The Oklahoma Miner (Krebs, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 22, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 7, 1921 Page: 1 of 8
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Vol. 10
OVERTHE STATE
A REVIEW OF EVENTS OF THE
WEEK IN OKLAHOMA
OFFICER GUILTY OF THEFT
Fence for a Strongly Organized Gang
of Automobile Thieves Gets
Five Years
Tulsa. Calvin O. Brady special of-
ficer acting under cover for the Tulsi
police department was convicted of
receiving a stolen automobile in dls-
tiict court and given the maximum of
five years in the penitentiary.
The state charged that Brady was
a fence lor a strongly oiganized band
of automobile thieves which operated
in and aiound Tulsa tho past jear.
It also alleged that John A. Gufaf-
son chief ot police ot Tulsa and Bay
Ward and Roy Meacnam officers of
the automobile recovery department
were in a conspiracy with Brady to
get stolon cars for the rowaids.
Brady was charged with lorcing
Ray Dlcken to steal a car and bring
it to him under threat of turning
Dickon in for an alleged previous of-
lonao. ."Diclten turned state's evi-
dence. Brady admitted on the stand
that he look the car and helped Dick-
en to get out ot town before daylight.
He said his instructions from the po-
lice was to take the cars Jut make
no arrests then give them all in-
formation. Tho stolen cai belonged to
V. E Ruwo au oil man of Beggs.
SETTLERS HOLD REUNIONS
OrqanUations Formed in Roger Mills
County to Make Plans
Vk City Okla. When the old set- '
lle-o' leunion was held at Berlin Rog-
er Mills county a few dajs ago a '
movement was given new life which
is spieading over western Oklahoma.
Since that time movements have been
started in Custer and Wasnlta coun-
ties to make the reunions permanent
institutions. At Berlin. Mis. G. H. i
Mackey was elected piesident and
Miss Vivian Creason secretary.
To make the reunions permanent
and hold them at stated times each
j ear aie the plans of the envv organi-
zations. The oldest settler at the
Berlin reunion George Solleis camo
to western Oklahoma nearly thirty
yeais ago. j
HOSPITAL PLANS REVISED
Pawhuska Structure Calls for Expen-
diture of $62000.
Pawhuska Revised plans for the
city hospital which were submitted to
the city commissioners by the super- j
vising architect John O. Bradley call-
ed for the expenditure of appioximate- '
ly ?G2000. Definite action will be tak-
en by the commission soon.
The plans call for a modem fiio- '
proof structure to accommodate thir- I
ty-four patients an isolation ward '
dilveways walks grading and land-
scaping ot the grounds. There is
available for this purpose $70000 In
bonds and cash.
BRAMAN HAS BEST WHEAT
Record for Kay County Claimed With
Thirty-five Bushels to Acre.
Ponca City. Charles Scott of the
Braman district claims tho distinction
of growing tho best field of wheat in
Kay county this season. He has be-
tween 200 and 300 actos which ho
maintains is yielding an average of
thirty-flvo bushols. The loads of wheat
that ire lias deliveied in town have
tebted sixty pounds to tho bushel. He
attributes his success to oarly plow-
ing and having tho seed bod well sea-
soned and prepared.
I Norman Bridge is Impassable
' Norman Although recently report-
ed as opened for traffic the Norman
bridge over the South Canadian river
twd miles south of Noiman again is
impassablo it was reported. After tho
span which had boon washed out was
repaired the river changed its com so
extending outside of the approach to
llio bridge. Traffic wost is boing lout-
ed across tho Purcell bridge.
NAPPE
VI I V!" Q "JSW Famous in History.
OSAGE CROP LOSS $50000
County Agent Estimates Rain Toll;
Corn Benefited.
Pawhuska Okla. Corn throughout
Osage county has been benefited
greatly by the continued rains of the
past week but damage appi oximatiny I
$50000 has been done to wheat and '
other small grains.
The chief damage according to a
statement made by S. M. McCuistion
county agent was in tho Big Bend
country near Fairfax where fields
have been Hooded and in some places
the shocked grain has been carrh d
out with the lecedins water.
HARVEST WORK DELAYED
Severe Storm Sweeps Northwc.tern
Part of State.
Alva. Harvest in northwest Okla-
homa still is being hindtied b.v muddj
fields. Fanners were unable to tike
machines into the fleld without mir-
ing down but had oxpected to lesume
work in earnest soon A 3eveie
storm swept acros"this action Ylcvy
rUns around Hopoton have made even
the loads almost impassable. A srtiipl
north ol here near the Kansas line i
was swept by hail and most ot the
wheat which was still standing was (
beaten to the ground.
