The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-11-07

substansial and stately brick build
ings for retail purpnses, faise'
thousands Of dollars for railroads
and At the game time has bull
| thousands Of residences, eoss
cottages and palatisl b mss for .
growing population u occupy
These are some nf The Ihings-h,
no means all-that she has done
To TN all the things that she has
accomplished would be 10 write 3
volume, the mere Summary ol
which is impossible within the lin.
its OF this brief article.
1t is proper, however to speci-
y some OF the leading counts il
This bill of particulars for Chicka-
sha. our city has four bankin :
houses with a capital stock ag-
gregatlng e31O, 600 besides a large
surplus, and there are no more
solid institutions than the Chicka-
sha banks in the country. VI.
nave ffeen Institutions that may
properly be called factories. This
list includes one great -four.
ing mill with a capacity of
800 barrels per day operated
by the Chickasha Mil
ing o., which has branch houses
in fourteen different towns; or
cotton oil mill which employs 90
20 100 men, a very large institution
one cotton compress, where from
80 to 40 men fnd employment
daily; one ice plant, which "a
among the largest il the two terri
tories; two up-to-date steam
laundnes; two planning mills; bot
thing works, marble works, =
foundry, q mattress factory, be
sides the great Rock leland me-
chine shops.
ChickashA has already become o
Wholesale eeater OF no mean
proportions. She has one large
wholesale grocery house, one
wholefale sash and door house,
one wholesale hardware house,
four packing house depots, and 2
cotton exchange.
In the way of public utilities
Chickasha has a telephone ex-
change, an electric light plant and
she will soon have waterworks and
sewerage. Every branch Of tie
retail business is represented ard
the stocks carried are as large and
complete IS can be found in any
town in the territory. The mai
ayers OF these housesaFe thorough
ly, progressive aud the bUyiI 6
publiohas as good opportunities for
supplying their wants at home as
they have in the more distant large
clties.
In this connection, it must he
noted that the city has eevsn
and q public scnool
system that rsnkSy withths best
Four new buildings erected for tha
latter purpose attest the interest
of our citizens in the cause Of
sducation.
These are-some things Chicks
Iha has done in a decade. Itis
The p urpose Of thtl
Express to take up each OF these in
ieiail 10 the near fu,GFs and let
he outside world know what
Jhickssba ls-
What Is the reason for our faith |
n the future Of Chickashss
Prosperity is from the aon'is 3
maxim that applies here. Chicka-
iha is in the midst of-the finest
agricultural country 10 tbe.son,h-
vest. The Washita yslley in
which the city is situated has no
in fertility. II produces
,bundantly corn, what, cotton.
vegetables, fruits-in fact every
hing that the best soil any where
Jan produce. Now, it is TO be
remembered that ChIckasha is in
be northwest portion Of the
Jhickasaw nation only few miles
ast Of the border Of the nav
ouutry" ia Oklahoma on the
rest. The portion Of Oklahoma
o the vest is naturally tributary
errisory to The business Interests
4 Chiokssha. To the south, north
nd east, where the rich lands of
be ChiekasaE nation lie, the
n-.nlrr 1. h,t Anaraalr AZ tied