Okemah Semi-Weekly Herald (Okemah, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, July 7, 1933 Page: 1 of 4
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Semi-
Weekly PUBLISHED TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY AFTERNOON— COVERS OKFUSKEE COUNTY LIKE SUNSHINE— $150 PER YEAR BY MAIL
Herald
"Treasures of wickedness profit nothing
but righteousness delivereth from death”
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR
$100 A YEAR OFFER
In Okfuskee County Only j "
VOLUME I
OKEMAH OKFUSKEE COUNTY OKLAHOMA FRIDAY JULY 7 1933
NUMBER 8-9
Okemah
IRRIGATION AND LAKE
PROJECT DISCUSSED
WRITER GIVES FACTS AND
FIGURES RELATIVE : TO
PROPOSED LAKE
CHANGE FOR FEDERAL AID
Vast Sums To Be Spent In State
And Writer Asks Why
l Not Get Our Share
The Semi-Weekly Herald is
again very glad to publish a com-
munication received by it relative
to the lake proposition for Oke-
mah and Okfuskee county If
there is going to be anything done
aibout this very important matter
that means so much for town and
county it is time in our judgment
that the preliminary work be
started without further delay
Last week’s article relative to a
lake which appeared in the Her
aid did two things
First it disclosed a lack of gen-
eral knowledge concerning the
project
Second it disclosed a s"rp ising
amount of patriotism If anv onj
will take the time to drive out to
the proposed location of the dam
Jhe will see an opening between
tw oridges each ridge two hun-
dred or more feet in height and
approximately half a mile apart
Down through this opening flows
Buckeye creek on its way to Deep
Ford When a dam is built across
this fan-shaped opening water
will be backed up to within two
miles fo the cemetery The size of
this project is much larger than
most people imagine Below this
dam there is a valley containing
more than 15 square miles much
Af which is subject to overflow
one or more times a year As an
irrigation project this becomes an
entirely feasible proposition One
land owner says he will irrigate
600 acres if it is built This view
of it was not mentioned in our
previuos article The land has a
clay subsoil covered with an al-
luvial loam which is an ideal irri-
gation type requiring only a
small amount of water in com-
parison to the sandy land so often
found in irrigation projects The
value of the land would be en-
hanced from $25 an acre to two
hundred dollars or more
Now as an irrigation project the
easements of the land to be cov-
ered with water would be taken
care of as it always is in such
irrigation projects Besides 70
per cent of the cost of the work
would be borne by Federal aid
UThis Federal aid money is go-
ing to be spent somewhere in the
state Some several communities
will derive the benefit of three
million three hundred thousand
dollars' -Now
this propsoed project has
aroused a certain type of patriot-
ism that is rather unusual The
writer questions whether the like
of it will be found in another
county in the state or nation
We are told that it is wrong to
spend this money in Okfuskee
iVounty that the bill will have to
be paid some day that it is bank-
J rupting the nation and that it
i is foolish to spend the money out
I here for a lake
" We grant you the money will
have to be repaid but we can’t
conceive of the eelif-sacrificing
patriotic spirit which would say:
“My dear Alfonso you spend it
over in your county it isn’t right
to spend so much money in Ok-
juskee county” It would event-
(ually make this county more
famous than Medicine Park where
j folks can’t bathe in Lake Lawton-
ka because Lawton and Sill use
t water for drinking purposes
$ We believe thait Okemah has more
self-sacrificing business men than
any town of the size in the na-
tion We merely have to look at
(Continued on Page Four)
AFTER 14 YEARS -iBERTY
WES KENNEDY GETS MAN
Sheriff Wes Kennedy picked up
Tom McKellop the first of the
veek aftei he had been at liberty
‘'for nearly 14 years
McKellop was sentenced from
this county for a life term in the
penitentiary on a charge of itim-
T?r He made his escape from
McAlister after a short time and
hen since been at libet
He was held in jail here until
