The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-10-10

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cannot afford to pay four hundred
thousand dollars yearly for the upkeep
OF these antiquated roads, which have
become a liability. We think there
is no question but what the bonds
will carry, and permanent roads will
| be built which every thinking man
comedies to be one of the county's
! greatest assets.
They will build roads that will be
standing as a monument to the mem
ory of those who voted the bonds
and constructed the highways they
will not only stand as monument
during the life of the bonds, but they
| will be so permanently built that
they will be able to carry the loads
long after the bonds have been paid
off, and right here | want to go on
record once more as being against
the voting of twenty or twenty
| five-year bond for the construction
of temporary roads. This proposi-
ton, | am glad to state have always
opposed.
We must, if we are not able to
build a permanent road, take the
money we have and employ an en-
gineer to make the surveys and
build a foundation for a permanent
road so we will at least be ready
when the time comes to have a place
on which to build a permanent high
way, and these are the instructions
that | am giving the schOolboys Of
our state who are engaged in build
ing educational miles of road.
From Fresno we went to Salt Lake
City, where the state highway of.
ficials took us out over miles of per
manent roads which have been and
are being built in that country.
In conclusion, will say that oar
trip was one of the most pleasant
as well as the most profitable that we
have ever taken. We shall always
remember the many courtesies shown
us, especially by the national, state
and county highways officials, and
they pledged us that they would eX-
tend their hand as far eastward as
they could and help us to construct
the great all the year around, ocean
to-ocean road.
We want to also thank our auto
mobile friends in Ardmore and Car
ter county who made it possible for
us to make this splendid trip.
We were in San Diego on Monday
evening, September p, when our at
tention was called to an extra edition
that was spread over the exposition
grounds, giving brief account of
the awful disaster. We LETT imme-
diately for home, arriving safely, and
We are now ready to assist in every
possible way to make greater and
better Ardmore.
With reference to the location of
Ardmore on the ocean-to-ocean high
way, | find that this situation CON
fronts us: The executive committee
is friendly to us, and will be very
glad to map the road through Ardmore
as soon as they are justified in doing
so. In order to justify the mapping
of the road, it will be necessary for
all towns located between Hot Springs, |
Ark, and Plainyiew, Texas, to work
in harmony to this end. The road
can be built from Hot Springs by
way OF Atoka, Ardmore, Lawton, Chill
dress, and to Plainview, where it
will intercept the southern route. 1t
is my opinion that a publicity cam
paign carried on through the news
papers located on this proposed line,
and by personal letters to automo-
bile associations, commercial clubs,
and boards of county commissioners,
will induce each county to take an
interest that will justify the calling
)f general meeting mere within a
short time, that will be able to desigt
nate a road, and then each county :
can improve its own portion of that /,
road, and when it is in such condi-
ion that it can be travelled, it will [
De mapped on the 100000 miles of ,
highways, and it will be
avorite over the southern route for
he reason that the weather is cooler
n summer, and for the further reason
hat tourists are always anxious to {
PASS through old Indian Territory on
account Of the scenery and natural +
interest that attaches to the country q
ormerly occupied by the red man. /
Yours very truly,