Claremore Progress. And Rogers County Democrat (Claremore, Okla.), Vol. 23, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 29, 1915 Page: 1 of 8
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Claremore Progress.
AND ROGERS COUNTY DEMOCRAT
VOL. XXIII.
CLAREMORE. OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY, APRIL 27,' 1916
No. 12
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The Latest Danger: The Hellydid
fj[ THE HELLYDID is an animal recently
^|| discovered in the valleys of the River of
Doubt. Its pedigree and its general appear-
ance show it to be a combination of the Bull
Moose, the Democratic Donkey and the Re-
publican Elephant. It is an unsightly crea-
ture and it gives forth sounds indescribably
horrible.
<] If you would escape its dreadful ravages;
DIVERSIFY
Don't stop with Wheat, Oats and Corn, but
try a patch of—
SPANISH PEANUTS
COW PEAS
KAFFIR and miLO
FETEBITfl
SUDAN GRASS
JAPANESE SORGHUm
GERM [IIILLET
CANE of one or more Kinds
Let Us Help You Make the Choice
Pittman and Harrison Co.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL SEEDSMEN. Claremore, Oklahoma
' NEGRO ARRESTED FOR PASSING ' on another of the merchants for
"BOGUS" CHECKS i shortly afterwards he went to The
I Boston Store and bought merchandise
When L. B. Hohl, manager of the to the amount of $9.00, giving a
Rogers County Mercantile Co,, sold check to be cashed this time to Mr.
Will Banks, negro, a pair of shoes Sullivan for the sum of $22.00, drawn
Saturday night at nine o'clock and
cashed for him, in payment for the
merchandise, a check for $17.00, giv-
ing him, together with the shoes,
change to the amount of $13.00, he
little thought that he was being "skin-
ned," but such nevertheless proved
to be the case.
Banks rushed into the Rogers Coun-
ty Mercantile Co., Saturday night,
and asked to be shown a pair of
shoes. Mr. Hohl, who had had con-
siderable dealings with the man,
thought nothing of the matter and
sold him a pair of shoes, receiving in
payment therefor a check for $17.00,
drawn on the Farmers Bank and
Trust Co., and signed by Art Kelsey.
He gave the negro the change, with-
out any suspicions as to the validity
of the check as he had cashed many
others for the same party, but events
later on in the evening proved that
he had been made the victim of a
"skin game."
Apparently the negro, made more
bold, by the success of his deal at the
Rogers County Mercantile Company,
thought that he would work his game
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DRUG CO.
Tte ValDM*
George Cordary, on a First Na-
tional Bank check, and signing his
name in this instance Sam Vann. Mr.
Sullivan, who did not know the negro
and had had no previous dealings with
him, became suspicious and called
Cordary over the phone, asking him
if he had issued the check in ques-
MOTHERS' CLUB VISITED .THE
ACADEMY SCHOOL
Some twenty members of the Moth-
ers' Club paid a visit to the 4th and
6th grades, taught by Misses Flora
Thompson, Ada Condry and Maude
Ward, at the Academy school build-
ing, Friday afternoon from the hours
2:30 to 3:30. A special program had
been prepared by the students of
these grades for the visiting mothers,
under the supervision of the teachers,
and was rendered not only with cred-
tion. Mr. Cordary assured him thatj it to the pupils but also to the teuch-
he liad not and that the check must
have been a forgery.
Chief of Police Ben Matthews was
called and placed the negro, together
with an accomplice, under arrest.
Mr. Hohl, hearing of the affair,
went up to the Boston Store and iden-
tified the negro as being the same
one who passed the check for $17.00
on him earlier in the evening. A
few investigations revealed the fact
that the check given Mr. Hohl was
also a forgery.
'Monday morning the negro ac-
knowledged to Mr. Sullivan that he
was the man who had passed the
check, after having denied it at the
time of his arrest and repeatedly af-
terwards.
Both of the merchants recovered
both the merchandise and the money,
given the negro.
SUNSHINE CLUB MET AND
ELECTED DELEGATES
The Sunshine Club held a most
enoyable meeting at the home of
Mrs. E. H. Lightner, Tuesday even-
ing. A program had been arranged,
but on account of the threatening
weather the attendance was not as
good as expected and the rendition
of the program was deferred to an-
other time. However, Mesdames C.
S. Wortman and T. L. Brown were
selected as delegates to reperesent
this organization at the District Fed-
eration, which convenes in this city
on the 11th, 12th ad 13th of May, in
the new Baptist church.
The report of the work done by the
Council of Women daring the past
year was read and with pleasure to
all, as it showed that the women have
been active m their work for the hair
terment of the town.
