The Chickasha Star. (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 30, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 15, 1930 Page: 1 of 12
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YOU XIX.
Farmer Have
Trouble Over a
Terrace Ditch
Fate Hart I'nconaciou for
12 Hours After An
Auault
J. CL CuniiihiM to t
refer 5231 bend Fate Hart
fe ta ciiliral tamhtM at the Cot-
lafrc kooritei a a rful! cf liwt-k July I.
over a terracing ditch Monday A
teraoon. Ilart and Cunninghsm
live aa farms reutteast of Ki
licit received a fractured ahull
and a frsrturrd ft arm. He aim
waa badly hruwed the fare
and shoulder an I upper part af
tha body from blows rendered by
Cunningham with a fenre P"et.
Hart did nut regain conwiouneM
for IS lx tun after the trouble.
CunainKham states that be wmt
over tt the Hart farm to talk aver
the matter of the drainage witn
Hart aad that Hart threw fence
poet at him and an he turned to
run he rtrurk Hart with a poet
which hr waa carrying on his
ahouMer.
A hired hand working in the
Held new and a m-gto boy who
waa aim working in n nearby
field said that Cunningham struck
Hart with a fenre pet knocking
him to ho knees and that while
he waa yet down stru.-k him an-
other Hum - J
Cunningham made. a terrace on
hia farm and the water it aeemr
drained uvrr on tha Ilart farm
causing the land to wash away.
Hart reimuotratcd with Cunning-
ham about the matter elating that
Cunningham had not only drained
the water on hia farm but that he
had aleo made the terrace extend
over on the Ilart farm. Cunning-
ham became irated at the chargee
made by Hart and the assault urns
the result.
133 Graduated
From Junior Hi
The Christian chnrrh auditorium
waa filled to capacity for the bar-
laureate aervire for the junior
igh admol graduating' clam Sun-
day morning.' ' ' ttev. ' Clifford B.
James pastor of the Christian
church ik'liverud the sermon at that
ime.
Thera are lXt'.mtnbrn of the
lass. Ardrll Smiley was valedie-
orian of the cIsm with a grade
rersge of 94.32 'per cent while
jaynrll Caudill averaged 34.28 and
aa made adutat'irian. I
I
Honor st-jdent wert Ardell
miley 'Gnynell CUidill Blanche
iley Jeanne CamichBel Alta
lae Cowling Bailie Freeman
I lane he Fireman lh Belle Good
ria Miller Logan McDonald Vir
:inia Gordon Olcta Henry Okla-
loir.a Tingk-y and Addie Boul-
vare. t i
VERE PEDDLING 51.25
SOCKS FOR 25 CENTS
The colored population of thia
ity decided Tuesday that. Lady
-nek wax beginning to kmilc on
hem when M. T. Davis of Cordell
nd Jack Powers of Fairvmw of-
ered them the opportunity of buy-
ing aoclu valued at from 75 cents
fl-25 a pair for the aum -of 25
enta.
It was later discovered that the
ocks wblrh varied in style (color
nd sige had been taken from the
I odd dulhiera here withnuii the
onsecl of the manager er clerks.
other words the aoclta had been
tolen frpm the store.
Towers and Davia were arrested
nd had three pain of the socks
their poasession at the time of
leir arrest They wera given 30
aya in. jail and fined 550 each
hen arraigned before Judge IL L.
rigsby justice of the peace
GOOD GUESS
WINS 55670 PURSE
Dawson 7. T Through good
leases Francis J. Burton and W.
Sherwin split 55870. They won
swerpetako on the time the ice
' the Yukon Rivet would break
bay guessed 6:12 A m.. May 10
id were only a minute off.
a 'HBH
RN5S THE ONUf WA V -
D KBBP A BOV AT WORK
f! rt 'irte FARM WILL BE TV
all; him FlfOT VICE 4
iAdent in chamr caw
J. W. OWSLEY WILL
LEAD THE LIONS
J. W. Oar ley waa efeteed preri-
dent of the Liena dub at thiir
regular luncheon meeting held
Monday. He aneceeda W. C. Fat-
ten. Owsley la a charter member
of the club and gened aa dee
piweidrnt daring ApM year.
Other ffrrdc!trd were B. B.
