The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-12-27
Call TO Students Meets Hearty Response;
Cars to Be Provided to Garry
Workers Out
FARMERS PLEDGE
SUBSTANTIAL HELP
Recruits Added to Grand Army Of VOlun-
teers Daily; Men and Munitions"
Assured

The high school boys of the city have
been asked to help in the building OF
the Chickasha- Cement Oil Fields High
way on New Years day and those spo-
ken to thus far have evinced hearty
willingness to cooperate with the big
ger good roads builders. Ed Bitsche
took the matter up with the editor and
manager of the Booster" who are
among the leaders in school activities
and they Immediately voiced their
readiness to join in the movement, and
urge their class mates to follow suit. :
"We want at least five hundred in
dividual workers" said Mr.. Bitsche,
"and we can use every boy in the high
school. We want the boys to be ready
with pick and shovel, axe or grub
bing hoe and Wen have cars to take
them out and bring them back Be-
sides the toels they should take their
dinners with them. There will be
plenty Of work for the boys to do and
we hope every one of them will be
there when the road building bee be-
gins We shall be unable to give
them a personal invitation to enlist
with us and we therefore hone they
will take this public call as sufficient,
It win be an honor to the high school
to play part in this great enterprise"
Capt Hollingsworth. commander-in
chielf Of the army of road builders, and
his aids met with the farmers at Ban
ner school house Tuesday evening and
were assured OF substantial assistance
from the people OF that community.
They will go to Pleasant Hill school
house this evening, much interest in
the proposed highway having been
manifested in that community.
1t is likely that a general conclave of
the Chlckasha volunteers will be held
the last of the week in order to give in
structions and get all forces lined up
for effective action Recruits to the
army are being received daily and the
indications are that there will be no
lack Of men or munitions" when the
big drive starts.
Banner Boosters Organize
The Banner Good Roads association
was organized at the meeting last
night, with P. Sampson as president
and H. A. Bloss as secretary. A good |
crowd was on hand and all pledged
their support. Mr.. Bloss promised a |
team and scraper for two days; Mr.
Wells, team and scraper two days;
Tom Kerns, two days work; w. II. |
Malone, man and team two days; AL
fred Hallum, team and man two days; |
S. r. West, team and man one day; |
Theo Nelson, team ond man two days; |
Mr. Garue, man and two teams two
days; Lon Dustin, team and man two
days; Mr.. Field man and team; Dud |
Roland, men and A mule teams; K.
c. Farewell, one man and mule team;
Dan Stevens. mule teams, men and |
tractor; Bill Grain, mule teams and (
3 drivers. All Of the latter three live
fully five miles from the proposed |
road.
The Chickasha party met with a
motor accident and didn't reach home
till 4 o'clock this morning. ~. A.
Temple and o. Coffman had their try
out and made good said Capt Hol-
lingsworth
Oil Men Now Here
Representatives Of the Prairie Oil |
and Gas company, the Carter Oil com.
pany and the Gypsy Oil company are
now making their headquarters in my
office aud watching the developments
at Cement. said F. C. Hall today.
"There are excellent chances that we
shall soon be near an oil field. BY all
means we should build that road"
"The value Of this road to Chickasha
cannot be estimated" said r. F. !
Thweat "Chickasha has been losing
lots Of trade because we had no roads. |
Even without an oil field at Cement, |
this road would be of vast benefit to
the town" J