The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-08-01
Over zoo Carloads Already Shipped Onl
From This Point With Buyers From
Many States Here
PRICES RANGE FROM
$lOO TO $l5O CAR
Great Demand Made on Oklahoma Melon
Patches Cannot Be Satisfied by
Growers Association

The watermelon industry in this sec.
tion Of the state with Chickasha as its
base Of operations and distributing
point, Is assuming large proportions
and record breaking sales and con.
signments have already been register
ed by the Oklahoma Fruit and Melon
Growers association with headquarters
in Chickasha
I'VE have received and shipped 200
carloads already this season said X.
Z. Starns, manager Of the association,
"and we cannot meet the demand.
The shipments so far this season, and
the season has just begun, exceed the
entire business that was handled by
us in melons last year. We are ship.
ping them in all directions, as far as
Boston on the east and Denver on the
west
Buyers from all over the middle
west and west have flocked to Chick
asha to make their headquarters here
during the watermelon season. among
them being G. Q. Cherry. representing
the -Hensley Fruit company
Of Denver, J. inness, representing the
Wilbur-lnness company or Kansas
CITY and Chicago. Mr, Graham. ropfe.
senting the Cochrane Brokerage conn
pany OF Kansas City. s. b. Collins Of
the Burrell-Collins Brokerage conrpa-
ny OF Kansas City, james Winters.
representing the Boyle Com mission
company OF Wichita. Kansas, w. q.
Godby, representing the Haley-LeeIey
Fruit company Of Sioux City, Ia. Mr..
Dietz representing p. b. Anguish Of
Chicago Mr. stanton. representing the
Standardization company OF Chicago.
Frank Hopes of w II. Hopes & SON
of Muscatin, Ia, Mr. Sage. representing
the Galinsky Fruit company Of Oma-
ha. F. R. c. Rollins representing the
Peycke Brothers Comnsission company
Of Kansas City, Mr.. zlpkls. represent
ing the zipfIe-Sheffetle company Of
Omaha, Nebraska. The Gerhardt
Fruit company Of Corpus Christi, Tex.
is also represented
"The quality Of the melons which
are being bought in chickasha this
season and the loading are strictly in
accordance with the rules governing
same and Oklahoma is acquiring a
reputation for growing watermelons
that is not being exceIled BY any 9TH
er state ia the union was the state.
ment made today by Mr.. Rollins.
whose firm, the Peycke Brothers COM
mission company is enjoying its for.
ly-sixth year OF successful business
operations, having been established in
1870.
The size Of the watermelons this
rear is unusually large continued
Mr. Rollins and the prices ruling are
300 per car for the smaller melons
o $3.50 per car for melons weighing
hirty pounds and over.
This is an exceptionally good sea.
ion and steady prices viii be in evil
lence. The majority of the melons
which are being distributed by repre-
ientatives here are sent to their
houses in the middle and western
itates as rule. but. owing to the ex-
'eilent carrying quality some cars
lave been shipped as far as Toronto,
Mr.. Rollins is the heaviest buyer on
he local market. He bought eighty.
ne carload last week and was NOT
bile to get all that he wanted. He
ganted ten carloads yesterday and
'ot four. which is about the ratio III
which the present demand Is being
atisfied by shipments which are re-
eived from Terrai north on the Rock
sland and from Rush Springs. Mime
iah. Cement and other melon prosinc,
ng centers in Grady county.