The Arapaho Bee (Arapaho, Okla.), Vol. 27, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, January 24, 1919 Page: 1 of 4
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THE ARAPAHO BEE
PIONEER NEWSPAPER Or OD8TEB COCNTT A WELCOME VISITOR IN EVERT HOUSEHOLD
Vol XXV11
Arapaho Custer County Oklahoma Friday Jan 24 1919
No 4
DRY FARMING
By J II Soger
Colony Okla
Mr J W Lawton
At the time Pat I Ion nosey and
his party wore killed a large train
of ox teams loaded with supplies
for the agency had started from
Caldwell Agent J I) Miles and
his party wore the first ones to pass
whore the Hennessey party was
killed except throe cowboys that
passed soon after they were killed
The cowboys did not stop bu got
out of sight as soon as possible1
Agent Miles' party stopped and
partly buried them When Agent
Miles reached Pond Creek he
found the ox train with the sup-
plies but the ox drivers had heard
of the Indians killing Hennessey’s
party and they had started back
to Caldwell on foot leaving but
one man with the oxen and twen-
ty wagons loaded with agency
supplies Theagent aid he would
go on to Fort Davenworth and
get some troop-' to guaid the tiain
through to the agency In the
mean time the supplies at the a-
gency for the Indians were about
used up and unless the supplies on
the ox train at Pond Creek were
not brought to the agency soon
the Arapahoes would have to go
out on the plains to kill buffalo for
food If they did this the Chey-
enees would be liable to get them
to go on the war path The few
employees that was lelt at the a-
gency met and took the matter
under consideration and decided
that there should be two four mule
teams with two men with each
that should go and meet the ox
teams and should get supplies e-
nough t load the two wagons
which should be hurried back to
the agency with supplies to last
until the ox teams could get to the
agency As the trip would be a
dangerous one it was agreed upon
that the four persons to go with
the teams should volunteer to go
I wras the first one to volunteer
soon we had the party made up
and in two days we reached Pond
Creek where the ox teams were
camped A company of soldiers
had got there from Fort Leaven-
worth Capt Carter who was in
charge decided that it was not
safe for one company of soldiers
to make the trip and had sent
back to Leavenworth for another
company of soldiers
The Captain said we could not
go back until the company came
Then he would send a detail of
soldiers along to guard us we cold
the Captain that we knew the
danger and had volunteer to make
the trip and unless he put us un
der guard’ we would load our wag
©ns and start for the agency right
away as there was more danger
at the agency with out food than
there would he for us
While on our way to the agency
with food the captain said I will
line my company up in front of
you and if you will tell me before
the company that you will load
your w&gons and start back to the
agency right away unless I put you
under arrest and keep you under
guard Jthen I will let you load your
wagons and start back This was
done and we made it back but was
met by a detail of colored soldiers
thatt had come up from Fort Sil
after we had left the agency They
met us at Kingfisher creek about
twenty miles from the agency
There wasi a colored sergeant and
twenty soldiers and Jack Stilwell
an army scout who was a white
man
Two of the soldiers were placed a
short di-tance ahead of our (cams
and two marched each side of the
wagons several rods away from the
wagons the rest was a rear guard
When we were going up the divide
after leaving the creek there was
a canyon to tin- right of us and
when we got part way up the di-
vide there was three trees showed
above the side of Lhe canyon about
as tall as a man on horseback when
the colored Sergeant saw them he
said “Hall and get behind the
wagons there arc three Indians j
with blanke- over their heads”
The soldiers shot a few times at
the tret's but the trees did not
move nor shorn back so we went 1
on and had no other adventures
on the way to the agency Jack
Stilwell told us that we must not
contradict any story or statement
the colored sergeant made to the
captain for Jack said “I am sent
out with them on Irips of this
kind and if I contradict the ser-
