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Ok- Hiloriel S°C‘ey
VOLUME VIII
WAGONER WAGONER COUNTY OKLAHOMA THURSDAY APRIL 26 1928
NUMBER 35
Tattle Tale
leaves from the day
book of one who from a
point of vantage sees the
beauties and philosophy
of the small town
jT
WHO’S WHO IN WAGONER
Mr Howard Searcy living on North
Second street i an artist of no mean
ability Her painting on canvas and
china have won worthy comment from
many She has loyally supported ev-
ery progressive move in our commun-
ity including those Arising in the
schools Red Cross and clubs At
present she is national chairman of
The Restoration of Wakefield— —Wash-
ington's birthplace
The new coat of paint on our light
posts downtown has greatly improved
the appearance of the streets Now
may we suggest and implore that the
city officials take greate rcare in hav-
ing the streets cleaned) It seems that
Sunday the day when our city is view-
ed by more visitors and tourists than
any other finds them almost invari-
ably unsigtly Our streets should be
a recommendation It behooves us to
make them so
FACTS AND FABLES
(With Apologies to Aesop)
Mr Retired Man was rushing to
completion his first venture in the oil
business At last oil sand was reach-
ed The tools were hastily removed
and nitro-glycerine cautiously placed
through the casing An electrical wire
with cap attached was carefully lower-
ed near the explosives
When photographers and reporters
had been placed at vantage points Mr
Retired Man resignedly walked to the
battery secure in the influence of
money intelligence and industry As
he firmly grasped the ignition key the
wire was severed by an axe unwitting-
ly thrown by a farmer lad in pursuit
of a timid rabbit The wire slid swift-
ly down the casing The well could
not be shot until another one was ob-
tained from a distant city
Moral
"The well laid plans of mice and
men are often' turned aside"
"Poems are made by fools like me
But only God can make a Tree"
—Joyce Kilmer
Trees at this season of the year with
their new born leaves are emblematic
of hope Their height and stateliness
signifies strength Beauty grace and
perfection ia typified by the branches
with their myriad of leaves swaying
and dancing in the soft spring breezes
The many beautiful trees in Wago-
ner have ever attracted much attention
especially hat of vis it o r s from the
southwest Tourists often remark
about the number and variety of trees
growing along that portion of the high-
way which leads through the city Per-
haps they will remember the trees nod-
ding a welcome as they entered and
the trees nodding farewell as they de-
parted MAIN STREET SCENES — Mr and
Mrs Paul Brady entering the postof-
fice— James McCall in whit e — John
Marshall Corgan Jr with his daddy
in the center of a gdoupMark Wag-
ner with an appointme nt — Frank
Young and Andy Gray Jr pecking nt
typewriters during a delightful spring
evening— Virginia May having a date
with Wayne Zacha'—
Albert Miller gazing meditatively in-
to the street— J N Lowe with a huge
laugh from something-— Prof Crook
returning from Muskogee— —Tuneful
jazz melodies issuing from the Grand
Chevrolet radio— Mrs Jim Biggerstatf
wearing a garden hat scarlet hue—
Jeff Daniel Jr making his individual
bow to the delight of the onlookers—
Enthusiastic members of the glee
club selling red tags — Speculations as
to the probability of another flood —
The opening game of baseball attract-
ing the fans to Muskogee — New tennis
courts attracting enthusiasts of that
sport— The new moon willing to in-
their spring fan-
spire young men
ciees—
DESTRUCTIVE FROSTS
The effects of the heavy frost and
freeze of ten days is still apparent on
growing vegetation The peach and
plum crops were practically wiped out
Apples and cherries did not suffer no
badly Forward berries were hurt bad-
ly but it is thought that but little dam-
age was done to late strawberries or to
the blackberry crop Potatoes were in-
jured greatly in places as was corn
that was far enough advanced
Well With an Estimated Flow of
Eight Million Feet Brought in
at 890 Feet in 35-17-17
IS THIRD WELL THIS YEAR
J H Neely drilling for Omega Oil
and Gas Company Charles Cane man-
ager drilled in a fine gas well Tuesday
in 35-17-17
Wednesday morning it appeared to
be the largest producer ever brought
in in this part of the county The
sand was struck at 890 feet and an ef-
fort will be made today to gauge the
