The Dewey Weekly Globe (Dewey, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, February 9, 1912 Page: 1 of 8
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The Dewey Weekly Globe
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
VOLUME 1.
DEWEY, WASHINGTON COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1912.
NUMBER MR
HICH SCHOOL BUILDING j »0 « SllILBES for THE
DESTROYED 3Y FIRE) *DIAN ™CE iK Ci(LA>
Tlii*' liuililini: And Fixture* I’roli*
iiblv Fully t'.ovrred ISy
In mi ranee
THE PRIDE OF THE CITY IN ASHES
Wlicn Jim Davenport, Charlie
Carter, and Scott Ferris, represen-
tatives ol Oangrcss from Okla.,
I got their heads together in the
committee on Indian affairs of the
Tin* Canm* of The Fire n
Fur nil lire And Bonka a
Total I .(ins
lower house ot Congress, they |
Myalery I stopped tlie sluice through which J
the Indian monies was flowing
into the coffers of a lot of useless
- i officials hanging onto the rail of the
Last Monday morning about 2 ! pie counter in eastern Okla. in the
o'clock, while our town was as j shape of District agents which takes
silent as a tomb, a tire alarm rent! $100000 annually ol the Indian
the morning air and many were monies to pay their salaries.
aroused and the first out in the
north part of town found a dense
black smoke that hung like a pail
For years twenty or more, we
have had in our midst, Indian po-
lice, deputy marshals, Dane’s corn-
over their homes. It was soon dis-‘ mission, Indian agents, and every
covered the whole upper part of the I kind of courts, Indian, Federal,
high school building was enveloped ! and state, for the sole purpose of
in dames.
Among the first on
were |he members of
protecting a few thousand civilized j
Indians, and who had adopted a;
hundred years ago. all the arts and •
pursuits of civilized life, and who
had advanced and progressed to a
higher plane of civilization in the
same period of time than any other
the ground
the school
board, but they as well as others,
were absolutely helpless. Bartles-
ville lire department was called and
they made a record run of five miles
arriving on the ground in less than j people on earth,
twenty minutes and immediatelv There was not a clause in any
connected the hose to our water! treaty or agreement entered into of
mains and diseuvi rd that there was late years that required or warrant-
no water, all were then lnre.nl to ed any such goverment or conditi-
stand and see the matchless build- ous that have prevailed,
go to wreck and ruin. i There is not a full Mood Indian
This building had only been j in any of these five tribes, as the)
completed about two years and was! term is generally used, nor has I
aHfcidered the handsomest and I there been one for seventy five years ‘
best coni:acted building in the j In this section of the country are j
state, and was supposed to he fire-|mUiiv Delawares who are enrolled
proof. Only the basement with- as full blood Indians, but there isj
stood the fury ol the tlames and j not a full blood in the tribe, and j
MORE GRAFT OF HIGH OFFICIALS OF j CONGRESS!^ OAVENPORT Nui
THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT ONLY SENDING OUT SEEDS
( By John \Y. Flenner) Congressman James S. Haven*
Washington, D. ('., Jan. 2b.—
Congress may take a hand in the
game and order an investigation ol
just why J. George Wright, com-
missoiier to The Five Civilized
iTritts and Judge Thomas Kyan of
i Muskogee, former assistant secre-
tary of interior, but now advisory
purr, of \ inita. is the only mem-
ber that succeeded in having the
democratic caucus agree to an a-
mendment to the steel tariff re-
vision schedule out of over one
hundred amendments that were
offered. He succeeded in having
bailing wire placed on the free list,
Secretary Fisher which will mean much to the farm-
'counselor to
'should have foi years been paid jers
S3 a day in addition to their reg- Herald,
ular salaries of $5,000 annually, j
the discovery that Wright and
Ryan had been pulling down over
a Si,000 a year, as her diem gifts
from a prodigal government has
proven a thriller to the most hard-
ened members of congress, who
had become used to almost any-
tbe country. Talequah.
STATE SUPREME COURT DECISIONS
The supreme court of the state
this week held that where a tenant
held over his time with the tacit or
implied understanding of the land-
GEORGE PRIESTLY
lord, while negotiations were pend-
thing in the way of extravagant ex- j ing for anotber term, the landlord
penditures by the various depait- jg barred from tredling the tenant
as holding over.
In another case where the terms
of a mortgage were not uncertain,
parol testimony cannot be intro-
duced to prove intent.
GE0R6E PRIESTLY FOR REPUBLI-
CAN NATIONAL COMMITTEEMAN
JIM HARRIS TO BEAT • PRIESTLY BOCM
LIKE A PRAIRIE FIRE
County And Stair Will Achieve n
Recognition Not Hereto
fore Known
nothing in that part was damaged, the last one died years ago, but
he furniture, books, the library : when preference was given full -
room and the grand auditorium j bloods t « enroll first, these Dein-i The republicans of this county
were a total loss. | wares as well as many others re-j ami gtate are boosting Col. Geo.
