The Chickasha Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 2, 1932 Page: 1 of 10
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tO LI' ME XXV.
(HICK ASHA. OKLAHOMA. THI R?DAT. JUNE 2 Hit
nail
Three Inches of Water Falls Line
Creek Goes Out of Banks Flood
Waters Cover Crops Over a
Wide Area in County
Floods and hail swept Grady County Tuesday night do-
ing the most serious damage to crops in 20 years. Thous-
ands of acres of the most fertile land in the Washita Valley
stood under water Wednesday morning. The waters quickly
subsided and permanent damage was done in only a few
fields in the county. The storm came up early Tuesday
evening and for over three hours heavy black clouds with
torents of rain wind and hail hung over the northern part of
Grady county. The most vivid electrical display ever seen
with a storm accompanied the downpour. The heaviest part
of the storm struck northwest of Chickasha between Chick-
asha and Verdcn where nearly five inches of water fell.
Tlie water overflowed the country
In the vicinity of the Boh Wheeler
and W. H. Taylor farms where It
waa nearly a mile wide In places.
The water quickly aubaided and did
little permanent damage. It waa
reported that Boh Wheeler loat a
lot of hogs but Bob said he couldn't
mins any as they were all out graz-
ing the alfalfa Wednesday after-
noon. The water swept down over
tlie Mellon and Ben Morgan farms
but did little serious damage. At
the Carney homestead and the San-
ders home Just northwest of Chick-
axha nearly eighty acres of fine
land was submerged; Joe Frey said
lie only had eighty acres which he
had leased near the river under
water. T. H. Williams who lives
Just north of the Washita river
bridge oil highway 81. lost three
rows and three hogs in the flood.
He also lost ten acres of fine bar-
ley which he had -Just cut and put
into stacks.- Williams hopes that the
cows may have floated down stream
and swam out but he has little
hopes of finding the hogs.
East of Chirkasha the waters pre-
sented a scene of watery waste. Ed
Palmer lost a few acres of alfalfa
and Ur. Nunnery had about ten
acres under water. - Ooorgc Petty
lost thirteen little plga which were
caught In the heavy water overflow
north of the highway. Petty had a
herd of 30 hogs but' all of them
swain to safety except the thirteen
pigs. ' t
Southwest of Tabler on 'Bitter
Creek tlie water did serious damage
overflowing thousands -of acres of
fine land. The water was nearly
three miles across In the vicinity of
the Beauchamp and Oatley Ander-
son farms. Tlie Bitter Creek water
seemed to have Joined the water
from the Washita River and spread
out Into a wide territory. The wat-
ers spread out even farther In tlie
vicinity of Alex. and. Lindsay and
thousands of seres of the best broom
corn land In Oklahoma was over-
flowed. Water came almost to the
main atreet of Alex.
Chickasha merchants were rout-
ed out of bed at three o'clock Wed-
nesday morning by the blasts of the
siren whistle and the calls of the
telephone operators who warned
them that Line Creek was getting
out nf Its banks. . Charlin Miller of
tlie Dixie Store soon had fifteen
of the unemployed building s dike
In front of his building and moving
the stock from his basement. Bill
Cutters 11 was down before ' four
o'clock and had hia meat market
barricaded so that no water could
get in.
Gene Fowler pulled off Ills shoes
and waded water until he got his
place of business diked so that no
water could -get In. At the east
part of Choctaw avenue in the vicin-
ity of the viaduct.' the floods poured
Into tlie basements and stood three
feet in the office of the Quality
Milk Company. The basement of
Williamson Halsell Frasier Co. was
John Hyndman. prominent land
owner of Grady county la In the city
for a few days looking after his
property Interests. He has recently
been in Owensboro Kentucky vis-
iting at the home of his daughter
Mrs. Clark Btelnbergcr. He says the
flooded but most of the stock had tobacco farmer got Rom three to
been moved to Oklahoma City a few
days before.
