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Ardmore, Sunday, June 6, 1909
PACE FOUR
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ii.ua of the ci'y sad th ado4r.
- r lift bavin sggf.4 by
'it ta-j engine- of ibo bae
aa ta Pbtlaoelphia, ajbsrbs of
' pkM-e bearing the nausea Owr
Ardmore and Brwyn It is al
'lalm4 that Artfmorv man ifiRii
r,t. ald w orlKinallf nor4 In
En-1
He ,
y.Ai,4 to ImIcoaU' llfftit hou
fiA- aa It mar. tbe name Ardmor' ha
a koo4 ring to It and attracts atten
t n where a more proaaic on would
m ape altogether.
Li"peailnt; on agrtcultar". whlh
,11 mostly carried on by renters on
tb- Indian lands. Ardmor came
1 1, be tbe chief trading point lor an
ituim-DM op of country. Cotton
uiinei tne nrnt attention ana neiorw
Mi- romlng of the Roik Island and
Priaro railroads Ardmore held tbe
ri 'onl of blnK the largest Inland wi.
tron fotUxi market In tne world. With
th- cnulttal passing of the renter ami
ho (omlnif of tii- nrartlcal farmer
with his methods of dlrerslOcatkHi.
(Jim ncri;e devoted to rotum ha
Hti-adlly il-cressd and more Kround i
in corn this year than ew Infore.
The raising of alfalfa ami hogs. p
tntoes. onions, peanuts and ft win
inriety of fruits la now claim ug at
tention anil will have the effect of
n.ukltig tho farmer Independent quick
r than any other condition could be
ionevd. The coining of tVehood.
mi.- removing 01 r-uricron: . ..
t-.il- of Indian lands, the t 1 'm
tountry roads on section lne .
lime had their effec, .u v,
of
a!l
th-
Hargrove College,
Site, Now
In the current Issue of the Western
Methodist appears a brief history of
lUrgroro 'llg, together with what
liiM been accomplished on tbe new
building and what Its president, Dr. J.
1 (itosa, houmI like to nave.
Tbe lute reating article Is given here
with. Tim college was founded In IHU& at
il.i- fhlk-l of the church and did good
work from the beginning. In Decern
In r. 1W0I, 1 was elected president and
liMik charge .Ian. 5. 19U&. Al that
tune Uie college was heavily In debt.
During the tirat five months of my
.iilmliilstrallon we raised $12,000 sub-
( rltlni, including lif.uou donation
from .Mrs. Itlahop llargove. During
the summer of this ubacrtMoii
Wix collecteil Hlld the collegn Hli'l -toys
ilorinltory whs reimlred ami if furnish
ed ami all IndelitedneHa p'tlil 'I'lie
next two years were very prosperous
yi nrs for the college. The enroll
ment went to 2fio pupils. All running
expeiians -vsere palil mill it living sal
ary for the president. In May. 11)07.
I resigned the presidency to return to
the pastorate. Turning the college
oer to my aucceasor absolutely fre
fr. in ilchl, Mild $2.0011 ill HDtelM. On
()( tolier 2ml, rjU". the college waa ile
M'royed by lire. The piesiileilt re
1 Iglieil ami went to Spaulillng Female
ii'M-'pe ,vi 11 in , ,.. , the Miitiual con-,
f n-li I'liliilii. Ill NoiemlMT. It'07,1
I .! M'H. 1 t.(J president agulu by
I. 1' In 1 Key. My work was to rebuild,
of course. Aa there were only six
lures in the campus, wo decided to re-
II. nte college and get more ground H
larger CMinpua. 80 we aectired twen-,
ty four acres from Mr. Malcolm Henry
.iixl lion, lif Crtice aa u iloltatliui.
