The Rogers County News (Claremore, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 19, 1911 Page: 1 of 8
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The NEWS enters 1,000
Homes in Rogers Co. every
week. It gives the Adver-
tisers Their Money’s worth
the News of Rogers County; $1.00 per Year
CLAREMORE, OKLAHOMA THURSDAY, JANUARY
J. H. Lamer, Publisher
II. No. 46
HOUSE BURNS AT TIAWAH
W. BOGUE SHOT IN LEG
win mi iiKftsrgcs smi fin__Mai’s
lilarles Ml Serins.
The family of Lee Dye was hum-
ect out at midnight yesterday at
Tiawnli and Win. Bogue, n neighbor
who was giving assistance reeiev-
ed a painful wound in his left leg, a
result of a shot gun becoming over-
heated and discharging.
I)r. Anderson believes Mr. ltogue
will soon recover from the accident.
The house and contents were
totally destroyed.
FIRE DESTROYS HOUSE
AND FURNISHINGS
Four Family in S. I*. Parks
Home Lost all in Early
Morning lila/.c.
Saturday at eight o'clock the
lire department was called out to
the north end of Cherokee Ave. to
aid in saving a residence from bemg
consumed in a blaze.
The run was a long one, and no
water being conveniently near, the
lire lads could do hut little in cheek-
ing the flames.
The resilience hqd been moved
there recently and was to have
been remodeled by the owner S. 1*.
Parks. The place was occupied by
.fames Tyson and family formerly
of Mayes county. Mr. Parks was
helping about a barn on the place
when lie discovered the blaze. A
few minutes before, lie saw Mrs.
Tyson go over to a neighbors with
her five months old baby. Mr.
Parks was the only person on the
premises when the the lire was dis-
covered. lie attributes the cause
of the blaze to an over heated stove.
Mr. Parks’ loss will amount to
about 8150, while Mr. Tyson lost all
of his household goods.
Mi'. Tyson is without a home and
money with which to buy more
furnishings. A subscription has
been started to aid this deserving
family.
Tulsa Society Folks
Try to Save Negro's Neck
Prompted by a feeling of sympa
thy toward a friendless hoy, an
orphan, with no money to assist
him ill a legal tight, prominent lo-
cal society matrons and others are
interested in behalf of Frank I lensoii
the negro youth w ho is sentenced
to he hung on January 27 for killing
of Deputy Sheriff l’has. Stumper.
A concerted effort is lining made
to lmve Henson’s sentence com-
muted to life imprisonment in the
state penitentiary. Feeling here
has been strong against Henson be-
cause of his cold blooded murder
of Stamper, a young white man
with a family, at Dawson last Oct-
ober.
Sheriff Win. McCullough is al-
ready making preparations to erect
the scaffold oil the court house camp-
us and says he will spring the trap.
Stamper was shot when he entered
a tent at Dawson for the purpose of
quelling a disturbance among a
hunch of negro coal miners all in-
toxicated. Stamper had no gun in
his hand and was shot before he
had gotten inside the tent.—Tulsa
Post.
Some T ight Mouthed
Others Talk Too Much
As the News man stepped into the
Sheriff’s office this morning he was
told “all was quiet on the Potomac.”
We spied ex-Sheriff Stephens still
in the office—but not busy. When
we put the news question to him he
said lie hadn’t known anything
since being a private citizen; and we
caught him winking to Sheriff Sand-
ers as he told the latter to “Be very
careful what you say to these news-
paper fellows.”
Sheriff Sanders, not wishing to
hurt our feelings, turned the con-
versation into the following story:
“Some time back there appeared
before a judge I knew, a sallow
faced man, held on the charge of
bootlegging. The fellow confessed
he had whiskey on his person most
of the time, but he had it only for
his own personal good—as he was
suffering with consumption, that he
jiever had sold a drop of the stuff.
So pathetic was the fellow's story
that he was given a line of only
thirty days.
“When the prisoner had been left
in the care of the guard he laughed
aloud as he told ‘how he had fooled
the judge.’ An hour later the lioot-
logger was again before the judge,
who gave out the statement a mis-
take nail been made. lie would
send the offender to Detroit for two
years.
“At the end of the two years the
bootlegger returned and when he
met his old friends they inquired
where he had been all those months,
and lie told them Detroit. When
further questioned what caused
him to go there his answer was,
“For talking too d—m much.”
We take it from this story that
Sheriff Sanders is going to he careful
what he tells the newspaper men.
PRISONER BURNS WAY
OUT OF JAIL MONDAY NIGHT
SAPULPA MXIR WINS
SIXTH HATTIE 1AST NIGHT
carl Morris nolskeO Spike Kennedy la
second Round.
Spike Kennedy of Kansas City is
another of those heavy weight box-
ers who will keep away from Carl
Morris in the future.
