The Cherokee Republican (Cherokee, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, February 20, 1920 Page: 1 of 16
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C2TICIAL PArZ3 ALTAELFA COUNTY
CLOSES CXLAHO:l1 FRIDAY FEBRUARY 23 1323
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Noted Educator of State
Will Deliver Uemorial
Addrcc3 In lienor of
Fallen Hen In The
World War
SERVICES AT THE
M E CHURCH
Occasion Beiir? Observed
1 Over Entire Nation and
Will be Under Auspices
of American Legion
— Good Prccram
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'Special memorial service held la
honor of the m from Alftlli courty
who lost their liras in tie Worn War
will be held Sunday afternoon Febru-
ary 22d at the 1L E church In Chero-
tre at 2 £3 p mv by tie American Le-
gloa of the county This occasion la
itdcj observed all over the nation and
it this particular time a fitting remem-
brance to the next of kin of each of
the fallen men Is jjven by the French
government
The award Is a beautiful engraved
certificate of honor and bean a design
'symbolical of tbe Ideals of the war
-which was fought the principal figure
' representing the soul and spirit of the
American army The panel bean an
Inscription from Victor Hugo— “For
those who devotedly died for their
country It Is right that the people
should come and pray at their tombs’
Tbe services have been arranged by
the united local poets of the county
each locality represented by a post hav-
ing a man on the splendid pogram ar-
ranged Special orchestral and patri-
otic numbers have been arranged In
tbe way of music The principal ad-
dress will be made by Dr Edwin De
Barr of tbe University of Oklhomai
Dr De Barr is well known to a large
number of people of Alfalfa county and
1 especially gifted in making an im-
pressive address The service is a pub-
lie one and It la sincerely hoped that a
large attendance may be had
Tbe next of kin of each man has
been given a personal invitation to at-
tend the services by a leggion man of
their vicinity and it is to be hoped that
lotting wUl prevent any family from
' nelng present for the services A num-
ber of Alffalfa county boys 'who lost
their lives will be honored In widely
-separated communities ts their near-
est relative Is at that point However
the complete county honor roll of the
county will be read hero and the diplo-
mas forwarded by the French govern-
ment will be awarded to all of the list
so forwarded
The entrusting of these certificates
to the American Legion la considered
a very sacred privilege by the boys of
that organisation and every care has
been taken to insure that the certificate
reach those for yrhom' designated and
-that the services at which the award Is
-made ia impressive and line The ser-
vice will not however be one of sorrow
but with the view of offering a test!
-monial to thoee Who paid the supreme
sacrifice
Certificates of honor have been re-
ceived for tbe following next of kin
Mrs Stella M Moore Aline wife of
Clarence Moore
Mrs James Harvey Law Carmen
-mother of Fred Law
Mrs Mary Kurts Carmen wife of
Harry Kurtz
J C Mabieu Helena father of Cla
tuF Mahleu
Mrs Irene Turner-Coleman Aline
wife of Roy Turner
Alfred T Whitworth Carmen father
of Lester R Whitworth
0 L Gammon Cherokee brother of
Lewis Gammon
Mrs Clara Stuckey Cherokee mo-
ther of Clyde A Freeman
Albert H McCuthan Helena father
of David Gibson McCuthan x
Mrs Golda Huston Carmen wife of
Leonard C Huston
Ralph E Gano Helena father of
William Benjamin Gano
Mrs Bessie Clegg Jet wife of Lloyd
Delza Clegg
J C Jayne Helena father of Wil-
liam W Jayne
Awards for the next of kin of the
following men have not yet reached
the local post headquarters but dupli-
cates will be bad by the day of the ser-
vice for each man excepting those of
whom positive assurance is had that
award Is being made elsewhere :
Burton B Hall Carmen Next of
kin Is wife wh£ is living In Grange-
’ vllle Texas but Is probable that award
wlll also be made to father and mother
of Carmen
James Earl Van Osdol Nash Thru
error certificate was sent to Grant
county as postoffice so Indicated resl--dence
Next of kin Is father O M
Tan Osdol
Yerdner E Utterbach Cherokee
AAmTi f A piwami
lAVAli AsIimiaJ
Sunday Feb 22 — American Le-
gion over Co on try to Hold Hem
