The Coalgate Courier (Coalgate, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 6, 1916 Page: 1 of 4
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Oklahoma City July 6— The
First Oklahoma regiment of the
national guards will start fc" the
border Wednesday July 12 ac-
cording to a statement issued by
the adjustant general’s office to-
night Govennor Williams tonight is
sued a proclamation calling for
sufficient recruits to fill the ranks
and bring the regiment to war
strength
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Republican Candidates
! Exceptionally Strong
Oklahoma City July 5 — Ac-
cording to State Chairman Ar-
thur HGeissler the Republicans
have an exceptionally large num-
ber of strong men among their
candidates for the legislature
One half of the membership of
the Senate will hold over but
twenty-two state senators are to
elected this year The total
membership of the next House
will bt A2 and the Republicans
will make a fight to carry every
district excepting only Marshall
and Wagoner cddnties in which
io one ' filed and Republican
leaders expect thatf their party
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will have a majority of the mem-
bership of the next Hoftse
Eugene Watrous of Enid and
S W Hogan of Kingfisher are
the only Republican state sena-
tors who are candidates this year
the latter being opposed for the
nomination by H Brown of Wa-
tonga Among ' the Republican
senatorial candidates are two who
are at present members of the
House of Representatives name-
ly Tom Testerman of Morrison
and C H Holmes of Gage
Holmes however has a competi-
tor for the nomination in J P
Johnson- of Strong City These
two senatorial districts are at
present represented by Demo-
crats but the Republicans expect
to carry both of them and are
also confident that they ill gain
several other senatorial districts
Republican representa t i v e s
who are candidates for renomina-
tion are: J C Smith of Chero-
kee L A Everhart of Bickford
J A Marsh of Kingfisher W
H Olmstead of Waynoka W J
Ladd of Bristow Henry W
Headley of Ponca City Howard
M Drake of Dombey Ed G
Keegan of Chandler 0 B Acton
of Lovell A A Ewing of Guth-
rie and J B Norton of Okla-
homa City But some of these
have competition for the nomina-
tion Among the Republicans who
have filed for the legislature are
several of the well known news-
paper men of the state Among
these are Walter Ferguson of
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ROBT WILLIAMSON
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YOAKUM’S WEEKLY
FIELD REPORT
Monday Tuesday and Wednesday
was in attendance at county agents
meeting at Stillwater Okla
Thursday en route to Coalgate
While awaiting for train connection at
Shawnee County Agent Moore of Pot-
tawatomie county autoed several agents
and myself to some of the breeding live
stock farms of the county Saw some
very fine stock and secured some very
valuable information along improved
and advanced breeding While here we
inspected some grain plats wherein the
grain had been capped and not capped
The capped showing quite a percent-
age above the uncapped Agent Moore
certainly does command the respect and
co-operation of his constituency Saw
some very fine demonstifetion plats of
the yarious field crops but the white
bloom sweet clover seemed to be the
most interesting to the agents
Friday did office work and visited
several farmers and one club member
recharging dipping vat for Will Down-
ard Conferred with county fair com-
mittee on county fair catalogue and
visited with business men
Saturday P Greenan having decided
that his tenants could not possibly
make success in farming the low lands
he has under cultivation he called early
for me and we autoed to his farms
After going over the land very care-
fully and noting the different fall of the
surface it was decided to put the en-
tire farm under drainage by platting in
10 acre plats and placing a ditch suffi-
cient to take care of all overflow waters
as fast as the river came into banks
This plan was suggested by me several
months ago but for various reasons
was never put in operation or carried
into effect The contract was let and
work will begin at once
Visited several farmers while out and
find most of them somewhat behind
with work on cotton plats On farm
and demonstration plats of W R Dees
we found f ousting ers in silver' imle
corn and cotton blooms in abundance
All demonstration plats about equal
with other farmers' plats
All early planted corn in full silk and
tassel and cotton in fide growing con-
dition less the ‘weeds The continued
Vains have made this condition
To my mind the farmers of Coal
county are equal to any in the state for
presistency and interest Much credit
is due them for this effort The maxi-
mum yields seem to be uppermost in
most of their minds Much attention
