The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-07-26

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miles away and borings for oil and
gas vii be made in chickasha in the
near future.
Telephone system-l,l7l telephones
in use In Chickasha, 800 installed
and ultimate switchboard capacity Of
1000 lines, and 20 operators are en-
pIoyed daily. Only $50 lines were IN
use five years ago.
Fire department-Adequate TO pro
tect property from loss, with sub-sta,
tons in residential and business dis
tricts.
Hotels. restaurants, etc.-Twelye ho-
tells, 20 restaurants, and numerous
apartment and rooming houses-the
Geronimo, the Rock island eating
house, Ia recognized as the best OF
It's kind in the southwest.
Railroads Three railroads, seven
diyerging lines. A passenger trains ar
rive and depart daily; sidetrack and
switches, l6 miles. Excellent factory
sites on railroad zidings.
Cotton concentrating and growing
pVlat- Grady county ranks first in OK
lahoma as a cotton center. $4,000
bales being compressed in chickasha
in single year Cotton TO the value
Of se,2Oo,oOQ has been shipped within
one season TO the worlds markets.
Chickasha is unexcelIed in the south
west as a place for cotton working in
dustrics.
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
cottouseed oil refinery in the state
and the only cotton re-ginning plant
in the United States. Flour mills, ca
pacity 1000 barrels per day, meal and
chops 4,SOO bushels per day. Largest
furniture factory between Kansas City
and Dallas; a cigar vending factory:
cotton MILL iron foundry, elevators.
etc.
Financial institutions-Fiv banks
With deposits of s2,000.OOO and not
single bank failure in the history Of
the city.
Public buildings-An appropriation
Of $4,000 for a 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 $S25,OOO, and overflow build
ings, thus furnishing splendid educa-
tional advantages. Total school en-
roIIment, 5000.
churches-l2 denominations repre-
sented, six churches being erected at a
cost Of $4,000.
Newspapers-Two published daily,
three weekly.
collegs and private schools-Okla-
homa State Industrial Institute and |
College for Girls, costing 100000 and I
employing a large faculty. a business
college, Catholic schools, conservatory
Of music, etc.
Carnegie library Costing $4,000 :
and well equipped with fine collec.
tion OF books and periodicals.
Rock Island shops-EmpIoying 400
men, with pay roll of $4,000 per
month; roundhouse with 20 engine
stalls.
Live stock cenfer-Ch Chickaeha IS
recognized as the center Of great
like stock producing section. About
10000 head Of hogs and 10000 head Of
cattle are annually shipped from Gra-
dy county Riverside farm just east
Of chickasha consisting Of j 500 acres
Is 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 a total Of $4,000, thus estab-
fishing q new record in quantity. qual-
itv and nrice.