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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-03-31

( have scaled the cliffs and breaks %
thCse old mountains for flt'y years or
more Nothing could be done toward
developing the numerous finds on ac-
count Of the Indian treaties, but since
statehood all restrictions have been
, removed and today this mineral field
is one of the richest in America. The
reward of the rugged pioneer in this
industry is the ownership of lead and
zinc mines OF almost fabulous posi-
/ biltics
The permanent acceptance of this
district as an extensive field Of the
richest rosin Jack is now a fixed fact.
lnnumerable essays made by leading
mineralogists and analysists of this
and other countries: careful and ac-
curate tests and mill runs made in
Joplin, Denver, FL Paso, Coffeyville
and elsewhere have fully and finally
ness of this field, which is located so
near Ardmore.
Asphalt Mines.
Located in Carter county in imme-
diate touch with Ardmore are the
world famous mines of rock asphalt.
The deposits of the most valuable
paving material are ineXhaustible anl
the refined product of the mines the
highest grade known.Thcre is enough
asphalt in the ground in the undevcl-
oped mines near Ardmore and Wood
ford to pave the streets of every city
in the United States.
Ardmore asphalt is known far and
near as the very best. 1t has been
tested and has stood the climatic con-
ditions, as they exist from Kansas
City to Galveston
LithoIite Stone at Bromide.
The quarries at Bromide. in south
ern Oklahoma, bear the distinction
of producing the highest grade build
ing stone that has ever been wrested
from the bowels of the earth to be
converted into buildings calculated
to with stand the ravaging hand Of
time Experts concede that stone
the equal of he product OF the Bro
mide quarries has yet TO be unearth-
ed.
it is far superior to the famous
stone of Bedford and will not dis
color with age and through exposure
to the elements as will the last named
stone. Even the Justly celebrated stone
from the quarries of WTarrensburg
and Carthage are not equal to this
stone, for unlike the product of either
OF these places that Of Bromide will
not scale and Veatherleach with age
Bromide stone is fast gaining a rep
utation and the ompany operating
the quarries are now running over
lime in an effort to keep abreast with
th' udiiN INCREASING utnldlu lOI lulS
superior building material.
The Oil Fields.
Owned and controlled by the Santa
Fe Railway company the first oil
fields of this couty were prospected
and .brough in. Since the develop
ment of the Santa Fe oil field other
companies have secured operating
leases and some of the greatect pre-
ducing oil wells in the great south
west are within twenty miles OF Ard
more. Other companies are coming
in and seeking foothold in this fieli
Only quite recently a Beaumont syn.
dicate secured a lease on over one
thousand acres of oil lands here and
operations will begun by them in
a few weeks.
Natural Gas.
One of the big inducements Of
fered by Ardmore to the prospective
investor: to the manufacturer, is
cheap fuel. The cheapest fuel known
go far is natural gas Kansas City
has drawn within its boundaries hun
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-03-31
Ardmore, Woodford & Western.

The Oklahoma Oil and Refining
company. composed of Ardmore and
Atlanta, Ga, capitalists own and op-
crate extensive asphalt mines at
Noodford, twenty-five miles from
Ardmore in this county. This com
parG have IN contemplation the
construction of a line from Ardmore
to the mines.
In addition to furnishing an easy
means OF transportation for the out
put of these mines this road will
operate through the center of part
of the greatest wheat belt in the
entire southwest. The country to the
northwest of Ardmore and leading
into the breaks surrounding Wood
ford is known far and wide as
wheat producing country. Here
decade ago the cowman's herds roam
ed by the tens of thousands, but now
the planters homes dot the scenery
and hundreds of thousands of bush
els of golden wheat pour forth an
nually from the nurturing breast OF
Mother Nature.
North Texas Traction Company
The North Texas Fraction Com.
pany propose an extension north
ward to their Sherman lint by way
OF Gainesville and Ardmore. This
line will be electrified and crossing
the Red river into Love county i'm
mediately south of us will run
through southern Carter county into
Ardmore. In addition to the regular
passenger traffic this line will have
a freight equipment and become an
important competing factor for the
trade to the southwark Officials OF
this road are contemplating a fur
ther extension of their line from Ard
more into Durant. sixty miles 70
the east
With the network of railway fast
building through this section and
with all the natural advantages be-
slowed by the most lavish hand Of
nature, southern Oklahoma is fas:
becoming known as the greatest part
OF the best state in the southwest.
Southern Oklahoma invites the
careful investigation of the most
conservative investor and home
seeker. Southern Oklahoma has the
goods and can deliver them. She
affords the brightest opportunities to
all who are willing to cast their lot
with her and her people, and who
will work This is not a land of
drones, but of hustlers. and ANYONE
who will come here and hustle and
prove himself worthy and we'll quail
flied thereby will succeed.
The Newcomers Point of View.
(By Newcomer.)
The writer has recently located in
Carter county from an old eastern
state. after inspecting locations in
various parts of the state OF Okla
homa. I have frequently been asked
my impressions OF the various por-
tions OF the state | have visited |
was attracted 10 this state. as thous-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-03-31