Barefoot d midert L C
Wright. 'Aary R. C. Rhodes
lion tJTDf. W. H. Livermore
tail - !mr Alger Melton. direc-
ibe new ffirers will lie In-
Ben Goff
Has Left For
Parts Unknown
JL A. Dcanton Mores Into
Offices Is Slated For
U. S. ConnissioBer
Ben Goff United States Com-
missioner and farmer atloracy has
left Chickasha. Where he haa
gone ne one neema to kaow and
why he left is a mystery. Hia wife
when called by tha Star Thursday
and naked if she knew when her
husband was replied that aha did
not know ond had not heard
from hm for a week. She then
bunt into crying.
Goff left hia office one after-
noon about a week ago anil said
he was going home. Hu never re-
turned to his offires. C A. Dear-
moo haa moved into Ha offirea
and it la rumored that Dearmon
will in a few days bo appointed
United Statea Commissioner. Goff
served two terms as county attor-
ney. He always took a promin-
ent part in democratic politics and
waa one of the leaders in the Smith
campaign taro years ago
C. A. Dearmon when asked if
ha knew where Goff was replied
that he understood that he had
gone out west but whera he was
and when he would return he did
not know
CHICK ASH 4 MAN
IS KILLED BY
PLANE PROPELLER
W. H. Henry age 45 of this city
waa almost instantly killed Hominy
afternoon when ho walked into the
whirling propeller of an all plane
at the Oklahoma City airport. Mr.
Henry waa starting to enter the
ship to take hia first airplane
ride. The body was shipped to
Somerville Georgia where funeral
services were held.
Mr. Henry had made his home in
this city for the past three years
and had been employed as travel-
ing salesman for a tilt company.
He had recently opened a tire
business in Oklahoma City and
was making preparations to move
there to make hia home.
He was preparing to take an
airplane ride with pilot Bob Tar-
button and started to gat in the
front seat with the pilot when Tar-
button told him to go around on
(he other aide. As he walked around
the plane he walked too near the
steel blade which first struck him
severing one hand from the arm
and then struck him about tha head
and body. He died almost instantly.
Mr. Henry is survived by hi
wife and one daughter Frances
who is a seniri at the Oklahoma
College for Women. Mrs. Henry
haa been employed for the past
three years at the Model Clothier
Many File For
County Offices
The democrats who have filed
are: Andy Spruce for county as-
sessor; T. H. Williams Jr and
Frank Manning for county attor-
ney; E. V. Ls Boon for county
clerk; Colwell Chastain and J. W
Murrell . for county judge; Dave
Roberts of Bradley W. A. Fester
of Alex and J. W. Johnson of Rush
Springs for county commissioner;
R. C. Crisp J. L. Jackson and De
Arthur Wilson far sheriff. --
In the list of candidates seek-
ing democratic nominations for
justice districts and township of-
fices are:
C. A. Brown and J. H. Hart
man. Chic kasha constables; Clyde
Wallace Bradley township board;
R. E. Phil ley Alex justice of the
peace; D. W. Williamson Rush
Springs constable; L. N. Parks
Bradley constable; J. H. Baker
Star township treasurer; B. R.
Richards Rush Springs township
board; Owen Vaughn and H. L
Grigsby. Chic kasha justice of the
peace; L. C. Force. Tuttle eon-
stable; S. L. Meek Alex justic
of the peace: 0. B. Klepper Alex
constable; Wade Beverly Bradley
township trustee; L. P Bunn Na-
ples township dark; J. T. Copland
Naples twonsMp treasurer.
Its all right to outlaw war but
when the old outlaw cornea along
you want to have enough shooting
irons on hand to be able to han-
dle him.'
1930 CLAIMS
ht
Ten member of the journalism the aenben are.
class of the Chk-kasha high school j Back raw left to 1 right:
made the Quill and Scroll national J Hair! Fowler sponsor Pauline
honorary fraternity 'for high j Canine Doris Comby Dorothy Da-
school journalists. The names of ; vis Geneva Smith Johnetta Bog-
I.IGIITNING KILLS VALUABLE
COLT FOR HENRY WHITE
321300 Bales
Short Staple
Cotton in Okla.
