State Sentinel (Stigler, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, April 26, 1912 Page: 1 of 8
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8TATF SENTINEL Established 1006
HASKELL COUNTY LBADKR Established 1Q09.
STIGLER, OKLAHOMA, APRIL 26, 1912.
VOLUME 7
NUMBER 7
WILL HE
PRINCIPAL
.OUR POPULAR COUNTY SUPER-
INTENDENT SELECTED TO
HEAD CITY SCHOOLS
WILL BUILD
OUR SCHOOLS
PROF. COTTON IS ENTHUSIASTIC OVER
THE OUTLOOK EOR BETTER
SCHOOLS IN THIS CITY
MOTHER'S DAY GAY HAS
Prof. M. L. Cotton has accepted
the position as Superintendent for
the Stigler schools for the 1913
term. The offer of the position
canie somewhat as a surprise to
Prof. Cotton as he was making ar-
rangements along other lints, which
from a mercenary standpoint had
somewhat more promise. He did,
not accept the position at Ottee, but
after a consideration of the matter
decided to stay in Stigler and use his
best eforts la making the schools
better. ^ I
"There will be one * hundred
boarding Students in the Stigler
High school for the next term," said
Prof, otton, In talking to a State
Sentinel representative. "I intend
to put my best efforts in the work,
and shall insist on every teacher
employed doing the same thing. We
will have the best school «ver taught
in Stigler. There is no reason
whatever why Stigler should not be
a school center, and with the proper
effort on the part of the teachers,
assisted by the directors, and patrons
we can make it'so."
With these remarks Prof. Cotton
shows that he is in earnest in the
work and that he is capable of doing
what eh says everybody in Stigler
knows.
GOVERNOR CBUCE SETS ASIDE SUN-
DAY, MAY 12TB AS MOTHER'S DAY
IN OKLAHOMA
Mother's Day will be honored iu
Oklahoma this year. The proclama-
tion calling upon the people of the
state to pay atrlbute of love and
respect to their mothers on Sunday,
May 12, the date upon which the day
will be observed throughout the
country, and when all of our people
of the land will be asked to wear
white carnations, was written by
Miss Lorena Cruce, daughter of the
governor, at his request* The pro-
clamation Is as fololws:
"Tp pay tribute to the patient,
loving mothers now departed from
our midst, and to honor and rever-
ence those left with us, an interna-
tional honor day bus been designa-
ted by the civilised nations of the
earth.
"The sweetest treasure that life
contains is your mother, who dwell-
ing here on earth is more a part of
heaven—but whether with you or
above with the angels, she is your
mother still. Your mother's love is
REVOLUTION FRUIT
tOIHESFONDENT TELLS A GRAPHIC
STORY IF HAIR-RAISING TINES ON
TIE BORRER LINE
THE TALE OF HIS DISAPPEARANCE
AS TOLD BY HIS PARTNER
AND FELLOW WORKERS
FOUL PLAY
WAS CHARGED
SHERIFF GILSTRAP NOT SATISFIED
WITH THE CONDITION OF AFFAIRS
AND STILL INVESTIGATING
25 GALLONS
DEPUTY-SHERIFF PARKER TRAILS
FIVE KEGS AND A NEGRO FROM
FORT SMITH TO STIGLER
While the few friends of Henry
, .. . !nav at Kanima, were mourning
eternal, living on when youth has03?- ,
faded, when other love has wither- j him as dead, and fearing that he was
ed-and been forgotten, and when the | f0Uiiy murdered, and while the
leaves of friendship have fallen. ] griffs force wero dragging San*
"Nothing that we can do can j 0oig ,ooking for the body that was
ever remove the debt of gratitude . supp0Bed t0 have been consigned to
we owe our mothers; nothing can I ^ watery grave, Gay was away en-
repay them for their patience, pur- j .Jng the pieasure to be derived
ity, and loving kindness; but on this j tfae spendlng of $80> which was
day dedicated to them we can in a , tnership money and should have
small yet sincere way show our H
thoughtfulness of and gratitude to
them.
" 'To whom it is gfven
To garden the earth with the
roses of heaven."
"It Is fitting that we as a nation
and as a state honor these tru#
j workers of God. Though they aspire
not to fame; though they seek not
popular applause; yet is their worth
recognized and admitted by all who
I are capable of appreciating truth
| and excellence.
j "Wherefore, I, Lee Cruce, gover-
nor of the State of Oklahoma, do
hereby proclaim Sunday, the 12th
! day of May, as Mother's Day, and
j request each citizen of Oklahoma,
■ whether Old or young, rich or poor,
been used in helping matters at the
little mine near Kanima, is the
story told State Sentinel this week
by Jack Waldhauser, Gay's partner
and M. P. Travis, who is working
for the two former men.