flow which is estimated at 8000000
feet
This will be the third well to be con-
nected on to the new commercial line
that will carry the gas to Muskogee
where it will be used for industrial pur-
poses $
The same company is drilling Red-
mon No I which passed a good flow
of gas at 840 feet but decided to carry
the hole to the Wilcoq sandv Should
it fail to find production there the hole
will be filled back to save the gas
which is estimated at half a million feet
daily
A location 'is being made on the
south half of the northwest quarter of
36-17-17 The land is ownd by Miss
Stewart court reporter for District
Judge E V Vernor of Muskogee
NEWS OF THE CHURCHES
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
C C McConnell Pastor
Thera will be no preaching at this
church next Sunday as the pastor will
speak both morning and evening at
Choteau this being the fifth Sunday
Sunday school and 'Christian-' En-
deavor services will be on regular time
This section of the state was visited
by a record breaking rain during the
ilatter days of the past week The rain-
fall was general over Eastern Oklaho-
ma and varied from three to five inches
within a period of forty-eight holrs
m tream swollen no se-
Vo”XJrch"nextJ Sunday'VnTbringKe j riou’ d"ge ha been reported The
baby Don’t be afraid it will diturb I raln m 8eneraI w of benefit to the the board for four year and ia well
The junior and intermediate chil- fe"’ ' : liked and qualified
dren should be urged to remain for the
church service after Bible school The
teachers and parents should 'work for
this
Sermon topics — -T"Outide of Our
Bunch" and "We Make Our Heaven"
A question box will be used at the
evening service Bring your questions
The choir will bring special mes-
sages of song at each service
Come and join with us in the wor-
ship of God
CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN
J B McCollum pasor
Mrs J
Sunday school at 1 0 a m
L Springer superintendent
Preaching at I 1 a m
C P Y P U at 7 p m
Preaching at 8 o'clock
All services for the week at their
usual time except that the Ladies' Mis-
sionary society will hold its meeting at
7:30 Thursday evening instead of 4
in the afternoon
Session meeting Saturday at 7:30
p m
Don't forget to look for announce-
ments coming in next week’s issue of
this paper relative to the series of Ser-
mons to be preached at the Cumber-
land Presbyterian church bginning the
first Sunday’of May
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
Geo H MacAnally Pasor
Next Sunday morning the pastor will
deliver a sermon on "The Church—
Its Origin and Purposfe"
For the evening hour he will dis-
cuss the "Nine Major Causes of Di-
vorce" Do you know what the nine
outstanding causes of divorce will
Yod should know The sermon will
reveal the major causes named in the
docket of Judge Braugh's Court of Do-
mestic Relations of New York Gity
This judge was the presiding judge of
this court for twenty years' He has
revealed the prevailing causes— of di-
vorce Divorce is increasing at an -alarming
rate Surely something can be done
to check it Shall little children be
allowed to suffer because parents re-
fuse to forgive and forget their seem-
ing intolerable dilemma) What do you
suggest) The pastor believes he has a
panacea and will offer it to all whose
homes may be headed lot the rocks
Come out and hear it It will do you
good
The home-town newspaper is every
town's best booster
HIGH SCHOOL BAND TO MAKE
INITIAL APPEAR ANCE FRIDAY
High School Organization to Ap-
pear In Concert at Auditor-
ium Fifty Piece Here
Friday night April 27 will be the
first appearance of the high school
band before a local audience
There will be thirty of Wagoner's
young folks in the group as it ap-
pears Friday night Together with
visitors who are assisting there will be
a group of probably fifty pieces
Tire following program will indicate
th high class nature of the presenta-
tion CONCERT
J C Bridges Director
March Ambition Selection "Auld
Lang Syne" (Syncopated Melodies)
Band
Vocal solo Side by Side (Anon) Erl
Murray
Saxophone solo Saxanoia Dale Fen-
ton Reading
Clarinet solo Schubert's Serenade
(Schubert) Vergil Evans
Baritone solo The Message (Brooks)
Morton Lament
Duett Playmates March Progress Bat-
tie Hymn of the Republic band
Violin solo selected (Anon) Henry
Williston
Cornet solo Smithsonian (Smith) Wil-
liam Bridges
Reading'
