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THE WEEKLY DEMOCRAT-CHIEF
Largest and Oldest Bona Fide Circulation 01 any Publication^ The County.
VOLUME XX
HOBART, KIOWA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1921.
NO. 40
WHITE BOUND OVER
TO DISTRICT COURT
ON MURDER CHARGE
Defense Offered no Testimony to Re-
fute State's Wltnesnes in Ex-
amining Trial.
WORK STARTS ON TWO
BUSINESS BUILDINGS
F. M. MMIer and W. C. Bolon Break
Ground on Main Street For
New Structure*
Preparations for actual construction
____ work on the new building to he put
(From Tcoedsy's Dsily ) " I ^ °n Tv
_ A . . , , . . mediaely north at the Dixie Store, by
Ernest White, who is charged with p M M proprietor of the Cor-
the murder of William G. Hester, ^ gtor(, end w c Boiolli the
farmer, sixteen miles southwest of Foupth street hardware dealer, were
Hobart, and whose preliminary trial, thi, morning by Messrs. Nix
was held at the court house yesterday U|| Creasey, the contractors-
afternoon before Justice of the Peace! These buildings have a combined
W. L. Hunter, was bound over to the
next term of the district court without
bond.
The sta{e was represented at the
hearing by County Attorney George
W. Martin and Messrs. Keys and
Rakestraw of the local bar; the de-
fendant, by Attorneys A. L. Herr of
Chickasha and W. B. Garrett of Man-
gum.
The trial began at 8 o'clock in the
afternoon and was concluded three
hours later, the defendant offering no
testimony to refute the contentions of
the state. In fact, but few of the
sate's witnesses were cross-examined
by the defense.
The offenae for which White is being
tried was committed at the home of
the deceaaed, near Koonkazachey
school house, on March 10, late in the
afternoon, while Hester was listing
land about a quarter of a mile from
his residence. White, it is dsimed,
went to where Hester was working
and stayed with him an hour or more,
following him back and forth across
the field and talking to him. Between
four and five o'clock while the
ceased was still plowing, White is al-
leged to have shot him three times in
the back and then chased him across
forty-seven listed rows and beat
over the head with his pistol, causing
Hester's death ten days later.
White, it is claimed, had driven his
car into the field, but at a point from
chich it could not be seen from the
house or from where Hester'was plow-
ing; so after the shooting he is al-
leged to have run to his car and then
made off in it in the general direction
of Granite, where he was living at
that time, and where he was arrest
ed that night by the marshal of that
town and brough to Hobart and com-
mitted to jail.
front of 60 feet on Main street. 120
feet deep and will be tw stories in
height. Both are to be of brick with
plate glass fronts of modern type,
and when finished will be among the
most elegant in the city.
. Building material is now being un-
loaded and excavation for the founda-
tion will start at once.
The contractors say the buildings
will be ready for occupancy within
tw and a half or three months, pro-
vided there is no delay encountered
in getting building material.
Both Miller and Bolon will move to
their new places of business as soon
as possible after they are ready for
occupancy, and the building now
cupied by the former will he re-con-
structed, after which it will be occu-
pied bv the Home State Bank who ac
quired it by purchase two months ago.
It is also understood that A. B. Wey
proprietor of the building in which
Mr. Bolon is now doing business, will
occupy it with a hardware business
at the expiratoin of the lease which
the latter holds.
Others are considering - putting up
new business buildings during the
summer, and from present indications
there will be considerable activity
along the building line before ths
end of the year.
OUTHIER PETROLEUM
SUBMITS PROPOSITION
TO DRILLTEN WELLS
Company Seeks Total of >25,003 Stock
Subscription and Forty Sec-
tions of Land.
About 50 or 60-of the business men
of Hobart met at the Elk Club rooms
Friday night, pursuant to a call la-
med by the Commercial Club to meet
with a Lone Wolf delegation of bus
iness men and officers of the Outhler
Petroleum Co., of Kansas City, and
who recently acquired the holding of
the St. Louis-Oklahoma Oil Co., drill-
ing a deep test west of Lone Wolf, In
Dill township, and to hear a proposi-
tion for oil development in this sec-
tion of the county.
