The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-18
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in bold type: County Commissioners
Receive High Praise From state High
way Commissioner Wood"
Inasmuch as the article is some
what misleading / would like to ans
wer it in order that all the readers OF
your paper will know the true facts
regarding the roads in the northwest
ern part of the county.
TO begin with, / will say that i am
not a candidate for any office and
am not taking an active part in the
interest of anyone who is candidate,
and will not until the day of the pri-
mary election, when | expect to ex'
ercise my right as tax payer. This
article is not written TO be used for
or against anyone in this campaign
nor to cast any reflections on any
officer who is not responsible for the
article referred to, but merely that
the truth may get to the people who
are not familiar with conditions, and
in order that anyone who has been
used might have chance to put
himself right with the article of July
II.
1t seems that the article referred to
is not fathered by anyone. While the
state highway commissioner is quoted,
We are unable to tell whether it is
with his knowledge and consent. And
while there is another person men,
toned in the article, he is not quoted,
but the impression is conveyed that
he has great knowledge about roads
and should be taken as authority,
when referring to the condition of
the roads in our county. There is
still a part of the article that seems
chargeable to the Ardmoreite since it
publishes the article as the truth
without putting it in any shape tina;
would enable the readers to tell who
is responsible for it.
To one who is not familiar with the
road conditions in the western an,
northwestern part Of the county 1t
might appear that the article is meant
/ for very innocent little boost for
! our county commissioners as whole,
/ but since the article makes special
mention of the western and north
western part of the county | feei
/ obliged to take issue with the author
/ or authors be he or they the highway
| commissioner, the Ardmoreite editor
or some of the staff, or some candi-
date who might have gotten to the
/ highway commissioner for an inno'
/ cent little boost and to the Ardmore'
ite for some free political advertising.
1t seems TO me that if the state
highway commissioner or anyone from
/ his department wanted to make re-
port on the condition of the roads
Of this county that would carry weigh,
or authority from that department he
should first come down and go over
the roads and see the true condition
in the different parts of the county.
and especially in the northwestern
part of the county instead of being
/ quoted as having spent several days
inspecting roads and making surveys
/ for new work" and then allowing
himself to be quoted in Il statemen,
referring to roads that he did not in
Gently spent here and | doubt very
much if he has ever been in the north
western part Of the county to see
the condition of the roads there. Ano
after having gone over the roads and
seeing the conditions he would make
a report, above his signature, and
giving his official title. If this had
been done we would have been able
to charge the report to the state
highway department.
If the Ardmoreite is using its col
umns to further the interest of some
to be failure, as far as taking care
of the roads in commissioners district
number two is concerned, it is un'
fair to the taxpayers Of the county
and unfair to the readers of the pa
per and further, the readers of tho
Ardmoreite who live in the north
western part of the county are talk
ing OF coming down here in body
and discontnuing their subscription
because of the unfairness of this ant
other statements made about theii
roads. They are tired of the reading
the stuff that has been published
about their good roads in that local
ity.
If some reporter has Intentionally
slipped one over the editor for per
sonal gain all | have TO say to hin
is that one Of the reporters of Th
Daily Oklahoman tried a similar stun
in that paper not long ago and wa.
up before the court the next day 70
!, being drunk.
If some candidate got one by tn
whole bunch, including the highwa.
commissioner i must say it wa
: well done, but he should not hav
forgotten what Lincoln said abou
fooling the people.
If it is the fine work of some can
didate who is using the columns o
, The paper to further his political in
forests, and quoting the highway com
missioner, either with or without hi
consent, it is only fair to the who'll
! bunch including the voters of tn
county, that the proof be given then
through the same source. For tha
rcason / tecl called upon TO Civ
| the readers INC truth as - the cond'
Ions referred to in the arti,le abov
mentioned.
l have i.vel in Graham TOWNSHIP
since stat ano,d -rtil rec nt!v. AT thi
T time l am a tcXraycr ia the count,
! and all Fly holdings ace located Il
that township. | know every roa
and trail in the township whethe
} passable or not, and have been owe
a good many Of them lately and fec
that ! know more about the cond