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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-04-15
COMMITTEES Of
CHAMBER ACTIVE
ON GRADY EVENT
Preparations for Grady Track Meet
a.. and intellectual Contest Go
Forward; Working With
Supt. Allen

Reports from the Chickasha Cham
her OF Commerce this morning state
that It's committees, cooperating
with II. +. Allen, county superin'
tendent in arranging for the Grady
county track meet and intellectual
tournament to be held on April %
%. are making progress. q
The. entertainment committee,
composed of DIR. A. II. Leeds, A. j.
Strauss and Il. u. Barefoot is handi-
capped due to the fact. that in the
city there is no satisfactory place In
which to hold the athletic events,
the c. of c. report states. 1t Is
pointed out that there are but two
fields where the events may b.
staged, one the Eighth street half
block and the other University park.
There Is no track at either place for
the races or hurdles. II Is shown.
la the absence of desirable place,
Il Is not yet announced which OF
these available fields will be used.
The committee on accommodations
composed of T. j. Gossett Sam
Justis and U. S. Buzan repo that
satisfactory progress toward getting
places for the visitors to stay ara
being made.
The report from the C. of c. head
quarters this morning stated that
the finance committee, composed ol
Ben f. Morgan, Chas.si |. Miller, Ben
C Garvey, Roy l.. Jones and John F
Crib has reported that about hall
the funds necessary to pay for the
medals and trophies and handle this
expenses of the judges and referees
has been raised
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-04-15
FORM AUXILIARY
To LEGION POST
IN BIG MEETING
27 Members Join at First Session
Last Night; Nine are "Gold
Star" Members; Officers
Are Elected

Twenty-seyen members joined the
Women's Auxiliary Unit Of the Ray
mond 7. Hurst post of the American
Legion at the organization meeting
c,eld last night in the Legion club
rooms. This meeting preceded the
regular meeting of the post.
Mrs. Blanche Freeman, until rec
emily executive secretary of the
Grady county Red Cross chapter,
was elected president of the unit;
Mrs Ben Goff was named vice-presi-
dent, Mrs. d. d. Irwin, secrtary and
Mrs. Roy Warlock, treasurer. Mrs.
l. E. Emanuel, Miss Lois Luster and
Mrs. Wade La Boon were named
members of the executive board.
Meetings Of the Auxiliary Unit
will be held on the second and
fourth Thursday evening of the
months.
Every member get a member Is
the slogan of the membership cant
paign plans for which were made
last night following the organization
OF the 81 women who joined last
night nine are "gold star members
who had one or more relatives who
made the supreme sacrifice in the
recent world war.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-04-15
Quartet Of Bandits Stick 10 Mes.
scnoers and Take s63s,ooo;
stop Suburban Train and
Escape In Taxi
ONE RoBBER KILLED
IN CICERO ATTEMPT
Five Bandits Hold up Suburban
Bank and Take Loot; cash'
Ter Pursues and Kills
One; Captured

BY United Press.
Chicago. April i5.--Four bandits
held up two messengers for the CHI
cago Clearing house today and es'
capped with se3s.coo In negotiable
checks.
The robbery occurred on board
the Illinois Central suburban train.
'The messengers were carrying the
checks to the outlaylng banks. When
the train reached Twelfth street. the
bandits pulled rcvolyers AMI cover
ing the messages. snatched the
saohel containing the checks.
They then ordered the conductor
VINO had uncoupled the car to stop
the train. As the brakes were ap
plied and the train slowed down
the bandits, bearing the satchel
leaped off, boarded passing taxi
and we're driven away at top speed
disappearing around the first corner
Officials are OF the opinion that
the taxi driver was "ln'' on the hold
up plans and that he had trailec
the train in order to pick the ban
dts up and affect an escape wher
the robbery was completed.
The messengers who We're iorcet
to give up their treasure were Eu
gene Oldenwald aad Edward Sun
dermacher.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-04-15
CHICKS BEAT ARDMoRE

Special to the Express, .
Ardmore, Okla, April 15.--Super-
ior hurling, fielding and stick work
enabled the Chicks to win the first
tilt with the Ardmore TO leaguers
by a score Of 9. to 0. While. "Chesty
Allen was holding Coon Barnes
batsmen to four safe hits, Drap
HAYES followers pounded out a
clean bingles. The teams meet again
this afternoon and play the final OF
the three-game series tomorrowS af-
ternoon.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-04-15
WORKERS WIN IS
VIEW Of JEWELL

