The Daily Ardmoreite. (Ardmore, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 305, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 17, 1912 Page: 1 of 8
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THE ARDMOREITE IS THE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA RECEIVING THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS SERVICE
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VOLUME XVIII
ARDMORE OKLAHOMA. TUESDAY EVENING SEPT. 17 1912
NUMBER 305
T
W MASKED MEN
HELD P TRAIN
"MEMPHIS SPECIAL" IS ROBBED
NEAR STEVENSON ALABAMA
EARLY TODAY.
posses m ;irsuit
fin
'A.
Robbers Covered Four Mail C on
Train and Get
Away Wi e
Registered Mail Which
Carried.
the 1
Chattanooga lean. Sept. 17. Two
masked men held u; the "Memphis
Sin rial" a west hound Southern Kail-
way train early today near Steven-
son Alabama.
The mail ear was looted hut the
amou.it seemed is not known.
The men boarded the train at Ste-
venson and covered the four mail
clerks with their pistols. Three of
the clerks were hound the fourth
being ordered to open all the sacks of
registered ma'l carried on the train.
Posses are in pursuit of the rob-
bers today.
Shot by Robber.
San Mateo Calif Sept. 17 Chas.
M. Kirkbridge an attorney and lieu-
tenant in the 11th coast artillery re-
serves known as the "millionaire com-
pany" was shot and probably fatally
wounded today by a highwayman who
held up and robbed the passengers on
two cars of an electric line between
here and San Francisco. Kirkbridge
grappled with the robber and received
a bullet in the body. The bandit es-
caped and is now being pursued by
posses.
Mrs. Maude King who has resided
here severa' months left yesterday for
Tueumcari New Mexico where she
formerly resided Mrs. King took up
a government claim near tne New
Mexico city while she was there and
she received word that her claim to
the land was contested. She goes to
regain possession of the land.
MEXICAN FEDERAL OFFICER
HELD BACK REINFORCEMENTS
FOR EL TIGRE.
Douglas Ariz. Sept. 17. The Mex-
ican federal officer responsible for
holding back the reinforcements for
Kl Tigre while the rebels under Sal-
azar were attacking the town will be
shot for cowardice according to Gen-
eral Sanjines commanding general of
the federal forces.
The general made this statement
this morning when informed that the
federals had not attacked though
within hearing cf the battle. A re-
ward of $51)00 has been offered for the
recovery of the gold stolen by the
rebels.
Four out-of-town young men were
arrested this morning ror disturb-
ing the peace quiet and dignity or
the city. Having first absorbed a
bunch of sky-rocket booze and char-
tered a cab they proceeded up and
down Main street to the accompan-
iment of some full-grown yells. Not
being college yells they will have to
pay for turning them loose upon the
public.
Marks Historic Spot.
Soma 20 years ago Professor Pat
rick Geddes made the suggestion that
a memorial should be erected on tha
Esplanade of Edinburgh castle to
mark the spot whereon In the days of
a dark and evil superstition witches
and warlocks were done to death by
burning. The committee of the Out-
look tower Edinburgh have not foi
gotten Professor Geddes' suggestion
and they have presented a tablet foun-
tain which was unveiled on tbe E
jjlanade.
SANIES DBS
COWARD SHOT
Stop and read the Want Adi.
HARVESTER TRUST CASE.
Witnesses Being Examined in Gov-
ernment's Suit for Dissolution.
Chicago III. Sept. 17. Alexander
Legg assistant general manager of
tin? International Harvester Company
was the first witness today in the
government's suit to dissolve the cor-
poration. Others scheduled to appear
today are Wm. M. .Gale .and E. N.
Wood assistant secretaries.
The Frisco Agricultural Agent will
be in Ardmore next Thursday in hU
spicial car. This gentleman comes
for the purpose of giving attention to
the demonstration :farm whil;h the
road will conduct near this town.
I'pon ills arrival thP matter of home-
seekers' rates .vill be taken up with
im and he will be asked to carry
agricultural demonstration car
.'riich Ardmore will send out over his
lilies.
BENEFITS OFTHE
El
ARDMORE & WESTERN WILL BE
OF MUCH BENEFIT TO ARD-
MORE'S FUTURE.
If the business men the real es-
tate men all the men who live in
this town and who benefit as the
town benefits and thr-.ve as the
town thrives will stop for a moment
und look the issue squarely in the
face they will have to acknowledge
to themselves as well as to every-
one else that the building of the
line of the Ardmore & "Western will
be of more immediate and more last-
ing benefit to this city than will
anything that ' has in en conceived
and engineered for any time since
the bulding into the city of the Hock
Island-Frisco lines.
