The Cimarron Courier. (Boise City, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, January 22, 1909 Page: 1 of 4
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THE CIMARRON COURIER.
VOL. II.
BOISE CITY. OtCLA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1909.
NO. 28
CRIME GALORE
IN OUR MIDST
E. G. Haff in the Clutches of the Law,
Charged With Grand Larceny-
Preliminary Saturday.
FOSTER HAS TROUBLES, HIS OWN
According to His Statement His Life is in Imminent Danger, and He
Has Asked for Protection, Which Was Denied Him—No Clue
of the Assassin Revis—Posses Have All Returned—
Law and Order League is Certainly Needed.
DARK SHADOWS OVERHANG FAIR CIMARRON COUNTY.
E. G. Haff, of east of Hurley,
was arrested Wednesday by Con-
stable Spoonemore, charged with
the theft of a buggy, robes, etc.
from Postmaster Ingle of Marella,
Okla. Search warrants were sworn
to before Justice of the Peace Mc-
Kinney, and a search was institu-
ted. Some of the property was
found concealed on the premises of
Mr. Haff which was identified by
Mr. Ingle, et al, as part of the sto-
len property. The theft occurred
about three weeks ago, and the
outfit was tracked to the farm of
C. D. Pipkin, which adjoins the
Haff homesiead, and there J;he
buggy was found concealed in a
half dugout stable. No blame at-
taches to Mr. Pipkin, as he has
been away for several months. Mr.
Haff is an old man of near 65 years,
well-known to the people of the
central part of Cimarron county,
and has always borne the best rep-
utation, and this comes now as a
profound surprise to his acquaint-
ances. The preliminary hearing
will be held in Boise City tomor-
row at 10 a. m., before justice of
the Peace Thomas. Mr. Haff put
up his team as bond for his appear-
ance. We hope Mr. Haff will be
able to conclusively prove his in-
nocence of the affair, as it is hard
to think that one of his years would
be guilty of the crime as charged.
No new developments have oc-
curred looking toward the capture
of the assassin Revis, regardless
of the fact that a sum of $1,000 is
offered as a reward for his capture.
The posses have all returned with
the report that they coulc learn
nothing of his whereabouts. No
just criticism can attach'toearnest,
honest efforts put forth by any and
all of the parties who joined in the
search, but can the same be said
true of the authorities to whom
all looked for advice, wisdom and
instructions?
About twenty-five miles east of
Boise City—a community of farm-
ers—fifteen of whom chipped in
$5 each for the purpose of buying
a windmill and supply tank, there-
by securing to themselves a water
privilege as long as they desired,
from a well on the farm of Mr. Day.
Matters have been drifting along
until all who own water rights have
left but two. Mr. Ddy proved up
in August and went to Missouri,
leaving his son Curtis on the place.
Curtis assumed the right to repre-
sent his father, and rented the farm
to one H. A. Caswell, and it seems
that the man Caswell is rathef on
the ruffian order and lets his stock
roam at will. On Christmas day
E. S. Foster, who lives one mile
south of the Dav farm, and who
was one of the remaining two who
held a water right at the Day well,
called on Caswell and requested
him to take care of his stock which
was then running at large and im-
posing on Mr. Foster. Caswell is
said to have fell into a rage at Fos-
ter and bemeaned him with all the
vile epithets he could think of, and
ordered Foster "to never again set
foot on the Day farm. Mr. Foster
immediately, on adviee, took up
the matter with Mr. Day by corre-
spondence. Mr. Day wrote Mr.
Foster, appointing him agent for
his farm, and stating that Caswell
had no rights on his place whatso-
ever. On receipt of Mr. Day's
communication, Mr. Foster again
assumed his"rights of gettingwater
at the Day well, going after same
last "Tuesday morning. Caswell
met him there, and proclaimed dire
threats of vengeance, saying to
Foster, "I wilPnot fix you now,
but when you come again, you had
better come fixed; I'm always fixed
(showing the outlines of a revolver
in his pocket) and I'm goingtofix
you, you g d meddler."
Mr. Foster's next move was to
come to the county seat and apply
for a warrant to place Caswell un-
der a peace bond, but the same was
denied him on the ground there
were no witnesses to the alterca-
tion. Mr. Foster is well-known in
Cimarron county and has the best
of reputation. He is president of
the county F. E. and C. U. of A.,
and lecturer-organizer of the same
order.
listen to this all ye citizens.
Boise City, Jan. 21, 1909.—I,
D. C. Sloan, sheriff of Cimarron
county, Oklahoma, do hereby ap-
point J. A. Margo as my legal and
lawful deputy sheriff and jailor.
Witness my hand this 21st day
of January, 1909.
D. C, Sloan, Sheriff.
Who says Joe is not it; yes, you
bet, with a big "I." We believe
Sheriff Sloan did the right thing,
and put in office the right man.
The officers of the state fair at
Oklahoma City offer prizes for corn
raised by boys, as follows:
Yellow corn, 1st prize $25.00
Yellow corn, 2d prize 15.00
Yellow corn, 3d prize 10.00
White corn, 1st prize. 25.00
White corn, 2d prize 15.00
White corn, 3d prize 10.00
Competition open to boys 16 years
and under of age. No one can
compete in both classes. Entries
close September 25, 1909. Fori
further information apply to I S.
Mahan, secretary, Oklahoma City.
Boise City is now the postoffice
and all communications addressed
as such will reach here all right.
