The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-01-13

Esetysoay should s. ad Is ses the
Express laAing THE stand sar an organ
izaiion tor chiekasAa ald us efforts
shcaid bs rewarded By meeting e
tAe business interests at as early a
date Is possible in order that an 81
sanization Of some beneficial eharac-
ger might be formed and started work
ins at once
BEING e close touch vita the tarm-
efz Institute for the past two years.
He have seen ID a Way Just what
great Work might be- accomplished bg
Ehr proper organization in Chckasha
and Grady county The farmers ia-
stiiute cannot Do that work because
those a. the head Of she institute are
Hrblie servants who are paid 70 a.
oiAer work Thiea occupies almost their
Nhole time Because of this fact We
have advocated most earnestly al all
meetings of the farmers institute A
County AgrieaituraIst Who should
b paid L usa Bis Hhole time ia tie
interests agriculture ia Grady
county
We Go aoi believe Chickasha needs
Commercial club o. Chamber 81
Commerce as vas maintained here a
few years ago. Il IS true the organi-
I zaiion did many worthy things and
also n.any things lo the everlasting
regret Of these who promoted I'll The
hest and most substantial work ever
done by the organization was along
al agriculfural line ID introducing the
Nebane cotton 30 effectively ID our
county. That one thing w0n more
iatorable comment and desirable adj
sertising for Chickasha gh1n every
thing eise accomplished ln the years
Chamber OF Commerce was main
frinHd Chickasha Is sfill talked ot an
over Oklahoma and TEXAS ID m5st
favorable manner because cf thar s1ed
work and dare say the farmers and
business men 81 Grady county haze
I prolitad many fold and wili ea1iinae
ID profit for years to come because
ct that piece Of good WORK iu bringing
about better cotton crops TOT Grady
ccrnty through the Introduction o. Bet
Ter seed.
The prosperity Of al towns and Gil
ies Is dependent on the prosperity 81
the farmers thereabout and may
safely add that no town can develop
beyond the state q Development of
the country around IT, Why has rot
Chickasha and all other towns in
i Grady county been prosperous the past
! three years Why has business been
/ deli and closing out sales 50 frequent
Thai IS q very easy question Tor rs al
+ to answer Then what can We as an
+ organization do to remedy and pre-
vent such conditions recurring WIN
+ a commercial organization having for
its only purpose Boosting Chickashs
+ prcve a guard against it2 The rrou-
be the last three years has not been
IN -chickasha TIE wholesale houses
stood open waiting 10 iii orders until
they could stand il NO longer. mer-
/ chants waited patiently to sen TO Gus
toners that did net Gene. the com
meIeial club @diea. ana il vas eli
because tae farmer did nsi prosper
We hear someone say. eThy. IL vas
tho arogth and hor winds that caused
failures me past years Indeed i
Eas and because crops we're net plant
ed thar would develop and mature a.
SPITE these conditions and Iof tae sim
PIE reason ttat the farmers had rot
been advised by some one who knows
and commands their confidence 70
guard against @drcuth and tot winds
by planting that which world prove a
good producer at such times
A hest Of good things about agrical
lure are appearing in the papers oil
our city and state. bat what Per cent
nf the people are these papers reach
ia and vhat per cent Of the articles
are read and given any serious cen
sideEation2 We cannot briHg about
better conditions through print The
farmer must b shoEn and when sc
stop TO consider thar he is dependent
oh his crop for food and clothing far
his family and the m0ney 10 pay osf
@tEag note that comes due next faH.
else his teams wsll be sold, we cannot (
blame ain ior not experimenting
little.