The Short Staple Cotton Has
Increased a Million
Bales in U. S.
Stillwater Oklit May 12.
Twenty-nine percent or 3219HI
bales of Oklahoma's coiton crap
last year was short staple" or be-
low seven -eights of aa inch in
length. Thia was an increase
from 12 per cent or 147400 hales
in 1928. These facts are indicated
in a report on staplo studies in
Oklahoma which was recently re-
leased by the United States De-
partment of Agriculture and
which was based upon the study
made during the past two sea-
sons by the Bureau ot Agricul-
tural Economics with the coopera-
tion and assistance of a targe num-
ber of gins in Oklahoma
W. B. Lanham senior agricul-
tural economist in charge of tteae
studies calls attention to the fart
that last year Oklahoma more than
doubled her. production of short
staple cotton -and- that the "entire
United Statea increased its produc-
tion of short staple from-2000-000
bales in 1928 to 3kWOUO bale.:
in 1929.
While it is generally agreed by
agronomists that drouth condi-
tions and poor land contribute
slightly to the sohrtening of staple
the chief cause for the increase
in production of short staple cot-
ton is the planting of seed of short
staple varieties. Underlying this
cause of course is the cotton mar-
keting system which pays to the
producer of short staple the samu
p rices that the producer of the bet-
ter staples receives; and the be-
lief on the part of many farmers
that short staple varieties yield
much more per acre than other
varieties D. P. Trent Uliector of
extension in Oklahoma points out.
Lanham also showed that in the
markets at Houston and other
points short staple cotton was pen-
alised from eight to ten dollars a
bale during the past season; and
it b iuawn fact that section ef
Okla no lu and of . the country
which have a reputation fur the
production of short staple cotton
are penalized on ail cotton coming
frpm those areas of this reputation.
There are towns in Oklahoma
in which the street price of cot-
ton ranges from five to ten dollars
per .bale above the street price
paid in towns in adjoining coun-
ties beacuse of the reputation ol
one point for a high percentage of
short staple cotton and the repu
tation of another point fur a high
percentage of better staples Trent
ays. This syxtem of buying cot-
ton is a gross injustice to the pro-
ducer of good staple and is a han-
dicap in the efforts being made
to improve the quality of cotton
produced in- Oklahoma.
13 To Graduate
From Lincoln Hi
Commencmnt exercises for. the
Lincoln high school will be held at
the Lincoln school auditorium Sat-
urday night. The commencement
address will be given by Dr. Z. T.
Hubert president of C. A. and N.
university.
There are thirteen members of
thia class as follows: Delors Dick-
erson Bernice Dorsey John 1L
Ervin Charles Hughes Leonard
Hrndrwki Ortavia- Johnson. Al-
beits Johnson' Vstella Jennings
Georgia Lewis Cclmond Lee Shel-
ly Orange Stella Spearman Lu-
cille Williamp. Bernice Dorsey and
John H. Ervin are the outstanding
members of the elan.
.The University of Oklahoma
ranks twenty-third in enrollment
among the universities of the Unit-
ed States according to tecent its
fifties.
CHICK ASM A. OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY. MAY IS. ISM.
TEN QUILL AND SCROLL MEMBERS
0
During the severe electric storm
of last Friday a valuable colt be-
longing to Henry White was killed
The colt was in tha White lot
which is on west Colorado avenue.
The animal waa a yearling and one
of the most valuaote that White
possessed. White breeds fancy
rfhble horses and some of his ani-
mal have attracted attention all
the country. Lightning
struck the wire oa the let aa the
colt was found dead against the
wire.
Bandit That
Slew Sheriff
Yet Uncaught
Kansas Officers Identify
Dead Bandit As One
That Robbed Bank
Duncan Hay 14. While Jess
Cunningham 19 yean old still
evaded a posse of Rtephrna county
officials seeking him in connec-
tion with a series of bonk ob-
lieries and in connection with
gun battle in which two men were
slain three othra wounded ser-
iously three Kansas men Wednes-
day identified three brothers of
Jess as members of a quartet said
to have robbed the Kiowa bank of
Kiowa Kansas of 53500. March
24 1929.
