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PUBLISHED TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDA Y AFTERNOON '— COVERS OKFUSKEE COUNTY LIKE SUNSHINE — THE PEOPLE’S PAPER
VOLUME III
OKEMAH OKFUSKEE COUNTY OKLAHOMA FRIDAY JANUARY 81 1936
NUMBER 6
COURT IN
: FEBRUARY
JUDGE COCHRAN CALLS
CIVIL TERMS BEGIN-
NING FEB 10 and 17
Canis Down 3900Feet' Scenes and Persons in the! Current News
1 110 GRlMiAL DOCKET
Jury Has Been Drawn And
' Notices Sent Out By
Court Clerk Dossey —
Judge Arthur Cochran haa call
ted a non-jury term of court be-
ginning Monday February 1 A
week later on February 1? he
wlU have session of civil cases
tu be tried py Jury
'Tkyr A only very few
crlmtmrtiaeee and some of these
will Mter pleas of guilty eothere
are not enough cases to have a
criminal term At this (ins
Court Clerk Doesey bas gent
out summonses for the Jurors to
be here en Monday morning Feb-
ruary J7
”
£ v Monday February 1 '
- Dtvorqu Oases - v
Judy Davis y Bam Davis:'
Georgia HarJ ys Amos Bar Jo
’’ May Smith va 'Tillman Smith
-Msrtile Lee-' Barrow vs Willie
Barrow ' I x-fCrh :-i t
Ernest Thompson vA- Eunice
Thompson - ---V
Burton Collliis vs Gladys Collins
F F OlUsoii VA C ’ C CalUson
to set soldo conveyance- - V V
H J Walker va F W Pearaoa
quiet titla -v :
Hattie Lasater va Margaret B
Miller quiet title
Roley McKinney Gdnvt J 11
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Camp Bros No 3 wll is down to
1900 ic-ct' and wc-rk was stopped
for several days on acount of the'
death of Mr Hannah head driller'
King found dead near Cromwll a
few days ago ' '
' Work was started'-again this'
morning and it will be hurried to
completion
The No 1 well is making its 100
barrels a day and every prospect
is that No' 2 will be just as good
or better than No 1
Creating Community
' Health rwnartment
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The Oklahoma Congress of -Parents
and Teachers has created i
community health department : to
direct’ certain activities pertaining
tec -community health It was an-
nounced this week by Mr -C
Cooper vice president of the state
organisation in - charge of all
health activities and Mrs George
Calvert president of the 'Oklaho
ma- Congress of Parents and
Teachers
Mrs Calvert stated "The com-
munity health department - was
created with the purpose in view
of working in cooperation with
the -department of -public health
and the ' United States' public
health service in promoting com-
munity health activltiea: to aid in
the elimination of public health
haaards and menaces and to as-
sist In the establishment of any
agency that shall tend -to protect
the health of individuals ' separ-
ately' and collectively" She fur-
ther elated “Two objectives shall
Attempted by the community
health department for the year
Mid The flrst ie a health canvass
to--be conducted l ini cooperation
with the community sanitation
department of the department of
nni’c health to ilrSirriine 1 ealth
hazards and menaces in com-
munltiea and to provide some
method to eliminate such hazards
The second objective will be to
direct i health- educational "activi-
ties among ’schools and school
children during community health
foaW - —irtma1 A ' V —
itm-te- r“ ' f iTVT yiiBSitfT
Fmco etal of suclr filth-bourne dlss4 s
Phillips Pet Cw va' Board of Ttyr held ftver-dysentery andofar-
rrhAj kqd hew they caarhelp fn
thF pVAventlcm and control of such