Tuesday when Deputy Warden
Jess Phillips of the McMestcr
penitentiary came after h::n and
he is now doing time again there
C L BINGHAM BATTERY
MAN HAS FINE FARM
' C L Bingham battery service
man and neighbor of The Herald
invited the junior editor and
family out to his fruit farm and
we took advantage for a time on
the Fourth and went out to s sc
this beautiful place
It is located about a mile and a
half from town east on highway
62 and Mr Bingham has it in
about as high state of cultivation
as it can be
A peach plum and apple or-
chard with several varieties of
pecan trees are to be found all
in fine shape Besides the small-
er berry vines consisting -of rasp-
berry Youngberry which is a
cross between the loganberry and
dewberry gooseberry and straw-
berry and other vine fruits A
well-kept vineyard with a lot of
grapes was also a pretty sight
Mr Bingham don’t believe that
this is much of a country for
peaches His trees are nealtliy
but he says they don’t bear more
than twice in five years and his
preference i9 for plums and pe-
cans In addition about every garden
vegetable is being raised and sev-
eral kinds of corn and it didn’t
show much damage from the ex-
treme heat of the past ten days
Mr Bingham’s 30-acre tract is
a beauty spot and the pride of
his heart and by the way Mrs
Bingham showed us her many
pets among which was one ol the
prettiest cars we ever saw
OSCAR T MOLINE FOR-
MER OKEMAH BOY HERE
Rev Oscar T Moline a former
Okemah boy now pastor of the
First Christian church at Gra-
ham Texas was here for several
days the first of the week visit-
ing among relatives and friends
A'fter graduating from the high
school here he entered school at
Kimberlin Heights Tenn and
finished up his work at Phillips
University Enid
He was for some time pastor of
a church in Nebraska going to
Graham about two years ago
Mrs L E Becknell of Joplin
a sister accompanied him here for
a visit They left Tuesday for
Claremore where they will meet
the family of Rev Moline who
were visiting with her parents
there and all will go on to Mis-
souri for a further visit with
relatives
Rev Moline preached at the
Christian church here during his
visit
Fowler & Son Are
Selling Out Store
Fowler & Son who have been
conducting a general store at
Pharoah for the past five years
have decided to close out their
business and the Herald printed
the bills announcing the sale
which oy's Saturday of this
week
Mr Fowler says he wants to
get away from hard work and for
that reason has decided to close
out
“There is a fine opening for
some hustler to continue this
business and we have the build-
ing ready for occupancy at the
close of our sale and the fixtures
can be bought at bargain prices”
said Mr Foster
Selling will start on Saturday
July 8 and continue until the stock
is closed out to the bare walls
JUDGE WREN ATTENDS
EXECUTIVE MEETING
T H Wren member of the ex-
ecutive committee of the Non-Partisan
Taxpayers Association of
Oklahoma was in attendance at a
meeting of the committee in Ok-
lahoma City yesterday
The regular annual convention
of the Association will be held
August 8 and is composed of del-
egates selected from each county
association in the state
Judge Bozarth on Bench
Judge Mark L Bozarth of Ok-
mulgee held court here Wednesday
Several motions were disposed of
as well as orders made in a case
or two Judge John L Norman
was in Okmulgee hearing a case
during the absence of Judge Bo-
zarth MORE PEOPLE THAN HE
EVER SAW AT SULPHER
H D Moreu deputy county
clerk and his friend J W Lassiter
of Castle were in Sulpher for the
Fourth
H D says he saw more people
there than he ever saw before in
all his life
ROADS PROJECTS
TO COME UP SOON
OKFUSKEE COUNTY’S SHARE
FIGURED AT $100000 AND
SEVERAL JOBS
TIME FOR UNITED ACTION
Several Roads and Bridges Are
Slated For Attention When
Money Is Appropriated
The State of Oklahoma is to
receive something oyer $9000000
as1 her share of the Federal appro-
priation and this money is going
to he alloted to roads in the entire
state Fact is projects are now
being planned by the highway de-
partment for the expenditure of
this vast sum
Many counties over the state
are arranging to begin work on
