The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-04-16

Does anyone think tnat Lne pro-
gressiye young state OF Oklahoma
is going to deny itself railroad trans
portation? Counties that are build
/ ing court houses, school building,
bridges and roads and making this
state the most inviting of any in the
union will not do without railroad
transportation.
/ Cities that are building parks and
paved streets and public buildings,
and that are throbbing with energy,
with their very nerves tingling with
action, are not going to do without
transportation facilities to carry on
their growing commerce.
Railroads then are going to be
built
This state offers ,wo ways by
which the necessary lines can be
built and it is placed before the
people on Tuesday of next week to
make their selection OF the manner
in which railroad lines VIII be built
hereafter in the state of Oklahoma.
Here are the two ways, which
will you choose?
Vote to eliminate Article TX Sec
tion 9 on the 25th of this month, and
railway construction will come into
the state from the outside and when
it comes into this state ii will not
only develop the mines and the
farms and the cities and make more
taxable wealth, but the money that
comes in here to build these lines
will pay Its portion of the city and
county and state and school taxes.
That is one of the ways, and here
is the other:
Vote to retain Article IX Section
in the state constitution Tuesday
of next week and the promoters will
build your roads on this plan:
They will organize road improve
ment districts three miles wide and
six miles long. These road improve
ment districts may include towns,
villages. cities and country districts.
Bonds will be sold secured by the
property in these districts to the
value of five per cent of all the prop
erty in the district These bonds will
run for twenty years and bear 6
per cent interest, and at the expira-
tion OF that time the owner of prop
erty in that district will have paid
more than ten per cent of his ac.
| tual worth besides ms regular town.
/ ship or city taxes, his school taxes,
his county taxes. mis- state taxes nnd
his special taxes.
And do you know that roads pro
NOTED in this manner viii in fifty
/ per cent of the cases be DOSING ven.
10 tleir rooms, hence there was a
joint session of the house and senate.
The program was opened with ex-
tempore speeches on subjects Sc
lected by the principal. II is not a
little remarkable how easy and free
the students show themselves on
their feet. To be asked to speak
on some unexpected subject and
without a moments warning or prep
aration is not an easy task even for
men and women of maturity. Yet the
pupils OF the city schools are taught
20 do this very thing. The follow
ing responded as their names We're
called and did themselves more than
credit: Edna Bowman, 10 F.. Viii
liams, Alpheus Ringer, Carl Weith.
Lawrence Tarver Albert Noble and
BERTHE Wigs
The house had as its business of
the afternoon the election of a speak
er protempOre. The virtues and
strength of various candidates were
eNtolled in speeches of especial val
ue. Nominating speeches We're made
by Leland Gait, Annie Anderson,
-Ni4lf NAY ~ hlllllt Wall blONH anu Al
bert Noble. The representatives thus
honored for the position of speak
er were Albert Nobe, Raymond Nc
Coy and Earl Brown. The house
retired to its own hall before bal
loting.
The senate then assembled to go
on with its routine of business from
where It had left off at the last meet.
ing Nice-pnesident Clark presided,
and when called on for rulings show
ed, as he has always shown, good
sense and a spirit OF fairness. After
roll call, reading OF minutes and
other routine business, the senate
passed to the consideration of the
resolution which had been pending
since the last meeting, a resolution
declaring war on Mexico
The tide of battle swayed back
and forth as one after another va