The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-05-30
MILITARY
HIGHWAY
ADVOCATED

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CRAZY county. ard Chiekas1a il
particular. viii make great mistake
II Hy do DO. ASSIST I'D building tha
a7drs across tas soaia Canadian
n1rtL 3. llineo. said Mr 1echasimer.
b order 70 gst tie Meridian military
Highway through Grady county and
CAiakashz & will Be Hecsssarg tsr
this bridge u he bulL
The Meridian military highway j.
% - the national highway from cana
d 70 ne g1lf. in otasF words, il is tae
eentrsI highway q the United States.
Ut S projected from Winnipeg Mani
tcba, to Galveston. Texas Il follows
tie eth meridian a. near as praeae-
able. The road las been permanently
Iocsted ss is- south as Wichita. kan
and from there i branches; one
bzaneh coming south along the Rock
Island railway "a far as Fl Reno, and
has been heated that far fl Oklahoma
TIE tentative location from thsre
south is through Minco. Pocasset
+ Caickzsha and on down along the Rock
Island railway through Bowie. Texas.
to Fort Worth. and from there 70 Aus
tin. with a branch to San Antonio and
one Via Houston to Galveston
This highway IS supposed to con
meet the forts o. the United States, 10
Gated near the line. II Kansas il goes
to Fort Riley. in Oklahoma, Fl Reno,
with branch from some point along
the line 10 I'll Sill Its construction
nlI secure government aid
1T is up TO Ch.ckasha and towns
between Il Reno and Chickasha tC
make the effort 70 build this bridge
across the South Canadian At once
otheFEise the Tna1 is liable 70 BE- dl
yeFted b. way Of Yerden, AnadarkC
anu Lawton. leaving Grady county En-
iirely 70 the east
The benefit of this road 70 fFadl
county and ChlckagEa in particular
4 cannot be measured in dollars ant
cents. This road. when built, wiz b
the main artery Of travel between
Canada and the gulf Laterals can b.
built into the road from each side.
will be an incentive to good roads, ans
II piH be an object lesson to farmer
and Others who travel roads. BY build
ing good roads 10 connect Eith thi
highways, the farmers viii be able q
haul larger and more loads to market
thereby marketing their products in
quicker manner and enabling them I
give more time to the preparation o
the ground for the crops.
The road viii bring tourists froH
al parts Of the country who wi
travel this road aud viii stop in II
towns, spending their money for suI
plies and hotel bills
"There IS 10 time to be lost b. II
4 citizens Of Chickasha and Grady cour
i IS in building this road. as a little DE-
lay is likely 10 be dangerous. Therl
j fore something must be done and don
quick Anadarko Is getting her road
in condition to divert its location {
20 By that city. They have been hol,
& ing meetings, and organizing goo
4 roads clubs In every community aloH
4 the proposed diversion. There a.
n meetings billed until the latter pan
4 Of next week and it behooves Chick;
sha and Grady county to get bus.
and busy quick.
Along the Santa Fe Trail In Kai
sas. an automobile load Of tourist
pass on an average Of one every FIJI
minutes. They all spend money an
4 the money they leave in a communit
Il helps every one in the community.
eThe proposed cost OF this bridge
q in the neighborhood Of $4,000 Unio
A City has promised $4,000 Minco s40t
e and Pocasset $1,000. FL Reno can I
4 relied on to assist in its constructor
Chickashagis ideally located for
E night stop for tourists, being the lar
S est town between Wichita. Kan. al
f. Worth, Texas, in which they ca
be accommodated Each load Of thes
X tourists leaves an average Of so
E the town for hotel bills. supplies. ga
& oline and repairs
The building Of the Meridian mi
tary highway through chickasha
worth more to the citizens Of Chick
sha and Grady county than an0ths
railroad
In the whole field Of medicine thel