roads within their borders This
money is not to be spent on any
designated highway where work is
now being done the intention be-
ing to devote the whole appropria-
tion to new work
If Okfuskee county is to get her
proper share it is high time that
some organized movement be
started and plans submitted to the
highway department so that de-
tails may be worked out and ac-
1 work started
A talk with several business
men convinces us that highway 56
should be paved from the county
line on into Okemah This road
is paved to the north end of Sem-
inole county and work should be-
gin there and terminate here It
i9 also the opinion of some that
No 27 should be graded and at
least graveled from where it
turns east on north to the county
line
Should Be Graveled
It is the opinion of Commis-
sioner Wilson that the Wetumka
road should be graded and' grav-
eled with money from this appro-
priation and that is the almost
universal opinion of most people
Then too the Bearden road
should have attention making an
all-year road for the people in
that section
N D Harkey says he is in fa-
vor of improving the Wetumka
road the Bearden road and using
all the overplus of our allotted ap-
propriation on the Deepfork bot-
tom bringing that road up above
high water Mr Harkey is also
in favor of the lake proposition
particularly so if it can be con-
nected with a feasible irrigation
project providing money can be
gotten to pay for easements on
the land involved for dam and
lake He believes thhe time will
come when this tovg will need a
permanent water supply and it is
well that we look into the future
a little
W A Wilson believes that some
action should be taken without de'
lay to make plans for using our
share of the road money He also
favors the lake proposition if it
can be worked out
S T Palmer is in favor of the
Wetumka and Bearden roads and
the building of No 27 north to
the county line He thinks this
road should be paved joining No
56 with No 27 for a paved high-
way through the county
The Chamber of Commerce will
meet Wednesday and at that time
definite actiin should be taken so
that we will be assured of some
needed road work in Okfuskee
county
NOTICE TO SPANISH-
AMERICAN WAR VETS
By W A Wilson
Veterans should try to get in
communication with their com-
rades of service days
These contacts are more neces-
sary now than ever betfore as vet-
erans seek to secure statements
regrading sickness and disability
during service and as the burden
of proof of service corrected dis-
ability is forced upon them Vet-
erans should write their former
comrades and ask them to help
them in their pension matters
Don’t give up 'before the battle
is entirely lost You didn’t do it
in "88 for if you had you wouldn’t
have a pension to fight for now
So get busy now and show the
United States Chamber of Com-
merce -and the Tax Dodging
leagues that are protected by the
same flag that the veterans otf
1898 fought for to preserve
The adjutant of James Junious
Johnson Camp No 7 is heartily in
favor of this
GOVERNOR HASKELL
DIED WEDNESDAY
Charles N Haskell first gover
nor of Oklahoma died at bis suite
in the Skirvin Hotel' Oklahoma
City- at half past seven Wednes-
day morning I
Pneumonia was the ' immediate
cause of his death although he had
suffered from a paralytic stroke
some three months ago The Leg-
islature recessed for a time Wed-
nesday and the flag at the capitol
was at half mast He was 71
years of age last March
Governor Haskell was probably
best known in the state foi having
moved the capital from Guthrie to
Oklahoma City He was a near
friend of Governor Murray and
is said to have'advised frquently
with him on matters of state
Governor Murray’s Tribute
“C N Haskell had the keenest
intellect and the most practical
ever knew in a man and I have
known many great men He was
not as learned as others but he
quickly grasped information given
him and solved the problems even
on questions not before' known
“He was not a great lawyer but
a judge of what the law ought to
be in the most remarkable de-
gree He could tell whether
lawyer was advising him correctly
or not
“He had a desire to serve the
public in a remarkable degree
