The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-10-07
After Meeting Enthusiastic Thousands
During Day, Ozark Trailer Finds
Frigid Weather Here
EXPRESSES KEEN
DISAPPOINTMENT
Public Spirit Apparently Lacking, He Says;
Makes Talk Explaining Mission;
Leaves for LawtOn

This has been wonderful day to
us and we have gone through all the
degrees of temperature" said Col. w.
II. Harvey, president of the Ozark
Trail association, in opening his talk
at the city hall last night. "At Hobart
Mangum and other towns we found it
over 100 degrees in the shade and
here we find zero weather. AT Man
gum we found all the stores closed,
with 1900 school children, the band
and a host of citizens out to welcome
us. AT Hobart the mayor and 300
autos came out to meet us, there were
100 school children in line and four
bands. At Gotebo, Mountain View
and Carnegie it was the same way,
but after we left Carnegie the atmos-
phere began to grow chilly. During
the day we have had as many as 1000
people in our audiences and to reach
Chickasha and find public spirit ap-
parently dead is indeed disappoint-
ment. There must be reason for
this because / have been taught that
all Oklahomans are public spirited"
Col. Harvey, with Floyd Thompson
of Oklahoma City, President Hearn, of
Mangum, of the Ozark Trail associa-
tion of southwestern Oklahoma, Sec
retary Tolbert of Hobart and Secre-
tary Singleton of the Mangum Com
mercial club had travelled from Wei
lington, Texas, near the state line, to
Chickasha during the day. John Pugh
joined them at Anadarko, and party
Of Lawton men, headed by Frank
Rush, superintendent Of the govern
ment game reserve, came here to meet
them and conduct them to Lawton
this morning. All told there were
fewer than two dozen Chickasha men
at the meeting.
CO.. Harvey discussed the Ozark
Trail at length, one of the interesting
revelations of his talk being that good
hard-surfaced roads can be constructed
of sand and clay at a cost varying
from 5000 to $500 per mile, depending
upon the availability of material. He
told in detail how many miles of such
roads had been built, declaring that
they were superior in some respects
to rock roads. "You don't need to
issue any bonds" said he. 'If roads
are really wanted the people will build
them but you must want them enough |
to be willing to go to work"
Various members of the Harvey par
ty spoke, asking for the cooperation
of Chicbasha in the Ozark Trail en-
terprise. Bert Barefoot spoke briefly,
humiliation that Chickasha
people had not turned out at the meet
ing and Alger Melton also expressed /
regret that more we're not present,
both urging the necessity of action
upon the part of Chekasha in pushing
the movement for better highways.
Col Harvey, after going over the
southern route of the Ozark trail, will
return to Chickasha, arriving at 8
o'clock Tuesday and leaving shortly
afterwards for Oklahoma City. Dur.
ing his talk last night he spoke in part
as follows;
Col. Harvey's Talk.
''The Ozark Trails were designed as
a system of roads connecting the four
states OF Arkansas. Kansas, Missouri
and Oklahoma, and now include about
900 miles of marked road. Its copy
righted mark is formed by white col
lar around telephone or telegraph
poles, trees. fence posts or other OBJ
iects, with a green border above and
below the letters o. T. in green on
The white field Often in the form Of
a goose egg. it appears on rocks or
large trees.
"The marks appear so frequent that
the traveller readily follows them with