The Coalgate Courier (Coalgate, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 22, 1912 Page: 1 of 8
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BY J E T CLARK
'The People by the People shall not perish from off the Earth”— A LINCOLN
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR
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COALGATE OKLAHOMA THURSDAY FEBRUARY 22 1912
NO 15
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At 1 1 A M Today Wliile Men Where
: Heating “Pit Car” Oil Which Boiled j
Over and Took Fire Filling Mine I
With Suffocating Smoke
At 11 o’clock this morning “pit car” oil we understand which
’Was being heated by Mexicans in mine No 5 Lehigh boiled over
:and took fire As a result the mine "caught fire and was soon
fillad with dense Uffocatirig smoke Eight !m6n are dead who
‘have been rescued from the' burning mine
The deadi ' ’
Taul Guvanni - - v i:
iifeon Leverfe '
A Vitali 'v T' ‘:v
" 'John Beanco Italians ' ' ” V '
- ' Juan Jarcia ' V
Hernandez Mexicans
'Andrew Cozma Slav
' 'Plefhirig Watts 'coldred '
' Undccbunted f6r one Prank Williams Colored
The’Uhited States Government Rescue Department inimedi
5ately sent ihan and rescue equipment from McAlester to aid in the
'rescue work r - - : -
— Thousands of people gathered around mouth of Shaft to await
the result of the rescue work Many heart’ rendering scenes were
Enacted as lovdd ones were brbught to the : surface dead
All the doctors of' Coal' county volunteered their service
j Pdlr details of the awful catastrophy are meager at this time
“But glodm enshrouds out neighboring city such as has never be
fdre been experienced in the Lehigh-Coal gate coal belt
Some of the naan who were brought out 'suffocated were re-
vived and ‘many of the men employed in'-the mine-made their
‘escape befdre the dmoke became too dense
"7 f The fire is still burning this (Friday) morning
There is no attempt to estimate the damage d6ne or vwhether
'ihehine can ever be' worked again
Many of the “pit” mules were suffocated d'nd killed
SEGREGATED IJWIU TENANTS
A meeting of the Segregated Land
Association is hereby called to meet "in
Coalgate on March 2nd 1912 at two
o’tlotk P M for the farmers ’and
'again' on the same day at seven ‘ P M
for all -persons living on segregated
‘ land or renting same The Segregated
landhaabeen passed by the U S Con-
greas and the president has signed same
‘ and it is now a law The bill provides
that the land shall be appraised within
‘'six months from date of - passage and
‘that it shall be Bold under rules and re-
gulations prescribed by the Secretary
“of Interior Now is the tinie to organize
and submit to the Secretary all propos-
Mtions and Suggestions for the protec-
tion of your rights and improvements
If you have improvements on segre-
gated land and to 'know what to do to
’ protect them or if yOu have a lease or
‘desire on for this 'yfear ’ cOme to the
''meeting on"March 2nd and the Associa-
tion’s attorney G T Ralls 'Will in-
struct you You Will 'pldase remember
that the appraisers will soon be in the
field to appraise the land Sind probably
' Improvements and that all Unsettle
Questions as to improvdrhertts must be
'Settled before the appraisers complete
their work The Government rent
collector will be in Colligate in a 'very
short time to collect for thiayear arid
I'pir are probably ' interested in this
iniatter '
' emetrihbr the date' add time March
‘ 2hd 1912 in Coalgate
' A LI PENNINGTON president
’ ED' RYAN secretary
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FROM BOILING OIL
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
The Session has called a con
gregational meeting for jiext
Sunday Feb 25 11:30 a m for
the purpose of electing some ad-
ditional Deacons and to transact
any other business that may
properly come before itf
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This will be "a meeting of
great importance to the church
and so all members are urged to
be present -E H Moseley
Shocking Sounds
in the earth ' are sometimes hekrd be'
fore a terrible earthquake that warn of
