The Craig County Gazette (Vinita, Oklahoma), Vol. 27, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 18, 1929 Page: 5 of 8
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THURSDAY,
LYRIC THEATRE, VINITA
PROGRAM FOR WEEK BEGINNING
SUNDAY, APRIL 21
Beau Broadway
SATURDAY
BATTLE
featureing
Sue Carroll
ROUND TRIP
Fare in Sleepers $21.00
Berth Fare Additional
Sunday
where he
the Arch-
Dancing Town
Comedv
An entire week given over to celebra-
tion! San Antonio’s world renowned
carnival culminates in the beautiful,
spectacular Battle of Flowers. Friday,
April 26th. Don’t miss it.
Return limit, miaiiight Afrd
taking of public works by city, state
and nation.
Comedy:
“Tell It to the Judge'
Paramount News
News No. 61
Metro
Comedy:
“FAIR & MUDDY
THURSDAY • FRIDAY
The United States liner Leviathan
which has been ordered to take on
liquor at Cherbourg or at Southamp-
ton, will be “a wet ship” for the first
time on its westbound trip under new
ownership. Passenger aboard the big
Comedy: “Smith’s Cook’’
Topics of the Day No. 1
liner on the trip from New York as-
serted that the “medicine chest” li-
quor supply had not been opened and
usual although they said that boot-
legging existed “Just as it does in
any American city.
J. Doug Morgan saya he will honor
Rome Williams Dandelion’s pass at
iia show tonight
JOHN GILBERT & GRETA GARBO
The Screen’s most perfect Lovers
“FOUR SONS”
A story dear to the hearts of the millions
Fables
Sweet Adeline
R, c. King reports th<
#et of harness t* 0- C.
Estella, yesterday. ’--------- .
total aeta sold oy Kings Harness and
Shoe shop, this spring to thirty.
Senator David A. Re d of Pennsy-
lvania. returning Tuesday on the liner
Conte Grarde from a vacation in Sic-
ly declared that the immigration quo-
ax of some of the European countries
,re now filled so far in advance that
many of those who hope to come to
the United States will never be aU’e
to do so, “not even if they live to be
a hundred.
Johnny Hines in
“ALL ABOARD”
Comedy: “Gallant (Job” Paramount News
WEDNESDAY
Lew Cody & Aileen Pringle
Judge A. C. Brewster, Sheriff Chas.
M. Kelly, Deputy Sheriff Willis
Thompson, Cleo Callison, jailer, all
of Pryor, were in Commissioner L. H
Allens court, Monday, attending to
business.
The Presbyterian missionary soci-
ety will meet Tuesday afternoon, at
the home of Mrs. Roy Warner. The
program will begin at 2:30.
There will be an orchestra at the
Public Schools ’exhibits in the base-
ment of the courthouse, two nights
thia week. THp exhibit will be hjjL*
Veil neoday, Thursday and Friday
nights.
George Palmer, of Okoee, was ,r
Vinita this morning, attending to bus-
iness while here.
Sam McFarthing, 22, Ketchum and
Miss Abbie Thompson, 23, Ketchum,
a negro couple, were united in mar-
riage by Justice Cash, this morning,
at his office in the court house.
TUESDAY
Walking Back
sale of a
). 0. Helton, of
This brought the
The case of the state vs Jnck Las-
well, and Bert Lasweil charge ! with
larceny, with J. C. Payne appear ng
against them, will be held before Jus
t ce Cash, ted-v. It is alleged th"
Laswells took $0 worth of a’u m u •
The theft took plarc Aueust 28, HI
Uert I.aswell has not been captu el
able and steel rcenforccment wire.
Although J. P Thompson. Tahle-
tah hotel owner "d p cture show-
man, has held of-'n*“ in Cherokee
countv for the past 1 » years, he ■ e *'
eeodingly picture shv.
mlts he has not a pi
Claud Barbee of the Palace Barber
shop is going to Afton tonight and
will visit his mother, Mrs. John
bee, who has been quite ill for sev
eral weeks past.
Mrs. Pete Dixon, of ’“op-
erated on at the Vinita hospita., Sun-
day for appendicitis.
Mr and Mrs. T. R. Luginbuel have
returned from a visit of the past few
days, at Lincoln, Ark.
Mrs J. C. Starr, accompanied by
her son, Clarence, motored to Tulsa
this morning.
Mrs. Granville Weathers was here
from Grove, Monday, visiting rela-
tives and friends.
15 years and various schemes to
him before the camera have been
availing.
Damages amounting to $15,000
being sought by Mr. and Mrs.
