The Chickasha Star. (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, February 17, 1922 Page: 1 of 8
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DESIGNATED OFFICIAL ORGAN OF TOE FARMER’S GRANGE
VOLUME XXIL
CHICKASHA OKLAHOMA FRIDAY FEBRUARY 17 1922
NUMBER 1
10 BEAUTIFY CITY
Markers to He Flaced at Street
Corners and Houses
'Numbered
A campaign for the beautifying of
the town ia to- be started here by the
civic improvement committee of the
Chamber of Commerce it was decided
at a meeting held last week This is
the first number on the tentative pro-
gram as outlined by the Chamber the
first of the year
The campaign will be conducted for
the purpose of (1) Using best efforts
to interest property owners in build-
jng sidewalks outside the district pre-
scribed by city and now being laid
(2) Improvement of parking growing
oof flowers and caring for grass (3)
Uniform planting of trees along the
parking (4) Interesting property
owners in the proper method and man-
ner of trimming trees (5) Carrying
out the campaign for the marking of
streets' and avenues and the number-
ing of houses
As a preliminary movement by the
civic committee two markers have
been placed to show the people how
much they would improve the city
should these be placed over town
Besides giving the town a
progressive and up-to-date appear-
ance rather than" a run down aspect!
these markers would be of Inestima-
ble value to the traveler and stranger
it was pointed out The markers are
inexpensive compared to the service
they render The Griffith Advertis -
ing Company has agreed to furnish
substantial steel street markers at
$100 each
That the campaign may be con-
ducted systematically the town has
been divided into 17 ‘ districts One were promptly driven back to the
captain has been appointed for each Oklahoma side They deserted the
district and each captain will appoint car and took refuge on a sand bar in
a sufficient number of lieutenants to the middle of the river where they
canvass the street which he has been exchanged a number of shots with
appointed to The residents of the the officers When 'capture! they
street will -be urged to buy numbers confessed they had stolen the car at
for' their ' houses ‘ If not al- Strawn’ Texas the night before but
ready numbered Two dollars will be gave the officers ' fictitious names
solicited from each block to pay for They were brought to Chickasha
the street markers one to be placed where they were placed in jail to
at one corner and one on the other await a preliminary hearing
- The following captains have been Later when questioned by a federal
appointed to assist in- the campaign: officer they gave the following names
J M Brown Hy DuBose Dr D M'and addresses: Harry Bradberry alias
Johnson John Hyndman T T Mont- Ival McCarty age 21 Ft Worth
gomery John F White B B Bare-Texas Fred Matthews aas Harry
foot E O Killey Geo G Calvert Jackson age 17 Ft Worth Uwrence
A B Cochran Dr L E Emanuel Denham ' alias Bob Young ' age 18
Claude Ricker T F Bird A Sidney ' Ardmore In questioning them it was
Hancock M A Wylie W WYale found that two of the boys had no
and R E Davenport The men were ' mother and were raised in the oil
selected after careful consideration ' fields and being uneducated went to
and were appointed because it is be- the bad
lieved they will give it the time and They were arraigned for prelimi-
support that will put the movement nary hearing before U S Commis-
over These men will continue in the sioner O’Neill Tuesday afternoon on
capacity of scenery overseer of their the charge of transporting a stolen
streets throughout the summer and vehicle from one state into another
will do all that is possible in keeping Their bonds were placed at $1000
the property owners interested in each and failing to make bond were
keeping the grass green and the flow
ers growing
Property owners outside of the pre- plead guilty when arraigned in court
scribed district of the city council will j The Ford coupe which was stolen
be asked to lay sidewalks and do their t has been identified and returned to
part toward making Chickasha an the owner
ideal place to live Information for
the care of flowers and the pruning
of trees will be given out from time
to time by experts A majority of the
trees' in this city do not receive the
necessary attention and often the in-
correct methods of culture are used
Composing the civic improvement
committee are: B B Barefoot chair-
man G W Austin T H Dwyer