By United Press
Chicago, April 15.-"The rail work
ers of the nation have won great
victory" said Bert M jewell presi-
dent Of the railway department OF
the American Federation of Labor
today in speaking of the decision OF
the United States rail labor board in
ordering the present working agree
ments abrogated July l and new
set q rules adopted.
This decision by the board upholds
the principle for which the railway
unions have been contending in their
fight against the roads. the presi'
dent said.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-04-15

Telephone communication to Clin'
ton and other points north OF Ho'
bart is impossible as a result OF the
storms in that section last night, ac'
cording to 4. +. Allen, manager OF
the local office of the Southwestern
Bell Telephone company.
THE system in the immediate vi
cinty of Clinton. southern Custer
county, was damaged extensively by
the wind. reports say. At the office
of the Southwestern Bell company
in Oklahoma City, ii was reported
that all lines west of III Reno was
out OF order. Damage to the lines
may prevent reopening communica-
ton with many points for several
days. company officials declared.
Clinton was the center OF the
storm district, where cyclonic con
ditions prevailed throughout the
night, meagre reports say.
Fletcher Ragland, manager of the
Chickasha office of the Western
Union Telegraph company declared
this afternoon that telegraph com
nunication. with Clinton was posi-
BILE and that normal telegraph con
ditions prevailed in the state.
Neither telegraph nor telephone
wires in the immediate vicinity OF
Chickasha were damaged by the
wind last night.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-04-15
73 Honorary Students

In addition to the salutatorian and
valedictorian, names OF IL students
who made grades OF more than 80
percent, appear on the scholarship
honor roll. Names Of these IL stu
dents, together with their yearly
average grades, follow: Sidney Mills.
81 3-35; Mary Harris, "a 2-3; Doro-
thy De Bruce, "a 3-S; Horace Puck
ett, "a 11-13; Harriet Sanford, "a
1872; James Jones, 80 1-16. Fleta
Calvert, 90 1-5 Frances Freeman,
81 1-1O: Madeline Ritz, so 1888;
Josephine Drggers, 93 Tic; Frances
Terrell 92 1929; Alta McCulloch, 90
l6-11; Cleo Campbell SO percent.
Other members Of the graduating
class, numbering 81 in all, follow:
Leland Adams, Elizabeth Barker.
Della Bird, Alice Blake, Florence
Brown, Jessie Brown, Chester Bry-
ant, Lucille Boles, Clarine Bullock.
Georgia Butler, Cleo Campbell.
Marie Campbell, Winfred Chandler.
Charles Clark, Mabel Cooke, Georgia
Corbin, George Grouse, Stanley Cum
ningham, Dorothy DeBruce, Johnnie
Dobbins, Charles Dwyer, Edith
Earle. Alice French, Frances Frey.
; William Gossett, Gaylon Gorton.
Charles Gowdy. Ray Green. Sam
Crib, Johnnie Griesby, John Ham
! brick, Mary Harris, Gertrude Hart.
Phoebe Hsffner. Raymond Heffner,
Clyde Holcomb, Leslie Hollings-
worth, Elizabeth Horn, Howard
Hurst, Shelby Ishler, James Jones.
: Eleanor Keesee. Deward Ients. 10
Alpha Lindsay. Robert Liyesay. Vir-
! gil Lowe, Gladys Mason, Ruth Nc.
fConf;uuor IN napo four1
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-04-15
BASEBALL GAME SUNDAY

The Magnolia Independents, from
Cyril, will play the Chicks at Uni
yersity park Sunday afternoon, Ray
Winder announced today. The Cyril
team, made up of fast semi-pro
players and former professionals
is a salaried baseball club main
tanned by the Magnolia Petroleum
company. Ernest Brazil, catcher, re-
leased today by Boss Winder, will
appear in the Independents lineup
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-04-15
RESIGNATION Of
BINGHAM HANDED
To CITY COUNCIL
Park Board Member Quits When
City Dads Accept; No Split
Says Mayor; Fathers
Handle Routine

