The Perry Journal from Perry, Oklahoma • Page 1

'BLOW YOUfc OWN HORK" THAT'S WHAf EVEttY CITIZEN OF PEflftY SHOULD DO, BOOST THfi HOME TOWN ALL THE TIME. JOURNAL CONSOLIDATION OF AND SUCCESSORS TO THE PEKBIL VOL. PERRY, OKLAHOMA SENTINEL WEATHER: Fair and warmer, A BUILDING BOOM STARTED IN PERRY Now Being Made for Two New Brick Uuildingfe. Both Leas- I'd For Long Term According to C. L.

Walker realtor, who is furbishing the partnership wall for the new building that is being erected by Frank Shultz on the north side of the square, whea completed, will be occupied by the Katz Department store, who has leased the building for ten years at a monthly rental of $150. Material is on the ground for the foundation of this business house and it will be rushed to completion as quickly as possible. The dimensions will be 25x100 feet, and will be modern in every particular, according to Mr. Walker. A part of the material for the new building of the McNeely Sanitary Grocery is on the ground and it is only being delayed on account of getting the title cleared on the lot.

It is just north of the square on Seventh street. The building now occupied by-the McNeely grocery has been leased for a period of three years to Al Simon, of Three Sands, who will operate a department store as soon as he can get possession. The King Music company building on the west side of the square is nearing completion and when finished will be among the best business houses in the city. It is two stories in heighth, and the upper floor will be used as a hotel. Business will be resumed on the first floor, with an music store.

The Tucker Donahue building on the north side of the square is expected to be started within a short time. T)its will be a modern two story 'building with store rooms down stairs and the second floor will be occupied by Tucker Donahue, realtors. The remodeling of the Philip Sunfield building is progressing rapidly and according to Mr. Sunfield, is expected to be ready for occupancy with- the next few days. Work on the two residences that will be built by the Sheets on street, between Sixth and Seventh, is expected to begin soon, according to one of the members of the firm.

Ai 4 A number of other minor improvements are being made on different buildings throughout the city. SPECIAL TRAINING AT O. NORMAN, July of Oklahoma's four-year coaching course, designed to turn out college graduates Avho are to direct athletics and coach r.ny or all major college r.nd high school sports, will be opened lor the first time this fall, Ben G. Owen, Sooner director of athletics, announced. Through arrangements completed nis summer, students take their ma- ir work in physicial education and the completion 1 of their college vork receive the degree of Bachelor Science in physicial education.

The rst year's work is purely academic, and special training in coaching and physicial education is given in the last three years. This special training includes class instruction swimming, wrestling, gymnasium direction, playground supervision body measurements, anatomy, bactcrioliby and first aid work. Students are also required to take practice coaching vork, both theoret- and practical, in major and minor sports. TO HAVE PRELIMINARY Harold and Harry Tibbets, of Logan county, but who have been working in Noble county for some time, arrested several days ago charged with stealing two sets of harness from Earl Nelson, living a few miles north of Perry. The preliminary trial of the Tibbets boys will be held before County Judge E.

W. Jones, Monday morning, at 10 o'clock, according to County Attorney Joe Howard. SPECIAL SERVICE MAN HERE E. C. Yeary, special service man, for the Santa Fe and who has been making his home Perry -for some time, came in from a trip, in the interest' RECEIVES TOKEN OF ESTEEM M.

L. Crowder, secretary of the Perry Lodge No. 78, of the A. F. A.

is the proud possessor of a purse, containing $50.00, that was collected and contributed to him at last night's meeting of the The purse was given Mr. Crowder, by members of the lodge who appreciate the manner in which he has conducted the affairs of the secretary's office, and also for the loyalty and activity he has displayed during the great number of years that he has been affiliated with the order. Hon. Henry S. Johnston, prominent attorney and Past Grand Master, of the Masonic'Lodge, made the presentation speech and according to Mr.

Crowder, he was so affected by the 1 beautiful an-d eloquent tribute that I was' paid him he was hardly able to respond and express his thanks and appreciation. M. L. Crowder is one of the best known and most enthusiastic lodge members in the city and devotes all the time he can to the different or- ders to which he belongs, and in speaking of the occasion, says that 1 he cannot find words to express his I appreciation and thanks to the parti-1 cipants in the substantial gift be re-' ceived at their hands, and while he is very grateful to everybody connected with the affair, feels that if he has exhibited any exceptional interest or activity in his. work In connection with the Masonic Lodge, it was because that he felt it was all in his line of duty.

