The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-11-29
ONE CAR COAL is DUE
DELIVERY HERE TODAY
Distribution Limited to 25o Pounds
Per Family; Is Last Coal Expect
ed for chckasha Until After the
Strike Is Ended.

olfike rs ENDED.
Chickasha must go the woo,
r1r.'e' if suffering frem the cod this
winter is to be prevented in .ht
opinion of Y w. Darnell. acting may
or. This, because if tie ccll strike
were settled tomorrow, there woult
be no coal available for weeks, ow
ing TO the many demands that would
be made ON any production thai
would start following "A possible set
tlement of the strike.
Chickasha officials are working to.
ward rle end Of establishing a camp
and sending the street department
Ito cut wood and snip it into Chicks
sha. Dan Bee.s, street commission
cr, is rearing to 60" lie plants 10
.ake his crew Of the street depart,
mant into ile timber that is select.
ed, and go rigtt into the wood-out.
ting tua,ae3s with the idea Of spend.
ing ,Ae wi~ter there if necessary.
Only Solution Seen.
This is the cnly solution to the
ce..'cal fuel zitu tion shat is seen by
csficia,s Considerable suffering
.u3m the cold has already resulted
aere, according to reports reaching
C-y offic.l.s and there is no relief
in sight
W. W. Clarke, city treasurer sa. .es
1t he was a7sureI that two cars
Of wood w2u'd be shippc a Ctsca.,-
4 by he firm in Oklahoma City.
One car ws5 to arrive today. ofii
cials do net put great deal OF con
f:dence in the ability Of the firm
with which Mr. Clarke dealt to live
up to the agreement, owing to the
fact that the firms yard is on the
interurbcn between Yukon and Ok
lahoma CITY, making it difficult to
get t2e neceJ1ary cars. 1t is exped;-
cd that if Chicl1asla is to get suffi-
cient wood, It viii be up TO the street
ter.GarerL ana the activities of the
citizens in cutting the wood and get
ling il delivered in the city,
May Send Buyer Out,
Another plan that was being dis
cU-sed fiis mcrning was to send a
cpreseLtative Of the city to a TIM
tesed vicinity - buy wood and see
,lia. It was Loaded out to this city.
Officials ire busy today in an eff
fort to secure the necessary timber
20 whi,eG Stree. Comri sioner Beets
and his crew could go and start the
wood cutting campaign
One Car Coal Due.
Wish coal piles in CMckasha ste Il
lily dwind,ing and many entirely ex-
tlusted, there is but Cne car of coal
in s.gl5 at this time The general
opinion is ;l1t it will be among the
J t, if net the last car to be receiv-
ed in the city until the end of tie
present. strike Of the bituminous min
ers.
This coal was due to be delivered
by the railroad company this morn
ing at the plant of .he Chickasha Ice
and Cold Storage company.
25o Pounds Per Family.
Y. w. Darnel, acting mayor in tie
absence of S. c. Dur5in, stated this
thyt in order that :lis one
ear be distributed rs fa~ as r5g ,ible
,n. ing tho e in Caichlsha who a..u-
ally needed the coal. distribution will
be limited to 25O pounds per family
Mr.. Darne'l and o. L. Bingham,
If aager Of the ice plant agreed on
the amount do be sold to cich fam
ily AMI as Long as the car ta-ts shis
amount viii be sold to anyone cf
femly but The buyers must call at
the ice punt for the coal as rhe cost
of delivery in such small lots would
boost the price.
The acting mayor requested that
tsc Csc who had a reasonable supply
Of coal cn hand stay away and allow
the fm.lies who are absolutely in
need of col to get the allotted
Mr. Darnell stated yesterday even
ing that during the day as many as
4O people had called on him for re-
lief from the fuel situation. Scne.
the acting official said, were radical