Drumright Evening Derrick (Drumright, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 223, Ed. 1 Monday, October 2, 1916 Page: 4 of 4
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IDLE HOUR THEATRE TOPAT
THE EQUITAJ5LE MOTION PICTURE COR^.
Present*
Vivian Martin
t Supported hy a strong caat, m
/ "The Little Dutch Girl"
A drain* founded upon CWa's Dowel of tamylW
charm.
"TWO LITTLE WOODEN SHOES"
Saturday axsd Sunday.
AdmisaMB 15c-25c-
STRAND THEATRE TODAY
HIWMELXtN'S IMPERIAL STOCK COMWWTf
"Ten Nights in a Bar Room"
"TKat fmous drunA, adopted frocn T. S. Arthur'• aovsl
of tbe mne tide. In frwe beart-ttinrm* acta.
"The Grip ol Evil"
A chapter shown in "The Butterflies'
MUTT AND JEFF
In a comedy cartoon. "The Indestructible Hat"
Admission. Night, 10c-20c- Time, Night 8:15
Matinee 10c—Matinee 2:30
MAJESTIC THEATRE TODAY
• THE HOME OF GOOD SHOWS"
Ruby Darby & Co.
Preaenta
"Bubble's Troubles"
An avalaache of laughter, fun and unuiement
Featuring
Ruby Darby
In late and popular song hits
GENE DARBY—the boy tenor
THE BEAUTY CHORUS—a bevy of dancing belles
ADMISSION 10c*20c. MATINEE-EVENING
WANT ADS
PO SAUL. LOST, rrc
LOST
LOST—Fountain pec. .eft « ®
Drumright State Bank. Finder p. *
recurs this office and receive r -
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Mr. and Mr*. Harry Shoup sad
famQy of South Pennsylvania i t
C F Sett, of the Kentucky Mercan-
tile ;on;pany. returned 'roc. Gs_ah>-
z> City yeateriay sfter speeding f
era] day* at the State Fair
• • •
L. C. West of the We*: Realty
ompany, eft mcrr.^nc for Ok-
lahoma City, or an extended businew
Ttt ACCEPTANCE SPEECH—
a EDilOllAi APPRAISAL
THE PAVING
GRAFT DOOMED
-4«at
• W a x>rd per day. Nociag
a « der ti cm** Moa-
• ry u, b* witt ,0*
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a#a**o**o***oa*«
FOR RENT
MISCELLANEOUS
, -— nue- who motored to Oklahoma City
FIRST CLASS DRESSMAKING- for the State Ftir. Saturday. return^ Mr*. LeRoy ' Hs^oa left *
Wort gMiaBtaaA. Ki*° waa*n * ^ _ > . morning for Helens Okla.. where «
ZZZZ* H^UdTHa«r H. S. Blair, faster, retard ™ summoned by the series illn«.
S^oM door wtat of Pint National this morning
af
'• I Continued from Psg* One)
graft in the contra t of the plaintiff
• Bank.
222-*
FOE RENT—Pumiahed rooraa, with
or without board- IN Wood auset
H. S. Blair.
Oklahoma .ty
where he attended the State Fair mi
alto visited with hit son. Oarena t
Blair, who formerly reeded here-
of her mother. Mn L B Humphrey,
that city.
FOE RENT — 2 age*- boiuak i i |H* •— " ~
rooms, US per month. 1X2 W-Od FOR SALE—Indian motorcycle. tn
222-Jt (rood condition Apply City Garage,
— AU for Earl **•-*
FOB
RENT—Two nicaiy furnished
r-ry rr a connected or '«**•
Outudt cc trance. A-a©
o®#"front room- F'irst bouse north of
—t n-wT pooi. 22i-Jt .
START NEW BUILDING
Work began this morning on mov-
ing the fr-"™ building formerly oc-
cupied by the Owl Drug Store on
Broadway After the old «truc-
FOfc EENT—A three room house to tore is morec, work will start imme-
r«t, jtwt two blocks south of the diately upon the ovartructson of a
LrrBnrigtt Stat* Bank
22i-3tp. modern ona-Tory l^Vk buddlnt
the Marquette Pbarmack. This pr-.-p-
Ed Coffer aad on, "Doc," of Shaw-
nee. two of tbt largest tock bay«T:
in tbe southwest, are id the city to-
day buying hcraet and zculea
Mr and Mrs. Ear? .Vadern-r; re-
turned yer^erday evening from & v*t
to the State Fair at Oklahoma City.
