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1 Chickasha Daily Express
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local newt every day in
The Dally Express.
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United Presa Association
Number 16
Volume Twenty-Two
Chickasha Oklahoma Wednesday January 19 1921
TEST !S
WEATHER FORECAST
For Oklahoma
For Okluhnma tonight un-
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ERiR HIKES
AS FIRE SWEEPS
AT
SLATED IN PftIR
ADDRESSES HERE
BY 0. G. OFFICER
BUDGET HE IN
TALK TO SOUS
settled warmer hHi-mm south-
runt Thursday partly cloudy.
CoUlor Southwest.
BE HELD TODAY
PRESENT DEPTH
Local Temperature.
'Maximum 61. Minimum 4i.
mm
H E AVY
MERIDIAN
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CANNON
TED
LECTURER
D E
MEETINGS
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EE I
HANDLER
NORTHERN TOWN
Cctimated Lota at Noon Today In
Worchettcr Man. la t2.DOO.000
Flra Breaks out at
Early Hour Today
EMBERS BLOWN START
NEW FLOCK OP FIRES
Apparatus from Boston and Other
Cities Rusr.ed to Stricken D s-
trlct; Ammunition Ex-
plodes; Danger Great
T.y United Press.
WnrchostPr Mann. Jan. 19.- Flro
which threatened (ho wit Ire down
town portion of tho city wan burn
Ing llerroly ami unchecked shortly
before noon today.
At tho tin''" thla messuKo la flloil
Ihn diimugo I ivlng hrrn ilono Is os-
1 1 in it 1 (Mi by thq police ut more than
$2.!i000W).
Klro apparatus from Boston mid
thor cities nearby have linen rush
el hero nml are aiding tho Wor
Chester flro department In fighting
tho blaze. It became' evident Boor
lifter the flro stdetrathnt
lifter the Are xtarteil that (he local
department was not extensive enough
to sucrestfully combat the progress
of the flaniea which were steadily
eating their way Into the heart of
the city's business district. S. O. S.
call were telegraphed to cities In
thin section and Are lighting equip-
ment with additlonl men were sent
to the scene as quickly as possible.
Tho fire started In tho Knowlos
building on Main street. Fanned by
a fairly strong wind embers from the
burning Knowls building wore soon
renttored far and wide and within
a few minutes a score of new fires
had started tho firemen declarod.
As the blaze in the business dis-
trict widened its patch it licked up
a Rporting goods establishment ex-
ploding a quantity of ammunition
endangering tho lives of tho fire-
men and policemen who were on
duty as' well as the crowds which
surged on the outskirts of the burn-
ing area.
HOUSE ILL NOT
STAND INCREASE
By United Press.
Washington Jan. 19. The house
of representatives today voted to
keep the membership of the lower
houso of the national congress at its
present figure of 435.
This action was taken following
the proposal ti'jat tho membership
of tho house be raised to over '.j00
FINK SPIRIT SHOWN IN DRIVE
TO PUT OVER BALL PARK HERE:
SUCCESS OF
"Please accept this chock from
the Pythian Slstors as a purchasa
of planks for the athletic field."
That was tho contents of a letter
received 'by officials of th3 Hot
Stove league this morning from the
local lodgo Pliythlan Sisters. With
the letter was enclosed a check for
$3.00.
"That is the spirit we like to see"
said Dr. A. B. 'Leeds president of
tho Hot Stovers. "It Is not So much
tho amount that counts. It is the
co-operation that has been shown
throughout this entire campuigln.
Every day from one to a half dozen
people stop ma on the street and say
that they have not 'been solicited
and they wind up by giving me a
check. I do not 'believe that a cam-
paign was ever staged in 'Chickasha
where those things occurred. It is
simply splendid and gives the as-
; surance that the drive is a success
and that the people of Chickasha
and Grady county are to have a ball
park and athletic field that belongs
to them.
Advisory Committee.
The advisory committee named by
the president held a meeting last
night at which time matters per-
taining to the campaign and the
erection fit the .park were discussed.
City Hall Session Slated for Thla
Afternoon at 3; Banquet at
New Chickasha Ton'ght
la Wind Up.
John C. Nicholson of NVwton
kun president of tho Meridian
highway association F I.. I'utten of
Kingfisher tiiiilnnuu of tho Okla-
homa division of tho association
and other Oif Ileitis aro dun In Click-
axhu today to attend two meetings
of tho association hero today the
first at tho city hull at 3 o'clock this
Btfernoon and the second at a ban-
quet lo Ijo staged ut tho New Chit k-
ashii hotel at 7:30 this evening.
