The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-06
OIL WELL IS CHIEF
TOPIC At LUNCHEON
Of THE LIONS CLUB

closer cooperation of every organ
i2ation with "a view of the betterment %
the town, was the keynote of the senti
ments expressed at today's meeting o
the Lions club, relative to the new oi
activities.
II have been called up at all hours
of the night to investigate wildcat wells
etc, and think ! am an expert on judg
ing oil wells, and ii the Texas oil Com
pany's well Is not "A sure enough we'll
never saw one" was the opening re
mark of Errett Dunlap, when called
upon TO give a report of the situation
Continuing, Mr.. Dunlap stated that he
was of the opinion that this would be a
100 to 900 barrel well, no doubt open.
ing another field as large. IL not larger
than Hcadton. The first thing we
must do in order to derive the benefits
We should, is To get our roads i'm shape.
Those of us here can of course stand it.
but men from other places. visitors. will
not. We know from past experiences
Just what the road will mean to us, and
should get busy on them"
! What ii viii mean to Ardmore" 4"
was the topic on which Lion Paul b.
Smith was asked to talk. Mr. Smith said
1t means more to Ardmorc than he could
possibly tell i'm the allotted three minutes
time. ''Ardmore's many and varied re.
sources must not he allowed to he eclip.
sed by the prospects of the oil field.
| 1t is all right to go ahead with the oil
business, there it no telling how big it
| will be- and whatever it is, it will mean
much to Ardmore, but we must not fail
to pay attention to city building. We
must not sit tight. and hold down what
we think we have. but we must put on
steam and take advantage of the fresh
impetus given US by the opening of
greater oil possibilities. and keep things
going in Ardmore to derive all the bcne
fits from that source"
What We Should DO" was the topic
of Lion Russell Brown. relative to the
oil field. There are many things we
could do many things we ought to do
and can't, and many things that we
ought to do that are i'm our power TO do,
and must do Mr. Brown stated First,
we must get i'm behind the hotel propo.
siton. | urge that at least three stories
of this building be put in condition for
receiving guests at the earliest possible |
time; second, that we make arrange.
mentS for car service on the Ringing |
road. once every hour. Assuming that |
we have "a field, we must keep the oil |
field workers in Ardmore. This can be |
done by having this car make regular
late evening, and about every two hours
l,., - n.
tention to the results of this same serv-
ice and how it affected Tulsa and Mus
kogee at the time the oil fields develop
ed near those two clt.e The same
of hour service to the field
was put up to the two cities-Tulsa took
of il. with the result we all
to her sorrow, failed
to do So Now Ardmore has the same
to keep the workers in Ard
more, as did Tulsa"
Another thing" Mr. Brown contin-
ued, I'VE must arrange a building pro
gram to provide sufficient housing IA.
'iities. Ardmore has already II banking
facility equal to Il city four times her
size, as well as other businesses that
nave developed. We can easily call this
Ardmore's well, we are only forty min
ltes from it, and if we can get such ac-
that will be pleasant for ;
hose who will remain here, or those
Who will remain only a short while, it |
will mean much to our city" c
Sidney Suggs called attention to the '
'housewarming' meeting of the Com '
nercial club to be held at Sis o'clock
night at the Chamber of Com |
nerce. You can state that the county Il
are doing everything c
within their power to help with the S
Dads, and we want every live Lion TO 7
q present tomorrow night at the meet
1g, with the commissioners and every C
ne else interested in Ardmore"
Among visitors at the luncheon were Il
lrs. julius Kahn, president of the Be '
evoent Association, and Miss Conn,
ubic health nurse, both of whom made Il
and comprehensive talks on d
ealth conditions i'm Ardmore. Mrs
ahn asked the cooperation of the
ions in securing n home for delinquent
Dys. The matter was placed before the
embers and the Lions voted Il resolu-
on to cooperate with other organiza- &C
of home for boys p'
\ report of the state meeting of Lions II
ubs held in Musliogee, was made by II
alter s. Gilbert, delegate. Mr.. Gill l.
,rt also presented the matter of the
ions cooperating with Il committee 81
ON the Rotary club in the entertain III
ent of Company +, nth engineers, "
heduled to visit Ardmore en- route to Ce
imp Bowie. President Hamilton. APP Wv
'inted q committee comprising John "i
irlock Russell Brown and G.. A. Ram "'
Y to meet with the committee from pe ~
e Rotary club on this matter. IL
Mr. Hamilton announced that definite
had been made with the ''
ethodist ladies to serve the Lions at ~
cir regular weekly luncheons. The Va
ur opened with the singing of "Ameri- va
>" led by Mrs n. c. Woods, with Miss C.
annie Gross, pianist. Miss Gross also
We number of piano selections. An
her enjoyable feature was vocal selec
ms by little Miss Florence Stonum.
rising vote of thanks were given the
men upon the excellent meal served.
other visitors were the Rev. +: w. sh
,den- -Howes and G.. w. Stocking, with ac,
2 Redpath- h-Horner chautauquas. riv