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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-03-17
PARK BOARD RECOMMENDS COUNCIL
PURCHASE TRACT LAND, CALL MEET
CITY DADS TONIGHT, TAKE ACTION

J. ID. carmichael. NJ s. crallo and
o. l.. bingham, composing the park
board OF the CITY OF chickaaha to-
day drafted and signed a resolution
In which they recommended to tho
mayor and ciiJ council. tho pur.
chase OF tic tract OF 10 acres, east
OF the viaduct. the desire for which
purchase was expressed by a big
majority vote pollod by the citizens
OF chickasha on last Tuesday.
The park board further recon.
mended that n special session OF the
city council be held tonight for the
purpose or passing a resolution or
ordinance. In order that the land
may bo acquired and a park cstab-
lished without further delay"
The recommendation Of the park
buafu foliows.
ITO the Mayor and Council Of the
City OF Chickasha:
We. the undersigned. constituting
the Board OF Park Commissioners of
tho city OF Chlckasha. having a de.
sire to carry into effect the will of
a great majority of our citizens. Oh
expressed In tho election held on
Tuesday. March 18th. 1921. do here.
by recommend that said Mayor and
City Council Immediately purchase
the track OF forty acres of land. |
more or less. lying east Of the Rock
Island Railroad tracks. and Immedi.
ately south OF Choctaw avenue and
the highway extending east there.
from; and do further recommend
that said Mayor and City Council pay
In exchange for said land not to cx.
coed 100000 Of the park bonds of
city heretofore issued. less the
accrued interest thereon.
I'VE further recommend that a
special session of the city caInciI be
called for Thursday night. March
l1th, 1921, for tho purpose of pass
ing a resolution or ordinance. II
such resolution or ordinance be nee.
In order that the land may be
acquired and a park established
further delay.
-. d. CARMICHAEL.
M. S. cRALLE,
20. L.. BINGHAM.
Board OF Park Commissioners OF
the City of Chickasha, Oklahoma"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-03-17
INDICTMENTS Of
WHITE s0X BALL
PLAYERS 0UsTED
Judge Dever pIsmIsses Action Against
Seven; Says Can't Act In Chick
candiI Case; Never In
Court
by United Press.

ny 'hitcu frehs.
Chicago. Mar. i7.-Indlctments
against seven White sox baseball
players. who were charged with
throwing the 1919 world series
games 10 Cincinnati. were dismissed
today - Judge Dover.
The Judge said that Go had no au-
thorlty TO dismiss. the case against
the eighth player. Chick Candil, be,
cause Candil had never appeared In
court.
Tho trial OF the gamblers who are
alleged to have fixed the players was
indefinitely postponed. Tho lndlct.
ments were nulled on motion OF
States Attorney Grove. who stated
that he would be unable to 20 to
trial by May ?. the date set by
Judge Deyer for for HE opening of
the trial.
Attorney Grove. however. an.
nounced that he would later seek
tho reindictment OF the ball players.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-03-17
FACTORIES BUSY
FOR RUSS TRADE

BY United Press.
London, Mar. 17.-British factories
hummed today, turning out products
FOR Russia. The conclusion of the
trade agreements yesterday with the
soviets was marked by immediate
activity in several of the British in
dustries.
The press comment on the PROPOSE
ton varied. The newspapers were di-
vided as to the value of the agree.
ment.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-03-17
AVERT VIOLENCE
BY FALLING MEX

BY United Press. .
Ft. Worth, Mar. 17.-Mob violence,
which was said to have been form
ing to avenge an attack on Miss
Zelma Nichols, packing plant en-
ploye, by a Mexican. was believed to
have been averted at Niles City to-
day after the Mexican, who was ar
rested had been brought to the TT.
Worth Jail.
The girl was rescued by the night
Waterman at the packing plant.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-03-17
Ban Military Parade Here

