The Chickasha Star. (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, October 22, 1920 Page: 1 of 12
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DESIGNATED OFFICIAL ORGAN OF TIIE FARMER’S GRANGE
VOLUME XXV
CHICK ASH A OKLAHOMA FRIDAY GCTCIIKK 22 1920
NUMBER 38
74
GORE COLIES OUT
AGAINST LEAGUE
The Senator From Oklahoma
’ Calls Upon People to Re
pudiate the League
Senator T P Cora of Oklahoma in
'an address at Baltimore Saturday
night called upon all people opposed
to the League of Nations to scan all
candidates up for the United States
senate carefully and to vote against
those in favor of the League as
brought back by President Wilson
The advent of Gore into the campaign
against the league has aroused in
tense interest in the east where Gore
is known as one of the most powerful
orators in the senate
Gore will likely make a few speech-
es in Oklahoma before the close of the
campaign The democratic committee
had hoped to be able to have him an-
nounce his support of the democratic
nominees before the election but with
the speech of Saturday night that
hope has gone glimmering 'Gore
says that the defeat of the League is
the thing of paramount interest In
America at present and that nothing I
should be left undone to encompass (
its defeat Whether a majority of the
eighty thousand Gore voters in the
state who voted for the blind senator
will follow him into the campaign
against the league will not be known
until after election One thing is
certain the stand of Gore has put newj
life into the llarfeld campaign and
made the fight of the Fifth district
congressman against the Sixth di
trict congressman almost an even
break
!
GOVERNOR MAY RECOMMEND
THAT STATE BUY MINES!
Governor J B Roberson has an-(
pounced that he may recommend to
'the next legislature that the state of
Oklahoma buy some of the producing
mines within her borders He thinks
that in this way the public will behtaJ of Jocaf Sccttiljh Riu dub
spared the euffering which is caused I host t m Riteri at a
by disagreements between the miners k t hich time movement
and the operators He stated that n aUrte1 buij nother dortni
the western part of the state there
practically no coal and so far that
part of the state has been unable to
get any The operators sdmit that
they are operating only half time
Undbr etate ownership the governor
predicts that the mines could run
twelve months of the year which
would give plenty of coal for the
state The governors plan is to obtain
a number of the most important mines
of the state by condemnation and he
estimates that an appropriation of
$2000000 would be necessary to
cover this
PRESBYTERIANS TO HOLD
SERVICES IN SUGG THEATRE
The Presbyterian of Chickasha will
hold services every Sunday evening
in the Sugg theatre for several
months
The Presbyterians are in the midst
of a campaign to erect a $125000
church building here Before work on
the new building could be begun the
old church building had to be removed
from the lot So this building was
sold to the Church of Christ leaving
this congregation without a suitable
placa to hold their aervices
Arrangements were made with the
management of the Sugg theatre to
hold their evening services in the
theatre during the construction of
the church building The morning
services including the Sunday School
will be held in the Carnegie library
comer of Sixth street and Iowa
avenue
OKLAHOMA READY FOR
RED CROSS ROLL CALL
Oklahoma City Oct 20— That the
state is better organized for the
Fourth Red Cross roll call than ever
before was the ’opinion of those at-
tending the Oklahoma conference of
Red Crosa workers just closed There
were 17$ delegates at the conference
representing 74 chapters
Many chapter are going into the
It has been announced that the an-
nual convention of the teachers of
Grady county will be held in Cluck-
asha November 11 and 12 Practically
coming annual enrollment November! all of the teacher of the county are
11-25 determined to exceed their I planning to be piesent and the most
quotas and make the Red Cross meanJ enthusiastic meeting ever held in
more In their contmunities by embrac-1 Grady is hoped t An unuaually
Ing civilian relief auxiliary aervice interesting program is being srrang-
and by
nurses
establishing ' public health
