The Claremore Progress (Claremore, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 17, 1921 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME XVH_Na.U.
BENEFIT CflWEIT
A .BARE WEAT
jCLARBMORE. OiaAHOMA, TfcRURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17. 1021
Inside ef County 9140 per yest^-Outside of County $2,09 p.r year
FEDERATION DICKEY KJTtllH
OF CLDBSL MEET D. S.
9
The Benefit Conwirt arranged V
Mrs. Lawrence Melu, sjldj givtf
Thursday night at the high school
additorium for the benefit of tho
under-fed children in Europe and
starving children in Armenia, was
delightful. It wis quit* a revelation a>
to tho quality of home talent possess-
ed by Claremore. The teat of its en-
thralling interest was the fact th*£
no one left until the end. \
ch",bure
Dr. Moontng, of tha State
ed with fine expreMioV ^tt*'the
first taste of the (oat treat.
Then followed our ".ealB-Cruci",
Mrs. Paul Gardner, whose "II
<The Kiss) by Ardittl, was a c
ing display ofctoar enunciation*
feet control apdt' exquisite clarity
tone. Her. encore was "The Last Rose
•f Summer," jfendered moat tei
Little. Dorothy Sulivan tlw*
«d tho audience with her unaff(
imitation of the lady of the housq.
It wa*.a..Bfetty concert, prettily ren-
derod in. tone, gesturs and costum*.
Her encore was one that reached the
laughtar of the crowd by showing
how different the house always is
when father, instead of mother, is
JU.
Captain Brown's "Ave Marie" by
Gounod, rendered on tho chimes, with
piano sceompaaimsat by Mr. Ralph
Brown, waa exquisite. It carried the
soul into the vast spaces of European
cathedrals, and thrilled tho- audience
with the mystic charm of iwiweatiai
music brought into tha service of the
Almighty. His eacare was "The
Roaary,"
Mn. Km* Keith ia,"Tb^Wtod'ft
in tha 8outh"gavea remarkaWc
display of vocal training and attur-
ing tonea. Her *daacoS m vmtwt
Md her vocalisation smooth hpd
beautiful in imitation of ecstatic
The County Federation of. the
Home Economics Clubs irtut in rcifu-
la^'alikrterly session' et tbe Berwick
HbteV Saturday afternoon, February
6th, with the usual l^rge attendance.
There were also quite a ^number, of
guests present.
The program was a very interest-
ing one and wa enjoyed by all pres-
ent. The first number wa a vocal
0.1. LEONARD IS I0SNTAL BILL OF-
STRUCK DEAD POSED BY FOUR
A cloud which -has bee*' hanging °. H. Leonard, one of Tulsa's prom- . OKLAHOMA CITY, Feb. 11.—The
overland in the Rogers pjupty Drain-1 in«"t rich men, died suddenly Friday first soldier relief bill passed the sen- Tha Claremore
stss: ssfefc' rr tt^-ssrsLsrst k ■*—«— ***•—
Williams in tho Unit«%States district tie Rock ami Fort Smith, Ark. Ac- 4- w,th * ,*r*# "ttendtnce. In the ab-
" ™ measure provides that the'sonce of the chairman, R. R. Heath,
LOuOG INTO
SALES DAT
court' at Muskogee ruled against companied by his wife, Mr. Leonard
J! S. Dickey op the pleading/ Dickey!waB on ^'8 way home to Tulsa when
was jming the drainagfe district _ioi 8 troko of apploplexy brought to an
an sieged unpaid balance of 148,000 end his earthly career. Apparently
r UM Umiu,, Mou,. fpr> attorney's fee. -Attorneys H. "
wiSTi!Tbm Kl*hk nd * Battenfioid
tatkmaa faivored them, with a ,0pregented the drainage, district and
it Was largely through Mu untiring
efforts of the«s gentlemer\ that Dick-
ey was beaten and the tfKpftyon of
the drainage district sa*M from what
they term an unfair imposition.