geant’s report they would have
it in for me"
The day after we got back I met
the captain the cole red r-oldicrs
belonged to and hegr-eted me and
said “Well you tire lucky to get
back alive if it hadn't been for
the guard I sent to meet you the
Indians would have taken your
scalp this side of Kingfisher creek
when you were coming up the di-
vide” To be Continued
Marriage licenses
John Marsh 33 Tulsa
Jennie Masquelin 28 Fay
J C Holly 37 Hobart
Mary Morris 22
Theodore H Classen 31 Okarche
Francis K Klein 21 Anthon
Fay’s postmaster has resigned
for three1 months and no soldier
has volunteerd to take his plrce
Mr and Mrs George Wheeler
of Wynnewood are here visiting
their aunts the Iilimer girls
Mrs Kate Jones gave a party
for the young people Pete
Vaughan Juny Cooper and Red
Shelton just dropped in without
any invitation in particnlar Ham
Curtis acted as plain clothes man
and Under sheriff Frank Royston
laid the heavy hand of the law up-
on these three
Robert Mayfield and Roy Dunn
were under suspicion as being
there with a sixshooter But the
boys rounded up were not any
bigger than a sixshooter
Wild turkeys were plentiful on
Deek Creek till the Bullards came
in with their pack of trail hounds
When a flock of turkeys were
scared up Sam and Ben would
start their dogs out and never
stop till the turkeys were caught
County Treasurer O E Watson is
the author of this story and claims
a turkey will fly once or twice and
then run till caught
While the raising of children
is a problem and all signs and
rules fail idleness is perhaps the
greatest cause of badness in chil-
dren and grown people It takes
time to steal or beat a ride on a
train It takes lime to study up
devilment The bad child would
often be good to work if given
the opportunity and once at work
his mind is occupied on good
thoughts
A GOOD SOLDIER
Fort Wayne Mich
Dec noth Ibid
Mrs Florence Phillips
Stafford ( )kla
My Dear Mrs Phillips
In a few days your soldier
will receive his honorable discharge
and will start for home
He is bringing back fine quali-
ties of body and mind which he
has acquired or developed in the
Military Service The army has
done everything it could do to
make him strong fine self-reliant
yd self-controlled It returns him
to you a better man
You have been an important
member of that great army of
Encouragement and Enthusiasm
which helped to make him and
jus all better soldiers You can
i now be a great help in keeping
alive the good qualities he is bring-
ing back from t he army in mak-
ing him as good a citizen is lie lias
boon a goc id soldier
j His fare and necessary expenses
to his home will be paid by the
i government He will receive all
pay due him He may if he wishes
wear his uniform for three months
from the date of his discharge
The government will also allow
him to keep up for the benefit of
his family his insurance at the
very low rate he is now paying
His return to civil life will bring
new problems for you both to
solve The qualities he brings
back will help you now as your
encouragement helped him while
we was away and in your hands
and his rests the future of our
country
As his commanding officer I
am proud of him He has done
we
I and his comrades will bid
him goodbye with deep regret and
wish him every success after he
returns home — that spot in every
man’s heart no other place ean
fill
Sincerely yours
Paul D Pavy
1st Lieut A S M A
Cmdg 6th Recruit Squadron
J E Wycoff chairman of the
board of county commissioners
was in town yesterday He is
accused of getting about double
the value for a dollar on road or
bridge work Well he can work
or wrestle with the men himself
and has a corps of lieutenants
that are among the best The
roads show for it Someday this
policy may spread
C G Welch met the people a
the court house Tuesday night
and told them he alone bought the
banks for a good buy and it would
make him neutral in the county
seat fight He captured the crowd
with his nice talk
Cy Shirley of Chattanooga Okla
is visiting his aged mother and
other relatives He owns a farm
west of town but for a good many
years he has been in the lumber
business for Byrne — Renfrew
Now come the sad and awful
news that two boys stole Abe
Ravenscraft’s cedar tree for a
Christmas tree at one of the
