The Cordell Beacon (Cordell, Okla.), Vol. 26, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 19, 1923 Page: 1 of 8
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The official City and
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VOLUUB XXVI
CtrdsU Oklakowu Thursday July 19 1923
NUMBER 61
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L BOARDS GET
TEXT BOOKS HERE
40000 Free Text nooks to be Distrib-
uted Prom County Superlnteisd-
ent’e Office to M Oietrlete
All text books needed in tbe Weak-
its County schools tor tbe next term
will be distributed to school boards
through the County Superintendent's
office before the tall term opens
These books are furnished free by
the state under the new text books
law
According to S G Thomas County
Superintendent provisions of tbe new
law require each district school board
to make out requisition papers for the
books they will need The board must
then bring this requisition to Cordell
and make a joint surety bond with
the Superintendent for tbe cost of tbe
books plus fifty percent tor faithful
performance of duty
As soon as the bond and requisition
are sent to the State Superintendent
books will be forwarded to Cordell
where a detailed record of their Issue
Is kept by the Cuonty Superintendent
Most of the eighty-eight school
boards of Washita County hare al-
ready made out their requisitions
Surety bonds hare not been filed yet
but will likely be made for the whole
county at wholesale prices
According to Mr Thomas the Mine
kind of books will bq used het Tar
as last TJi§ jaw provides fob 4 stiita-
lie locked book case tor Mch school
and Issued books must be carefully
kept r -
Thg tremendous amount of clerical
work In recording and distributing
forty-four thousand books to eighty-
eight school districts will make it ab-
solutely necessary to use a deputy In
tbe County Superintendent’s office
Mr Thomas following out a cam-
paign pledge had refused an assis-
tant but several boards tested that he
would be unable to mak this distribu-
tion and handle the detail matters be-
fore tbe books would be needed and
have asked for a deputy In that office
REVIVAL
A large revival meeting started
Wednesday night at tbe Church of
Christ Foy E Wallace Jr of Okla-
homa City is couducting the services
Foy E Wallace is a youug man who
has won a great deal of distinction In
the church as being one of the most
eloquent and convincing speakers on
the platform Everywhere large
crowds attend his meetings for he Is
one whose sermons impart a feeling
of satisfaction
HAIL FRIDAY
E A Atktnson who lives four miles
south of Cordell reported Saturday
tbat a brief hailstorm accompanying
the rain of last Friday afternoon des
troyed a thirty acre field of cotton
for him and also damaged crops of
his neighbors along a narrow strip of
country
All tbe leaves were beaten from tbe
cotton stalks and part of the stalks
were driven into the ground A patch
of matte was not so badly hurt Mr
Atkinson beJteves that the Injured
cotton may come out again later and
make part of a crop
VACATION TRIP
Mrs John Ralnbolt and children
Miss liorlne Dean and Larry Dean
left Cordell Monday morning to drive
to Medicine Park where they will
spend a week camping and fishing
SENTINEL MEN HERE
A number of Sentinel citlsena were
here Friday to attend a case In the
Justice of tbe Peace court of G D
Coker A
Among those present st this trial
were J R Ferrell Will Ferrell How-
ard Hubbard J W Gamblll V O
Shaw and M O King
FATHER MOORE
Rex Moore our extra good short-
stop again steps Into the spot light
to announce the "arrival of a nine
pound addition to the family
Rex says he la going to start him
off In tbe Twilight League as a pitch-
or probably and If ho doean’t make
good there ho Is rare be will make s
dandy -rooter
PIXIE PICNIC
The Dixie force declared the even
Ing off lest Friday packed up all the
standard fixings and adjourned to
Geara Lake for a picnic
About tbat time black cat luck
came along and precipitated a down-
pour The picnic was apeedlly trans-
ferred from the lake to the store
where none of the arrangements were
abandoned except Jhe camp tire
8TOP8 FAN
C P Storle of the Storie-Morton
Dry Goods Company got tired of atop-
ping tbe electric fan In tho usual way
Saturday be stuck his tinier to th
fan to see If It would stop and
stopped
