The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-10-03
ARDMORE READY
FOR CONVENTION
OF HIGHWAY MEN
Name and Daddy arc to Be
Selected for Route at a
Gathering Held Here
Wednesday.
MORE THAN 1000
EXPECTED HERE
Road viii Run From Winnipeg
to Mexico--One Of the Most
Important in Country.


leading from Winnipeg. Canada, TO the
Gulf OF Mexico. viii be selected when
900 road boosters between Wichita,
Kansas and Fort Worth. Teras, meet
in this city Wednesday.
Afdmore is prepared TO prove Itself
the host par excellence TO the delegates
who Will begin arriving late this after
noon by auto, tram. wagon, horse and
buggy
Il was developed this morning that
the highway. destined to become OF tho
greatest in the United States. has no
name, has no founder and has no def.
nite route.
City TO Get Credit
These points will he stressed and 10.
fore the convention closes. II is az.
pected that the route will have name
ana VII bc emblazoned on the road
maps Of the country. The cities along
the route will be forced 10 give credit
70 Ardmore and to Oklahoma for tax.
ing The initiative in making this dream
road a possibility.
once the strip from Fort Worth 10
wichita is assured it is the belief NJ
road men that the remaining Inks viii
ne taken up one al a time until the en-.
tire road is built. That the route Will
traverse short roads now bearing aig.
nliied names is possible, since the ID
{. ID highway in Texas from paIlas
soulh to Galveston is bidding for no
routing.
Other Cities Active
FROM all POINTS north comes word that
interest for the route has reached a
hlgh pitch Interest has not been aliley
ed 10 simmer In the south, either. Tor
number OF towns are sending dele.
gates by train. and Fort Worth is 10
be represented by County Judge Hush
J.. Small who Is as keen after good
roads as Col. Sidney suggs. Of Okla.
homa fame
The Fort Worth chamber OF com
merce is sending number OF dele
gates, among them the assistant sec
retary ana several specially men. Rtr
keith. Fort Worth's younges, boos,
Ter Is expected TO be one OF the men.
oers ana the arguments he viii present
in favor OF his home city will be mas,
terpieoes, It is claimed by Fort worth
newspapers
Coming From North
okiahoma towns are doing all OF tina
communities ''one better" Every town
between Oklahoma City and Ardmora
Is getting up something for the dele.
gales VINO are making an auto trip
through today
AL O'Clock this morning 20 car,
loaded to the brim with road boosters
and fife ana drum corps from the
chamber OF commerce. left the capita,
city Tor Ardmoro. The pathfnders ara
X a. Singletary and j. n. Morse. OF
the roads committee OF the chamber
OF commerce. Cars vii be decorated with
flags. pennants and buntlngs.
or the Oklahoma City caravan. fit
teen cars are from Guthrie, eight from
blackwell, three from Wellington ana
two from Wichita. Kansas. At Nor.
man ten cars vii join the party, pey.
en- at Purcell. six al Pauls Valley. six
at Wynnewood, and a number at Lex.
ing,on, where a second band viii bs
added to the aggregation. sulphur and
Davis are expected TO send a number
OF carloads either tonight or touios,
row morning.
Entertainments. TUo
The Wynnewood chamber OF com.
merce was scheduled to serve lunch 10
the delegates upon their arrival at
: noon. At Purcell refreshments were 10
be served. And nearly every town
along the way wrote and offered an
invitation TO stop and eat." AR Morse
wrote tho chamber Of commerce here.
Dorset Carter. president OF the toll
company operating the Lexington. pur.
cell bridge at Pudcell il opening the
gates 70 the yisitors--meaning q saving
: OF - each. IT
Arrive Here Late
Unless plans 20 awry. the caravan
will arrive in Ardmore at about $50
o'clock. A delegation from the chamber
OF commerce In going 10 the Murray
county lire to meet the aggregation and
bring them into the city with coiors
flying.
At Hotel Ardmore the delegates win
he registered BY members OF the Ryons
club and will be assigned rooms. While
there Is nothing special ON the program
for tonight. the visitors win be taken
care Of by the reception committee oi
the chamber Of commerce.
IL Ia understood that the Oklahoma
City and Lexington boosters will ''whoor
'em up" with their bands on the streets
and furnish show OF their very own.
Speakers Hero Tonight
Senator j. w. iarreld has returned
from Washington and today was seen
preparing speech that II "rcing ts
make history" at the gathering tcmor
, row. AT the Same time. he will have
! 10 vie with DIR. y. A. johnson. director
! Of the Lee Highway. who In soins TO tel
the delegates fnofe than ono thin,
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