The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-02-03

crop vas worth 100000. Twelve
thousand acres were in oais produc
ing approximately 10000 bushels. Al
35 cents per bushel this crop wa.
worth $4,000. The total acreage 0i
alfalfa e about 10000 acres. Esumat
Ing the crop at two tons Der acre and
valued a si2 Der ton would make this
crop worth $1,000. Other cerals
and vegetables are oouserrauvely e.
timated 70 be worth s5oO00. This
makes grand total Of s2.4sT 900 pro
dueed b. the soil Of Grady county durl
ing the year 1910 from cereals. cot.
ton, hay forage and vegetables during
perhaps the dryest year in the entire
history of the state.
ne~ Live Stock Record.
Ii i've tsock Grsdy county has kept
up her good record. Without estinaat-
ing The number 81 head Of stock used
BY the local slaughter houses and pri-
yate individuals for home consump-
tion, there has been shipped out of the
county 400 car loads or $4,000 head Of
hogs and e35 car loads or 1900 head
q cattle. One sale Of fancy blooded
ca,tle during the year served to fix
me eyes Of the cattle buying world
upon Chickasha.
Early ia the year Mr II. 3. Johnson
sold 45O head Of black Pole-Angus
steers FOR 500 per head. this transac-
lion netting the pleasant little sum Or
$4,000 Diligent inquiry fails 10 dis
close another transaction equal to this
in the United states and therefore
chickasha claims 10 have established
a new record among the cattle mar
kets Of the world in quantity, quality
and price.
VASE Municipal Improvements.
Conspicuous among the improve
menfs Of the year have been those Of
the municipality. Expenditures here
show total Of s472.5l7 distributed as
follows: Paving. s241 ,44O; grading,
s62,5l2; storm sewers, s4s,312; sani.
tary sewers and sidewalks, slS.550;
the city wassi works have expended
100000 for is miles of new mains.
new tank and tower with 500, 900
gallon capacity, one clear well con
tanning 100000 gallons, one filter unit
and a new turbine pump and engine.
As result Of these improvements,
Chickasha now has n miles OF storm
and sanitary sewers, IS miles of water
mains, IS miles Of sidewalks, 16 miles
Of graded streets and II miles Of
paved streets. While the burdens Of
taxation have been considered heavy
IN these rapidly building cities of Ok
lahoma II Is worthy Of note in Chicka.
sha that Notwithstanding all these i'm.
provements the total rate here is now
only s23.75 per thousand as against
$4,000 per thousand one year ago. rs
It not remarkable that Chickasha. only
ten years old, has a tax rate as low
as this when the people living in
a city 100 years old. are
compelled to pay rate 81 higher on
each thousand dollars? Especially is
this 50 in view Of the fact that titles
have only been good here for seven
years and taxes on real estate have
only been collected for six years.
chickasha has entertained several
important state gatherings during the
past year. Among these were the
State Congregational Church associa
lion, the State Federation Of Labor, the
knights Of Columbus, the Maccabees.
the Oklahoma Central Medical associa-
ion and the b. o. X. X. Seya at JIM /
oortant conventions are already sched 4
lled for the coming season, among
hem being the State Bankers associa-
ion, the a. 0. H. WI, the State Press
association, the Post Office clerks of
he state and the Anti-Horse Thief as.
ISOLATION
Parks, Boulevards and Roads.
Mr.. A. s. Gilkey, chairman Of the
'ivie Improvement committee, has filed
Yith your secretary a comprehensive
'eport on a park and boulevard sys-
EN- for Chickasha. This report pro-
'ides for l6-mile boulevard encircling
he city and connecting with several
proposed park sites. The report Is
worthy Of being reproduced here in
ull but inasmuch as this matter was
he subject Of one OF the toasts to-
light from a man who is probably bet.
er versed along these lines than any
nan in Oklahoma | shall not take fur.
her time for discussion Of the sub
ect
Between Christmas and New Years
through the efforts of the public high.
gay committee Of the Chamber OF