By lour o’clock all that was left ; mistered us full bloods, and thus : priestly 0f LJnrtlosville for Nafiou-
of this mammoth building was they) placed themselves under the juris- .q Committeeman in opposition to
-towering windowings walls. diction of this red tape business, j ijm jjarrjS- They could not make
Uur school board, Messrs. Barth s They can vote, sit as juors, and) „ better selection. He is capable,
Letson, and Lewis and Supt. Mun- :, ngagf in all
son were the busiest men ever seen j except one only and that is they
in D vwy and by II o'clock that can-not handle their money
ADVERSE DECISIONS BY THE COURTS j
A judge in Muskogee, a few da\ s !
ago decided that the advanced ap-
praisement made by the state board
of equalization was illegal and wrong
and restrained the county treasurer
from collecting the tax and Judge
John H. Pitch ford at Stilwell this
week decided that the court had no
jurisdiction over such cases. Now
who was right? From the reason-
ing of Judge Pitchford’s position
h • seems to have the best of the
argument.
junents of the federal government.
Not until Secretary of the Inter-
ior Fisher on December 31 lopped
off iudge Ryan's $1-a-day on the
•i ;e. followed on lanuary 15 by the
elimination of Com. \\ right's pet
diem of like amount, did an un-
suspecting public e\er for one min-
tne guess that, in addition to a
dashing team of bay horses and a
runabout, Mr. Wright was also,
besides his regular salary of So,000
it year , the recipient of an additi-
onal S3 per day. The only explan-
ation ol the w hole affair is that the
A LEAP YEAR DANCE
Oil Friday evening, February
second eight ladies of the Kinder-
garten set gave a leap year dance
in the Ragles’ hall which was well
attended by a large number from
Bartlesville and Coffeyville a
good crowd of Dewey people,
department heretofore has assumed I The hall was decorated with pen-
that Commissioner Wright and j nants and japanese lanterns. Re-
Judge Ryan were entitled to draw Ifreshments were served. DurneH’s
Logon - Keniiiiuv and tlie Bur-
day arrangements had been made
by securing rooms and halls to con-
tinue the school. They telegraph-
ed for books, seats and other nec-
essaries and*up to going to press
most every department is in work-
ing order. The enrollment of pu-
pils was 622 and it required heroic
work on the part ot the Board and
Supt. to meet a demand so per-
emptory and whet? that part was
done it was only the beginning of
their labor. 1 hey were met by
insurance men, wholesale houses
and salesmen for disks, books etc.
from every town within a radius of
,c„ The Board deserve 0’ complaininy of the manner his
,,,M credit for their streiious ,.(forts ! “r0 hfa"?le,i'
' ,. .. . , ■ , .• I writer has known this Indian for do
to relieve this ciiUuuitoiii? situation.
the pursuits of life j worthy and is not hide bound or) Ungton Flayers are giving good sat-1 a good
whimsical, but is broad gauged,. lsfa,;l,on at tbe Va!e Tl,t‘atre thi”
or liberal, and generous to a fault
realty. and he must a 1 so i i a\ e a i true t o ever v principle ol hu m amt v S—11, %i( i0,0() to ! on n on If art les vn r
guardian for his children, especially , an(j faithful to his friends and his ;,n'! Dewey property. <_»uick ser-
if they have anything of value, but j,arfV His character is above sus- ' “'c. Harrell Realty t o. I.Vwey,
he is allowed to support and main-' p;cion ami his fidelity to his town. ' Okla. 9 tt
tain his children on an allow ante , cntintVi ;llld state Iras been proven1 Rev. Win, Metcalf of Pawlutska,
by the great head at \\ ashington ,|nc| jj successful in his ambition will conduct services in the Yale j
City after months of investigation would be a credit to his party, and , Theatre at d:ib R. M. ni.t Sunday!
anil red tape It is time this faiee ■ ]10pe f0 see him win. It iie' Feb. it. The public codially in-!
should end and give the Indiana yoU t.an rest assured that, vited to attend.
cll;UK'e- . . ' Wash, county and theNtateof Okia. j Mrs, Ransing ot CHanute, Kans.
Me have not fotinij a single u.ui-; w|j| achieve a recognition not here- visited a week with
vidual in Washington county, that j tofort. known. | Mrs. Cheek
favors the retention of these oifiti-.---
als of the Interior Department. JOHN H. SFTZEH The
A full blood Indian was in our Fixil Man is now making the
per diem pay because they were a-
wav Irom home. Commissioner
Wright was originally appointed
in the Indian service from Illinois
while Judge Ryan hailed from
bleeding Kansas'. Both Com.
