Colony Courier (Colony, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 30, 1916 Page: 2 of 8
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THS COLONY COURIER
THE WEEITS NEWS
JOS MCCLELLAND, EX-STATS ALL
DITOR. DIB* BUDOENLY AT
OKLAHOMA CITY.
OTHER HEWS Of THE HEW STATE
Little Incident* and AeeUtonte Hat Oa
Ye Malta Up a Wsek’a History
af a Great Common-
wealth.
Oklahoma City.—While preparing
to go to the bedside of his wife In Ban
Diego, Joseph Clark McClelland, 69,
prominent hanker fcnd business men
at Oklahoma City, wee atrloken with
ambollem pf the heart and died In hie
room In the Congreee hotel. Mr. Mc-
Clelland had bought a railroad ticket
and waa checking hie baggage for the
Santa Fa train to California when he
baoama faint. He died before pbyal-
Solan* could reach tha hotel.
Had Suffered Stroke.
Throp year* ago Mr. McClelland Buf-
fered a paralytic etroke while spend-
lag the Bummer at hie cottage near
Often Mountain Valla, Colo. He never
recovered entirely and hla health had
kpen falling for two yeara. Mra. Mo-
Clollaad, alao a victim of paralyata,
baa boon in California for more than a
poar.
Joeeph Clark McClelland waa born
J. C. McClelland.
In Calloway county, Mlaaourl, In 1867,
Sad waa educated In the public echoole.
He aettled in Kingman county, Kan-
aaa, In the early elghtlea, where he
married Mice Mary Donald Lawson.
After a period of border struggles as
sheriff for four years he came to Okla-
homa In 1893 and located at Enid.
When Garfield county waa organised
be waa made clerk of Pond Creek,
and organised the Bank of Pond Creek.
While head of the Pond Creek bank,
Mr. McClelland also held the position
of clerk of the Fifth United States
district court for four years. After
nationalising the bank he sold his
stock and cgme to Oklahoma City In
1908. Associating himself with I. B.
Levy, he organised the Oklahoma
State bank, which afterwards became
the Tradesmen's State bank, with
Shrank J. Wlkoff as president and Mr.
McClelland as active vice president.
Prominent Ae Banker.
During the first two years of Gov-
. ernor Cruce's administration Mr. Mc-
Clelland was a member of the state
banking board. He resigned this
place to become state auditor, filling
an unexplred term for two years. At
the time of his death Mr. McClelland
was a director In the Tradesmen's
State bank, vice president of the Me-
Clelland-Oentry Motor Company, pres-
ident of the Farmers and Merchants
bank of Nash and one of the chief
stockholders In the Bower Lumber
Company.
Wish Photographs of Early Oklahoma
Oklahoma City.—Efforts are being
made by members of the local Eighty-
nlner association to secure photo-
graphs of early scenes In Oklahoma.
Mrs. K. E. Phllllpps, Oklahoma City, Ip
chairman of the committee which has
the matter In charge and any persons
In the state who havo pictures that
they will donate to the asshclntlon are
urged to send them to Mrs. Philipps.
It is planned to assemble all photo-
graphs received nnd preserve them us
a part of the history of Oklahoma.
101 Tt CMTOTITWEITMERFMD
Interechelastic Traek and Field Meat
Te B* Held April tl and 22.
Horsewhipped Negro For Resisting.
Bristow.—John Griffin, colored, was
taken from the local Jail by a mob
and horsewhipped because he had
threatened members of the local Are
department when they went on his
land to light a cotton gin lire. The
Vlottni drove the fire department off
Ills residence property with a Win-
chester. The slate Hr* marshal has
been notified of the fire and (trlffln ts
held pending an Investigation on the
theory that he might have been re-
sponsible for the burning of the cotton
gin.
Hopklne Murder Trial On.
