The Cherokee Republican (Cherokee, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, April 28, 1922 Page: 1 of 8
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' Oklahoma Hiatorical Socje THE FRIDAY EDITION OP THE CHEROKEE PUBLISHING CO
VOLUME 20
Official Paper of Alfalfa County
CHEROKEE OKLAHOMA FRIDAY APRIL 28 1922
Official Paper of Cherokee
ENID MEETING
FOR HARD ROADS
Cherokee Business Men Sectn to Be
Divided on Proposition of Hard
‘ Surfacing A P Trail —
Real Figures Given
That Alfalfa county will some day
profit by the meeting of the Albert
Pike Highway Association held at
Enid last week Is the opinion held by
a number of the Cherokee business
men who attended the meeting Mat-
ters pertaining to the hard surfacing
of the main traveled roads were dis-
cussed before that meeting and tenta
tive plans for hard surfacing the
Albert Pike Highway over it’s entire
course between Hot Springs Arkan-
sas and Colorado Springs
With hard surfacing of that popu-
lar trail through the state of Oklaho-
ma Alfalfa county would be obliged
to make arrangements for the hard-
surfacing of approximately forty five
miles of what Is now the state high-
way running through this county and
touching the towns of Jet Cherokee
and IngersolL According to men who
attended the Enid meeting hard sur-
faced roads are the rage in the eastern
part of the state and It is only a mat-
ter of time until Alfalfa county will
be obliged to hard surface her roads
in order that she may be able to keep
- abreast -of the times
F J Henderson local hotel- man
and E M Blue president of the Cher-
okee Commercial Club were counted
among the most ardent as well as in-
fluential workers at the Enid meet
These gentlemen have spent much time
and money working In the cause of
hard surfaced roads In Alfalfa coun-
ty and they are now of the opinion
that their dreams of years Is about to
le realized County Engineer L C
Bernard also rendered valuable ser-
vice at the Enid meeting by giving
- valuable Information and statistics re-
garding the cost of hard surfaced
roads
According to Mr Bernard each rain
that falls In Alfalfa county-costs the
tax payers approximately $000 for
dragging roads This money Is not
spent in a conservative way so
tar as the roads are concerned but
the Investment lasts just as long as the
- roads remain dry When rain again
makes them muddy the same invest-
ment of good money Is made In the
course of every ' year there is about
$200000 spent In Alfalfa county for
the maintenance of the dirt roads In
five years time that sum amounts to
$1000000 which' would go a long way
towards paving the main traveled
roads of this county
While the Euld meeting went on
record as favoring the building of hard
surfaced roads a casual investigation
about Cherokee discloses the fact that
a number of this city’s most influen-
tial business men are opposed to hard-
surfacing the road known as the Al-
bert' Pike Highway It is their opin-
ion that the money used in paving
the cross country road could be better
used in connecting the county seat
town up with the smaller cities of
Alfalfa' county to the mutnal benefit
of all concerned
Very few can be found who are in
favor of the hard surfaced road plan
however The contention seems to be
drawn over the matter of using mon-
ey both local and federal aid for the
hard surfacing of roads within the
eounty According to County Engineer
Bernard federal aid can be obtained
only on such roads as are designated
as “red lines” or “primary roads”
That is roads designated by both the
county and the state highway depart-
ments as being the roads needing the
hard surfacing most
The manner of determining what are
to be primary roads according to Mr
Bernard Is for the county to choose
those roads they wish to be hard sur-
faced This- choice is- submitted ' to
(Continued on last page)
DIES WHILE VISITING
DAUGHTER IN CHEROKEE
Mother of Mrs Ed Miller Paaoes Away
Suddenly Last Tuesday
Morning
Mrs Anna Bartonek mother of Mrs
Ed Miller of this city died at her
daughter's home Inst Tuesday morning
about eleven o’clock after a short ill-
ness due to oppoplexy Mrs tnrtonek
makes her home In Pawnee City Neh
with another daughter from El Reno
Oklahoma was visiting Mr and Mrs
Miller here
It Is understock Mrs Bartonek arose
Tuesday morning and started to dress
for the day Before her toilet could
be completed she was seized with op-
poplexy which resulted In her death
later She wa 60 yearn old haring
been born in Bohemia In the year 1850
The remains will be taken to Pawnee
City foV Interment Mrs Miller will
accompany the body on its homeward
trip
Prwk Burns to Have Sale
' Next Monday May 1st at hla farm
six miles west and two south of Cher-
okee and three north and three west
of Lambert Proek Burns will sell
about eighty head of fine hogs at pub-
lic auction Other stock and a few Im-
plements will also be included In the
Hats Elsewhere In this paper will he
found a bill listing the entire sale
Anyone Interested In hogs of the better