LaSarge of Pawhuska, as result of |a8
the death of their small son, Roscoe, r
who was killed when struck by a car
several w’eeks ago. Mrs. Edith Gay-
lor, driver of the machine, was nam-
ed defendant in the suit, which was
filed-Saturday. At the time of the
accident, witnesses stated that the
I buy ran into tee street in front of
the large sedan and that the driver
made efforts to avoi1
her car going over
and nearly turning over.
Retention of P. P. Claxton as sup-
I crintendent of Tulsa schools at a
salary of $13,500 a year appears to
I be the principal issue in the annual
I school election in which Tulsa citi-
zens will cast their votes Tuesday.
The large diamond ring the Hila
Morgan show is going to give away
next Saturday evening, is on display
at the Mike Silva jewelry store, this
week. The set is unusually larg
iiamond to be given away by a tent
show, and the ring is of white g<M
A real prize for the winner. W<'ul int
nindholding the lucky number to tnat
Mr. and Mrs. Ue Y*uKhn’.a iL;
mily, of Miami, visited over the week
end with Mr. and Mrs, btona Vaughn.
Chas. Pebbly and Maje Lomax have
had their shop on W est Illln0'8 r^n
orated, the work being done by Glenn
Corlett.
Miss Henryetta Moore, of Miami,
visited Mrs. T. B. Waller and daughter
Miss Louise, of 207 North Miller, . un-
Orville Hill is in Houston, Texas,
at pn-aent, and will
netted with an oil supply house t e. - I
He is staying with his brother, R I
kin Hill.
Miss Maybelle Foreman, of the
9tarr H-niv.are, will return piur xlay
from Missouri, where she has been
visiting her sister, who underwent an
operation there last week.
The National Fire Insurance com-
pany vs. Robt G. A'mstror.g, Laura
D. Campbell, administratrix o. Ute
estate of I- D. Campbell will be tried
before Justice Cash today.
Mesdames Smith and Stratton, who
have been visiting at the home J
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. it.
Montgomery of South Smith street,
leave for Houston, Texas, tomorrow.
Charlie Starr, of the Starr Hard-
ware was busy this morning unpack-
ing several dozen horse collar pads.
, Charlie and Clarence are rapidly get-
ting a full line of stock on the shel-
ves.
Bun,. Hor. »
mo.lelinK. rhaneir, ' ’ will
the stere will present a new api*
ance entirely.__
The Vinita Ambulance took Mrs
i f Hightower, who was operate*!
«"i. v”u hwiui
u Sr bom.- «e.r renaeula. this
morning. ,
Postoffice officials in Oklahoma
have announced they will not use an
e .specially printed state stamp but I
will wait and see the result of the!
experiment being introduced by Kan-
sas and Nebraska. Those states plan]
to issue stamps with “Kans” and
Neb.” printed along the bottom. The
>bject of making the stamps is to
[facilitate tracing robberies. If the
[experiment is successful, the postoi-
| fice department may decide to use
he system in all states, according to
W. G. Johnston, Oklahoma City post-
master.
The will of F. R. McDeimand, Kan-
sas City hog power manufacturer,
killed last week in a crossing accident
in Battle Creek. Mich., was filed in
han.-^s City Tuesday, a son, Frank
R. McDermand, Jr., receiving a bulk
of $1,500,000 estate. Mrs. McDer-
mand and a neuro chauffeur lost
their lives in the same accident which
was fatal to the manufacturer.
Call for a special election to sub-'
mit a city manager charter proposal
to Shawnee voters for June 18 was
issued late Monday by Mayor Neal
Wimmer, following issuance of an
order in district court at Tecumseh
for the mayors’ arrest and detention
in the county jail until the election
was called.
rh_. E Deon, Pine Ridge, South
nSS ."a Ml.. »•**
V?nite were united in marriage, in
}X c»h-»«««.
Nation-wide observance of May
day, International Socialist holiday,
was asked in a call issued Friday by
the national executive committee of
the socialist party. All workers
were urged to concentrate in pun-
> week is [lie meetings and demand relief from
cattle ship- »n»mnlnvinent through the under-
The city of Duisburg, Germany will
celebrate its eight hundredth anni-
versary as an incorporated town this
month.
Dr. Abbott L. Ix>well, president of
Harvard university, will receive a
honorary degree from Edinburgh uni-
versity.
Having avoided arrest by his time-
ly departure from the district court
|ioom at Tecumseh Monday .morning
and later by obeying the court’s man-
date to call a city charter election,
Mayor Neal Winner, of Shawnee Tues-
I day was awaiting the carrying out of
promises of his political enemies that
criminal action would be filed against
|him for his failure to call the election
April 2.
An Exchange Telegraph dispatch
from Hongkong Tuesday says that
the American steamer Cahu was
heavily fired spon above Ichang on
the Yangtze river. A Chinese pass-
enger on an accompanying steamer
was killed and another wounded.
