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VOL. XII
The Hugo Husonia
Hugo, Oklahoma, Thursday, September 4,1913
No. 20
The Official Advertising Medium of Choctaw County
ROGERS LEAVES FOR DUTY
HENRY BLANCHARD
DIED IN HOSPITAL
ONE OF CITY'S MOST PROMI-
NENT MEN DIED AT PARIS HOS
PITAL MONDAY AFTERNOON
BAD WRECK AT NASHVILLE
i Labor Day Auto Races Cause of Four
Deaths
Henry Charles Blanchard Has a
Place in History of Hugo and Was
One of Her Foremost Citizens
J
City Engineer H. C. Blanchard j
<iied Monday afternoon at three j
o'clock in the Aikin hospital at Paris j
fallowing a serious operation made
in a vain endeavor to save hit, life.
Mr. Blanchard had been very ill
for the past month, and somewhat
aiiint? for the preceding two months
" uh a disorder of the liver that stead
iiy grew worse. Ever since coming
to this city he had been subject to a I juries not serTousT'aydT DuiUvan of
torpidity of that organ, and last sum- Memphis, driver and sole ocupant of
NASHV1|„LE Tenui, fc'eiit —
I wo drivers and two mechanicians
were killed, three others were in-
jured and several narrowly escaped
death w hen four of the six high-pow-
ered automobiles, contestants in the
I Labor day speed races were piled in
I a heap at the state fair grounds here
' late yesterday.
The dead:
John W. Sherriil, driver of lluick
car, No. 3.
Thomas P. Bridges, mechanician
of Buick car, No. 3.
William Sherrod, driver of Stulz
car, r*o. 8.
"Gooch" Brown, mechanician of
btutz car, No. 8.
The injured: Free^nau Ormabyi,'
mechanician of Mercer car, No. 2, in-
RESERVATION FILING [RAIN SAVED CATTLE
ON WES! SIDE
Studebaker "The Whiskbroom." No.
13, slight bruises; Edward PoJk, driv
er of Mercer car. No. 2, slightly bruis
ed.
mer had been forced to take a
month's vacation in his native city,
Jamestown, New York, from which
be returned much improved. Six
weeks ago he went to Mineral Wells,
'Texas, in hope of relief, Dut returned
home a very sick man. Ten days ago
he was taken toi Paris for an opera-
tion but Hollowing an examination
"there it was decided not to operate
and again Mr. Blanchard was
brought home. His condition last
week daily became so much worse
that an operation was determined !
upon as a last extremity to save his \
life, and in company with Dr. Shull. | Fire Did Hundred Thousand Dollars
his wife and mother he was again j Damage in Arkansas Town Sun-
taken to the Paris hospital. There he day Night
was operated upon Monday and, not'
EIGHT THOUSAND FOUR HUN-
DRED AND SIX QUARTER SLC-
TIONS WERE OPENED TO PUB-
LIC AT THIS DRAWING
Great Fertile Section in Montana
Opened Drawing to Continje Until
September Twentieth
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.—Nearly
f,oou. J(/'J acre farm homes are being
dra'vn by the "lucky ones'' as the
began. The people have a chance to
000 acres of land upon the Ft. Peck
Indian ^eservutiosi in northeastern
Montana yesterday. This ii the hist
great land drawing Uncle Sam lias
to offer his people and 'ine of the
greatest in the history or government
DESTROYED BY FIRE
LITTLfc RIVER BANK BUILDING
AMONG THOSE BURNED DOWN
8UNDAY NIGHT
land openings in point cf fertility.
Government agricultural experts es
timate that when this vast stretch of
* irgin soil is tilled it will add about
1:0,000,000 bushels of grain annually
to the production of the United
States—enough to feed an entire na-
tion.
The interior department rushed a
big corps of clerks to Glasgow, Ha-
vre and Great Falls, Mont., which
are tol be the registration points,
Tljese lund oficcs opened September
1 and the work of filing for this land
egan. The people have a chance to
continue filing until September 20.