ureuS OF Manufacturing enterprises
because She can Offer them cheap
| fuel. The fuel furnished in this
| thriving and busy gate city is nat
ural gas Gas is piped in from away
down in Chanute, Kansas. If Kan
sas City finds gas the cheapest fuel
even after the expense incident TO
laying miles and miles OF pipe line
and installing compressors and pump.
ing stations at enormous expense,
now doubly. triplv cheap can Ard.
more furnish the same fuel with the
fountain head OF supply right at our
door.
Of all the great number of gas
wells sunk in this vicinity history
shows that only two of them have
been busters" A year ago the fam.
Gus Ledbetter gasser, showing a test
of $4,000, 900 cubic feet per day was
brought in in the Oil City fields
eighteen miles from Ardmore; no
one week ago the Idaho Oil and Gas
Compar. brought in gasser which.
under test shows daily production
OF 22,o00,OO0 cubic feet.
Abundance Of Water.
Only recently the city of Ardmore
voted bonds to extend and enlarge
our waterworks system. In add-
tion to the city lake upon which
heretofore Ardmore has depended
for her supply of water dam is be-
ing constructed on Caddo creek alI
gigantic boilers and centrifugal
pumps are being installed TO furnish
an additional supply to meet the ever
increasing demands for water.
With the cheapest known fuel OBJ
tainable from the wells of natural gas
at our very gates and with an abund-
ance OF water for all time to come:
with direct railway connection east.
south and north and additional lines
building to the west. Ardmore offers
Inducements to the manufacturer
and the investor second TO no city
in he entire southwest.
Other Railroads.
There are at present operating into
and through Ardmore three trunk
lines of railway: the Santa Fe,
which carries our cotton directly to
the great seaboard at Galveston and
links us with Kansas City and Chi.
cago in the north and east; the st.
Louis and San Francisco, and the
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific,
which bring us in touch with New
Orleans, Birmingham, Shreveport and
the great wholesale city of st. Louis
In addition to this, the Rock Island
will shortly begin the work of extend
ing their line, at present terminating
here, TO connect with their north and
south trunk line at Waurika, thus
shortening the haul to Kansas City
and giving direct connection with
lines to the Rockies ad the Pacific
coast.
II is understood the Frisco people
viii have an operating agreement
over this line and there is little
question but that both these roads
will make Ardmore a division point.
In fact, this will be the logical di.
vision point for both roads, beinS
about equa-distant from their present
division points first east and north
of us and the terminal of the pro
posed extension.
Ardmore-Ouncan-La
The Ard;, re-Duncan-Lawton RAJ
way will extend westward from Ard
more through Duncan and on to
Lawton, a distance OF a hundred
miles. This road has been in pro-
jet for sOme time but il now seems
beyond d doubt to be an assurancy.
In fact contractors outfits are now
upon the western end of The road
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-03-31