kind will be well paid by attending Mr
Burn’s sale Monday
ALFALFA-MAJOR COUNTY
W1LDEY ASSOCIATION
The One Hundred Third Anniversary
of The Founding of Odd Fellow-
ship in U S Celebrated
The Odd Fellows and Rebeknhs of
Alfalfa and Major counties celebrated
the 103rd anniversary of the organiza-
tion of the Independence Order of Odd
Fellows in the United States on April
26th at Jet Owing to the unfavorable
weather the attendance was not as
large as had been anticipated Great
credit Is due the good members of
Falrvlew and other distant lodges for
their heroic efforts to reach Jet thru
the rain and mud The program as
published was carried out practically
as arranged Mr Charles McBrager
Past Grand Patriarch of Kansas was
present and delivered one of his char-
acteristic addresses on Odd Fellow-
ship which was greatly appreciated
by those who beard him
- The program rendered by the chil-
dren from the Cnrmen I O O F
Home was a splendid production and
reflected much credit on the children
and those faithful brothers and sis-
ters who planned it and supervised Its
preparation and rendition
Odd Fellows and Rebekahs
The good brothers and sisters of
Jet graciously entertained the children
and management from the Home and
for which they are all profoundly
grateful '
At evening the Carmen and Falrvlew
lodges competed in conferring the first
dpgrcedn the Subordinate lodge the
decision going to Falrvlew by a close
margin Their work was done in the
auditorium of the magnificent high
school building At the same hour
Carmen and Fairview Rehekah lodges
competed on conferring the Behcknh
degree In the Jet lodge room the de-
cision going to Carmen lodge by con-
siderable margin
The award In both contests was a
beautiful pair of gavels for the win-
ners in each contest said gavels being
presented by the association
At the close of the degree work
luncheon was served to all in attend-
dance '
The next meeting will be held at
Carmen in 1023 Mr G A Duel of
Carmen being elected president for the
next year
All departed at a late honr praying
that the order may long live and pros-
per and that the helpless and afflicted
may never be turned away unrelieved
by their beneficent order
ed McGuire to be sued '-
BY BURLINGTON SCHOOL
Said to Have Fraudulently Extracted
-Money From School Board In
Payment For Town Lots
Ed McGuire prominent farmer of
the Burlington neighborhood will be
sned by the school board of the Bur-
lington consolidated school district
within the week according to A J
Titus who has been retained as attor-
ney for the school board’ of Bur-
lington Okla on a charge of having
fraudulently extracted money from
the school treasury $20000 is the
amount Mr McGuire is understood to
he liable for although the transaction
involved was for $10000
According to Mr Titus who will
handle the case' Mr McGuire became
involved with a man living outside
the Burlington school district and who
claimed the title to the lots which were
desirable property for the school dis-
trict to own Knowing these facts It
is said that Mr McGuire received a
deed to the lots from the owner and In
turn sold them to the school district
Since that supposed transaction took
1lace between Mr McGuire and the
alleged owner of the lots a deed is
said to have been found showing that
the lots had been deeded to the school
district years ago The sum said to
have been paid Mr McGuire for his
deed to the lots was $10000 hut ac-
cording to the attorney in the case
McGuire is liable for $20000 nnder
the law t
In the recent fight for a new build-
ing for the Burlington consolidated
school district Mr McGuire has been
one of the leaders of the opposition to
the plan The election t vote on the
proposition of school bonds will be
held Monday
Following Is a letter printed charac-
ter for character Yeceivod from Mr
McGuire regarding a newspaper clip
ing dealing with consolidated school
districts The letter may Ik- taken for
what It Is worth
Kiowa K mins Aprile 25 1022
MrC O Hedrik
Dear Sir I Am SEnding TO A Clip-
lug And And yould like To Ilav You
Publish It This Weak In The Republi-
can ASWe Are Going To Hav An
School bond Election next mondoy May
The First And We Had A Meeting Last
And The Comltey Deslgnnded Your
Paper AS The Best medlam TO reach
THe Pulillck
The comltey Ar John Schuliach Con-
ard Kraft R J L L Antliert Boh FUrg-
son Dan DAuhhcrty ED Maguire
We Reprlsent A Bout 150 Members
All Living A Round Rurnlngton Okla
Plena Get This Out This Weak and
send me your gill
And 1 will make It ok with you resp
yours
ED Maguire
Kiowa Kansas R F D 2
8 C Timmons Republican candi-
date for nomination to the state sen-
ate from this district came up from
his farm near Aline Wednesday for a
short visit at his home In this city
OKLAHOMA CITY
BOOSTERS COMING
Trade Excursion Carrying One Hun-
dred Business Men Will Arrive
Here May 11th For All
Night Stay
Cherokee will he host and hostess to
the Oklahoma City Trade Excursion
on the night of Thursday May 11