Gay disappeared from Kanima
more than three weeks ago, after re-
turning from Muskogee, where be
had collected an account due on coal
for $80. His companion caus-
ed much talk and 8heriff Gilstrap
has made a great effort to discover
his whereabouts. Sheriff Gilstrap
believes Gay met with foul play, but
has been unable so far to locate the
body of Gay or to get evidence sub-
stantiating his theory.
Henry Gay and Jack Waldhauser
While the present revolution in
Jexlco is in full swing, a story of the
Madero revolution (1911) might be
Interesting to a few of your readers.
1 waB an eye witness to what 1 am
about to rt-laie.
The city c; Douglas is locate:! on
t*l.e E. P. and S. W. railway, 218
miles west of El Paso, Texas, in
Cochise County, Arizona. The town
lays directly on the International
boundary line, the boundary line
forming 1st or International street
of Douglas. Just across the line is
the Mexican town of Agua, Prieta.
The Perrocaril de Nacozari rail-
way extends from Douglas southward
thru Agua Prieta to Nacozari Mex.
lthis railway has a depot In Douglas
ahd one in Agua Prieta. The two
depots are hardly a mile apart.
The U. S. Custom house is situat-
o<l on the railroad where it crosses
the line into Mexico. All trains com-
ing out of Mexico are stoppe.l at Lho
Custom house and searched for
smuggled goods.
Both towns are situated in a
large valley which is very level.
March bth, 19 J1 my brother ;i-.d
I lauded in iJouslas, and we-n. io
work, iv fn* da>3 previous to cur
arrival, a small battle had beeu
fought 15 or 20 miles south of ^ _
town between the rebels and the j Q A Holley.
Mexican Federal troops. As a result gome twenty interested parties
of this fight it was reported Agua wen} present and a new epoch was
Prieta would be attacked and every- j launche(j in Haskell County, that will
body was more or less excited. be the meana 0f a new and better
Agua Prieta was garrisoned by about country. Short talks were made by
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ELECT A FULL SET OF OFFICERS
ADOPT A CONSTITUTION AND
BUSINESS REGULATIONS
WILL DEVELOP
FRUIT BUSINESS
AND OPEN UP AVENUES OF COMMERCE
HERETOFORE NOT HAD IN HAS-
KELL COUNTY
The Stigler Fruit and Truck Grow-
ers Association was organized at the
Court House Saturday afternoon,
with the election of the following of-
fers: President, W. R. Speer;
vice-president, A. L. Beckett; secret-
ary-treasurer, J. T. Howard; Execu-
tive Board, W. R. Speer, A. L. Beck-
ett, J. T. Howard, Bob Rogers and
whether Old or young, rlcn or P°°i,lare partnerB In a small mine near
happy or sorrow laden, to remera-: Kanima on the pr0perty of Aleck
ber her whose love pasesth under- j John8()n an Indianj and have a iea8e
and remembering, mani- ^ oR whlch Qne year hag
the world your love and
TERRIBLE SPRING
FEVER IS WITH US
AGAIN THIS YEAR
Did you ever have spring fever,
It is a disease not listed In either the
medical or pharmacist profession,
and the only cure so far advanced
from the medical world has been
three weeks rest and recreation.
The disease affects people In all
classes of life, beginning as It does
with the barefoot boy in the smaller
grades of the school room, and from
there infecting almost the entire
school, until it at last reaches th^
iriperin'endent and oth^r teachers.
It also drops down in the business
section, and the staid and tried
business man, is not immune from
the attacks. Many a business man
has been known to drop a most im-
portant transaction, and hike him-
self to the cool secluded country
brook, there to forget his troubles,
and lend himself to nature that he
might forget for the time being the
~ rustle and bustle of life.
Then the disease strikes a most
formidable opponent, when it atacks
the county oflfclals. Politicians and
lawyers are mentioned as those
easily cured, not mentioning that
they are In any way Immune. A
visit to the court house In Stigler
would lead one to believe, that coun-
ty officials are the most easily af-
fected. Tuesday morning of this
week, only one of the county "hired
men" could be found at their desks;
the others having "garden work to
do at home." Reports are prevalent
that fishing both among the finny
tribe, and among the voters Is good
at this particular season. Possibly
that may explain.
standing and remembering, mani
fest to
j gratitude by wearing a white car-
I nation In honor of the dearest of all
| mothers, and wearing it, think of
her and love her.
''In testimony whereof, I hereun-
to have set my hand and caused the
great seal of the State of Oklahoma
to be hereunto affixed at my oitice
in the city of Oklahoma City, Slate
of Oklahoma, this the 6th day of
April, 1912.
"lee crj:cr.
"Governor of the State of Oklahoma'
According to Waldhauser and M.
