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PAGE TWO
MIAMI RECORD-HERALD
Friday March 241922
COMMISSION HERE
TO FIX VALUATION
! ‘ OF INDIAN LANDS
Federal Officials Say Estimate
' Must Be Made Before Leas-
ing Is Considered
SIX TRACTS INVOLVED
J E Dawson Indian Supervisor and
i T B Roberta Inspector Arrive
I' ' 1 In Miami to Conduct Iu-
V
veatlgation
(Monday’s Dally) -
An estimate of the value of min-
ing properties or 'Indians leasing of
which has been left to a special com'
mission is expected to be reached
before the land la leased according
to J E Dawson of Washington DC
special supervisor In the Indian ser-
vice Mr Dawson and T B Roberts
an inspector also from Washington
arrived in Miami Monday morning
- The two representatives of Com-
missioner Burke’s office will be aid'
ed by Van Sickllan a mining engin-
eer who Is expected to arrive in Mi-
ami early this week Sickllan will
handle technical problems which will
face the commission in reaching a
basis for valuation of the property
There are six tracts of approxi-
mately 11000 acres for which appll
cations have been received for min-
ing leases ' '
According to Mr Dawson opera'
fora who are now on this land will
receive first consideration Several
operators who have advanced devel-
opment on the Indian land have made
bids for re-leasing the land
- “It la our Intention to learn the
value of this land and in this way
see it these bids are worth consid-
ering" Mr Dawson stated Monday
"K they are not we will let the op-
erator know what we think of a rea-
sonable price or allow the operators
to make further offers"
COUNCIL VOTES FOR
RIGID ENFORCEMENT
OF SANITATION LAWS
City May Compel Connection of
’ Homes With Sewers as
Result of Frequent
Violations
From Tuesday's Daily
Following the suggestion of Com-
missioner Bill Harned that the city
- council take the "bull by the horns”
and "crack down” on insanitary Mi-
amians Mayor McWilliams stated
Monday night that certain homes in
Miami would be compelled to connect
with sewers unless they obeyed the
city sanitary laws Every member of
the council voiced the opinion that
this action should be taken by the
city '
The question arose Monday bight
when C Miller city sanitary Inspector
appeared before the council to com-
' plain against certain property owners
It was not the first time that the
complaint has been made that proper-
ty owners or renters would not pay
the cost incurred when the city sani-
tary Inspector improved conditions
as several similar complaints have
been made before the council in t)ie
past several months
A property owner in the northwest
part of Miami was mentioned Monday
night This resident according to
members of the council could afford
the expenee of connecting up with the
city sewer Commissioner Doan stat-
ed that this property owner was one
of about 100 who are guilty of the
same offense
Miami Garage Traded
for 170 Acres of Land
(Monday’s Dally)
The Fisher Brothers garage ou
South Main street has been traded
for 170 acres of land eight miles
northwest of Welch The Ozark
Land company of Miami handled the
deal - -
The N A McLaughlin property on
B street Southeast consisting of
three houses and four lots has also
been sold
Final Report Due on
C of C Drive Tuesday
' From Monday’s Dally
- A final report of the result of the
Chamber of Commerce budget fund
drive Is expected to be made public
Tuesday according to H-’E Massey
director of the drive
Mr’ Massey states that the drive
has been an unusually successful one
( Miss Mtlllceut Woodward a young
English woman has won the Interna-
tional speed typewriting champion-
ship In Paris by writing 3394 char-
acters in five minutes on a mscblns
jrtth ft blank keyboard
-V-1 A ' ‘ t 4
Council to Overlook'
Ordinance Violation
From Tuesday's Daily
The city commissioners Monday
night turned their backs on' hn "-ordinance
and although hot openly
granting a pool ball owner a permit
to operate -a soft drink fountain
