State Sentinel (Stigler, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, November 24, 1911 Page: 1 of 8
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Okla. Historical So.
* AGE FIV*
$1,575
in
Three
Prizes
v
STAT
THE PEOPLES7PAP
Contest
Worth
While
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1
STATE SENTINEL Established 1000
HASKELL COUNTY LEADER Established 1000.
STIGLER, OKLAHOMA, NOVEMBER 24,1911.
VOLUME 6
NUMBER 7
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MADE A
GREAT
DISTRICT COURT
BEGINS DEC. 4TD
BETTER TELEPHONE
GOV. VARDAMAN OPENS LYCEUM
COURSE WITH ABLE ADDHESS
AND MADE A HIT
The December term of the dis-
trict court opens Monday, Dec. 4,
I with Judge W. H. Brown presiding.
The court will be in session all that
I week and during the following
I week a special judge will hear the
| remainder of the cases, as Judge
' Brown is disqualified ton a portion
! of the docket, having appeared as
! an attorney in sope of the cases set
for this term.
j The criminal docket is a small
! one,' containing only eight cases.
' .The civil docket is longer,, embrac-
j ing about eighty cases. There are
- —— _ j about forty divorce cases to be
The Stigler Lyceum Course open-|heard this term. Of the civil
ed lest Saturday evenliig in a most f.ases ,he most important is the
auspicious manner, with ex-Governor rinjm 0f Simon Johnson and Ticey
James K. Vardaman of Mississippi as james against the town of Stigler.
the stellar attraction. The Idle .— o
Hour Theatre, where the entertain-; H h. Howard, Haskell county's
ments are being, given, was tilled < representative in the Oklahoma leg-
with a large and enthusiastic aud- is)ature, returned, to Stigler this
ience who followed the distinguished' v eek from a six months trip in the
orator attentively throughout his en-; east and it is understood he will re-
tire lecture, which was on "The Im-; majn here. His many friends are
pending Crisis," frequently interrup- pleased to see him again.
ting with applause. I
Governor Vardaman must be een J Rev. J. H. Byers and Hys Pyle re-
and heard to be appreciated. He is turned Wednesday from their hunt-
unique as a public speaker in tha!t he jng trip in the vicinity of Clayton,
has the courage to speak of his con-|xhey shot a few wild turkeys, but
victions as he sees them and has a1 other game was scarce.
style of oratory all of his own. Hel --j. ■<,— •
has a commanding figure, long black I ■iinr,f,I/
hair, a pleasant voice and a decided-. Dill Ul|lL|u
iy theatrical style and a fervid j |Jf| |J fVllLUll
style of delivery. He easily held the
close attention of hia hearers from
start to finish and ended his lecture
with a most elegantly worded and
impressive peroration. He was in-
troduced by Judge G. A. Holley.
OFFICIALS OF COMPANY CAME TO STIGLER AND LISTEN TO COM-
PLAINTS OF POOR PHONE SERVICE-IMPROVEMENTS ALREADY
UNDER WAY! WILL GIVE DETTER SERVICE
—0-
ON H. V. 11.
Thirteen people were injured, one
iage u. a, I and many. 0thers cut and
He spoke in part as follows when Midland valley pas-
The deeds that you perform as a flrl-j train Kq 1 ^ ,>into the
vate_cltize;n aj® mpre J9.p9r.tant than fimga east Vf Bixby:
the office of governor I am the I thirty-five mile* north of Muskogee
hired man and you are the servant.! o,cIock ^ afternoon.
As long as the government is in; The tr&in ^ dQwn a„ enbank.
the hands of those who use it honest-! men ^ track #t the edge
ly, it is all right; "*** it Passes e_ A truck under (he
into the hands o the inexperienced , tender jumped th track and
and corruptible it falls. , ^ rails tQ spread The
In liking the downfall of Rome. Qf {he )njured wcre ,n the
and Greece to present day conditions ; J wblch rolled 0ff the trestle
in this country he said corruption ^ upside down & rayine
was at the bottom of it. | flfteen fegt below
"The unholy greed for gold is pro-, Ma Qf the jured were members
stituting the ballot in this country J ^ fashlonable oklahoma Hunt-
The same agencies that undermined, Flghing c]ub and were just
the ancient empires are trying to, « from thelr annual hunt in
undermine the^ greatest republic of klamltchl mountains.
the ages. If the laws rest not on, . .. „
! A meeting of about twenty-five
j Stigler subscribers of the Pioneer
! Telephone company was held in the
! town council room Monday after-
' noon to meet with several officials
| of the Pioneer Telephone company
and talk over matters pertaining to
! local telephone conditions.