and in my opinion sometimesl
that desire gave him trouble be-
cause of organized propaganda to
cause him to act which caused him
to yield when otherwise he might
not have yielded but yet in case
of big properties where the gen-
eral public was involved and he
was convinced that the big man
had a just cause he had the cour-
age to pursue the just and proper
course
“He has performed a great ser-
vice to the state a greater ser-
vice than the public can possibly
know In later years that will
be made known and recognized”
GREGORY JAMES DEPUTY
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT
Gregory James of this city son
of Mr and Mrs E W James has
been selected 'by Mrs Viola Grif-
fith county superintendent-elect
as office deputy according to an
announcement made by her this
week
Mr Jame3 is a graduate of the
Weleetka high school and a grad-
uate of the University of Oklaho
ma He also attended Phillips uni'
versity at Enid — Weleetka Amer-
ican Judge Cochran and
Family Visit Ozarks
Judge Arthur Cochran with
Mrs Cochran - and daughters
Wanda Fay and Helen Fern left
Saturday for a short vacation trip
to Northwest Arkansas
On the trip they visited Wins'
low Fayetteville jRogers Ben-
tonville and Eureka Springs also
stopping at Bella Vista on top of
the Boston Mountains
The Judge says it was a most
delightful trip and at Bella Vista
2500 feet high he could see for
miles in every direction and the
scenery and view of the country
was worth the trip
The Judge said he was reared in
the central part of the state and
had always wanted to go to the
Ozarks section and this wa9 his
first trip Get him to tell you
about the caves they visited and
the wonderful scenery to be seen
in that section
The party returned Tuesday
evening
Stone Receives
Election Supplies
Jim: Stone secretary of the
county election board has received
all supplies necessary for the elec-
tion to be held in Okfuskee coun-
ty and the entire state on July 11
This election has nothing to do
with the Eighteenth amendment
It decides the question as to
whether beer can be sold within
the state with an alcoholir content
of not more than 32 per cent
Go to the polls and vote your
sentiment as your conscience dic-
tates MOREU’S GROUCHY SMILE
W M Moreu was in the sher-
iff’s office yesterday morning vis-
it'rg with Jailer LVrrick and Un-
dersheriff Roy Parham when in
came Sheriff Kennedy and the
conversation ran about like this:
The Sheriff: Why that grouchy
moan smile Bil1 :
Mr Moreu: Same old grouch
and grouchy smile sheriff
BUSY ON COTTON
REDUCTION HERE
AGENT GERNERT AND FORCE
WORK DAY AND NIGHT
TO FINISH WORK
483 CONTRACTORS SENT IN
More Than 4200 Acres Have Been
Scheduled For Plowing Up-
Estimated Yield Too High
The cotton reduction campaign
in Okfuskee county is moving
swiftly to a final finish on Satur-
day night so County Agent Gera-
ert and his forces report
A report for Wednesday the
latest to be tabulated showed 1-
880 acres signed up to take out of
production with an estimated
yield of 1589 pounds per acre
According to the 5-year average
for this county this figure is 279
pouhds too high
The total cash payment on
Wednesday’s business without the
option will amount to $10002 and
with the option the sum of $8-
61450 It is estimated the number of
bales taken out of production for
his one day is 350 on the optinal
plan and 600 bales nn both plans
Negro Meetings Today
Five negro meetings are sched-
uled for today Chilesville Ross
Boley Sand Creek and IXL Clear-
view and Canard have been taken
care of
Contracts signed and forwarded
up to this morning numbered 483
approximating 4200 acres for the
county
The work has been held up the
last few days on account of wait-
ing for the neceary blanks to
arrive from Washington
There seems to be no doubt at
this time but that the county will
go over the top with its 21000 acre
minimum
MISS AMOS HAS A
FULL WEEK AHEAD
Miss Charlcie Amos county
demonstration agent will meet
with the 4-H club girls at the fol
lowing places during the coming
week:
Monday July 10 — Sunrise with
a morning meeting and a canning
demonstration in the afternoon
Tuesday — No engagements We
