The Hugo Husonian (Hugo, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 22, 1911 Page: 2 of 8
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HERE DESTITUTE
AID BEING SOLICITED BY MIN-
ISTER WHO IS HIMSELF A
NEWCOMER.
Head of Family is R. L. Johnson—
Was Burned Out of House and
Home at Greenville, Texas,
He Says.
(From Friday's Daily.)
A gentleman who introduced him-
self as Rev. Cum, a Baptist preacher,
came to the Husonian office yester-
day afternoon saying that he was so-
liciting donations for the benefit of
a poor family that had lodging at his
house in a remote part of town.
According to his story, the head of
the family is R. L. Johnson, a middle
aged gentleman. He with hie wife
and two email children had come
here from Paris, where they were
unable to get work.
Their former nome was at Green-
ville, Mr. Cum said, where they were
a short time ago burned out. After
that, it seems he brought his family
to Paris, in the meantime looking for
work.
Yesterday they were found in an
obscure spot in this city and taken
charge of by this preacher, who him-
self is, he stated, in almost destitute
circumstances. He said he had only
shelter for the unfortunate family,
being able to buy only the barest
necessities for his own household.
Mr. Curn stated also that Johnson
was a carpenter by trade and seem-
ed quite willing to work. He is now
trying to secure something to do in
Hugo, but in the meantime his fam-
ily must have something to live on.
Several had contributed to the fund
when Rev. Curn reached this office,
and he seemed hopeful that he would
be able to help the family out of the
lurch.
Asked how long he had himself
been in Hugo, Mr. Curn replied that
he had been here only about three
weeks. He is not preaching at pres-
ent, but hopes to get an appointment
within a short time.
before the rwaes. Every one entered
should have a swipe and come deter,
mined to take M least fifth money.
Any one who lags, because of exces-
sive perspiration, shortness of wind,
or for any other inexcusable reason,
will be flogged, fined and outlawed
and that summarily.
The big brass band of Garvin will
render sweet and martial strains all
the day long, and the village quar
tette is expected to sing a few pieces
during the dinner hour and while va.
rious ones are climbing the slick
pole.
Shows, a merry-go-round, and oth-
HE WOULD CHANGE
THE MAKE LAWS
EDWARD AMHEARST OTT BELI
EVES IN ENGAGEMENTS BE-
ING ANNOUNCED LONG
Before Nuptial—Suggests Benedict
Asperant be Required to Produce
Health Certificate—All-Star
Are Stars
(From Tuesday's daily.)
Edward Amherst Ott's lecture last
, evening at the Airdome closed Hugo's
!r..SU _ KS V?11 ®..pounds | first Chautauqua.
Manager W. T. Hawkins said all
along that the old rule in the case of
, Hugo's Chautauqua would obtain
devour more than twenty rattlers for tt,„f . . .. . . .
. .. , , vlz-. to®* toe best would be retained
dinner, and the rat eater will have to f__ #h„ , t „ t , .
, . _ ,, for the last. Yesterday afternoon s
govern his appetite according to in- ,QQf „„ _ .. . . ..
1 and last night s program attested the
last day, but the writer does not care
. ... .... .. 11° put himself on record as saying
nade will be allowed on the grounds. ,K . , , . ' 6
tw that yesterday's programs were the
but a severe censorship will be ex-
ercised by the management. The
snake eater will not be allowed to
structions from the marshal of the
day. No small quantity of red lemo-
But seriously and really, the Gar- h ? c c Lm
vin celebration will be a thing worth | .VeFy _g00d
while ,and it looks now as if Hugo-
ians who want to show off that day
will have to go to Garvin to get in
the crowd.
There will be nothing doing here
that day. Perhaps a picnic will be
The All-Star quartette at the Chris-
tian church yesterday afternoon cap-
tivated its audience from the first,
and their renditions were followed by
much applause. They are musicians
tnat's all. They have had much train
of Hugo to think over.
He concluded with a strong and
eloquent plea for clear living and
moral purity among our boys as well
as our girls. According to Mr. Ott
we should make our aim as a nation
more than the building of great cities,
great railroads, a great commercial
world, important as those things are.
the perfection of the human race
The greatness of a country depends
on the greatness of its people, and
the only method by which a nation
may be great indeed, is to be morally
pure, and social purity is the forerun-
ner of intellectual greatness.
