The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-11

WILL SHOW
AN INCREASE
AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR
WHEN ALL THE STATE OFFICE
HOLDERS RETURN TO FORMER
HOME. GOVERNOR AT HEAD.


several of our former citizens who
have been living in Oklahoma City for
the past four years, will be with us
, again" said Sheriff Garrett at the
court house this morning. The sheriff
recently returned from Oklahoma City
and while there, had talks with all the
| Ardmore contingent who will resume
their duties where they left off in this
city four years ago.
Governor Cruce, says Mr.. Garrett,
will be extremely happy when he isl
back in Ardmore to resume the man
agement of his farm, take up his du-
ties in the bank and show some of the
near.golfers of this city that a class
ID artist actually exists in their midst.
Mr.. Cruce stated some time ago
that he was done with politics and
for the remainder of his life would
try and enjoy himself in laboring at
those things dearest to his heart.
Then we will have with us again our
old friend Lon Frame, who is at pres
ent a member of the state board of
affairs. lie stated to Mr. Garrett that
he was undecided as to what he would
do but probably will go into business
here in Ardmore. Caswell Bennett of
the pure food and drug department of
the state, will also be free agent,
and eligible to sign with the first good
thing that shows up. Cad" has been
a pretty busy official and has paid
very few visits here since he has been
working for the state.
T. H. Sturgeon of the supreme court
clerks office, is another who may or
may not be retained under the newly
elected clerk. If not he will probably
return to this city and enter business
Of some sort.
w. r. Beakmore who will step down
from the supreme bench in January,
and Smith c. Maston who will be out
as assistant attorney general, il Is
stated. will return to this cityNNd
open law office, This will make a
strong firm and the amalgamation
spells success. OF the various other
employees on the states payroll from
this section of the state, little can
be learned, but all are anxious to be
out of the harness and return to the
scene of their earlier activities.
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crease in production during the ten
year period. Continuing, the report
says:
I'VE know that the wheat crop OF
1914 of approximately 800 100000
bushels is the greatest ever produced
in our history, and that the crops
of oats. barley, rye, potatoes, tobacco,
and hay are unusually large. The
cotton crop, forecast in October at
15,340,O00 bales. is the second largest
The apple crop, estimated at 259,-
100000 bushels, is the greatest ever
7 harvested The total production OF
l six leading cereals is estimated TO
have been nearly 5000, 600 600 bushels
: or about 42S,OO0, 600 bushels in ex-
cess of the crop of 1913. For the
country as a whole the crop yields
per acre were 2.3 per cent better than
the average for the past ten years
The average yield per acre of all the
staple crops was "a per cent greater
than 1918, and, except for corn oats
and flaXseed, greater than the ten
year average.
but after all our efforts, while
of agriculture and both a relative and
absolute increase in important pro-
ducts, such as wheat. forage crops
fruits, dairy products and paultry, we
still note not only relative but also
an absolute decrease in a number OF
our important staple food products
former In the last 10 years there
, has been no substantial advance. lr
= cattle, sheep and hogs. there has
= been an absolute decline-in cattle
from the census year of 1899 TO thai
OF 1909. OF from 50,000.0O0 head tC
IL 200, 900; in sheep, of from 81 600.
GOO to 81 100000; in hogs. of from
6S,OOO,O0O TO 5S,OOOOOO Since 100!
the tendency has been downward
and yet during the period since 1895
the population has increased over 90.
OO0.o0C. T'his situation exists not in {
Gro ydel country but in one which il
s.ill in a measure being pioneered
in ore which, with S35,0OO,O0O acre,
Of arabic I'nd, has only 40O, 1000, ,000
or s. pc. cent. under cultivation; anC
in one IL which the population pc
square ml,e does not exceed 81 anS