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.. 19, No. 14
ALTUS, OKLAHOMA, APRIL 7,
1921
OFFICIAL CITY AND COUNTY PAPER
AVE FINE PIANO
OR AUDITORIUM
ed by Prof. MacKirdy of
,» Choral Club and Says
uld Be in Keeping with
er Fixtures
JUiLD CITY PARK
le Located at City Reser-
; Landscape Engineer to
Secured to Lay Out Park;
Attempt to Build in One
ir Account Cost,
meeting oi the Board oi Di-
icsday, Prof. S. VV. MacK.nl>,
\ltus School of Music, was pres-
| told of the"urgent need of a
or the new auditorium, one in
r with the high quality of other
i and furnishings purchased. He
that a committee of representa-
•om the various women s clubs
city had been selected to raise
for the purchase of the puno
ced the cooperation of the chatn-
commercc in that effort. _ ■
as to the kind and cost of the m-
it contemplated. Prof. Mack.rdy
the committee had in view the
" of a Kranich & Bach grand
one of the finest instruments
to piano manufacture, which
listed at $1500.00. he stated
be secured at not to ««ed
0 \fter thorough discussion, the
ent of the board was conveyed
otion by W. M. Ingram, seconded
M Wooldridge, that is it the
of the board of directors of the
? of commerce that the piano
be bought with funds derive
he sale of tickets on a benefit
iinment to be given at an early
v the Altus Choral club. .
- Nesbitt, member of a special
t'tee appointed from the Buii-
ouncil to recommend to the City
ii a plan for a city park at the
oir gave a report on a meeting
t committee with the Council last
lav nicht. Briefly, the plan, as
•d at thc meeting, calls for the
sion of the entire reservoir prop-
nto a beauty, spot of_ recreation.
Viviani Here; May Seek
New Loan for France
JACKSON CO. CCTS ROCK ISLAND GOES
tan
27000 BALES IN DRIVE
This is a Conservative Estimate
of Bales Signed Up In Okla-
homa Cotton Growers As-
sociation
AN ASSURED FACT
Steps Will Be Taken Immedi'
ately Toward a Permanent
Organization; Board of Di-
rectors to Be Elected frorft
Among Members.
the
entl
Rene Viviani,
statesman, who
New York from France
envoy of the French gov
Viviani's visit
ted French
arrived it'
is a special
rnnn'iit. M.
reated interna-
Wliile he formally
pay the re-
tional discussion
declared- his trip . . .
spects of France to President Harding,
it is understood that its chief purpose
is to create a closer bond between
America and France It was later dis-
closed that the former Premier may
ask for an additional loan.
JRotarians Left Over
Frisco to Wichita, K».,
Are Full of Pep
leaving with a spirit that is well up
to the standard .of all Rotary clubs, the
Altus Rotary club—the baby club, left
Wednesday morning for Wichita, Kan-
sas. where they will be in attendance
at the meeting of all the Rotary clubs
of the 17th District composed of the
states of Oklahoma. Kansas and Mis-
souri.
On account of the Orient bridge be>
ing washed out they were forced to go
over the Frisco to Lawton, where they
took the Rock Island to El Reno, then
they joined the special Rotary train.
Literature of all kinds has been print-
ed for the occasion and the club will
distribute it all along the route, telling
- _ , 0i" what Altus can do, what they 'save,
.#tb<»re«e an<f the ftgricultntal ind«rtf\nt«!
itb a vuw to fmploymg a^ha] ^ ^
Plans for the meeting have already;
a letter to the local!
terized by shady groves, rustic
s playgrounds, driveways, walks
,ig and swimming pool, and the
the present dam as a part of a
iveway around the .entire p ■
Hickman and the members of the
il expressed themselves as being
arty accord with the idea, stated
xpresse
bitt, and "the Council agreed
111 the campaign which closed Satur- j
day night, the Oklahoma Cotton Grow-!
ers Association signed up more than j
350,000 bales of the crop to be market-
ed through the association for the next j
seven years. This announcement was j
made from headquarters of the associa-j
tion here Monday. The figures arel
based on incomplete returns from about
thirty of the fifty-three cotton produc-
ing counties of the state, and may be j
considerably increased when complete j
returns are in, it is stated.
County Agent Berry stated that there
is already 1341 signed and will likely j
be 1400 as soon as returns are all in ]
East Bound Train Out of Man-
gum Crashes When Train
Topples Over High Embank-
ment; Five Injured-.