The Outhier Petroleum Co., is con-
tinuing the deep test, started by the
St Louis-Oklahoma Oil Co., and ac-
cording to officials of the company,
intend the continue drilling until a
depth cf 3,200 feet is reached, unless
oil or gas is found in paying quantities
at a lesser depth. Geologists predict
that "strike" will be made in this well
jn the next 200 or 300 fset.
This company proposes to drill as
many as ten test wells, on the struc-
ture northwest of Hobart, if the citi-
zens of Hobart and Lone Wolf, and
possibly Rocky and Sentinel accept
their proposition. Th; proposition
calls for a stock subscription of $25,-
000 in the company, and four sections
of land for each of the ten wells to be
drilled. Each well is to be a mini
mum depth of 1,000 feet. Deeper
tests will depend on the reports of
their geologists, who will advise
deeper wells, if the formation is
satisfactory.
BANKERS TO AID IN I EIGHT KNOWN DEAD
MARKETING COTTON IN BRAXTON STORM
Commit.ee to Co-operate With Plant- More Than Score Injured—Property
ers—D. S. Wolfincer of City J Loss Estimated at $100,000—
Bank Member of t ommittee. | Troops to Aid.
A meeting of the leading bankers ^ ^ „
of the state was he.d at Oklahoma i JACKS0N, Miss.. April 27.—Ar-
City last Friday afternoon to d.scuss ranKl.menta are under way here today
with th organisation committee of the ^ MiilUnce to re8idents of
Oklahoma Cotton Growers' AMOCla*, Braxton, a smoll town eighteen miles
tion plans for financing the business Qf here wpre a t0lna(,o yes-
of the association in handling the
1921 cotton crop of its members. The
meeting was called to order by the
Oklahoma Bankers" Association.
The bankers and cotton men were |100 ^ The bugine9. action of the
addressed by Aaron Sapiro, genera^ town was virtua,|y -*ii)ed out, and
counsel for the cotton association, and many home, were destroyed or dam-
Carl Williams, editor of the Oklahoma ^ .
Farmer-Stockman. Both Sapiro andj Dispatches today from Braxton,
Williams explained the development ch w&g virtualIy wrecM by a
of the cotton association. Sapiro de-1 gtorm yesterday, place the number of
terday resulted in the death of more
than a dozen persons and in injuries
to a score of others. The property
loss is estimated to be in excess of
UTILITY CASES
UP FOR HEARING
Be for.' Corporation C omtn's-iiin Dur-
ing Week April 21-28—Six Cor
VioUtMig (<>:t;mission PrJerr
OKLAHOMA CITY, Ok!;... April
22.—Twelve utility cases are schedul-
ed for hearing l-cfore the state cor-
poration cu'nmiss.on during the « Mk
April 21 ">?, ac- viding to an an-
nouncement t.hl«y of the docke*. J-ix
of the cises are on alleged violations
of commission orders.
The do-ft fo'lows:
April 21--W. V. Clinkscate. et a',
Loveland, vs. C. R. I. A P. Co.. ask-
ing for additional switch fa"> '
and sidetrnci- > the town of Tlll-
tailed the financing plans followed by
other farmers' co-operative marketing
associations, pointing out the relation-
ship of such organisations of growers
to the commercial interests of their
community, state and nation.
A special, permanent committee
consisting of seven bankers was ap- ( gituation
pointed to meet with the board of dl-'
rectors of the cotton growers' associa-
tion to work out details of financing
with reference to crop mortgages, ad-
vances to growers, re-discount of cot-
ton paper, et<\ This committee con-
sists of D. N. Fink, Muskogee; D. S.
Wolfinger, Hobart; Guy C. Robertson,
Lawton; Sam L. Morley, McAlester;
W. H. Donahue, Beggs; George L.
Browning, Oklahoma City, and R. D.
Wilbur, Hugo.
A meeting of this committee with
the newly appointed directors of the!
