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Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-07-29
LINER Normal
closed Friday

st.t. Norman oCuOOi
ea',' clo,, r'.day OF last week
o.,uo 70 yoaae men and women
prsduntea FROM tn. the sch school ol,1.no dur,
,s,m. ir.uiing two college
a. y rual graduates and
~ nv. school s''1uates'
,om,r. exercises were
,he No.mal auditorium at
.,.,o,k f gay morning, at
-, amt, number Of folks
..r wh,e the following pro-
vas rendered
ture. orchestra
.s,sional. orchestra.
xa,iOn.
NOS of songs. chorus
uo,cemcrl oddress, Oscar w.
: presid~pt Of the Oklahoma
for Blind
a Of Low" Divine solo
Hazel
.held. cla,s !'21'
.sn,ation Of diplomas, H. @.
\, preside, southeastern Nor
ediction
College Graduates
Ander>on. lIayworth; James
tsgue, Evansville,
Normal Graduates
Louise thbott. Durant.
Jeanne Aldorson, Durant.
Raw Andr!- on, Durant.
Ausley, Colbert.
Bsrtheld, iidileyville.
Caroline blackwell, Checotah.
Bennett. Durant.
Buster, Ada,
srnal, Huntington, Ark.
Dagley, Achille.
kdwin S. pickerson. Durant.
Drue Edmonston. Durant.
X Evan. Calera.
Anne Greer, Madill.
halliday, Mcilester.
Harris. Achille.
IIae Heald broken Bow.
Hilburn. Madill.
E. Lambert, Prescott, Ark.
B. Land, kiowa.
lane Hadrn. McAlester.
Hodge Larkins. Broken Bow.
|llen Lee. pittsburg.
March, Maiill.
(rite March. Madill.
Morton. ihoCOtah.
Nay Norihcu'. Marietta.
a Louis Pdrdone. Red Oak, |
Riddle, BnkrhitO.
johnson. \r,lmore,
Roger, ldAhel.
Mae Ross, Quinton.
Inn Rowlcy. Kiowa.
Caroinr stewart. Durant.
Sturch. yuba.
Wells. Durant.
Villains. Durant.
Myrtle Williams, Quinton.
Reid, Narrnws. Ky.
hith. Durani
Marlin. Ch"cotah.
P Crowel!. purant, |
Durham purant.
High School Graduates
Pyet. nurant.
clayton. nurant.
hla Collir5 Dawson.
Blakely Sraulding.
Kinkaid. Smithvillo.
Harris, Achille.
Harris, Actille.
Hill. DurAnt
'tin, Dulant.
e NcCW'y. nurant.
lcPherr"n Achille.
Rcwell. Achille.
homas, Ac!ille.
Tyree, Durant.
hotner, Caddo
West. Tishomingo.
Pafker, Rokchito.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-07-29

1st Insertion July Is, 1921
4th insertion August ~, 1921
BRYAN COUNTY,
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE
Notice is hereby given that the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-09-16
Hugh and his friends are
gassed by the band.
(To BE CONTINUED
RITES OF MOUND BUILDERS
How t"Bundle BuriaIs" and "BuriaIs in
the Flesh" Were Conducted by
Ancient Race.

After an Indian mound has been
cleared and surveyed it is stripped of
the surface sod and excavated by
series of trenches. One mound, says
the Southern Workman, contained no
less than 45 bundle burials," with two
''burials in the flesh" above of later
date. These bundle" burials were
disarticulated skeletons that had been
taken down from trees and made into
bundles. In each bundle" as rule,
were the bones of from two to four,
individuals. They were placed end to
end, lengthways, north to south, and
formed layer some ten feet long and
five feet wide. They were placed on
carefully prepared bed Of alternate
layers of golden and bright-red sands,
evidently of ceremonial import, and
surrounded by several stone affairs.
On these, appropriate sacrifices were
made to the dead; there were signs
of fire all about. Some half-burned
human bones in well-preserved oak
charcoal were found near the top, In
dicating that some poor captive had
been burned at the stake to minister
to the souls of the dead on their jour-
ney to the happy hunting grounds. In
the top strata were found two skel-
etons, both Of them strongly fixed,
with the knees drawn up to the chin.
They were evidently of considerable
age, but Of later origin than the
bundle" burials. In fact, all the
bones in this group Of mounds showed
extreme signs of decomposition. 1t
was necessary to paint" them all with
a transfusing fluid the minute they
were exposed to the air. These two
skeletons were perhaps the remains
of people who had died during the
construction of the mounds and were
given burial in the top of them.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-09-16
FROM HEADQUARTERS.