The basement of the - city hall
filled with water and the police
headquarters had to be moved. The
fire department put a hose to pump-
ing soon after daylight. and soon
had the water out.
The Chickasha Mattress Company
on North Sixth street last some mat-
tresses and ticking which had been
stored on shelves of the building.
The Ms Ureas factory stands on the
edge of Line Creek right In Uie
path of the flood.
The tent and car of an Itinerant
painter who has been- living on the
south side of the highway in the
timber near the east bridge over the
Washita River stood right in the
midst of the flood. The painter and
his family moved to higher ground
soon after midnight but could not
move tlie car. At daylight the car
half submerged stood in tlie flood
with a Mg -police-- dog "standing
watch In the scat.
Tlie hall went in streaks. The
most severe damage waa probably In
the vicinity of the north bridge over
the Washita where Uie gardens were
riddled and com and cotton cut
to pieces. The hail then continued
east In a atrip about a mile wide. It
struck hard In the vicinity of the
Friend school house and la report-
ed to have done serious damage hi
the vicinity of Alex. The hall alio
did niuen damage In the Verden
community and near Verden.
The had cut a swath In the vicin-
ity of Norge and Laverty and rid-
dled the fine fields of watermelons
and cotton In that vicinity.
HOLSTEIN REGAINS
PRODUCTION LEAD
Stillwater Okla A HoUteln re-
(alned the lead aa highest producing
raw In the Oklahoma Cow Tenting
aieoclatlon in the tateat report; but
three Jeneya were giving her a date
nee.
Tlney grade- Holztcln from the
Oklahoma 8 late honpltal herd at Nor
man led the aaaoclatton In April
with 32ST pounds of milk testing 1.7
per cent buttcrfat for a total of HJ
pounda of fat during the month ac-
cording to the report Just compiled
by John W. Boehr extension dairy-
man at the Oklahoma A. and M. College.
HAS GOOD rEACII CROP
T. B. Baird of Nlnnckah waa a
visitor in the Star office Wednes-
day. Baird had two large peaches
with him which he had picked off
a tree in his orchard. He said he
had about 30 bushels of early
peaches and 33 trees of later peaches
all well rilled. Baird has lived in
tlie Nlnnekah community for several
yean and has a good little farm. He
waa employed for a number of yean
in the oil fields JiuL quit tliat work
to go on hia truck farm.
OATLEY ANDERSON SAYS
CROPS GOOD IN TEXAS
.Mr. and Mrs. Oatley Anderson re-
turned Tuesday night from the
Lower Rio Grande Valley where Uiey
had been spending a few days. Oat-
ley reports crop conditions in; i-
tia the best in years. He says m
U In tassel all over south Texas
and gives promise of making a good
crop. Cotton is doing fine. South
Texas has liad plenty of rain all
season.
CAMERON LUMBER CO.
Sl'ES LOCAL COMPRESS
The William Cameron Lumber
Company of tills city has filed suit
against the Chickasha Compress and
M. A. Joy for 1773.05 which they
claim is due them for building ma-
terials. The Cameron Lumber Co. state
that the materials consisting of
paints lumber and other building
materials were purchased In July
and August 1031 and that the pay-
ment was to be made In September.
1031. There has been SI 7.05 paid
on the bill.
TOBACCO FARMER IS FEELING
TIIE FINCH OF HARD TIMES
five cents a pound for his tobacco
last year and la looking for even
lower prices this year. Ten cents Is
supposed to be a low price for tobac-
co. TIIE DEPRESSION IS ON
ALSO IN HOLLAND
Father Frank Van Wees says that
Holland his native country is feel-
ing the depression almost as badly
as the United States. Van Wees
hears from Holland every lew weeks
and recently the letters have com
plained bitterly about tlie hard
times In that country. Holland was
one of tlie most prosperous countries
of the world during the war and af-
terwards but now the depression has
also struck there. .
TIIE NICKEL CAFE WILL
- OPEN ON CHOCTAW AVE.
