Drumright Evening Derrick (Drumright, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 223, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 21, 1922 Page: 4 of 6
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DRUMRIGHT EVEXDfC DERRICK
TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 21. 1 -.;2
I
M.
IN HONOR OF THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE FATHER OF OUR COUNTRY- "171 " :
fijfterican
(C«M Ur TkM Dm
SERVED IN WORLD WAR AT 70
We«d Sega •
Ft§Mi*g for Hii C««frt7 at Aj«
•f PiftM*.
#rl ma
i Tt**1 th*
War.d war when seventy j«ar ul.t
••rrlcg Dearly three jrari.
To ljif, although **r#>nry-flve yeart
oM. t WiDid ti yiKral
tt« Graod Army of tn*- k , ir, i
and ia . ha plain of th* J. hn Re<an
J**t of the Ameriein Lev ,n. Botae,'
Idaho, which h** orz r.i/r-4 aii.j served
aa lt« inc caa.uiaii-I T.
Colonel W'w^l nm bom Jane 4
lS-m fifteen r- he * i*
bearing a minuet in the Civil war. Ha
waa twice wounded during !Mi *+rv
^•- Later, he aarv^-1 in the Indian
wart m« senior mr.i. ul • -rti vr la two
•Tpeditiona afulnac t'.e rh-. ar «j
iioux. In the Mpacith-Ameri. an war
If was chief surgeon of the First dl
▼taion of the Fifth arroj > orps fr^m
lta organliati fi until Ita ahaci'inmatit
after the SaatiAz<> moipatgn.
In the World srtr I'oiMuri Wood was
on active duty (rum June J3, 11#I J, un-
til February 2*. I'MU, He nm lj ler
Ire in ail eicept the World * ir and
rtc-elred three medals fur d i tn-
fulahed «enl«v
PLAN FOR CANADIAN LEGION
War Organ,jat.ori Approve Proposi-
tian to Amalgamate All Veterana
fi milar to American Body
The amalgamation of ail war ret-
•rat* of ('aii : :* , a i ea
Legion fo b** f#>und *d c,n prin :p e*
•Unllar to time of the Am^icao
Legion ha* been approved by oftdall
of tt.e van..as war .•rganliatl.ma
Mure than 10.000 leaders in the *et-
aran%* asportations hare p!«*iged their
•upport of the n*-rg#r.
It kaa been ah<> n that oc* organi-
xatloa can operate n«- ce rtfe- rlv# ly
aii«l at le*9 expr -e than a half a
dozen ofgudaations with a common
Ifcterr^t and pvrpoee. The merger
will make p«*w*Me a ci**tr to-opera-
Haa between :e *efer«r> an l the
Canadian government. whirh has al-
ready spent in the *«tab-
U*hxa«*nt of reamed soldiers on land.
A oritur. report *h «« that 27. W
indJv'.duai es<aerrW men hare been
benefited by the la'* a, the ob>*f« of
which were soldier re-e*taMi*hre*«t
and the development of the afrit ul*
taral resources of Lhe dominion. Un-
der rke law, any fe^wrwii > man el irt-
bi« fr>Mn a tt .irj iiar, iv.ng
•ten serrl^e rrtay o--' !v for
loana ap to the rnax ; a of $7..V )
for ttie folio*In* peris: For the
|rar<*ha«e of lan t *4'«•>; f.,r at- ck
and -quipm *nr, f«^r p^rman^nt
iaqproe«*>ecrf*, if on Incum-
oered laad. the ei-*- dl -r ia ecitified to
loana aa■•■mrlnz >o $•'< • 'JO: if on free
lan'l, to l«*irn« am jurtng to in
tfc« «-aae of j^ir j^.i land the n^'tier
MSt pay 1«> per tn i of the to*t price
ef th«- ■ - A m a i r«n^e^ of good
faith
DEFENDS THE DISABLED MEN
Medical Director Oacnea Statement*
Regard r g ♦•Fakera," and "Com-
pentation Cbatera."
In an appeal f«>r the pr- per car? of
disabled veteran* of the Wor d war.
Dr. Thomas W.
