The Durant Weekly News (Durant, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 13, Ed. 1, Friday, March 31, 1922 Page: 1 of 8
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WORK.
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d adjourned finally at 3:30 o'clock
.im.il.i iifternoon.
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IN 111 GRAND JURY
To Hi' Umior.iuic uisirict iouri.
Hrjan ountv. Oklahoma; oco. s.
lar.li juiIki"
lU i fii.md Jury selected ana
tin.
iii l our Honor for the
Iii.ti
1 tjj Tcim of the Distuct
ku" I lirjiili county ukiuiioiiiu
Luit: nn 'liul "ill" investigation of
II matter- submitted to us anu
IhicI) thought were oi sumcicnt
iini'i'ii to command our atten-
. l iUn rnlln...:r wn.
0ll l'l '" "l""U llIU lUllUHIi V
)rt of oui proceedings:
IiiinuihaMy after taking our oatn
.Match I'th we began our labors
'oli (ting W. A. Hindman as our
llerk ami were at that time in sess-
Rn continuously for ten (10) work-
lg ii.i-. .iftei which we adjourned
htil March 2Jth since which time
have liti n in session three days.
iakinir .i total of Thirteen (13) days
loik foi this body.
We lune i.ucfully considered lour
Bonoi - institutions and have m-
ctn:a"(l into eeiy phase of law
illation- suggested by lour Hon-
iii-iiiutiun- together with such
ithii nutti'i" as have been called to
ir at'in'ioii .imi which we deemed
jot il -in in lent importance 10 oe-
hru! .in in -ligation at our hand.
Ii.ivi m.ide -ucral repoits and
l.i'i 'lit' tin woik we hae done will
tpt.ik ini i ne diligence we nave ex-m-h!
.mil the thoioughness with
khuh u hie done our work.
W have endeavored to stay fiee
if ai political matters for political
Liui(- mil have done our won;
Mil ii luii motive hoping to bene
fit 'I i 1'iopli .it huge in uryan coun-
l d'l without any desire whatever
It itii i upon in blast any political
i ... .... i
lutein I' it with the Miiceie hope of
'ii uit.im liiigulaiities that
huik umk an unnecessary hard-
h ii .iitiiular matU'is.
i li.m gone into the affairs of
in ( uiinv 10th financially anil
fcitm n i is thoioughly as it has
I en in itiK to do in the time in
Mil i liavi lutn in session and
flu Kiiiilitini- under which we have
till lll
I' i mm turn with the County fi-
rani i - u h.ivi had the assistance
F" ' miv alih and efficient State
ml li imitment and we find:
N fi Hi ile has been held in
'V H i antv as provided in Chap
ter .i st Ml)n i... inin. (See al-
1 i i u 72 Ai title 1). Revised
'" f l'llO).
Tn - i iMj Lt'dgei.s both gen-
' ii u liking funds nie very much
' ' i.iiin with the contiol ac-
tin geneial ledgei. No
vWuih is collect. We do
time is a difference of
between the School Dis-
nt- themselves. There is
for thib condition and the
nave kept these important
vi i y near criminal. An
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no cxniM
iiiii.i ii
.ii'tiint
mi.i uii.itiim -hould be made for the
puni -i . having the State Exami-
ner mil Inspeitor get these very im-
r"tm' .mounts in balance.
The fiiimtv Smkintr Fund is over
dr-ivn at pie-ent $G000.00 and on
July 1 i(.jo th nvrriraft will be
a!mu -.() 000.00. Proper levies
sbouM In. made eath year to meet
Sinking Fund requirements.
Thi pi oi ceilings of the County
Commissioners have not been signed
J the Chairman for some years
baik
Thi County Commissioners should
1o! tiant Certificates of Erroneous
Assessment only on the advice and
PI'ioval of the County Attorney;
tht same as to refund of taxes al-
read paid We find the County Com'
iinssinnnrs have exceeded their au-
tfioritv in that respect in many in-
'tanu The I ountv Cnmmissinnprs should
lo Feek the advice of the County
A" "-ny m the payment of claims
- ! hue aiiiuii
gainst the County. If i
'mm r iimmissioners
we were the
outside of
C'.l m r r ..nlnrtou fivnrl Uv Qtntlltn.
