Pittsburg County Guardian (McAlester, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 23, 1921 Page: 1 of 8
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Pittsburg County Guardian
GUARANTEED LARGEST WEEKLY CIRCULATION IN PITTSBURG COUNTY ALL HOME PRINT
volume xvi
A STANDARD CO I NTY NEWSPAPER
Mcalester, oklahoma, Thursday, ji nk 23. 1921.
I HI. NEWSPAPER THA I" GOES HOME
No. U
County Stockmen Want BELIEVE Oil WILL BE OVER THREE INCHES Auction SaL* For
Share In Cattle Loan DEVELOPED IN 60 DflVS RA!K!ALL IN C0UN1Y1 Farmers Planned Here
"Within 60 days there will he
ome surprised folks in Pittsburg
Pittsburg County cattlemen are in- j largely on the condition and progress
terested in sharing in the big loan f it ' industry and the , ■ , ,,
■ ■ - - • |01 ll> * i vestot K industry, aim wo countv, 0|. | Wlll miss my gl.tt.-,
lability of the men genuinely inter- remarked a well known McAlester
1-nil in that industry r.ot onlv to man, Monday, with reference to the
"pull through" but to make margin |.r«.|.o*.l tofl drilling and develcv-
ments in the western and northwest-
tr business. imn pails of the county. "I believ*
.f $.'>0,000,000 pledged by J. P. Mor-:
gan & Company, and which is ex-1
nected to be ready for participating
>i not later than next week. Federal
Reserve Hanks in this (the Tenth)
Federal Reserve District, have an-
nounced their intention of subscrib-
ing to the loan.
Information so far obtainable ap-
pears to be that th loans will b
made to cattlemen direct, and will be
on real estate as well as on their cat-
tle, and to be made on a basis of
A meeting of the Pittsburg County {bat it hjn that
Pi
-took Association has been call-
for July 7, here in McAlester, by
esident j. P. Connors, of Canadian,
ai:d it is expected that this will be
one of the important matters to be
( or 'tiered. This county is one of the
leading counties in the state and, for
months' acceptance with privilege of tl'iit matter, in the Southwest, in the
rediscount at the federal r« ei"vc volume of its livestock trade and in
banks. ■ the keen interest that has been given
It is a well known fact that the the development of the industry. It ir| i
livestock business has been one of naturally expects to profit under the wj|j
time
hardest hit in the whole coun- ; proposed loan. Cattlemen should get ,j.f
thf
try, and that it is. at the same time
one of the most staple industries,
The prosperity of Oklahoma depends
CHANGE FOR PITTSBURG
have bccome
county," ho added.
This is based on the fact that
preparations are goin^ forward for
putting down two wells, one on the
Tannehill place and one on the
Frank Walker farm, the former on
Tannehill Prairie and the latter near
Scipio.
M. Bower, of the Schreiner
Drilling Company, of Kansas City,
direct the operations in the
A ground->oaker!
That's the kind of rain that fell
Wednesday ni^ht and Thursday.
And it came in good time, too,
particularly in some sections of the
county, where showers had K.n
ra.her li-. 1
The effect on corn and'cotton will
an oil well I he phenomenal Corn was already
' doing its "dead level best," and t
Ti.e I stabtishniPiit of a monthly i "Cotton How" is to include Grand
:iles day, the installation of a pub- Avenue from Main to Second, and
lie tab - platform, the inauguration 1 rvJn 'il'.'the1 eas^t if necessary. 1'hu
I of a market place for truck farmers "" ' "
Iand the designation of "Cotton Row"
where farmers may bring their cot-
ton to town and have the buyers
real ti v in this
in touch with Judge Connors partic-
ularly, and, by all means, be at the
county meeting here July 7.
