Collinsville Times. (Collinsville, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, March 20, 1914 Page: 1 of 6
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VOLUME X.
COLLINSVILLE, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1914.
NUMBER 48.
CITY WILL HUE
WEDNESDAY MORNING FIRE.
Hay Bara and Contents Valued at $2,-
000 Destroyed.
I A hay barn biSonging to Keith and
Gilliland caught fire from causes un-
THE CITY COMMISSIONERS AWARD known about 3 o'clock Wednesday
CONTRACT FOR ENGINEERS
SERVICES.
A LICENSE ORDINANCE
Benham Engineering Company Will
Have Charge of Work Connected
With Paving.
mornig, and developed into a veri-
table holocaust.
The barn and contents were of such
a nature that it was impossible to save
them, although the firemen, under the
leadership of City Business Manager
Schwartz, made herculean efforts to
save a portion of the stock. Luckily
there was but little wind at the time of
the fire, otherwise a fire such as has
never visited Collinsville, might have
resulted and gutted the entire lower end
of the city. Even as it is, the fire de-
partment deserve credit for keeping the
- | fire confined to the hay barn.
m. , , . . . . When the alarm was sounded, in the
The board of comm.ss.oners met 8till early morIling hours. it woke al.
Tuesday night and after d.seussmg the mofjt ~ thp cj ma
engineering propos.t.on at length, donnillg th(.ir dothe9 all(1 „ to th'
awarded the contract for the engineer- fire. The flamt.s ,,a ,d hi h into -the
ing work in connection with the pro- Lir and the smoke rolled sk vard in
posed street paring to The Benham En- hllge vvaves that could be s,vn for
gineenng Company, of Oklahoma City, j rnik.s. The blli,ding w„ valued at $1>.
OOO and covered with $700 insurance.
The contents destroyed were valued at
They agreed to do all engineering work I
for four per cent, of the amount of the
contract, and will begin work as soon
as the commissioners decide which
streets will be paved and the material
to be used. The Benham Engineering
Company will not have anything to do
with the contracting end of the street
paving proposition, us they do only the
engineering work.' such as getting up
the plans and specifications and making
tests of the different materials offered
for paving. After the plans ami speci-
fications are completed, according to the
directions of the commissioners, com-
petitive bids will be received from pav-
ing contractors.
The Benham Engineering Company
have a very enviable record and Cul-
reeeive
many benefits nsjm-t will be given in honor of the
work that
linsville should
from this firm for- future
the city may do.
A license ordinance regulating ped- d.,t(.
dlers was passed. The !
proposition was brought
attorney, who was instructed by the | no , , wd|
commissioners to proceed to get clear
title to the land as soon as possible, in
such manner as he deemed best.
The matter of repairing the dam was !
laid over until next week.
Business Manager Schwartz was in-
structed to purchase a horse and buggy
for Ins use in
business.
After allowing current bills the com-
missioner* adjourned until next Mon
about $1,000, fully covered by insur-
MOOSE ELECT OFFICERS.
Also Initiate a Class of Candidates at
Meeting Last Night.
I he local Moose lodge met Thursday
night and initiated another class of
candidates. The installation of the
newly eluded officers will lie held
Thursday. April 10, which will be a
public installation, to which are in-'
vited all 1 members of the lodge, their
wives and only immediate members of
their families. The installation cere-
monies will be brief, after which a
ladies. The committee in charge will
announce further particulars at a later
day night.
4‘l>tir tank sitej Thurgllar afternoons will b,» Ladies’
up by tin lit} j>aV the Moose home, at which time
be allowed in tin: hall, ex-
cept the janitor, and he will be locked
in a closet it the ladies desire. The
Mouse home has been furnished nicely
and many of the members' wives have
never been in the home because they
have been under the impression that
.thy were not allowed there. Any wife,
looking after the city s {(laU(fllter> Ill0tllPr „r sjst„r a Mooge
iim\ go mnl take a lady friend.
A smoker will be given within a few
days to the Business Men’s League and
in charge promise good
The Special Edition
The work of soliciting advertising and of compiling
data for the Industrial Edition of the Collinsville Times
is progressing not so rapidly as it should, although the
response is fair.
