The Indianola Herald (Indianola, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, July 28, 1911 Page: 1 of 4
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THE INDIANOLA HERALD
Published Weekly In The Interest of Indianola and Northern Pittsburg County.
Entered ns second class mail matter March 28, 1911 at the |>ostoffice at Indianola, Oklahoma, under the Act of March 8, 1879.
VOLUME 1.
INDIANOLA, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1911.
$1.00 PKH Ykar.
NUMBER 19
MAY LOSE ARM AS
RESULT OF SHOOTING
Hanna Votes To Stay In Hughes County APPLICATION OF DRY
FARMING BEING URGED
Hill Faust of Mocker Shot
In Arm In Altercation
Saturday Afternoon
In an altercation about 4:30 Satur-
day, W. R. Foust, of Blocker, was
dangerously wounded by Bon Smith,
also of Blocker.
The shooting occurred about 200
yards southeast of the old coal chutes.
The men, it is alleged, had been
drinking, and during the day had two
or three quarrels, and in one of the
quarrels it is said that blows were ex-
changed.
It appears that a short while before
the shooting they had exchanged a
number of blows and when they parted
Smith went home and got his gun. It
was a 45 Winchester.
No one saw the shooting, but from
information received by the Herald, it
seems that the two men met south-
east of the coal chutes, and the quarrel
was renewed. In the altercation fol-
lowing Foust fell, shot through the
right arm.
A number of people were attracted
by the report of the gun, and hurried
to the wounded man. They carried
him to the blacksmith shop just south
of the railroad chutes, and Dr. Bell
was summoned, arriving in a few mo-
ments.
A hurried examination of the arm
was made. The bullet had entered
the right arm just above the elbow
and passed out behind the elbow. It
was a 45 calibre Winchester buliet.
It shatterred the bone in the arm.
Foust was taken to a McAlester
hospital. It was believed for a time
that the arm would have to be ampu-
tated. However, at last report, it was
believed that the limb could be saved.
Smith ran north after the shooting.
He was later captured. He was ta-
ken to jail at McAlester.
The examining trial is set for Satur-
day before Justice Sam Box.
At an election held here Saturday a
proposition was rejected to adil to Mc-
Intosh county 54 sections of land in
the extreme northeastern portion of
Hughes county. The areas voted upon
has a taxable wealth of about $400,
000 at present and is much nearer to
Eufaula than Holdenville, the county
seats of the two counties. The re-
moval required a sixty per cent vote
and failed by 16 votes, the affirmative
receiving 142 to 121 against. A
great number of prominent citizens
from Holdenville and Eufaula worked
here from the opening to the close of
the polls, the former against the re-
moval and the latter for removal.
The election passed off very quietly.
Each side worked like Trojans and it
took the final count to settle it. To
secede it takes 60 per cent of the
votes cast, which failed by a few
votes -Hanna Star.
Got $1,200 From Haskell Is Charge
McAlester, Okla.-An officer will
leave here today for Utica., N. Y.
with a requisition for Roy W. Hinds,
wanted here for embezzlement.
It is charged that Hinds, who was
manager of the Herald-Democrat, a
newspaper here owned by ex-Governor
C. N. Haskell and Representative W.
B. Anthony, absconded seven months
ago with $1,200 of the company's
money.
President Connell Advises
That More Attention He
Given To Subject
Oklahoma City, July 24--There is a
large Bection of this state that has an
annual rainfall of 25 inches, yet the
evaporation is so great that the land
is semi-arid. This land could be suc-
cessfully cultivated by what are known
as dry farming methods, and President
J. H. Connell of the State Agricultur-
al and Mechanical college at Stillwater
is becoming interested in the subject.
He will take up with the agricultural
board on August 7 the question of
making a display at the ex|>osition of
the International Dry-Farming Con-
gress at Colorado Springs next October.
Dry-Farming is largely conservation of
water in the ground, and with her
i great precipitation Oklahoma should
never again suffer from a drouth such
as has taken much of the crops this
i year. Oklahoma could well afford to
back up Dr. Connell in sending a big
delegatian to Colorado Springs this fall
to make a study of this important sub-
! ject.
Hear Rate Testimony In Several Cities
Guthrie, Okla.—Testimony in Okla-
homa's 2-cent fare cases will be taken
by Judge John H. Burfurd of Guthrie, ;
recently appointed special master in
these cases by Federal Judge Hook in;
Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City and
Topeka, in addition to Oklahoma City
and other points in this state, accord-
ing to the understanding that Judge
Burford had of the matter Tuesday.
The cases, which are several, must be
tried on their merits and a consider-
able portion of the testimony will be ;
submitted, it is understood, by the;
auditors of the various railroads at j
their headquarters, including the Fris- j
co, Rock Island, Sante Fe, Katy and i
Midland valley. The railway com-
panies would show that a profit cannot j
be made with the 2-cent fare inter-'
state business in particular.
AN IDEAL GIFT
St Timet th« Strength
• I Other
For fuel see Wheeler, the woodman.
For fuel see Wheelet, the woodman.
Ed Johnson was in Hanna Monday
on business.
Grover Kelley and wife were in
the city yesterday from Scipio.