churches Open up the bung hole
at the fountain of tears
Our dear friends who thought
things would go to the bow wows
after the late election should go
up there and see every county
officer 6n the waiting list for
work to come in
j
Iceland ( arlberg
were in a class
Seniors put a
Joe Lawton
Puss and Snoot
fight one time The
big banner on the Arapaho water
tower To get it down baffled the
fertile brained hoys
One night they went out and
carried a ladder a load for a team
to the tower Then a long pole
was secured and a rag torch welL
soaked v : l h coal oil tied to one
end Joe climbed up applied the '
match
to the torch the torch to
the banner and nothing was left
of said banner
Cy llowenstine rushed out and
shot the air The alarm of fire
was given Here went the fire de-
partment whicketty whackety up
the street
No fire could be found No boys
could be seen Some day these
boys will be telling a bunch cf
freckled faced tou-ley headed
young-ter- how they worked at
school
Local News
J H Curtis moved this' wt-ek
R R Cobb while a merchant
smells the farm work coming
W F Cabiness was in to a bank
meeting
Mat Miller and wife were in
town this week on a farm deal
Ira and Arnold Hlakley are home
visiting their parents
Ruby Strong goes to Wa Longa
today to help in a cattle sale
() E Watson county treasurer
works nights
The roads are getting so that
jitneys come out again
WHEN WE WERE BOYS
W O Crow was in Clinton
was hurrahing the hoys on
county seat
Hutch Doerner has started up
his jitney and the Taloga mail
jitney goes through
M C Main and Frank Sanders
are expecting to be on the new! A lady visited one of the lay
bank board 'school rooms and said part of the
kiddies were on top of their desks
The kidlets say they have a love-
Mose Wallace was in Arapaho
Monday He rents the French
farms
Joe Hatcher thinks Haskell’s
state capital deal was the guide
for all smart people
W L McClung was in Okeene
Tuesday He is one of Arapaho’s
good friends
Ed Foster w’ent to Enid Tues-
day and met an old Fredonia
friend who was in Thomas
W R Hughes has a fund of
information in his office and head
on the elections in Custer county
Geo Marsh the one time good
man of Arapaho would probably
meet with a warm reception if he
was to ever return
Our soldier boy Chester Crane
married a Scotch girl Our Arap-
aho girls fell very bad but it can’t
be helped too slow
R F Irwin was in town yester-
day He often hears of Lem
Billingsley who is now in the
navy
Quite a few seemed anxious to
know the Bee’s new correspondent
at Fay Floyd Jones postmaster
Spencer and G C Wheeler are
under deep suspicion
Bailey Sutherland was down
from Enid and put on a game of
golf for two visiting young ladies
last Sunday Arapaho is getting
avay up in society
Mrs (' F Holton had some
coal hauhd The dray age was
81 27 This she thought a lit! le high
and made a few remarks on the
subject George Schwabe who did
the hauling claims it was a ton and
a half and he had to rebuild a coal
'bin and had divers ot her troubles
That made the figure an extremely
low bid Last Saturday when the
j mud
I had
was huh deep Mrs Holton
a hunch of women lined up 1
and wanted Heorge to h:ml them !
to Flinton How much a-ked !
George? “Well there F a ton f j
them” replaced t lie vat t y woman
FAY DOINGS
The weather has been very
beautiful the last few days The
snow is almost gone
Mr Hurnison went to Enid to
set1 a specialist about a cancer on
is face We are in hopes it
fal-e about it’s 1 icing a cancer
people I am glad 1
-m:1 (: ii pan
1 i e - i eii in
VFraiT a:- 1 p-
par: llmt i inn
Wed '( hi mg
rain :mv Tim mud l-a fright
hut that don't -'top U' from going
we arc getting in shape to go —
go where? where? to the good
old F S A once more ha! Well
mamma I have just got back fn m
eating a big French supper cost
1 10 Francs in our money $2u)
The hill of fare is as follows sleak
well cooked all that I want cheese
French -'tyle waffles American
style French fried potatoes wine
to finish up on a bone platte-
ha! good That makes it h d
after a nard days work But tlu-
is nothing to what the bill of tc
will be when 1 get my feet uni r
Sunday school and j papa's table once more I i
the ( hrislian ihurch 'oing to tell papa that he has
Mr ieorci
Enid vi-iior a I
The
Sober’:
frolic
sir
tli
If! sei me!