Mr. Ott's talk was the strongest,
many thought, of any that has been
heard during the Chautauqua, and he
effectullly proved his right to his
title, "The purposeful orator."
ILL BE BIG *
FOR IWO OKU.
W. B. GILL SOON TO START HIS
LARGE CRUSHER—BIG FORCE
OF MEN
Will be Employed—Machinery Al-
ready on the Ground—Office
Building and Boarding
House Constructed.
held on Roebuck lake. There may be lDg' told many times ln th*
such a todo at Bearden Springs; the ^ and successful manner
people of that neighborhood are talk-1 ,n givlng yesterday'8 entertain
ing of doing something of the kind .
the Fourth "ith these gentlemen is Mrs. Rob
Of course, the Fourth will be ob- n!™1' a reEder °f marked ablllty
served in Hugo. The business places Bave several "citations, the one
the banks at least will all close dur- W , perhaps made the neatest im
ing the day. and more or less cele- 0n,being a musicaI monologue
brating by the youths of the city, the' 8 recited the Poem, "If," which
firing of crackers,
ably be expected.
etc., may reason-
TEST OF A MAN'S RELIGION.
tells of the "might have been." Mrs
Robinson has a good voice, is an im
personator far better than the aver-
age, and her work yesterday showed
to what extent her elocution meets
with popular approval. The quar-
tette was at the Airdome last night
and sang a few favorite selections
BIG HIE IIGMW
ON JULY FOURTH
HUGO WILL NOT CELEBRATE
THOUGH THE OCCASION WILL
BE OBSERVED.
Garvin Program Completed—Bill
Murray, Attorney General West
and Judge Williams to Speak
—Fiddler's Contest.
(From Saturday's Daily.)
If reports may be relied upon, the
whole thing will take place at Gar-
vin the Fourth of July. The cannon
will boom, the anvil will have its
place, and the boy with his fire
cracker, the greased pig and the oily
pole—all these and many more will
be in evidence at Oarvin July 4th
1911. « i m || - ■ ■ * |j .
So eayeth a gentleman from Gar
vin yesterday
The business men of the town have
their shoulders to the wheel, Editor
Kokanour of the Graphic is leading
the enthusiasm with pen and dop
and if the celebration fails, it will
be the first that ever did under such
favorable conditions.
There will be no celebration at
Hugo or any other of the neighboring
towns save Garvin, so it would ap-
pear that the latter will have things
her own way, and doubtless an im
mense crowd will be Garvin visitors
that day.
The program has already been an-
nounced. Contests of all kinds, near-
ly, take place; and, mind you, they
are, every one of them, "open". Any
body and everybody present may
take part.
Bill Murray, Attorney-General
West and Judge Williams of the
state supreme court have consented
to speak, assuring a goodly amount
of interesting oratory.
Perhaps the most amusing and uni-
que feature will be the contest for
fiddlers. It is understood that the
matter of speed in the minipulation
of the bow and string will be more
considered by the Judges than the
quality of the music rendered.
Though not absolutely required, two
or three drinks of squirrel or Honey-
brook will enhance greatly the con-
testant's chances. It will be fully
expected that each fiddler will have
his instrument in tune and have plen-
ty of rosum on hand. Bee's wax won't
do.
There will be two heats in the fat
man's race. No one weighing less
than *wo4orty can ent^ and te
(From Saturday's daily.)
