The Tribune-Progress (Mountain View, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, May 26, 1916 Page: 1 of 8
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THE
TRIBUNE-PROGRESS
V.
Vol. 18. No. 3
Mountain View, Oklahoma, Friday, May 26, 1916.
$1.00 per year
H. M.SMITH RESISTS ARREST
Wanted on Charge of
Insane.
Being
After resisting ariest for three
hours Tuesday morning with a
double-barreled shot gun, H. M.
Smith, a resident of Mountain
View, against whom an informa-
tion had been tiled charging him
with being insane, was finally
overpowered and taken to Hobart
by Deputies Bob Allen and
Frank Kimbrough.
Allen and Kimbrough came
here in the morning to serve the
papers on Smith, but found that
he and his two boys were across
the river at work in a cornfield
Smith was tending. When Smith
saw the officers he secured a gun
and commanded both the deput-
ies to not come near him or he
would shoot them. Allen was
not armed and knew that he
could not accomplish his errand
by proceeding. Trying to talk
Smith out of his desire to shoot
had no effect. Allen finally re-
turned to town and induced Pete
Tidmore to accompany him and
see what he could do. Tidmore
went to where the man was at
work, bnt was commanded to
take a seat near a tree a little
distant from Smith. To this
Tidmore agreed and started a
general conversation with his
man. Smith finally came and
sat down by Tidmore and voiced
his sentiments about Allen and
was strong in his determination
to not be taken by him. Tidmore
finally asked to show Smith what
a good gardener he was and took
the hoe and worked his wav to
where an ax was, also to where
the boys had the gun. In the
meantime J. H. McAtee came up
and entertained Smith in conyer-
srtion. Finally Tidmore secured
the gun, hoe and axe and gave
Kimbrough the word to get
Smith, at the same time calling
Allen into the game. Smith had
time to get out his knife before
securely held by Kimbrough and
when Allen started to handcuff
Smith he received several cuts
on the hand and one that came
near being serious. Smith made
a slash at Allen’s heart and the
knife cut through the lapel of his
coat, shirt and undershirt, making
a mark on the skin above the
heart.
It required the two officers and
Tidmore to subdue the demented
man and get the knife away
before he was handcuffed. It is
said that Smith had told Allen
that if he attempted to. arrest
him he would shoot him and then
be freed on the plea of insanity.
A demented man that is sane
enough to make such threats as
that is a dangerous character to
be at large.
Smith has been in the asylum
two or three times and has been
at home only about two or three
months.
He has a wife and grown
children, and has been very
quarrelsome at home. The last
time he was sent away was be-
cause he had run his family
away from home at the point of
a shot gun.
This last trouble started or
culminated last Saturday. His
hobby seems to be in gardening
and he usually raised a quantity
of garden truck. In a fit of
temper or insanity Saturday he
accused a number of neighbors
of living off his garden truck, and
after causing all kinds of trouble
with the family, plowed up the
garden and with his two sons
went to his cornfield across the
river, where they have been stay-
ing until the officers overpowered
and arrested the father.
Smith is a carpenter and watch
repairer, bqt has done nothing
at his trade for some time. He
is of a restless nature and does
not seem to be satisfied with the
world and people in general.
He has never done any serious
harm, but from his actions of
Tuesday it is possible that he
might soon harm some of his
family.
Hog Cholera Protection
We are threatened with an
epidemic of hog cholera at this
time and unless the hog raisers
get together in the infested dis-
tricts and organize and enforce
the quarantine regulations and
see that all dead hogs are burned
the losses will be even greater
than tbey were in Jackson county
last year, which ran into the
thousands of head.
I am ready to assist any farmer
in showing him how to vaccinate
his hogs and any district that
think an Anti-Hog Cholera Asso-
ciation will help to check the
further spread, call on me and
we will assist all we can to save
the hogs.
F. F. Parker,
County Agent.
Notice, Masons.
Mountain View lodge No. 168
A. F. and A. M. will confer the
M. M. degree to-night (Friday). A
good attendance of members will
be appreciated. Visiting brothers
always welcome.
H. C. West, W. M.
J. K. Lance, Secy.
as I did before—in a clean man-
ner and without mudslinging.
I do not belong to any ring and
will not interfere or mix in any
other candidate's business. I
shall not be absent from my
office when duty necessitates my
being there, and if by doing this
I do not get to meet and talk
with every voter, I ask vou to be
fair with yourself, with me, and
with the public in general and
remember that I am staying right
on the job doing the work which
you elected me to do. I will
appreciate your support in the
primary and pledge myself here
and now to abide the decision
of the good democracy of Kiowa
county.
Sincerely yours,
John Sam Carpenter.
FREEMAN isl CANDIDATE
Formerly Announces for Clerk
of the Courts.
Carpenter for Count) Judge
To the Democracy of Kiowa
County:
I am a candidate for the demo-
cratic nomination for county
judge and ask the democrats who
will vote in the August primary
to consider the following reasons
which I offer as to why I should
have a third term:
I have kept every promise
which I made the public in the
two former campaigns.