As the matter now stands, this
tkrp&n
Miss Dorothy
played a violin solo, .with
Ex-
tension Diviaion of Horticulture^nvade
on the program was Miss
he was Well an usual when he stepped
on the train at Little Rock. Shortly
afterwards he w'as dead. Three phy-
sicians were in attendance but noth-
ing could be done. The body was
prepared for burial at Fort Smith
and will be taken to Tulsa for burial.
trict totaling about $80,000. Seal# of
wtsssidBi
the reading of the minutes of the, the opponent, #f tht
trict to defraud anyone out of a pin-
ny. J«at claimsNno dotAt wiU be
previous meeting by the secretary.
One. miltake had been made in the
minutes and was corrected, thejLonc
Elm Club had assisted the Claremore
<Jlub in entertaining the November
meeting .of the Federation of - Clubs.
call wap, twponded to by the
int and delegate from each
tite seven clubs.
The presidents of each of the clubs
represented, told of the good that had
been accomplished by their chib and'
among tha things told. Oelagah boast-
ed that they had their canning now
Under way for the Fair exhibit.
Mrs. Myrtle Watson reported for
the Advisory Board of the Federated
Clubs which met January 29. She also j M I CUTLER WES
told of the good work that has been | ' ' VW,LWI
done by the Girls' Club# the past year j
of TOM Esther Tepnyson of Foyil j
receiving a Bankers' Scholarship to |
e A. & M. College next year.
A motion to adjourn carried, |
Mrs. W. S. Crouch, Sec.
given just consideration when the
proper time comes to completely
erase the old drainage matter from
the slate. ~
* Dickey cited a contract with the
Boardrof County Commissioner*, Act-
ing as a drainage board, wbefcein
be was to.receive the sum of t$4£00
for services rendered in comwetion
with the creation of the district. Of
this amount he had been# paJd the
sum pf $6,00, leaving a balance to be
due of mow,
tubercular jianitorlum at Clinton shall
be taken over for the use of former
soldiers and that 9200,000 shall be
spent in equipping it. Fifty thous-
and dollars will be available immed-
iately tbe house puts Its o. k. on the
bill and the remaining |150,000 can be
spent when the federal government
signs a contract with the state to pay
10 per cent a year on Oklahoma's in-
vestment. The bill passed the house
once and was reconsidered in order
that revisions may be made.
Every time a senator spoke, ,4ie
drew a picture.
Some had color; some were pencil
| sketches. Some laid claim to realism
Committees were appointed Friday and some were futurist creations,
afternoon from the Claremore Com- Some were unpleasant, ragged in
menial Club to visit Miami and Neo- j outline, twisted of conception. When
sho on March 7th, Sale* Day at those j senators -spoke on the soldier bill
places to observe tha^ operation of those listening saw;
COMMITTEES TO VISIT
MIAMI AW NEOSHO
the Sales Day plan. F. E. Walker,
G. C. Haitold and M. Haas will go to
Neosho, Mo., ana H. O. Hurst, Paul
W. Fry, K. D. Bernard. Bourke H.
Bayless and Bert M. Draper will go
to Miami. Others who are interested
in the Sales Day are invited to ac-
company the committees on these
trips of inspection. A visit will also
be paid to Pryor.