Riding a mile on Choctaw county
roads, through the timber, will try! Pfeceding the address of Mr. Ott.
the patience of a saint. The test ,n Edward Amherst Ott's lecture
of a man's religion is no longerIIast evening^a message was conveyed
watching his neighbors' chickens |t0 the citizenship that is of infinite
tear up his garden. A far better test I importance to future generations. Mr.
is riding in a buggy through some of! 's an orator of forceful expression
the roads in Choctaw county. I an<* sti" more forceful ideas. It was
When you see a man who can trav-l b's contention that the way to rid
el in an open buggy for a few miles this country, or any other for that
through the timbered district, with I matter, of crime was not to punish
branches of trees knocking his hatlthe evil doers and let them continue
off, scratching his face and arms,! to multipiy, but by adequate mar
tearing up his clothes, and when hel rlage laws allow the race to die out.
stops at a farm house to inquire bis I He contended that the criminal in
way he finds that at the fifteenth the maJ°rity of cases was a criminal
crossroads back, he took the lefj by heredity. By numerous examples
hand when he should have taken the I he showed that the good and great of
right and is therefore about five Ithe world had been of good and great
miles out of his way, and he still re- families; that the great musicians
frains from turning the atmosphere great fiShters, great writers, the lead
blue by the vehemence of his expres-| ers in any line 'n the history of the
sion, you may safely tie to him withl wor'd sprung from great families,
the assurance that he has Job's pa-|The same rule holds true among the
tience excelled. I weak and vicious; the majority of
Something of this was experienced! cr'm'na's are horn of criminal par-
yesterday afternoon and night by two|ents' or.at least Parents with crimi
of Hugo's citizens who spent longl naI instincts. As an illustration he
and weary hours riding through the cited the Jia'e family of New York
woods near Hugo and getting off the which has Produced over 1200 cri_
road. There are more forked roads inals and showed that the way to get
to the square mile in Choctaw coun- Hd of the Juke fami'y was to let them
ty than ways to whip a mule. At die out The 0Dly Wfly to let them
every turn of the road there is an- die out is t0 Prevent their marriage,
other fork, and a question that is Under the P^sent laws, any one can
worrying one of the men who went marry- Even the convict behind pris-
over them yesterday (and he believes on bars' the imbicile, those who are
that he traversed a part of every broken in health, any one, can marry,
road he came to) is where do all of I and do marry. The only way to
them lead to. I stamp out crime and disease is to
One man will give you directions inauSurate marriage laws that pre-
such as this: You go straight down ^ent diseased people, m««jitaliy
this road until you come to the third Physically from marrying
fork, take the left hand until you He advocated strongly the mar-
reach the creek, take the right hand riage ,aw wl>ich requires that en-
there. and a half mile further on take gagements be announced for ninety
the left again until you reach the days before the license can be is-
county road, etc., ad infinitum. You Bued; that 8,1 children must be regis-
go up one hill and down another, tered in the county in which they are
some times with your buggy almost born and each county to which they
on its side. You get out and take) remove; that the contracting parties
limbs out of your buggy spokes, you 8ha" 8ecure a certificate of normal
get out and pick your hat up out of hea'th before marriage. These con
the dust, you painfully travel whatl ditions, he contends, will cut dow.,
you believe is the last mile of your the divorce ninety per cent, and the
weary way and ask somebody how crime and insanity of our country
far it is to somewhere and find you 8eventy five per cent. His arguments
are still off the road about 'steen were made P|ain, clear and convinc-
miles from nowhere. Sherman might PDg
have been right about war, but com- ,n the course of hi remarks, Mr.
pared to this war is vacation. I 0,t said that one thing that was cau-
One trip through the roads we have 8ing crime is our country was the
at present will convince any man fact tha the boys had no place to go
that the road bond issue ought to] a'ter night. After his day's work is
carry, and he will be forever after! done- a f"811 seek his own level,
an active supporter of good roads. |,f he 18 unable to find his own level]
he will have to go somewhere else.
Birthday Dinner. | " we have a place provided where
our boys can go, and enjoy healthful
City Attorney Jordan was very I and uplifting amusements after night,
pleasantly surprised yesterday noon they wl" K° there and not to the
when on reaching home he found his haunts of the evil. He suggested and
brother. District Clerk B. J. Jordan advocated strongly the installation of
of Paris, and a party of friends, who a Gymnasium that would be free to
had been invited by Mrs. B. D. to evt*ryone In some public building in
partake of the sumptuous birthday Ithe clty to which every one could go
dinner she had prepared, it being after working hours and enjoy a pleas-
her hii8ljand's 33rd anniversary. I ant evening. He suggested that if we
Revs. McIntosh and Phillips were were unable to build a Y. M. C. A.
also present. | building, we could fit up one of the
school ouildings during the summer
COURT KANGAROOED.