The vastness of the area opened
to white settlement is expected to
make this one of the moot alluring
land openings ever presented to the
people inasmuch as their opporiun-
SOAKING RAIN MONDAY NIGHT
WAS SALVATION TO PEOPLE ON
WEST SIDE OF STATE
Counties Which Were Suffering
Most From Drought Ail Report a
Good Rain
OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept. 2.—Live
stock men in Western OklalfBtna
now have a chance to save their live
stock which have been suffering tor
water due to rains general aver the
western part of the state Monday;
e\ening. The rain also rejected hot |
veather conditions, will help late'
feed crops in some sections and soft-
j en the earth for fall plowing. The
counties in the rain district included
Jackson, Harmon, Beckham, Greer,
Kiowa, Washita. Tillman, Custer!
Dewey, Major and the north half of
Blaine county. A slight sprinkle was
reported from Enid. The rain in most
of these counties continued for a per-
iod of one-half to one an dtwo hours,
and precipitation varied from one-
quarter of an inch to an inch. A se-
vere electrical storm and high winds
accompanied the nain in Beckham
< ounty, doing some damage to trees
and small buildings. No seiious dam-
age was reported.
J Local Attorney Left For Work in
Federal District Attorney's
Office
Ben F. Rogers, of the fivra of War-
j 'en an.l Rogers, left Tuesday
; 'or Tulsa, where he will vlait for a
'lay or so, then go on to Muskogee
| to take up his duties as an msisUnt
I'nitedStates district attorney for the
Eastern Oklahoma district, under D.
H. Llnebaugh.
Mr. Hogers will be stationed at'
Muskogee but will retain his citizen-
rh'P in Hugo and be known as a
Hugoan.
The newly appointed official has
made friends of everyone in this
(■ection of the state and his appoint-
ment has been the cause of congrat-
ulation.
FIELD PRODUCTS GET
BIG FAIR AWARDS
FAIR AND AGRICULTURAL COM-
MITTEES FEEL THAT FIELD
PRODUCTS MUST BE EXHIBIT-
ED AT TULSA
For That Reason Large Premiums
Will be Offered For Products From
Choctaw County's Field?.
Married by Judge Gienn
In chambers Tuesday judgfe
W. T. Glenn pronounced the cere-
u.ony which united in marriage Mr
Tucker Bloxham of this city to Miss
Hassie Martin of Ti. Pittsburg coun
ty.
recovering from the effect* of it. died ! ASHDOWN. Ark., &«mL 1 —Fire , .
at three o'clock. j which for several hours last r'-lit1 of Ke"ln« something In the draw
The body was embalmed in Paris: threatened to sw eep throgh the en ' mU°h b<'ttel" thaU any
and brought to Hugo Tuesday j tire business section of Ashdown was ! wheTTheT ^ [a l*uce
seven o'clock an<r met and follow-1 brought under control at lo :;o . ? c ^ " Flathead
j and Spokane land drawings were
held last year a total of !<0,000 peo-
ple filed and drew for the lapdr in
those three Indian reservations, the
total area of which was about one-
■d to the residence by a numbei of | o'clock after the buildings along two
friends. Services were held at 11, blocks had been either destroyed or
oclurtv by the Masons. A', one-fortyfbadly damaged.
two the body lert for Jamestown, The Little River bank, the Sander-
•few York, accompanied by Mrs. j son building and the Tolland ware ^ ,U"Ch WSS ab°Ut Jne"
Blanchard and «ho mother. Mis. I house were among the buildings burn | "JJ p" !""? ^ ^
Brightman. iiurlal will be there on ed. j Reservation. Govirn-
Th,,r*d,iy- T"e l08S e8tiu,a,t! 18 >m-<>00 and i more ttTn^OW neonL 'Un T
Story of Henry Blanchard | |pss than half of the amount is cov-! the K< "
In writing the obituary of Mr. er,'(l b>" Insurance.
Blanchard it is meet that a friend I —
Haines Back From West
LYNCH BACK FROM COAST
Boswell Physician Has Returned
From Trip to California
usilipur
SCOUTED FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR
AND FINALLY MADE DETEC-
TIVE WHO CAUGHT HIM GO
BACK TO TOWN
should fill the hard task, to be his1
friend was to love him. and it means'
Hint (lie words are written through a|
\eil of tears. Should a stranger have'
asked in Hugo what man is best be-j
loved by hi:, friends the answer
*ould have been "C&lonel" Blanch-
ard. With his sunny smile, his cboer-
!ul greeting, a meeting with him on
the street was like a ray of 3unsii:ne.