the coming peril Nature’s Warnings
are kind That dull pain or ache in the
back warns you the kidneys need atten-
tion if you would escape those danger-
ous maladies dropsy diabetes or
bright’s disease Take Electric Bitters
at once and see backache fly and all your
best feelings return ‘‘My son received
great benefit from thgir use for kidney
and bladder trouble”" writes Peter
Bondy South Kockwood Mich “It is
certainty a great kidney medicine”
Try it Gfrcents at all druggists
R E Fowler J A Shirley
J W and R T Breedlove were
here Saturday from Tupelo at-
tending the democratic county
convention
SEGREGATED LAND BILL
SIGNED BY PRESIDENT TAFT
Z Washington FeBi 19— Presi-
dent Taft today attadied His signa-
ture to the Carter-Owen Bill provid-
ing for the sale of the surface of the
J segregated coal and asphalt lands
of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Na-
tions in Oklahoma which passed the
Senate on February 12 by unani-
mous vote An effort to induce the
President to veto the measure failed
PROGRAM
Epr District Sunday School convention
' td-be held at Cole’s Chapel 4 miles
southwest of Lehigh Sunday March
3rd 1912 at 1 o'clock p m and con
tinuing until 4:30 p m '
lpm Devotional exercises conducted
by Rev Mr Swafford of Standing
Rock followed by roil call of schools
and organization
1:30 The Sunday School its uses and
abuses by A Rathbun
2 The Superintendents qualification and
work by Hon Geo A Fooshee
2:30 The teacher and his class by Miss
Maggie Covington Sec Co S S
Ass’n and Mr Bowers of Lehigh
3 Round Table conducted by Rev EH
Moseley Chaiirman Co'S S Ass’n
2:30 Genera-1 discussion
4 Selection of time and place for next
meeting !
4:15 Closing exercises
The program will be "interspersed
with music under the leadership of Mr
Swafford
' The schools that are especially asked
to attend and take part in this convert'
tiom are as follows: ' Phillips Lehigh
Midway Standing'Rock Lone Elm and
Valley VieW ’
It is earnestly' requested that all the
officers and teachers of the above
Enumerated schools will not fail to be
present at this convention
E H MOSELEY
Chairman Co S S Ass’n
WAPANUCKA
J D- Petty and family of Clarita
were in towh Monday visiting his
father D- A Petty
Mrs t N Juhan“i3 in bed with
pneumonia
J C Fahrney- of Boggy Depot was
visiting his sister Mrs L C Ball
Monday
Miss Sue Petty returned "Monday to
her school at R&via which has been
closed for two Wfedks on account of
meningitis!
Mr Furgison died last week of minf
ingitis at his 'horhe in wefet part of
town The deceased leaves a widowed
mother and three' sthall children be-
sides other1 relatived
Charley Hinchey and wife of Cole-
man were visiting Mrs Hinchey’s
mother' Mrs Jones Monday
Little Mable Wilson is sick with
pneumonia (
Chraley Chamberlain who forrier'y
lived here is' visiting friends in the crtyi
John Williams was Visiting friends in
Konawa last week f
The oil mill has about three more
we£ks rub ‘
: James Boland of Centrahoma
was here Friday
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DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
CONVENTION
$e democratic county conven-
tion convened at the court house
in this city Saturday afternoon
Mike Hickman as a champion
of the Clark forces was placed
in the chair by 4 votes The’
vote standing 22 to 26
' Boone Williams as a champion
of the Wilson forces had the
steam toller placed on him
Tom Mitcham of Lehigh was
elected secretary
Thfere were' ho postmasters
present
The following comifiittees were!
appointed:
Credentials — Geo E Jahn-
John Hutchison and M W Lani
don
Resblutions— Judge A T West
Geo A Fooshee and Boone Wil
liams -SbledS
ng Of delegates— Patsy
Greenan George Trice and A
W Archer
’TWelve delegates were ap-
pointed with one-half vote each
and while the delegates were
uninstructed it was ' considered
they were all for Clsirk After
the convention was about ready
to adjourn it was found that
Jesse Bunch of Centrahoma
was a Wilson man He was al-
owed to remain on the delega-
tion The convention favored
Galbreth for national committee-
man The following were named As
delegates to the state conven?
