The Calumet Chieftain. (Calumet, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, June 9, 1916 Page: 1 of 8
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Calumet, Oklahoma, Friday, June 9 1916,
No.
A VIGOROUS CANDIDATE PR'NCIPAl IS EMPLOYED
L. J. Bollinger is S-. eking
\onii :iiioii For Sheriff
MR. WHITE EN THE RA' E i HE BEYS THE CHIEFTAIN MAY CONSOLIDATE
The first csndidate to pay for)
Professor Elmer Petrie of Ed-
Imond, was here Wednesday in
iconference with the school board j
relative to securing the principal-1
Made ( lean Race in 1914-
A>?iks Support e r' Voters
P. E. D. Underwood, who for
ship of Calumet schools and he Another candidate who
chance of owner'hio is I T ' given the position. He is an \ ncunces this week is George M.
Bellinirer of Union" Citv neuJ ' iexamP{ary young man and IS en* I White, of Rock Island township.
Bollinger of Union City neigh- (thusiastic fur the higheBt attain- [ Mr.. WIiite ig an 'Sderand he is
borhood, who shies his hat ' rnents
the ring for nomination of sheriff j
on the Democratic ticket.
He is a young man of wonder-
f id hardihood and possesses well
defined ideas of the great respon-
sibility of the office to which he
school work, which j well and favorably known in j newspaper man and knows the
gives the :airest l lowers! practically every voting precinct' business from A to Lizard, and
in the county. [ !l° wi" give the people of Calu-
This is the second time he has; :|ieta paper that will be first class
had political aspirations. Du-1 'n every respect. For the pros-
ring 1914 he made a clean race!6"* be will retain his position on
of enlightment and the highest
degree of good citizenship.
It is unknown just when school
will begin, presumably the first
in
.. _ VI om clay in September. The j ;-or the nomination for the office the American and the business
aspires. Mr. Bollinger is thirty tfenllemen subscribed for The >fcountv^clerk
years old and is a native of Mis-: ChiEPTA,m before returning! defeated ' '
home. Miss Carrie Coburn was
rade.
souri, having been born in Bol-
linger county which derived its
emplyed to teach the 8th
name from his ancestors one of The ()ther gradcs wil! be supplied
whom was a member of the state
legislature in the "Show-Me-
State," several years ago.
The subject of this brief men-
tion came to Oklahoma in 1901
and settled near Union City with
his parents. He has the dis-
tinction of acquiring a good farm
later.
and getting it nicely
since he gained bis
improved
majority.
"Louie" Bollinger dees not be-
lieve in permitting infractions of
the law. He has entered the
race after giving the needs of
the office careful consideration
and believes he can demonstrate
his capabilities and prevent many
infringements of the law, if the
voters will nominate and elect
him.
Observant and intimate friends
of the candidate know bis strict
lil iEDLNG MCE HOME
Walter Barron is having a
modern bungalow constructed
in the south part of town. Mr.
Barron is away this week and
Madam Rumor assumed a com-
plaisant air and gaily tossed her
head and hinted that he would
however, he was
but not disgruntled
and he worked industriously to
help elect his opponent. This
broad-gaged view won George
! several years has been one of the1 1 <■'" ,0' ,;a) Eituhw
; editorial writers on the American; ,1!1 Accredited Institution.
closed a deal Saturday whereby >
he becomes the owner of the; The citizenship of this villiage
Calumet <"hieftain. which he has been anxious to improve the
purchased from J. C. Clayton. Mhoo) and lately considerable
Mr. Underwood is an experienced sentiment has been aroused and
indulged to create an accredited
basis, which culminated in a
meeting Saturday night at the
school auditorium where a repre-
sentative crowd of Calumet a1 d
citizens of the outlying clis
tiicts assembled to listen to an
address by A. C. Parsons,, state
high school inspector, who had
at Calumet will be in charge of
his son G. V. Underwood who is
expected to arrive in the city j responded to an invitation to
today from Mangum. Editor j talk on the subject of accredited
Clayton who retires from the schools.
White many friends-friends Who! newspaper field in Canadian Co.' Inspector Parsons has been
will go t« Alex, Okla., where he high school inspector for five
will make his home. Mr. Clay- years and is familiar with every
ton has given the people of the I phase of high school work having
west side a newsy paper and the won the highest regard of school
will rally to his support in the
coming contest, August first.
