The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-11-08
GOOD ROADS
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to wagons and teams, any man cal
fieuro the value attached 10 iand by
good roads but there is not sulilcie'H
brains and sufficient pencils n Az
thie world TO estimate the worth ol
good roads to the coming generation
# keeps the boy and the girl CON
tented. fl adds 70 social life in the
country. the auto and the telephone
and the better church and the better
social surroundings will follow better
roads. The boy and. the girl are at
tracted TO the city by the better CON
yenicuces and many of them fall by
the wayside. Preachers should take
the lead in this increment, 1t mas
wealth of meaning 10 the morals o.
the country. Now l want to see RoaG
District No. /, formed in this county
the commissioners will cooperate
with you in every way they can and
success is ours when We made the
epinning.'
Secretary Mccoy read the names ol
the charter list of memebrs OF the
Countv Good Roads Association and
a large number of men present TOOK
membership. A committee composed
of S. S. Tolson, J. F. Easley John
r. Dexter, l.. ]. Myers, w. W. Glenn
ons. was appointed TO add TO lhe
membership by personal solicitation
l.. r. ReXroat suggested that the
man who wrote the first good roads
bil' in Oklahoma was present and
asked that he be given the flool'
Col Frank Prouty OF the Morning
Star has that distinction and he toiG
of the good roads movement IN the
early days. He said the east wanted
roads. the west had its broad prairIes
and did not need them, his bill pro
yided for state highways leading from
east TO west but there were 50 many
representatives from the short grass
region of the state that he had to
make the road improvement optional
with the counties and not compulsory.
For that reason SLOW progress was
being made when statehood came ana
the democrats captured the state ana
Col. Prouty reminded the democrats
that they had taken the responsibility
and it was mp to them to make good
He said he wanted to see the great
highway connect Kansas with Texas
like the Panama Canal. lie urged
the people to do their part and SAID
the legislature would do its part.
Congressman Carter was called FOR
and responded with a short talk N
which he said many good things, he
commended the address OF Commia-
sioner Suggs, he commended his zeal
and his plan of pushing the move
mcnt in the interest OF human'jy
Mr.. Carter said the government - Is
obi ;a.ed 10 build post roads ami he
is an advocate for federal aid. tie
said there is no use to add To me
taxes to bmld roads, that a few war
ships and few forts could be lett of
and for his part he would rather see
the PHILIPPINE Islands sold an fh"
money spent in thi' country ;l"t Is
being used to keep up those Islands
for the benefit of I few niliiondir"a
who have made investments there.
The government spends millions 3l
dollars there every year, they are the
source of all the war scares and II
would suit HIM if some country would
stea! the islands and rid the United
States of the expense and the obi
cation OF maintaining them. Mr. Car
ter said he wanted to see his home
town 20 after the small factory, tha
il had slept long enough and he wa'
glad to see the citizenship waking III
to their interests.
Mr.. Dunn said he had recent!
moved from here to Florida and since
going there he had seen what i
means to have good roads. There
one horse can pull all wagon cal
hold up and two horse teams ar'
not required. The county is divided
into five and ten acre farms anC
ships more vegetables than any 9th
er county in the union and the people
are now asitating a great hishwa,
to reach as far north as Canada.
Mr.. Scivally said this county ha'
made a good start and when tn
people thoroughly understand III
great national movement Tor bette
roads that they will ta.;e hold OF III,