Located in the garden spot oil the
greatest state In the union today in
point of natural resources, Ardmore
has before it future that none can
question Oklahoma will in the course
OF a very few years become the great
est agricultural state in America. and
barring a few of the great gold and
silver producing states of the west
slope of the Rocky mountains, Will
be the greatest mineral producing
state
Development of our natural resour-
ces and the opening up OF more and
smaller farms will before another de-
cade has passed into history, make
Oklahoma one of the front rank or
the wealthy states in the union. Not
wealthy in the sense OF having within
its borders a few men of great indl-
vidual wealth, but wealthy in num-
bering among her citizens class
who, taken collectively, are indepen-
dent.
Not another state affords the same
guaranty of quick returns for the
money invested that Oklahoma offers
and no section Of the state offers the
inducement to the man of large or
small means that this section does.
The coutry of which Ardmore Is the
central figure is one of unsurpassed
natural resources The soil is the
very richest that can be found any
where. Thousands upon thousands
OF acres of the most productive lands
lay to the north of us-tO the south
of us and to the east and west of us.
Thousands upon thousands of acres
lie waiting only for the nurturing care
OF the careful husbandman TO cause
it to bring forth the very richest OF
returns-to produce the bountiful
crops.
There is not a crop known to ag-
riculttural sciece that can not be
grown in southern Oklahoma. Cotton
is the staple crop but with proper
care and cultivation any other pro
duct of the soil may be made to yield
big returns to the husbandman's art.
Wheat will grow here as we'll and
return as great a yield as it will in
the valley of the Red river of the
north or in the great wheat belt Of
Texas. BY giving the same atten-
ton to seed selection and preparation
of the soil corn will yield as abun-
dainty here is it does in Illinois, Mis-
souri, and Iowa-the three big corn
states of the coutry
Oats average from forty to sixty
bushels of threshed grain to the
acre ad Irish potatoes harvest as
man bushels per acre as in
the famous "spud' country around
Greedy, Colorado. Tobacco has been
successfully cultivated and sorghum
cane grows luxurious,y with little
cultivation.
All that is needed to get the soil
of southern Oklahoma to pay big
toll to the owner is the man and
the hoe
Pre-EminentIy Adopted to Fruit.
This section of Oklahoma, and We
refer particularly to Carter county,
is especially adapted to frut grow
ing. The Elberta and the White
Heath varieties of the peach grow
here in lavish abundance. Peaches
which captured the first prize at the
Texas state fair were grown in Okla
homa, in Carter county, within one
mile of the corporate limits of Ard
more.
Our climatic conditions are espec-
tally adapted to the fruit growing IN
dustry. A little further north than
Florida and little later in season.
the peach of that country is market
ed and consumed by the time the Ok
iahoma fruit comes on the market.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-03-31
NOTICE.

: Tomorrow, | will open to
e. the public my new dental Of
: flee. which is one of the most
/: modern and thoroughly equip
|: ped to be found in the state
|: of Oklahoma. Ny motto will
:: be High Class Dentistry at
Z" Moderate Prices. | will do
: for you as high grade work
/: as ii will be possible for you
!. to obtain anywhere and for
: less money than you would
: have to pay elsewhere.
: Ny regular prices on gold
: and porcelain crown and
:: bridge work will be $500 per
:: tooth. Ny price for full set
:: OF teeth, either upper or low
:: er, will be $3.50. On all other
:: work my prices will be as
/: low in proportion Until May
{: l, l will give you a 20 per
= cent reduction from the above
{: prices on Crown and Bridge
:: Work and full sets of teeth.
:: You will not get another op-
:: portunity like this, SO you'd
:: better come now. / guarantee
:: every piece OF work | do TO
:: give perfect satisfaction
:: DR.. R. c. CONNIE
. 10Sia East Main Stree
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-03-31
SOUTHERN 0KL LAH0MA OFFERS |NvEST0RS MORE
INDUCEMENTS Than ANY OTHER SECTION

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CONTINUED ON PAGE srXTEEN
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-03-31
Natural Gas.