-ome of the outstanding features of
general rain will put it'in tip-top; "'""'t mad<\ ?> tlu' Commercial
1 ( Iub liv the special committee nam -d
condition I WIU™ the special committee nam
The h'eaw rainfall caught some I ; mo tfme ago to look into the mat.
oats down, but most of the crop had I ' of better arrangements for farm-
been safely housed. I'1; "ho make McAlester their mar-
llow much di.i it rain Wednesday< k< tT headquarters.
night? Not only have (he committee re-
Well, from tb time it started, j poited unanimously endorsing this
about 11 o'clock, until It o'clock (program, but it has been iriven the
Thursday morning, it had drenchedI approval of the Commercial Club,
\-fra width of the street makes t
onvenient for parking the wagons
n the cenU r ot the street without
n any way blocking regular traffic.
come out to make bids on same are I ben the cotton buyers can be noti-
fied and come to the wagons to sub-
mit their bids, instead of having the
farmers run all over town looking
the face of Mot her Nature with 3.2b
inches of rainfall, one 01 the lieav- j
iest down-pours of the year. And at
o'clock, the time The Guardian's
weekly " weather report closed, it
looked like it might keep on down-
re now being work-
located |
Main
★ * *
* *
Pittsburg County boys have an op-
portunity of spending .SO days in one
of the most attractively arranged
military camps in the country if they
want to. It is just up to them. It
won't cost them a cent, either, a<
Uncle Sam pays the freight both
ways, as well as the expenses while
there.
Congress has appropriated $1,000,-
000 to provide for citizens military
training camps this summer, and
10.000 young men, between the ages
of 16 arid 35, will be given these
outings at no expense to themselves.
The allotment for Oklahoma is about
270 and for Pittsburg County about
35. Many applications are already in,
but those in charge of the project
are especially anxious to have appli-
cations from boys in the county —
"oung fellows who are worthy and
desire to take this training for its
real advantages.
Applicants from this section will
* CATTLEMEN TO MEET.
* An important meeting of the
* Pittsburg CounH Livestock As-
* sociat'on has been called for
* July 7, at McAlester, by Judge
* J. P. Connors, president of the
* organization. Every member
* and interested stockman is urg-
* ed to attend. Business of spe-
* rial importance is to come up.
+ ★**★★*■******
Prairie test He goes this
week to Brckenridge, Tex., where a
string of t.iols will be taken charge
of for immediate transportation to
the field here.
A strihg of tools has already been ! pouring.
secured for the Walker well, and I
will be brought over at once from FORMER McALKSTKKITES
near Featherston. This outfit was I HURT IN AI TO ACCIDENT
bought from the Costonzo Oil and i
Mining Company. j Among the jjersons injured in the
I he locations for both proposed automobile accident in Oklahoma
wells are said to have been made af- I City, last Monday night, when a
tor the most careful examination of|street car struck a truck loaded with weights and at a reasonable cost No
the field, and with confidence that j members of the Young People's En- scales have been heretofore erected
the drilling will bring nay results. | deavor Society of one of the churches because of the expense incident to
The geogolists making the locations jn that city, were Mrs. H. B. Mil.
and the details
ed out.
The public scab's are to he
on the strip of ground on Main |
u'reet iust north of the Knty via-'
dust ami near the present public
fountain Part of the land now he-
i if use for a dumping ground for
eitv equipment alon" the Katv right-
of-way, will be used fr locating the
senles, which will be in charge of
' -nintv Weii her William Aanslev.
The installation of these scales will
mhle the public to got correct
I IN KM \ \ ELECTROCUTED
WHILE WORKING ON
JOB
have an exceptionally good record for
locations.
" . The well on the Simpson farm,
K' I . Todd, lineman tor the 1 itls- noith 0f Stuart, is reported spudded
burg County Railway & Electnc jn an<j [j ;g expected that drilling
( ompany, w::s instantly killed o\ a tHei-o will bo pushedrapidlv.
high voltage of electricity passing ; ;
through his body, as he was working
on a transmission wire of the com-
pany's system, near Krebs, Monday
afternoon He was working at the
top of the line pole, when his body
came in contact with a live wire at
the same instant that lie held the
transmission line. Voltage estimated
at 2,300 passed through his body,
and he was dead almost without an j
are so sure of their ground that- they ner and son, Arnold Milner, who
prefer an interest in the oil to be formerly livfcd in McAlester, where
found rather than cash remuneration I Mr, H. B. Milner was a member of
for their services. They are said to the bar.