This road as. the preliminary sur-
vey calls for will penetrate some
of the richest country in the coun-
ties of Carter Stephens Jefferson
and Love. It will form a great loop
over one hundred miles In length
and leaving Ardmore from the north
to re-enter it from the south will
bring the city the mer-
chants and the citizens gen-
erally in direct touch with the agri-
cultural wealth of four counties
which are among the richest In
the state. The products of the
farms of this section will he brought
to the store of the Ardmore dealer.
The gardens of the farms of this
sfction will be brought to the tables
of our people and the money deriv-
ed from the sale of these farm pro-
ductions will be deposited in Ard-
more banks to a great extent. The
Ardmore Western will not he to
this city as would the line which
would pass through the town and
continue on to the west the north
or the south.
Fair m.ndedness will have to con-
cede that the Ardmore & Western
will be the IT for this section and
all the knocking and talking against
it because home men are promoting
it will not keep it from bong built
nor keep the town from feeling the
benefits which will follow its build-
ing i
No matter who is behind the gun
'in this case it will show better com-
mon sense better business acum n
and a more generous and public
spirit to help the matter along to
boost the road than to knock it.
For twelve years or more the
people of Ardmore have been talking
for a road to the west. They have
been making overtures to the lines
which now operate into the city
to extend these lines on west and
to other compare s to come here
and build new lines on westward.
iNow that the road which we really
need is cong the road which will ben-
efit the town the people and every-
thing else is ready to build it is to
he hoped that the doubtingThomas-
es with their wet blankets will at
least keep still so that when the
first trains run over this road they
can join wi-th the rest of us in say-
ing. "We told you so."
NEW NTERURBAN
Unpardonable Fault.
A man should pardon everybody!
lault rather than his own. Cato.
Stop and read the Want Ads.
CARTER COITi FROM AN
AGRCULTURA
Carter county has taken more in-
(erest in agriculture the past two
years than it has ever taken before.
The Commercial club has been more
active in aiding the farmers than
formerly. Farmers have attended
the institutes they have grown a J
greater variety of crops. The dis-
play of this county at the Oklahoma !
State Fair this fall w ill be 100 per J
cent better than it has ever had
before. Dry weather during the first
part of June and again during the I
latter part of July cut the corn J
crop somewhat short but with tho
big crop of cane kaffir and milo the j
county will lie able to spare pome
corn and already farmers are offer- j
ing corn for sale. The cotton acre- t
age is smaller than it was last year
but the number of bales will be!
equal to last year's production and'
the cotton men believe the county;
will raise 5000 more bales than it j
did in 1911. The fruit crop this
year was by far the largest ever!
grown here. Encouraged by six
crops of peaches in succession the j
farmers will add several hundred
acres this fall to the peach acreage.
The dry hot year of 1!M1 demon-
trated that alfalfa can be grown here
in paying quantities even on the I
uplands and year after year the al-
falfa acreage is made larger. This
has never been considered a wheats
country but the fall rains last year
and the need of winter pasturage
enoouragtd wheat growing and the
acreage was doubled over the for
NCREASE AC LTURA
PLAN TO EXHIBIT OUR PRODUCTS
One-tenth only of the agricultural
acreage of Carter county is in cul-
tivation. Put fifty per cent of the
lands under the plow and our
wealth is increased five times.
Towns will prosper only as the coun-
try -lands are developed. lUal zing
this fact and with a view only of
the common good the Ardmore Com-
mercial club wlil take its agnru.-
tural exhibit from the state fair
about the sixth of October in a spec
ial demonstration car accompanied
by members of the club and will
visit a large number of cities and
towns in a half dozen northern
states literature will be taken
along showing actual photographs of
farms and farm products. The rep
resentatives on this car will have
with them advertisements of fifty
thousand acres of land which are
offered for sale. The title to ever?
DOES TIE FARMER WANT HDCS?
PLAN MADE TO CUV THEM CHEAP
At its session Tuesday morning th:
Ardmore Commercial Club heard a
report from Secretary McCoy on (he
proposition (o obtain stock hoks for
this section of the state. The Okla-
homa National Stockyards Company
of Oklahoma City states in a letter
that stock hogs are very scarce but
adds that that is a better reason why
Oklahoma shoul 1 double its energies
to obtain them. Those pigs will cost
about 9c a pound delivered. Tha:
means that a pig of 50 pounds weight
delivered at Ardmore will cost
The Commercial Club wants the
name of every farmer who wants tn
buy some of these pigs. It also wants
to know how many each farmer will
buy. .T. B. Boone has agreed to loan
farmers money to invest in the pig
in instances where the farmer has
not the cash to put into them. Sec-
retary McCoy is now in correspond-
ence with the Fort Worth stock yards
to ascertain if a better price can be
had there. The hogs will be bought as
cheaply as possible as good a grade
as can be secured will be purchased
an-i the handling of the deal will be
L
STANDPOINT
mer year. The yield was so satis-
factory that a much larger acreage
will be planted this year. Tho dairy-
ing business Is also being encour-
aged in this portion of the state.
