State Sentinel (Stigler, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, May 10, 1912 Page: 1 of 8
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STATE SENTINEL Established 1900
HASKELL COUNTY LEADER Established 1000.
STIGLER, OKLAHOMA, MAY 10, 1912.
VOLUME 7
NUMBER 9
FOSTER'S
GEO. c: WELLS ELECTED
former county attorney makes
a statement explaining the
jack perry Petition
I feel that in view of the fact that
an article was published in the Stig-
ler Beacon in regard to the petition
tjiat was being circulated, and not
wishing the purpose of the petition
to be misconstrued that I should
write this article of explanation so
that all concerned might understand
the matter.
I prepared the petition after being
urged by a number of the best
Democrats in Haske'l County, who
felt as I did that it was Injuring the
Democratic party for a man of Mr.
Perry's reputation to remain as sec-
retary of the election board, I thought
and still think that it was far bet-
ter that the Dmocrats should make
an effort to remove him than to
leave him on the Board and give the
republicans this weapon to use again-
st us in the general election.
I prepared the petitions and I met
Mr. Pogue on the street and he said
he understood that 1 had such a
petition and wanted to know if I had
circulated It, I told him I had not
and asked him if he would circulate
one and he said he would, after he
had circulated it for some time, some
of the candidates came to me and
wanted to sign it, I told them I did
not want them to sign it unfll all the
candidates had a chance to sign it if
they wanted to.
I studied some time about the ad-
visability of presenting It to the can-
didates but could think of no reason
why, where there was moral issue at
stake that any candidate would care
to sign the petition, especially where
the issue was one like this that dir-
ectly effected the Democratic party,
^ At the meeting of the school board
j held last Saturday night Geo. C. |
Wells, of Garland, was elected as
| principal for Boone school for the
coming year.
Mr. Wells is by no means a strang-
er to school patrons of Stigler, and
all who know him speak in highest
praise of his ability as a teacher, his
morals as a man, and his influence
that he wields over the students will
have a great tendency for good In
Stigler schools.
Quite a number of the old teach-
ers were re-elected, and In conversa-
tion with Prof. Cotton, Monday even-
ing, State Sentinel was given to un-
derstand that the corps of teachers
so far selected was by far the strong-
est that have ever been chosen, and
the prospects for a strong school
next season was never better.
A
e. d. giltner chosen president of
-board of trustees--j. 1. hol-
ley and g. w. mcdaniel
frank robinson carried two
quarts of pure alcohol and
'gets pinched
some fun at the expense of the of-
fleers who were trying to take him to
jail.
(Contiifued on page eight)
WILL OPEN A
M. W. Shefftel, proprietor of the
Merchants Cafe, located in ^he small
^ sheet Iron building on Third street,
announces thajt after May -20, he will
open a first class, modern and up-to-
date cafe in the new Holleman build*
ing just north of the Dobyns-Lantz
block.
Mr. Shefftel Is a chef of more than
ordinary ability and during his short
ftay here has won man^ friends, and
customers who are looking for tho
best things to eat. Commencing
with a business very small, he has
built an enormous trade and finds
his quarters entirely too small to ac-
commodate his trade.
Numerous requests have been
made of him to establish a cafe In
Stigler where ladies and gentlemen
might go for a small lunch or a cold
irink, and he has decided to open
such a place in the new building.
He expects to equip the cafp in the
most modern style, using the best of
furniture, serving everything that
the season demands, tables will be
placed in the building, and he ex-
pects ot cater to the better
class of trade. A lunch room for
ladles, without escort will be an' ad-
ded feature, as well as a room for
ladles and gentlemen, and the coun-
ter trade will 'be taken care of as in
the past. He expects to open Mon-
day, May 20.
The old town council composed of
L J. Stidham, as president, J. T.
Holley, E. D. Giltner, W. B. Fears,
J. A. Moorman and G. W. McDaniel,
who have been ruling the affairs of
Stigler for the past term, held their
last meeting Tuesday night.