orlal Service
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Monday Feb23rd — Meeting In
Cherokee of Alfalfa County Short-
horn Breeders Association
Tuesday Feb 24 — Big disper-
sion sale of John and W 11
Hager at farm seven and one-
miles south of Cherokee
Tuesday Feb 24th — Meeting of
Alfalfa County Improved Breeders
Association at court huse In Cher-
okee at 2 p nj
Wednesday Feb 22tt— Public
sale cf Adam Moore and H H Bra-
dy five miles west cf ZagereoU and
two mile east of Axhley and ten
miles east of tta Alva Normal
Friday Feb 27 — Public Bale
of 0- 8 lliddan at farm S miles
north and 2 east of Cherokee
March 1— Regular
Kerch term cf th District Court
witt Judge Rtherta on the
tench
Thursday March 4tt — Public
sale of Mrs 8 W Jobes Ada
three miles east and two and three-
fourths miles south of Cherokee '
BLANCHARD ESTATE
LABGKST FILED IN COUNTY
Estate of J L Blanchard Totals $25-
CCD Being Largest Estate Ever
Filed for Probate in County
The J L Blanchard estate was filed
for probate this week in the county
court Miles Blanchard son of the
deceased is named as administrator
The estate totals the sum of $05000
being the largest estate ever before HI
ed for probate In this county In 190(1
Mr Elanchard made a will bat made
no -provisions In It for property ac-
quired since Chat time
Award will be made to mother Mrs
Alice Utferbach at Falrplay Mo
Roy Belknap Carmen Certificate
expected
Charles W Bodkins Amorita Certi-
cate expected unless same Is sent to
other state
Walter T Griffith Capron certifi-
cate expected but no data available as
to present whereabouts of same
Edward C Van Sickle Nash Cer-
tificate likewise sent to Grant county
and to be forwarded here Next of kin
Is mother Mrs Jennie Van Sickle
Edward C Powers Manchester Cer-
tificate also in Grant county Next of
kin Is wife Mrs E C Powers
William A Dawson Carmen Certi-
ficate expected
Wayne W Fish Helena Certificate
from Navy department expected dally
Offices and members in charge' of the
memorial services are using every
means to secure all certificates for Al-
falfa county men In case however
there are ariy shortages on day of ser-
vice the next of kin will be honored
the same rad award made later
It is tbe desire of the Legion mem
bers of the county that a very large
attendance be had for the services and
again a most cordial invitation- la ex-
tended to everyone to be present Sun-
day afternoon
Program for Memorial Services
French National Defile (A Turlet)
—By the Orchefta (Le Regiment du
Sambre-et-Meuse)
Introductory Remarks — John B
Pail of the Verdner E Utterback Post
No 33
Scripture Reading — Rev N C True-
blood Tastor Frinds Church of Cher-
okee Prayer — Rev Oakes Pastor the
Community Church of Helena
Grand American Fantasia (Theodore
Bendlx) — By the Orchestra
“France In Battle Flame” (Edward
Markham-17)— D W Pierce of Vic-
tory Post No 45
Memorial Address — By Dr Edwin De
Barr the Fnlversity of Oklahma '
“The Americans Come” Solo— F M
Overstreet
Reading of Honor Roll and Award of
Certificates — Dr H N Lewis of Car-
men Memorial Post No 47
“The Marseillaise” — Quartette
“The Star Spangled Banner” — By
the Congregation
Benediction— Fatter E Vander Grin-
ten of Goltry
Mr C W Brookbank who has the
charge of the music has arranged the
following program:
The “Star Spangled Banner” will be
sung by tbe entire assembly led by Mr
Brookbank and the “Marsellalse” will
be rang by tbe following quartette:
Miss Mary Overstreet soprano Mrs
H A Lile alto Dr H E Huston
tenor Mr W L Davis basso-
MR3 R U DZBEN AND TWO
SISTERS BIS IN KANSAS CITY
’romlnent Cherokee Woman on VLli
to £!ck Skier Dies Suddenly la
Kansas City — Funeral In
Cherokee Wednesday
The rad death of Mrs B U Beden
prominent Cherokee woman and the
wife of E U Beden of this place who
died at Kansas City Sunday morning
February 12th Is made more sad by
the death of her two sifters at the same
place during a pelod of ten days Mrs
Beden was called to Kansas City on
account of tbe Illness of a sister Mrs
Ray Bodch Before arriving however
the sister expired Immediately after-
wards her younger tlster Miss Ada
Campbell became ill and died on the
Bth the Sunday following Before l'hi
Campbell’s death however Mrs Rden
was taken seriously 111 and because cf
ber serious condition was not appri:!
