The Tonkawa News (Tonkawa, Okla.), Vol. 26, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 20, 1923 Page: 1 of 10
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VOLUME XXVI
TONKAWA KAY COUNTY OKLAHOMA THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 20 1923
NUMBER 28
High Gravity Crude
'Price Are Cut By
T Two Companies
Simmdns Tesl Nearin 1 800
Ft Sand Where Production "
' Is Expected
' The expected cut in the price of
high-gravity crude for two months
has materialized:' Two companies
the Prairie Oil and Gas and Champ-
lin Refining Co have cut prices be-
low the market quotation The form-
er has reduced the price from $220
'to $175 per barrel 'The latter to
$135 for 39-409 $155 for 41-429
and' $175 for 48 gravity - crude
While both royalty owners and pro-
ducers will receive les jnoneey for
their oil they profess to see a ray
of hope and a means to lift the oil
Industry oat of the pond of depress-
ion at a nearer date in the future
The old theory is held that when
prices are cut below the stated mar-
ket quotation that oil is needed to
All ap empty tankage and meet the
slamp in production in- all oil areas
In the United States and that new
operation is necessary to meet" the
demands of refiners and Jobbers It
Is predicted that in SO days refiners
will issue S O S calls for produc-
tion The demand for high-gravity
Tenkawa erode will be urgent as the
ratio of 5000-6000 barrels per week
loss in the field total and less than
50000 ' barrels' per day will be run
from the area by the middle of Oc-
tober f
Two Mesas to Restore Production
There are two plans that look fav-
orable for the restoration of Tonk-
awa production — to deepen the wells
producing in the 1 goo-1900-2000-2
100-2200- and 2600 foot sands
and completioh of wells in the five
wildcat locations bging drilled in the
west - edge of the field The first
plan will require considerable time
If geology proves true and the map
wompiled by federal geologists is cor-
net producers expect a new exten-
sion and fully as large production in
the western wildcats as in section 34
and 35 the main center-of Tonkawa
production at the present time How-
ever expert drillers cannot complete
operation to restore the peak of pro-1
duction four months ago in less than
six months or perhaps a year
" Good-Looking Teat
The U S Cities Oil Corporation's
No 1 Simmons in 27-25-2w is run-
ning the 8 1-4 inch casing around
1700 feet Production is 'expected
In the 1800 shallow pay sand The
location is about three miles west of
Cosden and Marland’s school section
lease 33-25-lw
Blackwell — Otstot Development
Manahan and Haury shut off the
water coming from behind the casing
above the sand in No 1 school land
section 16-27-lw northwest of Black-
well Wednesday The well that had
stopped flowing began to flow at
five o’clock Wednesday afternoon
and is reported to have made 100
barrels of oil according to estimate
per hour Wednesday night
'O'
ENJOYABLE SURPRISE
About 35 friends and neighbors
gathered at the home of Mrs Pearl
Bogart last Wednesday bringing
with them lots of good things to eat
and a bountiful shower of household
linen diishes and wearing apparel '
The party certainly was a sur-
prise to Mrs Bogart Everyone en-
joyed the dinner and the opening of
the packages and -then Mr -Bogart
treated everyone to a feast of wa-
termelon after which all ' departed
very full and very happy -
“One of Them”
I
FORMER RESIDENT HERE
’ : (Communicated)
Everett Bunch left last Wednes-
day for Tulsa Everett and his
brother formerly ran a blacksmith
shop when Tonkawa was only a
small village His trade was wagon-
making but ears and trucks 'increas-
ed so fast that Everett as plum out
of work He tried the oil fields and
most all kind of work But Tonk-
awa grew too fast for Everett and
about two years ago he went to Tul-
sa A short time ago Everett came
back to Tonkawa to visit and get his
trunk But the train service was so
much different than it used to be
that it took Everett some 4 or 5
days to find out which- train to go
back on
— - o
UNITY CLUB
‘ The Unity Club will meet with
Mrs Mick Gardner on- Thursday
fepMntber STUa
McGOWAN-EASON
Miss Hazel'McGowan and Mr' W
A Eason were quietly married last
Saturday evening by Rev W F Wis-
dom at his residence on North 10th
street Mrs Eason has lived all her
life in and near Tonkawa and was a
student at the U P S at the time
of her marriage - Mr ' Eason is an
employe of the Oil Well Supply Co
After a short honey moon the happy