SOFT TRACK CAUSE
Officials Give Oui Statement
that Track Spreading Cause
of Accident as Track Was
Soft from Heavy Rain
Five people were injured Tues-
day morning when .the esat bound
Rock Island passenger train crash-
ed over an embankment about one
mile of North Fork on the branch
li/ie running from Mangum to
Chickasha. The engine and four
coaches, just as the train reached
the big embankment, jumped the
track and went over the big grade,
compeltely demolishing them.
The cause of the accident is giv-
en to track spreading, as it was soft
from the heavy rain that fell Mon-
day night.
The injured were hurriedly taK-
en to the sanitarium at Mangum
medical
.RESULT OF STORM
Meets Death When Storm
Strikes Little Town Near
Dodsonvilie, Texas; Six or
Eight Houses Blown Down.
BRIDGE WASH OUT
! Orient Bridge on North Fork
Near Altus Gives Way; Riv-
er is Bank Full and Expect-
ed to Overflow; Trains Un-
able to Run.
.Vlormw. w'n<> wa> r«-
•entlv appointed (jovernor <'n the
j Panama Canal Zone by Secretary .it
War \V< ,-ki Colonel Morrow, who has
bin: acting-Covcnior, succeeds Brig-
! adit r-< ieiicral Chester Harding.
where they were given
treatment.
No other casualties are reported
Final Plans for 13th
j Oratorical-Athletic
Assn. Apr. 14-15-16
the office. He further stated that there
is 27,000 bales of cotton signed, and I HUBERT KENNETH SPEARS DIES
that is a conservative estimate. | (Xukie)
The final preparations are
anil plans arc fast swinging
Oklahoma cotton farmers have thus
completed a drive which is unique in
under way
into play
that will complete the arrangement tor
pears,I the Thirteenth Jackson County Oratori-
cal and Athletic Association which will
Hubert Kenneth __
while playing on the front porch at hisle*. ~.u ^priMd," 15 "and 16.
a: 1 I .V... nntpiAa and tilt*
completed a drive which is unique ini . , , ,-tv ,vu from a De ncK> al ^UU5, " ■' , T
. ■ u i l, tv, state I home m Oklahoma City tell trom a, Jvxdjrinir from the .entries and the
the agricultural history of e |h. h bannist,.r last Friday, causing a schools interested this meet will far
More than .he brain. Ho was co,.- surp.i, all "h" ^ of the »oo h-
selvc, undertook durir., .h<' I °m„ „d-knew his urand
SjTXpfri"'A >£ M.er when he arrived a. his bedside.
The young lad died last Sunday night
and his body was brought here where
funeral services were held by the
minimum needed before the association
could operate as a selling agency for
cotton. They succecded with more
than 50,000 bales to spare. ^i i , Hollums and Hodgson at the
J,h' BEST 8&S* **d b"bl -
toward its permanent organization, a, in the City ^
board of directors will be elected from.
among the members and preparations * CASE DISMISSED
will be made to handle the 1921 crop. | T R Morrison and Otis Hunter who
ton counties have signed up more than • gambling and rollm dem lionet. 1
fifty per cent of their production. Sev-; p^ared before Judge Shield last iu s
era! have gone far beyond this figure,, ,norning. For lack of evidence the
McClain county being in the lead with. i;
over ninety per cent of its cotton in itsj cast, w
association.
dismissed.
■ane "engineer to lay out the park.
ap K the plan ' presented by |
_ , i been made, and in a
not contemplated ^ j( ^ ^ that mort. than tour
ated at the
i build
ding to
ommittee. it i -
„ effort should be made t
ark within the short space oi a
the cost being too great, but with
ark plotted by a competent land-
thousand people will be
banquet table.
The highest paid talent in
America
such
ark plotted by a compete ,l wi1I entertain the Rotarians. such as
engineer and the plat witn . vVilliam Jennings Bryan and other not-
ications adopted and made o ij s)>eaj.ers ^jr Bryan will speak on
v the City Council, the wyrU" \° | the classification of newspaper men.
be taken up and the <;onsltru^llHn |he following Rotarians left for the
•d out unit by unit by tne convention in A-l condition. Howev-
rganizatieins in the city. I (,r W(, are not S11 sur,. they will return
\. Walker, chairman of the roan .^ |h.u c,m(lition.
littee. reporting on the cemetery
matter, stated that there arc: no K]. Ncsbi|,
F. B. Buell Sued By
Atty. Whiteside for
$300 Due On Case
Attorney Stansell Whitesidf file
suit against Frank Buell last Monday
for $300.00, he claims is jlue +>im
m' handling a criminal case for Mr.
Ratcliffe Resigns;
Will Leave Soon To
Canyon City, Colo.
