The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-09-27

N'f, may not carry away AN '.'l
like that Of spring hou,,su k,,,. bui
IL certainly has with n ro other
Ike that Of spring hun.ysucklys
but It certainly has wua % up
other Ike that Of ur.lrlu pcrsp.
ration Her population I~ 10000 "a
pretty size a thousand Tor ever,
one of her years She IS s'il grow
ing. and there is 10 way OF telling
what her population will De twenty
years from now. or even uuc year
from now Her population has.
know. Increased seven iu number
one man. one woman and five chi.
dr,u. but it IS not probable that
there will be- any further increase
from that same source Tor the
very good reason that while five
children in one family is none toe
many. II IS a Gods p.cnty.
How the City viii Grow.
But thee i,y will grow Infant
Industries mas long been one no.
litical party's argument for pro
lection" but there is one great
la ant industry carried Oh by den,
ocrats aud reonhlicars alike, and
there is no protection aud no argJ;.
ment that affects it And towns
grow Ardmore will grow from with.
In and without
But why should undertake 10
tell about Ardmore? 1t you do not
know about Ardmore II is your
misfortune. Ardmor. is
First. the capital OF Carter county,
! one OF the leading counties, II not
| In fact. the leading agricultural
| county Of the state That Ardmore,
Just plain. steady city. should
have 10000 population, proves the
fact:
Second, Ardmore Is the greatest
inland cotton market in the world
or Is said 10 be. II is great To be
the greatest city Cor something
great, and Ardmnr" is that.
Third. Ardmore Is the hearnlesl
city in Oklahoma;
Fourth. Ardmore has the - cs,
paved streets In America" accord
ing to competent authority.
Fifth. Ardmore has more water
than any other city in the state
Ardmore has more water than OK
lahoma city has beer 1t has OF
hand a supply that will last seycra
more months, even II II does moi
rain. or course. though. ii must b
understood that 1t the weather con
tinucs dry. ArdmOre will use e.,
water a little more sparingly thar
Oklahoma City does its beer.
Sixth. Ardmore has an up.to-dat,
street car system.
Seventh. Ardmore draws trad,
from better agricultural section
extent considered, than any othc
city in the state;
Ardmore in Midst Of Il.
Eighth, Ardmore is in the hear
Of the mineral section of the state
Prof Chas y Gould, director o
the Oklahoma geological survey
says. "l do not know OF a count
that has rs great variety O
minerals as Carter county. Carte
county has granite and limeston
enough TO supply the world mi
- lion years, glass sand enough I
make all the glass the world wi
=, ever use" The coal. the oil an
natural gas are here in abundance
, any quantity Of undeycloped waite
=, power: the best asphalt, etc. AZ
, cording TO the same authority "Ol
:, lahoma has more kinds of mineral
: and more mineral of the kind tina
any other state in the union. an
Carter county and the city OF Arc
more are in tho midst OF It,"
Ninth. Ardmore has more goo
peop'e to the square foot than an
other city its size In this countr!
OF course, know that all sort
OF people live in every city, bu
what ! mean 10 say Is that ther
are more OF the good kind in Arr
more than there are In any otho
city Its size. To illustrate: A cit
ordinarily Is great collection {
houses that are closer togcthe
than the people who live In then
II seems TO me the people In Ar,
more are closer together than al
the houses In which they live.
young man living out on the pra
ries. said to me: The nearest hOus
Is five ml'cs away" There al
people llv!ug In cities within fiY
feet pf "A hOuga vet their Daara,