young couple returned to Tonkawa
where they have gone to housekeep-
ing on South 5th street Their many
friends wish them a happy journey
through life
Free Fair Closed
By Bad Weather
- The Kay County Free Fair at
Blackwell was brought to a close
Saturday afternoon at three o'clock
by the rain of Friday night and
Saturday making further attendance
impossible The fair was largely at-
tended on Wfc£nesday and Thursday
and record-breaking crowds were
expected forth closing days
" The exhibits are said to have been
the largest and beet that have been
shown in Kay County - An automo-
bile show was held in connection
with the Free Fair
A large number of Tonkawa peo-
ple were present and a number of
creditable displays were shown from
this vicinity ' -
SILVER -LEAF CLUB
The Silver Leaf Club will meet
with Mrs Fred Lorry Friday Sep-
tember 1st at her home 308 Sofith
First Street’ The meeting will start
promptly at 2:30 o’clock All mem-
bers are requested to be present
- -—Publication Committee
EIGHT MORE TO PENITENTIARY
Eight Kay eouqty people were re-
cently sentenced to serve in the pen-
itentiary - x -
They are: Lester Nicholson lar-
ceny one year James Lipscomb for-
gery one year Geneva- Lynch lsr-
ceny vne year Mary Foreman lar-
oeny one year J L Timmons dope
one year Frqnk Williams burglary
two years P Di Reed dope one
year Wm H Webb Granite one
year for forgery In the above
hrowd are two women both colored
Since J M Barker has been sher-
iff there have been seventy people
sent to the penitentiary from Kay
county
Special Program At
Presbyterian Church
An - anniversary service will be
held at 'the Presbyterian church at
11 o’clock Sunday morning At this
time a special program in honor of
the pastor Rev W H Wilson who
has just completed fifty years in the
ministry will be presented Printed
programs for this service will be
ready for distribution Saturday All
are cordially invited to attend
o
GET-TOGETHER MEETING
A get-together meeting was held
at the' Baptist Church Wednesday ev-
ening Sept 12 A goodly number
were present to enjoy the supper
consisting of sandwiches salad cake
pie and coffee served cafeteria style
under the efficient and capable lead-
er of our Aid Society Mrs Etta
Burr Then followed the program
of the evening with Mr Miles as
leader
Song service and scripture reading
Mr Miles
Prayer by Bro Robinson
- Co-operation of - Members and
Pastor Mr Durham ' -
Instrumental Music Lucile In-
gram Sunday School Work Mrs Dun-
ham Reading Miss Felts
Sunday School teachers — Mrs
Williams t
Prayer — Mrs Monrey
Personal Service Work — Mrs
Miller
-Prayer — Mrs Starr
Financial Conditions of the Church'
—Mr Starr
Tithes — Mrs Rosecrans
o
Mr Harry Cummins and Frank
Kiehl motored to Blackwell on bus-
iness Wednesday eve
Mrs C M Bidwell and mother
Mrs A D McFadden left this after-
noon for Viola 111 to visit' their
mother and grandmother Mrs Rus-
sell Vie Bodine had his Ford coupe
stolen while attending the circus at
Blackwell Monday evening and was
forced to spend the night there The
coupe was parked near the show tent
along with hundreds of other cars
The peUce wore notified and a search
is hsfcar RMd for the missing ear
A1 Spencer Shot '
f ’ Down by Officers
Bartlesville Sept 15 — A1 Spen-
cer notorious bandit of the ’ Osage
hills was shot to death Saturday
night on the Washington road 10
miles north of Bartlesville by a
posse of officers headed by Alva Mc-
Donald United States marshal
The officers according to Mc-
Donald had been -on Spencer’s trail
during the evening and were enter-
ing the road from a nearby field
when they heard him running They
commanded him to halt whereupon
he opened fire with a rifle which he
carried in one hand Six officers
fired and Spencer fell face forward
in the soft mud of the country roid
Three of the bullets took effect SO
in the right breast -The
body was brought to Bartles-
ville and ' pieced In aa undertaking
parlor On his body was found
$10000 worth of bonds identified
by Postal Inspector Adamson ' as
those taken in the Okesa train rob-
bery August 21 -
Spencer’s hiding pises has bees
located by the officers a mile frost
the place where he was killed and a-
further search will be carried on for
four other members of bis gang who
still are at large ' They are Frank
Nash Riley Dixon W F Webber
and Jim Parker -
Spencer had been at liberty since
1918 when he escaped from tit
state penitentiary at McAlester
At the time of his escape he was
serving a five year sentence having
been convicted at Nowata on ' a
