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Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-03-10
4lLECT -FOUR ALDERMEN
FOR DURANT THIS SPRING

The matter Of holding city elee-
tion here this spring seems now TO
be cleared up. Secretary Boner of
the election board received informa-
tion this week from the lection
board of the State that four alder
men are to be elected this spring to
succeed those whose two year terms
have expired Those aldermen ap-
pointed to fill unexpired terms will
hold until thei rterms expire. The
city primary will be held on March
91st, and the general election will
follow on April the 3rd.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-03-10
FIVE YEARS IN
OIL BUSINESS
1911 OIL Company Organized Here
Five Years Ago With Capital of
$4,000 Now Holds Property
Worth S4OO,OOO.OO.

Five years ago last Monday a
bunch Of men sat in the Corner Drug
Store here talking about. oil produc-
tion, and discussing among them
selves the possibilities of easy money
from this sort of speculation. The
germ thus started quickly grew and
spread out. and within a few weeks
there was formed the 1911 Oil Com
pany, with a capital stock of s10,-
600, divided into 400 sares of $25
each. Within very short time the
stock was all taken up by eleven peo-
pie. being equally divided among
Drs. ]. B. Smith and G. NJ Rushing,
Messrs. w. r. Collins, NJ. L. Rob
erts, l.. f. Lee, Berry Norman, r. e.
Highnote, A. w. Cole, and Mrs.
Schenk, OF Durant, and Messrs w. +.
Dodd and G. L. Williams, of Caddo.
The new company secured leases
in the Sapulpa field and spent some
of their capital stock in this way,
but their investments there turned
out worse than they had expected,
and they were all but disheartened.
About that time the Healdton oil
field began to become famous, and
the officials of the company quickly
got into the game and secured leases
on all sides of a couple of locations
for wells, thus insuring themselves
good property no matter which way
the field proved to lay. They hit it
right, and one well after another was
sunk, until now the 1911 Company
boasts of twenty producing oil
wells, and the property is estimated
by disinterested oil men to be worth
at least 100000, making stock in
the company worth forty to one
With slight exception. the person
mel is just as it started five years
ago. w. r. Collins has sold some
of his holdings, still retaining a sub
stantial interest.
The annual election held here on
Monday resulted in the following Sc
lections: l.. f. Lee, president; G. L.
Williams. vice president; DR.. J. b.
Smith. ecretary-treasurer; direc-
tors: l.. F. Lee, Ben H. Dwight, c. L.
Williams, j. B. Smith.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-03-10
TIMELY HINTS ON HEALTH
The Bulletin Issued by the State
Health Commissioners, DIR. j. B.
Duke, This Week, Contains
the Following Hints.

Remember that tuberculosis is pc
culiarly a house disease, and that in
doors the infection may remain vi
rulent for a long time. Sunshine and
outdoors, give the knockout blow to
the bacillus.
Pain in or over the eye is danger
signal that should receive prompt at
tention. In persons past middle life,
pain and perhaps dimness of vision
may mean a disease which sometimes
destroys the gsht reyvi--O voinsig
destroys the sight very quickly.
%
Purulent inflammation of the eyes
is very contagious. Never poultice
an eye, for this is a dangerous prac-
tice Persons with inflamed eyes
should have their own towels and
washbowls. and should guard against
injecting other persons.
.
An astonishingly large number OF
persons neglect to keep their hands
in a proper condition of cleanliness.
They would become incensed if told
that their habits were filthy. 1t
would be wen for even the most care
full person to devote day OCCASION
ally to keeping check on whether
or not they actually keep their hands
clean. In case of doubt liberal use
OF soap and water has much merit.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-03-10

Under the direction of the Imper-
ial Museum of Petrograd, agricultur-
al lectures are being given for the
wounded soldiers in S3 hospitals in
and near the Russian capital. All
patients who are able to do so, are
where cinematograph pictures on
agricultural subjects are shown once
week.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-03-10
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
TO BE HELD APRIL IL