Word to that effect was received by
the Ch“rokee Commercial Club early
this week and that body Is -now mak-
ing j)lnn for the entertainment of the
one hundred or more men who are ex-
pected to arrive here at the stated
time
At a meeting of the Commercial Club
Tuesdny President E M Blue ap-
pointed L R Smith chairmen of the
entertainment for the evening Mr
Smith has in turn appointed a num-
ber of men who will assist him in ar-
ranging and staging the program
If Is Mr Smith's intention to ar-
range a short snappy program which
will probably be staged in the Majes-
tic Theater Thursday evening May
11 abont eight o’clock Just whnt the
program will be made up of is not
known at this time but it Is in the
course of making end the nature of
the talks and music will be announced
later
Since It la the purpose of the ’trade
excurlonlsts to become acquainted
with the business men of Cherokee
Mr Smith has deemed it wise to re-
quest the business houses of Cherokee
to remnin open on the evening of the
11th until time for the starting of the
program In the theater Since the vis-
itors will arrive In Cherokee about
5:30 o’clock that evening they will
have little time to visit local mer-
chants unless the stores remain open
a bit later than is the usual case
It is presumed that something like
one hundred business men from the
capitol city will visit Cherokee on this
occasion The special train carrying
the boosters will arrive here on the
Orient after short stops at Lambert
Carmen and Aline The visitors will
remain here all night resuming their
trade 'trip Friday Cherokee will be
the Inst all-night stop on the trip Jet
will also he visited a short time Fri-
day morning
Since the route chosen by the excur-
sionists will prohibit them ‘visiting
other towns In the county Mr Smith
is arranging to Invite business ' met)
from Amorlta Byron Burlington In-
gersoll Helena Driftwood and Goltry
to come to Cherokee and meet the Ok
lohomn City (buslness men
CLINIC IS BEING HELD
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
County Red Cross Nurse Assisted by
Doctors Will Examine Babies Up
to Six Yean Old Free
-The first free clinic to be held by
Miss Sallle Crow Alfalfa County Red
Cross Nurse will he held In her of-
fice at the court house Friday and
Saturday of this week Any parent
desiring t obave their child examined
for the detection of physical ailments
may do so at this clinic without
charge
Miss Crow has arranged for cars to
call on those mothers who desire to
have their children examined yet have
no way to reach the court house By
calling Miss Crow’s office phone 176
free transportation will be afforded
At this time Miss Crow is examin-
ing only those children under six years
nf age although she has scoring card
for children between the ages of six
months and six years Children over
six years are of school age and are
supposed to be In school where examin-
ations have been held heretofore
This Is an excellent opportunity for
the mothers of AlfAlfa county to re-
ceive scientific assistance in the care
nf their child Although the baby
might appear to be physically well
there may be some minor ailment
which if dlacovered in Infancy may be
stopped while if allowed to go on may
result seriously This clinic is 'free to
every mother In Alfnlfa County
MURLEY AGAIN RE-ELECTED
DIRECTOR OF XV G A
Former President of State Organiza-
tion is Returned to Office by
Big Majority
Dan C Murley of Amorlta was
again elected to succeed himself as a
member of the hoard of directors for
the Oklnhomn Wheat Growers Associa-
tion at the regular election held' the
first of this month Votes sent in by
members of the association were
counted Monday and Tuesday of this
week at the Enid office -According
to Mr O W T Hender-
son of AmoWtn who wna teller from
this district the results of the elec-
tion In Alfnlf county - were ns fol-
lows :
D O Mnriey 1 158
W M Couch 40
Ous Hoefer 1 2
Mutilated 47
—making a total of 247 votes cast for
director from this district
Mrs Russell Wilson has returned
from Blackwell where she ha a been
visiting relatives During her ahsence
from Cherokee little Mary Ann Mrs
Wilson’s young daughter has exper-
ienced a severe attack of Illness but
Is considerably Improved at this time
DISTRICT COURT
RESUMES SESSION
- t i
Grand Jury Goes Into Session Tuesday
- and Court Resumes Duties
After Two Day
Session
District court convened Tdesday of
this week after a recess from Friday
of last week Oases listed on the dock-
et were tnken up and last Thursday
evening the court was still grinding on
the civil docket The grand Jury which
went into session at the time as did
the district court has been in session
during the week but it’s findings and
work has been kept a strict secret fron
the outside world It is understood
however that the Jury was inquiring
into the Goltry bank failure ns the
first matter to come before them
The first case coming before the dls
trict court was that of the Interlock
lug" Cement Stave Silo Co vs W L
Barton of Driftwood a suit on notes