Harry Hammerly O Coffman T T
Montgomery and Jonas Cook “Spring
is going to work wonders in Chicka-
sha” a member of the committee said
“This summer will find Chickasha a
veritable flower garden”
MRS N E PETERS RESUMES
MANAGEMENT OF SAVOY
The Savoy Hotel is now under new
management Mrs N E Peters hav-
ing succeeded Matt Moore former
proprietor of the establishment For
a number of years Mrs Peters owned
and operated the Savoy hotel selling
out in 1920 in order to be in active
management of the Bon Air on Colo-
rado This week she resumed the
management of the Savoy
Mrs peters has been in business
here a number of years and a name
of reliability the slogan of her houses
always being “Once a customes al-
ways a customer”
Mayes Jones son of Scott Jones
went to Oklahoma City to see the Ku
Klux Klan parade
LEGION POST OR-
GANIZED FOR NEGROES
A committee from the Raymond T
Hurst Post No 54 of the American
Legion Composed of Commander A
Noble' Ladd and Paul Roc-hat organ-
ized a Legion post of the Chic-kasha
negroes who have seen service both
at home and abroad' ' The negroes Will
name their post after some fallen
hero of the war who was a member
of the colored race
A colored women’s auxiliary will
be organized under supervision of
Mrs Blanche Freeman commander
of the local auxiliary post provided
the local chapter approves of the ac-
tion according to Mr Ladd
A meeting will be called this week
at which time the proposition will be
placed before them
AUTO THIEVES CAUGHT
BY FEDERAL OFFICER
Three Auto Thieves Caught Near
Texas Line After Fight -With
Officers
While in Jefferson county last
week on the trail of some bootleggers
U S Deputy Marshal Bailey assisted
in the capture of three auto thieves
Bailey had brought a bootlegger into
-Vaurika and was placing him in jail
I hen he informed' that the
°lcr wer® ust leavn °" the tnul
of three hi-Jaekers and joined in the
( chase The alleged hijackers were
in a Ford coupe and were headed for
the Texas line Officers in Texas
were notified of the approach of the
men and when they crossed the river
IIill district southeast of
taking up the progressive
movement along with other rural com-
munities and now a two-story brick
school building is to replace the three
room wooden structure
The building when completed will
cost approximately $15000 it is esti-
mated A bond election held in Sep-
tember approved the issuing of bonds
to the amount of $15000 but only re
cently has the issue been approved by
the attorney general’s office
The building will be (4x69 feet and
will be composed of four class rooms
and a large auditorium The lower
floor will be divided into four class
rooms and a hall while the upper
floor will be composed of a large au-
ditorium 27x34 feet and folding doors
will open into two class rooms
The building Is to be ' modern
throughout Equipment for steam
heat electric lights and water will be
installed If Chickasha is fortunate
in obtaining an order to connect with
the Oklahoma v Natural Gas mains
gas fixtures will also be added
Bids for the construction of the
building will be called for February
21 As soon as the bid is let work
will be started It is hoped that th
pew school can be completed in tii
for the commencement exercises in t
spring
Two Arrested on Assault Charge
Claude Briscoe and W H Walker
young men living near Bailey were
arrested the latter part of last week
jn the charge of assault with attempt
to kill When arraigned they entered
a plea of not guilty and made an ap-
pearance Jbond of $1000 each Their
prelimjanry hearing is set for Friday
in Justice Moore’s court It is al-
leged in the complaint that these
young men attempted to take the life
of J H Briscoe father of one of the
boys by shooting at him with a 44-
calibre Winchester rifle
Kelley Pleads Not Guilty
Dan Kelley who was arrested 'last
week on the charge of forgery when
arraigned entered a plea of not guil-
ty His preliminary has been set for
Friday before Justice Grigsby Be
ing unable to make bond Dan was re-
turned to Jail
Mayo Makes Bond Itl
' v - ' Bailey Captures a
John Mayo who was arrested on a Traveling Still V
petty larceny charge entered a plea) Lagt Saturdy y S'D'epUty Mar-
of not guilty and made an appearance ghal Bajley( whi)e ger7lng paper8 in
bond of $300 when arraigned befori Jeffergon countyj arregted H w
Justice Grigsby this week Mayo has Porter near the town of Grady £or
taken a change of venue to Justice viojation o£ fte prohibition act Por-
