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VOLUME THREE. NUMBER 44.
'Alfalfa Bill" Now
Singing Swan Song;
McKeown Sealed
DRUMRIGHT, OKLAHOMA, MONDAY, MARCH 5, 1917
FIVE CENTS PER COPY
LARGE COMPANIES
FIGHT TAX LEVY
FOGALEY ANNOUNCES
FOR CITY CLERK
Joe Fogaley, city clerk, authorizes
  I The Derrick to announce his candi-
: dacy for re-election to the office. Dur-
The large oil companies which are incumbency, Mr. Fogaley has
involved in the collection of the gross ' ci)n('ucted the office of. city clerk with
production tax on departmental credit to himself and to the city. He
leases arc preparing to make a stiff 'las Proven himself competent to han-
fight and it is probable that the case the affairs, as they pertain
will be taken to the United States su- to the office of city clerk  am* the city
preme court. The papers, it is said, recor(^s have been carefully and cor-
will be certified to the highest court rec^y kept during his term of office,
within a few days. Mr. Fogaley is running solely on a
The state supreme court, in an P'a*form n clean record of capable
opinion by Chief Justice Sharp, up- servriee to the city and the tapayers
HOBOES "JUNGLED"
IN SCHOOL HOUSE
Congressman McKeown begins his
service under the most favorably aus- |
pices and with the full confidence of !
his constituency. , . , „ , -
9 p;ii   • l • 1 held the 1910 3-percent gross produc-
Alfalfa Bill sings his swan «on<r .IV „ , . ,
, , ,ii .. tion tax as applied to leases operated
in a statement to his constituency, in ,, . - , , , , ,,
i • . i . through a federal agencv. and held
which he says in part: Today again t]lit ()l . . , , „ .
, , 4i i, ■ i l,lat the state could collect the tax.
I leave the public st#rvice and return . ,, . „ • . ,-
to private life, conscious that I have ! ^ ^ nI„H '%T7 4 " i
maintained unsullied the high stand- , 1 ' on 0 e e®s®- 1 e'° •—    wuiun nib
ard of those of my clan who have : T-, ™ r "0W bef°re ?? Ozark Trails ur, projected arc able to
gone before as expressed in the Mm- | Un,t? ™preme tCOUrt with build *°°d roads if they want to, and
ray motto, 'Mene sibi conscia recti'- p™ct,cally thc same fl e t.on involv- j getting them to want to is the job
in plain English, this means, with a ^ the Ozark Trails Association,"
mind conscious of its own recitude. . '^r! !" aPP™xlmately $1,000,001) said "Coin" Harvey in a recent ad-
"I have served you when our or- lnvolvei1 the decision of thc state dress. From reports received all over
ganic law — the Constitution-was in T u r.elat,,vc l° the 3-Pcr«nt tax., the Ozark Trails system, his associa-
,.4..,, . which has been --  1 ' •
the framing. My personal self-sacn- , .
z* „ . . i , . , . . about one year.
nee was devoted to you in making vi-
and or. that basis his many friends
and supporters in Drumright are
urging his re-election.
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COUNTIES ARE ABLE
All counties through which the
...i.3 j >'vLiu , Ilia US&UlIn"
in operation only tion seems to have accomplished its
] purpose.
HON. TOM D. M'KEOWN
Tom D. McKeown of Ada, the new
congressman from the Fourth District
began serving his district today. Con-
gressman McKeown succeeds William
H. Murray, who retires to private life
today and whose post office address
in the future will be Tishomingo, Ok-
lahoma, instead of Washington, D. C.
tal its provisions. I am pleased dur
ing these last four years marked by
national crises, to have been permit- j
ted to serve you, although attended 1
with sacrifices of pleasure and health,
and often the denial of the happiness j
of home and family tranquility. I I
have, at all times, endeavored to serve
without regard to class or class dis-1
tinction. There is for me sufficient,
and mine only, reward—peace of I
mind and consienee."
When Miss Ethel Prater, teacher
in the Pretty Water school, five miles
northwest of Sapulpa, arrived at the
school house Saturday morning, she
paused as she was about to unlock the
door. Savory odors permeated the at-
mosphere. It smelled like something
cooking, something particularly "fit-
tin'."
She opened the door. On the stove
was a large stewpan in which was
boiling and bubbling a "mulligan"
which was being industriously stir-
red by one of the hoboes, who had
evidently taken complete possession
of the place. An air was being played
on the phonograph. There was every
indication that the two men had spent
the night there.
