The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-08-11


miles away and boriugs for oil and
gas will be made in Chickasha in the
near future.
Telephone system-l,17l telephones
in use in Chickasha, 1900 installed
and ultimate switchboard capacity Of
1000 lines, and S2 operators are EN-
ployed 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 no
tells, 20 restaurants, and numerous
apartment and rooming houses-the
Geronimo, the Rock Island eating
house, is recognized as the best Of
i!s kind in the southwest.
Railroads-Three railroads, seven
diverging lines. A passenger trains ar
rive and depart daily; sidetrack and
STITCHES, 16 miles. Excellent factory
sites OH railroad sidings.
Cotton concentrating and growing
point Grady county ranks first in Ok
Iahoma as cotton center, 12s.000
bales being compressed in Chickasha
in single year Cotton to the value
Of $6,200,OOO has been shipped within
one season TO the worlds markets.
Chickasha is unexcelled IN the south
west as place for cotton working in-
dustries.
Jobbing honses-Two wholesale gro
ceries, wholesale produce houses,
wholesale hardware and furniture.
Manufacturing establishme. ..s-Sl 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
pacity 1000 barrels per day, meal and
chops 1890 bushels per day. Largest
furniture factory between Kansas City
and Dallas; cigar vending factory;
cotton mill, iron foundry, elevators,
etc.
Financial instltutions-Five banks
with deposits OF $4,000, 900 and not a
single bank failure in the history Of
the city.
Public buiIdings-An appropriation
of $l75,0OO for a new federal building
for posi- 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-
ional advantages. Total school en-
rollment. 5000.
Churches-12 denominations repre-
sented, six churches being erected at a
cost of $4,000.
Newspapers-Two published daily,
three weekly.
Collegs and private gchcoIs--Okla-
homa State Industrial Institute and
College for Girls, costing 100000 and
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-EmpIoylug 400
men, with pay roll Of $4,000 per
reundhonse with 20 engine
stalls.
Live stock Chicfasha Is
recognized as the center OF a great
like stock producing section. About
$4,000 head OF hogs and 10000 head Of
cattle are annually shipped from Gra-
~ county. Riverside farm Just e4st
,f chickasha consisting Of 1900 acres
Is one Of the famous feeding farms Of
ihe southwest. Early in the spring OF
1910 one bunch OF cattle from this
larm, $50 In number. sold for 500 per
head, or a total Of $4,000. thus essab-
sshing a new record IN quantity, quail
ty and price.