bion: John Hickman GeoTrice
T P Ckrdwell John Ellard and
Geo E Jahn of Coalgate J‘ I:
Green Phillips W S Hall
Clarita' vJesse Bunch Centra-
loma RT ‘ Breedlove Tupelo
dgar Tippin Pine John Boyle
Cottonwood Frank Mowdy
VIowdy
The delegated left Wednesday
afternoon in a special car deco-
rated fbr the 'occasion for Okla-
homa City' the meeting' place of
the state convention
J L Grbss' of Blackwell
bought the C W Ramfeey gro-
cery store Moriday
urine out
"SEW ROADS
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Economl:! Location is tjis
Most important Point
ELIMINATE MANY BRIDGES
Mcmbors of the County Boards Do Net
Consider the Facts In the Cake as a
‘Rule — Careful Inspection Absolutory
Essential - '
’By W 5 CEARHAliT Stite
Engineer Kansas Agricultural Cllcge
At utmost every meeting oftbe ctnin
ty boards from otte to four ‘or' II v pott"
flons for loco tlhg' ’new roftds' iitnsfbe
acted upon nhd in most cases they arVi
approved with Insutnciont information
and with little consideration
Most of the counties have more roads
than they need now and' 'before' pass
ing upon any petition fbr 'a’ hew one
the county’ board should carefully io
'VesUfinto whether or not it would he a
-public utility
The law provides that the ltoard ntay
appoint three viewers or that tliey mil'll
act ns viewers themselves For th4
best interests' of the public the bnnrd
should act as viewers in all cases for
they are disinterested and can besj
serve die public interests' In regard to
whet her a road should be opened at all
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IF HIUDGFH WHHT ll BUILT MARK THEM
HTItONO
or not and if so select the proper loon
tion and allow property owners onl j
flctunl damages i
Appointed viewers too often Imvi
personal interests in tbo mntter or no
interest at all and one Is as bad ns
the oilier and this largely Accounts for
the location of tunny of our roads over
steep bills when the grades could hare
Almost! Lost His Life s
S A Strd of Mason Mich will never
forget his terribletrxposdTe to a merci-
less storm ‘ It gavCm'e'dirr'baffful cbMr”
he writes’ “that citfdfedheere painsln
my chest’ si tliat'it'WiS'l’d for me io
breathe! “""A neighjbortivefheaevetl
been entirely avoids by going around j doses of Dr King’s 'SNTw'’Discoveiry
the hill Tbo viewers seenV to forget whith’ brought great relief ’ the doctor
that the ball of a bucket is no longpi- said I was 6n the verg4‘ of pneumonia
when it is down than when it is tipj I but to Continue" Wlth the’ Kscoyery ' I
specially If the private interests insist j did so ahdlwo bottles completely purbd
upon following the section line There" me” Ush only this quFck fepUaSle
oro rnllos of these mountniu grades loj medicine foV coughs colds o?anythrtilrt
en entire- or lunjftrouble Price ‘ 60c and' IjflOO
Trial botLle free 'Guat-aiTtecd 'by Tl
druggists i' " "
Kansas which could hnvo been
ly nvoldcd had the vlewirs used only a
little horse sense
- The first cost and the continual main-
tennuce cost on tmcdreils of bridge s
nml culverts could also luive been en-
tirely eliminated If the viewers hnd
used a particle of judgment tn regnrd
to the economical location of the road
The law should require the county
board In net ns viewers on all roads
mill ill counties where they have good
live progressive boards who have (ho
best interests of the comity nt heart
they do net ns viewers io all cases and
they have found that tn the matter of
allowing damages alone it Is n big saV
ing to the county to say nothing about
the economical ildvnntnges for nil time
to come in having the road properly
located
- CLARITA
Oat sowing fs !theoi?def of the dhy
Wifbttfn Andres who has been- vefty
sick is '£ble -to be up again
Elder C 'fl 'Kenfiedy of ‘Coalgafe
preached a very’ irlterestfhg ‘’sMi'mon 'ftt
