The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-09-06

particularly referred to Ardmore and
its country. Articles were written
for a number OF magazines which
were printed with nume rous illustra-
lions. All railroad publications have
been furnished with two or more well
illustrated articles during the year
and two will contain certain stories
of Ardmore next month. Al the De'
ginning OIL winter plan of publicity
along the line OF press bureau work
was inaugurated and news items al
fecting Ardmore were sent to from
900 to 500 papers each we or two
weeks for several months. Every /
article had something Of interest to /
say about Ardmore. \ Kentucky club /
and a New England society were or
ganiz Il and articles telling OF the
membership, the Officers and the city
were sent to hundreds of papers.
many of hem demanding photographs
| Papers of such note as the Boston
! Herald, Washington Post, New York
| World, Cincinnati Enquirer, St Louis
II public. Chicago Record-hfrald
Kansas City star. Dallas News, Ok
lahoman. etc, printing articles OF
column to a half page. When the re-
striction bill was before congress II
was made a feature OF the publicity
work and undoubtedly had an effect
ON the constituency and some senators
and congressman and they were In
duced to make appeals In behalf OF
the residents Of old Indian I rritory
Lately the press work Las contained
an explanation of the suits filed ny
the government TO clear the titles
TO lands, the stories sent out from
Muskogee having had the effect OF
making people believe that every title
i was liable to b. attacked. The ef
= forts in the direction of publicity
T have only been limited by the ply
+ steal ability and time of the sccre
tary.
u The result of all this has beer
n that no city outside of Oklahom;
s ,ity in Oklahoma has leceived tn,
IS publicity during the past year chat ma
5. come TO Ardmore and none OF then
has a volume OF mail and original IN
al quiries which are being received iron
n dav to day. The greatest effort ha
n been made to reach people in thei
Sc homes and not through some immigr'
ne ton or promotion company.
lg TO follow up the line of Inquire
lr- received and to furnish those of OF
IS citizens interested in the upbuildin
ly of the town, literature TO send peop
rk throughout the country no less tina
$4,000 pieces printed matter haN
a been printed and distributed d durir
'st the twelve months. These include
m. booklets, post cards, mailing slip
ro- etc, The industrial and colonizati,
tie agents of the hock Island, Frisco al
ad Santa Re have also given much aid
to distributing Ardmore literature al
lor many OF the new comefs III Nrulho
ire resulted from the initial work dol
BPS by the railroads. The club has
er, quantity OF clectrotype cuts, son
'c.. good photographs, ETC. and can cOn\
he nienty get out books on short motto
OF This is one OF the important branc
)re es of the work and If the rev nues
lry the club were sufficient at lea
'm- 10000 pieces of Ardmorc literatu
mic should be printed and circulated ca
ut month. The lure of the new cot
for try is upon the people, they ha
cit literally gone Oklahoma mad and I
part OF the new state which puts for
op the right efforet will succeed in
vas curing some of the best immigrant