The Alva Record (Alva, Okla.), Vol. 26, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 21, 1927 Page: 3 of 10
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THE ALVA RECORD THURSDAY APRIL 21 1927
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THE BATTLE OF ADOBE WALLS
Bloody Battle that Involved the
Indian Who Ued to Roam Over
Wood County
(By G C S)
When the Indians saw the bold cow-
boys building the Fort of Abode
Walls” they knew that now the buf-
falo would be killed faster than ever
and that very soon their happy hunt-
ing ground would be gone forever
Again the Indians reminded them of
the White Man’s Treaty of Medicine
Lodge only seven bears before and
warned them to lease the country
The cowboys only scoffed at them and
pointed to their long range sevon-
shooting Spencer rifles Now the
Indians were filled with rage and de-
rided to destroy the Fort and kill all
the cowboys that were found there
This they believed was the only way
to keep the white men out of their
hunting grounds
They first held their fire dances
where the chiefs and medicine men
with loud and angry war whoops
showed the warriors how to kill their
H-nemies When the war spirit was
high then they mounted their ponies
arid hurried aw'ay to do their savage
deeds Three tribes the Comanches
the Cheyennes and the Kiowas had
-agreed to join in the war One of
their medicine men Bullet Proof
made them believe that he possessed
a charm that would take away the
power of the white man’s bullets to
do them any harm so they became
wonderfully brave Off they gallop-
vd 700 or 800 Indian warriors all
hound for the Fort of “Abode Walls”
where the yarrived before the dawn
of day June 27 1874 The east side
of the great stockade had not yet
been completed so through they gal-
loped right up to the houses where
most of the cowboys were £ till asleep
Many of the horses and two of the
men were horribly pierced by their
' long sharp arrows during the first
wild charge But early as it was
two of the cowboys had already arisen
and were making ready for the day’s
hunt These instantly gave the alarm
and guns in hand ran for the “Lodge”
Now cowboys are quick on the trigger
and soon their guns began to do their
deadly work so that a score or more
of the Indians and their horses lay
dying in the bloody grass
All day long and for part of the
’night the attack continued the In-
dians watching every chance to charge
the Fort Not a cowboy slept nor
scarce did he eat or drink so deter-
mined were the Indians to kill The
second day was like unto the first
At day break of the third day there
appeared on top of the eastern bluff
the figure of an Indian Medicine Man
all painted in red and yellow with
great rows of feathers on his arms
and hands a high ridge of feathers
covering his head and a huge stream-
er floating from his head to the
ground behind him There he stood
all alone on the very crest of the
bluff with his head lifted high and
facing the rising sun As the sun’s
rays came into view he danced with
wild excitement ilnpped his wing-like
arms bowed low to the ground and
repeated these gestures as if he were
making signs of worship which indeed
he was for lu was a “Sun Worship-
per” The cowboys watched him a few
’minutes knowing his warriors were
just over on the other side of the
bluff and that he was getting them
ready for another attack Then old
llill Dixon reached for his rifle and
said “Boys I’m going to take a
crack at him” So saying he took
careful aim at the dancing figure one-
fourth mile away Pop went the rifle
but Bullet Proof kept dancing on
Then another shot and the dancing
stopped instantly and to their great
wonder Bullet Proof rolled ina heap
down down over rock and cliff to
the very bottom of the valley
Soon the warriors were seen dash-
ing hither and thither behind the
crags of the bluff Then with the
speed of the wind a half dozen gal-
loped down the side of the bluff and
leaning over their ponies grabbed the
dead body of Bullet Proof and quick-
ly disappeared on the other side of
the bluff
Now the Indians had no heart to
fight on since their brave leader was
slain so gathering all but twenty of
their dead on their ponies they rode
Bark to their people to tell the sad
story of the battle of “Abode Walls”
the last bloody conflict between the
Indians end the white men in all this
part of the United States
Note: This is the third of a series
of articles on the History of Woods
county
Miss Pansy Anderson spent the
week-end on the farm
Sure nice weather we have been
getting The moisture is here for
both wheat and row crops
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LITTLE DIST
Mr and Mrs II E Fish and Mi-s
Mary Ellen Bidgway spent the week-
end visiting relatives and friends in
Wellington and Wichita
Charley Wolgamott was an Alva