would not allow a single claim un-
k approved by the County Attor-
n ' Outside of claims for salaries.
aln t ncry t)ajm nKainst the county
"ivolvcs a lecal Question and before
rajment is made it should be sub-
"Htted to the County Attorney for
m? action in the premises. This
wild easily be done if all claims were
ja with the County Clerk five days
6tore the regular monthly meetings
ARKANSAS GROWERS STUDY
OKLAHOMA COTTON PLAN
The executive committee of the Ar-
kansas Cotton Growers Co-operative
association together with a commit-
tee of Little Rock bankers represent-
ing the Little Rock Clearinghouse as-
sociation visited the offices of the
Oklahoma Cotton Growers associa-
tion recently. Their purpose was to
study the marketing plan of the Ok-
lahoma association with a view to
operating their organization along
similar lines.
The Arkansas association complet-
ed its sign-up campaign about the
first of the pear and is now organiz-
ing its sales department and making
preparations to handle the 1922 crop.
The bankers in the party express
ed particular interest in the methods
used by the Oklahoma organization
in its business dealings with the
banks. They wish one of the party
stated to avoid such difficulties as
may have been experienced by the
Oklahoma association.
"We believe the plan is fundamen
tally sound." said II. II. Thompson
piesident of the Little Rock Clearing-
house association and president of
the Exchange National Bank of Lit-
tle Rock. "We have been watching
your pi ogress in Oklahoma with
much intciest. We are going to do
what we can to help the Arkansas
association and we hope soon to sec
all states operating on the Oklaho-
ma Plan and united in the American
Cotton Growers Exchange."
of the Board of County Commission-
eis. as is piovided by law. This
would enable the County Attorney to
scrutinize each and eveiy claim
against the County.
The County Clerk should keep up
to date all the schedules in his Fi-
nancial Ledger if the true financial
tondition of the County is reflected.
The County Clerk and County Com-
missioners should watch for viola-
tions of Sections 2.VJ3 and 2"i94 Re-
vised Laws of 1910. and lepoit the
.same to the County Attorney.
We question the authoiity of the
Assessor making any changes in the
Tax Rolls after they have left his
hands and while they aie in the cus-
tody of the County Tieasurer. If
collections aie necessary the Sta-
tutes and Session Laws of the State
piesciibe the piocedure. The opin-
ion of the Honoiable Attorney Gen
eial of the Assessors penalty should
be lead and followed.
We find that it has been a custom.
of the Assessois since statehood
which we think is little shoit of per-
nicious to the effect that where tax
ii.-vvers fail to render their taxes in
pioper tune the Assessor would pro-
ceed to render for them andftdiide
the desiiiptions into as man.v hub-
divisions as could conveniently be
made and chin (re the dolliir penalty
for e.ich subdivision. As for exam-
ple where there would be Tour lots
in one block all adjoining and ton
tiguous by this system the Assessor
is enabled to sccuie $4.00 penalty on
each eai. and $S.0() penalty for two
yeai. when he is entitled to only
31.(il) for two eais. Theu penalties
amount to M'U'inl thousand dollais
each J. ear and if the amounts that
have been collected in 1!21 should
be ass(ssed fo- 1122. we recommend
that some legal action be biought.to
piohilnt the collector fiom collecting
same.
We earnestly leiommend that au
shoitnge occasioned by leason of the
conditions in the County Tieasuier's
Office together with the banks
which have failed in this County be
collected at the earliest possible date
and that no diligence be spaieiMn se-
curing a prompt settlement. We fur-
ther leconimcnd that if the County
Attorney's Office thinks necessary to
employ additional counsel or other
assistance in making such collections
that the Commissioners Court should
promptly provide for the expenses
thereof and authorize the County At-
torney to proceed without delay.
We have investigated the County
property at the Court House and
Jail and find that the Court House
has been reasonably well kept with a
few small exceptions. We recommend
to the Commissioners Court that the
Court House and Jail be made the
.n.inl .nrp nf some individual Com
missioner and that he be charged
with seeing that they be kept in pro
per sanitary condition ana mat a
npcpssarv renalrs do maoe uieicw
immediately upon the necessity aris
ing; believing in the om aociniK-
4Vo a titi-h in time saves tune.
We have an excellent building and
it is now in good condition and the
property is too valuable to be neglect-
ed and permitted to go to run for
even n short time.