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"FIRST IN WAR. FIRST IN PEACE, FIRST IN THE HEARTS OF HIS FELLOWMEN"
DEPUTIES ARE MADE
PRISONERS BY Cinu
Atlanta. G*., FVb 2!.—Clady
Ho ward. iS y*ar old. who contnaeii
to itealiax a iv>, diamond rrom a
^■••Iry ttore and «u aider M>r.r*nr<
of r**r. walked omt of an ante-
room ia the coanhouM wr M.-nday,
lorknl two depatf ib«rifr.i in a room
and made her The rfrl Waft ri>-
rently arrested In St. fjowh
brought to Atlanta for trial.
tulane sued for
MILLION DOLLARS
OSAGE OIL LAND
SALE ON MARCH ,s i OSSNCHAIN TRIAL
POSTPONED AGAIN
Ne-r Orleans. t\b. 21.—Suit for 1 Pawhaaka. Feb. 21.—The tie it sal* !
>1 wa filed Moniay ia ciril I „f o*a«e county oU lea>« wiU be! ^ Ar«e,M- " n.-Hlness of
dMtru-t roart against the board of i held here Man* 13. accordiag to ad- I *itne,3e3 n<1 P^Mical condition of
administrators of TnUne aniver*itT 7j<ws jrolB Waahinpoa. rhe Jury "d attorneys caused post-
by A. J. Thomas. Mr. Thomaa declar- ' r. - | pooewet of the trial of Mrs.
**a that turn ia dne him because the
will of the late A. C. Hatci.iaaon. hi*
brother-in-law. directed the university
and j to build, with the residue of his e
I tate, a hoepital. This, he claims, has
f not he*>n done after twenty years.
LIU o Li,
director
Commit-
Mental
Hvglenr.
take
occasion to de<-ry
the staternenrs re
fardlag "fakers.
"geidb rlcker a
and "rura pollu-
tion c h a sers.
"Let u not !>•
mtaied by th!-«
loose talk about
faaert," seys I>o..tor.Salmon, wbo la a
member of the Ameri< an Legion Ho*pl-
tai:2aiion commit tea. "Uf coarse then
aie tuch men an. r.z th« who apply
for relief. Bnr you * in find them
•verymbere; in I. i-ir> ^ In colleges,
in politics and e\*rn In th** dloreben.**
Doctor ^afm'/n. In his p!ea for • om-
P'.ete and efficient care of the disabled
men, answers the a-vertlon thar there
are S.ijIjh empb* -!s in the govern-
ment hospltaiS. li- explains that
beds alone cannot cure the disabled
and beftide#. be *ay«, most of the 6.000
empty beds ar** need^ to constitute
the reserve that every hospital with
•n active service needs.
CREEK OFFICERS
AFTER DESERTION PyTljfcorai wa- ti fir>T
sa^es to admit women to pu
Oklahoma City, Feb. 21.—Treelc ' t jre^,.
<o«inty officers were en route t^> o
Vonng county, Texas, to present a
requisition for P. H. Neville w.tnt d
for alleged child desertion. N'erille
ia under arreat In Young county.
of the
lie lec-
INJUNCTION PROCEEDINGS
0
troops called out
in textile strike
Providence, R. |„ Feb. 21.- State
eaTalry troops are on their way from
this rity u> Pontiac. R. I., t^n miles
sooth of here to quell rioting of tex-
tile strikers sympathizers there.
-o
health survey made at ada
I Wagoner. Ft"... CI—Suit In a been
I filed her- iCw-zr* a a permanent Itv
junction to prevent the county coin
■iiaioen of Wagoner county from
putting into el'ect a bond issue of
ITO.'fOO for the construction of roaJs
in Creek township. The petitioners
allege rha commissioners were with- J janding of contraband whiskey oar-
at authority to call the election. j go< a on |he Mississippi river.
british get word
of red activities
London, Feb. 21.—Publication soon
of detaiFs concerning support be in*
given by Rnssia to communist ex-
tremists if r!naland was promised
by J. H. thomas, labor leader, in an
address at Sheffield.
^ladalynne Obenchain here until
Thursday. Mrs. Obenchain is charged
I with murdering J. Belron Kenendy.