Arnold is said to have been driv-
Ihe matter.
The public market would be lo-
cated on the south side of Grand
Avenue, from the corner of Main
back to the alley at Dakil's store-
This will give plenty of room for
jng, the truck at the time it was the parking of farmers' wagons every
shuck, and is reported seriously morning, and will give the house
l°oi them.
The most important feature of tho
whole plan, it is believed by tho com-
littee, is the inauguration of the
monthly sales day. Farmer-' can
hiing anything from household gootu
■o livestock and have sai\o auction-
ed 'iff by a licensed auc'ioneei". This
" 'ti be particularly of advantage to
'he farmer who ha.' a bunch of stock
te sell. Also, by m iking a "sale.i
" " of it, any number if farmers
can bring in different lots of stuff
for the auction block, so that the
ni'nspective buyer will be pretty cer-
tain to find something he can use or
1' r• rit.s in the varied lot of goods of-
fered each Auction Day. The idea has
worked very successfully in other
cities.
The sales would also be held on
Gianil Avenue, between Main Street
and the Dakil alley, using the vacant
property along the street for pavil-
ion purposes. Traffic across the via-
duct and along Grand Avenue would
be properly regulated during the sale
so as not to have it interfere with
the project.
The first public sale is to be held
on the first Monday in August, by
which time it is expected to have all
details for handling the sales will lo
hurt. It is also reported that the wives a chance to buv vegetables i worked out and proper publicity giv-
ehurch minister was perhaps fatally while they are fresh. It is believed
'niured. The crowd was returning this will act as a decided boon to
from a picnic and about 30 persons the truckers, antl certainly so to the
were aboard when the collision oc- housewives who will take the trou-
TAXPAYERS NO PICNIC
It's a crowd -but no picnic.
We nave reference to the grand
outcry. Fellow workmen, particulai-: |-us), that has been going on with
curred.
PEACE BONDS SAID TO
BE IN GREAT DEMAND
From applications recently made
n local courts, j «uc<' bonds are said
to he hi great demand these days.
The latest request was to Judge
hompson. Wednesday, by Hester
hie to connect directly with the early
morning bargains in garden products
on the "cash-and-carry" system.
en to insure success from the start.
The committee handling those pjo-
ects for the Commercial Club con-
st s of Mayor R. K. Pemberton. H.
D. Parsons, Tom Rasar, H. G. Han-
cock. T. 1!. Hogan and W. Hayes
i Fuller.
MANY LOCAL WITNESSES VOCATIONAL TRAINING
IN WARD Ml RDER CASK I BOARD IN NEW OFFICES
go to the training camp at Ft. Sam ly O.' R. Clark, another lineman, and thp" c„u„ty'bo^rd of equaHzation Brown of near Featherston for a
Houston, Tex., and will lie there from Lawrence Crews, foreman, hurried • —j -A , nrown, ot neal r eatnersion, _ ioi a
Nearly a dozen witnesses, includ-, McAlester has been selected as one
«n.K'. i" IU"|U'K''1||0U present county of- | 0f the main district headquarters by
July 15 to August 14. Uncle Sam not io" the bo.lv and removed it from ab^t p^pertT^^menf incre^s w:'YaYneyT left" "Thursday nSng'Tr'''OkmuTl j the federal government in the sys-
enlv pays the transportation but fur. eontact with the deadly current. The mailed out recentlv luT ■ i .T" / ^ K<'.c' in answt" lo subpoenas in the item of vocational training for dis-
nishes uniforms, board, room, medi-, hands and hip of the deceased were Monday was the dav for "k'eks " t ' • t a" ' i °"'<\ trial of George Ward, charged with 1 abled soldiers and sailors that is fol-
cal attention and everything while ® burne.l" otherwise SEw? pnJterts. ffom1 LnSed for" as^auH ami batte™. livef! here, | lowing in the wake of the world
seW^pt^the' enm^ 6 'i T^M,d '? v" d to k;,v? had" worked1 V" ' s0"then' (1.istrict- Tuesday was Carney lives near Featherston, and,
selves at the camp. perienced lineman and had woiketl devoted to hearing protests from the 1 nrcor(j!nir to her testimonv lived it
One month spent in the athlet e for two years with the company . ,,ast Bide> an(, Wednesday was the C house foi iome t^e Warrants
raining of one o# these camps will here, lhe accident occuiied at the (jay for pr<ytests from the west side. I for his arrest on both charges were
do wonders for a voung fellow, ae- „0int where the transmission line . . ., j.-ii ,ia,- not ot'
and practically all of the witnesses1 war.