ENTERTAINED BOARD AND
GRADE TEACHERS
Mrs. Elisabeth Means and the
Misses Ines Torbett and Nedine Alex-
ander, three grade teachers of the
city schools, entertained the members
of the school board and their wives,
the superintendent of the Claremore
schools, and the other twenty-one
..*7. W. J, KLDBIDGE FOR CITY
Mr., Ralph Brown in his piano solo,
pertained mperbly ti* epoassfoely The Pr«gjres .is;^
dtfficfilt "Bwcarole.". Of Mosxkow^M. nounce the candiriaCV
His tempo end his tefthnique, combin- j driver the officeClerk bf
Many friends will no doubt be
grieved to learn of the suddeQ decth
of Mi L. Cutler. He died _
. morning nt ft o'clock at the Old Lot the married teachers, with a valentine
'■ " rOTPK *-v" * * j jf Langley farm near^ .Verdigris af- social at the National Rooms, Tues-
^ ' - " ier a two day's illneas of ulcer of j day evening, February 8th,
I-Hk' «n-
J. EI-
tyi grade teachers, also the husbands of
the stomach. He ieaYi .a. wife and I Decorations were carried out in the
other iortatvist-snd friends to mowe s**rteiBtini colon of red and white. In
his going. He waa,5tft>m December the lobby of the hotel, red and white
Clark Nichols of Eufaula;
This picture presented a group of
earnest men who have been going
about inspecting institutions, which
are candidates for jobs of housing
shell-shocked and tubercular soldiers.
They searched high and low and end-
ed, by choosing one. They were sitting
in conference ready to hand a signed
recommendation to a body of law
makers, Above their heads on the
trifle running around the wall was a
paporamic review of a day's life in
the trenches.
Peter Coyne of Estella:
the vice-chairman, presided and the
following business was transacted.
Minutes of the previous meeting
were read and approved.
D. Esco Walker^s chairman of tlie
Entertainment Committee, reported
that his committee, composed of H.
O. Hurst and S. B. North, had ap-
peared before the City Council at its
last meeting relative to to municipal
band proposition and had found that
the Council was unable to help at
this time financially on account of
the present levy already being made,
but promised support of the move-
ment when the next levies are made.
The committee was retained and ask-
ed to work out some plan for support
of the movement for the months of
May and June until the new levies
can be compiled and provisions made
for the city to back the band. The
total cost will be about $800 per
month. Captain C. O. Brown will be
retained if the movement goes through
•nd will spend all of his time during
.the summer months organising and
instructing an adult and juvenile band
and a children's chorus.
Mr. Walker also mentioned that the
next number on the Lyceum course,
Dr. Yutaka Minakuchi, wqpld be here
Monday night, February 21st, and
urg^d each member of the club to
boost the attraction so there will be
■ financial loss.
Thomas Green, an old member of
The canvas showed two homes si the club- was P""«nt and on invi-
by side. Up the front walk of one tatlon «ddressed the body briefly. He
was walking a soldier with a pack on
his back. His chceks were blooming;
his eye waa clear. His arm was thick.
His step was quick. In tho corner of
hie month, twisted in a glad smile at
spoke of the Arkansas oil fields. In
closing he said he knew of no town
in the Union he would rather live in
than Claremore.
L. E. Blackmere, state director of
home-coming, was that boon of the ,the N* r Eaat. R®"®' ^rk. spoke
ed with depth of feettag, mad* hia1 the City of Claremore, shbjoct to 15th,1879. Funeral services will take streamers depended from the center N. UUard1 of Oklahoma City: V" J
iiiliMiirlhr nrsnt" Mm wtU nf th* demrtprntin nvimarv.! Dl&CA Suildw. He is to be buried in I of the ceiling and extended to differ-1 The seen* was done in water colors.;mw* rtry tne ausy ol tne Amer
Mr. Cutler was one of the demo-
Vnet the public well and
he went he made friends. Hi*
will bring regret to many.
.gefcetta* a noteworthy event. the action of the democratic primary! place Sunday. He is to be buried in
Misa Blacknuui's reading of "How to he held Tuesday, March 15th, 1921. Rose Hill Cemetery at Tulsa.
'Ruby' Ptayedi" was all that this es- Mr. Eldridge, former County Clerk
teemed teacher 'could have wished, of Rogers county, is at present em-
The range of the piece in different -
characters of expression pleased tlie
audience immensely. Then with an
Italian characterisation as an encore.
she added to the effect
The closing effect of "the'first halt:
of tbe pa-ogram was given by 11«,
Lawrence Mehr. Her selection was
Campbell's 'The Spirit Flower," a«d
her encore was "Will o' the Wisp."