CHICK ASH A CAR ON WAY
TO NORMAN HAS WRECK
Wliile enroute to Norman Friday to
see the Chickasha-Norman football
game the Dodge car driven by Joe
Smith went into a ditch about four
miles west of the Canadian bridge
resulting in a seriously sprained and
bruised hip to Mrs E E Powell and
various bruises to the rest of the
party
Faulty brakes causing the driver to
attempt to shift to low gear and the
crowded condition of the front seat
when going down a long bill was as-
signed by Mrs Powell as the reason
for the accident The car struck a
deep rut causing it to careen to far
one side The windshield and top of
the ears werF demolished and the
car damaged in general
Mrs Powell was sitting on the right
side of the back seat and when the
shock came the other two ladies sit-
ting in the back seat landed on her
crushing the hip and ligaments She
was Immediately brought to Norman
and given medical aid a
Various other accidents to cars hap-
pened on the trip but no personal in-
jury was done to anyone
The universal joint on the Stude-
baker driven by Tom Phillips was
broken about four miles east of Mid-
dleberg The car was dragged into
jtfiddleberg that night Mr Phillips
amj jia famjy coming in to Chickasha
bjd njght with other people
jf b Latting W P Latting Ben
Brooks jean Roe anj jim Shofner
nw the football game in Normaa
prj(lay
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SCOTTISH RUE PUIII
ID ERECT OORUITORT
Banquet Held at Willard Hall
Many NotabIes ere
With a number of high Masons
present G W Austin president of
the Oklahoma College for Women and
tory for the College
Offers were madf by Dr Austin and
Ben F Johnson to donate a site for
the dormitory A motion was made
and carried for the local club to or-
ganize the Chickasha Scottish Rite
O C W Dormitory association which
will have for ita purpose the carrying
out of the plana to build this building
Many out of town visitors and Ma-
sonic notables were present at the
festivity Judge Frank M Bailey of
Oklahoma City and former member
of the O C W Board of Regents
gave the principal address of the oc-
casion The banquet was held at Willard
Hall A varied musical program
both instrumental and vocal was
given which was enjoyed by all A
delicious six course dinner was served
which lssted until abotx( ten o’clock
at which time the speaking began
t It was brought out during the oc-
casion that the Scottish Rite consis-
tory of McAlester was erecting
dormitory for boys at the University
of Oklahoma at Norman and that the
plan of erecting a dormitory here was
the outgrowth of the idea
The Scottish Rite club here has
about 175 members and many of the
members feel confident with this
backing that the enterprise can be
carried out in good order
SENATOR OWEN
HERE OCTOBER 26fll
Senator R L Owen of Muskogee
will speak in Chickasha on October
twenty-sixth He will discuss demo-
cratic issues and especially the league
of nations
GRADY TEACHERS CON-
VENTION NOVEMBER 11-12
ed and every teacher ia urged to be
her for the two days-
SIMPLE MATTER TO
VOTE mm TICKET
Senator McAlester Head of Election Board
Gives Out Interview Pertaining: to the
Voting of Mixed Ticket
Senator McAlester head of the state
election board gave out an opinion
Monday that will simplify the voting
of a mixed ticket in the coming
election According to the law as in-
terpreted by the court a man can
vote a mixed ticket by stamping in
the circle of the party for which he
wishes to support the majority of the
candidates and then crossing over to
the opposite column and voting for
the man he wishes to vote for in that
column
To illustrate if a man wishes to
vote for all the republican ticket
with the exception of the candidate
for United States senator he stamps
under the eagle and then crosses over
to the democratic column and stamps
in the square opposite the name of
Scott Ferris Or if a democrat wishes
to vote for all the democratic ticket
with the exception of candidate for
NO NEW CENSUS
COUNT TOR CHICKASHA
Word has been received in answer Rev J D Salter of the lore Ep-
to the request made by local author- § worth Methodist Church" is in Ard-
ities that a new census count be made' more this week attending the amrial
for Chickasha that this will be im-' conference He is taking with him