caller Monday
Lyle and Eva May Fi-h and Dwight
and Eva Littell took the county ex-
aminations at Weber Thursday
llenry Fish is driving a new Ford
tudor
very minimum will be employed with
less than one year of college work
above high school graduation
This should not apply to really suc-
cessful teachers who are now employ-
ed and trying year after year to im-
prove their qualifications It should
apply to teachers coming to a district
for the first time and to applicants
for county certificates having no ex-
perience For a school board to em-
ploy a teacher or for a person to
attempt to teach who has had less
than one year of college work is an
injustice to the children in our schools
In about 48 hours he got a wire from
llenry which said ‘Hon’t plant that
corn under any consideration Very
inferior Wo can supply you wun
our guaranteed seed corn for only $4
a bushel
“That is the absolute truth I am
well acquainted with the farmer who
sent in the corn” — Merchants Journal
able
County certificate tcacners with no
j experience should not even apply to
Pete Houston and family spent Sun- county superintendents and school
day with Charley Wolgamott and fam-
ily Mr and Mrs Georg Rebel called
at the home of Henry Fish on Friday
Harold and Walter Hucklebridge
went to Coldwater Saturday
Wm Fish and son Lyle were Alva
shoppers Saturday
Henry Hager spent the week-end
with home folks
Mr and Mrs O II Littell made a
business trip to llardtner Monday
Grandpa Houston is visiting with
his daughter Mrs Anna Wolgamott
and family — Ben and the Boss
THE $TEADY $UB$CRIBER
How dear to my heart i? the
Steady ?ub$criber
Who pay$ in advance at the
Fir ft of each year
Who send? in hi? money and
Doe? it quite gladly
And ca?t$ round the office a
Halo of cheer
He never ?ay? “?top it I cannot
Afford it”
Nor “I’m getting more paper? now
than I read”
But alway? “?end it the family
Like? it
In fact we all find it the tiling
That we need”
llow welcome his letter whene’er
It comes to u?
How it make? our heart throb
How it make? our eye? dance
We outwardly thank him we
Inwardly ble$$ him
The ?teady ?ub?cribcr who
Bay? in advance — Ex
board members
wait until they have had additional
training If they expect to enter the j
teaching profession they will gladly
prepare thenjelves for a reasonable
salary and a better position by this
educational preparation
Through attendance at summer
school these low requirements can eas-
ily be met It is an honor to all
young people to aspire to teach school
but in no case should they expect to
teach or be encouraged to teach by
being issued low grade county certifi-
cates The minimum si uld be one
year of college work above high school
graduation With state aid now avail-
able so that school districts can em-
ploy competent teachers at reasonable
salaries there is no excuse for doing
otherwise
We trust that the county superin-
tendent and school board members of
your county will do everything possi-
ble to carry out this kind of a pro-
gram Very truly yours
M A Nash IYes State Board of
Education
Marshall W Gregory Sec’y State
Board of Education
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GREEN VALLEY DIST 110
BETTER TEACHERS
Next Friday night April 22 there
will be a program at our school We
have a very good program arranged
and hope that every one will come out
to see it
HENRY’S SEED CORN
April 8 1927
To the County Superintendent:
Ily order of the State Hoard of Ed-
ucation ve submit the following:
The time will soon come for exam-
inations of applicants for county
teachers’ certificates We trust you
will not have many applicants for
thee certificates
The time has come in this state
and throughout the nation for that
matter when teachers with better
qualifications than low grade county
certificates can easily be had by
school boards Teachers with two
years of college work above high
school graduation should be the stan-
dard for all expecting to teach in
grades one to eight and we hope the
“Speaking of Henry Field” said
James Robison postmaster at Riley
Kans who was a caller at The Mer-
chants Journal office this week “re-
minds me of a trick one of our farm-
ers played on him not long ago
“He sent to Henry and bought
some of the seed com about which
Henry brags a lot and for which he
charges a very fancy price Henry
poses as quite an authority on com
you know and claims a specially high
germination test for his seed com
Also he offers to test the farmers
own com for him free
“Well after keeping Henry’s high
priced corn for a few weeks the farm
er sent some of it hack to Henry and
said in his letter ‘Here is some corn
we raised last year and we would like
to know whether it u-uld do to plant’
UsavHCaCa
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TWO MORE DAYS OF
SPECIAL BARGAINS
Your Opportunity to SAVE!
