The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-01

! pTlCe OF meat dlOHc Hau gone up W
q cents pound.
How much is it wholesale p de-
manded 81. A."
Twenty cents, sir" was the reply.
Then buy me butcher shop
That new enterprise showed 4 clear
profit OF several hundred dollars on
the first year.
Whitehead had some difficulty in
obtaining facilities from the town
corporation. He wished to run up
large temporary shed on some
waste land to meet the enormous
and growing expansion of his busi-
ness and applied to the corporation
for permission. But the British
town corporations have too great
an appreciation OF their own dignity
to work. over such tritling events
as wars. Permission was refused.
What then took place we may
only guess at. Like the magic pal
ace of Aladdin walls and roof began
to recr their heads over the surface
OF the waste plot. One sunny morn
ing the shed stood there, complete
in all its fittings. The town cor
poration was invited to lunch to
celebrate the opening ceremony. 1t
would be unfair to say how many
put in an appearance.
One day Whitehead's chief air
pilot, Herbert Sykes, came to him TO
complain OF the river which ran
across the center OF the aerodrome,
cutting the available landing space
by half. The river was source OF
great pride to the owner. Its his
tory goes back to the days of Henry
VII, when the celebrated Cardinal
Wolsey had had it cut to carry fresh
water fish from the reservoirs at
Feltham to the ponds of the royal
court at Hampton. Whitehead
hestated a moment, then rang up
his engineer.
Two months later the Cardinal
River had been diverted under
ground through speedily con
structed syphon, thus affording the
acrodrome complete freedom from
obstruction and making it excep-
tionally suitable not only as a test
ing ground, but also a school for
the teaching of flying.
A tour OF inspection OF the White
head works is well worth the while.
Let us make one. though very brief.
Here is the wood mill, where the
best and most suitable timber TO be
obtained comes up by steam lorry
from the firms riverside wharf and
passes rapidly through the various
processes OF saving and planning.
Perhaps this particular piece which
you have been watching is destined
to become a spar i'll an airplane 5
wing, and you see it put in the
spindle where the blade, making
thousands OF revolutions minute,
scoops ont groove which lightens
the spar without reducing the
strength OF the piece OF wood for
the particular purpose.
A fact which gives an insight into
the excellence OF the organization
is that the waste from the mill is
drawn up by an overhead apparatus
straight into the power house, where
it is used to produce gas, which in
turn generates electricity which pro
vides the lighting and motive power
for the whole OF the firms metal
and wood shops located in that dis
trict.
In another department the metal !
parts are prepared. Here, while a
large number OF skilled men are also
employed, women have taken up
work TO degree not dreamed OF a
few years ago. In one section they
sit in rows at the drilling machines
or latheS, wearing blue overallS and
caps; in another, begoggled like mo-
toriSts, with leather aprons. they are
welding metal parts together.
1t is always matter OF great in
tereSt to the visitor to see the highly
finished workmanship exhibited in
an airplane. Everything is OF the
best. During the various stages OF
manufacture the different parts are
tested in the most exacting manner,
but it is al the aerodrome that after
careful inspection as a complete ma
chine the final test is made.
The pilot sits in the airplane list
ening intently to the stroke OF the
engine, his sharp eyes noting every
thing. At a given signal the blocks
are withdrawn from the wheels and
the airplane taxies' along the
ground, then rises into the air,
climbing quickly and gracefully as
though delighted to demonstrate its
power.