The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-10-17
OKLAHOMA BOOSTERS.
In jefferson City. Ne Seek Trsnspo-
.a;ien fer prospertors.

pertgme-lzfen breath OF air 70 one
ho has teen in the desert regions
for . tim. was, As yoG know, horn
and reared il this section OF The
country. | voted the democrat licke:
IT. old Missouri when q nomination
Vas equivalent 10 an election and /
voted it when mysterious stranger
first made his appearance here. After
that became no longer q Missourlzn.
consequently some Of the acts OF the
politicians Of this day in the old
'sh-E me state are seemingly a
little peculiar. For instance it looks
a little out Of place 10 see a dyed
In the wool" democrat gather son
Of Ham, otherwise an Ethiopian, 9TH
erwise d negro. by the wing, better
known, perhaps, as an arm, and
marth with him up TO the bar Of some
liquid dispensary. the like OF which
is prohibited under the liquor laws
Of the good old state OF Oklahoma,
and say what will you have?"
This is one Of the close counties in
central Missouri. The democrats elect
ed about half OF the ticket last cleo
ticn By majorities ranging from ten
votes to seventy and the republicans
did the same by about half OF Their
ticket This year, through the grace
OF the great Jehovah, the NAL admin
istration OF the little governor Her
bert Haniey and the split in the le-
publican Earty caused By the advent
II the roaring Bull Moose the demo
Gratis hope to put the county back
where 1t was in the good old days
of yore,
AS it is politicians from farmer
Shackelford" and Cum Shoe Bill
Stone" on down the line to the candi-
date for the smallest office in the
gift OF the dear peepul are just
little bid thicker than the traditional
fiddlers In the climate which, next
to Yuma is said to be the hottest
known.
Taken as this country goes this is
a good old town. The population OF
Jefferson City is estimated at seven
teen thousand, the census OF 1910
gave it 10000 and the courts OF the
different counties of the state added
some twenty-five hundred. The latter
however because the kindness of the
states gives them free clothing IN
fashionable stripe effects and also
furnishes them three meals of bread
and molasses and hog bosom and
beans each day, are not allowed 10
vote nor a place on the census rolls.
This part of the population of this
city seems to be the only ones eX-
empt from the wiles of the vote ct
ter.
In addition to the street railway
service, which by the way is most
excellent one, and the shoe shops and
the railway shops and about one hun
dred saloons and two breweries this
city has an A No. / paid fire depart |
ment. fully as good in equipment as
that of Ardmore. But speaking isci- |
the people OF the state OF
Missouri had to lose million dollar |
capital building together with some o.
the most valuable records, dating back |
to the old territorial days away back |
as far as lS14-15 and the days of early |
statehood in the twenties, before the
good people of this town OF nearly |
twenty thousand souls found out that
a valunteer fire department could not
cope with a big blaze.
The matter of transportation for
the prospective Oklahomass is yet
mooted question. We have found lots
of people who want to come and see
our great new state and who Will
probably do so il the railways VIII
do the right thing. ! am expecting
a letter on every mail from J. NJ, Sell
bert. the land agent of the Missouri
Pacific with whom l am trying to take
the matter up along with the general
passenger agent and other officials
of the transportation department.
Up to date negotiations have re-
suited in little more than stalls on
the part of the railroads.
Unfortunately man from the lana
of snow and ice up Minnesota way
has been circulating among the Ger
man farmers of this section and has
shown them the goods on the wheat
proposition in the far north. We
are having this to overcome in some
sections. Quite bit OF interest Is
being manifested in our fruit sections.