Nothing over a nickel la the slo-
gan of the "Nickel Cafe which will
open at 414 Choctaw avenue In a
few days. Walter Burtschl says this
will surely be the place to spend
your nickels for nothing In the place
will be over five cents. The place
la being attractively painted and
decorated and clean wholesome food
will be served.
SAFEWAY STOCK WAY DOWN
Safeway Stock Uie Mg chain gro-
cery store took a nose dive Wednes-
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Miller of Floy-
.dada Texas arrived in Chickasha
day on Wall Street and slid down . Wednesday to spend a few days vis-
ito 3614. The Safeway Inc la the . .Itlng at the home of Joe Miller on
biggest chain grocery store whose I Minnesota avenue. Mr. Mller la a
stock la sold on Wall Street. cousin of Joe Miller.
GUESS WHO?
We have no picture for the Guess
I Who column tills week but next
week we will have a good one. Our
plea for more boyhood pictures
brought a number to the Star office
last week and we will have plenty
now to run several weeks. In the
meantime If you have a good picture
of hubby or dad when he waa a tey
bring It to the Star office.
jGermany May
Be Ruled By a
Near Dictator
President Hindenhurjf Likely
to Dimolve Parliament in
Present Crisis
Berlin. June 2i The possibility of
a virtual mllitaiy dictatorship in
Germany during the life of the new
cabinet of County Prana von Pa pen
be unable to secure a vote of con-
was seen by political observers
Thursday.
These observers pointed out that
Wednesday would In all likelihood
dcnce In the rctchatag if U were con
vened.
They predicted that President von
Hlndenburg. therefore would not
call the legislature together but
would continue to function under
article 4$ of the constitution which
grant almost autocratic powers in
an emergency.
Centrists Tarn Away.
Repudiation of the cabinet by the
Centrist party to which Count von
Pa pen himself belonged and the
Bavarian People's party waa taken
aa Indication of what the reiihstsg
were proposed.
Other critics accused the presi-
dent of "turning back to hia first
love German nationalism" In ac-
cepting a "blue stocking cabinet"
devoid of any labor representation.
It la the first cabinet since the es-
tablishment of the republic after the
war In which the Socialists and
Centrists have not participated.
THREE ARE8TED WITH
STILL NEAR CEMENT
Three men. W. M. Busby. Walter
Duvoll and Elsie Du volt all of Ce-
ment are being held In the county
Jail on charges of possession of whis-
key and a still. They are alleged to
have had a complete copper still
and 150 gallons of mash when raid-
ed by John Phillip federal enforce-
ment officer. W. M. Busby entered
a idea of guilty when arraigned
Thursday meriting before Commie-
stoner H. W. Cabeen and will be sen-
tenced by Judge Williams at Mus-
kogee later. The raid was made at
the Busby farm Isle Wednesday
night. . .
EASTERN STAR MEETING
A meeting of the Chickasha
Chapter 30 Eastern Star will be
held Friday evening In the Masonic
Hall. Installation of officers will be
held and an associate matron will
be elected to fill the vacancy made
by tlie resignation of Mrs. Hassard.
Conductress and associate conduc-
tress will also be elected. Mrs.
Fannie McDowell district deputy
will be In .charge of the Installation
of officers.
GEORGE THOMAS GAVE FAT
' STEER TO UNEMPLOYED
The unemployed lived on the fat
of the land two days this week.
Tuesday and Wednesday a nice fat
steer given to the Municipal Soup
Kitchen by George Thomas promi-
nent fanner provided the meat for
the MU of fare. The steer weighed
750 pounds and was In good stiape.
If any other farmers in the county
want to help by donating a steer it
wlU be gratefully received.
STATE'S OI.PKMT FARM
LAND BEING RESTORED
Hugo. Okie. Some of the oldest cul-
tivated land la Oklahoma la being
restored to fertility on the farm of
the Ooodland Indian Orphan school
north of Hugo.
