The Coalgate Courier (Coalgate, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 26, 1920 Page: 1 of 10
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ASSAULTED AND ROBBED
ON COTTONWOOD ROAD
A service car driven v by Jim
Thompson of the Allen community
and occupied by Jef Alexander Dave
Walker Oscar Hargo and Mrs Har-
go was held up near the old "Gob-
s ler’s Knob” while on the public
highway going towaid Cottonwood
Sunday evening according to state-
ments made to Sheriff Phillips Coun-
ty Attorney Holland and County
Physician L A Conner by Jef Al-
exander who was beat up about
the face and head and badly cut
about the body He stated that
he had been robbed of $3000 by two
white men
Alexander is an Indian boy of
the Steedman ' community about 25
years of age He was with the
90th ' Division A’ E F in the St
Mehile drive 'He came near loosing
one of his limbs in this fighting
' 'as - a result is seriously crippled
He claims his mission in Coalgate
was to be examined by DP F E
Rushing Federal examiner here and
he carried documentary evidence
from the War Risk" Department at
Washington that he came here by
direction of that department for
the purpose stated
Shortly after Alexander and Hargo
reported the ' attack and robbery
Dutch Anderson and Harry Clifford
were arrested by Deputy- Sheriffs
Rodgers and Harkins They were
brought to the county jail and iden-
tified by both Alexander and Hargo
County Attorney Holland filed
charges against Anderson and Clif-
ford charging them with cojoint
robbery assault to kilt assault to
do great bodily harm by shooting
and carrying a pistol before Justice
- of the Peace R B Davidson They
-were arraigned on Monday and on
filing application for change of venue
the same was granted to Justice
of the Peace A L Pennington
The preliminary hearings were
started at 9 o’clock Tuesday morn-
ing before Justice of the Peace A
L Pennington County Attorney Hol-
land and Assistant Snow represent-
ing the State P L Gassaway and
P E Wilhelm representing the defendants
After the introduction of testi-
mony by the State defendants were
bound over to district court in the
sum of $4000 each in the robbery
cases $1500 each in the assault
to kill cases and $1200 each on the
assault to do great bodily harm
cases
IN MEMORIAM
Whereas Brother T E Ferguson
a member of the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks Coalgate
Lodge 988 departed this life on
" Sunday February 8 1920 being
summoned to another sphere by the
Grand Exalted Ruler of the Universs
into the light which is beyond the
valley of the shadow of death and
Where as in the death of Brother
Ferguson a noble Elk has fallen
pierced by the arrow of ' death his
trials ended his faults forgotten
but his many virtues cherished and
held in affectionate remembrance by
his associates and acquaintaces ther-
: fore
Be it resolved by the Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks Coal-
gate Lodge Number 988 that in
the death af Brother Ferguson the
Lodge has lost oue of its substantial
members the City of Coalgate one
of its foremost citizens and his wife
a devoted companion and we extend
to her our sincere sympathy and
Be it further resolved that his
name be inscribed upon our memor-
ial tablet as an enduring record of
his fidelity and that his example
' and services may bo remembered
and preserved in the annals of the
Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks and
- Be it further resolved that a copy
of these resolutions he spread upon
the records of our Lodge a copy
given to our newspapers for publi-
cation and a conv sent to the widow
of our deceased brother
Done by order of Coalgate Lodge
Number 988 Benevolent" and Pro-
tective Order of Elks at Coalgate
Oklahoma February I'dtb 1920
E N FOTTAND
TOM MrTCHAM
L A CONNER
Committee
Attest: FRED VARNER
Secretary
LITTLE ZOLA ADDIE MADDEN
Little Zola Addie the six-year-three-months
and fourteen-days-old
daughter of M E and Lena Madden
died Sunday at 10 a m after an
- illness of about six weeks’ duration
The little one first contracted spinal
meningitis from which by o careful
attention she partially recovered
Later taking a back-set and gradual-
ly growing worse until death claimed
the little sufferer Funeral services
were held at the home Tuesday
at 3 o’clock and burial was in
Coalgate cemetery The Courier
deeply sympathizes with the bereav-
ed parents
OLNEYOUTLOOK '
M G Gardner and sons Tom and