Wright and Judge Ryan, upon
that theory, have been away
many years. Mr. Wright
orchestra furnished delightful
music throughout the evening and
everyone present had an enjoyable
time.
Those who were present from
Bartlesville were:
Messrs and Mesdaines A. S. Eby»
Hdd Dooley Chas. Moore. Lewis
Stambrook . Dr. Woollens, Jai k
has been in Okla. for fully a dozen Cobleigh, Dr. Po-llare, C. H. Mc-
yenrs, and whether or not all that ; Cready. Byron Smith, the Misses
time In has beet drawing his little! Esther Dooley, Agnes Woollens,
old three dollars' a day has not Armanda Morgan, Margaret Walsh,
been'ascertained — but presum- Resa Dooley, Mary Barton and
ably the government has been good Mrs. Barton. Messers Ed, Walsh,
■ to him-and has not haggled over Boughner. Harry Hatch, Webster,
such an insignificant amount. Peterson, Ecklts, Trough, Crow,
It is hinted in official circles here Don Camron, Ernest, McCallister,
that the only reason Superintend-j and Mr. James Dalton, jr.
her daughter
on Osage street and
left for home last Sunday.
\\ . R. Bass, a well known mer-
ent Kelsey of the Union Agency at
Muskogee never received r. similar
daily stipend in addition to his
salary was for the uuf irtunate rea-
son that he w as a resident of Okla.
when appointed.
it is asserted that the former
• 1 1 , 1 , , , 1 chant and oil man of Ramona died i... mb, nf th. Dawes Commission ^ m. Letson
office this morning, and was hitter- most complete and sanitary galvnn- , , , ' ... m "iik i> 01 in 1 uuiiiii.,iou
, , . * __________ 1.:....... . . , , last week, after a short illness with , ;i|so yvere the recipients of the *'|de\oung, L
g (II3U H 1 V 1 U1-I Vfi 11.W ----o'--- • ' --- V. . - • 7
pneumonia. Bob was %*rmerly > thm-a-day-on-the-side*’ payments, j Fugate, Bert Tyler. Joe Knight
ifeed poultry feed and water troughs
we have ever seen. You will find' , rp . . . , . 1
them ,.l Heine Hardwire Co., at ™T*T herP ll,*‘ ,-ul!toto l>ai brt"
Bartleaville, at the ISloyd Immler 1^ w‘’1 i««lly foUowed.hmwlm.Ulm f5.
Those from Coffeyville were:
The Misses Mand Barnes and
Maud Tailman.
The following Dewey people
were present:
Messers and Mesdaines McFarl-
and, Chas. Towne, Walter Roth,
Thus. Farmer, Ade-
N. Brown, (Teo.
,, , „ , , | \ ears, and he has a large family . UiUllco,lllc ,lIC „1U,„ ... .
Ml other business was suspended.! ^ ■ a t heokee. and was ri cognized
* large force of men are a, ,vork >v,.|l tranrej and ho hnnrvll ,s rvvl ; a„d Hardware Co., Dewey, on (W
, ...... j i educated, a prosperous farmer, and at his shop three blocks east of the ,, .,
e caning up the debris of the burnt ...... .. ,, , Mrs. Bass
one of the best citizens of the state! public school building lo-it
as | There D every indication to 1 e-
W m. Shepherd. L. A. Quisenberry.
Burt, Harry Rader. Ballard and
Mrs. Tom Mix. The Misses,Malble
building in charge ot the insurance
inter-married white. [R.ve that the house committee on j vYeher. Anna Riley, Mable Burgv,
was an estimable and%eq,enJitures in the interior depart- j Frankenberger’ Mary Tucker, Jen-
but some members of Ins family I
highly accomplished woman.
o tl
peoplo. Thy record made !))• the;'.......... •• -- .....Seo.ooo.oo to loan on Bartlesville
lire department at BarllesriUe in |'|0'1 ,‘‘"d' ?!“) "ri ^ ■ “Dlt Dc“'!' propF"y' Q,"ck M l"
response to the call ol the people I ar',nl h“dlmK ,l;*,r alfalrs ; vice. W. E. Harrell Ileal,y Co.
here. In their speed and „„K,kD"i-PecaHy herr royalBes. | Dewey. Okla.
(»ur representatives in Congress ”
work trave a sp emlld expos,t,o1Lo ^ , ol all lire
their >pcat >ki I am iraonoK ,l!'' people ol this state in their fight j The old Airdonte rebuilt and
fir* n anil Uh j \\^u in co.ijiu i ^ abolish these useless officials ‘ near completion. Sonieofth* best loads of feed and flour this week,
emi.ition ol all Diwn. j and the waste ol the Indian’s mon- j attractions on the road have b.en j which was bought before the last
There are no wild blanket or i booked for this show house. Look advance in prices.
