The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-15
CITY CLEANUP
IS UNDER WAY


night Mayor w. r. Roberts made ;
report on his recent trip to Okla
homa City and the conference helt
there relative to cleaning up the
cities of the state. He told of the
report made by the federal govern
ment agents on Ardmore and de-
clared that could their disclosures
be made public through the news
papers, the public would be as:ound-
ed at what these men discovered
! here.
The mayor said when they asked
/ him about it, he told them of condi-
tions in Ardmore, but also told them
Ardmore officials could and would
make a cleanup SO that II would
not be necessary for the government
to police this city. He said that
beginning this morning he was go
ing to start with Chief OF Police
Segler, Sheriff Buck Garrett, Coun-
ty Attorney Hardy and J. Robert
Gillian, the latter the chairman OF
the Carter County Council OF De
fense, and make a complete survey
of Ardmore; that they were going
TO the proprietors OF all hotels and
rooming houses and tell them what
they must do.
The mayor said when woman is
arrested in hotel or rooming
house. the proprietor will be warn
4 &C
rested in his or her house, the pro-
prietor will be arrested, and when
ever ii is found that liquor is sold
in any hotel or rooming house, an
injunction will be procured and the
house closed.
At Oklahoma City the attorney
general asked Sheriff Garrett if he
would clean up Ardmore, and re-
ceivcd this answer: Il will and |
the further statement that he would |
have the hearty cooperation OF the
chief of police. He quoted the at
torney general as saying he knew
the Ardmore officers and knew they |
we're capable OF cleaning up the city
and he also knew if they said they
would clean it up they would do SO.
Mayor Roberts said he told them
t was useless to drive underisables
)ut of one city only to have them
20 to another and that this should
,e a statewide movement, and was
.ssured that this will be done The
mayor said this was not u one-day
oh, but that the work must go on
,ersistently and arrests made every
lay, ii necessary, 10 rid the city OF
hese characters. He said the gov
rnmcnt representatives at that CON
erence said the greatest menace to ,
he soldier IS women, whisky the
ext in order and then gambling.
Many Visitors Present.
There were many visitors at the
commission meeting last night and {
hese were given hearing before ;
he regular business was taken up. .
Russell Brown. as attorney. ap- :
cared for the Prairie Pipe Line
and said the company was
uilding pipe line from the Cush-
* field to Ranger, Texas, and
,ould make its headquarters in Ard ;
lore. temporarily i'll the Bridgman
uilding; that il wanted permission .
} run its telegraph and telephone =
mes into its Office, in passing /
trough Ardmore. This was grant :
i, the line to follow alleys as !
early as possible. City Attorney
ass is to draft the ordinance on his
turn from Washington. The con !
ruction force is now camped on u
lcLish avenue.
About = dozen boys Of the civil !
overnment class in the First ward d
,hool attended the meeting, one OF &"
lem explaining that they were
iere to witness the proceedings for >
le purpose of study. 3
/. W. Thurston asked about the )
wing OF + street northwest and II
ieStioned the petitioners represent ,
& a majority of the properly, but d d
e time OF protest had expired on T."
onday night and no protest having u
zen filed, he could do nothing. He =
id he had only about p or ~ per (,
mt OF the property represented on =
e protest and did not file it. i, !,
lake BodOyitz appeared before the y
,mmission again to protest against "
rec, paving in general, and Sew =
nh avenue in particular. lie was :
Ivised that 10 protest had been .
ed and he appeared late. but he
lked at length and said the COM ;,
iSsion has closed the doors TO all |,
It one paving contractor. The .
ayor sharply resented this and Il
id the bidding was open to the Il
Drld. Mr. Bodovitz insisted that =
is WAS not the time to expend =
oney on paving. The mayor told !"
M it was not the city administra-
IN that was doing the paving. but II
{ people. and il they came there p
d asked for paving. as they are :
ing. they are going to get il. Mr y
,dovitz wanted TO dictate his OBJ d.
,tions to the clerk and this was n
MED him a. he was again told the <,
ne for protest expired Monday !. .
.ernoon at : o'clock and tha. moth =
: had been filed. IL
City officials Report.
The mayors report for April was y
al and ordered filed. II showed ~
E same amount Of fines imposed q u
the police court and money col II,
ted as did the report OF the chief ~
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