The Kansans W. E. Henry
cashier and R. I Goforth assist-
ant cashier of the hank and Jess
Messier a customer in the bank at
the time of the robbery told
county offirers after viewing
John and Emanuel Cunningham in
a hospital and the body of For-
rest they wera positive the three
had participated in the holdup.
-Rills Are Identified.
Two rifles found in the car of
the four brother after tho gun
fight also were identified by the
hank employes as weapons taken
from the Kansas bank during the
robbety.
No trace of Jeff who evaded
P"sra Tuesday and Wednesday
lw been found and officers ex-
prord the belief that he might
kft Stephen couniy.
Jess fled following the gun-
fhl late Monday night after the
car containing the four brothers
was halted by officers seeking
four youths who previously had
fUine 'O'1 Lawton
of 5L50. -
Bandit Sheriff Stain.
In the battle Forrest Cunning-
nsd was slain and Sheriff Wal
Williams was wounded fatally
dying a short time later in a Dun-
can hospitaL John and Emanuel
Cunningham and L B. Gossett
Duncan chief of police also were
wounded so seriously that physi-
cians hold little hope for their re-
covery. LAST ISSUE OF THE
prairie schooner issued
The last edition of tho Prairie
&hooner high school psper was
by. the senior
. Thia issue include briaf
summaries of the years work of
the school dubs and organizn-ton-
The class will prophecy
J" P0 and history were pro-
duced in this paper.
" cIuf. new
members of the Auill and Scroll
nIJfntkm Chickette dub and
n"tion tennis reanm
tm! k"" " hwn-
Thm is ons of the bret paper
PnbH-hed by the schooTwe"
gotten up and well edited.
WAS HIS OWN SURGEON
AND NOW HE Ig DEAD
ew Turk Louis Capetta. 42.
T" 0 c"dy store and pastry
3V!r Br0- dcd Hand?
of peritonitis caused bv Ckpeft-
tas attempt five days age to re-
move his own appendix. -
J.-"
tad. First row left to right: Del-
bert Bruner Mary Jane Stapk-a
Maude Dews Clair Harness James
Lyle.
Pilot Fights
With Drunk
Passenger
Two Men Fight Above the
Clouds With Lives of
Four Endangered
New York For two minutes
two men fought fiercely in an air-
plane a half mile above long Is-
land City Sunday as four other
passengers saw themselves about
to he sent to death In the unat-
tended plane.
Then the man whose victory
meant life for the six won with a
knockout punch to the jaw of the
man whose triumph would have
sent them all crashing.
The first fight for the hair trig-
ger stick of the big Bellanca pas-
senger carrier left two women
spectators in hysterics and two
then drained too dry of emotion to
talk. The hero Tex Andling a
Stripling with a slow Texas drawl
explained:
"I had to hit the guy after he
early sent us into a loop and if
Vi M a hammer I would have
hit him with tnai.
' - Tries la Srize Stick.
Andling hnz been flying for aev
rn yean. - Ho had taken off with
two women and three men. ' As
soon as they were in the air. the
man seated directly behind And-
ling hiccoughed: i
"Lem me fly I can fly."
The pilot peid no attention to
the man whose companion yelled:
"Cut it out GiuseppL"
Lurching 1 inward while the
women screamed the alcoholic
reached for the joy stick. Andling
hunched over and tried to push
him . back witn jaMing elbows.
Other passengers yelled: "Throw
him out"
Then the man swung at the pi-
lot ciying Get out of there and
let me fly."
Saved by Lucky Hlmr.
The ' Texan held the stick with
his knees as he shot his fist to
the head of his opponent who re-
turned the punch and began climb-
ing over the pilot Andling yell-
ed to the women to rnlmn them-
selves sent a lucky blow to the
drunks chin laying him out then
he landed his hip immedinttb.
The unruly psrsenger wss eject
ed from the plane and while And-
ling prepared to Like off again
with the other four passengers the
drnnktn man began throwi
stones at the plane. Two me-
chanics seized him and turned him
over to a policeman. But when
Andjing refused to press a charge
gainst the offender the police-
man drove him off the field and
let him go.