Mr Storle stopped too Ho won
do that any more The part of the
finger that Is left is still on crutches
and will be so for a few days yet
HELP JANITOR
1 R J Fletcher "who is doing a little
stint at hard labor beeauss of a slight
fraetnre of prohibition continues to
make hlmsalf useful In many small
Wt present ' ho Is making ' hlmsalf
handy around the court honss and
helping out the Janitor with tha Uttle
odd jobs
VISIT RESORT
Mr and Mrs J W Smith Ira
Smith and J W Mathis drove
to Sulphur Springs near Granite
Sunday
They returned through Gran-
ite and visited the other summer
v resort there Accord ing to Mr
Smith the Inmates of the resort
were enjoying the warm weath-
er very much They had an or-
chestra playing and a dance go-
ing somewhere and did -vnot
seem to mind the confinement
at all
The warden showed the party
through his hotel which was di-
vided off into apartments He
also showed them the kitchen
and eatery and Mr Smith opin-
es tbat the convicts don’t fare
eo badly after all
ARD REPORT
SHOWS A SAVING
Lake Valley Coneolldated ’ District
Finds that Purohese of Trueka
Cut Transportation Cost
A recent report made to G6Qnty Sup-
erintendent s g Thomas by tile
School Board of the Lake Vdiiey Con-
solidated District shown that the
coat ot transporting children tq tho
school his been greatly muted by
ustbg tracks owned by the district
- V E Bacus in director W D Ward
Clerk and T E squires member of
the Lake Valtey board
At first the Board of that district
hired tracks and wagons from private
Qwn’rrd In 1920-21 tlie school ran
thrive hired trucks -at a total cost of
$260 a month or for the seven months
$1820 In addition were ran three
wagons costing $240 a month or $1680
for the school year The total trans-
portation cost for the term was thus
$3500
In 1921-22 three wagons were run
as before In a total’ cost of $111125
and three trucks costing in all $1540
There was an expense bill of $0750
making the total transportation ac-
count $274875
For the 1922-23 term the Board is-
sued bonds and bought six Ford
trucks The cost of running all six
was only $167 a month this including
drivers and all expense The total
transportation account for an eight
months term of school was then only
$1336 as against $3500 for seven
months in 1920-21 and $274875 for
seven months in 1921-22
In addition to the great amount of
money saved over $494875 In the two
years there was a substantial better-
ment In the service and In time saved
etc The figures offered by the Lake
Valley Board show beyond a doubt
tbat it is a paying proposition for tbe
district to own its own trucks
PAYS A FINE
IN JUSTICE CNURT
Small Penalty Aaaeaaed Against Dill
Man Charged With Tapping Wife
on Head With tlx Shooter
B F Bnrk ot Dill waa arrested last
week upon complaint of his wife and
'brought before Judge G D Coker In
Justice Court charged with hitting
her on the head with a six shooter He
was ordered to pay a Bmall fine and
coBts by Judge Coker the total
amounting to $2275
Burk stoutly maintains that he did
not hit the lady with the gun It
seems the trouble arose from some
small argument Burk picked up the
gun and his wife fearing he was go-
ing to use It upon some other person
seized It and screamed a few times
Judge Coker delivered a short lec-
ture to the couple at the time of fixing
the fine pointing out that unless they
could get along together without pet-
ty quarrels and frequent scraps it
would be better for Burk to move out-
They have only been married a short
time Burk gave a stay bond for the
fine and costa
CHANGE BUILDING '
Fred Ford who owns the brick
building on the north aide of the
square formerly occupied by the Alley
Furniture Company la having It re-
modeled Mark Currie’s Battery sta-
tion and the Freeman Tailor Shop
now occupy tha building
A partition will be run down the
center of the Interior of the building
separating the tailor shop from the
battery aide An accident occurred
last week In aotne way by which one
ot tho plate glass windows In front of
tha building waa broken
RECEIVER APPOINTED
Upon the petition of tbe Advance-
Rumley Company directed against C
W Pby J A Jones and G E Green-
lee and asking that a receiver be ap-
pointed for certain chattels held by
the defendanta a receiver waa named
by District Judge Thomas A Edward
Tuesday -The
chattels a threshing machine