Vocal solo Among My Souvenirs (Les-
lie) Ear) Murray
Selectionsi Levee Song Aloha Oe Oh
Susanna band
Saxophone solo Indian Selection (An-
on) Mote Childers
Clarinet duet The Norwegian Cradle
Song (Morce) Henry Willison Wil-
liam Boyer
Reading
Trio The Spirit of Joy (Valse Ca-
price) Mr and Mrs J C Bridges
and William Losey
Concert Waltz "Claudine" Novelette
"Dainty" March "Snappy" band
HEAVY RAINFALL
The only folk not happy over the
downpour are those who are getting
anxious about the sompletion of the
east and west road The county com-
missioners had hoped and worked to
the end that the road would be in such
condition to have been able to turn it
to the state by the first of May but the
bridge work and the filling in of the
approaches are being necessarilly de-
layed and cannot be completed until
at least several days of sunshine Those
most directly interested are those work-
ing on the project as they are anxious
to have their time going on again
THE SICK
Judpe W B Moss who has been
confined o his bed for seyeral months
was able to sit up for a short while
Tuesday
Cecil Beard is a patient at the Sol-
dieds Memorial hospital where he was
taken last week for treatmnt
Mrs Lon Springer is at home from
Dr Mayo's institution at Rochester
Minn and expects to resume her work
at Miller's department store next week
Mrs C C Palmer is reported as
convalescing
D E McClure of Neodesha neigh-
borhood was in town Saturday the
first time for several weeks Mr Me-
IMPORTANT NEWS HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK
Front Page Stories of the Week Boiled Down from the Dispatches for
The republicans at Oklahoma City
Tuesday selected delegates to the na-
tiona lconvention which convenes at
Kansas City in June The delegation
goes uninstructed but recommended
that the state delegates cast their votes
for Senator Curtis of Kansas The
delegation it is thought will go to
Lowden later although Dawes stands
well among them
The delegates to the Kansas City
convention representing the state at
large are Lew Wentz J C Denton A
C Alexander Senator W B Pine
Mrs Maud Gish Lila D Lindsey Mrs
Byron Shear and Mrs L G Disney
Byron Shear was succeeded by Frank
Parkinson as state chairman
sea
v Floyd Bennett international aviator
is dead at Quebec after contracting
pneumonia in his efforts to reach the
stranded Bremen crew which left Ger-
many several days ago and had to land
in Labrador and where their food sup-
plies run out Everything possible to
save Bennett life was dona even to
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P A THOMAS
Candidate for County Judge
The subject of this sketch F A
Thomas known to his friends as Judge
Thomas is a candidate for county
judge subject to the wishes of the
democratic voters at the August pri-
mary Judge Thomas needs no introduction
to the democrats of Wagoner county
as his activities in party affairs during
the campaigns of 1914-16-18 when
he served as campaign manager pre-
cludes the needs of such formality
Judge Thomas has been a resident
of Oklahoma for 37 years coming to
Wagoner county during the year 1911
and has been engaged in the practice
of law throughout all the years of his
citizenship He is now and has been
for the past ten years president of
tthe Wagoner County Bar ociation
ana hi ability to fill the office to which
he aapire i unquetioned by any one
He ask the support of the democrats
at the August primary
VICTOR LOCKETT NAMED
TO SUCCEED PROF LANE
School Board Tenders Prkicipal-
ship to Manual Training In-
structor Here Four Years ‘
At its regular meeting held Monday
thev city board of education tendered
the principalship of the high school to
Victor Lockett to succeed Prof Lane
who last week notified the- board that
he would not be a candidae for reap-
poinment Prof Lockett has served
His school re cor dgives him one year
at Stillwater eight consecutive years
at Central State Teachers' college and
he will this year receive his bachelor
of science degree
JOHN EDWARDS DIES SUDDENLY
John Edwards father of Rex Ed
wards and Mrs Ennis Smith dropped
dead at Muskogee Saturday Burial
was here Sunday a Elwood cemetery
Rev Virtes Williams holding a short
service at the grave Mr Edwards
since the death of his wife four years
ago had made his home in Muskogee
He is survived by others than those
mentioned above a son and daughter
living away from here Mr Edwards
was in his sixtieth year
