The Drumright Derrick (Drumright, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, May 15, 1914 Page: 3 of 12
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IN THE PUBLIC EYE
Guthrie was selected as the 1915, G. Curd, Choctaw Herald, Hugo ,W.
meeting place, Buck Campbell of the eer, o°anrfae°olutitm> indorse(i the
Waukomis Hornet was advanced from |
first vice president to president and
the Oklahoma editors, through the
adoption of a resolution, indorsed the
effort for a revision of the Oklahoma
regional bank lines, placing the entire
state in the Kansas City district in-
stead of half being in the Kansas City
district and the other half made tribu-
tary to the Dallas bank, in the closing
business session of the twenty-third
annual convention of the Oklahoma
State Press association at Ardmore.
The session was held Saturday af-
ternoon in the clubhouse on pictur-
esque Chickasaw lake, northeast of
the city, after the visiting newspaper-
men had been given a fish fry and had
placed at their disposal the fishing,
boating and other outing privileges at
the country club. Other officers elect-
ed for the ensuing year were as fol-
lows:
George H. Foster, Wagoner Record,
first vice president; Mrs. Walter Fer-
guson, Cherokee, second vice presi-
dent; Bryon Norrell, Ada News, third
vice president; E. S. Bronson, Thomas
re-elected secretary and treasurer.
Members of the executive committee
are: J. Burr Gibbons, Tulsa; E. B.
Guthrie, Sallisaw Star Gazette; Jesse
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Buck Campbell.
Stillwater Gazette; Horace W. Shep-
ard, Altus Times, and C. L. Wilson,
Cherokee Messenger.
SHADOWS OF CONIINQ EVENTS.
May 19-20—Millers' and Grain Dealers
convention, Oklahoma City. ,,,
Mav 26-27—Oiark Trails uood Iloads
C°May' 27—Annua?Santa Fe picnic. Guth-
n July 6-Aug. 1—Cotton school, Stlll-
"'jury 9—Mcintosh-Hughes annexation
''^Sept" 8-9-10—Caddo county fair BJogJ.
Sept 8-10—Photographers convenuo
0kS1eaphtO"2.0icty-3, 1914—State Fair, Okla-
h°Oct. C7-l°7—Dry Farming Congress,
^October—Southern Commercial Con-
gress. Muskogee.
The firemen's state association met
In Oklahoma Citj last week, with the
usual program of co'ntests.
The big democratic rally held at
Alva last week was attended by about
two thousand or more democrats.
Young democrats of Pawnee county
have organized a branch of the Young
Men's League of Democratic clubs.
Women of Tahlequah have organ-
ized a civic improvement league and
will begin work to beautify the city.
Caddo county again expects to win
first prize in the county exhibit de-
partment at the State Fair this year.
George Humes, negro, shot and
killed his-wife at Ardmore and then
the gun upon himself with fatal re-
sults.
haS The"jains suSated^n'he^oTrth'floor and is reached only by the elevator
sSsts K/srttss&s srw. s
building.
State Fire Loss Small In April.
Fire loss in Oklahoma for the
month of April was the lowest of any
month of the present year and one
of the lowest since the creation of
the office of the state fire marshal, ac-
cording to the monthly report just
submitted to State Insurance Commis-
sioner A. L. Welch by State Fire Mar-
shal C. C. Hammonds.
The total loss for the month was
$177,053.85, of which $69,139.74 was on
contents, ,and $107,934.11 on build-
ings. Thero were 134 fires during the
month.
Two fires resulting from spontane-
ous combustion resulted in the loss
of $52,125 on buildings, and $11,152.-
50 on contents, being the largest loss
from a single case.
Mr. Hammonds calls attention to
the fact that with the approach of
warm weather, the use of oil and gas-
oline stovea will increase with its
attendant fire hazard, and urges that
precaution be taken against fire from
Ihis source.
Six persons have been arrested
jharged with arson during the month,
;hree of whom have pleaded guilty
*nd received sentences of twenty-one
years in the penitentiary.
Seven persons have met death in
'.he state during the month as a re-
mit of these fires and many others
•save been painfully burned, the re-
port states.
Complain To Corporation Commission
A complaint charging the Western
Union Telegraph company at Tahle-
quah with violation of the order of
the corporation commission relative
to the free delivery of prepaid tele-
grams within the two-mile limit, was
made to the commission by H. R. Wil-
liams, a teacher in the Tahlequah
state normal school.
