The Hartshorne Sun. (Hartshorne, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 31, 1914 Page: 1 of 6
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he Hartshorne
DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS AND HOME PEOPLE
ESTABLISHED 1895.
HARTSHORNE, OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY. rn-CEMEER 31, 1914.
NUMBER 1
HEAP 616 M
NEXT TO LARGEST F' . ,
INSTITUTION IN S I A i;
OF OKLAHOMA.
Gabe Parker, recently npn
head of the Indian agency « > ! 1
ofxice at Muskogee. wiN ji• i i•
Wednesday to take hold o !,:
position. He succeeds Da:,.i II. ,
sey, who this month cone! i.!•
ninth year as Indian agent
Civilized Tribes. There i. . m
certainty whether the la;..I e..i.
sion, which is under the m:*.t.
of J. George Wright, coninv
will immediately pass innlcr i! > .
agement of Mr. Parker; the •!
ment of the interior may
Mr. Wright in charge ut.
wound up the Choctaw !
work, as a special supervisor.
The new Indian superintend' • i
himself a Choctaw, and reign <h
place of registrar of the t,>
Washington, D. C., to take the ;
here. Before his appointment t
istrar, he was prominent in ' "v
politics and educational ci. c!
was head of the Armstrong acadi ;v.
until appointed to the Wa hi; - >
job.
The appointment of M . P.. ■
followed a bitter fight l>el.w■ ■ -m r-
inees of distinction in o'.l .h -
democratic circles, and aflc: t!
had mutually eliminated one m
from hope of appointment, (V.uni
sioner Cato Sells and Sic '
Franklin K. Lane solved the ■'.■■■ ! i
by giving the important j- '• f'
er, who has already made him-.elf
favorite at Washington.
Kelsey's Long Tcr-n.
.Mr. Kelsey was an appiieai.
the appointment, but as the d- nv
cratic majority in congress cm
dated the two Indian bureau-- r
chiefly to satisfy the demand o
lahoma democrats, who wanted
jobs held by Messrs. Wright and
sey, and could not eliminate them
except by changing the status of the
offices here, Mr. Kelsey's application
naturally had but little chance,
though Secretary Lane was in the
end very much inclined to hold liim
at the head of the consolidated de-
partments.
Mr. Kelsey was appointed Indian
agent here in December, 1905, the
appointment coming as a promotion
from other work. Purine; his long
term, he has handled approximately
$49,000,000, and has seen hi.; of''ice
become one of the most important
in Oklahoma. Except for the school
land office of the state, it is the
largest financial agency in Oklaho-
ma.
lil Matter* Important.
The most important work of the
Indian agency for the last few yea s
has been in relation to the oil and
pas rights of restricted Indian lands.
'Mr. Kelsey's term covered practical-
ly the entire development of th nil
industry in the Indian Terri.'iy . le
of hte state, as the agency in ii' 1
took in only $1,300 in oi! and gas
royalties. The agency passes upon,
the sale of leases upon all restricted
lands, sees that the leases are prop-
erly developed, collects and pays out
to the individual Indians the loyal-
ties and bonuses due them for oil.
In this respect the agency resembles
nothing so much as a big trust com-
pany.
A table of the oil and gas vol tilt y
collections of the Muskogee agency
during the last nine years is a n-a-
ty good epitome of the development
of the oil industry in Oklahoma:
Fiscal Year. Oil Royalties Col.
ants, which aggregated this year
SI .505.203.71. As there was a bal-
inre on hand of 1.247.3H
>roughi over from the preceding fis-
•al year, the total amount of cash
nndled by the agency the past fiscal
,-e.ir was $t ,(i(i'.t,H0!).70.
The balance on hand July 1. 11)1 i.
--74,818,85, which is from
- ■ hundred thousand to a million
loilars greater than the average bal-
uii'i' carried by the state treasury.
The agency has some 20,000 dock-
it 1 accounts, of which 10,000 are
ivJ^ci <iuuvnt.s there .ire about UU'r [
employes in the agency headquarters!
