The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-11-23
GET TOGETHER AND 90 BUSINESS

GET TOGETHER AND DO BUSINESS
DO you know, folks, that there are
thousands OF good towns scattered all
over this fair land Of ours, towns which
are just towns but which might have
been eities2
OF course you know that and you
know that in these towns in the older
states property values are no greater
than they were quarter Of century
ago, perhaps little less. You know
there was time when many Of those
towns expected to become cities, just
ss we with good reason expect Chick
asha TO reach that degree Of eminence.
Why didn't these expectations come
70 reaization2
Well, there were many reasons, but
they may all be summed Up in the
phrase, survival Of the fittest." In
many Instances the causes Of failure
may be distinctly traced. Possibly
there were lot Of we'll to do
citizens who had prosperity by being
the owners Of realty and who, when
railroad promoters came along, said,
go to. we won't part with our coin;
the railroads will have to come to our
town, anyway" But the railroads
didn't come and those short-sighted
old geezers are still holding to their
property today. They might have
doubled or trebIed its value If they had
had sense enough to invest . part Of
their money in railroads and other
enterprises which inevitably tend to
increase property values.
Rut we didn't start out to sermonize
on general proposition. What we in
tended to remark about was this pro
posed interurban from chickasha to
Sulphur It is feared that we have al
most let this line get away from US.
it's clnch that it will go gimmering
in a very short time If we don't get
an almighty hustle on ourselves and
complete the required stock subscrip-
tion. We don't believe those men who
have property interests In Chlckasha
can afford to pass up this proposition.
This line would be too great factor IN
building up the town for US to pass Il
up. II woc.d be the first interurban
through this section. Just at this crit
IcaI time, the building Of It would be a
powerful stimulus. But why argue the
benefits when they are so plain that
he who runs may read?
True, Scott Jones is the promoter Of
the scheme and some folks don't like
the Deacon, but would that make the
line any less desirable or valuable?
Not Bit, and you know IT, The man
who allows personal likes aud disIikes
to Interfere with his business is max
ing a woefu bIunder. We don't care a
continental who builds the line, just
SO we get il.
There are some mighty good citizens
who have worked loyalty and earnest
Iy to land this proposition and they
arc still giving their time and energy
TO IT. There are number Of other
excellent citizens who haven't seen fit
to take a hand in the good work. That
doesn't look good for chickasha. It
doesn't augur we'll for the city when
our citizens don't stand together and
work together. "A house divided
against itself cannot stand"
We ought to lay aside our differences
and get together on this interurban
proposition. We ought to do it for our
own interests and for the larger inter-
ests Of our city. Common sense and
business sense tells US that this is
the right course TO pursue. It takes
large hearted, broad-minded men to
make success Of townbuiIding and
we have plenty Of that kind in Chick
asha. Let's get together and do busI-
ness without further delay.