Eighty acres of this land has been
In cultivation for 75 years. When the
school acquired It It wee all washed
out hillside grown to persimmon
sprouts and sumac.
Now under the direction of H. W.
Young vocational agriculture teacber
In the school and an Oklahoma A.
and M. College graduate In 1031 the
land la being terraced fertilised and
grown to rotated crop to restore it
to production.
On one acre of this land Young by
using barnyard manure and commer
clal fertilizer la already producing a
bumper crop of potatoes.
Another . of Young's projects Is
teaching the 37 boys In his class
mostly Choctaws to bud and graft.
Already they have worked over 300
native pecan trees end hickories cm
the place.
W. II. lirNMCTT SAYS
THE TWISTER Cl'T A SWATH
THROl'UH HIS FIELD
t
W. H. Hunnicut says a small
tornado cut a swath about fifty yards
wide through his flrid Tuesday night.
Hia storm took the tops out of trees
and laid low email farm buildings in
its path. Hunnicut says the rain
and hall absolutely ruined hia crops
making replanting necessary. Hunni-
cut livts tour mile north of Chick-
Large Sums Are
Asked As Result
of Auto Crash
Truck and Owner Sued II Is
Alleged No Red Lights
Were On Trailer
Two damage suits were filed In
district court here this week as a
result of an accident on highway
377. on the night of March 34th
when L. B. Powell was killed and
men Powell Injured.
Defendants In the suit are R. E.
Stewart ' doing ' ' business as the
8tewart Truck Lines and T. O.
Hawkins. E. H. Dobbs. O. E. Weller
and William Weller connected with
tlie Reliable Transfer Company.
Mrs. Ellen Powell asks lor 35.180
damages for injuries received at
the time of the accident. Mrs.
Powell with her son. L. B. Powell
were en route to Texas from Kan-
sas. About midnight on the night
of March 24 th as they were travel-
ing on highway 377 they crashed
Into a truck which was standing
on the Hybarger hill. Mrs. Powell
states that the truck or the 30 foot
trailer bark of the truck were not
equipped with tail light and that
her son did not see the truck until
It was too late to avoid the crash.
Mrs. Powell was brought to the
Chickasha hospital where she was
treated for a broken leg cut and
Muises about her body. Mrs. Car-
men Powell wife of L. iB. Powell
who was killed In the accident Is
asking for $50050. .
Mrs. Powell states that her hus-
band was earning a good salary
from the Otis Elevator and Grain
Company for whom he was working
and that she is asking the damage
as support for herself une child four
years of age and a posthumous
child which will be bom in July.
Mrs. Powell alleges negligence on
the part of the truck drivers and
the operators of the truck lines as
the cause of the accident and death
of her husband.
THIS MOTHER SWAM
TO SAFETY WITH CHILD
A story of heroism of a mother
(hat saved her child through the
raging water of Tuesday night was
brought to Chickasha by George
Petty prominent farmer east of
Chickasha.
The mother with her family of
seven small sons and daughters
were living right In the path of
the flood waters that came down
the creek west of the Petty farm.
Wednesday morning when Petto
went down to see how the family
was getting along he found that
six of the children had been swept
away by the flbod' waters but that
the mother and one child were sate
on the highlands. The m oilier had
swam to safety with' one child car-
ried In her mouth. But the child
did not live long the cold and ex-
posure soon killed It. The mother
wss a Hampshire hog and the six
children were small pigs.
MRS. DREII.HEK DIES
AT THE AGE OF 73 YEARS
. Mrs. J. W. Drehmer. age 73 years
died at her home in Verden Thursday-night
-following an Illness of
several months. Funeral services
were conducted at the Methodist
church Saturday afternoon by Rev
Robert Hedrick pastor and burial
made in Rase Hill cemetery in this
city.
Mrs. Drehmer was born at Plain-
field Illinois September 30th. 1858.