of the death of her younger sister 'Af-
ter lircsrirg until the next Eurfzy
Feb lfitt she too expired the thre
sisters dieing eyactly one week apart'
within fifteen minutes of the ear:
hour of the day
The body of Mrs Beden was brer'-!
from Kansas City last Tuesday acc:oi-
panled by both Messrs Roach and Mr
Beden The funeral service was L:!!
at the M E church Wednesday tarry-
ing at 10 o’clock and the body was ta
eu to Enid to be Interred by the si-3
of her parents and Bister who were in-
terred In the cemetery there
- The service was conducted by Esr
Grossman and his rermon dwelt upon
the many good qualities of the deceas-
ed which Is so welL known by her Im-
mediate friends here The church was
crowded to capacity by the- many
friends to pay their last respects to a
good woman
The deceased has been employed In
the various offices In the court house
at times for many years She was a
particularly competent bookkeeper and
was generally admired and beloved for
her' many sterling qualities of botb
heart and mind
’ Mrs Earrlette G Cetfzf
Harriette Gertrude Campbell was
born in Madison county Nebr Novem-
ber 17 1877 She moved front there tc
Columbus Kansas and from there to
Lahoma Oklahoma After living - at
Lahoma for about a year she moved to
Enid where she lived until her marri-
age to Mr R U Beden which took
place at Independence Mo March 20
1910 From the place of their marri-
age she came with her husband to
Cherokee where they have continued
to make their home
Mrs Beden became a Christian early
in life She united with the Methodist
Episcopal church in Cherokee June 9
1912 She loved the church and gave
of her time and means that it might
prosper She was a member of one of
tbe ladles’ clasres in the Sunday school
and was whenever - possible always
present-
Wherever Mrs Beden went she mad4
friends who soon learned to love and
trust per These became tbe pride of
her heart and the more thus were
added -
When nearing the end of life the
called for her pastor that she might tell
him that she was nearing the shores
and that she was not afraid to go She
waited patiently for the summons
which came Sunday morning Febru-
ary 15th 1920 at 6:50 a m Thus
early on the Sabbath moning she join-
ed that innumerable company who
have washed their robes and made
them white in the blood of tte Lamb
She leaves to mourn her husband
three brothers Fred Campbell of Blytb-
dale Mo Harry of El Reno and
Wayne of Enid also a large company
of friends At the time of her death
Mrs Beden was 42 years two months
and 23 days old
Servant of God well done!