Miss Prater telephoned for assist-
ance and the hoboes were arrested
before they had time to get very far
away. They are in the county jail and
charge of breaking and entering
will be preferred against them.
Wife Denies Report
Sen. Gore Is Dying
Or Is Seriously III
BEST WORK IN CREEK
WEINERSECRETARY
i¥ifson Stripped of Power To
Proiect The Nation; Congress
Deserts In Supreme Crisis
Some of the best work on the Oil The Executive Committee of the
tvo.-i i i i ^'1 Fields Trail have made secretary
fields 1 rail is being done by Mann- « , T ~ tl .
I* red L. Wenner, of Guthrie, general
(International News Service)
Washington, March 5.—In a form-
  i*.*. u. iTcuiici, ui \juuiiiu, general anun^iuM, mnitw v.—in u xurm-
ford and Mannford township in Creek : manager and organizer, and he willj ril statement from the White House,
. ... I <ri vn all Ilia ♦im,, P«/.n> 4-UI  
county. That township has one of the ! ?iv® '!" his time from thl °  wganiz
wgr, directing and pushing the work
best grading outfits in the state. on the line.
Wilson Takes Oath
-As Country Stands
On War's Threshold
The public inaugural ceremonies I president re-affirmed, with uplifted
, at Washington today are a great na- ! hand and grave-features, his promise
tional expression of Americanism and to uphold the Constitution in whatev-
are indicative of the 4ntense patriot- er crisis may confront the nation in
ism of the people in this, the greatest the momentous four years before it.
crisis which has ever confronted the After he had repeated solemnly the
country, and the gravest situation in oath taken first by Washington a cen-
which a president of this country was tury and a quarter ago, he kissed the
ever inaugurated into office. The pres- Bible at the passage reading:
ident took the oath of office again on "The Lord is our refuge; a very
the inaugural stand before the capi- j present help in time of trouble."
' Chief Justice White administered
President Wilson declared that the
failure of congress to give him au-
thority to arm American ships and
protect American rights at sea had
practically blocked nfl his plans in
this direction. The president assert-
ed that old, unrepealed statutes prac-
tically outlined the powers which he
thought he could exercise in this di-
i rection under the Constitution.
The president bitterly deplored the
j fact that a small group of senators
! had blocked the passage of the au-
thorization bill and asserted that an
extra session of congress would be fu-
tile because the same senators could
again hold up the legislation.
Congress Deserts Him
Facing a future fraught with dire;
possibilities for the nation, President,
Wilson rested on his own authority,
without congressional aid or support
today. As the Sixty-fourth congress
passed dramatically into history at
noon Sunday, the solemn request of
the president for a congressional af-
firmation of his authority to arm Am-
erican merchant ships, and protect
American rights against German sub-
marine campaign was refused.
A determined fillibuster, led by
Senator LaFollette of Wisconsin, sup-
ported by ten other senators, prevent-
ed the enactment of the administra-
tion designed to place congress
squarely behind the chief executive in
his plans for placing the United
States on a basis of armed neutral-
ity.
Obstructionists Stubborn
Not all the efforts of an overwhel-
ming majority of the senate could
sway the little group of obstruction-
ists, who by parliamentary trick and
device, filibustered the measure to
death in what will be remembered as
one of the most bitter sessions of the
senate o* tHe United States has ever
known.
Fillibust«r Did It
The president authorization bill
died after seventy-six senators, demo-
crats and republicans, had signed a
manifesto declaring that they favor-
ed the measure and would vote for it
if a vote could be secured. Eleven
senators, LaFollette, Clapp, Cum-
mins, Kenyon, Lane, Gronna, Kirby
Norris, O'Gorman, Vardaman and
Works, refused to sign the declara-
tion and continued their obstructive
tactics. As President Wilson sat in
the little red president's room adjoin-
ing the senate chamber, the fillibus-
ter drove the armed neutrality bill to
defeat through a debate that bristled
with bitter personalities and acrim-
onious charges.