Lawton.—During the trial of lleorge
Hopkins, charged with having caused
the murder of his fnlher, A. T. Hop-
bins, during the night of November 7,
several witnesses were Introduced for
tho purpose of corroborating the testi-
mony of the negro, Tom Toley, the con-
fessed murderer, and whose confes
Sion Implicated ricnrgn Hopkins. Rev-
oral negroes and mu. white witness
testified that they had seen George
Hopkins at the negro's home nnd to
having seen Ueorge' Hopkins eating
guenls there.
Weatherford.—The third annual
aouthweetern Interecholaatlc meet will
be held here April SI and 32. Invita-
tion* have been aent out to all the
grammar echoole, blghachoole end de-
nominational echoole in the dlatrict of
the South weetern State Normal echooL
which comprtaea aeventeen counties.
This meet differs In many respects
from the Interscholaettc meets at other
state Institution* Great stress la be-
ing laid upon the exhibition features.
Valuable prises are offered for tndk
vldual and collective exhibits from that
common schools, exhibit* In manual
training and borne economics for both
hlghscboole end grammar school*.
Over a hundred pupUe participated in
tbeae contents last year and judging
from present Indications that number
vflll be largely Increased this year. In
music and reading each contestant hah
to render a selection of hie own choos-
ing In addition to one designated by
the local managament. Contests In or-
atory, spelling and reading for gram-
mar school students form another
feature of the program.
The usual athletic contests will be
featured In two groups. Oroup A con-
sists of contestants from blghsohoole
and contestants from grammar eobools
above 18. Group B consists of con-
testants from grammar schools below
16 years of age.
Sevedal loving cups and medals have
been purchased recently end will be
given to the winners. An especially
beautiful stiver loving cup has been
aelected for the winner of the high-
school athletlo championship, another
for the grammar school athletic
championship and a third one for the
county scholastic championship. Last
year between three and four hundred
oonteatanta were present at the meet
and local authorities expect this num-
ber to be Increased to 600.
HASKELL BUYS THE HEALDTON CO.
With Judge Armstrong, He Consum-
mates Big Oil Deal,
Oklahoma City.—What In regarded
aa the largest oil deal ever consum-
mated In Oklahoma City waa closed
when Former Governor C. N. Haskell
and associates bougut the properties
of the Healdton Oil and Gas Company
in the Healdton field. The considera-
tion was 9700,000, It is understood, and
waa paid In cash. Judge James R.
Armstrong, member of the criminal
court of appeals, and an associate
with Haskell In the oil business, en-
gineered It.
The property of the Healdton Oil
nnd Gas Compapy Is located princi-
pally in the Healdton field. A five
days’ gauge of the property shows an
average of 2,396 barrels per day of set-
tled production, and three new wells
add approximately 1,960 barrels per
day of flush production, making the
property good for more than 4,300 bar-
rels per day.
The 9700.000 was paid In cash by
Haskell and Judge Armstrong to
Thomas L. Wade, cashier of the Na-
tional Bank of Marlow and the largest
individual stockholder In the Healdton
Oil and Oas Company, and T. T. Nason
of Marlow, who la secretary qf the
selling company.
The Healdton company was organ-
ised by a number of residents of Mar-
low and vicinity. Many of the stock-
holders are farmers. By the cash sale
each stockholder will receive a small
fortune.
While no announcement was made
by Haskell or Judge Armstrong as to
what they intended to do with the
property bought, it Is understood from
a reliable source that the closing of
the deal lays the foundation for the
organization of one or the largest oil
operating companies in Oklahoma.
M'QRAW DEFEATS JIM HARRIS
Ponce City Man Becomes Republican
National Committeeman.
Oklnhumn City.—In one of the most
spirited political gatherings In Okla-
homa for years, republicans in stale
convention in Oklahoma City elected
James J. McOraw of I’oncit City as
national republican committeeman
over JameR A. Harris of Wagoner, the
Incumbent.
