Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-11-19

tl'r, are rcckOncd;
n.lh. Il, first we'd
S" .t niiling. These
:" ta'ly occur in the
Il. III fact in STRAY
... ... exactly reversed.
H. projectors Will
...ns camp can hope
.u.! il M. eStabli- h.
- the usual meth
~ kill Il man for
,n.c e had been par
49," q, aud the man to
Do, .,cupyin~ the first
-.& cemetery fell was
.u If Hardy. Hardy
alter peculiar man-
.ruld ua+ discovered
Orrk t,o and his
.lI r. .amr in with the first
,.. 1T their names were
81 y and by that ! mean
10. # tn the cffec. that
.. s.r Il stated al that
Nlcn lhpy had been
| banking buSin".s IN
hpr" different eognu-
.. ,... gentlemen, being CON
&c.,. .,.tur.- in Lhr matter of
gn ..,y decided to start a
.uf littlr city became
... fancy he proud pos
financial institution
-, aNununred on its
.,. :py, II, "Thr City Bank
lnincnrporatpd." The
nank waa $4,000, rep
L.. j} nomlssory note for S25-
..r.. ,. Eo..S to hi partner.
.,. afothcr of like amount
D., .lua.y t. Ross. Some of the
a., . r- haty a first about
Sc. uundnras uf ii" bank
.'., va: in winch it. capi-
-.- .., ID; hut the bankers
F.j .. II - WEI. pu ted in
...,.,' itl,,h finance wc would
'...' ia :: nictnud ni Gearing
+. ."w h:ll, W. the course
! .. rcl, and 80 all thr boy.
a.r able to DO 80 opened Il
".nt.
.,sf ny in passing thai The
. was uf iirwrG lu.. and
" IS 'ircS consisted Of Il ,afr,
=. .,.njcr with Il rhickci, wine
..r i. and a pair Of Gales
= me dust that waH brpugh;
{. /, it-It WI generally be
+. MI not without reason. that
i've hundred grain 70 make
49, n those scales, but We were
j.. Of the fact that o,,r town
E..'!k that we were not inclined
)tgoc,vritical.
II; hing in the banking business
.ung all right until one day
Z ~ot into an argument with Il
'-er as to the proper end of Il
h NJ which to write the endorse
-a.i "a a result of the argument
al out a cemetery north of the
an! Ross continued the business
+ firSt birth in Stray Horse oc-
d shortly after the establish
Of the cemetery, when Cross
. ie,e's wife, Chipita. presented
ai,h a set of twins. Cross-Eved
had stolen Chipita from a bunch
';e Indians a year of so previous
ming to Stray Horse and had
n her to Chacra, the county seat,
y, IN Difference to public opin-
.e had called on a sky pilot and
the church's seal of approval
I'd on the proposition.
Fer the arrival of the twins
ss dragged along mighty slow
SOME time, and, except for a
BE Of hangings, caused by abortive
Enp,| to rob sluice-bOxes, and a
'aght' without any serious conse-
fre>, nothing occurred worth re-
ing until the first wedding was
I'D off.
Anong the first arrivals in the
4. had been Uncle Joe. and Aunt
p Uncle Joe was a quiet. harm
'crt of man who attended to his
1 'nSincss strictly and did not cut
T. lee one way or another; but
f Polly was the camp angel-a
: substantial sort of angel. weigh
'"mr two hundred and fifty
|~l'-hit an angel nevertheless
[-r wa> doctor, nurse, lawyer ant
|."aaI advisor to the entire popula
! and when her niece, Euphemis
FFF' came all the way from Bostor
"aSe her home with Aunt Polly
e'''rc amp went on it's good be
['F Il once. There was no sho,
"a Ara'rr than Chacra. but Whant
4 me cook at the restaurant, di,
|1a of'l'r business blacking boot
az d'''hr per boot until he raj
stove polish. Arizona Bill Gu
| l'sinp for twenty-four hours
We sra" was too great for hin
Fa.Srd his hurro and went ou
=" h''!@ 70 prospect. The mora