Drumright Evening Derrick (Drumright, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, June 10, 1921 Page: 1 of 11
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VOL. 6. NUMBER 9
drumright, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY JUNE 10, 1921
FIVE CENTS a COPY
EXPECT THE ARKANSAS TO OVERFLOW AT WICHITA
Attacked "Ghosts99
Employed by Wife;
Stabbed in Scrap
BEANS VS. DUOS REPORTED TWO MILES MM ,
WILL BE STAGED | ELLINGWOOD WITH MAIN STREET
ON DIAMOND SOON; OF CITY UNDER WATER TO SQUARE
Grocers and Confectioners of!
b. m. a. will Play Dry Rjst of Four Feet Is Reported in Canadian River
Wear6 of Oklahoma Where Crest of Flood Reached
Wealthy Ohio Publisher
Meets Death When
"Spirits" Hired by
Wife on Advice of
Medium Tries to Force
Him to Love Her.
New York; June 10.—Dan F. Kaber,
wealthy, Lakewood, Ohio, publisher
met death after attacking two for-
eigners engaged by Mrs. Kaber to
pose as spirits to frighten hin; into
a better attitude towards her, ac-
cording to a statement which the
OF COMMUNITY
COUNCIL HERE"
Tonight's Gathering Is For
Permanent Benefit From
Recent Meetings
The Drumright Community Council j
will hold its first meeting for the pur- j
pose of perfecting organization to-1
night. The call was made today by j
temporary chairman, Mrs. R. 0. Rus-
sell.
''It is important," said Mrs. Russell
today, "if any permanent good is to
OKLAHOMA CITY
MAN APPOINTED
SAHARA KEEPER
New York Evening World today says! follow the pioneer work laid down by
Chief of Police Christensen obtained
from Mrs. Kaber here.
Newspapers quoted the chief as
saying that Mrs. Kaber had consulted
a woman medium for advice as to
how to change her husband's atti-
tude towards her. The publisher's
surly manner after his illness is said
to have occasioned the visit.
By the advice of this medium, Mrs.
Kaber was said to have employed
two foreigners to appear at her hus-
bands bedside in the night as ghosts
and, as she expressed it, "to try to
shake a little civility into him."
Arrounsed from slumber, Kaber is
allegecl to have attacked the two men
and to have been stabbed to death
by them in the struggle,
to newspapers Christensen said that
Mrs. Kaber declared she refused to
pay the two foreigners when they
appeared after the funeral, asserting j
the Community Institute, for us to pet
busy and formulate a definite pro-
gram, basing such action upon the re-
sults of a thorough survey of the local
field.
"There is a great deal to be worked
out along the line of community bet-
terment. The chief problem is to de-
termine where to begin and how ex-
tensive the initial work shall be made.
"Thanks to the achievements of the
Rotarians and Lions, a good deal of i
That the Business Men's Associa-
tion of Drumright does not intend to
devote its attention exclusively to the
stern demands of busines was demon-
strated today when Chairman J, 11.
Keil of the Grocers' and Confection's
| ection, announced that his depart
I ment has a baseball team in process
of organization, and that they "are
'< leady to and do" issue a challenge to
j the Dry Goods and Ready-To-Wear
i section for a game.
The only stipulation Keil's cohorts
tack to this broadside defl is that the
ame be played on Sunday, as his men
work through the week, and It woul l
be a great inconvenience for his team
to stage a week-day game.
"We are out for the bacon," said
( hick Fogaley of the Grocers, in dis-
| cussing the matter today. "If the cot-
1 ton, wollen and imitation silk bunch
are afraid to meet us, we ar« going to
proceed to give the "hardware gang a
currving We are out for the cham-
ATTEND FUNERAL pionship, and aim to have it. If we
have to claim it by default."
Homer O'Dell, chairman of the Dry-
(By Associated Press)
Washington, June 10.—The ap-
pointment of John Appleby of
Oklahoma City as supervising fed-
eral prohibition agent for the
southeastern department which In
eludes Arkansas, Misourl, Kansas,
Oklahoma, Louisiana and several
counties in Texas, was announced
today by U. S. revenue commis-
sioner Blair. Appleby succeeds
David Gates with headquarters at
Little Rock.
Canton, Blaine County
BANK EXAMINER
SOLDIER BOYS
FROM HERE TO
ASSIST AT BURIAL OF PRIVATE
TURNER, KILLED IN ACTION
OVERSEAS
GETTING BETTER
Drumright Visitor Reports Oil
Sections of State Most
Fortunate
That bus'ness conditions through-
out Oklahoma are steadily Improving
was the news brought to Drumright
by John Knox, State Bank Examiner
from Oklahoma City, who accompan
ied by euxminer G. B. Lovett is here
for the regular semi-annual examina-
tion of state banks.
Mr. Knox reports the oil section of
the state in better conditions finan-
cially than any other part, and the stream.