Moore’s court John Casey is the ter wag travelin(f through the coun
main prosecuting witness in this case try in g wag0t which contained the
Bishop Gets 18 Months
Ed Bishop who was arrested last
week on a forgery charge entered a
plea of guilty before District Judge j placed in the county jail to await pre-
Linn last Saturday and was given a
sentence of 18 months in the pen It
is said that Bishop passed a number
of hot checks on the merchants here
Oil Worker Arrested Here
J A Edinbourgh - Cement oil
worker was arrested the first of the
week on a larceny charge It is al-
leged that he took some clothing from
a rooming house on the corner of Sec-
ond and Kansas Edinbrough says
that he was intoxicated at the time
He was released on a $500 bond for
appearance at a preliminary hearing
set for Thursday - - ' - t -
Still Found on North Sixth I
Wednesday afternoon county ' and
federal officers searched the house at
314 North Sixth agd found a com-
plete copper still Later Frank
Drennen was arrested by the federal
officers as alleged owner of the out-
fit It is said that-nothing else was
found on the premises that would in-
dicate the making of moonshine
English Released on
Federal Charge
Earnest English rural carrier
Alex was released from the charges
of embezzlement at preliminary hear-
ing in U S Commissioner’s court
here English was arrested last week
on the charge of embezzling' postal
funds
In the affidavit made by P O In-
of
TEACHERS’ CERTIFICATES
“MAILED OUT LAST WEEK
Teachers’ certificates were mailed
out last ‘week to seventeen teach-
ers who passed the examination given
the last week in January by County
Superintendent H F Allen The ex-
amination was held at the city hall
Only five people who took the exam-
ination failed to qualify
Those issued first grade certifi-
cates were: Sister Mary Maxelinda
Chickasha Sister Mary Gordia
Chickasha Sister Mary Harold Chick-
asha Mrs Alice B Black Carnegie
Mrs Sophie Proctor Ninnekah and
Mrs Fannie Yarbor Chickasha
Second grade certificate were re-
ceived by: Tivis Nelson Ninnekah
Lee E Kennedy Sterling and Mrs
J D Webster Union Hill
Eight received third gracp certifi-
cates ' They are: Miss Jennie Hall
Friend Miss Nora Belle Davidson
Pocasset Miss Lillian Roberts Po-
casset Miss Helen Smedley Merid-
ian Miss Lucille Smedley Meridian
Miss Lucille Tims Rush Springs
Mrs Jewell Richey Blanchard and
Mr Vinnie Jeffress Bailey
Only first teachers qualify for posi-
tions in city schools Second grade
teachers may teach in small graded
schools and third grade teachers can
be appointed to positiions only in
rural schools that de not qualify as
graded schools according to Mr Allen
Dr A S Riddle and Clyde Kelley
have returned from Flynn Texas
where they have spent several days
'transacting oil business
spector’ Malone it was charged that
English accepted money from the pa-
trons on his route for the purchase
of money orders and failed to pur-
chase the orders or return the money
About $120 was alleged to have been
taken in this manner
English reimbursed all parties who
are alleged to have suffered loss
through this transaction Commis-
sioner O’Neil said English is a young
man and has a family
Renters Take Warning
It has been reported to the county
and federal officers that a number of
stills have been found by tenants
moving onto farms that have former-
ly been occupied by others If a still
or any parts of one is found it should
he reported at once as there is a fed-
eral law that makes it unlawful to
have any apparatus that could be
used in the manufacture of whiskey
in your possession
parts of a still
Th parts of the still found were
a 50-gallon oil barrel and worm Por-
ter was brought to Chickasha and
Marriage Licenses Issued
Tom Carter 84 Anadarko 'and
Mrs Beulah McClain 21 Anadarko
P D Wolfe 28 Watdnga and Miss
Letha H Bridgford 24 Watonga
Leroy Bowles (col) 21 Chicka-
sha and Kanner Bell Sneed 19 Mc-
Kenzie Tenn
J G Marshall 19 Bradley and
Mias Ada Manning 19 Bradley -
George E Morrison 38 Rush
Springs and Miss Osa P Hopkins 21
Rush Springs
Suits Filed ia District Court
Chester P Holcombe vs Katie Hol-
combe divorce
J A Hodnett vs Cassie M Kern
that can be raised on the farm These
sales give everyone an opportunity to
(nee) Harrison MilesKern and Guar-1 et 8 u in the purebred hog busi-
afity State Bank of Marlow suit for -ness and Y00 are already started it and three daughters: Mrs Bert Al-
foreclosure Kves an opportunity to get new blood gire Mrs Garland Brown and Mrs
