The Olustee Democrat. (Olustee, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 7, 1921 Page: 1 of 4
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'THE ' OJLTOTEE
DEVOTED JO THE UPBUILDING OF 0LUSTC2 AND SUCCUKG COUNTRY
jLUME XV NUMBER 18
OLUSTEE OKLAHOMA JACKSON COUNTY THUR8DAY jpY 71821
$100 THE YEAR IN ADVANCE
OVER THE STATE
If REVIEW or EVENTS Of THE
F!i
WEEK IN OKLAHOMA
OFFICER GUILTY OF THEFT
for a Etron(ly Organises Gang
Of Automobile Thiavoe Oot
Five Ytara
Tulsa— Calvin O- Tliaily apodal fit-
Scar act ins under cover for the Tulsa
police ilrjmrttut c was convicted ef
ryceidng a atoU'i automobile In til-
fticl court rnt) men tba maximum of
five year' in the j’anitantlary
The state charred that Brady wan
a fence for n ationaly organized band
ol autoiuotilc thieve wlilth operated
in and artiLtui Tul-- tiur gnat year
It also allittcd that John A Guataf
uon cliict (i police of Ttilxa and Bay
Vnd and Itry Martiam officers of
Die atiioinobit tetovery department
i ere In a tonaptrwfy with Brady to
net stolen t-air for the lewardt
J llrad v ua clinuctl with forcing
Ilia) Iticken to Meal a car and bring
ft to hint under llucatof turning
fdcWeu in tor an xl'cgeil previous of-
lytae Dlrkcn turned state’s evl
ynce IJiht'y adutitted on the aland
anal lie took the it r and helped Dick
tu to iyt i ui lean teinre daylight
f’e aatd hie imtrurl'uns ft out the po-
pe west to t-Ve the cars but make
o arrests -er gite them all In-
riuaiion Tl e biohn car belonued to
iV 12 iluvc in it) man oi Ueggs
SETTLERS HOLD REUNIONS
rganizatiens Formed in Roger Mills
County' to Maks Plans
Elk City Gkla— 1 When the old aid-
lets' reunion wa held at Berlin Bog-
tr Mills co itty a few daya ago a
movement eaa riveu new life which
i spreading over western Oklahoma
ince that limn movements hare bang
tarted in Cur tar and VVasntU court
tea to make the reunions permanent
output ions At Berlin Mrs G If
fackey was elected president anf
(las Vivian Creation secretary
To make the reunions permanent
nd hold them at atated times each
ear are the plans of the enw organ i-
allona The oldest settler at the
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western Oklahoma nearly thirty
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HOSPITAL PLANS REVISED
Rawhuaka Structure Calia far Eagan
Sitere ef
Pawhtuka — Revised plans for tba
city bosp M which vara submitted t4
the city cnmmUsienera by the super-
vising architect Jehn O Bradley call-
ed for the eipenditure of approximate-
ly f 12000 peflaite action will be tak-
en by the commission aeon
The pinna eaU for a modem Sro-
proof structere to aceommedate thirty-four
patients an isolation ward
driveway a walks grading and land-
scaping of the grounds There la
available for tbta burpoze JTflOSO In
bonds and cash
3RAMAN HAS BEST WHEAT
fltcerd far Kay County Claimed With
Thirty-five duahels to Acre
Popca City— Charles Bcott of the
Brsmaa distriet etaissa the distinction
of growing the beet Aeld of wheat In
Kay county this season Ha baa be-
tween 200 and 300 acres which be
maintains Is yielding an average of
thirty-five bushels The loads of wheat
that he has deliver In town have
tested sixty pounds to the bushel He
attributes his success to early plow-
ing and hav Ing tho seed bed well
aoned and prepared
Norman Bridge la Impassable
Norman— Although recently report-
ed as opened for trafrie the Koroma
bridge over the South Canadian river
two tn Ilex' south of Norman again is
Impassable it was reported After the
span which had been washed out waa
repaired the river changed Its course
extending out aide of the approach to
the bridge Ti attic weat Is being rout-
ed serosa itie Purcell bridge
fists 60000 Sweet Spud Plants
‘ l’onca City Add or tsenty-flve
acrvt is being ret cut to sweet pota-
to plants on the' TO 1 ranch a total of
from 5oi)(ti to 74000 plants according
to Joe 0 Miller the ranch's agricul-
tural manager During the litany
rainy days oi June he lias used his
harvest lundx In neillntf out he po-
tato plunle whit It he obtained by cut-
ting off the tinea oi a growing crop
and using the vines ns feta The Mil
lers will in-tall a aw ret potato drying
plrnl to jure the crop tills fall
Bandits Rob Miami Official
j MtmttTwo' “gcntleateo-blgUwxy-raeiT
one la evening diess the rnher
wearing a tuxedo entered the city hall
lust around the corner from the police
station here held up J C Turner
nssietant cUy clerk and escaped with
T1HJ0 In cash and S600 in citv checks
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THE BIG DEPARTMENT STtME
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OSACE CROP LOSS 50000
Ceufy Agent Estimates Rain-TdU)
Cern Benefited
Pawhuska Okie— Cora throughout
Omiko county has leen benefited
greatjy by t)ih continued rains of the
tast week but damsge approximating
fOticGo hav been done to wheat ahd
ollit-r small gruina
The chief damage according to A
stntehieni made by 8 M MeCuiatioa
county agent was in the Big Bend
country pear Fairfax where fields
have been flooded and In some placea
the thocked grain has been carried
out with the Receding water
HARVEST WORK DELAYED
Stvsre Storm fiweaps Northwestern
Part ef State