Any voter who wants to inves-
tigate the twenty-seven year
d of Mr. White, relative to democrat wishes the best of sue-j boards in every section of tin
his honesty and uprightness, is cess in 'H'3 new home, and it is j state and he is frequently called
at liberty to turn on the search hoped that the people of Calumet upon to recommend teachers and
light.
Financial establishments
soon have a charming partner to! merchants of El Reno. Piedmont: £et ^ a newsy paper.
preside within the home.
HE SEEKS NOMINATION
Sunko Lorcnzxen a Candidate
for County Commissioner.
Among the announcements this
week appears the name of Sanke
L renzen, who is seeking the
nomination for county commis-
: leas, plain manner.) and guile- sinner, for the third district, on
less habits and they believe he the Democratic ticket.
will enforce the law without Leaving Iowa, his native state
fear or favor. Gis sterling fourteen years ago Mr. Lorenzen
traits of character are his chief cast his lot within the bounda-
assets. ries of Canadian county. He has
, . rT-.Tp., r.v rrriv t> * been prominently identified with
V hMir,! IN "|K ^fanning and inter-
'ostssitiee becoming a resident of
this county.
Notwithtansding this candi-
and Okarche, know him and
doubtless they will gladly fur-
nish any man a correct account-
ing of the candidate. Mr. White
avers he can save the taxpayers
money if they nominate and
elect him to the office to which
he aspires. The gentleman be-
lieves he can fill the office with
eminent satisfaction and asks
favorable consideration at the
primary' August first.
CAE! MET ST I DENTS
Reno Tov nslup Citizen Seeks
Nomination For :heriif.
Several Have Been Attending
Stilt*' I niversity
EIReno Daily Democrat.
HE GIGGED HIMSELF
Young Man I lad Narrow Fs-
cape—Enroute to Eish
Norman, Okla.,
there was no Wilsons
would be no Calumet—that is
The announcement of C. W.
Smith, of Reno township, who years, this is the first time he
seeks the nomination of sheriff has ever sought any favors. He
on the Democratic ticket appears
in this issue, The gentlemen
in question cam a to Oklahoma
from Cloud county, Kansas,
during '89 and experienced some
of the vicissitudes of the early
date has been one of the main-jnotso fara3 the University of
stays for his party all these ' Oklahoma is concerned, for Cal-
days.
While in
umet has only three representa-
tives and they are all from one
Kansas he was en-
gaged in the farming and stock- defensible spirit of he
raising business. Mr. ^mith is frier..Is spc-ak exceedin
: native Iowan and while in the j of him and he asks jour favor
htate of his nativity and Kansas able consideration.
lie always worked for the
has been a steadfast Democrat family—May, Lena and Edward
all his life and worked assidiously - Wilson.
for the achievem T.ts and sue- The University of Oklahoma
cess of all former candidates and has an annual attendance of
now he approaches his brothers- 2000 students, from seventy-five
in-politics and asks them to dis- counties of Oklahoma, only two
tribute some of tile honor unto counties not being represented,
himself for hid unfi le ring and Canadian county sends seven-
will Give Mr. Underwood the j council in all matters appertain-
ed patronage that will be required ] ing to sckool work.
In a splendid address he re-
counted the advantages of the
rural high school and cited good
and sufficient reasons why each
child in Oklahoma should have;
Jasy access to an accredited high
school. He stated that from a
financial standpoint Calumet
could not afford anything less
than a lour year high school
course.
Banker Leslie Thompson and
L. C. Ilickmon, members of the
board interrogated the inspector
and expressed themselves ready
to carry out the will of the ma-
jority. They received intelli-
gence regarding the require-
ments tor secure an accredited
system and it is understood the
ge ntlemen believe theobligatior.s
can be promptly met.
Several were in attendance
from district seventy-nine and
advanced the idea that their dis-
trict should be consolidated with
Calumet, thus affording better
educational advantages for their
children. It is authoritatively
John Corelray, the eighteen-
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. W.
S. Corelray of the Darlington
neighborhood, sustained a pain-
ful injury Friday evening while;
enroute to the river, where he
fell on the gig he was carrying.
The spear point penetrated the
young man's side a trifle below
the heart and inflicted an ugly
gash. He was about one-fourth
mile from home when the acci-
was corn-
ed to carry the gig and its
[ six-foot handle almost home be-
fore his plight was discovered.
A telephone call summoned
Dr. Miller to the Corelray home
and it required about an hour to
remove the biting bit of steel
from the young man's side. The
June S. —F? | dent occurred and he
ther;|pell
premacy of his ; arty.
