The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-12-09
MincO Appears al Meeting En- Masse; Asks
for Support in Building Bridge
al Union City
ACTION GOES OVER
TILL MONDAY EVENING
Merits Of Rival Sites are Presented; Dis.
CussiOn is Lively But Good
Feeling Prevails

Mobilized to full war strength, mill
tant Minco met the Chickasha clan
and through her mighty generalissimo,
DR.. j. H. Little, blunt and forcefu,
made known her mandate: Choose
ye this day whom ye will serve, Minco
or Tuttle"
Tuttle, cool and courageous, deter
mined to conquer or die in the ditch,
with a few picked warriors present,
speaking through Postmaster T. ].
Brown, the soul of sweetness and suav.
ity, said, Il pray thee let there be no
strife among brethren-if you help
one of us help both"
Chickasha, restless, uncomfortable,
her position on the fence rendered al
most untenable, maneuvered for posi-
ton, spared for time and finally
messed through it by securing a post
ponement of the momentous decision
till Monday night.
The occasion was the meeting of the
Grady County Highway association at
the Farm bureau rooms last night and
the question up for action was the To-
cation of proposed bridge across the
South Canadian, Minco and Tuttle
both having plans and sites for the
same. In the absence of President Ed
Burton, Ben F. Johnson acted as chair
man Of the meeting and it was gener-
ally conceded that he was gaite sue
cessful in the art of pouring oil on the
troubled waters The meeting waxed
warm but no acrimonious feelings were
manifested.
Minco came to the meeting with a
big delegation, probably 100 men, for
the purpose Of securing the co-opera-
ton of Chickasha in building a bridge
near Union City. Or. Little spoke at
length, explaining that Minco was or
ganizing a stock company to build a
toll bridge, that $4,000 in STOCK had al
ready been subscribed and that this
amount would be raised to $4,000.
The remainder Of the necessary fund
is to be raised by subscriptions in
Chickasha and the other towns west
along the Central route of the Ozark
Trail.
ut is strictly a business proposition
that we present to you,' said DIR. Little.
"Our bridge would serve both the
Ozark Trail and the Meridian high
way. One hundred cars would cross
this bridge to 25 crossing the one pro-
,Sposed by Tuttle. It would be a paying
proposition from the start. This
bridge is on the route selected by Col.
Harvey for the Ozark Trail and the
other is not. 1t would be built imme-
diately east of the Rock Island bridge,
securing the benefit Of the vast amount
of money already spent by the rail
road. We believe it is for the bust
ness interest of Ch:ckasha to help us
in this enterprise. The towns to the
!. west are waiting to see what Chicka-
sha will do before they do anything
toward helping to build a bridge any
where. BY delaying her decision
Chickasha is blocking the whole game.
We want to build this bridge at once
and have it in definite shape before
June / when the route of the Ozark
Trail will be selected. We ask you to
make choice and we shall accept
whatever decision you make"
Mr.. Brown said in part, "Tuttle has
a site where bridge can be built for
$4,000 or $4,000 less than one can
be built anywhere within forty miles
Of it. We can pledge at least $4,000
for it. We do not ask Chickasha to
decide between Tuttle and Minco
Leave the matter open. We want the
help of Chickasha and we do not oh
iect to your aiding Minco in the same
way. We are going to build a bridge
with or without the aid Of Chiekasha.
Or. Leeds brought the discussion Z
a head BY moving that Chickasha ae
cept the Minco proposition. He sait
there had been enough talk and it wal
time for action. G. NJ. Hollingswortl
at once raised objection, taking th'
view that Chickasha should not favo