The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-05
LIFE IN OKLAHOMA.
A Ministerial Account Of the Dull Roa'
tine Of q Boom Town.

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tim NJ m Room Tow n.
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FROM t"e '"usO""., a.
inc rev d. W. m.
spending the winter AT bahe H'iieu. y.
has sent the Herd'd n "'ter iesaIu,ns
conditions az Inc on " ~ on
from the rev N'oert pe"n' IL.
Forest county man. VINO wen. 10 ,e
Healdton oil teid Two wears ago.
Critchlow ana ms son. Wa,,er o. oin.
low. built Mr.. Bean n rttle niee..ns
house. and since tha' tiine IN. MS
has been WORKING AT WIFI. MI >'''e"
low says:
I can personally bear witness that the
Cushing and Healdton oil fields have az
srcgated the worst mob Of cu.throats.
bootieggers and gamblers I ever saw or
read of--ail Of which makes me thank God
for Florida and Crawford county.
Nfr Rsa,,a letter fully substa ntiates
>,n cr;,ohiny,,. oni,,on Of the country
at ,y'r,.
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WET okia; . o.,r,,
10 Hct. D. A. o'''o"'"" ~" '
o'eet'"0S. TIL.
MY phAh bl'oTi'hh IN D,.h a..
Ieavcs me IN usual hct'," M" ~ .,
the Things that max LOT ~
nave oeeh aounoah' III Iaoo,s IL. g..
ing mere TINS t'fne' espe,.ahy 49, "
hre. You KNOW the people use ."o..
llgion ike IRE PreseI'eis' omny w"
there Is a storm or a hre on. lneS pass
the preacher up AS parasite ",
monty, but II they want 10 get na'r,eu,
or he Durlcd. or are hHiicteo WIN" 80
wlie. or are III necu' tncy "u'ian 80"
old preacher. see 80 nav oeen .
dumping ground Tor All kinus oi 'Iouu.
since the iire. 10 nun. .he poo. .snu
hungry. ana see 10 all Wai''s. NV tnes
are plenty enouvh. Well Sou s''es
me grace Tor IL All. amen.
Now ] am gong 10 give you u PIC
ture show. taking In the doihgs VI per,
haps twenty days, ana II you sWtii
br~iinstone while you READ IL, theh pity
me right here In the nell or ohlahotha'
'ilcture NO. IL louhu n uc"u man
in the church, died from treihens ana
was put In the church WINDOW. No. =
mother man died me same morning
from a two weeks drunk. No, IA
man with n wooden leg beat MS wite
nearly TO death, and had To be run away
IN an auto 10 save a n"cktle party. NO.
"a JOINT raided win two men n
one woman IN H.. ana at'er""r" inc
mousse was burned ana Inc woman
burned in IL. No. "-A one armed man
ordered to throw up MS hands ana as
he only lifted one hand he was shot.
No. ca gambler swept the table ana
ran with the money. but was oVertaken,
and beaten until he was so p~traIyzed
thai he died, tried To pray Tor MINI
hut no hone, No. Two hoidui's went
mo "A 1oln' n Tried 4" hoId up inc
game. but II ended IN Two deaths ana
another seriously wounded. No. "
~ men held up on t.r road ana shot.
NO. IA man insisted on living WIN a
widow woman, and her son thought not.
and the boy shot the renegade" No.
ia man claiming II" was married
found another man IN his room and shot
him No. ia drunken man began
SHOOTING down the street. lilo shot
down at a "om'tn's feet. S6tnc one
asked hiin why he did II. He said just
10 see her )uin'' Well. u" mot MS
W ht.rIuo soon AFTER. l went tn Sc" ana
pray Win MN, Tut ms hide was 81 per
forated WIN .3S calibrc bullets that !
don't think no would hold religion II he
had II.
well, ] nav" given You an eleven
reel show, and viii call recess now. The
ahov" all happened within seven miles
or writ, and nu'h or II | saw. ON, yes,
to-day there wa "A supposed suicide
went 10 see nm ana pray with hinl, hut
could not get him awake Ions enough.
lie died AZ noon. and a man Is arrested
Tor ms death.
Now since ] have led you m Eraii-
ally with the preliminary acts l VIII
open M ana riN" an NJ To dat"
Sho" 81 another tyre, No. l.-Fr!daE
morning, January ~. I'"p!" running
past iny tent, Lovklne out | saw
i'oyers nous" next 10 crystal Office on
trc, Everything lost. No. -Satur-
day mnfnlhS ~ : ~ NJ. heard shout-
ins, Gaining ana screaming. ran To
m? tent door to see III" end az III" tow
next I" the church all on hIr. ana the
screaming was That OF q girl - years
nld burning IN " IN, womb 'hht !
might Eet away from thdt i"ttouS cry,
hut no, u ~ nor" Yet. ABOUT lively"
on IN" pest houses III town burned, ana
le't IN" wicked part. Tie poor Girl Was
nrousht I" IN" church, ana ! tried To
help her 10 God. out II WAS too Late.
40. o-Mehh"hI." 'htI" We" men
h.htlhE IN the streets and posing re-
'olvers INT" each others r!hS, nut no
shooting thti' NO. 4.-Stea.inS ana
dr!nk!hH on every iand' over sabbath.
NO M"hu'l January lI-At !"
n VI. "a '""I ftI'"w cleaning CLONES put
ms iron I'M" Ea>'Iene instead o' water
.'''" h"M VI, S','" "-'''S' "l'II' TWO
WINE 'lc lHfiN Wa stealing u