issued by Judge Thompson and tum-
lohn-
son was turned loose and the costs
are character witnesses
The killing occurred last spring
and took place in a moving picture
theatre. Family trouble is assigned
as the cause. The man whom Ward
11 at or|e of these training camps Tex., and took charge of the body, |afu|1, opens. There were visitors .."" s^ed against Maddox
will have much to thank Uncle Sam taking it to the old home, McKin- from everywhere and all gingered up R Vallion of Hartshorne is seek
for when he gets back home. Ft. ney, for burial. The deceased was ove). lhe notices they had received. in^r to have'.L W. Hereford, of'th-.t
Sam Houston is in the suburbs of
San Antonio, the Queen City of Tex-
as, famous as the Alamo City of
'havid Crockett, and abounding in
historical interest. The camn will
accomodate 800. and the best of in-
structors in all lines are provided.
Applications should be made at once
either to the commanding general,
headquarters 8th Corps Area, Ft
Sam Houston, Tex., or to Militm
'ut killed is said to have been previously
. b warner 1 hv Warrl to "Ipavp hi« home
warned by Ward to "leave his home
alone," but is said to have persisted
in paying attention to Ward's wife.
appears that on the day of the
killing, Ward had intended coming
to McAlester, but for some reason
changed his mind and returned home
an ex-service man
., |n| :s John Savage, chairman of the , town |,laCetl under a peace bond, the
Besides his fathei, the deceased is 0t county commissioners, and -
sui'vived by two brothers, \\. t. wh0 had to sign all the notices sent
and l>. V. |j virtue 0f his office, was the
The district here will have super-
vision of ten important Oklahoma
counties and will be in charge of W.
M Plummer and Wilburn Cart-
wright. Mr. Plummer has been en-
gaged in the work since it was first
organized, immediately following the
close of the war. Mr. Cartwright
more recently entered the service,
but brings to it a wide general ex-
perience in public affairs. He was
formerly in the state senate, serving
in the recent session of the legisla-
Todd, of Wiley, Tex.,
Todd," of Ft. Worth, and a s^ter, man the incoming swarm pounc-
Mrs. Vema Sullivan, of rt. Wortn, Up0n They took it for granted
Tex
hearing comingu up June 27th before
Judge Thompson.
The case of Frank Fabry, of A'o-
eivei! nL'ii:n-i whom a neac-> bond
is sought hv Lee Wisnoski, will also
he heard by Judge T lompson next
Saturday.
LOCAL LUMBER YARD
The extensive yards and good will
that he had been responsible for the
hike.