stated that no action would be taken
against him although it was a direct
violation of the ordinance 1
The poolhall proprleor is Horry
Pnrkhurst owner of the Brunswick
billiard parlors who recently moved
his family to Miami Farkhurst ap-
peared before the board Monday
Bight and asked that he be granted a
permit to sell soft drinks PaTkhurqt
presented two letters of recommenda-
tion from Oklahomans in other parts
of the state
The city has an ordinance repealing
the original pool hall ordinance and
forbidding the sale of soft drinks
within a billiard parlor
The council agreed to allow the
ordinance to stand but to allow
Piykhurst to operate the soft drink
parlor in connection with his other
business the soft drink parlor to be
controlled by the police department
(Monday’s Daily) '
Another rain fell over the state
during the first two days of the last
week The middle and last -part of
the week was almost 100 per cent
sloudy high winds have prevailed
over the entire state during the week
doing considerable damage in 1 the
southern and southeastern parts In
Murray and Pittsburg counties tor-
nados damages caused many thous-
ands of dollars in losses to farmers
and others
Wheat continues to show improve-
ment where stands were fair to good
but the final out-come of the crop ie
very doubtful in many places' especi-
ally in the extreme western and
southwestern counties U was esti-
mated that there waa 8550000 acres
sown to wheat In the fall vof 1921 Of
this amount a heavy percentage of
abandonment will be shown It is the
general opinion based on scattered
information that this year's produc-
tion will run between 22000000 and
30000000 bushels for the state
Last year the production was 47325-
000 bushels on a 10 per cent larger
acreage Green bugs have been re-
ported In various parts of the state
with the heaviest infestation proba-
bly being In the central counties of
the wheat producing section
Prospects for a fruit crop for this
year are very good at the present
time weather conditions have been
ideal generally as the recent cold
waves have retarded budding
The Cotton Acreage Committee of
Memphis has recently distributed a
poster with much good informatios
for the cotton farmer and banka in
the cotton sections This poster reads
in part: "Play safe don't gamble"
t pounds on the policy pf diversified
farming in the cotton belt stating
that the banks will do all they possi-
bly can to aid farmers who are entit-
led to credit In the purchasing of
milk cows hogs and poultry necessa-
ry to provide milk meat and eggs
for family consumption Think this
problem of diversified farming over
and talk a lot on this subject to the
farmers of your community
A new record for seven days butter
production for Oklahoma was recent-
ly made at the farm of Bostwick A
Son near Ardmore A three year old
Holstein produced during a strictly
official test 2258 pounds of butter
and 411 pounds of milk This test
was made under the supervision of a
representative of the A & M college
Some other very gratifying tests were
made for other cows of this same
herd
Plans are already being made for
exhibits to be displayed at (he vari-
ous township and county fairs during
the coming season
' The following paragraph was taken
from the February Issue of the Okla-
homa Banker: "The present is the
opportune time to buy seed for all
spring crops - Good cotton seed es-
pecially will be scarce and a lot of
poor seed will probably ba planted
there is no crop that will respond to
a good quality of seed quicker than
the cotton plant -Many banks are
buying cotton seed in car-load lota
for distribution to their customers at
actual cobIs and the result should be
an Improvement in yield quality of
staple and selling price” Good ad-
vice and news to say the least
Times are better ’ Let’s all get
behind the farmer and give him all
the support possible' When the far-
mer prospers have you noticed how
everyth!! g In general improves?