Thy glorious warfore’s past
The battle’s fought the race Is won
And thou are crowned at last
Cupid Getting Busy
Two marriages at the court house
this week and one license Issued Is
the record' so far made ’ '
Ford E Farris 21 years of age of
Alva and Miss Laura Gertrude Allen
only 17 years of age of Lambert were
granted a license to wed and were mar
rfled by the County Judge Tuesday
Willard Boss 31 years of age of
Harper Kans and Miss Estelle Lilly
24 years old of Falrvlew were grant-
ed a licence to wed and were married
by the County Judge on the 14th
Fred L Adams 35 years old of
Goodrich N D and Miss Lena Schwab
23 years old of Ingrsoll were granted
a marriage license by tte Court Clerk
on the 18th
Bert Wlnterherg of Carmen was in
Cherokee Thursday on business
How nice It was to have at least a
few i blocks of paving for the SIC
Knights to parade upon
WHAT
Aim pnnnrtovv
TATTVE WILL FAVCR
Walt David Representative from This
County in tte Cklnkcma 'Legisla-
ture Replies to Letter from Gov-
ernor on Special Session
Walter David representative from
Alfalfa county In the Oklahoma legis-
lature received a letter from Gover-
nor Ilobinn8on asking his opinion on
callng a sepclal session of the legisla-
ture to ratify tte Woman’s Suffrage
Amendment to the constitution Mr
David replied and these are some of
the things he’ mentioned as needing at-
tention by tte legislature besides the
woman’s suffrage amendment If - tte
special session is called :
At the present time tte United States
government proposes to give the state
a sum of money to be used with a like
sum appropriated from each county
with which to build hard surfaced
roads This county appropriated $23-
000 for good roads purposes with the
understanding that they were to re-
ceive a like amount from the Federal
government The state highway de-
partment however insists that this
poney be used for hard surfaced roads
Aa'Vmfttter of fact this amount of
money would only build two or three
miles of hard surfaced roads and Mr
David wants the legislature to settle
tte question as to how and on what
kind of roads the Federal money can
be used It Is thought best to have a
law allowing each county to do as it
(lenses about tbe matter Just so long
as the money Is need for good roads of
some permanent nature
The law Mr David says Is not plain
on the license tax on tractors and this
should be clarified
In certain small connnttes over the
state where the population does not
reft-?h In excess of 25000 salaries of
county opieers are not sufficient in
these days of high cost of living Good
men cannot be secured to take them
and Mr David thinks In many counties
tte salaries of the county officers
should be raised He thinks tte spe-
cial session should take up this mat-
ter also and make some sort of equi
table arrangement for tte compensa-
tion of officers in counties of this size
In ail probability a special session of
(he legislature wilt bo called A few
states must yet ratify' tte proposed
amendment to tbe constitution that all
states be permitted to enjoy the worn
an’s suffrage amendment to the const!
tutlon This must be done before the
August primaries If the women are to
be allowed to vote in each state of tte
Union Oklahoma women have suf-
frage at tte present time but the law
compels ro manyy states to ratify tte
amendment before It becomes opera-
tive nationally and Oklahoma is one of
tte states that Is being depended upon
to take such action
NO ELECTION THIS SPRING
Cities and Towns Now Only have Elec-
tion Every Two Years— Ejection
Heldt Last Year
From reading the law on city anc
town elections and after conferring
wlth'Mr O J Smith secretary of tte
county election board it was evident
that Cherokee will not hold a city
election this spring the election time
not coming nntil the spring of 1921 In
dtles of this class In Oklahoma the
general elections are to be held tte
first Tuesday In April every otter
year and the primary election are to be
held tte third Tuesdays In March
which would be March 10th Time for
filing Is scheduled twenty days before