The company was represented by
B. G. Corkins, division commercial
1 superintendent, F/C. Robey, divi3lGU
traffic superintendent, and E. P.
Brinson, division plant superintend-
ent. Mr. Corkins acted as spokes-
j man for the telephone officials, say-
i ing he had been in the city all day,
| investigating the complaints made by
subscribers and found most of them
well founded, especially ■ that relat-
ing to poor service for several
! months past, which he promised to
I remedy at once.
' He also said he had heard of the
! petition that had'becn in circulation
! and which he learned had not as yet
j been forwarded to the Corporation
i Commission. He hoped the citizens
would not take such a drastic move
! as to forward the petition to the
j commission, saying it would entail '
i considerable expense and that the
company would rather spend the
money in Stigler, improving the ser-
vice. *
He further stated that the board
at the local exchange would at once
be enlarged by another section and
anolher operator would be employed,
making three operators working on
theflocal board, which he thought
would relieve all complaint on ac-
count of inefficient service. As re-
gards the help problem, he said that
if the company could not obtain
suitable operators in Stigler, they
would send themx in from other
places.
He also informed the gathering
that Miss Helen Mathis, a former
opefator at the exchange, now em-
ployed by J. C. Pogue, would be
plated at the exchange as cashier, as
Mr* Pogue had kindly consented to
reldlse her. Her past services at
thf!:) exchange were spoken of very
hij-J&iy and it was the opinion of all
thu her re-employment would re-
lieri the situation materially.
jlr. Corkins also informed the
geujlemen that he first heard of the
dissatisfaction last Saturday and
(■Continued on page eight)
TOWN OF STIGLER
THE MAJORITY OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE TOWN IN FAVOR
OF THE PEOPLE OF THE TOWN GETTING BENEFIT OF FRANCHISE
REV. BYRD WINS
AGAINST CO. COM.
Judge A. L. Beckett yesterday
rendered his decision in the man-
damus proceedings, asked for by
Rev. L. S. Byrd, to compel the
Board of County Commissioners to
pay him his salary as county pro-
bation officer; he allows the claim
of Mr. Byrd and will issue a writ of
mandamus against the commission-
ers.
The suit was brought by Kate
Barnard, state Commissioner of
Charities and Corrections, to com-
pel the board to pay the salary of
Haskell county's probation officer,
in order that the Cimmissioner of
Charities and Corrections might ex-
ercise the "duties of this office
through the services of the proba-
tion officer in caring for and super-
vising the neglected, dependent and
delinquent children of the county. .
Mr. Byrd was appointed probation j ordinance, No.
officer in 1909 and the county' J
commis3ioners paid his salary every
month until February of this year,
since which time they Refused to
allow his claim.
The board has made no com-
plaint against him as an officer, but
merely decided that the office was
not worth the salary and undertook
that means of abolishing the office.
MRS.CLAONTS
PASSES AWAY
! Mrs. J. W. Claunts of Whitefield
! died last Thursday at her home,
! after a long and lingering illness,
'aged 28 years. She leaves a hus-
I band and one child, in addition to a
[ host of relatives and friends to
j mourit her ftepartm e:" ' ■
i She was confined to her room for
: more than one hundred days, and
I all of this time she bore her suf-
ferings with such Christian patience
1 as is scarcely witnessed in • such
cases.
i For many days before her death
! she knew she could not recovcr and
■ as the end drew near, her hopes
! grew brighter and while she was
loathe to leave her friends, and es-
CITY DADS ALSO PASS ORDINANCE
PROVIDING FDR BOND ISSUE
FOR WATER WORKS
At the meeting of the Board of
Trustees Tuesday evening the re-
turns of the recent special water
works bond election were canvassed,
and the majority in favor of the
bonds found to be fifty-three. An
58 was introduced,
passed and adopted, providing for
the issue of negotiable boinds to the
amount of $6,000, the. proceeds
from the sale of which will be de-
voted to the drilling of wells for
the improving of Stig^erte water
supply.
Councilmen Moorman and Giltner
were absent, also City Clerk Cal-
laway. In the latter's absence, J.
J. Holley was elected temporary
secretary.
In view of the fact that the tank
is entirely without water, also the
standpipe, the 'own stands in grave
danger form fire, as Charles Tweedy,
superintendent of water works, in-
formed the board.
There should be water in the
standpipe, but it is evident that
sopieone has been surreptitiously
taking water from the fire hydrants
around the city and it may be that
there j« l«a£s JUaiua rtr at
pipe connections, as has been strong-
ly hinfed by many.