At an appropriate hoar dainty re-
freshments were served by the hoet-
The officials at the First National
Bank *«re busily engaged Saturday
morning preparing for a flood. Mr.
Godbey said that he believed In pre-
paring for war in time at peace.
ers, showing in its excellent rendition
careful preparation by the students
and careful training upon the parts of
the teachers.
Following is the program which
was rendered without exception:
Song, "Grandma Gruff," School.
Recitation, "Welcome," Toby An-
drews.
Recitation, "Where Honor is Due,"
Jesse Bushyhead.
Song, (a) "Fiddle Song; (b) "Saw-
ing," Fourth Grade.
Recitation, "When ' Mother is
Away," Robert Parsley.
Song, "Forge," Fifth "A" Grade.
Paper, Harry McCullough.
Recitation, "When Teacher Gets
Cross," Leon Moore.
Song, "High Above," Fifth "B"
Grade.
"Mother," Louis Whirlwind, Trend-
ley Dougherty, Joe Chryst, Bert
Litchenburg, Fred Dobson, Fourth
Grade.
Recitation, "Carnation," Robert
DuiTord.
Song, "Jolly Boys," School.
WANTS TO RECOVER 1148,038.04
JUDGMENT WITH INTEREST
AND C'OStS
The largest ciine ever filed in the
district court wan filed Friday by
James S. Davenport, attorney for the
plaintiff, which has to do with a
judgment of $148,938.04, interest
thereupon, and costs, which James W.
Campbell, as plaintiff in the case, is
trying to collect from Courtney Camp-
bell, ('has. M. Campbell and his wife,
I'uullne Campbell, defendants in the
cuse.
The plaintiff, James W. Campbell,
alleges in his petition aN grounds for
the suit, that on the 25th day of No-
vember, 1B14, he obtained a judgment
in the supreme court of the District
of Columbia, against one of the de-
fendants, Charles M. Campbell, for
the sum of $141),74*1.00, with interest
ut 0 per cent per annum, from Febru-
ary 1, 1914, together with costs of the
suit; that execution was awarded him
on December 3, 1914; that the defend-
ant, Charles M. Campbell, has paid
$807.90 on said judgment and that
there remains due and unpaid on the
judgment the sum of $148,938.04, to-
gether with in treat and costs thereof
and that said judgment is in full
force and effect. He further alleges
that Charles M. Campbell has no
property in the District of Columbia
and that the judgment can not be
sutislied from any revenue therefrom
as u result.
The petition goes on further to
statu that on the 2<ith day of Novem-
ber, 1914, after said judgment was
rendered and after Charles M. Camp-
bell was in full knowledge of the fact
that it had been rendered, he was
owner of the following real estate in
thig city, Claremore, Oklahoma: East
IS) feet of Lot 6 and West 11 feet of
Lot 7, in Block 113, and Lots 3, 4, 6, 6,
in block 89, and Lots 1 and 2 in block
114, according to the United States
Government Survey, and that the le-
gal title to said property was in his
name and belonged to him at the time
the judgment and execution was ren-
dered in favor of Jutjies W. Campbell
and that said defendant, Charles M.
Campbell, did, together with his wife,
Pauline Campbell, on or about the
27th day of November, 1914),qonvey or
cause to be conveyed, to Charles M.
Campbell's son, Courtney Campbell,
the record title to the above named
real estate without consideration and
with a fraudulent dfesire and intent to
defraud James W. Campbell of ■ his
just demands, against Charles M.
Campbell.
Tiie petition further shows that on
the above named properties there are
located brick buildings, the rental
from which amounts to some $400.00
per month and which is collected by
Courtney Campbell, per an agent
here, which he in turn accounts for
to his father, Charles M. Campbell.
Therefore, the plaintiff, James W.
Campbell, asks the court to appoint
a receiver to take charge of said
properties, collect all rents, said
amounts to be applied on judgment
until the the same shall have been
satisfied, together with interest and
costs.
It will be remembered that the
Campbell being sued is the gentleman
who was in our city some time back
and took such an interest in Radium
water. His son, Courtney, also spent
some time here looking after his fath-
er's interests. The buildings in ques-
tion are known as "The Campbell
Buildings," of our city.
FT. SMITH TO BE DRY AUGUST
FIRST
Judge Paul Little of the circuit
sourt has reversed the decision of the
county court which found iq favor of
the liquor interests at a big hearing
in January. The decision of Judge
Little will operate to close all Fort
Smith saloons on August 1st
Judge Little ruled that the liquor
interests did not have a sufficient
percentage of the signatures of the
adult white residents of Fort Smith
to the petition which they presented
in order to have the county court is-
sue them licenses.