Synopsis.-In December, 1918, four
men gathered in a hotel in Berne
and heard one of the quartet, Carl
Peterson. outline plan to paralyze
Great Britain and at the same time
seize world power. The other three,
Hooking. American. and Steineman
and Won Gratz. Germans. all mil
lionaires. agree to the scheme, pro-
viding another man, Hiram Potts,
an American, is taken in. Capt.
Hugh (Bull-Dog) Drummond, a re-
tired officer. advertises for work
that will give him excitement, sign
Ing 'X10." AS a result he meets
Phyllis Benton, young woman
who answered his ad. She tells
him of strange murders and rob-
berries by a band headed by Carl
Peterson and Henry darlington.
She fears her father is involved.
Drummond goes to The Larches.
Miss Benton's home, next door to
The Films. Peterson's place. During
the night Drummond leaves The
Larches and explores The Elms.
He discovers darlington and Peter
SON using thumbscrew on Potts,
who signs paper. Drummond
rescHes Potts and takes him to his
own home. He also gets half of
the paper torn in the fight. Peter
son visits Drummond, departing
with threat to return and recover
Potts and the torn paper. Hugh
substitutes Mullings for Potts. The
band carry off MuIlings and Drum
mond to The Films. When Peterson
discovers the hoax Drummond is
made to stay all night. Irma, Pc
tsrson's handsome daughter, warns
Hugh he will be killed. He goes
exploring during the night, runs
into a cobra, escapes mysterious
death and refrains from breaking
Peterson's neck.
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Too Good a Chance TO Lose.

The French chancellor, Henri Fran.
co.'s d'Aguesseau, to whom his native
country owes much for his enduring
improvements in it's legal conditions,
never would come to a decision with
out at first minutely examining and
questioning everything bearing upon
the matter. His son, who was also a
lawyer, was exactly the opposite, and.
moreover, paid no attention to his
fathers excellent example.
One day, during heated argument
between the two, the young man, who
expected to give his father sharp
thrust, said sarcastically, my dear
father, you know everything but de-
eide about nothing"
"And you, my son, know nothing but
decide about everything" was the
quick reply.-Youth's Companion.
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The nan, not iil-pleased, gave a
short laugh.
It'll pass. think. But it's risky.
These cursed reporters have been
badgerlng the whole morning. -.
And if his wife or somebody comes
over, what then? 1t wasn't like
Rosca to bungle in Belfast. He's
never left clue before, and he had
plenty of time to do the job prop
erly."
"a name inside a breast-pocket
might easily be overlooked" remarked
Hugh. seizing the obvious clue.
"Are you making excuses for him"
snarled the other. "He's failed, and
failure is death. Such is our rule.
Would you have it altered?"'
"Most certainly not. The issues are
far too great for any weakness. -"
you're right, my friend-you're
right. Long live the Brotherhood"
He stared out of the window with
smouldering eyes, and Hugh preserved
discreet silence. Then suddenly the
other broke out again. "Have
they killed that insolent puppy Of a
soldier YETI"
"Er-not yet" murmured Hugh
mildly.
"They must find the American at
once" The man thumped the table
emphatically. "It was important be-
fore-at least his money was. Now
with this blunder-it's VITAL"
Precisely" said Hugh. Precise
ly."
"Tve already interviewed one man
from Scotland Yard, but every hour
increases the danger. However, you
have a message for me. What is it?"
Hugh rose and casually picked up
his hat. He had got more out of the
interview than he had hoped for, and
there was nothing to be gained by
prolonging it. But 1t struck him that
Mr.. Potts impersonator was man
Of unpleasant disposition, and that
tactically a thanking movement to the
door was indicated. And, being Of
an open nature himself, it is possible
that the real state of affairs showed
for a moment on his face. Be that
as it may, something suddenly aroused
the others suspicious, and with a
snarl of fury he sprang past Hugh to
the door.
"Who are your He spat the words
out venomously, at the same time
whipping an ugly-looking knife out of
his pocket.
Hugh replaced his hat and stick
on the table and grinned gently.
81 am the insolent puppy of a SOL
der, dear old Bird" he remarked,
watching the other warily. "And if
I was you I'd put the toothpick away.
:. You might hurt yourself"
AS he spoke he was edging, little by
little, toward the other man, who
crouched snarling by the door. His
eyes, grim and determined, never left
the others face; his hands, apparently
hanging istless by his sides, were
tingling with the joy Of what he knew
was coming.
"And the penalty of failure is death,
isn't it, dear one?" He spoke almost
dreamily; but not for an instant did
his attention relax. Almost imper-
ceptibly, he crept toward the other
man, talking gently.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-09-16
ALARM THAT DOES THE WORK
Young Mans Scheme Guaranteed to
End Sleep, and He Has
No Patent on it,

