Drumright Evening Derrick (Drumright, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 68, Ed. 1 Monday, April 3, 1916 Page: 1 of 8
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For Mayor—A Union Man At Heart
Political Adv.
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Vol. 2, No. 68.
Drumright, Oklahoma, Monday, April 3, 1916.
5 Cents Per Copy
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ACCORDING
TO GEOLOGY
LOCAL DEEP SAND TEST MAY
FORM NUCLEUS OF INDE-
PENDENT POOL.
Geologists who are taking a sci-
entific interest in the Tucker sand
test which will be started this week
by the Drumright Oil company on
lot 23, blocjc 38, on the townsite, re-
port the location for the test to be
on a peculiar formation. Much in-
terest attaches to the test in that it
is the first deep sand test in the lo-
cality.
Although within three-quarters of
a mile of the last big Tucker sand
completion, that of the Cushing Gas-
oline & Petroleum company, No. 15,
on the Jackson-Barnett, in section
5-17-7 the new test occupies a pecu
BLUEGRASS
WHISPERS
SHAWNEE ATTORNEY LOCATES
HIS OLD KENTUCKY PLAY-
MATE, BILL STERRETT.
MYSTERIOUS LADY ENTERS THE
REALMS OF HIGH FINANCE
LOST CHILD INDORSED BY
RECOVERED LOCAL UNION
There appears to be a chance of
some real reunion being pulled off in
the near future. H. H. Smith, an
attorney of Shawnee, writes The Der-
rick seeking to identify our Bill
Sterrett with an old side-kick with
whom he used to play around the
bluegrass region back in Kentucky.
We know that Bill used to paddle
around in that territory to some pur-
pose and if the two former Kentuck-
ians ever get together here we predict
that Drumright will realize there is
some reunion being pulled off.
Attorney Smith also makes some
interesting observations anent the
liarly isolated position, geographical- Honorable Bill Murray, in his letter,
ly. No. 1 Drumright is situated on a which follows:
rise, a thrown-up structure averaging
a little less than half a mil^ in width
and not more than three-quarters of
a mile in length which is absolutely
Shawnee, Okla., March 29, 191S.
The Honorable Drumright Derrick,
Drumright, Oklahoma.
Dear Mr. Derrick:—I have been
independent and unconnected with the looking over your apostrophe to the
strip in which the big Tucker sand ; news service, and find you much
gusheis have been located. | worth while. Your editorials sound
This narrow, high structure, which like a voice from home. Are you not
plunges sharply on the northeast end, f the same Bill Sterrett who used to
dips slowly for 3 or 4 miles to the j cavort in and around Hawesville, Ken-
northwest and for a half mile to thetucky? I have no collection against
southwest, begins in the southwest' you of ancient or hoary age, but a
corner of the southwest quarter of | good, strong, kind feeling that you
section 32-17-7, runs across the north-, are succeeding. You sound like you
west corner of the northwest quarter | sounded before the toscin of war. I
of section 5-17-7 into the northeast j once livced and had my being in Har-
quarter of section 6-17-7, extending din county, Kentucky, and I am just
The Masked Lady of Mystery has
taken up banking as a side line. The
environs of high finance are generally
regarded as particularly staid and
dry, albeit they are sometimes tinged
with excitement.
The Mysterious Lady with the
White Domino will add an air of pi-
quancy to proceedings at the Drum-
right State bank when she makes her
initial appearance at that financial in-
stitution tomorrow afternoon. Miss
Masked Lady will be at the bank on
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday afternoons from 2 to 2:30
o'clock.
The big added attraction at the
Strand theater Tuesday night will be
the Masked Lady of Mystery. She
will take tickets at the evening per-
formance and it will be a good oppor-
tunity to get a line on her and get
in the race for the big cash prize.
| The conditions under which the
j cash prize may be won are simple.
During the course of the week two
j Masked Ladies will have appeared,
I one on the streets and the other in
| public demonstrations. Between 7
j and 8 o'clock on Saturday evening,
April 8, both young ladies will ap-
I pear on the streets unmasked. The
j first person identifying the Masked
j Lady who has appeared in window
I demonstrations and who approaches
\ her with the April 8 issue of The
J Evening Derrick, accosting her as fol-
llows: "You are the Masked Lady
of Mystery. Allow me to escort you
j to The Derrick office and receive the
j cash prize," will be the lucky winner.
I Everyone has an equal chance of
j identifying the Masked Lady of Mys
, tery.
