The Sayre Headlight, Vol. 22, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 9, 1920 Page: 1 of 8
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SAYRE, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 9, 1920
NO. 17
plant and the old school building:
It is time that Sayre woke up. | _
We have been doing our best for Serioo* Charge Again,t D. Knoz Well-
several years to hit somewhere re _
where noise enough could be 0™ Sweetw,tfr Farmer
Brings in Large Amount of Back Taxes
and Releases Desirable Real Estate,
So That a Building Boom for 1921 is
Almost Assured in Sayre.
The effect which the resale of | who can sell and give a title to
city property for taxes will have them, means that prospective
upon the city in general is a sub- j builders have a chance to make a
ject which has received consider- bargain, and carry it through
made that there would be an
awakening. The sale of the city
light and water plant seems to
have done more to bring out real
conditions, and set taxpayers to
thinking and acting, than any-
thing which has occurred in the
eleven years we have lived here.
Let’s make the most of it.
While people are aroused and
thinking let’s make plans to
make 1921 the best and most
progressive year in the history
of Sayre.
able attention during the past
week, and which may be viewed
from several different angles,
yet we fail to find any where
Many times in the past three or
four years we have heard relia-
ble business men remark that "I
would build if I could purchase
. ' 7 ”7 ....... "uu,u uuuu u i couia purenase
there is not a real benefit to the that lot”, but the fact was that
Cltx>’-the title was involved as above
Not only is this property in mentioned.
new hands, where there is a Last spring, when we started
probability of the taxes being the erection of the Headlight’s
paid each year which means a new home, a business man came
very considerable added to the and wished to make a bargain
annual city income, but the cash, for a half interest in our west
which comes in as the result of wall, provided that he could pur-
this rPSfllP Pnmoc Trurrhfiv V.or»rl», -1____Al. 9 . ,
Second District Comniuioner Did So
on Monday Last %
J. A. Yarbrough, commission-
er from the second district of
Last week we heard of seri-
ous charges against D. Knox, a
well-known Sweetwater farmer,
but refrained from mentioning
them because of the fact that
Mr. Knox has hithortobeen high-
ly respected, and to those who
had known him best it seemed
almost impossible that the charg-
es could be true.
However, we now learn that
the investigation made by the
Roger Mills county officers give
them sufficient color that a thor-
ough sifting of the affair will be
made, and while his side of
things has not yet been made
public, sufficient has been found
to give them a very ugly color.
The Cheyenne Star has the
following:
“Mrs. Virgie Minor who is a
in this section. Such work can-
not be carried on without the
expendityre of money; and we
all get a little benefit out of it,
even though they never get any
oil.
Beckham county, which in- Knox s came Main street property talk has
Mondav^ast t ^ d an.d £arter’ .on I complaint TgsJnst^Knox fo? been started regarding several
day last tendered his resig- (crimes committed against her new buildings, and among them
nation at the meeting of the while she was a child prior to her l are one for the erection of a two
county commissioners, to take marriage. Her purpose was to I story building 50x150 feet the
effect immediately after the,sa}’e .her sisters from having to j,round fw. u,l-u ’,a ,
close, their re* monthly
She charges in her indictment wflilethe upper floor is now plan-
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close of their
session.
Mr. Yarbrough was not a can-
didate for re-election last fall,
but was the Democratic nomi- sbe was a about H years
m,... „ .cou.v ua wan, provided that he could pur- nee for state senator h ‘ of a*e and continued his fiendish . 7 -
this resale comes mighty handy chase the two lots laying west of Ti. T ng d<f acts until she married about 2 floor mto suits of offices.