They were discussing that ever
vexing questionable question OF get
ting up in the morning.
81 don't think" said Frederick.
shat an alarm clock is any good At
all. 1 hear the bell of my alarm clock
go every morning. l simply lay my
hand on the nearest thing / can pick
up and hurl something or other at the
clock. am constantly paying for new
alarm clocks, but they only rouse ne
for minute, and l go to sleep again"
'"Tve got new kind of alarm clock"
reported Charlie 81 don't know how
long it will last, but it is simply doing
fine work at present"
"How does it differ from others?"
at toots just like a motor horn. AS
soon as I hear it, / jump out of bed
to avoid being run over by three-ton
truck"
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CHANGED that, just as Hugh was hold
ing the postoffice pencil up, and gaz-
ing at its so-called point with an air
of resigned anguish, the perfectly or
binary man ceased chatting and
looked at him. Hugh caught his eye
for fleeing second; then the con-
versation continued. And as he turned
to pull out the pad of forms, it struck
him that the man had looked away
just trifle too quickly. -.
A grin spread slowly over his face,
and after moments hesitation he
proceeded to compose a short wire.
He wrote it in black letters for addi-
tional clearness; he also pressed his
hardest, as BETTING a blunt pencil.
Then with the form in his hand he ad-
vanced to the counter.
How long will it take to deliver
in London?' he asked the girl.
The girl was not helpful. 1t de-
pended, he gathered, on a variety of
circumstances, of which not the least
was the perfectly ordinary man who
talked so charmingly.
81 don't think I'll bother, them"
he said, thrusting the wire into his
pocket "Good morning. :"
He walked to the door, and shortly
afterward his car rolled down the
street.
With what the girl considered -pecu-
liar abruptness, the perfectly ordinary
man concluded his conversation with
her, and decided that he too would
send a wire. And then, after a long
and thoughtful pause at the writing
bench, she distinctly heard an unmis-
taxable "D-n." Then he walked out,
and she saw him no more.
| Moreover, it is to be regretted that
the perfectly ordinary man told lie
a little later in the day, when giving
his report to some one whose neck APP
parently inconvenience him greatly.
But then q lie is frequently more
tactful than the truth. and to have
announced that the sole result of his
mornings labors had been to decipher
wire addressed to The Films, which
contained the cryptic remark, "Stung
again, stiff neck, stung again. would
not have been tactful. So he lied,
as has been stated, thereby showing
| his wisdom. -.
But though Drummond chuckled to
himself as the car rushed through the
fresh morning air, once or twice a
CLEAN that was not altogether amuse-
ment shone in his eyes. For four
years he had played one game where
no mistakes were allowed; the little
incident of the postoffice had helped
| to bring to his mind the certainty
that he had now embarked on another
where the conditions were much the
same. That he had scored up to date
was luck rather than good manage
ment, and he was far too shrewd moi
to realize it. Now he was marked
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-09-16
Would Signal Correct Time.

A dimming of electric lights each
night at eight o'clock as national
time signal is being urged as a meas
ure that will distribute the correct
time regularly to all who are within
sight of an electric light. In the same
way that the time ball is dropped
down the staff at noon and clocks
are regulated by Geographic or radio
signals from the naval observatory in
Washington, it is suggested that pow.
er plants regularly flash the correct
time daily over their electrical sys-
TENS.
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COULDN'T KID THAT STUDENT
mission of Author Was Dis
tinctIy UncompIimentary.

George Philip Knapp has not always
been professor of English at Columbia.
For two years he held the same posi-
ton at the University of Cincinnati,
where his modesty, as usual, was so
pronounced that his great scholarship
was not evident to the typical under
classman. One day a chap who had
just been promoted from the freshman
class bounded into his study and said:
professor Knapp, / found something
strange today; there's a book over in
the library written by man who has
just your name"
SIS that SOP" said Professor Knapp.
"What is the book?" 49,.
why" said the student, 'it is an ac-
count of an Anglo-Saxon work called
'Andreas and Elene.'"
"But wrote that book" replied the
author of Modern English, "and half
a dozen other volumes"
Said the student: "Ah, gwan Pr
New York Evening Post.
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To Reclaim Used Motor Oil.