:si Muskogee, and altogether about j
-o't including the headquarters, dis-j
• and field forces.
The chief individual accounts re-
1 '.to to royalties on oil and gas, coal,
, phalt. agricultural and grazing
i .n Oil and gas contributed more
iban two million dollars of this last
land sales, the next largest
i: • m. which was $037,638; coal roy-
alties come next with $158,01)4. Oth-
er sources of receipts arc compara-
ti.Jy insignificant, though aggre-
gating altogether about two hundred
thousand dollars.—Muskogee Phoe-
ARRESTED ON CHARGE
OF SWIPING LIQUOR
ok-1
the
Fred Apie and John Piazza were
arrested Monday night and lodged
in the county jail on larceny charg-
es in connection with the breaking
into a car and taking liquor from an
interstate shipment, billed from a
point in Kentucky to Dallas, Texas.
The seal was broken between Boon-
,i'U\ Ark., and Haileyville. When
the car reached Haileyville a short-
age of three fifty-gallon barrels and
eight cases of whiskey was noted.
The case whiskey was bottled for a
firm in Dallas, and the finding of
empty bottles bearing this firm's
name on the premises of Apie and
Piazza, lead to their arrest.
Twjo barrels of the whiskey were
K .i-| found by Lon Bates, purely by acci-
dent. on his farm east of town. Con-
stable Hardy was detailed to go out
and bring it in. There was one full
barrel, the other one being empty,
which was restored to the authori-
ties at Haileyville.
As to how these barrels came to be
dumped out on Bates' place will
doubtless remain a mystery, but that
the plans for securing the liquor
were pretty well executed is evidenc-
ed by the fact that, the confederates
in the deal had succeeded in dispos-
ing of the contents of one of the
barrels.
As this was an interstate shipment,
federal authorities will interest them-
selves in the case, in which event the
guilty parties, if apprehended, will
have rather rough sledding.
SECOND DEBATE HERE.
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1918
1914
___ $ 1.300.00
91,024.40
IIIIIIII-I 323,555.40
IIII IIII 775,489.15
""III 1,692,267.55
1,813,460.28
~~ 1,420,894.97
IIII" 1,365,826.52
1,134,432.34
I 1,490,179.31
2,059,826.14
Total $12,175,21'''.06
During this nine or ten years
More than 30,000 leases have been
Iliad and acted upon.
Financial Account*. | mey «' • —«= — 7 " ~
During the fiscal year ending July ; chance for the champmnship of this
1. 1914, the actual receipt of the | district and that means.much, for
i_ , nrpwnf. district Cliftm-
Hartshorne Team Victorious Over
Wilburton—Debates McAlester
Here January 15th.
For the second time within a lit-
tle over twelve months, Hartshorne
High School is to meet McAlester
High School in a battle of wits and
words. Friday night, the fifteenth
of January, the local school will meet
the McAlester rival on the home
platform. This is the first time the
people of Hartshorne have had an
opportunity to hear at home the team
which beat McAlester last year and
lost to Wilburton by a small margin,
and then beat her this year in the
preliminary contest. The boys on
the team with one exception are vet-
erans of three inter-highschool de-
bates, and they will all three acquit
themselves well. We have marked
well and that with much apprecia-
tion how the good people of the
town have supported the various ath-
letic and literary activities of the
high school and we predict an enthus-
iastic crowd will fill to overflowing
the building in which the debate will
he held.
If Hartshorne wins this next time
it means that she will try next the
school which has twice won the state
championship, Checotah High School,
and the boy« feel that if they can
lead McAlester by a strong showing
thev will have at least a good fighting
t : r.4 fkic
THE CLOSING YEAR
\Sk> iiuyp ro-
il 'Very 1 imo
,d -it grows
n tiu> spur of
ff duty;
unetl to Geo. 1).
puem.f bwrniif
blime thought it
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(This poem is the pufJitcl " •'« '
the late lamented editor ol ti' • • • 1 ..v. •
produced it in the& columns a num! r
we read it it is like meeting tip wt'h n.
sweeter with age. This poem, u 1. .1. vva
the moment—-as a "filler," for the regular s
so the writing of the New Year'- poem w:
Prentice. We prize it above nli oth",
of its beautiful and lolly .seniiic • ii .-.nl '
breathes. For this reason wo gi\ • •*. . rain
Tis midnight's holy hour- : T' - e
Is brooding, liko a gentle o' 1'
The still and pulseless world, ilaw.f, t. ::
The bell's deep tone: a it- .-w-. ;r- 1 . « !