Tho election of officers of the as-
sociation for tho ensuing y?nr Is
scheduled to bo fluid at the meet-
ing this ufternoon and n general
boost for tlio Meridian highway U
to bo given
Chamber of Commerce officials
good roads officials of tliij state and
if the Meridian highway are co-
operating In putting iho proposition
over and It Is indicated that the
business interests of Chickasha will
be well represented at tho meetings
this afternoon and tonight.
Representatives of Duncan Mar-
low Waurlka Ryan and other points
soul1'! on tho Meridian highway as
well as towns north of Chickasha
ure expectod lo bo present at both
meetings. At least UO out-of-town
delegates were expected local offi-
cials stated this morning.
PALMER STATES
SOVIET FAGTIPM
f
By United Press.
Washington Jan. 19. Attorney
General A. Mitchell Palmer today
requested tho senate judiciary com-
mittee to Investlguto the charges
made naglnst him and tho Depart-
ment of Justice of Illegal methods
In connection with the enforcement
of war laws said charges having
been filed 'by a committee of law-
yers.
Mr. Palmer charged that his ac-
cusers were attorneys for tho com-
munist party and for individual com-
munists and declared that . their
charges are false.
aneni'bors and that the increase 'be
based on the Increased population ns
shown by the census figures.
PLAN NOW ASSURED
This connmltteo represents nearly
every craft ibuslnoss and profession
in Chickasha. '
Lists of firms and individuals
who have .purchased planks wore
placed in the hands of soliciting
committees eacti having (been as-
signed to given territory. In this
way as rapidly as possible every
firm and individual 'will 'be given an
opportunity to purchase planks or
to increase their purchase before
publication of the list and amounts
it was decided.
Name Is Discussed.
A name for the park 'was dis
cussed but no action was taken.
There was some inclination on the
part of the advisory committee to
sell the name of the park to some
individaul if a bid of sufficient size
was forthcoming.
At the meeting the matter of ad-
vertising space on the fence was
brought up and an offer of $1000
cash was made for all the space on
the fence. 'No action was taken on
tels and a committee composed of
Chas. Bly T. F. Bird and J. Edwin
Pool was appointed to investigate
the advertising space proposition
and make recommendations to the
advisory committee at a later meet
ing.
PROMPTED
IE
1
Cas Showings Being Lncountered;
Driller Feeling Way and In
Rock at 1.815 Feet; Out
of Red Beda
GLADYS BELLE ACTIVE
AND IS BEINO WATCHED
Driller Down 1600 Feet on New
Hole; Magnolia Moves in Four
New Strings at Cement;
Now St 5i age Tank
Having passed entirely out of the
rod 'beds and with tho formations
showing bluo shale t'ao teat of tho
Cnnnon Drilling company on the
Todd farm In section -'tii-.'iw is pro
gressing carefully with the drillers
.pending more time washing out
than In milking hole.
They ure diilling ut a depth of
1 .815 feet und ure In a bluish rock
having passed through considerable
bluo gumbo In tho last HOil feet. Tho
well has been showing some gns
at intervals since they pa'sed Cie
K.30 foot mark 1wt T. 'J. Cannon
who Is spending his time on tho job
is of tho opinion that these show-
lugs were gas seepages coming from
below.
More New Equipment
Tho company is adding nioro
equipment to the drilling outfit. A
new cahlo was unloaded yesterday
and additional drill stem Is being
hauled to tho location. The new
holler has been Installed and the
house completed over both boilers.
As evidence that the well Is at its
llrst really interesting stago T. J.
Cannon general manager Cms taken
up his headquarters at tho location.
Ills days are spent on tho derrick
floor und his' nights In a shack about
110 yards from the rig which serves
a3 office and sleeping quarters.
Many bellove that something will be
picked up between 1800 mid 1900
feet and the well in attracting many
visitors dally.
Gladys Belle Active.
Another well that is furnishing a
pre-complotion thrill is that of the
Gladys Belle nortii of Rush Springs
on tho Hill farm in section 9-4n-7w
where after skidding their rig fol-
lowing unsurmnuntablo trouble with
a lost tool they aro down inofl feet
on tho new liolo.
Whllo the structures they are pass-
ing through at this tlmo contain
Touch shale the- most promising
strata they have passed througi'.i to
date was a gas showing at 1400 feet
It Is understood that this was fairly
strong. Reports from the well are
that tho formations have been favor-
able from top to their present depth.
There are strong rumors that one
cf the big companies are completing
arrangements for a deep test about
two miles north of this location and
the prices of acreage huve corres-
pondingly advanced.
At cement.