BY United Press.
Washington, Mar. 17.-presidenl
Harding has taken the position that
naval and military forces of the
United States must refrain from any
participation in any demonstrations
which might be construed as influ.
encing relations with reference to
the Irish republic.
This decision was announced IN
connection with the refusal to per
nit army and navy enlisted men to
parade in demonstration which Is
being staged in Boston today, favor
Ing the Irish cause
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-03-17

Succumbing after a prolonged i'll
ness, Mrs. Joe Smith, age IS, died
yesterday at the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Alex Grant, 1901 South Seventh
street. Funeral services will be
conducted at the residence tomorrow
afternoon, at 8 o'clock, with Rev,
]. D. Salter officiating. The deceas
ed is a. daughter Of Mrs. Grant. A
brother, G. A. Phares, of Fairbury
Neb., arrived in the city this morn
ding to attend the funeral.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-03-17
NEW BRIGHTWELL JOB

Il. Brightwell, former business
manager of the Star Publishing com
pany here, has resigned the position
of city editor of the Drumright Even
ing Derrick and has assumed the
secretaryship of the Business Mems
association OF Drumright, it was
learned here today. While a resi-
dent of Chickasha, Mr.. Brightwell was
an active member of the local Le-
gion post.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-03-17
Move to Check Case up to Jury After
Opening Statement by Proseeu.
. ton Nipped by Decision
OF Judge
HAMPTON is FIRST
ON FEET FOR CLARA
AssalIs Prosecutor; Romps on FreeI.
Ing; wild Bill" Mclean to
Close for Defense To.
night Expected
by United Press.

By united Press.
Ardmore. Mar. i7.-clara Smith
wcpt and twitched nervously as court
opened today for the last scenes OF
her trial In which she faces a charge
OF numbering Jake l.. Hamon. reput.
ed TO have become n millionaire In
the oil business.
On this. the day when she expects
to learn her fate. she seemed un-
strung TO a marked degree. having
less control of herself than any
time since the trial opened on
March 10.
Large tears rolled down her cheeks
ms she took her seat In the court
room. She was III last night and
slept but little, her friends said.
The defense was overruled by Judge
Champion. In It's effort to send tho
case to the jury without making any
argument to the jury
, J.. b. Champion, brother OF the
Judge. opened the defense argument
to the jury this morning, following
the decision OF the Judge, that the
case could not 80 to the jury with
out argument being presented by
both sides.
In opening his argument, Attorney
Champion charged tho prosecution
with lengthening the case by post
ponement and attacked II. II. Brown.
prosecutor for his speech OF yester-
day.
"He did not discuss the case" said
"He discussed everything
else. He did not have faith in his
prosecution"
Champion charged Attorney Freel-
ing with trying to ridlcule "the hum
BILE defense attorneys"
"The governor of Oklahoma Is re-
sponsiblt for this case. He sent
Freezing here to prosecute this coun-
try girl, whose virtue was stolen by
Hamon," yelled Champion.
Clara Smith, the defendant wept
internationally during Champions
trade against Jake Hamon. A sensa-
ton was sprung when Champion
charged That Frank Ketch, business
manage rof the late oil man, had his
clutches safely fastened into the
millions of the dead mans estate
Jimmie Mathers followed Cham
pion in the procession Of arguments.
wild Bill" Mclean was to close
for the defense and Prince freeing,
attorney general for the state. The
was expected to go to the
jury late today.
-Four of the eight lawyers, who are
fighting in the case, will be heard In
the arguments, 1t was stated. The
prosecutions first argument was con-
yesterday afternoon, at which
time, with Attorney General Freel-
ing out of the court room, wild
Bilp' Mclean, defense council an
nounced that the defense did not de-
-, ~ roua tho ouuo
"The state has opened the argu-
ment in this case, and the state has
it, he announced.
Objection was made to this pro-
cedure and Freezing was hurried
back into the room. Court was ad-
journed to allow attorneys and the
court to look up law points on the
question raised.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-03-17
ENID MAN SUED FOR INJURIES.