'I In- new canipua Is about three-imr-
ti ra of a utile north of the old camp
11. a beautiful liM-Mtkin, Indeed. T.'ie
'.iiuinia Is worth $1,000 per acre. It
- deeded to n bonril of trustees ami
tin 1 r siKTtsiMirs In uftlie 111 trust for
th MeilKMllat Kplsiopal church,
Mouth it Is the property of the hurch '
;i - truly as any ctiun h or parsonage In
tin- connection. Init at the present
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tnain irtr-' f'rf 'tf -f i of
, vi'ft and ar,roal a- 'rvl.
a fr ot mo4-m fallltl throf
?r ;a ib- work of -rr f"
jr-it ai4 'rk baa on on ao
',f'l anl aad:lr 'bt t-w ftpi
Ui:.n ht-Tf rfJir4 tb wofcd'f
!ul rraaaformalkM.
if.' tt- f-aJ -oti b-m lat
, .n !'Z ff .b- CippOTt of tb
rr.'ini' ipal aovniaf nt. nu)1 ttnprT--;,:
bvn .r.!Alld. Throat
tit. 1 .t. r ? x r w 4iDr a Jar
f'- 'f land ro-.b-at of b
i" r waa urd on wiilrh a dan ai
.ri4 in4 a lalM of JTO acrwi with
a -rfadof l.0 K-fn aa ffvtfi
for tb- watr Mpplr A -r(f
)!-m aa lntalld. blnj lncraad
rr f r r ar until lhr ar now ;i
mil-i of aanHary aewera aad over a
mlb- of a'onn aewern. 7 b- Bret pavlri
waa done two T'ara go. tb natlr
rork aapbalt of Ardmore being peei
fled th- greater part of Main atre-;
and many parail I and era" iir--r
atn-eta being paved TI.e soerwa of
tbta paving can beat be understood by
tbe strong statement made or Prof. C.
S. Ooobt. director of tbe aute geologi
cal aurv-y i t.r -U-n ml w W nil
Ingtoo, Raklmore, Ittuborg and num
erous other flrst-claas cities of th
coontry tbe past year. He san "Ant
more baa tbe post paveu m.reui in
Aanenca. i nis year -a-ni ae ine iar-
Ing of several miles of additional pare-
ment of tbe same class.
ltat It Is of her schools that Ard
more Is proba. tke proudest, a Qne
ward bcIhxjI lmlMIni; with evory lm-
movement and facility havlni; ben
erectwl in each of the four wards to
aArotnmlate the 1.600 ixiptls. IJondn
havj now leen soM for the erecuou o.
a 1100.000 With school bulMInK tlitt
year. Its e-.i having bea 'miihasliet
br the crowded condition of the
schools the past year. Every town-'
ablp about Ardmore also has fine
brick school buildings of latest de-j
sign and capable of accommodating 1 !
largely Increased attendance wna-u 1
the future la sure to prove a wii
move. The Mt. Washington school,
lust north of the city, and wl'hlni
sight from the traction park. Is worthy
n village of 2,0o0 people. Hargrove 1
college i being rebuilt nnd the Ctitli-1
-1
in a New
Nears Completion
"under the control and ilirectlon of
the Quarterly t:onference of Broad
way charge, Ardmore, Okla."
Itie truateeii have lieen incorpora:'-'l
under the Ikws of me Statu of Okla
noma, with the proilso In the srttcb-.
htt 1nlrH-tlon ttiat the aforesuiil
Quarterly Conference may at any
time make a tender of the control i'
the college to the Annual Conference
and the Annual Conference so ac
cepting may elect irustitoB. 80 let it
he ilefilnltely understood Hargrove
College Is the property of the chun h.
defscto.
We have the Imniitlful tweutvloin
acre canipua nicely fenced, niori' than
llfty ahaile trees and some Mower Ket
out 'riilrty-live fruit trees out H'liiib
bulll, etc The brick work on tne 1 ol
lege building Is 1 oinplcte'l Tie
building Is iM-aiillfiil There an- flfte 11
rooms, and an auilltoiiuiii in tin- Imlld
lug. There Is a street car line ut one
lilix'k oast of eaitt slile of iampu-
Just about li(l(l feet from the college
j to street cur. We have raiaed more
tliHii $17,001) sulMM-rlpllou in Ard
more besliles the donation of the
campus, which is worth $21,000. We
i are having very good success tolled
ing the subscription, but. of course,
will not 1m. nhle to collect It all.
