Chickasha Daily Express. (Chickasha, Indian Terr.), Vol. 7, No. 144, Ed. 1 Monday, June 18, 1906 Page: 1 of 4
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Chickasha. Indian Territory Monday Evening. June 18. 1906
NUMBER 144
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STATEHOOD
CELEBRATED
IT THE PEOPLE OF CHICKASHA-
CREAT CROWD TURNED OUT-
CENERAL REJOICING
IRATORS ENTERTAINED CROWD
With Eloquent and Patriotic Speeches
-Fire Works Add to the
Hilartiy.
An immense crowd thronged
the streets Saturday evening to par-
ticipate in the statehood celebration.
And it was a hilarious.obstreperous
crowd. All the pent up feelings of
the crowd were expressed. Very
early in the evening the small boys
caught the spirit of the occasion
and firecrackers began to pop and
Muring the entire evening it was a
regular repetition of the battle of
San Juan Hill all kinds of fire
works being brought into action.
1 he band began to play at 8:30
and about 9 o'clock Col. Geo. W.
Barefoot called the immense crowd
to order or tried to call it to order
aud the speaking began. In his
opening remarks Col. Barefoot re-
ferred to the long struggle for state-
hood had been brought to a success-
full close aud spoke of the great-
ness of the new state of Oklahoma
calling forth loud applause. He
introduced Mayor Venable as the
irst speaker.
As the Mayor's sttntorian tones
penetrated the vast audience the
oise subsided somewhat snd Mr.
Venable proceeded to express senti-
ments appropriate to the
occasion in his eloquent
and forcible way his speech being
greeted with prolonged applause
C. M. Fechheimer was the next
speaker. He gave a succint history
of the territory embraced in the
itate and quoted statistics sho--ing
the rank of Oklahoma among
the other states in population busi-
ness industries etc. Mr. Fech-
heinicr's sjeech was full of valua-
ble facts that made every one proud
to feel that he was in Oklahoman.
B. B. Barefoot followed with an
able address delivered an striking
and eloquent manner He struck a
popuhr chord when he remarked
that his speech would be like the
term of the proent federal office
holders in Indian Territory.short
and the crowd cheered. It was
"one on" our good brethren who
are soon to lose their jobs. Mr.
Barefoot gave some sound admoni
tion as to the duties of the people
in choosing m;u to form the new
states government.
Alger Milton spoke next.
He played upon the risibil-
ities of the audience with
some humorous references to the
enforced drouth that is scheduled
for 21 years. He gave Senator
Bailey of Texas great credit for the
splendid service rendered the terri-
tory in the cause of statehood.
Speaking of the issues before the
people in the formation of a consti-
tution he declared that he was in
favor of a corporation cammission
that would issue charters for all
domestic corporations and permits
for foreign corporations doiDg busi-
ness In the state the commission to
have power to regulate the busi-
ness of the corporations. In closing.
Mr. Melton awoke the politica-
euthuslasm of the crowd in declar-
ing for William J. Byran for presi
dent.
Capt. Chas. E. Hunter who had
come from Oklahoma at the invita-
tion of the commercial club was
next called upon for a speech. He
said he came to rejoice with the
people of Chickasha rather than to
speak but Hunter always has a
speech on tap and he entertained
the crowd wih a stirring address.
The credit for statehood was due to
no one man or set of men but to
the people of the two terriories and
all were entitled to praise. Capt
Hun'er brought out many interest-
ing facts in the history of the cam-
paign for statehood with which he
has been identified for 17 years
having secretary of the Crt and the
last statehood convention. He urg-
ed the exercise of great care in
selecting men for delegates to the
constitutional convention and
thought politics should be eliminat-
ed from it. The audience cheered
his speech with grer.t euthusiasin.
MOTHER CELEBRATION
How the People Rejoiced over the
Passage of lie First Federal
Court Bill.
juage rayne reus now tne peo-
ple of Chickasha celebrated when
Congress passed the bill giving
T..JT I f a .
Chickasha a district court.