She moved with her husband to
Verden about six years ago in or-
der to be near her only child. She
became a member of the Methodist
church when a young girl She was
a devoted wife and mother and a
loving friend to all who knew her.
She la survived by her h'laoand.
J. W. Drehmer and one daughter
Mrs. H. H. Aruett. both of Verden.
LITTLE CHANGE IS SEEN IN
LOCAL MARKET THIS WEEK
The local markets were almost all
changed during the week. Wheat
dropped 3 cents from 37 to 35 cents;
yellow cam 38 cents last week and
this week 37 cents; mixed and white
com remained the same aa last week
at 33 cents; barley last week was 33
cents and this week 30 cents. OaU
14 cents last week and 13 cento this
week.
Eggs remained the same as last
week at 8 cento; hens 5 and 3 cento;
fryers S and 11 cento; cream at the
stations Is 11 cento and at the Co-
operative Dairy 10 cento; last week
cream was bringing 13 cento at the
stations and the dairy.
Whole milk at the dairy la 17
cento while last week It was brlng-
Vf 48 cento. Alfalfa hay 56.00 ton.
Jack Walton to
Be Here Monday
Dave Hybarger. former member
of the state legislature announces
that Jack Walton former governor
of this state will apeak to the voters
of Grady county next Monday night
at the court house. Walton is a
candidate for member of the Cor-
poration Commission subject to the
action of the Democratic primary.
Walton Is in fighting trim and
makes a speech that arouses the
loyalty of all his former supporters.
JOHN NICHOLS IS SUED
ON ALLEGED CONTRACT
A suit for 323563.3 was filed in
district court here this week by M.
B. Blake of Oklahoma City against
John B. Nichlos. Blake allege that
he has this amount due him on a
contract made between himself and
Nichlos for the negotiation of a loan
in 1827. Blake states that Nichlos
agreed to pay him $10000 per year
for two years between June 1. 1827
and June 1 1020 to be paid in
monthly Installments of 1833.33 for
getting a large loan through.
Blake alleges that to date Nich-
los has failed to pay him any of
the money due him although he
promoted the loan within a very
short time afer the agreement was
made. J. D. Dudley and the firm
of Melton and Melton attorneys
have been employed by Blake.
Nichlos was out rtf the city attend-
ing an oil convention at Tulsa on
Thursday and his version of the
suit could not be secured.
BIG FISH ARE COMING
lP TIIE WASHITA RIVER
The flood waters are bringing the
Mg fish up the Washita River. Doug
Parka of the Southwestern Light
and Power Co. was exhibiting a
thirty-pound blue eat caught at the
dam Thursday morning. The fish
was caught with the Mg dip net
which is lowered Into the water.
The net had been bringing up
some small fish but when the big
dip net was lowered and the Mg
eat caught there was real commo-
tion. It was thought for a while
that the fish would break the net
but it held and the Parks family
will have fish for several days.
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4 LOCAL MARKETS
4 Wheat 35c
4' Corn yellow 27c
4' Corn mixed and white 23c
4 Barley 20c
4 Oats 12c
4 Eggs 06c
v Hens 5c and 8e
4 Fryers 8c and lie
Hides 03o
Butter 15c
4 Cream - 10c
S Cotton 4'iC to 5140
4 Whole MUk 17c
4 Alfalfa Hay ton..' (6.00
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LtllCK2lSnl lYlUSt
Stop Menace of
Flood Water
Chickasha Merchants Are
Aroused Over Peril of Line
Creek Waters
The merchants of Chickasha are
aroused over the possibility of an-
other serious water damage by the
overflow of Une Creek. The waters
Wednesday morning lacked several
feet nf getting as high as they did
In the flood of 1837. But even a
few Inches increase in the flood of
Wednesday morning would . have
done serious damage to the mer-
chants of this city- The diversion of
waters west of this city has Increas-
ed the possibility of water damage
every time there la a heavy rainfall.
The waterfall lacked several Inches
of being as much aa fell In 1027.
