The Canadian Valley News. (Jones City, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, December 8, 1911 Page: 1 of 4
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CANADIAN VALLEY NEWS.
THE ONLY PAPER IN OKLAHOMA THAT HARES TO PRINT THE NEWS.
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VOL. XI.
JONES CITY, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1911
NO. 30.
The Close Call of Two
Little Tots North of
the Town of
Harrah.
VV. A, Haii, farmer, living north-
west of Harrah on the Klute place,
had the misfortune to have his house
destroyed by tire about 8 o’clock
Monday morning of last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Hall were in the
field picking cotton, and had left
their two children at the house, the
oldest of which is about four-years-
old. How the house caught fire is
not known, but it is believed to have
been started from the flue. Mr.
Hall ran to the house as soon as he
saw the fire, but it had gotten such
a headway that it was impossible to
save any of the household goods.
He had about $50.00 locked in a
sewing machine, and in making an
effort to get this out, he was severe-
ly, but not seriously, burned about
the arms.
August Klute is the owner of the
house, and he will build again at
once. So far as we could learn
there was no insurance on the place.
The oldest child succeeded in getting
the youngest out of danger, which
saved its lite.
NOT PENALTY ON TAX
TILL AFTER MARCH 15
Although by the last session acts,
all taxes levied upon an ad valorem
basis for the fiscal year ending June
80, 191:2, were due and payable No-
vember 1, with a penalty of 18 per
cent attaching on all delinquents af-
ter December 1, the letter of the law
will not be met in Oklahoma county.
This is caused by the fact that the
state equalization board was delayed
in returning the valuation of Okla-
homa county which naturally result-
ed in a delay of the county clerk to
certify the rolls to the county treas-
urer.
According to Treasurer Charles
McCatferty it will be physically im-
possible because of the large amount
of work to be done for County
Clerk Riley to certify the rolls to the
treasurer’s office for collection before
January 15, 1912. Clerk Riley is
using every effort possible to com-
plete the task, but the mathematical
accuracy in the immense volume of
figures to be handled makes the pro-
gress slow and tedious. For that
reasou it is estimated that it will re-
quire at least forty-five more days to
finish the task.
Treasurer McCatferty also stated
that a reasonable period for collec-
tion will consume at the shortest,
sixty days. Therefore, the penalty
far the first half of the taxes will
not be assessed until after March 15,
1912. Treasurer McCafferty will,
following receipt of the tax rolls
from the county clerk, notify each
taxpayer by mail of the amount of
his taxes and the date when the pen-
alty of 18 per cent begins to operate.
HARRAH NEWS.
From the Harrah News.
Dr. M. W. White, of Lamar, was
here the last of the week on a pros-
pecting trip. He was well pleased
with the town, and expects to locate
here.
B. F. Miles, Orville McClurg,
Porter Ragland and Arthur Martin,
drove to Oklahoma City Saturday
night, in Ben’s auto.
0. R. Summey and family, left
Tuesday for Rogers, Ark., where
they will make their future home.
Dr. Griggs reports that Will Coffey
has a new shipment of Coffey at his
place in the spape of an eight pound
girl, which father and mother are
yery proud of.
John Haas left Wednesday for
Crescent, where he lias accepted a
position in a drug store.
Up to date our gins have ginned
uearly 1,800 bales of cotton, and
there is a prospect of them getting
about 500 more before the season is
over.
THIS COUNTY AHEAD
IN HIGHSCHOOL PUPILS
Oklahoma county has a big lead
over the other counties of the state
in the number of highschool students,
according to data gathered by the
state department of education, there
being 619 pupils enrolled in the
ninth, 380 in the tenth, 215 in the
eleventh and 133 in the twelfth
grade in this county, which reports
seven highschools. This list includes
all schools in which studies above
the eighth grade are pursued.
MASONS MAY ORGAN-
IZE A LODGE HERE
The members of the Masonic fra-
ternity who live around Jones City
are considering the organization of a
lodge of that order heoj. A meet-
ing will be held Satnrday night at
Abel’s hall for the purpose of talk-
ing the matter over.