P. Travis, who is working for him,
I rneia w ao *1DUUV- country. snort laiKS were mow UJ
20j) or 300 Federal troops, General A L Beckett and W. L. Boys, of
Blanco was in command of all the | thjg piace an(j ai80 by A. Allen, a
Rebels in this part of Mexico—the |prominent fruit grower of Mansfield,
state—of Sonora. Ark.
With Gen. Blanco's command was j constitution was read, that
a band of 200 or 300 rebels under had been prepared by the committee
Col. "Red" Lopez. appointed by the temporary chair-
Every day or so it was reported j man> and pa8sed without a dissent-
Agua Prieta would be attacked, j jng vote. All officers of the organ-
These reports produced much ex-, ization were elected by acclamation,
citement on the American side and i A vote of thanks was tendered by
kept the Mexicans in a state of j the new organization to the State
frenzied terror. The false alarms ; Sentinel for the prominence given the
were kept up till about the first of notice of their meeting and also for
of April, and then no more! The the write-up used in this paper last
rebel army had gone south and "all j week.
was quiet and peaceful along the j c. L. Williams, the newly ap-
border line." ! pointed agent of the Midland Valley
The rebels had torn up the track I railway met with the association,
of this railroad which ran through 1 an(i tendered his heartiest services
Agua Priesta, and no trains had to the aid and assistance of their wel-
been run on It for some time. j iare. He stated that th? farmers
Before they left they repaired the and frutt growers along the Midland
While Deputy-sheriff W. L. Par-
ker was In Fort Smith last week ha
had occasslon to notice the strange
maneuvers of a dark negro, and It
seemed to him that the colored gent
was arranging to carry a supply of
whiskey Into the prohibited district
of Oklahoma.
Parker watched the negro while
he was getting his stuff aboard, and
was likewise surprised when he
found that the whiskey, twenty-five
gallons, in five-gallon kegs was
bound for Stigler, county seat of
Haskell county. Parker also had his
ticket purchased for the same place,
and very quietly seated himself, and
waited for further developments.
When, the train pulled Into Stig-
ler Parker got off the train at the
same time as the negro, and hardly
had the negro's feet .touched the
platform until he felt the strong
arm of the law. He was taken to
the county jail for safe keeping, and
the United States authorities at
Muskogee wired of the catch. Dep-
uty U. S. Marshal Frank Hubbard,
came down and with the booze and
the negro in his possession returned
home.
The negro gave his name as Chas.
White, and the goods he had In his
possession were bought from G. N.
Gllley, a wholesale dealer at Fort
Smith. The booze was of an infer-
ior grade, as a portion of It wa3
poured on the ground and the sher-
iff's force attempted to burn It, but
there was nothing doing.
The drag net Is being drawn
tighter and tighter on those who are
continually violating the prohibition
law, and hardly a day passes but
what someone is in the tolls.
Mrs. R. L. Coleman has been very
sick for the past several days, and the
fore part of the vetk her ton-lIMon
was considered very serioiu. Physic-
ians stated early Thursday morning
that she was resting well, and while
very 111, no serious or Immediate
danger was anticipated.
The home of j. T. Holley was all
joy Wednesday, as this was the fif-
tieth birthday of Mr. Holley. a
spacious dinner was served, only the
immediate members of the family,
and the family of g. a. Holley and
Miss Winter, were Invited guests.
—o-
the disapeparance of Gay is a p ^t , , , „ Ti,ni, nn^ con ■.. •niiu>av nnmmnv BYINGTQN WADE
CALIFORNIA TWENTY MILES AWAY
Boston, April 23.—The steamer
Callfprnian was less than twenty
miles from the ill-fated liner Titan-
ic when the latter foundered on the
u. r. ng of April 15. Captain Lord
of tie Callforn(pn said tonight that
had he known of the Tltanlc's plight
all the latter's passengers could
have been saved. That his ship was
the steamer reported to have passed
within five miles of the sinking ship
tnd to have disregarded signals for
held Captain Lord denied posltlVoly.
"I figure that we were 17 to 19
miles distant from the Titanic that
night," he said. "About 10:30 that
Saturday night we steamed Into an
Immense ice fjeld," said Captain
to beat Waldhauser out of his
share of the mine. The story as
told by these two men is to the ef-
fect that Gay wanted to get rid of
Waldhauser as a partner and be-
come associated with one Will Rhett
In his place. In furtherence of this
plan Rhett paid royalties to John-
son for the mines to the amount of
$23, and furnished money for Gay
to go to Sluskogee and collect
enough mflfley there to leave the
Good little rebels, eh? Walt and see j the efforts of the railway company,
Just wait!! Friday morning April ;aB they work to aid and assist the
14th, 1911 dawned fair and peaceful farmers along their line. He stat-
Llttle did the people dream that be-1 ed that he felt that as the matter of
fore the day's close, a scene of car- j fruit growing progressed that the
nage and slaughter would be enact-; Midland Valley would spare no ef-
ed in their midst. Yet such was j f0rt8 in rendering good service, and
the state awaiting them. | use their best efforts in the proper
About 3:30 o'clock that evening a handling of the fruit.
