The Tonkawa News (Tonkawa, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 7, 1921 Page: 1 of 8
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Volume XXIV
Tonkawa Kay County Oklahoma July 7 3£23
Number I7
v H Hoisington
Dead
W H Hoisington an old and
ghly respected resident of this
ommunity passed away Thursday
rat his hony in Tonkawa 1
The ' funeral will be held at the
west U B church Sunday morning
at 10 o'clock
Obituary next week
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SUCCESSFUL
MEXICAN TRIP
Tonixawa Men Rcp-
recent Oklahoma
G M Cassity and J B White re-
turned last Saturday from their two
weeks' trip to Mexico where they
went as delegates to the Intona-
tion Trade Conference at Mexico
City Mr Casaity and Mr White
represented Oklahoma v
They found the Mexican people
of the higher class very cordial to
the Americans They were greeted t
by President Obergon who speaks -
A GLORIOUS
I CELEBRATION
1 v r
Largest Crowd
History Here
English fluently In fact he is of
Irish ancestry his grandfather bean
ing the name of O’Brion from
which was coined the Spanish name
The meeting resulted in establish-
ing more friendly relations between
the busness interests of the two Re-
publics There are a great today
Americans in Mexico and they h tve
nothing to fear as the people 1 tok
upon them as agencies to the de rel-
opment of their great resources
There were several excurs ms
and conclaves put on for the en er-
tainment of the visitors Among
them a bull fight Three bulls were
sacrificed and while it seemed cruel
it was no worse than the roping
contests put on in this country The
regular season for these bun fights
which are a' national institution ifts
over but by a speql proclamation
of President Obregon a bull light
was s&ged £jT the visitors
The combatants who make bull
fighting their profession march in-
to the arene in procession They are
of various kinds— the picadores
combatants on horseback in the old
-knigkJgarb iw ekuioe and band-
erilleroS combatants on foot in gay
dresses with colored cloaks or ban-
ners and finally the metador (the
killer) As soon as the signal is
given the bull la let into the arena
The picadores who have stationed
themselves near him commence the
attack with their lances and the
bull is thus goaded to fury Some-
times a horse is wounded or killed
and the rider is obliged to run for
his life The chulos assist the
horsemen by drawing the attention
of the bull with their cloaks and in
case of danger they save themselves
by leaping over the wooden fence
which -surrounds the arena The
bandeilleros then come into play
They try to fasten on the bull their
banderillaa — barbed darts ornament-
ed with colored paper and often
having fire crackers attached If
they succeed the crackers are dis-
charged and the ball races madly
around the arena The metador
now comes in gravely with a naked
sword and a red flag to decoy the
bull with and aims a fatal blow at
the animal The slaughtered hull is
drawn away and another Is let out
from the stall
The prrty of which Mr Cassity
end Mr White were members left
Port Worth Texas by special train
conslsing of baggage cars diners
sleepers and observation cars There
were 1Q8 in the party After they
crossed the border their train had
fhe right-of-way over the railway
and through some sections they
were accompanied by guard of
Mexican soldiers At one place on
the route a bridge over a small
stream had been burned by rebels
or bandits In a short time a new
bridge was constructed of heavy
timbers and the train passed over on
its run This was the only evidence
outside of some wrecked cars of
the revolution that has been going
on in that country for so long
Mr Cassity and Mr White evi-
dently had their eyes open on the
trip and they tell very entertaining-
ly of the things they saw They
epeak in -glowing terms of the mag-
nificence and wealth displayed in
Mexico City but in its shadow can
be seen the most abject poverty
There are ' only two classes
ico — the rich and the poor
is no middle class '
The Mexican Post of June 23
published a picture of some of the
in
The mornng of the Fourth
dawned amid clouds and threstsning
thunder The morning salute of 13
guns was answered by a salute from
the clouds and soon the rain came
down in a heavy shower At the
hour 9 a m set for the parade the
tain was falling and that part of
the program was dispensed with
but that was the only number that
was not carried out although not
exactly as advertised By 11 o’clock
the rain clouds had rolled away and
the sun earns out The committee
in charge of the celebration got
busy and had a stand 20 feet square
erected in the 100 block on Grand
avenue and after dinner the pro-
gram was given from that stand
Miss Enid Davis gave a reading
and Mix Walling’s chorus of girls
and an equal number of male sing-
ers sang melodiously sweetly har-
moniously and patriotically Then
Superintendent Njjr G Hopkins in-
wdr ''TTvi’l-ififeE- Butt A berg' of
the 'Alva Normal who made a logi-
cal as well as patriotic speech It
was wall received and at its close
President Battenberg was surround-
ed by an enthusiastic throng eager
to shake his hand an-1 compliment
him on his timely address
After the speaking came the ball
game at the ball park between Pon-
