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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-06-06
BY J. S. DOWN ARD.

4 workman driving his cart through
"a Swiss valley noticed that pieces
from black rock from ncighboring
ledge welded together under the
wheels that passed over 1t, and he
luliod a load of the material an :
dumped il in the highway rs an cN-
pertinent. IL cffeCtually withstood the
effect OF travel. aud from the notice
OF the ncigh'o,.- engineers, the re-.
suits of these ,..u" experiments came
To the chief engineers of continental
l.uropc aud then To the world.
Today We drive over the Mpn.cNi.
dco. thread our way among the fine
cabs aud carriages of Avenue L'Opera,
in the gay Partisan capital. " pass
along west Madison street In The chi.
cago din of street cars and mtrchln-
disc carts and under foot eVcry where.
We hnd the pavement discovcr,G by
the Swiss peasant, now spread over
tnc streets of the entire world.
There is a reason for the marvellous
growth of an industry which has
spread i'm sixty years from the Baltic
sea to Cape Horn, and IL Is found
upon the two principal forces which
actuate man-utility and beauty.
Crowded cities demand street paw.
ing. for the preservation of health and
ease in the traction of vehicles and
modern civilization which crccts the
Ionic column, and puts the pressed
brick and stone fronts ON the count.
ing houses demand beauty in all sur
roundings. The modern asphalt pave
ment furnishes both TO superlative
degree,
Rock Asphalt mines We're rapidly
developed in Europe after the orig
inal discovery and extensive mines
are now operated in France. Switzer.
land, Germany and Sicily. Their pro
duct has even found its way 10 this
country. and Swiss and German Rock
Asphalts are now offered for sale in
New York and Eastern ports.
Rock Asphalt, or more properly As
phalte, as the French distinguished Il
with a final @. Is an asphaltic or bit
luminous stone. The mineral matter
composes the main portion OF the
mixture or about 80 per cent by
weight-the remaining 10 per cent be
ing mineral asphalt or more spcctiCal
ly, fossil resin.
The mineral matter is silica, car
bornate of lime, or both. and upon tn,
quality of the mineral matter depends
to a large extent the value OF Rocl
Asphalt as paving material Silica
when in grains. is known commonly
as sand (although all sand is not sill
ica.) and carbonate OF lime is com
monty known as limestone or chall
(although all limestone is not pur,
carbonate.)
Silica is the hardest and most dur
able OF all common substances. II II
the material from which the grind
stone is made and IL is this materia
and it's qualities which makes the
asnhalt paving 30 enduring
Experience shows that Rock AS
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-06-06
Shelby-Do,Unard Asphalt Company

The straightforward Asphalt Co.
produces a domestic asphalt known
throughout the country as Ardmore,
or Oklahoma, asphalt which is prov
ing superior In every respect to the
for ign asphalts which are imported
into the country from Venezuela and
the Island of Trinidad
The pavement is composed Of three
kinds of asphalt rock, viz: An as
phatic carbonate or lime rock as
phalt. an aspnaltiC consolidated
silica, and an asphaltic silica which
is unconSolidated. These three rock
are pulverized i'm a hinged hammer
pulverizer until they are powder and
are then mixed in a proportion OF
about One-third of each kind and
when they are heated i'm rotary
drum the asphalt melts and tempers
the mass to the desired degree Of
hardness.
These asphalt deposits were orig
inally considered worthless for the
reason that attempts were made 10
build pavement from these different
rocks separately and II is due direct
ly To the experiments and discoveries
of Mr.. J. $. Downard that this. one
OF the foremost industries OF the
state Cf Oklahoma has been develop
ed.
The superiority of Ardmore as
phalts is based largely upon the eX-
cellence of the mineral matter con
tanned in these rock The car
Donate of lime is absolutely pure and
pulveriZed into the finest mineral
filler, which gives density 10 the
pavement. The size of the grains of
silica are so regular that to build
an artificial pavement from silica
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-06-06
L. WE T.