Enid, Okla.-John C. Higgins OF
Davenport, Ia, is complainant in a
suit brought against John S. Graham,
Enid oil promoter, for S50,400 for in
juries said to have been received in
an accident in August, 1918, while
coming from CARRIER to Enid in an
automobile driven by Graham. Hig.
gins neck was broken. He says he
still is paralyzed partly. Graham in
reply stated that Higgins was given
a check after being removed from a
hospital in Enid.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-03-17


S. c. Durbln. mayor. today made
the following written statement with
reference to the park matter:
Il notice in the Express last ev.
enlng an interview with the presI.
dent OF the Chamber Of Commerce In
which he expresses n natural gratifi.
cation over the result OF the vote
upon the park proposition and
makes certain suggestions relative
to the improvement Of the site TO
be purchased.
1T is not my purpose to rehash
old issues. What | have to say re.
lates to the suggestion that the
twnnty acres not to be used for
baseball park and fair grounds be
made into a beautiful park with
trees. Bermuda grass and swimming
pool fed from a direct line from
the pumping station.
How much will IL cost to do this?
to uproot the alfalfa. drain and level
the land and make a Bermuda lawn.
to transplant trees, to construct a
modern sanitary swimming pool with
needed buildings and a water line to
the pumping station a mile away?
Also to construct needed hard-sur.
faced walks and drives and make
other improvements before the al
falfa field becomes a park? As a
rough estimate, is $4,000 far from
correct? This would leave $500 O0
the college boulevard and play
parks for the children.
"As an outgoing official, | should
to step out of the lime light.
| certainly do not desire another
controversy with as powerful an or
ganization as the Chamber of Com
MERGE. But feel that | would be
r%ecreant to my duty If | did not pro.
test against any move to deprive the
children of Fairgrounds, large
that they may through sum
mer months play games such as
baseball and tennis, as well as swing
and slide and wade. Few parents will
permit their children to play on the
site that is to be purchased east of
viaduct for reasons that are
well known. Additional sites must
be provided at central locations.
women and children first, the
rule of the seas in time of disaster,
is mot a bad rule of conduct. And it
seems to me that we may well think
first of the tired women who have
never seen a summer resort and the
children who have no playground
but the street. And those who go
down loyal to this principle at least
do so with a clear conscience.
"As the returns show, few voters
object to the proposal to spend
upon The site to be pur-
when assured that the Fel.
Ground association will spend more
100000 in equipping it. Some
us do object to spending the great
part of the park money upon a
site not suitable for a playground or
even a recreation park.
"One thing more-much has been
said about pulling together. We
have a legally constituted park
board, as we have a school board.
Why might 1t not be we'll to try to
pull with such boards? For a year
there have been two able lawyers
employed by direction of the city
council to handle the legal complica-
tions, in connection with the mayor.
Why this agitation about no action
when the matter is in the hands of
those capable of handling it? Let us
quit agitation and carry on our work
The park hoard has many splendid
plans. Let us line up behind them"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-03-17
SUBMIT DEBs MATTER

By United Press.
Washington. Mar. III 17.-President
Harding has requested Attorney
General Daugherty to submit as o
as possible a review Of the case Of
eugene V. Debs, it was announced
today.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-03-17
+ + + + + + + + + +
EDUCATOR DIES +
United Press.

+ BY United Press. +
+ Chicago, Mar. 17.-Dr. Frank +
+ Gonsaulus, aged IS, nationally +
+ known writer, educator and lee +
+ turer, died here today Of heart +
I. trouble. He was the head Of +
+ Armour Institute of Technology, +
+ having held that position since +
: 1892. +
4 + $50 + I. : + + 4,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-03-17

races are assured. One will be a
horse ace for a purse of $40 and
there will also be an Indian pony
race for prizes of s. and $3.50. DR..
Anderson is trying to arrange a
race featuring girl riders.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-03-17

According to word received today,
A. R. Brown, father of Mrs. T. A.
Bird, of this city, died at his home
in Davis. Okla. yesterday. Mrs. Bird
has been in Davis for some time.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-03-17

The loss of population in Mississ-
ippi in. the last decade is ascribed
entirely to the northward migration
of negros.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-03-17
BoNAR LAW RESIGNS
By limited Press.