vote on beer in Oklahoma that
day
Wednesday July 12 — New Hope
and Midway with a morning
meeting Afternoon a canning
demonstration at Grant at GSreen’s
store
Thur9dy July 13 — 'Bethel and
Fifty-two Springs with 4-H girls
and a canning demonstration at
Fifty-two Springs school house
Friday July 14 — With Rock and
Mason 4-H girls and in the af-
ternoon a meeting with the Mason
Adult club
Saturday at office where Coun-
ty Secretary Doris Rutland will
assist in making out Roundup re-
ports If any have not sent in
these reports they are requested
to do so now
Marriage License
Virgil Londers and Elva Lob
ner both of Pharoah June 30
James P Blv Tulsa and Delcia
Rice Okemah July 1
Jim Minor and Louise Ham
both of Henryetta July 1
Ervin Woodrow Cook and Cor-
ine Jones Okemah July 1
Carroll Phillips and Marie Jones
Okemah July 1
Ben Rutledge and Flora Pat-
rick Okemah July 1
Glenn Yerby Nora Wililams
Okemah July 1
Jess Collins Paden and Susie
Grovett Paden July 3
Dewey Klutts Okmulgee and
Melba Alstott July 4
D E Crabtree Jenks Ruth L
Wilson Stpulpa July 5
C A Ellis and Addie B Walker
Boley July 5
Two Fire Alarms This Week
Flashes from electric wires at
the power house late Monday was
the cause of a fire alarm to be
turned in and a quick response
by the department with no damage
reported Tuesday night at about
10 an alarm was sounded and the
department went to the Safeway
Store where the motor attached
o the cooler had burned out No
damage was done except to the
motor said Manager Martin
J D Complim of Tulsa visited
in Okemah Saturday
Z B THOMPSON HAS
FINE RECORD ON ROADS
Our fellow-townsman Z J
Thompson was a pleasant caller
at the Herald office Wednesday
and told us aibout his son an Ok-
lahoma born boy who is now
highway maintenance engineer in
Tennessee
Z B works out of Selma in all
directions Highways 64 and 42
cross at this town and Mr
Thompson has charge of all main-
tenance on both highways He
has about 125 men under him and
his section is on the honor roll for
the state
In 1932 there was not an acci-
dent major or minor or property
damage on his division which
covers more than 125 miles of
roads The highway commission
of Tennessee were very generous
in their praise of Mr Thompson
and his forces
Mr Z J Thompson has been a
citizen of Oklahoma for 32 years
and promised us he was going
to write an article for the Herald
before long He says he has some
opinions he wants to get before
the people whether anyone agrees
with him or not don’t worry him
MISS BERTHA MEADERS
TEACHES AT SPAULDING
Miss Bertha Mae Meaders who
has been attending East Central
Teachers college at Ada is home
with her parents
Miss Bertha made the full high
school course here in three years
and likewise her college courses
were completed in the same
length of time She entered col-
lege at 16
Miss Meaders received her de-
gree of B S at the Ada school
this summer and will begin
teaching at Spaulding at the Con'
solidated school July 10 She will
teach English public speaking
and music in the school at Spauld-
ing BRIDGE DECISION
IS AGAINST STATE
Judge John C Pollock federal
judge for the district of Kansas
decided the free bridge case
against the state the first of the
Week
A judgment for around $168000
iwas rendered in behalf of the par-
ties who own the toll bridge
across Red river
Governor Murray says the judg-
ment against the state will not be
paid while he is governor
County Is Kept
Within Budget
- Okfuskee county ended the fis-
cal year of 1932-33 July 1 with
all branches of administration
pt within their budgets That
isj no fund spent more than the
amount alloted to it
The prisoners were fed on the
money set aside for that purpose
and a balance of around $45 was
in the fund at the close of the
year Also the sheriff’s and depu-
ties mileage was kept within the
allowance set aside for that pur-
pose and- this same rule applies
to all the other funds of county
administration
County Clerk Cargile tells the
Herald that all the school districts
of the county kept within their
budgets for the year and this is a
very unusual happening in these
times
Okfuskee county is to be con-
gratulated on this showing and it