HEARING HOTEL CASES. "I don't mind saying I helped,"
Judge Melton, in district court, re- admitted Mr. Savage, "but I deny
!'i' sume(| hearing in the case of the ap- emphatically that 1 am the sole
Camp Headquarters, care W. C. Alii- plication for permanent injunction agent in this case. The raises were
son, McAlester. against the Royal Hotel, Wednesday made by the board, of course, but
Fill out the blank below, if you t|le hearing being conducted by pro- the fact that I signed them seems to
are a live youngster and interested in s(.cuting Attorney Whitt and occupy- have given the owner the impression of't^ South"Texas Lumber Company
matter, and mail either to Mr. in„ 0f the day. The case was j that I was personally responsible ( here one of the iar„est lumber
Alester or Ft Sam Houston. taken under advisement by Judge fo, his increase in tax assessment dg in tho £tate has bet.n bouKht
Please mail me application blank MeUon for an 0I-«ler later, lhe hear-| please pass the honor around.' f(V thp v g Cook IjUmber Company,
for enrollment in the Citizens Mil- infr in the case of the house operated However, the protesters in nearly an(, the stock was ,ast wppk invoice,i
ary Train,ngCamps, and other in- , Flank Bomheim, in Krebs, also ai, cases went away satisfied that ; b John Hutchinson and F. F. Cook,
formation about them, to the follow- chargcd with being operated against the board had acted in good faith 0f fhe new owners together with
mg address. the best interests of the community, an<| justly Most of the increases Manager Lewis of {he South Texas
was taken up lata Wednesday, witn were on household goods, and in , IjUmbcl. Companv, preparatory to
1' inding his wife away, he was in- ture from the district comprising
formed, it is said, that she had gone , Coal and Atoka counties. His home
to te moving picture show with the was at Coalgate.
forbidden escort. Ward is said to Tb(1 new headquarters are in tho
have gone to the theatre, entered it,! (Jrand-Leader Building, second floor.
walked down the aisle until he lo-
over the Grand-Leader department
cated the man and then shot him. | store, and are spacious and well fit
Among the witnesses summoned ted out. Office arrangement for all
are E. T. Gabbert, Judge W. A., the various departments of the work
Treadwell, Henry li. Walton, Judge! has been worked out, and hundreds
S. F. Brown, Dave Hopkins, Chris of cases of disabled soldiers and
GOES TO NEW OWNERS Springer, George Holvey, Carl Monk, ' sailors are already in the hands of
Judge T. D. Taylor, Bob Lackey antl the board. The work is becoming
Dr. Barton. Judge Treadwell was 1 more important aud involved, as the
unable to attend. number of cases increases.
Address
Assistant County Attorney Smith in some cases assessments were made , tai(in(f the yards" over.
charge of the prosecution. where it was known that the assess- The _South Texas Under Mr. Lev
Numerous state witnesses were ment had been improperly returned. ; i#, k(,en management, has grown an<l
called, and also witnesses for the 1^- 'he board believes that their first p rc(| havj now an enviable
«eight - fensc, among those on the stand be- duty to the county is fairness antl | tra(|e bui)t , QV€r a ,arEe section „f
.... ing Dave Tatum, Municipal Judge uniformity in assessment, and if they ( thjs t of th(, state_ ]ta new own.
- Taylor, George Holvey and otheis have to "get on the toes of a few erg are no ,css energetic, the Cook
connected with the police court. effecting this, they can t help it. Lumber Company being one of the
Counsel for the al Ho e | lhe county at large will benefit by ,apj,|ly growing line concerns of the
sisted that, so far as the Royal s . ,t In fact, the backbone shown by st£ f,i ht impol-tant yards lo-
concerned, the police court . recordsil the board is a pretty good mdica- • cate(j at the following points: Le-
Race
hire last Saturday destroyed
Chandler car belonging to Charles
Hefley, of 225 West Adams Avenue, ' a„ "effort to operate the p'ise save himself thV time and trou-I
and also practically ruined his gar- i mMmu . ^ Ju(|Rp Taylo|. h|p of (,ominf, to protest. ,t wili (!o i
" . ... , .■ . 1 • ... .y,,./) <• /l./l mtt ' .^..1 „ i 1 ...! n
a"i in addition to damage to
rear portions of the Hefley home.
Mr. Hefley had driven the car into p that'date, an"d that it was hard 1 be j„ sessTon, adjusting assessments
itriiT firvioL p'r^t of|unt„ about ju.y i.
immoral conduct.
admitted that his records did not j no good otherwise.
