The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-03-04

10 tile President and Members of the
chclasha Chamber of Commerce.
Gentlemen Following an establish
ed custom your secretary begs TO sub
nit his report dating from April ist
1910, this being the time al which he
was installed in this office.
chickasha has made progress during
the past year While business cond
lions have not been normal on account
Of the drouth evidences are not want
ing Of actual growth Fully three quar-
ters of a million dollars have been ex
pended and undertaken in industrial
enterprises and public buildings during
the year. This estimate leaves out Of
consideration entirely the rebuilding Of
local enterprises through loss by fire
all residential bindings Of which there
is no record kept and all municipal im-
provements made during the year
Adding these to the records OF fact
will bring The grand total up to nearly
Sl250,000. This IS due in no small
measure 70 the organized activities Of
The business men Of Chickasha through
The Chamber Of Commerce
All the sixteen regular meetings Of
your board Of directors there has been
an average attendance Of ten per meet
ing. In all there has been thirty-nine
committee meetings while the vari-
Gus members Of the board have been
called unon frequently to devote much
time in enterprises Of public nature
and in receiving and taking care Of
men who have visited Chickasha with
view Of locating here. Only one
meeting Of the entire membership was
held during the year, this being May
9Th, and was in the nature Of an ac-
auaintance meeting for your secretary
with the business men Of Chickasha.
Auditors Report.
The report submitted by Chairman
E W. shannon or the auditing com-
mittee is as follows. Average mem
bership, 2S6 per MONTH total dues col
lected during II months. $4,716.75.
Disbursements, Industrial school,
$500; electing board Of directors,
s2l0O salaries, $2.S5l25 postage,
$203.40; collection of dues, $lO6.52;
rent, (Feb. and Maroh) $2445. sta
tionery, s2lO.45: telephone and tele-
grams $922S; automobile expenses,
s6S.OO; cigars, S29l5; Glidden tour,
Sl9l-75 magazines and periodicals,
s2i40; advertising, $l6S.7O commits
sion form of government, S94.25;
Southwestern Fountain company,
S43.5O. furniture and fixtures, $lSk7O;
press clippings, $301S. conventions,
$Si0O; parks and bouevards, s39.S0;
knitting mill, $l39SO miscellaneous
expenses, $9S15. Total disbursements,
s47O5.sS; bank balance, SlO.92; total
collections, S4,7l675.
Work of Secretary.
The records OF the Office show that
more than 5000 pieces of first class
mail matter were mailed during the
past nine months In this same time
the Chamber Of Commerce has been in
correspondence with more than 1000
manufacturing concerns located in 80
different states and in several foreign
countries Active correspondence was
had with nearly 100 manufacturers
with view Of locating here but in the
great majority of cases the securing Of
these enterprises involved the inter
esting OF local capital, a thing which
your board found especially difficult
during the past year. AS a result some
Of the apparently desirable PROPOSE
lions have to be passed BY 1t has been
the policy Of your board TO discourage
the bonus-giving habit believing that
in most instances this habit places too
heavy a burden upon the builders Of
ihis great new state. The thought has
been and is that Oklahoma with pop
ulation Of $4,000 people should and
does furnish abundant opportunities
for legitimate manufacturing enter
prses OF all kinds without having to
give away money to secure these man
ufacturing concerns. So long as this
habit does exist 1t will be met in a bus
iness-lke way by the men Of Chicka-
sha.
Remarkable Lot Sale.
Perhaps the INST notable thing
attempted during the year was the sale
Of lots in the Cotton mill addition to
secure funds TO locate the Southwest
ern Fountain company and also to
start the new knitting mill- This re-
markable BIT OF work was undertaken
in August, the dullest and hottest
llannlh ~ NM rnar anh Nnl within less