The Hennessey Clipper (Hennessey, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 27, 1911 Page: 1 of 8
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VOL. XXI.
The Hennessey Clipper
"HENNESSEY, KINGFISHER COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, APRIL 27, 1911.
No. 50
CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL LAW
1 ,
Large Amount of Money to Go to
County Schools That
Consolidate
2. In order to consolidate, the
proposition must have carrid by a
majority vote of all districts voting.
3. The result of the special
meeting are sent to the county sup-
erintendent's office will gladly furn-
ish any information we may have
on this subject upon request.
HUGE PARADE OF PLANETS
April 30—Total Eclipse of Sun on
April 28, Will be Visible
to Oklahoma
Kingfisher county "had better get
husv" if we are to get our share of i ~~
State aid for Country Schools. Gov., Postmaster Felt Will be Very Busy
Cruce has vetoed appropriations of Next Month
nearly #1,000,000 to State Schools, when you go to the postoffice
thus leaving a large amount to go cjuring the in0nth of May to get your
to the county schools that consoli- maj| unj that it has not been
date. The school problem in the (jistribUted just as promptly as has
country belongs to the people of the ^en t^e past custoin don't "cuss"
school districts. If you are talking the postmaster, for during Mav he
good schools nearer home; in reach tlave a ' heap" of extra labor
of all the children of the district a(jded t0 his usual routine of work.
On next Sunday, April 30, will be
witnessed a phenomenon only oc-
curing every thousand years—the
position of the planets, the earth,
the sun, Jupiter and Saturn, in a
direct line, in the order named,
ily having been early day settlers.
She is a very esteemable young lady
with a host of friends, and the
groom is a highly respected and
substantial farmer. May their wed-
ded life be prosperous and happy
is the wish of their numerous
friends.
FIRE DESTROYS FEED
BARN Sperry also lost all of his grain and
| feed in the barn, upon which he had
North of Water Tower Early Fri-
day Morning Two Horses
Were Burned
Was a Frontier Sky Pilot When
Oklahoma Was Young
The following, taken from last
.."v, - ; Sunday's Kansas City Star from a
completing a huge planetary para e correspondent, will be of
r>f cidht hnnilrpd million miles in ■
of eight hundred million in I more than passing interest
length which will require about ly friends of Dr H R
thirty-six hours for passage. - —
the positions
Postmaster Felt has just received
and think consolidation is the proper
method now is your chance. communjcations and report blanks
The state has come to from the jj s p0Stal service de-
your aid on the following conditions. partment which requires him to
You must first consolidate and ^ggp an accurate report of all mails
run the school six months; have an receive(i andjall sent out during the
actual attendance of not less than month 0f May. He is required to
one-hundred and thirty pupils living count every piece of mail of the
within the bounds of the district; eight different glasses of mail re-
the district not less than twenty-five ceived and sent out each day, and
square miles, and have already con- must report the number of pieces
strutted a building of not fewer. handled, the time consumed in
than three rooms. I handling the mails and the average
Upon making proper proof of the number of pieces handled per
same the state auditor shall draw a minute. Thus you see considerable
warrant upon the state treasurer in extra time and work is required in
favor of the treasurer of the consoli-: or(jer to keep these reports and
dated school district not to exceed handle the mails. The rural car-
half the cost of the school building. | riers are also required to make
The largest amount that can be si,niiar reports
To further explain
of these planets on the above date,.
an arrow aimed at the center of I.
the earth would also pass exactly
through the center of the sun, Jupi-
ter and Saturn.
Astronomers in all parts of the
universe are figuring on the phe-
nomenon and have the exact min-
ute at which the centers of the four
bodies will be in line. However,
the exact date is not known to local
astronomical observers.
to the
many friends of Dr ti. k. Walling,
I a former citizen of Hennessey, but
now residing at Medford, Okla..
"One ot the most interesting men
in Oklahoma today, when the twen-
ty-second anniversary of the terri-
tory's opening to settlement is being
celebrated, is the Rev. H. R. Walling,
of Hennessey, who was chaplain of
the company of "boomers" who en-
tered Oklahoma on seven occasions
in the early '80s and attempted to
force the opening of the country
under the federal homestead laws.
drawn by a school district from the
state is $2,500. The state pays for
half your building if it does not
cost over $5,000. This is going to
be a great step in the betterment of
country schools.
