The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-10
Would Be Best Undertaking for City is
General Opinion; Keep Farm
Bureau on Job
CHICKASHA HAS
MANY ADVANTAGES
Organization Needed to Put Data Before
Investors and Industrial Managers;
Boost Good Roads

That a good commercial club Is the
best thing that Chickasha can organ
ize for the best interest of the city
is the belief expressed by a number
of business men. They also express
ed the belief that by not having a
good live Commercial club on the job
all of the time, the city has lost
greatly in the past three years and
several industries have gone to other
places merely because there was not
united effort on the part of the
business men here to bring them to
this city.
None of the men talked to today
would dispense with the Farm Bu-
reau, but on the contrary all declared
that they were in favor of enlarging
the powers and activities of that
body if possible SO that its effective
ness can be extended. The general
opinion emong the business men is
that the work of the Farm Bureau
and a Commercial club should be
along different lines but with the
same object in view, that of the up.
building of the city and the agricul-
tural conditions in the county in gen
eral for, they pointed out, the indus
trial progress of the city is depend
ert upon the agricultural conditions
and pIoductiveiess of the territory
surrounding the city
Favor Good Roads.
The business men who have eX.
pressed themselves upon the ques-
tion seem to think that one of the
best things that could be accomplish
ed by a good live commercial club at
present would be to arouse some en-
thusiasm in the building of good
roads. One man in speaking of the
matter, said, 'If we had had a good
live commercial club here for the
past three years we would now have
ten miles of good roads where we
now have only one"
1t is pointed out that while the
Farm Bureau has done a great work
in arousing interest in agricultural
endeavors throughout the county, the
industrial interests of Chickasha and
Grady county have been in a way
neglected and before the city can
make very great growth in popula
tion more industries must be secur-
cd to keep up the pay roll.
United Action Needed.
81 am in favor of organizing an ac-
tive, live commercial club and get.
ting the business men of the city be.
hind it, for it is only in this manner
that we will be able to induce more
industries to come to this city, Al
ger Melton said. I'VE can offer ev-
cry inducement that is necessary for
the conduct of enterprises that com
monty locate in an agricultural coun.
try. and inducements that few cities
in this state can offer. We have
plenty of water, in fact believe that
we are better supplied with water
than most any town in this part of
the state and we have as good rail.
road facilities as can be found any.
where in a city of this size. These
things can be secured only by united
action and this can best be accom-
plished through a Commercial club.
81 am in favor of continuing the
Farm Bureau as think the two have
a separate work to perform. One is
for the direct agricultural uplift of
the community while the other will
deal with the industrial improvement
of the community. With both Of
these organizations working together
there is no reason why we should not
become one of the leading industrial
and financial centers of the state.
Do Effective Work.
"a commercial club could do etfec-