At any rate there was.no water
in either the tank or standpipe
Tuesday afternoon and the town
would certainly be at the mercy of
flames should a fire break out. It
behooves the fire department officials
to .keep the chemical engine in com-
plete order for use should it be need-
. ed.
I It is Indeed a bad condition of
all alike, rich, and poor it is be-J^ ^ ^ ^ generaJ offlce8 ln
cause the voters have been derelict. , e and wrecking trains were
In coming down to present day j d t0 the Bcene from both
conditions, he referred to the state baggage and smoking
of Mississippi as the first that en, ^ ^ and ,be day
coach rolled off the trestle, landing
on its end and side.
No Haskell county people were on
the train so far as could be learned.
Word of the accident was sent to
(Continued on page eight)
JURYFREED
MISS BUTLER
The jury in the case of Miss
Ethel Butler of Chant, charged
with reckless driving, resulting in
the injury of several persons at the
Stigler ball park on the last day of
the County Fair, brought in a ver-
dict Tuesday in Justice Davidson's
court of not guilty.
The jury freed her principally
for two reasons. One was that the
statute under which the complaint
was drawn referred only to persons
driving on public highways, etc.,
while the accident occurred on
grounds owned by a private corpora-
tion. The other was that the jury
evidently believed that the manage-
ment of the park was partly to
blame for not having the grounds
properly roped off.
Some trouble was experienced in
obtaining a Jury. The prosecution
had a number of witnesses, whose
testimony showed that the park
management was partly to blame.
Judge Fannin, counsel for the de-
fense, claimed the statute did not
refer to this particular case.
Deputy County Attorney F. V.
Phipjs, who conducted the prosecu-
tion, .made the. best of a difficult
case.
AN VP-TO-DATE FIRM
Sigmon Bros, have this week ad-
! ded a large two horse wagon' to
their equipment, whi?h will ba used
'! in hauling goods for their, stores
from the depot and in delivering
1 feed around the city. The wagon,
i which has large hauling capacltj, is
' painted a bright red and is a hand-
some addition to the number of
vehicles they have in use.
Owing to t,he fact th^t their busi-
ness is increasing rapidly they are
obliged to do their own tcpmlng
from the freight depot, as it results
I ln quite a saving over payng out-
| side parties to do the hauling.
The question of the town of Stig-
ler owning the Light and Power
plant is becoming more popular the
more that It is discussed. We have
another large number of prominent
citizens who have declared in favor
of it, which we will publish later,
j Those favoring the measure or the
: town builders of Stigler, people
. who own property here and are go-
I ing to live and die in the town and
1 are interested in anything that is
good for the town. There is no
question that the ownership of the
light plant will be the best proposi-
tion for the town that it has ever
had. With a 25-year bond issue to |
buy the plant, the plant will more |
,than pay for itself and give the town
lights which are a*, present costing |
about $1,200.00 per year. The ;
plant should be bought right and I
the town council should take care j
of this feature of the case and safe- .
guard the town's Interest. This
proposition will stand the closest in-
vest igation and it is up to the Stigler
homo builder to investigate and get
ln line and stand for what he finds i
by the Investigttion. The time to
act in the matter is now.
Decially her afflicted companion, , ... 1
u ^ S affairs that the town's Water works
wfeose life had been made htfrppj ■ • . , « . x n
by her loving service to him, yet ^m, on which a fortune has
she often said to her friends : sPent> ^ouid be m such shape.
"Grieve not for me. for I am ready!" will doubtless be several month
to go."
fter life was a model of Christian
living and her whole delight was
in ministering to the wants of her
husband, who for the past three
years has been unable to care for
himself.
yet before the money from.the boncl
issue will be paid over, the. wells
drilled and an ample supply of water
available.
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The finishing touches are being
put on the Behan building on
Death always claims the fairest J Third street and it will be ready for
Miss Lizzie Behan has accepted a
position as bookkeeper at J. C.
Pogue's grocery store.
0
Prof. M. L. Cotton was a Keota
visitor Wednesday.
Miss Nina LeMond, who has been
the efficient trimmer at Miss Win-
ter's millinery rooms during the
season just ended, returned to her
home in Kentucky this week. Miss
LeMond is an affable young lady and
made many friends during the time
she spent in Stigler.
KILTilNG AT HOCHATOWN
James Klncade, a merchant of
Hochatown, McCurtain county, shot
and killed Levi Davis in a store at
that place last Saturday afternoon.
Klncade was later placed under ar-
rest and taken to the jail at Idabel,
j The two men were having a dis-
j pute over wages due Davis, which
it Is claimed Kincade Irefutoed to
pay. He then fired, the shots tak-
ing effect ln Davis' head and should-
ers, death resulting instantly.
