The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-06-28

very low cost. The line supply OF
natural gas possessed by this town
is being the means OF locating many
enterprises here. Among them is
glass factory that will be installed
here before the end OF the year.
Lead and zinc are being mined in
the range OF Arbucklc mountains,
twenty miles north Of here and
smelter will be placed in Ardmore.
Railroads.
In transportation facilities the
town is well supplied II IL located
on the Santa Fe. the Rock Island
and thh isco lines of road Two
other roads have made surveys
tn ough the town and grading has
been done on one of them.
Money Paid TO Indians.
Ardmore Is the county seat Of Car
ter county. II is also headquarters
for the interior department. it has
a federal court, and the government
land office is located here As this
article is being written thousands of
Indians are gathered here from all
parts Of the country drawing a per
capita payment from the government.
The Ind ans have millions of dollars
deposited with the United States and
these sums are paid out al inter
walls by the government The system
places large sums of money in this
country that is spent freely
Merchants OF Ardmore.
Ardmore merchants are an enter.
ing set OF men. They carry large
stocks of dry goods, hardware and
implements. There has never been
IA lure here in the mercantile world
whore the business has been trans.
acted along safe and sane business
lines. This fact speaks well for this
town as a business point
Financial institutions.
Ardmore has four nat oual and two
state banks. The financial interests
of the town is in the hands OF safe
bus ness men who have large de.
pOsits and capital stocks sufficient
TO take care of the business of the
town. The fact that every bank in
the town is represented in the ad-
vertising columns OF this paper
speaks volumes for the enterprise of
the men who are at the head OF
these institutions.
City Water Supply.
The city of Ardmore owns its own
water and sewer system The water
Is piped from the yargest artificial
lake in the state and the water shed.
being owned by the city, is kept
as clean as your floor and the water
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Three railway companies and the
large manufacturing plants of the
city use this water and there is an
abundant supply for other factories
and other railroads.
Makes a Good Investment.
In all new countries there are de-
mands for the use of money. Many
laboring people here are anxious to
own homes. Any person who desires
to invest in homes and sell them
on easy payments to others can find
a remuneratiye field here for the in
yestment of capital. The interest ate
here is ten per cent. which is much
higher than is paid in the older
settled countries and the security Is
as good as can be had anywhere.
Towns springins Up.
Many new towns are springlng up
over the state and almost without
an exception these towns offer a
very profitable field for Investment.
The writer has No desire TO mold
cut false hopes 10 the man of means
70 come ~ UKlanoma, but IN our
judgment this state offers the finest
opportunities in the United States
for money making. And this is not
only country for money making, II
is good place to live, It Is a good
place In which To rear family.
Boys and girls who grow to manhood
and womanhood in the great south
west are self reliant, strong and
healthful. They have the physical
strength and the mental acumen TO
grasp the opportunities that lie with
in their grasp and grow up TO be
wealthy, happy and useful citizens.
Hospitality.
The people Of this section OF the
state possess all the southern hos.
| pitality that is credited TO the people
of the south. Strangers are made
welcome. The lines and caste Of so
ciety are not so rigidly drawn or
adhered to as in the older states.
The man here Is not weighed in the
scales made by his ancestors but on
the contrary every man and woman
is taken for the real worth of him.
self or herself and old preiudices
and feuds have no place in the new
order of things in the great new
state of Oklahoma.
Forty-Sisth Star,
The FORTYSlXTH stag will be
added TO the American flag on the
4th of July, 1905 That last star
represents the state of Oklahoma.
VIII you help celebrate that day in
Oklahoma. 1t will arouse new pa
triotsm.. 1t will arouse the love of
state and the love OF government.
We would like TO have every reader
of this article out OF the state 10
be with us on the Fourth OF July 10
help celebrate the placing of the
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