The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-06-26
MUST USE
co. FUNDS
AT ONCE
Commissioners, Township Board
and Citizens to Consider Mat
ter at Court House; Big
Lake Problem

Tonight at the court house will be
held general meeting where the
township board OF Chickasha township.
the Grady county commissioners, rep
resentatives from the city, the Grady
County Commercial and Farm bureau
and the Retail Merchants association
will convene for the purpose of con-
sidering good roads building in the sec.
tion around Chickasha.
A county fund is available for this
purpose, but II must be placed before
the first Monday In July in order TO
,obtain its use on the roads this year
Otherwise ii would be added to the
general budget for running expenses
of the county for the next fiscal year
In the treasury OF the Merchants
association is a considerable fund that
has been set aside for the building OF
good roads around Chickasha end with
the combination OF the two funds thus
available 1t is believed that much re-
pair work and building may be done
on the highways leading into the city.
The commissioners returned this
morning from Rush Springs where last
night they met with the township
boards OF Rush Springs. Harrison, Star
and Cross townships, and the com
,mercial club. officials and business
men OF Rush Springs In very enthus
iastic meeting where the good roads
movement was given big impetus.
The result of the meeting is that the
people of Rush Springs city and town
ship will work with the Harrison
township people on the west and with
Star and Cross townships on the eas-
in one big good roads movement that
will mean much to the roads in that
section.
In addition to the money available
from the funds of the county and
which must be used this month, the
merchants and citizens of Rush
Springs contributed considerable
amount to the road building fund.
The work will be In charge OF the road
overseers OF the different townships,
men and teams will be hired, farmers
will turn out with teams as much as
possible and with one big concentrat-
ed boost, the good roads work in the
south end OF the county viii progress
with vim,
Al the meeting here tonight, the
proposition OF draining the big lake
that has formed east OF Cbickasha will
tprobably come up for discussion. The
Scondltion of the people living east of
the Rock Island tracks, is critical.
Also the farmers from the east can
not get into the city over the southern
Rock Island crossing.
Many of the negro families have
been forced to leave their homes. 1t
is reported that at this time. water is
standing in many of the houses in that
section. The lake extends from the
knitting mill, far to the southeast OF
the city, almost to the compress,
which is but stones throw from the
business section of Chickasha.
Mayor Coffman has had many re
tquests from the people in the flooded
district to furnish some relief. He
states that alone the city cannot dc
anything to relieve them as the only
outlet is outside of the city limits, also
that at this time there are no funds
available in the city treasury with
which to work Mr.. Coffman's idea
is that the city. the county commits
sioners and the Chickasha business
men get together to drain the lake.
II believe the best way to relieve
the situation permanently would be t.
put in an is or "a inch tiling as al
outlet from the lake to the river" salt
Mr.. Coffman. "A mere ditch woul'
become stopped up and continuou
repairs would be necessary. At th'
entrance of the tiling, which woul'