The Weleetka American (Weleetka, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 28, 1922 Page: 1 of 8
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WELEETKA OKLAHOMA THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 28 1122
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TRADES DAY A
" BIG SUCCESS
Immense j Crowd s Attend Our
First Bargain Day
Wednesday waa Weleetka’a first
Trade Day and an immense crowd re-
sponded to the tempting bargains and
premiums offered by the business
houses and during the greater part of
the day our streets were thronged and
stores crowded with bargain hunters
All the merchants that we have had
time to talk with were well satisfied
withathe results and we gather from
this that these monthly bargain or
Trades Days will continue troughout
the year
The drawing of the prizes was held
in the square at the intersection of
Creek Ave and Main St between the
hours of three and four Rev J C
Cooper was master of ceremonies and
official announcer and was assisted
by a committee of business men The
winning lumbers were drawn by a
blindfolded youngster and numbers
after being announced were written
On a blackboard
The names of the prize winners are
as follows:
1st Prize — Jersey Cow — Mrs Wort-
man 2nd Prize — Coop of Purebred Chick
ens— T J Chapman
3rd Prize — Coop Purebred Chickens
Jim Bates
4th Prize— Cash $1000— Hattie
Starks
5th Prize — Cash $500 — Ben Chil-
ders 6th Prize — 100 lbs 'Flour (donat-
ed by J D Rasberry) — H J Hodgson
7th Prize— Cash $250— E W Wil-
' liams
8th Prize Largest family present—
$1000— George Womack 12 present
0th Prize Oldest married couple—
Cash $250— Mr and Mrs W A
Mitchell married 47 years"
10th Prize Largest white baby boy
under 6 mos — Cash $25(— Earle
Overlease 19 lbs
11th Prize Largest white baby girl
Cash $260— Mrs Garretson 16 lbs
12th Prize Largest colored baby
boy under 6 mos — -Cash $250— Mrs
Rosa Lewis 16 lbs- s- -
13th Prize : Largest colored baby
girl— Cash $250— J C Simms 21 lbs
Watch for announcements for Oc-
tober Trades Day l
FIRED BY ROBERTSON
Rate Highway Engineer Balk Be-
cause Governor Asked Him to Do
Things He Thought Not Right
Oklahoma City Sept 23— E S
Alderman state highway engineer
resigned from office today at the re-
luest of Gov J B A Robertson
Alderman in his letter of resigna-
ion declared the governor had asked
lim to do things in connection with
he letting of hard surfaced road con-
tacts that were not compatible with
us (Alderman’s) understanding of
federal aid and supervision rules and
ie therefore refused to comply with
he governor’s wishes
Alderman charged the things the
xecutive asked would have taken out
lis hands accurate knowledge of the
sarrying out of road contracts
He said that while Governor Rob-
srtson requested his resignation he
would have resigned under the cir-
:umstances without a demand
Governor Robertson could not be
reached tonight for his version of the
retirement of the highway engineer
Alderman became state highway
sngineer in April 1921 When he ac-
oepted the post he was senior gov-
ernment highway engineer in Okla-
homa GROSS PRODUCTION TAX
County Commissioner Reddick in-
forms us that since July 1st between
$58000 and $60000 has been paid
into the county in the shape of gross
production taxes Of this amount
only $37000 can be levied for roads
for the ensuing year as the amount
available this year is restricted by the
amount collected last year It is en-
couraging to see increased returns
fro hi this source as the returns in the
past have seemed small compared to
the amount of oil development in the
county Now if the government
would let the hard surface road con-
tracts this fall Okfuskee County
would get off with a fine start for the
biggest road program in its histroy
R E Myers and family of Mena
Ark are visiting at the home of A1
Wilcox 1
WELEETKA HIGH
MAKES GOOD SHOWING
AGAINST HENBYETTA
Weieetka High opened the football
season with the strong Henryetta
team on the local gridiron last Fri-
day For several seasons Henryetta
has been able to run jip a big score
on the Weieetka eleven and they ex-
pected to repeat the dose again this
season It was apparent that they
expected something easy as they
brought over their entire second team