seems to be in the air at the court
house to make the same good
showing this year
NOTICE TO PRECINCT
REGISTRARS OF COUNTY
Please send in your books after
July 1 to Jim Stone county secre-
tary t£ the Election Board
GROVER HAYDON
County Registrar
Binghams Lose Pet Dog
C L Bingham lost one of his
prized pets a dog on the 4th A
heavy car driving east on the high-
way in front of his home ran over
the dog and killed it Mr Bingham
has two dogs and noticing that
one of them was missing started
a search and following the lead of
his other pet dog he was taken to
the highway where he found the
missing canine had been run over
and there is sorrow in the Bing-
ham home
Two Issues Combined
The Herald did not issue on
Tuesday of this week on account
of H being the Fourth of July a
legal holiday Tuesday’s issue is
combined with today’s
SUPT DIEHL ENDS
REGISTRY WORK
ABOUT 55 PER CENT OF MALE
VOTERS OF COUNTY ARE -ON
UNEMPLOYED LIST
APPROVED 3365 FILINGS
Over Four Thousand Registered
But 654 Are Turned Down-
Will Show Positive Figures
' Superintendent Chas Diehl
who has charge fo the R F C
work in Okfuskee county has been
the busiest man around the court
house this week
Mr Diehl is conducting the
work of registering everyone in
the county who is entitled To help
from the funds set aside for use
of the unemployed
Those who have registered to
date number 4919 and 654 appli-
cations have been turned down
leaving 3365 approved applica-
tions This is a considerable re-
duction from the figures at the
beginning of the work At that
time it was estimated that two
out of three families in the coun-
ty were in need of help
The present registration reveals
that about 55 per cent of the male
voters of the county are unem-
ployed This registration is being con-
ducted all over the country and
when completed will furnish the
government with actual figures as
to unemployment and will assist
in making plans to supply work
for the jobless throughout the
nation
All new work will be based on
this registration
LOCAL POSTAGE RATES
REDUCED TO TWO CENTS
Effective Saturday July 1 the
two cent postage will apply to
city letters and letter mail on-
routes out of Okemah It does
not apply to first class mail to-
outside towns or states The de-
partment feels that this arrange-
ment will increase revenue and
maintain present employees
Visitors From Kansas
Miss Esther Strong and Mr
Frank Niles of Ft Scott Kansas
are guests of Miss Strong’s bro-
ther W G Strang and family
over the Fourth
Harrison Box Is Well
Harrison Box who has been un-
der the weather for several days
was able to be at his store Wed-'
nesday and is fully recovered
from his sick spell which has kept
him home for several days
Stabbing At Boley
Jasper Wilson was stabbed in the
back by Georgia Johnson at a
dance at Boley the night of the
4th Georgia’s master stroke at
carving Wilson was made with a
pocket knife it is said and Wilson
is now at his home and Georgia
is in jail Wilson is said to have
sloughed the negro woman with a
pop bottle and the lick floored
her Her right cheek was slashed
near the ear Both are negroes
Cup Towels for Miss Amos
Miss Charlcie Amos county dem-
onstration agent received a nice
supply of cup towels from the Ok-
fuskee 4-H club the last of the
week and she is deeply grateful
for the gift and the interest
shown by the Okfuskee club
Chairman Wilson In Town
Com?i)issii'tr Vilson was here
yesterday L-irn Weleetkr and
told us he came over to s'gu some
warrants for the ipst ticre We
were about to gel excited think-
ing we had a “real” story ab ut a
lesignation or sumpin’ when he
explained that the comminoners
rotated the place of chai'man of
the hoard each year and that Bill
Mtmvarring Mould act i that
spicily for the next ye'r Its
now Chairman Manwarring
Co D Meets at Armory
Company D 180th Infantry had
regular meeting last night
when many of the boys received a
typhoid “shot” They also held
their regular drill The company
leaves for summer camp at Ft
Sill for 15 days August 4
F M Johnson and H T Le-
roux of the Oklahoma Pipe Line
company at Tulsa are here this
week on business for their company
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