Tilt* Uol 1KIMI 111
Mr. Bass had built up an txten-
.-'ivo business and was one ol Ramo-
na s foremast citizens and business
men. A widow and two sons sur-
vive him.
IE S. Hilbert received three ear
i,lent will be called upon to prof e me James, Shoemaker. Jennie Har-
into the ‘'per diem” game and roll. Belle Oder. Miriam Oder,
some rather interesting if not start-j Marie Allen. Morgan. Elizabeth
ling disclosures are promised. j Morgan. Messers F. L. Allen
Commissioner Wright has receiv- Broker, Frank Reed. Don Tyler,
ed authority from the interior «le- IoedeYoung, R. I . Edens, Raydure
part meat to come to Washington. | Earl Woodard, J. S. Humphry*
and whether or not he will make j Dulfy, Bn.nneand Dr. Omahondro.
an effort to be placed back upon The members of the committee
The cause of the lire is yet
known.
THREE DEATHS FROM GAS
AT DELAWARE
Hurst, his wife, and )
I
,wiio
1!
Elsi
arvey
• Adams a relative
lived
ey-
painted In this state, or any full j out for the announcement and
bloods, and especially in. the Live | a souvenier. _
Civilized Tribes, but all are full
if dgcdcit i> of the 1 . S. and are
not orphans.
g t
rulL
with them, wr: • vi lim? • fasphyx-;
iation, end f llmved 1 y a fee that ,
luidly burr.i'd thei.' 1 atuleoii.
sunn 1 th ir home and its eonrents.
m «ALE OR TRADE
Pi*
Bio seres of land in Beck hum i
county, (>k!.<lioma. IHf ceres in
cultivation aa 1 al > running wa
on the [ilace. \\ ill trade for r
* . |
• r rsocal prop*, rtv. Price >1 *oo. i
11. 1. MILLER. Dewey 10-21
er
al
It was first thought that all three
had been murdered ami the leuisc
t on fire, but an investigation
sml a ••’ror.crs inqu. - .lisli. fall
su>p,( ,o.rs of murder._ #20,009.00 tn loan on Bartlesville
V * Born, Wt’dne dav, twins to Mr. and Dewey property. Duirk ?er-
and Mrs. Chas. Garrett three miles vice. \Y. E. Harrell Realty Co. ^
north of Dewey. j Dewey, Okla. 9 tt all>’ oue can see
FOR SALE
One ol the finest residence pn p-
uties m Dewey, (>11 terms thutj
| should b ■ attractive to any one who 1
would like to buy 11 rood home in 1
Dewey. Call at once to sec me if
you would like a snap.
J. K. Green, the real t late man.
three dollar per day pay
mains to be seen:
In addition to Commissioner
Wright's other troubles, there ir* a
strong disposition 011 the part 1 f
members ot the Indian committee
of 11 hmi.-e this year to eliminate
the approintion for Mr. Y\ right’s
flic disca-* known as Smnl team of trotters the argument bc-
?'ir liingitis is sliii ptexaiiing uver ing advanc<-tl that horses are out
•1 large area ot country and has of date in making visits to Tale-
Greaf quantities of railroad tics
are slacked along the right of way
ol the Katy road in Dewey. They!
are made and brought in from the
woods in-Osage country,
were MesJames Tyler, Farmer*
Burt, Fugate. deYoung. Ballard,
QiiisenU rtv and Miss Reeve.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. McClellan
departed last week for southern
California * eking a different clim-
ate for the benefit of Mrs. McClell-
and li aith, wiio.was very sick.
reached as far north
City and A:ohi> u K
-<iid a c.i-a- detclop u 1
By courtesy of t’ongressmau
Davenport, we r■•reived t h ej Muskogee tins week,
decision of the supreme court I Si*U that the efisea
in the Cherokee Freedman ease, resub of atmospheric
jand it is on our desk where j and was very fatal, but
it if they desire, c •nsidcred contagious.
They were accompanied to the
as Kansas; quah, OknvRge. . Tu - i, McAlester R.itv train by the niemb .rs ol thtx
- ft is and oth r p> hits which are now Munches:—.* Grove ledge, which
. : . com train. [ Mrs. McClellan was any nbef, and
Lt us d to to Parsous, Kansas by Mrs. Mollie
was ti e $2o,000.00 t e loan on Bartlesvi le s-.v iunoek and Mrs. Mokes. A
conditions, and Dewey property. Guick ser-! later from them at El Paso.
t was never vice. W. E. Harrell Realty
j Dewey, Okla.
Co. Texas stated that Mrs. McClellan
9 tf J was doing we 1 on the trip.
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Norwood, A. H. The Dewey Weekly Globe (Dewey, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, February 9, 1912, newspaper, February 9, 1912; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc950824/m1/1/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed June 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.