The Democratic State Executive
Committee has fixed April 18th for
the State convention and has chosen
Oklahoma City as the place. Rep
resentation was fixed at one dele
gate for each 100 votes polled for
the Democratic nominee for Presi-
dent in 1912, apportioned by coun-
ties.
The committee adopted resolutions
endorsing the administration of
President Wilson and cOmemDded
him for keeping this country out of
war and preserving the dignity of
the Nation abroad. Other resolutions
commended the President for his at
titude toward Mexico.
The Work of the Democratic Ad-
ministration in Oklahoma was point
ed to with pride and the executive,
Judiciary and legislative branches OF
the Government we're commended.
Resolutions urge change in Indian
affairs of Oklahoma upon the Okla
homa representatives and Senators
in Congress and ask that the pass
age of the bill now pending be urged
to the end that control of Indian af-
fairs in this State may be had in the
offices in Oklahoma.
Governor Williams and J. B. A.
Robertson both addressed the meet
ing and were well received.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-03-10
NEW POSTMASTER AT KEMP

Announeement has been made at
Washington that William l. Stevens
has been appointed postmaster of
Kemp. The vacancy was caused by
the resignation Of X. L. Adams, for
mer postmaster.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-03-10

A grenade that can be fired from
an ordinary rifle held In any posi-
tion four times as far as one can be
thrown by hand, has been invented
by a United States soldier
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-03-10
COMMISSIONERS IN SESSION

The Board of County Commission
ers, Chairman Gray NickeIs of Ma
toy, Ben Hultsman of Albany, and
Ed Sueairs of Durant, has been in
session since Monday of this week
and attended to great mass of rou-
tine business. No matters of unus-
ual importance have come before the
Board at this meeting.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-03-10

Me- the elephant the white
rhinoceros of Africa is the largest
animal known.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-03-10

We now have one of the most re-
ligious towns in Oklahoma-fiVe
prayer meetings each ewek.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-03-10

Berry Norman was up from Box
chito Monday on business.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-03-10
NOTES FROM CALERA

Calera had a small fire Tuesday
morning. Part of the Katy stock
pens was burned.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-03-10

], T. Kidding has new girl al
his house. He sure does step high
Mother and daughter are doing well
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-03-10

Rev Bryce, the new Methodist
pastor has moved here, and the
Christian people gave him pounding
Tuesday night of last week. They
felt so good over their giving that on
Tuesday night of this week they gave
Mrs. Jose Burton a pounding. Mrs.
Burton has three children to support,
and the good people showed that they
think great deal Of her. The pound
ing wah very bountifnl, there being
about forty participants in each case.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-03-10

For Typewriters. see E. M. Evans
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-03-10

Some newcomers have moved to
town lately, among them a Mr.. Jones
from Mead
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-03-10

Mrs. Effie Bollinger. a daughter
Of Mrs. G. t. Black, was buried in
Rose Hill cemetery last Thursday
the body having been brought here
from El Reno, Okla.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-03-10

Mrs. ]. X. Johnson has been having
her residence repaired, which mas
improved the looks thereof very
much.
The Home news. (McCrory, Ark.) 1915-1922, 1916-05-19

fulness made it possible for nrao
ticaIly every newspaper man IN
the state to enjoy the pleasures
of the trip, as the guest Of
the Cotton Belt railroad
At every stop of the train
wires were tapped and the editors
could talk with their homes and
keep in touch with their business
affairs.
Quite a few of the editors pre-.
pared their copy" on the run
and .telephoned it in, thus
keeping the printers busv
where, otherwise they would
have been forced to return
to their homes. The edi.
tors are very grateful for the SER
vice, which they say made the
trip a pleasant one, in as much
as it permitted them to keep their
mind free of business worries
for they always knew now the
business was going back at home.
The Home news. (McCrory, Ark.) 1915-1922, 1916-05-19
ARKANSAS PRESS MEET
Continued from page two)

