The Arrow-Democrat (Tahlequah, Okla.), Vol. 37, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, March 12, 1920 Page: 1 of 4
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M&ry PlcKford, in "THE HOODLUM" FHd.y, Ma.chlS.h A, S^uoy.hTh«,,re
THE ARROW-DEMOCRAT
ophcal paper of city and county — published by the akkow publishing company
Successor to the Cherokee County Democrat and Tahlequah Arrow.
OKLAHOMA. FRIDAY, MARCH 12. 1920.
BODY OF FARMER
FOUND IN WOODS
accidentally shot
while climbing fence
BOBBLE SCHEMES
Put and keep
in' ° our HonfeTbwn. BANK
wufn tnme well dressed stranger with a slick
. nnKmc Scheme comes along some day and asks you
TOW? TOMMMW SfroAget-rich scheme, look outi
wmpn yoll have money, put it in the bank and ask
thf rankers' advice about investments. he may save
you from l<?sing, with one stroke of the pen. the
money you have worked many years for.
you will receive h per cent interest on time
deposits.
THE HRST STATE BANK
Tahlequah* Oklahoma
THE BANK WHERE YOU FEEL AT HOME.
Deposits Guaranteed
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC!
pissing since Tuesday Morning
R. L. Bracken, a prominent farmer
living I 5 miles north of 1 ahlequah
was found (lead in a fence corner
about one fourth mile from his
home, on Wednesday evening
' The. right side of his head had
ibeen shot away and the shooting
' is supposed to have been acciden-
tal, as hi« double-barrel shot gun
[was found by his tide with the
! right hand barrel discharged. Co
' nntv Attorney Vance. Sheriff Saun-.
d«„ and Leonard La« ti 85
the scene of the accident and after , ^ ~ ^ 0_f *^^^0
a thorough investigation decided
that in climbing over the fence, he
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We wish to thank those who assisted The Tahlequah Sun by their patronage
m ~ n 111 J Attirn A M
\u w nawl(iiis Editor and Owner.
FORMER CONGRESSMAN JAM
EX-BANKER INDICTED.
S. DAVENPORT A CANDIDA
REDUCED RATES.
W S Burnet. Formerly of T l leq« W,
Mutt Stand Trial.
inai HI t,« «Mwraaato
had pulled his gun after him by
the barrel and causing its discharge.
Death mult have been instant, as
he was laying with one leg still
Word came in last week that the
Federal court at Muskogee
with a minimum ui . +
trip, from all points in a^ o g*ate Federal court at j u n.vgwv
gss^cSsffiR.
"id.nliMc.tio. m t JJ..J
wi.h . s. ^
hanging over the low fence. Mr. flce before special 1 Sunday school, and th,-coming trial
of accident and no inquest was nished free, upon request, when tw anw ^ regarding ti
i 11 k a— was 55 years cent stamp is enclosed. Hlctment are unattainable, but i
or araucui --- -
held. Mr. Brackett was 55 years
old and had been married less
than a year.
cherokees claim exped1ted
Ketoowah Soci^T^" Government
for Big Refund- $4,000,000
Wanted
Member, of Society Aided Nortb
During W r With the
Confederacy
James W. Duncan, secrecy of the
Ketoowah society of the Cherokees,
has received copy of petition filed in
the United States court of elaims by
Frank J. Boudinot, attorney for the
Ketoowah society, and dis associates,
Daniel B. Henderson, C. U Uainoun
and Louis A. Dent of Washington, D.
C The claim was started some years
V. A lie , u rpn-
armv life, but it is a wejl known fact
that the Amcrica?tteBiXtineeAmer-
bone and sinew of the fighting
ican force abroH, have gone on record
as believing in military preparedne^
Too often the viewpoint of real lite
h is been obtained from a swivel chair
in -m office, or from a rostrum sur-
r u ed with flowers and Pe^c®*"|
emblems. Life—real life, at times
presents a different aspect, and the
men So during the trying times of
our nation have had to deal with these
m-oblems, from President Wilson and
Secretary Baker to Generals Wood
and Pershing, still believe that the
ana t i-rsiim*, , firesides
As'mhT of the county officers,
please announce this at every op.p?^"
tunitv and urge delegates to send for
their credentials and identification
cert :ates, early. They should con-
sult tneir ticket agent sever*days,
before going to Claremore that tne
agent? it he has not been provided
with the special round-trip tickets,
may send for them. This is very im-
portant.
three more trucks
for the county.
mong Cherokee county peop.-
The exact facts regarding tne in-
dictment are unattainable, but rumor
says Barnes will put up a stiff fight.
SUNDAY AT THE METHODIST
CHURCH.
Wc had a good Sr.bbath school. The
FOR JUDGE OF THE CRIMlNi
COURT OF APPEAI4.
