The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-07
:MAND NEW HOTEL
Be OPENED TO LET
OIL IN NTERESTS MEET
By PAUL u. SMITH


The story of the humpbacked man
no rented his hump To real estate
rbstone dealers in Wichita In the
VS. of the mightiest town lot boom III
nerlcan history, was recalled ias'
,ht In Ardmore. The crust Of con
yatism that has sheathed us over
these past few some years was
lcked fractured, busr6 torn OH
d cast aside.
rhe excitement began with the shades
dusk on the curb in front OF tue
npson building. The tu'psu u"o
,change' was spoalily organized
rather it Just sprang into being
N wrote checks with pencils on pads
ia In hand or pilloried against the
,ished walls of the building. There
$ no place to 80 but every man
dressed up with a pencil ana che'"
ok.
with the deepening shades OF war
le" President Dings of the Guaranty
tie Bank took pity on the mob ana
tied them inside. They flooded the
bank lobby and took possession Oh
, offices, put their feet on the prcsi
IT'S desk and acted Just Ike men
10 had something important to 40
knew just where to take hold OF
handle.
And they did incidentally they
d.ironed the management or the
" hotel. 1--WE want that hotel open
they chorused ut Is open--wid"
an" lust like that, was the sad re
in. "Put ON three shifts and let
in on the ground floor" demanded
> throng.
And there being the semblanee oi
real idea i'm this remark il LOOKS as
,ugh something IN that line may
uarv be done. 1--WE have been
ugling this hotel thing in the ar
three years and We just naturally
I used to the thing looking IKE
battery-I mean "A place for bats
[ big guns And it's up To you hiS
ms TO show speed and let the people
10 want To come to Ardinore aho
End money for leases in on the
,und floor and one or two floors over
1t where they can mill in comfort
not in absolute luxury, and whcr'
~ can sleep what little time theS
not busy with other things / u,
IN who made that speech talked just
q his heart was in it. The Grove
ok his talk at 100 per cent, anc
outed for the hotel to be closed sc
can be opened.
But about the hunchback. There
$ no hGnchback but there Wer'
,nty of lunches. Everybody had al
ST one--anl most of them acted on
ID hunch. They spent real money
n wrote checks. Whorver SOLD
rly had money to buy with later.
Reminds me of the boom days in 9
dorado mining camp" said one. "on
/ miss the smell of green pine Iuih
: and sawdust This here marble
tile and mahogany don't give OIL
. odors but it does lend class
That bunch win be coming ON IRON
lrkburnett in day or two, suggest
another. "and we've just natural!
to be- ready for them which latiei
TT of the remark carried an accent
wisdom born of experience.
Leases are going mighty high, ;heI
mt buy" said a pessmstic brother
h shucks. there is more territory OUT
doors around this here new ileio
An can he leased up in year, salu
= optimist. There is no limit to the
Id but the Arbuckles and the Ard
)re city limits. and you've got 20 KICK
with me that that is consldcrdpl'
sture."
Now this lease of mine is rlsh'
re-" pointing to much pencleI
ctional map, where the old Wagon
rd used to be. It's plum rich anC
not for sale--yet' (Which if it,
the wagon yard reckon It mus
rich all right" replied an unsym
thetic and unpathetic bystanders.
About eleven O'Clock the crowd went
me. \ lot of business had been done
lot Of enthusiastic optimism thd'
omises to eventuate in activities that
II make Ardmore the livest oil cltS
Oklahoma for the next few years
IS generated. The crowd worked un
T. difficulties but they got results
1ich after all is the main thing.
The next session will be held tonlgh
the assembly room of the Chambei
Commerce. The optimism will theT
gin to crystalize into a definite pro
am of activities looking TO the Llak
9 of the greatest city Of southern
slahoma