The resignation of o. l.. Bingham
as member of the city park board
was accepted by the city council in
session last night at the city hall.
In his written resignation, Mr..
Bingham did not give any reason
for his action. 1t was rumored, how
ever, that he resigned in order to
give the incoming mayor a clear
path to appoint new park board,
Mayor Durbin stated this morning
that he would not attempt to ap-
point Mr.. Binghams successor. in
view of the fact that he was about
to retire from the mayors office.
Mr.. Bingham has been faithful
member of the park board and has
always been in harmony with the
administration, Mayor Durbin said
| this morning in announcing that
there was no split between Mr..
Bingham and city officials that led
to his resignation. Il will avail my
self OF this opportunity to thank
you for the personal courtesy that
you have extended to me from time
to time" Mr.. Bingham said in his
written resignation.
After petition signed by owners
OF blocks 238, 243 and 274 request
| ing that sanitary sewer be estab
lished in these blocks, had been reat
to the council, an ordinance provid
ing for the creation of sanitar,
sewer district No. 20 and for tn
construction of lateral sewe
therein was introduced. The ord
nance was carried over until tn
next meeting and the city enginee
instructed to present plans, profile'
specifications and cost of constru'
: ton to the council.
: A building ordinance drafted b
. George Gattis, fire chief, and col
: tanning what Mr.. Gattis believes
t be the best features Of such ord
nances being enforced in the pril
cipal cities in Oklahoma, was intr
e duced by Councilman Conner. \
action was taken on the ordinanc
however.
A communication from j. r. Nu
ent, local Rock Island agent, statii
that the company had removed
h restrictions on Chickasha watt
Is was read at the council meetil
h. last night. Several months ago. t
s. company placed restrictions
r. Chickasha city water being us
IS for drinking purposes on Rock
J. land trains.
Of Reports of various city officis
for the month of March we're ;
proved and an ordinance appropri
e, ing money for the payment of S
ip laries for the month was passed Ii
might.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-04-15
Walter Adams, Selected rs valedle'
torIan; Alfred Bettis saIvta.
torIan; Close Race for
High honors
TOP GRADE WINNER IS
ALL-AkUUND ATHLETE
First Tlmc In Many Years Athletic
Man Triumphs; List Of Honor
Students Given; Namo
Graduating Class

For the first time In several years.
an all.around athlete has been chos-
on valedlctorian OF Chickasha
high school graduating class. Such
yesterday was bestowed
upon Walter Adams, who next
month receives his diploma from tho
local institution.
According TO Principal Lanson ID.
Mitchell Adams Is one OF the best. all.
round students ever enrolled In tho
ChIckasha high school. lie has been
a member OF the football squad for
three seasons and this year was cap
tain OF the second string aggrega.
ton. lie was member OF Coach
Strauss basketball squad, being
crack forward. AT the end Of the oas.
ketball season, he donned the base
ball togs and is now holding the
second base position on the high
school nine.
Walters ability is not limited to
athletics. Should this be the case.
he couldn't have won the distinction
granted him yesterday, II is shown.
He Is a veteran OF two Chickasha
high school debate teams, those OF
1920 and 1921, and this year won
first place In tho debate tryouts.
AS leader in school activities, Wal
ter Is uniivaled. accordIhg to Prin-
cipal Mitchell. s'-
The validictorfan OF the GRADUATE
ing class was selected. on scholar
ship standing. in which ne bested
Alfred Belts by the small margin
OF 1929 of one percent. The latter.
by virtue of his high rank In schol-
arship standing. was chosen saluta.
torian.
Walter is son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Il. A. Adams, 81 1.2 Chickasha ave.
nus. ile ~ DfolheI VI Leidhu
Adams, former high school football
captain, one leader Of the basketball
team and one of the baseball stars.
Alfred Bettis is a son Of Mrs. II. T.
Bettis. Jill Chickasha avenue.
Bettis has been studying music In
addition TO carving his high school
subjects. He was a member of one
OF the high school debate teams and
is entered in the original oraton
contest to be held In connection
with the interscholastlc meet In
Norman. He earned his 81 high
school credits in three regular terms
and in one summer session.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-04-15

garding state aid, cuts the counties
out of it. That is, it does not recog-
inize the county units Of a state. The
state must have law appropriating
state money to meet this federal aid
and there must be an organization
formed with members everywhere in
the state to bring pressure to bear
on every senator and every repre-
| sentative in the state legislature to
pass such law.
"The Oklahoma Automobile asso-
citation is such an organization. With
sufficient number of members the
necessary pressure can be brought
In addition the association has many
other features
Referring to the automobile ia,
money paid by the thousands of cal
owners in the state, the aggregate
amount running into the millions
Mr.. Singletary declared that "heavei
only knows what becomes of tina
money! He stated that the road
bear every evidence that little if an.
of it is used to maintain them.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-04-15
slnsIetary Outlines Work Done TO
Get Road Legislation and
Shows no Results Yet
Accomplished
SAYS ORGANIZE STATE
TO GET AFTER SOLONS
Saws Don't Know What Becomes
Of Automobile Tax Money;
Shows How Federal Aid
Would Help