possible The department at Wash-' a most gratifying report of he cn-
ington states that the population of dition of the local church The chuich
the entire country as a whole is not is in excellent financial condition the
showing as great an increase during Sunday School is the largest in the
thi9 decade as during the preceeding history of the church there are neur-
one and that a considerable popu-‘al organized classes in the Sunday
lation of the smaller places are show-! school which are doinr special vvork
ing a decrease This is attributed to' fhe league and the missionary so
the world War' to the cessation ofcieties are in excellent condition and
immigration for the past few year the church as s whole is in the best
and to the epidemic of influenza condition in it history
This however does not alter the opin- The official board of the church
ion of Chickasha citizens that the gent a resolution to the conference
town has grow-n considerably rather J asking that Kev Salter should be re-
than decreased 141 during the past turned to Chickasha for the next
ten years and they still feel that the' year i "
population as given out does not do
the town justice
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
HOLDS CONFERENCE HERE
The Northwest and Southwest As-
sociations of Congergational Churches
met in Chickasha Wednesday and
Thursday of this week A large
number of Congregationalists from
all parts of the state were here for
the meeting and some unusually in-
spiring addresses were given Those
who addressed the convention were
Rev Pearson of Waynoka Rev Oaks
of Helena Dr Ricker Rev Oliis of
Okarrhe Rex Hurlburt of Medford
Dr Tuttle of Kingfisher College ard
Dr Fred Grey the district secretary
from Topeka Kansas and Rev J C
Kellnerfis pastor of the local Congre-
gational Church where the sessions
were held
“RED RED ROSE” HOLDS
INITIATION AND BANQUET
The "Red Red Rose” the teachers’
fraternity held its regular meeting
last Saturday in Chickasha and elect-
ed officers for the coming year J
F Hatcher of the Junior High School HOBBY ASKS RECOGNITION
will head the organization A mini- OF MEXICAN GOVERNMENT
ber of new members were taken into
the order among them being C Ei
Hitchcock of Bradley D R Smith 'has sent a telegram to President Wil-
J L Lewis and A L Williamson all 'son asking him to grant recognition
of Amber W L Donnell of Acme I of the new Mexican government He
Arthur Strauss of Chickasha and kJ stated that this recognition would
DeBrisk of Chickasha After the mean much to the U S as well as
businesa meeting a banquet whs Mexico and means more now thfln
served at the Early hotel
SHAWNEE EDITOR DIFS
SUDDENLY OF APPOPLEXY
Otis B Weaver publisher of a When Gov James Cox's special
weekly newspaper at Shawnee and train was running between Wood-
postmaster of the same place died ' socket Rhode Island and Providence
suddenly last Saturday on the streets' on the New York New Haven and
of Shawnee of appoplexy I Hartford railroad a flue burst in the
Mr Weaver was a brother of Claud locomotive flooding the engineers
Weaver postmaster of Oklahoma City cab with scalding steam and causing
and candidate last year for congress- him to jump from the train With
man from the Fifth district Otis B much presence of mind he threw the
Weaver formerly owned the Shawnee ' emergency brakes before jumping
News and was one of the best known and stopped the train within a hun-
newspaper men in the state dred yards
United States aenator he stamps under
the rooster and then stamps in the
qur opP-ittttw name of Harreld
for senator Thia vote for Cox for
prei(lent nd the remaimler of the
atate candidates on the democratic
ticket but votes for J V Harreld for
United States senator
The same rule applies on the county
ticket If you wish to vote for all
the candidates on the county ticket
with the exception of one or two men
Stamp under the rooster and then
stamp in the squares opposite the
names of the republican you wish to
vote for This will make the voting of
a mixed ticket much easier than
heretofore Many people in the past
have been sf raid to scratch their
ticket because they feared they
might mutilate their ballot With this
interpretation of the law it will be a
simple and easy matter to vote a