Now, what 1 want is thin. One
thousand ht ons who are interested
In ChrUtlan i-diicat'on to form a club
anil pay live dollar isvcli t- help to
complete this splendid enterprise. 1
want the hundred to form a club to
pay ten ilollais i-hcIi for the same pur
pose. This can easily be done if tro
pic want to honor Coil and benefit
' humanity with their money. My
hiot her. sister or friend, will you int
resiMind t this appeal? The time has
never been when education under
ChtlsttHii auspices was more needed;
than now. We want you to have some !
part In this great work. Invest your I
money in human character and human '
destiny. Write me.
.1. M. C.ltOKS.
I'resldenr Hargrove t ollege
Ardmore. okla. May 11. I'.n.j.
. ' arf tli.T.t? tisr iHkoJ ior
loys aad Kl. Stn&sers uv
aiirars B:fwl la KlsxA araa
U?a a4 Ua&t H vam of r&esi
rj ao uar fiaHMmi is torn
r.t X'j AHbjor. . on ranou of
:be ronatry.
Tb aita fo.- tb 'r of Artfaof
aa ! t4 in aii Haphazard maocf-r
M"n4 v tt B:r!-at p''r.' alonf
rb te of lb rallro4 bt tt--d.
on blch aa blaoaad vita un
ai 4raiaa. t-Ha on Ua craot of ta
dtrxle a&4 drained iato tomx atreaat.
Jt- at)"n ; alri ,. a ! ai:h
tb rme of hi lb to Um Dorth. kitova
a Arbockl tarmtalM aa4 Ira from
malarial aad otberr trovblea whtci
aootiaa orror in lor aettoot
tb ' limaJ . baiJ jf'j! !;-: ,rl
Inf. root Month brco prvalllb( djf
lag Lb naii'r aad mtid wln.r ba
lm th rale. PraHa and e -op are
also affcrtcd br tn tocatl b-!Bff a
full lortnlskt earlier tbau xbo th
Btoaataltia. Tnm a ra4inc potn-. 1nyr ha-t-adlly
dr kpMi in. jM--n
retail catr until It ta bow tb baa
of rappllea for maay of tkw amalier
towna lor fifty or aaore nilea aound.
There are tbr wboleaaJ grocartoa
vblck are doing a atoadlly lacreawo
asnaal bwlneoa. Tke Do Id Packing
company it now engaged ta traiMlag
a lame cold vorav r-.V)'j for ita
aad tke Bvtft company alao
mai stains a depot of supplies here for
tbe neighboring towns. There are al-
jj,
o -vraj prouu"- -ommiasioo
Beeatue of ita protDlnence aa a cot
ton market Ardmore baa long bad a
largo cotton compress, an oil mill as
several rotton gins. (Wore tbe giw
Ing of wheat waa practically abandon
ed here several years a large m::s and
elevator waa established at this potn'
and baa ronMnued to ro In Import
izun car af'er year, deantt the fact
that the rain haa b" ti abinpd lb t
keep it running. But wheat will
again become a staple hre jnst aa
eorn is snppUntlntc cotton. Tbe
brick anil Ul works has recently
greatly Increased its capacity anil li
now rrowdel with onl-r, In fact the
fttfiit ta n praot flint it ta nrqntl.
g,,) ,ha, anoii,er nlant w:il
le eiabllaiel at Anltnore thti year.