Wheat is believed to -have originat-
ed in Central Asia Biblical Egyp-
tian and Chinese literature support
the claim that It was In cultivation
prior to the historical era
A British quarter of wheat is 8 Im-
perial bushels of 93 pounds each
INFLUX INTO MIAMI
ISRAFIDLYFILLING
EMPTY RESIDENCES
Movement Greatest jn Two
Years City1 Officials “
Report
FROM THREE STATES
Majority of Ne wArrlvais Are From
Other Town in County and Kan
- sue and Missouri Report
Bliovr
' (Tuesday's Dally):
That the Influx of new citizens into
Mianil is greater than It has been fer
more than two years was the state-
ment made before the’ city council
Monday night by several city officials
Empty houses in Miami are rapidly
filling up and soon most of the desir-
ed locations tor homes will be occu-
pied it wsb Intimated
Chnrles Ellis superintendent of
the city' water and light- department
told members of the board that people
were moving into Miami from Plcher
and other towns In the county and
from Kansas and Missouri towns
"The water meter uSers have in-
creased in number” Mr Ellis said
The people moving Into Miami se-
cure modern homes A man called on
me recently and asked It I could
direct him to a suitable house for s
home I told him the address of two
houses and when he visited them they
were already rented'! - " I-
Another city official staled that
the head of a family which recently
moved to Miami from a section of the
mining district told him that he saved
enough on groceries and boueehold
necessities through buying in Miami
to pay his car fare to and from his
work in the mines
A member of the council stated
that a ' local real estate dealer
recently had 24 honses to rent and
today this dealer has but one house
empty -
COMMISSION BARS
CLARA HAMON FILM
Votes Unanimously to Refuse
Permit for Exhibition in
" Miami’
- (Tuesday's Dally) (
“Fate”- the eight reel motion pic-
ture of Clara Smith Hamon’s life will
not appear In Miami following action
taken by Mayor W L McWilliams
and members of the city council Mon-
day night at the regular weekly meet
ing The action taken by the council
prevents the picture from appearing
on approval before five mothers
The city commissioners received a
letter last week asking that a board
of censorship be appointed to give the
picture a tryout The letter stated
that city would be given 6 per cent
of the net proceeds Although May-
or McWilliams had not seen the letter
be asked that tho council take action
on the measure Monday night
"I'm not in favor of tiounting the
’picture of that woman before a Mi-
ami audience" the mayor declared
"She got all the money she could out
of Jake and when be tried to go back
to bis family she shot him I move
that the permit to show the picture
here be rejected” : st" ’
’ The - council Voted unanimously
against the picture
Man Held on Burglary
Charge Waives Hearing
(Tuesday’s Daily)
I J Youtsler 34 of Plcher ar-
rested 10 days ago on a burglary
charge late Monday afternoon waived
his preliminary hearing before Judge
Q P McGhee of the county' court
and was bound over for trial in dis-
trict court 1 'His bond was fixed at
9760
Youtsler was arreBted in s home
garage at Plcher by a member of the
Plcher police department He stated
that he had become drunk had wan-
dered Into the building and had slept
all day He was arrested' early In
the evening as he was leaving the
garage building according to the of-
ficers Mrs Mary Moore 90 !
County Pioneer Dies
Mrs Mary Moore 96' a pioneer of
Ottawa ctmnty and' Indian Territory
died late Tuesday’ evening at’ her
home on Hudson creek
Funeral services were held this af-
ternoon at 3:30 o'clock tt'Fatrland
conducted by ‘ the - Reverend C B
Cross of Miami Interment was in
a cemetery near Falriand ' n’ r -t 1
In Missouri tha chickens on hand
Jan 1 1920 numbered 34882985
compared to 19910221 in 1910 doz-
ens of eggs produced In 1919 117
203589 sompared -to' 110922159 in
1909 Increase -of 6-7 per cent -