II. A. Singletary. manager oil INC
good roads department Of the Okla
homa Automobile association. In a
talk before the Rotary club OF Chick
asha yesterday at noon luncheon,
declared that before satisfactory and
needed road legislation could be put
through the state Legislature, an or
ganlzation. whose members were
vltJ.y interested in better roads
must be formed to bring pressure to
bear on the state solons.
In support of his statement. Mr.
singletary declared that with more
than 100000 automobiles In Okla
homa, the laws OF the state govern
ing the building and maintenance ol
roads carry the same provisions as
they did when there were only four
automobiles in the entire United
States. The speaker pointed to
many instances where he with
others working in the interests OF
the Oklahoma Good Roads. associa-
slon. endeayorod to get legislation
passed, beneficial to good roads
program, but without success.
As To State Aid.
Speaking of federal aid in the
matter of building good roads, Mr.
singletary stated that for more than
score of years. the congress of the
United States has been passing leg
isIatlon appropriating hundreds OF
millions Of dollars in order to make
"diy streams navicable.'
Speaking OF one concrete instance
Mr. Sngletary said: when | was
ten years old, | attended my firs'
political meeting at Mckinney, Tex
| heard some candidate, | forgot his
name, asking the people to support
him for a job IN the United States
congress. He pledged the voters tha
if they sent him to congress, h'
would get an appropriation through
that would provide funds for making
the Trinity river at Dallas nayica
BILE. don't know whether that maj
was sent to congress or not, but
do know that congress appropriated
millions to make the Trinity rive
navicable and | also know that las
summer, or the summer before tina
Dallas newspapers were wondering
whether or not the supply OF drink
ing water for Dallas people woul
hold out. That drinking water com
from the Trinity river
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-04-15
I'e0-COfee Store
Us Opened in City


The store being established at 5l2
ChickasIha avenue by the American
Tea and Coffee company will be
opened Saturday morning, April 16.
o. R. Smiley is proprietor of the
store, which will carry line of cof-
fee, teas, baking powder, spices, ex-
tracts, rice, chocolates and cocoas.
Mr.. Smiley formerly lived in Chick
asha and is we'll known here.
The store is located in the build
ing formerly occupied by Strickland
and company, plumbers. The Strick-
land shop has been moved to 21l
South Sixth street.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-04-15
DOtsOn Wins OUer
Oil Well DrilLer

Oscar Dotson, the wrestling black
smith of this city, successfully de-
Tended the state heavyweight title
last night when he won over ss'Big
Tom Stone, the oil we'll driller, at
Cement.
Dotson won both falls with the
cratch and half nelson hold. The
first fall was won in % minutes and
the second in five minutes
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-04-15
ARREST BOY ON
SERIOUS CHARGE

BY United Press.
Bartlesville, April 15.-Lionel SUIT
ter, high school student of this
city has been arrested in connection
with an attempt to slay Ladine Cole,
aged 16, at her home here last night.
An examination of the girl shows
that an attempt was made to cut
her throat with razor or knife. Of
fjcers say that Sutter has had an
affair with the girl She is still too
weak to identify here assailant.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-04-15
a "MeasIey $75,oo0,o00