We have been compelled to rely more on Tulsa adver-
tisers than upon local business to secure enough business
to pay for its issuance. We intend to issue an edition
which will be a credit to Oklahoma, and had hoped that
the people here might see fit to take advantage of it to an
extent that it would show completely the advantages of
Collinsville to people at distant places. About the best
we can do with it, however, will be to show the schools,
the smelter, the city building and the brick plant.
The edition ought to carry pictures of all the business
houses, many of the business people, all the churches, the
ministers, all the schools and teachers, all the city of-
ficials, the ball park, the Evans farm home and ranch,
the Ellingwood ranch, pictures of the coal mining oper-
ations, the oil and gas fields, and many others—but, cuts
and pictures and paper and labor cost money, and the
revenue from the edition will not he sufficient to carry
only a very small part of this.. The edition, in its limited
scope, will be properly printed and circulated, but the
good results which might be obtained if the original pur-
pose was carried out, cannot be expected.
The edition will be printed about the first of the
month. We will appreciate any data you may have
about the city and also any other assistance you may
give us.
ARRESTED AN IMP0SIT0R.
Tulsa Man Selling Impure Butter Paid
Fine in Police Court.
City Business Manager Schwartz ar-
rested a man Tuesday for selling spuri-
ous butter and representing it as good
country butter.
The man gave his name as E. G.
Forshee, of Tulsa, and was employed
by a man by the name of Johnson, re-
siding at 412 South Kenosha street.
Tulsa. Forshee was lined $10.50, but
being unable to pay it, he was confined
to the city jail until Thursday when
the money was sent from Tulsa.
Two pails of the bogus butter were
confiscated and turned over to the po-
lice and fire departments; the police
to grease their sixshooters with and
the fire department to use for pole, and
axle grease.
When Forshee was released from the
jail he said he would not sell that stuff
again, even if lie was paid a million
dollars to do >o. Forshee had a pard-
ner with him Tuesday, but the other
man got away from the police.
Another peddler was arrested several
days ago for selling merchandise with-
out a license. He was fined $6.50.
THE FIRE WASTE
GENERAL CLEANUP IN CITIES WILL
HELP PREVENT FIRE
LOSSES.
Will Decrease Losses and Will Also
Save Considerable in Insurance
Rates.
(By
Fire
Fire
LYCEUM NUMBER.
To Be Given at High School Auditorium
Monday Night, March 23.
The Regimental Quartette under the
Redpath management, is at present
making a successful tour of tin- middle i dictator; Roy Quinn, vice dictator;
west. The bureau has received many ( |,as. Titus, prelate; G. I,. Hicks, treas-
Hanson, inner guard
tin- committee
smokes.
A drill team ami quartet are being
organized. All members who wish to
demonstrate their vocal prowess are re-
quested to report to Yon Kielgass.
The officers who will be installed at
the public installation arc: J. Decker,
excellent report* on their work and is
glad to announce that they will appear
in Collinsville on the above date. Be-
sides the usual vocal parts, this com-
pany also comprises an instrumental
quartette using the following instru-
ments: French horn, comet. slide
trombone and euphonium. Also one of
the members is a pianist and readings
comprise a part of the evening's pro-
gram. The Regimental Quartette pre-
sent sketches in costume and take its
name from the beautiful little sketch
which concludes the program and which
is called "Soldier Life.” In this sketch
an evening camp scene is presented with
the tent, the stacked gnus, camp fire,
the picket on duty and the men lying
about the fire.
This is an evening of solid entertain-
ment and any lover of music cannot af-
ford to miss it. Come out if you want
to have a good evening of entertain-
ment. Signed. COMMITTEE.
WOULD RAIFLE OFF BABY.
Barter a baby? Never. It won't be
done if the mayor of Topeka. Kansas,
can prevent it—or the women of the
Good Government elub. Lew Natiian-
son. manager of the Orpheum theatre,
lias announced that n plump, lively,
delectable baby will be given away to-
night at the Country Store. Bidders
must present credentials, and show
themselves mentally, morally, physical-
ly and financially able to care for a
child.
Mayor R. L. Cofran considers the
scheme inhuman. He has instructed
the city attorney, W. C. Ralston, to
ascertain whether it is not illegal.. The
attorney is attempting to ascertain the
whereabouts and identity of the young-
ster who’s to be sold to the holder of
the lucky number.
The Good Government club at a reg-
ular meeting in the assembly room of
the Y. M. C. A. building is expected
to discuss and condemn the plan.