Now llfo ihas been Injected into
the operations in the Cement field
with tho announcement that the
Magnolia is 'moving in four new
strings of tools to continue their
drilling campaign on the increased
acreage required ty the company.
The increaso of four strings of
tools by this company gives the
Magnolia eleven strings of tools at
Cement. The major part of their
operations is confined to the west
side of the field while it is under-
stood that the new tools are to bo
used to a great extent on Kie east
side.
The Investment of tho Magnolia
at Cement Is being greatly increased
in addition to the expense of the
drilling outfits. The company is
building a new 65000 ibarrel storage
tank on its tank farm which is lo
cated in section 34-6-9.
ROBBERY SUSPECTS
NABBED BY OFFICERS.
By United Press.
Chicago Jan. 19. After a gun bat
(tie in the fashionable Hyde Park
residential district five men who
are suspected of ibeing implicated
in the mail pouch robbery at the
Union station here yesterday were
arrested hy ' officers and are now
toeing held for investigation
CHJX PEOPLE TO
PARTICIPATE II
AGGIE
CIP G
Eetter Poultry Cattle Hogs on Farm
In Counties to West la Pur-
pose; Houston and Local
C. C. to Help
A. K. Houston (irady county agri
cultural agent and l.'.o ChlekiiHhn
Chamber of Cnmtnorro Iihvo been
inked to partlclpatn in I'm dairy
poultry und hg campaign to be
conducted In Caddo Kiowa and
Greer counties 'beginning Monday
January 24 mid rnl .i; Suturda)
Jani.i.ry 29.
This will tin a special uKrlcuIlnrii
educational campaign (or tho speci-
fic purpose of increasing Urn number
and improving tho quality of poul
try dairy cattio and hogs In these
counties and to leinoustrato the
best methods of utilizing Iho abun-
dance of feed so tluit tho farmers
may reap tho benefits of high priced
dairy and poultry products. This
campaign will bo conducted under
tho auspices of ti'ie Oklahoma A. and
M. college working In conjunction
with tho agricultural department of
tho Rock Island railroad company.
Meetings To Bo Held
Meetings at which tho campaign
In tho various count lea will lie
launched lias been scheduled as fol
lows: Carneglo Monday January
24; Mountain View. Tuesday Jan
uary 25; Gotebo Wednesday Janu
ary 2i; Hobart Thursday Junuary
27; Lono Wolf Friday January 28-;
Granite Friday January 2S and
Mangum Saturday January 29.
J. S. Wilson dlrer.lor of the ex
tension department of the A. and M.
college lias announced that the fol-
lowing speakers will assist In con-
ducting t'.ie campaign: Chas. M.
Smith poultry specialist A. and M.
college; Chas. M. Radway dairy
specialist A. and M. college; It. W.
Clark live slock specialist A. und
M. collego; Dan Ilirhl district agri
cultural agent; R. T. 'Lee Greer
county agricultural agent; A. I. Jor-
don Kiowa county agricultural ngunt
and I. E. Nutter Caddo county agri-
cultural agent. -Local people also will
deliver addresses at the meetings.
Schools May Close.
Those in charge of the campaign
have requested that the schools
close and that the student bodies at
tend the 'mooting!) and lectures en
masse. The lectures are ihelng wide
ly advertised and those at the head
of We movement predict largo at-
tendances. Bankers local business men and
nrinislors all have been solicited to
cooperate in making the campaign
a success.
In urging tho raising of more poul
try dairy cattle and hogs Director
Wilson of the A. and M. collego
points to the 1920 census figures
showing that there aro 23000 'Okla-
homa farms without poultry; 28000
without dairy cattle and 70000 with
out -hogs
LENIME. OFF HIS
IT' IS REPORT
By United Press.
Paris Jan. 19. Weakened 'by over-
work Premier 'Lenino dictator of
Russia has become insane according
to the Stockholm correspondent of
the Echo d' Paris.
Reports received here state that
Lenine is confined to one .of his
rooms wihere ho twitters of his role
as a great Bussian hero who saved
his country from invasion by the
enemy. -
The discoverer of synthetic ultra-
marine blue received a prize of 6000
franca in 1828 after four years work.
Ex-Governor Brumbaugh of Pennsyl-
vania Scheduled to Speak Here
Friday Auspices Chamber
of Commerce
BUSINESS PROBLEM OF
NATION TO BE SUBJECT
lOi..-n on Industrial and Political
8'de of Reconduction Period;
At Con t House and O C.
W. Announced
Ex Governor llriimbuiigh of Penn
sylvania noted throughout tho na-
tion as an educator fttntcsniun and
orutor will deliver two uddresses
In Chickasha Friday under Iho aus-
plcos of tha Chamber of Commerce
It was announced today.