The dairy business as conducted
along modern lines presents prof
table as well as interesting field
for those with the natural bent I'm
that direction. There are several
kindred business that offer an OPP
portunity for profit such as the
manufacturing of ice cream
Mr.. l., West has a strictly mod.
ern dairy plant in north Ardmore
and he supplies a large portion of
the milk and cream used i'm the
city. He has large herd of fine
milk COWS which he stall feeds
throughout the year, thus cnriching
his milk
II is the hygenic manner in which
he handles his milk that recommends
him To the people so highly. HC
has all the modern appliances fol
sterllizing the milk and delivering Il
10 the consumer In the freshest and
most wholesome condition.
During the summer months Mr.
Wesi gives a great deal of atten
ton To the ice cream business, az
he manufactures much of his ric'
cream into this delectable dish. III
serves not only founts and confec
TONERS but private families as wei
In any quantities desired, He make
"A specially of social affairs and spe
cial occasion when large quantities
of cream is required. All Mr., West
products can be depended upon I,
come up TO the highest standard q
purity and wholesomeness.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-06-06

sand, after the manner of the old
style companies, 1t would cost hun
dreds of dollars TO secure even
single ton of this regular sand which
forms the basis of the pavement.
The first of these payements was
laid in Kansas City ten years ago
and without repair it has withstood
the northern winters and heavy traf.
fic since the time it has been laid
Since that time these pavemcnts
have been laid in almost every eli.
mate in the middle west and every
where has proven equally good.
The pavement itself consists of a
TWO inch top of this asphalt laid
over a rigid concrete base and the
asphalt Is carried to the street, after
1t is heated, in plastic condition
and is raked over the concrete base
and compressed with a steam roller.
Oklahoma and California are the
only states in the union furnishing
2upply or rock asphalt suitable
for paving, and the Oklahoma ma.
terial Is considered far superior TO
the rock asphalts of Europe. which
is the exclusive paving material i'm
European countries
Artificial asphalt stone areonly
manufactured and used in this
country.
The Straightforward Asphalt Com
pany owns mills at Sulphur, Okla.
homa and Dougherty, Oklahoma. for
reducing this material and operate a
contract department as well as sun
ply material to other contractors.
This industry is only in its infancy
and bids fair to be the most i'm
portant industry In the state of Ok
lahoma.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-06-06

northern Iowa or southeastern Min.
nesota, from a formation known aS
st. Peter sandstone. The Oklah)-
ma glass sand is found in the Ar
buckle mountains, just north OF
Ardmore.
Geological History Of the Arbuekles-
There was a time long ago. and
you will pardon me for going into
geology here, that these rocks
which now make up the Arbuckle
mountains were deposits in an old
ocean First was form known as
sandstone, then a ledge of lime
stone. which is one of the thickest
IN the world, probably a mile thick.
Then came "A formation made up of
sandstone and shalc. which we know
as Simpson sandstone, then a ledge
of limestone, then a ledge of shalc.
then limestone. shale. limestone.
forming sequence of scdimentary
rocks, and these were deposited
through long period of time in old
ocean. Then there came time
when this region was lifted. up
heavcd. a great dome sixty miles
long and thirty miles wide was
raised above the ocean, the Ar
buckle mountains at one time stood
about two miles above their present
level These rocks were raised up
like great blister on the face OF
the earth and as soon as they
were raised up erosion began. and
the rocks began to be cut away.
The softer rocks were cut away
first, but the time since the upllft
has been so long that natures tools
have had time to cut away the larg.
er portion of the sedimentary rocks
above the surface. II you start al
Ardmore, and go up toward the east
timbered hills, when you get about
Springer you come TO the edge OF
the mountains. and here you 20
over the upturned edges. the sawed
. off, the carved off. upturned edges
of the sedimentary rocks. In other
words. in going from Ardmore to-
ward the east timbered hills. you
pass in altitude upward about 500
feet. perhaps 900. but geologically
speaking you go toward the earth :
center more than two miles in that
distance. One of these ledges of sedi-
mentary rocks outcropping from the
west end of the west timbered hills.
tdst past springer, uOWn nearly 10
Wapanucka, TO Sulphur, back past
Doughcrty and Davis. through Hen.
nepin. is ledge of glass sand which
averages fifty to a hundred feet in
thickness. with a length of perhaps
sixty miles. and the quality Is good.
in many respects superior to any
other in the United States The
sand is found in a number of places
IN the region, particularly the noun.
tains: and other ledge Is near Mill
Creek. Rolf, Franks. near Wapa.
nucka. Bromide. Sulphur and Ber.
wyn.
| think ! spoke OF the fact that
the glass sand which Is used in
southern Kansas and Dartlesville
came from Illinois. II Is brought
from Illinois to these western fields
because We have the fuel out here
and 1t IL cheaper to haul the sand
to the fuel that II is to take the
fuel to the sand. Within the lasi
few months | have had a number
of inquiries as to a location in Ok
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-06-06
Ardmore is the Center of
Inexhaustib1e Mineral Wealth