and other equipment had been held
to secure notes The receiver waa
given authority to operate the thresh-
ing outfit if he could do so st a profit
Masstngale Duff of Cordell rapre-
eented the plaintiff while i Garnet
Hughes of Hobart and Georgs W
1 RES
GAME OF
SEASOH
Big League Threw to Plate by Carl
Wooten in Ninth Inning Cute off
Tying Run Sunday
Now we have a real ball team
Buddy Ponder from Texas burned
them right down tbe alley and held
the murderous Mangum meu to five
wallops here Sunday while every man
on the home squad played real base-
ball Tbe score was 4-8
Mangum came up to win with a
new fast team that included Cap’t
Red Dean of A ft M Jimmie Archer
from the University Big Chief Wilson
from Holdanville and Milton crack
shortstop
Rex Moore nominated 8 unday
aa Father's Day and celebrated with
some thrilling work on ehort and also
obtained a three Ply whack in tbe
seventh that scored two runners and
jvpn tbe ball game
Elisey pew third sacker played a
real game His fielding was timely
and perfect and ha hit long drives
each time at bat
Trout started for the visitor but
was chgsed by two rune in tho first
- r e A M BAM jad A — -a w s 1 1
In tbe second Inning Chidf v 11-2“:
the copper-bued aborigine JUt $ fcflM
run and was elected pitcher fn third
seeslqn Mangum Scored one more run
tying the score and after tbat each
aide played air tight ball until tbe
seventh when Rex cleaned up
Ponder had all Ki&dg of smoke and
control Red PoWtl made some nice
chances out by the race track In the
ninth with Cordell one ran ahead
Carl Wooten made a classy throw to
the plate to catch a Mangum runner
who tried to score from second on a
clean single
The game was fast and clean and
exciting The Cordell team Is playing
the best ball it ever played right now
The Bootere trimmed Elk City Altus
and Mangum in a row all by close
scores We can continue to have good
ball If tbe fans come out and support
it- All the other teams in the league
have’ from tive to nine highly paid
players Cordell Is playing mostly
home talent and still we win by play-
Summary: Two hale hit Newcomb
three base hit Moore home ran Wil-
son Struck out by Wilson by
Ponder 2 base on balls off Wilson
2 off Treut 1 off Ponder 2
THE PLAY-0
GAME
8 B Drops Lose Game Monday
After Having Initial Contest Sawed
Up When Rein Slope Play
Big drops ot the stuff like cornea
out of the spring gurgled down from
the leaky skies last Friday afternoon
and found the B & B ball team lead-
ing the Pearl Divers in the third inn-
ing by the close score of 10-0
Raymond Symcox pitching for B
ft B apparently had the game salted
away until the elements Interfered
John Molen who was throwing for the
Deep See Divers was unsteady end
wild and hie support was untamed
In the play oft ot this game Monday
conditions were quickly reversed In
the first Inning Raymond Symcox
was wild and hie team mates were
wilder L L Estes took the hill be-
fore that chapter ended aa seven run-
ner crossed the plate 1
Clarence Overstreet had more atuff
than the leaguers were accustomed
to and until he became wild kept the
hits scattered B ft B opened a rav-
age barrage In the fonrth for tout
rum starting tbe attack with Eitea'
long triple Hrneat Symcox pitched
after the fifth and held down the
Diver runs Hub Colclesure relieved
Overstreet end waa Invincible the last
two frames Andy Roblnaon had good
catches
The game acbeduled for Tuesday
between the Pearl Divers and the
Court House was postponed because
ot rain
FATAL INJURY
Jewel Welch seven year old son of
Mr and Mrs A 0 Welch of Weath-
erford formerly of Cordell reoelved
injuries Sunday afternoon July Sth
which resulted In hla death tha follow
Ing day ’
The injury waa earned by a blow
received from the hiek ot one of tke
Hli skull waa fractured
farm horaes
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8INO PROGRAM GOOD
Tbe specialty program at the city
hall Sunday afternoon was enjoyed
by a fairly large crowd Extremely
hot weather continues to keep some
away but many remain faithful
All the numbers were good Miss
Virginia Billups and Miss Irene Bil-
Inps who gave a piano and a violin
solo have not before appeared on
these programs Thetr selections
showed much talent and talent that
had been well cultivated
The committee is arranging anoth-
er good program which will be an-