ca City and the Tonkawa Greys
The Greys had a walk-away after
they got onto the peculiar ball
pitched by the visiting twirler - It
was not exactly a “spitball” but he
would stick the first two fingeriT'Of
his pitching hand far down his
throat before grasping the ball for
delivery 'Whatever it was he put
on the ball rendered it invulnerable
to the savage drives of the Greys
He either ran out of a supply of
the Greys finally found the vulner-
able spot on the sphere like the ef-
feminate Paris found the vulnerable
heel of the mighty Achilles and laid
him low with an arrow They bat-
ted him so unmercifully that he was
finally taken from the box and an
aborigine put in The dusky twirler
evidently feared the fate of his'
predecessor for he got very little
of hiB delivery over the plate and
consequently first base was easily
acquired by some members of the
home team
Van Naramore pitched the entire
nine innings for the Greys and he
fanned a few walked a few caught
a few at first base on short flies
and had excellent support from field
and bases
' The feature of the game was the
three-bagger by Red Simpson which
brought in three runs Red was
brought home by Blackie Rudd with
a hit to field
After the ball game everybody
hurried back to the grand stand on
Grand avenue which had been fitted
with mats and ropes preparatory to
the wrestling match between two
professionals Clark Goodman ref-
ereed the match which was finally
called a draw after each contestant
had secured a fall or whatever they
were wrestling for Keller the
lighter of the two got the first" fall
after twenty-five minutes of very
strenuous work which brought the
in Mex-1 perspiration in copious streams
There making their bodies glisten in the
descending sun After a few min-
utes’ rest they were at it again
This round did not last so long
Thompson the heavier wrestler got
Fort Worth party and the faces of i
Oklahoma's two representatives srs what they called a “scissors" hold
easily recognized therein I (Continued on last page)
To Pay Us a
Friendly Visit
' 7 s
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Thursday evening July 14 mem-
bers of the Ponca City Commercial
Club are going to bring their band
over here and give Tonkawa a con-
cert on the street There will be
over a hundred of the visitors
They want to mill around with our
people and get better acquainted
These Ponca fellows are worthy
of being friendly with They have
always had 'a friendly feeling for
this town and have demonstrated
their friendship in a substantial
way We are going to be still closer
to them now that we have devel-
I
oped an oil field In fact it was a
K
Ponca City concern' which did the
developing
Let everybody turn out Thurs-
day evening and give them a wel-
come They haVe good band
and the members' of the club are '
n
good conversationalists
SHOWING UP STRONG
Tonkawa’s Oil Well Good For
2000 Barrels
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Tuesday the oil well was opened
up and allowed to flow for 19 hours
All the available tankage was filler
and it was shut down ‘ Over 1009
barrels flowed during the ninteen
hours This is sufficient proof that
the well is a good one
The sand has been penetrated
only two feet and the hole has not
been cleaned out When the sand
is drilled in and the casing set
there is no doubt the well will do
better thar 2000 barrel a day
The following locations have been
made in Tonkawa’s oil field during
the past week:
Marland — N W Cor N W 1-4
1 5-24-1 W Pit dug
Southwestern Pet Co — S W Cor
S W 1-4 10-24-1 W
Prairie Oil & Gas Co — S E Cor
E 1-4 9-24-1W Pit dug
Transcontinental — S E Cor N
E 1-4 S E 1-4 9-24-1W Rig up
Mrs Trader’s
Father Dead
Mrs C F Trader received word
Monday that her father had died
suddenly at his home at El Reno
She and her daughter left immedi-
ately for El Reno The following
is taken from the Oklahoman
EL RENO July 6— Attended by
hundreds not only from El Reno
but from other points in Western
Oklahoma the funeral of R B
Forrest leading figure in politics in
this section of the state and for
years noted as a criminal lawyer
was held Wednesday afternoon from
the Elks home here The Elks
lodge of which Mr Forrest was a
past exalted ruler conducted its
ritual over the body
Mr Forrest died suddenly of
heart failure Monday afternoon He
had been a resident of El Reno
twenty-seven years He had served
as United States district attorney
before coming to Oklahoma He
ran for congress two times and for
district judge one He served two
terms as Canadian county judge'
For Boy Scouts
Mrs G M Cassity and Mrs D
B Bales have made the preliminary
arrangements for organizing a
Iroup of Boy Scouts for Tonkawa
This is a very important step in
the interest of the boys of the com-
munity It is not a movement that
requires the expenditure of money
but it means earnest moral support
Every man and woman is interested
in the welfare of the boys and this
is the greatest agency ever promot-
ed in that direction
A meeting will be arranged for
next week when the subject will be
discussed Scout Master Biillings
of Blackwell has been asked to come
over and help in getting the organ-
ization started '
All Fixed Up
The Presbyterian church looks
cool and inviting in its new coat of
