The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-10
Mayor Coffman Casts Vote in Favor
Of Timepiece on Town Capitol
When Aldermen Dead
lock on Deal
SOME DIVISION ON
STRIKE QUESTION
NoiseIess Machine is Favored by
Alderman Who Objects to Hav-
ing Hour Of Morning Arrival
at Home Announced
BY GEORGE H. WYATT.

by GEORGE II. WYATT.
At last. The child is born, or soon
will be. With four faces and elec-
trically managed intestinal arrange
ments this child will grow into the
hearts of the good citizens of Chick
asha.
OF what child do we speak? What
a useless query when the only thing
to talk of this morning is that
official clock which the paternal an
cestors of tho city decided at last
nights meeting of the council to pur
chase.
Yes, the city of Chickasha is to
have clock-a great big affair, if
you please, with big round faces,
pointing as the wild geese flew, one
to the east, one to the west; one to
the south, one over the cuckoo's nest,
provided the cuckoos nest chances to
be in the north. And each face" or
dial will be four feet in diameter.
This clock will be automatically set
and viii toll the hours of parting time,
it is thought However, one or two
members of the council who are said
not to keep Sunday school hours at
night, are inclined to ask that the
clock which will be installed will be
of the deaf and dumb brand One of
the gentleman who will oppose giving
the clock a voice in the matter of an
nouncing the passing of time in its
flight, stated, not for the edification of
the public, -however-and he said if
his wife saw this statement he would
deny its authorship-that he had all
the clock troubles he wanted with q
little Seth Thomas special, a dollar
clock which reposed in ticking splen-
dor on mantle at his home. This
gentleman said that on one or two
occasions when the proceedings Of the
council meetings-on Saturday night
had kept him at the office and the
lodge a little later than he seemingly
needed to be, this clock had proved a
traitor to his best intentions and had
announced the hour of his home-com-
ing after he had awakened the house
hold by falling over three chairs as
he "slided" up stairs. He has now
moved the clock downstairs and ems
conced it near the front hall door,
where he can render it first aid to the
truthful when the gray dawn witness
eth his arrival at the home. He does
this on account of the unreliability Of
the hands of this clock He stated
that Oh one occasion when he had
crept up the winding stairs with his
shoes in one hand and a trembling
stiffness in the other, someone
switched on the lights and told him
Look at the clock, do look at the
clockl" He said that clock was on
the bum that particular night, that no
one consulting it could even make a
good guess at the time as registered
on its dial. why" said he, "those
hands were as crooked as crooked
could be, with the long one at twelve
and the short one at three" Since
then the councilman stated, he makes
it rule when he comes in during the
wee sma' hours" to see to it that the
poets prayer, backward, turn back
ward, oh time, in thy flight" becomes
reality, getting up after the household
is once more asleep and sending time
again on its forward flight so that il
will be o. X. with the morning
whistles. 'But how" asked this mem
ber of the city's fatherhood, could
this be brought about with a donkey
voiced. gossipy. busybody of clocl
slanderously announcing the passing
of time with every fifteen minutes anC
tolling the flceting hours in clarion
tones? No, I'll vote for your blamed
oldtime shower, but you'll have to pu
the muffler on
But, at any rate, Chickasha will nov
have a public necessity" in thu
shape of clock The vote of the eoun
cilmen said so last night. The vot,
was four and four with Mayor Cofi