'charge of larceny of domestic an-
imals He was alleged to have partici-
pated in the robbery of a number of
banks in Oklahoma and Arkansas
and was wanted by officers in both
states and by the federal depart-
ment of justice'
A change in tactics and hunting
grounds proved the undoing of
Spencer who is known as a bank
robber and not a train robber
Spencer was known as a director by
thosp who knew him - end a hay £
master- ''
In nearly every case in which
Spencer’s hand haa been seenlt has
later been reported that his band
received only a small portion of the
loot while Spencer salted the rest
for himself - -
r A revision of “Treasure Island’’
might be woven around Spencer and
concealment of his1 loot However
federal officers have claimed since
Alva McDonald who headed the
band which killed him took office
that Spencer was a good publicity
man and only participated in a small
portion of the crimes he was cred-
ited with Where this loot has been
secreted during his numerous esca-
pades has never been determined
In several cases a cordon of offi-
cers have seemingly surrounded him
only to find he had slipped through
their clutches
He was 36 years old
Spencer’s career in crime started
in Nowata county Store robberies
four or five years ago marked his
first career in the world of crime
Convicted of horse thefts he was
sentenced to three years in the Mc-
Alester penitentiary Spencer was
freed to return to his home to look
after some business affairs He re-
turned to the penitentiary and two
weeks later escaped’ by scaling the
walk
On a larger scale than ever Spen-
cer launched out on a spectacular ca-
reer of bank robbing Nearly a
score of banks tn northeastern Okla-
homa and southern Kansas were
robbed by Spencer and his men Al-
ways it was the same atory “escaped
into the Osage hills”
Spencer was a farmer until the
world of crime claimed him
ft is reported that A1 Spencer was
in Tonkawa recently and spent about
a week residing in ' South Main
rooming house
Cecil Berkshire returned Wednes-
day from a two weeks vacation spent
in Cushing Okla'
- ‘
Mrs S W Weinberger and daugh-
ter Aileen and mother Mrs A
Bone of Ponca City are spending the
week in Chlkaskia and Oklahoma
City visiting relatives and friends
Mr and Mrs Frank Mahoney are
the proud parents of a seven pound
girl born 6:40 Monday morning Sep-
tember 17th at the home ef Dr C
D Ball at Blackwell The little Miss
will answer to the name of Dsul-
phine Merideth Mrs Mahoney was
formerly Mias Gladys Smith of Black-
wall Mother and bab are doing
nicely
District Court
Convened Monday
-
District court convened Monday at
Newkirk for a jury term with one
of the heaviest dockets in many
years On the criminal docket are
a number of lii-jackers who if con-
victed on the charges lodged against
them will get at least the minimum
penalty of twenty-five years in the
fwnitentiary - The county jail - now
as about fifty inmates and the only
chance for relief is the grinding of
the district court Every day adds to
the overcrowded condition as scarce-
ly a day passes but what the sheriff
puts one or more new ones in
- The first six days of the term are
to be taken up with the trial of crim-
inal cases ‘ j j
The case of State Of Oklahoma vs
Jaekson Burns is set for trial before
this court on September 24th Boms
is charged with the killing of Deputy
Sheriffs “Two Gun” John Middleton
Ojid “Hookey” Miller On July 21st
at Three Sands
FRATERNITIES PLEDGE
ELEVEN OF COUNTY
Norman Sept 17 — Eleven stu-
dents of the state university from
Kay county are pledged at the dif-
ferent fraternities and sororities ac-
cording to a survey just nude by the
Oklahoma Daily student newspaper
Although a record is not -yet com-
plete from the registrar’s office
probably 25 young people from this
county have enrolled who were not
attending the university last year
Following are the pledges' listed:
Geraldine Baker Ponca City Delta
Gamma Marion Mayo Ponca City
Delta Delta Delta Lorcne Knoles
Ponca City Alpha Chi Omega Kath-
erine Gurley Blackwell Alpha Chi
Omega Flora Dunlap Newkirk
Gamma Phi Beta Lucile Walter
Tonkawa Gamm Phi Beta Lillian
Walter Tonkawa Gamma Phi Beta
Catherine Slothssor Newkirk Pi
Beta Pi Joe Miller Ponca City
Kappa Sigma Art Lasbbrook Black-
ell Sigma Nu Elmer Zaring New-
ark Sigma' CM'" " V
IS
You and I Cl a
The You and I’s started the school
year out' right by having a large
crowd Sunday and a beautiful lesson
was taught on “Luke the Great
Physician” by teacher Mrs Cassity