BY United Press.
London, Mar. 17.-Andrew Bonas
Law, government leader in the house
of commons has resigned. This an,
nouncement was made today by Pre-
mier Lloyd George.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-03-17
WIFE GETS DIVORCE
ssa,. ACCOUNT MOVIE STAR
BY United Press.

BY United Press.
Los Angeles, Mar. 17.-Sensational
charges that Marshal Neilan, movie
producer and director, abandoned his
wife and vas unduly attentive to
Blanche Sweet, motion picture star.
won a divorce today for Mrs. Ger
trudes Neilan of New York.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-03-17
LET'S QUIT AGITATION, CARRY ON
OUR WORK; LINE UP BEHIND PARK
BOARD, SAYS MAYORS STATEMENT


~ don't know that the park asso.]
eIstion has $4,000 to spend In5
fmaklnp Improvements IN the pros
fposed fair grounds" Mayor 81
&c. purbin declared this AFTER
fnoon. There have been no conf
ftraets or assurances placed on hle4
to assure the mayor and eouneiI}
! that the proposition published by1
4 the association will be carried cut 4
81 am anxious and willing TO com \
fpIy with the peoples wishet$
fwhen everything 10 In readiness
4 for action" he continued. Mayort
\ purbIn Intlms,ed that he wouId{
! not be willing to attend a specially
Z eouneII meeting until the assoeia Z
4 tlon had submitted a proposit'onf
Fin writing and had given ASSURE
I anees that such contract will BED
Z carried ous. Z
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-03-17

AL the latest nsws By wire
every day from the United
Prsss Association.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1921-05-31
Sudan Grass is Good
Hog Forage for State

Experiments conducted for the
first time by the Kentucky Agrical-
tural Experiment Station to deter
mine the value Of Sudan Grass as a
summer pasture for hogs indicate
that this crop rSas possibilities of
filling a long felt need in this con-
nection. The grass was relished by
the animals and an acre furnished
sufficient forage for ten brood sows
during the two months of the summer
season. They were also maintained
on the pasture without any grain.
The experiment will be continued
during the coming summer with the
younger hogs.
A long series Of experiments, con-
Quoted by the Kentucky Station have
shown that it is practically impos-
sible to have young forage crop for
hogs during the hot dry season of
the year. Rape was formerly advo-
Gated for this purpose, but the ex-
periments showed that the crop is a
failure four out of five times, due to
the fact that it needs considerable
moisture and cool weather for de-
velopment.
Other crops which have been sown
the fall before or during the spring
to supply the needed forage for hogs
usually become high and woody in
July and August and were therefore
not relished by the animals. The fact
that the pig has small stomach and
cannot utilize the coarser roughage
to advantage made it necessary to
find crop that would be young and
tender during the summer pasture
season. The experiments which are
to be conducted in connection with
Sudan Grass as a forage crop for
oung hogs are expected to bring out
some important results.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1921-05-31
Silas Shelburne
Claimed by Death

Accompanied by his son, Victor
Shelburne, Washington, d. c., and
w. L. Petty, representative of the
Lexington Tobacco Board of Trade,
the body of Silas Shelburne, pio-
neer lOoseleaf tobacco warehouse
man, of Lexington, and one of the
last surviving members of the ia
nous command of General Stone
wall Jackson, left Lexington Satur-
day for Richmond, Va.
Mr.. Shelburne was stricken with
apoplexy shortly before 9 o'clock
Friday morning at his warehouse,
and died before a physician could
arrive. The end came at 8 o'clock.
With the news of Mr.. Shelbnrne's
death the Lexington Tobacco Board
of Trade convened, named a commit
tee composed of James Pryor, j.
M. Gentry and w. L. Petty to draft
resolutions expressing the loss sus-
tained by the organization in the
passing of Mr.. Shelburne, who for
almost 20 years has been one of the
leading figures of the Lexington to-
baeco market and one of the men re-
sponsible for the growth il has en-
joyed.
The resolution adopted by the
committee, copies of which were
spread ON the minutes of the organ
ization, mailed to the members of
the family and sent to the news
papers for publication follows;
'1n the passing of Silas Shelbume,
not only the tobacco interests of the
state, the South, but of the nation
one of their most out
standing figures. II was the good |
fortune of this organization to be in
associated with Silas Shell
burue, throughout a series of years
hat sDanned crucial period in
he wide field of tobacco industry.
'In every instance he stood for
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1921-05-31
Irachona Clinic
Held in Knox Co.

