The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-10-24
BOOSTERS ARE A
BUSY BUNCH
RESOURCES A REV.
ELATlON TO FARMERS OF MIS-
SOURI,.

Wyatt with the Ardmore boosters II
Missouri was received yesterday an,
would indicate that the people of IN
how me state are becoming inter
es ed in the poss, ties of this neY
country.
In all probability the boosters sen
out by the Conner cial club of this cit!
will have the effect of inducing goot
farmers to locate in this section a!
newspapers in the sections yisitet
are giving flattering notices 70 the Wis
itors and their method of advertising
Oklahoma Following is the etter il
full:
jefferson City, Mo-, Oct u, 1912.
Editor Daily Ardmoreite:
Thinking perhaps you would like to
hear from the oklahoma Boosters
and the prospective new citizenship
to Carter county from the SHOW Me-
state, will say that the boosters are
all fine and dandy. and that more
and more interest is manifested each
succeeding day by the good people OF
this section in the great possibilities
of the great new state. We are seeing
farmers. their wives and families by
the dozen and all are captivated by
the magnificent agricultural display
from Carter county which Judge Fe-
liX X. West has so neatly and at
trac,ively arranged.
The street inspector of this city
dropped in to see the exhibit a night
or so ago and after giving a loOk' al
our street paving material expressed
his dete rmination of coming to Ard
more to see our streets and talk with
our asphalt men.
Yesterday | visited small town
near here on the j.. C. & S. w. Ry.
During my absence an old acquain-
tance of mine came in to see the ex-
hibit Judge West, succeeding in
getting him interested in the great
wheat possibilities of Carter county
he is a German farmer and of course
a wheat grower-and told him where
could be found. After he had driven
home from this city and had his din
ner he got to thinking things over
and drove over to where | was. After
talking the matter over he expressed
a determination to accompany the
bunch" to Ardmore.
The people here are price mad on
land. Five to twenty acre bodies ly-
ing from one to two and half miles
from the corporation limits are sell
ing at from 5000 to $15OO per acre
The owner of one farm | know OF
which is located five miles from the
business center of the city, has
standing offer of $3.50 per acre all
around for over 100 acres, and the
land is not near as good as ours in
Oklahoma.
Gravel reads and proposed in
terurban extension of the street car
line of this city has showed up the
prices on real estate most wonder
fully.
Returning to the matter of our eX-
hibit A somewhat noted negro char
acter of this town whom | used to
know in my boyhood days dropped in
to see our SHOW two or three days
ago. When his eyes fell upon our 81 |
pound watermelon he almost threw
1T and after walking around it sew
eral times while his mouth watered !
md his eyes shoyed only the whites !
lie said: Give that melon to mig
ger and you could get him to vote !
against Taft
This city has about 5000 negro pop |
llation, and Judge West says he
inows every one of the number have
stopped to gaze through the window
With longing eyes at our melons
Our cotton bales are great curious
ties-all the school children and also
ii the dining room girls in Jeffer-
on City's hotels are wearing them in
lace of roses
1t is pouring down rain outside
as been threatening for some days.
he nights are decidedly chilly |,
Hoping time will hasten her flight
ntil I once more strike Ardmore, |
remain,
Very truly.