Durant Weekly News (Durant, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 12, Ed. 1, Friday, March 24, 1916 Page: 1 of 8
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DUltANT OKLAHOMA FRIDAY MAllCH 24 1910.
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McKINNEY TEXAS HAS
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country visited thq. fair.lctty of Par-
18 Texas Tuesday rilght and Wed-
nesday morning and thousands of
peoplo arc homeless of its 20000
population
Estimates of the property loss are
from ten to fifteen million dollars.
Tho assessed valuation of the prop-
erty facing tho public souaro before
the fire was ?20000000 and all
tfioro is left Is tho ground upon
upon which tho buildings 'jtood. In
addition to tho loss on tho square
between 00 and 100 blocks In the
residonco section of tho city were de-
stroyed one-half of which was in
tho wealthiest portion of tho town.
Two-persons are known to be dead
and ono missing. Captain John
Straub n prominent propovty own-
er lost his life and Bob Huddle is
dead. Miss Llzzlo Carpenter 76
years old la mining.
No fire has ever occurred In Tex-
as or in tho Southwest to equal the
ono that has just swept over Paris.
Looking north nnd northeast from
the Texas Pacific depot over an ar-
ea whore had stood tho mt-st costly
homes In Paris only a few scatter-
ing residences can be seen. The
ground is covered with debris elec-
tric light and; 'telephone wlren and
poles. Tho streets wera 'cleared
late Wednesday afternoon to admit
vehicles passing through the square.
Ropes and wires have beon stretch-
ed around this portion of tho burned
district for five blocks. ' '
Among the principal" buildings
destroyed are the post office build-
ing Fcdoral building; Baptist Epis-
copal Central Presbyterian and the
Christian churches; Merrick Hotel
city hall fire station high school.
Arena court house and jail. Both
the morning and afternoon newspa-
per plants wore destroyed and all
equipment. Each issued small baud
bills Wednesday afternoon contain-
ing brief notices of the loss.
Tho Dallas fire department rush-
ed a company to the scono of tho fire
and did much toward stopping the
spread of tho flames.
Household goods moved into the
streets to escape the flames wero all
licked up as the fire raged and ad-
vanced to distances unforeseen and
unexpected. Hundreds of families
are sleeping In back yards and in
the streets. Groceries are exceeding-
ly scarce and. much hardship is be-
ing experienced. All the cities of
tho section are extending all aid
possible and the unfortunates are
.being cared for In every way as fast
as arrangements can bo made to get
assistance to them.
. SUIT FOR DAMAGE TO LAND
Tho case of E. Haggard against O
B". Hall and D. F Brown in which
plaintiff asks damages in tho sum
or $4700.00 wpnt to the jury Wed-
nesday night. The plaintiff charges
that defendants by diverting tho
.channel of a portion of Brown Creek
caused much of his land to bQ over-
flowed and greatly damaged. The
case was bitterly contested lasting
part of Tuesday and all day Wednes-
day. Hatchett & Ferguson appear-
ed for the dofondants and McPherren
& -Cochran for tho plaintiff.
Tho entlro plant of tho
McKlnhoy (Texas) Compress
Company with 2500 bales of
cotton three residences and
eight freight cars as well as
a number of small outbuild-
ings' were destroyed by flro
Tuesday afternoon. Tho to-
tal loss is estimated at moro
than $200000 tho value of
tho cotton loBt being SMB.
'S' '000 fully covered by insur-
S anco. The plant of tho com
press company was valued at
$45000 and was insured for
$20000. Residence proper-
ty was partly Insured. Tho
flro originated fro mthe ex-
plosion of an oil stovo in ono
of tho residences and tho
flames wero rapidly spread
by the high wind that prc-
prevalled at tho time.
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PROPERTY TRANSFERS ARE
ON THE INCREASE
Judging by tho Increased number
of deeds being recorded in tho office
of tho county clerk the farm and
city property business Is" picking up.
