The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-07-09

lAzAneenz41A h&2Ek8i&
r. A. HEFNER. CITY ATTORNEY
Judge X. A. Hcfner came here only
n few years ago from Texas. He is
a graduate of the law department OF
the State University and has made
corporation law a specially. He is at.
torney for several of the largest cor.
rorations in the country and did much
| legal work for the railroads before
coming here. He gave up very lu-
crative praCtic in Texas to come here
W share In the prosperity and in the
duties of building up of new country
/ He was recently appointed city at
torney and in that capacity he has
had IA great deal of legal work to do
and he has done it to the entire sat
isfaction of the people. While he has
been here but a short time he is held
in so high regard by the people that
he has been selected as president of
the school board and in that capacity
he is valuable man to the people Of
Ardmore
"0-o~"~~0~~~~-o-0~~-~-NN-
matter would have to hunt new and
greener pastures and that he would
get busy Immediately after his in
duction into office. And he did. After
/ the appointment and qualifying of his
| police officers he told them to inform
themselves in regard to the law in the
face of any violations and to arrest
the offenders-no matter who they
Were-and that if one arrest wasn't
sufficient to repeat the application
from time to time as the violations
occurred and that he would make it
so uncomfortable for the offenders
that they would be willing to go and
sin no more or words to that effect.
Just as matter of example, when Mr..
Ikard took charge of his office the
money in fines collected in police
court run as high as eight and nine
hundred dollars some months-a fact
that proved many violations of ordi-
nances of the city. AS an Offset to
this Mr.. lkard now proudly points to
last months fines in the municipal
court, which he says was in the neigh
borhood of fifty dollars. He uses these
figures to bear him out in the asser-
tion that crime has been reduced to
minimum in Ardomre in the remark
able short period of two months, the
time that he has held the position of
police commissioner and police
judge.
Mr.. Ikard was born in Louisiana,
but inasmuch as his parents moved
to Texas when he was six months
old he claims to be Texan.
On the 5th day of December, 1Si9,
Mr. lizards parents arrived at Wealth
erford. Texas, where they located and
where he attended school after he
had reached the scholastic age, leay
ing school when he was quite young,
entering the service of the state mi
litia He did not join the ranks Of
the confederates for the reason that
he was too young but served with the
state militia in guarding the frontier
against mauraders and the depreda
tions of bands of Indians. After the
war ne Went TO the Panhandle Coun-
try where he engaged in fhe cattle
business. living in Henryetta, Texas,
where he served the people for one
Term IN the capacity of mayor In
hose days the Panhandle country
VAS pretty rough and many times the .
'owboys were intent upon taking the j
own" but after Mr. Ilsrd had broken t
MO harness they and other law viola g
ors were content 10 come to town j
md be good t
Mr. Ikard is generally popular and {
S an officer his record speaks for $
.self "