Hardie have sold their property
in Olney and are moving to Cairo
where they recently purchased a
farm
Sunday school has been organized
at the Olney school house and is
progressing nicely A large attend-
ance is hoped for '
" Prof Linch and assistant teacher
Miss Hattie Linch visited in Okla-
homa City last week '
The Martin girls were visitors
at the Cisco home Sunday night
Messrs Eugene Martin Jasper
Kennedy and Misses Georgia and
Willie Kennedy visited in the Hard-
wood community Sunday evening
Farming is the main issue' around
Olney now Every one is busy
Lots of oats are being sown There
still remains a little cotton on the
Marsh farm but it will all be got-
ten out this week - ' '
John Moore and Homer Young
sure do some work With their Ford-
son tractor Luther Taylor has a
new Cleveland but it 'is not web-
footed enough for Boggy bottoms
POCAHONTAS-REDMEN
' ! CELEBRATE
The Pocahontas and Jtedmen held
a joint celebration in commemora-
tion of the birthday of George
Washington Saturday night A re-
gular program was carried out with
JoW Baxter’ Great Chief “ of ' Re-
cords who is planning soon to return
to England presiding The program
was splendidly rendered Fred Sand-
man and Ira Ingram having their
parts committed to memory The
recitations were good and the good
eats were enjoyed by a large num-
ber of Redmeii Pocahontas and their
families After the ‘ banquet the
young folks engaged in dancing
RURAL CARRIER EXAMINATION
The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced an ex-
amination for the county of Coal
Oklahoma to be held at Coalgate'
on March 13 1920 to fill the po-
sition of rural carrier at Centra-
homa Okla and vacancies that may
later occur on rural routes from
other post offices in the above men-
tioned county The examination will
be open only to citizens who are
actually domiciled in the territory
of a post office in the county and
who meet the other requirements
set forth in form No 1977 This
form and application blanks may be
obtained from the offices mention
above or from the United States
Civil Service Commission at Wish-
ington D C
MARRIAGE LECENSE
Alloucherie Benoit 48 Lehigh
Mrs Melanie - Richir 57 Lehigh
W O Hawkins 29 Oakland Mrs
Stella Little 27 Oakland
Charley Enrico 81 Phillips Mrs
Caterino Scribanti 32 Phillips
William H Fleck 24 ""Coalgate
Miss Jennie Dufour 22 Coalgate!
Prof J P Battenherg president
of the Northwestern State Normal
Alva addressed the National Edu?
cational association at Cleveland
Ohio Wednesday on the subject of
“Teacher Shortage the Cause and
Remedy” He is said to be the
youngest state normal president in
the United States being only 31
years old Mr Battenberg was for-
merly a member of the Coalgate
school faculty going from here to
Atoka where he was superintendent
of the Atoka schools He is a
brother of Mrs G T Ralls of Coalgate
J M the five-months-old baby
boy ' of Mr and Mrs James M
Cdlvin residing three miles north
of town died at 3 p m last
Thursday of pneumonia Burial was
in Coalgate cemetery Friday after-
noon The bereaved parents have
the sympathy of their large circle
of friends in the loss of their baby
b°y- i
A
OFFICERS MAKE BIG
STILL HAULS
Monday morning U S Enforce-
ment Officer W W Tomason of
Wewoka and Deputy Henry Oats of
Centrahoma captured a whiskey still
on the L K France farm northwest
of Coalgate They secured about"
60 gallons of mash at the house
and while Tomason remained at the
house Oats went to the field to
get France He ran upon the still
in operation with Jno B Phillips
Bob Teel and L K France in at-
tendance Phillips and Teel who
were both armed surrendered and
the trio were brought to Coalgate
and on hearing before U S Com-
missioner G T Ralls Phillips and
Teel entered a plea of guilty France
waived arraignment and all were
held to the U S grand jury at
Muskogee Bonds were 'placed at
$1500 each
On Tuesday Officer Tomason raid-
ed I L Baker and " captured " a
whiskey still and worm but without
any whiskey Baker was arraigned
before Coccimmioner Ralls and his
bond was set at $1000
John Allen was' arrested Tuesday
at Pumpkin Ridge by Officer Toma-
son and Deputy Oats ' The officers
discovered five quarts of com whis-
key the cap for the still the tank
ancf the worm all in separate places
Allen was brought to Coalgate and
arraigned before Commissioner Ralls
on two charges one on unlawful
possession of whiskey the other on
having a whiskey still in his pos-