In a statement to thia paper, fonn«r
Congressman James S. Davenaort «I
Vinita, Craig County, Okla., an-
nounced that he was a candidate for
judge of the criminal court of appea*
of the Eastern District of Oklahoma,
sabject to the Democratic primary to
be held in August.
Mr. Davenport is a nativeirt Ala-
bama, and came with his father s fam-
ily when a boy to ^onway,Ark.,and
remained there until he arrived at
his majority. While litfnjrat <Con-
way he took up the atuay of law
and after his admission to the bar n
the fall of 1890 he came to Indian
Territory and located at MuttofM,
where he became associated with a
firm of attorneys, and in 1891 the
firm opened an office at Soul*i Me-
Alester, Indian Territory, where Mr.
Davenport was in charge, end re
mained in McAlester until the spring
1 qoq wiion hi* moved to Vinita,
Wc had a srooa SF.uu w ov. .w~..
Wesley daughters have a good taacn- ,ineA in McAlester unu. .
mon, told us h Th.> Christians Indian Territory, now Oklahoma..
MOUNTAIN HOME
It is feared that the recent cold "pushing, still believe that tne
its
where both the plums and some va- | i3^r, sUrlTng EuVope '0 Last week
rieties of peaches were far enough t (70) tons of the ""est
•s— *" -•"
*Z various Urn
throughout the conntry have , . ,,,.mder if extra good creamery but-
S consolidate wit, the^different labor ggood for starving
acted'wis'ely8" The twi kinds* of 'or- people? No doubt but that a certain
acitu i*1 ii _ pnmmnn. nortion
brought to Christ. The Christians
would have to get to work and their
duty, the pastor could-n°t do it aU.
The business inen could or do we mo e
peopTe, and if tnev would talk more
for C'.rist, how much could they
could do. Try it. We had a good
sermon by our pastor. I rof. Charles
ton, of N. E. Normal, sang a beauti-
ful solo, Gallilee. We also had the
J P. Thompson, chairman of the
Board of County Commissioners,
when in Tulsa Sunday .procured three
2? " rTiZ i
of them were tnree a..u «... --
Packards, and the other one a i or<l.
This now makes six trucks being used
in this county, and our commissioners
a" e certainly making great improve-
ments ii! the roads. Let the good
work go on.
GRANDVIEW.
There is Sunday School every Sun-
j ororv Sun-
impressive sight t^ see little children
kneeling at alta£ DAUGHTER.
MARRIAGE LICENSE.
March 1—Mr. Hoy Coyle of Locust
Grove, Okla., and Miss Anna Lee
Cable, Hulbert, Okla.
March 3—Mr. Wade Ferrell, Bar-
ber, Okla., and Miss Goldia Mae
it uvua 'o „Aa innp Thp Ftirone tnat nave exicnucu
I. and larger pay for the woiWone.Th PclotvlinK and temporary homes
8K0 by jStte?S®
petUim^s^r^Un®^ name of th.VrtWor^ h™^-^thai J °b^
Cherokee Nation respectfully show .favor the candidate^ who «^S|^r,tion and congress has ever ex-
... ,i \ .,4- ,v* Wnrnh . 191".
Cherokee iNanui.,
th'it bv the Act of March S, 1.>1J,
jurisdiction is conferred by congress
upon the court of claims to hear
consider and determine the claim of
the Cherokee nation for interest aU
leged to be owing from the United
States to the Cherokee nation on
funds arising from tho judgment of
the conrt of claims of May lh,
and the agreement between the
United f't,*' s nd th ■ Cherokee na-
4?on of December V>, J.ms
agreement under v hich the Cherokee
strip was sold to the United States.
Ti,* fi-.nds "mini' fro mi the judg-
me^ of thof claims of March
"g" 1905, so 11 fer 'cd to, are four in
number, namely: „19c ,v;tv,
Item 1.—The sum of ?2,1^& witn
interest thereon -it the rate of 5 pei
cent from feh. 1919 to date 'A
par.;n2_-The sum of $1,111,284.70]
. ..i <Ua i-off* nf i
ssrss^ j ■= -
tions is for she 0..k^one The Europe that have extended help with 0-ciock ! March 8—Mr. Jim Chism, Hulbert,
and larger pay 'n<ironKP hls working food, clothing and temporary homes Mrs j. j. Darnell received a mes-jand Migs stelia Balden,.Hulbert. Mr.
saire from Marengo, Ohio, that her, H w Tumbleson, Clarksville, Ark.,
brother-in-law, Mr. F. L. Woods, and ; an(1 Miss f']0rance Mass, Tahlequah,
son, F. J., age. 14, had both died with , OWn
pneumonia following the flu. The Murch 9—Mr. John B. Stapler, Jr.,
rest of the family are down with ^ Tahlet,uah, Okla., and Miss Mane
the flu. , , , „' Holt, Muskogee.