I filled the office more efficiently
and economically the second
term than I did the first.
On account of my experience
I can and will fill the office more
economically during the third
term than I did the second.
During the time I have held
this office, I have collected and
paid to the county treasurer cash
fees amounting to $11,042 39. The
expense of conducting my office
has been $9,500.00, making a
surplus in cash of $1,542.39. In
addition to this I haye sentenced
men to 4,200 davs of work on the
county roads, which if valued at
one dollar per day, was equival-
ent to $4,200.00 in cash to the
county.
When I took the office in Jan-
uary, 1913, there were 140 cases
for trial on the trial docket. Now
there are but 24 on the trial
docket, making a decrease of 116
cases.
During my incumbency in this
office 856 cases has been filed for
trial of which 832 have been
tried; fifty applications for Con-
federate pensions have been
made and proof taken; eighteen
widows haye applied for pensions
under the recent act of the state
legislature; ten applications for
pool hall licenses have been
heard and but one granted; forty-
five minors have been dealt with
in the Juvenile court; and 838
marriage licenses haye been
issued. In doing this work I
have been at the office every day
since January, 1913, always there
to attend to the work and per-
form the duties which the people
elected me to attend to.
During my time in office I haye
saved the salaries of the pro-
bation officer and clerk, amount-
ing to $3,000.00.
I am going to make this rice
In the proper column of this
issue of the Tribune-Progress
appears the name of R. G. (Bob)
Freeman, as a candidate for the
nomination for the office of Clerk
of the Courts, subject to the
democratic nominating primary
Tuesday, August 1.
Mr. Freeman is a citizen of the
Komalty precinct, and has been
in Kiowa county every since the
opening almost 15 years ago, he
therefore enjoys a large acquaint-
ance who know his qualifications
for this position. However to
those who do not personally
know Mr. Freeman, the following
will aid in enlightening them.
A native born Tennesseean, an
Arkansawer by accident and an
Oklahoman by adoption, consti-
tutes the histortcal data of Mr.
Freeman. He is a democrat of
life long standing; a man who
has neyer held public office, and
a party worker who has been
active in the past, and a man
who places his party before the
individual, and who if nominated
states that he will do all the
work possible without unneces-
sary expense. He has the proper
qualifications both as to educa-
tion and business ability to make
the county an ideal officer.
He asks a rigid investigation
into his record as to his honesty,
ability and industry; firmly be-
lieves the principles of democracy
are greater -than the individual
and asks all voters to vote for
the man after an impartial in-
vestigation. He believes the
voters will make the best selec-
tion, which will be perfectly
agreeable to Mr. Freeman.
This free and concise state-
ment is all that Mr. Freeman
announces through the press, but
between now and the date for
the primary he expects to meet
in person as many of the voters
as possible.
School Patrons Notice.
All persons who do not reside
in Mountain View school district
and who desire to send one or
more of their children to school
in said district must make the
legal transfer at least two months
before school begins in Septem-
ber. We suggest that this be
adjusted before July 1. Write to
County Superintendent J. B.
Hendrix for information.
A tuition for out of district
pupils who are not transfered
will be charged as follows: High
School $2.00 per month; Seventh
and Eighth grade $2.00 per
month; for all grades below the
seventh $1.50 per month. This
tuition must be paid in advance.
Members ot Board
of Education.
Old papers for at tfcia ci-
tes jjc, b«ft4l**
MAY SPECIALS
Summer Suits lor Men
in the latest weaves and models; the new
Pinch backs in Kool cloth and Palm Beach.
Blues, Tans and Grays.
$7.50 to $18.75
Special on Millinery
3.00 Hats for.........................................1.98
4.00 Hats for........................................2.79
Children's Hats...............................59c and 98c
A Complete Line of Furnishings
at Special Prices.
Jopy right Hurt Schaffntr If Man
Shoes and Oxfords for the
whole Family
Extra special in this department F7*
in the very newest styles in Straps,
Pumps and High Cuts.
BfcthtAnk
Simon's Department Store
FREE ALUMINUM WARE.
Mountain View, Oklahoma
___ _
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GOLD FISH FREE!
Also Half-gallon Globe, bunch
Sea Weeds and Pebbles.
We will give away free Two Gold Fish, one half- 4
gallon globe, bunch sea weed and pebbles with every
50-cent Rexall purchase, or two 25-cent purchases.
Fish will be on Display Saturday Afternoon, May 27
Come in and see these beautiful fish. Only a limited
number of fish and globes to be given away.
Notice!—Only one member of a family will be entitled to
receive the above free fish offer.
Our stock of Rexall goods is complete and we carry a full line
of druggist sundries. Prescriptions carefully compounded.
The Rexall Store
J. H. Sumner, Prop.
Mountain View, Oklahoma
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West, H. C. The Tribune-Progress (Mountain View, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, May 26, 1916, newspaper, May 26, 1916; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc914851/m1/1/: accessed March 29, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.