Tho McOraw supporters, elected,
without any opposition whatever, the
following delegates to the national re-
publican convention to be held In Chi-
cago June B: John Fields of Oklahoma
City, who was the republican candi-
date for governor of Oklahoma In
1914; Bird S. McGuire of Tulsa, for-
mer congressman from Oklahoma;
Tom B. Ferguson of Wntongn, former
territorial governor, and Arthur H.
Oelsslnr of Oklahomn City, chairman
of the slate central committee for the
past four years nnd rn-wlncted to that
position. J. C, Denton of Muskoee
and Janies It. Bclmls or Waurlke,
sere eelecletl presidential electors.
Alva McDonald Angry Again.
Mrnest N. Blake, Oklahoma City law-
yer nnd n lender In James J, Mc»iraw's
fight for the republican nnllonnl com-
mitteeship, wns knocked unconsci-
ous by Alvn McDonald, one of the Har-
ris workers and former Bull Moose
slate chairman, In a frncas during an
all night session of the stale executive
committee In the Hotel Rklrvln. Illnka
was unconscious twelve hours,
About three years ago McDonald
was charged with manslaughter ns the
result of hilling n man In a brawl at
Bl Reno. The man struck by him had
hla skull fractured and died.*
WHERE TROOPS ARE CHASIN8 VILLA
HKRRKRA'B REVOLT CONFIRMED
AND DENIED FROM
MANY SOURCES.
VILLA 18 NEAR NAMIQUIPA
Where He waa Defeated by Carranaa
Tropa and Is Reported to Bo
Burroundod By An Al-
lied Forte.
El Paso.—General Luis Herrera hfs
revolted from General Carranza and
has declared that he will resist with
all his power the entry of American
troops In Mexico but is still opposed
to Villa, according to reports re-
ceived here from sources believed re-
liable.
The news of Herrera’s disaffection
was considered sufficiently authentic
for Gen. George Bell Jr., to telegraph
General Funston at San Antonio that
ho believed it to be true.
General Bell added to his message,
however, the emphatic denial of Her-
rera’s reported revolt issued here by
Mexican territory and that his be-
which was supported by telegrams re-
ceived from General Herrera hemself
and General Gutlerrex, Carranza’s
field chier.
General Herrera has been known as
-a personal enemy of Villa. His pres-
ent position 1s said to be that the de
facto government has betrayed Mexi-
can Interests in permitting the sol-
diers of tho United States to enter
Mexlsan territory and that his be-
trayal outweighed whatever offenses
Villa committed.
MISSIHG ARMT AVIATOR LOCATED
Flyer Out of Gasoline and Had Lost
Way In tho Night.
Prom Washington.
Washington.—Tension in adminis-
tration quarters over the Mexican
slluntlor relaxed following repeal'd
denials of the report that 2,000 Car-
ranza troops at Chihuahua under Luis
Herrera had Joined Villa. Conflict-
ing unofficial advices from the border,
however, caused tho slnto department
officers to telegraph American con-
suls at Chihuahua for an Immediate
report of the situation In the Torreon
region where Herrera wns last heard
from. Slow wire communication de-
layed tho answer.
MnJ. Gen. Hugh Scott emphatically
declared he did not believe the re-
port. Home officials^ however, were
prepnred to believe that Herrera de-
serted Carranza though they doubted
that be had Joined Villa.
The arnumulntlon of-denials of the
Herrera report during the day; the
HHfe arrival of the army motor tracks
with |lhe expeditionary forces; the
restoration of rndlo communication
with General Pershing's force nnd Ihe
satisfactory coarse of diplomatic ne-
gotiations with Ihe Carranza govenn-
mont served to relieve official anxiety.
No reply has yet come from Gen-
eral Cnrranza on the request that
American troops bn permitted to use
Ihe Mexican Northwestern railway In
(heir pursuit of Villa. Reports from
the border said General Pershing al-
ready was making use of a portion of
the line. War department advices did
not mention this. Offlclnls of both
Ihe stale nnd wnr departments, how-
ever, pointed out that It was pnnntble
(leneral Pershing had reached a lim-
ited agreement with local Mexican of
Arinin under which he waa permitted
lo ship troops or euppllea by rail.