COL. IN U. S. ARMY HERE Col. E.

K. Linderfelt, who is stationed at Oklahoma City, was here today visiting -his old friend, Sheriff Ricker. Col. Lindeflt is with the 312th cavalry and is on his way to Ft. Clark, Texas, on the Mexican Border, where he will be stationed for some time, at the summer training camp.

Col. Linderfelt is a veteran of five wars, having first enlisted as a buck private in the Spanish American war in 1898. He was.also stationed overseas during World war. FIRE DEPT. BIDDIES FRIEND "Come on in, the water's fine," "Ain't Perry's Fire Department, the "Berries?" "Oh, you Chief," "Pom- it on us," these and other exclamations were made by the kiddies as they got all "splasheyi up" with the water that streamed from several lines of hose, manned by various city fireman, last evening.

Besides giving the youngsters a soaking, the firemen also caused the court house park lawn to take on life. The grass is almost turning to a golden brown and these periodical showers of "harnessejd water" has prevented the grass from dying entirely. One town in the state that has a park similiar to that of Perry, had the misfortune of losing all their trees on account of the dry weather. "As long as there is any water in the mains of Perry's water system, nothing like that is going to happen to this city," the Mayor and the firemen declarqd. Y.

W. W. W. CLUB MEETS The Young Women Willing Workers community club met Thursday evening at the usual hour. Mrs.

Bernie Sheldon hostess, The meeting was open by singing "I need the every hour." Prayer by the chaplain Mrs, Hayes, Each member answer ed roll call with bible verse begining with the alphabet The second chapter of James, was wonderful discussed. After the usual-business Mrs. Sheldon served a delicious luncheon which was en joy Mrs. Helen Nobles was a guest of the club. Visitors always wecWwe.

FALLING STALK WRECKS CAR Kansas has not been, content to rest on its wheat laurels, but is trying to tell the Iowa in the Sunflower state produces tall anjd stately stalks of corn, a field, of which, as the controversy get warmer, begins to take on the appearance of a forest of Redwoods. NO BAND CONCERT TONIGH1 According to Doc Marshall, there will be no concert tonight at the park on account of the sudden death of Mr. and Mrs. Don Several of tne Endres boys, who are members of the are brothers of the late Mrs. Carson, and for this reason, the concert has been declared off.

PROMINENT TULSAN IS HELD FOR TRIAL Practically all Day Thursday Was Coivsumed In thef Preliminary Trial of Julius K. W. Jone.s, county judge, presided yesterday at the preliminary trial of Julius Seligson, charged with grand larceny. Seligson is said to have stolen 51 joints of casing, valued ut approximately $2,000, Irom the Magnolia Petroleum company. The theft is claimed to have been committed at Morrison, a few miles north of Perry, several days ago.

Ths accused man gave bond in tne -mm $2,000 was bound over to the district court. Attorneys for the defendant an- Judge Wm. Bowles, of Perry, Flint Moss of Tulsa and Howard Wilson former County Attorney of Kay county, and a prominent attorney of Blackwell. County Attorney Joe Howard assisted in the prosecution by Ben Blackney, Attorney for the Magnolia Company, of Oklahoma City. The deiendant Seiigson live? in Tulsa, hut at the time the crime is alleged to have been committo'd, lie was at Blackwell and being engaged in the junk business at Tulsa, claimed he was in the Kay county city, in an effort to secure material for his place of business at Tulsa, It is alleged that he engaged a man by the name of Qiunn and another, who goes by the cognomen of "Peewee," to go to the town of Morrison and haul some casing to Braman for him ((Seligson) that purchas ed from one Jack Rogers.

