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Claremore Progress.
AND ROGERS COUNTY DEMOCRAT
VOL XXIV
CLAREMORE. OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 17, 1916
NO. 8
U %GONER TEACHER KILLS A
STUDENT
GIBBONS RESIGNS AS MANAGER !
OF CONVENTION HALL 1
ARE WORKING ON THE FREE
FAIR CATALOG
THERE IS ROOM FOR IMPROVE- I THIS DIVISION TO RE PART OF COUNTY JUDGE H TOM KIC.HT
MENT," SAYS INSPECTOR MAIN LINE | RESIGNS—COWARD JORDAN
! APPOINTED I
II. J. ('lurk, of the State Fire In- J. W. Dean, ^-neral *j|'i rinten- Edgar Watts, 18 years old, son of J. Burr Gibsons, Thursday, handed' County Farm Demonstration Agent
ti ranee Office, at Oklahoma City, who |dent, and C. B. A'ilder/n .\ division Judge H. Tom Kight resigned as Jess Watts, a Wagoner attorney, and to Mayor O. D. Hunt, of Tulsa, his >f Rogers county, George W. Vincent,
ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING OF
YOUNG DEMOCRATS HELD
The most enthusiast!meeting evei
held of the Claremore c'ub of the Rog , J , — , JOTI._, . —_ .. JHBiH— __ _ . , _
ers County Young Men s Democratic arrived in the city Saturday to mu'. e j superintendent of the Inn Mountain County Judge of Roger* county on nephew of district Judge Charles G. resignation as manager of Convention who also occupies the position of aec-
orjjnnization occurred in th; city on :• inspection of the town, at the ho- j railroad, were in the city for a (ton February 16th, and Attorney Edward Watts, was shot and killed, and Clark J Hall at Tulsa, the resignation to be- , retary of the Rogers County Free Fair
Friday nitrht. Despite the inclement 1 itation of the local Commercial j time, Tuesday ewniiv/. rh^y weje Jordan, of the law firm of Jordan & Moss, son of Judge W. IJ. Moss, of I come effective February lr.th. It is | Association, informed the editor of
weather u good crowd was in attend- C lub, to ascertain whether or not, a here incidentally to inspect the ue'x t I.ucas, was appointed by the Board of Wagoner, was badly wounded at the , highly probable that the office will be the Progress Friday morning that
nnce, each one present manifesting a cheaper in -irai.ee rate for Claremore now being erected, but primarily ihey j County Commissioners to fill the un- Wagoner High School Thursday in b abolished for the purpose of curtailing Mrs. A. L. Minyard has been employ-
spirit of enthusiasm that bespeaks a could be secured, called at the Pro- are making a tour or inspection of the 'expired term. brawl with J. E. McDarmett, athlet- !expenses. - ed to do his office work for him with
future growth and success of the or- gre.-s ofllre Monday morning. j road as the division which passes It was announced in Tuesday's Dai- ic coach and instructor In science, i Gibbons gave as his only reason for > reference to transacting the free fair
ganization. "Instead of a lower rate." lie said, j through this city is to bo converted ly that Mr. Kight would not resign. 1 McDarmett is under arrest, he having resigning, a press of private business business, which is quite a task within
The meeting was cntled to order by "I am afraid, if many of the defects intr a par' of the main line of the At that time he did not intend to do been spirited away by Sheriff Robert matters that would not permit of his itself.
President E. f. Fe'and. immediately w hlcli come under the lian are not cor- Iron Mountain from K.iii.-.a4 ( ity, j .<o and the information in the article ■ Wagner, immediately following the giving the manngerial position proper j "At present we are engaged in get-
nfter which the annnal election of of retetd, such as defective Pues, rub-IMo., to New Orleans, vi Colfey die, ; was authentic, coming from Mr. trttgedy, for fear of a possible lynch- attention in the future. Mr. Gib-, ting out the copy for the Free Fair
fleers was held, which resulted in the ber :a hose, stoves without proper I Ka.i., and Little Hock, Ark. Kight himself, but at a later date the ! ir «_ . At present both sheriff and pris-
selection of the following: President, clearance from combustible material, j The main line of th; Iron Mountain |above action was taken. Judge Kight .Vmer are lost in the bogiry river bot-
C. H. Reairan; \ice president, Lew ' gasoline in buildings, defective elec- j from Kansas City to New Orleans ba i will go from here to Tulsa, where he toms somewhere between Wagoner
W. Hutchins; secretary treasurer, 1 tricnl li^rht wiring, trash in or about been over the White River division • has extensive business interests and ai.d Muskogee.