E. O. Haines returned 'his morn-
ing from an extended visit in Colo-
rado. Idaho. Ctah and other west-
i orn points. Ho was Joined at Colora-
| do Springs by Mrs. Haines aiid ecn.
and 'the family spent a month visit-
I ing. Mrs. Haines and son will re-
Open and above-board in all his deab ,n ™°rado "ntil weath-! "™ "
.. . . . f'f prevails here. 1 drawing took place
a the public
n. Upon his
ehool he enter
r • he made an
ings the respect of all was h;s. faith-
ful and true to his task, giving his all
to his work admiration of the man's
character was involuntary. A faith-
ul husband, a loving son. a devoted
ather, in his home life be was an
< xample to be followed.
Henry <^. Blanchard was born in
Jamestown, N. Y„ July 4th. 1881. the
son of Col. and Mrs. H. C. Blanchard.
He is survived by his wife, little
t'.iughter, Helena twenty two months
old. and his mother. Mrs. Brightman.
His father was a col nel in the civil
war and following • war was a
practising physician i Buffalo and
Jamestown. Mr. B! :■ hard received
his early education
schools of JamesU
graduation from high
ed Hobart college, w •
enviable 'record. Fo ! j,ving gjtadua
tion from Hobart he matriculated at
Troy Polytechnical college and it
was there that he received his degree
es civil engineer at the very youth-
lul age of twenty. For the next eight
jears he was in the city engineers
department of Jamestown. *He next
went to Warren, Pa., where he made
a record in the laying of the street
railway of that city. For a short
period he then performed the same
service In Coffeyvllle, Kan. From
there he wont to Ft. Smith and ac-
cepted the office of assistant city en-
gineer in 1907, for two years he held
the office, having in charge the
Ltreet paving then going on in Ft.
Smith. In January 1909 he accept
ed the call of city engineer of Hugo,
during the short term of Acting May-
or Gibbs. This was during the period
when the waterworks mattor was at
t's fever heat here and the wico coun-
cil of Mr. Blanchard smoothed over
many a hard place. With the assist-
Peck land. Hence the chan-
ces ol drawing a quarter section in
the Ft. Peck reservation "lottery"
are about four times as good as they
lia\e been in previous government
land drawings. The actual value of
this land is said by government agri-
cultural experts to average about
$2.-> an acre. However, the govern-
I s appraisal for its opening to
• a bit • settlemen. is only from $2.50
j to S7 per acre, chtis maki.ig ieal ,„-i-
for those who draw ibis land.
in this
Or. ( . S. Lynch, tile Boswell cap-
italist, who left home several weeks
ago autoed to the Pacific coast and
airivii Intelsat his home in Boswell
Sunday.'
L r. Lynch went via Laramie. and
®«lt l,ak.e, thence ac-oss J'tah and
Nevada. It was his first trip across
the southern Nevada desert and bis
opinion of Nevada from an agricul-
tural standpoint is anything but
good. |
NINETY YEAR OLD BRIDEGROOM
Mexican War Veteran Takes Mar-
riage Notion
Land Buyers He'e
A half dozen l«uy rj from the bla-k
land district of Texas, were here
tiiis morning, driving out 'o t' e prai-
rie country.
Choctaw county land has become
an objec: to those who are residents
of the districts in Texas \t here land
prices are very high and already-
large nun-.Ikrs of Texans have be-
come owners of Choctaw county soil i law
way. The names of all who file for
land was placed in a big box and
ths envelopes drawn out one by one
c,nd numbered, until enough envel-
opes are taken from the box to cor
respond with the number of quarter
sections available—S.4o6. Those get
ting the early numbers will of course
get first pick of the land, in rota-
tion, according to the numbers drawn
Then actual settlement of the land
will begin May 1. 1914. Settlement is
the same as under the homestead
except that the appraised valu
ation must be paid—from S2.50 to $7
| IU *1
fiuce of Consulting Engineer Hiram ' ,,er a< re> at these terms. One-fifth
Phi llIni\o f C * t « • «-. O ^ f ho Lit n 1 J n — a. .
Phillipps. of St. Louis, Mr. Blanchard
laid out the broad plan of Hugo's
splendid water works system. And
it is due to Mr. Blanchard'-; untiring
activity and keen intellect that the
city now has its plant. The amount
involved was $185,000 and the city
got its money's worth. He next took
bold of the $75,000 sewer system and
I'Ut it through to splendid success.