Morris of Sapillpa, the man pre-
dicted to wring the heavyweight
championship from Johnson, tin*
negro pugilist, demonstrated he is
still mi his way to the top round
of pugilism, when he put Spike
Kennedy to sleep Friday at Bar-
tlesville.
Kennedy's intentions were good
for putting up a strong battle, hut
when Morris came after him in the
second round the Kansas City mail
went down for the count. It is report-
ed from the Kennedy camp tlmt
when Keiineday had recovered from
a punch on the jaw he inquired if a
mule had kicked him.
“The Hous» of a
Thousand Candles.”
Probably two of the most com-
plicated sets of scenery ever built
fora theatrical production are used
in the second and third acts of “The
House of a Thousand Candles,” the
big New York and Chicago success
which will he seen at the Windsor
opera house soon.
Iiihuildingthe.se sets the artists
and carpenters were required to
make six secret panels, and so per-
fectly were they made that the|
walls appear perfectly smooth with-
out the slightest resemblance of an
opening. The painting is so deli-
cate that each peice of scenery is
carefully packed in a separate can-
vass covering, the covering is lined
with a soft downy substance which
prevents any scratching while be-
ing transported.
Prices 25, 5<», 75c and $1.
Mrs. Gill NVas a
Grand Entertainer.
The Quest club lecture course is
certainly proving very popular this
season. On Thursday evening there
appeared, as the second attraction,
Mrs. Elizabeth de Barrie (Till, im-
personator, harpist and contralto
soloist. Long before the box office
opened the sale of reserved seats
had reached the limit of the opera
house, and it was proposed to put
up the S. It. O. sign.
While waiting until nine o’clock
before Mrs. Gill appeared some of
the early comers were becoming
restless, but immediately this tal-
ented and marvelous entertainer
made her bow to the large audience
every spectator became delighted
with her reading, charmed with
her selections on the harp and pleas-
ed with her songs. Mrs. Gill’s im-
personations of the little folks and
“AuntMary at the County Fair” cre-
ated intense merriment. With the
harp aoeompaniment.slie sang sever-
al familiar songs, in her delightful
manner. A welcome return at an
early date awaits Mrs. Gill.
It tried so hard to rain in Clare-
more yesterday, hut with little suc-
cess. Report comes over from
Guthrie way that a good rain fell
in that vicinity, with promise of
wonderfully aiding the wheat and
other crops now dependent upon
the moisture.
(Iraki, Allege* TargcnAkes Novel is.
cage lockag.
OneJ. M. tMmtley, the alleged
forger, seems to he causing the
Clareniorc jail keepers considerable
anxiety, in whose charge he lias
been of lute.
Whether or not (■iii inley is good
at forging checks lie is sure some
jail Breaker.
While <loriiiley was being brought
to Clareniorc on the train, which
was several weeks ago, he eluded
the deputy sheriff in charge by
jumping from the train. (Jormley
was located soon after, however,
and safely placed in the Rogers
county jail, where he has since Been
l» larding.
Evidently jail life had become
tiresome to this bird, and Monday
night lie made a mysterious Might
to parts unknown.
(loriiiley, in his cunning manner,
secured wire from a pail, and with
this thill rod heated red hot he
burned a hole in his cell, large
enough to permit his escape, several
hours befoi e the guards were wise
to the trick.
When the guard made his rounds
at tell o’clock Monday night lie no-
ticed Cormley was absent and on
inquiry, the other prisoners inform-
ed Dim tiormley was in lied, danc-
ing towards the bed the guard be-
came convinced the prisoners were
telling the truth, until it was dis-
covered a “dummy” was in the bed
in place of the said tiormley.
Word was received from Tahle-
qiiah this morning stating a man,
answering the description of tiorm-
ley *vas seen passing near that
place.
Sheriff Sanders believes (iorniley
will he returned to Clareniorc with-
in a few days.
Robert Kerr Drew
The Big NUagon
Long before the appointed hour
to give away the big farm wagon a
large crowd of interested spectators
were circled around the Walker de-
partment store to see who held the
lucky number. There were people
present from every corner of the
county, some from Collinsville v is-
ited here with a view of tailing
home the vehicle.
liohert Kerr of ('haivnioree held
the exact time card, ii::!5:07. Mrs.
Fowler was next nearest, with
ii:55:<>s. Mrs Fowler was one of the
lucky ones to draw a set of dishes a
few weeks ago,
Ice Plant Sold.
Mrs. Olive Patterson this week
disposed of all her interest and
stock in the Claremore lee Plant.
A. 11. Lightener of Montana, -Mo.
who Ik night it has already taken,
possession, and moved into the
house vacated by Mrs. Patterson.
Mrs. Patterson left Sunday morn-
ing for an extended visit to points
in Kansas, from there she will go
to her ranch in Texas to spend sev-
eral months.