train was seen approaching Agua j The attention of the . organization
Prieta from the south. My brother wag brought to bear on the condWon
enough mflfTey there to leave tne was among the first to see It. If Lf the orchards of Marvin Byrd, and
country, and remain away till Wald- was an ordinary appearing passenger Dave Folsom, which are badly infect-
1 ed with San Jose scale. A resolution
was presented and adopted that this
matter be taken up at once, and the
proper methods taken to rid the or-
chards of the disease
Efforts will also be made to have
the Demonstration train of the A. and
j M. College at Stillwater, make a
| visit to Stigler and immediate points
In the near future.
I The ntext meeting of the Associa-
tion will be held at the court room
| Saturday afternoon. May 4th, 2:30
1 at which time It is expected that
more new menf>ers will be enrolled.
(Continued on page five.) | (Continued on page four)
A NEW $25,000 HOTEL
0
STIGLER TO HAVE A HOSTElRY THAT WILL BE THE PRIDE OE THE
PEOPLE AND ONE THAT OUR ENTERPRISING CITY DESERVES
Stigler Is to have a new hotel.
This short anouncenient was made
by the promoters after a short
business session held Monday even-
i in incuse ing. And while the more interested
Lord, "and Immediately as a matter jones are not ready at the present
of safety our engines were shut time for tho full plans and details of
down to wait for daylight. With ] of the structure to be made public,
tho Engines stopped the wireless, of i still enough Is given out to know
course, not working, so were heard that the hotel will be erected at
tatlve, In regard to the new hotel
building the promoters stated that
nil plans and specifications were not
nothing of the Tltanlc's plight until
the next morning. Then the news
came In a message from the Vir-
ginian. On receipt of this message
we started immediately l'or the scene
of the disaster."
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W. E. Goetcher was visiting
friends in Muldrow, Ark., latter
part of last week. He returned
home Tuesday morning.
probable cost of $25,000, not less,
and will be three stories in height.
The location for the new building
will not be known until the actual
construction work will commence.
While It has not definitely been
announced who will have chargo ef
the new hotel a local man Is now be-
ing strongly thought of by the pro-
moters.
When Interviewed by a represen-
Dr. J. M. Hodges, veterinarian, a
mi 1J10.10 graduate of Kansas City Veterinary
at hand just yet, and the proposition | College, has decided to permanently
was still in its infancy, but they had locate in Stigler, and has accordingly
no fear but that the proposition located In this town. Dr. Hodges In
would be carried through. ; well known among all the stock
The building is to be three stories, . men and farmers of this section,
with a large and commodious foflce, ! and all are highly elated at his dec-
a newstand in conectlon, and the ' islon of making this place his home,
dining room will be arranged to com- j He has not just yet anounced head-
fortably care for one hundred pat- quarters, but will, do so soon.
rons at a time.
Whether the building Is to be
erected by home money or whether
outside capitalist are Interested in
the proposition Is not known, but
the mere mention of a new hotel In
Stigler in a sufficient fact In itself
for much speculation among the cit-
izens.
Owing to the fact that so many
churches of the city hold their week-
ly prayer meetings on Wednesdin
evening, the management of the
Idle Hour theatre have decided to
close their house on that evening, and
in this way not conflict with the
usual church worship.
CRAZY OVER HIS
CHOCTAW GIRL
Byington Wade, part negro and
part Indian, was ordered confined In
the state asylum for the insane at
Norman, by County Judge Beckett
Tuesday morning, and Deputy-sheriff
Jones left Tuesday for that place,
accompanying Byington.
The case of Wade is peculiar in
the extreme, and it seems from the
testimony introduced that Byington
is only Insane at times, and has only
been in such a condition in the past
two or three weeks. Wade has
been making his home with Joe Fol-
som for the past few years, and while
he has acted peculiar, nothing has
been thought of his actions, until he
enamoured with Elsie Martin, a
young Choctaw maid, who resides la
. that vicinity.
j From the testimony it Is learn#!
I that Wade would go down to the
home of Miss Martin, and would
make himself quite at home regard-
I less of the unpoliteness of his acts.
| Wade seems to have only one Idea
i and that is marrying the girl. He
' has made proposal after proposal,
| only to be refused, and the girl's
| mother became frightened at the ac-
i tlons of the young man, locked the
Chouse and kept the boy away.
j The facts showed that the
boy never atempted to harm anyone,
and the only question on which be
seemed to be lacking was about the
girl.
It will possibly be the best for the
boy that he is placed In the asylum
for some few months as It Is thought
that In the time he will be alright,
and perfectly at himself.
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