I broker, here last August. The trial
j *"as halted the first time last wcn?k
' because of illness of a witness.
baseball workouts begun
Stillwater. Feb. 21.—Candidates
: for Oklahoma A. and M. college I$'-2
team reported for initial workouts.
Nine letter men from lasr year's team
are back in school an<i an unusually
tig squad of new material reported.
One of the best teams in A. and M.'s
history is expected to be developed
by Coach Johnny Maulbetch.
HIGNIGHT
'RIAL IS
TO BE SHORTENED
The fine hairs lining the lung pas-
sage continue to move for many dajs I
alter
Ardmore Feb. 21.—Two counts
-:.:.-t Chief of Pol e Hisnight were
- - - - -
dismissed by the state when t
was called in district court
before Judge B. C. Logsdon c
erra. The counts were styled f
enforce the gambling laws" at
tire to enforce the laws go
prostitution.**
The remaining count !s fai
cnforce the prohibitory laws,
was completed at 11 o'clock, a
ing cf testimony was started,
neys for the defense stated tb
would have but few witnesses
and Assistant Attorney (
Elmer L. Fulton, prosecuting
that his side would not be 1
drawn-out.
politician fined
for booze BRIBERY
^femiAis. F^b. 21.—James Kinnane.
for a number of years active a« *
political war dlead^r. was fined $? ""♦>
in federal district court here Monday,
in connection with the alleged brib-
ing ot Tyree Taylor. a former deputy
T'nited States marshal, to permit the
Ada. Feb. 21.—Although on an
average the health conditions of the
schools of Ada are good, sorre stu- |
dents were found to Le uffe; tap
frc.m different diseases by Mrs. I. r y •
Henderson, trained nurse, who v. J
employed by the 9chool authori: -|S t:> \
c onduct a health* survey of tL i i>
schools.
The Father of.
Country
Our
house hears plan
for use of warship.,
Washington. Feb. 21.—Conversion
of the hulls of two battle cruisers |
now building into the latest type of j
airplane carriers was advocated today i
before the house naval affairs com j
mittee by Assistant Secretary of th '
Navy Roosevelt.
german lead
Synthetic gold is still romping
California has been robbed <Ji mlicu ox i c*
Fnid. Feb. 21.-—Germans lead in the
number of foreign born residents of
thfc« city, according to a survey re-
cently made. There are 127 natives
of Germany while Russia, with the
next largest representation has TO.
ASSASSIN'S BULLET
FATAL TO MINISTER
Cairo. Egypt Feb. 21.—R. Aldred
Brown, controller general of the
Egyptian ministry of education, who
was shot last week, has died from
the results of his wound. Two effen-
dia, who unsuccessfully tried to cap-1
ture Mr. Borwn's asaailant, were fired j
upon.
In Loving Homage
To thf Memory of
George Washington
If George Washington were living today he would plan
to celebrate h'< birthday, February 22nd by visiting the
Drumright High School, witnessing their work and at-
tending their program given in his honor. He would no
doubt shake hands with Prof. French with this comment:
"Professor, every man interested in Education should
\i>it jour high school and .see the fine work you are doing.
1 only wish I could be here tomorrow, but I must see The
hirst National Bank about a Safe Deposity Box for my
papers, in their Fire Proof and Burglar Proof Vault."
The First National would want to see him."
FOUR OF TRAIN CREW
DIE IN SNOW SLIDE
Denver. Feb. 20.—-Four employe*
of the Denver i- Salt I-ake railroad
were killed when a snow slide struck
an engine near Loop, Polo, early Son-
j First National Bank I
Member Federal Reserve System
DRUMRIGHT
"ON THE CONVENIENT CORNER"
TwIlleM"' win I It Iha final net qf clInlqmafrY ,Pfe-v|OU^ 1 Held^her'e"
He who has ever been "first in the hearts of
his countrymen deserves eveiy honor this
nation can bestow.
His fame is as undying as the sacred principles
of independence, which were his, and upon
which our Constitution stands.
This Rank will not open February 22nd—
Washington's Birthday."
Drumright State Bank
Marcn 10. <«•
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