THE TAHLEQUAH TELEGRAM
VOLUME 3.
Official City Paper
TAHLEQUAH, CHEROKEE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27,
Published Weekly
NUMBER 25
TO DRILL NEAR HULBERT
It has long been contended that
Cherokee county was underlaid,. ,
. t ing until midivzht,
with oil and gas, and it has been
. . , iMrendy high watai
nroyen in mauy instances where i
" ,, , , , ... , mens" damage ii
prospect wells haye been drilled.
Track Washed Out
The eighteen hour rain, been
ning Wednesday oiOrniitg and last
:t i V I to th
ii causing im
in the boit.im
itid rivers.
along the
Wnu
i this
but for various reasons, (lack of , „T
, x , , Won was rece
money, principally) none n{ the . ^ Q D „itohco„ki pos
wells were given a thorough test. :^ ^ ^ ^ n> |h.(t r. ,
The dope handed out now is . ,
u is ten feet I ' 1 * ■> 1
that the Standard Oil people have
. ever seen i', ;>■ i ii I 50 y I
several thousand acres leased, ex .
„ ,i fie FVis • > ti . vis ii i d
tending from near Hulbert north . ,,
, • _ , . , between Eldon and the bluff nea
and west to Grand river, and a:
going to give that territory "'' , l() Fris, , offi his !,
thorough test, work to begin at
once, as evidence of their inten
tons several standard rigs are
being unloaded at Hulbert.
Other parties have been busy
securing leases in other parts of
the county, most ot them work
ing in the south and west part,
There is no reason to doubt the
accuracy of the statement that the
Standard people are behind this
latest move to develop the oil and
gas resources of this part of the
country, and it looks like Chero-
kee county will soon be include
in the proven oil field, with its at
tendent wave of prosperity.
There are other'things of value
in the hills of Cherokee county, _ _ ^
which will produce untold wealth [hg bus[n,,ss.
in case cheap fuel can be secured, j
so that ii gas only is seemed ti) -•! That J. Berry King is quite >
section will profit more than most machinist (we do not mean po
places which have both gas and oil. : ically in this instance) is not
generally known to the folks here,
1 but h* has one of the niftiest se!
trters, ot his own invention, joii
■i car ever put out. . Only a few
his close friends were aware of
road suffered washouts all al 't>k! j
the line from E Ion to v hill fi'
j teen milts of ! tv 1 v e.
Prompt Payment
Ths ins1:: n't ' n of Cunning
ham &• f h vni n who wt te the
| insurance on the s hoot house
which was T-. v <'• >• ved by
fi a, in Dist N 51, at Park Hill,
received a draft M-nd  y for $l£00
i .-j fnfl m amt of tlv> v, pay-
' able to the trnste-s f •< sch ■ >1
That but twentv days i : -a '
frrrn the time of the Ir a until the
<r, >nev was rec vr speaks well
for the National I le Insurance
of Hartford, and f r Cunning-
ham & Thompson, who handle !
'' I
*■ 1T3LES
are flimsey affairs, but we ate' interested
in them, for the best of buildings are
usually preceded by these
DREAM DWELLINGS
i We want to help you build your New Home
on paper; aid in arranging it; tell you what
♦ it will cost, etc.
I Then when you get ready to BUILD A
♦ REAL ONE—we want to have a hand in
t that too.
  We have Real Material for a Real Building Right Now-
l If You Want It.
! ROUNDS & PORTER LUMBER CO.
The rainfall at Ada last Thurs-
day night is reported to have
in 'inted to six and one half
nclies.
Farm House Burned HEMS Of GENERAL INTEREST
The residence of Mr. and Mr« i   
R. E. Vandiver, located 1 1 L'
•ni'es north of Grandview s -hnr'
li nise, was, with all its contents,
excepting a piano and clothes
.•hest, destroyed by fire last Sur . .
The Indiirt appropriation in
day evening. ,
%r , «  it ,• . uLzrcss contains an item ot
Mr. and Mrs. Van liver were -lc
, , . ,. i '8,000 for additional grounds for
jviay from home at the time, nnrt
. r c , ,. - I'ah'ciiuah Arapaho training
the fir" was first discovered at 7
r>,clock by Mr. W. E Harris, a _____
neighbor, who gave the alarm and
■ <i -eeded in saving the piano and
chest.
