The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-29

JdIucS ~ Noilcl OIL NCW lOlK CltN,
who is here Tor a few days on bust
ness and incidentally to renew ac-
q%uaintanceship with old friends, was
holding an informal reception in Il
downtown office yesterday, and re.
counting events that are now shroud.
ed in the mists Of the past.
sunny JIM" as he was familiarly
known while a resident Of this city.
has had a varied and wonderful career
for II Of his years, and his life has
been crowded with events that caused
him much joy, and some grief.
Born and reared in the state made
famous by Charles Warren Fairbanks.
James Whitcomb Riley, Booth Tark-
ington, George AIDE, and a score Of
other lights, he early b%ethought il
would be a good thing also to be-
come famous, and with that object in
view. had himself elected to the In.
diana legislature for one term, where
it is said he served with great cclat,
and a v~erbosity without n parallel,
in that s~uper-verbose body.
Being discharged from the state
legislature after serving one sen.
tence, the thought suddenly smote
him. that mar without means was up
against a hard proposition, the land
lord being the said proposition in
this case, and about the best thing
that could occur to him at that par
ticular time, would be to become at
tached to someone's payroll.
Shipped" to Indian Territory.
With the aid Of a few timely and
well written letters. aided and cbetted
by q few personal friends with n
pull he succeeded in becoming at.
tachcd to the Dawes Commission in
a clerical capacity. and shipped Of
to the Indian Territory. along with
several others who have since become
residents Of this city and have accu-
INFLATED "a pretty snug compensation.
was always the bane of his
existence. Jimmy could no moro
Keep out OF "a political stew than a
c|ottoniield negro can keep from shoot.
ing craps on Saturday night after
receiving his pay, and so while a
valued member of the Indian commits.
sion, his name could frequently be
heard about Tishomingo. then head
quarters. ana r. would even sift
through into Ardmore when any mat.
of import was ou the carpet.
Headquarters finally became cstah.
lished in this city. and sunny jim"
81 fixture. He stayed with his
Job for "a time. but things became 90
m7notonous and he unleashed him
self from the payroll and began to
do business 'on his own. \ few
lean years, or perhaps d. was months.
and we found our friend 600 local poll
tics.
40 that time. ass iu an subsequent
and preceding times for that matter.
city politics We're biased. and very
partisan, the outs wclc after the
scalp eff the Gins. every hour of the
day and night. and 10 was am of
season wilton q carload of u~raturcal
fireworks wore NOT touched off when
the scramble for mayor and alder.
man began.
Jimmy mixcl Boz. and To the sur
prise of every one. himself included.
soon was recognized as % leader OF
the unterritied, one Incident viii il.
lustrate this, and the sime incident
was the cause OF his becoming leader.
NO Such Animal"
There was strong movement start.
ed Co make city politics ~non-parti4n.
but the men who were leading the
fight for that oud. We're unfortunately
all republicans, so when they held a
meeting at hc city hall for the bur
of getting together and the
chairman announced the object OF the
gathering. 'Iopms' arose io a u.l.
ton OF personal privilege. and wanted
to know whether this wa 70 Demo.
cratic or 20 Republican caucus. When
informed hy the chairman that 10
was neither, but nou.partisan or I'm.
dependent James promptly nu.
nouncod that there was no such ami
maj as an Independent in politics.
that one was either "a Democrat err "a
Republican. and in the ease of an
announced Independent ho stated
that be- could bee classed with
latter as that was his political com.
pleNion. and concluded by asking ali
the Democrats present to Join him In
holding "a caucus - his own. outside.
Tho request nearly pmptipd the hall
and when the dust had settled BE- was
no longer % question as to- who was
going to be- the next mayor of Ari-
more.
When the ballots wern east AND
counted at the general election.
WIS discovered that james had been
b, "a very natterinr majority
and he entered mnnn his new duties