The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-03-10
Local Organizations Start to Get Pc
tition Before Citizens; Commit
mittees Appointed to Circu-
late Papers.
MOVEMENTS BOOSTERS
POINT OUT ADVANTAGE
Lions Club, Retailers and Chamber
of Commerce Active in Getting
Proposition in Shape for
Councils Action.

In order that the matter of build
ing sidewalks in the districts in
Chickasha where they are most need.
ed may be properly laid before the
mayor and city council, and in order
that the city officials may feel that
they have the recommendation and
support of the citizens of the city
in creating the improvement district
incident to the construction of addi-
tional walks, the Chamber of Com
merce, Lions Club, and the Retail
Merchants association have appointed
five committees who will circulate
petitions among the people of the
city for their signature, the petition
asking that an improvement district
be declared, which will include all
the walks proposed for construction,
and that the sidewalks be ordered
laid at once.
Supporters Of the movement state
that this seems to be an opportune
time for the carrying forward of an
extended sidewalk program. This
matter, they say, has received the
endorsement of not only the Lions
Club, Retail Merchants association,
and Chamber of Commerce, but ma
ny of the citizens Sof Chickasha as
well, and in order that it may be
properly brought before the mayor
and the city council the circulation
Of the petitions is deemed advisable.
The improvement district propos-
ed by the promoters of the plan is
as follows: Commencing at the
Northwest school at Twelfth street
and Frisco avenue, extending south
on both sides of Twelfth street to
Michigan avenue; on both sides of
Michigan avenue to the Frisco right
of-way and from Michigan avenue
south on both sides Of Ninth street
to Chickasha avenue. Commencing
at Chickasha avenue on the east
side of Fourteenth street and extend
Ing south to the south side of Min
nesota avenue; east on the south
side of Minnesota avenue to the
east side of Tenth street; south on
the east side of Tenth street the
North side of Arkansas avenue;
east on the north side of Arkansas
avenue to Seventh street; west on
the north side of Arkansas avenue
from Tenth street to Seventeenth
street; south on the west side of
Seventeenth street to the Oklahoma
College for women-thus connecting
I'll schools and the college.
In addition to these connecting
walks, the district is laid out to in
clude all that territory not having
walks between Florida and Chickasha
avenue and Third and Tenth streets
as far north as Minnesota avenue,
and Third and Fourteenth streets
from Minnesota avenue to Chickasha
avenue.
It is pointed out that the greater
part OF the latter named territory is
now walked, but the full value OF
the walks cannot be realized until
all the open spaces have been con-
nected.
In order that the work of secur-
ing the signatures to the petitions
might be reduced as much as posi-
bic. the city was divided into five
districts and committees appointed in
each district by the Lions Club, the
Retail Merchants association and
the Chamber of Commerce at re
cent joint meeting. The districts
and committeeman therefor are a:
follows: District 1, north of Chick
asha avenue, Fred Hubbard.
District 2; between Chickasha and
Minnesota avenues and Fourteenth
street and Eighth street, Ben F
Morgan, viii Latting and R. L. Wal
lace.
District 3; between Chickasha ant
Minnesota avenues and Eighth an'
Third streets, L. c. Hutson, A. B
Thompson. c. E. Rose and Jim Hill
District 4; between Minnesota AM
Texas avenues and Third and Tent