A few months ago a mattrean ind b-l
ting plant was established ho re ar.d
has already ben compelled to double
'.t capacity because of the s-udv in
i"irse in orders. Ardmore hi. a ful-
Education Holds First Place
In Efforts of Ardmore Citizens
Yhe public m hooM of Ardmore
have just t losisl a successful schol
nallc year A review of the work
accomplished by the Instructors anil
pupils shows that great go'Hl lias
been Mcomplthhisl and that the
schools of A 'dmore will compare fa
vorably with like institutions In t In
land. This is vartcularl praiseworthy
when It is taken In consideration the
disadvantage and olrstnclex that have
to le overcome but the course un
der Superintendent ('has. Evans U
onward anil upward, anil he Is be
ing ably assisted by nil enthusiast
ic staff of principals and teacher:.
Herewith Is given some views of
.rumorcs principal scnoni iiuiiuings. 1
To this is to be udibsl another com-j
modlous building centrally located
for a high school. The lsmils furl
the erection of this building have
I been already voted,
far hs the matter
but
has
this Is as
progressed
as far as the public inn lie advised
at this writing.
Koine k-cIhmiI history will be Interest
ing 1-t is given tn show the deter
mination that iNmseKt.cs our cltUens j
to have first-class schools.
A PIECE OF HISTORY.
The passage of the Curtis bill
by congress June 2S, 1S0S, first made
I' legally iNHtslble to establish pub-
schools In the lucorisirntcd cities
the Indian Territory. It provides
HIT
the city council may establish
and maintain free schools In such
( M s and towns under the provisions
or n-tlotm r.gfiS to l'i27n. Inclusive.
' f Mansfield's Digest of Iaws of
rknnsas, and tlmt they may
1 xi 'line all the powers cmi
fi i nsl iiixin special school ill
trie' i In cities and towns In the
p"ovslons of this net. Other iKiwers
are also given In same act.
dlng under this law, on the 2iith
day of January, 1809, an election was
helil to determine whether our city
should avail Itself of tho provisions
of the act. .Strange to say, little
intention was paid to tho matter,
I and 11 light vote was polled 312
voting for public choobi nnd 307
- voting against establishing same. On
nifH k ;iaxt 1 -
;cr. fo aaxk. bop. f jil:.
marble ai-i stoo T?t. railroad
roMdaaw . Actl(i al atoa Tarda, tur
altar tactorr. to )arx plaaiax aillU
aad t-rrrii etkr laar ladwaulal
'oocrraa. -HUcb bB la fall nwatac
:achaals tk aapbalc aaloos a lltU
war out of Um f.-r. give eapturoteat
to aporotlajkatelr -r tkoaaaad per-
SrMM Of Ike i&4urtna ta p.uapurt
at tkia Usm at & cetaoat plaat. pt
tery. brtek mlaat. akin and overall
factory, brcoai farurry. frnR ayrBp
orai and otbr ian'a for vblck tke
BefMlaUoas are now oaty ta tk art
mary ata.
Afdmore la on of toe few citlca, ta
fan. tk aoa4 in Oklakoma. to
adopt the eaaaalMtoa torm of gowra
Baent, aad Hk th'.a modern Btackia
ery for aimleipal covcrtaaoat !
abonld prnfraaa wi.h a xteadlneaa awd
atrengtk wktck baa heretofore ckaru-t'-rtxod
Dearly all other towns ot
aouthwrat whtcii Late dlacarded j
antiquated and nnaatufactory aldr-
ciaiiK- rtateaa. Th- mmlaaion i now
offering eMy bond on tke market aad
aa aoon as taer ' disposed of fully
an aggregate of UHS.ooo.oO of money
for Improvement will be available.
Tbe roonty will . make a bond Is
" of about i2k' "- for vartoo:
pintfses. iBctudin a courtkouse to
wl IIIS.OOOOO The rity bttdgK tO-
eludes US.400.riO for paving street in
t rations aad as tbe petition are
now in rroro tn- property owners o.
many streets and 'bese streets bav
ot en passed anon by the bond buyer i
It Is probable that irom a quarter to
a third of a million dollars will be
ftpetit for additional paving this year.