AGED WOMAN CALLED BY DEATH
Mrs Nancy D i n a m o r e aged 73
years died at her home at Mazie Sat-
urday night Funeral services were
held Monday and the burial was at
Fisher burying ground northeast of
Wagoner She is survived by several
children -all of whom are grown and
have familiees of their own Mrs
Dinsmore was a native of Missouri
rushing a serum to him which waa car -
ried by Colonel Lindbergh
v By a vote of 254 to 90 the national
house of representatives Tuesday and
against the most bitter opposition by
president Coolidge the flood control
bill passed Western republicans joined
with the almost solid democratic vote
in putting the measure through t
as
- At a national editorial association
Walter Harrison of- the Daily Okla-
homan was elected president Mr Har-'
rison ha the honor of being the first
Oklahoman ever selected for this hon-
or r a a
The offer of millionaire Lew Wentz
to loan to the state enough money to
buy all the remaining toll bridges will
have to be rejected oq account of its
illegality as the state cannot enter in-
to such an agreement says an opinion
from the attorney general's office
a a
Harry Sinclair was freed at Wash-
LIKES MR SEARCY’S METHODS
Monday afternoon Richard B Hall
executive secretary of the American
Title Association and Hugh C Rick-
etts and Julian W Banker president
and secretary respectively of the Ok-
lahoma Title Association togst her
with Frank Sadler of Muskogee and
Carl Miner of Okmulgee visited with
Howard Searcy and put their o k on
the plant of the Wagoner County Ab-
stract Company They are touring
the state in the interest of higher
standards in the real estate title busi-
ness and Mr Hall says that the ab-
stracters of Northeastern Oklahoma
make better streets accidentally than
are made in many places when they
do their best
SOUTH SCHOOL AGAIN
HAS A GOOD RECORD
Attendance for Past Month Again
Good Large Number Listed
As Perfect Spellers
Perfect attendance for April—
First Grade— J o h n Baldridge Ir
Roland Boatright Louie Carter Joe
Clyde Hurst Charlie Jones C C Le-
master John Preston Sayles John
Waggoner Thelma Brewer Ruby Ca-
wood Maargaret Ann Daniel Mona-
vee Kiesow Ruth Speck Thelma Grace
Sprangel
Second Grade— Leo Brummitt Jr
Julius Craig Nona Mae Walker Eloise
Green Adda Lancaster
Third Grade — Edwin Oder Mary
Elizabeth Adams Peggy Baldridge Le-
ola Murphy Martha Stanford Glen
Hancock
Fourth Grade Ed Coady Jr Char-
les Hayes Jr Dick Parker Carson
Stanford Mergaret Hamilton Irene
Mannon Marjorie Weldon
Fifth Grade— Franklyn Edwards
Jewell Orr W C Hall Mary Crow
Dorothr HinklT L"U M“S
gj" Kathenna Koerner Robert
rjBiUy Waggoner Ro-
Sixth Grade
siha Ellis Thomas Watts Frances Lee
Sprangel Hazel Jean Zachary Doro-
thy Daniel Cherry Crow Calvin Par-
ker Jack Barnard Ralph Moss
Seventh Grade— Frances Lawrence
Theodore Edwards Hurchel Priddy
Chat Johnston Vincent Borak Joe
Boatright - - -
Perfect spellers for the past two
weeks—
First Grade — Ruth Hancock Ruth
Speck Elizabeth Ruble Jonnie Lane
Monavee Kiesow John Baldridge Jr
Second Grade— Vincent Watts Jr
Leo Brummitt Jr M a r g u e r ite Ed-
wards Bobby Wheeler Gladys Rob-
erts Julius Craig
Third Grade — Bob Barnard Floyd
Lemaster Edwin Oder Mary Elizabeth
Adams Peggy Baldridge Vera Brewer
Glen Hancock Martha Stanford
Fourth Grade — Jack ’ Novotny Jr
Marjorie Weldon Leon Wheeler Em-
mett Harris David Scharmacher Edith
Brown ’
Fifth Grade — Eloise Ellis Nellie Wal-
don Sixth Grade — Anna Burch Novotny
Ralph Moss
FORMER SENATOR HERE
E M Landrum of Vinita repre-
senting a wholesale book publishing
concern was here Saturday calling on
the county officials Mr Landrum
served the state as senator from the
Cherokee Adair and Delaware district
in the third and fourth sessions of the
state legislature County Attorney
John S Moss represented Wagoner
county at the third session and togeth-
er they passed happily part of a very
rainy afternoon in talking over inci-
dents of those days
Up to noon Wednesday only one
marriage license had been issued since
the last report that of J S Hunnicut
21 and Georgia Cook 18 both of
Muskogee
the Convenience of Our Readers
jington last Saturday when the jury re
turned a verdict of not guilty He was
(charged with conspiring with others in
defrauding the- government growing
out of the Teapot dome exposure of
several years ago when a cabinet of-
ficer was accused of having sold certain