being given to seed bed better seed
and intensive cultivation
Met Dr Hiatt Federal live stock in-
spector of Oklahoma Ci£y and after
conference it was agreed that we
would have a man part of the time at
least to superyise the tick work of the
county He had been in meeting with
the live stock grovMers of the county
and while I did not learn the details of
the meeting definite steps were taken
to eradicate the tick by co operation of
the county commissers and live stock
growers association
The heaviest fruit limb of crab apples
I ever saw was brought to my office by
Ed L Causey having 103 well develop-
ed apples
Quite a number of farmers called at
my office Saturday and had some very
flattering reports of some and some
very discouraging by others While it
seemed that 1 could not have been call-
ed from the county at a time when my
services were more needed yet 1 feel
that I am more efficient by having been
in attendadce at the agents’ meeting
Joe Bowers club member possibly
has one of the best demonstrations as
to proper seed bed seed manure and
tillage m the county
Some very fine plats were vfsited
Friday and Saturday Club members
generally in good spirits and working
faithfully While 1 know 1 do not visit
these plats as often as is necessary nor
as often as I would like but parents
and neighbors are very nice about as-
sisting the club members Hope to be
in a position in the future that I may
visit them more often
W T YOAKUM
County Agent
Cherokee John Golobie of Guth-
rie and J W Coons of Miami
who have filed for the State Sen-
ate The filings for the House
include A R Garrett of the No-
wata Republican J B Campbell
of the Waukomis Hornet Glen
Condon of the Tulsa World J E
T Clark of the Coalgate Courier
J J Burke of the Norman Tran-
script Wm Allison of the Snyder
Signal Star and Henry W Head-
ley of the Ponca City Courier
THE HALL GAMES
The series of games just ended
with Lehigh were the best ex-
hibitions of the National past
time that has been served to the
fans for many days
The game Sunday was a pitch-
ers battle between Johnson for
Coalgate ' and Blackbird and
Grady for Lehigh with the
honors decidedly in favor of
Johnson he striking out fourteen
of the Lehigh hitters and not
allowing anything that looked
like a hit He had almost per-
fect control as he walked only
two men and only four men got
on bases and only two got past
second base but they could not
advance any further as Johnson
struck out the next men up re-
tiring the side
His no hit and 1 no run game
was the second performance of
that kind since Coalgate has been
playing ball
Johnson with his terrific speed
and breaks was very hard to
catch but Wallace handled him
like a veteran although handi-
capped with a bad hand
Blackbird worked well for Le-
high until the fifth inning when
a single and a double scored the
only run of the game and Grady
finished the game for Lehigh
and did not allow any more runs
Batteries:
Coalgate: Johnson and Wal-
lace Lehigh: Blackbird Grady and
Lorince
The game on Monday was
played before a laige and ntasy
crowd and it was a pitchers bat-
tle between Boggs for Coalgate
and Bert Lorince for Lehigh un-
til the seventh inning when
Boggs’ support went to the bad
and he gave away to Quiett who
was not able to hold the hard
hitting of the Lehigh boys and
the home club lost the game by
a score of nfne to one Heine
pitched good ball and was en
titled to "better support than the
boys gave him
Batteries:
Coalgate: Boggs Quiett and
Wallace
Lehigh: B Lorince and F
Lorince
The game on Tuesday was
played before the largest crowd
that has been in the Coalgate
park for many years and all had
the pleasure of witnessing one of
the best games of the season
Johnson pitched for Coalgate
and was entitled to a shut out
and would have beat Lehigh 'one
to nothing in nine innings but
for two errors with men on bases
he only allowed Lehigh four hits
and struck out 12 men and walk-
ed one He was at his best with
men on the bases and Wallace
caught a fine gamp he having
onty one misplay ah ‘overthrow
of third but at that the man
should have been retired before
reaching third as an error let
him get on and Boggs showed
his nerve by going in and catch-
ing Johnson’s terrific speed with
a hand swolen so bad he could
hardly move a finger and no one
has anything to say except words
of praise for his good work
Grady was in his old time form
for Lehigh and the homelings
could not hit him when hits
meant runs while F Lorince
caught all the games for Lehigh
in grand shape while Jimmie
was playing third as he always
does Lehigh had Lindsay
Mathies playing first for them
He played all last year with
Sherman in the Western Association
Aluminium Ware
Just Received a Shipment of
10 and 15c Aluminiumware
Such As
Stew Pans Ladels Dippers
Tea Strainers
and Numerous Other Useful Articles
JOE BOGY & CO
Phone 1 14 Ohio Ave
!