“The idea is outrageous,” said one of
the members, “nothing official has been
done, but I understand sentiment is
strongly against it. Such a thing can’t
go on.”
urer: Merle
ry I lodes, outer
secretary: ('. ('.
arms. Trustees,
Har-
guard: l)r. Hughes,
Cheney, sergeant-at-
Dave Sarver, H. Me-
Guire, I!. M. Boarts.
The charter closed Thursday night
and the initiation fees are now $lu.
FRED BEHNING CAPTURED.
Fred Behning. wanted on the charge
of killing K. L. Bowman, a federal of-
ficer. has been captured at South Bend,
Washington, according to a dispatch re-
ceived by Sheriff John Jordan, of Bar-
tlesville. The message read:
"South Bend. Wash., March 13.
“Via Tacoma.
“Sheriff John Jordan,
“Bartlesville. Oklahoma.
"I have Fred Behning. Do you want
him for murder committed in your
state. Signed. T. H. BELL,
"Sheriff Pacific County, Washington.”
TRAGEDY AT CLAREM0RE.
One Negro Killed Another With Knife.
Is Now in Jail.
Claremore staged another tragedy
| last Saturday afternoon at a few min-1
utes before 0 o'clock as a result of
which one Ben Jaggers, owner and raan-
! ager of a barber shop and drug store
jin negro town, is dead and one Jim
Nash is i*ii the county jail on the charge
' of murder.
it seems that Jaggers had hired Xaslil
j to cut some wood for him. Nash did
the work and went to daggers t q collect I
I too much for the 'work. A irn:im>l -ofi-j
toom uch for the work. A quarrel cn-j
1 sued and some hot words passed. A
tight was prevented only by Ira1
U right's interference. Nash, apparent-1
ly all right, left the barber shop and
went up town. Jaggers, thinking that
the trouble was all over, went on about
his business. After a little while Nash
came back into the shop. He sidled
up to Jaggers, keeping one of his hands
in his pocket. When he had nearly
reached Jaggers. who was sitting at a
table, he drew from his pocket a large
sharp skinning knife, such as is used in
tlie slaughter houses. Jaggers glanced
over his shoulder and saw the man. He
endeavored to rise from his chair to de-
fend himself but was not quick enough.
Nash buried the knife in his neck, in-
flicting a wound which was a fatal one.
Apparently at the sight of blood the
murderer went wild for he buried the
sharp knife in Jaggers body time after
time, each time inflicting a wound suf-
ficient to kill the man. When Nash de-
I cided that his deed was done he rushed
from the barber shop, leaving Jaggers
in a bloody heap, dead oh the floor of
his own place of business.
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BISHOP THLRST0N HERE.
Bishop Thurston w ill hold ser-
vices at the new Episcopal
church Monday and Tuesday
evening. The public are cordi-
ally invited to attend these ser-
vices. Bishop Thurston is a
most pleasing and polished
speaker and his messages are
clearly impressed upon the
minds of Ins hearers. Rev. J.
(■. Welles will be present and
assist in the conduct of these
services. Kindly hold Monday
and Tuesday evenings open and <§> j
go and listen to a splendid ser-
moil. <$>
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NATURE AND MARCH.
A Combination Which Can’t Be Beat,
Even By B. V. D.’s
Looks like that mad March hare
must have pulled the lion's tail and
started things going, doesn't it. It
'sure seemed that way yesterday morn-
ing when one discovered the ground
covered with snow. Or, maybe, nature
got one of her weeping fits and con-
cluded that she would like to preserve
the evidences of her grief in some tan-
gible form, and that the only way she
could accomplish this was to freeze the
tears. What nature wept about, or at,
deponent sayetk not.
Really, now. wasn’t it awful? Here
we were, all figuring on whether we
would have to put on new B. V. D.'s or
not, and all our sylvan dreams came to
a close with a crash that set our teeth
to chattering.
C. W. McKeenhen, State
Marshal's Department.)
prevention in this state should
not only consist of a general cleanup
and the removal of fire breeding mate-
rial. but should also consist of proper
building construction.
Should you be considering the build-
ing a a new home, or other building or
remodeling the old one, you should take
into consideration the best method to
make the. building fire proof. You
should use fire proof material in the
construction if possible, but if you can-
not do this you should use every pre-
caution to guard against fire, by the
use of brick flues, properly constructed
heating apparatus, properly installed
electric appliances and gas connections.