How to organize a consolidated |
school district:
At the head of the "boomers" was
The parading of the planets is not Caplain David L. Pain, who believed
.—-J - —oiompntnl that oklahoma—then controlled by
large cattle interests—was in reality
government land and subject to the
homestead laws.
"Captain Payne planted seven
colonies in the new territory anil
although some of them remained
for a number of months at a time,
all of them eventually met the same
expected to create any elemental
disturbances.
An important and interesting fact
to the inhabitants of the earth is
that for several weeks at least they
they will be favored with four even-
ing stars whereas we are now en-
joying but one—Venus and it is
now so high in the heavens that by
A fire of unknown origin com-
pletely destroyed the feed barn in
the south feed yard just north of
the water tower early last Friday
morning. The alarm of the lire was
given about 2:10 o'clock and the lire
companies and a large number of
citizens quickly responded but when
they arrived at the barn the lire
had nearly consumed the buildings
and all the fire companies could do
was to keep the fire from spreading
to other buildings. Two stallions
owned by Wyatt Sperry was burned
to death, the only horses in the
barn the night of the fire. The
horses were insured for $250.00
each.
The barn was owned by J. B.
Latchaw, of Renfrow, Okla., upon
which he had *800.00 insurance.
It is claimed that about eighty tons
of baled hay was destroyed by the
fire, of which fifty toil was owned
by Lee Gray and about thirty tons
by Wyatt Sperry. The loss of the
hay was covered by insurance. Mr.
no insurance. The only things
saved from the fire were a few
harness belonging to Mr. Sperry.
Just how the fire was started will
possibly never be known as there
are many ways in which it might
have been started.
Wedded
Landlord Savage and Mrs.
Schmithisler put on their wedding
garments and started for the county
seat yesterday. At the hour of going
to press we have heard nothing
further from them, but we presume
they reached their destination safe-
ly, and ere this have been made
one. Listen for the cow-be'ls.—
The Marshall (Thursday) Trbune.
Night School
A review of common school
branches, bookkeeping, steno-
graphy, typewriting or any
branches which may be arrang-
ed for. For full particulars see
or address. L. W, Maktin,
Hennessey, Okla.
Our motto: "We strive to
please." Give us a trial.—Fal-
coner & Hainlen.
Hennessey Loses Second Game
to Enid Sunday
The local ball team dropped the
second game to Enid Sunday by a
score of 7 to 2. The wet ground
and damp, chilly day seemed to
' take the ginger out of the boys and
1. (a) Two members of the error after error was made.
school board may call a special , Lancaster who did the wuuuu
meeting at any time to vote on work for the home bunch was wild,
consolidation by posting five notices wauting eight men, which together
fortr-J—"
lDg. I Illllg I Ullf. * - -
(b) If board are opposed to con-, ^all hard but seemed unable to keep
solidation and do not want a vote, jt away from the fielders.
then upon the request of the ma-1 — ~
jority of the people of the district, Hull and Shoop are keeping an
the law makes it the duty of the j up to date line of cold. dr.nks, ice
board to call a special meeting. ' cream, eandies and cigars.
*" # ' ail Ul 111CH1 CVCIHUauj
the time the sun sets its position is fjJte arrest at the hands of the
almost directly over head. United States troops from Fort
! The three evening stars in addi- Smith and Fort Gibson and a long
tion to Venus will be Mars, Jupiter weary journey overland
and Saturn, all of which will appear gmith for trial. None
but a few minutes after Old Sol
sinks behind the western hills. It is
expected, however, that it will be
.... ■„ „. ..... several days after the "parade" be-
school board may call a special , Lancaster who did the mound fore an four of the planets can be
distinctly seen and considered as
uuuBuuuu<.iuu "j | wanting eigne men, n.v .i -*•— evening stars, because they will
for ten days giving purpose of meet-; wjth the errors j,ave Enid the win-: have to shift slightly in their own
ning runs. The home boys hit the; orbits, moving from behind one
another, "so to speak."
ECLIPSE OF SUN
A total eclpse of the sun will take
place on Friday, April 28. The
eclipse can be observed in the
to Fort
of the
boomers' was convicted of wrong-
doing, however, and kept up their
attempts to have the country open
ed until finally they were successful,
and by proclamation of President
Benjamin Harrison the country was
open April 22, 1889. Thirty thous-
and men, women and children made
the race for homes that day, and
among them was the Rev. Mr.
Walling.
