The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-07-18
CAPITOL BUILDING
ARRANGEMENTS
NO PAYMENT MADE YET-THE
CAPITOL is GOING TO BE BUILT.
WORK IN THE DEPARTMENTS

Oklahoma City, July 17.-Another
week has passed and no definite ar
rangements have been made as to the
first payment for the capitol building.
this, however, does not seem to cause
any concern to the governor with
whom several conferences have been
had by the local committee and his
conservative Judgment on all matters
seem TO satisfy all that arrangements
are under way whereby the work will
proceed as originally intended. Form
er Gov. Skell was in the city at the
end of last week and his views seem
TO meet with approval in regard to
Oklahoma City making good. Promi-
nent men from many sections of the
state take the position that in view of
the general business outlook that pa
tience should be the order of the day.
This howl about Oklahoma City
falling down. said one man who call
ed on the governor, "is enough to
make decent conservative business
men sick. If Oklahoma City cannot
build the capitol I would like to know
where the city is in the state that
can
And that is the general feeling The
capitol is going to be built and by
Oklahoma City and when built will be
one of the finest in the union.
Lon Frame Sick.
Lon Frame, chairman of both the
board of affairs and the capitol com
mission, is sick at the Lee-Huckins
hotel His condition is not serious but
he was threatened with appendicitis.
He is resting better today and expects
to be back at his desk in a day or so.
Talking about the capitol commits
sion, the fourth member, the fifth
wheel as some designate DR.. Bennett
has not yet reported for duty and
should he do so it will surprise the
members Of the administration.
HuultOl
The auditing department for the
state is very busy as the end of the
first half of the year was June 30th
and the entire working force are
hard at it," The auditing of every
account for the state is no small job
and State Auditor Brooke has every
reason to realize it at this time.
Department of Highways.
The department of highways, or the
new baby" as some of the boys call
it. is growing every week and Com
missioner Suggs has not had day off
since he took charge of the office the
first of the month Every county in
the state is interested in GOOD roads
and the department is assaied with
inquiries every day. Commissioner
Suggs and his entire force are work
ing on the uniform system of roads
which the department will establish
and expect to get out a bulletin in the
near future. County officials are re-
spending to the requests for data and
such information as is necessary for
the department.
Give Farmers Work.
Commissioner Suggs is heartily in !
favor of the movement which is on
foot in several of the drouth stricken
counties to issue road district bonds
and commence work on the highways
so as to give employment 10 the farm .
ers and their teams The commission
er, however believes that the most
permanent kind of work be done while
they are at it and is so urging
The Guarantee
The recent stS cement of the guaran-
ty fund has caused considerable COM
ment in this city and as might be eX-
pected the gossip which is going the
rounds is not the most flattering to
some men who are more or less prom
inent in the state. 1t is expected that
when some of the paper which is be-
ing held as security becomes due
that it will not be any more than just
paper. but it is understood that siren
uous effort will be made to collect all
and that chips will fly to beat the
band.