The Cherokee Republican (Cherokee, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, December 19, 1919 Page: 1 of 16
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VOLUME 17 OFFICIAL PAPER ALFALFA COUNTY
CHEROKEE OKLAHOMA FRIDAY DECEMBER 19 1919
NUMBER 23
HIGH HILL DISTRICT
NOT SATISFIED
Brings Suit to Be Returned
to Original District and
Wants to be Divorced
A number of the taxpayers and pat-
rons of School District No 03 known
as High Hill Being between Carmen
and Aline have brought suit through
their attorneys Hill A Klrkendall to
set back their school district to its
original -status and not be a part
the Carmen and Aline districts as per
an order of the County Superintendent
Inst May after a majority of the resi-
dent taxpayers of said dlsrlct had pe-
titioned him for an abandonment of
their district No 03 one half of which
was given to Cramen and one-half to
Aline
In accordance to dhelr instructions
and In the interests of their clients
Hill & Kirkendall went before Judge
Cnlllson at Enid Wednesday and se-
- cured a temporary restraining order
forbidding the County Superintendent
from doing-any acts towards the dis-
organizing of the district or from dis-
posing of ahy of its property or from
taking any! action whatever in its fur-
ther disorganization The restraining
order forbids the County Treasurer
from collecting any school taxes from
this district and applying it to the dis-
tricts of fCarmen and Aline
It is understood that final hearing
will be held Monday when- Judge Cul
llson will be here to resume the ad-
journed session of the District Court
Last May this district in controver-
sary presented a petition signed by
about two-third of the patrons of the
district' asking that the district be dis-
organized one-half of which wa to
be added to Carmen and one-half to
Aline district Acting upon the peti-
tion County Superintendent Wolfe dis-
organized the district and acted in ac-
cordance with the desires of the peti-
t 'on eta
This district is known as the High
Hill' district and has had few pupils
attending school for the past few years
Last year there was no sehopl the
children dividing themselves between
the! Aline and Carmen schools paying
a tutlon or having tfiieir' takes trans-
ferred to these district i-Theyer be-
fore the teacher had a contract to'teath
the term and although only one pupil
wgs a regular attendant for - many
ntontbs she staid on the job and drew
hfer salary regularly nevertheless
i After these two years experiences
wtb district?Agrqed by petition to dis-
organize and send heir children to the
- towns and so petitioned
': It appears however that 'for some
reason oZ other probably because the
taxes have been found to be higher in
the other districts that they desire to
retract their action and have employed
attorneys to set back the district as it
was originally claiming In the petition
filed tha the disorganization was ac-
complished unlawfully and that a vote
should be taken when such action 'is
had’ and that the act of disorganiza-
tion by petition is unlawful Their
contention is based upon a recent de-
’ clsion of the Supreme court to the ef-
fect that not more than five per cent
valuation-shall he taken away from
any school district without a vote of
’ the people thus effected
The following residents of the dis-
trict have brought the action from the
Carmen side: S A Johnson A J
Johnson Frank Kraugh--1 H Parker
J T Mann Morgan Shockley James
Hassen Arlo J Fell J F Curry and
J M Irwin et al
From the Aline side: T A Mc-
Dowell H F Graahlman Eunice Kep-
hart Frank McDowell Ollie Halls Hen-
ry Fankhauser A R Campbell Henry
Thompson P Schenbeek et aL
As the school laws of the state are
quite complicated and techinlcal the
matter of the right or wrong of the
litigants will be watched with a great
deal of interest Many other districts
in the state have been transferred or
disorganized under the same procedure
and the decision of the court will effect
pinny identical one sover the state
Driftwood Boy is Seriously Injured
I
Monday at noon while playing on
the slide at the Driftwood schools
Merle Williams the six year old son
of Mr and Mrs Frank Williams well
known residents of the Driftwood vici-
nity was very seriously injured The
Food Clothing and Money For Poor
-1 I J
The churches of the city have com-
bined upon a plan to see to It that
all needy people' of our town are lim-
ply provided for Christmas and any-
one having anything to give either in
the way of clothing money or food
may leave It at any of the churches
next Sunday morning It will then he
taken to the basement of the M E
