The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-12-07
Old Fashioned Get-Together Re-
suits from Banquet; Talk
Over Prospects; Co
Operation Feautre.
NATURAL RESOURCES
OF DISTRICT SHOWN
To Get Busyon Gas Proposition;
Chamber Commerce Lands
New Members; Over 200
At Dinner Meeting.

Out of numerous opinions expressed
in more numerous speeches delivered
last night at the oil boosters banquet,
there was one idea that stood out
fairly clear throughout all the CON
versation that at times was sort Of
intermittent and at ohers reached
the intensity Of a barrage. That
idea was that everybody present
wanted to cooperate and it carried
with it the suggestion that Chicka
sha in the future is going to be the
land Of the booster and mighty
unhealthy place for the knocker
The feed was a success and was
attended by a bigger crowd than any
similar gathering that has been
seen in Chickasha for many moons.
More than 100 boosters and boost
erettes' were on the job to do ample
justice to the yiands prepared. After
dinner. the program as announced
WAS given G. w. Austin, Ben f.
I Johnson, J. w Kayser Orin Ashton,
T. II. Dwyer, O. l.. Bingham, Alger
Melton, L. c. Hutson and P. M.
Lansy respoAuea 90 toas,s OH topics
assigned, dealing in the main a big
ger and better Chickasha, the out
look for the future and prospects for
the city becoming an oil center.
Cooperation Is PEA.
The keynote Of every talk was the
necessity for cooperation and con
certed action. It was pointed out
that with the Cement field an as.
sured fact, the business. derived
from the field could be landed for
Chickasha, il Chickasha would go
after it. The possibilities of land
ing some big industrial plants here
was brought out and attention was
called to the wonderful natural re-
sources by which Chickasha is sur
rounded. "These resources are here.
They will do us no good if given
no attention, but will make this one
of the greatest towns in the state
if these resources are developed" "
one speaker said.
Recounting a little history it was
shown that Kansas City had grown
many times larger than st. Joe, for
the simple reason that the business
men got together and boosted. Dal-
las was pointed out as another
glowing example of what co-opera-
ton had done. Atlanta, Ga, it was
shown had grown and prospered
and had become many times greater
than Savannah or Augusta, h"'t Of
which cities had better natural re-
= Npurces simply because the business
men of Atlanta had formed an or
ganization and had pulled together.
1--WE Want the Men"
One speaker in relating his expert
ences while selling tickets among
the business men of Chickasha for
the banquet, stated that in num-
Der OF instances he had received the
reply, 4 won't come, but here's
dollar III help you that much
Such cooperation, the speaker dc
clared was not cooperation we
don't care anything about that mans
dollar, or any other mans dollar
in such a connection. What we want
is that man.. We want his personal
ity in what ever melting the boosters
hold. He is not a booster so long
as he offers his measley dollar and
then stays away and leaves it for
someone else to do the boosting We
want him and we are going to set
him
Business Session Opens.
After the formal program the busi
ness meeting opened and t. J..
Brown, secretary Of the Chamber Of
Commerce, took charge Of the meet
ing. In opening. Mr. Brown related
his experiences for the few months
(hat he has been at the head Of the
chamber
when I was informed that 1 was