One large bnsmea bkx-k Is practical-,
ly ont-acedl for. tne Masonic office'
building Is consld' rd certain and It l
more than likely 'hat a hotel to cost
at lesst Jlf,iMiW will be begun b
fore the end of the year, ao It lit safe
to calculate on an expenditure ot u
wards of a mllHon of dollars for nub
ile and semi-public purposes daring
the next twelve months.
The Ardmore Traction company,
which Is now completing f'i line
north of the city and which la creating
on- of the finest amusement parka in
th- Houthwest. iii upending a great
d-al of nion-y and will be of great
' talue to the city as It is Intended aa
fat aa one aertiin of th- city is well
taken care of to extend its line, in
utber illrertlonit Kv n nf thla time
LINCOLN AND HIGH SCHOOL
the Mine date the present boa"d was
l lei - ed
The directors met at the residence
of Dr. 8. S. Carr on the 11th day ol
March, 1A99, and were sworn In ac
cording to law by Mayor John U
(Salt, ami at once proceeded to organ
ize the board by electing H. C. I'ot
terf as p-esidetit ami C. I). Carter
as secretary. They discussed the con
ditions that confronted them, and at
once begun to lay plans for opening
free public schools In Ardmore In the
full o: 1 Me1. ,
On May ISO!), the city council
passed ordinance No. RT, providing
more fully for the itatillshlng of
free schools, nnl fixing the scholastic
age at 0 to IS years, and providing
inat uiu scholastic year tiegiu .Sep-,
tomhir 1 and end on the .list day of
August of the following year,
This ordinance also required the
hoard to adopt such measures as:
I they may Judge expedient for carry-
1 Ing the free school system Into ef
fectual and uniform operation
throughout the city, and providing
as nearly as r.wHlble for the educa
tion of all the children within the
scholastic age that have been bona
fide residents of Ardmore for sixty
ilays Iwfore entering, school.
Superintendent Clias. Evans says In
1 his sclicol manual:
"It was remnrakhlc to see what the
i superintendents, teachers and people
had accomplished in developing tin
school system In the live or six
ywirs preceding 1905. Starting with
nothing but their pluck, thirst for
the virtues of learning for their chil
dren and only such money as can
come dlredly from their iKicketa. In
11 fiw years school property to the
value of ft'S.OOO wns accumulated,
four ward m hools, employing twenty
five teachers, were organized, and
1.S00 children were enrolled.
"A grammar school and high school
were maintained. Though the year
was too short, usually six or seven
months, but it has done without stale
aid, fitlcral aid, and nil other aid,
save Individual effort. Hut the cur
riculum must bo broadened nnd made
flexible to meet tho needs of tho
city, growing into stability and
power.
i a.k at tb end of 'a l.a thre
.l from to-sa is it:rv:Un? many
ittor aad U becoouni; d-rvedlr
-la.-
Xrdmore ft last fc"-coaalnr kaowa
over tke wkote coantry sad aw
people are roaWinaUy arrlvtag u,
saake tkit their fvtare koase. Many
are comiag from tke east, otkers from
Pen asyl talis, otkers from Clacaso.
farmers from tke Interior of Illinois.
Indiana aad Iowa. Tkey are all peo
ple cf intelligence, some meant aad
abundant energy aad confidence la
their ability to carve oat a for. one for
themselves u what la to them a new
coantry. Every new comer Is a
booster, they take bold Of proposi
tions with aa avidity wklck often sar
prtses and at tke same time entku
es tke more qalet ana conservative
old timer. They have come to be a
part of the coantry. tkey take bold
tke first place that opens aad proceed
o make themselves generally use
ful. While some are a'trmrted here by
the io price of farm lands, the woo
' derful climate or tne business oppor
tunltlea. the greater number of taetb
of late bare been drawn by that woo
derful magnet oil. wblck Is now knowm
to abound In very paying quantities
ill about Ardtpore. While some Tev
aa oil operator sate till ed hers aad
; possibly tsken some leases, n ha
been the Pennsylvania drllr and
operator who has been t mo-', in
terested and who has been in. .Mirt
'n securing, and holding li .' or
more than Two months ia-.r r-pie.-n-.'Stives
bate been scouring the cam
try. arid now that they are petty Weil
eaiiafled with the re ur t i heir la
'jora it seema a safe bet ' h t I K) ) del -
ricks will be reared tn tix- il t-rrl-;
lory within W miles f ,rdiuo"e be
, fore Christmas. Ov r i0 iroJutiui
wells hsve already ijen iro ibt in
and when a pipeline 'irutlW Is id to
Ardmore. derricks will vr!n4 up ts If
by magic In every drecuoa.