Dr. Owen reports the birth of a
fine boy at the Dick Clark plp.ee
Dorth of town
Miss Bertha Robertson retijrned
the first of the week, after a visit in
Oklahoma City. i
Bill Pipher returned Saturday
morning from Oklahoma City, where
he underwent an operation i for ap-
pendicitis, a few weeks ago.
I. W. Dobson, of McLoud, is here
this week doing some painting and
papering for Fred Kohler.
A MAD HOG BREAKS
LEG OF GRANT KING
Grant W. King, living just north
of Jones, met with a peculiar acci-
dent last Friday, in which he sustain-
ed a broken leg. He was trying to
kill a hog when the animal ran be-
tween his legs, throwing him to the
ground. 1 n the full one of his legs
was broken.
Call and see the 10c goods at Effiu
Stone’s.
We Do Printing
The News makes a specialty of
job printing, and is preparad to do
good work on short notice at reason-
able prices. We print bills of all
kinds, letter beads, note heads, en-
velopes, pamphlets, or anything you
may want. The next time you need
any work of this kind allow us to
figure with you.
Saved His Wife's Life.
“MylWife would have been in her
grave to-day,” writes 0. H. Brown,
of Muscadine, Ala., “if it had not
been for. Dr. King’s New Discovery.
She wasjdowu in her bed, not able to
get ,up Without help. She had a se-
vere bronchial trouble and a dread-
ful cough. 1 got her a bottle of Dr.
King's New Discovery, and she soon
bejin to\mend, and was well in a
shirt time.” Infallible for coughs
an<d colds, its the roost reiiable reme-
dy on earlh for desperate lung
trouble, hemorrhages, lagrippe, aslh-
10a, hay fevtsr, croup and whooping
6ougb. 50c, $1.00. Trial bottle
ifree. Guaranteed by all druggists.
FUTURE PROBLEMS
FROM OVER A COUNTY!
Items of General Interest That Have Happened
in Oklahoma County.
R. A. Rutledge, formerly clerk of
the district court, returned Saturday
from Tennessee, where he went to
attend the funeral of his mother,
who died suddenly last week of a-
pendicitis.
Come to Woolsey’s at Spencer and
buy it for less.
Henry Pinnix and Charles Fuuk,
engine hostlers at the Frisco round
house at Oklahoma City, were per-
haps fatally injured in a crude oil
explosion, occurring while they were
replenishing an engine Saturday
night. Pinnix was on top the tank
with a lighted lantern, which is
supposed to have set the oil on fire.
1C II. Hall has traded his Edmond
property for a farm uear Chandler,
and will move there the first of the
year.
Mrs. Alma Cushenberry, one of
the pioneer residents of near Aacadia,
is reported seriously ill.
The survey for the M. 0. & G.
railroad, which is to build from
Henrietta to Oklahoma City was
completed to the City Saturday. The
survey runs three miles south of
Jones. President Kenefick says
work on the linfe will begin in the
near future.
A son has bepn born to Mr. and
Mrs. Mont Sutton, of Harrah. Mr.
Sulton is cashier of the Harrah State
Bank.
J. M. Anderson, colored, of Luth-
er, was convicted in the county court
Friday of transporting intoxicating
liquors, and fined $50 and sentenced
to 30 days in the county jail. He
gave notice of appeal.
Big doins’ are still on at Woolsey’s
store at Spencer. Read about it on
page 4, this issue.
SOME LATeTNEWS
FROM THE KIGKAPOO.
Mr. and Mrs. P. R. Woods and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ragland
and family and Mr. and Mrs, Alvie
Ward ate Thanksgiving dinner with
Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Ragland and
family.
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Maxey and
family, and Mr. and Mrs. J. Groves
visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. H.
J.. Cheuvront and family.
Kathryn Shanahan spent Thanks-
giving at Harrah.
Mr. Lowell King called on his
best girl Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Porter Ragland
spent Saturday with Mr. and Mrs.