Ardmore has two creamery plants
and they depend upon tho cream
shipped to them. One banker is
now dealing in Jersey cows to pet
their distribution over the territory
trilmarty to Ardmore and the Com-
mercial club will give Jersey cows
as agricultural premiums instead of
giving wagons anil harness as it did
last year. The fall rains have been
abundant this year all late crops
are maturing wt 11 and the land Is in
fine condition for plowing and for
fall sowing. The sandy land sec-
tions of this county grow from m)
to l."iO bushels of sweet potatoes to
ihe aero and the jmtato crop is
much larger this year. Carter coun-
ty has taken the lead in the organ-
ization of canning clubs and beans
corn potatoes pumpkins and fruits
have been canned this year nnd
the farmer is living at home. There
is a scarcity of hogs due to Hie
lack of a grain crop last year but
the Commercial club is co-operating
with the farmers in placing stock
hogs In the country and that diffi-
culty will soon bo removed.
Carter county is in excellent shape
and the dry year of 11)11 has taught
us some lessons which have been
ivpp'iod and tho people are bettor
equipped In knowledge to make a
success of agriculture.
L
piece of property will be guaranteed
by the club. Only a small conimiss'ion
will be charged to defray the ex-
pense of selling. The northern farm-
er can buy these lands at from $S
Iso $r0 per acre. He will never
pay too much when he buys under
this plan of selling. He will never
get a bad title when he buys from
these representatives. The plan was
formulated not for the purpose cf
disposing of real estate for the pro-
f it which will accrue to any o.l3
I individual but was devised for t'.ie
! sole purpose of inducing farmers
lo buy these lands and move upo:i
jthem and raise cotton corn alfalfa
! lruit and a dozen other crops and
to engage in dairying and live
j stock raising. The plan is approved
by every business man in the city.
It out to result In bringing many
new acres under the plow for next
year.
I done without expense to the farmer.
J Oklahoma farmers get more foi
i hogs than the Illinois farmer. The
Oklahoma farmer has plenty of feed to
! raise these hogs. The mast this year
I is very line and hog feeding is reduc
ed to the minimum. Farmers who
want these pigs are requested to write
at once to N. If. MliCoy secretary of
the Ardmore Commercial Club statin?
how many hogs he will take.
i George Wall the popular young
j salesman w ith Will Scrivner for so
; long nas tendered his resignation
;to his present employer and will
accept a position with the V. New-
' man Dry Goods house on the first
(of the coming month. Mr. Wall
jhas many friends in this cify whom
he has gained for himself through
his courteous treatment of custom-
ers and all will be pleased to learn
'of his good fortune in securing for
himself the well merited advance-
ment to the jiosition which he will
now occupy.
Stop and read the Want Ads.
WEALTH
WILSON IN IOWA TODAY.
Democratic Candidate Made Several
Speeches t lowans.
Sioux City Iowa Sept. 17. -Governor
Wilson arrived this morning and
made several speeches the most im-
ixirtanl of which was his address at
the interstate fair.
Hon. W. F. Freeman democratic
nominee for county joudge is at home
fivm Deese where ho has been Hold-
ing a revival meeting. He bap'i'iid
six members into (he Haptist church
tin re hist Sunday. Judge Freeman
has been selectd as one of the W.Uton
cairpaign orators and will male?
Fp'vches for the democratic tick"i in
Oklahoma and also in a M'nil.er 'if
ro'-'hein states. He is on-! cf the
I. est campaigners ir Oklahoma and
few men are his equal on the stump
lie is armed with the facts and can
express those facts in language as
pretty and as forceful as William Jen-
nings nryan.
COURT ORDERS
$-10000 BOND ISSUE TO REFUND
THE LEGAL INDEBTEDNESS OF
THE COUNTY.
In the matter of tho application of
Carter jounty to determine the exist-
ence character and amount of the le-
gal outstanding indebtedness ol tho
county coining up in the district court
this morning Judge Itussell found that
the said indebtedness amounted in
round irimbers to $ M.OOO and ordered
that tho comity commissioners issue
refunding bonds for the purpose of
liquidating said debt in like sum and
amount.
