The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-07-14
FACTS About
CHICKASHA

The great gas, oil and coal fields oI
Oklahoma are less than one hundred
miles away and borings for oil and
gas viii be made in chickasha in the
near future.
Telephone system-1,17i telephones
in use in Chickasha, 1900 installed
and ultimate switchboard capacity OF
1000 llrss, and 32 operators are EN-.
ployed daily. only $50 lines were III
use five years ago.
Fire Adequate to pro.
tect property from loss, with sub-sta-
tlons IN residential and business dis.
trlcts.
Hotels, restaurants, etc.--Twelye ho-
tells, 20 restaurants, and numerous
apartment and rooming houses-the
Geronimo. the Rock Island eating
house, is recognized as the best Of
It's kind In the southwest.
Railroads-Three railroads. seven
diverging lines, a. passenger trains ar
rive and depart daily: sldatrack and
switches, i6 miles. Excellent factory
sites on railroad sidings.
Cotton concentrating and growing
point Grady county ranks first in Ok
lahoma as cotton center l2s, ,Ob6.
bales being compressed in chickasha
ii single year Cotton to the value
of s0,20oo00 has been shipped within
one season TO the worlds markets.
Chlckasha II unexcelied In the south
west as a place for cotton working in
dussries
Jobbing hOuses-Two wholesale gro
ceries- Wholesale produce houses,
wholesale hardware and furniture.
Manufacturing establishments 81 in
number. including some Of the largest
Of their kind in the southwest. Two
great cottonseed oil mills; the only
cottonseed oil refinery in the state
and the Only cotton re-ginning plant
in the United States. Flour mills. ca
pacI.y 1000 barrels per day, meal ard
chops 4,soo bushels per day. Largest
furniture factory between Kansas City
and Dallas: cigar vending factory;
cotton mill, iron foundry, elevators,
etc.
Financial institutIons~-Fi banks
with deposits 81 s2,ooo,oOO and not Il
single bank failure in the history Of
the city.
Public buildings-An appropriation
OF $4,000 for d new federal building
for post Office, federal and district
court and Indian agency.
Public schools-A $4,000 high
school aud five ward school buildings
costing Ss25,0o0. and overflow build
ings, thus furnishing splendid educa-
iional advantages. Total school en-
rollment 5000.
Churches-i2 denominations veDre-
sentcd. six churches being erected at al
cost Of s240.O0O.
Newspapers-Two published daily,
three weekly.
C0llegs ana private schools Okla I
homa State industrial Institute ana +
College for Girls. costing 100000 and !
employing a large faculty. a business
college, Catholic schools, conservatory /
Of music, etc.
Carnegie library-costing $4,000
and well equipped with a fine collec-
ton of books and periodicals.
Rock island shors-Employlng 400
men, with pay roll Of $4,000 per
month; roundhouse with 20 engine
stalls.
Live stock center-Ch Chickasha is
as the center Of great
Ike stock producing section. About
10000 head OF hogs and 10000 head Of
satile are annually shipped from Gra-
" county Riverside farm just east
If Chickasha consisting OF 1900 acres
s one Of the famous feeding farms of
ne southwest Early ia the spring Of
$40 one bunch Of cattle from this
arm, 45o in number sold for sio0 per
lead, or a total Of $4,000, thus estab
ishins new record in quantity, quar-
ty and price.