. t0 the city. % us. Investigation Twed tk ^ landshde .whlehjy«ra«o. Uk alleged tSt she The location under discussion
While the matter of funds one of them was tied un for de tu'ne(i things topsy-turvy in Ok- kept these things a secret because for this building is just east of
* from taxation is one which will ljnquent taxes and theoronoMd u^'a ^ W® informed-! Jw 5Ut °- late the Headli^t’s new home, and
benefi4the enti'e 8ti11 that building failed' to materialize. changes^^^hl^mnd^d « a n™be'of these who are in*
seems to us to be but a small There are now three distinct tlV Li “if T ab lathing to her huukmd and they believe that it would be
: ‘ real which,.kildi^nf^o^ions withip m afro' h6tb)8id/'*’,(i tosuffer tyingbare the'a4VPaYing investment from the
will result. The Choctaw would;/ M^nd ste.wWht upon - ^
site Co. was the largest owner three new hniMi™*; Sr not have expired until next July.; h-V oy her step fathffto ameffoft
of the lot, which WOTdiSw,h fu"*’m ‘he v-«ni; Mr. Yarbrou h has served:ttsa* Mrs. Minor's sisters,
of. and due to differences Swh!ch 2.° ^“1 S county for four yearn, **
in uer lnuiCimeni ^ la nuw plan-
that Knox first committed the ned to be divided into modern
worry8 "* JHAMMON MIR IS Kill!D
They really do not know which -
way to turn, and guessing varies Antoi With Twelve People Ploafe
regarding turning loose holdings Into WuhiU River,
of (ease,, or plunging deeper. A sad accident took place Sat-
fin " T7 hat 6y ha,.e ur<Uy ni*ht “ '« mil« *wtb of
an apparent pood prospect, and Strong City which resulted in the
we sincerely hope that it will be death of a lady teacher from the
developed into a find as it would Hammon city schools, and the
“"r1 is ** «*«.«
ot whom is now not expected to
recover.
It seems that the boys and girls
of the Hammon schools were to
send teams to Strong city that
night for basket ball games, two
autos carrying the parties. In
the first auto were six boys, while
in that following were one boy,
driving, and five young ladies.
The bridge over the Washita
river, south of Strong City, was
washed out by the floods this
fall, and travel is now using a
temporary bridge a short dis-
tance away. The young people
were evidently not familiar with
the road or its conditions.
At a point a short distance
south of the bridge the road
takes a sharp angle, and at that
point the autos should have kept
ahead in order to use the tempo-
rary’ bridge. This fact was un-
known to them, and they fol-
lowed the road, driving at a
rapid pace. The night was quite
dark, and the second car was
simply,following the first
The boys in the first car failed
to see ahead sufficiently to di£
cover that the bridge 4was1
gone, and thgir car plunged
the embankment into the
Prtpeiition Now Being Figured for
New EnterUinaent Place.
As a result of the receut
transfer of property through
the resale for delinquent taxes,
and the change in ownership
of a number of pieces of
Main street property, talk has
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of, and due to differences which
had arisen with to county and iauze aunng tne coming spring,
city, they were making no effort In fact, two of these are almost
to improve, and in fact, this certainties, and we expect to see
property was so tied up that in others develop which will mater-
of which are very likely to mater-
ialize during the coming spring.
very manv instances the delin
quent taxes against it prohibited
its sale to some individual who
really wished it for a new resi-
dence or business enterprise.
The townsite people were not
the only ones. There were
many other pieces of real es-
tate which were owned by some
non-resident who purchased it
purely as a matter of specula-
tion when all Oklahoma towns
ially change the appearance of
this section of the city.
There are also probabilities
that the section of the city north
of the court house will look
materially different one year
directly north of the court house
is now in the hands of a man who
operations there during the com
ing spring, and a half dozen
, . , 7 ..... ‘"e “k1*11*! »uu a nan aozen
were booming, and who had modern bungalows, with walks
really abandoned the property, and other improvements, would
with the result that the where- change things verv much for the
aboutsof the owner was un- better.
known, and no means existed of And still another feature will
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and during that time has made
many friends among our citi-
zens, all of whom will unite with
the Headlight in wishing him
success and prosperity in what
ever he undertakes.
This vacancy will be filled by
appointment by the governor,
and Mr. Yarbrough, as well as
- . ; 7 , , V poimmeni 01 cascom Bates, of
er elect, and who will take the
office next July. This would
expects to commence building simply hurry up*the Je
operations there during the mm. j_i • 1 ,, ’
to save little Frances, 14 years
start, and anf making i
tions. to ...
