The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-11-01

the few who have had to carry the
burdens of the club is that queries had
not come through the columns of those
moulders Of public opinion long ago
have been requested to tell fhc
citizens "What is the matter with the
Commercial Club" and without intend.
ing to reflect upon any person or per,
sons further than for deriliction oil
duty on the part OF many Of the bene.
ficiarIes OF the work OF the CONNER
cial Club, here give to the public
a few facts.
take II for granted that there is not
citizen OF Chickasha who has any
knowledge at all of the labors per-
formed by myself as secretary who
feels that ! have not performed my
whole duty throughout as / have in
terpreted that duty. There are those
who may have mad opinions adverse
to some entertained by me and carried
out, but Invariably my actions have
been in accord with the working mem
bers OF the various committees.
AS to holding public meetings, the
last one was held in September, VIXEN
but one member of the executive com
mittee and a "corporal's guard" of citi-
zens constituted the meeting. The fol-
lowing two dates for regular monthly
meetings occurred in the heated term
and as there was no business In sight
that the committees were not able to
take care of it was thought, through
past experience, that no gathering of
representative citizens could be had
and that 1t would be we'll to let them
go over. As the time neared for the
October meeting 1t was put off, think
ing that something would develop in
few days along lines which would
give our people some especial cause
for getting out to general meeting.
| A general meeting was called TO con-
sider the Chickasha-Sulphur interur-
ban and was lightly attended
All the time that general meetings
were dispensed with the regular and
special committees were busy carry
ing out the mission to which they were
from time to time assigned, and possi-
bly, as much has been accomplished as
would have been had general meetings
been heId--especiaIIy had they been
as poorly attended as have been most
of the meetings held this year.
However, 1t is not my intent to leave
the impression that it is my opinion
that regular meetings should not have
been held,
Much has been accomplished
through the initiative and primary
work by the Commercial Club
but had the many citizens who are
benefited generally through the work
Of the club joined the few willing
workers and by their presence encor-
aged the various efforts put forth,
greater things would have been ac.
complished; in fact, some Of the great
things yet resting in the balance
would havo been settled and uhder
way and others lost to US might have
been located.
AS to the principal cause for less ac.
tion on the part of the Commercial
Club that marked the work of last
year, ! here draw comparison.
Last year there was pledged and
paid in membership fees to the Com
mercial Club near double the amount
that will have been paid into the
treasury this year, as will be seen
through the following figures:
Membership dues paid 1908 49,. .S3,252
Amount contributed for special
advertising ................. 1,6OO
Total funds for use 1908 .$4S52
Membership dues pledged 1909. .$2,S65
Membership dues paid to date :. 2,O34
Membership dues yet unpaid. $ 831
OF the yet due some will not be
paid, for 1t seems that there are people
who feel that an obligation made to
commercial organization is thing to
be treated as a convenience, but the
major part of the yet due is by honor
able citizens and will be paid when