespector could
be shown what we can raise, We
should offer special prizes for fruits,
and fruit products such as jelliea.
preserves and jam. The prizes TO.
fruit products should go to the farm
ers wives. Along with this farmers
exhibit should be an exhibit OF tie
different grades OF asphalt mined
near this city, and asphalt products.
also the glass sand found in quaint
ties in this section. and the different
kinds OF brick shale and clay. Srch
an exhibit would be the best adyer
tisement that we could get to show
the visitor
1T would not be a bad idea to or
iginate a sales day, and have the
stock raisers and farmers bring in
their mule colts, horse colts, and fine
chickens and place them on exhibit
and offer prizes 10 the one showing
the finest colts, finest milch COW and
calf, finest shorthOrn, Hereford and
best exhibit OF all kinds OF stock
These monthly shows would bring
the farmers in closer touch with the
business men of the city and be o.
benefit TO both the farmer and the
merchant II would make the farmer
feel that the merchant has some in
terest in his work, and the merchan
feel like the farmer has an interes
in the welfare OF the city.
Some good place could be found
and believe II the matter Is brough
home 10 the business men OF IN,
city. the enterprise could be made
go"
Colonel, what about the city lax
i DAM and tha normal school -,