church and a committee will see to it
that It la distributed to worthy and
needy people Mrs J C Beaty will
have charge of the collection
AMORITA CITIZEN
DIES SUDDENLY
1 ’ :
A M Anderson Prominent
Citizen of Amorita Died
Very Suddenly Tuesday
Citizens of Amorita and the north
end of the county were greatly shock-
ed Tuesday afternoon to learn that
A M Anderson one of the best known
and beloved citizens had died sudden
ly of heart trouble Mr Anderson bad
returned home from work on the school
house at the noon hour and complain
ing somewhat of a hurting in his
breast laid down to rest In a very
short time he bad passed away
Mr Anderson was one of the pioneer
residents of the town and was a man
of fine Christian character loved by
all who knew him He was a man
who united sound sense with strong
convictions eminently fitted to mould
the rude elements of pioneer society
into form and consistency and aid in
raising a high sandard of citizenship
in the community
Mr Anderson was a member and
deacon of the Cumberland Presbyterian
church and he exemplified by his pure
and honorable life the teachings of the
Golden Rule He was a member of the
Masonic lodge and took active part in
the work
He leaves a wife two daughters and
one son they being Mrs F H Gars
of Byron Mrs Zadle Cluter of Colo-
rado Springs Colo and J W Ander-
son who resides at Alva
Funeral services will be held this
afternoon at two o'clock at be Amorita
C P chureh conducted ' y Revs Mc-
Cord and Clyde Hurley The members
of the Amorita Masonic lodge will have
charge of the burial services at the
cemetery The body will be laid to
rest in the Byron cemetery
ALL CHURCHES IN CITY WILL
HAVE CHRISTMAS EXERCISES
r -- - w V’- -e '
The' Methodist Friends- Baptist and
- Christian Churtres Will Each
Have Appropriate Exercises
Christmas Eve 4
The font churches in Cherokee are
planning on appropriate exercises for
Christmas ere Programs are being
arranged’ and- an especial effort will
be made this year to have entertain-
ing exercises '
The Friends Baptist and Methodist
have aranged for their trees besides
the programs the Christian church has
arranged the program but will probab-
ly not have the tree However ar-
rangements may be made for one at
the next meeting of the committee as
this has not yet been fully decided up-91-
-
The Christmas tree is one old time
custom that has not become old-fashioned
It is just as fascinating as
ever to receive a gift ‘handed to you
by Santa Claus and it will no doubt
continue to be so to the end of time
Whether Santa comes down the stove
pipe hole or "whether he enters at a
dotf or window the realization that
there really ia a Santa Claus is im-
pressed upon one just the same and
adds measuurably to the enjoyment
of the Christmas time
Amorita Young Man Injured
In Auto Wreek
Ally Tucker eldest son of Mr and
Mrs R A Tucker or Amorita was
seriously injured in an auto aceldent
yesterday evening The young man
was found lying unconscious near the
wrecked car soon after midnight by
parties returning home from Masonic
lodge It is not known bow the acci-
dent oecnred but it Is presumed that
the young mau bad been running at a
high rate of i peed as the car was a
total wreek and showed evidences of
having skidded more than fifty feet
Too Much Post-Mortem
Kindness-Not Enough
to the Living
Pay Your Taxes By January 1st
If your taxes are not paid by Janu-
ary 1st the penalty will be added If
they are paid by this date yon may
extend the payment on one half of
them until June 15 1920 If no pay-
ment is made by Januaary 1st the en-
tire amount of taxes becomes due and
payable and no extension is due on the
one half Please remember this as
It will not only prove a saving on
your taxes but will save you much
lrfconvenlenee as well v
Remember be dates above all else
m
This little lay sermon given
just before the glad Christmas
time is meant for the individual
'who thinks only of himself and
his He like too many of us
refuses to give praise and flowers
to the living but awaits the com-
ing of death x before bestowing
his blessing on mankind
Sunday will be a good day to
forget ourselyes and make some-
one happy The churches are
asking that a donation 'be
brought to the various churches
to be distributed to the poor that
they may suitably enjoy the glad
Christmas time and bless for-
ever the coming of the Bethele-'
hem Babe that in itself was a
personification and character
wholly devoid of the selfish
spirit'
The Republican is giving this
' notice the most important place
in the paper this week because
it believes it to be the most vital
of all matters that need the at-
tention of a Christian people at