Coalgate plays the fast Deni-
son Katy League team here next
Sunday and Johnson will pitch
the game and Wallace will catch
so all fans will be treated to a
great game of ball
Batteries:
Coalgate: Johnson and Wallace
Lehigh: Grady and F Lorince
Patriotic Service
by Bible Class
Last Sunday morning the Pres-
byterian Bible class met in the
Wigwam theatre at ten o’clock
and observed by very appropriate
and patriotic service our great
national holiday July 4th There
were thirty-one in the class and
each person took some part' in
the celebration N umerous patri-
otic and sacred songs were sung
and then two splendid talks were
made by two of Coalgate’s sol-
diers of the Civil war Judge
H E' Cuilom represented the
Southern army and Mr J W
McCaslin spoke for the Northern
soldiers The two old soldiers
representing the blue and the
gray stood before the class and
shook hands and stated that they
were friends that there was no
longer any feeling between the
North and the South that we
are all fighting a common enemy
and that enemy is sin in its many
forms
' The Wigwam was decorated
with flags and bunting and the
surroundings and the occasion
were inspiring After the sing-
ing and the speaking Mr Ralls
exhibited large pictures of George
Washington and of all the war
presidents and martyred presi-
dents of the United States The
purpose of celebrating the Fourth
of July in the Bible class meeting
was to impress on all present
that there is a duty resting on
every citizen of this great nation
to help make our country better
and stronger and to emphasize
the fact that the United States
is the greatest nation on earth
because it is conceded to be the
most complete Christian nation
Remember that the class meets
in the Wigwam every Sunday
morning at 10 o’clock and that a
cordial invitation is extended to
the public
Jessie Grove Secretary
Dance at I O O F Hall
Lehigh Saturday Night
Admission 50 cents Ladies
free The music will be a feature
of all up-to-date dance music
furnished by Prof Kohler assist-
ed by his wife and daughter and
the popular Adam Schaaf player
piano Adv
Mr and Mrs H W Nettles of
Ada attended the picnic here
the Fourth
COUNTY TREASURER
STEELMAN RESIGNS
Charged With Embezzling County
' Funds on Three Counts
M A Steelman county treas-
urer of Coal county until 10:30
o’clock this (Thursday) morning
has resigned the office and the
resignation has been accepted by
the board of county commission-
ers Leslie E Pay has been ap-1
pointed to fill the unexpired term t
Steelman’s Resignation '
Coalgate Okla Jifly 6 1916 -
To the Board of County Cotirnissioners
Co—
I M A Steelman do hereby tender J
to you my resignation as County Tress-"”
urer in and for Coal County State of
Oklahoma and ask that the same takt
effect at once £
Signed M A STEELMAN ?
County Treasurer
July 6 1916
The resignation of M A SteelmarJ
as County Treasurer is hereby accepter
by the Board of County Commissioners'
of Coal County Same to take effect
at this time 10:30 o’clock A M '
A L McCARTER
Chairman of Board
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Warrants were sworn out ir
three counts charging Steelmar
with embezzling county funds )
One for in excess of $40001
and one for $30000 for check
given him in payment of coupon
and interest and sinking funds
school bonds city of Lehigh di
trict and one for $15800 receive
as taxes from the First Stat
Bank of Clarita and failing t
account for same
Sam Swiney of Durant Depu
ty State Examiner and Inspector
came Monday to check the treas
urer’s office up Wednesda
Homer Hammond Assistar
State Examiner and Inspectoj
of Oklahoma City came
The office of county treasure'
is closed today On the door i
this sign: “Closed In charg’
of the State Examiner and Ir
spector ’ ’ '
Steelman has been arreste
and placed in the county jail
The inspectors are still worl
ing on the books and have give
out no statement with regard 1
the total amount of shortage
Steelman gave a person:1
bond He has held the office f
one term and a part of the se
ond I
He is interested in some far J
lands and stock A good portio 1
of his time has recently been d j
voted to his personal interests '
The good roads picnic here t j
the 3rd and 4th drew lar
crowds of people from all par I
of the county CongressmanMu t
ray Judge McKeown and Ea
Powers were among the speake ’
who delivered addresses - I
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The Coalgate Courier (Coalgate, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 6, 1916, newspaper, July 6, 1916; Coalgate, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1762454/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.