7-
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NARdSSA NEWS - -
' (Wednesday's Dally) "
There was a nice crowd out Tues-
day jilghj to hear -’ Missionary Mc-
Knight lecture
Dr McWilliams of -- Miami drove
down to the Hill Crest farm Friday
"Mr4EUIe' MarUn"'an(T cdu4lir call-
ed at the s H Foute home Thursday
evening "-T'
Mrs N k Fouls' and two grand-
sons enmd -down from Miami' Satn-
day morning to visit till over Sunday
with her two sons and their families
1 R L Soagga and family attended
services at1 Lone : Star Wednesday
night ' 1 ' 1
Bill Little of Welcome district was
trading in Narclssa Tuesday evening
Reterand BynUm will fill bis regu-
lar appolntment-here the fourth Sun-
day morning and evening everybody
invited to come- ‘ ”
Professor Haya and Mrs Whitaker
motored to Miami Saturday morning
Mrs Kirk was called to Treece
Kan Friday morning to the bedside
of her little grandson who is very 111
The Pentecostal people have pray-
er services every Thursday night
Mrs Edwards of Ottawa ia visiting
with her daughter Mrs C V Baker
J M’Cox and wife spent Bundny
with H Painter and wlfa
W H Gaines and son and “Hank1
Young went to Joplin Sunday
Reverend C Stubblefield pastor of
the Baptist church of Miami preach-
ed here Monday nigh'
Alva Hedricks was trading in Nsr-
cissa Saturday afternoon
Mrs Gaines and Mrs Young called
on Mrs 8 H Fouts Sunday evening
Lefin Hill was sick the first of the
week with an attack of tonsilltis
' Alva Hedrick and wife of Welcom
district were In Narclssa Monday
morning - '
PAWHUSKA ANXIOUS
FOR EAST-WEST LINE
Miamians Returning After At-
tending Railroad Meeting
at That City
' (Wednesday’s Dally)
H B Cobban general manager of
the Northeaat Oklahoma railroad and
J S Mabon member of the Miami
east and west railroad committee re-
tdrned today from Pawhuska where
meeting was held Tuesday Mr
Cobban and Mr- Mahon drove to Ml
ami from Bartlesville today in the
Cobban cararriving here shortly be-
fore noon-
"Pawhuska la anxious to he on an
electric railroad line which will con-
nect up withM!ami" stated Mr Cob-
ban Wednesday -
All the towns on the proposed line'
are enthused over prospects for build-
ing the road end have organized com-
mittees similar to the ode appointed
at the Chamber of Commerce meeting
here a week ago -
Police Here Are Asked
to Watch for Elopers
(Wednesday’s Daily)
Police Chief George Gibson early
Wednesday received a telephone call
from Carthage' Mo asking the local
police department to keep a sharp
lookout for an eloping pair from the
Missouri town
According to the Information re-
ceived here Mary Miller 18 and Mel-
vin Shields 20 are the names of the
elopers Court Clerk Georgs Header-
soa waa asked to notify the police de-
partment here should the pair apply
for a license
According to a -telephone report re-
ceived from the Plcher police depart-
ment this afternoon the young couple
evidently spent the night In Plcher
as part of the clothes of the hoy and
girl were found In a rooming house
The Plcher police say a brother of
the girl is said to have' followed the
pair to Plcher and was in Plcher this
afternoon searching for his sister and
her lover - -
The girl Is said to be a meqiher of
a prominent Carthage family
30 Boys Report for
' “Kid jBand” Practice
(Wednesday’s Daily)
The Miami Kd band held its reg-
ular practice Tuesday night in the
American Legion Athletic club rooms
under the supervision of Director E
F Cravens- Thirty boys reported for
practice : qet u’-r
‘ Director Cravens Bald the - bdys
would appear in their' first -public
concert In about 30 days v ’ ‘
Seventy-five per-cent of every dol-
lar paid tor state taxee Id Missouri
toes 16 philanthropic and educational
work Nearly all of the slate’s reve-
nue it for the support of schools hos-
pitals and eleemosynary Institutions
:) i- I--
Thera are more mile qf navigable
rivers in Missouri than in any other
tat C
Wheat hs geen man’s faithful ser-
