The Hitchcock Clarion. (Hitchcock, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 29, 1912 Page: 1 of 8
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Che iHitchcock Clarion*
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GREAT, 0 MEAT IS
HITCHCOCK
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Hitchcock, Blaine County, Oklahoma, Thursday, February 29 1912.
D. A. Drake, Publisher.
Hitchcock is a great town.
Not that we can boast of a popu-
lation greater than Chicago or
St. Louis, but we have some
’ico*l(Utay orleave, whichever he breaking the prohibition laws,'
preferred. Right across the the Hitchcock depot was t'es-,
railroad trar;k, east from the du- trayed by tire. Suspicion point ;
pot, the tight was to take place. ;ed to steil. The same dear pub-
About 10Q of tjbepeople of Hitch- j He opinion that had upheld him
cock and vicinity wont out as jn selling booze is now ready to
spectators. T h e contestants' gee him stuck for it. but do you !
verc;,. Jeffries,..Elinn and Mor .suppose it will come forward
things they have and some things ,’i*v’«fCaiiwtt tbe stranger, John*
they have not, It is well known
that ours is a great business
center. To fully appreciate this
stun. ‘ Hoys,’*’-suggested some
one in the crowd,* “this fight
should be conducted fair, I sug-
fact one needs to watch things g°st that the town marshall take
charge of this tight.” This was
a^retjd upon by gammon consent
How! wow! and the tight is on.
“Will.Jeffries come back?” re
marked some one. “Our hope is
in Morris,” another. But John
son fouglit his way round after
round, and would have escaped
but for that chain fastened to
his leg. The tight was soon over
and the decision given ' in favor
of Hitchcock. > Aa-Jdhrisou could
not get his liberty—because of
that CTualpbain^hp. was escort-
ed to the town for mfscoduct
•All wet#. Off...fairly well, except
ing that drife oft he flitchcockites
moving here during an average
day. Grain, feed hogs and cattle
are brought in and shipped as a
natural consequence of the thrift
and push of our tributary farm-
ers. When'other towns and
cities need produce, Hitchcock
is found on the map w’ith butter,
eggs and chickens in abundance.
In fact our chickens ere encour*
aged to lay egg, because tji e i r
services are reconized and app-
reciated.
But Hitchcock is great because
of the great things that happen.
The talk about bootleggers and
attempting burglary had but
abated, when other things be
sides discussing presidential
candidates engaged the mindi of
of Hitchcockites. To the things,
of which the native boys and girls
of Hitchcock never saw a real
demonstration, we can now also
refer as having ac ually trans
piredeven here. Moving picture
show’s can only interest us when
• the original tilings are lacking.
But why should we pay money to
see a blizzard snow storm in a
moving picture show, when Ju-
piter permitted one of Dakota’s
worst to come to Hitchcock free,
of charge Tuesday, Fob. 20? But
even this display of nature
brought out the noble qualities of
this place. Not that it takes a
blizzard snow storm to make the
Hitchcock people hospitable, but
even a blizzard can not check hos
K
pitality which is always chara
cteristic of this people. Long
before the school was out on^his
blizzard day, the leading business
men of our town canvassed the
the. town, and all the chi id ren
from all districts centered here
found comfortable homes for
the night. Can a blizzard stop
Hitchcockites? Not much!
Amusements they must have.
The checker boards are in con
stant use and it is thought that
we cxcell even in this. At one
place short orders are served to
keep the contestants in good
spirits. “Spirits?” Yes, they
are served in the form of soft
drinks,—home made “beer”—
another thing that makes Hitch
cock great.
However, on Thursday last the
climax was reached. We read of
tlie gladitors’ contests in the
arena of ancient Rome, the bull
and rooster tights in Mexico, but
listen, O ye people, what happen-
ed, actually happened in Hitch
cock last Thursday. A siranger
come to our town, not by choice
however. He was brought here
a captive, tied to a chain. “Can
this stranger remain here and
live in peace with other Hitch-
cockites of like species?” was the
question propounded by many a
lost a tooth, an J the jre were some
w6imds inflicted 'which would
have received medical attention,
but no one wanted to pay the bill
so the doctor was not called. All
went home and feft that they had
seen a tierce-dog and- wolf" tight.
ilr •!