with evident intention of using them
after the first team had secured a
good lead In this they were greatly
disappointed as Weieetka was in the
lead at the end of the first half of
the game and if Henryetta had run in
any scrubs they would have lost the
game
In the third and fourth quarters
Henryetta outplayed Weieetka except
in the last five minutes of play when
Weieetka nearly ran the visitors off
their feet and only by a desperate de-
fense during the laBt few minutes of
play did Henryetta save her goal Ijne
from being crossed Henryetta scor-
ed in the first few minutes of play
after intercepting a forward pass but
did not score again until the third
and fourth quarters when they made
three earned touchdowns
The most sensational feature of the
game was the remarkable goal kick-
ing of Hubbard of Weieetka who was
responsible for all the scoring made
by the home team Hubbard kicked
three field goals one from the forty
yard line being equal to some of the
best performances of our college play-
ers He also out punted the visiting
team by yards Pate made several
good end runs and his big gain around
the end during the last five minutes
of play was one of the features of
the game James supplmented Pate’s
efforts by a fine run that brought the
ball within striking distance of the
Henryetta goal during the last few
minutes of play Herrin and King
did some good work in bucking the
line for good gains and Puckett stop-
ped many a play thru his end of the
line by brilliant defensive work
Both teams were slow in executing
plays and fumbles on both sides were
frequent The day was too hot for
good ' football and the field was so
dusty that it greatly handicapped the
players The only advantage Henry-
etta seemed to have over the home
boys was that she had four men that
would average around 200 pounds
each This beef was used to great
advantage during the last half of the
game all the gains being made by line
plunges No one was injured and
both sides used no subs which is a
remarkable record for the first game
of the season Weieetka has a well
balanced team this year that should
give a very good account of itself
this season The boys play the strong
Wewoka team at Wewoka this Friday
The Weieetka lineup last Friday
was as follows:
James re Wilcox rt Puckett rg
Cunningham c Thorpe lg Hiser It
King le Fleming qb Hubbard rh
Pate lh Herrin fb (Capt) -
ANOTHER HALF MILLION PAID
ASSOCIATION MEMBERS
Oklahoma City Sept 25 — Another
half million dollars was paid by the
Oklahoma Cotton Growers Associa-
tion last week to its members as ad-
vance payment on cotton shipped dur-
ing the week At present the advance
is 12 cents per pound or $60 on a 600-
pound bale This is paid out of funds
borrowed by the association 1 from
eastern banks and from some Okla-
homa banks it is stated
The association also has available
for use in making advances to its
members a loan of $6000000 approv-
ed by the War Finance corporation
All-told the Association has credit
of $12000000 its officials declare It
is unlikely however that with the
short crop this year the full amount
of this line of credit will be used
The association last year borrowed
about $6000000 to make advance
payment to its members at time of
delivery All of this amount was
paid back when or before due
MISSIONARY TEA A SUCCESS
The Methodist Missionary Tea given
at the home of Mrs Clifford Skinner
last Wednesday afternoon “was well at-
tended and was a very enjoyable af-
fair The luncheon was a very de-
licious one and a neat sum was added
to the treasury of the society
C D Bush was an Okemah visitor
Tuesday
On the Road of
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OIL NEWS OF INTEREST
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The Barbara Oil company haa deep-
ened an old well and has a showing
of 12000000 feet of gas in the aand
topped at 2990 feet in the north-west
corner of the southwest southeast
quarter of 35-11-11 i' j
The Producers and Refiners corpor-
ation will resume drilling at 3135 feet
in the deep test in section 6-11-11
The Roxanna Petroleum corporation
had a showing of 5000000 feet of
gas in the 220-foot sand in the Bouth
east corner of the southwest southeast
of 11-11-11
Skelly company is drilling at 2400