The body of Howard Bright, 18, s'J-
spended from a rafter by a rop-,
found Monday in an abandoned batii
about five miles south of Walts. The
body was nude and Bright’s clothing
was found in heap nearbv. A ver-
dict of suicide was returned by a jus-
tice of the peace.
George Herman “Babe” Ruth Mon-
day obui nid a license to marry Mrs
Claire Hodgson. 26 years old, New
York actress and a widow. Clerk
Michael J. Cruise, who issued the li-
cense shortly before the bureau clos-
ed, ask d Ruth when he wou’d be
married TW baseball star replied:
“Some day this week. Then he added,
, “the season opens Tuesday.
I A girl, armed with a pistol, ah->wed
Thomnson ad- a note reading, “Give me money in
Icture taken in big bills,” to the teller at s biancn of
Craig Goodpaster was running
around yesterday with a smile from
ear to ear, said grin being caused by
the arrival of a fine eight pound boy
at his home Saturday night. Craig
says it may never be a football pl >y-
er, but if not, he'll bet its a yell lead-
er iro.n present indications. Chee. UP
Craig, that’s what the meal of uj
think at first ,
1 -- —
Mrs. C. H. Riedemann. accompan-
ied by M-i«. Leonard Allen, ot CoW h i
district, motored to Henryetta, this
morning, and will be there for a few
days. They will be met there by
Mrs. Riedemann’s sister and nephew,
of Anadarko.
Mrs. W. E. Updegraff is driving a
new Chrysler coupe, purohasd rn-
. ♦ —.r,.- ’* « n 75. s" rt
del, and goes slipping up and down
the streets so easily, it is almost like
the American a car which went so fast
you couldn’t see ft, «o quietly you
couldn’t hear it, and burned up the
gasoline so good you couldn t sin•?!!
it. But thw* is no doubt about Mrs.
Uixlegraffs ear being there.
Ignorance is no excuse for not I
paying income tax. One gentleman, I
on receiving his forms, sent the fol- I
lowing note to Mr. Churchill of Lon- I
don: “Dear Sir: I return your I
forms herewith, as I do not wish to |
join the Income Tax. I am already ,
insured.” I
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh arrived
in New York City by air Friday to
pay his last respects to the man
who was his host after the famous [
Lindbergh flight to France—Myron
T. Herrick, late ambassador to
France. He told reporters that he I
"couldn’t say anything just now”
about his one-day disappearance be-
tween Mexico City and Brownsville.
The Minnesota state senate Friday
night was told by the member from
Fairfax, Senator Herman Schmechel,
that modern woman wears less
clothes than Eve did in Eden, and
he held this scantiness of attire re-
sponsible for sickness among women,
rather than long hours of work.
What is thought to be Stephens
countv’s largest “rat massacre” oc-
currsd near Marlow recently, when
rat dogs of J. C. Hill killed more
than 556 of the rodents on a farm
near Marlow.
Millions (rf persons had gazed cun-
ousy upon Minnie DTmery during her
64 years of nomidic life as a circus
trouper. Minnie’s wandering days
ended in Gal^burg, 111. Saturday at
the age of 70. Four feet high and
weighing 45 pounds, Miss D’lmery s
life had been one of health and a i-
venL
The belief i* increased at Mexico
City*that the wedding of Col. Charles
Lindbergh and Miss Anne Morrow
probably be at either Ambassador
Morrow’s New Jersey or Maine sum
mcr homes during June. It was learn
ed that the entire Morrow family ex-
pects to he in the United States .in
that month.
Deputy U. S. Marshal Chas. War-
ner transacted business in the com-1 |
missioner’s court, yesterday.
L. W. Thompson of Miami, District
Representative for Franklin Life n-
surance Co., was in Vinita today.
Bryant Cash spent Saturday even-
ing and Sunday in Muskogee attend-
ing Primitive Baptist church there.
J A. “R-Pride” Walker, salesman!
(or the Ottawa Creameries was in the
city this morning visiting the lo<
ice cream dealers.
Mrs John D. Marrs, of Bristow, on
her ‘way home from Jopbn. »toPp£l
over noon with Mr. and Mrs. L. K-
Scott, of South Gunter.
Mike Friend, who viisted his fam-
ily here a short time last t----,
n Ramona receiving cattle ship-
ments this week.
C. R- Keeling, of Miami, was a
caller in Vinita, today, in
tee interests of the Rand-Remington
Typewriter company.
C. W. Hayden,
daughter in l_ .
of Pryor,
time this afternoon.
JOHN N. BALLARD
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John N. Ballard, age 81, died this i
morning at the home of his son, Love
Ballard near Ketchum. Funeral ar-
rangements have not been completed,
Hurckhalter Funeral Home will have
charge.