SUNDAY SHOWS
Court Decisions Do Not
Alester Ordinance Att
MciUester Okla Hopes of many
local residents that the recent decis-
ion of the state supreme court anent t
the holding of Sunday shows would i
piove the opening wedge for a levival)
of this foim ot enteitainment heio
were blasted when the city attorney
announced that McAlester's oidinance
against this class of amusement would
hold and that neither of the two de
cisions of the couit touched the cli
statute now in operation.
Ride Ties Through Flood
McAlester. Inundated roads were
poweiless to stop auto tourists coming
from Texas according to stories told
here recently by fitteen of them.
When they leached the Caney bottom
south of Atoka they found the load
completely coveied with watoit. of
Boggy Creek and no chance to get out
for several days. One biave spirit
however started a movement which
soon became genernl that of violating
tho trespass laws by making use of
the M. K. &. T. railroad tracks and
bridge after ascertaining the movo-
ment ot trains over that division to
get around the Hooded area
Sets 50000 Sweet Spud Plants
Ponca City. A field of twenty-five
ncies Is being set out to sweet pota-
to plants on the 101 ranch a total ol
trom 50000 to 75000 plnnts according
to Joe C. Miller the ranch's agricul-
tural manager. During tho many
rainy days of Juno he has used his
haive&t hands In setting out tho po-
tato plants which he obtained by cut-
ting off tho vines of a growing crop
and using tho vines as sets. The Mil-
lers will install a sweet potato drying
plant to store the crop this fall.
Farmers Cut Threshers' Prices
Ponca City. Althjugh tho price of
wheat threshing staited out at 20
cents a bushel in this locality farm-
ers in various ru'ions of the county
have met and announced that thoy will
pay but 15 centB which they maintain
is a liberal offer. The first wheat
which was cut in the vicinity of Pon-
ca City brought 20 cents to the ma-
chine men. Originally It was under-
stood that the threshers would ask 25
cents a bushel but with wheat around
$1 a bushel tho farmers declared
agalne t such a .price.
KREBS. OKLAHOMA THURSDAY JULY
WSHIUj.Un'S HbMuQU ARVJRS AT TAPPAN. 8t A T 'J !
Short Stalks Save Grain.
Elk City. Short wheat stalks are
said to have saved farmers of Wash-
ita county thousands of dollars this
year. The straw was short and did
not grow as high as usual making it
possible for the grain to stand through
the wet weather much better than
wwould have been possibzle had tho
stalks been longer. Nearly all tho
county's ciop has been harvested.
Fiom fifteen to twenty bushels to the
acre are the estimates made of yields
over the county. Thresher owners
who are ready to start work predict
that the light straw will be handled
In n hurry this season.
Bandits Rob Miami Official
Miami. Two "gentlemen highway-
men' one in evening dress the. other
wearing a tuxedo entered the city hall
just around the corner from the police
station here held up J. C Turner
assistant city clerk and escaped with
$4-850 in cash and $G0O in city checks.
Highway Meeting Date Set
Canadian Texas July 12-13 are the
dates selected for tho fourth annual
convention of the D. C. D Highway as-
sociation at Elk CiCy Okla. accord-
ing to an announcement made by D.
Jif Young president and W. A. Palm-
er secietaiy aud general manager of
the D. C D Highway sociation.
The supreme court decision return-
ing tho Oklahoma City police depart-
meHi'to Mayor J. C Walton leaves
Uie irintter now squarely in the hands
of tin- -people according to the city
commL'eioners who were instrumental
in voting control of the department
out of the mayor's hands
Five Towns Reduce Ice Prices
Ice companies in five towns of tho
stato on learning that the corporation
commission was launching an investi-
gation ot ihe costs of the business re-
duced pi ices voluntarily according to
ropoits received at the capitol. In El
Reno where ico was selling for $1 per
100 pound the price has been ' re-
duced to 80 cents. In Granfleld whore
it has (hopped from 90 cents to 75
cents. Weleetka prices are down from
$1 to SO cnts. Prague prices havo
diopped tu 80 cents from $1. Walters
Ice pi ices are dovm 10 cents fiom $1.
Walker Talks on Gas Rates
"While I think the order establish-
ing a city gate rate for gas issued
speaks for itsolf and persons Informed
on the gas situation In Oklahoma will
not be mlled as to its puipose or as
to its probable effect anywhere there
has been such serious misinteipreta-
tion of the order that I am anxious to
clear the atmosphere
Prices Of Foids Are Reduced.
Oklahoma City Another imt.iedi
ate induction in tho list pi ico
all types ot Ford cars and tho Ford
tine amounting to ag much as $50
in the coupo and truck weie announc-
ed bj II. C. no$ manager of tho
Oklahoma City Ford plant. The old
and new pi ico on each type of Ford
c r aio as follows: Touring
cr was $-M0 . n.".w 5115; run
aboat wa $395 npw $370; coupe was
$7t"). now $695; sodan was $795 now
'Jl chaanis wat $860 now $315;
trji'k was $515 now $495. All prices
cue l. o. b. Detioit.
