The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-07-15
ARDMORE MAY BECOME HOME OF AIRCRAFT
MANUFACTURING PLANT; PROMINENT LOCAL
MEN ARE BECOMING INTERESTED IN PROJECT

here Mr.. Adams who is in hearty ac-
cord with the proposition. and as their
representative, is urging that the
change be made said:
Want Broad Fields For Site
There is but one logical place for
the location of such a factory as this
and that is in the southwest where
landing fields are everywhere, and
where so much interest has been de-
veloped in flying.
Just bark back few years and
see what occurred while the great war
was going on in Europe
IF you will remember the United
| States, as well as all of the allied ma
tons who were at war with Germany,
trained their aviators in Texas, true,
few were developed in other states
but Texas was recognized as the Uni
versity of the air, and more aviators
were trained for service there than in
all the other states combined.
There must have been a reason for
this policy, and there was. The Gov
ernment of the United States recog-
nized that Texas could, and did pro-
vide ideal flying fields, and the other
nations, England, France, Italy and
other allied powers We're not long in
taking advantag of the situation and
thousands of young men from these
countries were graduated from Texas
flying fields.
This same condition exists today,
and aircraft manufacturers recognize
it, They want to get into the south
west, and most of the big manufac-
turers are ready TO listen to any rea-
sonable proposition covering this ques.
ton.
Detroit grabbed the automobile in
dustry in its infancy, and see what it
has developed into. Chicago is already
making an effort to assemble most Of
the aircraft manufacturers along the
shores Of lake Michigan, but the chanc-
es are better than ever that the manu-
featuring center for aircrafts will be
! located in the southwest, so why not
Ardmore."
Messrs Adams and Griffin are en-
Enthusiastically boosting for Ardmore to
become a manufacturing center. They
announce that they will urge the com.
pany at Lincoln to thoroughly inves.
tigate the proposition before complet-
ing further arrangements to make the
capitol city of Nebraska their perman-
ent home, and expect that representa-.
ives will be here in a few days to
look the situation over.
Local Men Interested
Mr.. Adams stated that the factory
at Lincoln had a weekly capacity of
ten planes at present, which gives em.
further stated that sales were increas-
ing every month and in the event
the factory was located here it would
probably be upon much more Ella
borate scale.
Plans are already under way to er.
ect large hangar at the flying field
north Of the city limits, which is taken
as an indication that there will be
several privately owned planes in Ard.
more within few months.
Messers Oakley and Askew, local
aviators, have done much toward de.
veloping interest in the airplane in
this section, and It begins to look as
if their efforts was to receive an early
reward. They are acting as agents
for the Adams-Griffin company in this
territory, and say they expect to de-
liver Lincoln Speedster to DR.. Hardy
and a Lincoln Tourabout to Harold
Wallace within few days. Both OF
the above gentlemen the aviators say
have become enthusiastic over the fly
ing game, and expects to develop into
expert pilots within short time,