girls, who distributed flowers at
the reception, so fascinated the
excursionists that they were
kidnapped" and taken to Piggot
to be left at Paragould on the re-
turn trip. They were: Misses
Nina Simpson, Jack and Helen
Vandervoort, Roberta Johnson
and Hazel Reedy. It was the
pleasure of the editor and wife
to meet these beautiful young
ladies and they made this part of
the excursion the happiest and
best of all. They declared they
too would be on the trip next
year even if it became necces-
sary to indulge in "matrimony'
to become a member. AS soon as
one Of the ladies learned we were
from McCrory, we were deluged
with numerous questions about a
certain Red" of whom we later
learned she was asking about a
young man Of McCrory whose
name is Jeffries.
At Marmaduke the train made
a brief stop and several hundred
residents greeted the train at the
station. There was no program.
Rector received the party cor
daily. Again band and many
automobiles met the train and
after a drive over the town the
party returned to the City park,
near the train, where the come
dams of the party and the town
orators amused the scribes and
The Home news. (McCrory, Ark.) 1915-1922, 1916-05-19
HAVE VAUDEVILLE SHOW

makeup, captured the drum from
the Rector band and aided by
Burton Bunch, Fred Pattee, [.
E. Wood, Ray Gill, ]. w. Bolin
and others, staged a vaudeville
show, in which the impersonation
of Teddy Roosevelt was the hitof
the program. Mr.. Wood, the
orator." Mr.. Bolin, the "Yod-
ler," and Mr.. Bunch, all-round
comedian, added to the perfor-
nance. At the conclusion of the
vaudeville show, the loud-talking
telephone carried on the special
was set up in the band stand and
Secretary of State Earle w.
Hodges, seated in the train, ad-
dressed the crowd over the tele-
phone.
The stop at Piggot the best
town in Clay County, ended the
most successful excursion the
Arkansas Press Association ever
made and the editors began re-
turning to their homes.
After a dinner and a reception
that ended at 10 o'clock, the Cot
ton Belt Special, which carried
the party of $50 editors and their
families more than 400 miles di-
agonally across the state from
Texarkana to Piggott, left there
at 1915 o'clock for Argenta.
The excursion and side trips
over the Cotton Belt branches
carried the scribes through the
timber belt in south Arkansas,
the rice belt in east Arkansas
and the rich farming section in
the northeastern part of the state.
Two of the largest lumber mills
in the state were visited and two
of the states agricultural schools
at Magnolia and at Jonesboro,
and a score of cities and towns
received the eXcurSiOniStS along
the route.
The end of the excursion Sat-
urday night was one of the most
enjoyable events of the trip. The
train carried the Rector band to
Piggott, where it was met by the
Piggott Concert band at 6 O'Clock
After a reception at the station,
the two bands headed the excur-
sionists to the Clay county court
house lawn. There the Piggott
women's Civic Club had prepared
an excellent luncheon. While the
visitors ate the two bands played
alternately and other musical
numbers were given. A recep-
ton and band concert followed
the dinner.
Five high officials of the South
western Telegraph & Telephone
Company toured the St. Louis
Southwestern railroad in Arkan-
sas, with the Arkansas Associa-
The Home news. (McCrory, Ark.) 1915-1922, 1916-05-19

Cabbage and tomato plants for
sale. Call at Proulx' residence.
Adv.
For Sale: One two-horse bug
gy, used only six weeks, new
set Of double harness, and one
good horse, for cash only. Call
or write, B. Brewster, M. D.,
McCrory, Ark. Adv. 38-tf.
The Home news. (McCrory, Ark.) 1915-1922, 1916-05-19
Home For Sale.

Five room cottage, good loca-
ton, for sale cheap. See H. A.
Walker. Adv. If.
The Home news. (McCrory, Ark.) 1915-1922, 1916-05-19

townspeople during the two hours
wait.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-09-14
Do You Believe in Signs?

A motorist travelling through the
White mountains this summer stop
ped at country hotel in New Hamp-
shire. In a conspicuous place in the
parlor was a sign:
''Ici on parle Francais."
The motorist looked at the sign,
and, turning to the proprietor, ask
ed:
"Do you speak French?"
mot me-" replied the man. Unit
ed States is plenty good enough for
me, sir"
"Why, then,' queried the motorist,
"do you have that inscription on your
wall?"
"What's that got to do with my
speaking French?" queried the man.
"Why, it means French is spoken
here" explained the tourist.
"You don't tell me-" cried the ho-
tel proprietor excitedly: "Well, I'll
be darned. l bought that sign of
young man who said it meant God
Bless Our Home Hartford Cour-
ant.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-09-14
Roy OFFICER TELLS OF BATTLE.
Britton Writes of Participation in IN
pleasantness Around Jutland.

