The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-05-14
Listen, Sulphur
Why Not Turn in and Help
the People Who
Help You?

Hoople who live ON the road between
Ardmore and Sulphur frequently count
as many as a. thousand cars in one
day that pass from Ardmore and the
Carter county oil fields to Sulphur and
other points in Murray county.
The greatest revenue producing route
out of Murray county Is the road be-
tween Ardmore and sulphur
Sulphur has never had a battle to
fight that Ardmore did not also make
1t personal fight and work with sui
phur.
Ties of the strongest friendship have
always been enjoyed between the peo.
pie of these two cities. We have re.
joicd in every achevmnt Of Sulphur
w have sent many thousands of our
people over its roads and into It's cities.
We built a good road to the Murray
county line and that road built with
Carter county money has been the
greatest source of revenut to Sulphur.
We have hired teams to pull us out OF
the mud on the Murray county side
but still we kept going to sulphur. We
have been promised many hundreds of
times that the first road to be built out
Of Sulphur would be one to connect
with the Carter county road. We had
patience because Murray county did not
have road funds.
At this time Murray county has
money to spend on its roads. But what
is its program?
An engineer will begin work tomor-
row morning to survey the roads be-
tween Sulphur and Davis. The county
has sold bonds to build that road. It's
next program is to build southeast and
connect with Johnston county instead
OF building to Carter county.
Ardmore would like to know IL this
road building program reflects the SEN
timents of the merchants and residents
OF the town Of Sulphur. Ardmore
would like to know what 1t has done
to deserve to be spurned and turned
away after It has built road to the
Murray county line and invited Sulphur
To- come and meet us.
As the Ardmore people see II there
Is no common sense being used in Sui
phur when II forces the hundreds Of
Ardmore people and still more of the
oil region people to have to drive to
other shady places for their summer
vacations
sulphur Is primarily a resort town.
That is its chief source OF revenue. Its
hnuau oa.. to build "a t,,.oat haolth reSort
And IL uses its first big road building
program to turn away from the road
that brings to II more people than all
other towns In the state combined.
Ardmore and Shawnee have been Sui
phur's best friends. At a time when
We have right TO receive some ex.
preston OF appreciation for our pres.
ence in their county we find them
building n road away from us and to Il
point that does not connect them with
a great mass OF people such as reside
in Ardmore and the great oil field areas
OF Carter county.
Carter county offers To shake hands
with Johnston county across the county
line ut Mannsvile but so far Johnston
county has declined to meet us half
way on friendly terms.
This county has proposed a federal
project between Ardmore and Manns'
Vile. Johnston county now has money
in its treasury to build from Tishomingo
to Mannsville and make connection
with our road.
The greatest achievement Of this year
Cor Johnston county would be to build
road to its west line. Such "a road
would pass through the oil fields OF
that county. II would bring the oil
field trade to Tishomingo. II would
mean more than that. IL would bring
many hundreds OF Ardmore cars To the
fishing streams OF that county and
would be source of revenue to tha,
county.
There would be ten cars pass ovol
the road between Tlshomingo and Ard
more to one over the road to the north
OF that city. Johnston county can build
its road west, create an Ardmorc detouI
and not be deprived OF single cal
that would pass over the Bankhead
Highway.
Tishomingo has an opportunity {,
favor the traveller from the eastern
states or IL has an opportunity to fayul
their next door neighbors-the peopl,
who reside In Carter county. In fav
oring us they are doing big piece ol
work for themselves.
1t is the policy of the federal gov
ernment 10 connect it's highway pro
jects. IL now has a project approaching
Tishomingo from the east. II has q
project approaching Mannsville from
the west. II In reported that Tisho
mingo will build west to Ravia ant
then follow the Frisco tracks north q
Mil Creek. When tho road is COM
pleted to Ravia there will remain onl,
10 or II miles OF construction work 4
connect the Tlshomingo and Mannsvill'
roads and this will evidently be the pol
icy that will be followed by the fedora
government. II Is the sensible thi'
90 do.
Governor Robertson is quoted as 4
ing said that he was for the road
Mannsville and again he II quoted I'D
having declared for the north road.