The Arrow-Democrat (Tahlequah, Okla.), Vol. 37, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, December 3, 1920 Page: 1 of 8
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THE ARROW-DEMOCRAT
Successor to the Cherokee "ounty Democrat tad Tahlequah Arrow.
TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA. KR1DAV, imCKMHKH 3, IfKMI.
roi. sr. no.
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If you want
,, an Oak
You must plant
an Acom
If you want to
Grow a
Fortune
You must plant
Money
in the
NATTOE TEACHES IS KVEltWHERE THE NECESSITY
OK PLANTING
IE VOl" WANT COIt\, VOl" PI,A N'T CORN.
SUE HOW EVEIlVTHINjti VOl FLAM' IS MM J.N Ml'LTI-
PLIKII
IE VOL" WANT A FORTUNE, VOl MI ST PLANT DOLLAItS.
PI<AXT THEM IN Ol'R HANK.
Oil! THICK WALLS AND STIt()N<J LOCKS, AND KXI'EIU-
ENCKI) MANAGEMENT. GUARANTEE VOl PERI ECT SERVICE
AND THE IIEST OF ATTENTION.
YOU
TIME DEPOSITS
PUT YOUR MONEY IN OUR BANK
WILL RECEIVE FOUR PER CEriT INTEREST ON
The First State Bank
TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA
OFFICERS 1 DIRECTORS
J. Robt. Wvtj', President.
VAST REI'OSIT OK MII.YKR
Special.
Somewhat ciore than three score
years ago a fullblood Cherokee cit-
izen, on a beautiful and sunshiny
afternoon in the summer time,, float-
ed down the winding Illinois, stand-
DEATH OK JESSE SIXKILLEH.
The brevity of this, our earthly
life, and its incompleteness was force-
fully brought to mind on Tuesday
morning last when the intelligence
quickly spread throughout the town
that Jesse Sixkiller was dead.
Retiring at 10 o'clock Monday
ing erect in his long canoe, fashioned 'night in his usual riegree of health
A live question with many cltisens
is, "Who Is entitled to the taks on
Silver Tip Twist?" There are num-
erous persons who use this particular
brand of tobacco and they are of
the opinion that when they buy a
twist the tag should become their
property. The tobacco manufactur-
the trunk of u great cotton- he soon suffered r. paralytic stroke er3 jffer premiums for varying num
This member of an an- and death follow<Ml abo"' four h"'r" peri of taga. but oftentimes the twist
WHO 18 ENTITLED?
from
wood tree, . n.s memuer oi an a,.- ,ater ,s divested of the tag before Urea'ch-
clent and famous North American Kor the past twent> nine years Mr. es the hands of the purchasers. The
nation held a long and slender polo Sixkiller had been in the employ of seller of the tobacco. It seems, oft,n
in his right hand. His keen eyes T. J. Adair of the Adair Mercantile adheres to the opinion that the tag
were fasieued upon the crystal wat- company, having been connected with is his and deBlring to secure prein-
ers ol the stream. Already the skill the establishment as salesman from lums himself, keeps the tag but sells
,,f h- Indian fithermau had beeu 11 Period extending back Into Indian the strong and odorous twist. Those
of t-he Indian "^ermau been Territory days. No man of <hia sec-:who purchase think'otherw|so anr
rewarded. In the bottom of thL ca tlon was more widely known than il ls probable that life manufacturers
iJilE AMERICAN RED CR<
' IN PEACE TIME
Eaatatn Europe
noe lay a number of fine fish, but J(,ssp sixkiller, and it may safely be will be called upon to siate l'n"'big
he hoped to see and impale on his Faifi fbat (here was none more favor- i"tlers upon each box of twist who Is
keen pointed "gig" or spear the ably known. Courteous, honest an 1 entitled to the tags.
proverbial big fish, which then as reliable, the number of his friends
now usually escaped. Suddenly a increased aB the years rjlled by and I QI'AIL SHOOTING.
bold and silvery denl7.cn of the wa-
ters darted swiftly across the stream
when lie passed from the scenes of
time and place It was a great host
With the beginning
... who heard with sincere sorrow that of December the reports of shnimm.