Wayne Ross. j building!, suth a.' hay, excelsior, or I from Cartilage to New Port, hut Gen- i he being a bright, energetic sort of a Two stories are in circulation re-
After the new officers had been | other easily combustible mater,- eral Superintendent Dean informed ! man, will make his mark in that com- ; gurding the killing.
seated, the club ndopled a strong res-
olution endorsing the candidacy of
Fred Capshnw for president of the
State Lea pi i c< of Young I>, i-rat
and a largo delegation from Clare-
more arid Rogers county will be in at- ! ed."
tend.'lice at the meeting of the state j ' Claremore was last rated in 1908.
league in Tulsa on the iV-'nd of Since that time v.e have had only an
present month, instructed to and , oc casional inspection, coming from lo-
vote in the interests of the Logers cal agents. These reports have shown
bona had been manager of Convention catalog. We are going to have the
Hall since the building was first open- catalog printed earlier this year
ed to the public. It was the first mu- (than ever before, so that the fanners
nicipal institution of its kind in Okla- will be able to grow to the catalog.
. homa and the manager had necessari- ! We will have the catalog out in
. ___ The professor I ly to do much pioneering to bring the three or four weeks," said M. Vin-
u is, epeninr- through the ceiling into ] Agent George Reed that u change u|munity. He has mnny friends here j declares that he had sent the two hoys | ball to its present usefulness. Mr. 'cent, who is very enthusiastic about
the loft pace very accesible to fire j to be made as soon as the weather will | who will regret to see him and his e-- 11.< the basement of the high school j Gibbons' special quali.'.cations and his ' the prospects for a larger and better
>ve away from j building for punishment and had fol- , long nev.spap* r career enabled him to . Free Fair this year than was held
join Progress in ' lowed them. In the basement, he |do this possibly be
inacccsible to water from the permit, at which time the local divis- j timabie family mo
I we, the individual rating will, ion will form a part of the now route Claremore but who
' being decreased, he increas-
county candidate.
A campaign committee, to be com-
posed of three members of the club
from Claremore, and a like number
each from Chelsea and Collinsville,
was selected, the Claremore members
being II. Tom Kight, George Hale and
Joe Chambers.
•Each member present was appoint-
ed a committee of one to work in the
best interests of the club and to do
everything in his power to increase
the membership of the organization.
where the defects have been removed
but they have failed to show where
they have likewise crept into other
buildings. The good points have been
recorded but the bad ones have been
left out, hense in my casual look
from Kansas City to the southern
coast. All new steel will be l-tid. th.!
present rails of 75 pounds weight to
be replaced by rails of K5 nounds
weight while the roadbed will be
graded and ballasted all of the way
along. Many other improvements
will lie made to prepare for the much
___ _ , „ better than any other bwt, which by no means was a small
wishing him success. jsays the Watts boy shouted at him. i individual in the state, and, in a short1 affair.
His successor, Mr. Jordan, has I men "Look at Clark." He says he turned time, he had made it one of the most . Mr. Vincent is to be complimented
a resident of Rogers county for about and saw the other boy with a gun | noted strui t .res of its kind in the r.a- upon the move of getting the Free
five years and is a heavy tax payer, levelled at him. The teacher declares tion. His management of the hall Fair catalog out earlier this year than
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He came here from Moody county, | that he sprang at he boy, scuffling for
.South Dakota, where a rew years ago
he filled the office of county superin-
tendent of schools on the democratic
heavier traffic that will come ov.-r this , ticket, and later was State Senator
route when it has been converted into!from Moody county, South Dakota,
a main line. after which he dropped out of active
Mr. Dean also informed Mr. Reed [ politics. He has practiced law for
around the town, prior to my inspec- | that if the Commercial Club of the j over twelve years, and formed a co-
tton, 1 hnve seen many defects which
must be remedied before any hope can
be entertained for a less individual
rate hut rather there will lie an in-
creased rate. There is time yet, for
the.e defects to be rectified, but it
A committee to a rr an ire for a suite must be done in a hurry, for I have
of rooms for Rogers County Head- not much time to spend here. I have
. uartcrs in Tulsa during the state , had a talk with the fire chief and he is
convention was appointted. F. C. Mr- to precede me on my inspection
Conncll, Claude Nichols, F. II. Car-! tour, warning one ana all to remove
din. Paul Fry and J. C. Lipe beim: the defects which have . tendency to
selected I '"""case the rate, where these defects
A motion to sccure the services of a ,"re found. I trust that the owners
good band to head the Rogers county of the buildings will heed the lire
delegation at the state convention ' chief's warnings for if they do not it
carried, and a subscription list to de-1 w ill l>c my duty to record them, to the
fray the expenses of such a bo.lv was ' detriment of the owner wishing cheap
started, various member; rallying i.i . <.ru:ux," Mr. Clark said on leaving,
the suppo.-t of the move. | Mp- c,ark ,s ri«rht. He has come
Present at the meeting were H. C. our town to inspect the business
City of Claremore would make some
preparations for trees, shrubbery and
flowers, for the waste place directly
east of the new depot, the railroad
would furnish all of the teams and
men necessary to convert this site in-
to a pretty park, one that would he a
credit to the town, this work to begin
as soon as the local parties could
make arrangements for their part of
the beaucitication.