session On the first' charge he was
bound over in the sum of $1000
and on the second his bond was
placed at $1500
Pat O’Hara Dies “at Henry
etta
The remains' of Pat O’Hara
were shipped here Friday from
Henryetta : Mr O’Hara was
one of the old timers of Coalgaet
coming here in the early days
He left here about four y t rs ago
where he has since made his
home He died Wednesday of
last week at ’ Henryetta in his
71 year Funeral services were
held at theyCatholic church Sat-
urday morning at 8:30 and burial
occurred in Lehigh cemetery
Saturday afternoon -
Episcopal Church
There will be services at the Episco-
pal church Friday 7:30 p m Sunday
11:00 am and 7:30 p m Monday 3:30
p m Wednesday 7:30 p m and
Thursday 3:30 p m'
- Every one is cordislly invited to at-
tend these services
ISAAC PAKKIN Paster
Episcopal Church
Arch Deacon Cleighton Spen-
cer Mounsey D Dt will preach
and hold celebration of holy com-
munion Sunday night at the
Episcopal church
Isaac Parkin Pastor
Victories for Centrahoma
The Centrahoma boys and girls
played Clarita a double-header
basket ball game at Clarita Fri-
day February 13th This must
have been the unlucky “13” as
the scores were: 28 to 2 boys
and 3 to 0 girls in favor of Cen-
trahoma Clarita has the material for
good teams but they show lack
of coaching and practice
- Clarita made their 2 scores by
dribbling in from out of bound
without passing the ball to any
player within the court This
13 contrary to rules but was given
to them
After the evening service last
Sunday at the M E Church a
conference was held and the
following delegates were elected
to attend the District Conference
to be held at Stuart: JLBruce
Miles Ray Mesdames Ji1 Mur-
ray Ida Heath and A J Hamil-
ton s
WEEKLY REVIEW OF
PRODUCE SITUATION
Butter prices in the eastern con-
suming markets worked higher due
to the fact that imports fell below
expectations Considerable butter
was kept out of the market by de-
layed shipments heavy storms slow-
ing down transportation Production
is showing a gradual increase but
not enough - to - affect the present
market which is steady
The higher markets for eggs are
due to fact that storage eggs are
just about used up an trade is no4
working on fresh stock which has
not been quite heavy enough to take
care of ' the demand As produc-
tion increases however prices will
gradually work to a lower basis
Movement of live poultry continu-
es light There is no material
change in the general market for
dressed poultry Stocks pof frozen
poultry according to' government re-
port are 27 percent lighter than
a year ago which ought to hold
the poultry market steady to firm
ROAD WORK IS FACILITATED
Effect of Amendments Passed Last
February Is Shown In Report
of Secretary Houston
Amendments to the federal old rond
act passed last February have grently
facilitated the work of putting the
country on a good roads basis in th
opinion of David F Houston secretary
of agriculture These amendments la
brief Increase from $10000 to $20000
per mile the amount of federal funds
that may be expend! by one road and
considerably broaden the definition of
whnt constitutes a rural post road The
act os It now stands says Secretary
Houston $u his annual report ptnees-
orily three limitations on the type of
road which may be built as fol-
lows: “That the roads shall be ‘substan-
tia! In character' This means that the
rond must be so' constructed that It
will carry the prospective traffic with
such maintenance expenses that the
total annual charges will represent n
reasonable expenditure for the public
servlce-rendered by the highway It Is
to the inte'3st of the states that the
roads on wnch federal funds are nsed
be substantially constructed because
the law requires them or their civil
subdivisions as a prerequisite to re-
ceiving further funds to maintain
properly all roads built with federal
aid There is nothing In the law which
restricts types of construction between
narrower limits thnn those established
by sound finance and good engineering
practice
“That the amount contributed from
tjie federal treasury is connected with
any road shnll not exceed 50 per cent
of its cost or $20000 a mile The mn'n
thing Is to build a rond that will stand
the traffic in the particular section of
the country where It Is constructed
The conditions In certain regions may
require a heavy comparatively high-
cost type of road while In others a
lower cost type may meet all the re-
quirements - Sentiment Is growing