The feature of her contribution to the
delight of the evening was the abso-
lute assurance and smoothness wtth
which she carried her voice from
fortisaimo to pianissimo and back
without evidence of strain. Her con-
trol waa aplwdid.
Much of the beauty of the even-
ing areee fro the sf«ptfh tic
compainmeut of Mrs. Erie Fry.
The second portion of the program
waa given over entirely to the Ok-
lahoma Military Academy Cadet
bend. Which his had, if Capt. Brown
explained, only foot months of ex-
istence and practice. From that point
of the ceiling and extended to differ-
ent parts of the room. Shaded lights
decorated kawpie dolls, cupida, and
fighter's life, a cigaret. But up the
neighboring walk went another man
in olive drab. Hia head waa bent and
he moved with the aid of crutches. His
skin lacked color, his eye lustre.
Ross N. Lillard of Oklahoma City:
briefly but forcibly in the interest of
this great work. He urged hearty
co-operation with Mrs. L. B. Shaw,
county chairman, who is at this time
embarked on a drive for fonda. By
explaining conditiona in Armenia, he
crntk candidates for sheriff at the other tokens of St Valentine, were
last primary election and his can- seen everywhere. Ferns and bloom
A hill waa in the foreground and a i^Mpeople to support the movement,
great red brick building. Innumerable W' secretary of the Miami
little green frame cottages massed
with green foliage. The pale men
Chamber of Commerce, who was here
on invitation of the local club, went
didacy won for him a wide circle- of ing plants also added to the attract- wrapped in khaki-colored blankets *** of the Sales
friends. Of a genial disposition he iveness of the rooms. were looking into the blue sky. The Jj* lavement which is operative in
wherever Mrs. A. T. Challburg played a num- artist contrived to throw tho yellow *i«mi this time. It is a wmb'-
lis- death1 ber of {n itrujnental selections and > haxe of sunlight oyer th* landscape. n tM>n f bargains offered by the
Miss Helen Zenor rendered two bau-!A white-clad nurse with a little red j action sale).andtands
tiful vocal solos. Th.i grand match c*'ofc! her bat waa hurrying toward to bnn* 'ntw Wwo Da>
,r,rm, I noSHl Tn vnw,\TA was wls0 played, and all formed in oi tl,e mNl with a vial her *hu,-cpend their mon-
LEGION I^ES TO NOWArA ^ tQ ^ -hnnd. att ihaI'
26 TO 16 Games,formed the pastime of the ^ J- Johnson of Waiters: ^ T f ^ * L " T
,„L- . , . . , . evening, however rook, the came of His picture required an explanation.! ^he ^usmess of inarch .. t,s on th<r
American Legion basket ball interesting ean.es Stot® officials were seated with gov-i^y Wore 01 the dRy at- .. Mm.
team from the Claremore «nment officials around a conference ^ twenty-eight euch
to the Legion team at Nowata Wed- ^te^nmt ^ A ^ repre8enUtiVe mad# a and they uro u: , <
nesdap night of this week in n game rofreshnienta which eonsiated statement He was standing erect, according to -Mr
which was never completed bccause o£ crcamed chicken niashed potatoes looking his fellows and the govern- di^bict of r„., *
tlie goal fell down during the course. j j ' '. , ? • 'iment official in the eve The irovern- bfts ^)eejl increased thw-vu
^tuvmr. n.>«•> <•••w'™n
fee. The favors were small red Prilltion8 for « hospital would not be !®ould,jnot be wlthout the sa.es Da>,
in favor of Nowata at the end of the
first half but the next'ten minutes of
: play changed the reading to 25 to 16
in favor of Nowata. It was at this
juncture that the goal was knock-
baskets decorated with kewpies and
containing nuts.
This was one of the most pleasan
available. The state representative,;'1*
to uae Johnson's own words, had re-1 Mr- ^ to how
plied: "Government funds or not, this 'J"5 sdvertising, selling, etc., is done.