This is the second time he has
i HE FIRST THE:
The first to sub-cribe since the
asked his par y for poluica] fire- j paper changed ownership was J. the 1 i
ferment and he believes in strict j R Shultz, state agent for the ! She is n
law enforcement and he av srs he, Equitable Assurance sosiety.
will use every honorable a\onue foe next two were M 'ssrs. L.I'.
at his command to enforce i Myers and C.F. McDonald, pres-
v.ithout ftT.r or favor in event ; lent anel cashier of the First
National cank, respectively.
His teen students, there being only
well about fourteen other counties
sending a greater number.
Following is a In; • f sketch of
the students from Calumet
v\ ; ' they are <loi:ig:
M. v Ella Wiison is a junior in
incision was about two inches !state('PP0P'e of the above-
deep, but the point was deflect- mentloned district are contcm-
od from a straight thrust toward : l,'at'r,£ a move along that line,
his heart, which probably ac- i Miss Mina Jackson, county
counts for the fact that he was 3uPer'ntendent, atte nded the
meeting and ably encouraged
the establishment of an accred-
not killed outright.
Yi omen - <iosnel
f Ar
and Sciences.
The womens Gospel Team
nd i meet with Mrs. Rankin
j day evening, June 13th
ors are cordially invited
tend this meeting.
Tues*
Visit-:
the nomination toga is placed on
his head.
If is needless to say more about
this well known-citizen save that
he is a prosperous and influential
tiv • member of the
i W • C A of Futonia, the
students'tie; r ;a;> club, and of
her class' basketball team.
Lena Wilson is a pomore in the
Fine Arts. She is making a
| special study of the piano, and
C \ j j D OFF is a member of the Y. W. C. A.
Edward Bennett Wiison is a
The play advertised to be giv- junior in Arts and Sciences. Lis
Guild Meeting.
The Ladies Guild \
with Mrs. 11. A. Tode
afternoon .June. !Hh,.
bers are reqj33fed to b
as important butim.-a
transacted.
% ill
1, I
ited school. 1 he estimable lady
also suggested the consolidate n
of district seventy-nine and sixty
iour with this enterprising t il-
lage, as a happy solution {< r
' gi ving the rural children bette r
advantages to what they new
I have.
Hie accredited system will pc r-
eet.mit Calumet graduates to er.ti r
lay ' the State University witnout an-
il mem-1 plying themselyes to a tedium
present examination.
will be
FIRE IN EL
jurday night June loth, h-.s i
Miss Es.h"r Rankin will
con-
farmer of his community, owning en at the school auditorium, Sat- special stud" is C■.< ology, f]„ is
a member of the Geology organi-
zation called the " Pick and Ham-
mer tub." J he Wilsons have
made splendid records in the,
University, being classed as,l'rue tbe contest work in the
j "A-B" students. Oklahoma City Times Vacation
i _ ■ -.ontest and asks that you give
Miss Emilv Carnaham who is his parents, '^r. and ;urs. Edd; W. I. 'Joff. of El Rene, was her yr.ur subscription.
F1 Reno with her ^llson- IIe departed Monday here Wednesday on business. I ... , 0 , ,
vvu" i..i-. i miss Blanche Samuelson has
A barn dance was held at the returned from Oklahoma City
home east of
1 Utt The millinery
f NO
iblish
et
2i0 acres which he has farmed
every year since he acquired it. called off for the present.
Let it suffice tint he desires to; ——
get the nomination and be elect-1 Bennett V\,Isun, uho has
edthe next sheriff of Canadian ! been a student in the State Uni-
county. ' versity for the past three years,
I spent a few days last week with
Mesdames Moore s
went toEIR no last Friday after-1 °f '^'rs. E. W. Messer, at El He-
noon te be present at the musical1 no, was almost destroyed by fire
i given Lv Mrs. T. E Ellison. j Thursday morning at 4 o'le k.
!The blaze originated from an
sister1"1 Mvs" Efhvina Gillette, ' kc"p the GtoI E"
spent' Wednesday with home- lc>l Socle,y for lhe summer'
folks. J Chiftain $1 per year.
I electric iron which was inadve rt
ently left coupled to 'he ; rr- nt.
The stock was uninsured. I .re
men saved a few hats that were
enclosed in a showcase.
Riding
Thursday night
town | where she attended high school
the past term.
Mesdarr.es Ella Carrigan and
Leslie Thompson were visiting
in El Reno Tuesday.
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