A company has been organized in
London with the object of retaining
stale lubricating oil. The waste Oil
can. be bought at prices ranging up to
about 500 per ton and in some cases
can be had for the cost of collection.
1t is planned to establish immediate
ly plant near London with capacity
of treating so tons per week, which it
is believed, can be easily collected in
London and other plants in the vari-
Gus cities of the MISUNDERSTANDING
American.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-09-16
Microscopic Writing.

The British museum possesses a
portrait of Queen Anne not much
above the size of hand, on which
appear what seem to be number Of
scratches. The scratches when mag
nified prove to be the entire contents
of book carried in the queens hand.
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was extraordinary, and had he not
known that the real article was at
Goring he would have been COM
pletely deceived himself.
The man waited till the door was
closed: then he rose and stepped
forward suspiciously.
81 don't know you," he said. ''Who
are you?"
"Since when has every one en-
ployed at headquarters known one
another?" Drummond returned guard
edly. "And, incidentally, your like
ness to cur lamented friend is won
derful. 1t very nearly deceived even
me-"
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watched him go in silence. And it
was as he opened the drawing-room
window that Hugh called after him !:
"Do you like the horse Elliman's
or the ordinary brandt" he asked.
'I'll send you bottle for that stiff
neck of yours"
Very deliberately Peterson turned
round.
Don't trouble, thank you. Captain
Drummond. 1 have my own rene
dies, which are far more efficacious."
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His Troubles Over.

The most graceful man in town
these days is the awkward fellow who
always used to be stepping on some
woman's skirt.-Detroit News.
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improvements.

"That rich Teller has certainly
fixed up his farm in great shape"
"Yep. Got it now so that it has all
the discomforts of q city place."
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CHAPTER v.
In Which There Is Trouble at Gorine.
ONE.

The car slowed up before the post
Office and Hugh got out. There were
one or two things he proposed to do
in London before going to Goring, and
it struck him that a wire to Peter
Darrell might allay that gentleman's
uneasiness if he was late in getting
down. So new was he to the tortuous
ways of crime, that the foolishness
Of the proceeding never entered his
head; up to date in his life, if he
had wished to send a wire he had
sent one. And so it may be deemed
sheer fluke on his part, that man
dawdling by the counter aroused his
suspicious. He was a perfectly or
binary man, chatting casually with
the girl on the other side; but it
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-09-16
Whaf He Cot.

"What happened to the man who
stole the calender?"
she got u months"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-09-16

Experience may be the best teacher,
but the tuition fees are high.
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81 heard you were down here" she
said gravely, holding out her hand to
him. "Pve been sick with anxiety
ever since father told me he'd seen
The New York herald., 1921-04-22
Picture Men Here
Say German Plays
Are Propaganda

The Motion Picture Directors Asso-
made films yesterday. charging they
contained an insidious form OF propa-
ganda. David W. Griffith, the foremost
independent picture producer in this
form OF restriction against Teutonic
films. The Amercanization Committee
Of the American Legion was in receipt
of a letter from Col Cornelius W.
Wiclscrsham calling attention to the
matter, and is investigating it.
The directors, after a.ing that they
had just passed a resolution unani-
mously voting to discourage the ex-
ploitation of German films here for an
indefinite period, and charging that the
Teutonic feature photoplays. SO far
shown here. have shown unsavory
phases OF French and English history,
add:
I'VE are led to expect in the near
future German-made film which deals
in like manner with an episode Of Ital-
ian history. There is at the present
time being exhibited privately 20 pros
pective American distributors a mag
niAcently done portrayal OF the life
ana manners IN tne court OF catherine
the Great, the infamous Russian Queen.
1t Is said to be particularly laden with
demonstrations of all the wild and
lascivious Righteousness Of the time.
There are on the market nearly two
hundred films made in Germany
These are to be followed by many more.
and. as has been pointed out. our own
industry will suffer n curtailment of
perhaps thirty per cent. in its annual
output. and a consequent loss in invested
capital, not only on the part Of legiti-
mate producers who are really trying to
develop the industry but on the part of
the other odd sixty thousand workers
whose livelihood this industry repre-
sents. A high tariff will not necessarily
block the appearance OF such films as
ore above mentioned"
The New York herald., 1921-04-22
DINNER PARTIES
OPEN S. S. FLOTILLA