R. R. Housb.
THE WEEK’S NEWS
CITY OF CHOCTAW
Mr. Regans left Tuesday for Plieti-
ix, Arizona, to see his daughter Mrs.
Miller who is not expected to live.
Miss Ethel Hill and her brother
Homer, who are teaching the Geary
school, were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
G. M. Smith, Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Anderson and
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Anderson were
Shawnee visitors Monday.
Reed Moore who has been sick for
some time was down town Monday.
Mabel Stump is on the sick list.
Miss Nellie and Maude Hill re-
turned from McLoud, Sunday even-
ing. They have been visiting home
folks.
Prof. McCracken and wife visited
in Oklahoma City Wednesday, and
McLoud Thursday.
Harry Stubblefield is helping Mr.
Crist in the livery barn.
Miss Dolla Litteer was in town
Tuesday. She says her mother is
slowly improving.
LIRERTY ITEMS!
Mr. and Mrs. Boone Gillespie re-
turned Sunday evening from a sever-
al days visit with relatives in Okla-
homa City.
Mr and Mrs. Cy Seward visited
Sunday at J. W. McCoin’s.
Arthur Goodwin and Guy Dean
were visiting in the vicinity of Lud-
low Sunday evening.
Loyd Johnson and Charlie Steele
are putting in a bridge a few miles
north of hen this week.
A Jolly crowd of young folks in-
vaded the quiet home of Mr. and
Mrs. T. J. Goodwin Wednesday
eyening; a good time was enjoyed by
all.
Lightning Kills Few.
In 1906 lightning killed only I(J9
people in this whole country. One’s
chances of death by lightning are
less than two in a million. The
chance of death from liver, kidney
or stoinach trouble is( vastly greater,
but not if Klcctric Bitters be used,
as Robert Madsen, of West Burling-
ton, la., proved. Four doctors gave
bim up after eight months of suffer-
ing from virulent liver trouble and
yellow jaundice. He was then com-
pletely cured by Electric Bitters.
Tbey're the best stomach, liver,
nerve and kidney remedy aud blood |
purifier on earth. Only 50c at all
druggists.
MAIL SACK ROBBED
AT HARRAH DEPOT
Harrah News: “Saturday night
the depot was broken into by some
unknown persons, who took a sack
of mail, cut it open and t6ok it to
Shawnee and hid it in an old house,
where it was found Sunday. The
sack in particular was off of train
No. 42, which goes through here at
1:30 a. m. and it was after this the
above is supposed to have happened.
“The mail on this train is usually
large, and the trainmen always lock
the mail in the baggage room, and
is taken out in the morning by the
agent. It is believed that the per-
sons who did this, were acquainted
with the situation, as they pried one
of the windows opeu to gain an en-
trance.
“Just what their motive was is
not known, or why they should stop
at taking a mail sack, as there was
nothing else molested, not even the
cash drawer.
“The post.iffice inspector and a
number of detectives are working on
the case. A si mi liar affair happen-
ed at Choctaw about three weeks
ago, aud it is believed that the par-
ties who is doing this work, is fa-
milar with this part of the country.”
DESPONDENT FARMER
BLOWS HIS HEAD OFF
Coe G. Champion placed the muz-
zle of a single barreled shotgun a-
gainst his forehead at 8:45 o’clock
Friday morning, pulled the trigger
and the charge of shot tore the entire
lop of his head off.
Champion was a carpenter and
truck fanner living on a ten-acre
tract which he owned five aud a half
miles northeast of Oklahoma City,
and within half a mile of a farm
owned by his brother, T. F. Champ-
ion. He had been ill a long time
with Bright’s disease, and had been
heard to remark on several occasions
he feared ho would lose his mind
and kill himself.
earnheart' defend-
ant IN A BIG SUIT
Dr. E. E. Earnheart, formerly of
Spencer, now of Oklahoma City,
was made the defendant in a damage
suit filed Saturday in the district
court, by Mamie E. Brown. She
alleges,that the physiciau was called
in at the birth of a child August 28,
1911, and that the case was handled
in such a manner us to undermine
her health permanently and necessi-
tating the calling of another physi-
ciau. It is claimed that the plaintiff
spent $800 for medical attention and
hospital fees. She asks for $20,800
damages.