Mr. Ilriimbiiugh Is making a tour
of soiuo ot tho larger Oklahoma
cities for tho extension departni' nt
of the Oklahoma Mate university
and It was through this agency that
ho was induced to visit Chit-kasha
Tho messiigo which he Is delivering
no said to deal particularly with
the business lndurlri.il and political
problems which grow out of tho re
adjustment and recount ruction per
iod following the great war und
what Cut bus to say Is of special In
terest to 'business men farmers and
ill who are concerned with the for-
ward movement of tho country.
L. C. Unison president of the
Chamber of Commerce announces
that Mr. Ilrumbnugh will sp:iak u'
tho court hoiiso nt 2 o'clock Friday
afternoon and ut Iho (). C. V. at
i p. in. the same day. "I am told b"
thoso who havo heard him that
Mr Ilrumbnugh lias no superior In
America as an orutor" said Mr.
llufsoii. "Ho Is u big man Intellec-
tually ono of tho 'biggest in tha
country and I am. assured that his
message will b of vital interest as
bearing on tho peculiar problems
that aro now engaging public atten-
tion. Thero will bo no chargo tor
admission at either of thoso meet-
ings and it is to bo hoped tl'.iat the
business men of Chickasha and all
others will take advantage of the
opportunity to hear tho distin-
juished spoakor"
Speaking ot Gov. Brumbaugh
President Austin of tho Oklahoma
Collego for Women said: "It. has
een my privilege to hear him and I
lo not hesitate to say that as far
is my knowledge extends he is one
if the biggest men on the Anmican
platform. Ho Is a great U'.ilnltor as
well as an eloquent forceful orator
t am delighted to know that he is
joming to Chickasha. It is a rare
privilege to 1iear such a man. 1 am
-lure that what ho has to say will
be of interest to all who hear him
und I hopo ho will havo argo nu 11-
mcos at both meetings."
JAP WOMEN GET IN
FIGHT AGAINST BOOZE.
By United Press.
Tokio Jan. 19. -Beginning an
anti-liquor crusadem 3000 women
will parade at. the opening of parlia-
ment next Saturday to urgo tho cur-
tailment of tlio traffic in 'booze It
wa3 announced today.
ON SAD MISSION.
Mrs. R. M. Cavett has returned
from Franklin Tenn where she at-
tended tho funeral services for her
mother Mrs. E. V. Cayco who diod
in that city January 13.
LICENSED TO WED.
A marriage license was issued yes-
terday to Goo. W. Wirsch ago 38
or Glondale Ohio and Miss Maude
T. O'Brien age 30 of Chickasha
CLERK HAS TOOTHACHE
Because of illness E. G. Reynolds
court clerk of Grady county is un-
able to be at his office today. He
is suffering from an abcessed tooth
it was reported.
The Aztecs had a subtle poison
which was said to destroy the mind
but have almost no effect on the
body. '
.
Says Man Arreeted One W th Whom
Fought Gun Battle Lest Night;
Wound May Prove Fatal
to Detective
Dy I'nltod Press.
Oklahoma ICty aJn. 19. Frank
Cornelius railroad detective who
was hIioI and probably futility
wounded hero Uni nlg'it by two
men today Identified Clydo C. Par
cels as ono of his iiHsallanlH.
Purr.clH had Immmi captund by of-
ficers curlier In tho day und was
taken to Cornelius for posKllo Iden
tification. Alvln Miller of Puwhiika
a room inntn of Parcels Is alco
being held In connection with the
shooting.
Tho wounded detiH-tivn clalnn
that his assailants tried lo hold
him up and that when he resisted
they started spooling.
Cornelius was found unconscious
by Mrs. C. W. Miller in front of her
homo ut HI West Noble avenue but
rallied at I'nlvorslly hospital an
hour later sufficiently to niako a
statement to George- Orchln police
detective.
Tho wounded officer declares ho
recognized ono of his assailants
early In the evening In the Santa Fe
station nnd gavo a description of
him to the pollen.
They wero seen hy passers! but
shouting that they would kill if
stopped wero allowed to escape
Cornelius believes ho Btrurk ono.
ill .till had guns and between them
and" tho officer nioro than twenty
shots woro fired.
'Surgeons at University hospital
express litllo hope for Cornelius' re-
covory. He is believed to havo been
shot Just below tho heart.
GORPOS CHRIST!
MICE
Dy United Press.
Corpus ChriHtl Jan. IK. Texas
Rangers were polking this city to-
day taking the places of tho city
and county officers whom Mayor
Gorgon charged with neglect of their
duty.