Sir Gilbert Parker has given the
International News service a letter
written by 19-year-old sublieuten-
ant on a British destroyer to a mid
shipman now in the hospital after
losing his leg, which describes in
vivid style the feelings of a mere boy
in the greatest sea battle of history:
The letter reads, in part:
81 expected to be excited, but was
not a. bit; it's hard to express what
we did feel like, but you know the
sort of feeling one has when one goes
in to bat at cricket and rather lot
depends upon you doing we'll and
you're waiting for the first ball; we'll,
it's very much the same as that-do
you know what I mean? A sort of
tense feeling waiting for the un-
known to happen, and lot quite
knowing what to expect; one does
not feel the slightest bit frightened,
and the idea that there's a chance OF
you and your ship being scuppered
does not really enter ones head
there are too many other things to
think about.
s'This ship is just about the latest
thing in destroyers and we all trans
ferred officers and ships company
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-09-14

81 never noticed that I was tired
till 1 got back to harbor, and then
we all turned in and absolutely slept
like dogs. We were 72 hours with
little or no sleep. The skipper was
perfectly wonderful-he never left
the bridge for a minute for "a hours
and was either on the bridge or in
the chart house the whole time we
were out, and I've never seen any,
body so cool and unruffled. He stood
there sucking his pipe as if nothing
out of the ordinary were happening.
81 had my camera on the bridge
the whole time and took several
photographs when there was a
chance, but all at rather long range
and the light was not good, so I doubt
if they will be good especially as
the skipper tried to take one when
I wasn't there, and not knowing any,
thing about it took the front off in
stead of opening the back. Luckily
it was at the last film, so l hope it
hasn't spoilt the lot. I also kept a
rough sort of diary of the proceed
ings.
"What do you think of our writ
ing paper? Rather hot stuff, isn't
it? It was designed by the skipper
and myself, don't criticize the mot
to-it probably isn't correct Latin,
but it's supposed to mean Beware
of the Bird" fCave RostrumD
"I'm trying to get my f1ancee up
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-09-14

were hundreds of 'progs' all round
us, from a 15-inch to 4-inch, and
you know what big splash 15-inch
bursting in the water does make.
We got soaked through by the spray.
Escaped the Shells.
sJust as we were getting back a
whole salvo of big shells fell just in
front of US and short of our big ships.
The skipper and I did rapid calcula-
tions as to how long it would take
them to reload, fire again, time of
fight, etc., as we had to go straight
through the spot. We came to the
conclusion that as they were shot a
bit they would probably go a bit
and didn't, but luckily they altered
DETECTION and the next lot fell just
astern of us.
"It's extraordinary the amount OF
knockout about the big ship can
stand. One minute saw them hit,
and they seemed to be one mass OF
flames and smoke and you think
they're gone, but when the smoke
clears away they are apparently none
the worse and still firing away.
'But to see a ship blown up is a
terrible but wonderful sight; an enor-
nous volume of flame and smoke
about 200 feet high and great heaps
Of metal, etc., blown sky high and
then, when the smoke clears way, not
sign of the ship.
One Extraordinary Sight.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-09-14

1--WE saw one rather extraordinary
sight. Of course you know the N. S.
North Sea- is very shallow. We
came across a Hun cruiser absolute
ly on end, his stern on the bottom
and his bow sticking up about 80 feet
above the water, and a little further
on a destroyer in precisely the same
position.
"But the night was far away and
the worst time of all, and an awful
strain. 1t was pitch dark and, of
course, absolutely no lights, and the
firing seems so much worse at night
as you could see the flashes absolute
ly lighting up the sky, and it seemed
to make much more noise, and you
would see ships on fire and blowing
up; of course we showed absolutely
no lights.
lone expected to be surprised any
minute-and eventually we we're.
We suddenly found ourselves within
1000 yards of two or three big Hun
cruisers. They switched on their
searchlights and started firing like
nothing on earth. Then they put
their searchlights on us, but for
some extraordinary reason did not
fire on us. AS, of course, we were
going full speed we'd lost them in a
moment, but l must say that I, and
I think everybody else, thought that
was the end.
Without Sleep 72 Hours.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-09-14
from the Beaver here.