FIVE-YEAR-OLD GIRL LOST IN
OIL FIELD—FOUND AT
THREE A. M.
almost to the center of the latter sec-
tion.
Judging from the fact that the
Wheeler sand was found at regular
depth in this locality and on the
mound on which the deep sand test
will be made there is little doubt but
that the deep formations will be lo-
cated. It is estimated that the Bar-
tlesville sand will be located at about
the same as I was, if not a little more
s*.
I am coming up to see you and to
fcee the town and I will do this with-
out getting the consent of the Hon-
orable Bullum Murray I am prepar-
ing to answer for a great crime
against him, else I would not dare
even this step at this time to-wit: I
: will start my campaign for congress
color. I am happy that he does not.
I would not like to be in his class; I
have no desire to have the great re-
sponsibility of carrying the weight of
this government on my shoulders. I
aspire only to be a meek and lowly
candidate for congress, and now and
then bring my kindred in the wilder-
ness, a few of the flesh-pots from the
national capitol. To this end, if you
are you, I may visit with you and
spend with you, a few of my gains,
ill-gotten or not. In the meantime, I
hope that I will have the pleasure of
a reservation in your political vocab-
ulary, at least.
Your very truly,
H. H. SMITH.
Buy It in Drumright
MRS. EARL ANDERSON.
STRAND TONIGHT.
The greatest picture of its kind
ever filmed will be shown at the
strand theatre tonight. It is the pic-
I ture of the last bull fight ever held
| in Mexico City, which was attended
j by the king and queen of Spain, and
I 80,000 others. A matador is gored
and seven horses fatally hurt in the
| last great popular sport of Mexico,
j Also the Willard-Moran fight picture
will appear at this playhouse for to-
| night only.
—Deposit It in Drumright—
MAJESTIC TONIGHT.
V
2,665 feet, or eleven feet lower than ' about May 1 When I come to Drum-
it e Gypsy-Gillespie No. 11 which en-, right I will have you announce it in
countered the Bartlesville sand on the flying colors from the top of your
Jackson-Barnett in section 5-17-7. Derrick, because the folks would not
The theory of the geologist is that ^ know who I was and what I was com-
there is a possibility of uncovering ' ing for unless I had you tell them, at
an independent Tucker sand pool in so much per. This is the penalty of
the small area of which the initial test not being a great man.
is the keynote. j j (jon't want to be a delegate from
" ^eP°sit It 'n Drumright— j the state-at-large to the national dem-
E CREAM AND POP FACTORY, ocratic convention; I merely want to
| get that certificate of nomination to
ay Brothers, who have been in which I was entitled two years ago,
e grocery business here for the past by all of the fair rules of the game.
t d 3nd recently so'd out to i Was fouled by the referee. I mere-
ki ' . '. awa^ Cushing, wil prob- ly want a new consideration and a
ably start an ice cream and soda pop ' fair count. I carried each of the 65
ac ory ere in the near future. Clay j precincts in Pottawatomie county
ro ers are two among the best where I live, and it must be admitted
nown usiness men in this city. By , that I have obscured my many vices
eir onest dealing, courteous treat-j in order to do this in the community
merit and a square deal to all, they f where I have lived. I did this over a
• Ufu Up.a 'rat*e ^ere second to none local gentleman too, who prides him-
m the city. Drumright needs an ice J self much in statesmanship, greater
cream and pop factory and these gen-; ;n wisdom, and most in popularity. I
tlemen should have the loyal support j have faith that I can juggle myself
. citCVerV ma" W°man an^ 'n t'le an(l my many misfortunes, so as to
\_C1 y' r. .. T . ! Ket by with the people of the dis-
eposit It in Drumright— trict in this campaign.
DERRICK S GROUND HOG. j Brother Murray who believes in
S She'll warm up | putting his feet on top of the table
j "vX a tomorrow, ! and playing his cards under the ta-
but don't be too We, is trying to have Brother Tom
precipitate about McKeown, as a running mate, and at-
taking them off. Among the seven | tract attention to Brother McKeown,
wonders of the world are the new hat J as an honorable and high-toned op-
feathers the dear things along Broad- j ponent. This, not to defeat me, but
way are parading. J in order that he may not be compell-
Buy It in Drumright——- j ed to recognize me of the race and
In this issue of The Derrick will be
found the announcement of Mrs. Earl
Anderson as a candidate for treasurer
of the school board. There is not
a lady in this city nor school district
who is better known than Mrs. An-
derson. She has done more for the up-
building of the city and for civic im-
| provement perhaps than any man or
woman in the city. Her native state
j is Indiana, she having been born
j there, but moved with her parents
| from there to Galena, Kansas, when
( but a small child, where she was ed-
ucated and grew to womanhood. She
: taught school two years in the Sun-
flower state and then went to Cali-
| fornia where for three years she
taught in the state institutions. She
i is is a business woman, well educated
and in every way competent to fill
the position to which she aspires.