Before adjourning the o'd council
passed two very important ordinan-
ces one classifying the use of water,
the different rates was passed, and
a full text will be found elsewhere
in this paper. An ordinance was al-
so passed requiring hotel men to
stand behind the "dead-line" at the
station, whi:e the trains are discharg-
ing and receiving passengers. The
j last named ordinance is one that has
Prank Robinson, one of the best |been n.eeded for 8ome time' Tho
known Indians in Haskell county, 1hotel men have been c™wding "'"1
created quite a commotion on Third pusllinE for business 80 stron* at the
street, Saturday afternoon about four ; Mi(lland Valley station, that It bo-
o'clock when he endeavored to have carae wel1 near impossible, for the
trainmen and station agent to carry
I on their work in the proper way,
and for passengers to get on | id off
Information had been passed;the trains, was almost out of the
around among the officers that Sat-jQuestion Even a newspaper report-
urday would probably be a good day ;er cou dn 1 Bet the news,
for boot-leggers as a circus was in j The hotel men' hack men alul
town, and a large crowd were busv others wlH be required to stand
doing their week-end topping. | back a certain distance from the cars
With this thought in mind, and his I ReP°rts and accounts aggregating
instructions in his pocket to arrest |quite a sum were Present^- approv
anyone showing suspicious actions, jed and allowed' The old council
; Deputy-constable Lee Long, had his Ithen adjourned.
eagle eye out for anything resembl- j Immediately fol owing their ad-
Ing booze. Late in the afternoon he ] journment the new council compos-
noticed Frank Robinson/ sauntering | ed of E. D. Giltner, A. T. Holley and
up tlie side streets, with a seemingly IG. W. McDaniel, met and organiz-
bulge in his hip-pocket, as well as'ed by electing E. D. Giltner as their
the bib^of'his overalls and began an ,president. This was the on!y or-
investigation. He found two full iganlzatlon work the new council at-
quarts of that g^nujne, pure grain \ tempted, as they adjourned immed-
alcohol, and then attempted to ar-; lately afterward.
rest Frank. Robinson is no little | , o
boy, and he came up the street very
nicely until he spied an alley and into
this he darte^l.
Lee had the two quarts In one hand
and Frank was walking between he
and John Bailey, night police. They
'gave chase and soon caught Frank
who had Imbibed just a little too
much, and couldn't cover territory
as well as he might.
They starte'd for the jail, and
Fraifk decided he didn't want to g0, I among the haviest stockholders, and
•and kept jerking away from the of-1 resigned his position as manager. J.
fleers. Soon outside assistance came j B- Holleman was chosen as the new
in, and Frank got mad.- A large . manager.
crowd had gathered by this time, and j Mr. Cotton, and other local part-
were watching the fun, from every j ies have just recently organized a
advantageous position. Chief. of' new abstract company, and have
Police Mart Hickman, was several I opened their offices in the rear of
blocks away when he heard the com- | the American National Bank,, in the
motion, but hurried to the scene and j rooms formerly occupied by tie
soon had Frank under submission, Stigler Light and Power company,
took him to jail. He was brought | The new company have a new and
before Justice Davidson, and charged up-to-date set of abstract books, and
wdth public drunkenness. He prom- j tiie fact that Mr. Cotton Is a first-
ptly made bond in the sum of $100, i class abstractor makes the now com-
VAUDEVILLE LAST OK WEEK
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team occupies local field
of l.d.allen and says charges
are unfounded and false
As a feature attraction for Friday
and Saturday of this week, the man-
agement of the Southern Theatre
I has secured "Kira and Alfo". These j
j people are real musical, talking, j
(dancing and juggling comedians of I
| the highest degree and have scored |
| a big hit all over the south. Mr. i
|Gus Kira, of this comedy duo Is bet- j
* j ter known as "The Musical Bug" j •
base ball season to be opened having Piayed an of the biggest and j. c. pogue denounces the article
yflNnAV UtHFN FAST HFAVFWFR I best vaudevllle circuits throughout j
MUNUAl WHEN rflol UtAVtNtn [the entire country and is noted fori
his great "rube" character, while his |
t brother Vincent Alfo is known as I
t the "Happy Tramp," or the man '
Wednesday morning Manager Gar- j many faces. In answeer to the charges made
rett of the Stigler ball team announc- j ♦ ! against me last week by Luke D.