With a rainfall as heavy as came in
1827 there la a likelihood that the
flood would have been at least two
feet higher than it was in the fall
of 1827.
There are only two ways to pre-
vent the damage by flood from Line
Creek; one Is to cut a channel about
six miles northwest of Chickasha
which would take the waters to the
Washita river and another is by
building u-res and widening and
straightening the channel of Line
Creek. The clearing out of the Line
C"eek bed. done by unemployed
under the direction of Mayor Larson
undoubtedly made the water quicker
to recede and prevented higher
water In' the downtown section.
FIVE SUITS FOR
DIVORCE ARE FILED
Five suits for divorce were filed
In district court here during the
week. Glatha Hudlin asks for a dl
vorce from Jess Hudlin on grounds
of cruelty and abuse. She states
that they were married in this city
in October. 1031 and that since De-
cember. 1831 her husband has been
extremely cruel to her and that he
has refused to contribute to her sup-
port. Mrs. Hudlin states that her
husband started to make a crop but
that she has had to continue with
the work and that he has refused
to do anything more on the work
since the planting.
Pauline Meek asks for a divorce
from W. J. Meek on grounds of
cruelty. Mrs. Meek states that her
husband retuses to contribute to her
support. She asks that three lota
in a.cx be given to her. Mr. and
Mrs. Meek were married at Rush
Springs in 1826.
Lorenc Mayfield asks for a di-
vorce from her husband Thomas
Mayfield charging cruelty and neg-
lect. Mrs. Mayfield states that they
were married In 1827 and that her
husband lias been extremely cruel
to her for the past two years.
Mrs. Maurinc Harris asks for a
divorce from her husband Frank
Harris. Mrs. Harris states that her
husband has been cruel to her curs-
ing and abusing her and has on
several occasions struck her.
Cynthia Frey asks for a divorce
from B. E. Frey charging cruelty
to her. She alleges he cursed her and
failed to contribute to her support.
Mr. and Mrs. Prey have lived in the
Mlnco community for a number of
years.
SPECIAL 4-H PROGRAM
AU 4-H club members at this
county are urged to listen In on the
National 4-H Club program which
will bo broadcast at noon Juno 4th.
The program wll lopen at 12:30
o'clock and last until 1:30 o'clock.
Several musical numbers will be
given and talks of much value to
club members.
WANTED IN bushels of good bar-
ley. Will pay 3 cento above the
market price. See J. W. Kayser at
8 tar office.
ESCAPED CONVICT CACGHT
AT ROCK ISLAND DETOT
L V. Gipson was thwarted In his
attempt to board a freight train to
make his getaway from Chickasha
tale Wednesday afternoon.
Gipson an escaped convict was in
the Rock Island railway yard
wlien Hates Haley deputy sheriff
and Bill Luster undersheriff. caught
him. He escapted from Mr Alerter
Just a few days ago after being
sentenced to two years on charges
of theft of tires and lubes from
Ada. Hill was arrested In this city
two months ago when found in po-
sesslon of the stolen merchandise.
He was returned at that tune to
Ada. He was arrested in this ciiy
of two years.
Green Taylor
Says It Rained
Twelve Inches
Hail and Flood Do Serious
Damage to Crops in
Meridian
You have heard of It raining a
foot or a tubful at one sitting but
Green Taylor has the absolute
proof. Green says It rained three
tubfuls at his place Tuesday night
and he has the tuba still standing
full of water to show anyone that
comes out. One of the tubs was
near the house another In a wagon
and another near the barn. All
three were standing full of water
after the rain of Tuesday night.
The hall was probably the heaviest
in the county in the vicinity of the
Taylor farm. Taylor says that wa-
ter waa a foot deep in his barnyard.
Jim Oliver who lives near the Tay-
lor home lost 350 young chickens in
the flood. A number of Taylor's
neighbors loat hogs and calves In
the flood.