paint inside and out Rev Wilson
is preaching hot weather sermons
and you will get a genuine blessing
by listening to them
Plans are forming for a recon -secration
of the church with a get-
together meeting of the members
and friends of the church
In these days of money-getting
and money-spending we do not want
to forget the church It is the on"
institution that is going to be our
final salvation
Mrs Ralph Harkrader died at the
farm home north of Tonkawa Tues-
day The body was taken to Tru-
dale Mo her old home for burial
Mrs Harkrader had lived here for
little over a year and those who had
become acquainted with her admired
her for her womanliness and cheer-
fulness Obituary next week
o —
Miss Grace Easter and Miss Edith
Barnhill of Harve Mont were in
Tonkawa Thursday meeting their
many friends Miss Easter was
formerly a member of the faculty
of the U P S Miss Barnhili is a
graduate of the school
F C Kraft has de ided to locate
here and practice his profession
that of an attorney at law While
he is a young man he has had con-
siderable experience and comes
here qualified to take care of any
business intrusted to him
Mr and Mrs Sam White Miss
Dillam of Wiehta and Mr and Mrs
Funk of Los Angeles' drove down
from Wichita Thursday Mr and
Mrs White brought their friends
down here to show them a real
farming country
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THE OLD SWIM MIN’ HOLE
LAY THE
CORNERSTONE
To Tonkawa’s New
High School
The laying of the cornerstone to
Tonkaws’a new High School 1 last
Friday was accompanied by circus-
stances that were most gratifying
and pleasant
Grand Master James H Patterson
of the Masonic grand Lodge of Ok
lahoma Grand Secretary Mose An-
derson Past Grand Master Frank
Derr were here to officiate in tho
work Also Superintendent R H
Wilson was present to deliver the
address- A dinner was served by
the Chamber of Commerce at the
Midland Hotel in honor of the visi-
tors Superintendent W G Hop-
kins acted aa toastmaster at thia
dinner and the hearty welcome ac-
corded them brought happy re
sponses Mose Anderson and Frank
Derr who are known and honored
by every Mason in Oklahoma re-
sponded with characteristic speeches
Brother Derr told in his droll way
of the experiences the party were
having on their trip of official vial-
tation Brother Anderson told of
the interest that Masons should take
in education and education f that
included a knowledge of the Bible
He said that it had been universally
recognized by all religious sects
both Protestant and Catholic that
it was a serious mistake to bar the '
teaching of the Bible from the
schools It should not be taught
theoretically or theologically per-
haps but from a literary and his-
torical standpoint We as a nation
believe in the Bible and our laws
and Constitution are founded there-
on and no possible harm could
come to any American institution
through a more liberal knowledge
of the Bible
Grand Master Patterson called
attention to sever! JlJsac-thax
meant' lor better citizenship — mod ‘
more peaceful community life and
he made a profound impression witlj
his fearless stand for a four-square
character
State Superintendent Wilson
made a very earnest talk for more
common sense in education He
praised Tonkawa for her interest in
educational matters and said that
the Board of Education had shown
their wise foresight in providing ad-
equate school facilities He predict-
ed that before another year has
rolled around Tonkawa would be
making further additions to its
school buildings 1
At 2 a30 came the impressive cere-
mony of laying the cornerstone to
the High School building Grand
Lodge was opened in the Masonic
Hall and from there the officers
and members marched in regular
form to the building site A choir
sang “How Firm a Foundation”
and the rites of placing the stone
were gone through with According
to custom a box containing the fol-
lowing was placed in a recess cut in
the stone
The two last issues of the Tonka-
wa News containing announcements
of the cornerstone laying A his-
tory of Tonkawa’s Public Schools
their first school board their pres-
ent faculty and a list of the stu-
dents for 1920 and 1921-
History of the founding of the
University Preparatory School (By
Miss Vira E Cass)
The names of our present City
Council
A list of the members of Tonka-
wa’s Commercial Club
An Honor Roll of our men from
Tonkawa and vicinity who were
with the colors during our World’s
war
Holy Bible
Square and compass
List of the names of our present
Grand Lodge officers
One Masonic Monitor with the
signatures of the Grand Lodge offi-
cers and brothers who acted as
Grand Lodge officers at the laying
of the cornerstone
A copv of the minutes and the
names of officers who participated
in laying of the cornerstone
A list of the names of all the
members of Tonkawa Lodge No
157 A F & A M
State Superintendent Wilson’s ad-
dress was one that got close to the
heart and made a lasting impras-
non
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Whinery, R. C. The Tonkawa News (Tonkawa, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 7, 1921, newspaper, July 7, 1921; Tonkawa, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1784565/m1/1/: accessed August 15, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.