ed that the base ball season in Stigler ! p ! Allen, candidate for sheriff of Has-
would be formally opened Monday af- jaudience an uproar from the time jke]1 county_ ln which he claims I was
ternoon, May 13th, when the fasti they make their first appearance un- working against him In circulating
team from Heavener wl'.l meet the j til the final curtain.
lqt;als.
Heavener will come to Stigler for
three games, Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday, with as strong an aggreg-
ation of local tossers as will grace the
local diamond this season. They
have just finished a series of three
games tiwh the fast Fort Smith lea-
gue team, in which they showd up
fine. They won the fastest game j
ever played in Fort Smith, nine in- j
nlngs, occupying the attention of the
fans one hour and twenty-one min- j ^
utes, and a score of 4 to 1. This Ione
Fred Cotton last week sold his in-
terests In the Stigler and Haskell
county Abstract Company to th«r
Bettes Land Company, who were
for his appearance next Saturday.
FIRST OF SEASON
The first strawberries of the see,
son were on display at Sigmon
Bros., Friday of last week. They
were shipped here from the fields
near Van Buren, Ark., and were of
a nice variety. The retail price was
29 cents per quart. The price is ex-
pected to be considerably lower to-
wards tho end of this week, or when
.'ho season opens up a lltt'c- more.
You can depend on the merits of
merchandise sold by E. and W.
One can pay too much for his
whistle even at the bargain counter.
JUDGE BROWN
IS IN POTEAU
Judge W. H. Brown Is In Poteau
this week where he is holding Dis-
trict Court. Court convened Monday
and the entire afternoon session was
devoted to a memorial service to the
late County Attorney, M. D. Buck-
ley. Quite a number of touching
addresses were made by the leading
members of the bar at Poteau, also
Fort Smith, McAlester and Antlers.
Resolutions of respect highly eugol-
lstlc of the memory of Mr. Bupkley
were presented by'a committee of
the Poteau bar, passed and ordered
spread on the mlnuteB of the Court.
The Court adjourned after short
remarks by Judge Brown, out of es-
pect for the memory of the deceas-
ed.
Miss Ista Wright left Tuesday
morning for Hartford, where Bhe will
spend the week visiting home folks.
She expects to return Saturday.
pany strong from the beginning.
The office rooms have been thor-
oughly renovated, a new coat of
paint has been applied both inside
and out,, and the rooms when com-
pletely finished and furnished will
be among the best to be found in
Oklahoma.
A part of the office will be used
by Frank L. Walker In his real es-
tate business, he having moved his
office from over the Pa'ace Drug Co.
The Stigler Light and Power Co's.,
offices are now In the rooms formerly
occupied by Mr. Walkyf In the
Illinois building.
The. new abstract company invite
the itttention of all those interested
In land titles, and the organzatlon of
the new abstract company, and the
Stigler and Haskell County Abstract
Company, already organized, giving
Stigler two abstract offics, is a big
boost for this section ln the way of
clearer and better land titles.
Mr. Cotton has made no announce-
ment of the office force of the new
company, but is expected to do so
witnln thn very few days.
