The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-01-30
.REF|NERIES AND FACTORIES HERE
Varnisn and Paints viii Be Made,
Natural Gas viii Be Used for Fuel
and Hundreds OF Workmen Will
BE Given Employment.


panied by his wife and seven chill.
drcn, has arrived in Ardmore from
Fitzgerald. Ga. Mr.. Garbutt was
seen at his temporary offices In the
Guaranty State Bank building yes
teIday morning. When he saw he
was confronted by a persistent news
paper man who wanted something
for Sunday paper, the Georgian
said Il am opposed to this Sunday
work and feel ayerse To giving out
any statements that require labor on
the Sabbath TO put before the pub.
lie After being assured that the
Aldmoreitc did but little work on
the Sabbath. that the paper was real
" gotten out Saturday night before
the clock struck 10. he made a few
statements but said he had not
come 10 Oklahoma for any news
paper nOtoriety.
\ story is told Of Mr.. Garbutt that
+, an index to his personality. Down
I'm the cotton fields of Georgia he
owns a ten thousand spindle cotton
mill and he employs a great many
negroes in his factory. Mr.. Garbutt
allows no unchastc language used
ir any department of the work and
every employo understands 1t, but
when a new negro comes on to the
work he often forgets himself and
says something which does not meet
with the approval of the Georgian.
then Mr. Negro Is in trouble. Mr..
Garbutt fills bucket with cold
water, he eases up beside the
naughty talking workman. and be-
fore the darkey knows what Is going
on, that whole bucket of cold water
is running in rivers down his shiv-
erius back. and when the darkcy sets
up howl there is hughter among
all the negroes in the mill. as the
cry from the sting of the cold wa
ter is echoed throughout the plant.
Besides being the owner of this
mill he owns vast timber interests
ia the state. His personal appear
anse would not indicate any wealth,
he is a working man himself and the
cal!oused palms prove that no man
under him does more of the hard
work But his experience in the
timber lands stands him in good
play in the work he has undertaken
here. I'm Georgia the pine log prob
lem was to get the tree close TO
the shipping station. In his asphalt
work here the problem is to get
the asphalt near the shipping sta
tion. Well, the same power that
can economically move log can
also move ton of asphalt and
the means used in Georgia can
well be employed here.
lie Is just now from Washington
where he made applications for let.
tcrs patent to a gasoline motor wa
gon. Something like he has used
in Georgia, but it is an improvement
and he wants it protected by Unit
ed States patent. He will begin
work on this motor wagon AT once
aud within three weeks to a month
one wagon aill be built. 1t will
haul fifteen thousand pounds Of as
pEalt and a wamon attached viii
haul five thousand pounds, so
that every trip will bring twenty
thousand pounds of the crude as
phalt to the refineries. After this
agon is built and If It proves to
be what is expected OF il, others
will be put on the road. The wagon
road from here to the mines at
Woodford are now in good shape for
the motor wagon, except the bridges.
These bridges must be strengthened.
The county commissioners, It is
thought will cooperate with Mr..
tarbutt ana render him what as
sistance they can under the law
to help out with the road problem.
The enterprise is one in which the
whole county is interested and the
commissioners have already signified
an interest in the movement.
Af;er the product Is mined at
Woodford and brought to Ardmore
in the motor wagon there is another
problem to be solved. Asphalt must
be refined Mr. Garbutt either knows
how to do the work or he knows
how to obtain eXnerts who do know
and he has several applications from
experts now on his desk. Retinerics