The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-02-12
COMMITTEE TO
RAISE THE BONUS
COMMITTEE OF TWENTY WERE
BUSY YESTERDAY WITH GOOD
RESULTS.

FRIDAY afternoon Lne CltlienS OF lHt
: city pursuant to proclamation issu
/ ed by the mayor of the city that al
places of business be closed between
the hours of two and five, in order
that the citizens might assemble AT
the district court room in order to
donate contributions toward raising
the bonus for the proposed Ardmore,
Lawton railroad, was generally OBJ
1 served, and the court room was pack
ed to its capacity with real boosters
who We're busy signing notes and
making donations of property toward
this enterprise.
w. b. Johnson was chairman of the
meeting and he injected a great deal
OF ginger into all present, with the
result that many thousands of dollars
We're raised. w. A. Ledbetter of Ok
lahoma City, j. r. Pennington of this
city, and Jake Hamon of Lawton also
made stirring talks.
1t WAS not an occasion of speech
making, but one for the purpose of
transacting real business, and much
accomplished.
The subcommittee of twenty-five
from each ward, met at the first ma
tional bank yesterday morning and
got to work in the different wards.
Mr., Johnson, the chairman, stated
that he anticipated no trouble in rails
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ing this bonus, stating:
"All persons who contemplate max
ing a donation to this bonus are as
sured of one fact; that they can give
their note in lieu of property they in
tend to deed to the trustees at value
fixed by the owner, and should the
trustees not agree with them on the
value of the property the note will be
surrendered and the party released
unless he desires to make another do
nation. This preliminary is simply to
aid the trustees in determining wheth-
er the bonus can probably be raised"
This money and notes are to be
placed in the hands of the trustees, |
Messrs. Anderson, Dolman and Dyer,
to be held in trust by them until such
time as the trains are being operated
on schedule time between Ardmore
and Lawton, then and not until then,
will the money be turned over to |
the railroad. Another feature of the
contract is that actual work on the !
road must begin not later than Aug.
ust first, and the work prosecuted
continuously until the road is in oper.
alton
Here is a list of the real boosters
of Ardmore, as handed in by the COM
mittee yesterday afternoon, they are
at work and this list will be added to
every day. See that your name is
written there if you believe in the fu-
ture of the city:
j. B. Spragins, w. c. Dewitt, Geo.
X. Fish, P. d. Maxwell, NJ. L. Alex
ander, j. R. Dexter, c. A. Ramsey, w.
NJ, Hills, Wolverton estate, ]. N.
Moore, w. B. Johnson, J. w. Kruger,
A. c. Straehley, Moran Scott, Mark
Kirkpatrick, Felix j. King, A. II. Pal
mer, r. T. Dallas, Arthur Adams,
Homer Adams, w. d. Potter, W. P.
Davis, l.. G. Shelton, Roy NJ. Johnson,
S. G. Wood, ]. ]. Stolfa, Kirk Dyer
j A. Cotner, c. l.. Byrne, Chickasaw
Furniture Co., Harry o. Johnston,
l. Anderson, Joseph Weiss, Emil
Weiss, j. w. Harreld, John S. Owens
W. r. Burnitt, ]. A. Bodovitz, C. F.
Fraley, r. Hardy, A. Ramsey, W.
Poland, C. P. VanDenberg, Santa Fe
Heights Co., L. S. Dolman, w. S.
Smith, Holman & Best, w. F.. Beard,
r. A. Fox, VIM. Hutchinson, ]. L.
Cox, H. E. Foster, ]. R. Pennington,
W, F. Ward, r. p Poland, j. d. Hard
wick, DIR. c. Fl. Gillian, E. B. Luke,
G. A. Mutt, A. J. Pruitt, VIM. Foster,
f j. Myers, w. Hardy, Lee Cathey,
W. F. Wilmington, NJ German, John
II and Theo. Hoffman, B. A. Simp-
son, c. M. Bean, ]. F. Jordan, w. Col
bert, o. w. Anderton, A. f. Douglas,
J. ID. Steakley, Hal NJ Cannon, ]. A.
okipworth, Ancel carp, w. E. McLa-
more, Clyde A. Jones, F. e. Watson,
F. X. West