It was in 1895 and Chickasha
waj then a town of probably 600 or
700 people but claimed a popula
tion of 1000. It was felt that a
court was the one thing needed to
insure the future of the town and
tremendous efforts were put forth
to it. Mojey was raised and men
were sent to Washington who final
ly achieved success. It was early
in March. 1895 when the news
reached Chickasha that the Presi-
dent had signed the bill.
That evening the people gather
ed up all the empty goods boxes
barrels and every other inflamma-
ble substance that was loose and
P'led them in an immense heap on
a vacant lot at Fourth and Kansas.
They made a lonfire that illumiu-
ated the whole town and every-'
body turned out to march hurrah
and hold high cranival. The next
evening the people assembled at
the Christian church where speech
es were made by the lawyers and
others. The best of lawyers at that
time included Judge Payne. Judge
Beavers F. E. Riddle CM. Fech-
heimer Judge Fisher (deceased)
N. M. Williams D. S. Sayer and
Mr. Mocical. It was a special oc
casion and the people of the town
rightly felt that it constituted an
epoch in the history of the strug
gling town.
IN GLO KENTUCKY
Vast Crowds Witness Laying of Corner-
stone of Kentucky's Capital.
Frankfort Ky. June iS.-An en-
ormous crowd of visitors watched
the laying of the corner stone of
Kentucky's new capital at noon
Saturday. All of the living ex-
governors of Kentuckey participat-
ed in the ccrmonies. An address
was delivered by Gov. Beckham
and short speeches by ex-Governors
Buckner Knott Leslie and
Bradley.
A NEW BUILDING
J. W. Speake and S. T. Bledsoe
will let the contract this week for
a building on the lot next to the
Schafer House. It .will be a two
story brick building 25 by 100 feet
modern In every respect. Plans
are all drawn and work on it will
begin very soon.
PROGRESS OF
SCHOOLS
SINCE THE ORGANIZATION IN 1900
THE ENROLLMENT INCREAS-
ED OVER 130 PER CENT
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and three able assistants. The en-
" Irollment is near 140.
PROPERTY VALUE $175000 high school
No Better System or More Efficient
Teachers to be found Anywhere
In the United States
The public Schools of the city
of Chickasha were organized . in
1900 and are therefore just clos-
ing the sixth year.
The school ye.;rof 1900-01 open-
ed without a c school building
of any sort. P' V Dalzell was
superintendent ...d with a corps of
nine teachers opened school on the
24th. day of September. Such
buildings as could be found were
leased and some scheol furniture
purchased. There were no reve-
nues avail able except a tax on
the personal property of the town.
The story of the first year of the
Chickasha Public Schools sounds
like the stories that our fathers tell
of their school days. Any thing
that could be had answered for a j
ouiming or turniture. The term
that closed on the 19th of April
1 90 1 shows an enrollment of
775-
rrot. Jonas Cook was elected
superintendent foi the second year
of the school. Fourteen teachers
were employed.
There was no improvement along
the line of school property Th
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necessities of the conditions caused
a through investigation looking to-
buildings and fixtures. There was
no law in the -erritory underwhich
money could be raised for the pur-
pose of erecting buildings. The
school board of Chickasha under-
took to Prevail upon congress to
pass a law for the relief of the
cities. So carefully and systema-
tically was the matter placed be-
fore Congress that the law was
passed. In the meantime school
closed showing an enrollment of
1025.
In the fall ot 1902 the board let
the contract for the erection of
four up-to-date pressed brick
buildings. These buildings were
completed the following summer.
Supt. Cook with twenty-two teach-
ers handled the school during the
year 1902-03. The enrollment
was 1221.
The first term of school opened
in the t.ew buildings on the 5th
of October 1903. It vas found
necessary to employ twenty-eight
teacheis to aid Supt. Cook during
this session. After a term of six
months the schcol closed for the
year with an enrollment of 1367.
W. S. Staley was elected super-
intendent for the fifth year of the
schools and opened the term on
the 3rd of October with twenty
six teachers. This session continu-
ed eigth months ending on the
19th of May. The total enrollment
for the year was 1402. The pre-
sent school term opened on the 2nd
of October and closed on the
25th of May.
