The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-07-16

miles away and borings for oil and
gas will be made in Chiclasha in the
near future.
Telephone system--l,17 telephones
in use in Chickasha, 1900 installed
and ultimate switchboard capacity Of
1000 lines, and 80 operators are em-
ployed daily. Only $50 lines were in
use five years ago.
Fire Adequate to pro
tect property from loss, with sub-sta-
tions in residential and business dis
tricts.
Hotels. restaurants, etc.-Twelve ho-
tells, 20 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
diverging lines. "A passenger trains ar
rive and depart daily; sidetrack and
switches, is miles. Excellent factory
sites On railroad sidings.
Cotton concentrating and growing
point Grady county ranks first in Ok
lahoma as cotton center 12s,OOO
bales being compressed in Chickasha
in a single year Cotton to the value
of $6,20O,oOO has been shipped within
one season to the worlds markets.
Chickasha is unexcelled in the south
west as a place for cotton working in
dustries.
Jobbing houses-Two wholesale gro
ceries, wholesale produce houses,
wholesale hardware and furniture
Manufacturing establishments--s1 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 institutions-Fiv banks
with deposits of $200O.OO0 and not a
single bank failure In the history of
the city.
Public buildings-An appropriation
of $l75.OOO 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 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
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
employing a large faculty. a business
college, Catholic schools, conservatory
Of music, etc.
Carnegie library Costing $4,000
and we'll equipped with 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-Chickasha 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-
dy county. Riverside farm just east
of Chickasha consisting Of 1900 acres
is one Of the famous feeding farms Of
the southwest. Early in the spring Of
1910 one b,.ach Of cattle from this
farm, $50 in number, sold for 500 per
head. or a total Of $4,000. TINS estaB-
fishing a new record in quantitg, quail
liy and price.