Upon the completion of the uewer the
city council turned another colossal
task over to Mr. Blanchard, that cf
seeing that Hugo got seven miles of
waving for which the city paid $200,-
000. Hugo stands today the best
,>aved city in Oklahoma and these
Streets and the other two enterprises
stand as a lasting monument to the
ability and faithfulness of Henrv C.
blanchard.
In April 19i0 Air. Blanchard mar-
ried Miss Ueinbold at her home in
Wichita. Kan. To this union was
born two years ago this October a
daughter, Helen. Mr. Blanchard was
a member of a college fraternity, the
Elks. Masons and Eagles. To the
Elks he had been a member for the
last ten years, having held several
of«. *-.s in the lodge at Jamestown.
C the total down at time of entry
and the rest in five annual payments.
The settler, however, nas the op-
tion of taking advantage of the new
three-year homestead law by paying
for his land at the end of three years
and thus proving up on it. This gives
the man of small means a chance for
his "white alley."
Half a dozen modern town sites al
ready have been located by the gov-
ernment at points along the main
transcontinental line of the Great
Northern raTlway which runs
ilirough the Ft. Peck reservation for
100 miles
A marriage license was issued Sat-
urday to Dr. A. A. Walker and Mrs.
L. H. Simpson, says Sunday's Tiris
News. The prospective bride lives
in Dallas and Dr. Walker stated
when he applied for the ;iceaso that
he would leave this morning for that
city and that she would uii?t him at
the depot and they would be mairied
ibis afternoon. He said that he bad
no« known her very long. He didn't
let any of liis friends know of his in-
tended marriage, but said he didn't
care if the license was published in
the paper, as he would be on the way
to Dallas on the Texan before any-
body would get to read it. Dr. Walk-
er is ninety years old and is the only
surviving vetran of the eMxic&n war
Lamar county. He has been mar-
ried three times. He has some very-
desirable property at tha corner of
-2nd and Clarksville streets for
which he refused an offer once of
$18,000. When he married the last
time a prenuptial agreement in writ-
ing was entered into in which she
"aived any claim to a homestead in-
tereit Id his estate.
Tom Crawford Allowed Prisoner to
Settle Some Business'' And He
Got Hold of a Big Winchester
TAHLEQUAH, Aug. :?0.--George
Nottingham, a resident of the Gabriel
neighborhood, charged with robbing
a woman in Van Buren. Ark., of a
gold watch and $2f>u about a vear ago
and who has been eluding the ofi-
j <ers since, put one ove.- Detective
| Tom Crawford of Muskogee and
j again evaded the tils by causing the
officer to "crawfish" af^r having
arrested him. The detective, who has
been on Nottingham's trail fo. seme
time, located him at the home of his
uncle south of town. Going to the
I'ouse. he placed Nottingham under
arrest and started with him to town.
As they were leaving the place Not-
tingham begged to be allowed „
straighten up a little unfiriahed bus-
mess with his uncle. The request
granted. Nottingham wen? into the
house, where he secured a Winches-
ter and brought it down on the detec-
tive with the request that he return
to town alone. The request was
promptly complied with and the de-
tective was forced to return home
empty handed. Nottingham is still at
large.
The Choctaw county farmer who
shows the best dozen ears of corn
at the agricultural fair to be held
1-ere, will get a premium of some-
thing like $30 in cash, bebides hav-
ing his corn sent to the .'.ry-farming
exhibit at Tulsa. The.fair committee,
in order to get a better exhibit at the
international dry farming congress
at Tulsa will make their premiums
on fleId Products thi3 year The
intention is to make larga premiums
en corn, cotton, oats, sweet ind Irish
potatoes and all other principal pro-
ducts of the field.
Choctaw county's tremendous
crops this year prove beyond doubt
that it is one of three counties in
Oklahoma where a crop is assured
every season and the people are de-
termined that to advertise that fact
to the world, a splendid exhibit at
Tulsa, where the international dry
farming congress meets in October,
is the one best bet of a lifetime.
The awards will be divided into
first, second and third premiums in
order to stimulate the faraers to
"ring in their products. The farmer
who brings in a dozen ears of corn
and gets ten dollars for them will
feel that he has been amply repaid
for the effort, while a best bushel
of either sweet or Irish potatoes will
be worth a ten dollar bill; one best
bushel of oats will bring a ten dollar
premium and so on.