given the company by Mr Barton In
payment for a silo Upon the appear-
ance of the petition by the plnintlff
the defendant Mr Barton filed
counter petition asking the court for
damages done to ensilage stored In the
silo and said to have been ruined on
account of Its faulty construction
Numerous farmers from the Driftwood
neighborhood were placed on the wit-
ness stand to show that the ensilage
had been ruined The silo company
In return introduced evidence to show
that they had lived up to the terms
of the contract between them and Mr
Barton and that their money was dtie
The case was fonght out Tuesday
and until three o’clock Wednesday
Then It went to the jury After
deliberation of over twenty four hours
the Jury returned a verdict for the
plaintiff on their suit for payment of
the notes and at the same time al-
lowed Mr Barton $75000 for dam-
ages to bis feed
Wednesday afternoon the court took
up the case of the New Amsterdam In-
surance Co vs Earnest Newlln This
was a suit for the recovery of $15000
said to have been paid by the lnsur-
anee eompany to the Pickrell Depart-
ment' store for a display window said
to have been broken by Mr Newlln on
June 20th 1920 A verdict waa return-
ed ‘for the defendant -v - ' —
At present time Thursday the conrt
was interested- in the case of A L
East vs J E Hildinger for the can-
cellation of a note mortgage end dam-
ages It was thought that this case
would occupy the attention of the
court most of Friday
Owing to the necessity of his pres-
ence at other courts District Judge
Robherts has said that -It will be Im-
possible for him to continue the pres-
ent term of court later than Wednes-
day of -next week With the present
docket only well started it is- thought
that a number of the most Important
cases Including the Idttlefleld-Haas
suit will he left over for(the Novem-
ber term of conrt
Quite a bit of speculation has been
in order as to the outcome of the grand
jury investigations It Is generally
presumed however that the Investi-
gations will be completed within the
present week ' If the jnry finds It
necessary to continue their investiga-
tion later than Wednesday of next
week when Jndge Robherts will leave
here they will be adjourned
JET FLOOD CASE RE-
SULTED IN HUNG JURY
Case of Murh Interest to East Side
Citizens Failed of Settlement in
Federal Court
The case In federal court at Enid In
which T J Jett of Jet was suing the
Santa Fe railroad for damages Incurr-
ed by the flood In the eastern part of
Alfaifa county In the fall of 1920 re-
stated In a hung Jury Mr Jett was
suing for $7500 damages that being
the amount of loss he claims to have
suffered when the flood waters In-
undated his farm The prosecution
contended that the railroad bridge over
Wagon creek was not of sufficient
capacity to permit ready passage of
th flood water The defense set up
the plea that the flood of 1020 waa of
extraordinary sIzp and that tle bridge
according to surveyors and engineers
was large enough to meet all reason-
able demands It Is understood eight
of the jurors favored a verdict for
$7500 damages to Mr Jett while four
held for a smaller amount
The case was filed In the district
court In Cherokee but was moved to
the fcdprnl court at Enid by the rail-
road company on the grounds of di-
verse citizenship Most of the resi-
dents of the flood area were In attend-
ance at the trial as witnesses and A
Tltns of Cherokee was an attorney
In the case
According to witnesses at the trial
it was a big rain that caused the flood
One witness testified that an empty
wash boiler setting in the open was
full of water after the rain was over
Another witness told of a churn being
rained full '
R H Ellis linotype operator on the
Republican for past two yen rip will
leave Cherokee Saturday evening on
two weeks vacation He will visit rela-
tives at Bloom and other points in
Colorado - - -
Cy Trostlehas returned from Clin-
ton where he has been visiting friends
for the past week -
WANTING TO BE A
COMMUNITY
Some towns are not communi-
ties They are simply collections
of houses and human beings
The people have little in com-
mon except that they live on the
same section of land
Other towns are made up of
little cliques and factions who
are very “thick” among them-
selves but who have little in
common with one another They
are not communities
People form a community only
when they want to only when
they have interests in common
The more numerous and impor-
tant those Interest are the more
real is the community No pow-
er on earth or in heaven can
make a community out of people
who do not want to share their
Interests and live a common life
Wanting to be a community is
therefore the first and last re-
quirement There are no very
difficult “problems” for a town
which sincerely wants to live a
common life
Apply this test to our com-
munity and see where we come
out
Why do merchants keep store
in a community? To serve the
common good not to pinch and
squeeze for selfish gain Is that
so?