Another item of news Mr. Dean
dropped while here was the fact that
within the next sixty days an inter-
locking tower will be installed nt the
crossing of the Frisco and Iron Moun-
tain railroads, at whiich both a day
partnership with Attorney W. H.
Lucas about six months ago. Mr.
Jordan's former home in South Dako-
ta was the same county from whence
F. H. Bortle and Attorney J. Q.
Adams, of our city, came.
Judge Jordan was married on the
12th of last month at Rock Rapids,
Iowa, bringing his wife to this city to
make their future home.
Attorney Lucas, Judge Jordan's
law partner, will take over the inter-
ests of the firm and continue the prac-
tice of law at the same offices in the
Columbia building, over the Haas dry
eoods store. When Mr. Lucas was
nterviewed, as to whether he would
and night man will be kept. The insta- take in another law partner, he said
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la lion of such a tower will be but an-
other step in the "Safety First" move-
ment which is sweeping the land that
I resent ai me nicruim v • « . - •• ——■ -—-
Hoilman and J. F. Orr, members of lioufes with :i view ro frivlng the fhuman life may be preserved and pro-
the Collinsville club of the county or- , owners a cheaper insurance rating I -ected. Such a tower will reduce to a
ganization, each of whom pleased the '*here such is justifiable. Then if he J minimum the likelihood of accidents
Tool club with an excellent talk, out- ! rmds in some of the buildings undo
lining tl.e work proposed for their suable features which have hitherto
club, and assuring the local memliers
that Collinsville would have a large
delegation at the state convention,
and that they were for Caps haw from
start to finish.
W. P. Watson, of Oklahoma City,
n charter member of the state organ i- 1
zation, was also present, and favored
the crowd with a humorous, but with- i
al strongly democratic talk, his words j
being well received.
Interesting talks were also made by
Fred Capshaw, P. W. Holtzendorir
pnd George W . Vincent, each of whom
spoke in most enthusiastic terms of
the future of the Rogers county or-
ganization and what could be accom-
plished by the order during the com-
ing campaign.
The meeting was informed that the
campaign of Capshaw for president of
the state organization was irrowing
brighter and stronger each day, and
that letters of encouragement and en-
dorsement were being received in
each mail from various county organ-
izations over the state.
Such clubs and meetings as these
can only be for the mutual benefit ot"
both old and young democrats, and
the local club, as well as the other
clubs of the county organization,
should have a large and enthusiastic
membership.
PLANS WERE LAID TO GET
READY FOR THE BIG AFFAIR
been unknown to the office, he merely
does his duty when he reports them.
He is doing the square thing by giv-
iti:* the people time to remedy these
before he begins the inspection and we
trjst that they will do so.
"DEMOCRACY OP NOTHING,"
SAYS MILES PATTON
by Frisco trains ramming the trains
on the Mountain and vica versa.
The main line of the Frisco already
passes through this city and now with
the coming of the Iron Mountain main
line, we have excellent train service
to most any part of the United States.
Connections can easily be made to all
points, with ilirect connections to the
eastern markets over two roads.