E. and W. a good place to trade.
T. W. Dolberry, editor of the
Pot,eau Weekly Sun, was In Stigler
fore part of the week, transacting
business.
a petition to remove Jack Perry
from the electon board of the coun-
ty, I wish to state that such chages
were entirely unfounded. The peti-
ton, which appears in this issue of
State Sentinel is self explanatory
1 and the signers of this petition In-
mcle colt born with only one sure8 t0 the people of the county
that the petition was gotten up in
good faith and for the purpose of re-
moving a very objectionable person
from a position of authority In the
' j Democratic party. The circulation
F. Anderson, residing some |0f this petition can cast no reflection
mile and a ha f northeast of ion any candidate whatever unless
will be one of the best and possibly *Su ler' was in town Tuesday afisr-jSUch candidate wishes to align him-
the fastest game of the season. ! I00n> and reported a queer freak" of j self with the party we are attempt-
QUEER FREAK
eye, no upper jaw and only
one ncstril
i nature, in the form of a mule colt.
Managr Garrett announces that. ,
he has endeavored to give Stigler a jwhlC1 was born at hls home Monday
ball team that is fast and one 0f'evenn®'
With the exception of the front
its.
will be expected to pitch the firet
ball, and the season will be opened
in irue league sty e.
Captain Billings announces the
ing to remove.
I also wish to state in circulating
the petition that nothing was said
which all will be justly proud. The "*l" '"« '"«' ""<• I in regard to any candidate what-
opening game will be state dat 3:30 part of the head tho colt NVas a11 that ever, and this statement can be verl-
and it Is the intention to make rhe :C0U,d be desired' The front part of fied by J- L- Stidham wh° a<*°m-
opening game the feature of the ser- the head was ln a badly deformed panied me while circulating the peti-
Councllman or Mayor Giltner. Icondltion' The colt had only one tlon.
nostril, in the proper place, the other Believing in the principles of De-
being down in the corner of the|mocracy, and that the party should
mouth. j be controlled by clean, honest men,
The animal had no upper jaw, the ;and that even the taint of unfairness
head appearing perfectly smooth, j should not be countenanced, I clr-
the
fojtowlng line-up of the regulars for ! nQ upper teeth> one eye. whUe thejculated this petition solely for
t. ^opening game.--EiL.-irg*, catch- other ]00ked and resembled a hen j good of the party, and hav
er, oe or *vins' P1 c.ier, " '' egg. Mr. Anderson believes that the apologies to offer to anyone for
chances favoring Noel as he is well ,t cou,d haye ,Ived cou,d he have|pctlon
known to n,ost of the Stigler fans, | fp(J u but bejng unable tQ care for j My affulation with the Democrat_
o" .r j P m 6r r0'n " W0' , g°' j itself he killed the animal. Much ic party does not depend on the
Stafford will occupy the initial sta- dlfficulty was expertenced by the an- j decision of any one man, and when
tion. Guest cavorting around sec-1;— i, 1 ,._ .
i tance.
imal in getting its breath, the breath-, any man, be he a candidate or not,
ond base, while George Berryman, I jng could
another favorite of the fans will hold
down third. "Shorty"' Bohan, the
grand-stand wonder, will manipulate
the fast ones at short stop, and the
outfield which Is somewhat mingle
and mangled at present, will be well
taken care of. Captain Billings
states that the outer gardens are
the most. Important positions, and~he
v/i hes to make this department the
strongest in the line-up. To make j candldate8 were in Shady Grove Sat-!
hi* choice he has the following ellg- urday aUendlng a meeting ot the
ib!.*s: Butler, McConne 1, Stiglsr,! democrats of that section, who were :
Colcer, Jones, Sims and Bankhead. :organlalng a Democratic Club.
Efforts will be made to have the j
be -heard for some dls-1 becomes so Important In his own es-
itimation, that he must decide the
o ! qualifications of a citizen and dictate
as to whether he shall be a member
of th(e party or not, he Is becoming
such a menace to the fiarty that he
should be relegated to private life,
where his opinions will only concern
himself.
Y-ous for the success of the prin-
ciples of Democracy,.