conservative statement. that Ard
more has at the present time the
best paved streets in America.
Asphalt occurs from the Arkansas
line. in the extreme western end OF
the Wichita mountains. Exposures
occur In the region OF the Arbuckles,
and the region south of Ardmore.
There are exposures In the region
about Dougherty and Gilsonite.
some further east toward Atoka. As-
phalt occurs within fifteen miles Of
the Arkansas line. also near Cor
nish. near l.awtOn and even as tar
west as Granite. and the deposits
are practically inexhaustible
In addition to the three fuels. oil
gas and coal. and asphalt. which
is allied to the fuels. perhaps the
most abundant mineral In OklahO-
ma Is gypsum. The gypsum occurs
In the western part of the state.
There are three lines of gypsum
hills extending across the state. one
beginning near III Reno. passing
northwest into Kansas distance
Of about two hundred miles. In this
range of hills there are two massive
lcdges of white rock gypsum being
from twenty to forty feet thick. The
second range of hills. parallel to
the first range of hills. Is about thir.
~ to fifty miles southwest, and the
third range of hills is in what
used to be Greer county. now Greer
Jackson and Beckham counties.
To make long story short ar,
rived at the conclusion that the
.,N Ia. IL 1Yl l,f.t "a.
approximately 1913 billion tons. You
mathematician in the audience will
comprehend-1 cant.
Gypsum to Fill Train Reaching 2.4o(
Times Around Earth.
\ million or hundred million
does not mean anything to me.
cannot grasp the idea somehow. Sc
| tried to figure 1t out another way
We have In Oklahoma at the pres
ent time. think twelve plaste
mills, manufacturing gypsum plaster
Each mill will make an average q
"A hundred tons day, and | est
mate that If we had 100 mills "A
work. and let each mill make hun
dred tons "A day uhat the amour
of gypsum in Oklahoma will last 70
$1,000 years. | also figured IL an
other way. If all that gypsum wer,
ground up and made into plaster
and the plaster loaded on train
10000 pounds to the car. the tran
would reach around the world 2.i0
times al the equator That is tn,
amount or gypsum in Oklahoma.
say-and | use the term in it's rel
ative sense-that the gypsum "A
Oklahoma * inexhasutible. At least
It is enough for the local demand
presume that the plaster used IL
this building IL gypsum plaster
and perhaps nine-tenths of all tn,
plaster used in the country Is gyp
sum plaster.
Glass Sand Deposits Near Ardmore
The next product ! will speak q
Is one of those nearer home: viz
glass sand. ! think | am safe II
saying that, so far as We know, tn
glass sand deposits of Oklahom
are larger than those of any othe
state. The greater part of tn
glass sand used i'm the Uniteu
States comes from either Illinois
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-06-06