feet in the northwest corner of the
west half of the northeast quarter of
14-11-11
The Kingwood Oil company has a
bad hole at 3110 feet in the northeast
corner of thte northwest quarter' of
33-11-11
Robison Letcher and Gibson have
set a string of five-inch casing’ at
3050 feet in thhe southeast corner of
the southwest northeast quarter of
35-11-11 V
The Lyons Petroleum company is
Setting a string of eight-inch baling
in the twin test located in the center
of the south line of the northwest
northeast of 24-11-11
Gillette and Kerr are drilling on top
of the 2700 foot sand in the interest-
ing test located in the center of the
north line of the nortwest northeast
quarter of 30-11-11
The Producers and Refiners corpor-
ation (Lyons Petroleum) have a large
gas well in the third producing sand
in the center of the northwest north-
east of 24-11-11 Sand was topped
at 2804 feet and the well is estimated
at 30000000 feet
The Title Osage Co and Fletcher
Petroleum have a rig on the ground in
the southeast corner of the northeast
of southwest of 34-10-11
Holdenville Sept 25— The Harry
HICKORY RIDGE
Mrs Jim Robinson is poorly with
asthma
Mr and Mrs Sweazea visited Mr
and Mrs Fred Salidine at Alabama
last Sunday
Mr and Mrs Campbell Mr and
Mrs Cowherd " Mr and Mrs Earl
Baker and Patsy were the guests of
Mr and Mrs John Collins last Sun-
day Bennie Proctor and Miss Bulah
Robinson two of our most popular
young people surprised the Ridge
people a short time ago by jumping
the broom stick May their life be
one long summer day
Mr Wroten has been on the poorly
list for some time we hope he will
soon be in good health
Texas Jack should you vote would
it be for Fields or Walton?
Listen beloved can you imagine a
sea captain sailing his ship reckless-
ly for some time grounding it on the
shoals smashing its sides against the
rocks letting barnacles accumulate
on its bottom leaving the hull un-
painted permitting the sails to be
torn into tatters disabling the rudder
throwing away the flag then-taking
it to a shipyard for repair and com-
plaining because the shipwright are
unable to get the vessel into perfect
condition That’s exactly what the
non-partisan league did for North
Dakota and that is what the re-con-struction
league will do for Oklaho-
ma if Walton is elected in November
We often hear people declaring that
we need a new political party to save
the country we need nothing of the
kind a new party would cut about' as
much ice in saving the country as a
blind turtle in a horse race what the
country needs - and needs badly and
what it must have to save it from the
bow-wows is for the people to turn
their backs on so much political tom-
foolery and new-fangled brass-plated
“reform” and get back to old-
H Diamond well in section 36-8-8 is school principles which forever re-
shut down awaiting Diamond’s return mains the same forsake and renounce
from Colorado The R H Smith well j the golden calf of political idolatry
in 33-8-8 got down to a depth of 2060 and embrace the teaching of the po-feet-and
is having trouble with col-! litical patriarchs This beloved is the
lapsed casing I kind of a new party we need Vote
There is better activity shown in for John Fields he will do to trust
the oil-lease business in the past week with the ship of state
than there has been for the past two
months and it is believed that there
will be more wells started in the vi-
cinity of Holdenville in the near fu-
ture This country is getting the greatest
work-out by tab geologists that it has
ever had and it is supposed that they
are locating structures and domes with
a view of their companies drilling
them' out
NEW CITY CLERK
W E Williams our city clerk has
resigned to take up a position in Ok-
lahoma City W W Griffin of Mena
Ark has been appointed to fill the
position Mr Griffin moved here the
first of the week with his family and
is already on the job The new city
clerk comes well recommended
LAWN SOCIAL
- The lawn social of the Christian S
S which was held on the church
property at the corner of 7th and
Creek Ave last Thursday was a suc-
cess both socially and financially Ice
cream cake coffee and sandwiches
were served '
W E Lukens who has been work-
ing in the Eurbenk field is home this
week
Good Intentions
Aj
