The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-07-03

because he hasu decided on his plans
vet. and cam tell Cruce works out
his plans with an indeiibie pencil on
note paper. and ne does il ahead Of
time. Murray waits until he is CON.
PEELED 10 act aud then he runs his hand
in his pocket and extracts piece Of
pencil about two inches long and, with
il. he figures the thing out on piece
envelope that he happened to have
In the hip-pocket Of his pants. Cruce
may have impulses, but If he does he
merely enjoys or crushes them; he
does not consider them assets TO be
used in the affairs Of life Murray acts
on his impulses In politics, Murray
Is the Hoke Smith Of Oklahoma. Per
sonally. however, he is as unlike Mr..
Smith as day is unlike night. Murray
is most likabla per- nally. Cruces
supporters viii tell you they are trr
Cmce because they believe ga his pla.
form and have faith in the mans in
tcgrity Murrays supporters viii sim
ply say that they are for Bill Murray
because they Jest nacherly like BIZ
Murray" / have found myself saying
Il like Bill Murray. but confound his
politics" II Is said the ra Is be.
tween these TWO. Whoever wins will
be Okahomas second governor since
statehood
Yes. the state has the same sort OF
politicians. They show you how, If
they win. the country viii be saved
and the people will have better bus
mess, be,tcr crops and more money
and better money
Oklahoma has schools and school
BUILDINGS but they are MT like those
in Georgia I patronize, in Ardmore
the best public schools ever saw.
was, ten years, pupil in public
schools. ten years a teacher in public
schools, and now have been a pat.
ron of public schools, ten years, and
do not hesitate to say Ardmore's IL
the best e all
Oklahoma towns of three thousand
population have school buildings that
cost from ten to twenty-five thousand
dollars, and neighborhoods, far out in
the rural districts. have fye-thousand-
liar new school buildings One of
the strongest sights to a newcomer
Is one Of these magnificent temples
of learning out there. 1t has no com
panion of its kind and 1t does look so
lonesome, But 1t Is living testi-
mony t) the fact that this new state
Is building not for Il day, but for all
time-even for eternity. The last two
years have Travelled in eight Southern
states. In none of them have seen
such magnificent homes for the school
children of the state. Oklahoma 3
churches are above the average. 1t
has better bridges in the country than
the old states have The roads are
as good and will soon be better.
The states lands are the wonder of
all it's wealth. | have remarked over
and over that, regardless of area, or
area considerable does not matter
which-Oklahoma has fewer unproduc.
tive acres than any other state. Some
Of it's lands are bottom lands as broad
and fertile as the Mississippi Delta
Other sections as wide, as black and
as fertile are not bottom lands at all
| would not say Oklahoma is an eldora.
do, but ! will say that the farmer of
small means, or no means at all, will
find out here the greatest opportuni-
ties offered in the world. \ farmer
In Georgia wnins a hundred acres.
can likely sell his farm for enough to
BUY two hundred acres here. and for
farming purpose, these two hundred
acres are worth as much as four hun.
lred there. with seasons suitable. the
farmer makes money here on corn as
well as cotton, on wheat as well as
oats All up and d wn this Santa Fe .
railroad, from Purcell on the north
down through Pauls Valley. Davis.
\rdmorc and Marietta, to the Texas
line are as fine farm lands as there are
IN this country East TO Hugo. north.
East TO Coalgatc. and west to the sun
set the lands are all fer,nc-some
prairie ana black. some woodland and
sandy and some otherwise all fertile.
This town Ardmore is the capital OF
Carter county a county as big in area
as two G,orsia counties of average
size. drove across il from Ardmore
west and know about its sizc-;here
S u railroad out therc-and when at
eve ] reached The boundary line. was
20 completely exhausted ! felt very
much like sending for the family that