power coupled whit advantages along
certain lines not enjoyed by any 9th
er district in the United States.
Figures |. .. >, I, on the map show
ductile as the asphalt. when the
proper fees were forthcoming, and
thus all other gum asphalts were bar
red In this country
The genuine material from Europe
had the disadvantage OF heavy freight
rates To interior American point :
Rock asphalt ncCessitating the snip.
mont of the entire pavement while
the artificial product found all the ma
tcrial matter or ninety per cent of
the pavement at the point Of use.
So the asphalt trust had its day,
but that principle which undcrlics the
saying, YOU cant foot all the people
all the time" was at work
The original "kickcrs" and object.
ors had taken their first lesson and
they were willing 10 risk a few tax
bills now to see whether the land US.
phalt wasn't rs good as the Trinidad
lake pitch aud they had their way AT
last-and they looked upon it aud IL
was good also
Then came the discovery of rock
asphalt in the growing but newly open.
ed southwest Ardmorc asphalt
by this time the public was edu-
Gated they had that httlc knowledge
which Is proyerbially dangerous
thing. and they took hold of the new
asphalt with NirOr.
u was natures own product n
tsH. ~. Is
the best in the world and SO must this
be-. Skill was unnecessary. Nature
had done all the work. 1t was all
good; all perfect The promoters OF
the new companies laughed at the
chemists.
The result Of the opening chapter
of American rock asphalt Is every
page filled with incompcnteucy and
failure. the result of lack Of skill
lack of adequate capital and half
hearted work applied To IA stupendoli
task-the creation of an iudust"y
That period ha' passed also Tho
valuable deposits are segregated by
government engineers or have passed
under the control of skilled operators
development has proven the errors
OF original surface indications and
the fallacy of the theory. Its all
good The industry is well launched
on business basis The deposits of
magnitude combined with quality are
scarce and some of them are not
available now. because they are in tn,
interior, remote from railroads. but
some OF the larger deposits are magni
icent in extent available, and of q
quality uneXcelled and will be work
ed without exhaustion for centuries
The pavements laid from these de
posits have borne the climatic condi
tions existing from Kansas City Il
Galveston and are now OF standard
worth and merit Ardmore will bene
III greatly through the use OF home
material on her streets. not only
through the use OF the best materia
obtainable; but more directly by en-
couraging an industry which will sup
port thousands OF people and her,
the city OF Ardmore asphalt. bitumin
ous rocks, shales and schists ar,
found over an area extending from
the Red river TO Fort sill. but tn,
material suitable for pavements il
confined TO a small area in the carbon
! ferrous rock extending from the bas,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-06-06

will begin To open wells in a shur,
time.
OF the Arbuckle mountains to few
miles south of Ardmorc. and another
area Immediately northeast Of Dough.
crty.
The Ardmorc deposits in the ear
honifcrous show many of the fossils
found In coal The calimte family of
which the bullrush is an example are
found In profusion as large as foot
in diameter the uninitiated call them
pertrifcd snakes. The seal marked
trees, and the conifers are also in evil
doncc, and other characteristic fos-
sils.
The refined product is also prOduC-
ed by boiling the asphalt bearing rock
in water. It is of fine quality and
from IL the finest paints and yarnishes
may be manufactured.
Asphalt is also susceptible of be
ing made the base of azo dyes and
other products now produced from
coal tar. /, is a hydro-carbon tha;
presents vastly widening field to
the INVESTIGATION of synthetic chem
istry.
The principal use of Ardmore as.
phalt is i'm paving II forms not only
the cheapest but the most effective
and beautiful payemcuts within ra-
dius of 500 miles from the mines.
These leading facts in the story %,
new and great industry could be eX.
tended into a volume and space is
hardly available for this. but the
streets OF Kansas city, St Joseph,
Sodalia. Little Rock. Austin, and 9th
or cities tell the real practical sue
cess of rock asphalt
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-06-06

greatest undevcloped field for glass
sand, cement. Shale. asphalt and
kindred manufacturing concerns.
The range of the ArbuCkle noun.
tains is ON the north. and the Wash
ita river is only few miles away.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-06-06

Where a farmer made 500 an acre
from one crop OF peanuts, do yor
think a farmer could make a good
liyinge
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-30
MRS KRICHBO0M PAYS FINE
Crawford Woman Fined One Thou
sand Dollars for Importing bad
Character.

Mrs. Therese Krlcpoom OF Crawford ap-
peared before Judge w. H.. Munger in the
United States district court Tuesday after
noon and pleaded guilty to importing Louise
Floree into the United States in violation
OF law regarding the importation OF women
into this country for immoral purposes.
She was fined 1900 and sentenced TO
twenty-four hours confinement in the
county jail at Crawford. Immediately after
sentence was imposed Mr.. Kricboom paid
the amount of her fine into the office OF
the United States district clerk. She was
accompanied by her husband during the
arraignment for sentence and her attorney.
The party returned to Crawford Tuesday
evening.
Immigrant Inspector Fred Adams of
Denver Will take Louise Floree to New
York for deportation. The woman has been
In the Douglas county Jail for several
months awaiting deportation, the order for
such deportation having been issued by the
immigration bureau shortly following her
arrest and the Indictment Of Mrs. Krio-
boom.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-30
HUNDREDS OF ELKS COMING
Large Delegations VIII Pass Omaha
Enroute TO Los AnEeles-Many
Want to BE Big Chief.