Miles Patton has a nee buzzing in
his bonnett and that little bee has
said to him that he can benefit him-
self and Rogers county democracy by
being nominated and elected sheriff of
Rogers county at the coming elections
and gives the following reasons why
he should have the support of all good
democrats.
"Your support to me will remove
the factional feeling that has existed
ami is now existing among the good
democrat* who have not agreed here-
tofore on personal matters, per-
ioral matters which should not
be allowed to enter into politics.
am h democrat, and it is nec-
essary that we should all get to-
gether nt thi- tin . I am for the en-
forcon.e' t of laws as laid down by the
people of Oklahoma, and if I am nomi-
nated and elected sheriff of Rogers
county, Oklahoma, I shall make every
effort to enforce the same. 1 am fa-
miliar with the duties of the sheriff,
and I am asking your support on true
rleniocratic principles and none other.
Carefully consider the situation as it
now exists, and I will be satisfied with
the result if the consideration and de-
cision be democratic. "Get-together"
is tho motto. I am for all democrats
and ask all democrats to be for me."
MILES PATTON.
DID GET VOI R NEIGHBOR'S
MAILT
William Yates, one of the mail car-
riers at the local post office, is smil-
ing. Even so—h$ is smiling big. He
has a ri"ht to smile. A little eight
and a half pound daughter arrvied at
his home Sunday ,norning just in
lime for church. Mother and babe
are both reported to be doing nicely,
while Dr. Kates at the post office says
he believes William will sufficiently
recover to "tote" the mail in proper
shape and with usual credit to him-
self.
MOTHERS' CLUB DELIGHTFULLY
ENTERTAINED
Mrs. W E. Wilson and Mrs. Ed
Sanders were joint hostesses to the
Mothers' Club at the pretty home of
the former on East Fiftth street Fri-,
day afternoon. Each club member
present—and there were twenty— re-
sponded to roll call with a pretty Val-
entine rhyme, after which a lesson in
the domestic science oook, led by Mrs.
W. F. Hayes, who acted In the ca-
pacity of the president m the absence
of that official, was Taken up, proving
very interesting and instructive. Miss
Genevieve Wilson, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. L. T. Wilson, favored the
assembly with a very rretty recita- Cornnrindery are as follows: W.
tion, after which Mrs. Wm. M. Hall '
entertained with an excellent and well
appreciated reading.
This short program was followed
by refreshments served by the joint
hostesses, thus ending an altogether
profitable and enjoyable afternoon.
OFFICERS RAID AND GET BOOZE
Mrs. Turk Moore entertained the
Christian Woman's Board of Missions,
with ten members present, at her
home on East Fourth street, Friday
afternoon. The original intentions
were that the lesson of "In iia" would
be stt'died at the meeting, but this
was given away to making nrrawre-
t.ients for a special meeting to be held
soon, at which time Miss Marie F.
Da visa, state secretary of the Chris-
tian Woman'-: Board of Missions,
whose home is at Sapulpa, and Miss
Emma C. Boulden, district ..-cretary,
who'u home is at Pryor, will be in at-
tendance. At this meeting plans will
be laid to boost and make prepara-
tions for the state convention of
(he Christian churches which is to be
held in Claremore on May Sth to 11th
inclusive.
This convention is possibly the
largest to be held in our city this
year. At this time delegates front all
over the state will be in attendance
and Claremore will have to exert her-
self to the fullest of her hospitality
to accommodate all.
D. K. WADE GOES TO OKMULGEE
D. K. Wade, who for a number of
years has conducted a paint shop in
this city, left Friday morning for
Okmulgee where he will be employed
in a large painting and decorating
establishment.
In losing Mr. Wade from our midst
we not only lose an excellent painter
but also an artist of the first water.
But by going to Okmulgee Mr. Wade
has enlarged the field of his activities
with much added chances of recogni-
tion of his ability.
HARD AT WORK
Work on the new Iron Mountain de-
pot is being pushed rapidly, in spite
of the inclement weather. The walls
are rapidly going up and the struc-
ture already begins to resemble an
up to date depot Our residents are (
now eagerly watching for the Frisco bers, 1211 Moore Blvd., Columbia,
U> betfin the construction of theira. j Missouri.
Sheriff John W. I-each and deputy,
Arthur Robins, raided the pool hall be-
hind the Walker Department Store
Friday, securing eight pints of whis-
key. The plant was found in the
bark room. A pool table had been
boxed up at the bottom, a small door
being left. The officers found the
boore concealed in the space below the
table. The joint was locked up.
