The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-09-26


portion of Oklahoma 1t is one hundred
miles south of Oklahoma City. 1t is the
same distance north of Fort Worth, Texas.
There is no town within a radius of one
hundred miles that has the population or
railway facilities equal to Ardmore. 1t is
travelling mems headquarters for the south
ern portion of the state.
Railroads
1t is located on the following railway lines:
Gulf Colorado & Santa Fe; Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific; St Louis & San Francisco
Railway, and the Oklahoma, New Mexico &
Pacific.
Population.
1t has a population of 12,500 people, OF
this number $1,000 are white and 500 colored
Industries.
Some of the industries here are: A cot
ton seed oil mill, cotton compress, an ice
plant machine shops brick plant, mattress
factory, a creamery, two ice cream factories,
one of the largest electric light and power
plants in the state, two planning mills, oil
refinery, flouring mill, cotton gins, cigar fac
tory (the largest in Oklahoma), bottling
works, asphalt brick plant Ardmore has
the machine shops of the Rock Island and
Frisco railroads. 1t is the general head
quarters of the Oklahoma, New Mexico e
Pacific railway 1t has a natural gas plant
which supplies the city with gas for domes-
tic and commercial purposes. The gas field
from which the supply comes has produc-
ton of 300 100000 feet day,
Building Homes
More substantial homes have been built in
Ardmore within the last twelve months than
in any other city in the southwest. The fed
eral government now has under construction
a federal building to be used a post Of
flee and also as federal court building. Ard
more is headquarters for the federal in
terror department of southern Oklahoma.
The Oklahoma, New Mexico & Pacific Rail-
way Company has under construction mod
ern, fre-proof, two-story. brick and concrete
building which will be used as depot and
as general offices of the company. Indian
land sales are held here regularly and In
dians come from miles to Ardmore to trans
act business with the government. The busi-
ness section of the city, and large portion
of the residence section, are paved with
asphalt which is mined within four miles
of the city limits.
Ardmore's water supply comes from an ar
tificial lake, covering 300 acres of land. The
entire plant including 400 acres of land, is
owned by the city. The city has an excel
lent and complete system of sanitary and
storm sewers. Almost the entire residence
section of the city is improved with con-
crete sidewalks
Rod and Reel.
Ardmore is surrounded by a series of beau
tiful lakes which are a joy the year round
1t is the home of the finest country club and
golf links in the state. It's elevation above
sea level is 900 feet. 1t is located twelve
miles south of the Arbuckle range of noun
tains, and its climate is almost as genial as
that of California.
Soil and Crops
The soil is well adapted to fruits cotton,
corn, cereals, and forage crops. The coun-
ty has some beautiful ranches, and one
farmer is now engaged in putting up 1900
tons of ensilage for feeding his stock through
the short winter months. There are only
cattle must be fed The climate and the
abundant rainfall and the fine grass make
it an ideal place for stock raising.
Farm Lands
Land surrounding Ardmore sells all the
way from SO to $50 an acre City property
is making rapid advances in value, but is
still reasonable for a city with such natural
surroundings, and the Ardmore Chamber of
Commerce and the citizens generally will
give prospectors every needed cooperation.
Ardmore School and Literary Organizations
Ardmore has a school population of $500.
Her school enrolment last year was 2,343.
Her average daily attendance was 2,O4S.
She has six modern school buildings. Four
grade buildings for whites and one for ne
groes She has one of the handsomest high
school buildings in the country worth one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars. The
faculty of the school system consists of ff-
ty-two teachers. The Ardmore high school
has more credits at the University of Ok