One of the big inducements Of
fered by Ardmore to the prospective
investor: to the manufacturer. is
cheap fuel. The cheapest fuel known
so far is natural gas Kansas City
has drawn within its boundaries hun
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-03-31

The Ard;, ,ore-DuncanLawton RAJ
way will extend westward from Ard
more through Duncan and on TO
Lawton, distance OF a hundred
miles. This road has been in pro-
jet for some time but il now seems
beyond doubt to be an assurancy.
In fact contractors outfits are now
upon the western end of The road
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1912-01-05
LOSS THROUGH OWED IRRIGA.
TON

When once the habit is formed,
says an expert irrigator, it is so
much easier to irrigate than it IS to
cultivate when the crop shows signs
Of distress, that the water is turned
on till the soil as we'll as the crop
are swamped. Alkali, malaria, lack
of air in the soil and many other
troubles common to over irrigation
follows. This is all too true and ex-
plains why dry farming, where the
subsoil is sufficiently moist, is in so
many places showing results almost
as good, and occasionally better, than
over irrigated soils alongside them.
Says the Dakota Farmer:
Extensive travel and observation
in the great irrigated sections of CAL
ifornia, Washington, Colorado and
Montana has convinced us that where
the country is at all level the old
saying is true that in time it takes
more money to get the water out Of
the irrigated country than it does to
get it into it. When we were in
Fresno, Calf, last the people of that
country were holding public discus
sions on how best to relieve it from
the ruinous subirrigation which
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1912-01-05

special, he pointed out that millions
of readers over the country had seen
the stories about the special always
carrying a Boise date line, and that
Boise had done more than CONNER
cial organizations in other cities with
three and four times the population.
He said that Idaho and Boise had
interested the Hills when this part
of the state isn't wen on a Hill line.
Who Paid the Freight?
S. ]. Rich gave the history of the
special. He said that Atkinson and
Brady got up the special, Governor
Hawley represented the state on the
special, and the taxpayers paid the
freight" j. E. Clinton, Jr., presid.
ed.
Hundreds of clippings about the
special now decorate all of the walls
and tables in the reading room of the
club. Front pages of leading dailies
of the country devoted to the coming
of the train while samples of the
stories printed about the visits hang
in almost every conceivable place.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1912-01-05
j. ii. BRADY RETURNS FROM THE
EAST

Pocatello, Dec. 29.-Former Gov
ernor James H. Brady, originator
and guiding spirit of the famous
Governors Special" train, returned
today to his home in this city.
81 travelled over $4,000 miles in
connection with the running of the
western governors train" he said.
81 made two trips across the CONT
nent, visited every western state and
made different trips to San Francis
CO, Salt Lake, Boise, Spokane, Hell
ena, Butte, Omaha, Denver and st.
Paul.
THE train visited Chicago, Buff
falo, New York city, Washington,
Baltimore, Philadelphia, Harrisburg,
Columbus, Dayton, Cincinnati and
other cities and returned to st. Paul
with two more governors tnan we
started with.
'At the finish of the trip the west
r governors held a conference at
st. Paul where the results of the
trip were cast up.
Tour Means Much to the West.
This tour means that the govern
ors Of the western states have come
to know each other better and have
come to realize the need of coop
Grafton in the west in order to secure
that attention from the east and from
the national congress which the west
deserves. I predict that in the flu
ture, regardless of politics, the gov
errors of the west will work together
in harmony and that this will result
in a greater advancement of the west
in all ways.
''Take it all in all the western
governors special was a university
on wheels with eight governors as
instructors, every one of whom had
graduated from the field of a worthy
and useful life and they taught the
people Of the east many things they
did not know relative to the advan-
tages of life in the west and the re-
suit is going to be felt for years to
come.
81 cannot refrain from expressing
my high appreciation of the splen-
did work done by the manager of the
train, Reilly Atkinson, Of Boise. He
vas the right man in the right place,
Governor Hawley did splendid work
from the day the train started until
its return. He was always courteous,
obliging and one of the most force.
full speakers on the train"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1912-01-05
LEWISTON MAN FOR GOVERNOR

Benz. F. Tweedy, former mayor of
Lewiston, who announced himself a
candidate for governor recently, has
issued a platform of "a planks show
ing where he stands on public ques-
tions. We may have occasion to
publish his platform later, but for
the present suffice it to say that he
conducted an economic administra-
ton and pushed public improvements
in a most creditable manner until
the wet" councilmen combined to
defeat him in enforcing the local op-
ton law and when the town would
not stand by him in this he resigned
rather than remain in office and fail
to enforce the laws.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1912-01-05
A TIMELY PARODY.