from the Beaver here.
eve were attached to the battle
cruisers and were with them through
out the action, so we were probably
in the thick of it.
Started at Long Range.
''To start with, it was all at such
long range that the destroyers were
rather out of it, except there were
plenty of 5-inch shells falling round
us, and we just watched; it really
seemed rather like battle practice
on large scale, and We could see
the flashes of the German guns on
the horizon.
sEThen they ordered us to attack,
so we bustled off at full bore. Being
navigator, also having control of all
the guns, was on the bridge all the
time and remained there for IL hours
without leaving it at all.
"When we got fairly close I sight
ed a good-looking Hun destroyer
which I thought I'd like to strafe.
I'd Just got their range on the guns
and we'd just firea one round when
some more of our destroyers coming
from the opposite direction got be-
tween US and the enemy and COM
pletely blanketed us, so we had to
stop firing.
Shortly afterwards they recalled
us, so we hustled back again. How
any destroyers got out of it is per-
fectly wonderful. Literally, there
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-09-14

here, but the trouble is she does not
know anybody where she could stay,
and it's a deuce of long way. She
can't very we'll come up and stay in
a hotel by herself, so we're hard at
work trying to think out some pIan."
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-07-29

COUNTY APPLIES FOR
BIG sum FOR SCHOOLS
COMMISSIONERS MAKE APPLi.
CATION FOR LOAN OF $4,000
FROM STATE

The county commissioners met
yesterday and passed a resolution
wherein an application was made to
borrow the sum of $4,000 from the
state.
The history of the application
dates back to the first of this month,
when there became due $4,000
worth of school bonds for GOldfield
school district No. A.. On account
of the failure to include the bond
item in the county budget, there
was not sufficient money to pay
the bonds.
The board of county commission
ers then proceeded under the emer-
Eency act and passed a resolution
authorizing a loan of $4,000 to
pay for the bonds. The state board
of revenue granted permission to
the county to borrow the money.
The county then made application to
the John S. Cook bank for the loan
and the application was refused by
the bank. This led to the applica-
ton which was made yesterday.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-07-29
Girl Bitten BY Mad Cat

Opal Vernon, four-year-old dauGh-
ter of S. j.. Vernon, = rancher of
Willow Creek, has been taken to
Reno to take he Pasteur treatment
for tn prosecution of rabies. The
little girl was playing with a pet
cat at her home when it suddenly
went mad and attacked her. 1t
sunk it's teeth into her leg just
below the knee and held on until
her small brother hit it on the head
with a roch, stunning it. He then
took the animal from the house
and shot it. The head of the cat
was taken to Reno and it was found
that the animal had been rabid.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-07-29
{. R. HtFFtRNAN HURT
WHEN BUGGY OvERTURNS
NUT WORKING LOOSE SAID TO
HAVE BEEN CAUSE OF
ACCIDENT

A buggy in which f. r. Heffer-
nan, a miner employed by the Con-
solidated Mines company, was rid
ing, turned over on the Ida road
near town about 10 o'clock this
morning and threw Heffernan, in.
juring him to such an extent that it
was necessary to take him to the
hospital.
julius Gaynor of the Brown-Park-
err company drove his car to the side
of the road to allow Heffernan to
pass, a short time before the acct
dent. GaynOr later came upon the
smashed buggy, lying at the road
side, and found Heffernan in a dazed
condition, endeavoring to crawl
back to the road from where he had
been thrown. Gaynor took the in
jured man into his automobile
and drove to town. He was
taken to the county hospital, where
it was found hat no bones had been
broken and hat the victim was suf-
fering principally from shock.
When Gaynor found the buggy
one of the wheels was off and the
mt which held it in place was lying
in the road. 1t is supposed that the
nut gradually working loose and
falling off was the cause of the ac-
cident.