mixed ticket
REV
SALTER ATTENDING
CONFERENCE THIS WEEK
MANY EIGHTH GRADE
DIPLOMAS FOR GRADY
In a report recently sent out lay R
IT Wilson superintendent of schools
for the state of Oklahoma it was an-
nounced that Grady County is second
in the state for the number of di-
plomas Issue! to eighth grade pupils
Washita county conies first with 338
diplomas and Grady second with 329
The smallest number were issued in
Puskmataha county where only 26
were given out
STUDENTS MAKE GARMENTS
FOR POOR CHILDREN
The domestic art students of the
Chickasha High School are taking the
garments which are collected by the
United Charities and are making
them over so that they may be used
by the poor children of the town The
work is' being done under the dircet-
ion of Miss Bell instructor in that
work in the high school and the girls
are turning out some work which is
a great credit to themselves and their
teacher
if given at a later date
FLUE BURSTS ON COX’S
TRAIN ENGINEER JUMPS
SECRETARY HOUSTON HAS
REFUSED AID TO FARMERS
Secretary Houston has definitely re-
fused aid to the farmers of the coun-
try The farmers of the country who
rallied to the support of the govern-
ment as no other class rallied in time
of war will not be given the aid and
encouragement needed by them this
fall He saye that now the war is
over and that each class must depend
upon itself That is likely true but
the manufacturer sells his goods at a
profit on the cost of the material he
put into them He has associations
and combinations which fix the price
of the product that he sells The
manufacturers of the country are
highly organized — they are able to
protect themselves from extreme
losses Not ao of the farmer a great
unorganized mass he is wtruck by the
falling prices first He plants his
crop with war time labor and war time
seed and is forced to sell it at pre-war
prices The south with a great cotton
and corn crop is hurt worst The
wheat farmers of the north and east
are hurt just as badly but fortunate-
ly they have reserves to draw upon
Agriculture in the south will not re-
cover for a decade from the blight
m
given it this fall by the cotton and
corn prices
i
T T Montgomery superintendent
of schools and Lansdon Mitchell high
school principal attended the football
game in Norman Friday
Evidently that Canadian sugar cm-
bargo was effective on cold waves
too
FARMERS ARE URGED
TO HOLD THEIR CORN
Feed Surplus Corn to IIojjs
And Brin? Greater
Returns
County Farm Ag nt A F Houston
is urging the fjr'icrs of the county
Jo cold their i‘o-n until they cnn get
i Lirter price for it that Ht premnt
IK stales tlfc’ C'-IT per bu-tlil f’U
huslt con is tin Itcst price that can
ce obtained it prescii lie hays it
w ill be belter Gr the furirei s to n hi
llie’r ci rn and lee’l it to hogs and
t’li n cell the iG-ri luller I'nr the
corn at present prices Mr Houston's
statement is as follows:
Farmers are coming to the county-
agent daily asking for assistance in
the marketing of their surplus corn
( am doing what I can do find a satis-
factory market but without resjlts
The best price now being offered is
65 cents per bushel for husked corn
I am not advising our farmers to
sell corn at the above price They can
do far better by feeding it to hogs
and selling the hogs on the market
Since feeder hogs are scarce and pric-
ed high I suggest that those having
surplus corn house it and purchase
good bred sows one for each GO
bushels of corn with an acre of graz-
ing such as Alfalfa or Red Clover or
Rape or Bermuda and Clover will car
ry the sow and her eight or ten pigs
up to the first of October 1921 at
wihich time the pigs should weigh 2(H)
pounds each and the sow should have
a second lot of ten pigs
Now supposing the farmer only gets
10 cents per pound on foot for his
eight or ten pigs is he not well paid
for the holding? Is not I1G000 or
$20000 with ten young pigs a good
price for GO bushels of com and the
use of an acre of grazing? Is it not
equal to more than fl00 per bushel
for the com? Experiment Stations
in this and other states say that 50
bushels of corn with an acre of good
grazing will carry a sow and eight
or ten pigs spring farrowed uo to 6
months of age I am using 60 bush-
els here They also say an acre of al-
falfa When used for grazing hogs is