• • •
Sat Brenner, of the Brenner Jew-
elry c orr par. y. on Broadway, retur*
ed thia morLnj from an exv-ndfcd
i/uair.ea§ trip to Oklahoma City.
S. 0 Henahaw of BrJtow, deao-
rratlc nominee for County SuperlL-
prvT Two room niceiy iwn - erty wa* purchaaed by W P • tendent of Schooit of Creek rou—ty,
houaa. Apply Claoda Erwin. ome time ago snd ss soon as the new i, tn the city today s!*>.g *r '-v- r-r,g. office.
eoraer Wood and Ohio. 22J-3 boilding is compleied the Marqaette voters.
.. . Pharmacy will be moved into it. Ac- • • •
FOE RENT—Two room unfurnished cording to plans the building *"C. Judge Fred Wagoner returned this
yi—iy ,'-rst*^ Phone 128. have a frontage of twenty-five ?ee« morr.:r-g from Char.dler, where be ha1
223-1 end 120 feet deep. t>«fng A/nstracted tp<n^)T>t ^ week-end wt^i hi:
entirely of brick. family
Mr. snd Mrs. Ear. Clay and Mr*.
Fred Ewing retamed yesterday from
a nat at the State Fair at Oklahoma
City.
B. W Lubman, of the Fair Depirt-
rier.t store, left today for Chicaasha.
Okla . where he will sttend to ousiness
interests for s few days.
WANTED — To trade, choice resi-
dence lot in Broadway addition for
two or three-roosr. house, to be mov-
ed. «.
Dr. H. H- Wilson eye. ear, ooes
and throat specialist of Sbawaa*, will
be in Cushing the last Satordaj in
each month, at Dr*. Bams * Man-
l7Mf
* ni WBiyreMi
fr*_ lc a d; red.
It m the ittaranc* of s au ^xh allegations of nduct ith
IM t pol:tiofci partv amtc-j.it of :he city uncil on beha.f of the
tfe ^eiset* W akOMvan an4 plaintiff and its defendants
mident «f anhtv vs a e* with
whateve- probiaBi tin httur* m-gnt
mm a Ron.
S* Pnr.deat has r *r bee*
aiiM upon -j tmem asre ser.oai
*cd:t.cnj than ha* Mr Wljob. Ha
^.£e£tedsea* wma -nrarred.
Wherefore, plainttf beiag wTtbast
any aceqaate remedy at law pray*
that it may be relieved frss the car-
rying out of sa-d contracts or "1'tiW
of them, and that the same a&d wi
of them may be snnuiiel, casceOed,
et aside and held for naught; and far
such other relief as to eqaity Sa>
seta, meet and proper.
W T Hutchins and En-.ard A Lta
, \n, Attorney*
Don A. Tolbert, being first lalg
-worn, nrears that be eas read the
foregoing bill of complaint and the.
•he -taterr.ents -herein contained are
true as he verily believe*.
? ubscribed ar.d iworn to before Be
-he 27th day of September, 1J1I
Notary Pnblk.
The Tolbert Construction Ccmpaay
composed of Dor. A Tolbert. pres-
ident: his brother, vice-preaident, and
i man by the name of Gantx, as sec-
retary It is plain to be sees that the
prince > the whole cheese, bat the
name of the Tolbert Constructor.
Company is high sounding and they
probably eet by with that when they
old rot do :t by sjnply aaing the
r.aire of Don Tolbert.
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FROM THE BOYS IN BLUE
Sar. Ber.ito, Texas. Sept- 29, 1416.