capital to cam’ tne scheme
through can be secured.H
w A lauura, 14 years ~
of age, and Lena 16 years of age The proposition is to build a
from the lust of a brutish father building modem in all particulars,
if their indictments are true. and which would add very mater-
of 0, the
babe six weeks old, and according:east end. -re- and ^e court
to her charges is sired by her own; h°use neighborhood,
father. She alleges that her On the opposite side of the
father had been guilty of com-1 street there is a possibility of the
am. «r tarhrough. » well as ™t!S’JfS1^ of another building, the
others, has recommend^ the ap- her delicate condit’on of I ground floor to be used for busi-
pointmentof Bascom Bates, of “The next scene is little Fmr.' ness purposes, and the unner
r ueiicaie condition. ------------ uuai-
‘The next scene is little Frar.- ness purposes, and the upper
ces, a mere baby girl of 14 years, floor as a lodge hall for the Odd
unlearned and undeveloped, Fellows.
comes before the officials and ___- v
charges her father with having ber these schemes are
had carnal intercourse with her as ^et developed, but so long as
__since last winter. people are investigating such
- E, rtSlSro Jh Prove a Hood investment,
Bates’ taking hold.
„„. tap
'Oie boys managed to scramble
out of their car, and although se-
verely bruised, assisted the
young ladies; but one of them, a
teacher in the Hammon schools,
was so badly injured that she
died a few minutes after being
carried to the bank.
Another young lady, reported
to be a sister of the dead teach-
er, is said to be in a very seri-
ous condition, and not expected
to recover, while nearly every
one of the young ladies received
bruises and other injuries of
quite a serious nature.
The bank at this point is re-
ported to be from twelve to fif-
teen feet above the river, which
had about three feet
.......—'jiorce committed against Mrs. I^..ij „ nrnnA , , "7 naa aDout tnree feet of water
r , A - Minor. He attempted to waive a ^ investment, where the autos took their
Complete Organization and Serve Ban- preliminary trial and give bond and build one or both- Dlun£re u0.v anv
------...------------------ w Ana sun anotner feature will quet Here Thursday Noon i° jbe u®fr‘Ct h}1* (;ount-v another two story brick ^ , , \ , ,
securing a valid title by pur- have tte effect of imorovimr con rti , , , Judge J ileman holds that he has in this immediate neighborhood JJJfs death under the “^di-
chase. „ 0I‘mPr0VIn^ con' It is announced that there will no authority to grant a bond in js now practically assured for thP 4,0,18 18 somethlng that 1S almost
Therp wpvp „twa 'n- ^ Much of the proPert-v be a meeting of the Beckham caPital offenses. Knox has not ? beyond conception.
. ... were others residing, which has changed hands was County Cotton Growers’ Associ- asked for a preliminary hearing. ’ ;p ng’ althou*h, at the Roger Mills officials are beine
right here in the city who had owned bv nonresidents and rhpro 7 m •. ... . " ‘ Sheriff Brown conveyed Knox to Present we are requested not to . , , " g
allowed taxes to accumulate wasTone who S anv nrS Tt f ^ ^ Arapaho for safe^keiping ” ° give details. This last may be !Z T ^
against their property until they in keeping them cleaned ud and • ' I 1 ie Py’TOse of complet- Knox was probably better regarded as a sure thing. c ’ed the road- s° that
amounted to more than it ,,„m !. _?_P 1,, C‘T.ed up and lng that organization, with sev- known at Sayre and Erick than - an accident of thls nature could
erfll crooH snpjikprG nrooonf < • ^-----u . 1:^1. mjx jn not happen. It is now some
i i months sinpp thin troc
amounted to more than it could in presenubirco^ditionUP The "lg tha^0rgan‘zatl0n’ with sev- known at Sayre and Erick than ---- t h T .
be sold for, and they could not mere fact that they are now “nif? sp.®ak^rs pJes«nt- at Cheyenne, although he was a Throu?h a !ittle in 14 .,s n<™' some
transfer thia tn ------ . . ■ • Officers will be elected, and resident of Roger Mills county this office, we last week neglect- montbiy since this bulge was
lings placed in running order, due to the fact that his business t0 menti°n the marriage of '[ashed out-.and the wonder is
id a hnnnuot corvevi . . nr_u._ j » r , that a similar accident had not
transfer this to another person largely owned bv local npnnio ......7 "7- “7™- a,lu resiaent of Boger Mills county, il,us we mbi weeK neglect- „oT“; ™”
who really desired to use it be- means that even where th^ia ^ P aCed m* rUnn‘"g 0rder> due to the fact that his bnsiness ^ t0 mention the marriage of ^hed °ut- and the '
cause they could not sell it for no building these lots will hp nnt ^ \ banfque served to the had been transacted almost en- Walter Price and Mrs. Lulu 4h 81ai‘lar accider
enough to Clear the L 1 ^put members at noon’ tirelv in the two nlenea Stephenson, both of this citv. happened there ***>*.