throughout the country even In the
newer sections In favor of more sub-
stantial roads ''
“That the food must be a ‘rural post
road’ as defined In the act as amended
that Is ‘any public road a major por-
tion of which is now used or can be
A Scene Typical of Nation-Wide Aetiv
ity In Good Road Building — Good
Roads Secretary Houston Declares
In His Recent Annual Report Are a
Prerequisite to the Orderly and Sys-
tematic Marketing of Farm Prod-
ucts for the Establishment of Satis
factory Rural Schools and for the
Development of a Richer and More
Attractive Rural Life
used or forms n connecting link not
to exceed ten miles in length of nny
road or rouds now or hereafter used
for the transportation ofthe United
States mails Under the' original
wording of the law federal funds could
be expended only on roads npon which
the United States mnlls ‘now are o
may hereafter be transported’
“Following the amendments to the
act the regulations governing Its ad-
ministration nnd the standards for
plnns specifications and estimates
were modified nnd one of the most
successful former state hlghwny engi-
neers In the country was placed In
chnrge of the federal aid road work
He has at his disposnl a large staff o(
local nnd district engineer aids nnd
no pains will he spared to provide any
further federal assistance that mnv be
needed An advisory committee com-
posed of representatives of the stnte
highway department selected at the
request of the department by the
American Association of State Hlgh-
wny Officials with due regard to geo-
graphic considerations also hns beet)
appointed to work In Intimate touch
with the federal bureau meeting with
its officers at stated periods nnd at
such other times as inny seem desir-nble”
CONSTRUCTION COST VARIES
Mostly Due to Availability of Proper
Materials Where Concrete Roads
Are Built
The cost of concrete roads vary con-
siderably due mostly to the avnllnhll-
Ity of proper materials If good clean
snnd nnd hard durable pebbles or
crushed stone can be readily obtained
close to the road to be Improve ths
first cost Is materVilly decreased On
the whole however the cost Is slightly
below the costs of other modern types
KEEP THE PAINTBRUSH BUSY
Real Economy and Adds Enormously
to Appearance and ' Length
of Service
Fainting ndds greatly both to th
appearance and service of all building!
and appliances One may buy ready
mixed paints or may purchase paste
pigments nnd oil and mix them All
surfaces should be clean and dry be-
fore they" are painted' Use a- prlroinf
coat made of equal parts- of paint ami
linseed oil nnd cover with one or mor
coats of paint which should be thor-
oughly brushed Into the surface
Whitewash Is the cheapest of all
paints and may be used either for ex-
terior or Interior surfaces It can b
made by slaking about ten pounds ol
quicklime in a pnll with iwo gallons
of water covering the poll with clot!
or burlnp nnd allowing It to slake foi
one hour Water Is then added t(
bring the whitewash to a consistency
which may be applied readily A
weatherproof whitewash for exterloi
surfaces may be made as follows:
(1) Slake one bushel of quicklime In
12 gallons of hot water (2) dissolve 3
pounds of common salt nnd 1 pound ol
’sulphate of zinc In 2 gallons of boillnyi
water pour (2) Into (1) then ndd I
gallons of skim milk and mix thor-
oughly Whitewash is spread lightly
over the surface with a broad brush
Fruit Trees on City Lots
The planting of dwarf fruit trees
Including a species of pear tree which
imay be trained fan-shape on a trellli
and a peach tree which will bear frull
next year In the demonstration gar
dens In many states 'ought to awaken
householders generally where detach
led dwellings are the rule to the lro
iportance of making their yards pro-
'duettve Fruit trees will thrive In nny
igood soil They do not require much
! attention beyond pruning and spray-
i lng In France fruit trees have beer
growing along the highways for cen-
turies They serve the double purposf
of shade and profit Charles Lnthror
Pack president of the American For-
estry association says that If city
dwellers were to- give as much atten-
tion to the plnntlng of fruit trees at
' some of them have given to back-yard
vegetable gardens they would soon b
producing a large amount of fruit “f
o b the kitchen”
Beautify the Home
There are so mnny nntlve shrubs
vines nnd flowers to be planted about
tho farm homes that tlielr absence is n