Mr.' ifefi ey "h ad * d riven" the c a rint o show many arrests from the place | U is expected .that the board will
i the house,
when the flames were noticed by
The new company will have more
to say to the public throughout this
section at an early date.
^itbt° but^ldn't^'hT'carNo'ordVr'r were issued in any of|STILIj WANTS DAMAGES
garage. The loss is partially covered the cases until after full consulera- | FOR THAT AUTOMOBILE
I'yinsu ranee.
DISTRICT COURT CLERK
REDUCES DEPUTY FORCE
The
McAlester Trust Company
The Largest State Bank in Southeastern Oklahoma
DEPOSITS GUARANTEED UNDER STATE LAW
"IN THE HEART OF MCALESTER"
At Choctaw and First
i tion of the matter.
Retrenchment has hit the office
force of District Court Clerk H. I.
***************
* THE WEATHER
*
* Robert Combs, U. S. Weather
* Observer, McAlester, Okla.
Not satisfied with the refusal of ! Aston, who filed notice with the
the Board of ount.v Commissionsers { Hoard of County Commissioners
DISTRICT COURT to allow a claim for $900 damages I Monday to the effect that he hatl
I for his car, Ben Ervin, through his ' reduced his clerical force by one
Among the proceedings in Judge j guardian, has sued the board for this j deputy since the first of the year.
Melton's court the past week were . amount in district court. The com- j k^e also asked that the bourd fix the
* | the following: 1 plaint alleges that one night during 1 salaries of the two deputies in his
* 1 J. M. Ledford vs Mary Ledford, the year 1919, he was driving along j immediate office at $120 and $100
* ; suit for divorce; decree of divorce in
***¥***¥*** ¥ ¥ favor of defendant, who was award-
ed custody of the minor child;
Weather report for week ending grounds for divorce, extreme cruel-
June 22, 1921.
Rain
I ty-
State of I D.
L. Richardson vs M. K. & T.
Date
Max.
Min.
fall Weather
lfi
88
73
00 Clear
17
90
73
00 Clear
18
90
70
00 Clear
19
92
73
.02 P- Cloudy
20
87
69
00 P. Cloudy
21
91
(ifi
00 P. Cloudy
22
84
69
3.24" P, Cloudy
Barney Resnick vs James C. Boss;
judgment for plaintiff.
C. Carignano vs Costanzo Coal &
Mining Company; judgment for
in a Chevrolet between Krebs antl j per month respectively.
Alderson, when he drove into an over ! In addition to cutting tlown the
culvert, the bridge having been re- I force by eliminating one deputy, Mr.
moved by order of the county com- j Aston has provided a set of office
missioners or their agents. He fur- records that will greatly facilitate
ther complains that sufficient lights ' the handling of the business of the
were not set, so that he ran plifmb ! office and that will also show at a
into the creek below, his auto caught i glance the business of the office
fire and burned and the loss was al
most total.
The commissioners insist that the
plaintiff in sunt of $19,000, with 6 county was not hlamable, antl that
per cent interest from Nov. 28,; suitable warning signals were set
1918.
' but that he ignored them.
from week to week.
Lee Miller, a young man from Kio-
wa, was given a 30-da.v sentence in
jail by Judge Thompson this week,
on a charge of carrying a gun.
OFFICERS
W. B. MCALESTER, President.
G. C. COCHRAN, Vice-President.
GEO. B. HALL, Active vice-pres.
W. S. O'NEAL, Cashier.
J. H. LEWIS, Asst. Cashier.
W. E. NASH, Asst. Cashier.
M. K. MOUSSA. Assistant Cashier
DIRECTORS
E. M. FRY, Chairman.
L. ROTHBAUM
R. C. NELSON
PAUL MILLION
w. b. Mcalester
fred C. SWHTER
geo. B. HALL
m. l. harris
Dr. E. N. ALLEN
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