this time '
SK&
H S BUILDING '
CONTRACT IS LET
little fellow In 8ome manner fell from
the slide striking on bis head and his The boy who was almost frozen-was
shoulders He was taken to the house ! hurried to the residence of Dr Madl-
in an unconsdos condition and later son at Amorita and reports received
was brought to the Cherokee hospital j here yesterday morning state that he
where he remained in a comatose was still in un unconscious condition
state for several hours An X-ray ex-
F L Barrett was here from Turon
Kansas the latter part of last week
visiting at the home of his daughter
Mrs L P Mlllspaugh Mr Barrett
is a former well known farmer of the
Amorita vicinity having some months
ago sold his farm there and moved to
a farm near Turon He was accom-
panied home Sunday by Mrs Mllls-
amlnatinn was taken of his injuries
and it was found that one of the ver-
tebras in the neck was dislocated and
was suffering from a slight concussion
of the-brain
His father stated to the writer Tues-
' day that the boy had regained con-
sciousness and was filling fairly good
Local Contractor Receives
Job Over Four Other
Competitive Bidders
The contract for the new Cherokee
High School building was let at the
meeting of the Board of Education
last Friday evening Edwin G Smith
local contractor was tjie successful
bidder and secured the contract- for
$0060000 The Southwestern Electric
Co of Wichita secured the contract
for the electrical work at a bid of
$362000 These two bids will 'com-
plete the Job
There were five bids submitted for
the contract proper and three on the
electrical work The contract calls for
the -completion of the building by Sept
1920 Mann & Grow architects of
Hutchinson Kans drew the plans and
made the specifications upon which the
contract was awarded The school
board besides the $(K)0()000 voted ill
bonds at the eleetioii this spring lias
$300000 which was voted for a gym-
nasium some time neo with which to
pay for the contract
The building will lie located just
five blocks eai-t of the grade school
building in the southeast part of the
city It will be three stories high and
will have an auditorium and gymtln-
slum and be equipped with every mo-
dern convenience In fact herokee
DISTRICT COURT
1 NEXT MONDAY
Judge Cullison Will be Here
i Monday to Dispose of
- ' All Court Matters
'
The November term of the District
court after an adjournment of several
weeks will convene Monday morning
at 9 o’clock according to word receiv-
ed from Judge Cullison last Thurs-
day morniug Judge Cullison says he
will be here prepared to take up any
court matters but that the Jury would
no be called
The regular November term of the
court was cut short because of the ill-
ness of Judge Cullieon and part of the
term was presided over by Judge J
W Bird of Pond Creek He was com-
pelled however on account of urgent
court matters in his district to leave
before all of the court maters bad been
disposed of and Judge Cullison has re-
turned as soon as possible
Practically all of the jury cases were
disposed of before the reeess was tak-
en and nothing but court mntters re-
mained on the (locket and it is exjieot-
ed thnt these will be cleared up during
the time the Judge is here
will have one of the best High School
buildings in this port of the state ami
an institution to which the' people of
Cherokee can point to with consider-
able pride
LOOKS LIKE BOLD
ATTEMPTAT FRAUD
Alledged Eye Specialist Be-
ing Sought by Authorities
For Attempt to Defraud
From evidence obtained by the coun-
ty attorney and according to an infor-
mation filed ‘by him this week H L
Pierce an alleged eye specialist and
bis chauffer J E Howard supposed
to be from Kansas City are being
searched for by the sheriff on the
charge of endeavoring to defraud John
Bahm prominent farmer residing near
Cherokee
Mrs Bahm quite aged and the wife
of John Babm has been troubled with
her eye sight for several years A few
weeks ago a man calling himself Dr
Wolf visited the Bahm home and for a
consideration of $12500 adjusted some
glasses on Mrs Babm and returned to
bis home In Kansas City On Decem-
ber Oth the Bahm home was again
vMted by the “specialist” This time
in the person of one Dr Pierce and
his chouffer J E Howard They in-
formed Mr and Mrs Bahm that they
were from the St Francis hospital In
Kansas City and that Dr Pierce was
an eye specialist of some renown
That they had heard of her Affliction
and had come to see her Dr Pierce
said that the glasses 'were not suffi-
cient to cure the trouble with her eyes
but that an operation was necessary
and that for a consideration of $75000