nounced next week
It
CARNIVAL IS BOOKED
FOR THECOUHTY FAIR
Man Will Change Planes In Air Dally
During Pair a One of Free At-
tractions Says Copeland
Carl Copeland secretary of the
Washita County Free Fair Associa-
tion has announced the booking of
McGregor’s Carnival as one of the
principal attractions for the fair In
September
McGregor is the great Hootch giant
jVhp waq jsrlth RtngUng Brothers for
ihauy years He is nearly eight feet
tall and weighs 636 pounds Many
Washita County people will remember
having seem him with the Ringllng
shews -
Tbq McGregor Carnivail Company
cKrries with tt ten independent shows
There are four rides such as a merry-go-round
ferris wheel whip-snap etc
The contract made with the Fair As-
sociation also guarantees from twenty-
five to forty concessions
According to Mr Copeland there
will be a large number ot free attrac-
tions furnished by the carnival com-
pany at the fair and among them will
be a thrilling aeroplane stunt In this
stunt which will be presented daily
during the fair an aviator changes
from one plane to another by means
of a short rope ladder while both
planes are In flight at a great altitude
The man who attempted to make this
change at the state fair last year lost
hla grip on the ladder and was killed
CANDIDATES WORKING
All candidates for the first prize a
new Ford Touring car in the subscript
tion campaign beipg put on by the
Beacon are piling in votes according
to Emmett Sasseen manager
Everybody wins in this race The
field of candidates is not nearly full
yet New entries still have time to
get In and win one of the three big
prizes and to drag down the ten per-
cent commissions offered our agents
Anyone interested in entering this
contest should see Emmett Sasseen
who will be glad to give the full
details
G L Owens and family returned
Saturday night from a vacation trip
of about two weeks in Teague and
other places in Texas
SALES DRAW MARY
PEOPLEJ CORDELL
Bargain Counters of Three Largest
Dry Geode Stores here Draw Buy-
ers from Many Mile Around
Beginning last Friday and Saturday
opening days of the big sales being
put on by the Storie-Morton Company
the Dixie and the Diamond "C"
crowds of shopper have come to Cor-
dell dally to take advantage of the
big bargains offered here
Cool weather has helpld some and
the extensive advertising campaign
theae three stores put on for this oc-
casion has been responsible for the
attendance of moat ot the out of town
customers
The annual July Clearance Sale of
the Diamond ’’C” and the Mop-Up
Bale of the Dixie are too 'well known
to purchasers to need more than an
announoement to bring people from
many mUea around The Storie-Morton
Anniversary Sale which is a new
event Inaugurated this year however
la pravlng to be also a very popular
rival with the buyer
Most of the harvesting Is completed
now end purchasers have time to do
their fall shopping while the prices
are right Cordell prices and mer-
chandise can not ba duplicated any
where In Western Oklahoma
GRAY ON VACATION
J O Gray with his wife and chil-
dren left last week for Huntsville in
east Texas to spend a abort vacation
From Huntsville they will go to
Corpus Christi and to other points on
the gulf coast where they will spend
two or three weeks before coming
back to Cordell
COURT OF INQUIRY
County Judge Hubbard Coun-
ty Attorney J O Springer Sher-
iff Harve Dean and Deputy J-
A Standerfor drove to Dill Mon-
day afternoon end conducted a
little court of Inquiry aa to the
existence of forbidden julcea
They found some traces that
led the court to believe that li-
quor had probably been there
but H had all been drunk or dis-
posed of In some other way be-
fore the officers had a chano
to selie it
PROMOTER HELD
FOR HIGHER COURT
J Qlllasple Is Bound Over After
Hearing Last Friday Bsfors
Justlee of the Peacs
C J Gillespie who waa returned
from Davis last week by Murray
County officer under a charge ot ob-
taining money by false pretenses was
given a preliminary hearing in the
Justice Court ot Judge G D Coker
last Friday and bound over under this
charge to wait the action of the Dis-
trict Court
L'uder a complaint made to County
Attorney J G Springer Gillespie was
charged with selling an oil lease to a
Sentinel man before he bad fulfilled
a contract giving him possession of
the lease In manipulating this sale
