The Indian Journal from Eufaula, Oklahoma • Page 1

I Official County Paper Largest Newspaper In Mcintosh County O.UR1 Official City Paper Oldest Newspaper Oklahoma ESTABLISHED 1876 Volume 54 EUFAULA, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY AUGUST, 28,1930. Number 39 TO WORK OUT DROUTH SITUATION Every Citizen In The County Must Play A Part In Drive To Over-come Crop Failure And Hardships. Shows Pilots Way to Go Home Called together by County Agent Chas. T. Conley about 500 farmers, merchants, bankers, and professional men met In-the District Court room In Eufaula Wednesday morning and perfected -an organization for the pupose of helping work out the drouth crisis is on in Oklahoma and Mcintosh county at this time.

Mr. Conley and W. J. Green, dist rict farm agent of Stillwater, addressed the gathering and explained the object of the meeting. The following men were etecWd officers of the organization: D.

c. Janeway, chairman; P. Doss, vice-chairman; Fletcher, Hall, sec; Chas. T. Conley, County Ageni, W.

A. Tolleson, Rep. Bed Cross Committeemen: C. J. Turner, E.

J. Kleockler, Frank McKee, J. Gordon, G. H. McDaniels, Frank Turley, S.

J. Spillman, Sanford Lackey, W. E. Johnston, C. L.

Clark, Dewltt Burdof, Robt. Smith, Geo. Stidham, R. L. Simpson, Dyton Bennett, A.

R. Kirkpatrick. With the aid and assistance of the citizens, County Farm Agent Conley will hold a meeting in every precinct of the county inside the next 10 days and urge the farmers to plant stock feed and garden truck. These are the times when the mettle of people-will be tried and when the neighborlinees, helpfulness and co-operation of Oklahoma citizens will prove itself. One of the first things we should air do is to provide by some means a good milk cow, a flock of hens and home-cured meat.

A good way to avoid feeding calves and sur plus chickens and at the same time avoid dumping or. the market is to kill them, can them and store them awey pantry or as a w'nter meat supply. If we have food for our families and feed for our Lvestocc can get by in spite of anything that may happen. It is particularly important that farm families remain where they are or "stay put" during this time. It is not a time to pack up and start out looking for "greener pastures." It is a time for land-lord and tenant to stick by each other and work out their salvation together.

The drifter is going to find it hard to get help. The man who owns farm land In Oklahoma needs to terrace the land to protect his investment. The tenant has the teams and most of the tools with which to do the work and he needs the employment. It will serve the interests of both if the landowner will employ the- tenant to terrace the farm during the fall and winter months and pay him wages for it. Several landowners in a commun ity might well join together in the ownership of grader and other equipment necessary for terracing and several tenant in a community might well swap work of teams and men in order to do the work feffectively.

Detailed information on fall gar dens, meat canning, fall pastures, feeding wheat to livestock, terracing and, other problems affecting the: drouth situation may be secured from the county farm agent. It is uncertain whether financial aid will be available to Oklahoma farmers and the Red Cross has not yet what assistance they will render. Certainly much aid will be needed and undoubtedly will be available, but when it comes those in charge will find none of us sitting down waiting for it. They will find that Oklahoma farmers, are in large measure working out their own salvation and that land lords nd business men are working shoulder-toshoulder with the farmers in the solution of these problems. Only thru such action can Oklahoma's economic structure be preserved.

Already farm families are cleaning up, preparing and planting fall gardens and during the next few weeks these families will be eating green beans, turnips, mustard, English peas, Swiss chard, lettuce, radishes and other fresh vegetables and not needing a lot of from the Red Cross or government. They "have milk and butter from their own cows, poultry and eggs frdm their own flocks, canned veal, beef, chicken, other meats from their own pantries or cellars, country cured meats which they have butchered on their own farms and such other things as may be provided and to avoid further obligations. Oklahoma is up in arms against the drouth and against the hardships ahead of every citizen of the state has a part to play in drive. Farmers are cutting corn hat has not or will not mature and in many sections farmers nre- restorting to the old-time pmcL- ice of pulling fodder. EXTRA SESSION HELD UNLIKELY BATTLE LOOMS OVER CONTROL OF DEMOCRATS County Conventions Assume Major Importance For This Year.

It was a light taak, of course, for this pretty miss to find a seat in this lamp, but her real purpose was to ohow the exact size of one ot the big beacons on the new southern transcontinental air mail route from Los Angeles to New Dallas and Atlanta, wbtet will begin operating before the end ot the. year. Eufaula's Hi School Principal Dies At Stillwater A. and M. B.