Cler McCroary reports that deeds re-
corded and! bolng recorded now aro
considerably more in number than
for the same period of time last year.
Tho number of chattel mortgages
filed ho says is about the same as
last spring. It was believed that the
now usury law which caused tho
discontinuation of imnll loans by
many banks would cause a decrease
in the chattel mortgages.
TWO WELLS ARE
REING DRILLED
Drill on Klcrsey Lcnso Struck Wntcr
nnd Quicksand nt 00 nvct -Yfrll
Start Drilling on tho Thompson
Lcnso Next Sntrirday.
Two new oil wells are bolng drill
cd In IiIb community and it Is f reefy
predicted by oil men that either oil
or gas will bo found. Th-j rapidity
with which scouts aro taking leases
on stuff near and far from botli lo-
cations indicates that tho oil men
fool there Is likely to be something
doing. Lease contdderatlona ore
runnlg all tho way from twenty-five
celts to five dollars por acre.
Work has been in progress for
several days on tho well on tho Kler-
sey lease a mile and a quarto to
tho northwost of the town of Kler-
soy. At ninety feet the drill struck
a large sheet of- wator and quick-
sand which tho most modern typo of
baler was unable to lower an Inch
in tho hole. An extra heavy casing
was lowered into the hole and the
water and sand Bhut out when the
drilling was resumed. Tho driller
Mr. Chapman anticipates finding
still another and larger strata of
quicksand nnd water at between four
and five hundred- feet and expressed
surprise at finding it at the shallow
depth of ninety feet.
Work on the well on tho Leo
Thompson place two miles south of
this city will commence Saturday.
The rig is up and all .the machinery
ana casing are on mo grounu.. xnp
boiler was fired up Tuesday to see
that everything was in good order;
CHILD RUN DOWN
RY AUTOMOBILE
Thellnu Pcrklnson Struck and Drag-
ged by Atito Drlvjcn by II. A.Slaton
of Mend Wrenched Ann Is Worst
Injur)- Suffered by tho Child.
A Ford automobile driven by H.
A. Slaton of Mead struck llttlo Thol-
nta Porklnson while crossing Main
strept at Seventh Avenue Wednesday
afternoon knocking her down and
dragging her somo distance before
tho car could be stopped. Tho
wheels did not pass over her body
but sho was badly bruised and cut
by tho accident and suffered torn
tondona in tho right arm. Had tho
accident not occurred at a very soft
anl sandy piece of road more ser-
ious injurios would probably have
bejm inflicted. '
Ir. Slaton and his . family were
returning to their nomo nt Mead go-
ing out Main tree;. Tho little child
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Will Per-
klnsoil had started across tho street
kto the little store conducted by her
grandfather and the persons who
witnessed tho accident say that tho
driver of tho car did not sound his
horn but that ho did yell at tho
child. Slaton is a one armed man
and this fact probably made tho
handling of tho car more difficult
for him.
It Was thought at first that ' tho
child had been killed breath having
beon knocked out of her body by the
force of tho blow; but sho was quick-
ly revived and Is now believed to bo
out of danger. However the injury
to the arm is quite serlousT
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BIG CQJTON FIRE AT
HOBART OKLA.
Ono of tho largest cotton
fires in the history of tho
Stato occurred at Hobart
tho county scat of Kiowa
County In western Oklaho-
ma laBt Tuesday when 7000
bales of cotton wero consum-
ed by the flames Besides tho
loss of tho cotton tho plant
of the Interstate Compress
Compnny was also eaten up
by tho flames; also fourteen
froight cars. Seventy-five
farmers who had from one to
twelve bales each at the com-
press had no insurance on
their property. All other
losers wero protected. Tho
flames broke out In the pow-
er room and in addition to
destroying tho plant spread
to near-by houses many of
which wero reduced to ruins.