Columbus, N. M—Lieut. Edgar S.
Gorrell of the United States aerial
corps who has been missing was found
three miles south of Ascension .by a
motor truck train under Lieut J. L.
Parkinson, Twentieth infantry, accord-
ing to reports made to military head-
quarters here. Lieutenant Gorrell
was uninjured but was out of gaso-
line and had lost his way.
Lieutenant Gorrell had been alone
for forty-eight hours In the middle ot
a Band swept, uninhabited plateau on
the borders of Lake Frederico but suf-
fered only slightly from exposure to
the sun. His plane was intact. With
the receipt of this report all of the
eight army planes which left here to
fly to Casas Grandes have been ac-
counted for. •
The flyer said that shortly after
the start he lost sight of the other
planes and missed his way. After
hying for miles over the surrounding
country in an effort to determine his
whereabouts he waR forced to alight
on the plateau because of a leaking
fuel tank. The gasoline oozed away
and he was unable to find the leak
in the darkness.
Villa's Latest Whereabouts.
El PaRa.—Mexican Consul Garcia
announced he had received a telegram
from General Bertanl that Villa was
surrounded at El Oso, five miles south
of Namlqulpa by American and Mexi-
can troops and that a decisive battle
was imminent. Bertani's message
said the American troops were follow-
ing up the defeat of Villa earlier In
the day by the Carranza troops gt
Santa Gertrudes.
Garcia Flores, a Spanish merchant
of the city of Chihuahua, who arrived
here said that Villa had held up a
train on which he was traveling, at
Montezuma, eighty-five miles north-
west of Namlqulpa, where the Car
ranza authorities have Insisted the
bandit chief is now-. Garcia Flores Is
wet) known In business circles In El
Paso.
"Villa stopped to chat to some
friends of his who were on the train,"
said Flores. "He told them that eOn-
eral Herrera had Inlned h'm
days since with 2,000 men flly equip-
ped nnd nrpied, who had followed him
from Chthunhun City. He finally left
tho train without molesting anyone,
hut took some supplies which he said
he needed badly."
CHAR8E RA10FRS WITH MORDER
Villa's Men Muet Anewed to Laws of
New Mexleo.
Demlng, N. M.—The five surviving
prisoners turned over by the military
authorities at Columbus to Bhertft W.
0. Hlmpsnn of l.unn county following
♦he raid by Vllln on Columbus were
arraigned here. Of the original ten
prisoners five hnve been relensed nnd
two nre dead The renmlntng two
face charges of murder.
Adventurers Flocking te Columbus.
Columbus, N. M,—With the dis-
patch from here of an American ex-
pedition to capture Vllln Cotumbun
has become a town of hoboes as well
ns a metra of soldiers of fortune.
Military nnd civil nutberltlee discour-
age adventuring, fearing they might
Interrupt the work of troops at the
expeditionary base here. Many of
these men hnve come to the border
In the hope that they might be al-
lowed either to enlist In regiments
bound for Mexico or to accompany the
troops as civilians.
THE EUROPEAN WAR A
YEAR A60THIS WEEK
Morel! IT. 1HB-
French captured summit of Hart-
monneweilerkopf.
Violent fighting In tho Carpa-
thians.
Austrians mods gains In Buko-
wln*.
U. B. battleship Alabama agpt te
Norfolk to koop Frirtk Eltol Fried-
rich from leaving.
Dorman aviators dropped bombs
on Calais ond Dunkirk.
Marsh 8S, 1818.
Ruse Ians broke Into Hungary and
attacked Lupkow ond Usxok peeooe.
British liner Folaba sunk by Dor-
man submarine; 110 loot
British steamer Agufia torpedoed
by Derm a ns; 28 lout.
Russians bombarded Bosporus
forte and alllea aholled Dardanelles
forts.