Mr f T. Ratcliff who ha- been coim-
ty comntissioner »)t the Fldorado dr»-
J. . , . s i ui. Mfi«Tiiation and
HdlH-l,
available at present in the 15au-
township road fu#d, but that he
been assured there would be at
irly date whe nplans for the mi-
ment of a good road to the ccme-
would be carried out, the city and
v joining in the work.
Taliaferro, chairman of the Civ-
fairs committee, reported that
the rain had prevented tlnr^ry-
ut of plans with reference to the
up campaign and that further
for that work would be announc-
a later date. .... c
mbers of the special chamber ot
nercc committee which made a trip
ranite last weefcjo investigate the
well recently brought m near there,
ted tha- the cimmittee met with
sentatives of the owners of the
expressed confidence in their aibil-
j interest their company in building
pe line to Altus should arrange-
s be made by this city to distn-
to the consumers. The matter was
led of sufficient importance for fur-
iiive-ugatioii. and a motion bv \V.
Ingram carried that Mr. Hennes-
superintendent of the well, be in-
to Altus for a conference with the
A of directors.
K. Wooldridge. chairman of the
al committee appointed to arrange
,iry campaign for Jackson county,
d that tentative arrangements had
made for Mich a campaign start-
about April 19.
T Kimbell, chairman ot the I air
mittee and president of the County
Vsociation. nave a report on the
ing of the fair hoard Monday, stat-
thc board had reached the decision
gain offer the chamber of commerce
to employ a manager and stage the
A motion bv E. F. Nesbitt. sec
d bv B M. Wooldridge. carried ac
,nK the offer of the fair board,
M. Ingram, chairman of the Build
case wa
Buell pronii
west. Medals and pennants for the win-
ners have been ordered and will be on
display next week and judges for the
event have been secured from the state
schools. •
The program will start Thursday
evening with the musical contest, and
the entire evening will be taken up with
music and oratoricais. Friday morning
the baseball preliminaries will be play-
ed as well as the contest in spelling
and writing will be held. Friday af-
ternoon will Jle given over to tennis
and the junior track meet. Friday night
will be given to debating and declama-
tions. On Saturday morning the finals
in baseball will be played and in the
afternoon the senior track meet will
have full sway. Saturday night will
end the program by awarding the pr^es
won iu the various events.
Much Interest Shown
Never before in the history of the
county schools has so mireh-t interest
been shown Tn tHe'meet. The early
dare was chosen so ■ that the winners
might compete in the district and state
meets. Practically every school in the,
county will send, a team to the meet as
well as entries in the several events.
Word has been received from the
schools over the county and every one is
pushing the preparation for the coming
e\e,it. A silver loving cup will be
awarded the school winning the great-
est number of points. This cup be-
unes the permanent property of th -
Jack Bonner and wife.
Klmer Garnett.
Grover Fufjua and wife.
Chas. Henry.
Sidney Taliaferro and wife.
Walter Inghram and wife.
John Stanton.
Bland Harding and wife.
Will Russell.
Geo. Wright.
Grover Paine and wife.
Bert Holt. of act,on'
Robert Abbott and wife.
Myrtle Barrett Is
Member Phi Beta Kappa
Fraternity at Norman
trie; has hitide.l in his resignation
it was accepted. His term ot otf.c
for would- have expired m June, but as he
„ <i ' has purchased a farm near Canyon
Bue!1 City. Colorado, he rescued tor that
He states in the petition that this;reas„n su that he can look alter ni>
tried in this county and Mr interests there. ^ . .
d to pay him that amount Mr Ratclitf vmrchased the • schoo! in connection with this a large
«^i(it«) on a visit there la>t summer, .1 L.up U1|I be given the winner and will
for defending him, and that the S3U0.0U d (lu. movn,K fever m mind o rj ^ k ,mc Vl.ar Thjs cup becomes
was due following the hearing of the s;nce His friends are very sorry to .
oast Mr. Whiteside further states that lose him.
t i \i - .1, )7 iq;i Mr I K. C henault, who ua
the case was heard on March 19~' * ccVed Mr. Ratcliff. has taken over
and that Mr. Buell was bound over ^ con,mjssj0ner's office. Mr. t he-
to await the action of District Court. | nauh is fronl Olustee, and residents ot
Demand for payment has been made ,he Eldorado district are very■ con i-
„„„„ Mr. Boel, for ,he s,a,.d s»m bo,; d™. t\o'Z
he has failed and refuses to pay. standard that Mr. Ratcliff has done
Mr. Whiteside asks judgment for tho 1 ^ar{nK the time he has served
amount of $300.00 together with cost , in ,he city Monday to be sworn in.
elected
He was
Verdict Is Rndered |»
In Favor W. C. Austin
In Justice Court Sat.