Williams alleges that the local
agent charged him 25 Cents for deliv-
ering a prepaid message' to the nor-
mal building which he says is within
the two-mile limit.
A complaint was made to the com-
mission from the Ackimo Fuel and
Supply Co. of Wichita, Kan., vs. the
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Rail-
way Co. and the Wichita Falls and
Northwestern Railway. The com-
plainant company claims that a car of
coal consigned to it at Knowles, Okla.,
was refused by the shipper and that
although this occurred on June 19,
1913, the complainant was not noti-
fied until September 6, 1913, and was
therefore compelled to pay $42 demur-
rage charges. Ahe coal company
asks a refund of the demurrage
charges.
Names On Ballot By Rotation Plan
Secretary Ben W. Riley of the state
election board says that the provisions
>f the new election law, providing a
lystem of rotation for tie placing of
names of candidates on the ballot for
he August primary would be followed
io the letter. Circular letters are now
^eing sent out from his office to the
election officers In the various coun-
ties, calling their attention to that
provision of the law and directing
them to act accordingly in the prep-
aration of ballots for the August pri-
mary.
The impression has existed among
candidates in some parts of the^ state
that the old system of alph*be"?"'
arrangement would be followed This
Idea is groundless, according to Mr.
Riley.
"Every candidate, no matter wheth-
er his name begins with the first or
last letter in the alphabet w U have
equal advantage so far P°B"'on°
the ballot is concerned, said Mr.
Riley.
Cattle Have White Plague.
Fifteen cattle from a herd eff twen-
ty-two cows shipped into Oklahoma
City for dairy purposes have been
found Ui be infected with tuberculosis,
according to report made to President
G. T. Bryan of the state board of agri-
culture Saturday by Dr. E. V. Robnett,
city veterinarian. The cattle will be
condemned and killed. The city au-
thorities have no power under the law
to condemn cattle and for this reas-
on the matter was turned over to the
state autorities for action.
The herd was shipped In from Illinois
a few days ago. Dr. Robnett stated
that the tests showed plain re-action on
te part of fifteen cattle and that the
whole herd is under suspicion as the
rest of the cattle showed a tendency
the part of fifteen cattle and that the
It is probable that the discovery
will lead to the establishment of strict
quarantine regulations in Oklahoma
against Illinois as that state Is said
to have very lax regulations relative
to inspection of live stock
Decision.
Important Personal Injury
The important ruling that an ad-
ministrator of an estate may main-
tain an action to recover damages on
the part of a person who had *>rou^
suit for personal injuries under the
fellow servant law but who died pen -
Ing determination of the su • w _
made by Judge Brewer in an OP1"'0"
of the supreme court. The cas •
that of the St. Louis and San F™nc1"-
co Railway vs. Gertrude ('°°dp„a^
minlstratrU of the estate ofFrank
Goode, deceased, appealed from Co-
manche county and affirmed.
Frank Goode sued for *30.n(|°
Injuries received but died while his
iult was in court. His wife. Gertrude
Five-Day Tip on Price Cut.
At least two of the pipe line com-
panies will follow the same course
ers and the corporation commission
five days in advance of any proposed
cut in price of crude oil, without an
order of the commission making such
reuirement, according to telegrams re
celved by Attorney General West and
made public by him. Officials of the
Prairie and Gulf Pipe Line companies
serving the Cushing field wired the at
torney general to this effect. It is
probable that all other pipe line com-
panies will follow the same course
and that the corporation commission
aB a result will not find It necessary
to issue an order covering this ground.
Mother Needs His Hslp.
In order that he might support his
aged mother A. E. Perkey. who was
serving a four-year sentence from Co-
manche county for grand larceny was
paroled from the penitentiary by Gov-
ernor Cruce on recommendation of
the prison board of control. The board
received many letters expressing the
. new «"•' stwjlsist .«1 -<■« «■
$9,750 in the lower court. This JuJg needed h(g hp,p Before beIn)? gent
ment is sustained. The *mount r ,Q the oklahoma prison Perkey had
ered In such a ca.e cannot ^ Ju#t comp,eted a live-year sentence
* * nr •he next kin, but is creaueu j npnitntiary.