Why do banks borrow and lend
money? To make our money go
as far as possible in bnllding
common Institutions to put
means in the bands of those who
will most wisely serve the com-
mon good not to get the highest
possible rates of Interest for
self-seeking Investors Is that
so?
What are churches' for? To
build all elements into a fellow-
ship of good will and high as-
pirations That is what the
word religion means: It is meant
to supply a bond of brother-
hood It is irreligton no religion
to divide a community Into Ir-
reconcilable factions Is that
so?
Do we want a comiriunlty?
That question settled fair and
square our “problems” of how
and by-what means things shnll
be done become relatively simple
I not that true?
K K K SENDS HODGE '
MONEY FOR BAKER FUNERAL
Envelope Containing Money Is Found
on Desk — No One Seen Abont
Premises
Thursday morning Undertaker Geo
Hodge was surprised by finding an en-
velope addressed to himself and con-
taining $7500 In paper money Ac-
companying the money was the follow-
ing note written on what la supposed
to be the official letterhead of the
Klan :
Mr George Hodge
Cherokee Oklahoma
Dear Sir t -Sometime
ago you received a com
munlcation from this organization re-
questing you to give Daddy Baker
burial in a respectable manner and
payment for same would be looked af-
ter by The Knights of the Ku Klux
Klan of this community
You compiled with onr request In
every particular and you have onr
sincere thanks for your conformity to
same
Enclosed you will find $7500 In pay-
ment for yonr services
Very truly yours
Knights of the Kn Klux Klan
Cherokee Oklnhomn
It will be -remembered that Mr
Hodge received a letter purporting to
have come from the K K K and re-
questing him to give the remains of
Daddy Baker a shoe shiner of this
eity a deeent burial after a sni liv-
ing In Muses tine Town had refused
to bury the body
The following letter written on
Klan stationery was received by Dr
Ltle:
April 26th 1022
Alfalfa General Hospital
Cherokee Oklahoma
Gentlemen :
Enclosed yon will find $2300 In pay-
ment for services rendered Daddy Bak-
er In yojar Institution during his last
and fatal Illness
Very truly yours
Knights of The Ku Klux Klan
Cherokee Oklnhomn
JUDGE ENGLAND OUT OF
CONGRESSIONAL RACE?