AT IT AGAIN
MOTHER INJURED IN AUTO
ACCIDENT
L. S. Robson and wife, who are in
the Southland on their honeymoon
trip, write friends here that his moth-
er was injured last Friday in an au-
tomobile accident and that her oroth-
er-in-law, Dr. Singleton, was killed.
The accident occurred at the dead
man's home, Ft. Valley, Georgia,
while a party were out for an anto-
mobile ride. No details accompanied
the letter as to how the accident oc-
curred or how badly his mother was
injured. The accident will probably
d^-lay the newly-wods' return home.
At the time of the accident Mr. Rob-
son and bride, nee Miss Hazel Carr,
were visiting with Mr. Kobson's sis-
ter, Mrs. Emma Parker, at Atlanta,
Georgia.
GETTING READY FOR BIG TIME
The Tulsa Press Club is making ex-
tensive preparations for the enter-
tainment of the State Press Associa-
tion to be held there in May. An en-
deavor is being made to get some
speakers for the press meet of nation
al wide reputation. To do this a con-
siderable amount of money must be
raised. This is being done by free
will offerings, benefit motion pioture
shows, etc. It is needless to say that
Tulsa will be ready when the time ar-
rives to give the Oklahoma scribes the
time of their lives.
he had nothing deiinate in mind per-
taining to that at this time.
TO BE A RED I.ETrER DAY IN
LOCAL MASONRY
Friday is to be a red letter day in
local masonry, at which time the first
regular meeting of the Claremore U.
D. Commandery, will be held and de-
grees conferred. A banquet is sched-
uled to take place in the dining room
of the Sequoyah Hotel at 7:.0 p. m.,
and there will be many visiting Ma-
sons in attendance. Several state t
officials will be her4, aVnong whom will
be the following: James A. Scott,
Muskogee, Grand Commander; Geo.
W. Spencer, Oklahoma City, Grand
Reccr.ier; J. H. Hale, Tulsa, Grand
Sword Bearer Also forty Sir
Knights from Trinity Commandery,
Tulsa, are to attend as a body of com-
mandery to put on the first degree
work in local commandery.
F. A. Neilson. of C'offeyville, and
J. F. I .adorer, of McPherson, of the
Grand Commandery of the state of
Kansas, will be present, as also will
Past Grand Commander Shamlin, of
Bethany, Mo. Everything is being
arranged for a big time, that the
brother Masons may return to their
homes praising our fair little city.
The officers of Claremore U. D.
Holland, Eminent Commander; Joe
Knox, Generalissimo; Hrnest Feland,
Captain General, all being "live
wires" and thoroughly earnest in
their work and desirous of the ad-
vancement of the local commandery,
the dispensation ft>r which being but
recently granted by the State Com-
mandery .
the gun and that, in the melee, a stray
bullett struck Watts, wnile two more
entered Moss' head. Watts died an
hour later after he had been removed
to the home of his parents. The bul-
let entered the head just aliove the
right eye, after which he never re-
gained consciousness. Moss was shot
twice in the head, but will recover and
the story he told does not bear out
that told by the professor.
The Moss boy, who is about 18 years
old, declares that the teacher sent
him to the basement, and later, order-
ing Watts to accompany him, went
down to the basement himself. The
boy says that as the teacher walked
into the room where Watts was stand-
ing the teacher drew a revolver and
fired, killing Watts. Then, Moss says,
the teacher fired two shots into him,
and one other which went wild.
McDarmett surrendered, asking that
the officers telephone his young wife,
who has a newly-born child, to raise
funds to make defense. He admitted
that the revolver used in the killing
was his, but declared it had been sto-
len from his overcoat pocket Wednes-
day night.
The affair is said to have been the
culmination of a row between the
school board there and an element of
the city which objected to a woman
principal for the high school. Mc-
Darmett is a young man about 24
years old. He is said to have been a
good instructor, but to have aroused
the enmity of some of the pupils.
was at all times highly satisfac- has !>een the custom in the past,
tory and the records and accounts Heretofore the catalog has been issu-
were kept absolutely straight. j ed only a short time previous to the
Of late months Gibbons' private , holding of the fair and many of the
business has become so pressing that i farmers have not had time to arrange
he has been forced to drop > their entries in such a manner as to
most all of his out-side affiliations, j tret the best results. This year they
many of which were in the nature \ will have months to deliberate and
of gratuitous service to the com- , Ket ready for their exhibits and the
munity, in which he takes so much result will undoubtedly be a higher
pride—Tulsa and surrounding coun- class of exhibita than ever before, and
try. He recently resigned as secre-'a much larger array of exhibits,
tary of the Tulsa Rotary Club for the There were over six thousand exhib-
same reason.