U.. Ml --It I .1 ■
known dead at eight, with unverified
reports of other dead, which may in-
crease the number of fatalities to
twice that number. Twenty-three
persons are known to have been in-
jured. Troops arrived early today
from Jackson and took charge of the
115,000 ALIENATION SUIT
Through her attorney, Charles N.
Harmon of Enid, Okla., June Houston
Hall filed suit in the district court of
Kiowa county this morning against
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Hall. Eula Hall
and Edwin Hall, all of this city, for
damages in the sum of S15.000, for
the alleged alienation of the affect-
tions of her husband, John Hall.
PRESIDENT HARDING
TO REVIEWSQUADRON
Atlantic Fleet to Pass Before Chief
Executive Off Point Comfort
To
WASHINGTON, April 27.—Presi-
dent Harding will leave Washington
late today for Old Point Comfort,
where early tomorrow he will review
Hester was picked up by neighbors thc Atlantic fleet for the first time., «ue tr'J fcxte.sion in this terntory -
and taken to his home, —— * "
MARRIAGE LICENSE
cotton association will be called at an J A marriage license was issued late
early date, it 1s announced. I Saturday afternoon to J. C. Middleton,
By adding D. S. Wolfinger, a Ho- 21, aad Miss Dixie E. Vicars, 17, both
Business men of Lone Wolf plan to j ^ b|mker to the ommittee to meet1 of Hobart.
subscribe for $6,000 worth of stock, |
enough to secure two wells, and it was
suggested at the meeting that Sent -jJT
nel and Rocky be interested to the ex- S
tent of $5,000 each, which would pre- £
vide 'or six wells as per the prop- j g
osition, leaving $10,000 to be sub- S
scribed in Hobart to secure the four 8
remaining tests or a total of ten test' S
wells. H
In the vicinity of the proposed op- s
erations is a block of leases, blockcd S
last year with a view Jp sescuring 5
three deep tests. It woffld be r.eces- S
sary to pay up the lesases and se- 5
man.
Information of Pen F. Davis vs.
Oklahoma City So rice Station, alleg-
ing violation of Commission's Order
No. 1575.
information of Ben F. Davis vs.
Fisher Drilling Co.. Duncan, alleging
violation of Commission's order.
Information of P. M. Nolan vs.
Seaman Oil Co., Oklahoma City, al-
leging violation of statues re^er ling
filing of corporate records with cor-
poration comir.i Vor.
Information of C. B. Barium.
M. K. A T. Ry., Co., alleging viola-
tion of Commission's order.
Application of Midfleld Gas Co.,
adjustment of gas rates at Oilton.
Information of Willie Stanfill.
Dover, vs. Wise A Jackson, Sapulpa,
alleging violation of commission'*
order.
April 23—Information of Atlantic
Petroleum Corporation, Tulsa, vs. H.
F. Wilcox Oil * Gas Co., alleging
violation
F0:„ BOUND OVER
TO DISTRICT COURT .
ON MURDER CHARGE
Only Two Material Witnesses in Ex-
amine Trial of Jack Geiger
Which Closed Today
Overruling a demurrer to the evi-
dence, Justice of the Peace W. L.
Hunter, this morning bound Jack
Geiger over to the district court, on
a charge of murder in connection with
the fatal shooting of Wm. G. Hester,
southwest of Hobart on the afternoon
of March 10. Hester died 10 days
later.
The night of the shooting Ernest
White was arrested at his home in
Granite, charged with the crime.
Later R. Boyet was token into custo-
dy on an information charging him
with the murder of Hester. Later
Jask Geiger and Mrs. Ernest White
were served with warrants and placod
in jail on the same eharge. White and
Boyet were held at preliminary ex-
amination* to answer to the district
court, and yesterday afternoon the
examining trial of Geiger was started
before Justice Hunter, and while n
number of witnesses ware examined,
only two were introduced who gave
mt
the state, bearing directly on the case,
and connecting Geiger with the crime.