We have made a special investiga-
tion of the County Jail and find that
it has been kept in excellent condi-
tion. We think that the conditions
are very favorable but desne to say
thnt all has been done by the
management which could reason-
ably be done under the circum-
(Continued on page five.)
DURANT OKLAHOMA FRIDAY MARCH 31 1922
1920 STATE LEVY
IS HELD ILLEGAL
EQUALIZATION BOARD EXCEED-
ED AUTHORITY IN MAKING
LEVY. TAXPAYERS TO GET
THEIR MONEY BACK.
The one and one-half mill State
tax levy for 1920 was declared il-
legal in an opinion by the supreme
court Tuesday. The court held that
the duties of the state board of equa-
lization are only ministerial and that
when a levy is not required to meet
expenses of the state no levy should
be made. Approximately $2500000
nuuiu uuve ucen coueciea unuer me
tax.
All persons and torpoiations who
paid their taxes under piotcst at the
time the l'j mill levy was chaiged'
against them will be entitled to re-
cover the money. It is generally con-
teded that the next legislatuie will
take up the mattei of an appropria-
tion to reimbuise those taxpajers of
the tate who paid their taxes with
out piotcst. Thousands of dollais in
taxes aie involved as the l'i- mill
levy was applied on the total valu-
ation of the state.
The opinion .set out that the board
in setting the lJj null levy antici-
pated a deficit of $1700000 in state
funds. This was declaied illegal in
that no deficit by law be met in
advance.
The state had on hand when the
levy was made actoiding to the opin-
ion $22."fl000 in excess of that need-
ed to meet state expenses. One mil-
lion of this was declared to have
been in cash.
Responsibility for the fact that the
taxpayeis who have paid their pait
of the levy without piotcst will le-
ceive no icfund was disclaimed by
the couit in the opinion. This lespon-
sibility it was set out. tests with the
equalization boaid.
At the office of the state auditor
it was stated that much of the mill
and one-half tax has been collected
but that no iccoid was available to
show the amount. The regular quai-
ter mill tax for schools and like
amount for toads was not affected by
the decision these being set by the
constitution it was aid.
WAR FINANCE HEAD LIKES
COTTON GROWERS ASS'N
T" T T. .i.nninr ill
i.ugcne mejei i. mauM" ... (
rector of the Wai Finance Cotpoi-
ation. piaised the business methods
ot the Oklahoma Cotton Glowers as-
..Ufio in a lecent addles- at Ok-
lahoma City.
"The Oklahoma Cotton Giowcis as
sociation" he said ''has found a
way to finance its pioducts ovci the
penod in which it is to be matket-
ed. instead of dumping immediately
after it is hai vested. This has tended
to stabilize pi ices. Bankets aie moie
leady to do bustness when puces aie
stabilized and conditions aie genei-
ully mote satisfactoiv. tending to-
waid impiovemeiit in all hues of busi-
ness. "When the Oklahoma! association
made application for a loan of $' -000000
we investigated it thoiotigl.
ly and found it woith.v of our c-
opciatton. Immediati'lv following
the gianting of this loan and othet-
of similar natuie to the Texas ;md
Anona associations thete wa a u
sumption of Imving and a heavj in
cuase in pi ice
Our lelations with the Oklnhomi
Cotton Giowc-is asoeiatnm have liem
most satisfactoiy. It has nevei ask
ed unv thing uniea-onablc- and it is
lepaymg its loans from us without
being asked."
.... .-.... the Ameiican Legion's campaign to
COURT HOLDS OVER BOW Lh-. gjve tvcry ex.semce man a job op-
PETITION FOR A CHANGE Pned optimistically national officers
of the Legion state.