But it seems at present—
That the political situation
For the brotherhood of man
Is a trap for political suckers—
A rope of crumbling sand
TEXAS JACK
WELEETKA BOY ON
UNIVERSITY TEAM
We note from the Daily Oklahoman
that Alford McFadden has made a
place on the University Footballl
Team McFadden developed his
muscle on the farm and doing janitor
work at the schoolhouse and he is
another of our High School Grads
that Weieetka has a right to be proud
of Boys that can work their way
thru college keep up with their
studies and still make a place on ath-
letic teams are made of the right stuff
to make their mark in the world
GOOD PRICE FOR HOGS
Riley Autry received returns today
on that fine carload of hogs he ship-
ped to Oklahoma City the first of the
week and is feeling pretty good over
it Sixty-four hogs weighed 16680
lbs or an average of 261 p ounds
The net proceeds was $145215 which
is the best price a carload ofWeleet
ka Logs have brought for some time
BASEBALL
$
Weieetka defeated the Henryetta
Miners Sunday on the local diamond
by a score of 8 ta 2 Neither team
showed any pep and the game was
devoid of intererat Jaynes was on
the Mound for Weieetka and only a
few scattering hits were made off his
delivery Minor of Henryetta who
played first for Weieetka clouted one
over the rightfield fence but the
ground rules allowed him only two
bases No sensational plays were
made by either side
EASTERN STAR ENTERTAIN
The Eastern Star gave a reception
at the home of their Worthy Matron
Mrs H B Fleming last Friday even
ing About one hundred guests were
present and a very enjoyable time is
reported A pleasing feature of the
entertainment was the unique way in
which refreshments were served The
guests being taken on a trip with the
first stop at Boley where change was
made for Paris France at which sta-
tion at a Harvey House ice cream
and cake were served the guests joe-
ing then returned to the U S A Mrs
A W Pollock and Miss Ona Douglass
favored the guests with fine piano
scelections
COSTELOW-SIM8 v
Miss Lavaughn Costelow of Heav-
ener Okla and Irvin Sims of Weieet-
ka Okla were united in marriage
last Saturday morning at Wilburton
Okla the Methodist minister at that
city performing he ceremony
The bride’s parents live at Heaven-
er but for the past few years she has
been employed in the dry goods de-
partment of stores at Okemah and
Quinton : It was while working at
Okemah- that the bride first became
acquainted with her husband to be
She afterward went to Quinton to
work and the frequent trips Irvin
made to Quinton can now be account-
ed for Quinton friends living here
speak highly of the bride as a young
lqdy of refinement and excellent char-
acter:" -
The groom is the son of Mr and
Mrs’ B : G Sims' prominent' pionber
settlers of Weieetka and he has lived
here ‘upwards of 20 years He at-
tended th Weeleetka public school and
the Military Academy at Roswell N
Mex He is at present employed in
buying cotton with John Holcomb
The newlyweds are now making their
home at the B O Sims residence
We extend our best wishes to Mr and
Mrs Sims for their future success
and happiness v ‘
35 TEACHERS FACE
DISMISSAL BOUGHT
) QUESTIONS ALLEGED
Norman Okla Sept 23— Thirtyfive
teachers of Cleveland and McLain
counties face dismissal and revocation
of their state certificates as the re-
sult of an investigation of the alleged
buying and use of questions coming
from the office of the state superinten
dent of instruction to aid them in pass
ing their examinations last April it
was disclosed here tonight
About thirty-five teachers were ex-
amined today by Kathryn Van Leuven
assistant attorney general R H
Wilson state superintendent of pub-
lic instruction and Miss Maude North-
cutt Cleveland county superintendent
of schools in the investigation of the
case Several of the teachers admit-
ted having purchased the questions
and having used them in preparation
for the examination Miu Northcutt
said
It is alleged that a teacher of Mc-
Lain obtained in advance from the
state superintendent’s office questions
that would have been asked on exami-
nation and this teacher sold these
questions
No names were made public but it
was announced that the investigation
would continue and that those involv-
ed would be brought to trial