Brings Suit Against
L. J. Rogers on Amount
of $250 Alleged Due
the property of the school winning it
any three times. Altus won the cup
in the 19JO meet. It hi estimated that
over 1.000 pupils from the various
schools will participate in the event
Trades Grocery for
Half Section Land
Near Willow, Okla.
One woman is reported dead and six
or eight houses blown down at a small
town near Dodsonvilie. Texas, as the
result of the heavy rain and the. ter-
rific wind of last Monday night.
At Wellington, Texas, reports com-
ing in from there are to the effect that .
much damage was done. They report
one of the heaviest rains there that has
ever fallen. , .
Dodsonvilie, Texas, which is just this
side of Wellington, had more damage
than any other town reported. Light
or ten houses are down, and the gin was
blown awav. No deaths are reported at
that place so far. They believe the
crops are damaged from the wind.
The north fork of Red River is re-
l>orted to be bank full, and will likely
overflow. The branch of the North-
western running to Wellington is one
of the heaviest losers of any of the
railroads. Tracks are out at some-
places along the line. The bridge is
expected to give away. Employes who
were in charge of the morning tram
from Wellington Tuesday were unde-
cided whether to undertake to cross tti«
bridge or not but finally did.
The train on the Orient which leaves
Altus going north was unable to make
the trip on account of the north fork
bridge being washed out. The tram
coming into Altus from the north was
two hours late, going two miles near
Lone Wolf. Employes -of the tram
stated that there was so much water,
they couldn't tell whether they were on
the road or out in some field, judging
by the sight. The Rotary club which
was to make the trip over the Orient
will be forced to go some other route
to the meeting which is to be held in
Wichita, Kansas. ..... ^ „
The main line of the Wichita Fails
and Northwestern is in bad condition,
the train which was scheduled to ar;
rive in Altus from Elk City at 8:15
a. m. was annulled. The Red River
bridge just this su|e of Curkburnett
was reported Tuesiiay by officials that
it was still in but was expected to be
washed awav. especially thir end, at
any time. This end of <he bridge has
always been known to give away.
Wednesday it was ^ported that the
Wichita Falls and Northwestern bridge
iust this side of Tipton which crosses
North Fork, i^ out.
The Frisco bridge beyond Snyder is
out and passengers are forced to trans-
fer. , »
The new Headrick-Snvaer bridge
which has just been completed, is re-
ported-to be out and it is estimated that
there is three miles ot water in width
at this place.
The rain is expected to help the
growth of crops considerably, as gar-
dens. corn, wjje-at aud other crops were
suffering.
.NORMAN. April 7.—(Epecial) Six
juniors, twenty seniors and two alumn
were chosen members of Phi Beta Kap-
pa. national scholastic fraternity, at the
annual election of the Alpha of Okla-
homa rhaoter. held recently at the Un-
iversity "if Oklahoma*.
Eligibility for membership in this
fraternity is based almost exclusively
on grades, although in some cases con-
sideration is given for work done in
student activities. Only a small per
cent of the junior class can he selected
for membership, and not more than one-
eightli ofthe senior class Students tak-
ing technical courses at tlie university
are not eligible.
Initiation of the members-elect will
be held Tuesday. April 5. The ceremon-
ies will include a banquet and a public
meeting, at which the annual Phi Beta
Kappa oration will be delivered, ac^
cording to lulien C. Monnct. dean of
the school of law at the state univer-
sity ami president of the Oklahoma
chapter announces.
Myrtle Barrett, Altus, senior arK and
' student was am'iig the twenty
i Through his attorney. E. E. Gore.
'ir mas ns
„o,e. which Mr. Austin «?«■ .0 d,.; o„ OjUfcer^l'w ^ ^
whereby Mr. Rodg-
car down and sell
sion. The notes were lor a puriiw- ... ---- , M
price of real.e«,au- n, Al>„ .od <%?? e'onS.sio. for
Mr A. Mallouf of Willow is now
proprietor of the J. A. Morgan Gro-
cery. Mr. Morgan traded his grocery
stock and fixtures to Mr. Mallout for
a one-halt section of land northwest
of Willow. The soda fountain will be
operated by O. E. James who has leas
e<l it from J. A. Morgan.
CALLED MEETING W. C. T. U.
The W C T. U. will meet Friday af-
ternoon with Mrs. J. P. Mongomery
O00 E. Broadway This is a called
meeting, and all members are urged to
be present.