MILITIA INSPECTED
Lieutenant Murchison was here
Friday and inspected the local mili-
tia company reporting the company
to bo in good condition. There afo
about ninety enlisted men and offi-
cers in tho company and tho inspect-
ing official says that with a month's
work the company could m gotten
ready for active service. Twenty-
eight now rifles will be piaced with
tho company.
It Is almost humiliating to note
that whllo Mlssourlans are sitting on
tho lid of Congress there are several
Texans under It.
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$500 VERDICT AGAINST FRISCO
L. M. Bergen suing tho Frisco
Railway for ? 30.00.00 was awarded
a verdict of $500 Tuesday. Bergen
alleged that while- omployed on a
brldgo gang his hnnd wnB mashed.
His attornoys woro Utterback & Mao-
Jponalu. McPherren & Cochran ap-
peared for the railway company.
Wodnwday night thq cam went
to tho Jtfry and they returned a veiv
llct In. favor of the defendants.
TYPEWRITERS CHKA1'
I have on hand eevcml new tvee-
writera. never unoxM which I
wish to turn Into moneyvand will
vnlrrt tn)ion"i-of nrtes to anyone
Interested. The elpek Includes four
Model 9 OllWMj o4 Mdl 1 QUvr
four pcrtahi Gerona tuid Mattel 10
Royl. B. M. EJvauM Duranf. (ad)
SAY Wfl NEED- K.UN
Farmer aro . ooinpial&lng about
tbnwid of raiu. CwaiaWKi. iptf
-planted and of which the. acreage
lvory larg will he damttgdr tiioy
say unloss wo get rain within a
)('. vSijj-Tlnd of tlio pant foW
days havo added to the uoed ot rain.
Reports coming from Central nttd
Western Oklahoma nay' that rain is
badly needed tluier.
OIL AND GAS LEASES
Tho Weekly News has printed and
offers for flalo an -ample supply of
Oil and Gas Leasee Known s "Form
88" .prices 25c per dozen $175 por
100. Mailod to any address in any
quantity charges prepaid upon re-
ceipt of romJttancQ to covor. The
Wookly News. Durant Ok (adv)
BEGINNING
MONDAY
MARCH 27
DURANT. OKLA. r
LASTING
ALL
WEEK
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UfAten and J5ous Wear
7Q are cordially invited to see
these au then tic i Spring styles for
Men Young Men and Boys.
J3eg inning M.onciai and toasting U rVeet
Come bring the boys with you we
have many new clothes to show you
From
The House of KuppeiAeimer
Art-Craft and Wooley Boy Clothes.
NEW SPRING HATS from StetsonNoName and Grace-Townsend
EDWIN CLAPP REYNOLDS and TILT OXFORDS are here and
it's time you were looking them up.
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NEW SPRING NECKWEAR
SHIRTS COLLARS BELTS -
UNDERWEAR AND HOfe
Our fennel Bqj Toggery
is tlie most frehoattv6 we have ever J
shown.- '(Jtnne lgfug your frretyU .
Vfith'yW;' ' .'-
pritigrLulitJtery and
K?ieaclijtO'iv&iLr Opening
MONDAY AND TUESDAY
MARCH -27TH AND 28TH
6 bring your wife and her friends. This
is Jt year to see eairly and buy early.
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THE TROUBLE
IN MEXICO
Two Thousand Cnrranza Soldiers nro
Said to Invo Joined Villa's Ban-
dits Censorship g Extended nnd
Much Uneasiness Is Felt.
From Columbus Now Mexico tho
rumor has been given circulation
that Luis Horrera until recently tho
Carranza military glvornor of Chi-
huahua has ronounco dthe Carranza
cause and announced In favor of
Villa taking tho field of v.-oatcrn
Chihuahua with 2000 troop.
Tho same rumor although uncon-
firmed Is rife In El Paso. The re-
port comes there from two sources
but no officials would say that the
advlco had gotten beyond tho rumor
stago. It Was pointed out however
that more than one half of tho Chi-
huahua garrison were former Villa
followors nnd It was conceded that
such an addition to tho Villa forces
might have somo effect upon tho
bandit's plans and Immediate future
actions.