Ardmore is living up to her reputa
tion of being aa "A I" city.
i ret tn misers is, according to in.
state geologist.
First In frutu.
First In cotton.
Kim In corn.
Keep your eye on Ardmore nd you
will ee tne Hat of firsts rapidly
lengthen from year to year. "(Jolng
to 'he front." as the St. Ixiuts people
would put it.
The grammar school was length
ened a year, giving a longer stretch
of time to the fundamentals. This
makes the high school doubly Inter-1
eating and fa- less difficult. Then the I
mathematical course was widened
and deepened. Algebra, given less
than a year, was n.creasisl to a year.1
"Although limited In power by the j
laws, without statehood to it'll and
with no federal patronage, yet the '
trustees of the schools have rtcndlly
projected scheme afto- scheme by '
nnicii nu- ciiiiuren 01 line nij cinim
have the bust and most modern
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school conveniences. In tilts the; F))r fn,,t m)(l v,.!S(.tai)i,.H this coun
have been most nobly sustulned byi.r.. iinil nuU. it is not 1111
the mayor and city council. The
city government has been and Is ami
It is believed will ever be 11 constat!'
frleml to public school Improvement.
; In 1000 two modern buildings and
a few frame structures were hold
ing the schools. In 1900 bonda were
I voted for two $20,000 buildings for
I the eastern wards of the city. These1
have been erected and are now Jk
' Ing used. They are modern In every
imrtlcular. The negro building this
, year will give way to a modern fratiu
1 structure and this puts Ardmore In '
possession of as good ward buildings
as in trie .soutiiwesi. .mi wim is
needed now Is to orect a modern
high school building to put Ardmor
In the letiil lu building convenience
In this part of the country. This
will be done In the next few months
If all signs do not fall.
EsK'dal commendation should br
extended .no hoard of education for
selecting broad, beautiful and con
venient sites lor tneir lilliiuing'
These havo been so well chosen that
In five years their commercial value 'i
have incrisiseii more than soo pc
cent Whenever expansion of Interes's
has demanded new rooms and equip
ment the board has always fount'
a way to provide. In 1905 two room
were added to the Lincoln building
in 1900 two new bullillntrs were
furnished tho city. In 1907 desks
and hohool furnlturo of the most pro-
"sslvo typo Trsj purchased to tho
extent ot 11 ,t00.
Oklahoma s Fertile
Advantages to
Ther was a t x- :n n- hi'or
of Indian Terr:: 7 w.vn tbe lall
Ardaaoreite did not m ourjpe far
mers to leave cher states and come ,
here. That was a time when few 1
frrbool booses bad been built and
there was no school system, there
were no roads then and no titles
coaM be had to lands. Tbe situation
Is different now. Ho matter where
you 11 e the country schools here
have better houses than they do in
your coan;r. We say this because
tke rural districts la Southern Okla
homa hsve b iter sea l houses than
aay her state in tbe union.
Roads arc being built on section
lines. An automobile can travel
in any direction from Ardmore
through the count 7 districts. Largo
loads can be hauled by farmer
Wbea you come here you will b
pleased with tbe schools, with th.
churches and with the roads.
Tbe quest km of lands is tae uig
gest question with the farmer that
Is thinking of moving to Oklahoma.
