The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-11-05

flllu, hlnStsner, III Keno, tDlCkasna
Duncan and Waurika and switching
into the main line at Fort Worth, Tex
as. The other, the Meridian road
iroper, running through Perry, Guth-
rie, Norman, Oklahoma City, Pauls
Valley and Ardmore, and on to Fort
Worth.
Along the Chisholm trail route
much of the road has been built on
foundation made for the great high
way. Several Of the cities and coun-
ties through which this highway runs
have put out work through volunteer
labor much of the road in Grant, Gar.
field, Kingfisher, Canadian and Grady
having been graded through volun-
tary turning out of the farmers and
townsmen along the route. and CIV
ing their work. the counties putting
in the bridges and culverts proceeding
or as the work progressed.
Everybody Works; Even Father
The writer was in Enid and Chicka-
sha when this work was being done
and it was a pleasure to witness the
general interest manifested by all per-
sons as The work ressed. For
days all lines of business was sus
pended and the road for miles was dot
ted with traction engines, teams draw
ing plows, shovels, graders and gangs
of laborers, the latter composed Of
bankers merchants, professional
ment, artisans, ministers and laymen,
At the noon hour the women of the
community appeared in great rum
bers at given points with basket din
ner spreads. The novelty and unique
ness of the turnout not only secured
good, effective work but the pleas
antries and enjoyment thai wort with
it made all forget that it was labor
and feel that it was a grand, gala day.
OF course the work performed, fill
ing in at points where needed and
ovaling the face of the road, was but
the preliminary or basis for greater
work, and vet the road worked on can
be perpetuated as a good road with
out macadam if a systematic course
of work is put upon it after heavy
rainfalls. The hope of the state high
way department is in securing aid
from the government for TlcadlmiZ
! ing such lines of ROAD those to be
known as national highways. And
just here | might, with pro1ri9ty,
offer the information that the good
roads advocates of Oklahoma( and
that numbers most all the electors,
were sorely disappointed in the man
ner in which congress rejected the
proposition to appropriate liberal
sum for the promoting and building
good roads in the various states of
the union.
want Road Appropriations.
The people feel that when millions
and millions of dollars are appropria-
ted for dreadnaughts, and millions
more are given for maintaining them,
and but a paltry sum is given to the
good roads work-that which wtLId
furnish immediate benefit to every
citizen in the land as well as do more
toward building up the nations re
sources than would like eXperdi-
ture along any other line, then it is
that the reading, thinking people feel
that the time has come when more
attention should be given to local and
self interest and less to politics, and
it is predicted that we will not have
to wait many years for every party
platform-county, state and nation
to have engrafted in it as one of the
important party pledges to the people
that liberal appropriation shall be
made by state and nation for the
promotion and building OF highways
under supervision and instruction of
competent engineers employed by
state and nation for that especial
work. When that day comes the
farmer and the townsman will be
brought so closely together as to feel
more fully than ever before that they
have common interests. The business
man and farmer will then enter more
ty varieties of fruit and vegetables.
Place the farmer and his family |
near to the school house, near to So
cial environments, near to market, |
and the cause of the high cost of liy
ing will have been solved. In fact, |
that which universal good roads will |
not benefit and temper to the wants
of the people is not to be found in
a list of the actual needs and conyen-