deplorable fact In a recent drive of
n thousand miles we saw only four
fnrm houses where attention had been
pnid to beautify them Naturally
they were noticed Don't dot the
lawn with fnntnstic flower beds of nn-
nunl flowers Put hardy shrubs nfoutirl
the foundations the taller gowlng oner
behind Then In front of these plnnt
the perennial flowers such as Iris cro-
cus narcissus peony sweet William
pUlox etc Keep the lawn open A
few Ivy or wild grape vines make a
hideous outhouse less noticenble
Shrubs can be transplanted In winter
Get as much soil with them ns possi-
ble nnd tamp the roots firmly In place
— Farm Life
Wylie Show assistant county at-
torney represented Coal county at
the meeting of the Oklahoma league
of young democrats at Ponca City
Saturday '
YOAKUM’S TIMELY
CROP SUGGESTIONS
Maywood " Okla Feb 21 1920
Mr ’ J E T Clark
Cpalgate Okla
Dear Sir: —
Believing you arf interested in
the development of Coal county and
success to those who operate the
soil of the county and being desir-
ous of the closest cooperation of
all interests and business I am sub-
mitting a few of the necessaries as
I see and know them to be for the
benefit of the farmers of the county
Things to Do Now
Prepare the garden plat as soon
as possible if it has not already
been done and plant English peas
of dwarf variety beets lettuce Irish
potatoes plant jn boxes all cabbage
tomatoes peppers etc that are to
be transplanted to the garden later
Place boxes Kear a window where
the sunlight can reach them and
keep well moisened Frost proof
cabbage should be out now for early
heading Plant a small bed of mus-
tard for early use ' - 1
Prepare the oat plats as soon as
possible and plant them about two
to three bushels per acre Pre-
pare the com plats ns soon as pos-
sible using the section or disc har-
how after each days’ plowing Do
this before you leave the field for
the day Follow each days’ break-
ing with the harrow
Plan to raise all the food the
family will consume and all the feed
the livestock will consume as well
Plant plenty of com to bread the
family feed the work stock and
fatten the pork ' for meat for' the
family Plant as much cqtton as
you can cultivate and gather with
the force you have as faym labor
will likely continue to Be' scarce and
the price high
Set all the hens that want to set
early and give them a well protected
place from the cold winds and 'any
drafts as these are the ones that
begin laying first in the fall season
and supply the family table with
the much prized fried cvhicken
supplementing the meat supply
Production is greatly needed — in-
creased production and the farmer
is the man whom the world is look-
ing to to make this production
Practice safe farming methods
the kind we have used for the past
three years and we will continue
to prosper then regardless of what
we have to offer to the market
after we have grown our own liv-
ing will be money regardless of the
price
Take exceptional Care of the brood
sows and milch cows feed them
well and arrange for some spring
and summer pasture for them by
sowing oats spring barley sorghum
and Sudan grass If you do not
have a place fenced for the brood
sows or cows plant a few rows
of sorghum and Sudan to be cut
and thrown over to them Also
an armful of same will increase
the milk flow of the cow as well
as improve the quality of the milk
and the physical condition of the
cow and her offspring Remem-
ber cows and sows and their off-
springs do not thrive on too rich
feed such as com cotton seed bran
and shorts but by mixing a little
of the green feeds the needed car-
bon is usually supplied In sufficient
quantities to insure a healthy growth
Safe farming consists according
to Mr Bradford Knapp leader of
Extension Work in the South in
growing a good home garden all the
feed the livestock on the farm will
consume and as much row crops
as you can' cultivate and harvest
with the labor that you have at
your commind
i The above is given as an outline
in a suggestive way and to be fol-
lowed where conditions will fit into
the farm operations
Tiemly suggestions will follow
these as the season demands Watch
your local paper columns for same
Yours for continued success and
cooperation I am
Most sincerely
W T YOAKUM
George Shaw the Hollis banker
and a former Coalgate hoy was
here the first of the week visiting
with his mother Mrs A Shaw
and other relatives and friends
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