leases on the oil property of the gov-
ernment for a personal consideration
The trial covers a period of many
months and while Sinclair has been
freed from any punishment he and his
associates have been convicted by pub-
lic opinion months ago that not even a
jury verdict will change
a a a
The political primaries during the
week have advanced the cause of
Hoover the republican candidate and
Governor Smith in the democratic
party Hoover captured the states of
Ohio and Massachusetts and Smith has
taken Pennsylvania Massachusetts and
Ohio Kansas' democrat will present
Congressman Ayers of Wichita and
the republicans will of course cast their
votes for Senator Curtis
VERNORENTEHS
BICE FOB JUSTICE
SUPREME COURT
District Judge of Muskogee to
Oppose Chief Justice Branson
for Re-election to Bench
HAS MANY jFRIENDS HERE
Judge E V Vernor of Muskogee
and one jjf the three judges of the
Wagoner and Muskogee district has
announced that he will be a candidate
for the supreme court to succeed Judge
Fred Branson Muskogee is not in our
supreme court district but Judge Ver-
nor has made a host of friends here
who are going to get mightily interest-
ed in his candidacy As t campaigner
Judge Vernor has few equals and if
any other than he gets the nomination
it i the opinion of many that he will
have to pass Judge Vernor to 1 it
We have known Judge Vernor both
in public and private life and he has
been honored and respected to the ex-
tent that from the first announcement
he has steadily advanced in the confi-
dence and esteem of the people by in-
creased majorities He began his po-
litical career after twelve years of prac-
tice and then ran for county judge of
Muskogee county which nomination
he received by substantial majorities
over each of his opponents He was
opposed for the nomination for a sec-
ond term but was elected by over
1400 majority and upon his candi-
dacy for a third trm was unopposed in
the primary l
Thereafter he ran for district judge
opposing a then district judge seeking
hie second term but was nominated by
a majority of over 2600 and renomi-
nated for a second term leading his
ticket in the primary and general elec-
tion Judge Vernor is well known per-
sonally and by reputation throughout
the district and is meeting with ap-
proval of all who know hiiq
I O O F ORGANIZATION
The Odd Fellow and Rgbeckah lod-
ges of Tahlequah Hulbert Porter Co-
weta and Wagoner met in Wagoner I
O O F hall Tuesday evening for the
purpose of organizing thee lodges into
an association Meetings are to be held
monthly and the following officers were
elected:
L A Cowling Porter president Miss
Rose Gaunt of Wagoner vice president
Henry Zelllner of Hulbert secretary
Miss Kelsie Williams Coweta corres-
ponding secretary Wm Thorne Tahie-
quah treasurer Mrs Rose W Blake
publicity correspondent
A committee composed of E D
Spears Steve Gates C M Robinson
Oilver Sewell and Vern Lawson was
appointed to draft the rules and by
laws of the organization
John T Beard of Wagoner who
presided over the meeting in a few
well chosen remarks introduced Mr
Cowling who made a splendid talk on
the plans and duties before the associ-
ation He was followed by the newly
elected officers and a round table dis-
cussion U was agreed to hold the next meet-
ing in Tahlequah May 23 at which
time Clover Leaf Rebekah Lodge of
Wagoner will have a leading part in
the program
Refresments consisting of a salad
course with coffee followed by ice
cream and cake was served by the
Wagoner lodges
DON McCLURE IN TOWN
WILL SPEND VACATION IN EAST
Mrs Addie Boyd who ha just com-
pleted her term as teacher at Court-
ney school will leave soon for an ex-
tended visit with home folks in Illinois
and Mississippi She will go first to
Illinois to visit her parents and later to
visit her son and family in Mississippi
On her return she will enroll at Tah-
lequah for the next term- gving up
teaching for that length of time at
least -
TEACHER VERY ILL
Friends here are concerned over the
illness of Miss Virginia White who is
teaching the Prairie View school
She was taken down with pneumonia
some day ago and has been ill very
indeed Late report are the she is
convalescing
TWO FORD DELIVERIES
During the week the local Ford
agency ha delivered two new cars
both of the touring type one going to
Miss Ursula McFarland and the other
to Arthur Beard ‘I
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