vant for more-than 8000 7ars- -
REGULAR MEETING
TRhSTATE BRANCH
' AT PIdffi TODAY
No Special Matters Jnyiew
According to Secretary
Jenkins MNo Fish
i to Eat”
(Wednesday’s Dally)
- The regular weekly meeting and
luncheon of the Trt-State Branch of
the American Zinc Institute was held
at noon today at Its headquat ’ '
According to Secretary Jenkins a
“fifih dinner" had heen planned hut
the members were disappointed be-
cause for some aeasoiuthe members
of the finny tribe were not secured in
time ’ '
‘ It 'is barely possible that a meet-
ing will be held Friday it the "pro-
vender” should be secured and the
meet can be arranged No special
program was planned and the meet
ing was to consist of the regular
rt Stine with possibly a email at
tendance according to Mr Jenkins
It was stated here this morning by
County Assessor Joe Willis that he
expected to attend — and - that he
would likely be accompanied by
County Treasurer Joe Weir and might
speak regarding taxes but the secre-
tary bad not yet received notification
at 11:30 this morntng -
EAST SIDE BRIEFS
) '
(Wednesday's Daily)
Lots of rain last week The farm-
ers are sowing oats this week Botae
sowed a few weeks ago and others
who didn’t get through probably will
tiDlah-thia week
About all you hear now is garden
and chicken talk '
Spring river has been on a ram-
page the last few days which haq re-
tarded the gravel hauling for ' (he
bridges that are being constructed on
the new road above the stream
’ Chicken pox and sore eyes thrown
in for good measure are the order of
the day now -
Em Albro and Frank Trigg made
a business trip to Baxter Springs
Kan Saturday i
Wheat and oats are looking fine
after the rains we have been having
The one-act operetta "Mrs Stub-
bins and the Book Agent" given Fri-
day night by the literary Boctety at
No 6 way a great treat for te large
audience which gathered to enjoy It
Hugh Rhodes as Peleg Philander
Gelep the book agent was full of
fun and Innocent pranks while Mrs
Albro as Mrs Stubbins an adept at
using the broom as a feminine weap-
on waa equally funny Doris Rhodes
as Deacon Whizzy held the interest
of all while on the stage making love
and mistakes alternately to his love
Mrs Tim Trigg as Mias Amelia Mer-
ryme an old maid and last bat not
least came Tim Trigg as David Stub-
bina a real old hayseed farmer who
waa a real mirth producer and every
one present felt well repaid for their
evening abroad ' '
The road work on the west side of
Spring river is moving along ' 'Two
bridges have almost done as a toad
stool does — "growed up over night"
and Instead of a scenic railway we
will have a acenle highway' as the
scenery will be beautiful
Fred Atklson has been on the sick
list the past week but is reported
better at this writing
Singing school conducted nt No 6
conducted hy Mr Hollis ts reported
doing fine
Neils Spariin and Wal Vangunda
were sales day visitors in Seneca Mon-
day ' '
Tom Brousa la on the sick list
Charlie Norris was a Miami visitor
Monday 1
' Miss Kellhofer spent Saturday with
her mother in Seneca' ' ' ’
Born Monday to Mr and Mrs W
A Vangunda a boy baby
Frank Trigg and wife made s trip
to Seneca Tuesday
Jaa Wilson and wife were trading
at Albro's Saturday
We knew -we were getting up In
years hut hardljr thought wa were
old enough to be In our second child-
hood but It musUre so for last week
we were broke At with chickenpox
and had sore eyes — hence the ab-
sence of East 8!de Briefs'
Word was received here 8unday of
the death of the baby of Mr and Mrs
Roy Munson of Miami They were
one-time residents of the Bend and
have the sympathy of the entire com-
munity Jus Woolard and family attended
a birthday dinner east of Seneca last
Friday ' ! V
M B 8parl!n was in this locality
last Thursday buying hogs
Wheat bread is tbs principal dally
Item of food of one-third of the popu-
lation of the world' c1’
Sheriff Neil Harr spent Tuesday in
Vinlta ’ i
i t 1 (
Former Miami Woman
: Dies at Denver Colo