Mr. Gibbons is well known in Clare-
more. Many have had dealings with
him in the capacity of manager of
Convention Hall. They have always
found him courteous, ready and will-
ing at all times to extend little person-
al favors which are usually not forth-
coming from the ordinary theatre
manager. He spent Friday in the city
business and visiting with his
friends.
Tom Patterson hart a man in n box
cur ul the Iron Mountain depot Tues-
day morning and he incidentally hrd
a couple of "chumps," who seemed
very desirous of getting 'he poor man
out. Even after they had broken
open the door they crawled 'nto the
car to wake sure that the suffcrinps
of the poor man had come to an end
Progress on Wednesday added two
new Weekly subscriptions to our rap-
idly growing list. They were Jim
Burrows, Inola, and Mrs. Ella Cham-
DRAW $:,0 00. COSTS AND SIXTY
DAYS EACH
ONLY A FEW DAYS TO PAY
REVENUE TAX
0. A . Smith, deputy collector of in-
ternal revenue, states that only a few
days remain in which income tax pay-
ers, both corporations and individuals,
may file returns of net income with-
out incurring a penalty. In order to
avoid penalties returns must be in the
hands of the collector on or before
March 1st, except in cases of corpor-
ations having an established fiscal
year.
All individuals having a net income
for the year, exceeding $3000, must
file a return, whether married or sin-
gle.
All corporations must file a return
whether they have han any income or
been actively engaged in business
during the year or not.
This warning is issued with the
hope that those who are required to
file reports will give the matter imme-
diate attention and thereby save
themselves all penalties and unneces
sary trouble and expense.
Tax payers should not allow them-
selves to become confused by the
tiling of a state return. Reference is
made herein to Federal returns.
GARRISON RESIGNS AS SECRE-
TARY OF WAR
its at the last fair and this year it ia
expected that there will be that many
and half aa many more.
REGULAR MEETING OF THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The Board of Directors of the Com-
mercial Club met in regular seaaion
Thursday, February 10, 1916, at noon
at the Mason Hotel. In the absence
of both President Glasgow and Vice
President Cogswell, Ed Lightner was
appointed chairman of the meeting.
Those preaent were Mayberry,
Lightner, Davis, Flippin, Robinson,
Walker, Brown and North.
Moved and seconded that the follow-
ing bills be paid: Geo. F. Ross, *2.00;
repairing desk, 50c; Vinson Drug Co.,
46c; sumps, $1.00; Claremore Pro-
gress, 93.00. Motion Carried.
The following new members were
admitted to membership of the Club:
Palace laundry, P. T. Rummage,
Thos. C. Ellis of the Right Way Tai-
lors.
Motion carried for the Commercial
Club to make application for member-
ship in the Oklahoma Earner Associ-
ation and Burean of Publicicy.
Motion carried that tne secretary
Secretary of War Garrison resigned
Thursday from President Woodrow
Wilson's cabinet because the president
would not "irrevocably" support the
continental army plan and because he
opposed the administration and has
not, as yet, appointed a successor. He
will probably take personal charge of
the administration's national defense
plan in congress. Assistant Secre-
tary Breckenridge also resigned as a
?aark of loyalty to his Chief, whose
views he shared. The president also
accepted' Ws resignation, boi.il tniv>,
effect immediately. Major General
Scott, Chief of Staff of the Army, au-1
tomaticslly, became Secretary of War, 1 write a letter to the State Insurance
ad interim. | Agent at Oklahoma City for insur-
ance ratine for Claremore.
TO SEE IF WE ARE TO GET NEW After discussing other matter that
RATING
II. J. Clark, of the State Fire In-
spection Office, of Oklahoma City, is
in the city for the purpose of seeing
whether or not Claremore can be giv-
en a new and lower insurance rating.