diseases in their communities”
'The Oklahoma Congress of Peis
ents and Teachers is composed vof
approximately - 40000 members
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County CommlsstonerK-Suit'-of War-
rants ' i -’ ‘ V
- - U F Barber va Board of coun-
ty commissioners refund on -taxea
Mary E Oden- vs -Ben Brewer
cancel deed and partition
H 8 Chesser vs" Frank
- Douglass' 9 and' determine hpir
vil Jury Trial Docket
'j: January-IASS -Tenh--'’ '
Monday February 7
1 The Paden' Oil Co vs Bay
States O' ' G" Co 'Mdney du5 rfn
cancellation' ”
O U 'WlIcor vs j: F 'Brdwn
J Replevin ‘
State of Oklahoma ex tel Bank
Commissioner vs Plains-Pet Corp
Suit on note
’ Siseie parts now Goa't va Marls
- Bala eijai Ejectment and quiet
- title Jt
Cents! States Power A Light
- Corp yqrJf Marks Money due
FrankL-- Howard ve J Taylor
' LockharV Damages '
J EL Mop' va 3: T Ldckhart
Damages '
- James W McMahah Grid vs J
L Robbins Unlawful detainer '
E J Barry va G B JHamptoh
' Unlawful -detainer--
H P -Pendleton etal vs Tlje
Frontier- Mutual Life Suit on
policy ' :
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Tuesday February 10
‘ Mrs Verona Thompson vs Lola
Keys etal Damages -Frank
Novotny vs 8 F Beets
etal Damages to auto i"r
Psrcy Wyly va 8 Fi Beets etal
pamages
- Home Furniture Co v W R
Razook Appeal from J-P'-W
EL Groves vs G T Brown
Cancellation of deed -
- A Dunham va Clyde Warner
Suit on account w 't -
Wednesday February It
- E R Murphy vs Elmer ¥tew-
corner Damages c
E il Murphy -vs Elmer New-
comer Damages ' ’ -j v-- v- '
Sam Hamilton minor va A
Talton Damages - - -
Mrs T W Williams' vs The Pub-
lic Service Co Damage
Thursday February 10
D Replogel va West -- Centra
Oil Co Cancellation O A G lease
Clifton McElroy vs S B Law-
rencf Money due
Jenkins Music Co vs E F
Hall Contract
J J B Colt Co vs 8 J Cooper
Suit on note
Otto Davison vs Peoples Ice Co
Money due appeal J P
Friday February It
- Eulalia Darts by Carl Ashmore
vs C M Be ran etal Damages
Standolind Pipe Line Co va M
Mark ' Money due on note - - -
Fianks Owe Continued
The case of Mrs Ida and' Miss
Annie Franks who are Charged
with arson haa been continued And
will eome before Justice Gaston
on Monday February t -
IWnsejuJ MeetfiurAt
CouiliHougeSiinday
' 8am DaVls”presTdent of the'ojk-
fvpkve County TownSend dub' an-
nounfsq A meeting at the court
house- on -Sunday Febnuary J at
r2:30 Jn the -afternoon'’ “
Dr D C DeGroat and Judge
Alexander of- Okmulgee wlH ‘ be
the principal speakers -The dll
trlct secretary Mrs Conway of
Sapulp'a will also be atthe meet-
lhg' and make a talk
- special” program is being ar-
ranged for Sunday and the 'pub-
lic fa invited to the meeting
After the speaking time will bd
given for asking and 1 answering
questions relative to the workings
of the-Townsend plan
Drank Driving
Louis - Little is In Jail on Y h
charge of drunk driving He will
appear - before Justice ( Gaston
sometlm’e today fof pleading-
JUDGE COCHRAN
MAKES RECORD
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: 1 — Vice Admiral Arthur J Hepburn commander of the navy scouting force who hai hen named to b
commandef-In-chlef of the United Stated fleet with the rank of admiral 2— John Plerpont Morgan right am
hla partner Thomaa W Lament at the senate munitions commlttes hearing where they were questioned on finan
dal operations during the World war 8 — View of the Philadelphia convention hall hi which the Democrat!'