Middle Aged and Eldtfly People
Use Foley Kidney Pills for quick
and pe-manent results in all cases of
iduey and bladder troubles, and for
painful, and annoying irregularities.—
J. B. Mickle and Co.
Base Ball Gossip For The Base Ball Boys
Featherston beat Blocker Saturday j
by a score of 14 to 7.
The boys are practicing faithfully
and will soon have a fine team.
The game with Canadian for last
Friday was called off on account of
wet gounds.
The Dustin second team is anxious
to match a game with the Indianola j
second team and it is probable that
the game wiil be matched soon.
The fast Dustin team was defeated
Sunday afternoon in a twelve-inning i
struggle by a score of 2 to 1. The
Dustin boys claim, though, that some
of their regular players were not in
the lineup.
The revival at the Christian church
draws a large attendance every night, j
Some converts have been made.
The Bird Flew On-A Woodpecker Story
Friday afternoon the gun club prac-
tised on the school ground. Stunt
after stunt pulled itself off. They
shot high ones: they shot low ones. A
woodpecker, attracted by the noise,
came up to investigate. He flew low
and right ever the great marksmen.
A shot breaks the stillness! C. I,.
Clark, with murder in his heart, had
shot at the bird!
The bird flew on.
Charlie hadn't touched him.
But the bird turned pale-under his
red feathers. Jim Davenport had
raised his trusty shotgun. The shot
fanned the breeze. Jim failed 'o hit.
The bird flew on.
Ben Turner tried his hand. His
hand was bad.
The bird flew on.
Doc Eubank, who never fails, tried
to live op to the task Fate had rested
on his manly shoulders. He failed.
The bird flew on.
But one hope was left. S. M.
Gold, the mightiest markman of them
all,-he had not shot.
Hope filled their bosoms: the assem-
bled marksmen hoped against despair
that he might not fail.
He, the hero, was unmoved. A
smile of confidence played over his
heroic face.
Slowly, deliberately, as befitting
the great responsibility resting on him,
he raised his gun. He glanced lov-
ingly along the barrel.
The gun spoke loud and clear. A
boy rushed forward to pick up the bird
then stopped.
Curses!
The mighty Steven had missed!
And the bird flew on.
To the Trade : ::
When in need of Furniture and
Hardware—Remember, we carry
the only complete line in town
Our Prices Are Right
Either For
CASH or CREDIT
Call and Let Us Show You
Turner Mercantile Co,
Oldest, Largest and Strongest Firm In Indianola.
Parfumaa
Flower Drops ia the moat ei-
quiaite perfume ever produced.
Real flower Derfuiuee iu most
concentrated form.
A single drop diffuses the
odor of a thousand blossoms
end lasts for weeks. 60 times
the strength of other i
fumee; containa no alcohol.
Put up in a cut glass bottla
with long glass stopper; packed
In a maple case.
Four odora—Lily of the Val-
ley, Violet, Rose, Crabapple.
| fi.V) a bottle all over tha
I world wherever perfumes are
. aold. Money returned if not
user mi If asm* flne*t perfume you aver
used. An ideal gift.
The above advertisement la now
appearing in the leading magazinea
of this country. We have this
wonderful perfume for aale—come
In and let ua perfume your hand
kerchief free at cur store. We
carry • full assortment of Rieger'a
California Perfumes.
J. II. MICKLE & CO.
PITTSBURG COUNTY'S
LEVIES ARE DISCUSSED
Schools Will He Provided
For—-State Fair Exhibit
Is Planned".
Pursuant to call by County Superin-
tendent Christian 100 members of var-
ious school boards throughout the
county were gathered in McAlester
last week to discuss the levies for the
ensuing year and the school exhibit at
the slate fair. A permanent organi-
zation was perfected, Dr. Richard K.
Pemberton of Krebs being elected
chairman, Wallace York of Indianola
vice president and Mrs. W. P. Choate
of district 36 secretary and treasurer.
The following resolutions submitted
by the committee were adopted: "That
whatever economy may be necessary in
the management of the county's busi-
ness, we deem it unwise, and unjust
to the children of the county to de-
prive them of any Bchool privileges
which the county may be able to give
them; that we earnestly repuest the
honorable excise board of Pittsburg
county not to reduce the estimate as
made by any one school district until
the school board of that district has
been given a hearing as to the merits
of said estimate."
The association recommended that
levies for school purposes be high
enough to leave a balance at the end
of the fiscal year and that Pittsburg
county place an educational exhibit at
the Oklahoma state fair in 1911. The
next meeting of the association will be
held in McAlester August 5.
G. 0. P. Elephant Gets Sore Feet
Guthrie, Okla.,-Information reached
the United States marshal's office
here Wednesday, that Louis and Tem-
ple Abernathy, sons of former Mar-
shall John R. Abernathy, of hobo
catching fame, that the race between
the republican elephant and the demo-
cratic donkey from New York to
Washington, D. C. has been stopped
after a great pa. t of the distance was
covered because the elephant con-
tracted sore feet. The race was to
decide a wager between Uncle Joe
Cannon and Fred Thompson of Luna
Park. Louis Abernathy was riding
the elephant and Temple the donkey.
The former reached Philadelphia ahead
of the donkey, but later got sore feet
and could not travel.
For fuel see Wheeler, the woodman.
C'andy is good for children. They
need it. The system requires a cer-
tain amount of sugar. But he sure it
is good and pure. You can make no
mistake if you buy it from Thomas
Drug Co.
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