FINES IN CITY -COURT
TOTAL "51 17.50 FOR WEEK
Fines collected in city court dur-
ing the past week amounted to
$117.50. Those paying fines were
s follows:
H. E. Anderson 520 drunk; Bob
Frederick Clyde Hart paid 15 each
on charges of spceding;Rip Gibson
Pul Chastain John Barham and
w. M. Rampley paid 510 each on
charge of being drunk. Vernon
Harris J. C. Johnson paid 55 each
on charges of gambling. Edgar
Hobbs paid 52.50 for failing to
atop at ztop light. Nip Brook-
shire 510 for possession of home
brew. Bob Adams and Sam Greer
510 for gambling.
BOY SCOUTS TO SERVE '
BARBECUED CHICKEN
' Plans have been completed by
the Boy Scout of thi city for the
annual Father and Son outing to
be held at Suggs pasture three
mile northeast of thi city on
Monday evening. May 19.
A barbecued chicken supper will
he served. A good program of
stunts and other scout activities
beeq arranged for the enter
tainment of the guests following
the feed.
Heavy Rains
Stop Cotton
Being Planted
The Raymond T. Hurst Post of
the Amerirsa Ltgioa and the Le-
gum Auxiliary were host and hos-
tess to the Gold ftar Mothers of
this unit at a reception held at the
Legion ball Monday sight. Two
gold star mot here Mrs. Emma
Morgan of Liis city and Mrs. Ware
of Amber attended the reception.
Mrs. Morgan will leave soon for
A deluge of raia and hail struck Em? pc where she will visit the
Chicks sha Thursday ssocaing. The grave of her toa. The two mothers
hail stones ia Chickasha were . presented with gold medals
small and did no serious damage by the Legion and Auxiliary
to crops unless they were large? I
in other ports of the county. The I
total rainfall Thursday was 1.12
! inches bringing the total amount
I of rainfall since April 2? when
I the long drongth was broken to
1 1: j2 inches. Grady county is
'suffering from to much rain just
'as a fow weeks ago it suffered
j from too little. Corn fields ore
'getting weedy and cotton which
was planted early 1 h-coming so
sodded with crab grass that it will
be impossible to save the cotton.
The cotton farmers are getting
impatient to plant for most of the
farmers plant cotton from the first
to the tenth of May. There 1 lit-
tle trouble yet on the cotton
I planting ecore for Grady cour.ty
has raised good cotton planted ex
late as June 1.
The Washita river was flowing
hank full Thursday mornirg and
the added rain of Thursday is go-
ing to put it out far over the low
lands. E. M. Koehler and nine
other families living north of
Chickasha have been cut off from
all communication to Chickasha
because of the river rutting acmes
the old highway north cf the city.
The first cutting of alfalfa is al-
most ready to be cut but some of
the best fields hi the county have
been flooded. Little feedstuff has
beer planted as yet most of the
farmers waiting for dry weather.
The broomrorn acreage in the
Lindsay district ia going to be se-
riously cut as the weather has
licen too wet to plant and it is get-
ting too late now. The weather
haa been good on the watermelon
crop where a itand was secured
early.
Senior Class At
C.H. S. in Program
Class Day exercise for the grad-
uating claaa of the senior high
school were held at the school audi-
torium Wednesday night when the
class prophecy was read by Ben
Crowley.' The class song composed
hy William Van Wie. was rendered
by tha entire class. The clays poem
"Farewell to C. II. S." was read by
Pauline Cnrrine.
A silver lovinr cup given by the
Rotary club was prevented to Wil-
liam Cook as the best all arcund
boy of the senior class.
Doris Comby was presented a
loving cup by the Lions dub a
the outstanding girl of the senior
clans.
Winners in the D. A. E. American
history contest were announced
they were: first Gaston Litton
second Olia McRae and June Hol-
land honorable mention. The med-
als were presented hy Mrs. Otin
Ashton. Clair Harness wss pre-
sented an award by Mrs. Frank
Manning as winner of the W. G. T.
U. Temperance essay context. The
class will was read by Clair Har-
ness. PROMINENT WOMAN JOINS
THE BAILEY GROUP
Interest of many sections of Ok-
lahoma was centered this week
upon the race of Frank M. Bailey
of Chickasha democratic candidate
for governor by the announcement
that Mrs. William C. Lewis Ok-
lahoma City has joined the Bailey
organization. Mrs. Lewis is tho
wife of one of the assistant attor-
ney general of Oklahoma.