Through Attorneys Utterbaik & In order that no loopholes may re-
MacDonald Mayor R. P. Bowles now main unfilled. Lemuel Bolles. nation-
temporary suspension pending the al adjutant of the Legion has extend-
hearing of grand jury accusations ed the time for the campaign indef-
this week filed a petition with the tnitely. In Oklahoma many posts
court seeking to have Judge March have had permanent emplovment
disqualify himself to try the cases committees during the winter and
when they come up. The Court held report many service men given
that the petition was improperly l work. Word from Texas Legion of-
drawn and produced insufficient evi- ficers were received at headquarters
dence of his disqualification. The stating that the posts there had set
petition asserted that Judge March 1 15 days as the limit. Cumberland
is biased and that the defendant ' Md. was the first city to report un-
could not obtain a fair and impartial employment ranks filled and was fol-
tnal with him on the bnnch. Another lowed closely by Port Angeles Wash.
petition is expected to be presented the farthest western Legion post.
in a fe'v day. i
KOTAItlANS TAKING IN THE
EWM1NER COMPLETE CHhCK ! MUSKOGEE CONFERENCE
OF TREASURER'S OFFICE
Laikin Alexander represcn'ative
of the State r.xaminer and lnspd -
tor's office Tuesday complete 1 hi-
check of the county treasur.-i's ffice
The check covered the period of tunc
of Jim Mooie' incumbency anil te-
ported the office in excellent condi-
tion with the records regular and in
lawful order.
TO TRY CRIMINAL
CASES NEXT WEEK
SIX MURDER CASES UP FOR
HEARING IN DISTRICT COURT
WILLIAMS AND GOLDEN CAS-
ES SET.
Judge March will convene District
Court to try criminal cases on Mon-
day April 3 and six murder cases
and two cases of assault to murder
will be tried in 'a four day setting.
The criminal docket is as follows:
Monday April 3. 1922.
Vester Ray Burglary in second
dcciei!
Vester Ray burglary
i- . j -I-1
gH'C.
Pat. J. Dempsey. child stealing.
John Bishop minder.
II vi belt GoiNey. spreading infec-
tious disease.
J. W. Dilbeck embezzlement.
F. W. Buikes giand larceny.
Ikwel Higginbotham et al. burg-
laiv. Tucsda April I. 1922
I mis Burton arid Clyde Glover
buiIaiy.
Alficd Winton. murder.
Julian Flood pandering
Chailey Steele burglaiy in sec
ond degiee.
A. J. Powell obtaining money un-
dei false pretence.
Jerome Spring Grand Laiceny.
A mold Wan en. open and notorious
adultery.
Geoige Raby buiglary in second
degiee.
Bus i Bjington assault to kill.
Wcdnesd.iv. April !. 1922
Moidica Golden and Sadie Golden.
Minder.
D. I!. Williams murdei
S.vlvester Cmdell. Rape in setond
digiee.
John Turner assault to rape.
Thursda). April G 1922.
J. M. Headrick and Ben Hcadnck
minder.
. B. Biazill. tape in setond de-
giee. K. O. Baikei. buiglaiy in second
dcgiec.
. R. Jamison murder.
Ben Fianklm. assault to kill.
WIRELESS TELEPHONE SETS
BEING SHOWN I.N DUKAM'.1'
The piogic-ss of the times has been
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so tapiu in uiv in uiti-nunus
that the avuiagc fellow tannot keep
up with them. This week the E. G.
SicKinnej Ilaulwaie Company sui-
pii-eu cusiomeis iy hiviuuk mcui m
t place a wnelcss telephone U'ceivei
ovei their heads and listen to conver-
sation and music transmitted thnmgh
i the air for gieat distances. They
have two leceiving sets of diffeient
capacities. Oil" of them is capable
f ippi'iinifr messages as far off as
the Atlantii Ocean anu repous aie
given out of wncles- teligiaphlc
signals bawHcn battleships being de-
uteri in tin uistiuments. The w n -
-
ing that piotitiA's up into the air
has been ei cited on the top of the
stole building.
Galen II. McKinncj icpoit to as
that st.u.ial people nie planning to
buy outfits of the kind.
MANY
LEGION MEN HAVE
FOUND JOllS IN DRIVE
With moi e than 200000 of its to-
tal of 700000 jobless vettians of the
woild wai iilaced in positions the
fust day. with Gov. Ijouis Hint of
Washington defying the 17 other
state heads to beat him in finding
places for thi in and with Iouisiana
repotting 100 per cent employment.
(
' Twenty members of the Rotary
ciub the wives of four the daughter
0f ont. a ilium corps and several vis-
itors left Wcdnesd.iv night in their
special Pullman car for Muskogee to
attend the annual conference of the
seventeenth distuct of Rotary in
progiess there Thuisday and Friday.
They expect to return home early
Saturday morning.