national convention will be held atarting June 23 —
Distressed Farm
ers To Heeling
GEO K SCROGGIN SUPER-
VISOR FARM DEBT AD-
JUSTMENT TO SPEAK ’
TUESDAY FEB 4 AT 10
Meeting To Be held ln Countjr
' Court Houses Distressed
v rPidrrtetintiv e‘
Lee Craig county ' agent -has
recSfrdl ' the following letter from )
Geo K Scroggip supervisor farm
$26000 For Farm- I
To-Market Roads
- The county commissioner have
'received from- Gem Key da alloca-
tion of f 24000 for farmW-markst
roads in Okfuskee county '-
' This money will bb-uaed imme-
diately r and we presume a’ portloji
will go to each commissioner's dis-
trict e " -' 1
: Charley Earnest will doubtless
use some of his share-on the road
south out of Qkemah to tbe’ county
line and1 perhaps some will go to
I the Bearden road -' - Vp ’
Ben Klutts will continue ’ gravel-
ing on' the -road- notth out of Castle
and -a or oss' to torss u A
Tom Crawley wll use 'his amount
Dustin'" - J'
- : Ever one -pf 'these roads mean
much to Okemah - and to - ithe
i-whote toilnty ? -
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debt adjustment - work that heje a: tenant farmer the rest-
FLUSSER LAUNCHED
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I 4 a Vbk
V-’t
The Flusser one of the navy’s ic
new- l(W0-ton jjestroyefs IA shov i
tiers sliding down the ways aftei
nelng launched at the Federal 8blp
building company yards at Kearnoj
J The vessel was named In
bonor of Lieutenant ' Commander
Charles W Flusser who was killed
In 1864- when his ship- the' Miami
engaged the Confederate Ironclad
Albenari ':”
vvlllmeef ‘with the local county
committee on Tuesday : February
4mt lO o'ciock at the court hoiise
The letter ‘ is ‘ soif-explanktory
as -follows r -
NOTICE TO DEBT DISTRESSED
FABJkfERf- y
VOn February 4 at 10:00 a m
I Will meet with the farm debt d-
justment committefc of your Conn-'
ty Farm owners who are finae-'ciaiiy-
distressed: in: dangsr ' ' ot
foreclosure or th process of fore-
closure are invited to come be-
fore this' meeting with their prob-
lems’ It would save us' a lot'1 of
trouble and increase our efficiency
if you would be prepared to fell
us who y'otir creditors are and how
much you owe them also ths
amount of taxes unpaid
“If you are paying a high rate
of ' Interest- at this time and ’ In
financial distress I would advlst
you to get your loan refinanced
through the Federal Land Bank
since this Is ins best loan that ylu
Yan obtain at- this time The Fed-
eral Land Bank - has reduced its
rate of Interest to 4 per cent per
snqqm and this is flower rate
than' you can obtain through any
other lending agency
“Land values are advancing and
agricultural conditions are Im-
proving and my advice to debt 'dis-
tressed farm owners at this time
Is to ' cling to the' possession - of
their farms If you gre dispossess-
ed now you WlU In all probability
of
yourr life' and you Will Ipse the
equity in your ‘farm which:- is
again Increasing through higher
land values and which rightfully
belpngs to you - y
H-’ "The debt adjustmenf-clommltiee
-of your hourity ha: Worked1 opt
many difficult cases for debt dis-
tressed farm owners and they may
beirt a position to help you These
services cost- you nothing and' may
be worth 'many' dollars toTSy0u
This service Is yours for the ask-
ings and without fee ' -
‘‘If: you are In immediate dan-
ger’ of foreclosure ’ the revised
Frazter-Lemke act recently pass-
4 by congress will grant' you a
three year moratorium if -you
file your petition under s'ection 71
with the conciliator of your county
and then have your petition
amended If necessary The purpose
of these various set-ups Is to re-
tain ownership of farms for the
folk who are now In possession
"If your application for a loan
was rejected by the Federal Land
Bank and you have made no
other - financial ' ' arrangements
whereby you have satisfied your
creditors I will suggest that you
present your case to us We may
be In a position to assist you' -“GEO
K SCROGGm'
"Farm Debt Adjustment Work”
RL Cannon
Drops Dead
’
COURT HOUSB CONFEC-
TIONER HAD BEEN IN
I BAD HEALTH
FUXERAL THIS AFTERROON
Revs P Boyd Smith and C
C Dipboye Officiate At
Services
The fire department made a' run
to 316 North Sixth early after
dinner
