The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-11-23
Delegates to LawiOn Learn That Quick
Action Alone Will Save the Ozark
Trail 10 Grady County
CILKEY WAS NOT
( among THOSE PRESENT.
Trailers TO Hold Meet al AnadarkO;
DiIigent Search Locates Two LawtOn
Men at Meet; Burton Talks

That Chickasha is in danger of los
ing her position on the Ozark Trail
was learned by the Chickaa-a dele
gates attending the Ozark Trail meet
ing held yesterday at Lawton. This
startling information came direct
from Col Harvey, boss of the trail
ers, in his statement that if Grady
county and Caddo county did not get
busy in hurry, the trail would again
be thrown open to competition.
The trailers of the Central route
will hold meeting at Anadarko next
Tuesday at o'clock. At this meet
ing will largely be decided whether
or not the trail will again be thrown
open to competition 1t is Col. Har-
vey's idea that Grady county has
done nothing and that Caddo county
has done less. The colonel is peeyed
and unless there is something done
quickly, there viii be no Chickasha
location on the official trail
Weather is Responsible.
In speaking Of this phase Of the
good roads work, g. c. Burton. presi-
dent of the Grady County Highway
association, said this morning, "The
only reason that Grady county haI
not done something along the line of
completing the Ozark Trail through
the county up to specifications, is
that we have not had weather suita-
BILE. 1t is because of a lack of rain.
Road builders know that with the
earth as dry as it has been, no sat
isfactory road work can be accom-
plshed Grady has the money ap,
propriated to complete the work
across the county Also, Chickasha
and Grady county possess the de-
sire and intentions to complete the
road as specified Unless Caddo
county builds the Ozark Trail and
gets busy with d little interest and
enthusiasm at once, the Ozark Trail
is going to be changed to another
route. This viii cause chickasha to
lose it."
After Military Highway
Continuing on the subject of good
roads Mr. Burton said, 'Tt is also up
to Chickasha to go after the military
highway. This will run from Okla
homa city or Ell Reno to Lawton,
From that point It will go by one Of
two competing routes to El Paso.
One Of the routes is by way of Wich-
ita Falls. Tex, the other by way Of
Altus, Okla, and Childress, Tex. Now
we've all got to get busy and pull
together on this business, or we are
going to lose the Ozark Trail"
The delegates from Chickasha to
the Lawton meet were: John Crib
E. C. Burton. c. NJ Hollingsworth
W. H. Donahue, NJ. H. Shepard, ]. A.
Temple. Byron Hester and P. G. Spin
ing.
Where We're They7
At this stage it is necessary to go
back into history about year, when
the Daily Express. received a letter
from A. S. Gilkey in which Mr.. Gil
key said some harsh things about
Chickasha. They were to the gen
eral effect that as a road building
town, this berg was simply waiting
for Gabriel to blow his horn
Mr.. Gilkey lives in Lawton That
was excused when from his letter it
was so plainly indicated that he was
good roader for fair. Therefore
when the Chickasha delegates sci
foot in Lawton yesterday. they Of
course expected that the town was
thoroughly alive to the good roads
movement. A little surprise was
manifested when there seemed to be
a very small amount of excitement
in evidence. Two or three citizen.
were asked. but they could not tel