The case will be tried in Cleveland
county where the examination was
held last April
Penalty for those convicted of pur-
chasing the questions it is said is re-
vocation of their state teachers’ cer-
tificates and denial of another exami-
nation for one’ year Penalty for sale
of the questions is not less than $100
fine 80 days to six months in jail and
barred forever from teaching in the
state
Mrs Ruby Perry of Holdenville is
visiting her mother Mrs J A Bar-
nard this week
MATTLEARD
FOUND GUILTY”
Given Fifteen Yean” For Criml-
nal Assault -
The Leard trial which began Mon-
day in district court at Okemah re-
sulted in the jury bringing in verdict
of guilty and assessing the penalty at
fifteen years in the penitentiary No
appeal will be made as the attorneys
for the defense accepted the judgment
and sentence
Leard was a former deputy sheriff"
of this county and in June 1921
criminally assaulted a young school
teacher Miss Callie Cooper After
arrest he made his escape from the
officers while being taken from Oke-
mah to Holdenville and for over a year
he eluded capture He was recap-
tured in July of this year in a logging-
camp in Louisiana
Sentiment in the county against
Leard has run high and previous to
the trial it was thought best to keep
him in the Okmulgee jail Jack Bur-
den W H Elker and J N Jones of
this section of the county were mem-
bers of the jury that brought in the
verdict of guilty ’ ’ ’ -
FOR VALIDATION
OF PAVING ACT
Attorney General Asks High Court to
Rule Law as Valid
Oklahoma City Sept 23— Bring-
ing up again the figit of the validity-
of the state law permitting the issu- -ance
of bonds for paving by incorporat
ed towns and cities of more than a
thousand inhabitants declared invalid
by the state supreme court the at-
torney general filed today with court
a brief contending that the case should!
be reheard hud the law declared valid
The law was passed by the state leg-
islature in -1919
It was brought into question in the-
supreme court when that body upheld!
a decision of a district court which
declared an issuq of bonds made by
the town of HqskelU under that pro-
vision was Invalid v
In the brief filed today the attorney -general
said that since bonds issued
under the 191$ law were held in great-
amounts by state banks and that
those held by state banks passed to-
the state guaranty fund when those-
banks failed the declaration that the
law is invalid works a grave injury
to' the state guaranty fund He cited
the instance of the failed Bank of
Commerce of Okmulgee' which held
these bonds in the sums of $37000 he-
said The attorney-general based his con-
tention that the law should be declar-
ed valid on argument that any law
which in itself original - definitely
grants a certain right and which i
not in conflict with ether laws of the
constitution is valid and that the
bond law in question meets those
ponits
The decision upholding the district
ourt in declaring the law invalid was
handed dewn by the supreme court -some
months ago It is now again
before the court on a motion for re-
hearing the case being styled as the
town of Haskell vs" B Edmonds and
others
KLAN PAYS RENT
Henryetta Sept 23 — George Riley -Hall
editor of the Daily Free Lance
was made the agent to deliver 60 $1
bills donated "by the local klan for
payment to a real estate firm for
overdue rent on a bouse occupied by
a widow Mrs Fehnson whose only
son was killed in the World war
APPOINTED MAIL CARRIER'
H J Hoidgson received notice this
week of his appointment as rural car-
rier for route one - He will take ujn
his new duties in about a week or so
Since learning of his appointment he
has purchased a Ford and is getting
in a little practice in the art of road
navigation ' We have no doubt that
Mr Hodgson will prove a reliable and
satisfactory man for the position
Norman Sept 25 — James Fleming
of Weieetka who enrolled in the Uni-
versity of Oklahoma this year was
pledged to' the Greek letter fraternity
Phi Gamma Delta Theflrst week of!
pledging of the fraternities- was un-
usually high with 815 students num-
bered among the pledges- The Wo-
men’s fraternities plledged 155 whOe
the men surpassed that figure witiu
160 V ’
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