R L Cannon court house con-
fectioner and well-known over the
coujity dropped dead at bis stand
about 11 o’clock' Wednesday morn-
ing '
Mr Cannon h'ad recently return-
ed from an Oklahoma City hospital
where- he had been receiving ’treat-
ment fo hly rheumatic condition
and apparently he' was much im-
proved Mr Cannon was a good citizen
enjoying the respect of all who
knew 'him He had lived- in Oke-
nmh for several years and the fam-
ily Js well known - -
Besides the widow Mrs Cannon
four daughters survive Miss Lem-
ma Cannon of the home address
Me'sdames Aldie N -Chilton Mc-
41ester Mrs Edna ' Lee Penlck
Seminole Mra Audry Harris
Kingsville Texas -A brother Bill
Cannon of Hot -Springs Ark and
a sister Mrs Holly Potts of Wich-
ita Falls Texas also survive
" Funeral services were held this
afternoon at the home at 8 and
interment was in Highland ceme-
try Rev C C Dipboye also assisted
with the services
F' B' Thurmani Judge’ Arthur
Cochran C A Hope C E Riddle
Evans Bradley and H‘ It Arm-
strong were pallbearers
'Judge Arthur Cochran of the
district court has Just completed
his first year on the bench and
we are reliably Informed that he
has made an all-time record hie
first year In Okfuskee county ‘
He has disposed ot 848 cases
within the year
Civil cases to the number of
168 have been 'settled and are off
the docket
Criminal cases number 116 and
divorces 65: '
In addition Judge Cochran has
handled cases In both Okmulgee
and Creek counties and has also
heard a case at Shawnee
There are at present only eight
criminal cases on file and It Is
said that most of these will be
settled- by pleas of guilty so that
there are not enough cases pend-
ing to call a criminal term of
court at this time
' A non-jury term ot court will
convene - on ' February 10 1936
and on February 17 a civil Jury
term will begin qnd continue for
several days -
When these terras are complet-
ed the docket in Okfuskee county
will b up-to-date -
The necessary cash is on hand
In the court fund to take care "of
the coming terms
At we have before said Judge
Cochran is developing Into one of
the beet district judge in th state
and all of Okfuskee county i
proud f him
Indian Woman Is
Injured In Crash
LOANS FOR
57 FAMILIES:
1 1 — - ' ‘ 9
RESETTLEMENT FORCES'
APPROVE DEC LOANS :
FOR $276 PER FAMILY
-1
OVER 6000 IN STATE
Loans Are Made For Aiaaf
Purposes Food and Clotlt-
ing Is Included ! ’' ”
Additional $280 For Relief
Th state welfare board haa al-
loted to Okfuskee county an ad-
ditional ‘$280 out of state fund
for relief in February
Mrs Mellseey about 50 Indian
woman of Wolfe Seminole county
was very seriously Injured about
6 o'clock Thursday 'evening- be
tween Eleventh and Twelfth street
on Vilest Broadway
She with her daughter 1 Mra
Thenia Coody who were being
dilven by their colored chauffeur
Andrew Colvert were driving west
in their Teraplane auto' and the
car collided with a truck being
driven by 0 L Wilson of Wewoka
We-were unable to' learn which
of the driven were to blame but
the cars came together with the re
suh-that'Mrs1' MeHsaey'fecelVtd a
broken left thigh ' and "nose and
other severe cuts and bruises' Mrs
Coody and the negro were not
badly hurt although - Wilson was
severely cut and bruised
Mra Melissey Is now at th Clinic-
Hospital where she is repqrted as
resting well with every chance for
her recovery -
- Both care wre badly damagd
CLAUDE It ROSS' DIED
AT IQS HOME WEDNESDAY
‘Claude A Rosa well-known
farmer in the Hickory Ridge
Community died at his home there
Wednesday evening Mr Ross was
a leader in his community and
had served on the school board of
his district
He had been working all day
and evidently was stricken with
paralysis at his barn He was
able to drag himself to the kitch-
en' doer where the family found
him He was taken inaide - and
died a short while after- - -
Funeral services are being held
this afternoon at his home and
interment will be in Weleetka
cemetery
Pinner Ensemble
Oil Derricks “March” on Oklahoma City Homes
The residential section of Oklahoma City seems to be 'looucd by the “march" of the oil derricks as show:
'n the above photograph The governor's executive mansion is seen In the center of the photograph with
