The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-11-19
APPEAL TO
BUSINESS
MEN MADE
Development Commission
Points Out the Road TO
Greater Wealth


Concerning the Rock Island "Kafir
Corn Special" which win arrive in
cbickasha 1eeember Z, The Oklahoma
DEVELOPMENT comm ssion sends out
the following appeal 10 business men
Ths splendid fellow, Kafircorn, At
once the best boon of the business man
and firmest friend OF the farmer in
Oklahoma, any old year drouth ,r no
drouth, comes to talk to the people of
your community means eye0
man, woman and child IN your cIt.
and rural trade radius and viii speak
to you air through the Rock Island
special train between the dates of No
yember 25 and December TO- Your
station agent can tell you the date
and hour ii you win call him up just
as soon as you finish teading this moi
tice.
i costs the Rock Island system one
thousand dollars a week TO maintain
this special iraiu # costs the com.
munities on their llFes and the state
az large, absolutely nothing but Il
our people viii listen and heed the
message. it viii BE worth al least ons
thousapd dollars every one Of the %
weeks Of the entire year Of 1913 to
every community visited by this spe.
cial train, This is a conservative esti.
nate.
All that ia necessary Is to put this
message into the ground, mixed with
common sense, and Il win grow
money The question. then. is. can
your community use the money!
Mr. Banker, Mr.. Merchant Mr. Real
Estate Man. and Mr. Townsman in
general, the Oklahoma Development
Commission wishes 70 say to you that
we welcome most heartily this oppor.
tnnity to offer the best cooperation
We have in the shop to the Rock Isl.
and Kafir Corn Special train. which
starts oul on is mission November %
and continues 70 December 10
We only wish every railroad in the
state was starting out at this time
such an educational train similarly
well equipped lu men and facilities 10
deliver The message most vital to Ok
lahoma's much needed revival Of bus.
mess and prosperity nis SO tremen,
dously easy FOR us an to forget that
every new dollar must come from
ihs ground. However, Il Noald be ex
&C slpssy difficult 70 duplicate for a
d'~sn saiN trains the personnel Of this
sdnC@sionsi excursion and this is one
alIlmportant reason why we are max
Ing an especially strong appeal tc
every community along tAs route.
The speakers Include such wei
known specialists in agriculture anC
farm demonsiratlon work. as H. NJ
cottrell Rock Island lines: Johr
Fields. Oklahoma Farm Journal, ~
D Bentley state agent Geo. +. BiShop
representative western Oklahoma. ans
i A. Mitchell Lincoln county agen
OF the Farmers Cooperative Demon
strative work ol the q s department
OF agriculture, and w 2. Harrison
secretary. state Bankers association
This is probably the most CAREFUL.
worked out effort ever put on IN OKLA
homa IN the interest OF Tie most via
question concerning progress aud pros
perity in this state. namely, regala
and profitable agricultural produe
ton
It is an effort to make effective
standard system Of farming. adapte
70 the peculiar climatic and SOL cor
d.tions Of this state,
The plan is to put in the bands Q
the farmer a text book based on e,
Perience and experiment not in low.
Or Illinois but u oklahoma It is tn
practical doctrine 81 diYersifieatio
and rotation Of crops, revolving aroun
the invineible drouth resistant kail
corn as the never falling money GRO
the equally sure Feed producer for th
horse power with which % farm an
likewise The certain ana basic prime
pie Of live stock production, For ult
mate wealth 10 the stale and profit
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