It is a give and take proposition—
all reverting back to the fact that
Choctaw county wants on the inter-
national dryfarming congress map
of exhibits.
JOE TERRELL LAfcDS JOB
President Passes Appiebutter
Several Oklahoma Democrats
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.—The fol-
lowing pcstoffice nominations were
sent to the senate Friday
Eufaula Walter T. Fears; Glenco
T- Kinsiley; Clinton—S R
Dawkes. jr.. Miami-M. c Falken-
burg; Stilwell- W. H. Davis.
President Wilson made these nomi-
nations :
Receiver of public moneys at Wood
ward. Okla., Joseph E. Terrell.
J- M. CrutchJield. postmaster at
Tulsa.
Lizzie Johnson Bound Over
Justice DeWeese held the prellmi-
fiary of Lizzie Johnson, the negress
charged With robbing Frauk John-
son last w*-«k. ihe tnai occurring
late Monday aitemoon. The negress
Dr. Askew Appointed
Governor Cruce has appointed Dr.
E. R. Askew, city superintendent of
health, as one or the stale's repre-
sentatives to the national health so-
ciety. which meets at Colorado
Springs. September 8. Dr. Askew
w il lattend the meeting.
Hinton's Municipal Plant
HINTON, Okla.. Sept. 2—Work on
Hinton's $30,000 municipal water and
light plant is progressing very rapid-
ly When finished it will be one of
the most complete and economical
Plants in the state. The water wilt be
pumped from deep wells, each pump
operated by an independent motor,
the powerplant being "equipped with
an eighty-horsepower, oil-burning en-
Sine driving a fifty-Hlowat generator
The contractor expects to have the
Plant ready to turn over to the city
by September 14. just sixty days af-
ter beginning work.
Buggy Was Upset
W hile ditvinrp Sunday afternoon,
■I C. Patterson and Miss Ta>1s Goff
were victims of a runaway. They
were in a buggy and the horse be-
came unmanageable*- nuuii.ngi tiff
. ,, - - —---P- fill
was held 'to the district court for The animal upset the buggy on the
trial, as was one buck negro, who sidewalk on Fulsom street, almost in
was charged with being the man 'font of Miss Goffs home both oc-
who held up the young man Justice cupants being caught under the ve-
DeWeese put both negress and man hide, and Mr. Patterson consid-ra-
under bond, which has so far not bly .brused. Miss Goff escaped unln-
been given. | jur«d*
f
Death of Cora Goen
Mrs. Cora Goen diea at tne home
of Interpreter H. J. Hudson in this
city Friday noon. She was the wife
of Jefferson Goen. a Choctaw, and
the family had resided in this county
but a short time. Deceased was 26
years of age. death being due to tu-
berculosis. Interment was made at
Springs Chapel.
Discrimination is Alleged
OKLAHOMA CITY. Sept. l.-Com
Plaint was filed with the corporation
commission by D. O. Groff of Atoka
against the Public Service company
of Oklahoma, alleging that it was
manufacturing and selling ice in Ato-
ka for 60c per 100 pounds and in Coal
gate charged for the same service
*oc per 100 pounds.
Say Woman Clerk Stole Clothes
Marriage at Dallas
C. D. Neff and Miss Julia Wyatt,
both of this city, were married at
Dallas at 1 o'clock Monday afternoon
the Rev. W. A. Hewitt' performing
the ceremony. They left immediate-
ly for points in this state, but it is
said-that they will make their home
c.t Dallas.
TI LSA. Sept. 1.—Mrs. Beva Hans
berger. clerk in a Tulsa department
store and her husband. Bruce Hans-
berger, occupy a cell in the county
-tail in default of $1,000 bond. They
are charged with the theft of several
hundred dollars worth of clothing
trom Mrs^M. S. Jones, a neighbor.
SCHOOL OPENS FIFTEENTH
Text Books of Old Adoption Will Be
Used Says Prof. Bennett
Superintendent Bennett of .he
Hugo schools announces the open-ng
of schools here September fifteenth.
Professor Bennett stales that the
city schols will open with the old
text books and same will be used
without regard to the squabble now
on between the state authorities, un
less the supreme court makes a de
ctaion to the contrary, the decision
of ^he court being scheduled for
September 12. but it may be delayed
considerably.
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