Mr. Lewis is the son of L a
Lewis county judge of Marshall
rounty. He was assistant county
attorney of LcFlure county from
1912 to 1914. In 1918-19 after
moving to Buffalo he waa county
attorney of Harper county. Later
from 1922 to 1925 he was state
senator from the Stej.hens-C'sddc
county district. He announced for
congress in 1926 and withdrew in
favor of the present incumbent.
Tfw cieted him actively
in all his campaigns.
Mrs. Lewis was marshall of the
supreme court from 1921 to 1923.
She ia a graduate of the Cumber-
land university Lebannon. Tenn
w't.h LL. B degree. Shr ha been
ctive in the social and politiad
life of the rtatc for a number of
years.
GRADY COUNTY HAS BUT
ONE DIPHTHERIA CaSE
According to records from the
State Health Department. Grady
teunly has one ease of diphtheria
tha only case of contagious disease
wconted. There are a total of
fiveenaee of diphtheria 17 scarlet
rever 57 small pox two meningi-
tis and four typhoid fever in the
fate according to report
IHilON DOES HONOR TO
OOI.II KT K HOIIILR
Okla. Wheat
Crop 60 Per
Cent Normal
The Crop for Country A
Whole b Below the
Normal
Oklahoma City Okla. Wheot:
Of the 43260(10 acres of wheal
sous last fall for harvest in 1930
18 per cent or 7 79 MW acres have
been abandoned leaving for har-
vest 3A47W0 acres. The condi-
tion of the erop remaining for har-
vest is 80 per cent normal com-
pared with 73 per cent on April
1 1330; 80 per cent on May 1 1929
and WU per cent the 10-yec.r av-
erage on May 1.
A condition of 60 per cent ou
May 1 indicates an average yield
per acre of about M bushels. On
the estimated area of 3617.000
acres 8A bushels per acre would
produce 30150.000 bushels com-
pared with 44478100 bushel Inst
year. Last year's yield was 10.5
bushels per acre and the 10-ycar
average 12.4 bushels. The extrem
ely heavy abandonment this year
is due to both winter-kill and
drought. The month of January
was the roldest on record. Wh!le
considerable snow fell in January
the ezereiqely low temperatures
caused much wintcr-ikIL The
sons long drought was broken about
the 24th of April when general
rains covered' the .state. These
rains wero very beneficial but
came too lata to offset the drought
damage. Tho largest abandon-
ment thia year is oceuring in the
Southwest where the drought
was severest. In this area the con
dition i also lower than in any
other section of the state. Cinch
bub and -cut worms hove done
considerable damage in parts of
the Panhandle.
Oats: The condition of onto on
May 1 was 60 per cent normal
compared with 71 per cent a month
ago. Oato are short and .have
made poor growth due to dry
weather and the cool backward
Spring. Late April rains how-
ever will save a large part of
the oat crop and conditions should
show a decided improvement dur-
ing the next thirty days.
Early Irish 'Potatoes -show a
condition of 78 per rent on May 1
compared with 73 a month ago and
78 a year ago. Potatoes have made
some improvement during ' the
month. Recent rains have benc-
fittod the crop. Adequate moisture
is now available but warm weath-
er is needed.
The condition of peaches on
May 1. was reported at T per cent
cf normal. Prospects are the poor
est since 1926 when n condition
of 6 per cent was reported on May
1. The winter was the coldest In
years and pcsch prospects were
ruined. A few - survived until
March but succumbed to frequent
freezes at that time. In the South-
ern third of the state prospects
are slightly better than :n other
areas. .
The supply of farm labor ex-
ceeds thq. demand by 25 per cent
Last year on May 1 the supply of
labor exceeded the demand by 12
per cent
The United Stales
The United Statea Department
of Agiicultiire reported today that
a winter wheat erop of 525070-
990 bushels is indic ated by the May
I condition of 76.7 per cent of
normal Last year's production of
winter wheat eras 57Sf9i)00 bush-
els and the 5-year average pro-
duction (1924-1928) was 550 36-
000 busheb. The condition of
winter wheat on May 1 last year
was 83.6 per cent and the 10-year
average condition on May 1 ia
83 Jt per cent. The yield per acre
indicated by the condition is 12.6
bushels compared with 18.4 in
19?9 and 15.0 the 10-year avenge.
