The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-10-15
OklahOman Still Knocking
chlckasha Receives Another Unpar
donable Thrust.

(By Cad Allard)
The Oklahoman is up to its old
tricks again.
For many months the Oklahoman
appeared to work overtime hunting for
mean, underhanded stabs at Chicka-
sha-
Then It took on a spell of goodness,
Or decency at least.
The citizens of Chickasha for the
third time decided to look over the
slurs of the past.
The "wiping out Of Chickasha by
fire." where fire has done less injury
than in any city in Oklahoma of pro-
portionate size;-
The sweeping from the face of the
earth the city of Chickasha," when but
barn and two or three little out
houses were blown down.
The flooding of the entire city of
Chickasha, with good portion swept
away when in reality but one resi-
dence in the city had water to flood
its floor
The deliberate refusal to publish as
news the great celebration Ia ChicIka-
sha of the most important event to
Oklahoma occurring since statehood,
that Of turning on the electric power
generated by the great electric water
power plant for moving the wheels OF
industry and lighting the city
These and other spiteful thrusts and
short acts, although not forgotten. had
been overlooked by many, only to be
again repeated in like, it would seem.
Read this, which appeared on the
Oklahoman's editorial page Sunday,
and be enlightened as to the libelous
intent at least of the writer:
Send our thanks to the weather
man. says a Carter county farmer,
for Withholding the rain until we had
finished our first cotton picking. Ho-
bart, Chickasha Saltwater and Wilbur
ton don't feel that way about it since
drinking water became short"
Now to the man who knows the
which is that not one single
citizen has had to at any time stint
in the least in use of city or well water,
the infamy of the damaging report is
apparent.
Chickasha's waters were pronounced
pure for drinking purposes, and never
was there the least apprehension felt
here as to sufficient water in all wells
and the Washita for drinking, lawns,
sprinkling or flushing the streets. No
city in the Southwest felt less appre-
hension regarding water in abundance
than did this. The fact is Chickasha
Is prepared through her water supply,
through both waterworks and well, to
withstand six months drouth. or even
more, with little or no inconvenience.
The spitefulness and deliberate dew
ilishness Of the motive Of the paper,
or writer at least, apparent when the
condition Of Oklahoma City's water
supply is placed in contrast with that
Of Chickasha. The state board of
health many months ago warned Ok
lahoma City that unless her water was
boiled the city would have an epidemic
Of the fevars that had alreay com
menced making alarming inroads. I'm
easiness was felt for the supply for
city purposes and conditions were any
thing but satisfactory throughout the
entire summer and are yet creating
much uneasiness both as to city supply
and for drinking purposes
El Reno had been and is yet hauling
train loads Of water but that being
suburb Of Oklahoma City. didn't count.
The fact is the OlSlahoman for some
reason has persisted from time to time
in misrepresenting Chickasha and that
invariably in way Of a knock.
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