J. C. POGUE.
i Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Frick, of Frrt
i Smith are in Stigler the guests of
ANOTHER POLI-
TICAL MEETING
Quite a few of the Democratic
Speeches, of a short duration were !
merchants close their places of busl- made by all the candldates and a;heStiglethote! Mr.Frick is here
ness from 3 o'clock until 5, so that i „rand time enjoyed by all looking after the first booking of his
a l may attend the opening game, j" Among those pregent from gtlg!er ; vaudeville attactions at the Southern.
The admission will be the same as;and other lnt who arc Beek, ,Mr. Frick Is manager of the South-
heretofore, 25 cents. notIce at the comlng lmary we;v; western Vaudeville Exchange, of
o Chas. LaFave, L. D. Allen, Henry Smith and the attraction for
G. W. Rabon returned Tuesday! Smlth j w Frederick Bertie Mc- Frld:iy and Saturday nights are his
morning from Hot Springs, Ark., ! 'n.inlJ PostprV Phinm. W r ! first booking hero. He is personally
where he has been for the past twojgheltoni w A Hlu j s Nance> n<
weeks resting, recuperating and tak- : M Moor0i Neil B Gardner, J. D.
ing the baths. He is very much im- Williamson.
I:oved- The club was organized with quite
0 | a nice membership, and elected R.
A. Rayburn, as president. Dr. E.
'johnson, acted, as spokesman of the
looking after the Southern theatre,
and her vaudeville attractions.
E. and W. Sell it for Less.
WILL PROTECT
SIONERS MEET
meeting.
The following proceedlns were had
by the County Commissioners at their
meeting held Monday, all members
of the Board being prsent. Nora
Shropshire was allowed $45 from the
poor and Insane fund, for the
maintenance of two boys, and the
further provision that she compel
them to attend school.
The bond of O. E. Reynolds of
Chant as a justice of the peace was
approved.
G. W. Paris of Hlsaw, was allowed
$1.00 per day for caring for John
Byrd. Mr. Byrd Is nearlng death,
and Ip totally unable to take care of
himself.
A. J. Fuller was allowed $5.00
from the poor and Insane fund.
Tho allowance of W. W. Dean wa3
raised from $5.00 to $7.50, also Dan
Hopper from $5.00 to $7.50.
Prey Noodles says that when he
carried a $1.75 bouquet to the cap-
italist's daughter the other might, silo
ask him arch'y If he considered It
an, investment or a speculation.
OFF FOR SPELLING CONTEST
| Superintendent M. L. Cotton, ac-
( conipanied by Miss Ruby Holland cf j
i Hoyt, left Tuesday morning for!
Oklahoma City, where they will at- |
] tend the state meeting of School
Teachers. Mr. Cotton Is on the pro-
gram for a response to the welcome
ji'ddress of the president while Miss
' Holland is entered In the state spell-
I ing contest.
Miss Holland won all honors In
I Haskell county In the county meet
i held here Home time ago, and was
therefore selected to represent Has-
j kell county In the state meet at
Oklahoma City.
The rtieetlng convenes on May
8th at 8 o'clock, and continu33
through Thursday. The spelling
! contest will be held at the High
I School Auditorium In Oklahoma
: City, Wednesday afternoon at four
o'clock.
LAND SETTLERS
The following telegram has been
received by State Sentinel from
Senator Owen, and Is speaking of the
bill he Is attempting to get through
Congress, and thereby become a law,
that will protect the settlers of the
segregated land, when It comes up for
sale ln the near future.
Several parts of the land are set-
tled, and numerous Improvements
[have been made by the tenants, and
the coming on of the sale, makes it
! of vital Importance that something
I radical be done to take care of 'these
I people.
Washington, D, ('., May 7, 1912.
State Sentinel, Stigler, Okla:
Secured passage ln Senate of bill
protecting settlers ln their Improve-
ments on segregated lands.
R. L. OWEN
Keep cool in the shade of an E.
and W. parasol.
He laughs best who laughs be-
cause he can't help It.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Small,
Tusday, May 7tb, 1912, a son.
Soft r hlrts, summer underwear and
low shoes are the order of the day
at E. and W.
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