The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-07-19
ELK BADGES AT DALLAS MADE
ARDMoRE ASPHALT FAMOUS.
PHOTOS OF STREETS SHOWN
Mayor OF Beaumont Becomes Enthu
siastie over Paving with the lo-
cal Decentralization Cap
tuned Elks' Meeting.

"Ardmoro and Ardmorc asphalt re-
ccivcd an amount OF advertising and
attention during the great Elks rr-
union at Dallas which 1t would have
been impossible 20 have secured IN
any other way iu so short a time.
remarked the secretary of the Com
mercial club to the ArdmorcItc man
yesterday Mr Spaulding had charge
of the Ardmorc headquarters at the
ST. George hotel during the week and
had am exceptional opportunity to
weigh the importance of the work
done.
The first impression of nearly cv.
eryune who has given the matter
casual attention Is that every sort of
paving called asphalt Is the same.
that it is splcuiid while b. lasts but
will not last long. the soft, rubbory
stun between the ear tracks iu D1l-
las. all fun Of wheel and houf tracks.
being a fair criterion of the general
public opinion The calling of the
attention OF the people of the rock
asphalt by the Ardmorc Elk badges
and the later explanation of the
stun and the exhibition OF chunks of
it as it came from the mines, has
/ done much to remove this wrong
| impression and to interest city OIL
cials in what is, To most OF them, a
new paving material
Mayor Emmett Fletcher of Beau.
mont, Texas. inquired minutcly into
the matter, and was told what the
1 paving had stood in Ardmorc. how
1t was put down and why It was I'm,
many ways superior To- other paving
materials He looked at the spec.
linens and also the photos of Ard
more streets and voluntarily stated
that Beaumont had the money In the
bank right now 10 do some paving
in the residence sections. and if our
asphalt was what We said it was he
would like to see IL used. The mayors
and members of city councils i'm other
cities, some of them as far away
as Ohio, Pennsylvania ana Virginia,
also made careful inquiries.
During the week, there were more
, than a hundred Ardmore Elks in the
| city and they mixed SO well and
| talked Ardmore so loud and strong
| that IL came to be the usual thAg
when man from Ardmore looked
into place where Elks were congre-
gated for someone to shout out.
What's the matter with Arlmore?'
The fact of the matter is that Ard
more was the state of Oklahoma as
/ far as the visitors were concerned. as
| outside of the bunch from Musko.
/ gee, there was no attention attracted
in any other direction.
During the first four DAYS of the
convention, hundreds of people from
| other states came To Ardmore head.
| quarters and made a vain attempt
TO secure an asphalt badge, which
| was the most in demand of any single
aige displayed by the hundreds of
lodges in attendance, though some
/ of the lodges distributed "A limited
number of badges which cost several
| dollars each. Visiting city officials
newspaper mem and officials of the
grand lodge We're given badges, but
II would have taken nearer 10000
than the single thousand the club
bought to have anywhere near sup
pied the demand, when the next
reunion takes place in Los Angeles
II will be well To consider the mat,
ter of having a badge typical of the
section and of such cost that they
can be distributed by the thousand
These badges are taken home and
often set the people to thinking about
ana investigating a point which ha,
never been considered
The reunion has been successful
from every standpoint, nearly 2S. .OOC
Elks having registered AT headGnar
tors, besides many times that number
who were not members of the order
being I'M attendance. The Thursda,
crowd az the time of the parade mus
have been around 10000, as an road,
hai excursions for that day IN,
city was beautifully decorated. IN,
accommodations We're more than am
pie and II is probable that the AT
tendance Of Elks would have beer
trebled had II not been for the re
fusll of railroads in some quarters
10 make any rates for the trip"