General Bell has extended tho cen-
sorship to make It as thorough and
rigorous as possible saying that ho
did not Intend news of his prepara-
tions to bo given out In advance of
their execution.
Wires of communication with tho
Pershing expedition now In Mexico
are out of commission and the wire-
less service is also useless. For this
reason ilo word has been received
at least nono has been given out)
as to the progress of tho soldiers in
Mexico.
There is a belief that tho Carran-
za forces gained a victory over tho
bandits at Namlquipa; but consid-
erable doubt exists In official sourc-
es as to this for the reason that had
there been such a victory tho event
would have been loudly acciaimed
by thf do facto government.
Undisguised anxiety is shown over
the report of the disaffection of 'tho
Chlhuahua garrison and there is an
Increased feeling of uncertainty over
the ppsslble conditions confronting
the expedition "somewhere in Mex-
ico." If the Herera report Is true
there is much fear that it means tho
'joglnning of moro turning of Mexi-
can soldiers from Carranza to Villa
and In considering that It must bo
borno In mind that according to the
understanding at El Paso; there are
substantial Carranza forces station-
ed in positions that would 'permit a
flank movement upon the American
expedition. -
There are persis'.ent and unpleas-
ant rumors of treachery on the part
of Carranza soldiers and of conniv-
ance between them and the bandit
chioftain. Thero is also an altered
attitude on tho part of Uio Mexicans
at Juarez that Is considered signifi-
cant showing that the natives! aro
not only restless but dissatisfied.
An unofficial report says that Vil-
la made his escape after the Nam-
quipa encounter with the Carranza
troops and is supposed to be at San
Miguel about fifteen miles away at
the foot of the Sierra Madres moun-
tains. The report further" says
that General Pershing has two col-
umns In closo pursuit and that ho
used a Mexican Northwestern trfln
to carry part of. his men to a point
near tho Cumbro tunnel so he could
try to head Villa off at San Miguel.
Carranza officials deny emphati-
cally tho revolt of Herera at Chihua-
hua. However should the report bo
true the Mexicnn problem will havo
become one of the most serious im-
port to tho government of tho United
States and the VHH part of the af-
fair may resolve itself into merely
an "Incident" of the conditions lllro-
ly to follow further dissatisfaction
and disaffection on the part of tho
various sorts of bo'dlers of the Mex-
ican republic.
There is no doubt bat that th-
ffellng general'" . the uopuUce of
the country Pi nntagonltTa to all
' gTioeofiB and junt what fprm of
eipresftion this feeling wit! tike in
the immediate future Is plnvly a
matter of . co ; let lure.
The Untted States milit.iiy n U ir.
Hiet are inacii' Ml pomiIs prep-
arations for tvtntyatggjnf tx eom-
plertf ness of wh'Oh U1 hMy 1 '
reliBd b tae country uutli aft?r
the thing Is settled.
ABOUT OUR SCHOOLS
The report of State Supeflnt. ind-
ent Wilson just Issued contaf a
tabulated statement shoeing the
number of months taufcht. tb um-
ber of school butldlnga and I heir
cost for each cr'tnty. t hrw . -hnt
iYr. ivcrofi t.vn of school t"' t ill
thl'i county iR 6 0 months th: t w
havo OS school bonnes the total val-
ue of which is I2B0.44S.O6.
ftfANY OIL AND CIAS LVASFfl
aki: mim
Tho office of the county c.-rk. re-
ports that a RiTur number of oil mnl
gas leuJBes are In ing filed covt ring
hundreds nnd hundreds of nlwB of
land in various parts o? bounty.
Lease considerations run all thq way
from twenty-five cents to five dol-
larauper aero.
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Evans, E. M. Durant Weekly News (Durant, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 12, Ed. 1, Friday, March 24, 1916, newspaper, March 24, 1916; Durant, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc82696/m1/1/: accessed March 28, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.