HAS PNEUMONIA
Fred Minor is reported to be very-
low with pneumonia Last Tuesday he
had a relapse and his fever went to
103 1-5.
i>ose of for Mr. Brown, and if he sold
tliem XI r Austin would get a commts | made an agreetnen
The notes were for a purchase' ers would tear nis
real estate in Altus and were i it in parts.
parts and
woul
sales deriv
unsecured. Mr. Austin stated that he! Rodgers wa
negotiated the sale of the property an.l the trouble oi m
- -
SSAS? m "ww;, alicKcd S wu.... ^ - «-
Mr Marshall had aure.d to pay <he count of the sales. d ,|u.
sum of $500 and that Mr Brown had' Mr Agee says Iu has ^trte^
come to Altus and consented to take car to he use of h.mselt Mr^<>^-
.<.*10 for said notes a> they then -tood ho da'ms tin car Jt }
loiter Mr Brown refused to accept the turo^l over to Mr K >dg<^
i5tl0 ami Mr Austin , $2.^.00 and he sa>» ne nas Been nam
purchase price
th.
SJ00 Init the
ami Housing Interests comnrirtee.| ^""^mbe^h,,. in this| i»r>;
„ ted considerable mtere
lifested m the proposed building
j association and that his commit-
would be ready with a definite re-
next meeting. . \» ti
eotnmunication irom the war i'e-
■cived in reply to our appl«-
i»nn for the new city park,
readv stating that a 3.6 mortar
carriage is available for issue
lUnicia. California, which coold
retired
organization.
ment.
Hollis Lad Is Thrown
From Horse; Is Knocked
Unconscious; Died Later
»tated that it damaged him t
tent of
Judgment was asked
in justice court rendered m
verdict of
Mr Brown was represented bv
tomev W C Austin of F.ldorado.
a aged that amount by reason of Mr
i Rodgers failnn; to carr> out and per
form the contract
Judgment is asked against Mr R.kIk
. ers for and interest trom Oct-
dber 1. 1*>20. and for all costs of the
action.
Dick Newton Again
Arrested; Drunk and
Transporting Mash
Dick Newton, who was arrested some
time ago for operating a still and trans-
porting whiskey, was arrested again last
Saturday by officers a short distance
out of Altus on a charge of being drunk
and transporting whiskey. He was
brought to Altus where he. was put
in iail to await until his bond is made.
Newton has been quite a bother to
the officers ever since they raided his
still near Creta. Bond was made for
him on that ch; rge. and then a fed-
eral officer came here after him and
took him as far as Lawton where he
made bond on the federal charge.
T. B. Hyde, Old Settler,
| Passes Away Wed., at
oi the Hollis
Hollis,
irt to
that
from
n*l tht
ailed
M K VVm
h« W M
WANTED
Boys to sell the Sunday Morning News on
streets next Sunday morning. Apply at this
office Saturday between the hours of 3 and
5 p. m.
Phillips and
Are Suea for $545.35
By a Motor Company
Through their attorney, Stansell
Whiteside, the «ieneral Motor Accept-
ance company file«T suit in the exwirt
clerk's office this week against I. H,
Phillips and Frank B. Buell.
In the petition they state that on the
21st day of April. 193). Phillip# made
a note to Buell whereby he promised to
l»ay to Mr. Buell the sum of $lt»48.00 in
monthly payments oi $275.00 each.
Thereafter they further state, Buell en-
dorsed the note to the General Motor
Acceptance company for a valuable con-
sideration. before maturity, and with-
out condition or limitation. They say
they are now the owner and holder of
| the said note.
The petition further states that the
note provided tj^at the sum of $275.00
should be paid each month and upon
default in aire one of the monthly pay
, _ , ments the holder thereof might declare
Home; Funeral lodaylihe eutier sum due and payabl.
July 21. 1920. Mr Phillips and Mr.
Buell made a default in payment of th«
monthly note and the holder thereupon
declared the note due and aayahle
They claim thev received $7®).i)0 on the
note Februarv 13, 1921. which left a
balance of $545.37 t.igethcr with inter
the rate of teu per cent from
•> 13. 1921
Mr T. B. Hyde died at his home.*322
Fast Live Oak Wednesday morning at
five o'clock. Funeral services will be
held this afternoon at two-thirty at the
First Baptist Church with Rev. Hol-
lums officiating
Hyde it an «ld settler here and
known through.Hit the county
Interment will be in the
M
cry
ith the Ma
char-
of '
BISHOP E
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