Prisoners in County Jail Lay Down
Rules for Inmates—"Freshmen"
Must Sign Up.
(From Tuesday's daily.)
To all Inmates of This Prison.
The following was posted inside
the Choctaw county prison this fore-
noon;
The following rules have been
adopted by the inmates of this prison
who have created a Kangaroo court:
All persons entering this prison are
required to deposit $2.00 with the
treasurer of the court who shall dis-
burse the same as the members of
the court prescribe.
The following nuisances will not be
tolerated in this prison:
No inmate shall spit on the floor,
walls or bars nor create any unne-
cessary filth of what soever nature
in this prison, they shall not use any
profane language at any time espec-
ially while inmates have visitors or
make any unnecessry noise while in-
mates are conversing with visitors.
Each person shall upon arising in
the morning and before eating each
meal wash his face and comb his
hair, and each and every inmate is
required to take a bath at least once
each week while confined in this pris-
i.
Any violation of the above rules
will be reported to the Kangaroo
court and said offender shall be given
trial and if found guilty shall be fin-
ed, said fine to be assessed by the
court.
Any inmate cursing an officer
shall be fined not less than oO cents
nor more than $1.00 and if said party
has no money with which to pay said
fine he shall be sentenced to do cer-
tain work or be confined in a cell
and fed bread and water as the court
may direct.
There is also vested in this court
the power to make any inmate clean
up the prison.
The court shall have the power to
fine persons for the above offenses in
sums from 5 cents to $1.00 or by soli-
tary confinement on bread and water
or by putting certain duties on them
unless otherwise provided for.
Oklahoma Geological Facts.
Oklahoma may have no mines or
diamond pits, but she is so rich in
other natural products that the aver-
age citizen seldom realizes their ex-
tent..
Chas. N. Gould, director of the Ok-
lahoma geological survey at Norman
has worked for years investigating
pklahomafi natural resources, and
finds that she has 2,000/)00 cubic
feet of gas per day. Has 79 000,000,-
000 tons of coal yet to be mined, has
enough asphalt tq pave all the cities
in the United States for the next hun-
dred years; lead and zinc deposits
ranking with the best of other states
has 123,000 000.000 tons of gypsum in
sight, a ledge of glass sand 50 feet
thick and 60 miles long, twenty vari-
eties and shades of granite in practi-
cally inexhaustible amount, immense
quantities of limestone superior to
the famous Bedford, large deposits of
iron ore and many other minor mine-
rals.
When the fact comes home to us
that these resources are In the infan-
cy of development, we cannot but
know th&t Oklahoma's future is «-
sured.
(From Tuesday's daily.)
Not many have been as fortunate
in buying rocky land as W. B. Gill,
who has a whole farm of such ground
three and a half miles north of Hugo.
All this he turned to good account
when it was discovered that the rock
was of a very choice variety, a kind
that is next in value and endurance
to Mexican onyx.
Much of this Mr. Gill intends to
grind up in a monster crusher which,
with other equiiflfcent, he purchased a
snort time ago at a cost of ten thous-
and dollars. This ground rock he will
sell to cities for paving purposes, etc.
He has the contract to furnish all
the rock on the Hugo paving job, and
the first of the crusher's output will
be used in this city.
Within the last few days Mr. Gill
has received from the Geyser Manu-
facturing company, of Waynesboro,
Pa., both a traction engine and a sta-
tionary engine, which will be used at
his plant, that is located three and a
half miles north of Hugo.
An office and a building wherein
meals for the employes will be serv-
ed have been put up, and the plant
has assumed much the appearance of
a factory.
The traction engine will be used in
conveying the crushed rock to town.
It is estimated that forty yards of
rock can be conveniently hauled at
one time. The crushed stone will be
placed on wagons, each holding about
two yards of rock, and two trips a
day will be made to town. Mr. Gill's
contract with Hugo calls for twelve
thousand yards of crushed stone.
In addition to the machinery al-
ready mentioned, a chain elevator, to
carry the crushed rock from the
crusher to the bin, has been installed.