he would perform the operation and
her troubles would be over guarant-
Ing a ctrre After some hesitation the
old couple assented some kind of sup-
posed medicine was placed In the eyes
and a good deal of performance gone
through with and the check waa given
made payable to J E Howard who
immediately drove to Cherokee and
presented it to the Alfalfa County Na-
tional Bank for payment
'Thinking the matter looked suspi-
cions at least' Mt'Kltcwwr after "ques-
tioning the man refused to make pay-
ment Finally noward 'drove back' to
the farm told- of the refusal to make
payment and again returned to the
bank presenting the check a second
time Mr Kllewer was obstinate how-
ever believing that the check was frau-
dulently secured and sent out for Mr
Bahm Upon the appearance of Mr
Bahin Dr- Pierce and Howard dis-
appeared In their machine and have
not been heard of since They retain-
ed the check however and presented
it at Enid for payment which was
refused The check showed up at the
bank this week 1 however with the
names of Howard and Wlckersham as
endorsers The check was sent through
a Earned Kansas bank for collection
only
Sheriff Rich McCrady In company
with Mr and Mrs Bahm left at once
for Lamed in search of the endorsers
and located Wlckersham who told the
story that he had traded an automo-
bile to Howard for the check and fur-
ther than this knew nothing of the
transaction Howard and Pierce could
not lie located were not known in
Kansas City and a St Francis hos-
pital could not he located there
It appears that the whole matter
was a frame-up from the beginning to
defraud tills old couple out of their
money and had it not lieen for the
carefulness of Mr Kllewer cashier of
the Alfalfa County National Bank
they would have succeeded in their
purpose
Every effort will lie ninde to appre-
hend Pierce nml Howard nnd the coun-
ty attorney lias tiled the information
against them -
SOME FINE BIRDS
AT POULTRY SHOW-
List of Prize Winners Show
Voted a Success by the
Managers
The Poultry Show being held at the
stock pavllllon in Cherokee this week
is attracting considerable attention and -a
good showing of birds are on exhi-
bit While the entries are not as num-
erous as former years the quality la
up to the standard and the manage-
ment is well raisfied with the exhibit
and Interest shown
The show began last Tuesday and
ends today ' Following ia he list of
prize winners for the several classes
of birds shown : '
Adult Department '
White Rocks
Mrs H G Frizzell Cherokee 2nd
ck 3rd ckl 3 4 hen 4 6 pul 2nd
pen-
Ray Barnum Driftwood 1st ck 1
2 ckl 1 2 hen 1 2 3 pul 1st pen
Barred Rocks
Ben Allison Cherokee Okla 1st
2Dd ck 1 2 3 4 ben 2nd pen I 2
ckl 1 2 3 4 pul 1st pen
S C W Leghorns
Chas Curran Capron Okla 1 2
ck 3 ckl 1 2 3 hen 1 2 3 4 5
pul 2nd pen
Art Rumsey Alva Okla I 2 ckl
1st pen
Mrs W L Blackledge Jet Okla
Dan Yoder Jet Okla
R C R I Reds
Jno Henson Driftwood Okla 1 2
ck 1 2 3 ckl 1 2 3 4 hen 1 2 3
4 pul 1 3 pen
C M Ingram Cherokee Okla 4 ckl
BOND ELECTION FAILS
AT DRIFTWOOD
NEW CHRISTIAN CHURCH BUILDING
MINIMUM COST TO BE $40000
Plans are underway of development
for a new Christian church edifice to
cost not less than $40000 nor more
than $60000 according to the action
taken by the Christian chureh board
at a recent meeting The building will
be erected on the site of the present
building which will be wrecked and
the material used In the construction
With the good attention of the physl
clang and an expert nnrso at tho hos- puugh and children who will spend the of the new
pltal it ig thought that he will recover i holidays under the parental roof The building It is planned will lie
The littlo fellow is a bright lad nnd modern in every way Among the In-
the many friends of Mr and Mrs' C R Ilankey ('has Dull nml J F novations will lie a lnrge gymnasium
V'lllinnis hope for a sliced y recovery Winnus progressive fanners of the
of their son I north end of the county were In Chero-
! — 'kce last Friday attending to business
Dr R T Madison was in Cherokee maters
the first part of the week from Amorita
transacting business The Doctor
states that there Is less sickness in his
vicinity at tills time than for years at
this period of the year Dr Madison
Is one of tho oldest practicing phvsl-
clans in tho county anil lias gnineiran Mr ami Mm O Minn Osdol and
enviable record In his profession In son Ralph were in town from near
the north end of the comity ‘Jet Wednesday
a lecture room and such other con-
veniences nnd modern improvements
as are arranged in the most modern
of church structures' It Is planned to
complete the building by next full nnd