Mrs. Anderson is president of the
Ladies' Civic lepgue and it is due to
her energy and undaunted spirit that
we have the play ground today. She
is always on the lookout for anything
s that will help or improve the town
and the Ladies' Civic league. With
Mrs. Anderson as its president it has
rendered this city much valuable serv-
ice and will continue to do so. Moth-
er Anderson is known to the oil
field boys, who will be glad to assist
her in the race for treasurer of the
school board. She solicits your vote
and influence.
The motto of the Ladies' Civic
league is; "Mine for bigger and bet-
ter Drumright." It will be the aim
of Mrs. Anderson to do what is for
the best good for all the "kiddies"
as she has always done in the past."
the Mazda Musical Comedy com-
P:Y'V 0Pened a week's engagement at
the Majestic theatre last night, play-
ing to two capacity houses with a live
comedy attraction. Tonight they will
present "The New Judge," a real
I up-to-now comedy, bill featuring Nan
J Sandell, Joe Barrett and A1 Casmus
In pictures, "The Alienist," or the
| fifth episode of "The Strange Case
j of Mary Page," will be shown.
•—Deposit It in Drumright—
JOE NANCE.
Sunday afternoon R. E. Gordon
and family, who are traveling through
the country in a wagon, stopped for
the night two miles east of the city.
Soon after they stopped one mem-
ber of the family, little Thelma, five
years old, was missed, and a search
was started. She had wandered off
from the wagon and got lost and re-
mained in the field till 3 o'clock this
morning, when she was located by her
cries. Soon after she left the wagon
she cried herself to sleep and is cup-
posed to have slept quietly on the
ground with only the blue canopy of
heaven above her, till some time near
3 o'clock, when she was found.
She was not hurt and was none the
worse for her night's experience ex-
cept she was a little weak from fright
and crying. When found she was
sitting on the ground calling for her
mother. She was found by her 18-
year-old brother, who had left the
other searchers. Mr. Gordon is mov-
ing from Texas to Lincoln county,
Oklahoma. The mother of the child
was frantic with grief from the time
the child was missed until she was
taken into camp at 3 o'clock this
morning.
—Deposit It in Drumright—
ALLEN BUYS INTEREST.
DRUMRIGHT TYPOGRAPHICAL
UNION INDORSES R. L. MOORE
FOR SCHOOL TRUSTEE.
| In this issue of The Derrick will
i be found the announcement of Joe
| Nance as a candidate for alderman
I of the Fourth ward. Mr. Nance is
I one of our business men and there is
| not a better business man in the city
than Mr. Nance. In his business as a
j transfer man, he handles hundreds of
| dollars in goods and cash every week
and the account is always kept
straight. He came to Drumright from
Stillwell, Okla., a year ago, and enter-
ed into the transfer business and has
been very successful. He is a prop
erty owner and taxpayer and well
knows the needs of the people of this
city. He is well qualified for the
position to which he aspires and if
| elected, will make a faithful and effi-
cient officer. He will make an ag-
gressive campaign and solicits your
vote and influence.
| —Deposit It in Drumright—
Rev. F. Erdman Smith of Shawnee
; came over Saturday and preached
Sunday at the Baptist church, and
j returned to his home this morning
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C. L. Harper of Little Rock
i prsopecting in the city today.
—Deposit It in Drumright—
T. P. Sampson and R. E. Wilson
I of Okmulgee are prospecting here
j today.
SIraid Italic May, April 3rd
EXTRA Special EXTRA
99
"Mexico's Last Bull Fight
Most Sensational Picture of its kind ever filmed.
15 Horses Gored—Ten Bulls Killed—Matadors Gored
WILLARD-MORAN FIGHT PICTURES.
Taken from Ringside at Madison Square Garden Ex-
clusive Rights.