• means uiai even wnere there is
cause they could not sell it for no building, these lots will be put
enough to clear the taxes. j to some use. Considerable of the
The resale has removed all outlaying property w’as bought
these conditions, and now deal- expressly for garden spots, while
ing in real estate may go ahead the pieces nearer the business
without these hindrances, and .section will be utilized more
we really expect a revival almost largely for this purpose. This
tirely in the two places men- Stephenson, both of this city,
tioned. which was solemnized at the
We have been unable to learn
the name of the young lady
The new Short Creek school Hjs credjt has bgen ^ Price residence, on First stxeet, !the ,name. 0
Si^r*^al0T" ^bythetank, and bminess; on Thanksgiving day. b£ .he ‘“her who™ killd.
Sahirdflv a niimhor nf fkl i g00^ by the banks and l......
of the district met and cS of “ . and all " are well p*NMQqhrM«Ut.c«kr 14.
.... .^..v va^u a icyivoi ttimusiilargely iortnis Duroosp Thia out the buildintr and m.f fk- loth to believe that it is possible known In this city, and a large _, n , ,.
resembling a boom, notwith* means that weeds will he l, in shane the. seLei P ,,7 ng9 that there was another side to circle personal friends will 7 re De phian Chapter
sunding the hard times. i Zland m shapeth«t school might begm his nature,which ,lk)wed hin| “(join with the Headlight in ex- Wd «»meeting at
Already there develens thefc^~
OIL EXCITEMENT AT CHEYENNE
young lady of Qnemado. New; __ “ ut ™ch“
standing the hard times. idown. and conditions improved
Already there develops the Where the lots are left with-
fact that real estate in the hands out being put to such use, it still
of new’ owners has started the leaves the opportunity to get
talk and investigation of build- after the owner and inject a little
ing conditions, to the end that civic pride into his skin, and have
preparations are being made for things cleaned up. aboUt the whole "thiW Nolkifl* New, But Everyone Wi
‘Jmse*7ewbUS'Sr \ZtdT! CSS' 7*1"*.* bar7 h*n'4 t*m * T”U’ an improvement ~ ......... ”»«. Tmgie Death-Mrs. 0.
When one makes a start at any-! result of this sale and w-e hone then anepnlaf r.estaufant' and While there is comparatively Mr. and Mrs. W. J. McAnerny H‘n^a,i1fnk v- , .
thing of the kind other, always that the least of'these features John^e ifs'tilU«re?ck atChevenSe' ^Hh”' ^ “th/P™d parents of a baby: Je^.feiS-07K7
follow’, and we expect to see awl not be the lesson which our mar as the re Vt m i k at ch«yenne. still there is a con- daughter, who arrived at their Mrs. A. Miller,
very material improvement in I city officials have received as “n blood po's’ s^erable amount of excitement residence on Thursday last. | Solomcn’s Reign-Mrs. J. A.
this direction. result of the L ^.In» starting in a finger. H.s on tap. The real fact is that the R. H. Barker, of Edmond
The bare fact that these lots ditions surrounding theh°P'n? dai'-y for 8 uncertainty of the situation, due was the guest of his parents The Wisdom of Solomon-Mrs.
aro - «‘he hands of poop,. ■*»££%"PWV**"‘ “ ^'caused by waiting Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Batlr. oil ^KSieKingdom-Mre
101 the arrival of casing, is this city, on Sunday last. ! 0, A. Roe.
tC°'theH\vholedthffig-being Ntw- B“‘ E"^ooe Wzuting ing Sayre de^ded tha^the roads L
postmaster, conducting lbS X—W, T«k. Tronic Denth—Mm n
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Seely, Charles J. The Sayre Headlight, Vol. 22, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 9, 1920, newspaper, December 9, 1920; Sayre, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc405646/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.