primary day and not less than ten
days
Next spring one councilman from
each ward and a member of the sdhool
board together with a mayor will be
chosen
The tame law applied to all towns
over the county
W N KINSER DEFENDANT
' IN DIVORCE SUIT
Wife of Former Business Man Here
Files Suit for Divorce Alleging
Unfaithfulness on the Tart
of Her Husband
Suit was filed last Tuesday by Len-
ora A Kinser to divorce her husband
W N Kinser formerly of the firm of
Land & Klrner hardware dealers here
In the petition the plaintiff alleges that
the defendant Is guilty of bestowing his
affections on other women who are not
named and that he has made the prac-
tice of late of making long trips at
night with them ' :
Mrs Kinser further claims that her
husband has abandoned her and has
mid that he no longer cares to live
with her
Upon these grounds tte plaintiff sues
for -absolute divorce and a certain di-
vision of the property enumerated in
the petition
Mr and Mrs Walter Ferguson were
here a few days this week visiting with
friends
JOHN W RACKLEY
High Priest
' Royal Arch Chapter
Feature of tte Re
Ttl Week
VRsaa
Page 2 — Sketches from the Press
Including general matter of In-
terest over the county
Page 8— Editorial
Page 4—8oclety — Social doing
written by Mr Webster Wilder
Page 5 — Some fact about the pro-
t bating of wills
Page 6 — An interesting article on
how to use a tractor being one
of the prize letter received by
the Mail A Breeze
Second Section
Tage 1 — Amusement column giv-
ing what Is going on and what Is
to be at the theatres
Tage 2 — Driftwood news — includ-
lng an exceptionally able article
entitled “The Philosophy of Liv-
ing” by G A noefer
Tage 3 — Honor roll of pupils in the
school neither absent nor tardy
for the current month
Page 5— Amorita News— By Mrs
Homer Johnson Byron Items —
By Mrs J D Howard
ALTALFA COUNTY DELE-
GATION FAVCR3 LCWDZN
U'
Vote Taken of Alfalfa County Delegv
tlon to State Convention and It is
Unanimous In Favoring
Lowtian
Here yon are Mr Lowden Gover-
nor of Illinois and aspirant for the
presidency of the United States If
you can get every delegation for you
as yon seemingly have the Alfalfa
county delegation to the Republican
state convention composed of four-
ten delegates yon will have a nice
walkaway with the honors
While the Alfalfa county boys were
watching the roller go over them at
Oklahoma City and consequently not
being particularly interested in there
proceedings some one in the delega-
tion poposed that a vote of the dele-
gation be taken between Gen Wood
and Governor Lowden The vote was
taken under this consideration that
so far as tte delegates were inform-
ed at this time and every delegate said
he preferred Lowden Here are the
boys who compose the delegation:
R E Crane G O Fleldn John
Couch John Coleman E B Harris
Ij S Couch Ralph Hadwiger Frank
Veatch D A Hughey H M Carpen-
ter Walter Owen H L Young M A
Wakefield and J Wilford H11L G
O Fields D A Hughey H L Young
and M A Wakefield were represent-
ed by proxy
ENID COMMANDERY HERE
IN FULL UNIFORM
Twenty Candidates Taking the Com-
mandery This Week— Interesting
Time in Masonic Circles
Twenty candidates for the Com-
mandery degrees are being given the
work by the Enid Commandery team
this week They are:
J W Rackley J C Beatty' J W
Constant F M Overstreet C M Del-
zell C S Dunnlngton J C Devin W
A Carlisle E C Kolb Rolert Wood-
ward Ray Eastman Walter Owen
John Coleman S W Hill Dr Z J
Clark L R Smith Roily Jobes J C
Connell Glenn Hinkle and Harvey
Bonto
The Commandery team from Enid
arrived here Wednesday afternoon and
will not conclude the ceremonies until
some time late Friday night - The
drill corps' of the Knights Templar gave
a splendid drill exhibition on the streets
of Cherokee Thursday which was
greatly enjoyed by the citizens here as
well as by the Masonic fratenlty
The ground hog lg either a liar or
the weather must change soon
Glenn Hinkle connty clerk has been
laid up from hla duties for several
days on account of a series of oar-
bunkles on tte back of hl8 neck
ALVA COZMGGY
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Highest Rank of York Rite