><■ met Uaam with paatBt* and d -
twGcl taa: as • van Um rasper, a&d
a^L-r*Ltoa of t^s wo-.<L
Plaintiff further state* that on the
second day of September. 1916, that
Don A. Tolbert entered into a con- ■
tract to perform certain work sni Rditor Drumright Derrick,
labor upon the waterworks system of ■ I/ramright, Oklahoma.
the city of Drumright, a copy of ; ;>esr Sir:
which is hereto attached, marked I wish to sgam thank you for copie*
• Exhibit B" ar.d made a part of this • The Derrick which have been
bill of complaint. :eachiner us regular, as we have not
Plaintiff states that the consider*- r,ot:f.ed of *r.y outside person
\
W ith iotnevue iafialaoaa
ract f riZf j* raiief fro
acinic at----* that the aauitri t we
fart demanded, w-.th t la&f lut of
'a ftuAll. the jreat war ti
feint spoa tie world thnatei.ee to
- ~™ tui efforts acd te -n-
voive tne naaoa -L um Lsarten tnat
ar* aSicun* s^moat vtrv nat.cL at
the old warld.
Hev ae has irvofht the count*?
urs.fl it alL with honor acc th
te d>- tior. in said cc-.tra : was :>ne dollar same to us. we are giving fall
■ too- S 1.001 and other good and valuable -e-dit to the management, and natur-
considerations; that said Don A. Tol- ally have a warm place in oar hearts
bert got said contract for the use and , for same
We are still playing the soldier
pame snd our boys are getting in fine
ndition. and we art of the opinion
that we could take the field at say
time with a f*ir chance of taceem
We are honest when we say we believe
NOTICE
FOE EENT—One 2-room furnished
Inquire one door north of
22 -2t-
Ca fra! Garage.
. . Inquire Dr. D. .
Chas. Fatoransky. of the firm ef
Fatoransky & Lubmar., of the Fair
Why not have th* best where K
coats you leaa
OKLAHOMA DENTAL COMPANY
219-6t- Pbooe M-i.
NOTKE
If a newspaper editor does not
Parents, do yoa know yoa art co - tlort on Broadway, who has been at- ||T| a pior;ous hereafter, -her* is
FOB EENT—S-room boose, doae in- mitting a moral crime when yoo nee- tending to business interests in Heav- wrong in the scheme of
B. Eaaley. Phon* 65. your children's teeth. Do yoa ener. Okia., during the past month. creatj0D for he works harder for
222-3t think they ran make any progre*« tn returned home today |es4 money, is fed more taffy, get*
_X— — school with arfcing t*eth? Of co*r** more cussing and less praise than
FOE EENT—Three furnished rooms Dot Then wbo is to biame. R«n«&- W F Jones, of tbe Marquette ^ other human being in the world.
' " * - Pharmacy, on East Broadway, returx-
iot Hgfct bonaekeepmg. Inquire of wt extract them free at charg*
Mn. Holland, first door
Summing Pool-
south at
21«-tf.
FOB EENT—Store room, beet lo**■
tioa is city, on Broadway, n«ar
|Tgjmjliin'i avenue. Yals Wholaeale
Grocery ooiapeny. l «.tl
end allow &fty per cent redaction
on ail operation work.
OKLAHOMA DtNTAL COMPANY
219-41. Phone &8A
t-d thia morning from a bo ine
i to Tuiaa
trip
Look the word sympathy up in the
L.g book on the table
FAMOUS PLAY COMING
FOR SALE
FOB SALE—We must sell oar build-
ing this week, as w* will mov* Sat-
urday. The firat fair offer gets it- A
bargain for someone who will act
quick. Don't delay if you want an op-
portunity to make money. Apply Bos-
ton Store, now located in middle of
Broadway. HZ-2
FOB SALE—My red Ford speedster,
th* beet equipped Ford in Okla-
homa. Just the thing for oil field
scouting. Will sell right and demon-
strate. Auditor, Hotel Tulsa. Tulsa,
Okla. 22£-*t_
FOB SALE—5-room bangalow, lo-
cated near fourth ward school
building. Nicely furnished. Apply W.
H_ at house or address Box
•76. " *'
FOB SALE FOB CASH—A 6-pas-
senger car. Apply bo us* across the
street from Eureka Tool company or
phono 119. 116-tf.
FOB SALE — Driving or delivery
team, harness snd backboard. Ap-
ply W. M. F., care Derrick. 209-tf.
FOB SALE—Old newspaper*, 6e per
bondla, at The Derrick office.
178-tf.