H. Locke, 54 years old, recent ly appointed principal of the Eufaula high school died suddenly at Stillwater Monday night a few hours after completing final exami nations at Oklahoma A. and M. college intersession which he had been attending for the last month. Mr.

Locke was employed by the school board, here a short while ago JOB HUNTERS NEW YORK ARE FINICKY NEW YORK, Aug. of begging at the city's free employment agency Wednesday, while 200 women applicants turned up their noses at tendered positions as cooks domestics and light houseworkers. The women desiring off.es work and shop positions, looked with dis dain upon the household jobs. and had recently moved his family some Paying as high as $80 per Republican Leader Will Ask Governor To Act On Job Relief Plan. Missing Boy Sought By Shawnee Officers SHAWNEE, Okla, Aug.

here tonight were concauit- ing a search for Wade Merrit, 12- year old son of Harry Mer.it, Srr.w nee grocer. The boy disappeared from his home this morning. An appeal over an Okla City radio station was made on request of the boy's parents. No trace of the lad has been, founu He was seen sitting on.the.f ont porch of his home reading a bonk. BASKET DINNER AT LOCAL REED WADING POOL Parents and friends are Invited to attend a basket picnic-at Reed Wading Pool Sunday, August 5 p.

m. Come and bring well-filled bas- kets and enjoy the last picnic of the season with the kiddles. There is little or no likelihood of Governor Holloway calling a special session of the legislation, as suggest ed by Senator Ira Hill, republican nominee for governor, to consider legislation to relieve the unemploy ment situation; in the opinion of persons who have been in intimate contact with the chief executive. Holloway was not in the city Tues day but was expected to return 1 to the capitol Wednesday or on Thursday. Hill said Tuesday he would place his proposal before the governor upon his return.

The republican gubernatorial can didate recently addressed a letter to J. Berry King, attorney general, requesting an opinion on the right of the legislature to issue $15,000,00 in short term notes against anticipated highway revenues, the money to be available immediately for road-building purposes during thejthreatened iin em pi 0 crisis. In reply King held it would be necessary for the legislature to submit such a proposal to a direct Holloway to call the legislature to submit such a proposal to a direct vote of the people. Hill will ask Holloway to call the legislature Into special session for this purpose. to Eufaula from Porum where he was at te head of the school at that place last year.

He had taught at Wilburton, Braggs. McAlester and other city's before coming to Eufaula and was an educator of state note. He was burried in the Eufaula cemetery here Wednesday afternoon. Funeral services were held at the Methodist church conducted by Rev. T.

A. Shanks, of Braggs and Rev. Gazes. A number of out of town friends of deceased from McAlester, Stillwater, Porum, Braggs and other i cities attended the funeral. with room and board.

Religious Program At Christian Church Your school is invited to attend the County Sunday School Convention, Sunday, 31, at the Chirstian church in Eufaula, Okla- jhoma; lectures at 10 a. 2 p. and 8p.m. Speakers are: Mrs. J.

S. Peters, Okahoma City; J. S. Peters, General Sec'y; and Mrs. A.

D. Taylor, Oklahoma City, also others. 'Ma Is Badly Peeved; Still Sore At Sterling AUSTIN, Texas. Aug. and Mrs.

Miriam A. Ferguson "Pa" and "Ma" broke the stony sil ence they have maintained since their defeat in last Saturday's dem ocratic runoff primary election late today, with the announcement that they "never expect to seek office again." Their defeat they said wa: due to the inability of 250,000 people to vote because they were too poor to pay their poll tax. They said the hoped to see that the next legislature investigate earn paign expenditures the poll tax law. to defeat the state road bond isse. to demand an elective high way commission, and to demand a complete audit of the highway department.

Mrs. Ferguson did not congratulate Ross Sterling, her victorious opponent in the gubernatorial race, she said because of his "uncouth re ferences to "two rotten eggs" in one of his campaign speeches Political battle for control of the Mcintosh county democratic convention September 13 loomed Satur day between the faction which put W. Murray in as the partys gubernatorial nominee and the more qpnversative element. Leaders of each faction began plans to insure choice of a satisfactory delegation to the state convention at Tulsa September 17. Choice of the delegates will be the principal business of the county convention.

The whole issue will depend upon delegates to the county convention to be choosen at precinct caucuses 5, and each group will strive to account for a majority of the precinct delegates. Another possible bone of contention which may create interest in the county convention was seen in the move of the Women's Democratic club to revive action favoring a law to give women the right to hold major offices. The club has not decided whether the major office plank be submitted to the county conven- 11. but have voted to send It to the state convention. Decision on the county convention is being held up pending completion of the draft of the proposed plank.