Gillaspie it was alleged claimed to
represent the Gillaspie Oil Syndicate
Company No corporation by this
name la chartered in Oklahoma
Another charge against Qlllasple of
selling oil stock and falling to deliver
same was dismissed when the County
Attorney was unable to Show that the
company In which the stock was sold
did not exist Hla bond on the first
charge jraa fixed by Judge Cokqr at
one thousand dollarB
W°°D E&V FINB
O D Wood ot tbe North Burns com-
munity appeared in the JuBtlce Court
ot Judge G D Coker Tuesday follow-
ing summons thereto to anawer two
charges one of being in an intoxicated
condition and the other ot carrying
a gun and creating a disturbance
It waa alleged that Mr Wood shot
out the lights In a Dill business es-
tablishment His marksmanship was
good but his judgment was bad Af-
ter hearing the charge he opined that
he was guilty and Immediately donat-
ed $2120 upon the first charge and
$3620 upon the second
BOOTER8 BEAT ALTU8
Lasf Friday the Cordell Bootera
went to Altus to play a protested
game and returned with tho long end
of a 5-3 score
Smoky Joe Hutch boy hurler went
all the way for Cordell He had the
old zip lie turned them down as
fast as they came up Joe pitched a
real game of ball and the rest ot the
team played well behind him
Rex Moore got a couple of triples
at timely places Red Powell ate up
everything in center field Everybody
went In and played baseball all the
way
THE SCORE BOARD
The Cherub did not quality as an
expert marksman this week Only two
hits are recorded by Roy Cochran
keeper of the permits Following ap-
plied: Dewey A Van Nest 25 Cordell
and Miss Lillie Klmmel 21 Cordell
Harry Loveall 21 Cordell and Mias
Flossie Ftatt 19 Cordell
BLOUGH IN CORDELL
J H Blough and wife ot Cloud
Chief 'were in Cordell on business
Saturday While here Mr Blough
gave the Beacon an order for aome
printing that he will need next year
Mr "Blough ig the superintendent
of the Cloud Chief consolidated school
and is also paator of the Washita
Brethren Church
CASING HERE AND S
NOW BEING UNLOADED
StlTI Watching For Overdue Equip-
sent as Crew f Men Walt te
Hush Drilling ’Operations
Part of the casing to be used in the
oil test well southeast ot Cordell is
being unloaded on the location attho
the expected machinery has eo ’tar
fallpfl do arrive
Nothing can be done until this ma-
chinery is Installed Meanwhile the
drilling crew la on ’the ground ready
to start the fires as soon aa the outfit
gets here
The great well brought in by the
CarterrOU Company n the Gray farm
three allies south of Sayre last week
has -settled down to a steady procuc-
ttea of over three thousand barrels a
day Tbe oil has a gravity teat of M 4
making H very high -grade valuable
oil
Thousands of people "have flocked to
the field although few leases are
changing bands Geologists there are
trying to map out the field and leases
within tho favored district are almost
priceless The Elk City Press mod-
estly fixes Die value of the lease on
the eighty acre Gray fans at ten mil-
lion dollars
After tha drilling bit used In bring-
ing in this well bad nosed twenty-
eight feet into the sand ths oil ran
over the top of the eighty foot der-
rick This was a very entertaining
sight to those who owned the propo-
sition MISTING AT ROCKY
Rev Thomas 1 Beck pastor of the
Methodist Church Is conducting s re-
vival meeting at tha Methodist Church
in Rocky Reports are that tbe meet-
ing I drawing large crowds each
night
A good many Cordell people have
been driving down to hoar these ser-
mon Several Cordell artists have
appeared on’ the program there with
musical numbers A special Invita-
tion is given to visitors to Bttsad the
Rocky revival i
HOW TO FIBH
Willis Craig end wife Miss
May Ricks Mrs Hair Mira Fay
Hair and Frank Thompson spent
several deya at Medicine Park
last week
On the first morning before
breakfast while In swimming
Frank Thompson and Willie
Craig ran - Into a thirty-eight
pound catfish They put on the
grappling hooka without any
further preliminaries or intro-
duction and hauled him to the
shore
They took the big fish into
camp salted him down and had
plenty to last all the rest of the
trip They never even put a
fish hook into tbe water on the
whole stay Graig has the pictures
OUT OF
OWN PUBLIC
ITY rORJHAUIAUQUA
Bills Are Prepared to be Distributed
by Cordell Dry Goode Bteres to