Ed (E. W.) Nails, negro, who haa
been before the local courts
time* for alleged infractions of
prohibitory law,
edged serving two terms In state pris-
on, gave some startling teetimonjg
Nails testified to being
with Geiger three or four
"Good-bye, Old Methods, Good-bye P
where he
lingered until March 20, when he died
from the wounds which had been in-
flicted upon him by his assailant.
Hester made a dying declaration in
which he stated that White had shot
him, but added that he did not know
why, since they had had no trouble
The trip is to be made in the presi-1 0I'
dential yacht, Mayflower, the Presi- 'iho proportion wai neeiy d.scms-
dent rc'urr.ing to Washington Friday « lumber of citizens participate
morning. * Li. F. E. Vslker of Lone Wolf. (
Headed by the supcr-dreadnaught. i auressed the meeting. Other
Pennsylvania, flagship of Admiral representatives present from Lone
Wolf were W. H. Davis, J. H. Hig-
gins and Milt Alexander.
Geologist Collier, who has been
Wilson, th fleet will swing into the
Virginia capes soon after daybreak
and that so far as he knew were j tomorrow and begip passing in re-
friends. However, he suggested that1 view beforc the President at Theibel here a month checking over .troc-
he believed that the shooting was the shoal. Lower Chessapeake Bay.
result of a frame-up. | Eight battleships, eighteen destroy-
The first witness introduced by the erSi thirteen submarines and twenty-
state was Dr. Winter of Hobart, who gix auxiliaries comprise the force. "
called immediately following the
shooting, and who testified as to the
location and character of the wounds,
and also that he had assisted In the
autopsy which was held the day of
Hester s death. He saw the deceased
several times following the shooting.
Mrs. Lucy Battles, a neighbor, testi-
fied that she ha* just arrived at the
Hester home, some five or ten minutes
prior to the shooting, but that she
did not hear the shots. Her atten-
tion was first attracted by the run-
away team whlch«ame from the field
to the house. She was among the
first to reach .Hester after he had
been shot down, and said that he was
suffering'Intensely. She did not see
White, Hester's alleged assailftit.
W. O. Riley was plowing on an
adjoining farm and heard the three
shots and the cries of "Oh! O." after
each shot. He drove his team to the
houses as quickly as possible and went
over to where Hester was lying, ar-
riving th-re before the wounded man
was removed to the house. He saw a
man whom he took to be Ernest White
coming up the road, following the
ahootlng, but he did not positively
identify him.
8am Now was presesnt when the
county attorney took Hester's dying
statement, testifying as to the method
adopted in procuring it. and that
Heater expressed the belief that he
would die from the effects of the
wounds, explained fully the method
adopted In getting the statement and
Pane 2.)
RECOMMENDS PROFITS
BE L0ANE00N CATTLE
Governor Hsrding of Federal Reserve
Banks Would Turn Hundred
Million to Farmers
CHICAGO, April 21.—Legislation
directing" the secretary of the treas-
ury to turn over a hundred million
dollars of profits of the Federal Re-
serve the Federal Land Banks, to bs
loaned by the latter on stock cattlc
for the purpose of ssi«t'ng produc
ers. If was recommen led as a part
of the congressional program, by
Governor Harding of the Federal
Reserve Bank.
John Fields' solgan, "A cow, a sow an^ a bunch of
hens fo revery Oklahoma farm," is gaining in favor in
Kiowa County.
Our farmer customer who has had a "cow and a
hW in production the past few months has realized
their value in a pinch," and his bank account has also
shown their value.
City Bank rejoices that the day of "one big crop"
and money once a year is going and welcomes the day
when our farms turn out several things and the money
comes each month or week.
4 Ot BAMK //v A ooan
CITY BANK
.( commiiiion', orfcr. U** ™p°'y«l b, hi. 1M.
AfM 2«-C< pUl* ol IW vt„ ^ ^ ^
offered him 9250 to kill White. He
4 Refand, Oklahoma City vs. Okla-
homa Gas A Electric Co., alleging
unjust charges for current supplied
X-ray mach :a.
Applicati • of the Ca.ter Oil Co.,
TuIm, vs. Nicholson Corporation, to
require de'-ndant to comply with
Common I jrrheser Gas I.av/.