Special numbers were given at
Sunday Schodl with aid of the You
and I Class
Song 1 Mrs F Chase
Accompanied by Mae Doran
Reading- Enid Davis
A letter from Hattie Boland was
read to the class Sunday Hattie is
taking' nurses’ training at Blackwell
Ive See Alspaugh is visiting with
her parents Her husband is in New
York on business They will locate
at Tulsa in the near future
John Howard overland enroute to
California for his health visited
class Sunday
Gladys Jones and Audrey Muir
left Thursday for Boulder Colo
where they will attend school
Mae Moody and Eunice Scofield
are again with us after their vaca-
tion Vey Thompson returned Tuesday
for school She is staying at Mrs
Cassity' s
Hazel McGowan and Henry Eas-
on were married Saturday They are
living in Tonkawa at the present
Andy Murrison visited with home
folks at Caldwell Kansas Sunday
Mr and Mrs W H Zody and Mr
and Mrs O C Rader were back
with us Sunday
Mary Spencer who is attending U
P S joined us Sunday
Sylvia Bush visited class Sunday
Warren Freeman and Howard
Hawkins attended the circus in
Blackwell Monday night Warren is
attending the U P S and playing
on the football squad
Enid Davis has an expression class
at Blackwell on Saturdays
Our Class Mother has been with
us for several Sundays no matter if
it is rain or shine -
Myrtle Smith acted as ‘ secretary
Sunday Myrtle is teaching school
west of town
RAINS -BENEFICIAL
J TO LOCAL FARMERS
Heavy rainfall during the past
week in this vicinity has left the
roads in bad condition hampering
travel to some extent The fields
are now in fine shape for plowing
and growing conditions will be much
better for the winter wheat-crop
Roy Cox ’ of ' Blackwell wm in
Tonkawa on business Tuesday
- r vans tts m mi r ? m
DELPHIAN SOCIETY
The Tonkawa Delphian Society
will meet September 25th with Mrs
S W Weinberger on Sixth street '
Program — - -
Mrs Beverlin leader v
Text Reports: -
Remaking the Map of Europe from
476 to 800 — Mrs Bush
Italy to “The Holy Roman Em-
pire” — Mrs McCubbins
Rise of Mohammedism — Miss
Morse
The Supremacy of the Franks —
Mrs Trader
Britain Before the Year 1000 —
Mrs Cassity
New Building Is
Started On Grand
The erection of a two-story brick
building was started Tuesday on
East Grand Avenue on the lot east
ef the McFadden Bros Hardware
Store The new building will be
known as the Bonta building ' The
structure will be 30x80 feet The
front rooms on the second floor will
be constructed for use as office
rooms 'The Fisher Construction Co
has the contract for the erection of
this building
The small brick building adjoin-
ing on the east will be repaired and
a new front put in
’ RALLY DAY°POSTPOpED
r Owing to the rainy weather last
Saturday it was thought best by the
churches to postpone the Rally Day
until Sunday September 23rd Tag
Day coming the day previous All
of the churches are expecting a rec-
ord attendance at Sunday School on
Rally Day
EASTER CLUB
Mrs Vernon McDaniel entertain-
ed the Easter Club Thursday after-
noon Sept 13 with 10 members and
4 visitors present
Club opened by singing No 143
followed by Club prayer After a
short business meeting-the time was
spent in discussing the club meeting
at BlackwelE The hostess had pre-
pared no program but a very inter
esting imitation game was played
The contest was guessing the num-
ber of lima beans in the pint jar
There were 165 Mrs Ethel Burk
and Mrs Roberts won prizes Club
song No 169 Refreshments were
served by hostess ' Club adjourned
to meet September 27 with Mrs
Chas McFadden
M' E Sunday School
Attendance 209 Collection $1236
Banner class in attendance Junior
Philathea ’ Banner class in collec-
tion Hustlers The Royal Knights
were close second in both attendance
and collection
The collection last week was print-
ed to read $191 when it should have
been $1191
The Hustlers owe their success in
winning a banner in part to Mrs S
J Samuels Mrs Samuels is not al-
ways able to be in class but every
few weeks she sends a cash repre-
sentative Mrs Wyman of McPherson Kan-
sas who is visiting Mrs Belle Bark-
ley attended the Hustlers class Sun-
day The Hustlers held their regular
monthly meeting last Thursday at the
home of Mrs E Chase They are
studying the book “Training For
Service”
’ Mr and Mrs Sandford are being
visited by their son and family from
Nebraska
Miss Schwartz and Miss Marland
were visitors in the Fhilathea class
Sunday
Miss Cooper has added varnish
curtains rugs etc to the Sunday
School secretary’s room Miss Coop-