WANTED
WANTED—A good cook at the Ken-
tacky Booms on South Penn. Eld-
erly lady preferred. 220.6t.
WANTED—Pupils in expression and
dramatic art. Call 239. 220-4U
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OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO' Orrills and Loa. Jr., returned
■ Sunday afternoon from Shawnee,
wher* they have bee* visiting with
friends since Ssturdsy
DANCIHC CLASS
Rale: $1 00 Pw T*ra
This includes One Step, Foi
Trot snd Waiti
CAIN'S ACADEKY
M W Cain. Phone 886.
H- P. Emsey has just returned from
Shreveport, La., where be went to at-
tend the funeral of C. H. McClei- c. Mack, traveling representative
land, who died with the swamp fever. 0f the Van Dyke and Eaton 8took
He brought his grandson, Ray Mc- * company. is in the city today arrang-
Qetland, home with him and will ;ng management of the
start him to school in this city. Strand theatre for a three-nights' en-
benefit of this plaintiff, expecting the
plaintiff to perform the same and to
furnish all of the labor, material and
equipment for the same and to assign
the contract and its benefit to this
plaintiff.
Plaintiff states that said Don A. xt art from the best state in the
Tolbert made the bond required by Ur.: n. and have a good number of the
•aid contract but that the same had oe«*. your.e men from that state And
aHet^LC-nf prosperity, th* scoept- . not been filed or a.cepted on the 5th -v..e we reaiixe that there is a whole
ance oreut succinctly aai m.assuy day of September IS* 16. wher. this ot about the soldier game for us yet
fj'i. plaintiff was awarded the bid or. the -o learn, we believe that we can at
ix. tares an* a *• ttn the oou&- street paving above set forth, and any time perform any duty that is ss-
*7 la* Mt anght, tv*rr that said last contract, tcw.t the 5Mfred to us and do it in * manner
protectee -u t Uharass and its op- contract was accepted and en- that our people will not have occasion
por.^ r.*sT ihe wtiM* asmmsrcial ^ ^ b-v lhe " P « "><1 to blush for as.
. -i -Tth L . nt Parce' °f t*1' waterworks contract ] have talked with the other mtm
* ** ' preapeniy 4n(j ^oth of said contracts to bt |jer5 0f -he rf-giment from Dromright,
a*oundjig. And reason has i*v«r aE(j be dove-tailed in to and while they admit they would act
ahandoaed lU thrwas a all of Ihs prac.jCIIjiy one transaction. object to a return ticket to the
eeuntr/ perpleunaa. vnd prior to the filing and accept- 0f the oil field, yet they say tf
The speech ** * message to th* ance of the bonds required by said -here !? anything doing they want U
people of all the werld; it u s contracts, the contract attached as be in it. and if they had their choice
•otoe to the world that this country 'Exhibit B" hereto; to-wit, on the :o retnm home or go into Mexico,
is eceu£ to ^caintam its toaar -day of • 191®. Mexico would get the large majority
and to keep out ef war, and t the Aa" assigned by Don A Tolbert to Wt- have had very Utile rain in the
•erne Un* b.g enough te regelate its "'"e Tolbert Construction Company.
Plaintiff states that it finds that
said contract was void and non-en-
forceable for the following reasons.
to-wit:
domettie cotdniona.
The rpee-Hs was ne ipoiogy, n*
no complaint It ai a
speech that all men and vema
shouic rt-^d to .earn what ths
oountry has rea'.S been doing.
RETAIL CLERKS' MEETING
1. Although the amount of cost
was not set out in said contract it
was for the sum largely in excess of
the one dollar ($1.00) consideration
expressed. And an estimate of the
past two weeks and the weather haa
Ve - £- Th mud that wo %ad to
wade for the larger part of two
months is entirely gone, and the na-
tives here *cay that the rainy Maaen
is over and the chances are that wt
will see no more rain if we stay bert
all winter. Our daily prayer is that ke
is handing us straight dope.