Old Wilson Sunday evening-
Luther’' Rush and wifevwenlto Coal-
gate Thursday
Mrs'' Joel Sifftmons andfiirs1' O' ’E
Simmons “ Were ’"lih'oppihg ' ' in" Clarita
Monday afternoon
Dr 'Duhckn was ‘attending tfte
When viewers have been appointed I Masonitf’Grand Lodge' at'JilcAlest'er
nnd make their report the boards often I last' week
Miss Rosa 'G uy rin Who” Tiaa been
very sick with pneumonia! is AiSttef lit
this writfhg '
Sam Andre's "of Dufah't-Who lias
been visiting relatives h'ere ''feturri4d
home Tuesday
W T Camefiri visited dJ Cameron
and famiiyfiear Clarita Saturday and
Sunday
New buildings arcs till "going up" In
Clarita
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THK iniAD Hiirirui) m: i-ianxi:i to rm
ISATK CtMVI-aiTS AS MI'CII AS COKSin piO
order to ndjuat the damages and to get
tbo proper location It Is n straight
forward bisfuess prniosiilon in every
rcapcct In all cases for the bonrd to net
as viewers iiutl for the best interests of
the township county nnd state the
county commissioners should net in the
matter of locating relocating or abmi’
dotilng nil roads
Before any more money is expended
on the ronvig they Bhould be corefullv
Inspected to uscertutu whether relocti-
tlon -nf certain sections to avoid bad
hilts holes or the cost and malnfdnnncfe
of certain’ bridges and cUIvtTrts could
not be eliminated It ls'prncWenfty im-
possible to Change the location of ‘a
road after tiny considertlble Improve-
ment has "been haiJe u(kn'it'or nldngt
so the very best possible location stumrd
be had before 4 making costly improve-
ments Erfors and permanent blun-
ders may creep in and forfever fnstlb
themselves upon the road and its use'nt
I Wont of all ibese errors become more
'"exiHnsive Vtyh Increased ' trtilBc nod
are larder "to change - ! ‘
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State of Ohio City of Toledo !
Lucas Colinty JSB
Frank J Cheney makes oath that fie
is senior partner' of the firm of F J
Cheney & Co cfcing bpsiliess tn tfio
'I city of Toledo Coufi tyfaYid 'State aforfe-
Highway j said and that '"said firtnSvill'jiiay the
sum of one hundred "dollars ""for each
and every case bt Catarth (hat -cannot
be cured by the'u&e of Hall’s Catarfh
Cure FRANK J CHENEY -
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my pVeeencei’his 6th day 'of Decem-
ber A
A W: GLEASON r
(SEAL) 1 ' ‘Notary Pubfic’
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is thkeri internal-
ly and acts directly blood aiiuA
mucous surfaces of the system 'Sefiff
for testimonials ‘free 1 i
F J CHEW&Y& CO Toledo O ’
Sojjd by drtigj£ists -75o
Take Hall's Fthtfliy "Pills' for const
pation ’ -if1'1' i-
CLASS PATY
Miss Esther Ronald entertained ' ' in
honor ofthe SehTorGlass ‘ Fffday this!
ninth
The evening' was’plealfuh'tly 1?pent ' in
music hards and" va'riouaf games Sev4
eral musical selections were ' given by
Miss Alice Ronald which were enjoyed
by all as' Was also the singing i
Later in the evening dainty refresh-
ments consisting of cake hoffee" Whip-
ped c'ream and fruit ' welre "served by
Misses Ronald v
As midnight approached we departed
wishing our hostess a good night and
expressing our enjoyment tif 'the ev'en-
ing “
Besides the ' Seniors fend friends 'uVd
were delighted to have Miss CusenbeTV
and Mr ‘ Ingram present
‘ Lone' Wolfe
Ecr a spriln yovi will ‘ find ‘'(Chamber-
lain’s LiniVnent' excelleh't uIt allays
I th6 pain ’removes the 'iioren6ss and
soon restores the 'parts r'lo'V healthy
condition 5 and 50 cent bottles for
I sale by ell' dealers
F A Rfner " of ' Wapitnucka
W D french edit&r the Milbufn
NeyrsTand C E Zkhn' bf Br 5-
mide of the Johlrston ‘ county
democratic dielegation were here
yesterday eri route to OklahoiYfa
City to the democratic stftt4 con-
vention
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