This man Rogers is thought to be a myth, no one- ever having heard of a man by that name in Morrison. Quinn and Peewee, "armed" with live large trucks proceeded to Morrison; Peewee stood around for some time, and finally said, "here's the casing?" So, they proceeded to load up the casing and to'ok it to Braman. After it been unloaded it was not long before the Magnolia, in checking up on their pipe, found that a large amount of it had been taken from their rack at Morrison. After an investigation, it was found where Quinn and Peewee unloaded it. In the meantime, it is charged that Seligson became alarmejd and denied any knowledge of the transaction, but it is said that suspicion was attached to him and he was promptly arrested and shortly after brought to Perry, where he was arraigned before Judge Jones and gave bond until his preliminary yesterday.

Seligson 'has surrounded himself with exceptionally capable attorneys and it is thought will make a bitter fight to extricate himself from his 'dilemma. The final trial of Seligson will probably be set for the next term 01 the district court of Noble, county. For a case of this character, it will no doubt be the hardest fought battle that has been waged in this section of the state, for a long time, as the defendant is said to be very wealthy and has strong, financial backing. LET'S (JO. LET'S ALL GO Where? Why, to the Baseball Bqne- fit Dance, at the Sumn.er Garden, on the east side of the square, tonight, (Friday).

Put on your dancin' shoes, cause Ralph Foster, of the Corner Drug store, is going to give the lovers of good music and dancing, the treat of their lives, The money derived from the proceeds of this dance, is going to be used for the purpose of maintaining the excellent ball club that Perry has at the present time. Whether you dance, or not, come out and help swell the fund for the baseball boys. They have another game matcheld Sunday with the crack Cook Lumber company team, of Oklahoma City, and they say this club has a mighty good record, having defeated almost everything they have played. The Drillers are also going good, and all they need is a little financial and moral encouragement, to cause them to win their sixth consecutive game Sunday. Don't stop at one, boys, bring a couplu 'o girls to the dance tonight.

The music is going to NEW WELL ON SHOOP FARM A VERY INTERESTING TEST The Champlin Refining of Enid, is busily engaged in hauling in limbers preparatory to building the rig for the proposed deep test on a farm belonging to Grant Shoop, Perry postmaster, on the southwest corner of the northwest quarter of section 26-22-2 west, ten miles northwest of Perry. Seven years ago a test to a depth of 2,500 teet was drilled some eighty rods southwest of this lacation, which encountered several real gas -sands and no less than five distinct showings of oil, but owning to a lack of funds the enterprise was abandoned, although the drillers themselves firmly believed they were not far above productive sands. Owning to inefu- cient plugging of the sands, gas in considerable- quantity has continued to escape from the old well ever since. Last summer the Marland Oil made a very exhaustive investigation of the vicinity with their core drills, testing some thirteen or fourteen dit'- lerent locations in corrobcration of surface surveys made by their efficient corps of petroleum geologists, with results so satisfactory that this I company lost no time in acquiring one quarter of which joins Snoop's land on which the old well was drilled and is an offset to the new location. In fact, so certain are they that thjs location is on the high point 01 a trend running north by 'slightly from the Bu-Vi-Bar's discovery well on the Sams' farm, four and a half miles south to the mile deep well four and a half miles north, that most all the major companies have secured holdings.

The Prairie Oil and Gas the Gypsy, Sinclair, the Texas Carter Marland T. B. Slick; Champlain Wentz, and others have extensive holdings. It is said on good authority that the indications were so favorable that the big companies have thrown in to a kind of jackpot for a thorough test, with the Champlin Refining Company to have the big end of the deal and handle the developmeent. To this end, Mr.

W. Lorton and I. I. Arnold, for the- Champlin opened negotiations with the feo owners for leases on all of section 26. Mr.

Hughes sold his quarter at a very reasonable figure, Mr. Ellwood, who owns the south half of the section and lives in Altavista, Virginia, authorized Mr. Shoop to donate his west quarter and scl them them the east one, while Snoop himself gave the northwest quarter and the eighty on which the former well was drilled, he and his son also selling them other acreage at a nominal price, while other acreage was all the way from $5.00 to $50.00 per acre, While Mr. "Snoop's contract only calls for a 4,500 feet test, it is understood that the backers of this well intend to drill to "the farmers' sand' discovered by the a mile deep and may even drill an offset to "the Republic of China" if they can keep the hole in good shape that far. The fac.t that after years of investigation by of the best geologists, with shallow tests in different directions, as well as Marland's core drillings, the major companies finally got together on this location is enough to make the test a very interesting one lit least.

