The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-22
START GREATEST
YEAR HERE WITH
e, IS FORECAST.
chlokapha Entering Period Of Great.
Get Prosperity With Opportunity
Knocking Loudly on Door,
Belief Expressed.
SITUATION REVIEWED IN
MEETING c. c. DIRECTORS


1898. Chlckasha's greatest year.
This was the dominant note at a
meeting OF the board of directors
OF the Chamber of Commerce Thurs.
day evening. at the Geronimo hotel
where o. l.. Bingham, president.
was host TO the board members at n
dinner.
That the coming twelve months
will bring to Chickasha more op
portunltics for civic. commercial aud
Industrial progress than ever hereto
fore presented. was the general Wow
and. in keeping with this idea, pre-.
lIminary steps were taken for keep
Ing an aggressive campaign Of
'town-build ding activities going
throughout the year.
In preparing the budget for 1928
plans were made for large adver-
tising flind, TO be used In promotinn
oil and gas development and related
industries. and the amount hereto
fore set aside for advertising the
o. c. w. was also materially in
creased. IL was pointed out that
during the past year tho chambers
funds available for these purposes
have been wholly inadequate to meet
the demands made upon them and
II was regarded as imperative that
this condition be remedlcd.
During the session OF more thar
three hours, the directors discussed
all phases OF the chambers work
and devoted special attention to the
1923 budget and plans for the semi.
annual meeting of all members of
the body. which win be I'D in Jan.
uary, at a date to be announced
later.
''ln view OF the existing situation
and the outlook for the coming year,
we want TO appeal to every citizen
Of Chickasha for earnest support in
all our efforts to advance the in.
terests of our town and community"
said President Bingham, "and we
believe that this appeal will meet
with hearty response. The cham.
ber needs ample funds with which
to carry out the campaign of prog
ress and besides that, it needs the
personal effort Of every citizen Of
Chickasha. BY united effort we can
make 1923 what il should be, gota-
BILE in every way for progress"
During the progress of the meet.
ing, the developments in Chickasha
covering the past year were re-
viewed and it was brought out that
no year in the history of the city
has seen greater strides at city
building.
The many progressive steps, in
cluding home building, the exten-
sion Of sewer and water mains, con-
struction e bridges, the laying Of
much paving along Seventeenth
street and numerous other civic i'm.
provements were mentioned in the
general review of work accom-
plished
But the progress of the year
which is just closing, is only step
ping stone" said President Eing
ham. While the things accom-
plished have done much toard max
ing Chickasha a better city, the i'm
portant thing, as | see it, is that in
making these improvements, in TAX
ing these forward steps, Chickasha
was only getting ready for the real
advancement which is to come dur
ing next twelve months
"a racer must prepare himself
before the race starts. In the i'm
provements here, Chickasha has just
been preparing for the real race to
unprecedented growth, development
and progress and to the wonderful
opportunities which have opened up
here in the last five months.
"A year ago, perhaps, Chickasha
would not have been in position to
take advantage Of sudden growth.
We can now look ahead and face
the development which is sure to
come, without fear that we will be
swamped. There is much to do and
Chickasha business men are facing
their busiest year, not only in their
individual enterprises, but from a
civic standpoint. 1t will be neces-
sary to work and work hard to keep
up with developments and it is up
to Chickasha to see that no chance
for growth is passed up because OF
neglect"