The Way Of The
Transgressor
Is Hard.
sLL
Chas. McIntyre, C. W. Schafer
A. S. Bear, F U. sKirly, R. E-
Brooks. Geo. Strahan and A. M.
Fleming went to Guthrie last
Sunday as witnesses before the
Federal Grand Jury.,
. As near as . we cau learn, the
government is 'a f t e r evidence
against John Steil for selling
liquor without license. •
It is generally believed that
the government will probably
convict Steil for selling < liquor
without license and sentence him
to Federal prison for a term, aft-
er which the state will proceed
to prosecute him on the charge
of burning the Hitchcock depot.
and help pay his tines and lie out
part of his sentence in prison or
even have a good word for him?'
Nay,, verily nay. The way of the
transgressor is hard
Now want it distinctly under-
stood that at no time have we
ever admitted that any disreput-
able business is necessary. We
have always been against such
thiugs, have always in our own
weak, way contributed our mite
against such things, but now
since this unfortunate man has
been caught so hard in the toils
of the law we do not feel like
gloating over the fact, but on the
contrary we are asking ourself,
“Did we do our full duty at the
time? Did we go to him and ad-
vise him to desist before it was
too late?” We fully believe that
public sentiment is as much to
blame for his troubles right now
as be is himself and in fact, more
so, for if we had all frowned up-
on the business from the start
he would not have engaged in it.
Verily the wav of the transgres-
sor is hard, but not always do
all the guilty ones suffer alike.
Public opinion encouraged the
business, fostered and patronized
it, but now when the day of rec-
oning comes, as usual it stands
back and laughs at the downfall
of the unfortunate man that was
its tool. Public opinion is a hard
task master sometimes.
Times are Hard
TMCNCCN
0U9NCW
coNc*« ftMomnur
W1S?
Then h• o yon inust liny
that spring Suit where
• he leant money will got
it. I h-.Vrt u line from
$12 to $25 flint e.mnut
be i quilled.
Our prion is right, tit,
quality and workman-
ship guaranteed.
Get my prices before
you bu\ elsewhere.
g>. tun. Hoe wen
Great is Hitchesik
Under this head a contributor
lias depicted some of the good
points in favor of our town In a
somewhat humorous vein he sets
forLh the barbarous amusement
of a wolf and dog fight that our
citizens engaged in recently.
We did not attend the delight
ful (?) entertainment but was in-
| formed about the facts in the
case, and we unhesitatingly pro-
nounce it one of the most un-
sportsmanlike occurances that
was ever pulled off in Hitchcock.
A Spanish bull tight fades to
nothingness in comparison for in
those tights the bull is given full
Republican Blaine Co.
Convention
SCHOOL ROTES
0
Mr. Cosner visited bis son in
Enid, Saturday.
- Miss Browruand Miss Collins
-went to Oklahoma City for a visit j liberty to tight his tormentors,;
The official call for the Repub-
lican Convention has been made
and it will be at Watonga, March
6, at 2 o’clock p. m,* The town- —
ship caucusses arc to be held
Saturday March 2. Lawton
township will he allowed 3 dele-
gates, Wells 2, Flynn 2, Seay 3
and Cedar Valley 2
The Republican Second Dis-
trict Congressional Convention
will be hell at Clinton, Custer
county, at noon, Saturday, March
15 for the purpose of electing
'two delegates to the National
Convention to be held at Chicago,
with home folks. Tin snow
1 while in this wolf and dog tight
drift's gave them no fear.
Little Bertha Ortner is sick.
This is her first*absence from
’school. - ?
- . ":v grade, and Jake Winter, Willie
Verily the way \>f the taans > \ „ . «.
* ... ,... , .'I, . kSchenk and Clydena Sehaffler
gressor is Ira r d. We well re |
icembpr.wfjeu it ivas freely *
cussed and admitted by -many
that.a bootlegging, joint \yaj. a.
necessary evil right here in
Hitchcock. Jfc'Was weJ1 fenewn
at the time that Mr. Steil was in
the business, but public setiment
was so much in favor of the un-
lawful business that it was not
suppressed, but was encouraged.