Ponra City Jurist Has Withdrawn
From Congressional Race In
Eighth District
Following the Kay county Republi-
can convention the announcement waa
made that Judge Wlllinm H England
will not be a candidate for congress
contest was made In which Manuel
Herrick’s name was mentioned to have
the convention endorse a congressional
candidate hnt the result was that no
congressional endorsement was made
From geographical standpoint It
might he said that the withdrawal of
Judge England from the race will be
to the benefit of Judge Garber How-
ever the supporters of Chas Swln-
doll maintain that it was SwlndaH’s
Influence that caused the withdrawal
of Judge England '
COUNTY PIG CLUB
C B Baker in Charge of Organization
Work Says At Lfaat One Car
Load of Hogs Will Be Bought
By Commercial Club
The County Boys’ and Girls’ Mg
Club being sponsored and assisted by
the Cherokee Commercial Club is go-
ing to exceed the fondest dreams ac-
cording to C H Baker who has '
charge of the prganlzation work for
the Commercial Club Since the an-‘ v"
nouncement last week of the plans of
the local club to furnish money for the
purchase of pure bred hogs for coun-
try boys and girls a great number of
requests have been received by Mr '
Baker asking that the signers be re- '
served one of the hogs from the first
shipment received by the Commercial
Club
If the first barrage of answers to '
the questionnaires sent out by Mr
Baker are to be taken as a criterion
the Commercial Club will be obliged
to Import at least two car loads of
hogs to supply the demand of the Al- ' '
fnlfa county boys and girls With but
five days passed since the first an-
nouncement of the formation of the
dab Mr Baker has already received ''’
sufficient applications for membership ' '
to warrant the ordering of one car of
hogs It is thought that by the time
the club has been put before every boy '
and girl in the eounty sufficient mem-
bers will have joined to warrant the
shipping in of several ipore cars of
hogs -
Jnst where the bogs for the clnb are
to be purchased is a problem confront-
ing Mr Baker at this time Corres-
pondence with pure bred hogs dealers
In this section of the country -has re-
vealed the fact that almost all regls-
tered hogs have been cleaned up Mr ’
Baker stated Thursday that it may be '
necessary for him to buy Missouri hogs
in order to supply the unexpected big
demand
A peculiar fad about the applies-
tiobs for membership In the club is '
that fully ninety per cent of the appli-
cants are requesting red hogs It Is
generally conceded- that the red hogs
have a better and readier market over '
the black bogs and the fact that the
greater majority of those seeking as-
sistance at the hands of the local com-
mercial dub are requesting the red
variety' is taken as a sign that the -hoys
and girls the county over have
been “wised up” as to the kind of swine
to purchase
Mr Baker Is exceedingly anxious to
have his department of the Commercial
Clnb be of help to every boy and girl
In the county who are Interested In the
raising of better hogs Jnst because
the Cherokee Commercial Club is fi-
nancing the plan mast not be con-
strued as meaning that only boy end
girls living near Cherokee are wel-
come to partake of the offer Any
boy or girl in Alfalfa County who de-
sires to be the owner of a fine “pure
bred gilt Is requested to get in tondi
with Mr- C H Baker of Cherokee at
once If satisfactory arrangements can
be made the financial eld will be forth-
coming shortly
For the convenience of both the
Cherokee Commercial Clnb and those : ‘
who desire to take advantage of the
pig club offer the questlonalre Is
printed herewith once more
I am Interested In becoming a mens-
her of the Alfnlfa County Boys and
Girls Pig Club
My name Is —
Address —
Parents name —
Teachers name —
Age Grade District
Have yon consulted your parents—
I would prefer a block hog —
red hog—
If you are Interested answer the
questions and mall to Mr Baker at
once
DOES OLDEST MASON
LIVE IN CHEROKEE?
Capt E J Rlee Father of Mrs A W
Kerr Has Been Member
' Since 1861
Whnt Is hefieved to be one of the
oldest If not the oldest mason In the
entire state of Oklahoma was found
this week In the person of Captain E
J Rice fnther of MrsA V Keer
who celebrated his eighty fourth birth-
day last Saturday
Mr Rlee is a veteran of the Civil
War having led a company of Con- 1
federate soldiers from Walker Ala-
bama throughout the entire period of
of the wnr bolding a commission as
enptnin during the greater part of the
war period
In 1801 Just prior to the outbreak
of the grent war Mr Rice became a
memlier of the Masonic lodge and' has
been a member In good standing since
that date It Is understood he has
taken all the degrees In both the Scot-
tish and York rites 4
Sometime since the Oklahoma City
paper carried a story about a man who
had been a member of the Masonic
lodge for the past 59 years and claim-
ing to be the oldest Mason In the
state In the event that no other man
bobs’ np with more than 61 years to
his credit In the Masonic lodge Cap-
tain Rice will carry the honors with
two years to spare
Mr Pete Stein and family hove re-
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Hedrick, C. O. The Cherokee Republican (Cherokee, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, April 28, 1922, newspaper, April 28, 1922; Cherokee, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1723677/m1/1/?q=War+of+the+Rebellion.: accessed June 26, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.