The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-09-26
WILL BE SECOND
CITY IN STATE
JOHN RlNGLlNG VISITS ARD
MORE-LOUD IN HIS PRAISES
JAKE HAMON HERE ALSO.

lIaWtOH railway dIlNeul IL 'HS wy
yesterday afternoon, coming in Mr..
Ringlings private car over the Fris-
70. The two gentlemen left over the
Santa Fe for Fort Worth this after
Aoon from which point Mr.. Hamon
will return to his home in Lawton'
When seen by an Ardmoreite rep
resentative last evening both gentle
men seemed in fine fettle and were
willing to talk anything except rail
road" When The Ardmoreite man
would insist upon coming back to this
all important subject Mr.. Ringing
would maintain discreet silence
while Mr.. Hamon would smile one OF
his enigmatic smiles and say that
actual work of construction was now
going on at the Lawton end and that
he expected to ultimately build into
Ardmore.
Mr.. Ringing seemed particularly
anxious to inform himself of the Oil
prospects of this section. He stated
that the oil and the agricultural re-
sources of this county demanded an
outlet by rail to the west. This gen
tleman said that he was familiar
with every section Of this state, had
visited every town and hamlet in the
state and that in the city of Ardmore
he had found the best town, the best
people and the greatest enterprise to
be found in any other city. Give
Ardmore direct railway connections
with the west Mr. Ringing said and
in less that five years time it Will be
city of thirty4five thousand inhab-
itants."
In addition to seeking information
about the oil fields and the agrlcul-
tural output of the country surround
ing Ardmore, Mr.. Ringing inquired
closely into the manufacturing and
wholesale enterprises Of the city He
asked about the size and capacity or
the ice plant, OF the paint and varnish
factory now building and of the pro-
posed basket factory. He inquired
particularly of the fruit lands already
planted 10 orchards and CT the acre
age which would be planted during
the coming season After making
these inquiries the gentleman reit-
Grated his statement that all Ard
more needed to max it the second
cit in the state was railway outlet
and connections to the west
Abiding to the remark made re-
Gently through the columns of the
Ardmoreite by W.-B. Johnson, that
the best plan for the people of Ard
more to adopt would be to hang a
bundle of money on a telegraph pole
and let the first man who would build
railroad west from here have it,
ne said that he thought the idea was
a good one. When Mr.. Hamon was
asked what he thought OF the idea
he smiled knowingly and maintained
studied silence, although he wink
ed the other eye" as much as to say
that if this plan should be adopted
and carried out, his would be the
pole to knock the persimmon.
When asked of his opinion upon
things political, Mr.. Ringing said that
he thought it would be a toss up as
10 which of the three candidates
would be elected. He said that the
country was disturbed less this year
than it had ever been before. Twen-
ty years ago, had the same conditions
existed that do today, he said that
the country would have been torn
from center to circumference and bus
mess would have been ruined. Thls
year, he says the magnificent crops OF
every section of the union has restor-
pu Ine VI IuC pcOpIC "iiu
they do not give hurrah who is cleo
ted president All the parties politi-
cal, Mr.. Ringing added, the democrat,
the republican and the much talked
of third are so corrupt and rotten
that the masses don't seem to care
whether they elect Wilson, Taft or
the wonderful Theodore.
In a last and futile effort to get
Mr.. Hamon to talk railroad, espec-
tally the Ardmore, Duncan & Lawton
railroad, that gentleman was found to
be as smooth as silk, as soft as velvet,
as non -committal as a successful pol
itician and all smiles. He talked ag-
riculture and weather. He said that
he had two hundred and seventy-five
acres in kaffir corn which he had sold
in advance of the harvest at forty
five cents a hushel at the threSher.