Fire proof buildings can be erected at
a cost of about fifteen per cent more
than ordinary structures. The insur-
ance rate is much lower and the build-
ing will rent for a better price and to a
better class of tenants. In the winter
a fire proof building is warmer and in
the summer it is cooler, it can readily
be appreciated that it is much better
and of self-interest to build a fire proof
building rather than a non-fire proof
whenever a building is to he of a per-
manent character. •
A man may ha ve the right in build-
ing a home to jeopardize his life and
Really wonderful, sometimes, how
*'j men like to emulate machinery. Take,,
' for instance* that simple little ma**,. property and that of his family, and to
meat the calipres. Men like to look Jtakl’ b)s chan(,e8 wlth the insurance
^ j like them in the summer, and there is <ol"pany, but when lie can, with a small
i nothing that w ill help them to attain!a(1,litional cost' build a permanent
^ j that object except a B. V. D.—that is. i borue' 0,.le that. he knows will withstand
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RETRIBUTION.
Every time the closet of your neigh-
bor is opened a little do you strain
your neck to peek and then afterward
strain your tongue in talking about it?
Do you ever stop to think that some
day a tragedy may take up its abode
in your home? Can't you get it into
your head
of slander
sword and
bors be
that some day the tongue
may cut you like a sharp
the whispers of your neigh-
as vinegar on your wounds?
OBITUARY.
Death invaded the home of Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Whittaker. Their little boy j
Raymond, four months old, succumbed j
to pneumonia. Funeral services were
held today at the home in South Bark
at 2 p .tn., Rev. G. M. Jeffrey, pastor
of South Park church conducting the
services. Interment in Ridgelawn cem-
etery. The parents have the deep sym-
pathy of a large company of friends.
PRISCILLA CLUB MEETING.
Mr*. Gene Bateman was hostess to
the Priscilla Embroidery club Tuesday
afternoon and very cleverly entertain-
ed with a St. Patrick's luncheon.
With but one exeeption the full
membership was present. Needle work
afforded the amusement of the after-
noon until the refreshments were
served. These were unusually dainty
and appetizing. Friends of the hostess
know full well her accomplishments in
the culinary art. The first course of
grape fruit was followed by bread and
butter shamrock sandwiches, creamed
chicken patties, olives, backed apples
and pimento salad. The third course
was cherry pie with mint cream and
coffee; after dinner mints were of
green and white. Emblematic place
cards were.used with the pipe of sham-
rock for the favors.
The guests for the afternoon included
Mesdames Reavis, Hulen and Hopson.,
Mrs. F. A. McCormick was the birth-
day guest and was made the recipient
of a good luck souvenir spoon engraved
with the shamrock, swastika wish bone
and for-get-me-not.
Mrs. Goodale presented it with the
good wishes of the club and Mrs. Mc-
Cormick expressed her appreciation for
this kindly and practical remembrance
of the club. MRS. HAGAN.
Reporter.
We have the story of a bank cashier
in Virginia who absconded. The marvel
of it is that full investigation discloses
the fact that his finances both in and
out of the bank were all that could be
desired and his domestic relations above
criticism. Also, it is said that he
sane. \
was
REFRESHING.
The very newest fad indulged in at
the uptodate hotels is when any of the
traveling “guys" get too warm for com-
fort they are assigned a cell on the
"tango" floor with a bed of chipped
ice.
And Advertising stretched forth its hand
and smote Old Overhead Cxpense
v?ho vitas crushing the Business^
fire, and not be a trap for his family,
or a menace to his neighbors' property,
in his own interest, and in the interest
of lire prevention and fire protection,
he should build of fire proof material.
If one-half of the valuation of prop-
erty destroyed by fire each year was
expended in better building construc-
tion the losses from fire waste would
rapidly decrease. Improvements along
the line for better construction should
he urged in all communities and in
cities it should be compulsory. It
should be the duty of all persons
charged with the inspection of build-
ings, or tiie issuing of building permits
j for construction, to urge that all build-
Revival Meetings began Last Sunday 'n£s be made ,dre Proof as near as
and Are Drawing Crowds. j P0Sj‘ble.