(Wednesday’s Dally) fc
Word was received here this morn-
ing by Mrs Ray Thompson that her
sister Mrs Howard Connolly had
died at Denver after an Illness which
lasted-for a-year -or - more--Death
came at 1 o’clock Wednesday ‘morn-
ing She-was 28 years of age' "- —
The deceased was the only sister
of Mrs Thompson and worked here
during 1917 and 1918 In the employ
of the Thompson Realty Company
Her maiden' name was Ethel Barrett
and she was known to Miamians by
that name 1 -
After having Miami Miss Barrett
was married to Howard Connolly at
Golden Colo where he waa engaged
in the grain business From there
the couple went to Hillrose - where
she was taken sick but afterwards
went to Denver to visit with his folks
Her mother Mrs Ida Barrett was
present at the time of her death
Mr Ray Thompson will leave to-
night to attend the funeral services
the exact arrangements regarding
which have not yet been iearned
RICH INDIAN NAMED
INDIVORCEPETITION
Wife Files Suit for Reparation
- From Alphonso Green- r
back
(Wednesday’s Dally) -
Sarah Greenback through her at-
torney W M Thomas of Qunpaw
Wednesday filed suit for divorce from
Alphonso Greenback wealthy Ottawa
county Indian The petition filed was
brief In form "
In the petition the plaintiff states
the two were married July 7 1920
in Miami and that every since that
date the defendant "lias been an ha-
bitual drunkard” The plaintiff aBks
the court that ahe be allowed to re-
sume ber-jnulden name of Sarah Non-
kesia Alphonso Greenback' is the son of
Flora Young Greenback Whlteblrd
a wealthy Indian living on Devil’s
Promenade Greenback has caused
the county officers much trouble in
the past year having been arrested
on'-uumerous occasions on charges of
belnfe drunk and fighting ’Recently
Greenback was tried on a charge of
assault with Intent to kill in district
court here Hewas' charged with
striking Blanch McKibbfn with a shot
gun He'wpg Acquitted" however
when his wife took the witness stand
and testified that McKlbbln attempt-
ed to attack her
Greenback was arrested a week
ago on a charge of being drunk and
fighting-- He was released on bond
Two weeks ago Mrs Greenback loft
her hqsband At the time Greenback
la said to have stated that he did not
care It she got a divorce as the two
could not get along together Last
week Greenback called at the sher-
iff’s office here arid asked the offi-
cers to attempt to get his wife to go
back to him The officers say that
Greenback promised to reform If his
wife would not press the divorce ac-
tion’ STARRING IN
I - j-n-'fl -ri:
v(! S f-h’-n "i-) R
Mm Olga Petrova famous star
WHar tog ip Peacook" a
Because Penn’s is packed air-
tight in the patented new
: - - - container— the quality ia
- aeale j in '
So Penn’s is citvays fresh
Hv you -1 wily ch wd
£nah tobacco?
Buy Pann's th nut tlm Try it
Notice lh fin condition-fruh
—Penn’
CHEWING
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PLANS PROGRESSING
FOR 122 FREE FAIR
Sept 13-16 Definitely AplJroyed
as Dates Premium List to '
Be Revised
From W'ednesday’V Dailiy
The Ottawa- county -free fair board
Will meet at "10 o’clock Saturday
morning for the purpose of revising
the premium list - and transacting
other business '
Certain1 premiums will be lowered
according to Jim Lawrence secretary
of of the board The secretary stated
that the dates of September 13 to 18
have been settled as the' appropriate
dates for the fair At a recent meet-
ing of the boat'd these were the tA-’
tative dates chosen hnt ' since that
meeting definite arrangements have s
been complete: for the various Judg-
es to appear ip Miami on these dates
The premium list probably w'llf be
printed within the next month as the
first of 'the lists will be mailed
May 15 1 : f !
Chicago — “She tipped my Bhirt up
the back because I wouldn’t buy her
more clothes" Han-y J Frank told
the court ' Divorce was granted r
Record-Herald
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