The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-11-21

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gas will be made in chickasha in the
near future.
Telephone system-1,1ll telephones
III use In Chickasha, 1000 installed
and ultimate switchboard capacity q
1000 lines, and 30 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-
tions IN residential and business dis
tricts.
Hotels restaurants, etc.-Twelve ho-
tells, % restaurants, and numerous
apartment and rooming houses-the
Geronimo, the Rock Island eating
house, IS recognized as the best Of
its kind in the southwest
Railroads Three railroads, seven
diyerging lines, A passenger trains ar
rive and depart daily; sidetraclS and
switches, i6 miles, Excellent factory
sites on railroad sidings.
Cotton concentrating and growing
Grady county ranks first in Ok
lahoma as cotton center, 12S,00O
bales being compressed in Chickasha
In a single year Cotton to the value
Of s6,2OOOOO has been shipped within
one season to the worlds markets.
Chickasha Is unexcelled In the south
west as a place for cotton working i'm
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 cottonseed oil mills; the only
cottonseed oil refinery in the state
ana the only cotton re-glnning plant
in the United States. Flour mills, ca
pacity l,OeQ barrels per day, meal and
chops 4,S0O 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 $2,OoO,ooo and not q
single bank failure in the history Of
the city.
Public buildings-An appropriation
Of $i75,OOO for a new federal building
for post office, federal and district
court and Indian agency.
Public schools--A 100000 high
school and five ward school buildings
costing $s25,oOO, and overflow build
ings, thus furnishing splendid educa
tional advantages. Total school en-
rollment, 5000.
Churches denominations repre-
sented, six churches being erected at
cost Of $4,000.
Newspapers-T published daily
three weekly.
Collegs and private chools-Okla
homa state Industrial institute ant
College for Girls, costing 100000 ant
employing large faculty a business
college, Catholic schools, conservatory
Of music, etc.
Carnegie library Costing $lO,OOl
and we'll equipped with fine collec
ton OF books and periodicals.
Rock Island shops Employing 4Ol
men, with pay roll Of 100000 PEI
month; roundhouse with 20 engine
stalls
Live stock center-ChicHasha l.
recognized as The center of grea
like stock producing section. Abou
$4,000 head Of hogs and 10000 head Q
/ cattle are annually shipped from Ora
DIV county Riverside farm just cas-
Of Chickasha consisting Of 1900 acres
IL one Of the famoas feeding farms o
the southwest. Early in the spring 0
1919 one bunch OF cattle from thiI
farm. $50 in number, sold for 500 pc
head, on a total Of $4,000 thus estah
fishing a new record in quantity, qual
ity and price.
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