The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-08


collects the monthly contributions,
and turns them over to the treasurer,
who in turn pays them out on order
The membership at this time mum
bers about 70, who contributed last
month $196.
A public rest room is maintained
on Chickasha avenue, and a county
agent, Mr.. o. c. Cooper, is employed
the year around He is paid a
monthly salary, part of 1t coming
from the u S. Department Of Agri.
culture. He works under the direc-
ton of the superintendent of farm
extension work Mr.. Wilson Of Still
water, who is also an agent of he u
s. department of agriculture
The salary of farm agent, rest
room rent, auto expense and Incl
dentals amounts to slightly over 5000
month. From this it is evident
that the Farm Bureau department
absorbs all the income of the organ
ization, to the exclusion of the ordi
nary and usually understood COM
mercial club work
think the farm extension work Is
we'll worth while and all 1t costs, and
feel that Mr.. Cooper does all and
more than is expected of him along
that line, and it is my judgment that
this part of the work should not be
curtailed, nor allowed to fall. 1t
should be increased rather than that.
But the commercial club work should
not be neglected as it has by reason
of necessity.
We are all proud of the showing
made at the last Grady County Free
Fair, and the showing of our exhibit
at the state fair / am sure that this
has been made possible because of
the help and assistance of the bu-
reau, and would not have been possi-
BILE otherwise. While the free fair
is conducted by another and separate
organization, and they have done
their work we'll, yet the ground work
has been the result of the time and
money expended by the Farm Bu-
reau.
But let's have real Commercial
Club too.
There are many things in front of
us for the coming year which would
be helped and perhaps worked out if
we had such a commercial organiza-
tion, but which will never materialize
without it or some sort of an organi-
cation to boost it along Our club
instead Of numbering rs ought to
number 300, and should have an in
come Of $500 per month Every pro.
perty owner and business man in
town ought to be interested in and
contribute to the support of the Com
mereial club
Such a club could stir up some
thing on a natural gas proposition
before another winter; ought to get
in behind our free fair grounds and
park proposition, and push it and
show up its advantages and put it
over in time to hold a free fair on its
own grounds this fall. 1t might be
possible to do something on good
roads and revive that matter, or get
some acton. Several road proposi-
tions are knocking and asking to go
through Chickasha Do we want
them?
These and other things appeal now
but it is not possible for a mere
handful of citizens to do much good
on any of them. An effective, wide
ly supported organization could work
them all out
Our membership committee will
go out soliciting Thursday and Friday
this week, and it would be a fine
thing if they could secure subscrip-
tions from 300 new members.
A meeting will be held Friday
night to which everybody is expect
ed, and we hope that we can get off
on the right foot for a long hike.
Two to five dollars a month con-
tributed to this club for year would
create a fund which would make
some good work possible, and work
which we all want to see done.