The bin will contain three hundred
yards.
When the machinery is started and
things are all put at rights, Mr. Gill
thinks he will have use for sixteen or
twenty-five men all the time. He has
already employed several who will go
to work within the next two weeks.
THERE WERE 10 CONVERSIONS
At the Revival Last Night—Carge
Number in Attendance, and Good
Singing—No Service Tonight.
There were ten conversions at last
night's meeting, as the result of the
evangelist's sermon.
A large number were in attend-
ance last evening and also Thursday
night. The crowds are increasing in
size each evening, and Rev. McIntosh
has long since taken off the velvet
gloves he wore into town. He is deal-
ing with his subjects in plain lan-
guage, taking a whack at everything
he doubts had a good tendency.
There will be no services tonight,
but there will be preaching tomorrow
forenoon and fevening as usual.
The singing continues to increase
in quality in consequence of Rev.
Phillip's efforts.
Petition Suit Filed.
What Attorney Works Thinks
"That new railroad from Hugo to
Atoka is a sure go," is the assertion
of A. M. Works, formerly official re-
porter of the state senate, who was a
recent visitor to the state capita).
"Our citizens have had two meetings
and raised $40,000 to help get the
road. We need about $10,000 more
and there is no doubt about its being
raised. The right-of- way for several
miles is also to be given by our peo-
ple and it has already been arranged
for, and the preliminary survey has
been completed, it will be a great
thing for Hugo and that entire por-
tion of the state when the new road
is completed. Hugo, by the way, is
one of the fastest growing towns in
the state. We have just finished a
sewer system which cost $80,000 and
is one of the best in the state. Two
new hotels are going up, one of four
and the other of five stories, and
there is a large amount of building
going on. Southeastern Oklahoma
has suffered less from dry weather
than any other part of the state
Everything is looking fine and our
people are feeling good over the out-
look."—New State Tribune.
Operation Performed.
Drs. John and Harris of this city
and Dr. McChristian of Paris Satur-
day successfully operated on J. M.
McMicheal, the latter having an ab-
cess on his side.
Claims by Lumber Company.
The Pine Belt Lumber company of
Fort Towson has left with District
Clerk Hunter a claim of $37.48
against J. O. Walker, who is alleged
to be in their debt to the extent of
A suit was filed in district court] *18.70 for building materials purch-
this forenoon by Attorney Nelson, the ased hy him.
action being entitled J. H. Fails vs. |
Tennie Fails, by her legal guardian, j Jlm Ellis and W. L. Ellis of Soper
J. R. Fails. The court is asked to di- were in the city last night and left
vide the estate of the late Martin I this morning for Paris.
Fails Mho died Intestate, leaving
three children, between whom the J- H. Jackson of the Hugo National
property will be distributed. De-I Bank, made a business trip to Fort
ceased was a Choctaw and had an Smith, Sunday.
allotment. I —__
• j The Choctaw Herald certainly has
Messrs. Cristman and Fickencher its nerve to publish those plate sto-
former owners of the Dixie theater, I rles about the "Famous Beaux" when
left this morning for Durant and Ok-| Captain Governor Dick Locke is so
lahoma City to be gone several days, close at hand.—^Cherokee Republican.
MAKE OUR 3 BAN K YOUR BANK
FIRST STATE BANK
Every account regardless of size receives our best attentions
The Best of Everything
IS WHAT WE OFFER OUR^CUSTO^
We offer absolute^safety to our Depositors. Our treatment
will meet your demands. Our deposits are safely guarded by
THE GUARANTY FUND.-
i
We know a man with four children months at a small cost and employ _
and twelve horses and mules. He 7080 tor caretaker and have a first
knows the ages of all the horses and I c'a«i place of amusement to which
mules hut he couldn't tell the ages ofIthe h®?8 of the community could go
must have filled ,fols ped^ree tOf one of his children for a Carnegie and have a pleasant evening. This
gether with record twenty-four hour*[ medal.—Lahoma Sun. | would be a good thing for the people
PHONE 1
When You Need Lumber
Think of Us. We can Fill Your Wants
CARSON LUMBER CO.
We Want Your Building' Business.
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