More air bomba dropped oa
Calais.
March >9, 1918.
French prosood dormant hard In
Champagne.
Dormans again ahellad Raima.
Austrians mad* gains at several
point*.
Dutch steamer Amstel blown up
by min*.
Attack on Bosporus and Darda-
nelles oontlnuad.
Dorman Battle Root out
March SO. 1818.
Russians stormed mountain
erect* in Carpathians.
Austrians began big drive across
Bukowlna.
Turkish seaplane dropped bombs
on British warship near Darda-
nelles.
Turkish government promised to
protect Christians at Urumlah.
March 31. 1816.
Germans bombarded Llbau.
Russians fought way down slope
of Carpathians Into Hungary.
German army oorpa cut to places
In North Poland.
British steamore Flamlnlan and
Crown of CaotHo sunk by subma*
rfhes.
Dorman soldiers near Thourout,
Belgium, killed by bombs from aero-
planes.
German airmen raided Ostrolen-
ka, Russia.
King George gave up liquor In
royal household.
April 1, 1916.
, French occupied Fey-en Hays.
Russians began lively offensive
In Central Poland, but wart re-
pulsed by Auatrlana near Inowlodx
on the Pillca.
Germans checked Russians at
Rawka river.
British took Aup, German West
Africa.
British vessels and airmen shelled
Zeebrugge and Hoboken.
German submarines tank a Brit-
Ish and a French steamer; 30 lost.
April 2, 1215.
Heavy artillery fighting between
the Mouse and Moselle.
Rues lane took offensiva along on-
tire front.
Moorish rebels oooupled Fes and
Meklnes.
Gorman aubmarlnee destroyed
several vessels.
Allied aviators made numerous
raids on Gormans on west front.
Amerlean sanitary experts sailed
to fight typhus In Serbia.
INTERESTING BITS
New discoveries of petroleum have
been made lb Argentina.
In Sumatra the horn of the rhinoc-
eros Is esteemed ae a cure for poison,
and for that raaaon la made into drink-
Ing cups. '
London’s exports to tho United
States for November were more than
814,674,000, as against less than |12,.
000,000 for Ootober.
Gold-mining companies In South
Africa are experimenting with blast*
Ing by electricity with a view to mini-
mixing the fine duet, which !■ regard-
ed ae the chief cause of miners'
phthisis.
In Serbia every grown man can
claim five acres of land from the gov-
eminent, which Is exempt from all
chatms of debt.
A Philadelphia surgeon Is combat*
Ing diseases peculiar to certain races
by transfusing to patients blood from
mambers of other races that seem Im-
mune to the maladies.
A miner lowered Into a subterra-
nean cavern opened by a miner's blast
at Volcano, Nev., some time ago, waa
unable to discover the ends of tho
ttssuA). Stones dropped through the
opening could be heard bounding from
wall to wall, but there was no sound
Indicating that they reached the bot-
• inn. Sparkling stalactites on the sldee
uf the cavern were revea'ed by lights
nwnrod through tho opening.
"rmioHTM
jUUUMPEON
lOUf IT
The following unsolicited latter ha*
boon received from Mr. J. F. Ward of
Donalds, Alberta. It to • plain state-
ment ot conditions as Mr. Ward ha*
found them;
"It to with pleas-
ure I drop a line to
you. Wo bad a
A Bottler1*
Plain Latter.
good yeaf. Oft of 86 acrea, oats and
wheat, I got over 8,600 bushels of
wheat and oata. Oata went here from
60 to 100 bushels per sere, and wheat
from 26 to 62 per acre. Just aee mo
being here one year and have over 700
busbela ot wheat. It to now over 91-00
par bushel. Oats to 43 cents, and go-
ing up. You told me the truth, and I
want tho people of Toledo to know It.
Hogo are 894 cents; cattle are high.
Canada to good enough for me. I havo
6 good horooa. I sold 3 good eolta, S
cows and 18 hand of hoga and killed >.
