The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-08-01
QUEEN OF IHE WlSHTl


(By Cad Allardl
The world and all mankind is look
ling toward Chickasha and the Indian
Territory portion Of Oklahoma just
now, because Of the opening Of the
way by purchase to the most fertile
lands Of earth through Uncle Sans
removal Of restrictions
On the 9th. day Of July the bars
will be thrown down and the hungry
hordes Of eager buyers will begin to
swarm to this part Of Oklahoma like
flies around a 1asses bunghole. It is
good thing for us that these lands
will not be thrown upon the market
in heap for we wouldn't know what
to do with the crowds that would pre-
clpitate upon us. THE run for the
strip" wouldn't be a circumstance,
Hence, praise we the powers that be,
the lands will be doled out by peace
meal Indian fashion
Ten million acres of land, more or
less, the property Of the Indians and
they are at liberty to trade for money,
marbles or chalk! Think Of Ill Dream
OF IT, Reyel over I'll
Ten million acres! That's some
earth, and don't you forget it. We'd
like to see the color Of the fellows
hair who at the drop Of that tintln-
nabuluos sentence upon the tympanum
of the ear takes in the enormity OF
the proposition. Really, the thought
when deeply rooted is one calculated
to take e's breath. There is enough
land in that body to make a strip one
half mile wide that would reach ar
ound the world and then leave enough
Of terra firma to make a two mile
strip all the way from Chickasha to
Washington D. O., where the good
work was done that makes the Indians
free to handle his own, just as does
his heap big white brother"
Chickasha is to be the center of at
traction in the round up, and right
cheerfully will she shoulder the re-
sponsibility. It is a propltious mo-
ment; she is just sixteen and she will
do her prettiest
Chickasha is HOO feet above the
sea level Not much for high and yet
high enough to make the native
booster healthy, wealthy and wise.
Kansas City lies $50 miles north
east of us, and strange as it may ap-
pear, we are twice one half the dis
tance south west Of Kansas City.
Chickasha is a Federal court town,
and is likewise the capital city of
Grady county, hence as counting
town it will hold its own. We might
mention the fact that there are yet too
mary young men and women here
who are heart whole and fancy free"
lat least they admit as much with
out flush, although they have been
known to hold hands at the tristing
hour
C-hi-c-k-a-s-h-a Don't pronounce It
shawl" Pronounce it wrong and you
viii be right, linger on the "a" and
you will at least be considered ma
tive"
In 1889 Chickasha had 2612 people;
in 1908 they had increased to 426S; in
1908, today we have over 10000 AS
proof the school census enumerated
2442 school children and each school
boy or girl is good for live in the
count Now that the wave is on
Chickasha win double her size in three
years.
Chickasha's weather is delightful
We do not have hot summers. The
only red-hots are what you buy on the
street corners and they are not distast
full after you get used to them.
One Of our prosperous citizens-re
tired in fact-with a rating by Dunn's
agency at 100000, came to Chickashs
less than six years ago with less thar
$4OO, putting it into small mercantile