just in front of the canoe. The slen- h|g career ha() en(jPl|, Many words heralded the fact that the quail will
der and wiry figure, standing like a mig|lt used by way of eulogizing exeprlence a great deal of trouble
bronze statue, vith a quick move- this beloved and good man, but none until the end of the year. The birds
ment, launched the spear. It struck would be more appropriate than the are said to he quite numerous in
the big fish, but it. with a Jerk, few which were uttered only a few some sections of the country and will
ireed itself and escaped into the days ago by one who had known him be strenuously hunted. Many conn-
deep blue water hard by the base throughout most of the years of his try citizens have posted notices warn
of an overhanging cliff The long active career. These words in sub- «>• «« to "keep out," but some
while the struggle with the t««ice „are1 as ?'*. h'I '. , 'f "hooters take the
drifted killer llvei1 surh " llfe that h h ' [ , facing the "law" and pav no
... no occasion to fear anything. Deaili need to the signs, and It is salrl timi
into a swift current and *as borne (0 )ijm wttR only the beginning of a some did not wait for the first of
rapidly down stream, but the fisher- Iif(1 of wlde|. usefulness." Other December, but slew the birds during
man soon puBhed his craft into the words are unnecessary. A more com- November. ]f8 mighty hard to keen'
quiet depths, but not before his eye plete eulogy could not be uttered (from taking a few shots at the birds
had been attracted by a broad Pof twenty-seven years Mr. Six- at R";- time of the year for some
■ streak of white" which extended killer had been a member of Wan- hunters.
from one-bank of the river to the h"'™ Lodge Knights of Pythias of! .
Tahlequah. Ho was one of five vet- hlijlihl> IX RUNAWAY.
eran members of the order, the oth-l A distressing accident Is re'ported
canoe,
fish hail
American wh contribute to the Red Crosa would feci amply repaid
far their generosity If they conld see what It meana to hundred! of thouaaad*
ef war weary aufferera In the Ralkana. Here la a widowed Roumanian mother
with her five children Just after a visit to a Red Croaa relief station. All at*
barefoot and the boy at the left la wearing clothea made of acrapa from th*
battlefields. They have Just received winter clothing, food and condensad
milk for the baby. Similar work la beln done fur Russian refugees drlva*
from home.
other at a place where the stream
jwes somqwhat narrow. The peculiar el.a Vlng Waddle Hudson. Darius K. from the Wauhillau "roVnmui'iTt'v
glistening appearance of the "streak ,Van, Hardtn H Grppn William >oung man of the name of Tyner .
I was what had so quickly engago-1 p Thorne. The Lodge was organ- tow days ago, borrowed n wagon and
the Cherokee's attention. He "poled'' ized and Instituted in 1889, and out mule team from Poly Latta and set
his canoe to the shore and secured of the large membership of nearly out to haul in a load of wood. While
.it by passing a chain around an over three decades ago those just men- driving along the road the animals
hanging sapling. Then he stood on tioned are all now living here or at ecame frightened and ran away,
ithe high bank, gazing Intently into "her places in the state. . Tvner was either thrown out of the
the dentils of the river He noted The funml services were In wagon or entangled in the wreckage
h depths or tn river, ho n chrp(i of (he Iv0dgP an(l 125 members and was so badly broken and bruised
I that several fiagments, white and of <ho or^Gr Knights of Pythias and that he was dead when rescueri
glistening, lay near the broid jj,e auxiliary order rf Pythian Sis- reached the scene of the accident.
"streak" and aft^r a few moments ters proceeded to the residence, |
plunged headlong into the pollucid where the Rev. C. M. Hrewer of the I gfjJB HENRY SHADE
depths. Soon he emerged, grasping Baptist church delivered a discourse. | if you are in need of a Notary
jone of the fragments in his hand. It Two flower girls, little Misses Gill .Public. Office over Posoffice, Tah-
was verv heavy and glittered in the and Headman carried floral em- 'eqnah Okla.