Tke West Texas lands have been
booming for tke past few years and
prices have grown In that section
until one acre there will cost about
what three acres will here not thai
the lands are worth more-, but they
have been advertised and this sec
tion of the country baa not yet re
celved that advertising and boos.
Int. The seasons here are good. Since
this country btcame dotted with
fsrms THERE HAS NEVER BEEN
A CHOP FAILURE. Titles to the
ast majority of the land are per-1
fettly good. Tbe people here are In
vesting In Isnds every day but they
are buying lands already In a ata' .
of cultivation. Tbe man who has ;
tbe means to buy a tract of unim
proved land and put It into a state
1 of cultivation will find that he can
bay very cheaply bare.
There is always a Rood market
here for every product of the farm.
Corn, broom corn, alfalfa, potatoes,
onions, peanuts, cabbage, berries and
fruits grow in abundance and the
market In good. This town never
ha a sufficient supply of butter and
poultry. It ships In berries and cab-
, base when these crops grow as well
, here as in the places they are ship
ped from.
A few farmers here are In the
truck buln'sti and they are making '
money. Strawberries have been tbor '
otirhly tested and one farmer in now
. arranging to have a seventy-acre :
crop in strawberrieh next year. The
peach grows well and Is of a fine
flavor. A (leorgian came here a few
years ago and planted peaches,
grapes, plums and berries and raised '
vegetables. He now has valuable
Ardmore Distinctly a Veritable
Utopia for Industrious Farmers
The various methods of farming
have been discussed pro ami con
ever since Jethro Tull "The fathei
of scientific farming made the as
sertion, though erroneoug It no
doubt was, that cultivation Is ma
nure. However, with the above as
hi rtlon by the successful Kngli.sh
farmer, dawned upon the civilized
11.it .ons of the earth a new era In
ii-mul'ure so that today the poorest
t f i-oils are by scientific methods
farming made to yield In us great
ib'itidauc" as the richest of soils
' irtni-d ai cording to the old tneth-
it- Hut by applying scientific meth -
01U to rth soil the yield lb greater
1. prcportlon.
The main thing sought for so
agerly today by the northern anil
eastern farmer is not methods of
farming but cheaper lands anil a
more even climate a creater diver
slty of products, a greater Income
en the capital invested. Mllliuus of
acres of farming land In the east
today are worth $.0.00 to $1.'.0.00 per
acre, when land III Carter County,
Oklahoma, that is
fresh and pro -
duces equnl to any land anywhere,
Is easily obtained at from $10.00 to
$20.00 per acre. The chief advan
tage offered to home-seekers In Car
ter county Is that almost any char
acter of Mill can be found here, the
light, sandy Ioa.-.t ami the dark loam,
which Is famous for fruit and vege -
tables, also for corn and cotton; and
tho heavy black sand anil the black
wax, which produces nil the cereals
together with cotton and forage
crops. Thirty to fifty bushels ol
corn to the acre Is common: one-half
to one bale or cotton Is the aver
age; forty to eighty bushels of
,,f 0,1 (g
1 ...i.oni
and Ij to -.1 bushels
I common for one acre of ground to
yield from one to two hundred dol
lars worth of strawberries o- black
berries but as yet the culture of
small fruits Is In Its Infancy and no
doubt a fortune avvtUs the progres
sive fruit grower In Southern Okla
noma. A lack of shipping facilities
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TWO INDIAN CHILDREN, DA UCHTER8 OF U, T. REXROAT,
GATHERING OKLAHOMA GRAPES
Lands Offer
Thrifty Farmers
rlty property and stock in one of
the best paying banks In Oklahoma
This country Is prosperous now
The banks of Ardmoro have more
money subject to individual check
than at any other time in their his
tory. This is proof conclusive tha
tke country Is prosperous. Th"
crops this year promise a heaw
yield. vV. I'. Warrtn, a Carter oun
ty farmer, has ninety-five acres 1
Irish potatoes which are as fine a
ever grew anywhere. After all eX
penses of Med and cultivating an l
marketing are deducted he will :
ceive ISO net from each acre. 1. W
Youns. another farmer, has wtK-v
and oats .waist high, lie says tn
wheat will yield 20 bushels to t fi
acre and the oat 70 bushels. Th
cotton acreage is being reduced e
try year and the farmers ar rais
ing mo-e cattle, hogs, corn, alfalfa,
grain and fruits.