Phone 19
N. A. BROWN, MPT.
R. S. Boswell Dead
R.S. Boswell, for the pastth.ee
I). W. Bell, who lives on Four
teen Mile creek near Pitts, was in
town yesterday on business. Mr
Bell reports that the high waters of
Mrs. Tynes Buried Here
M . J. B. Tynes, mother. : Mr
vears, a resident of Park II II,' J.-N. >■', d:ed Monday tit her
d ed at his home there last Satir home "i Wt 'st .ti. O ' 1 , and her
■ V following ana" iclt Ot the grip -em '.v.-usii -d here Tnes
The deceased w is 71 years of de?| for bin ial. M s. Tvnes was
a.-e, and leaves a A'ife an 1 seven 79 fears <.t age. and had she live-'
,wn children, all of whom we e iinljl tne 8th of Mar h, she an,I
p ps'",it at the funeral, cx ;pt J Mr. 'Vnes
I! , of Stigler, who was unable t
From the fact that the chimney
howed a wide crack \vh +** i
went through the roof, it is pre
snmed that escaping snail<,: set1
'ire V>etween the roof and ce:l?np
The bouse was built nbonf five
vears ago and is renorted tn hav 
•■mi dose to $1200, and as only
$600 insurance was carried, the
'ess is a severe one to Mr, aed
Mrs. Vandiver, who hnv  the
nvinp' thy of the entire eommutv'tr
As ,.fr. Vandiver has part of
his firm, which contains th
' ouse, rented for this year, he
eontcmpldting going to Kusa
secure work.
Checotah boosters have landed
1 «melter for that town which will
,e employment to three hull-
• 1 nv n. It is expected to be-
ions bv May 15.
The nnti-gamtding bill v>assed
■ v. tiie al session of thele.gis-
1 " h is a stinger which provides
at 1 tiiitv 1 flicials who refuse to
nf rce the law shall be removed
ft 111 office.
vv
!. 'lVxas, c! i'o s tfte
1. lion of having been free
111 a s ngle burglary for more
.•'ii than fiftv years. Burglars entered
two bouses there last Saturday
I night, which is the first instance
n record since before the civil
' war.
A wireless message was received
at the Powell Hotel Monday mvni It is reported that "Chief" Sam,
to the effect that Villa had been he of the negro colonization
aptured in Oklahoma City, but 1 scheme, is held a prisoner in Af-
that he reached there via Texas rica on a charge of manslaughter,
s itrenuously denied by a certain The charges are based on the
last week did a creat amount of
damage to fences and farm land
in the bottoms, and washed out j Depot hi)!.
his invention until this week, ule
tiki have celebrated j native of the Lone Star common deaths of several of his followers
:.e- (jl h wedd tig anniversary. wealth. As the daily papers ccn- who died from scurvy during il e
h lv me before Sunday even- Ibe mem'-n 18 of the family litre tained no account of the capture \ag-i f m Galveston to Africa,
ag. The other children are B. F . bssMes Mr. and Mrs Clark, weie; it js presumed the message was a
H E. nd W.T. Boswel , and Mrs. VV. E. Tynes, a son, of Eikins. fake.   
live' Ark , M s Helen Stout, of Sal i
many of the fording places alony |
the creek.
O. I. c.
The freezing weather and later
'haw, we had last week, put the
; 'tiaw, we had last weekj put
•"ground iu suc.i shape to.it tne
The Elm Grove Stock farm re ' timely heavy rain of l ^t Thursday
cently shipped in another very fiiv night did immense d-mu'e i
O. I.C. boar. Sir William, Reg fields and roads. Land, whr i h
No. 50907. never before been known to was! ,
They now offer for sale, at a has been almost ruined in p'aces
bargain, their herd boar CarJ, N . <>  " t of the top soil beitif
42454. | washed aw. 
They also offer for sale several
pigs by this great boar.
Elm Groyk Stock Farm
Paul C. Best, Mgr.
Phone E 35 Tahlequah, Okla
Is -,ac Brumley, all of whom
ear 1' r k Hill, and Harry of Daw-
• on, and R. E. Boswell, of ne r
, B' iggs.
Mrs. Buswell, who is 70 yen s
of age, and who has been quite i I
v ,-h pneurr'ii-a. is < o.^ ,ic .
Iv jer, but not out ot danger.
•v id t .e Mi - II idleys, of ill
•;! -,ce, granddaughters.
Fot Flower Lovers
Don King, who left a short time
TVo pub.^shevs of "''lie Menace,
the. ami catholic paper publiahed
at Aurora, Mo.,
were acquitted
court at
ago to attend a military school in 1mi wegk |n (he federa)
Staunton, Va., returned last week J(,p)in) of the chart{e of se„aine
,and will try some other brandof maUer (hrou(fh (he mai)R
Folks who brighten their h(>mes school. Don says that this being
wit 11 blooming ti -weridui.ug mil-! a ireahmaO in a military scho/d
'die*and late winter'« M Knd an ,r.d1iavi.% to 'Woof  vcrf fcitik
  article of considerable interest to | who happened to enroll ahead of
Jeff Brackett. of near Qualls tliein in the Home Beautiful de- m is not to bis liking
■itollice, w.;s bound over tu the partmet.t in this issue of The Tel
trict court by Justice Wilson jegram. "Lima Rose" describes
Miss Sebasti in, who lias been a
The charges were based on an
article published 'u tjie paper,
which purported to contain ex-
tracts from books or phampHletS
written by catholic priests.
Miss Mary McCollnm spent
the cultivation of 10 . aids
The Thompson & Thompson
j millinery st^re, formerlv located
in the Fite building, has bee
1 moved to the room first door south
1 of the Palnitag hardwa s stored
11 a charge of burglary.