Of the departed year. No fur.'- >■
Is sweeping past; yet. on the . u-- in.:: 1 w
With melancholy light, th«- nvsci : '
Like a pule spotless shroud, i-,« . i- • • '
As by a mourner's sigh, and 0:1
That floats so still and placidly thr- !:
The spirits of the season ''eetns to • • •..«!
Young Spring, bright Summer. AutUi-n'
And Winter with is aged k-
In mournful cadences that course a oud,
Like the far wind harps-wild and touching v
A melancholy dirge o'er the dead ye
Gone from the earth foie-.to.
'Tis a time
For memory and for tears. Within 'ho deep
Still chambers of the heait. a spect e .iini
Whose tones are like, the wizard voir.- of Time.
Heard from the tomb 0! n"= .• p<-iM . i cob!
And solemn finger to the beautiful
And holy visions that have passed av: y.
And left no shadow of their luveiine •?,
On the dead waste of life. That s; oet.-<. I.
The coffin lid of Hope, J<• \ and Love.
And bending mournfully above the pale,
Sweet forms that slumber there, scatter dead flowers
O'er what has passed to nothingm s-.
MaAoict agency totalled -< ;-1
•M.19. This includes only th<- •
com from oil and gas royalties sni.
of hitt lands, etc . not incl'. dir g
■MM r«c«iv«d on Uearary war-
Checotah. the present district cham
pi,,n, is also the sUte champion.
The subject, ' Resolved that the
Policy of Government Ownership of
the Railroads is PraftrraMa to the
The year
Has gone, and with it many a gloiit tim.r.j!
Of happy dreams. Its mark is 011 each brow,
Its shadow in each heart. In its swift couive.
It waved its scepter o'er Ov bc-uiM*"' —
And they are not. It laid its pallid hand
Upon the strong man—and the haughty form
Is fallen, and the flashing eye is dim.
It trod the hall of revelry, where ti
The bright and joyous, and the ti
Of stricken ones is heard, whore e
A reckless shout resounded.
ul wail
he sung
It passed o'er
The battle plain, where sword, and spear and shield
Flashed in the light of midday—and the strength
Of serried hosts is shivered, and the grass
Green from the soil of carnage, waves above
The crushed and mouldering skeleton. It came
And faded like a wreath ofjnist at eve;
Yet, ere it melted the viewless air
It heralded its millions to their home
In the dim land of dreams.
Remorseless Time!
Fierce spirit of the glass and scythe—what power
Can stay him in his silent course, or melt
His iron heart to pity? Or., still on
He presses, and forever. The proud bird
The condor of the Andes, that can soar
Through heaven's unfathomable depths or brave
The fury of the northern hurricane
And bathe his plumage in the thunder's home,
Furls his broad wings at nightfall, and sinks down
To rest upon his mountain crag—but Time
Knows not the weight of sleep or weariness,
And night's deep darkness has 110 chains to bind
His rushing pinions.
Revolutions sweep
O'er earth, like troubled visions o'er the breast.
Of dreaming sorrow; cities rise and sink,
Like bubbles on the water; fiery isles
Spring blazing from the ocean, and go back
To their mysterious caverns; mountains rear
To heaven their bald and blackened cliffs and bow
Their tall heads to the plain; new empires rise,
Gathering the strength of hoary centuries,
And run down like the Alpine's avalanche,
Startling the nations; and the very stars
Yon bright and burning blazonry of God,
Glitter awhile in their eternal depths,
And like the Pleiades, lovliest of the train,
Shoot from their glorious spheres and pass away,
To darkle in the trackless void; yet Time-
Time, the tomb-builder, holds his fierce career.