A total of thirty teachers are em-
pljyed and the enrollment will be
between seventeen and eighteen
hundred.
The Chickasha High School is
in its fifth year. It was organized
in 1091 with Frof. J. T. Eutcher
as principal. The enrollment for
the year was 48. Prin. Butcher
was in charge during tne second
session and enrolled 51 pupils. For
the school year of 1903-04 Prof
Kd L. Reed was principal of the
High School. The records shiw
an enrollment of 94. Fayette
Copeland succeeded Mr. Reed in
the fall of 1904. TLe enrollment
jtatiuru iuo iuc iiigu acnooi is
now in charge of Mr. Edgar Cowan
u..ulii6 u lutijucsuuu mai is at
this time is receiving careful con-
sideration. Everything now indi-
cates an enrollment for next year of
200. Our present buildings will
not enable us to hrodle that num-
ber. It is the aim of the Board of
Education to ask the city council
to call an election for the purpose
of voting bonds for t'w. erection of
the best high school building in
the New State.
The present buildings with their
site3 are worth $150000. When
the new high school building is
finished Chickasha will be the best
equipped in the line of public
schools of any town in the terri-
tories. In six years the enrollment
has increased from 775 to fully
'775. or 130 per cent. If the pre-
sent rate of growth continues (and
even the most pessimistic would
not claim that it will not continue)
we shall have within .he city limits
within five years 3500 school child-
ren. This would give us a popula-
tion of 20000. No one who has
noted the growth of the city feel
that we shall fail to reach that
number inside of the five ears.
Harry Clingelaw foremen of the
round house on the Rock Island in
Chickasha resigned his position
oaiuraay ana lett Sunday lor
Denver Colorado where he has
accepted a position of general
manager of the mechanical depart-
ment of the Colorado Southern.
Hany has many friends in Chick
asha who wish bim success and
happiness in his new field. Mr.
Hop.- was appointed the successor
temporarily.
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MEMORIAL SERVICES
Held Yesterday Afternoon at the Bap-
tist Tabernacle for the Late Dr.
J. I. Boone.
Memorial services for the late Dr.
J. I. Boone were held yesterday af
ternoon at three o'clock at the Bap;
tist Tabernacle Besides a large
number of friends of the deceased
there were present in a body the
Chickasha Medical Association
the Woodman and the Fraternal
Order of Eagles all of which he
was a member of.
Rev. J. H. Bennett spoke of the
life ambitions and the high regard
in which the community held Dr.
Boone and closed with a fitting tri-
bute to his character as a mani
husband and father.
W. F. Granlee made a brief talk
in behalf of the fraternal orders
which showed the esteem in which
he was held by them. Dr. Stinson
for the medical Association told of
the regard his fellow physicians
had for him and of his faithful per-
to to to tk fc fe to fet
His intention was to renew it
time arrived
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Dr. Stinson said that' although a
young man he was a leader in the
association and having served two
terms as secretary would have
undoubedly been its next presi-dent.
"STATEHOOD EDITION"
The "Statehood Edition" of the
Express will be issued tomorrow.
It will be 24 pages printed ia
colors and illustrated with half-
tones and devoted to a general
'wiite-up" of Chickasha and the
new state. It is published as an
advertisement of Chickasha and
the ne-v state and no effort ha9
been made to "puff" individual
persons or institutions. The facts
contained in it will not be new to
the people of Chickasha. They
were not collected for home con-
sumption but for the information
of the people who may want to
locate in this conntry. The larg-
er part of the issue is already so I
but we hall be able to supply 1
j limited number of copies to others
Price 5 cents per copy. Phone or
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Evans, George H. Chickasha Daily Express. (Chickasha, Indian Terr.), Vol. 7, No. 144, Ed. 1 Monday, June 18, 1906, newspaper, June 18, 1906; Chickasha, Indian Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc732322/m1/1/: accessed May 8, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.