Senator Richard L. Wheatley will
to Oklahoma City Sunday where
„r. Monday he will preside over the
senate court of impeachment whicn
will hear the charges brought against
Justice Clark.
W U Tennyson, who has been
decking' the lax records of Craig
bounty in the treasurers office the
h,ait few weels, left for his home
Ion Grand river this afternoon and
I will spend the week-end there.
Mr and Mrs. John Smelser, of To-
I peka, accompanied by therr son, Lyle
LSmelser are visiting at the home ot
FmTs A C. Stone, 225 South Miller
I over the weekend. Mrs. Stone is a
(daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Smelser.
| Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Maclagan an*
I'Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Haugue of
I Chicago arrived in Vinita last eve-
I ring, and are visiting a few days
I with Rev. and Mrs. Willmoore Ken-
I dall, at their home at 12'J South
I Thompson.
Memliers of the Christian church
lore working to prepare a splendid
I program for Chtnch Night, which
I will be held next Wednesday eve-
I ning at the church, beginning at
I* 6 30. Three one-act plays have be»_ n
prepared and a fine program will be
I given.
O. U. Hemphill, teacher of Cobb
■ •school, was in Vinita this morning,
I entering one of the Smith boy8
I €. G. Clarke’s five-mile amateur
marathon.
Alfrwl Behrman. 50, a North Pel-
ham, N. Y., delicatessen clerk, boast-
ed of his ability as a cook, but the
biscuit he made to prove it killed
- ^mpanied by his | him Friday. By error he used roach
U law Mrs. John Hayden | powder instead of baking powder,
were’in Vinita a short
Misse Genevieve Dobkins and Beulah
Hilligas, of Welch, were the week end '
guesta of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Frederick,
of 138 South Thompson.
* E L. Driskill will go to Tulsa, Tues-
day,’ working in the interests of the
New York Metropolitan Insurance Co.
Someone said Craig Goodpasture
was yelling “Daddy” down a
rell this morning to learn how it would
sound.
The little granddaughter of Mr. ard
Mrs. W. H. Klaus was in the ' inita
hospital today, where she had her ton-
silss removed.
George Young of Cleveland, who was
operated on for appendicitis at the \ i-
nita hospital, about two weeks ago,
was visiting in town today.
Six weeks tests are being held at
the high school this week.
Mrs. B. F. Cleveland, of Timber
Hill, was in Vinita today.
Old Dobbin seems to back in favor
today among the farmers.
The Presbyterian Brotherhood will
be entertained Thursday night by-
Paul Elam and W. L- Davis.
Jimmy Glenn returned
morning from New York
took a car of chickens for
er Produce Co.
.......
Many people are planning on at-
tending the opening of the new
Coleman Theatre in Miami, Thursday
night. This new theatre u one of the
best in the tri-state district and will
compete with most any in the state
for beauty.
Rex Norton, charge with stealing
$200 worth of property, was broughi
before Justice Cash, yesterday, and
preliminary set for April 19th. There
was said to be a partner m this crime
committed June 11, 1928, but he has
• ot Wen captured to date. Carl Bron-
son was owner of the stolen goods.
Organization of the Bendix cor-
poration, with an authorized issue
of 3,000,000 shares of stock, was an-
nounced in New York Friday night |
by Vincent Bendix, president of the
Bendix corporation.
Submission of the principal issue
in the dispute between the Texas
and Pacific railway and the four
brotherhoods to a board of arbitra-
I tion was contained Friday in a pro-
posal laid before the Hoover emer-
gency board, hearing testimony on
the threatened strike of 4,000 train-
men.
£cr the
FIESTA De SAN JACINTO
AND
OF FLOWERS
craIg mm ,,,
(ret I the Citizens National bank in Los
m. Angeles Monday, accepted $2,000 with
a smile and walked out. She made
her escape on foot.
a" King Georges’ physicians regarded
23 in no wise serious Monday an
illness developed by Queen Mary Sun-
day. A slight chill kept her from
attending divine services at the South
Bersted parish where a large crowd
awaited her arrival.
President Hoover has invited all
members t>f his cabinet to accompany
I him Tuesday to the opening baseball
•a 'str'kinir him -rame in Washington of the American
an embankment '^gue season. The chief executive
an emban. m | Hoover and their guests will oc-
cupy boxes along the first base line.
Mr. Hoover is expected to throw out
the first ball.
Ruth Bias, 5, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. B. M. Bias, of Tulsa, who was
bitten by a mad dog a month ago
while playing on the lawn at her
home, died in Tulsa Monday. Physi-
|cians said she contracted hydrophobia.
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