Masonry Located in Cher-
okee Which Means Big
Things For This
Territory
MAY MEANING
MASONIC TEMPLE
J W Rackley Court Clerk
Deserves Much Praiss
For Final Consuma- i :
tion of Briuging
Commandery Here
The1 paraphernalia was moved here
last Saturday from Alva for the Com-
mandery of Knlgnt Templars the high-
est rank of York Rite Masonry the
charter having been surrendered by
Alva and voluntarily given to Chero-
kee The Royal Arch Chapter ha been
located here for yean and hence tbji
eligibility pt Cherokee for the honor '
It means in the course of time that
Cherkee will erect a beautiful temple
the home of Masona not only of Chero-
kee but for tte Masons of Northwest-
ern Oklahoma It will stand as a
monument to one of the greatest or-
ders In which charity benevolence and
brotherly love stand preeminent
J W Rackley High Priest of tte
Royal Arch Chapter here deserves
much praise and commendation for
his untllng efforts In te final consu-
matlon of the tansfer and for the great
interest he has taken in tte location
of the Commandery here and he has
the thanks of all the Masonic bodies
for the very commendable work done
by him He has spent many months
of untiring effort
The Masons of Cherokee are excep-
tionally grateful for the unselfish acts '
of the Alva Masons In their approval
of the transfer and tte transfer was
made with the best of feeling between
the two local orders With all of the
York Rite bodies established la Chero-
kee It at qnce becomes the Masonic
center of Northwest Oklahoma as the
nearest Chapter and Commandery is
located at Enid and consequently these
York Rite bodies will serve practically
all the teritory west and many coun-
ties south and to the state line north
At the regular conclave at Alve on
the 13th of this month the special con-
clave was called to meet in Cherokee
February 19th for the purpose of con-
ferring toe Order of Knighthood on a
class of 22 which was elected at a
recent meeting In Alva The famous
drill corps and degree staff of the Enid
Commandery No 13 conferred tte
work this week Grand Commander
Sir Knight Fred H Clark of ElReno
was present and assisted in the work
and to complete the plana for the fu-
ture work of tte Commandery In Cher-
okee All Sir Knights are eligible to re-
ceive the Shrine the same as though
they had taken the 32nd degree in
Scottish Rite Masonry There are two
routes for attaining the highest de-
grees In Masonry the Scottish Rite
and the York Rite the latter now lo-
cated in Cherokee One has as high a
standing in Masonic bodies as the otter
Heretofore all Blue Lodge Masons went
to Gnthrie to take the higher degrees
now they may remain at home
The local Masonic lodge has a beau-
tiful hall In Cherokee which is their
pride It is handsomely furnished
and will make a very suitable tempor-
ary home for the new Commandery
But it is scarcely In keeping with the
great honors coming through the high-
er degrees and more room will have
to be provided Already plans have
been made for the erection of a Tem-
ple The Masons own the lots across
the street wett from the Christian
church and they have been hold for
such purpose The Temple will be
erected In the due course of rime
The following Sir Knights were
present Lence Wells Maddy Hart
Matthews Wlsslnger Harmon Farns-
worth Cartwright Loomis Tourtelot
Watkins Pence Anderson Turk An-
derson Phillips Alien Gurnsey Shaw
Biddings Lamertdn Carey Marcoot
BearsfordaU of Enid Story of Cleo
Springs Scott of Kiowa Mc-
Guarder of Aline Wilkerson of Aline
Ilavlland of Alva Moseley of Goltry
Fred Jl Clark and J A Johnson Past
Commander of El Reno Franklin of
Jet Amend of Alva Forsythe of Med-
icine Lodge and Wlnterherg of Carmen
who “tended the fires and carried the
water”
Messrs Purring and Snell of Kansas
City have recently located In Cherokee
and have taken charge of the electrical
and general repair department of the
Overland Sales company Both are
very competent men it Is understood
and will prove a big factor in the force
at that garage
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