TEN DAYS IN JAIL
FOR CHIROPRACTOR
Dr. William Carver, one of the
I -       leading chiropractors in Oklahoma,
lie took the oath yesterday noon ; the oath and was the first to extend was taken, a prisoner, to the Okla-
ln his room at the capitol before a I his congratulations. Members of the | i,om„ . t • , , ,
desk piled high with executive busi- cabinet then crowded up with expres- ° J Saturday after-
ness laid before him in the closing sions of regard. Mr. Wilson received i "°0n' there ,0 remain for ten daVs
hours of congress. Surrounded by them with a smile and then turned ,alul to Pay a fine of $r'00 punish-
members of his official family, the back to his desk. ment for causing the publication of
' a newspaper article impliedly charg-
was instantly killed when a heavy ] '"e senators w'th bribery.
truck in which they were riding Lj£ t' SPn"
plunged from thc Frisco viaduct in ^!nounceT^ Sat«^ay- He was
Sapulpa Saturday afternoon. Deason i "fTheMit F * U.nanim,OUS vot*
who has never driven much, is ,up-! ° senate-. Fine and imprisonment
posed to have lost control of the I ',T , ? h  connection with
,e truck, foil thfi art'de 31,(1 tc" day3 ln Jal1 fO run
PLUNGES TO DEATH
OVER R. R. VIADUCT
Lack of experience in driving an
automobile caused the death of H. L.
Deason, head of a Sapulpa transfer
company, and may result in the death
of his son, Lige, 16 years old. Deason
WEATHER REPORT
The ^forecast for the week com-
mencing March 4th., for Oklahoma
and the West Gulf states, is as fol-
lows:
West Gulf states: Low tempera-
ture at the beginning of the week will
be followed by warmer after Tues-
day and moderate temperature there-
after. The weather will be generally
fair.
steering gear. The truck fell thirty
five feet, pinning the elder Deason
underneath. Thc boy suffered frac-
tures of both legs and one arm. He is
in a Tulsa hospital in a serious con-
dition.
STRAND THEATRE TODAY
(Your Patronage Appreciated.)
concurrently as punishment for the
direct contempt for which he was
adjudged guilty Friday—the refusal
to state whether he could prove the
truth of his published statements.
There is said to be a melon-cutting
due stockholders in the Cosden Oil &
Gas company very shortly. The con-
cern is producing better than 20,000
barrels per day and will soon increase
its dividend rate very materially. The
great success made by Cosden & com-
pany in both the refining and produc-
ing ends has given the new concern
much prestige, as, for instance, the
Atlantic Petroleum company, now
starting, which is said to be over-
subscribed.
SET BURGLAR TRAP;
KILLS HIS OWN DOG
The Suzan Carter Musical Comedy Co.
Present
CHIC GRIFFITH and DAN DUNCAN
In
A HIGH-CLASS MUSICAL COMEDY BILL.
Full of pep and ginger, lots of singing and dancing
"Buddy's Christmas"
A two-act Mutual drama, featuring E. K. Lincoln
"FICKLE ALL AROUND"
A two-act Vogue comedy deluxe
IDLE HOUR THEATRE TODAY
BLUFBIRD PHOTOPLAYS*
Present
MYRTLE GONZALES and GEORGE HERNANDEZ
In
"God's Crucible"
A big awe-inspiring drama produced in the Grand
Cunyon of Colorado.
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MATINEE-EVENING
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MATINEE-EVENING
George Elias of the F. M. Grocery
is minus one bird dog as the result
of the miscarrying of plans, careful-
ly formed, by which George anticipat-
ed giving the next marauder who
tried to break Into his store, a warm
reception.
A week ago the F. M. Store was
burglarized. In anticipation of a sec-
ond visit Elias fitted up a deadfall,
connected with a shotgun. Yesterday
afternoon Elias* dog, scratching
around the back door, set off the trap
and thc shotgun was discharged. The
dog's head was blown almost com-
pletely off.
During the excitement incident to
this a young boy entered the store
and was helping himself to small
change from the cash register when
Elias spotted him. Instead of trying
to catch the boy Elias started up the
alley to summon the police. When
they arrived the youngster had made
good his escape.
Much mystery surrounds the con-
dition of Senator T. P. Gore, who
has been reported in a dying condi-
tion at his Washington home, a re-
port which Mrs. Gore now denies.
Mrs. Gore even declines to admit that
the blind senator is seriously ill and
declares in a published statement
that he is sitting up, has gotten rid of
all fever and is gaining strength rap-
idly.