(By Associated Press)
Wichita, Kan., June 10.—Warn-
ing that flood conditions here are
expected to be worse than were
at first anitcipated was issued this
morning by the weather bureau.
It Is predicted that the Big Ar-
kansas wil loverflow Its banks at
low places at Wichita within the
next twelve of twenty-four hours.
It appeared that the flood did not
raise high enough to invade the
main business sections of the city.
(By Associated Press)
Hutchinson, aKnsai, June 10.—The
Arkansas river is two miles wide at
Kllinwood near here, being nearly up
to the edge of the business district
which Is nearly a mile from the
cotton section in southeast Oklahoma
hardest hit by the present depression.
Within the past two months he has
seen marked signs of a return to nor-
goods and eRady-to-wear aggregation! mal conditions, reflected in increasing
told a reporter this morning his outfit optimism and renewed confidence in
would be ready to refute the challenge j the banking circles of the state.
whe nthe proper time conies | o
"The trouble with those grocers i«
A party of legionnaires, members!
ground has already been broken In the of the Drumright post of the American that their beans have gone to their
direction of «ane recreation, especial- j Legion, will go to Oilton Sunday for heads," said Air O'Dell. "The sudden,
ly for children, and the community i the purpose of assisting at the funeral hot summer has given them heat-fev-
council, should It recommend an ex- j of Private Turner, the Oilton man who J er. Just let these dried apple and gun
by
tensive program, will depend in
great degree upon the example and
cooperation of these and every ether
organization in this city.
"The council as a body has author-
I ity only In an advisory capacity at
most. That Is, it may initiate, or it j sent in attendance on the state con
vention of post comanders which
will be in session at Shawnee Mon
day.
INCREASE TAXES
ON MEXICAN OIL
Mexocio City, June 8.—(By Asso-
There is water in main street from
the Great Bend to within a block of
the courth ouse square.
There Is water in Main Street from
river is stationary here this morning.
By Associated Press
Oklahoma City, June 10. A rise of
fourfeet in the North Canadian river is
reported to have, reached Canton,
Blaine county, late yesterday, accord-
ing to the weather bureau. It is ex-
was killed in France and whose body j drop vendors complete their prepara-1 elated Press.)—Petroleum companies to oklahoma Citv Mon-
the ] tlons and set their date. "We'll meet
'em—and we'll go through 'em, too—
lie a peach-orchard shoat."
may endorse undertak'ngs for com-
munity welfare, but execution lies
wholly with the community itself."
At tonights' meeting the council
will be addressed by W. A. Randall,
that they had not fulfilled their rolej o( National Community Service, who
of ghosts as intended and that she J will explain in detail the cooperation
would not involve herself by paying j his organization offers to communi-
ties which desire to undertake a defin-
for murder.
Mrs. Kaber then fled to New York
to escape the foreigners without ad-
vising the Cleveland police for fear
of involving herself.
ite program toward broadening com-
munity life.
SAY FELLERS,
DO YOU KNOW
FISH'S BITIN'
Black bass, drum, perch, and chan I
nel cat are biting fine now, accord j
ing to J. D. Booe, Cleveland j
Crouch and Ben O'Neal who re-
turned yesterday from a four days
fishing trip northeast of Olive on
Salt Creek and Little Tiger.
The party came back to town
for camping equipment and will
leave again for the same fishing
grounds tomorrow.
FOR DISMISSAL
ADMIRAL SIMS
Get the Derrick—it's newsy.
If its in Fresh Baked
Goods
"We Have It"
The largest assortment
of fresh baked goods ever
displayed in Drumright.
Insist on "Perfect "
Bread
Perfection
Baking
Co.
In Reply to Secretary of Navy
Admiral Sticks to His
Words
(By Associated Press)
Denver, June 10.—The recall of
Admiral Sims from England and his
dishonorable discharge from the
United States navy by President
Harding, if his remarks in London
Cars sent by the Oilton post will j
transport the Drumright detail, which
wil consist of firing squad under the j
command cf Sergeant at arms J. G. J
Fisher, and a group of uniformed ex-
service men, to Oilton for the military
funeral and return.
correctly quoted, Is demanded in a
resolution presented today at the an ]
nual convention of the metal trades i
| department of the American Federa-1
tion of Labor.
London, June 10.—The reply of j
Rear Admiral Sims to the request of j
secretary of the navy, D§nby, for ar :
explanation of his speech here Tues-j
day, expresses the opinion of Admiral
wa sonly recently returned
Graves Registration Service.
This party will be in charge of,
Vice Commander E. Brightwell, Post i — o
! Commander Scliuller having to be ah WIT 1
I sent, in nttendnnre nn th« atata rnn. ! XVO W
SELL AT COST
BARGAIN DAY
MAKE SPECIAL ORDER FOR
STAPLE ARTICLES—EACH
MERCHANT CHOSES D!F-
ERENT ITEM
At a meeting of the Grocer's
and Confectioner's cectlon of the
Business Men's association, held
in the association rooms last night
a canvass was made to determine
what specialties 'K. A .hruld fea-
ture in the monthly bargain day
Wednesday, Jun? 22.
