The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-09-06
PROGRESS OF OKLAHOMA
DURING THE PAST YEAR

from oklahoma being at once with /
drawn and tlis policy has been con
tmu,d. despite the TACT that in many !
instances the passenger business un
der the reduced rate shows larger
net earnings than under the old &c
rate
In May the most destructive floods
I'm % years swept through oklahoma
and Texas and while not one dollar
worth Of harm was done property IN
Ardmorc. which is on the crest of a
rise with good elevation and drain
age into four different streams, tra1ic
from The north was cut off for one
whole month and for more than
fortnight from both railroads to the
east and also ON the south. This ha !
a paralyzng effect on business and
equilibrium has not yet been attain.
ed
Coupled with the positively de.
pressing effects of election year Ard
more is to be- congratulated ON the
fact hat she has emerged from "A
race during the first year under
sta chood. with it, added burdens
of county and stale taxes. with such
uyiug colors Her fond hopes of the
passaec of the bin 10y congress re
moving the restrictions from the sale
of ln ian lands have been realized
assuring a continued and steady
I growth OF the surrounding country
Hut The record of the year has no.
been without accomplishment as vii
be- realized by setting forth oI
some Of the more important ones;
Last fall saw the completion %
over five miles OF patement II
lWh'c1 Ardmore asphalt was used an
which has since proven to b. The lin
est raymg ever put down, two sun
mcrs and u winter, together Wit
AN unusually heavy rainfall, havin
. had no effect. in fact the pavcmeu
, seems 10 improve with continue
, use.
, Ardmore has also INDUCED in
f sidcwal, building campaign, MOI
>. than l. miles of splendid cemel
a walk having been laid in the pa
.r Year and the sidewalk builders a
# buster today than ever before
,o the history Of the city.
A. The new ward schools of the mo
,e modern construction were opened
the pupils in the second and four
TX wards at the beginning of the scho
ic year, giving ample accommodate
Ks for the scholastic population of -
of enumerated for Ardmorc.
,d The completion of the piIe Ii
N from the Wheeler oil fields, Is mil
,f northwest of Ardmore, to the ci
q, in December gave the advantage
a natural gas for cookinlg heating a
A. lighting purposes and its adya
M ugcs have ben rapidly ayailed
al with the result that few homes "
to be- without gas the coming wint'
ty Families who have been used
NJ other fuel can hardly realize n
rs. It O.. possible through the sumner
AT do all the cooking for a small fam
le for one cent a day and lOc a d
,d Tor all ppnscs MI probably coy
ry the ordinary bill in the winter.
D.. The electro railway promoted
iy outsiders has been taken in hand
re the mdomitahle Joe r. Robson a
is now nearing completion,
is line extending from she union II
yc way depot To point about TIN
he miles north of the city whore a be
ol uml park with a large artificial Ia
lt Is Icing constructed The line /
ry been we'll constructed and will
me- equipped with thoroughh rirst-cl'
.ol rolling stock.
ur To accommodate it's rapidly gr,
I'm ing business and also Ia furnish
,r- added power necessary to the or
alton of the electric railway the \
r, more Ice Light n Power Co. !
cr built ON am addition 10 it's pl,
,sr ana installed new engines ,
cu equipment
no Approximately twenty new mere
ed tile establishments have started
AZ during the yearl causing the %
ap myut of store rentals iu excess
an $4,000 annually and NOT less n
ug $4,000 I'm rents for homes Z
on growth along professional. lines