BOY'S COTTON AND CORN CLUBS
Fifty-Five Dollars Divided Between
"Cotton Boys."
Teh committee on awards ut tho
county agricultural exhibit mot yes
terday and appointed a committee
of which John MoCarty was the
cba rman to pass on the cotton and
the corn grown by 'the members of
the Carter County Boy s Cotton and
Corn Clubs and to award prizes.
The Ardmore Oil and Milling com
pany had donated fifty-five dollars
to be distributed among the 'boys
who should range from first to tenth
in their cotton.
First prize Tommy Dool Ardmore
$10 in cash.
Second prize Ernest Worthy
Baum $9 in cash.
Third n;rd Holcomb Ard-
more $8 in cash.
Fourth Newton Wtsaom atenn
$7 tn cash.
Fifth Adrian Carroll Ardmore
$0 in cash.
Sixth Sterling Dunn Mulkey
in cash.
Seventh Charley Hunt Ardmore
$4 in cash.
Eighth. Alva Holcomb Ardmore
$3 in cash.
Ninth Cecil Babers Ardmore $2
in cash.
Tenth Homer Moore Ardmore $1
in cash.
While it has not yet been decided
what amounts will be given tn"?
winning contestants in the Boy's
Corn club the committee on awards
divided the winners as follows:
First prize George llerron Ard
more.
Second prize Elmer Wisdom
Glenn
Third prize Newton Wisdom
Glenn.
Fourth prize Alton Wisdom
Glenn.
Fifth prize Cecil Crosby Ard-
more. Sixth prize George llerron Ard-
more. Seventh Adrian Carroll Ardmore.
Kighth Timothy Gilliam Baum.
Ninth Lewis Gilliam.
Tenth Walter A. LoughrUlge
Lone Grove.
The comittee hopes to he In a
position within the next few days
to arrange the pro rata of awards
for those youthful farmers in away
which will prove satisfactory to each
contestant as well as to the com-
mittee and those who may donate
the necessary funds for the awards.
ISSUE F BONDS
1 T
HERD I
PROMOTERS OF WINNIPEG-TO-i
GULF HIGHWAY TO PASS
THROUGH OKLAHOMA.
Two Million Dollars Worth of Bonds
Have Already Been Voted for
Construction of Portions of High-
way. illollevlllo. 1KUI14. Sept. 17. The.
promoters of the Winnipeg-to-the-
Gulf road known as the Meridian
Highway reached here this afternoon
on their tour of insptction which
will tako them over tho entire
route. 1
With the party are John Nichol-
son of Newton Kansas secretary ot
the 'W'iinnipog-tiMho-Guir highway
association and several other Can
adian anil American ofricmw.
The expeditions are scheduled to
pass through Snlina nnd Newton thlB
arternoon entering Oklahoma tomor-
row.
The entire road of 1850 miles Jn
length has ibteti mapped and logged.
Two million dollars worth of "bonds
havo already been voted for the
construction of sections of it.
The county commissioners of Car-
ter county after being In session
yesterday and holding a short ses-
sio this morning adjourned over
until their regular monthly meet-
ing the first I.Monday in October.
The Commercial club held a very
interesting meeting this morning In
which further discussion of the plana
leading to the Inducement of Immi-
gration to this section was taken
up. The committees which have
the matter in hand reported that
they were meeting with a great
deal of encouragement from all sour
ces.
OSAGE LEASES ON
E
BIDS FOR OIL LEASES IN OSAGE
COUNTRY TO BE OPENED
THEN.
Washington D. C sept. n. ruus
for lHiaes upon the 100000 acre3
of oil lands belonging to the Osage
Indians will be opened November
2nd at the Osage Indian agency In
Oklahoma
This is the first of S00.00O acres
of Osage lauds to be made subject
to lease.
BANKER IS A SUICIDE.
President of Big Trust Company ln-t
haled Gas at His Club.
Baltimore Md. Sept. 17. George
C. Morrison president of the Title
Guarantee and Trust company com-
mitted suicide during last night in
his private rooms at the Baltimore
Athletic club by inhaling gas.
The rain this morning was fast
find furious while it lasted. In less
than a half an hour fifty-two one-
hundredths of an inch of rain. fell.
To those who were out In it it seem-
ed that the bottom had fallen out
of the clouds.
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Easley, John F. The Daily Ardmoreite. (Ardmore, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 305, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 17, 1912, newspaper, September 17, 1912; Ardmore, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc145972/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.