The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-01-05


stood 10 line 10 have their product
slnned.
Leaving our cotton interests We
.annot turn in any direction bns
what we are confronted BY other
aud unmisiakable evidences OF our
prosperity. The ice plant. which
met with misfortune in the shape
Of fire, has been rebuilt with more
modern machinery and It's capac-
fy increased. A hardwood lumber
factory, employing from % to 100
men in season, has been running
10 full capacity ever since it's
whistle blew for the first time.
The sash aud door factory and a
pIaning mil. both institutions Of
magni ude, have more orders than
they can fill. A mattress factory
is among the later additions to the
list, and its business is Increasing
At rate thlt must enlarge its ca
pacity. The business of our
wholesale houses has in few i0-
stances doubled, and in every case
largely increased. Many of them
have made noteworthy improve
ments. Our retail merchants are
expanding 10 many dlrec ions and
new departments with attractive,
well assoried. metropolitan stocks
are being added Professional
men of known ability and repuia-
ton are locaung among Us every
day, while our social and moral
development has been keeping
pace with the material.
The year i1ss closed has been a
remarkable period TOR other reas-
ons. -Four NV school buildings,
10 cost when completed $4,000
are well nnder way, while two OF
five steel bridges, opening up new
avenues Of trade aud forming an
outlet for wide area OF country,
have been constructed BY Chicka-
sha people with Chlckasha money
at cost Of SI2 500. A magnii.
cent fair grounds, with the finest
one. half mile racing course 10 the
southwest, has been completed and
thrown open 10 the public by a
home organization backed By
abundant capital. The new block
from the Second National Bank TO
the opera house, the new SchafeI
hotel the Hoinngsw orth & Horne
and other business buildings have
been completed, while the splen-
did residences out on South and
West Hill and many comfortable
homes All over the city bear mute
but significant testimony to tbs
amount Of building done.
These are but few Of the macy
illustrations Of progress our towI
has made in the past year. Ane
now, on the threshold Of 1908, w
see still greater things in store
This is to be a year Of municipal de
velopment, as well as commercial
Already water, sewerage, and ga
systems are assured. A dayli. b
electric service and vastly extend
ed and improved toll lie ant
local telephone service are assured
Sidewalks and street crossing
will be constructed and our street.
graded and paved. A gravel com
pany has been organized to develol
the paving material already at ou
very doors. Other Improvement
too numerous to mention in
brief artlcIe, are to b. made as th
months fly by. We are on th
verge OF great developments an
we must be up and doing.
And last, but not least, tn
newspapers Of the city have KEEP
abreast Of the spirit OF the times
The Daily and Weekly Express
aud also our esteemed contempol
ary, have moved into their ow
new buildings, constructed ez
pressly for the needs of modern
up-to-date publishing houses
while their equipment has bee
vastly improved and the capacit
of both plants greatly increased
And the Express modestIy claim
its share of credit for the man
good things which have fallen t
the lot OF Chickasha during th
past twelve months.
Yes. indeed; Chickasha has goo
reason to be proud of the man
things accomplished during 100.