The speaker pointed out that only
three or four years ago, congress
began to see that the way to ald
transportation problems in the
United States is to provide Tor
system of good roads. He said:
Congress appropriated the measly
sum of $75,OoO,OQQ for tie starting
of a system of hard surfaced roads
in the United States. This money
was sapportioned among the states
according to their area and popula-
tion to be matched by state money.
If it we're matched. it was not avail
able for road work.
"Oklahoma got something over
s6,OOO,OOO federal money. | helped
to apportion that money out to the
counties. Grady county got S4O,5s9.'
TO- | wrote letter to the county
commissioners asking them to SET
aside a like amount so that Grady
county could get the u benefit I o.
over $4,000 worth , Of r9}ada 9}ad work fol
the price Of s40sSS.1oii'3So money
was appropriated by the Grady
county commissioners to meet thi'
federal aid and the money wen
back to the state. Oklahom'
rounty's part of that federal none.
was something over $4,000. How
over oklahoma County was in pos
ton to appropriate more than 1t
portion and therefore took advar
tage of money that was turned bac
from other counties. Oklahom
County matched $277,OOO feder;
money.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-04-15
THREE MEN ARE HUNG
IN COOK COUNTY JAIL

BY United Press.
Chicago, April 15.-Three men
were hung here today. Sam Cardi-
nella, leader of gang, was hung
for the murder of Andrew Bowman,
a saloon keeper and Sam Ferrea
and Joseph Costanzo paid the ex-
treme penalty for the murder of two
Italians in a hold-up.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-04-15
OIL STATION OPENED

The Pat Henry Oil company, del
ers in Wholesale gasoline has opened
a branch in this city. VIM. Asper
Is manager of the branch, located
at the corner of Fifth street and
Frisco avenue. Contrary to a report
given in this paper yesterday the
company does not operate filling
station here, but devotes its entire
time to wholesale and jobbing busi-
ness.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-04-15
HEAVY STORM IN
WEST PUTS WIRE
SERVICE ON BUM
Damage Reported Extensive; cIin-
ton Cut of Says Telephone
People; Telegraph Work.
Ing is Report

by United Press.
Oklahoma City. April IA heavy
wind storm swept over westcrncen
trail Oklahoma last night, doing
much damage to property according
to private adyices received here.
Wire communication with that
section OF the state has been severed
making II impossible to get definite
adyices that would indicate the OK
tent of the damage.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-04-15

Ben F. Morgan. vice-president of
the Eagle Mercantile companys
store here, who has been suffering
from blood poisoning, is much inn
proved today, it was reported this
afternoon at the store.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-04-15

2 Iy Unlted Preah.
= Wichita, Kan, April 10 '
= Fifteen Kansas pulpIts may be =
= filled by wireless telephones, II =
tplpns suggested by Rev Theo' =
= dore Boaforih Ia put Into opor =
= alton. with the Congregational =
= church In the state short that =
= many preachers, Bosforta urged =
= this method OF preaching to =
= shopcrdless ilocks. =
= = = = = = = = = = =
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-04-15
HOLD FUNERAL SERVICES

Funeral services for Geo. w. Keith
Grady county farmer who died this
week at his home, II miles north
west of Chickasha, were held yes
terday at the. home of a brother,
14l5 South Sixth street. Services
were conducted by Rev. c. P. AL
corn. The deceased was 36 years OF
age and was a son of S. A. Keith.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-04-15

Chas. |. Miller. of the Dixie store,
has returned from business trip
to Cordell.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-04-15

r. j.. Williams has returned from
a visit to Medicine Park.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-04-15

Must Have State Law.
"The new federal provision re-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-04-15

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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-04-05
TRAINED MEN FOR
ACCOUNTING FIRM

Bishop Brisman Company, Ger
titled Public Accountants, can use
only high grade men in their work.
The latest addition to their Fargo
office is w. M. Lockhart, graduate
of Dakota Business College, ofthat
city. He is the third D. B. c.
pupil on their staff.
Lillian Winnie is the sixth D. B.
c. student employed by Rupert
Warner Insurance Agency. Every
Fargo bank and 685 others now
have Dakota-trained assistants.
Follow the SucceSSful." Enroll
now for Spring term. Write for
information to F. L. Watkins, Pres,
500 Front St., Fargo, N. D.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-04-05
Jessie Phone Company
To Issue Stock Shares

Jessie, n. D., April 5.-The state
railroad commission has granted au-
thority to the Rural Telephone COM
pany at Jessie. n. D., to issue 200
shares of common stock at $50 per
share, a total of $4,000.
The commission has also granted
authority to the Rural Telephone
company of Jessie to purchase certain
telephone lines from the Griggs Coun-
ty Telephone company Of Coopers-
town.
Authority has been given the Nc
Vile Light and Power Co. of Nc
Vile. to mortgage lot and plant to
the First National bank of Neville, in
the amount Of $%3,045.0O.