The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-08-13
Lions and c. of c. Committee Meet
With Mayor and Council in Ef-
fort to Speed up Move to
Realize Cash.
PURCHASER ATTACKS
LEGALITY OF ISSUE
Mayor Says Melton and Carmichael
Employed in Case; Lights for
College; New Filter Needed
Says Water Chairman

Las night at he city hall commit
tees from the Lions club and tns
Chamber Of Commerce met with tn.
mayor and city council in an effor
TO see if anything could be done tc
speed up the realization OF cash. on
Chickasha's park bonds purchased
several months ago by r. J. Edward
OF Oklahoma City.
Mayor Durbin reviewed the propo-
sition from the time Il g bonds were
sold to Mr.. Edwards, until the pres
ent time, declaring that at present
there seemed to be nothing that
could be done as Mr.. Edwards was
contesting the legality of the bonds
and that it would not be advisable
to take further steps until the at
torney general had rendered his
opinion on the point in question.
Attornesy Out of Town
Mr.. Durbin stated that Mr.. Ed
wards, purchaser of the bonds had
filed an application with the attor
ney general asking him to withdraw
his former approval Of the bonds and
that until this point had been defin-
itely settled there was nothing, ap-
parently, that could be done.
The mayor declared that following
authorization of council to bring suit
against Mr.. Edwards in an effort to
force him to take the bonds, he had
consulted Alger Melton of the Cham
Der of Commerce committee and j
D. Carmichael, member of the park
board, and had employed them as
attorneys in the case to assist him,
that several conferences had been
held and that the steps that had
been taken were taken after the var
ious points had been agreed upon b.
the three. Mr.. Melton and Mr.. Car
michael are out of the city the may
or pointed out, the former to be
away until after September =, The
opinion of the mayor was that the
matter should mark time until the
return of the attorneys associated IN
the case, but stated that in his opin'
ion, shortly after September / should
see some action, taken with refer
ence to definite hearing before
the attorney general.
Lights for College
On request of G. w. Austin, pre5-
dent of the oklahoma College for
Women. the council order that five
street lights be installed at the plant
of the 0. c. w. Two are to go at
the entrances to the campus one is
to go at the car line crossing on
Seventeenth street, one on the same
street south of Willard hall and the
fifth on Nineteenth street at the oil
car line depot
The council passed an ordinance
calling an election for Agust ii
wherein the citizens of Chickasha
will be asked to vote an additional
levy of four mills making a total o. !
ten mills to run the city government. !
for the current year.
1t was explained by H. H. DuBose'
chairman of the water committee ci
the council that the city water plant
is insneed of new filter The water
committee chairman advocated the
purchase OF new filter at once |
naming the filter that he would re-?
.ommend. The mayor pointed out
that the filters installed must have
the sanction of the state board o.
health and agreed to get in touch |
with the state board at once and see
what could be done toward Installing |
new filter equipment.
If was shown by Mr.. DuBose that
tbonqh operating costs in the water
denartment had greatly increased
the same rate was being charged Tor
water. Mr.. DuBose advocated raise
IN order TO make the department