This is the second time that the
• lower court has been reversed by the
I higher court decision taken up by the
Conn!£ WU^. |defe£ a rulin* in
I favor of the liquor interests.
Lloyd Gooch.
Herman Hiatt.
"Little Dutchman,'
ELDER ISBELL REPORTS THREE
WEDDINGS
Eld. Chas. Isbell reports the per-
forming of three marriage ceremonies
last week,- the first being that of
Steve McClellan and Miss Joellie
Bradshaw, on Sunday, April 18, at
the home of the bride's parents, north
of town 9 miles. The happy couple
will make their future home on the
McCleRan farm.
The other two were Emmet Parson
to Miss Bessie Robinson, on Friday,
the 23rd. at the Isbell home in the
south part of town, and Leonard Bow-
n, of near Winganon, to Miss
Gladys Lane, of Chelsea, on Saturday,
the 24th at the county judge's office
at the coot ho—i
Miss Nell Millar, of Tulsa, is here
visiting Dr. Chambers and family.
RETURNED TO THE TROPICS
Harold Jennings left Monday night
for Tela, Honduras, South America,
where he will be engaged in the sur-
veying business.
Mr. Jennings formerly held this po-
sition at that place but was forced to
return home, after several weeks con-
finement in a hospital there by illness.
He has now recovered his strength and
has gone for an indefinite stay.
M "BUSTED" AT WEST POINT
Because of about 90 failures among
West Point cadet candidates in the
March examinations. Secretary Gar-
rison has ordered an additional exam-
ination May 25.
The present first class at West Point
nam be ring 164 members, will exceed
the second lutenancies available July
I, according to present estimates.
"COIN" HARVEY HERE —HAS
TURNKD MARKING CREW
HACK
W. II. "Coin" Harvey, president of
the Oiurk Trail's Good Roads Asso-
ciation, spent it few hours In our city
Friday with local good roads men.
Mr. Harvey has been on u tour re-
marking the Ozark Trails in this sec-
tion of the country and freshening
them up a bit. On account of the
bad wenther he turned his marking
crew back Thursday evening to his
home in Monte Ne, Ark., at Chelsea,
upon the assuranco of the Chelsea
people thnt they would attend to the
work from that pluce to Claremore
und upon the further assurance of Joe
Knox, thut he would attend to the
work from our city to Tulsa when the
ronds dry up a bit.
Mr. Harvey is departing a little
from the regular sign of the Ozark
Trails, in the respect that instead of
just painting the signs along the way,
with a white circle and black letters,
"O. T.," he is bounding the white field
with a bund of green and painting the
letters "O. T." in green, which makes
a far more attractive signal than the
previous one.
The Ozark Trails Good Roads As-
sociation was organized in 1913 at a
meeting of good roads men, from four
states, thnt met at Monte Ne, Ark.
The plan of the Association is to pro-
mote a system of good rouds con-
necting the four states of Arkansas,
Kunsas, Missouri and Oklahoma, and
to mark them so that the travelers
will have no difficulty in following the
same, never losing their way and hav-
ing no uneasiness of mind, as to the
route while traveling.
W. H. "Coin" Harvey, of Monte Ne,
Ark., and a practical good roads man,
was induced to act as President of the
Association and chief executive of-
ficer; and a vice peesident from each
of the four states was provided for and
a secretary and a treasurer.
In establishing the Ozark Trail the
best route is selected, everything con-
sidered, and when marked, the fact
that it is the best route and marked,
causes it to become the main traveled
highway. Therefore, it is a great
benefit to the country through which
it passes. The benefit of railroads to
countries and towns has long been rec-
ognized; and a main traveled high-
way is, as a rule, of equal impor-
tance.
When a main traveled highway is
established, it is only a question of
time when it is made the best of
roads. Population increases along its
route, necessity and public spirit de-
mands its improvement and it gradu-
ally becomes the best road. National
pikes are coming, it is only a question
of time, and when they do come they
will adopt the best .traveled routes
reaching the most thickly populated
sections; which means that, in the
meantime, the Ozark Trails by being
made a first class road, will attract
the population and importance that
will insure its adoption as a national
pike. Hence, the Ozark Trails Asso-
ciation is anticipating the future and
making road history now.
While in our city, Mr. Harvey said
that he had been authorized by the
citizens of Chelsea to inform the
Claremore people that Chelsea was
going to work the Chelsea-Claremore
road half way to this city and that
they would appreciate the co-opera-
tion of the Claremore people in get-
ting a good road between these two
towns, by Claremore's working this
road half way from our town to Chel-
sea, thus assuring a good road, with
the work, of having made it, equally
distributed between the two towns.
