The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-08-25
Hearty Reception Accorded Ozark Tran
Boosters and Local Organization
Formed With Officers
ADVANTAGES TO
TOWN DESCRIBED
Good Roads Speeches Made BY Men Who
Know the Game and Encouragement
Given Movement

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With a firm determination to bring
one Of the great highways Of national
travel, tho Ozark trail. through this
section Of Oklahoma, party Of good
roads enthusiasts from Oklahoma city.
Hobart. Mangum and Anadarko arriv.
ed in Chickasha about 10 o'clock this
morning after being met by commit.
tee OF local citizens at Verden.
From Oklahoma City the Ozark train
extends northeast to Springfield, Mo,
and thence to ST. Louis aud Mpmphis.
From Oklahoma city 70 Amarillo. Tex
aa. two routes are being considered
One of these extends west from FL
Reno through Geary and Bridgeport
and the other runs through ChickasNa,
Anadarko, Hobart. Wellington. TexaS.
and thence to Amarillo The official
car Of the Missouri Ozark Trail asso.
citation win 90 over these two routes
in November and select the one that
is deemed best.
Organize At Hobart.
AT Hobart Wednesday the South
west Oklahoma Ozark Trail assocta-
tion was organized and local assocFa,
tions win be formed in the towns
along the route, with view to bring
ing the road this way. a vice prg,ai.
dent Of the general association win
also be selected in each town.
Personnel ot Party.
III the Oklahoma Guy party, wpic'a
has gone over both Of the proposed
routes, were r. L. Thompson. 4. p.
Martin, Jr, L. q Smith and Mr.. Nc
From Hobart came J. A..
Hyndman and Raymond Tolbert Man
gum sent G. NJ. Singleton and w. r..
while the following crowi
came from Anadarko: John Pugh.
John A. Campbell, Jess Overstreet, n.
U. Livesay, Herman Younghnim, Dan
volmer, Ed Schlitt, Roy Ellison. G. b.
Case and w. A. Cox
Met al Verden.
The committee which met the visit.
.ors at Verden was composed OF May
,r Coffman, NJ. F. Courtney. J. .Mer-
ill. Jonas Cook, ]. A. Robinson. o. G.
Cooper, J. w. Kayser. w. w. Clark
ind A. @. Mckay.
Before noon cars containing twenty
IT more yerden boosters arrived in tho
ity.
Luncheon is Served.
Following the cafeteria luncheon
hat Yves served by the Methodist la
les, under the auspices Of the Mems
)inner club, az l2 o'clock in the old
pera house, with a large crowd in at
interest in the proposed high
iay reached a high pitch when various
peakers explained the proposition. j.
V Kayser presided over the meeting
nd he introduced as the first speaker
:. L. Thompson, chairman OF the Good
loads committee of the Oklahoma
ity Chamber Of Commerce. Mr..
thompson said the Ozark trail WAS
aally system Of good roads. ramifv-
ig the state OF Missouri, Arkansas
nd Oklahoma. He told OF the trip
I the Oklahoma City committee along
9th Of the proposed routes through
'klahoma and said Il was immaterial
} Oklahoma City which route was se-
scted but he said he could not be-
eve that the people Of Chickasha
ould be willing to be left Off OF the
BAD. He declared that if a national
ighway passed through Chickasha it
-ould bring 100000 tourists through
ere annually and would be big
usiness asset to the city. The speak
r urged cooperation upon the ssrt Of
be people here in making the ozark
.ail fact in Oklahoma.
Boosts BIC Hotel.
r. p. Martin. Of the Stoekyards Ma
onal bank. Oklahoma City. was the
ext speaker. In the course Of his
TX he took occasion to diverge from
is subject long enough 70 suggest
rat Chickasha should promptly tie up
be proposition Of building a big hotel
ere Mr. Martin pointed out the
fr,ntioue1 on r.r. 1,.-.,A