The club is also behind a proposed original action to be filed in the state supreme court by J. A. Robertson, former governor, to force submission of the question to referendum in the November election. The constitutional amendment was passed in 1923 but thrown out on the grounds it was not submitted at a general election. Date for filing the suit also is indifinite.

Some democratic leaders favor the move on the grounds women's right to vote should qualify them while others opose them as office holders because of "lack of know- of pclii irral a'fairs." Thus, as a eonvei tion is ue. the question would form the basis for some heated nrg 'i. nts. HIGH SCHOOL BAND ORGANIZED HERE Poteau's School Band To Give Concert In Eufaula Saturday And Sunday. A cordial welcome is extended to jail, we will discuss plans for a lead Of Otoe Indians ership training school, at this convention.

i Is Dead In Ponca City Mr. A. C. White of Wagoner was In the city the guest of friends. STATE GETS $12,000,000 OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug.

etate of Thomas Slick, Oklah- homa oil man, will amount to approximately $75,000,000 state officials who must appraise properties for inheritance tax purposes, estimated-'today; Slick's was probated today at Clarion, his former-Home. The state of Oklahoma will receive more than $12,000,000 from the properties since Inheritance tax laws assess 16 per cent of the total for estates of more than $10,006,000 willed to relatives. PONCA CITY, Aug. Morgan Faw-Faw, 27, chief and most prominent member of the Otoe Indian tribe died today after a week's Illness. Faw-Faw became chief more than a year ago when his aged father resigned in his favor Just be fore death.

The whose reservation is 20 miles south of Ponca City will hold a several day's tribal burial ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. P. S.

Zick of Tulsa spent the day here Thursday as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Pipkins. Under the direction and leadership of Charley Martin who is at the head of school bands in and Hartshorne; a high school band is being organized in Eufaula, I some 10 or 12 high school boys here joined the organization and that many more are expected to become members. I Mr.

Martin has successfully conducted school bands for a number of years and comes well recommended as a splendid musician, and good band leader. He has pro mised the citizens here a treat Sat urday and Sunday, when he will bring the Poteau school band to Eu faula for a number of concerts, The iband will play on the streets here I Saturday afternoon and in the stand, in the down town city ipark, Sunday afternoon. Mr. Mar I.tin says he will be able to have the local boys playing in a short while after the organization is perfected and practice nights are arranged. The first meeting and instruc- tions with the Eufaula band will I be held at the high school build- Tuesday night.

"Tomato" KMg 1 It may be because Waited 'above, ot Lawrence, 1B plumber by trade that he flndp tomatoes a pipe. At any rate the pumpkin-sized tomatoes he hu3 grown In his back yara. have attracted nation-wide attend' tion. If you visit the King den you may have to step up ft ladder to inspect the fruit. GORE STUDIES OIL EMBARGO Mr.

and Mrs. Rudolph Robinson of McAlester spent the day -here as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Don' Pizarro Friday. Mrs.

Clebrum Gatlin spent the weekend in Checotah as the guest of friends. WASHINGTON, Aug, Senator T. P. Gore, democratic nominee for the United States sen ate the August primaries is here as sembling data on crude oil imports and is Considering the advisability of advocating an embargo or some other measure which will halt the flood of cheap foreign oil now com ing into the American market. Gore has been studying among other things the proposal to place a conditional embargo on oil import ed from Venezula, which in recent months has forced down the price of domestic crude.

He also is considering thp advisability of a modification of the lid er in the tariff act of 1894 which prohibits importers from entering into agreements that result in fixing the American market price of the product imported "The law already has modified to allow a trade agreement, by exporters." Gore said in diseasing the problem Wednesday. "However, I have not reached a definite conclusion regarding this or any other Gore slid. BOB GUIOU AND MISS MAMIE WINKLEMAN MARRIED Bob Guiou, assistant-cashier of the State National ban'c, and Miss Mamie Winkleman, both of this city were quietly married at the first Baptist church in Durant Saturday afternoon by Rev. Miller Mr. Guiou came here from Calera some five or six years-ago and accepted a position with the State National bank and has been a trusted employe of that institution since.

He Is one of Eufaula's progressive and successfull young business men who has made many friends since coming here. Miss Winklematr was born and reared in Eufaula. a graduate of the Eufaula high school and an- out-of-town business college. She is a splendid young lady of the very highest type of womanhood and numbes among her friends practically' the entire citizeinship of the community. The happy couple are at home at the Follansbee place Ave.

The Journal with their many friends extends congratulations. City's Water Is Pure The water department has Just received a report from" Oklahoma City Saturday that the city, water is safe for drinking ac-. cording to Water A. C. Wern.

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