Following Wednesday nights private
opening OF the new restaurant known
as the s. $. F'lotilla. which DR.. John A.
Harriss. Special Deputy Police Commits
sioner. has installed at Sixth avenue
and Fifty-fifth street. the public crowd
ed into the new dining and dancing place
last night for the first regular dinner
Nearly 800 persons had reserved places
at the tables. There were representa-
tives OF society. the stage and OF the
city's civic life among the diners
Mr.. and Mrs Richard T. Wilson had
a large party for dinner there. Others
about tho tables were Mrs. James
Lowell Putnam. Mr.. and Mrs. Julian
M. Gerard, Mrs. Joseph Il. widener. MFR.
and Mrs. John r. Drexel, Jr.: Miss
Roberta Willard, Mrs. Charies u. Dill
lingham. Mr.. and Mrs. Beverley Bogert.
Mr.. William G. Reiek. Mr.. and Mrs. w.
de Lancey Kountze. Mr.. and Mrs. AL
phonse Jongers, Miss Elsa Maxwell
Mrs. Edward n. Breitung. MIR. Reginald
g. Vanderbilt, Mr.. and Mrs. James II
Terry. Mr.. J. Philip Bernhard. Mr.. ana
Mrs. Preston Gibson and Mr.. Franz
Pollock
The New York herald., 1921-04-22
JOHN B. SMITH, HOTEL
MAN, DIES IN JERSEY
Was Head of Boxing Board in
That State.

ATLANTIC CITY, April 21.-Jonn b.
Smith. president of the New Jersey Box
ing Commission died in the Hotel Whit
tie this afternoon OF internal hemor-
rhages following an operation for APP
pendicitis Mr.. Smith was operated on
ten days ago I'm the Atlantic City Hos
pital. lie was proprietor OF a number
OF Atlantic City hotels. including the
Malatesta.
Mr.. Smith was 5s years old and the
father OF Lee Smith. president OF the
Camden Sportsman Club, and promoter
OF number OF large boxing bouts held
in the Third Regiment Armory- In Cam
den. He was former County Detective
of Camden and later of Atlantic county.
He won fame in several murder cases.
lie also was proprietor of the Smith
Hotel, in Camden, before going TO At
lantic City seven years ago.
Mr.. Smith died following a second
operation. He was first operated on
about two weeks ago and showed con-
siderable Improvement. but ne suffered
relapse Monday and blood poisoning
developing necessitated a second opera
tion last night.
Mr.. Smith was appointed by former
Gov. Walter y. Edge when the COM
mission was formed 1t was largely
through Mr.. Smiths efforts that boxing
was legalized In New Jersey. and when
the first commission was organized his
associates elected him chairman. His
term recently expired and. although
Republican. he was the only member
of the old board named for reappoint-
ment by Gov. Edwards.
Mr.. Smith was a member of the At
lantic County Board OF Freeholders. lie
leaves wife and son.
The New York herald., 1921-04-22
FUR SHOW MANIKINS
WEAR NOTHING ELSE
Prehistoric Hip Length Sack
Makes Revelations Recall
ing Forest Life.

Summer furs having come to stay, APP
parently the spring fashion show of
peltry is the next innovation. the first
being staged last night at the Commo-
dore Hotel Hundreds OF thousands Of
costly wraps and less costly coats were
on display and some OF them, exhibited
by pretty manilxins, enchanted two thou
sand men and women who are interested
in learning in advance what the fash
ions in this branch of the modern cos
tune are to be next autumn.
Briefly, the striking points Of the dis
play presented by the fur division or the
National Garment Retailers Associa-
tlon. are that wraps will be short. or
shorter they will be made of combina-
tions OF fur, particularly black and
white /: the sleeve will be returned to
favor. collars will be higher and fuller
and a new pelt occasionally Will give
variety to this department of dress.
Furriers have no hesitancy in combin-
ing pony and monkey skin. in fntroduc-
ing rcd cat-the old, old tortoise shell
kind--for sport wear, or in suggesting
pelt pertzwitzkie for this same occa-
sion.
The first maniklns 10 appear Oh the
enormous stage across one end OF the
ballroom wore nothing but fur. The
style of garment was prehistoric, with
bare legs showing from below the MP
length sack. Then came fur trappers,
Martin Bretel as the trapper soloist, ana
afterward a procession of pretty girls
and equally attractive furs.
One set Of manikins wore black ana
white furs and the sheerest of black
stockings. satin slippers and diamond
studded anklets.
Royal erfnine skins sewn together
like q huge spider web interested ex-
perts who showed their appreciation py
rounds OF applause. The lining or TINS
evening cape was also spider webbed'
Gray Is going to be fashionable next
season. One girl in this becoming color
wore fur hat. fur coat and gray
suede pumps with gray fur colonial
tongues, which suggested the question,
is the fur boot on its way?