Exalted rulers, past exalted rulers and
candidates for the position of exalted ruler
OF the Elk with hundred of Elks will
pass through Omaha during the next few
days enroute to Los Angeles to attend the
annual meeting there during the second
week in July.
The first train will be that Of the Yonk-
ers Elks of 100, scheduled to arrive over
the Milwaukee, at 9 O'Clock this morning.
The party will go west over the Union
Pacific and make a side trip through
Yellowstone park.
New England Elks, known as the ex-
allied rulers party, are scheduled to reach
Omaha July 6, at 1925 p. m. in q special
train over the northwestern
Garry Hermann will make a midnight
call In Omaha, July 9, n will be ac-
companled by $50 Elks in two special
trains, arriving over the Illinois Central
and leaving over the Union Pacific. Mr..
Hermann is distinguished in many lines
Of activity, chief of which is as president
of the Cincinnati base ball club. He was
also president Of the National Bowling as
socistion. Now he Is after the job of ex-
allied ruler of the Elks, with the solid
backing Of his section of the country.
]. U. Sammis will pass through Omaha
on the afternoon Of July 8, with sixty per-
sons from Sioux City on the sammls
special. Mr.. sammis is also a candidate
for the position OF exalted ruler. The
South Dakota delegation with 125 will ar
rive over the Northwestern at $50 a. m,
July 8, and leave over the Union Pacific.
The Milwaukee Elks come the afternoon
of July I and the Connecticut Elks, 125
strong, at the same time, and leave shortly
afterwards on the linton Pacific.
Chicago Elks to the number OF 15O will
arrive July 8, at 1855 o'clock, and sixty
Detroit Eiks at 800 o'clock. July 8, over
the northwestern and leave over the Union
Pacific.
Omaha Elks have arranged to leave
Omaha July s. on the Los Angeles Limited
Of the Union Pacific.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-30
Sermon Preached
Fifty Years Ago
First Methodist Discourse in Denver to
Be Repeated By Rev. Jacob
Adrience of Fremont.

FREMONT, Neb., June 29.-Cspecial.)-
Rev. Jacob Adriance and wife of this city
left today for Denver to attend the ceie-
bration Of the fiftieth anniversary of the
Of the Methodist church in Colo
RADIO, which occurs this week. Mr.. Adrl-
ance, who was then a missionary commits
stoned by the Kansas conference in charge
of Colorado and part Of Nebraska, held
the first Methodist service and preached
the first sermon in Denver. He still has
the manuscript Of that discourse and will
deliver it again this week. He organized
a number Of churches in that country, held
services in remote mining camps and con-
Quoted the burial of many men who died
with their boots on. over forty years ago
he was Obliged to give up the ministry on
account of deafness. and coming to this
county he purchased a large tract of LAND
in Maple township, which he still owns.
has a fund Of anecdotes Of his siren
uous life as a missionary among the min
ing camps. and during his trip will revisit
the sites of his former ministry. Though
past so he s still in good health and is as
active as many men twenty years younger.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-30
CAMPAIGN FOR GOOD ROADS
Bloomfield Commercial Club Has
Plan 20 Cooperate with Farm
ers in Work.

BLOOMFIELD, Men. June 2~9--CSpeoiaD
Since the Postoefice department at Wash
ington has decided, and by general order
proclaimed, that failure to maintain in
condition at all seasons Of the
year the highways traversed by rural car
riers, will be considered sufficient reason
for the withdrawal Of established mail
service from a locality, the Bloomfield
commercial club has taken hold of the
matter, and with its adopted methods ex-
poets not only to maintain Uncle Sans
service. but will place all roads leading
to Bloomfield In such condition the farmers
can haul their stuff to market without
having to walk half of the way. The
executive committee OF the club first in
vited all rural carriers to meet with them
and report to the committee the condition
OF the roads along their respective routes.
Each carrier was then authorized to Sc
lect a member of the committee to accom-
pany him over the route and note all such
places where the roads and bridges needed
repairing. This was followed up with a
letter from the secretary of the CONNER
cial club to every farmer living on the
five mail routes out OF Dloomfleld, en-
closing a copy of the order Of the Post
office department and asking each and
every one to fix the road along his pro-
perty. Also inviting him to offer any sug-
g~estions to the members of the club that
might be of mutual benefit. The club also
promises to cooperate with the patrons
of the routes and to assist In every way
possible to better the present state of at
fairs, and to help improve the roads and
to keep them In such repair that there may
be no excuse for complaints to the Post
office department.