' ,, a. it* blems. One of these was the Pythian ■ - -
I rays of the afternoon sun. Deciding . , . ■ l
i „ r 11 c xt . i„ Li . a * at emblem, a tri-.ingle, and the other 1 -
The recently erected monument of! Dr. (.. J. Rousseau of Norman Is .that lie had made a discovery some- th0 Pytyan sisterhood emblem, n
Stan Watie, in the court house square conducting a series of meetings at j w hat out of the ordinary the Indian Sj)ray of blossoms. •
suggests tiie Ilaptist church. Dr. Rousseau is jfisherman soon made his way home- M*r sixkiller had been elected to
jward. fish "gigging" having for the membership in tj\e Pythian Sister-
time lost its interest arid fascination, hood but had not yet been initiated.
Jesse Sixkiller was nearly 49 years
the
R. H. Conch, Vice-President.
W. P. Hicks. Cashier.
R. J. Wiggins. Assistant Cashier.
Percy Wyly, J. W. Reid,
R. H. Couch, Ed Sharp,
B. L. Keenan, J. Robt. Wyly,
W. T. Scott.
Where
Selling
are you
your Cotton?
We want to buy it.
CHEROKEE COTTON & GIN CO.
AltOltN THE Syt'ARE.
I>lt
i;orssi:.\r at haitist
( III IK'H.
a striking memorial, i^nd
the thought that in time to come a scholar, an ore tor or the highest
there should be erected monuments type and u consecrated Christian
to several other notable Cherokee*!, feentluuian. lliose who miss his ser-
/.mong such are Sequoyah, origina- mona will always have something Jo
tor of the Chen.iiee alphabet, the l Bret. Services ure held each day at
greatest Indian of them all; Cliier 2:H0 P. M. ;.nd at , i'. M-
John Ross friend of the mission Rev. Herbert Reynolds of Dallas,
aries and founder of 'he Cherokee Texas, will be hero.Jundny to take
oign schools; Major e,iorge Lowrey, charge of th- mi l>\ Tahlequah
statesman, and one of the h rofes of needs a real revival of religion and
the battle of the Horseshoe Bend of a pull all together, irrespective of
the Tallapoosa river, and there are creed, will bring about the much
others whose work in the interests needed results. This meeting is not
of civilization and good government,Intended to benefit the Ilaptist
entitle them to lasting memorials.
FARM LOANS
QUICK SERVICE
EASY TERMS
L. C. ROSS
church alone, but it is hoped that
the entire town may be reached and
benefitted.
H<XiS AM) HOMINY
In case the much talked of reduc-
tion of acreage so far as cotton is
I concerned, becomes a reality, there
are those who advocate the raising
of corn and hogs. Cotton, many
state, is a detriment when raised too
extensively, but in the case of corn
and hogs tljere are always better
times. Old citizens who have lived
in this section as well as in other
parts of the land, ,often speak of
the "hog and hominy days" and are
firmly of the belief that the people
in general would be more prosper
ous were more attention given to
corn and hogs.
Several days after securing tne age |je js survived by his wife
white substance the fisherman made nn(i 0ne steiVduughtier, their four
his way to the home of the leading children having died early in life,
man of the country, a man high in His mother, too, is yet alive, her
the official life of tlie Cherokee home being •if .Adair county. The
tion, and to this leader he hundod occasions when Mr. Sixkiller was ab-
the ■ heavy white stone" found on from the Lodge were few and he
.. ... ... , often took part In the work. He was
the bottom of the Illinois As soon ono of e{ght or ten fullblood cher0.
as the official had examined the ^ee menibers, and with Rev. Richard
fragment he realized that the fisher Glory of the Baptist denomination,
man had discovered the location c! served as interpreter when occasion
vast deposit of virgin silver. Ha sometimes arose during the course
also realized that should the intel- of lodge room work. At the time
iigence of the discovery become death he held the officf* of
known thero would be such a rush ^ his station in the Castl?
of fortune hunters to the land of the ,Ha11 "aR,. m0"rnln*
nl u ... . 4 , , , for a period of thirty days.