More than 1,000 members of the
order of Knights of Columbus gath-
ered in Tulsa to attend the ninth an-
nual convention of that organization.
A vein of lead thirty-five feet thick
was found within the city limits of
Miami at a depth of 190 feet. It is
considered one of the richest finds in
the field.
The safe of the postofflce at Ramo-
na, 35 miles north of Tulsa, was dy-
namited by burglars who escaped
with $100 in cash and several hun-
dred dollars in stamps.
Edward Mayers, 19 years old, com-
mitted suicide at the farm of his fath-
er nine miles southwest of Oklahoma
City by blowing off the top of his
head with a Colt's forty-five revolver.
Rev. Dr. S. J. White has tendered
his resignation as pastor of the First
Christian church of Guthrie, and will
accept a call to the pastorate of the
First Christian church at Joplin, Mo.
To keep pace with the expansion
of the city's industries the Ardmore
chamber of commerce, with an ag-
gressive membership, has been or-
ganized to replace the smaller com-
mercial club.
Every store and every shop in
Eufaula was closed up tight last
Thursday and between four and five
hundred men of the city were engaged
in working the roads leading into the
city from different directions.
Oklahoma will Tiarvest twice as
much winter wheat this spring as
last—35,500,000 bushels, according to
the first estimate of the United States
board of agriculture just made, show-
ing condition of crops up to May 1.
Farmers who lost wheat in the
South Canadian river floods refuse to
mourn. Papers in the flood districts
announce that wheat land will be
planted to cotton and feed crops as
soon as the water runs back into the
river.
For attempting to burn their own
home to destroy goods for whicfi the
police were making a search, three
negroes, Henry Smith, John Smith
and their sister were placed under
arrest at Okmulgee Saturday charged
with arson.
When his love was spurned Jack
Lancaster, of Brant, attempted to
shoot himself through the forehead at
a lonely spot along a country road.
He is now at death'B door. Lancaster
had known the young woman for less
than a month.
Jewel Rammage, a small boy, of
Bertrand, Cimmaron county, was bit-
ten by a rattlesnake while on his way
to school. Medical aid could not be se-
cured Immediately and when the doc-
tor arrived the child was In a serious
condition, but may recover.
The traveling libraries sent out by
the extension division of the Univer-
sity of Oklahoma are greatly In de-
mand by the people of the state. Dr.
Muskogee Gas & Electric Co. are
the idea has been put into operation,
reports that there are now twenty-
three collections of books in circula-
tion.
A giant human skeleton was un-
earthed at Luther. Oklahoma county,
by grave diggers. The skeleton was
found about three feet under ground
and beneath a solid layer of rock. The
skull, which is well preserved, was
found to be twice the size of an ordi
narv man's head and the other bones
Indicated that the giant human being
must have been over eight feet tall.
The find was reported to the state
geologist at Norman.
state officials to aid oil men
Henshaw and Others Will Ask for
Government Storage Tank.
Over Thirty Thousand Dollars in Pre-
miums are Offered.
Oklahoma City.—A request for the Cagh premiums amounting to $33
war department to build tankage ^ i 272.50 are offered by the Oklahoma
the Cushing and Healdton fields, 8,1 ' gtate Fair for exhibits of live stock,
flcient to store 10,000,00o barrels , o at,ric„ilurai products and other dis-
oii, will be made by Corporation Com-
missioner George A. Henshaw and a
committee of oil producers from the
two fields.
Mr. Henshaw left for Washington
Sunday afternoon where he went to
argue the Oklahoma-Kansas-Arkansas
two-cent passenger rate case, anil
while there will meet the committee
of oil producers from the Cushing and
Healdton fields and hold a conference
with the heads of the war department.
This is one of the plans of the pro-
ducers to relieve the present over-
production situation in the two fields.
It this tankage is supplied by the war
department, it is said, it will be a
long step toward relieving the situa^
Hon and will insure ample means of
taking care of the total production.
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Cato SellB will also be called into the
conference. Mr. Sells was asked to
come to Oklahoma some time ago to
meet with a committee of independ-
ent producers for the purpose of con-
sidering the advisability of recom-
mending to the federal government
the construction of a pipe line from
the Oklahoma field to the gulf coast
to supply war vessels and other gov-
ernment owned ships. Mr. Sells, t
Is said, has advised that he cannot
keep the engagement and the conf""
ence to be held the coming week with
the war department will, in a meas-
ure, take the place of the proposed
conference with Sells.