Last Sunday there began in our j ^ is the desire of this department
church what promises to be the greatestjt0 ebm*na^e danger to life by fire,
revival held in Collinsville for many a^a,.ld *° ‘n the material reduction
day. The church was well filled at the 01 ^*re "a''de °r our state, which
morning service and was crowded till bls*; ^eal "as aboub Per capita, and
if one takes the general looks of the
^ | lower extremities into consideration.
I But- alas!—also something else—such
^ is not to be. The day of transparent
^’trousers has not yet arrived.
Did you ever get something like that
bed, between you and the
sun. and notice the resemblance -of
what's underneath, to a pair of cali-
pres? It's wonderful—but nature says
—not yet. Everything, however, must
come to an end. and it will not be long
until this great masculine desire will be
possible of fulfillment. Take heart.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.
was
standing room was at a premium Sun-
day night. Great interest is being man-
ifested by the members and friends of
our church. Everybody is optimistic
over the outlook. The people are ex-
pecting a gracious revival.
Next Sunday will De a great day with
us. We are confidently expecting not
less than 250 in the Sabbath school.
There wqre twenty Baracas last Sun-
day and we want thirty next Sunday.
Come over and help us. There wi 11 be
good music by the choir and orchestra.
One hundred new songs books.
Rev. Ridgeway is doing the preach-
ing to the satisfaction and delight of
all who hear him. ne is attracting large
audiences to the church. There have
been several conversions and six addi-
tions to the church to date. Rev. Ridge-
way's subject for next Sunday morning
will be "The Home of the Soul." Eve-
ning subject "The Second Coming of
Christ.” On Monday night following he
will speak on "The Dance of Death"
and will have something special to say
with reference to the local situation
which seems to agitate the minds of
Collinsville people at present.
The public is cordially invited to at-
tend all our meetings.
ANDREW POTTER, Pastor.
we ask the eo-operation of the citizens
of our state as it is for your special
benefit. The heavy tolls that are being
paid to insurance companies, in the way
of rates, are on account of faulty con-
struction. either in your own building
or that of your neighbor. For the faulty
construction you must pay an extra
tax, for which you receive no benefit
other than monetary protection to the
amount of your insurance policy, and
the insurance company assumes an ex-
tra fire hazard which it must pay in
case of a loss from the premiums col-
lected. from you and your neighbors.
So long as the present conditions ex-
ist. tiie fire waste of our state will
rank high. Will you aid in the con-
servation of life and property in our
state and assist in fire prevention and
fire protection?
HAS CHANGED SEXES.
(New York American.)
That the sexes are not so definitely
separated as is believed has been de-
monstrated recently by Professor Pez-
ard, who succeeded in changing the
characteristics of a rooster and a hen.
The rooster, which is now living a
normal existence, has lost his brilliant
plumage, spurs and comb, while the hen
has developed all these features.
Scientists here say of Pezard's exper-
iments that if animals higher in the
biological scale manifest the same ad-
aptability as the rooster -and hen. bi-
ology will be placed on an entirely new
basis.
“How do you suppose the idea of
rainbow hair originated?” “I can ac-
count for it only in one way,” replied
Miss Cayenne. “Some society leader
who was fixing her hair got an unex-
pected chemical reaction and had to
brazen it out.”
E. E. BATEMAN’S CO'OK.
We have the most heartless cook at
our house. She frosts the cake, and
freezes the ice cream, she soaks the
beans, she slams the door, and cuts
the peaches. She turns down the light
and she won’t let the pipe smoke. She's
a cross old thing, too. She’s always
getting the oysters in a stew, and stir-
ring up the batter. She roasts the
meat, and crosses the floor, and makes
the water boil. She loves to make the
ginger-snap, and the cheese ball. She
has no consideration for any one. She
just keeps the water running for hours,
and the salad dressing all the time. And
she won't let the gas escape. It is cer-
tain that she is mean and tricky, but
beside all of this, she is positively
cruel. Why. think of it, she beats the
eggs, shakes the salter, scratches the
pans, punches the bread dough, digs out
the potatoes' eyes, makes the jelly
quiver, and grinds the coffee. She pulls
the candy, beats the meat, pokes the
fire, pinches the pie-crust, skins the to-
matoes, and twists the cinnamon rolls.
She whips the cream, strikes the match-
es and licks the spoon. Now, how
would you like to have her?
If a man is allowed an extra thou-
sand dollars exemption under the new
income tax for living with his wife, how
much should he be allowed if his
mother-in-law lives with him?
(Htnu's*
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