Tell me not in mournful numbers
Life is but an empty dream
For at night my peaceful slumbers
Are broken by the tomcat's scream
Life is real, life is earnest,
And the grave Is not Its goal
But whenever that cat returneth
Thoughts of vengeance fill my sou,
Not enjoyment and not sorrow
Is our destined end of way,
But to kill that cat tomorrow
Is what l have vowed today.
Art is long and time is fleeting
And our heart tho stout and brave
Tells us that we should be beating
That tomcat to his grave.
In the worlds broad field or battle
In the bivouac Of life,
l among the dishes rattle
Hunting for my carving knife.
Trust nc future, however pleasant,
Let the dead past bury it's dead
Act while yet the cat is living
And cut off the villains head.
Lives of great men oft remind us
We a make our lives sublime
And by slashing leave behind us
Headless tom cats every time.
Footprints that perhaps another
Sailing DER life's solemn main
A forlorn and headless tom cat
Might induce them to refrain.
Let us then be up and doing
With q heart brim full of fight.
Shooting, slashing, cutting, shooting
Leave no tom cats howl at night.
Wallace Press
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1912-01-05

shows up in lakes in some spots, and
in malaria or ruined. vineyards and
orchards in others. 1t was estimated
by some who were advocating appeal
ing to the government for aid, that
it would take several millions of dol
lars to rid that and adjoining coun-
try of surplus water.
We believe that dry farming meth
DDS can be used in connection with
irrigation even in the more level and
slow draining sections SO that most
of the evils of over irrigation can be
avoided, and we believe, too, that
the Widespread interest in dry farm
ing is going to do much along this
line. 1t seems to us that with carr
to apply only the amount of water
needed at the time, too little rather
than too much, followed by liberal
tilage, there should be no more dan
ger of souring, alkaling or otherwise
water logging the land in the sections
where there is ample rainfall. But
the temptation to put on too much
water, particularly by the beginner in
irrigation. seems almost irresistible,
and all newly irrigated sections pay
little attention to these warnings, till
sickness or serious loss stares them
in the lace. and then the cost of rem
edying is great.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1912-01-05
POWELL

Mr.. and Mrs. j. Erickson gave a
Christmas dinner. The following
persons were present: Mr.. and Mrs.
Rathbu, Mr.. and Mrs. Thompson, Geo
Vada, Robert Thompson, Mr.. and
Mrs. Dearborn an dbaby Geraldine,
Mr.. and Mrs. Foster and family.
c.. Albertson and children came
home to spend the holidays.
George and Vada Thompson are
spending their vacation at home.
Albert Stuart was up from Nc
Cullum visiting friends the first of
the week.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1912-01-05
THE UNGLOVED HAND AT COURT

There was a reason for causing
all witnesses before a military court
to remove the glove from the right
hand before taking the oath. The
raising of the hands and eyes toward
heaven when taking an oath is of
great antiquity. When the Bible was
printed, the bare hand was laid ON
the book, which was afterward
kissed. But the Bible was not always
at hand when needed; so the custom
of raising the right hand and ncov-
ering the head has grown into gen.
eral practice. In olden days the
criminal was branded in the palm Of
the hand, and for this reason the
custom of requiring the removal or
the glove came into vogue, in order
that the hand might be inspected.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1912-01-05
HONEST CONVICT RETURNS TO
PRISON

Salem, Ore, Dec. 30.-Honol
bound to return to serve out a life
sentence as soon as he earned enough
money to pay off his debts, William
Mack is back in the penitentiary af-
ter an absence of six months. Mack
was convicted for life for killing Geo
Carter at Grants Pass. His father-in-
law m~ortgaged his home to get mon.
ey to defend him. When Governor
West heard the father-in-law was in
want he told Mack to go out and
earn enough money to lift the mort.
gage and provide for his family, put
ting him on honor to return.