Steil was foolish enough to think
that since public opinion and the
sheriff were on his side that he
could make some easy money,
whice he no doubt did,,, but alas,
public opinion changed and so
did the sheriff. The bootlegging4
business became unpopular,
the poor dumb brute was chained M[. and Mrs Bergthoid were
by one toot to a weight and was called t0 FairvieW last Sunday
caused to fight for his life thus on account of the serious illness
handicapped, and when he would k(jf Mr; Bergthold smother. Mr.
Jim Scott and Lillie Patterson j whi'l> one d,°* lanothei; -w** turned j White of Caldwell. Kans. is here
rmadfi the best record in the first jloose to h*h% mm 1 m 1U* om taking care of the lumber yard
turned loose to fight and worry j _______
the poor coyote and because be
was unable, with one foot chained
to whip ail lhe. dogs in town it
was; the verdict that the dogs
won. We are sorry indeed to
know tlfat our citizens should en
The little people are delighted!gagg in such.brutal afnusement
w0 their raffia work. They are fand tbae ci,qdren and even wo
men attended,bat c,*u ,we ex
sire best in the second grade dur-
ingTJie slxlirifiontlimif school.
Thfe Schenk boys drove to
-sqRool Monday; the van did not
:cod$e.
Mrs. Harrison Park man of
Emporia, Kans., who had been
visiting the Sootts for tlie pre-
vious week w e n t to Carnagie
Tuesday to visit other friends.
instiling chains, belts and picture
froihes.
The following children uaadu a
gride of 100 in spelling in the
Iris Pat-
pect conditions to be better when
.<t o --n-.it encourage better
things? When public opinion
Harry Peck was down
Enid last week.
fro in
Prof. S. C Cosner w c n t to
Enid Friday returning Sunday.
Pete Gunning is again back in
Hitchcock,
m|)hth of February: iris not, encourage Sunda\
terson, Victor Hauser, Mary school, Christian •’•Endeavor oi
Bfc&ktloff, Lillie Rauh, Fanny ! preaching, the people will grade
Mosher, Hulea E drt, Alta Pop- j ally degenerate to low amuse
le$£ll Theodore Schaffier and j “ents- W1 eVea
,-Jr. „ that pool halls, card games, dog
C^.e Harnett ! ^ ,hlcken «ghts, Sunday
__________ T?iose of the Intermediate ; games, bull fights horse rac
Stei quit it, but the sanie public gr^le who were neither absent [jng and all kindred games and
opinion that fostered and en- Jnor tardy are, Nellie Counts, | ^musemfents are necessary and ( Mrs. J. B. Scott went to
cou rayed the busineaa turned FtorenceGorby .Marie tony Tnenda.v.
against him, he was arrested for.j Sylvia Fleming, Carrie Harnett, make an effort to change public
breaking the prohibition laws of-John BecktloiT,Theodore Shaffler Qpjjjjon for something better?
Oklahoma, pleaded guilty and! Elmer Cooper, Oliver Cain, Hulda Wo again say that no evil
sentenced' to 30 days in ibe Ebert, Helen Scott, Goldie thing is necessary hap pi
J. H. Ray and wife spent Sun-
day with D.A. Dake ami family.
They intend to move to Oklahoma
City as soon as the roads a r e
passable.
Wa-
citizen oi our town. "lCw i* county j* and Hn^«50tf and! Mosher EtbehKomiy, Bernice "jffJ wSl°kn«wTth^’^S
finally agreed upon that if Mr. [costs (about $250K Sdme of his: Meyer, Mai le Neuheusei.^An y ofanjr iqnd Krows rapidly and
Stranger could in an incounter easy money began to^ipaway Mdyer, Roy Blehm, RosetlaRaqh that so^er or later we are all
with some ot o u r domesticated from him, also public o^^ mie^anh^osephine Barnett, overtaken mour sins and must
A Republican caucus is called
to meet at Hitchcock, Saturday,
March 2nd for tlie purpose of
electing four delegates to attend
the county convention to be held
at Watonga on March bth. All
R?pubiicars invited.
Frank U. Loy, Com.
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Drake, D. A. The Hitchcock Clarion. (Hitchcock, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 29, 1912, newspaper, February 29, 1912; Hitchcock, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1171730/m1/1/: accessed April 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.