SUPPREESED THE FIRST NEWSPAPER
"One of the historic colonies;
THIS NEVER COMESJiff
TO
— — planted by Captain Payne was at
southern states, at points having Rock pa[]s just 0ver the Kans
*1. ^ oo T r\ Q Andplps: . « . i IT X/.
the same latitude as Los Angeles
This will include Oklahoma. No
connection is made by scientists
boundary from South Haven, Kans.
Here the colony prospered several
months, Mr. Walling was the
THIS IS THE
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CowilLt 1«W, bj C. E. Zimmerman C0.--N0. 22
As an insurance against the vicissitudes of life there is none that equals a
FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANK
HENNESSEY, OKLAHOMA
The Old Reliable. Time-Tried and PanicTested. Established 1891
A HOME BANK FOR HOME PEOPLE. THE BANK FOR YOU
We extend to you the services of a strong and conservative bank, yet liberal
bank and can extend to you all services deemed consistent with good banking.
between the peculiar position of the gpjrjtuai a(Jviser of the several
four.planets and the eclipse of the jjUn(jre(j boomers comprising it. I
1 The colonists published a newspa- j
per at Rock Falls, the first ever!
published in the present confines of!
Oklahoma. Its editor was Samuel
Croker, and the first man ever to
set type onl the paper was Grant
Harris, at present the owner and
sunset at Guatemala. The totality e(jitor 0f the Lahoma (Oklahoma)
endures four minutes and fifty- gun Later this colony, too, was
seven seconds at the point of pass- surrouncje(j by federal soldiers, the
ing which will occur in mid-ocean, cojonists were arrested for tres-
but inasmuch as the waters visited pa88 and the newspaper plant was
contain the land areas of the Sa- destroyed, the type being thrown
moan and Union islands and the jato the river,
Tonga or Friendly group, an oppor
sun; "'it merely happened so.
As to the eclipse, the path of
totality runs from Australia to
Guatemala. Sunrise finds the
darkened path in Australia. It
ranges during the day over the
Friendly Isles. It termanates at
tunity is afforded for scientific ex-
peditions to these regions.
ALL DEPOSITS GUARANTEED
A. W. Westlake, President
Fred Ehler, Vice President
YOU CAN'T LOSE
Floyd E. Felt, Cashier
Chas. K. Stetler, Ass i Cashier
vw preparing ior uic uig ccicumuwu w
April 30 Jupiter and the sun are day throughout all of old Oklahoma
in opposition. This is another re- - ■ —
suit of the mixing of oibits. Being
in opposition when the sun rises
Jupiter sets. When the sun sets
Jupiter rises. Jupiter on April 30
is therefore the evening star de
luxe, and in the pale shades of sun-
set it still blazes forth on the West-
ern horizon as a morning brilliant.
PRIVATE BOXES
Our patrons should always feel free to store
their private boxes in our vaults.
We Make No Charge To You
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
HENNESSEY
OKLAHOMA
"In the last week organizations
of "eighty niners" have been busy
preparing for the big celebration to-
White-He rshberger
On Wednesday evening, April 12,
Mr. William E. Hershberger was
united in marriage to Miss Bessie I.
White. The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. W. F. Steele, at the
residence of the bride's mother,
several miles east of .town. Those
in attendance besides the immedi-
ate families ot the bride and groom,
were Mr. and Mrs. Roy White, Mr.
and Mrs. John Gorrell, Mr. and Mrs
Fromholts and Mrs, James Walton.
The bride has grown to woman-
hood in Kingfisher county, the fam-1 stLta.
Territory. The race for homes was
made on horseback, in wagons, and
in all sorts of vehicles.
"A few of the old horses who won
homes for their owners are still
living, petted and pampered, and
always honored on each succeeding
celebration day. One of these
horses, now 27 years old, is Jim, the
property here of Frank H. Greer. In
the big parade here today in honor
of the anniversary. Jim was driven
by Col. Tom Soward, the first mayor
of East Guthrie."
W. A. Rhodes left Monday
morning for Ponca City for a few
days visit. He will be accom-
panied home by his Sister in law,
Mrs. C. P, Rhodes, who will
remain here a few days a guest
at the Rhodes home before going
to Michigan to spend the sum
mer at different points in that
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We are now showing the largest and most exclusive range
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Every little detail in these garir.eiit.s is carefully looked
after. They have shape-retaining features that other makes
do not possess. There's every reason why you should wear
Adler's Collegian Clothes, if you aspire to be a well-dressed
man; and this is the only store in town selling this famous make.
PRICES RANGE FROM $15.00 to $25.00
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