The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-10-23

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best ice plants In the state, planning
mills and other smaller industries
chickasha has one OF the beat
equipped hospitals IN the state.
There are eight wholesale houses In
the city employing fifty travelling
salcsmen. and this II not including
the ten wholesale oil companies, that
have representatives travelling out
OF ChIckasha. The city has large
bottlIng factory and three bakeries
that do a Wholesale and retail buui.
ness. The Pearl steam laundry In
one Of the best enterprises OF It's
fInd In the state.
Chickasha has Carnegie library
costing twenty thousand dollars.
with a saiaried librarian. and an ex.
cellont collection Of booksfand rec.
cords. This institution is just. anoth'
er index OF the enterprise and prog
fess OF the cIiizenry OF this flourish.
ing community.
College for Women.
The splendid state college, the
Oklahoma College for Women Ia To-
Gated nj ChIckasha. This Is one OF
the very few exclusive womens col
leges In the west and IL an institu-
tlon of which the citizens Of this
city are Justly proud. This In the
only state college exclusively for
women In Oklahoma. and has given
much prestige 10 this city. making
Il one OF the foremost school cities
OF the state. This institution IL
equipped with large administra
tion building. fine arts hall. two
large dormitories. presidents home.
and most beautiful campus. The
enrolment is five hundred girls. the
flower OF the future womanhood of
this great commonwealth.
Each department OF this college
for young women prepares the stu.
dents for some useful vocation
They come from this finishing
school with superequipment and
knowledge that places them at once
in the highest positions in the world
of endeavor. giving them an advant
age over their less fortunate associ-
gtes IN the future battle OF life
The many branches of this excel
lent educational institutions sug-
gests way for aspiring students
to reach the top, by whatever bent
she may choose to develop.
Public School System.
Proud OF its lofty position among
the educational centers OF the
southwest. Chickasha has kept even
pace with the growth of Its college
in It's public school system. Chicka-
sha's high school is classed among
the first in the state for excellence
of actual school work. II Is fully
accredited and offers courses In all
branches of education. Its labora-
tories and work rooms are complete
ly equipped. Special attention is
given to vocational courses, manual
training and domestic science class
es. having large enrolment and
competent faculty. The splendid
high school building costing over
hundred thousand dollars, a junior
high school, seven ward school
buildings, st. Joseph Catholic Acad-
emy cost $150,OOO. Chickasha Busi-
ness College, a private institution
established here fifteen years ago,
complete the city's matchless edu-
cational facilities. What kind Of
a school has your city," is the one
of the first questions asked by a
prospective citizen of any commun'
ity. Chickasha is able to qualify in
the highest class.
One of the city's most attractive
features is the beautiful Shannon
Park, a forty-acre park reservation
adjoining the city on the south. 1t
is equipped with a splendid bathing
pool one of the largest in the state,
and has childrens play grounds as
we'll as beautiful shaded spots and
excellent drinking water for the
grown-ups.
Chickasha has an ample water
supply, municipality owned water
plant, which supplies filtered water
for drinking and domestic purposes
and an abundant supply Of CONNER
cial water for industrial purposes.
The city has six miles of. street
railway, that extends to the Okla
homa College for Women and to
Shannon Springs. Thirty miles of
cement side walks, and thirteen
miles of paved streets.
Atmosphere Of Hospitality.
Located as it is in one of the rich
est agricultural regions of the great
southwest, and then remote from
other important cities, Chickasha
would have been the metropolis OF
southwestern Oklahoma without the
addition of its petroleum and gas
discoveries, which will make it a
first class city in every respect.
Chickasha is the southwestern gate
way to the great state of Oklahoma,
and is the mecca of the capitalist
and oil prospector. Those who are
attracted here by the new oil field
development, first come to Chicka-
sha and then drive out into the ad-
jacent country to look at the oil
fields and see the new wells coming |