The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-02-01
LOVE COUNTY CANDIDATE.
Tribute Paid Jesse Jordan by an Opp.
position Paper in His County.


tell the people Uf his county that
hc desires to fill the office OF coun.
~ commissioner by election. He
now holds the office by appointment.
Mr. Jordan formerly owned the Love
County News at Marietta, and the
Monitor which is also published In
that town. has the following very
clever things 20 say concerning Jesse
l.. Jordan and his candidacy:
The important business interests
of the taxpayers OF Love county,
increasing every year with the
growth OF the county, are attended
10 by the board OF county commits
sionors. These men are the business
agents of the people and they should
be- chosen by the voters with especial
reference To their varied business
/ experience and enthusiasm for the
| expansion of city and county. The
present board is made up of men
of strong character, combined with
! business ability of high order.
/ IN the appointment OF Jesse l..
/ Jordan TO fiji the vacancy created
! by the death of Commissioner Al.
/ cXander. the board has been strength
/ Cncd by the addition of member
with exceptional qualifications for
the position. Not only has Mr.. Jor.
dan demonstrated in this communi-
~ that he made success of his
own business ventures. during his
lCng period of residence in the
county. but since his appointment
to the Office has shown, by the Wig.
orous and enthusiastic manner in
which he has taken hold of the work
special adaptability for official
life and promise that he will give
20 his public duties the same energy,
intelligence and enterprise that have
placed him in the forefront of
the citizenship of Love county.
Marietta, without Jesse Jordan
would be like the play of Hamlet
with Hamlet left out. Since it's
very foundation, a couple of de.
cadcs ago, he has been flesh of
its flesh and bone of its bone"
II took men OF dauntless courage
and boundlcss faith to look over the
wide stretches of prairie and tim
,sfu
ions Of cities rising from the cross.
roads. where "A couple of stores and
a lew box houses marked the evi
donccs OF population-but Jesse Jor.
dan was one of that sort of men.
lie saw a future for. Marietta and
ion Love county. and from the prim-
itivc days to this, through thick and
through thin, through good report
ana cyil too. he has clung with
mpucnchable hope and tireless ten
acity to the work of building up his
chosen town and country and his
name is written large today in mon
umouts of enterprise in both city
ana county and still he is hoping
and stlll working Tor greater lu.
turc
We have spoken OF the play of
Ilamlet--it contains two liY.,s that
should make it immortal II nothing
else.
"rhc friends thou hast and by ex-
pcrcnce tried,
Buckle them to you with hooks of
steel"
Here's a good slogan for the vot.
"rs of Love county-a good text for
the taxpayers, Jesse l.. Jordan has
proved himself friend to Mariet.
"a and Love county and its people
are as wise rs the reputation they
bear Tor the rugged virtues of virile
manhood and old-fashioned honor
and honesty, they will buckle
commissioner Jordan to their hearts
with hooks of steel"
Mr. Jordan has announced in this
issue his purpose To ask nomination
60 the Office of county commissioner
at the hands Of the democratic par
~ an .hc coming primaries.