The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-10-04
Chamber of Commerce Protests to
Director of Census; Makes Es-
innate of What Count
Should Indicate
CONDITIONS HERE ARE
POINTED OUT AS PROOF
Housing Situation Shown to be Con
eested; Scores of New Ones;
Compared with 1910 When
Many Vacated.

"Chickasha 1920 population 1917!
as announced much too low. Figure!
should run close to $500 First ward
$500 Second Ward; 1900 ThirC
ward; 1000 Fourth ward We in
sist on revision Of total as announc
ed"
This was the telegram sent this
morning by j. w Conner, secretary
Of the Chickasha Chamber of Com
merce to the. Director of the Cen.
sus, Washington, d. c. The telegram
was confirmed by letter mailed to.
day by the c. c. secretary in which
was given statistics showing that
it is Impossible for Chickasha to
] ave lost in population in the past
ten years and demonstrating that
there has been substantial growth.
Figures Given by Census.
The figures given by the census
bureau tor this city, showed total
Of 1919 or loss of 141 since th9
count in 1910 The official count is
announced by the census gave the
following figures by wards; Ward l.,
296s; Ward 2, S0l2; Ward 9, 1885;
Ward 4, 2,GS4.
These figures run short by practi-
cally 1000 of the estimate made by
the Chamber Of Commerce and there
are many who believe that the esti-
mate is too conservative.
Housing Condition Tells.
The housing condition in Chick
asha tells the story and shows that
there is a big increase here, it was
pointed out today.
Real estate men who have been
in business here since 1910 pointed
to the fact that ten years ago there
were vacant residences to be found
in practically every section of the
city, that it was the easiest thing on
top of earth to rent a house, for the
reason that there We're so many
to rent. This is compared with the
condition that exists today when
there is not a rent" house in the
city that stands vacant for as much
as a day that long lists of prospect
i've renters are in the hands OF
every real estate agent in the city
with no available houses to supply
the demand.
In addition to the houses that
were here in 1910, many of which
were vacant, local construction men
point to the fact that scores Of
houses have been constructed in
Chickasha in the past two years and
that everyone oil them, is occupied,
with two or more families living in
many of the residences and with a
majority of the householders having
rented rooms in their dwellings,.
Clerks, stenographers, statesmen in
all lines, point out that there is
hardly a room to be rented in the
entire town, demonstrating that
practically every house in Chickasha
is filled to capacity.
Offices Al! Full.
Owners of office buildings here
declare that in 1910, they were hav-
ing pretty hard shedding in many
cases to keep tenants. The opposite
condition now prevails, they show
They have more applications to rent
offices than they have space. Ii
many of the two story buildings,
the upper floors were empty in
1910 but now every office room has
a tenant.
In addition to the Office space
here in 1910, the First National bank
building has been constructed, sup
plying scores of office rooms not
available when the 1910 census was
taken. It is known that bonuses have
been paid for office rooms in this
building, not to the management,