Osages ^Qll Fight
the Proposed Leasing.
A vigorous protest against the
opening of 680,000 acres oftheOsage
County lands for the development
of its mineral wealth was the out-
come of a meeting of the larg-
est land owners of the Osage tribe.
The meeting was held at Pawhuska,
where resolutions setting forth the
objections to the proposed transfer
were unanimously adopted by the
council. Copies of the resolutions
will be sent to Congressman Bird
McGuire as soon as they are passed
and approved by the Osage Council.
It is also the intention of the
Osage land owners to send a dele-
gation to Congress with their at-
torney to lobby in behalf of a bill to
individualize the oil, gas and other
mineral wealth of the Osage conn try.
If the present measure for the trans-
fer of the lunds now pending before
the department be passed, it is the
opinion of* many members of the
Osages that the farming advantage
of the country will be ruined.
R. Leo Martin of Tulsa, who con-
trols over 8,000 acres of the best
farming land in the Usage country
isstroDgly opposed to the leasing
of the lands. He was an enthusi-
astic attendant of the meeting re-
cently held at Pawhuska, and went
on record to support the tentative
resolutions read and adopted by the
body.
According to Mr. Martin, this is
one of the most important matters
to owners of Osage county land, and
the proposed leasing proposition
will be contested ami fought with
every obtu:nublc effort. To got a
bill through this session of congress
to individualize all royalties in
Osage county, uml under the rules
and regulations the land owners
would have a right to lease their
own lands to whom they desire, in-
stead of being controlled by de-
partment rules and regulations.—
Tills i World.
WHY REGISTER MAIL?!
No Individual Envelope as
Mark of Identification.
The order of the postmaster gen-
eral eliminating' the individual en-
velopes in which each piece of reg is-
tered mail has been placed in the
past, lms gone into effect, and from
now oil registered mail will he plac-
ed in the pouches without any mark
of blent i Heat ion except the stamp.
ruder the old system each clerk j
who handled the registered matter
was required to receipt for each in-I
dividual niece and signify that it
had not been tampered with when
it reached him. By that system a
thorough cheek was kept on all such
matters and in ease of loss or theft
it was an easy matter to place the
responsibility.
The elimination of the envelope
makes the deteetion of the identi-
ty ot the clerk in whose possession
a piece is Inst or tampered with
practically impos-.ii !^.
It is part ol tin
system installed In
authorities.
retrenchment
the postotlice
Good forjudge Kight.
The News is informed that there
is not now, and lms not been since
the new county officers took their
offices a joint or open gambling- in
the city of ('ljii'eniiue. Without in-
tending to retieei on the official
past of any of mir ex-officers, this is
at least a testimonial favorable to
our new officers, sheriff', county at-
torney and county judge. At a
trial of a whiskey ease in the coun-
ty court on Wednesday the jury
brought in a verdict of guilty and
fixed the punishment at 85(1 tine
and ninety days in jail for the of-
fense. Judge Wight in discharging
the jury in the matter took occasion
to remark that had he fixed the
punishment lie would have assessed
the punishment at the maximum,
six months in jail and 8,"mo lino.
W ithout criticising w lmt the jury
had just dune, he stated to them in
open court that bootlegging and
whiskey peddling can he stopped,
and that as far as lies in his power
it shall he stopped, by letting the
defendant found guilty by a jury
learn that the “way of the trans-
gressor is hill'd." Our new court
officers are on trial by their official
acts, and this stand by our county
judge ought to heeummended w hile
he is in office by those who favor
strict law enforcement—don’t wait
until his term expires. We say
“Hood for Judge Wight.” Others
wlio preach strict law enforcement,
regardless of party affiliation, slu mill
commend this hold position. Say
it now.
Quest Club Report.
Quest club held a very enjoyable
afternoon with Miss Mendenhall.
Fifteen members were present.
The lesson hour was taken up with
a lecturoon “Household Economics”
by Miss Williams, domestic science
teacher of the Slate University,
which was very much appreciated
by all the members. Mrs. Stanford
and Mrs. Os ten berg were the guests
for the afternoon. A paper the
“World’s Greatest Need” by Dr.
Bassmann was excellent.
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Ladies’ and Misses
COAT SWEATERS
Time forbids making a list of prices
THIS week but keep your eye on this
space NEXT week. We are here for
business and the advancement of Clare-
more and its interests. We thank the
people of Claremore for
shown us.
courtesies
OUR MOTTO:
QUICK SALES and SMALL PROFITS
A. N. CARLTON
Store located in Saunders Old Stand
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Larner, J. H. The Rogers County News (Claremore, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 19, 1911, newspaper, January 19, 1911; Claremore, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc956532/m1/1/: accessed March 29, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.