Many conflicting reports of the
ments of close personal, friend* of
Senator Gore, state that the senator
is suffering with an obstruction of the
arteries and that his death is a ques-
tion of but a short time. They stated
that he would never leave hia bed
again.
Since the senator was stricken,
during thc early part of January, hia
family has minimized the danger of
his condition. It is believed after
careful investigation that Senator
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condition of the senator from Okla-'Gore is really in a more seriooa con-
homa have been circulated. Supposed- dition than his family and physicians
ly authentic reports, based on state- will admit.
HIGH SCHOOL TEAM "v !;<S
The second team of the high school
basketball aggregation defeated
thc third ward team in a hotly con-
tested basketball game, Friday after-
noon, 21 to 15.
JIM H1NES BACK
After nine months' absence on the
border, Jim Hines, one of the prop-
rietors of the Post Office Cafe, arriv-
ed in Drumright today and was
around visiting his pals. Jim was still
in uniform and looked particularly
fit. He is as brown as an Indian. Jim
was company cook and points with
pride to the record that, despite that
fact there was not a casuality report-
ed in his company during the entire
nine months.
Lieutenant Sam J. Foster has re-
turned from border duty with the na-
tional guard.
ARTHUR DAVIS CANDIDATE
FOR CITY TREASURER
City Treasurer Arthur Dayis au-
thorizes The Derrick to announce hia
candidacy for re-election. His an-
nouncement will be found in another
column of this issue. Mr. Davis b
cashier of the Guaranty Stat* Bank
and both in his private business snd
in his cspacity of city treasurer en-
joys the confidence and eittea As
business world and the cititens ef this
town to which his admirable rat ord
o fefflcienjy and capability entitle
him.
Mr. Davis has lived in "mmright
for three years and his rise in the
business world has been meteoric
well deserved. His interesta are allied
with those rf tlv city, its eontiaM*'
growth and progress, and he will ev-
er be found at the forefront with
those who are working for progreee
and prosperity.
Scoltie Fights
Hell and Devil
Seven More Rds.
Scottie, the "sni-fitir\' " evange-
list who has been "knocking 'em cold''
at the Baptist Church in a series of
revivals which has resulted in many
converts, is scheduled to go seven
more rounds with hell and the devil
before leaving Drumright for other
fields.
At the service Sunday night when
it was hinted that the Wild Irish
Evangelist would periiaps close the
meetings with that service, the large
crowd there shouted a most emphatic
"No" and the result is that Scottie
will continue his meetings here for
another week.
Last night Scottie preached hia
motto sermon: "Behold the Lamb of
God, Which Taketh Away the Sin of
the World." There was a profound
quietness throughout the entire dis-
course and his congregation was
much stirred. At the close of the ser-
mon many came forward and
for prayer and several took Chriat aa
their Savior. Ten were received for
baptism.
Scottie's sermon tonight should be
one of intense interest, judging from
the title: "One Thing Lacking In
Drumright."
BILLINGS WELL IS
NOT DANGEROUS
The Billings well, which has been
regarded as a possible big producer,
is not making near so much as when
first reported. It is making 100 bar-
rels as it stands and apparently the
water has been shut off. The last re-
port was that the well was making
100 barrels with the bottom of the
8-inch casing set at 2,141 feet.
W. C. T. U. MEETING FRIDAY
The W. C. T. U. will meet Friday
at the home of Mrs. Tom Kennon.
The new members taken in at last
Friday's meeting were Mrs. Earl An-
derson and Mrs. Tom Roach, and not
their respective husbands, as was in-
advertently reported.
Owing to the fact that there will be
no baseball strike, it hardly seems
necessary to have an extra session of
congress.
J. Farris, late of the Farris Dry
Goods company, is preparing today
to move his stock to Beggs, Okla.,
where he is entering the mercantile
business.
USING NATIVE MATERIAL
Lawton, Ok., March 5.—The pro-
posed Ozark Trail west of Lawton,
stretching away toward Amarillo,
Texas, is rapidly taking on the ap-
pearance of a boulevard. It would be
difficult to make a better road out of
the native material. The citizens of
this place want the official trail and,
if the best road gets it, feel confident
in winning.
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PASTIME THEATRE TODAY
"The Newest Theatre"
The Step-Lively Girls
Present
A CLASSICAL TABLOID COMEDY PLAY
An hour of harmony, fun and amusement
Always a Good Picture Program
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MATINEE AND EVENING
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