I havo 8 hoga -toft. I got 400 bushels
of potatoes off an sera and a good
garden last summer, fine celery and
good ontona. One neighbor bad over
1,300 busbela ot wheat, and sold over
9700 of hoga and 2,000 bushels ot oata.
This to a great country. If you should
toll tho people of Toledo of this It
would got oomo of them thinking. Tho
■oil la a rich black loam, and a pleas-
ure to work it.
"Wo havo a good farm. Wa have a
Bowing well with soft water. It to
tho beat water tn tho country. Some
people think they got to go to war
when they come out hero. They need
not be afraid ot war. There lo no war
tax on land; only school tax, 913.00
on 160 acrea, qnd road tax of two
days with your team. I tell you tho
truth, there to no land tn or around
Toledo as good ae our land here in Al-
berta. If anybody wants to write ui,
give them our address.
"We have had nice weather. Wa
have had It quite cold for one week,
but no rain and sleet, and the sun
shines nearly every day, and it la bot
In the sun. Coal la 92.26 per ton. The
people are very nice and good here.
We are well enjoying the West.
The horses and cows are feeding on
the prairies all the winter. We Just
have two horses in the stable to go to
town with. Youra truly, (Sgd.) J. F.
WARD, Donalda, Alberta, Feb. 9,1916."
“I wae born in
Wisconsin, but
moved with my
Statement of Stove
Schweltibergar
parents when a boy to Stephen Co.,
Iowa. I was there farming for 60
yeara. I sold my land there for over
9200 an acre. I moved to Saskatche-
wan, and located near Briercreat In
the spring of 1912. 1 bought a half
section of land. I have good neigh-
bors. I feel quite at home here the
came ae In Iowa. We have perfect
safety and no trouble In living up to
the laws In force. My taxes are about
965 a year on the half section for ev-
erything. I have had splendid crojA.
Wheat In 1916 yielded me over 60
bushela to the acre. That to more than
I have ever had In Iowa, and.yet the
land there costs four times ae much
as it does here. The man who cornea
here now and buys land at 960 an sore
or less gets a bargain. (Sgd.) 8.
Schweitzberger, February 9th, 1916."
Advertisement.
Silence makes a bluff that’s bard
to call.
COMB SAGE TEA IN
HAIR TOJARKENII
lt’« Grandmother’s Reoipe tl
keep her Looks Dark,
Glossy, Beautiful.
The old-time mixture of Sage Tee
and Sulphur for darkening gray
streaked and faded hair to grandmoth
er’a recipe, and folks are again ualni
It to keep their hair a good, even color
which to quite sensible, as we are'll?
ing in an age when a youthful appear
ance la of the greatest advantage.
Nowadaya, though, we don’t ban
tha troublesome task of gathering th»
■age and the muaay mixing at homa
All drug atorea sell the ready-to-uu
product, Improved by the addition ot
other Ingredients, called "Wyethl
Sage and Sulphur Compound" foi
about 60 cents a bottle. It to very pop
ular because nobody can discover 11
haa been applied. Blmply molqteu
your comb or a 90ft brush with 19
and draw thla through your hair, tab
Ing one small strand at a time; by
morning tha gray hatr disappears, hut
what delights the ladles with Wyeth'r
Sage and Sulphur Compound, to that,
besides beautifully darkening the hatr
after a few applications, It also pro
duces that soft lustra and appearance
of abundance which to so attractive
This ready-to-use preparation to a do
lightful toilet requisite for those whe
desire a more youthful appearance. 19
to not Intended for the cure, mltlgo
tlon or prevention of disease.—Adv.
Heed not Jeers; they cannot hurt.
Dr. Plem’e Pellet* an beet for liver,
bowel* end * to much. One little Pellet for
a Uxetlve—three for s asthsrtie.—Adv.
On an average, the fog nulsanot
costs London about 925,000,000 a year.
Tor old tores Apply Hanford's Bab
•am. Adv
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