The social lines are not so closly
drawn In this as in older countries
and the man who labors and pay -his
bills is a high standing in th
; social world as the merchant or th
; banker. Some families have wrong
conceptions of the Indian and hesi
tate about moving to Oklahoma. You
I might stay here a year without er
lng any full blood Indiana and when
you did see them you will find a quiet
1 orderly person whom yon would b-j
glad tj hare for a neighbor. The In
dian when mixed with white blood
, Immediately becom a .white man
, and cannot in many Instant s be
distinguished from the pure w!."e.
This country offers good oppo'-
tunities for the man who wamt to
rent lands, for the man who wan"
to buy a small farm, for the usn
who wants to buy for spectilatl .i
because the price go higher every
yesr this country offer 300a o,
portunltles for the man who wants
to speculate. New towns are ittrt
Ing up. older towns are growing
fast and property values sot
ting better. The man who can
buy and sell and trade can make
money here. Just a few yrar ago
a young man came Into Ardmore
and hired to a shoe deaW to pass
advertising circulars on the stNtt
and boost for the shoe sfre at n.
salary of about $25 a month.
He now lives west of Ardiunri oil
a 32ft acre farm all paid tttr. he his
plenty of stock to work l's farm
and owns other lands besides tcose
In his homo place. He saw :h? op
portunity to trade and stru.-k while
the Iron was hot and the anvil of
opportunity was ready. The htatf has
a Inrge cash school fund tvii'.ch It
loans to farmers on long tima at
five per cent Interest. Any i.iaa
who is willing to work cun own .1
good home In southern Oktahom-i.
has greatly handicapped this Indus
try, but that Is being overconio rap
Idly by tho building of new roads
In nil directions.
Another, and no less Important In
dustry, 1b stock raising. Hogs are
no doubt tho most profitable, aa
corn grows abundantly hore, also
alfalfa, cowpcas and rape, all being
flno for hogs. Tho writer has heard
an experienced hog raiser r.ssirt that
a farmer could make a fortune rais
ing corn at SO cents per bushel but
that corn could bo unitized by prop
er feeding to hogs till It would bring:
yo cents and a dollar tier bushel.
1 Disease Is practically unknown her"
among hugs. Another advantage I
Lthat two large packeries one now
In operation nnil another soon to be.
1 are located with one hundred miles
or Ardmore, thus enabling ono to
get their stock to market a few
hours after loading on cars.
The country asound Anlinore, In
fact Carter County, Is beautiful, as
well as productive, being about,
equally divided between prairie and
timber, the north part of tbe coun-
1 ty having numerous springs and run-
ning streams with beautiful moun
tain and valley scenery. Tho cen
tral .west, east and southern por
tions of the county are level and
practically all tillable. In tho west
central part of Carter county Is a.
great oil and gas field that Is now
1 being developed and It Is thought
thnt this field covers an area of
forty square miles. Taking It as a.
whole, no place in the United States
offers greater natural advantages
for home-seekers than Carter Coun
ty. Oklahoma, Wo Invito you all to
come anil Join us In our determina
tion to make this country rich and
of- powerful. We mailt men who are
Industrious, honost and progressive.
We can assure such individuals an
nbuiiilant reward, for yon havo only
to smlto tho soil and It yields forth
as by magic a great abundanco of
good things. Nature has provided
us with every natural advantage; the
only thing required now to make
this a verltablo Eden Is tho Intel!!-
gent application of the scientific
I farmer.
U. T. KEXKOAT.