- Idella McGirl vs Chas McGirl in he herd Interbreeding will ruin Henry Price all of Texas Accom-
Murphy Story Ingraham vs J A tbe ° pureblood stock Lyle has ! panying the body of Dr Tye from
Ingraham divorce I1® b°8 and tabes this method of let- Burleson to Chickasha were: Mr and
Nunn Wilkins et al vs Hardin t5n& other P®°Ple buY them at their
T JJ I
Roche Mtg Company Inc D HownPric®- I you are a judge of hogs
Roche L H Knollenbert and Aurelius and are n be marbe for first-class
Swanson Co Inc suit for judgment 8oct 8° to this sale look over the
and cancellation of mortgage
William R Gravely vs Bella Stride
Graveley divorce
Chickasha National Bank vs G S
Fatheree
Mattie L Lemmon vs Chas W
Lemmon divorce and alimony
C II
S TEAM WINS
OVER ANADARKO TEAM
Friday night in the Chickasha high
school gymnasium the C H S boys’
alumni five met and defeated the
Anadarko alumni “All-Stars” in what
was considered the fastest and hardest
fought game of the season The
game started off with a pep and
speed that lasted throughout the game
When the whistle blew for time the
score stood 31 to 33 in favor of the
local team
The following lineup played on the
Chickasha team: Leon Fields and
Louie Gardner forwards Ray Green
center Chas Clarke and Stanley
Driskell guards Gardner was easily
the star of the home team and Boyle
the Anadarko center played an equal-
ly good game
The Anadarko lineup consisted
chiefly of players who two years ago
won the state championship
MARKET REPORT
Wheat (No 1) $110
Wheat (Export) 105
Corn (in ear) 43
Corn (shelled) 45
Cotton 16
Hens 18
Friers 1 16
Old Roosters 1 4 06
Turkeys 25
Eggs 30
Butter 20
T J Reardon of Oklahoma City
as in the city last weejc checking up
ho business standing in the' interest
of R G Dun and company
CIIICKASHA TO HAVE
LEAGUE BALL THIS YEAR
At a meeting of the baseball fans
held in the Elks hall Wednesday night
of last week it was decided to have
league ball here again this year
Prexy Daniels has promised the fans
that he will meet with them next week
and plans for the putting over of the
selling of the tickets and the contract
for the team will be arranged at that
time In order to secure the fran-
chise it -will be necessary to sell
Amidst a profusion of flowers the
funeral services of Dr R P Tye were
$10000 worth of tickets in advance 'held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
this will guarantee the necessary I Jn the First Methodist church here
funds to put the team in here It has Rov A g L Hunkakillar of Adair of-
been rumored that Ray Winder would
have the management of the team in
cae the franchise was returned to
ficiated at the services j
Dr Tye a pioneer Cmckasha citi-
zen and owner of the Tye building at
Fourth street and Chickasha avenue
passed away Thursday night at 8:45
o’clock at his home in Burleson Tex
He was one of the first doctors to set-
j tie! in Chickasha giving his time and
efforts to the limited population of
this place and prospering as the town
expanded and grew in population
Shortly after locating here Dr Tye
built his home at the corner of Fifith
' street and Colorado avenue and here
32 Head of Purebred Sows and Gilts bp resided until his return to Burle-
and 4 Fine Boars Will Be son Texas a few years ago- Soon
Offering after coming to Chickasha Dr Tye
was appointed Rock Island physician
Thursday February 23rd is the 8nd ior m8Iy year he continued in
date of the second sale of purebred this P8- During the years that
Duroc hogs at the Lyle Hog Ranch at
Lyle station There will be thirty-
two head of bred sows and gilts and
fodr fine boars offered for sale
These sows and - gilts have ing projects of Chickasha Dr Tye
some of the best Duroc blood in their was always a strong supporter and
veins most of them having been sired enthusiastic booster of every move-
by Col Orion Sensation and all of them ment started for the benefit of the
have been bred to Yalehurst Orion town In 1911 he had the Tye build-
and Put’s Pathfinder It is practically ing erected in which is now installed
impossible to find better blood than on ther first floor the Booterie and
this in the United States The four Farmers State Bank A number of
boars that will be offered are of the business offices occupy the upper
very best breeding two of them are floor
of the Pathfinder blood and the oth- j v Dr Tye was affiliated with the Elks
ers were sired by the Col Orion Sen- lodge and Knights of Pythias lodge
sation Either of these would make and was a very active and important