er is using this room in connection
with her music
All of the superintendents were
present Sunday — Ray Wycoff and
Ray Smith in the Senior Department
Mrs Ellis Davis Mrs O B Bennett
and Miss Helen Denting in the Pri
mary and Junior Departments
There is to be a demonstration
lesson in graded work from each the
Primary and Junior Departments
Rally Day Remember Rally Day
and Promotion Sunday is September
30th Our slogan is ‘ 300 present
Come to Sundsy School next Sunday
- O'
AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY
The American Legion Auxiliary
will meet at the Odd Fellows' Hall
Friday September 28th at 8:30 p
m All members please he present
Don’t forget the date
Martial Law Now
In Force By Order
Of Governor Walton
Militia Under Adjutant Gener-
al Markham Now Ruling in
Tulsa and Oklahoma City
Martial law aimed at the destruc-
tion of the Ku Klux Klan was pro-
claimed throughout Oklahoma with
absolute martial law in Oklahoma
City and Oklahoma and Creek coun-
ties by Governor Walton at mid-
night Saturday
A state of insurrection and rebel-
lion against the laws the ’ constitu- ’
tion and the constituted authorities
of the state exists throughout Okla-
homa Walton said
Adjutant General B H Markham
will occupy such places with guard
troops as he may be directed to by
the governor -according to the exeu-
tivr order
Open war is delared on the Ku
Klux Klsn by the governor who de-
clared that on and after date of his
proclamation “each and every person
who bids or abets the lawless organi-
sation known as the Ku Klux Klan
either directly or indirectly or gives
aid and comfort to the same in the
carrying out and excution of the
purposes of said organization Ku
Klux Klan are and shall be ‘deemed
to be enemies of the sovereign state
of Oklahoma and shall be dealt with
accordingly by the military forces of
this state”
Citing testimony taken at Tulsa
the governor declared that hund-
reds of men and even women of
the state have been severely beat-
en and that the “invisible empire”
as an organization is responsible
“The invisible empire has usurp-
ed every power of the political gov-
ernment” Governor WTalton said
“The power of this organization
has been such that as many as 150
persons have been present -when
men and women have been flogged
whipped and beaten and their meth-
ods have inspired such terror that
no mention of it was made even
by the press”-- -
“No soldiers will be sent to any
eounty exeept those under the con-'
trol of the invisible empire and
where the power of the state has
been usurped by the klan” the proc-
lamation read
With the issuance of his proclama-
tion Walton also announced the lift-
ing of the censorship placed over the
Tulsa Tribune last Thursday stat-
ing that he “stood for freedom of
the press” and would not attempt a
further censorship unless newspapers
became “too rank” for him to stand
Governor Walton warned that any
attempt on the part of the members
of the legislature to convene without
Tiis call as provided by the constitu-
tion would result in the law makers
going to jail
LEGISLATURE WILL MEET
Call for an extraordinary session
of the lower house of the Oklahoma
legislature for the purpose of inves-
tigating charges that are current in
Oklahoma relative to misuse of ex-
ecutive power by Governor Walton
was issued early Thursday morning
by W D McBee member of the low-
er house from Duncan The call is
for a meeting at noon Wednesday
September 26
McBee claims support of fifty-nine
members of the lower house Fifty-
four members constitute a majority
of the house
“The governor has decided to clcair
the capitol building for the legisla-
ture” McBee said “The folly of at-
tempting to carry out his threat to
arrest the members has been made
apparent to him I do not anticipate
any trouble in asembling the mem-
bers” The call for the session is based'
upon a presumption of inherent right
of legislative bodies to assemble for'
the purpose of investigating charges
involving impeachable offenses when
no specific procedure for convening
is provided in the constitution
Mr and Mrs Ray Robbins had as
Sunday guests Mr and Mrs DeLoss
Olmstead
John Fruits broke his arm Wednes-
day from cranking' a Ford Mr
Fruits is an employe at the City
Garage
Mrs F A Beverlin entertained a
few friends in honor of Mrs Tom
Revels who is leaving for El Reno
where she will make her home
MVs Chas Rhoades and daughte
Mra Williams of Roswell N Me
went to Caldwell Tuesday to vis
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