We naturally suppose that the pr -
* * * __ gagement Their opening bill will be
Mra. W H. Johnson, of the Midget that everfamous five-act drama, "Paid
Confectionery, on Broadway return- In Full," a play with sterling qa li-
td from Oklahoma City yesterday ties. "Uhmael," another stirring lira- ed be prtsent as business of import-
morning, wbert she has been with her ma. will be produced the following will be transacted.
littlt son, who is undergoing treat- night They t**gin their engagement Q
meet from a specialist for his eyes.
• * *
Thursday night
NOTICE
A meeting of tht Retail CHtrks1 i ^ Engineer and submitted to the
Union will be held at the Methocist j CODnca as required by Section 602,
Charch tonight AH member* are arg- | Rev Llw, of ^ Sut< of oklahoma.
£ The city council has no right to
make such contract because the in-
debtedness was in excess of 80 per
cent of the tax levied for that pur-
pose.
S. Because said contract was
cost thereof was not made by the j iple topic of the day is politic*, and
ATTENTION, MOOSE!
Walk-Over
ligfi-JiV
The footwear that meet th* re-
quirements of the most exact-
ing dresser.
Blacks and new models in two-
tone effect
FOUND—Check on Shamrock bank
for $225, made payable to W.
Flower*. Owner may have same by
calling at J. Offott'i start, next door
ta Drumright Hotel and paying for
this advertisement 219-tf
$4.00
to
$8.00
W H. Robison, of the Farmers Na-
tional Bank of Cushing, and manager
of the Strand Theatre of Drumright,
was in the city on business Saturday
evening.
• • •
Mrs- D. M Tate and daughter,
Mlas Martha Tate. Mrs. J. D. Patter-
son and D. M Williams, returned yes-
terday evening from Oklahoma City,
where they have been attending the
State Fair since Saturday.
• • •
Beland Cargill. formerly of this
city but who is now working for the
Jon** Hst compsry in Oklahoma City,
was here yesterday visiting among
friends. He returned today.
• * *
Mrs Jack Riechel, who has Seen
visiting friends in Bartlesville dur-
ing the past week, is expected to re-
turn home this week.
H. M White, proprietor of tht
Morrow Hotel, returned home yester-
day afternoon after spending two
days at the State Fair in Oklahoma
City. He was accompanied by Paul
Whiteeiae of the Whiteside Insur*nc*
company
W L McAtee, of the MtAtee Agri-
cultural Office*, returned home yes-
terday afternoon from Oklahoma City
where he had been attending the State
Fair.
• • *
Phoc* No. 90 for job printing
Smoker and special meeting Tuas-
When all the others fail and you d*y night Oct. 8. Don't mi it Brc. controvention of Section 26. Article
feel that you art ored of being graft- Griffith, national director, wW be
ed. come to us and get satisfaction, present 220- t
Guaranteed to last a life-time. c
OKLAHOMA DENTAL COMPANY Have The Evening Derrick delrv-
2i9-6t Phone S&4. «red to your door every day for 10c.
while we are not permitted to take
any active part in same, we are hop-
ing for the best for Drumright and
Creek county. We also notice by your
paper that you are putting up a
strong fight for a commission form
of government in Drumright but all
we feel at liberty to say is we are for
Drumright—right or wrong.
.Again thanking you for myself and
10. of the Constitution of the State j for the other members of the regi-
of Oklahoma. Said contract constitut- ment from Drumright I am,
ing and indebtedness exceeding the Yours very truly, -
income and revenue of the city of S. J. FOSTER, /
Drumright for the year in which said 1 First Lieutenant, First Okla. Infantry
RETURN ENGAGEMENT
STRAND
DRUMRIGHT, - OKLA.
4
NIGHTS
Matinees. Sat., Sun.
Nights 8:15, Matinees 2:30
STARTING r-V p«
Thursday, Uct* 5
NOTE=PRICES
NIGHTS--10-20
MATINEES--ALL SEATS 10c
VANDYKE & EATON
I personally guarantee this company the best that has
ever appeared in Drumright at cheap prices. Ask
anyone attending.
DRAMATIC AND
VAUDEVILLE CO
THURSDAY Night—"Paid In Full"
FRIDAY Night—"Islunacl"
SATURDAY The Village Parson"
SUNDAY andS--"The Man From Oklahoma"
Prices: Every Night 10-20
Matinee, Saturday and Sunday, All Seats 10c
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