In this big sale; each merchant
will offer a different item at a
vast reduction in price, affording
customers an oportunity to stock
up for the summer on staple ar-
ticles of food and nothlug at be-
fore the war prices.
About ten grocers will be lepre-
sented in the bargain sale, and
each is making a special order of
some staple item to bo placed be-
fore their customers at cost. It is
estimated that tremendous bene-
fit to both merchant and custom-
er will be derived.
LEGION HERE
SENDS MONEY
FOR A WREATH
TO HAVE PART IN FUNERAL EM-
BLEM FOR DEAD COM-
MANDER
Weart Gray post of the American
Legion contributed today to the fund
which is being raised by the national
organization of tUe American Legion
for funeral wreaths in memory of Na-
tional Commander F. W. Galbraith, I
who met a tragic death in an automo-
bile accident in Indianapolis yester-1
day.
Every post in the country has asked |
the privelege of doing some tiling to I
honor the dead leader, as a tribute to
operating in Mexico must pay
average increase of 25 per cent in
export taxes on their products begin-
ning July 1, under the terms of a de-
; rree issued by President Obregon last
! night, it is estimated that this in
j crease in taxation will net the
; government more than 30 million
! pesos per year.
I The decree, which was brief, as-
serted that within recent months
I other nations have increased their j
| taxes on similar products and declar-
j fid it was "only just that the world's
| largest source of petroleum should j
I reap similar benefits in view of thej
1 economic situation."
it made specific mention that all;
funds received would be applied on
the foreign debt, on which not even
the interest has been paid since 1913,
and which amounts to more than 800,-
000,000 pesos.
day. Reports indicate that the crest
of the flood on the South Canadian
has reached the eastern part of th<-
j-tate.
TEXAS HIT BY
HEAVY RAINS
7-INCHES TURNS SMALLEST
STREAMS INTO RUSHING
TORRENTS
on the lr;sh Question are found to be j &p]endid service he has rendered the I
his country and to the American
gion.
Le-
THIS LITTE FELLOW JUST HASN'T
, Thev did not hang drums and tam-
Sims tiyt some parts of his speech to bourlnes aud (ioughnuts about ,he
which objection had been taken had j (.ra(||e q{ th,s Salvation Army baby t0
been garbled. This was learned un- inf]uenCe his f|lUlre but they (,f(, the
officially hut on good authority here! ne{ best thjnK they named hjm for
totla5' two good Drumright Salvation Army
In his answer which was not long, j officers, this Leo Raymond Moore, the
Sims declared that he had said notli- ihree days old son of Sergeant Major
ing in his address which he had not I snd Mrs. Ike Moore.
ASKING HELP IN
HARVEST PLANS
STATE LABOR COMMISSION
WANTS INFORMATION TO
DISTRIBUTE HELP
Oklahoma City, Okla., June 8.—
1 Labor Sommissioner Connally today
' issued an appeal to mayors of cities
in which state employment bureaus
are not located, asking their cooper-
cation in solving the harvest help
1 problem. He requested they advise
him of the approximate number of
unemployed in their district and he
in turn will advise them where these
men may obtain employment on fnrms
during the harvest.
1 The wheat harvest is expected to
get under way throughout the state
next week, according to Connally.
$43,000 GRAIN
ELEVATOR LOSS
BY FIRE TODAY
Dallas, Tcy.,— Heavy rains are re-
poited from many parts of Texas dur-
ing; the last 24 hours.
j Bradshaw, Tex., reported seven
j inches which turned the smallest
streams into rushing torrents.
Eram Amarillo conies the report of
a new rise in the Canadian river
which a few days ago caused consid-
erable damage to railroad tracks and
bridges.
Abilene reports railroad tracks
washed out by the rain. Moran dis-
pachcs stated four inches of rain fell
here and Cisco reports a two and a
half inch fall.
The damage caused by the rains is
believed to be slight.
(By Associated Press)
Oklahoma City, June 10.—Fire of
the "Raymond" for Ensign Malott,
who came to Drumright to direct the
drive for the new Army building.
How can Leo Raymond grow up to ,
be a prize fighter or a senator or a ,
shoe merchant or anything but a wear undetermined origin early today des-
rr of the Salvation Army uniform. troyed the Langenburg grain elevator
Ensign and Mrs. Thornburg went' with a total loss of $43,000.
out this morning to the Moore home, | The elevator is valued at $40,000
said before in speeches in the United | The "Leo" is for ttnsign Thornburg -:outb of town to inspect the new scl- and the grain in bins at $3,000. The
States or in his book. of the local Salvation Army corps and } dier. | roof and walls collapsed.
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