HAD BEEN MEMBER OF
ODD FELLOWS 50 YEARS
W. M. Baker age 81 years died
at hia home in thia city Wednes-
day night following an illness of
several months. He was n pioneer
resident ot Grady county. Funeral
services were held at Epworth
Methodist church Thursday after-
noon at 8 oclock conducted by
Rev. A1 Bowman.
He had teen n member of the
Odd Fellow lodge for more than 50
years.' This order had charge of
the burial services. .
Ncl u
Carter Oil Co.
May Drill 2nd
Deep Test
It b Rumored Thit Present
Deep Test b Dilling in'
a Fault
It is reported that tha Carter
Oil company experts to drill an-
ther deep test in southeast Grady
county about three-quarters of a
mile east of the presfui text if
produrtina ia not found In the well
now drilling. The deep tret is now
down below t590 feet and still drtU
ing. Rumors have been rife for
some time that the present well ia
drilling in a faint and may mbm thi
deep production if there is any.
About eleven feet of oil sand car-
rying some oil waa passed through
last week. It did net tear enougi
oil to make a well
Northern Grady county kas teen
the scene of n tel leone piny dur-
ing the post few weeks and hardly
a tract of land remains nnleaxed in
that part of the county. From
two to five dollars an acre has
been paid for leases in that sec- '
tiun and aa high as ten Oolars has
teen offered whera stuff ia excep-
tionally well lorated.
Tho excitement which was
hot last week 4n regard to stuff in
the 5-8 rounfpy has aemewhst
abated and th least and royalty
buyers have Roved on. As high
as 45PO an ac ft waa paid foe pro-
ducing royalty in thia section and
f 100 an acre for close in non-producing
stuff. Mot of the royalty
waa bought by tho Mid-Kansas
nd Ramsey Oil companies. The
companies are evidently playing
this section aa n deep producing
section ns there ia nothing to justi-
fy theso prices in present production.
John Wilson
Likely to Head
Chamber of C
Jim Hatcher Led the Votinc
For Director Annul
Banquet Planned
Juhii - Wilon of the Citizens
Farmers Bank is scheduled to. head
the chamber of com me rod for the
new year when the president is
chosen by the board of directors
on Friday. Wilson is now serving
as vice president of the organiza-
tion. Six directors were chosen
for a two year term on Monday of
this week. Jim Hatcher led the
field in the balloting with a total
of 121 votes Harry Stephenson
was only one vote behind him with
n total of 120 votes. John B.
Nichlos waa a close third with 115
votes. Clark Trammell got 105
votes and F. M. Bailey 86 and Ed
DeHart 86.
Tko new directors will meet with
the Legion on Friday and directly
after the luncheon choose the of-
ficer for tho new year. The date
of the annual installation banquet
will be selected at that time.
El Reno Fails
To Reach 10000
El Reno May 14 Nine thousand
three hundred and thirty-seven
people.
Thats the official population of
El Reno which will stand for tho
next ten years according to W. W.
jlolister of Chickasha supervi-
sor of the decennial census for
the area which includes Canadian
county in a telephone conversa-
tion with The American late Wed-
nesday afternoon.
Extreme disappointment is felt
in El Reno over the failure of the
population to roach 100'K) bit
since there anAnore than a thon-
ttand people ii he additions ter-
tiering LI Renjl which have not
been taken into the city limits the
citizens here mhy still lay claim to
being 10000. f
BODY OF J. I WHITE
SENT TO BUFFALl
The body of J. H. White promig
ent Chickaxba citizen who died las
February was sent to Buffalo h
Y this week where it will be in
tarred in the White family bury
ing ground. The body was na
sent last winter because of th
extremely bad weather. The bod
will be met by the members of th
Buffalo Masonic lodge of whic
Mr. 8 hite was a member when h
became old enough to join th
lodge.
Mrs. White and his son Herbn
are now in Buffalo and will me
the body when it arrives. Mn
White expects to returrito Chirks
hs after the interment of he
husband.
Among those not inter
the tariff on stnw hats are
haired boys who go barehe
summer long.
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