worth about $20000 per year normal
prices considered
Word received from Kemper Mili-
tary Academy in Booneville Missouri
where a number of Grady county boy
I wish our farmers and hankers j are attending school is to the effect
may study thoroughly the possibili- that Marsden Austin son of Tresi-
ties in feeding the surplus corn to ‘
hogs anl where possible let us make
such arrangement It will save
thousands of dollars for the farmers
of Grady county and do much toward Wootten is quarterback
supplying the hog market which isj
likely to be critical next year I am' John and Louis Mescher and Arthur
ready to assist in locating gool sows Hines businesa manager of the
for our farmera Chickasha Booster were among those
A F HOUSTON who saw the Xorman-fhirkaMha foot-
County Agent ball game Friday
REV GWEBOK HERBS
JEFFERSOM CHIB
The Movement Now Has Over
17 000 Democrats En-
rolled Oklahoma City Oct 19— The Rev
E D Caneron prominent Baptist
minister of Henryetta State Super-
intendent of Public Instruction dur-
ing territorial days and during the
Haskell administration a native of
North Carolina and life-long Demo-
crat Monday accepted the presidency
of th Jeffersonian (Tub a statewide
organization of Democrats who op-
pose the league covenant and who
are openly seeking the defeat of Scott
Ferria for the United States Senate
Though organized but a month ago
the Jeffersonian' Club has already a
membership of 17 GOO
Frorn now until the close of the
polls on November 2nd the organi-
zation plans a vigorous membership
campaign for the avowed purpose of
bringing all anti-league anti-machine
Democrats into one big movement to
give the party a “real housecleaning"
“The membership cards already are
beginning to roll in” today declared
Aldrich Blake who is in charge of
the organization's headquarters in
the Guaranty Bank Bldg this city
“and we feel confident that during
the next two weeks we will have
several thousand enrolled Mr
Cameron’s eagerness tp identify him-
self with our movement is but typical
of great numbers of prominent Demo-
crats throughout the state With but
few exceptions the Gore leaders in
every county have offered their ser-
vices while the rank and file of
Senator'a Gore's 'hated following of
bolsheviks I W W’s and traitors"
grow increasingly determined to re-
pudiate the sandbagging methods
used to encompass their defeat in the'
primary A great upheaval is at
hand The so-called ’apathy’ so
noticeable to Democratic leaders ia
but the calm before the storm Esti-
mate of the percentage of Gore men
who are ‘off the' reservation’ vary
from fifty to ninety percent accord-
ing to scoies of letters coming in
daily The revolt is not spotted It
is general throughout the state”
GRADY PIONEER DIES Af
HOME NEAR CHICKASHA
Mrs Elizabeth Palmer died at the
home of her son Fd Palmer east of
Chickasha last Saturday after an ill-
ness of some time Funeral aervices
were held Sunday afternoon from her
home and were conducted by Rev
James of the First Christian church of
Chickasha Mrs Palmer had lived
in Grady county for eighteen year
gnd leaves many friends to mourn
her dath She is survived by five
sons and one daughter Four of the
children Frank Ed and Clyile Pal-
mer and Mrs Carrie Baker live iq
Grady county
COSMOS STRIKES PAY
SAND AT 2412 FEET
The Cosmos Petroleum Company
who have been drilling in section 22-3-8
seven and one half miles south-
west of Rush Springs struck the pay
sand last Saturday at a depth of 2442
feet and have an excellent showing of
gas They are having casing sent
over to the well and will cement the
well before drilling it deeper The
well has been drilled in record time
it having been only three weeks since
they spudded in The Cosmos Co
are enthusiastic over the prospects
for the well and expect to bring in a
big one when it is finally drilled in
GRADY BOYS ON KEMPER
FOOTBALL TEAM
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Kayser, J. W. The Chickasha Star. (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, October 22, 1920, newspaper, October 22, 1920; Chickasha, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1895950/m1/1/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed July 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.