The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-11-28
thanksgiving Spent LAS Usualp De.
spite Bad Weather; Sports Seek
Open In Face Of Chilling Win.
try Blasts.
HOLIDAY is MARRIED BY
SHORTAGE OF ALL FUEL
shades Tress Cut Down; Neiahbors
Loan Coal, Eut Young America
Revels In Opportunity to
Hitch Behind" sleds.

Despite the fact that yesterday
proved % be one of tho most dis
agreeable days in Chickaaha this
year Jhe Thanksgiving program. " .s
atf much the same as usual with
the customary feed" ana general
celebration Of the day.
Many Of the sturdy fans bravea
the wlntry blasts to attend the Nor.
man-Chich.sha football game while
the more hardy sport9men hied them.
selves To the tail uncut for a day
of hunting. In certain portions Of
'he o"rrtry which ~f--,a,t 'r 4Na Foo.
tive duck, veritab,e barrages are re.
ported to iaye bee maid down.
Try Keep Warm.
The big majority of Chickasha peo.
pie, however, gave ahe day over To
the job of keeping wapm. This be-
came necessity early in The day
when a northwlnd sinted fine-cut
snow over tae city. AS the day wore
On the mercury lowered. Yesterday
evening the snow turned to a sieet
and continued at Intervals throupl.
sut the night This morning the en-.
lire ground wls covered with a
sheet of ice and sleet, making ho
'o3ting decidedly unsafe
Small boys took advautage Of the
oppo.tmnity before the ground va.
hardly covered with ice yesterday
evening ana last night many e'eds
were to be seen hooked behind auto.
mobiles. fae co,ony of sled owners
increl red perceptibly this morning
when every cut and make of sled
known to tine young American work
hop appeared IA the etreet.
Coal Shortage Prchos.
Thanksgiving in Chlckasha was
morred Ito some degree by the short
age of fuel and the certh3nty tAat
the supply ON nand is practically all
,hat is in prospect.
While no attempt at a survey of
the coal ON hand was made, III WITS
eyidert yesterday that in places the
shortage was pinching AT one place
m Iowa avenue, two men were seen
Yesterday afternoon telling n big
hade tree fer fuel Reports were
received from other sections Oftown
tating that similar moves were
o supply warmth for the nome fire
]ide. Yesterday afternoon, Las -3
1ren reported ruworlu lrips be-
weon G.mes for o1e putpae fhaul
ng sacks CT coal, l9lnel ~ donated
y some formnte one to a friend Of
ieighbor in need
Calls on City Supply.
Reports this morning from the city
lall were to the effect THAT many
alls were being made en- She supply
f charity coal owned and being dis.
ributed by the city. There we-e
My ten tons Of this fuel left this
morning.
The thcrmome.er ~ the lccol GOV
rnmeut weather bureau showed that
he lowest point the mercury reach
yesterday or last night was y,
nth TIE highest record being 81
IT 1O:3O this morning the mercury
TODD at %.
No telegraph or telephone trouble
ras reported locally this morning
nd ltte trouble en- the railroads
rs in evidence Rock Island ras-
niger tr'in No. 81, southbound, ent
ne in Chickasha this morning az
bout s o'clock. was an hour late.
lock Island officials stated that the
ouble might have been weather
onditions but that no word hid
cen received from northern divis-
ms stating that trouble was being
xperienced because of ice and snow
The Chickasha Gas and Electric
ompany this morning reported that
ne supply OF gas WIS good and that
was being distributed without any
apcrts of trouble.