Dark, stern, all-pitiless, and pauses not.
Amid the mighty wrecks that strew his path,
To sit and muse like other conquerors,
Upon the fearful ruin he has wrought.
WEDDING BELLS.
Mr. Art is ('lemons and Miss Edna
McN'eeley were married at the home
* of the bride in this city Christmas
* Fee, Rev. Thos. D. New being the
ficiatiir.r minister.
The mnrririrre of Mr. Andrew Pat-
I te'son to Miss Allie Falkner was sol-
emnized at the homo of the bride 011
• I Christmas day. Rev. Thos D. New of-
■ ! fieiating. The bride and groom left
■ ! un a trip to Spiro to spend the holi-
• ! days.
A CORRECTION.
•The Sun was io error last week in
stating that Sam L. Morley was to re-
tire from the presidency of the First
National Hank and that he would be
succeeded by N. E. Tuell. What we
intended to say was that Mr. Tuell,
who is vice-president of the bank,
will act in the capacity of president
during Mr. Moriey's absence, but
there will be no change in the offi-
cial family by reason of the latter's
removal to Oklahoma City.
SHERIFF-ELECT TELLS
NAMES OF DEPUTIES
NEWMAN TO BE UNDERSHER
IFF; WILKES, BROWN AND
LAR1SON DEPUTIES.
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F. M. Newman, now stenographer
for the superior court, is to be un-
dersheriff under T. ('. Collier when
the latter is sworn into the office of
sheriff, January 4.
That announcement was made to-
day by the sheriff-elect. Mr. Collier
also announced the following ap-
pointments: Jailor, W. S. James;
night guard, G. W. Battles; bailiff,
W. R. Estes; deputies, J. W. Lari-
son, J. A. Brown*and T. P. Wilkes.
James was formerly steward at
the state penitentiary. He is now
working at the Cohn loan office.
Battles lives at Ashland, Brown at
Kiowa. Wilkes was a member of
the McAlester police force while Col-
lier was chief and has since been a
guard at the penitentiary. Larison
is constable and holds a deputyship
under Sheriff D. J. Tatum.—Capital.
Mr. Collier promised us a deputy
over here which of course we shall
expect him to name in due course of
time, unless he intends to change his
opinion about the appointment,
which we don't expect him to do.
SENT 10 BRITAIN
POINTING OUT THAT U. S. COM
MERCE HAS SUFFERED A
PLENTY ANNOYANCE.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—The
United States Government today dis-
patched ii iaiig" rt'oU- t<< Gietti nrictfirf
insisting upon an early improvement
in the treatment of American com
merce by the British fleet. It gave
warning that much feeling had been
aroused in this country, and that
public criticism was general over un-
warranted interference with the legi-
timate foreign trade of the United
States.
The document, consisting the
strongest: representations on this sub-
ject made by the United Stales to
any of the belligerents since the out-
break of the war, was cabled to Am-
bassador Page to be formally pre-
sented to Sir Edward Grey, the Brit-
ish Foreign Secrttary. Its prepara-
tion was begun a month ago by Soli-
citor Cone Johnson, Counsellor Rob-
ert Lansing and Secretary Bryan and
finally during the last two weeks had
the personal attention of President
Wilson himself, who revised its
phraseology with minute care.
As the detailed point of view of
the United States in numerous spe-
cific cases of detentions and seizures
of cargoes had been set forth in a
series of.mephatic protests, most of
which have gone unheeded, today's
communication was couched in gen-
eral terms, covering the entire sub-
ject of the relations between the
United States and Great Britain is
affected by the latter's naval policy,
considered highly objectionable by
this Government.
THE TOMB.
THE PASSING OF MRS. MARTHA
POLLAN.
R. T. Largen.
R. T. Largen died at the home of
his sister, Mrs. Matilda Scoville, in
this city Thursday, December 24, at
1:30 p. m., after a brief illness of
pneumonia, in his 56th year.