" Out of T°wn Customers
The Advertising Committee of the
Home Chautauqua to be given from
the 13th to the 19th of August was
called together last week by Dr L H
Lanier superintendent
The committee placed an order for
a large number of hand bills which
will be given out by tbe Cordell mer-
chants to their customers 'announc-
ing the Chautauqua and inviting them
to attend
The programs are all approved and
are being printed There Is a possibili-
ty however that tbe play first select-
ed “The Prince Chap” will be chang-
ed According to Dr Lanier a play
with more comedy will be chosen
The average audience -wants good
light clever humor rather than se-
rious acting Mrs Copeland who will
have the final word in tho selection of
a piny will announce the choice next
week A cast will be chosen and
practice will begin within five days
The one thing to be emphasized is
that everyone must get behind this
chautauqua and be a booster With
that kind ot co-operation Cordell can
put on a much better aeries of pro-
grams than the commercial compan-
ies have been giving this year
BILLINGSLEY RETURNING
O E Billingsley minister of the
Church of Christ in Cordell who Is on
visit to his family In Conway Ar-
kansas will soon return to take up
his duties with the church here
A letter has been received from Mr
Billingaley saying that he will cut hia
vacation short and return here with
bis family at an early date
LI
LE BOW WELL
OING BIGHT ON DORN
kantrock Doean’t Procrastinate Drill
Has Been Pounding For Several
Days In Welt Near Rooky T
The 8xntrock Oil Development
Company that waa reoemtly given a
contract to re-opea tbe Little Bow
test well near Rocky proceeded with-
out any delay to start Brining
Saatrock came over from Sayre last
week Inspected the well then ordered
his crew ito start tbe outfit
Some Slight traces of oil and gaa
had been found on this location be-
fore tbe well was ’dlesed -down last
summer Promoters who are financ-
ing the menewed test strongly expect
to find oil in paying ’quantities
The well will be ipot down to 3250
feet and possibly deeper tf nothing Is
found before that level 'Oil men of
Oklahoma are watching the Little Bow
test as it Is regarded ae good wild-
cat prospect
ON WM
Monday evening the drculo Hie-pano-Amerlcano
entertained several
guests with a hike All met at the
college building from where they
hiked to a point en Cavalry Creek
about two miles distant
At about nine-thirty after having
eaten a refreshing supper all etarted
back
The guests on tbe hike were Mrs
Morrison Margaret Masstngale Ora
Mae Adams PrUle Mae Williams Ve
Nora A’Skins Roy CogdITI of Hobart
Lester Adams Dewey Riley and Pratt
Baldwin
BALL GAME AT MANGUM
The Cordell Bootera went to Man-
gum Wednesday to have a game with
the team of that city A good game is
expected
PREMIUM LIBT '
On page six of this Issue will be
found the Premium List ot the Wash-
Ha County Free Fair this year
Because of lack ot space the rules
and regulations have been emitted
Each department baa its own special
regulations and these may be found In
the Fair Catalog which may bo obtain-
ed from Carl Copeland
tax payera will and ahould endorse
any recommendation made by She
committee
Be present at the mass meeting
Friday at I p
C0L1I1ITTEE NAMED AT
!EETIN6TED1EUDAY
Caution Is Keynote McCurley Arm
field and Carder Appointed by
Chair to Confer with Beard
A mass meeting was held In the
City Hall Wednesday afternoon to dis- c
cuss the proposition of giving the
Board of Western Oklahoma Christian
College a warranty deed to the proper-
ty now used by the college under a
five year conditional contract but
owned by the city
J J McCurley J M Armfield and
Fred Carder were named to take the
first train to Oklahoma City confer
with A W Lee president ot the
board and s many other members as
possible and report back at another
meeting Friday at five o’clock
The college property was offered to
the Christian Church two years ago
under the agreement that the church
would conduct a school there and
would within five years spend forty
thousand dollars in permanent im-
provements At the end of five years
the ' property should belong to the
church if these conditions were car
ried out otherwise it ahould revert to
the city—
Two yeare the school wag operated
under this contract Now the Board