Dr. c. b. iKopert director of the
State Board of Health's Bureau of
Trachoma, who is holding series of
clinics in VARIOUS counties in Ken
lucky, finished his clinic at Man
chester, Clay county, last Saturday,
and he and his assistants spent this
week holding another clinic at Bar
boRrville. Next week a clinic will be
held at Lancaster, in Garrard coun-
ty, and after that one at jackson IN
Breathitt county.
Dr. Kopert reports that the clinic
at Manchester was one of the most
successful ever conducted by the
State Board of Health. During the
week 372 patients were examined,
"a cases of trachoma we're found,
and '2S operations were performed.
The number of cases of trachoma
found was lower than was anticipat-
ed and II considered distinctly en-
couraging-
Assisting DIR. Kopert in holding
she clinics are DIR. C. E. Downs, of
the United States Public Health
Service; Miss Nell Lang, United
States Public Health Nurse, and
Miss Linda Neville, Mrs. Matte p.
Snedaker and Miss Barbara Coeh-
ran, of the State Board Of Health.
|
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1921-05-31
Price Of Butter & Eggs
Sign Of Good Times
(Bowling Green Times Journal)

(boWnng dreen I1mes-JournhiD
When folks speak of good old
times,r their minds run back to the
decade between 1890 and 1900. They
were the last years of the old Amer
lea. In those years no one was es-
pecially worried about social and
economic problems. Life ran in a
fairly smooth groove. Eggs sold for
about IL cents a dozen and butter
for a quarter a pound. Millionaires
we're few. It seemed easier to get
along then than now.
But if the increase Of 450 per
cent in the number Of high schools
in the United States since 1890
means anything it means that we
are better off than that generation.
The tremendous increase of high
schools must be interpreted as indi-
eating wider distribution Of pros
perity and consequent desire on
the part Of parents to make the lives
Of their children richer than their
own was. In the last generation the
high school was largely the well-to-
do family's luxury. Today it is the
preparatory school Of the workers
child and for his benefit the modern
city high school has become voca-
tional training center. Then many
men liked to say that what was good
enough for them was good enough
for their children. Today most men
say nothing is too good for their
children.
The COS gave us cheap butter and
eggs, but the harder twentieth CEN
tury has sharpened our vision for
self Improvement and social better
ment; has popularized higher educa-
tion and, through education has en-
larged our needs. These needs cost
us more and make us work harder
than the simple needs of 1890 to
1900, but they are worth working for.
These are the better times after all.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1921-05-31
the highest principles of business in

the highest principles of business in
tegrity, was fair, frank, generous to
friend and foe alike and met the OBJ
legations of the hour with level eye
and stout unfaltering heart.
"As soldier, as citizen, as business
man, as counsellor, friend, guide, his
virtues shone that those who knew
him best estimated him worthy of
their highest veneration."
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1921-05-31

A broken down man trying in vain
to come back is as sad a sight as q
broken down tombstone. IL {.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1921-05-31

Opportunities may come early in
life, so don't be too hasty in deci-
sions.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1921-05-31

Funny how a girl with sandy hair
can grow jet-black eyebrows, when
a man who has sandy hair can never
do it.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1921-05-31

An optimist is a man who would
advertise for a lost opportunity.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1921-05-31

Unhappiness and discomfort is the
breeder of many evils.