Rufe McCollum transacted bus-
iness in Wagoner and Muskogee | Pioneer, is back on duty after two
the first of the week. j weeks illness with the grip.
l(HMi)ttini    ♦« ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦  ♦«♦«♦♦♦♦
tudent at the Normal here, was Monday aful Tuefsday of thi, week
    I married S uurd iy night at herjwjth .„ Mtwkogee
Ray Winder, lineman for the I home in Ft. Gibson, to Mr. Owen —  
FOR SALE OR TRADE j ..Trl5if the    
If you want to buy or trade j p^tiies belonging to the Daniel
for a well located c room resi- uii^ 1 clre 11 on South (' liege, died ■
deuce in Tahlequah, write to Xussdav ni ;lit.
W. J. Pack, Muskogee, Okla. , : "77" ,
  Mark M hison, of Nowa'n, wa<
L >2al Hanks for sale at this; Here* ■ 11 hn ioess the first of th"
office. w^sek.
   —'  ' For smokers supplies, dai y pa
COLDS & LaGRIPPE Ipers, mag -••lies and - a<d sup
r- n j aaa mil 1 pliea'go to headquarters, first do ••
5 or 6 doses 660 will break , ,, . •
any case of Chills & Fever, Coids "or,h "f '-Dawkin.-
& LaGrippe; it acts on the liver News Stor ■.
better than Calomel and does not o:„ ,,
gripe or sicker.. Price 25c. I I he place to eat 4.
CARL (FOREMAN) HAGLUND
Undertaking
Embalming
First Do or Soutli of Masonic Building
Phone / Day and Night) No. 114
TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA.
Thornton of that citv
W. J. Pack, of Muskogee, dis-
trict agent of the Mutual Life In-
surance Co.. of New York, was
lieie the first of the week 011 pri
vate business.
Several of the countv officials
were in Oklahoma City last week
attending meetings of their or
gantzations and watching the legis-
ilators act.
Resolutions of Respect
Ry Cherokee Ij^dge No. 10, A
F. & A. M., Tahlequah, Okla
The Besl Ever
The L. A. C. entertainers, who
appeared last Thursday ni^ht at
; Wendell Barnes and Ed Hicks,
; Jr., will leave Sunday for Okla
| h 111a City, where they have posi
' tions with the Pioneer Telephone
. Company.  
The place to eat—Big 4
5 Room House for Rent
Do you want to rent a close-
in residence? See J. B. Pear-
son.
lOEO. McGREGORi
CONTRACTOR
BUILDER
CABINET MAKER
Special attention given to the man-
ufacture un<l repairing ot high-
grade turniture.
Shop: First door west of First
State Bank building.
PHONE 306
Tahlequah, • Okla.
$100,000
TO LOAN ON FARM LAND
Time,\ Low Rate of Interest
No charge for inspecting land offered
for security, examining title, or for
preparing papers.
R. W. McKINLEY
TAHLEQUAH, - - OKLAHOMA
upon the death of George VV. the Sequoyah Theater, under the
Johnson. auspices of the Normal Lyceum
Resolved, That we, the mein- i course were the best musical en
hess, of Cherokee Lodge No. 10, tertainers to appear in this city
A F. & A. M., Tahlequah, Okla . I for many years. Almost every
recognize in the death of George J number was encored 'luce and
VV Johnson, the loss of a true and I four times, and each member of
loyal brother. He was stamped the orchestra was an artist in her
as a man with the zeal of an up-' line. The ladies will long be Te-
iight, consistent life and high in- • mem be red by tiie music loving
tegrity, and we, bis brothers in i people of Tahlequah.
the lodge and his friencs at home. Presbvferian Church
lvh„ knew him best, will ever bold; At fresby tenan tnurcn
, ,nanic virtues 1 Sunday, January 21),—Morning
m memory hu many manly virtues. . . ,,
Resolved That our so, retary, ^plc: Discordant Thinking.-
be instructed to forwaid a copy of I Evening topic: ' False Supposi-
tliese resolutions to his family. | tioos.
FREE TO SOME BOY OR GIRL
th.it they be spread of record in
I the minutes of the lodge, and a
i-r.py be furnished the newspapers
j of our city for publication.
Waddle Hudson
VV. A. Gardner
J.T. I'arks
Committee.
Misses Nora Ham and May
, (ireenhaw, of Searcy county, Ark.,
' sire new members of the local tel-
' ephone force.
Eveivone invited and will be
accorded a hearty welcome.
Key. J. N. Hartitian, Pastor.
Mr. Will Real and family are i
new residents of this county, com i
ing here from the Chosky bottoms j
near Haskell. They have rented |
the Liza Ross place east of Park
Hill. Mr. and Mrs. Read .vere
shopping here Wednesday morn-
ing a id made this office a pleas-1
a it caM.
q i • "I # Get busy and learn how
JDOyS ana VjIIIS. you may secure this dandy
$50.00 Automobile, Absolutely Free. Come to our
store and see it and let us tell you about our plan of
Giving It Aaway.
HOME BAKERY
TAHLEQUAH. - • - OKLAHOMA