Little Eulah Moore, who has been |
seriously ill, is improving. The Katharine Brown Missionary
Mr. Gibbs' family arc all sick with , Sodcty an(, the I-adies. Aid of the
th Newell Rainwater came home j Presbyterian church have consolidated
Tuesday after a few days' visit at an(j from now on will be known as tne
Broken Arrow. Women's Auxiliary of the rresbyter-
Farmers 'are uneasy about losing . (.hur[h The fi,.gt meeting of the
the oat seed they have sown. Auxiliary was held Tuesday after-
. /t t fit-, t ti
Indian Territory, now Oklahoms.
where he has resided ever aince.
Mr. Davenport represented thui
county in congress for six years when
it wan a part of the Third Congr®®"
sicnal District.
AGED COUPLE VISITS
TAHLEQUAH
Dr. L. W. Gore and wife, Mrs. A.
E. Gore, ages 85 and 77 years, ate
their 62nd wedding anniversary dm-
ner last Thursday, March 4 h. Witt
their daughter, Mrs. J. W. DemOM.
After a two and a half weeks visi
with the Demoss family in this city,
they left today for Locust Grov«,
Okla., to visit a while with two of
their sons, L. W. and J. B. Gore, ine
old couple are enjoying very good
health and are real active for people
of their age. Will be glad to wel-
come them again at any tune they
can visit us.
EARLY MARRIAGE.
LaBt Tuesday morning Depot j
^ **cCo
interests of th,e ,C0(u"t/Z' .-orthless I legislature, Robt. L. Owen of Musko-
of timehonored but often .sorthle j had ve'ry much to do with perfect-
party affiliations. I ' .^e jan which the Federal
A traveling stow adv«ti«d thereo{ ^ ^ 3yEtem bcca]„c a fact I
hibition of tne greauaL vvu % ,. AlT.. snont some ti
• 1 1 ... 1. VI'- it or
the'world,' and when the visitor was
shown the great curiosity, he .-aw nve
yaicui uvvwiiiw — ;
believe Mr. Owen spent some time
in Europe studying the various farm
- Atfav fViAr<> and
shown the great j"n ../ ems in vogue over there, and
SioVandnfo^the "ame purpose. |later became „n enthusiastic boos" "
solidly and working together, and will
soon show a power hat r
ing dictated to, will do the ^ctating.
In evei-v civilized nation in the world
this is"and has always been the case;
and will at last be the inevitable
result so far 38 13 con"
C0Wtot this country needs moi>' than
ZEB NOTES.
•Will, lnieie-i
5 ] er cent per annum fmm
1838, to the date *r iLh
Ti,.m P. -—Tlie s-m of ■ is.).-' vvilh
"GST** ■ ; f'K'ttl
with interest fv..m July 1, 5'
date of payment. ; l)f
printed'i'natter nncLmakes a complete
case for the Cherokee natior
CUJUiliun
frcm patriotic moti\
for self gain and part;
ment. Already th: o >
and especially the con 11
archies of the wort >
our democracy. the>
their doubts about our
erties, they
to the world
case
Mrs Pearl Vivion of Yor.l:ers,
vlst wfui mother
and family, Mr.
nio-s of this city
come again.
ev countrie
utionnl mon-
! laughing at
always had
socalled lib-
and now we present
autocracy worse than
H , . Born to Mr. and Mrs. John Hale,
similar organizations to aid the jjondayi a fine baby boy. ,
fan ;?r it this country. For three Uncle Wilson Ryder is on the sick
yeat the Federal T rm Loan . list this week. .
.as extended financial help to the, rp^e dgath angel visited the home
farm: - of this country, and m very j of M Collins Friday mornm?: at
ma v cases brought prosperity and 4 O.ciock an,j took from th, ,r midst
sunshine into many homej where, their dear aged mother. Aniline
fornie.iy the da'k shadows v.r • Fulton. Her presence wi,l b j.n
possible' payments and early tore- ( fay faer many friends and love J oi.. <.
closures or mortgages threatened the | ghe jeaves foUr SOiis and two dau-rli-
hon To the men in the i.ntional tl,rs to m-,orn her low---. P"'(
icisl'itwe who brought ob'-ut tins Ono from th in is gone; a von-'
condition the larmers owe a debv <Jt _ loved j, atlll; a placc is vacant in tli<-.«
than irrflt'itude that they should not soon Kome which never can he -ale
fdise- for-et We hav? been reliably in- Thete wjU be preach.,:g a
|W - ■ ' C, who v., c,^.t Snndav In March
ah
I noon at the ho
j During the bi
: stitution
i one, was
! talks wei
:ne<
liams
. l1.284.7Wj WMt «M coumiT "^^eada,' tafWatwe who iwourov one. 1- - .
interest thereon at the rate of j anytmng tUt J • - 1 • J , nl t condition the farmers owe a deu„ o ioved i still; a plni
* June 12, common sense ftnd men ■ thnt thev should not acon||lome
Rvdei
;d that
. the lirst Sunday
spared Gilliam.
j WiiUfcir.s.
