The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-04-28
THE DOCTRINE
Of COOPERATION

Mdulll. 4. why MduIli 10 oho Va "a"
best towns in the state" said an Ard
mer drummer in talking to a casual
acquaintance the other day. Ard
more? Say, my friend, you can't go
wrong if you locate in Ardmore,
said the ishomingo booster to the
prospective investor in Oklahoma
dirt. "Pauls Valley? There's the
town backed by some of the best
country in the state" affirmed the
man from Purcell as he thumped the
table to add emphasis to his enthu-
sasm This shows the spirit of fair
ness and of enterprise that is showing
Oklahoma ahead of all other states.
We all know that we have the goods,
that our home towns are loaded down
with the good things that go to make
up good states anywhere and that
while in our own estimation each of
us has just little bit the best OF the
other fellow yet if the prospective
land buyer and settler wants a good
town we will send him to the one
that is almost as good as our own.
We know that southern Oklahoma
is the best part of the best state in
the union and we know, at the same
time that while Ardmore or Tisho-
mingo or Durant have been each
and every one Jointly and severally
responsible for making this the case,
at the same time we know that with
ont the one the other would have been
unable to accomplish anything. 1t
has been case of united we stand,
while divided we fall, and the spirit
of good-fellowship which today en-
lists between our towns is RESPONSE
BILE, in the main, for the phenomenal
growth of the southern part of the
state.
There is no section so universally
rich in all manner and kinds of ma
tulal resources as this section and
the towns throughout the country
have aided each other in the general
development Of the riches and re-
sources. If Carter county is a good
county and supports a good town
such as Ardmore, Johnston county is
bound to be a good county in order
to support as good town as Tish-
omingo. We are all in the same por-
tion of the state and derive our nu-
merous benefits from the same soil
and the same kinds of wealth pro-
ducers. The spirit of "pull, boys, to-
gether." is what has made this part
of the state the garden Of Oklaho-
ma.
One of the leading contractors of
Ardmore viii within the next few
days place an order with the owners
of the famous Bromide quarres, in
Johnston county, for the stone for
the building of the 100000 high |
school in Ardmore and a street paw
ing concern in Tishomingo has come |
back with an order for Downard as
phalt for use in filling a paving con-
tract that he has in his home city.
Thus we are helping the one county .
by buying that part of their material
which we have not and they are re-
ciprocating in doing likewise with
us.
With the greatest abundance Of ev-
erything that the giver Of all things
could bestow upon the country and
with the people of the different To-
calities pulling together there can be
no cause for wonder that southern
Oklahoma is known far and wide for
its extreme wealth in the wealth-mak-
ing materials of the world While .
there is necessarily a spirit OF rival |
ry between the towns Of these sep
arate sections, yet the rivalry is of
that friendly kind that builds up with
out engendering bitterness and i'll |
feeling.