He will make inspections over the city
and any favors shown hint w ill b« but
a tendency to aid oneself, and will be
deeply appreciated by Mr. Clark.
will be passed upon at a later date,
the club adjourned to meet next
Thursday noon at the Sequoyah Ho-
tel.
LOOKING FOR A DOG TO EAT
' The George Walkley family have
; moved back to Claremore from Tahle-
John Alsup and Tom Smith, con- [ ,|Uth where Mr. Walkley has been en
victed of selling intoxicating liquor at ; eaged in the meat market business,
this term of county court, were sen- They are now occupying their prop-
tenced Monday morning, each draw-
ing a $50.00 fine, costs and sixty
days in jail. Argument fat a new-
trial in the case of Jesse Johnson,
convictel of drawing a gun on George '
Horner, Was heard but no decision as j
yet rendered.
BLUE IS A GRANDDADDY SOME
MORE
erty on Second street.
OLD TIMER SPENDS FEW HOURS
HERE
Dr. Emmctt Starr, of Tahlequah,
spent a few hours in t 'e city Satur-
day visiting with old friends. Dr.
Starr, who is an old timer in this sec-
tion, now occupies the position of li-
j brarian at the Northeastern State
The police department is at present | Normal School, located at Tahlequah.
lie also teaches one class m Oklahoma
history, being especially qualified to
capably fill this position, as he is the
author of a recognized history of Ok-
lahoma. especially the eastern part,
formerly the Indian Territory
Dr. Sarr called at the Progress of-
fice and remembered us with a dollar
! on subscription. he says he is well
pleased with his new location and
R. D. Pollard has installed his au- .that he is doing well. He paid us a
tomatic base ball game at Collinsville, compliment by saying we issued the
He did not get it all ready for play best Weekly newspaper in Oklahoma
until Friday night, but the prospects ——^
are bright for him to make it a pay- Dr. Tinaley, of Foyil, spent the day
ing proposition at our sister city. Monday in the city with friends.
looking for a nice fat dog for eating
purposes. Mrs. Green Hamilton, ne-
gro, asked Chief Matthews recently
if he would see if he could find her a
nice .fat dog to eat. She said that
her daughter had the consumption and
she had been told if the invalid were
fed dog meat she would pet well.
Hence, the request for the dog.
THETIME DRAWS NEAR
"Uncle" Blue Starr is a granddaddy
some more. A bouncing eight pound
boy, born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Starr, Thursday evening, arrived at
his home, where the mother resides.
"Uncle" Blue says that they have not
named the young sion yet, but there is
no gainsaying the fact that he is a
dandy
UNDERWENT OPERATION
WILL HOLD MASONIC SERVICES
AT GRACE TEMPLE
Reverend E. I). Cameron has been
invited by the local Masonic lodge to
deliver the Easter Sunday sermon to
the Knights Templar Commandery,
recently organised. Saturday morning
Reverend Cameron said the services
would be held at Grace Temple at the
morning hour Easter Sunday.
Mrs. A. Hadady will leave Thurs-
day night for Columbia, Mo., for a
visit with her daughter, Miss Helen,
Mrs. W. E. Ault, who was taken
to a hospital in Tulaa Thursday, un-
derwent an operation at that place
Friday morning. In conversation
with Mr. Ault late Friday night he
said she was very weax but that she
stood the ordeal in an excellent man-
ner nnd that he now thought she
would improve rapidly.
SOME CHANGE
John C. Barrett spent the day Mon-
day in Tulsa on business. In conver-
sation with a friend, Mr. Barrett says
the friends told him that he had just
seen a two million deposit made in
the Exchange National Bank of Tul-
sa, which ran the deposits of this bank
up to over ten millions.
Mrs. G. N. Goddard went to Okla-
homa City Tuesday as a delegatte to
the Eastern Star State Convention.
IT will now be but a short time until we will be
pleased to serve you in our new, well-equipped
store-room. The exact date of our removal will be
announced in next week's issue of this paper.
OUR new Spring Goods are arriving every day,
some of which we are placing on sale at very
attractive under-prices. We have a beautiful as-
sortment of Ladies' new Spring Coats and fine, Tail-
ored Suits now on display. When in, we will be
pleased to show them to you.
WE have many specials in every department to
close out before we move, so it will pay you to
visit our store often.
Walker s Dept. Store Co.
====== "The Store That Saves You Money"
who ia attending school at Christian She will remain for a two weeks' visit
College this year. with friend*. V
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