If the war department will consent
to the erection of the tanks the con-
ferees hope to show where the oil can
bo transported to the coast by pip'
lines without the construction of a
governmeut line.
gov. compromises oil suits
Cruce and C. R. Smith Divide Their
Healdton Interests.
Ardmore.—Governor Cruce and C.
r Smith of this city, who were in-
volved in a suit over ninety acres of
land in the heart of the Healdton oil
field, have compromised the suit
The governor gets sixty
Mr Smith thirty acres and the bonus
money amounting to $26,500, was
equally divided between the two. The
land is very valuable.
muskogee asks lower schedule
citizens League Say. Rates for Power
and Light Are Too High
Muskogee-The Citizens' League of
Muskogee has decided that the rates
charged for light and power by the
j W Scroggs, under whose direction
twice as high as they ought to be
and a petition is being prepared to
present to the state corporation com-
mission asking that the rates be cut
In two. The present rate is 14 cents.
agricultural products and other
plays at the eighth annual exhibition,
Oklahoma City, September 22 to Octo-
ber 3. Of this amount, $2,181.00 is
offered by the various breeding asso-
ciations of the country.
These and hundreds of other Impor-
tant details are fully brought out in
the big premium list, just issued, and
which is the most complete book of
the kind ever published by the
Oklahoma fair. Ten thousand copies
are now ready for distribution. Any
person may get a copy by writing to
I. S. Mahan, secretary, Oklahoma City.
Important Innovations have been
.made in all of the departments, in-
1 eluding two new classes in the horse
show division, the re-establishment of
a class for Chester White and O. I.C.
swine and a contest for dairy cattle.
One of the features of Interest is
the score card by which county collec-
tive exhibits will be judged this year.
The score card not only assures ab-
solute fairness in the Judging, but for
the first time gives individuals and
county organizations a complete list
of the products to assemble for a
county exhibit. Premium offerings in
the county exhibit department have
been increased to $1,500 and the mon-
ey will be divided among the flrat
twenty counties.
Concerning the amusement features,
there will be Thaviu's Band, Gill ■
balloonists, Powers Elephants. May
Wirth and her family of noted eques-
trians; several auto race drivers, clasa
harness and running races, and other
big features.
big
m00sers to speak here
Roosevelt and Beverldge on the Pro-
gressive Campaign Program.
Stillwater.—Theodore Roosevelt is
coming to Oklahoma to deliver ten
speeches for the Progressive state
ticket according to announcement
made by John P. HIckam. Hlckam
further announced that Albert J. Bev-
erldge of Indiana, Victor Murdock and
Henry J. Allen of Kansas and Govern-
or Hiram Johnson of California will
come to Oklahoma.
poteau has a monster gasser
15,000,000 Feet a Day and Workmen
Can't Cap the Well.
Poteau.—A big gas well which It 1«
estimated will produce 15,000,000 feel
a day has been brought In here by the
Le Flore Gas and Electric company
The pressure thus far has been bo
strong that workmen are unable tc
cap it. It is believed that the new
well will open up a new and impor-
tant oil and gas field in extreme east-
ern Oklahoma.
New Elevator Planned
Strong City.—With an extra large
acreage of wheat and oats in this
Live Wire Kills Indian Halfbreed
Lawton.—Louis Atterbury, a half-
blood Cherokee India'', was instantly
killed in this city. He received 230«
volts of electricity through his body
live
brothers, who are Interested in a
string of flouring mills and also large
rtorkholder* in the C & O. W. rail
wav, will erect a large elevator, work
beginning in a few days. The build
• g will be large enough to handle
o c-on and will be fitted up with
..e latest labor-saving machinery.
ft
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wire" which led from the electric light
plant to the Indian school. A com-
panion had warned the Indian against
touching the wire and says that At-
terbury replied, "I'll take care of my
things." It is believed the Indian in-
tended suicide. Atterbury was but
recently released from Jail.
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Blair, H. S. The Drumright Derrick (Drumright, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, May 15, 1914, newspaper, May 15, 1914; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc147727/m1/3/: accessed April 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.