John- "e said the movement can only be a
ployed by the News-Dispatch Print- , . .
ing and Auditing Co., of Shawnee, being arranged.
«f tkm, the FWfenMa* «u : "jj JJV '°°"n; Ctaremore^Cowh H«ik.n'«dBobert
juncture tnat u e goal was Knoc*-, —- , " ' anoronri«tion will tw> made" John- "® 8aio tne movement can only be a
ed down and the game suspended. A | nte ""iKnts of the Valentine sea-. inmert for the corner of 8UCMas the business men get be-
n*,n, rn.teh.ne he pt.y«i he f ™ " *" ^£^151— «■ " It i. ..
tended.
APPOINT CADETS
the flnalee fsec from raggedaess and ^e^fact that his present occupation& ^ Tm Woodj) center,' Representative Jennings of CUre-
icts, haipa lnm away from his family bo Bn.. .Ar*i> imor®' Salter of Carmen and Tylee
As City Clerk he
of Capt Brown. From the point of i reeide here.
view of shading! the beat display was; «• no Je<£«
hi Beethoven's Minuet in O. qualifications to be City Clerk. He
Robt Updcgraff ami Artie Shelter;« ^ ™®«
sub3 of Okmulgee have a house Mil which
would permit each state senator to
.hut before the ringing of- "Amer-
ica," Mr. Leonard E. Blackmere,
-state director of Near East Belief,
■poke of tha Ameaiaa conditions and
wonderful clerical ability. Many
Clanaiore Meads will be aetto In
thair suppport of his csndidacy for
this office
Nowata was much larger than the
Claremore team.
Prior to the Clarcmore-Nowata
game, Nowata and Delaware played
a game. Nowata won easily.
LSGION DANCE ONE Of
THE BEST
BOOZE SUPPLY FOUND IN
PREACHER'S HOME
TULSA, Feb. 10—-J. M. Powell of
The dance given by the Claremore , Bartlesville, minister of Bartlesville,
Poet «f the American Legion at the ! Thursday appeared voluntarily before
Hike cibb^Friday evening was one of United States Commissioner C. L.
the beet of the entire season. Some Yancy and admitted that a federal of-
forty couplee enjoyed the daniing fleer found a quanity of liquor in Ida
while many others came to look en. home in Bartlesville on January 3.
The Elks orchestra, altho depleated by' Powell explained to the eommla-
ef Captain C. O. Brown oioner that he had the liquor for tlie
with Us de-
scription of the mast afflicted spot
of the werid- He showed its desper-
ate condition, brought only by its
heroic service to the Attica, aad plead-
ed for tho ehOdrea ef a paagla that
has ban reduced from eight million
hi 1914 to a Utile over two million in
%m.
MART E. EOhLAMO RUUBD AT
FOYIL
Man Maqr tL IMrib af J ieiaae kmd of music aad it waa not should molect him for possessing Jll - 7~ „ w
W. HoDand, bom December , ll , until near one o'clock that the strains Warrant for Powell's arrest issuadl * • <***• mn* M™ , Buchanan
died at Foyil Wodnceday, Fchroary cg "Borne, Sweet Heme" announced two weeks ago, had not been served. I*"* Sa«trdny in Inola vuitmg
, lltl. She waa the mother ef ten tha fact that the first dance to be He was released on 91^)00 bond farjM*mto-
children, fhm hays aad fh* giris, all' giwsa by the Legion had come to a action of the federal grand jury.
af wheal weee aft her fhaeral. H happy dean. Refreshments during
to the <Mea* the esaaftsa wase served. TIMa Is Mr. and Mia. DnHoa Stewart, af
a yaar a n Tbe f- tha fhat Int aet the last dance to be near Chdaea, are aft Frank Barnhart'a
I aft Virfi Oreea isaMlii by the local poet to attend the taanl of hia fi
tory by Eawart Thiadna, of aare-
Ocerga Hale, who were out of use of himself and his Mends aad "J*
, nevertheless famished a first that he could not see why the officers °* "•
appoint three cadets to the military
academy st Claremore and each mem-
ber of the bouee of representativea
may appoint twe members.