Cherokee.> that. great trouble woulu , a lofcen o[ the hlgU ttBteem iu
ensue. The discovery of precious whjch Mf sixkiller was held, an bus.
minerals in their ancient Nation be- iness houses. the banks, and the
yond the Mississippi had been one county offices were closed from 2
of the principal causes for the ox- until 3:30 o'clock on the afternoon
pulsion and removal of the ('hero- of the funeral. People from all
kees from that portion of the land, walks of life attended the services
and it was earnestly hoped that nev- at *he home and at the cemetery, and
er again iu their history would there after "*t8°lng to the various expres-
. „ lk( .. ^ , Bions of those who had known him
be a repetition of the scenes and ex- durlng the flayg of the pi,s[ we can
periences such as had been wit- j)ut recau lines of Halleck, a tri
nessed and undergone in the bygone bute to his dearest friend:
time. So the leader to whom the
Quality-
First
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Iu sonic linej of business, price may
well be the great talking point.
Those who can buy best and Bell
lowest have something interesting to
say to the public.
In the Drug Business
It's Different.
Quality, regardless of price, should
be the main factor, and it is best.
What you buy in the line of Drugs
and medicines will be of the right
quality, and the price asked will also
be right—as low as goods of the
Bame JUiality can be bought any-
where.
!! Rogers Drug Store
I'HONE 320.
Successors to Williams Drug Store.
FLETCHER H. ROGERS, Mgr.
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piece of silver had been presented—,
pecim^n as rich as any to be found j
in the mountains of Mexico or Pern !
—bade the Indian fisherman to ke^ p \
forever secret the location of tho!
place where he had made the great
discovery; told him to shun the sp >t
and not give even a hint to anyone
'None knew thee but to love thee,
Nor named thee bat to praise."
TO KUSIMK SCHOOL WORK.
It is learned that the Elm Spring
mission school will bo re-established
and work resumed at no distant date.
The school, a Presbyterian institution
concerning the feet that precious wag discontinued several years ago,
mineral war 10 be found in the ne v previous to which time it'hud been in
land of the Cherokoes In the west, operation for more than twenty-five
The Indian fisherman, it seems, >eaff- Hecently a committee ropre-
nevor 1 hi„ senting tho mission board visited
Welling and it is understood that the
mentioned to any of his
countrymen just where he had foumi decision of 'the committee was in fa- j
the "big white stone," but to some vor or re establishment. Somo im-j
of his most intimate firends ho provements are now being made at
spoke of the matter after many yean, the mission preparatory to the re-
liad flown. It became known to opening of school. The original Rim
some citizens that silver had once Spring school was opened in a house
been found somewhere In the Illinois "' le the present site
, ... .. . about thirty years ago, but was later
af a place where the river runs ,. ' .... *
' „ , . , continued at the present location,
white, but tho exact location r,- Long previous to the establishment
mains unknown even, fo this day. of thlK m|SK|„n. however, there was
Many men during many years have ft school which was known ns the
sought to find the "broad white Forks of Illinois Mission. It was es-
streak" over which the swift-flowing tablished near the close of the '20's
w aters of the Illinois tinkle on their .of the last century, being about .
way to far-distant and larger ,>!le above the confluence of tjhe
streams, but to no avail. Searchers ^rren Fork with the Illinois river.
. . . _ ,, After its discontinuance there was
In somewhat recent times, When the M school ,n tfm ,ocM|ty unt„ ,he
waters of tho stream have reached openlng of the Ei,„ Spr,ng mission.
a low state In consequence of dryi
weather and prolonged drouths, have'
most carefully and diligently exam-l SWOHT RISE.
Ined the bed of the river, but no i
...... , . „ There was a slight rise In the price
broad and glistening vein of silver of cotton Thurgday. 0n the previous
has ever been found. Tons unknown day the prirp wafl $2.75 the hundred
of gravel, washed down by the swift pounds in the seed, but on the day
and changeable currents have doubt- first above mentioned was being
less covered to a depth of many feet paid. Though the advance was
the rich deposit, the finding of which small it had a good effect and th«re
would make of someone a veritable were many farmers who were dis-
modern Croesus. Rut the river, over- P^d ,0 ^'levf ,hat ,hpre ml^ht
looked bv mountain, and hills, its £• .EJT'Vwl
restless waters overhung bv hoBry h® Price has been decreasing rather,
, ,. *, • „ than advancing and It may be that
and gigantic sycamores, keeps well 80mewhat h|Rher ^ice, will yet pre-
lts secret.- vn|]
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