0 1 Plersol gusher directly behind It The open ground between tbe mansion and residences is s’ete land wbtcb
he governor favors leasing to oil companies for drilling
Hme Susy poses a black jet bird
n the tiny pillbox hat of black an-
elope that is worn with Marcella
Dormoy's new black brondclotb din--iff
ensemble The dress 1$' floor
ength and la silt frpm nape to
valat li) the back The blp-length
Jacket Is slightly flared -
The Resettlement admlnist ratios
accepted loan applications from IT
farm families In Okfuskee cuvity
during the month of December ’
is reported by James L Sutluw ‘
county-supervisor
Loans for the month average
127600 per family’ The
was usually for the purchi
teams tools and supplies vrhtcfc
the borrowers could not’- ’ iTrs j
through an other agency Loaam' i-
are repayable In cash In oh tmL
five years ’
’ In addition to loans grants tm
be repaid In work were made da- -Ing
November and December' tss
321 families in the count
average’ grant being f 1500
family Grants were made for
sistence while farm and
management plans are-being
ett out upon- which loans' are t 5 -
based -at - a later date" j
Reports from state hdadquartomr
at Oklahoma City show that MO
new families were enrolled fas Ofc—
lahoma during December wba
not preyiously been included
the rehabilitation program Tbg
total number of farm' families 1 ’
the state who have received 1 ft bee
loans or grants has now
26000 apd Includes practically
farm families on relief ay ear
More- than seven thousand ot ths
fawi’:yB'vlasf-f -year ecshsat"
such financing have- required mm
additional aid since and most
repaid a considerable part ot
loan-
The supervisor said 'that TO par
cent of those who have receive
rehabilitation help had no’ era — '
ployment whatever a year ago (MF ’
the farm laborers 90 per ce '
were unemployed and sixty ’ pew
cent of the share-croppers Forty--:-
per cent of the former third-an
fourth tenants had bpen unable t
get land to work or the means t
work It or any other- employment :
Thirty per- - tent ’ of the ’ former '
landowners had lost their land
had no source of Income
The rehabilitation program doas
not necessarily pro-lde -for Ian '
ownership activities of the gorers—
farm tenancy bill Is passed i"
ownership activities of the govern-
ment will be greatly Increased bg
only a few hundred among mm--thousands
of families on rehabilh—
tation In Oklahoma will be saafag- -od
to the purchase- of land - tfcfa-- — ’
season' The remainder are beinqg
aided by loans based upon fhrsm
and home management plan ay-
proved by the organization sad by-"
local advisory committees in eaefe
county The plane require first of'
all -that 'clients grow as' much m '
possible of their own food and p-
up 'at least 125 cans per pirns is
Plans must also promise sufficient:
cash Income to liquidate- obBgm— '
tlons to the resettlement admiobs—
tration and to other crdltora
Loans are made for Uvestaefa-
construction material- farm mach-
inery household equipment me -
'other farm Improvements tinsu
tlal to successful operation of fhm-
approved farm and home manage-
ment plan” Food nad clothing ar-
also included and other “rmhaf
tence goods for human heedo" M
well as “Indispensable medlcaX
services” Loans are not mad ta-
individuals for' 'refinancing mat
property mortgages Chattel mort-
gages and liens on personal pro-
perty may be refinanced “when
Is found Impossible to make othem-"
equtiable adjustments” But : os
loan will be made “which will ro-
suit in the payment of otherwt
uncollectable debts”
Applicants are required to obtafm
financing or - refinancing trmam
other agencies wherever poaatbba
The resettlement administration ea—
quires a first lien as security (St-
all loans except in special gooe-w
approved individually by the re-
gional director ’
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B T U TRAINING
SCHOOL A SUCCESS
Approximately 60 people- haem
come each night to' the B t It
Training school conducted at U
First Baptist church : : -
Rev Kenneth Marshall from the
First Baptist- church of HenryettaL
is the only out of town teacher an
speaker ‘
Rev P Boyd Smlfft Is ii(U)p'
pleased with th results of tb
school j
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