The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-11-18
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were very interesting to me, for they
partially express ideas have had
for a long time, but which ! have
not, before this, been prompted tc
communicate.
While these gentlemen cover the
ground in way, it is only partial.
There are things, as | see it. which
they have not touched upon. AS to
the meetings held in Chickasha and
the customs of the merchants and
business men as to attendance,
am not in position to say | know
of these only by reputation. but
have heard it said frequently that
about the hardest thing in the world
is to get a crowd Of representative
business men to attend meeting in
Chickasha.
Chickasha is an agricultural town
That is, SO far, it is supported large.
ly by the farmers living in the trade
territory. Despite the fact, there are
no provisions in Chickasha to induce
the farmer to come here. There Is no
market place When he brings a bale
of cotton to town, he has to leave
his team and wagon standing on the
street until somebody comes along
and makes a bid on his cotton.
When he brings produce to Chick
1sha. he has to peddle it among the
stores, or even among the indivd-
uals of the city. There Is no place
he Is at home
When he brings his family to
town, there is no rest room or com
sort station provided. He has to
spend his time on the streets. His
women folks, often with small child
rem, do not care to shop all day.
There is no place for them to go to
rest however. Some of the stores
have provided rest rooms, it is true,
nut these are entirely inadequate.
The women from the farm must
aither go into the stores and stay,
or they must sit on the curb. They
would like to have a place they
could call their own, whore they
could go rest, where they could meet
other friends from tho country for
shopping expeditions where they
could eat their lunches, if they
wanted to.
Many of the consolidated school
,enters of the county furnish more
attractions for the farm people than
Toes the city of Chickasha. The only
amusement offered here is by the
picture shows. l appreciate the fact
that these are good, but it seems
deplorable that in an agricultural
town, the only places of amusement
Or recreation for a farmer and his
family in that town, are the picture
shows There isn't anything in
Chickasha for a farmer to do now
but spend money.
A farmer is proud of his family
He Is proud of his boys and he
would like to see his boys and girls
TOO, for that matter, compete with
other farmers children in the county
athletic meets if there were such
place provided in Chickasha. Even
in the face of difficulties he comes
to Chickasha to the annual basket
)all meet, which is only countrywide
athletic event at this time. The bas
ket ball court here. in the gymna.
sium Of the highschool is inadequate
It cant begin to accommodate the
crowds | had hoped and still hope
that the country athletic field is put
over here. 1t would be great If the
business of Chickasha could furnish
the Young America of Grady county
= place on which to hold their ath-
letic contests The farmers of Grady
are up to date. They konw baseball,
they know football and basket ball.
They would attend such sporting
events if Chickasha would provide
for them.
The farmers don't mind spending
their money. They come to town for
that purpose, and of course to mar
ket their produce. They would, how
ever (and l say this because l am.
farmer and know the sentiment of
the farmers in generaD like to see
Chickasha business men put forth
some effort toward providing for the
comfort and conveniences of their
farmer visitors when they come to
town