Mr. Harvey urged the Claremore peo-
ple to take up this offer as he likewise
urged the fostering of the good roads
movement by our city, it being the
county seat of Rogers and conse-
quently would be expected to take the
lead in the good road work.
A movement is on foot at the pres-
ent time to organize a County Good
Roads Association, to include not only
the auto owners but the owners of all
kinds of modes of conveyance. A
petition has been drawn up and is
now at the Bortle Drug Co., and it
is the wish of those having the organ-
ization of the association in charge
that you and each of you interested
good roads in the county, and will-
ing to do something toward their bet-
terment, sign this petition, thus giv-
ing them a line on just whom they
are to depend when the time arrives
for the organization of the associa-
tion. The association is to be county
wide in its every scope and not only
the roads leading into Claremore are
to be worked and bettered under the
auspices of this association but the
highways in every part of the county.
The organization of this good roads
association is a movement which
should secure the hearty endorsement
of every public spirited resident of
the county for it is only by the mak-
ing of good roads that a country is
settled up and the good highways will
bring prosperity to our very doors.
The time and place of meeting will
be announced later. In the meantime,
talk, think and boost good roads.
Clothing
Furnishings
"CKq Standard by wKicK.
all othorMako8 arojud^pd.
THIS IS
THE
Boren Clo. Co.
Outfitters for Men and Boys
Shoes Hats
THIRD STREET A ROARING
RIVER SUNDAY NIGHT
As a result of the heavy rain Sun-
day night the sewers in the heart of
the business section of Claremore
were unable to handle all of the
waste water and as a consequence it
overflooded and turned Third street,
between the Sequoyah and Mason ho-
tels into a roaring river several feet
deef* It came up in the stores in the
flood district, several inches, carrying
with it a vast amount of mud which
the proprietors were busily engaged
having removed Monday morning.
Preparatory to such a happening,
which has occurred before, many of
the business men in the danger zone
had had constructed boards to place
in front of their doorways to keep
the water out, but in spite of these
the water swept in. It began to flood
out into Third street shortly after
nine o'clock and did not subside until
two o'clock Monday morning.
The cab men did a rushing busi-
ness in the capacity of ferry men,
fording the stream with Claremore-
ites, living in the Prep addition and
the west part of town, bound home af-
ter church.
NEW GROCERY STORE TO OPEN
SOON
The Liggett-Reed Grocery Co., lo-
cated in the building formerly occu-
pied by the R. S. Saunders Store, we
are informed, will be open for busi-
ness the middle of the week. The
management, R. S. Liggett and Frank
Reed, have been busy for the past
three weeks installing their fixtures
and getting in their stock. This task
now, however, is nearing completion,
and the store with its new fixtures
of the latest style and the altogether
new stock presents a pretty sight,
the arrangement of the store being
especially attractive.
The phone numbers for the new
store will be 1 and 2, and the man-
agement offers to the buying public-
good goods, fair prices, exceptional
values, courteous treatment and a
thorough appreciation of your busi-
ness. An auto delivery will be con-
ducted which insures prompt service.
A movement is on foot to open the
brick plant, provided a four cent gas
rate can be secured from the Caney
River Gas Co. Kansas parties, we
understand, are being interested. Joe
Knox and E. E. Woods spent Thurs-
day in Tulsa relative to the matter.
KENDALL WINS TWO FROM ADA
Ada normal was defeated in a two
day series of base ball with Henry
Kendall at Tulsa last week, the con-
tests being played on a wet slushy
field, the first amid a steady down-
pour of rain. The scores were 5-4
and 6-5, the initial contest being a 13
inning game. John Young, Kendall
pitcher, accomplished the apparent
impossible by remaining in the box
19 of the total 22 innings.
Roy Bishop, who has been visiting
with his brother. J. W_ and family
for several days, returned to his home
in Springfield, Mo.. Friday afternoon.
Shoes and
lippers
ITT WE HAVE about two
hi hundred pairs of La-
dies' Low Shoes and Slip-
pers that we want to close
out; these are broken sizes.
Styles are changing and
we need the room for reg-
ular lines; values up to $4,
consisting of Patent leath-
er, Kid, Velvet and Suede;
Tans and Whites—we've
made three different prices
on them=«
$1.50, $1.98 and $2.48
These are real bargains;
come at once, while the
picking is good.
A Mans AII Wool Blue
Serge Suit $10.00
Walker Dept. Store Co.
V
The Store of Bargains
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