The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-08
CHAMBER Of
COMMERCE MET
LAST NIGHT
INTEREST REVIVED AND THE
NEW YEAR SPIRIT WAS IN EV-
IDENCE. PLAN FOR ROAD WORK
AND INCREASED MEMBERSHIP.

The first meeting of the chamber of
commerce for 1915 was held at the
club rooms last night and was well
attended. There seemed to be spirit
among those present to do something
this year, and the meeting was charac-
terized with more snap and ginger
than has been evinced at any previ-
Gus meeting in some time. The first
question discussed after the reading
of the minutes, was the welcome and
banquet to be rendered Governor Cru
ce after which the good roads ques-
tion was taken up and discussed at
some length 1t was decided that sub
work as in the past, and that new
members be enrolled in the club to as
sist in carrying the burden. The sec
retary was instructed to prepare the
rolls of all members of the club and
make an early collection of all delin
quents. The roads between this city
and the oil fields are getting in bad
shape, and as Ardmore depends for a
large amount of business over this
road. it is imperative that something
be done at once. The fund, when rails
ed, will be placed with the secretary
of the chamber of commerce, and the
work of repairing will be turned over
to county commissioner Taliaferro,
who did the work most satisfactorily
last year and has volunteered his ser
vices again and has agreed to furnish
some teams as well. 1t is not the in
tention of the chamber or commerce
to devote all their time and money
to this one road, but to begin perma-
nent highway four ways from the
city, north south east, and west, and
make every mile permanent as far as
they build, but the road by way of
Wilson to the oil field must be given
immediate attention or the great mass
of business transacted between this
city and the oil field will suffer. The
secretary was instructed to begin as
soon as the funds were available, one
mile of oil road from this city west,
and he stated this morning that he
would probably begin at the end of Nc
Lish avenue and continue one mile
west on this experimental road. This
will be watched with interest as there
is considerable sentiment developing
here in favor of oiled roads.
Favor Fertilizer Plant.
The chamber of commerce went on
record as favoring the plan for fer
tilizer plant as promoted by Morris
Sass, and voted to give 1t their hearty
cooperation in every manner posi-
BILE
The people who desire to locate here
state that in all probability they will
have to ship their phosphate rock from
east of the Mississippi river unless a
deposit can be found in this state
But that is not detriment to them, as
all the other ingredients such as cot
ton hulls, meal, etc, are right here
and easily accessible, and besides
there is an immense market for their
finished product right here in Okla
homa They propose to make this a
distributing point for their product,
The promoters do not ask for a bo
nus, they merely desire to know that
in the event they should locate here
and transact business with farmers,
taking their notes for the same wheth-
or the banks or other business men
who already had notes against the
crop would include this paper with
theirs and make the collection in the
fall.
Several bankers have already stated
that they would gladly cooperate with
them in every manner possible to see
that they were protected.
The cotton country is beginning to
need fertilizing after continued years
of one crop growth, and the business
men and land owners see chance in
this new plant to accomplish this.
Drnrflan, - H.. a.. l,,r ,.f
commerce stated that he was delight
ed to see the revival of interest in
the club and urged every one present
to constitute themselves a committee
of one to secure new members.
THE LIVER REGULATES THE