Mrs Pete Stein is tho proud ikisors- the plans are now being prepared for
or of a new Sedan Overland car pur-jits actual construction"
For some years the members of the
Christian church have been contem-
plating such n move Its membership
includes mnny of tho most influential
and wealthy farmers and businessmen
of the Cherokee neighborhood who are
willing to contribute handsomely to a
church building that will meet with
every requirement They want the
very best in a chureh - home it Is ex-
plained and nothing short of the best
will suffice
At a recent meeting of tVe church
board the following building committee
was appointed to make the plans and
specifications and after this work is
completed tlie aetnnl work of letting
tha contract will begin It is under-
stood that the members of the congre-
gation have given it out that the funds
will be raised in a very short time:
G H Bowles W I Davis 1’ C
Woodmnnsee I Stein Geo 1 Hock-
man ICdw Smith C W Brookliank
Dr Huston James Hockniau Arthur
Bergman C A Hash Mcsdnmes Mndle
Bradley C A Herron W A Merrill
J K 1’ox Misses Clara Hunter Ruth
Powell A J rowcll chairman oflho
Board nnd W A Merrill Minister
are ex-oiTlcio mcmliers
Although Majority Voted in Favor of
Bonds Still Five Votes Were Lack-
Of Securing Three-Fifth Vote
Driftwood Consolidated school dis-
trict voted on a $45000 bond issue
for the erection of a new school build-
ing at Driftwood last Friday but the
bonds failed to carry by five votes The
day was nn unpleasant one and only a
comparatively small vote was east
Fifty-six voted for the bonds and 40
against giving a ten majorit Five
more votes cast in the affirmative
would hnve carried the bonds'
Driftwood Is situated In the most
fertile part of Alfalfa county and has
a splendid consolidated school More
room is needed however and the dis-
trict endeavored to vote bonds for n
sufficient sum to erect a FUltnble build-
ing suited to the needs nnd necessities
of the rapidly growing school
It is thought tho bonds would have
carried had election day been fair but
mnnv people it Is clniined stayed
away from tho polls because of the
stormy wenthcr who were favorable to
the voting of the bonds
County Attorney Walter Owen and
wife and Miss Gertrude Allen expect
to leave for St Joe Mo next Sunday
where they will spend the holidays
visiting with relatives
W R Brown Cherokee Okla 4 ck
S C R I Beds
B F Smith Cherokee Okla 2 ckl
4 pul 2 pen -
Alex Means Carmen Okla 3 ckl
1 2 3 hen 3 pen
C M Ingram Cherokee Okla 4 ckl
Chas Reed Alva Okla 1 ckl I 2
pul 1 pen
Anconaa
W R Brown Cherokee Okla1 ckl
1 2 ckl 1 2 3 4 hen 1 2 3 4 pul
1 2 pen
Sliver Penciled Wyandottes
Dave Beltz Ingersoll Okla 1 2 3
pul -
Buff Orphlngton
Chas Hash Cherokee Okla leckl
1 2 3 4 pul 1 pen J
Junior Department ”l-
MTilte Rocks
Olive Fullington Kiowa Kans 1
2 3 4 ckl 1 2 hen 1 4 pul 1 2 pen
Paul Rudy Ingersoll Okla 1 ck
2 pul
Pearle Salee Cherokee Okla 2 ck
3 pul 3 pen
Barred Rocks -
Harry Provost Alva Okla 1 ckl
1 pul
Buff Leghorns
Ralph Ewell Carmen Okla 1 ckl
1 2 pul 1 pen
- Black Mlnorcas
Geo Fell Carmen Okla
8 C W Leghorns
Ralph Tatre Cherokee Okla 2 ck
3 4 hen 2 pen
Louise Rudy Ingersoll Okla-1 ckl
1 2 pul 1 pen
R C B Leghorns
Jno Dotterer Driftwood Okla 1
ckl 1 2 pul 1 pen '
Black Langshang
Fritz Enger Ingersoll 1 ckl 1
pul 1 pen
- Aneonas
Dave Beltz Ingersoll Okla 1 ckl
1 2 pul 1 pen
R C R I Reds
Luelle Stanton Cherokee Okla 1
ckl 1 2 pul 1 pen
8 C R I Red
Rolit Means Carmen Okla 1 2
pul
R C R I Whites
Eva C McLaughlin Ingersoll Okla
1 ek 1 2 pul 1 pen
White Wyandottes
Kenneth Lockhart Alva Okla 1
ckl 1 2 pul 1 pen
S C R I Rods
llarlund Fnrabee Carmen Okla
S L Wyandottes
' I lave Beltz Ingersoll Okla 1 2 3
4 pul
Guineas
Gilbert Solf Carmen Okla
1 2 hen 1 pul
Rouen Ducks
Dave Beltz Ingersoll Okla
1 hen
Manuel Enger Ingersoll Okla
2 hen
Mallard Ducks
Eva McLaughlin Ingersoll Okla 1
ck 1 hen
Indian Runner Ducks
Dave Beltz Ingersoll Okla 1 ck
1 hen
Rabbits
Aubrey Tate Cherokee Okla 1
buck 1 doe
High Prices In Germany
Mrs John Bahm received a letter
this week from her parents in Germany
thnt shows thnt we pepole here do not
know anything about the high cost of
living It told of selling a rooster
eleven years old (and by the way the
same fowl that Mrs Rulim had raised
when she ’was home) for IS marks
which is equal to $450 of our money I
A pair of shoes cotta 500 marks or
$12500
The letter further stated that the I
German boys said they were exception-
ally well trenied -when taken prisoner
by tho Americans end were loud in
their praises of the fighting abilities
of the doughboys
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