The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-04-02

The rock of natural resources ha
been touched and abundant stream
of revenue have burst forth. Tn
Channels of commerce of southern
oklahoma have plenty of funds 70
4 development work, and those fund
are gradually growing The increas,
in bank deposits in the past yea
are in excess of one and a half mill
ion dollars. That may not be re
markable growth, but very few cite!
have ever equaled that record, anC
the prospects are that he increase
will be much more next year. Thai
remarkable increase was made on Of
at SOC, while it is three times that
price now.
When town gets started just
right, there is no way to stop its
growth, and Ardmore has just that
kind of start at this time. 1t seems
that the more money that is used, the
more money the town has. AS many
as twenty brick buildings are under
construction, as many as sixty frame
houses are under construction. There
have been spent for automobiles
alone one half million dollars during
the past year, yet the deposits in the
banks grow at a wonderful rate.
Count over the oil fields of the
United States and for every important
oil area you will find one important
tity. There is an important oil area
here, and Ardmore is growing into
hat city, where the business of this
teld will be transacted, and where
he owners of the field will live and
ear their families.
There is one element who never
bake money in a growing city. 1t
the element that believes a crash
1ll come next day and there is no
se to invest today He is like the
llow who is looking for the end
I the world, and decides there is no
se to put forth any effort today. The
ally man in Tulsa who did not make
oney is the fellow who said oil
ould soon be drilled up and Tulsa
ould then fail. Tulsa is still grow
6, and has been doing so for ten
eady years. The man who says the
nthern fields will give up their
tput in a few years is the rabbit
business who has not put his brains
fwork. The sands at Healdton are
Te than 300 feet thick,--nothing
4 them east of the Rocky noun
ms in the United States. When
3 generation has passed away,
aldton field will be producing oil
i gas and new wells will be
iught in in new territory from time
time, and the Healdton is not the :
Seld here. Oil is being produced !
Graham, Fox, Oil City and
running in almost every
ffrom the Healdton field. !
has to keep growing to take y
U what comes to it, The scholas-
population in the past six months /
gained 100 each month. That
ans that the population as a whole
Eaining about 500 each month. We
not going to permit these chill
d to come here and not have edu-
onal training, and We are now
pariE to vote $4,000 worth of
make T. the Ss,s s,ss ,s ss,s ,ssPG,, ss.;
houses and new homes, or peo-
twill be transacting business in
o and they will be living in any
of structure that will provide
er. When people get started to
ing, they keep it up. They are
ing to Ardmore now, and they
bot going to stop.
bple here talk now of hundred
sand like they used to talk of
Thousand when the Rock Island
Frisco built in here. There is
cling everywhere that Ardmore
Smake a city, and much of the
~ of the state has been trans
Il here. The county in which
aore is located has 500 producing
CELLS, each we'll will probably
age producing every day about
barrels of oil. Sell that oil at
mt prices, and put about $4,000
rhe channels of trade every day,
y would build a city on desert.
would build a Memphis or