' BUSINESS MEN VISIT BOIL-
EAU WELL SOUTH OF HERE
Wednesday morning a number of
business men took autos to the test
well of the Boilcau Oil Company
about eight miles southwest of Du-
rant. where they were accompanied
by Mr. Boilcau and by George G.
iucivay. oi ueiroit Michigan a
wealthy railroad man and banker
who with others are financial back
era of the company.
un inc ground nave been built a
splendid rig with casing and other
equipment sufficient to sink a hole
10000 feet into the ground. Mr. Boil-
cau has built for himself and wife a
neat bungalow over looking the rig.
and smaller cottages for the em-
employees of the company. Huge oil
tanks contain enough fuel oil to op-
erate the machinery twenty-four
houis daily for six months. The rig
is of the largest type used for the
leal deep wells in the deep fields.
The hole was staited at 22 Inches and
now at a depth of nunc than 1150
feet is onl t educed to 12' inches.
The smallest bits and iiisings nie six
inches in diameter.
RAIN HELPS CROPS
The splendid rain that fell here
Tuesday night and nil day Wednesday
is of untoldvalue to glowing crops.
The rain was geneial over this sec-
tion of the State and coming in a
slow drizzle for the most part the
full benefit was received by the crop.
WOMEN FORCED TO SEE MAN
TARRED AND FEATHERED
At Guthrie. Okln.. Wednesday.
David Province 30 years of age was
seized on the stieet there by a band
of appioximatcly twenty masked
men who took him several miles in
the country and applied a coat of tar
and feathers to his body according
to the police.
Befoie going to the countiy. the
band took Province to the homes of
two women and compelled the women
to accompany them.
The women looked on nccoiding to
the police while Province was tuned
and fentheied. One was then sent
home and the other woman oidered
to leave town.
Pi ovine o was brought back to town
and tin own from an automobile In
the business district wjth. out hW
thing. .
The poliiB have not located any
jmvinbeis of the baud who conducted
the kidnapping
Pioiinii' and one of the women aie
siiiil to have left town.
BOMB WRECKS HOUSE
YOUNG WOMAN INJURED
As the U'.sult of a bomb explosion
in Dallas about H:l!i etlnesilay
night that shook houses for seveial
blocks' the home of Mis. Ilidie Mc-
Allister 1120 South l-amar stieet.
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was wiecKeu anu .uiss unioiny uiny
(iiiire. 1H who was in the house nt
the time sustained a liiokcn anklo
1 and many uitu about the bead and
fm e.
Mis. II. C. Pattoti. motliei of .Miss
Giaic. nai lowly esiapul with hei
life when die dashed into the house
to diag out hei il.uigliti'i. who had
gone into the building to bung out
some clothing.
At 10 oMoik Plaimlothcs Offueis
Lie Woodwind and Unbelts iiiifsl-
id II. C. Pattoii at his home. .'1020
Geitiuile stieet. He insisted at the
poliie station that he had Ik en to
ihuiih and knew nothing of the ex-
plosion. Clll ItCII GOERS ARE
KILLED IN RUSSIA
Four parishioners vveiv killed and
ten wounded when Red Guards fil-
ed into a crowd which was obstruct-
ing the doorway of a provincial
church in an endeavor to prevent the
authorities from executing the re-
cent Soviet Government decree for
confiscation of church treasures it
was learned in Moscow Wednesday.
KOTAItlANS INSTALL THEIR
NEW OFFICERS TUESDAY
The new officers of the Rotary
club were installed at the regular
meeting of the club this woek. as
follows: President E. M. Evans vice
president. O. R. Salmon secretary
Sam Archibald treasurer G. B. Ma-
lone directors C. O. Johnson W. K.
Gilstrap. J. B. Hickman. J. R. Mc-
Klnney and S. A. Whale.
FIRE DAMAGES GROCERY
Fire of unknown origin partially
dectroyed the Main Street Grocery
store owned by R. J. Rodocker lo-
cated at 7th and Main streets about
1:00 o'clock Saturday morning. Build-
ing and stock were damaged $500.
Insurance on the stock was $GO0 and
on the building $400.
Edison says he is going to work
until he is 90. But then Edison Is a
light worker.
