The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-05
ROTAR|ANS BELIEVE
ARDMORE ON EVE Of
LIVE DEvELOPM
NEW OIL WELL NEAR CITY
AROUSES MEMBERS or CLUB
TO OPPORTUNITY.

Roturians l.. G. Dings. l.. II. Love
and Edward Gait were appointed "A com.
mittee at the Ardmorc Rotary club at
the luncheon today to take steps look.
ing toward pushing along the compile
tion of the new hotel Rotarian Dings
called attention TO the immediate i'm
portnnce of completing the hotel, i'm
View of the expected new activity in the
Ardmore oil field
An undcrcurrcnt of optimism regard.
ing the new life which the prospective
oil boom will bring to Ardmorc bubbled
up here and there at the meeting. Sev.
erals speakers mentioned the new well
near Wilson, expressing the belief that
Ardmore is at the edge of big develop
mcnr. The discussion went so far as to
take the shape of suggestion for "a
Rotary committee to serve in an ad.
Visory capacity ls TO investments i'm the
stock of oil companies. but Il motion to
this effect was voted down by a con.
siderable majority.
Rotarian Don Cochran insisted that
some action Ice taken to induce the
county commissioners to repair the road
between Ardmore and the new well.
District Judge I. w. Champion, who
was present as the clubs guest. stated
that he had attended meeting of the
commissioners this morning and had
been assured that the road is being nut
i'm good shape. 1t was stated that the
places needing repairs We're dragged yes
terday and now are in passable cond-
tion, and it is understood that gravel
is to be put on at once.
Everybody Optimistic.
The whole session was permeated with
the optimistic spirit. The tenor of the
talks was a get to gether" movement
for the bigger and better Ardmore The
feeling that the local oil field is to see
a distinct and highly important revival
was evident.
The expected driling-in of the Texas
company's well near Wilson. this after
noon was Il matter of intimate and in
teresting table talk. Judge Champion
was accused good dnaturedy of adjourn
ing his court this morning so that he
might drive out to the new well and see
the big doings, but when the judge was
called upon to address the club he de- |
Tended himself by saying that he really |
adjourned court because most of the
men called for jury duty We're employed |
in the work of finishing the interior of
the new hotel.
Judge Reads IL Lesson.
Judge Champion then took occasion |
to read the Rotaiians a heart.toheart |
lesson on their duty as citizens, with re-
gard to service on juries. He stated that
probably as many as Is of them would
be called for jury duty soon and he
didn't want any of them TO ask to be
let off He mentioned the fact that
il is very difficult to get business men
to serve on jures. Important cases, he
said. were coming before the court and
they should not be tried with iuries pick
up from the Street-men who are not
working. The Judge urged all Rotarians
TO be willing at any time to do their
duty as citizens in this important mat
ter
Rotarian Gates spoke for the whole
salers, mentioning that in Ardmore are
two wholesale grocery houses, two
wholesale flour concerns. two whole
sale produce companies and a wholesale
meat plant. All are doing a good husi-
ness, he said, and are confidently eX-
pecting general prosperity. Mr., Gates
made the deliberate prediction that the
closing six months of the year will be ,
the most prosperous that Ardmore has
known i'm a long time, and he was loud
" cheered. He mentioned particularly {
the unusually large oats crop in this
Lieutenant Townsend again presented {
the stock proposition of the Fort Worth ,
Aerial Transportation company, and
lmong the Rotarans present $500 worth I
Of stock was subscribed. =. c. Dings &
spoke in favor of the project, telling of
he Importance Of aerial transportation !
n the coming years. Considerably more q
han half of the $4,000 stock required ,
ocally has been subscribed, and Rotar (
an Comegys is to lead the work of fur I
herring the project amongst Rotarians. {
Rotarian Streahley urged that all Ro-
arians get into the Boy Scout move r
nent and push it along. .
The matter of getting the Chamber of t
Commerce into more active channels b
will be taken up at the next Rotary n
luncheon.