a good herd boar member in each Being the oldest '
- It has been demonstrated from time member in the point of service in the
to time that it costs no more to keep local order of the Knights of Pythias
purbred stoA than it does to keep lodge he was five years ago present-
scrubs and a good hog will bring in ed with a veteran’s jewel denoting
more money than any other animal that he had been a worthy member
offerings and take a good gilt home
and get right in the hog business
LOWE BUYS THREE FINE
POLAND CHINA GILTS
The Busy Bee Stock Farm owned
by W J Lowe of near Verden re-
ceived three great Poland China gilts
this week which he purchased at the
Wood & Moore sale in Shawne
Two of them are daughters of Peter
Pan the other a daughter of The Pi-
lot Two of them are bred to Grand Lib-
erator 2d son of 'Liberator Grand
Liberator 2d was third in the Na-
tional Swine Show and three times
grand champion in as many states
The other was bred to Clan Pilot a
great son of the Clansman
Mr Lowe is to be complimented in
bringing three gilts such as these to
Grady county It will not be long un-
til Grady has a reputation for fine
hogs next to none in the state
BACK PAY OBTAINED
FOR GRADY COUNTY BOY
Through the assistance and efforts
of Hon N M Gensman representa-
tive of Oklahoma in the United States
senate $40000 back compensation
was obtained last week for a Grady
county boy fhe case had been pend-
ing some time and the Red Cross was
unable to get the compensation The be resumed It is believed that this
boy was in dire financial circum- test will produce a huge gasser
stances and was entitled to the back Workmen are putting the machinery
pay As a last resort the Red Cross in Bhape for operation as fast as the
laid the case before the U S Senator ’ material arrives Mr Gillespie of
who has pledged his support to the Hobart has the contract for the drill-
Red Cross and all ex-service men and ing of the well It has already been
expressed his willingness to serve ’ drilled to a depth of 950 feet a Mar-
them at any time Hon Gensman was low concern having originally started
at once interested in the case and last the operations with a National rig
week notified the local Red Cross An immense amount of acreage in
chapter that the compensation had the vicinity of the well has been leased
been obtained at an encouraging figure From 30
! to 50 will probably tell the tale This
in test will play a big figure in the fu-
ture of the Lindsey oil prospects
FERAL OF DR TYE
Pioneer Citizen of Chickasha Dies in
Texas Remains Brought Here
for Burial
he was the official surgeon of the
shopmen Dr Tye made numerous
friends and was held in high esteem
by every man he came in contact with
In the civic improvement and build-
for twenty-five years and also re-
ceived a lifetime membership
Surviving the deceased are his wife
Mrs J G' Brown of Burleson Mrs
Vera Price of Burleson Mr and Mrs
J B Algire of Ft Worth Texas Mrs
R P Tye J T Tye brother of the
deceased and L L Tye nephew all
of Burleson
The pallbearers were: W T Cloud
W W Clark Dr T H Williams Os-
care Claycomb J S Garner and M
F Courtney
Because of an odd size design of
the casket the vault was not large
enough to hold it and it was neces-
sary to bring the body back to town to
await the arrival of another vault
from Ft Worth Interment occurred
Monday morning at 11 o’clock
LINDSEY HAS OIL
AND GAS
PROSPECTS
Oil prospects in the Lindsey dis-
trict are looking very bright accord-
ing to the Lindsey News Several
test wells are going down and indica-
tions point to the development of
some first class gas wells
Ten miles south of Lindsey a test
being made by the Lindsey Force Oil
& Gas Co has reached a depth of
2000 feet At present the bit has
penetrated a deep sand Three other
instances show that shallow sands
have been entered previous to this one
It is very probable that the hole will
be reamed and the casing set soon so
that the size of the gas pocket can
be determined
Tools and machinery are being
hauled to the Hitchcock farm Sec 13-3-5
and drilling activities will again
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Kayser, J. W. The Chickasha Star. (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, February 17, 1922, newspaper, February 17, 1922; Chickasha, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1896018/m1/1/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed June 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.