Following investigations which
have been quietly conducted here
during a period of nioro than a month
by privato detectives and Texas
Rangers a number of raids were
conducted by theso forces last night
resulting in the nrrcHt ot 71 alleged
lawbreakers.
RISERS
I
MAN WHO SPANNED WASHITA WITH
FIRST STEEL STRUCTURE VISITS
SITE OF THE "OLD TOLL BRIDGE'
J. W. Pigg engineer who super-
vised tho construction of tho bridge
over tlio Washita river v between
Chickasha and Tabler la In tho city
today.
This bridge known ns the "old toll
hiidgo" was tho first structure to
span the Washita river. It was com
pleted in 1895 when this section of
the stato was sparsely settled and
when Chickasha was no more than
a hamlet. At that time only throe
bridges spanned tho Washita and
these were wooden structures.
Tho construction of tho "old toll
bridge" marked the beginning of Mr.
Pigg's bridge-building career in the
southwest. Ho later supervised the
construction of tho steel suspen
sion bridge at Newcastle Tex. This
bridge 700 feet from pier to pier
Is said to bo the largest single span
bridge west of the Mississippi river.
It was completed in 1908.
Two Over Red River
Two bridges in this section of the
state connecting Oklahoma with the
state of Texas were later construct-
ed under the supervision of the aged
engineer who probably has super-
vised more bridge construction than
any living man in Oklahoma.
Both of these structures span the
Red river ono being between Tem
ple Okla. and BByars Tex. and
Says Legislature Must Appropriate
f24.0OO.0OO If Institutions and
Departments Get Nrfdct
Funda
REVERSAL OI FIGURES
HE HAD RECOMMENDED
F'rst Intimation He Expected a Coot
Legislators F'an to Tour State
In Search of Hospital
Site
Ily I'lllted V-"-4.
Oklahoma City. Jan. 1 !. Address
ing tho lions'! uiid Henatii appropria-
tion committer today Governor J.
H. A. Robertson -dated that It Is Im
perative that the legislature appro-
priate not less than f"100U0n0 or
10(0000 If It would prevent tlio
crippling of tho Muto department-
und Institutions.
Tills l:i tho first Intimation from.
tho governor that ho expecto I that
tho appropriation!) when tiny nio
parsed to bo in excess of his rec
ommendations la tho budget. In
theso recommendations he asked for
117000000 approximately trimming
(ho amounts asked for by practically
half.
Seek Hospit.il Sits.
Hy Culled Press.
Oklahoma City Jan. !!. In an ef-
fort to seciiro hospital space for
wounded veterans of tho world war
committees of tho two house of
tho utato legislature today prepared
to entrain on nn inspection tour of
t'!i stato Institutions.
The purpose of tho tour would 1 o
to gather data with a view o-' ror.
ommendlng which of h 'i - ' ( u
Hons might bs madi nvi.llabi.) 'jr
this ptirposo.
Tho committee Is slated to inspect
stato institutions In both tho cast
and west portions of Oklahoma.
KIMS OFFIGFIIS
STAGE DIC IIS
I!y United Press
Leavenworth Knns. Jan. P. Vol-
"ead and finte prohibition laws were
enforced here today. Swooping
down upon this oity'whi ' ' sav-
ored of wetness civil a ud ti:llt ary
authorities raided 15 alb ge l Jrlnts.
Thirty-seven owuora and f re-mentors
ot tliepe were taken lo jail and
hold wlihout bond pending their hear-
ings. AssiBtnut Attorney General
ltublKiid raid that tho raid was pre-
liminary to state act'oti ngalnst of
licials who failed to enforce tho law.
tho second bet t ecu Terral Okla.
and Ringgold Tex1.
Although an ogod man Mr. Pii?S
Is still active. lie is now supervis-
ing tho construction of tha bridge
between Bridgeport and Geary which
will connect tw olinks of tho Postal
Highway from Momphls Tenn. to
important points in Texas.
Tho Bridgeport-Geary bridge to bo
a single-span atcol-stiBponsion struc-
ture will bo completed about July
Engineer PigG said today. He
was accompanied to this city by
J. B. Phillips of Norman an of
ficial of tho Do Iuxo Bridge com-
pany which corporation is financ-
ing tho construct ion ot tho Postal
highway bridge. .
.
DEMPSEY-CARPENTIER
BOUT SET ON JULY 3
By United Press.
New York Jan. 19. Tho Demp-
sey-Carpentier match for the
heavyweight championship of
tho world will be staged on
July 3 probably either in Can-
ada or England. This was the
statement mado today by Tex
;" Rickard on? of the promoters
to the Uniiod Press.
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