The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-07-27

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niles away and borings for oil and
gas vii be made In chlckasha In the
near future.
Telephone system III telephones
III use IN Chickasha, 1900 Installed
ana ultimate switchboard capacity Of
1000 lines, end 20 operators are EN-
ployed daily. Only $50 lines were in
use i've ysars ago.
Fire Department. Adequate to pro-
tect property from loss, with sub-sta-
tions IN residential and business dis
tricta.
Hotels, restaurants, etc. IT welve hO-
tels, 70 restaurants, and numerous
apartment and rooming houses-the
GERONIMO, The Rock Island eating
house, II recognized as the best Of
its kind ID the southwest.
Railroads Three railroads, seven
diverging lines. A passenger trains ar
rive and depart daily; sidetrack and
switches, ie miles. Excellent factory
sites On railroad sidings.
Cotton concentrating and growing
point Grady county ranks first in Ok
Iahoma as cotton center, l2s,0OO
bales being compressed in chiclkasha
IN a single year Cotton to the value
OF s6,20oo00 has been shipped within
one season 10 the worlds markets.
Ghlckasha il unexcelled in the south
west as place for cotton working In
dustries.
Jobbing houses Two wholesale gro
ceries, wholesale produce houses,
wholesale hardware and furniture.
Manufacturing establishments -31 in
number, including some OF the largest
of their kind In the southwest. Two
great cottoDseed oil mills: the only
cottonseed oil refinery in the state
and the culy cottOn re-ginning plant
ID the UrtS States. Flour mills, ca
pacity 1905 arreis per day, meal and
chops 1900 bushels per day Largest
furniture factory between Kansas City
and Dallas: a cigar vending factory;
cotton mill, iron foundry, elevators,
etc.
Financial institutions Five banks
with deposits Of s2,0oO,OOO and not a
single bank failure in the history Of
the city.
Public huildings-An appropriation
Of $l75,00O for new federal building
for post Office, federal and district
court and Indian agency.
Public schools-A $4,000 high
school and five ward school buildings
costing ss25.OoO, and overflow build-
ings, thus furnishing splendid educa-
tional advantages. Total school en-
rollment 5000.
churches-12 denominations repre-
sented, SIX churches being erected at a
cost Of $4,000.
NewaDapers-Two published daily,
three weekly.
colIegs and private schools-Okla-
homa State Industrial Institute and
College for Girls, costing 100000 and
employing Large faculty, a business
college, Catholic schools, conservatory
Of music, etc.
Carnegie library Costing $4,000
and well equipped with a fine colIec-
tion Of books and periodicals.
Rock Island shops Employing 400
men, with pay roll OF $4,000 per
month; roundhouse with 20 engine
stalls.
Live stock center-C Chickasha is
recognized as the. center or a great
like stock producing section. About
$4,000 head OF hogs and 10000 head or
cattle are annually shipped from Gra-
dy county Riverside farm Just east
Of chickasha consisting Of 1900 acres
il one Of the famous feeding farms Of
the southwest Early in the spring OF
1910 one bunch Of cattle from this
farm, $50 IN number. sold for 500 per
head, Or total OF $4,000 thus estab-
Iishing q new record in quantity, quail
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