The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-15

board in operation and laid plans for
increasing its capacity from 400, as
at present, To 400 This change will
probably he made during the first
months OF 1917. Its toll board now EN-
ployS thirty-two operators, but this
number is to be increased TO forty
probably in February
Stockyards Make Recofd.
During 1910 the Oklahoma National
,tockyards did the biggest business
since they were established in 1910.
thus firmly cntrcnchlng Oklahoma
City as one OF the greatest cattle mar
kctS in the southwest And an official
connected with the packing houses
and stockyards declared today that
War or peace, we will have the most
remarkable year in our history during
1917"
Total receipts this year at the local
Stockyatds mp tf last Saturday were (.
Cattle 24S,00o; calves, 624So hogs
125OOO; sheep, l07.4ll. horses and
mules, lo,loS, a total OF 20,Oo5 cars.
This compares with all OF 1915 as
follows; Cattle. l9S $40, calves, 23,-
S2l hogs ISl9cj, sheep, o2,75O; horses
and mules, 55O77; cars l+OS3. In 1913
shipments totaled 1870 cars.
Million Hogs 1917.
The slogan OF local packers has been
zone Million Hogs a Year" Provided
the present ratio of increase continues
lWOO hogs will be handled at the
local yards during 1917 More sheep
were handled at the stockyardS during
the last year than existed in the state
IN 1910
Sheep to the number of l2SOOO; 72S,-
WO hogs, 10000 calves, and 10000 cat
tie are expected before the end of this
month";
Total fire loss in Oklahoma to date
this year has been $4, ,l67 .2j7. %. as com
pared with S,j75,o52 AZ in 1915, when
l+S8 fires occurred in the safe. Fire
loss IN 1914 was $682, ,55S.l0; in 1913.
2lN l55 "a and in 1912, $219j084SO
March, 1910 with fire loss OF $3.50,
1898 holds the record for this year
state InaTtefS Increase.
Charters, domestic and foreign. Ger
tlllcdtcS Of increase and decrease in
capitalization, amended charters, and
appointments Of agents issued SO FAR
this year by the secretary of state rum-
Der j,3S2 as compared with 1901 for
the entire year OF 1918, an increase OF
30 percent.
Crops, as reported BY the state board
ot agriculture, show large increases for
1910 over 1915, both as TO value and
acreage In 1915 there were 1872 30
acres Of land planted to cotton. The
value OF the crop Mas $}S, ,50S74O In
1910 there were 2O70,l7o acres planted
The cotton grown was valued at $50
295,OO0.
Events of Past Year.
Many events OF more than ordinary
interest occurred during the year,
among them three moncy-raising cam
paigns which resulted in securing s.
0l0U0
One was the Chamber OF Commerce
expansion campaign, by which its mem
berShlp was increased from 404 and its
income from $4,000 a year, to a mem
bcrshlp OF 1880 and an income of $42.-
go.
The municipal waterworks bond is.
sue campaign which resulted in a 2.to-l
vote favorable to issuance OF $l,sOOOO0
IN bonds for new water system; 500
W. in bonds Tor sewer construction. and
$4,000 in bonds for a charity home
was another.
The third was the recent Y. NJ. c. A.
building campaign, which resulted in
securing S2o3OOO for construction of
y. NJ, G. \ home in this city,
Road Boosters Here.
OF unusual interest, too. was the
Ozark Trails convention, the Oklahoma
City land bank hearing, the construc-
tion ot the SouthSidc Community house.
the success OF the State Fair, the set
ting Of the Oklahoma City school board
tight and election OF new superinten-
dent, the elimination OF the county tax