April 28—C —'nint of Chamber of
Commerce-of Ardmore vs. Consumers
Light A Power Co., alleging inequit-
able and excessive rates for natural
gas. Set for hearing at Ardmore.
Application of Consumers Light A
Power Co., et al, Ardmore, vs. C. R.
Smith, et al, Ardmore for temporary
order enjoining and restraining de-
fendants from disconnecting certain
gas well. Hearing at Ardmore.
HOB A RT,
tures, opened the meeting with a talk
on prospective productions from drill-
ing operations pursued in the right
location. •
C. C. Outhler, president of the
Outhier Petroleum Co., and Geo.
Stock, secretary of the corporation,
were both present, and the former -,——
presented the proposition he repre- with the board of directors of the cot-
sented. From the company's second ton Growers' Association to work cut
annual hand book, the following was the details of financing the under-
taken, which covers the company's ; taking, Southwest Oklahoma is g ven
two years' work, and as Mr. Outhier the recognition as a cotton pio lucing
OKLA HO M A
MURDER CHARGE DISMISSED
In the cases wherein Mrs. Ruth
White was charged jointly with her
husband, Emest White, In connection
with the alleged murder of Wil iam
G. Heater, farmer, who lived sixteen
miles southwest of Hobart, the Coun-
ty Attorney yesterday aftemooi dis-
missed the Information chaiging
murder and filed snother in lieu of it
charging manslaughter, the court fix-
ing the bond at 1.000. She furnish-
ed the required ball and was dis-
charged from custody, after having
been in jail for more than a month
and having waived a preliminary tria
stated to the meeting:
"In the early part of January, 1918,
a number of Kansas City men assem-
bled for the purpose of organising a
company for the production ami
marketing of oil and gas. These gen-
tlemen discussed the oil industry ami
the failure and success of oil compan-
ies generally from every angle.
"It was decided to postpone the or-
ganisation of the company for two
weeks, during which time a committee
made n careful investigation of a
number of oil companies to ascertain
why some companies fall. This wa
done so that the company to be organ
ised might avoid the fatal pitfalls.
On January 28th, the same gentle
men (with a few others) assemble*
again to receive the committee's re-
port and to perfect the organisation.
Here is the report in three words
'Dishonesty and Inefficiency." Thus
the new company came into being with
honesty snd efficiency as their motto
"The company was organised unde-
a Test agreement and was opeiate.
as such until August, f*l . when I'
was Incorporated under the laws e'
Missouri and given the name Outhiei
Petroleum Company.
section to which its importance en-
titles It.
"During the year 1918 the company
acquired some very valuable oil lands
and did some developing, though fi-
nancing was slow on account of war-
time conditions. During the first year
the company's earnings were suffic-
ient to pay our stockholders six per
cent in cash dividends, and we began
the year 1919 with seven producing
wells and one gas woll.
"During the year 1919 the company
acquired more of the best proven oil
lands for both shallow and deep drill-
ing to be found in the Mid-Continent
field. Development was carried on
with efficiency and during the year 10
per cent in cash dividends and « per
cent In stock dividends was paid to
stockholders snd now we begin the
year 1920 with 17 producing wslls and
snother drilling."
The outgrowth of the meeting was
a motion made by Atty. Jas. R. Tol-
hert, and seconded by D. S. Wolfinger,
which carried unanimously, to" refer
he proposition to the board of dlrec
'ors of the Commercial Club to act
ipon at a meeting to he held Monday
NOTED "COMMERCIAL
WIZARD" IN HOBART
Phil Levin of New York.
Several Weeks Here Conducting
also testified to writing notes for
Geiger to Mrs. White, but said he
never delivered any of them.
The negro also stated that he told
Geiger, another time, that he didnt
want to kill White, on account of his
color. He says he said: "You knows
I am a colored tnan and if I was to do
anything like that you would turn in
with the rest of them and take me
out here—and kill me and never give
me a trial." He also testified to be-
lieving Geiger and Mrs. White were
on intimate relations.