Taylor aaya it was the hardest rain
In the shortest time that he ever
saw in Oklahoma and Green has
lived here many yean. He reported
Thursday that the Washita River
waa standing atlll or probably be-
ginning to fall a little. The hall
aoaolutely riddled all gardens and
crops over a territory over two miles
wide. The only thing unhurt was
the potato crop and the hall was so
heavy in some places It bruised Uie
potatoes near the top of the ground.
CLAUDS SMILEY SAYS HE WILL
BE BUSY REPLANTING CROPS
Claude Smiley candidate lor coun
ty clerk says the hall storm caught
his crops Tuesday night and It looks
like be wll have to replant almost
hia entire farm. Smiley aaya that it
la going to keep him busy In June
when he expected to get out and
meet Uie voters of Grady county.
Smiley says the hall and flood has
made It Impossible for him to get
out and meet the voters like he had
Intended to but that he la aUU In
the county clerk's race and expects
to be one of the runners-up In the
first primary. Smiley says the hail
has Just made It necessary that his
friends work a little harder In his
behalf.
rilE GRADY COUNTY
BOYS TO RESERVE CAMP
rive Orady County boys who have
beta attending the University at
Norman during the past year will at-
tend the Reserve Officers Training
Camp at Ft. Sill from June 8 to July
IB. All students enrolled In advanced
'work in military science are required
to attend one summer camp under
the direction of the war department
aa a requisite of their graduation.
Those from Grady County are Don-
ald Huckaby from Amber; L. Dan
Jones. Harry L. Quinn and Denver F.
Wofford of Chickasha; dlff W. Pecry
of Mlnco.
MRS. SMITH DIES AT
AGE OF 58 YEARS
Mrs. Susan C. Smith age 58 years
died Wednesday evening at the
home of her neice Mrs. J. L. Cook
of east of this city. Mrs. Smith had
been making her home with her
neice for the past several years.
Funeral services were conducted
at Tecumseh Thursday afternoon at
the Baptist church. Mrs. Smith had
formerly lived at Tecumseh and
moved with Mr. and Mrs. Cook to
this county last year she is sur-
vived by her neice Mrs. Cook one
brother and two sisters.
OKLA. NATIONAL EMPLOYEES
VISIT MEDICINE PARK
Employees of the Oklahoma Na-
tional Bank spent the week end In
Medicine Park where they spent
the time fishing playing ball and
throwing horse shoes. A fine time
was reported by all. Various fish
stories have been related by those
in the party none of which can be
proven as there were no pictures
taken and no fish brought back. A
few members of the party went over
into Uie Government Reserve.
Those attending were F. T. Chan-
dler Roy C. Smith Roy Cornwell R.
O. Wasson O. W. Foster. A. R.
Collins H. Leffel. William Cogan
J. D. Allen. James Early Lee
Browne and Clark Poole.
TELL THEM HOW MANY
CHICKENS YOU WANT
The Raymont T. Hurst Post of
the American Legion of this city
will hold their first annual barbe-
cut picnic Friday evening June 10
at Shannoan Springs park. All who
expect to attend the picnic are re-
quested to notify W. E. Walker at
the post office or Ed DeHart of the
DeHart Sheet Metal Works at once
aa to the number plates they want
reserved and also the number of
chicken cakes and pickles they
will furnish. Band music and other
entertainment will be furnished. La
dies of the Auxiliary are cordially
invited to altcud.
JVlurray Asks
Grady to Send :
His Selections
lie Attacks Bailey and Mellon
For Opposing His
Policies
Endorsing S. K Neill end Sidney
L. Chapman of this city as candi-
dates for state representative and
flaying Frank Bailey and Alger
Melton of thia city were the high
lights in William H. Mu ray's speech
here Wednesday night.
