The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-16
SPECIAL TRAIN BRINGS tt0 sUSl.
NESS MEN TO AROMORE
TO-DAY
TOGETHER TRIP
Light Rain Drove Most Of the Visitors
to Shelter and Street Meeting Was
Abandoned. Consider War as a
Business Stimulant.

one hundred and ten business men.
members of the Chamber ot Commerce
.oi Kansas city, representing as many
business houses. arrived in Ardmore
at 1880 this morning ON special
train over the Santa Pee The Kansas
city men spent nearly two hours Wis
ltlng the business men of Ardmore
During the early part of the visiting
hour the Jack Riley band of twenty
pieces gave concert on Main street.
A light rain drove most Of the busi.
ness men TO shelter with the result
that mo- street meeting was held as
had been planned
twenty-five Oklahoma towns are
being visited by the Kansas Cityans
From one TO three hours are spent at
each place The trade eycursionists
viii travel lll7 miles on this trip.
which viii require six days. four days
of which will be spent in Oklahoma.
The trip Is in charge of h. NJ. Glen.
dening, general secretary, r. D. Sang
ster transportation commissioner. and
Is. a. Parsons. chairman of the trade
extension committee OF the Chamber
OF Commerce The special train con.
slsls OF ten Pulmans and two diners
10 addition 10 the baggage cars
Today's itinerary.
Madill, Ada HOldenville. Henrvetta
and Okmulgee will be visited by the
eAcurslonists today Thirty towns in
all Will be visited on the trip The
special train left Kansas City Monday
morning and will return late Saturday
night
This trip is gettogether and get
acquainted affair" h. NJ. Glendeninp
general secretary Of the Kansas CITY
Chamber Of Commerce, said this morn.
ing. We take a keen interest in the
vigorous development Of the southern
Oklahoma district The deyelopment
OF the state is far beyond our expec.
tations You grow so rapidly down
here that It seems like a new coun.
Try every time we make a trip in this
direction"
The wide streets of Oklahoma
towns Is one Of the first things | no.
tlce IN every town In which we stop."
said w. T. Grant vice president of
the Kansas city Chamber of Com.
merce City planning is Mr. Grants
hobby He comes from the National
city planning convention held at Kan.
sas CITY, the first one TO be held in
THIS part OF the United States. To
SHOW the necessity OF city planning.
Mr. Grant gives figures to show that
because OF the arrangement Of the city
OF Milwaukee. II costs more To haul
freight from the depot to the ware.
houses than II does TO shin the same
freight from New York to Milwaukee.
War and Business.
Business conditions are considered
excellent In this part OF the country
by all OF the trade excursionists That
there need be no lessening Of business
on account Of the war situation seem.
ed To be the cOnCensus OF opinion of
the visitors. In the steel industry
the demand is unusually brisk. accord
ing to ID S. Rettig.. district manager
OF sales for the Brier Hin Steel Com.
pany We have contracts now which
VIII take our entire output for this
year and one-half OF the output for the
coming year." Mr.. Rettig said The
demand for steel products Is so great
that II viii take the mills ten years
10 restore normal trade conditions. Il
Is the opinion among the business
men, he said, that the war will not
last much longer u an the allied DOW.
ers stand by each other, but that ten
years may not see the end OF the war
II the powers fail 10 cooperate" Mr..
l'eltig's company employs 10000 men
ana has q daily pay roll OF 50O0O.
r. ID Sangstcr. the Transportation
commissioner of the kansas City Com.
m'rclal Club, was Ardmore agent for
lhe Rock Island and Frisco railroads
during the years 1905 10 1905. The
Kansas Cityans LETT at 9.2O for Ma.
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