His passing was sudden and unex-
pected to his many friends as his
illness was not generally known, and
therefore a source of deep regret.
He was a pioneer settler of old In-
dian Territory, coming here in an
early day from his native state, Tex-
as, and had witnessed and taken
part in its development from the
frontier outposts to its marvelous
growth and entry into the sister-
hood of states. Mr. Largen was a
good man and highly respected by all
who knew him.
He was a member of the local order
of W. O. W. and held the office of
Consul Commander of the lodge.
Rev. J. Y. Bryce of the Southern
Methodist church, preached the fun-
eral, at the home of his sister, Mrs.
Scoville, when the remains were tak-
en in charge by the W. O. W. and
buried with the honors of the order.
Interment took place in the city ceme-
tery at 3 p. m. Christmas day.
Mrs. Martha Pollan, wife of D.
Pollan, died at the family home three
miles south of Hartshorne, Sunday
December 27, at 10 o'clock, after a
brief illness, in her 52nd year. The
direct cause of death was the burst-
ing of a blood vessel in the head,
resulting from a violent coughing
spell which occurred Christmas night.
The deceased is survived by the
husband and eight children, four
boys and four girls. She was a na-
tive of Ark. and had resided in this
community about fourteen jrears. The
Pollans are accounted among our best
people and in the passing of this
wife and mother the community sus-
tains a loss which is deeply felt by
the large circle of friends of the fam-
ily.
Interment took place in the city
cemetery Monday at 6 p. m., Rev.
Thos. D. New conducted the funeral.
Policy of Regulation," is one of po- , School. Remember the date and the
pular interest and the teams repres- event; the place will be definitely an-
ented will be able to give you some nounced later.
interesting facts and figures on both ,
sides of the question. Against Wil- , fjrgt an(j second basket ball
burton Hartshorne had the negative, J locked horns Saturday after-
this time she will havt the affirma- ] t,oon jn tj,e indoor court at the ward,
tive. I school building. The gam* resulted
The debate will be held at the Star | ii< a score of 16 to 14 in favor of the
Theatre if satisfactory arrangements , first team, but the boys realised that
can be made otherwise at the High I they had had a game
NEW FIRMS.
The Grady-Raymond Realty Co., is
the name of a new firm which starts
business the first of the year.
H. N. Fowler has sold half inter-
est in his restaurant business to Mr.
Boettger, an old time friend of his,
late of Kentucky. The firm will be
known as Boettger & Fowler.
T. O. Davis will shortly establish
a meat market. Work on his new
place of business is now in progress,
which is to be located on Pennsyl-
vania avenue and 11th street.
STOP AT THE NEWS DEPOT.
Having bought the Daniels News
Stand and confectionery, I mean to
keep a full line of leading daily
Bud White. j news papers and magazines, also nice
The many friends of Bud White line of cigars, tobacco, fruits candies,
will learn with regret of his death nuts, etc. To the children: Will
which occurred suddenly at his home j give nice picture as premium with
south of Hartshorne, at 7 o'clock a. ! each 10c purchase of candy, nuts,
m., December 25th. j etc. Will thank you to divide the
He was one of the oldest resi- nickels and dimes with me.
dents in this section and his death
removes one of the old land marks.
He is survived by a wife and chil-
dren. The funeral was conducted
by Rev. J. C. Mathews. The remains
were laid to rest in the city ceme-
tery.
POSTOFF1CE HOURS
Effective January 1st, 1915, post-
office hours will be as follows: Sun-
days and holidays 8.30 to 9:30 a. m.
instead of 9 to 10 a. m. as heretofore.
J. P. GRADY,
M. BRAZIL.
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS-
The Sun is authorized to announce
H. N. Fowler as a candidate for the
office of City Clerk on the demo-
cratic ticket, subject to the action of
the ensuing primary election.
The Sun is authorized to an-
nounce Owen Lackey as a candidate
for the office of City Clerk subject
to the action of the democratic pri-
mary in March.
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