The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-27


.h8 DO not stop 10 realize saH thla
folumc Of business alone meaas to a
busInosa ccAte
TO move ae 125.0o0 bales of cot.
ION Il would take 1865 trains each
made up Of an engine ana thirty
ears.
a freight train Of thirty cars haded
with cotton could leave Chickasha
every other Jay Of ilhQ lear sundays
,ezeett, 4 ,islfni 81 Hh4 end d Hhat
fF1me tflFe would a thlrtyiAfea
trains 81 cotton If chlckas 70
20 moved
70 make s continuous strins of COT.
:on when 10 bales. this proiuct would
reach nca lsb miles,
One hundrsI 1nd twenty-five thou.
and bales 81 cotton weigh e6775,pO0
9ouals, Tie average weight 81 bolt
81 calico Is Ten pounds, and ne aver
age number OF yards Is forty The
cotton handled IN Chlckasha fasl yoar
would make calico enough 70 reaca
across the United States and leave
eyewl hundred MILES tv spare for
sooa measure
The cotton seel Oh mills are Hike.
wise interesting insutulltas u visit.
chickasha has two OF them, one being
The largest Are rreof mll IN tho
world. This latter min alsn refnos
its oil preparatory 20 converting II
nta butter, lard AMI other table prod.
uct.
-hlckssha'a Furniture Faetory
The Slsman Furniture aud Mat.
ress Factcy is the onls firm IN OK.
lahomA making st.nlarj furniture
and its prrlucts are shipped to all
ectleas OF the United States The
rhonomcnul grcath of tho Industry
hera where Che timber consumed has
be shipped In, proves onr claim
that any line OF manuFactory can be
made 20 ply handsomely Naea luclted
ID the Southwest at point where
transportation facilities are good
ana more especially Is this nov true
IN chlckasha because 0f the cheap
power TO ae hiA through the sue
eassEul harnessing OF the idesi wa.
ler power stream Of tle new South
vest = brief outline Of the remark.
able growth ol one of the last lines
o. manuiaclery that one would think
WOULD prove suoaess IN d prairie
country VIII no doubt be of interest
10 an alters. Less than four years
ago Mcssgs. r n Sigman and Sons
started their factory n an unpreien-
tlous way Nlth ten persons all told.
Today they have O plant OK five build.
rgs, one q tbree-slory ccncrele block
store house 50xl20. erected last fail,
and are planning tc erect IN the
spring noa-er equally aa large Much
81 tAelr Ola machinery has teen re-
nlfeei by new ana more modern
makes Their principal lines OF man
fracture ore bureaus. folding reds eE
enslon tables. library tshles, Kitchen
cabinets, safes, aupnoards and mat.
tresscs They make sayersl Kinds
md gr dcs OF each article. iuat now
hey hgyc quite large orier from
lhe United States war department for
Ahies OF various sizes. summing arom
he small Wftlng table 20 he long
office table. 10 he used at Fort sin
ina other Southwest aad Western
military pnstr.
The melsless factory Ea 60 snlef
eating stuily TO tao novice, Tie max.
ne nf excelsior from the lnrge blocks
# weed the cotton casslng, the cot.
inn felt making, the pressng al the
illers. The filling aad The finishing
i the mattress a-e all Interesting
iestnres Aa averase af l2s mai
fesses We turnca ous each las
IN addition 60 tho goods manufae-
iufol BY lhla firm, they nave built up
general wholesale BUSINESS that ia
Siihin Itself worthy of tgpacial uoie
Their sales per month ran upward
9l sis1Q0 over $4,000 OF which is
On furniture snd mattresses ef lhelf
'wn make TIC ausinesg Of the Sig.
man Furniture company has growl
Ike magic and they attribute So to
the lact I'll addition 10 thee ablh,s
to furnish leaders through their man.
ufeturoi articles and thell assem-.
bling ANA completing for sale many OF
the articles shipped IN. that Chick
asha ID tha wholesale center In the
state.
chlekashs's Cigar VeudeF Factory
One OF the several now industries
of which chiekrsha Is Justly proud
Is the Jacobs Cigar Vender Factory
This leamiaing industry. already
omplOying double the number of pao-
pie the company obligated themselves
to work when the si-e for the build
Ing and grounds was given them
Through lhe Commercial clb promis
3 30 soon be one Of the most pro
itable manufauorles Of the state
! Alreaey s3e building, which II 5os
{ i5a feet, IA crowded to q degree thal
IS retarding the work. and plans ars
under way Cor continuing the wall.
up another story iha anildlng hayns
been put up wiia yew To going al
20 ihree.a;ory STRUCTURE whel
thought advisable, the mahagemen
I, hguring at aii times ei0na nafe. con
! eeryntIve lines
4 person een not &c through th'
plant without being mpWse6 Wit
| the magnitude q The enterprise Th'
scsue % enc of marked activity AnS
nov That che gasoline engine tamDrr
afiiy Installed 20 await power from
/ The Electric Water Power Plant ha
| beea ent u'il and tie electricity i,
sa running the many machines
nressfs ard forges everyihlng s nov
na along Ike clock wefk The wnifl
q tho machinery IS music 60 the en-
II emo interested III Industrial pur
arits; here a lathe there milling and