declares that a situation baa arisen
that makes it impossible for them to
finance the school here unless they
can show a warranty deed They de-
clare If the city will give this deed
the school will be continued If not
they will return the property with the
Improvements under their contract
Tuesday the city council in special
meeting refused this warranty deed
until the sentiment of the cltlsens
could be ascertained This was the
purpose of the mass meeting
The meeting was called to order by
Carl Copeland Mayor at four o’clock
M B Carley and O A W Fleming
took the floor and explained the sit-
uation J M Armfield then moved 4
that a permanent chairman be elected
His motion was carried and T A Ed-
wards was elected chairman Carl
Copeland was named secretary
Upon motion of G A W Fleming
L L Estes treasurer of W O C C
and member of the board outlined the
fact that all negotiations had been
simmered down to two propositions:
That the new Board If given a war-
ranty deed to the property would take
over the school and finance It in the
future or the Board would turn back
the proiierty to the city together with
the equipment they had added
He also explained that the new
Board had interested a number of men
of the Church In the proposition that
theae men believed the school held a
clear title to all appurtenances and
that unless they could show such a
title this support would be with-
drawn A W Anderson spoke In favor of
giving the deed J J McCurley tn an
excellent speech pointed out that A
W Lee chief backer of the college
saw his only way to keep finances
clear wag to Interest the men of hie
church who were able to pay He
told of a church meeting in Cordell In
which it waa decided that the only
chance to keep the college running In
Cordell wae to satisfy the demand ot
the new board that the local hoard
could not finance the school
Joe Lambert and Fred Carder point-
ed out that if It was the only way to
keep the school here the demand
must be meb and G A W Fleming
again arose to emphasise this view
J M Armfield took the floor end'
pointed out In hla speech that all prea--ent
were unanimously agreed that the
college must be saved yet asked that
more Investigation be made as a busi-
ness principle He pointed out the
dangers of hasty action He asked
that more people be represented la
any final action and suggested that a
small committee of Cordell cltlsens
confer with the Board and make a
clearer statement to the cltlsens as a
whdle upon which they could base no-
tion This suggestion was put In the form
of a motion by J O Harrel and tn
discussion was opposed by L L Es-
tes and M B Carley as causing un-
necessary delay Fred Carder sug-
gested that It would be best that such
a committee be named and report
hack
This motion with the addition of
some complications end cross mo-
tions was really the question under
discussion daring the remainder ot
the meeting Estes Carley and oth-
ers attempted to discredit the motion
on tho ground that delay would hurt
the proposition but supporting
speeches by J M Copeland Armtlald
and speech on conciliation by J J
McCurley favoring the plan prevailed
The committee was appointed by
Chairman Edwards instructed to con-
fer with such members of the board
ae could bo gathered on abort aottoo
In Oklahoma City and to return and
report back at another meeting Friday
evening at five o’clock
It is Important and necessary that a
great crowd be present at this meet-
ing The matter Is a vital one for
Cordell end the college The senti-
ment of tho whole town must be deter-
mined before the otty council ean act
This proposition is ot groat Impor-
tance to every tax payer la Cordell
Ths College carriss an annual pay roll
of $1600000 besides the amount spent
by tho hoarding students Tho area- '
ti-n and improvement of property last
year for which tho collage wag Crooft "
ly the cause brought to tho county BB
Increase of $$0000 in taxes -
The olty of Cordon oould not ho trV
tor represented 1 a this oomftre- t
with the hoard and wa ora n t
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Carley, M. B. The Cordell Beacon (Cordell, Okla.), Vol. 26, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 19, 1923, newspaper, July 19, 1923; Cordell, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1779625/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.