EDMOND BOY KILLED
BY TRAIN AT MONETT
Bervle, the 15-year-old son of W.
B. Haney, of Edmond, was killed
one day last week at Monett, Mo.,
while trying to board a freight train.
The young man had started out
several weeks before, “to see the
world.” The body had been buried
scyeral days before the parents learn-
ed of the fate of their son. Mr.
Haney went to Monett and by the
description given identified the lost
child. The body was exhumed and
taken to Chetopa, Kansas, where re-
interment took place.
$10.00 Reward.
I will pay the above reward for
evidence that will lead to the arrest
and convictiou of the party who
threw a cinder through the door of
The News office, Saturday night,
Dec. 2, 1911.
Chester A. Keyes.
All The News of The
Week Boiled Down
for The News’
Family.
See Woolsey’s ad on Page 4.
Miss Daisy Jamison is visiting her
aunt, Mrs. A. T. Douglas, at We-
leelka.
Big doins' are still an at Woolsey's
store at Speucer. Read about it on
page 4, this issue.
Frank Mark, who Imd been spend
ing Sunday with his aunt, Mrs. W.
R. Lopp, northwest of town, left
Sunday evening for his home at El
Reno.
Save money by buying your Drugs
etc. from ElHe Stone.
Postmaster W. F. Albright spent
Monday at Oklahoma City.
See Woolsey's Page ad in this
issue and note the extraordinary bar-
gains they are offering, at Spencer.
Mr. and Mrs. Win. Askin moved
Saturday to the old Curtis place,
now owned by Mrs. E. B. Wagoner,
southwest of town.
Fred Proctor and family have
moved into the White property, op-
posite The News office.
Big doins' aye still on at Woolsey’s
store at Spencer. Read about It on
page 4, this issue.
Hubert Dorman and sou Johnnie
spent Sunday visiting with the Kick-
apoo tribe of Indians, near McLoud.
Mr. Dorman was formerly interpreter
for this tribe.
Miss Fannie Kenuedy attended the
teachers meeting at Edmond Friday
and Saturday.
Rev. and Mrs. J. Wood spent
Thanksgiving with their son Wesley
and family at Arcadia.
Christmas and New Year cards
and booklets at Ettie Stone’s.
See Woolsey's Page ad in this
issue and note the extraordinary bar-
gains they are offering, at Speucer.
The Ladies Aid Society of Jones
will give a social at the town hall
Saturday night, Dee. 16. Every-
body invited.
Miss Jennie 1*. Ladd of Detroit,
Mich., spent Thanksgiving with F.
W. Wright and family, southeast of
town.
Dr. Sawyer’s Squaw Root aud Ko-
ko-no at Eflle Stone's. Due trial at
our store will make you a permanent
customer.
A pie social will be held Friday
evening Dec. 8th at the Pleasant
Hill school house. Proceeds to de-
fray Christmas tree and Sabbath
school expenses.
The Ladies Aid Society will meet
at the home of Mrs. Truax next
Wednesday, Dec. 18.
For Sale—Fresh young Jersey
miich cow; also fat hogs ready to
butcher for home use.—H. M. Dor-
man.
John Tescier of the Kickapoo flat
spent Tuesday witli friends up at
Meridian.
Come to Woolsey’s at Spencer and
buy it for less.
PUBLIC SALE DATES
A. R. Ruf and J. C. Wallace, }
mile north of Choctaw, Dec. 14.
L. H. Bolen, 7 mile3 south of
Choctaw, Dee. 15.
W. H. Barlling, 3.1 miles ncrtS
west of Jones, Dec. 8.
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Keyes, Chester A. The Canadian Valley News. (Jones City, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, December 8, 1911, newspaper, December 8, 1911; Jones, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc860316/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.