JIVn- Harvest in northwest Okla-
homa i till is being hindered by muddy
Acids T’atmi'rs Weife unable to take
rtttehines Into -i lie field without mir-
ing down but iuid expected to resume
vork in earnest -soon A severe
‘oriu swept across tbta section Heavy
ins urotind Hopeiou have made even
(ho loads nlmobl impassable A atrip
jerth of here neiii- the Kansas line
vi-s vucjit bv (tail and most of the
wheat which was still standing was
beaten to the ground
SUNDAY SHOWS CLOSED
beurt Dsoisiona Do Not Affect Me-
Aletter Ordinance Attorney Says
Me Metier Ollt — Hopes of many
’ocal residents that the recent deelv
on of the rt:-tc suj-icrio conn anent
he holding cf Sunday shows would
?ioe the rtpcn'ng wedge lor a reylval
if tills fnni of entertainmenl here
were blasted when tlie city attorney
tnnounced that McAlnutcr's ordinance
(gainst this chins cf 'amusement would
hold and that nehtacr of the two de-
jin Ions of the court touched the etty
itu'ute now in operation
'Ridu Tluu Through Flood
McAlenler— Inundated roads wore
powerless to stop auto tourists coming
‘rom Texas according to stories told
bore recently by fifteen of them
fVhen they reached tbe Coney bottom
Kiuth of Atoka they found the road
completely covered with water of
Boggy Creek and no chance -to get out
for several day'' One brave spirit
however trted movement which
mm became geoeral that of violating
(he trespass law by making use of
the M K A t railroad tracks and
bridge after ascertaining the move-
ment of trains over that division if
get around tho flooded area
BUY
FOR CASH
AND
PAY
Only first class merchandise being
sold at correct prices
Come and convince yourself
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Hardware or
our' prices are
service js prompt
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OLUSTEE OKLA
MINSTREL SHOW
Last Friday night a cumber of
the young people ave a pleas-
ant hour to a large crowd of our
citisena by their production of a
“negyo minstrel show” C-redit
for the entertainment is princi-
' i
pally due to- Misses Zalia Ed-
wards and Mamife Miller who
untiringly- trained the less gift
ed aetprs for their roles ' The
proceeds will be applied to live
work on park -
MAGNIFICENT BUILDING
pi Crow’s new dwelling is' al
most completed and they" will
proj&bly be iq it nyt
issue It probably is not ex
celled in its appointments in the
south-west Olustee hasn’t its
equal t? say the least
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A call meeting of the Club
was held at the iiome of Mrs
Copeland Monday June 27
Several names were added to
the membership list
The Pre&dent elect Mrs Crow
appointed committees for the
different departments for the
next year’s work ' After being
served to ice cold lemonade the
Clhb adjourned to assist the club
young folks to organize a Junior
Club We expect to hear splen-
did report from the young folks
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SET CAR ON FIRE
Itoy Daniel! undertook to fill
the gfifi tank to his car the other
rlt by the light of a lantern
with the result that he - had a
hard fight to save his car But
he persisted in spite of severe
burns until it was extinguished
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FRISKY GET8 A FORD
Last Saturday tfrrM trirls -dv
ving a car said te belong to M r
Robinson of Prairie HiU under-
took to cross the railroad while
the Iqcat was doing-eotne-s witcl
ing The engine went dead jut
scroM the track as a loniy ntrUg
of boR ears wae being shunted
serosa ihe-eroasiny The uirla
scattered like quail The Ford
scattered too and permanent !
We bve rarely seen so complete
a wrack abowmy plainly to 'l
who value their lives that a Ford
hi poor protection affainst a Fris-
ky boa car
RUN INTO SALT-TOKIx
Lsst Saturday night two
started to Altus for a good tim-e
They took the road by tlie J C
Glenn place not knowing that ip
the last big rise the river had
cut completely across the road
leaving a bluff about - ten feet
high Over this the car took a
header landing upside down in
about three feet of water and
one of titem was nearly drowned
by the time he could be released
It pays to be careful around the
sandy streams even in a 'dry
time Sand may -drift ire rose
the road deep enough to eanse -troubleto
a careless driver
WEATHER AND CROPS
Tlie past week was been good
for the threshers and something
near 40000 bushels of Twheat
has been marketed in Olustee el
ready Inspite of the tariff on
Canadian wheat and Capper’s
regulatian of the gratat specta-
tor wheat prices are sagging all
the time while the speculator
find out juat how little the farm-' -
era will take for it delivered No
help for it they’ve - got it ' and
can’t keep it? ’ ' Flour'may " on H
down a kttle in the Sprlug - The
row crops are growing finely
where they are clean '
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Dickey, D. L. The Olustee Democrat. (Olustee, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 7, 1921, newspaper, July 7, 1921; Olustee, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2326198/m1/1/?q=%22Business%2C+Economics+and+Finance+-+Advertising%22: accessed July 12, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.