STATE SENTINEL
2ND GRUNP PRIZE CONTEST
85,000 VOTES GIVEN TO SENTINEL WORKERS
— O :
i A good part of the votes in State Sentinel 2nd Grand Prize Con-
1 test cculd net be counted this week and we will not drop any names
i from the list till next week, after which time each contestant must
bring in r.t least 2000 votes per week or be dropped from the list,
J with tho privilege of being reinstated within two weeks by coming up
i with the necessary amount of votes per w xk.
There has been much intorcst in the contest in spite of the very
! cold weather and many of the candidates are working hard for one of
I the handsome prizen.
The contest will clone at neon February 14th.
TO EN CO IB AGE OUR SUBSCRIPTION WORKEHS IN THE
1 FIELD WE ARE GOING TO GIVE THE ONE BRINGING l*S THE
I LARGEST LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS UP TO THl'RSDAV NOON OF
NEXT WEEK. 50,000 VOTES. THE PARTY BRINGING IN THE SEC-
OM> LARGEST NUMBER OF SUBSCRIBERS WILL RECEIVE 25,-
OOO VOTES. THE PARTY BRINGING IN THE THIRD LARGEST
NUMBER OF SUBSCRIBERS WILL RECEIVE 10,000 VOTES.
Now is the time to got busy and win a handsoino prize. A close
weeks work the coming week may win you the Grand $1000 player
piano, and will surely put you far in the race towards this end.
flower and while we feel our loss j
deeply, yet we must say "The Lord's
Will Be Done,''
May we so live that when our
summons comes, we may be ready
to say witn our loving friends,
"Grieve not for me."
She leaves a bright little son,
Frank, to whom her last words
were "Be a good boy." In his life
let us hope may be reflected the
beautiful virtues of his angel
1 mother.
Mrs. Loyd Sigmon
1 Funeral services were held last
j Friday afternoon from the late
1 home of the deseased. Rev. Hester
of Stigler officiating. The services
! were largely attended.
o
j Walker R. Webb of this city has
! accepted a temporary position in
j the office of Wade Denton, clerk of
the district court. Mr. Webb re-
! cently returned from Muskogee,
i where he had been for about two
months.
occupancy by December 1st.
C. P. Harris was looking up busi-
ness In his line In Tamaha and vic-
inity a few days this week.
Mrs. J. H. Byers, Stigler 311,688
Robbie Folsom, Garland. .. .311,063
Elizabeth Moss, Tamaha... .140,750
Ethel Holley, Stigler 180,611
Ethel Pickering, Stigler 61,959
Lizzie Coker, Stigler 133,074
Evelyn Oabbard, Stigler 31,617
Clara Whitney, Stigler 35,500
The balance of the contestants remain the same as laot week and
will appear next week in corrected form.
Grover Jones has tendered his
resignation as bookkeeper for the
Rogers Mercantile company to en-
gage ln the life Insurance business.
He will have an office In the Illin-
ois building and will represent both
life and accident companies. He
has the best wishes of many friends
for a successful career.
Mrs. W. S. Stocker gave a turkey
dinner Tuesday to a number of
friends, covers being laid for twelve.
The robust was nicely served and
greatly enjoyed. The occasion was
also Mrs. Stocker's birthday an-
niversary and In honor of the event
she was the recipient of many beau-
tiful and handsome gifts.
PAYING PARTY
STARTS MONDAY
The field paying party start next
Monday making the per capita paj-
ment of $50 per head to all enrolled
members of the O'.octaw and Chick-
asaw nations, beginning at Smith-
ville, McCurtain county, and ending
at Stigler during the latter part of
December.
No payments will be made to ad-
ministrators or executors, and money
due deceased claimants will be paid
direct to the heirs. Powers of at-
torney will not be recognized, nor
will an order given by an Indian tOf
another person for his share of the
payment be honored.
Payments to unrestricted Indiana
will be by check, which will be
mailed to them, while the restricted
Indians will receive their payment
direct from the paying party. In
this section the unrestricted Indans
are in the majority.
J. E. Bentley of Poteau, assistant
district Indian agent, who spent •
several days in Stigler thfs week,
receiving applications for the
per capita payment, stated before
he left that fully as many applica-
tions as were expected wero receiv-
ed. He will be a member of the
paying party that starts next Mon-
day.
J. E. Collins Is confined to his
homo In the weBt pait of town with
typh'old fever.
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Milam, C. D. State Sentinel (Stigler, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, November 24, 1911, newspaper, November 24, 1911; Stigler, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc99184/m1/1/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed June 16, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.