other nich t
Hill and the gang are still hav-
ing their fun Lucky Fay! It has
no cops
Mrs L (’ Prickett was a visit-
or of Enid a few days ago She
returned Saturday"
Several people have bought gas
this week and I AIjord is able
to smile
The Hinton Racket Hall team
played Fu team the other day it
is uncertain which side won Hoth
-ides claiming victory
We had
church at
Sunday Brother McLaughlin
of Enid conducted sorvees
ly time
Lawrence Crane is a frequent
visitor at a certain place but the
trouble is the girl is always gone
Oh what a pity!
Some of the girls asked the
Mitchie fortune teller if Ralph
Roberts had a sweetheart in Enid
and it said “Yes" also she had red
hair
It would be a kind act if the
boys that stole the candy and oth-
er sweets would return the same
to Mr Lord Candies are high
and a person can’t afford to lose so
much even if they have a sweet
tooth
Mrs Bessie Sever of the City
Hotel promised the young people
a dance last Saturday night Just
as the crowd began to gather the
late Frisco brought her preacher
from Enid to stay all night with
the deaconess and at her good
hotel But where there is a will
there is a way The dance moved
to another building
Dr Klopfenstein has sued his
wife for divorce alleging she joined
the Primitive Holiness church of
Oklahoma and the World and neg-
lected her family She refused to
let the children go to school and
have a doctor when one died
LETTER FROM ROY DUNN
Percey France
Dec 12 lbl'
j lA-ar Mother and all :
I will drop you a few lines a
an-wer to your letter which was
1 written the 2lt of N'o I am
anl baling line Well L
ani so kid to hear that ou are
111 N 'nF back to town acain I did
1 Dili k u would -tuy on the
1 r i i i loti
p ace a
Vis We
ain and t i:e
He c limit is pri na i '
is a bail t hing Well 1
the exact dale that v
but soon I t hink
We arc in a small iliage in
southern France by Pit name of
Percey and a good country around
here 1 like southern France
better than I do the northern
part It is just or some thing
similiar to the people in theStates
The nort h i-n’i like the southern
a long time boy when I get hue I
I am -'ll sor y that you can
hear troin me 1 don't know on1
you ean 't hear from me can’t fig-
ure out what is the matter
w rite ery often twice a week wme
in camp but of cource when on
the march J can't write as you
know I have not heard from
Tom and Goldie in a long time
Don't see why they can’t write to
me Got a letter from Chris and
he is allO K So don't get it in
your head tnat they would send
me back to the states and I am
too good a man for that but when
I get sent back to the States all
the boys will be right with me
Oh yes one thing I want to tell
you and that is I have a friend
that goes with me in all kinds ot
weather no matter when or where
I go and that is and little old boy
they call the cootie and he sure
does keep a man in good company
at night
Well I guess I had better bring
this to a close and hit the hay as
we have to get up early in the
morning so be good and don’t
worry as we are coming home
Do answer soon with love as
ever your son
Sgt Roy Dunn
Co A 142
A E F
An Arapaho woman wrote a sol-
dier boy a letter and lost it on the
way to the postoffice Well don’t
worry he might not have gotten It
anyway 1
Quite a number of oil people
pass through AraDahn going dowr
to the BurkebumeP :'- while if
is frozen up in the Garber field
We can now talk to Clinton for
5 cents
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Lawton, Jesse Wilber. The Arapaho Bee (Arapaho, Okla.), Vol. 27, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, January 24, 1919, newspaper, January 24, 1919; Arapaho, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2308144/m1/1/: accessed June 14, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.