As a county cupital appears to a
new comer, so n fact it is. If he
finds the citizenship a slow-going,
slip-shod set of people, he finds as
a rule a "ram-snackly" old or new
court house n .id other public build-
ings along the same line. And
'tis thus they find Boise City, the
capital of Cimarron county. Every
person must know that old meth-
ods cannot be applied to new con-
ditions, for new conditions abso-
lutely require new methods. We
can better rxplain just what we
mean by saying, suppose we start
our boy to school with a pair of our
old pants on—patched at seat and
knee, cut short to fit in length,
double lapped in front and rear,
with the waist up under his arms,
thus cutting a sorry figure among
his fellow pupils. The poor boy
is not to blame, but his parents or
guardians are. There is material
in plenty to be had to clothe the
boy decently; why not use it? And
there is material (sand stone) in
plenty from which to erect a court
house and jail, all in Cimarron
county, and to be had merely for
the getting out. We are yet young,
but give us a suit of clothes suita-
ble to our age—a suit of clothes
not made of dad's old ones, and
which are liable to rip or tear at
any moment, exposing knee or
nether portion, and as our boy is a
featherless biped, protection is ab-
solutely necessary. So should ev-
ery record of pur county be safe-
guarded from dangerous effect of
exposure to the elements. Yes,
we are young, therefore need pro-
tection. We are,r however, old
enough to distinctly remember that
terrible.Chicagp^re. Its effects are
still felt ...and for man^ years
to come, as there are suits still
pending to rectify titles and per-
petuate evidence of titles, decrees
of courts, etc., and all this from a
mistaken notion of economy. -Let
the powers that be give our people
proper protection.
farmers union entertain.
On Saturday night, January 16,
at Garlington, the farmers union
held an open session meeting and
and gave a sumptuous banquet to
their guests. The meneu was a
fine affair—oysters; coffee, bread,
butter, cake, etc. An enteraining
program was given, Mr. Chanpin
acting as master of ceremonies.
Mr. Martin and Edward McMahan
made some very pleasant remarks
on the good of the order. Billie
Williams did the auctioneering
stunt in the sale of what was left
over, consisting of the old bache-
lors who were present. At a late
hour the guest departed proclaim-
ing the occasion one of the most of
enjoyable of the season, and it will
long be remembered by all who
were present.
We have a communication from
a brother at Rally asking us to take
up the matter of4 'parcel post bill.''
As we understand it, there is al-
ready a bill pending before con-
gress, but through the influence of
of some postal authorities nothing
has ever come of it. They seem
to be able to convince our congress-
men that a law of the kind would
create a larger deficit than there is
at the present time in the postoffice
department. Our congressmen
should be able to act intelligently
on that subject. With the postal
savings banks, we are in favor of
a parcels post law—we should have
both.
Read Sam T. Smith's ad. It
will be found interesting to the
economical home providers.
ALLISON
BROTHERS
Are offering some exceptional bargains
in Dry Goods at the beginning of the
New Year. They have some lines that
will go at sacrifice prices, not because
the goods arc faulty, but because of
an over-stock. These goods are strictly
up-to-date wearables, and as the price
we are going to sell them is within the
reach of all, we have no hesitancy in
saying that they will sell, and the early
shopper will be the one who will profit
the most at this great sacrifice sale at
BROTHERS
Boise City,
Oklahoma
The farmers union of Texas
county have to establish and oper-
ate a newspaper at Hooker, Okla.,
with John Shields, an old-time
newspaper man and a well-known
character of "No Man's Land," as
editor. The first issue arrived at
our desk last week, and is a cred-
itable'affair, replete with plenty of
good, common sense reading mat-
ter and well patronized from an
advertising standpoint. We extend
the glad hand to Bro. Shields and
predict for him a successful future
in his undertaking.
Two bold robberies are reported
from Texhoma. The first was the
robbing of the postoffice there on
Wednesday evening, January 13th,
of some four or five dollars at the
point of a gun by highwaymen.
On Thursday evening the same
dose was repeated at the Robinson
Bros, store, where some cash and
checks to the amount of $85 was j
The Year
1908 has been a pros-
perous year;
We desire to
make
1M9
More successful and by doing so
we must make prices right, there-
fore I submit a few prices for the
economical buyer's consideration:
Beet sugar, 17 lbs $1.00
Cane sugar, 16 lbs 1.00
Rice, 5 lbs .25
Kelly's Fam. Flour, per cwt. 2.75
Peaches, per can._ .15
Apricots, per can .15
Pears, per can. .20
Dried apples, per lb .10
These are only a few of main-
secured by the bandits.
A young folks party was given bargains we are offering, and our
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. IsaaclgQ^g arefresh and new.
Filer, one mile west of town Wed-1
nesday evening. A splendid time
was enjoyed by all till a late hour, j
Those present were: Harry Paul,
H. Homer,
Myrtle Cox, Claude Littlefield, Ma-j
tnie Hart, Luther Mayhan, Lillie!
Hart, James Wade, Nettie Lewis. I
Raymond Mayhan, Lola Barbee. !
George Pulis, Folsom Barbee, Wal- i
ter Peters, Irene Tedder. Wallace j
Moessner, Alice Raker, and Dave
Lewis. We think that Dave had
to go and come home alone.
It is rumored that Roy Menasco
will come back to his claim within
two weeks. A letter so states.
Rally, Okla.
notice to the public.
Fred-Shackelford is operating a
"tip-top," "jam-up" restaurant in
the Thomas building, Boise City.
The hungry can get the best serv-
ice and choicest eating. Give him
a call and prove this to your per-
fect satisfaction.
A sensation is in store for Cour-
ier readers. Keep in touch.
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Carter, John F. The Cimarron Courier. (Boise City, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, January 22, 1909, newspaper, January 22, 1909; Cimarron, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc186634/m1/1/: accessed March 28, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.