NUMBER THIRTEEN
THINK BERTRAM
WAS MURDERED
CHARRED BODY OF CODY BER-
TRAM AGE 19 FOUND FOL-
LOWING BURNING OF BOK-
CHITO GARAGE SUNDAY.
The finding of the charred body of
Cody Bertram aged 19 in the ruins
of the Bankhead Garage several
hours after the building and contents
were destroyed by fire at Bokchlto
early Sunday morning leads to the
supposition that the boy was mur-
dered taken into the garage and
the building filed in an effort to hide
the crime. Officers are investigat
ing the fiie and finding of the body
as they have been doing since Sun-
day but so far no arrests havo been
reported.
The Bankhead Gaiage was owned
by Sullivan and Furlong It was a
fiame building with a concrete floor
and wns used for storage of cars and
geneial gaiage wotk. The structure
was discoveied to be on fire at 1:30
o'clock Sunday morning the fire ap-
paiently having stnrted in the north
west corner of the building. Tho
building wns totally destroyed with
all contents. Including fourteen auto
mobiles most of which belonged to
customers of the place who had
s Uiied them there for the night or
who left them there for repairs.
At eight o clock Sunday morning
neatly seven hours aftei the discov-
ery of the fire the badly charred
body of young Bertiam was found
in the northeast corner of the place
among the debris. The body lay on
the light side and u large fracture
of the skull was noted on the left
side of the head. Around the neck
an old jumper had been buttoned and
the underside of this wns found to be
blood soaked according to our infor-
mation and all of the jumjer had not
burned away. The body othervvist
was badly charied. and almost un-
lecognizable. Infoi matioti given out says that
a stout iron bar was found at the
i ear of the building which was iden-
tified as having been taken from an-
other place of business and with this
nppniontly the baik door had been
foiied open.
Tnf oi mation is mine in less con-
flicting in many ways about the tra-
gedy. It is lepiiiteil however that
the" last time oung Iteitiam was
een alive was nt about eight o'clock
Sattiidny night when he is said tQr
have liieii nt the gaiage and standing
at oi neai a Fold iar owned by Clem
and Vngil Hudson foimerly of Bok
thito. but now lesiiling in Texas. A
little later it Is said thnt Bvitrum
wns asked if he weie going home.
' ; .hUh Iid is said to have leplled
that he had a date ailJ VtWWi to lill
it. Some i epulis say flint Beitram
Imd heeii drinking Satin day night
but that he did not appeal to be un-
der the influence of liquor to any
eonsiili'iable degree. v
Infoi mation coming to the News is
to the effect that folks at Ilokchito
aie imluiiil to belief that Ileitrnm
vns miuileiid at sonic other place;
that the jumpct was fa tened about
bis mck to stop the flow of blood so
as to make no blood tiall; and that
the boil was mined to the icar of
the gaiage. wbcie the dooi was forc-
(d with tin lion bin. and that tho
building wns then set iifue in an
effoit to (ouital the irinie and to
had to the supposition that the boy
had met his death accidentally.
licrtiam livid with his mother near
Ilokchito.
REVIVAL MEETINGS ARK
ATTRACTING MUCH INTEREST
The evangelistic services have been
in piogii'ss at the First Christian
Chuuh all this week with interest-
ing intei est being shown each even-
ing. The pastot Rev. Chas. M.
Schoonover is doing the preaching
and Earl Motter is leading In the
singing. The sermons prepared es-
pecially for evangelistic work have
brought a message to a lot of folks
and quite a number have professed
Christianity during tho meetings this
week.
SOWELL WELL SAID TO
HAVE STRUCK OIL SAND
The Sowell test well four miles
west of town is drilling this week at
between 1300 and 1350 feet and the
operators are hopeful of getting a
paying well. It is reported that a
thin strata of oil bearing sand was
encountered lecently which would
have been good for ten barrels of oil
a day. This however was cased off.
and the drill is being pounded deep-
er and deeper in starch of a real
paving sand.
UNDERWENT AN OPERATION
Hugh L. Cox underwent a surgical
operation at the Memonal Hospital
Wednesday morning for hernia. Ho
was reported as doing nicely at the
latest reports.
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Evans, E. M. The Durant Weekly News (Durant, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 13, Ed. 1, Friday, March 31, 1922, newspaper, March 31, 1922; Durant, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc82984/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.