Floods Do Much Damage
Oklahoma Citj Oklahoma raihe-!
vsieriH have Bijftored much loss in
ilv wiy ol WNsh-uutB in thn last weolt
with thia rlvara crippling tralrlc on
lhi Frisco nt Bridgeport tno Oiiont
ttoar Wfctonn anfl numerous other
laoee In ' - e.
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7th. 1921.
1809 Feb. 12 Abraham Lincoln
born to Thomas and Nancy
Hanks Lincoln near Hod-
genville La Rue County
La.
1816 Moved to Indiana.
1830 Moved to Illinois.
1835-43 In the Illinois Legls-
iature. 1847-9 In Congress.
W58 July 24 challenged Doug-
las to the great debate.
November defeated for the
Senate.
1860 May 18 nominated for
President by the Repub-
lican national convention
at Chicago.
O:
S
THE iron-throated cannon of the
Washington navy yard brenklng
the stillness of n March dawn in 1854
with its 100 exultant roars over th
repeal of the Missouri compromise
nwakened Lincoln to the great mis-
sion for which his whole life had been
an unconscious preparation. After n
single term in congress where his crit-
icism of the Mexican war in the midst
of that conilict had left him unavail-
able for n second term and after
providentially failing to obtain the snug
berth of commissioner of the general
land office he had retired to his dingy
law office in Springfield.
The wiping out of tho dead line
against tho spread of slavery aroused
him from his indifference to political
questions and drew him from his re-
tirement. "I know there is u God and
that he hates injustice and slavery"
he said simply to a friend. "I see the
storm coining. I know his hand is in
It. If lie has a place and work for
me and I think he has I believe I am
ready."
Tho cannon that called Lincoln to
his duty also was the signal gun that
heralded the birth of the Republican
party. Joining the new party he be-
came at once Its leader In Illinois;
to his own surprise the second man
In the balloting for its candidate for
vice president In 1850 and Its candi-
date for senator in 1858 against Ste-
phen A. Douglas the author of the re-
peal. While Lincoln made ready for that
campaign us alvvuys In every hour of
decision he retired within himself. Ho
consulted no one and gave no hnt of
his line of attack until he called to-
gether a dozen friends nnd read to
them his opening speech which began
with those Immortnl words: "A house
divided against Itself cannot stand. I
believe that this government cannot
enduro permanently half slave and
half free ... It will becomo all
one thing or all the other."
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I Lincoln In 1850.
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Number 22
Built in 17 IS the State limine in
Boston was the pride of the cltj long
hefoie the Revolution. It was when
constructed a fine edifice with an Im-
posing front and surmounted with n
gilded dome. Much of its original
appeal iiiire has been preserved and
It is today a Mecca for the tourist who
visits the sacred shrlncb connected
with the birth of liberty in the United
States of America.
"
THE Declaration of
Independence! The
interest which in
that paper has survived
the occasion upon which
it was issued the interest
which is of every age and
every clime the interest
which quickens with the
lapse of ytiara spreads
as it grows old and
brightens as it recedes
is in the principles which
it proclaims. It wa3 the
first solemn declaration
by a nation of the on-
ly legitimate foundation of
civil government. It was
the corner-stone of a new
fabric destined to cover
the surface of the globe. It
demolished at a stroke the
lawfulness of all govern-
ments founded upon con-
quest. It swept away all
the rubbish of accumulat-
ed centuries of servitude.
It announced in practical
form to the world the tran-
scendent truth of the in-
alienable sovereignty of
the people. It proved that
the social compact wa no
figment of the imagina-
tion but a real solia and
sacred bond of the social
union. J ohp Quincy
Adams.
Every man in the little group warn-
ed him that If he delivered tho speech
It would defeat him for the senate.
"If I had to draw a pen across my
record and erase my whole life from
Bight" ho quietly replied "and I had
one poor gift or choice left as to what
I should save from the wreck I should
choose that speech and leave it to tho
world unerased."
Douglas carried a few more legisla-
tive districts and was re-elected but
Lincoln led In the aggregate popular
vote.
Lincoln had met his Bunker mil.
The great unknown who had dared to
cross swords with tho foremost cham-
pion of the repeal piqued the curios-
ity of to country. Accepting an Invi-
tution to speak in New York his
Cooper union nddress established his
intellectual and moral right to lead
tho nation.
Nevertheless when zealous neigh-
bors had first entered him as a candi-
date for president ho protested that
tie was not fit for tho place. Until tho
convention of 1800 actually met in Chi-
cago his name seldom was mentioned
for tho honor outsldo his own state.
Two-thirds of tho delegates really fa-
vored tho nomination of William H.
Seward but as so ofton happens in
politics tho very pre-eminence of the
Now York senator made him unavail-
able. In the end Lincoln was nomi-
nated largely because ho was tho least
known man on the list of candidates.
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