The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-01-01
LARGE GAINS in ALL
BUSINESS LINES
Railroad Traffic Grows and Mer-
chants Handle Big Volume Of
Trade; Local Bank Depos-
its $3S6,l29 Ahead
BY GEORGE Fl. WYATT.


With the passing Of the year 1915
Jan era Of prosperity in Grady county
i will go into HISTORIAN era of pros.
perity which materialized despite the
/ adverse conditions which marked the
opening months OF the year.
The history Of the closing year
shows that Grady continues one of the
best agricultural counties in this pre-
eminently agricultural state. and
that the farmers OF Grady county may
oe classed among the most progress
siye and enterprising tillers OF the
soil to be found in any state in the
!, union.
When the bottom dropped out of the
cotton market with the coming Of the
great European war and the farmers
~ the south found themselves with
biggest yield OF that staple .>ei
u bwn, during the year 1914, the farm
Of Grady turned their back on cot
as king and hailed other lords OF
soil as more worthy their atten-
!.
uch being the case the acreage
kAnted In wheat In the fall OF IA. and
be acreage seeded to corn during tho
Npring OF 'l5 we're the heaviest ever
1nown in this section. And when this
yarvesters began to rattle and the
threshers to hum last summer and the
shelters to buzz few weeks later,
. with the clank OF the hay balers play
%ng a musical accompaniment. Grady
gunty farmers saw that they had
IL iade no mistake
4 The prosperity OF the country, as a
y .atural sequence. spread to the towns
Of the county, each coming in for its
Ashare of the good things showeree
down by a combination of good judg-
ment in farming and good soil and
ood climatic conditions.
with the opening day of the first
lreat Free Fair of Grady county, trade
onditions showed the effects of the
oountiful harvests and these condi-
ions have kept up and grown better
yith each succeeding day until the
closing OF December. following the two
: weeks hustle and hurrah and jollifi-
cations OF the gladsome Christmas
ines, marks the highwater stage in
he most prosperous year the farm
srs. the merchants, the bankers, tho
general public OF this county have
n known for years.
n All lines OF business have been fa'
\ vorabIy affected in Chickasha. The
Merchants report, almost to man,
that they have never enjoyed a trade
a, passing in volume that Of the sea-
N just passing. The railways, the
~ jress companies, as common car
n .efs have necessarily come in for
their portion of the business and the
records of these companies show, II
is said a most healthy gain over the
business done during any preceding
ycar The business of the railroads
Ind the express companies show a
Nirked Increase for each month IN
year over the business during the
9rresponding periods of 1914.
~ Merchants have handled the heav-
Isst volume of trade known in years
ii throughout the marketing of the
eaviest crops of grain and alfalfa
Nh,s section has ever known
General conditions, prosperous ana
ltherwise, may be judged by the sum
Total Of deposits carried in the banks
u the country. The individual depos-
tors furnish the life fluid Of the banks
i the nations and the amounts ot'
ose deposits serve as giant pulse
lose tnrobbings tell the condition OF