The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-04-24
Col. HarVey's Official Party Pulls 0. 7.
Mark on Selected Roads; Hits Chick
asha, AnadarkO, TuitIe
START, LAS VEGAS
FINISH, ST. LOUIS
Grady Must Build Road West at Once;
TuItle to Put on Big Feed
Tonight

There is an official Ozark trail
through Chickasha, the markings
having been made this morning by
Col. w. H. Harvey and his crew.
While this is final and establishes
Chickasha as on the trail, it is mark
ed with the understanding that the
roads are put up to specification R.
II. Evarts route man of the Ozark
trails association, is accompanying
the colonel and his crew of painters.
The trail is being marked at this
time from Las Vegas, N. NJ to st.
Louis and the colonel is speeding up
the work in order to have the Off
eial markings completed in time to
be used by the eastern tourists. The
tail hits Anadarko, Chickasha, Tut
tie, Oklahoma City If you want to
go from Chickasha to Anadarko on
the Ozark trail head straight west
on Chickasha avenue, cross the Fris-
co railroad, turn e. your right for
about mile, then 60 straight west
into Anadarko, with one turn.
In speaking of this road at noon
today Mr. Egarts said "Of course
we are marking road between
Chickasha and Lawton that is not
built Ii takes an aeroplane to get
over the road in its present condi-
tion, but we have the assurances of |
Chickasha business men that they
will see that the road is put up in !
good shape at once. The marking
is final providing that the road is /
constructed in keeping with the
promises Of Chickasha, and main
tanned thereafter.
"From Chickasha we go to Tuttle,
where | understand they have done
considerable road work since I was
owe rtho route few weeks ago.
We win mark the trail through Tut
tie, then to the Newcastle bridge site
across the Canadian, thence to Okla.
homa City and on east through
Chandler and wind up at st. Louis"
Col. Harvey and his party were en-
tertained at luncheon s9day at the
Mcfarland by Chickasha business
men and the party left Immediately
with the colonel to continue the
markings toward Tuttle, where an
other banquet will be given the Har-
vey, party tonight by the futile boos-
ters. 7. J. Brown. Conde Mckinley |
and Arthur Ersland met the official
party at Anadarko They, together
with E.t.C, Burton, J A. Temple, L.
{ Hutson and others accompanied
the party on their trip north.
Col. Harvey outlined what would
be expected of Chickasha in the way
OF construction and maintaining the
road now officially marked, stating
that it would be absolutely necessary
to have the road in good shape be-
fore the summer tourist travel start
ed He was assured that work would
be pushed on the road.
That Chickasha has a chance to
cop off. one of the biggest road con
ventions in the state, was brought
out at the noon luncheon. This is
to be held next November and the
point at which the convention will
be held, will be decided at the ami
nual pow-wow of the Ozark trails as
sociation at Miami in June 1t was
pointed out that the thing for Chick
asha to do now, is to send a rousing
delegation to Miami and cop the
next one. Hobart and Vernon, Tex.
will probably be the other competi
tors for the meeting which will be
of the Military highway.