Admission 10c-20c - Matinee and Evening
Idle Hour Theatre To-Dav, April 3rd
BEN WILSON IN
"His Brother's Pal"
A Multiple Reel Feature of Enthralling; Interest.
NEWS WEEKLY
DOLL NIGHT
5 Beautiful Dolls Given Away- -Bring Your Coupons.
ADMISSION - 5c and 10c
Chas. Allen, of Fort Smith, Ark.,
completed a deal this morning where-
by he became co-owner of the soda
fountain in the new Smoke Hous"
billiard parlor, purchasing the interest
of Phil Burst. Allen is now asso-
ciated with F. S. Taylor in the busi-
ness. He came here several months
ago from Ft. Smith and entered the
employ of Burst and Taylor and since
January 1 has been active manager
of the concern.
—Deposit It in Drumright—
THE COUNTY CONVENTION.
Despite the fact that Saturday was
a bad day and rain fell from early
morning till late in the afternoon,
there was a good crowd of delegates
at the Creek county democratic con-
vention at Bristow and the work of
selecting delegates was gone through
with without a hitch. Earl Foster,
of this city, and Chas Medis and Per-
ry Bowers of precinct two, were the
delegates from this side of the coun-
ty. Creek county is entitled to sev-
enteen votes in the state convention,
but thirty-four men were selected
with one-half vote each. An effort
was made to send a LaFayette delega
ti°n to Oklahoma City, but the Wade
men were too strong, and it was fin-
ally decided to send an uninstructed
delegation. Earl Foster, Chas Medis,
C. M. Blair, Arthur O'Dell, Jim Kling-
lesmith and R. J. Morrow were se-
lected as delegates from this pre-
cinct.
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Mrs. W. H. Metz, who has been
quite sick for the past week, is slowly
improving ajid will be able to be up
'in a few days.
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E. A. Martin went to Sapulpa this
morning on business.
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C. V. Campbell of Chickasha is
here looking over the city.
At a meeting of the Drumright Ty-
pographical Union No. 740, held Sun-
day afternoon, a resolution was
passed indorsing the candidacy of R.
L. Moore for a member of the school
board at large. The resolution fol-
lows:
Whereas, R. L. Moore, president of
the Drumright Typographical union
No. 740, has announced himself as
a candidate for the office of school
trustee-at-large in the election to be
held in Drumright on April 18, 1916,
and has regularly and legally filed
notice of his candidacy;
Whereas, At a regular monthly
meeting of the Drumright Typo-
graphical union No. 740, held Sunday,
April 2, at 4 p. m., it was the ex-
pressed sentiment of the members
present that the interests of the city
would be well represented if Presi-
dent Moore is elected a member of
the board of school trustees;
And Whereas, President Moore has
I ever had the interests of this union
at hpart and has worked zealously in
its interests and for the general ad-
vancement of labor's cause;
Therefore, Be it resolved, That
Drumright Typographical union No.
740 hereby indorses the candidacy of
President R. L. Moore for the office
of school trustee-at-large. Be it fur-
ther resolved, that a copy of this res-
olution be presented to President
Moore and one also spread upon the
minutes of this meeting.
H. H. ElUClNGTON,
Secretary-Treasurer Drumright Typ-
ographical Union No. 740.
To the voters of School Dirtrict No
39:
When I announced as a candidate
for a place on the school board, I
fully realized the responsibility that
would rest on me if elected. I be-
lieve that every child, both white and
black is entitled to an education and
I believe it to be the duty of each and
R. L. MOORE,
Candidate for Member of School
Board at Large.
every member of the school board
to work to that end. I believe this
city should have a truant officer and
that children who are disposed to stay
away from school should be rounded)
up and forced to attend. I promise
you that if I am elected, I will give
all school business my personal at-
tention. I am a firm believer in bet-
ter schools and want to see Drum-
right stand at the head of the list of
good schools in the state of Oklaho-
ma. Place in my hands the banner
of confidence, and I promise you to
return it unstained.
Majestic Item To-Pay. M 3rd
THE MAZDA MUSICAL COMEDY COMPANY
PRESENT
"The New Judge"
A musical comedy bill unequaled, featuring Nan
Sandall, Joe Barrett and Art Casmus.
"THE ALIENIST,"
5th episode of "The Strange Case of Mary Page."
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Sterrett, W. S. Drumright Evening Derrick (Drumright, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 68, Ed. 1 Monday, April 3, 1916, newspaper, April 3, 1916; Drumright, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc147908/m1/1/: accessed May 4, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.