Throughout the Store
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EXTREMELY LOW PRICES PREVAIL
— a Host of Special Bargains have been prepared that
should be especially inviting to those who demand the
MOST for every dollar spent
Morrow’s 5-10-25c Store
South Side Square
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EVER OFFERED
Buyers Li Alva Trade Territory
Read Descriptions and Prices of diese Special Values
an Array of Beautiful Shoes
Colored Patents
Black Patents
DIST
89
FLAGG
Mr and Mrs Tegarden spent one
afternoon with Mrs J L Mayes of
Cora
J II Scribner was at Evans for
kafir corn this week
Mr and Mrs Tegarden went to
Alva Tuesday and Mrs Anna Wilson
came home with them to visit the rest
of the week with relatives here
Mcsdames Torirdon Wilson and
Rogers spent Thursday afternoon
with M’s Nora Rogers
Mesdame McAIpin held the county
examination at Flagg last Thursday'
and Frid-'v Grace anil Lievern
Smith of Dirt 81 and Roy Evans and
Lethn Cline of 89 wrote on Eighth
e subjects and Leeta Evans 7th
grad
grntle IR-len Johnson and Delbert
McAIpin of Dist 89 and Ethel Bailey
of Dnt 81 on 8th grade subjects
Mrs Mabel Cline had the misfor-
tune to fall out of a wagon and
Bruised her arm real bad
Jack Johnson and family attended
thA party at Ira Maxwells Friday
night They report a fine time
Mrs Faye McAIpin took Harold to
Alva to school Monday morning and
stayed with Mrs S A McAIpin until
'Tuesday evening
Alva callers this w-eek have been:
Mr and Mrs Jacob Cline A W Mul-
vania ad wife Jack Johnson and
family P D Johnson
J R Evans and wife Ancel Rogers
and family and C J McDonald and
family
Mi-s Jove Rogers entertained sev-
eral of the your go r set with an egg
and weirie roa-t Ea-'ter
J I Johnson and family spent
Farter with C A McAlpin3
“TRIXIE”
A clever pattern in
Ebony Latent A very
unique fastener and
high spike heel
AAA to C widths
$690
A Most Pleasing
Ensemble of
Beautiful
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“MITZIE”
This shoe in Black Pa-
tent also in Beach
Wood Calf with Ging-
ham Calf trim Both
styles in box heels
AAA to C
fW
$690
“FELICE”
Water Lily Kid trim-
med in Peacock Blue
Patent leather This is
a beautiful shoe
AAA to C
“MIAMI”
Bartel Panhmort Kid
with Mother of Pearl
tiim Moderately high
AAA to C
"JULIA”
A One Eyeb t tie pat-
tern in part'd parch-
ment kid Medium heel
and a wonderful fitter
AAA to C
$690
$690
“ANNABELLE”
Made of Percale Calf
in light parchment
trimmed with darker
kid AAA to C
$690
$690
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Sizes
“THELMA”
Of Rose Llush Calf
with darker shade of
trimming A clever
fitter for those who
are unable to wear real
low cut footwear
AAA to C
’’BETTYDID’T”
A splendid fitting pat-
tern in stripped pump
of Waterlily Kid trim-
med with Rose Eluh
Kid
HOSIETY TOO
carried in stock 2li to 9
AAAA to EEE
$690
CAPET
IIOLEI'ROOF
GORDON
“BETTY”
Parchment Kid with
Gingham Kid trim A
moderately high heel
AAA to C
AA to C
$495
$590
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Doughty, A. W. The Alva Record (Alva, Okla.), Vol. 26, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 21, 1927, newspaper, April 21, 1927; Alva, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2133449/m1/3/?q=food+rule+for+unt+students: accessed June 12, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.