: Th>! Dpi
r Mrs. J. B. Staph
• s session the con-
- the two societies
and two interesting
'sv Mrs. K' enan on
," and Mrs. Wil-
:uges.'\ During the
h')i t assisted by
'yly and Miss Mark
ty refreshments,
comiiu;' year are:
L. C. Ross.
, Mrs. ' I. Hacklcr.
a« Duckworth.
. C. A Peterson.
re , Mrs. E. P.
Last luesuay iiiui„„.s --r- -
Court Clerk Sherman McCollum was
awakened from pleasant dreams y
John B. Stapler, Jr., and requested to
iCTant a marriage licenses to himselt
and Miss Marie Holt, it seems that
voung Mr. Stapler and Miss Holt had
driven from Muskogee in an automo-
bile and arrived in the wee small
hours of the night, and had Mr. Mc-
Collum to procure the papers and ac-
company them to the home of Justice
J. D. Wilson, wJlSre thvy wertS so"1*
pronounced man and wife. They
drove back to Muskogee the same
morning. Mr. Stapler is as popular
as he is well known here, where hi!
parents, Mr. and. Mrs. .T. B. Stapler
reside. Thei bride, we understand, is
a very popular young lady of Musko-
gee. Their residence'in the future is
not obtainable at tow time, but "anle-
ouah people are h'0pinf? that they may
settle here v.-ith us and all r'.«h them
much happiness.
We learn that Mr. Eli Sanders of
Proctor, and Walter Townsend of
Elden, both of Cherokee County,
I have en' ited and" been accented in
! the U. S. armv. These boys have
passed a most credible examination
physically.
Tp.hlequ >n, :pareu Gilliam.
(Tort in help ng toi The farmers of Zeb are very ou.-y
law and ijaten. of; tj,is week getting ready to plant tne.i
3 the farmers of ; cr<)p8.
*1-
LIBERTY NEWS.
, ihot I, The Laby-
wnve vis-
Mrs. MMinie luiiif
gee Monday for a weeks visit.
Minnie Miller went to Musko-
Reign of A mini
rinth. Mrs. Couch
Shepherd King
Earliest Queer,
Redburn. , ■
Military Age, Mrs. Vance.:
A Religious Crusade, «'Mrf
Clnndon.
h'anank, Mrs. AtteberVy. _ '
Mr?. Pearson the only guest.
TI,Vin-i ,, un I'iroil o rloliPiAus <1511
Mr*. Pylatt.
in History,'' Mrs.
Mc-
fori^^^^^-
makes his home in I ahll
neither tijne or off
bring about the 1
Federal loans to
America. And now this same mem
ivorse tnan , her _ of congress from Tahlequah has |
Russia and Germany. It it l,®®"1^le | B^,nstituency"by "introducing! Thursday, another cold
by^the8 peppl'e "and' for the people j a law in j ^gom'e farmers have finished seeding
m"11 j Ionization 'TStoriTol.lMs '! melfce|^ T^oato ^creagTwilf bo
days' vi«t wtn ner wrbe-1 thev will do! as they have always ; ha^to^^^o^jg^'^J^n Act j ""wheat3 looks' ver* sorry, owing to
II A |aCtU?iiaBXhrsnfrom 1the^araj'ta best and'truest friend of the farmer Mrs. W. «^^torned Tuesday! Mrs. W. B. I.amb and Mrs.-R..' E
Hi* 1U. ll&Vf^.ftjrWJirfc tt'2hSS^^SS%V3S S'iH.|
^SSss as ,3a."aw as:1
met with Mrs. Dr. T. J. Treadwell of this city, has
dm sday - with been appointed by the U. S. Public
Subject to be Health Service to act as Rental Ex-
I ■ maih<«■ fn call av aamriAA wi«*i orifl fA*
■bes, Mts. Cour
Health f.ervoo to act as IJental Ex-
aminer to all ex- erviee m-en and for
rvivvivirtf i K 1 *\ f f W f r, f' tllflll* fnofH
niiuilvx iu mi ca-'civicc ind'. ai.n ---
giving th?m .treatment of their teeth
at the expense pf the government.
They are invj^wl to call at his office
and learn particulars Concerning
the country, ye- - ;r ~
i actual facts when he tells us that re-
| turning soldiers from the army in
' France are opposed to military train
« a T ing Possiblv individual cases of dis-
FARM. LOANS .
QUICK. SKR V ICE
. E.lSY.'TKllMS
\ L. c. koss-
,
! Jheir comfortable tastes, and the tion pr<
guardhouse a useless acquisition to it may.
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