The well will be rigged up. drilling before lirst ot August. MURDERER TO PLEAD SATURDAY MORNING Cecil Bert Hanson, Charged, with Murder of Clnudo Fain, to Face Judge Duval Saturday. District Judge Claude Duval, of Ncwkirk, has notified County Attorney Joe Howard, that he will be here at 10 o'clock in the morning to hear the plea of Cecil Bert Henson, who is charged with the. murder of Claude Fain, last Friday, on a lonely road, seven miles southwest of Perry.

It is expected that the Hen-son boy will plead guilty and ask the mercy of the court, as he has intimated that he will plead guilty to the charge of murder that has been filed against him. When questioned by County Attorney Howard a few days ago Henson expressed a desire to plead guilty, in order that he might save the county the expnse of a trial. By agreeing to do this the county attorney told the boy that he would recommend to Judge Duval that he (Henson) be given a life sentence for the crime of which he is charged. "My main reason for making this recommendation is that the Henson boy is only 1C years old and I feel on this account that the boy is entitled to all that the consideration that it is in my power to give him. While I do not condone crime of any nature and feel that in this case that it was a cold blooded murder, yet I am willing to exterid this lienency, but of course, the whole matter will be left entirely with Judge Duval.

If the boy does not plead guilty as he has indicated, and concludes to stan'd trial, I shall use all the means at my command to try to get a conviction, and prosecute the case as vigorously, as my ability will permit," County Attorney Howard Declared. The father and mother of Henson were here this morning, from their home near Dover and had a long talk, with their son. This is the first time the mother has seen the boy since he was arrested. O. T.

Fain, the father of the murdered hoy, 'Claude Fain, while he was here to take the body of his son back to Hartshorne, visited the county attorney and expressed a desire to see that young Henson was prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. According to statements made to number of people, including the county attorney and sheriff, it is be- lievckl that Henson will cling to his first intention, that of pleading guilty and leaving the matter entirely in the hands of Judge Claude Duval. MEW HOPE NEWS Mr. and Mrs. Percy Bourque were Sunday visitors at the home of Mr, and Mrs.

Charles Jirous. Grandma Bay and son Frank vis ited with Clarence Bay and family Sunday. Threshing is almost over in this community, wheat has been averaging pretty good some of John Palo- vik and Harvey Bowers' wheat inade twenty-three (23) bushels per acre. The Harvey Bowers family and Clarence Bay and family were Sunday evening callers at the Chas, Jirous homej. Frank Devorak was a visitor at New Hope Sunday school Sunday Mrs, Chas, Jirous assisted her sister Mrs.

Bowers, cooking for threshers Monday. The next meeting will be held at, the home of Mrs. Floyd Goodwill. Mr. and Chaa.

Jirous and father are planning on an extended trip to Nebraska, soon to visit relatives, DOWN TO THE DREG To say that drinking is as general as it was before Prohibition or to say, as some do, that it is more general, is to talk utter nonsense. Drinking has enormously diminished in America in spite of all evansion of the law and laxity of enforcement. According to a recent survey of the situation there has been a seventy per cent reduction in drinking. But the thirty per cent which is being drunk is the dregs, with a poisonous uck in them, which leads to the worst consequences. We are at a state in where the drinking which lJ continues makes itself hideously and tragically evident in its results.

It breaks violently into the leadlines. It is clamorous and murderous. We must not mistake these signs for indications that it is increas- rig. All the facts are to the contrary. The stage will pass.

It is an unhappy stage, but transitory. Pre sently the dreg-drinkers will quit, either because they have grown wiser or because they are Jhicago Evening Post, TO ATTEND CONVENTION Manager Kaufman, of the Kaufman Creamery company, went to Oklahoma City today to attend the convention of creamery men of the state, which opens there today. About 200 are expected to be in attendance, according to Mr. Kaufman, TO BUILD KENT HOUSES Sheets of the Perry Plumbing Company, will begin soon, the erection of two modern five-room cottages on their lots on street, between 6th and 7th streets. "These residences will be built of tile and finished in a.

modern and up- manner. The Completeness of the plumbing will be one of the features ol toe hQuaes," Mj,.