Murray was introduced to a large
crowd by Reford Bond. Sr. attor-
ney of this city. A glowing tribute
a given Murray by Bond who
said that Oklahoma now had one
of the greatest governors In the his-
tory of the state. A man who could
call his soul his own and did not
have to look to large corporation
end Mg financial Interests for hu
opinions;
Governor Murray said In part: "I
have accomplished what I told the
people I would da I promised we
wouldn't have a peaceable adminis-
tration while In office and haven't
I kept that promise? i
"I have been accused of doing
things beyond my power but I have
done them and I have gotten by
with it. I have saved this state mil- -lions
of dollars during my adminis-
tration but I have been accused of
causing the state a higher pay roll
and expense than ever before.
Your Honorable dtlsen Frank M.
Bailey In his talk before the State
Bar Association at Tulsa some
months ago charged that I had no
right to use military rule In cIcsImi
the oil fields. X sent Cicero to do
the Job because I thought him more
capable than any one else. X was
upheld by the U. 8. Supreme Court.
Now who is right? 8horUy after
this talk was given before the Bar
Association another one of your
able attorneys. Alger Melton wrote
an article to the Bar Association
Journal praising the talk given by
Bailey. Again I ask am X right
or are they? The supreme court
upheld me.
I im using Cicero at the head of
my Militia because I think he is
the man for the place. He does not
receive a cent for this work. He has
received a cent from this
state. He works free gratia for Ok-
lahoma. He has never been on the
pay roll.
If you will elect a legislature
which will stand back of me as I
know 8. E. NelU of Alex and Sidney
Cliapman of this city will we will
give the state the administration
needed. We will put over the pro-
gram of the people and not that
laid out uy the corporations of
the state. -
I am defending my program end
expect to cany it on as long as I
am governor. These corporations
have sent their representatives to
my office to eee if X could be bought.
I have told every one of them to
get out of my office and stay out.
Their patting on the back and
moneyed talk will not buy me. X
am governor and X expect to run
my office. X have been accused of
no one knowing what I will do next.
That Is allright my secretary doe
not know one minute what I will
likely do next X cm going to run my
office and the state's business. I
cannot do what I promised the peo-
ple as long as we have legislatures
like the one that I have had to work
with. When the Mil wee put before
them for free seed for the needy
last year it lay In a pigeon hole for
six weeks before It would be passed.
Let us take the Feeble Minded
Institution at Enid. X hat saved the
state $56 ON at that place within
the past year. I found that the em-
ployees were carrying home grocer-
ies enough to take care of their
families and also dry goods to be
used for their own personal use. I
put In employees who would see
that this did not occur again.
At Tecumseh at the Girls Insti-
tute. I have saved the state $2000
per month in the same way. The
employees were keeping up their
families by .using groceries bought
by the state funds. I found In the
western part of the state where one
banker was telling fire insurance
to the farmers end one farmer
owned up that the banker cold him
the insurance and told him that ho
would tend to seeing that the build-
ings insured were burned. He won't
sell any more insurance because he
is in jail. He told the fanners they
could collect the insurance and
then take care of their notes st tho
bank with the money.
I was told that I did not have
the authority to put military rule
at the oil fields but I did 1L I waa
told I did not have the authority
to turn out prisoners from the city
Jail at Oklahoma City but I did it.
They had the Jails full of those
people out of work end had charges
of vagrancy against them. The city
was feeding these prisoners. X de-
manded that they be turned out. I
found items on the expense account
at the state capital which I did not
understand. I vetoed every one of
them. There was one for printing
other than 'office supplies. X found
out it was for sugaring the news-
papers such as the Oklahoman. I
vetoed it. I found where the Chari-
ties and Corrections Office had pur-
chased two new ears at a east to
the state of $2000. I vetoed this. X
also vetoed the expense account of
that same office. Now the office
of the Charities end Corrections
ere against me.
"X have vetoed and reduced every
appropriation made by the legisla-
ture. They eame to me fifteen of
them and said Oovernor we un-
der stand that you are not satisfied
with the appropriations made by
us.' X replied you can reduce those
appropriations or I will veto every
dam one of them.' There are all
classes of people same came to ms
and say you can do this and you
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