Thin would give the house of rep-
reaentativen appointive power of 184
members and the senate a member-
ship af 189—and at least it could be
said for the academy that it would
iaerease its membership.—Tulsa
Werid, (Friday).
Jadge Jennings is proving to be
quite « factor in the legielaturo aad
hia plan for cnlnrging the enrollment
nt O. M. A., is conciliated a good one.
Not only will it get the students but
itaepentien will sen tier the interest
tn the echool the length and breadth
his canvas. Twelve sick soldiers could,
be seen crossing the border. On this
a aian* "The boundry line " Following the explanation on mo-
tion of K. D. Bernard, seconded by
Paul W. Fry, a committee of seven
was authorised to go further into
the matter, to confer with Mr. Brite
and report back at a future meeting
of the club. The following were ap-
of Oklahoma." This scene, too, can
be explained by Johnson's words,
"Ten sick soldiers cross the boundry
of Oklahoma every day. They are go-
ing to the hospital we won't give
them."
pointed on the committee and a met-
ing called for Friday afternoon; F. S.
Walker, M. P. Browning, G. C. Har-
bold, H. O. Hurst Paul W. Fry, I)
Ferrara and K. D. Bernard.
There being no further business be-
Other pictures less plsasing were
presented in tbe senate Thursday. But
the acnate passed the soldier bill and
only four members voted againat it
Those who voted "no" were Sena-
tors J. E. Fleming of Poteau, H.. „ , ^
Brawn of Watonga, Joe Sherman of th® club ' motio to di°u™ <-«r-
Sherman, and E. E. Woods of Clare- i
wars. All who voted agninst the; __
BMasure expressed themselves as fa- CLAUDE NICHOLS FOR CITY
voting any legislation for soldier ben- . TREASURER
efift, bat gave various reaaons why j ^ ~ ,
they believe the senate should be sure i ^ « authonaed to i^n-
it had hit upon the best and wisest!™"? candidacy <^od®
hefnrr it acted i Nichols for the office of City Trea -
P. . | urer, subject to the action of the dem-
Frank Elrod retuftied Thursday ^ held Tucs<,a>'-
from a visit to the market at St M,Pch "• 1WL
Louis, Ma, to buy stock for the store
which he and his sister, Miss Bess
Elrod, an establishing in the old
Claude ia one of ClaremorCs enter-
priaing young business men. At pres-
ent he is engaged in the meat market
Mias Alton Vance, of Nowata, will
poatofflce building. Hi. sister went! I?™®" « of the partner, of
on to Chicago and other point?. JJf- has con
aiderable clencal training as a former
vUifTn. JtK! 1* *tete cooventio., r.f the Youn^ member of the force of tlie National
Sunday in the city voting With l^ Gkri>t.|||| Awoci>tion wilI j^Bank of CUremote and is waB quali-
m „ ^ , ^ , held in Oklahoma City th year on !«®d to be the city tiaaeuiai. Ba has
* Russell Paulger, of Chclaea, spent ^ , many frieada who will be active in
Lee, who died in Califscnia last M«^*"da/ ia the city and attended the their support ef his candidacy
Mrs. Wayne Bayleas ontertatoed day, Feb. 7.
af the Wedassday Aac Mrs. E. H. Lightnar, Msa>Bsul W«i
CM with a one olelock Fry snd Mrs. Fied Battle w«b ansonit-!
hat bane on East Sec- the Claremore people to spend tWfc Rafecd Cardan went to Tulsa Fri-
ftsraoea. dny Satwrdsv in fWsa. day oa
China Burrows returned Thursday
Stroag, of Talsa, spent the from EMatado, Ark., where he has Harold Boyd
to Sand Spring*
Friday to be with hia mother, who i
George Hale taansacted business m to undergo aa operation at the Sand
Independence, If an., Friday. " f*nring? hwpillil.
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