The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-05-18
new RAILWAY FROM
VALIANT EASTWARD
10 DEVELOP LARGE
OKLAHOMA
(By Ray 0gden)

1dabel, Okla, May iS.-The Texas,
Oklahoma and Eastern railroad which
was recently completed from Valiant.
Oklahoma, about IL miles west of Ida
bel, to DeQueen, Arkansas, 65 miles
northeast of here, where it connects
with the DeQueen & Eastern railroad,
making a complete line from Valiant,
Okla, to Dierks, Arkansas, celebrated
its advanced step by big meet at De-
Queen Saturday. At DeQueen the
road makes connection with the four
daily trains of the trunk line the Kan
sas City Southern. The road is to
be completed from Dierks to Hot
Springs, within short time, it is un-
derstood
The celebration program was an eX-
tended one. All day long, the little
city Of DeQueen, with it's 5000 people,
together with the large crowd attend
ing the railroad celebration from many
points in southeastern Oklahoma and
southwestern Arkansas, created a mass
of enthusiastic people.
There were many chamber of com
merce and commercial club representa-
tives on the scene
There were lecturs made by distin
guished speakers from Arkansas and
Oklahoma.
DeQueen received q boost which viii
in no way be of harm to her, but viii
not compare with the boost Soutlerr
Oklahoma received from tina guests OF
the occasion who represent large
section OF country.
As the commercial club men were
busy handing out literature of th'
wonderful country "Oklahoma."
The feature of the day came wher
excursion train with its new passeng
er coaches, loaded with over 500 en-
thusastic Oklahomans, pulled by tn
big modern passenger engine. dashed
over the well-ballanced roadbed will
its 80 pound steel at q rate of "a
miles an hour, through the rich land
of Oklahoma, with the fields Of grow
ing crops on to the Arkansas city.
On this train there could occasion
ally be seen an agriculturalist takinl
notes of the wonderful development
along the line of agriculture in thi
part of the state. which has bee
known not until recently to the outsid
world, due largely to the fact that thi
section of the state heretofore ha
been inadequately Accommodated wit
railroad facilities.
In the rich river valleys large field
of corn were seen growing, and as tn
excursion train dashed over the uE
l. vsr.rr Ia
green fields of oats and wheat, and oc
casionally fields of strawberries plant
ed in many acres, shining with rip
red berries.
And through the low land sectio
there was seen the large dense forest
IN of the yellow pine, standing waitin
~ for the big manufacturing plants
convert them into building lumber
may be remembered that this section
Oklahoma manufacturing over 70 pt
cent Of the lumber of the state, ha
two Of the largest lumber mills of II
a south. one operating at Wright CIV
y and the other at Broken Bow. AT
more than likely the company tn;
operates, these mills has done MOI
for the development Of this sectio
agriculturally and otherwise. than an
one concern in the history of the stat
The big mills grinding the timber ra
from the woods into perfect lumber Il
the market, are by no means takir
away from the natural resources ar
giving nothing in return, but the b
company operating these mills
spending dollar after dollar for the d
velopment of this section Of the sta
into an agricultural district which Il
whole state OF Oklahoma will look up'
with a proud eye. Today there a