J. R. Boyet testified to being ac-
quainted with Geiger the past four
or five years. He stated Erneet White
talked to him about his family affairs
after he left Hester's home. He stat-
ed he talked to Geiger after this time,
and Geiger told him to Just be quiet
and matters would right themselves.
After moving to Harris' the witaee*
said Geiger talked to him again, and
Geiger said to tell White what ha
wanted to. Afterwards he asked him
net to tell anything Geiger had told
, him. In Hobart one time, Boyet aayi
Phil Levin of New York, an expert i oi^,. asked him how he would like
GERMANS'PROPOSALS
DEEMED INSUFFICIENT
Premier Briand of France to Reach
Decision Tonight on Repara-
tions Question.
By th* AuociStM rrew
PARIS, April 27.—Germany's pro
posal relative to reprarations is atill
being considered by Premier Briand,
and it is probable that a decision will
not be reached before tonight. When
such decision is reached it will be com-
municated first to the United States
government.
Officials are reticent th's morning
regard ng the German proposals, but
in political circles close to the Prem-
ier it was the belief that the. Ruhr
district will be occupied immediately
after May 1.
Germany's proposals are entirely
insufficient, it is declared in authori-
tative circles here.
RECOVER I ROM OPERATION'
CHICAGO, April 28.—Charlie
White, the vfteran Chicago light-
weight. I* recovering from an opera-
tion for hernia. He probably will b#
out of the ring for six
in retail merchandising, arrived in
the city Sunday, and expects to re-
main here several weeks, conducting a
sale and contest for Bolon's Hard-
ware.
Mr. Levin is a forceful sdverti er,
and has an enviable reputation as a
"go-getter" in conducting ssles and
promoting advertising campaigrs. He
represents the Hosburgh Sales Co.,
who are upder contract with Bolon's
Hardware of Hobart. Within the next
week Mr. Levin declares, he will make
some startling disclosures and revela-
tions that will create a sensstion all
over Kiowa county.
"Several months ago," Mr. Levin
■ays, "while the furniture dealers
claimed that furniture had not drop
ped in price, and which was a fact at
that time, 1 had contracted with a
large wholesale furniture snd manu-
facturing concern in Nebraska, to con-
duct a retail sale and advertising
campaign. I cut prices so drastically
that before my sale was complete
several wholesale furniture hou.«es
throughout the state reduced theii
this was followed by re-
duction furniture sales in several of
the middle western states. 1 fan
promise the people of this community
that my sale and campaign for Bolon's
Hardware will be of great importance
and will inure to the benefit of the
people of Kiowa eounty. All I ask Is
that you wait and see for yourselves."
to have Hester's team of
Geiger talked to Boyet in Hobart on
the day Hester was shot, the conver-
sation being about a team and leaw.
On cross-examination Boyet said tfis
Farmers A Merchants Natl. Bank
had a mortgage on Hester's
The defense offered no testimony.
MARRIAGE LICENSE
A marriage license was isaued to-
day to Jim C. MeElroy. 24, Gotebo
and M as Lydla Tu'fonI, 16, Roos-
velt
AMERICAN SOLDIERS
SLEEPING IN EUROPE
Estlmsted That 81.000 Victims of
World's Wsr Fill Foreign Graven
—Memorial Services Planned
By the Associated ProM.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., April 222.—
"More than 61,000 American soldier*
who died during the World War still
sleep on foreign soil. Shall the
graves of our fsllen be forgotten on
our this, the third Memorial Dav
since the Armistice?" Reads a bul-
letin issued today by National head-
quarters of the American Legion.
A report to the Legion from Quart-
ermaster General of the Army Rog-
ers shows that there are 81.429 Amer-
ican graves in seven foreign coun-
tries. In France 59,937 men of th*
A. E. F. still are buried; In England
there are 517; In Belgium 751; In
Ruasia 97; In Italy 78; in Germany
43 and in Luxembourg 8.
The Lerion's records show that tha
organisation decorated 76,000 graven
last year wKh a fund of 1.
000,000 fames rained In Amcrica and
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