The Democrat-American from Sallisaw, Oklahoma • 1

HISTORICAL Society I 27 Stat Hour (Cmnrfu flrmucmt i I SEQUOYAH COUNTY DEMOCRAT VOL JXI NO 31 STAR GAZETTE VOL 31 NO 29 SALLISAW OKLAHOMA RIDAY AUGUST 12 1927 aw 11 ibtbii 1 BODY BL UDAOMS MB IKlTWB STATE SENA Clonts Outline Road Activities Here to Ad Club Members! Coroner verdict in the death of ii Blassingame vhoe xvns iwnvprpd frnni flir Cnnollo I Veteran Dead RIGGS ACCEPTS POSITION Robert A Riggs better known as to his many friends here in Chief Cj I young business men of Vian Mot 3 About Schools have iiATl buried at the side of Modern make Sallisaw Di hi: and wifi days ac secretary He plants grain but is that he this year court house official force and citizens will market more their weight seventy five and the the of ftft Boy con Sal days friends in this section is survived by a grown son were is al miles north upland farm the former Sallisaw into the flood waters morning and was leaving valuable pa Club of SaZTi to our schools member? You his his or EDITED THE STAR GAZETTE AM) LATER TOR RO Al THIS DISTRICT MV tvur MU'UIK mviunfc or girl we are offering four years of and I told you that probably the XAte English Geometry Algebra General I highway commission would partick' Walter Seagroves age 38 Muldrow and Ada Spencer age 20 Muldrow Robert Arrington age 26 Okla homa City and Nellie Mildred King age 21 Van Buren 0 larence Taylor of Mayo Co was on the sick list the latter part of last week but we are glad to say ha is now back on duty at the store an) feeling fine district Bias will of instruction in and 22 and two in order to develop and further the scout mixing vessels should 1 away from the house It is not advisable to let the mash stand long before using as it is not so effective and there is danger of poisoning livestock If left standing for a few hours the mixture should I be well stirred before applying 0 Will Miller without a doubt the watermelon of this isection brought his first load of melons to town Monday for the 1927 season Miller brought 99 melons in his two ton Chevrolet truck to town and they sold from fifty to seventy five cents each His load netted more than fiT ty dollars or more than a bale of cot ton would have brought He had several melons among the lot that weighed more than seventy five pounds each and they were among the finest that ever grace the Sallisaw market Last year Miller sold more than one thousand melons from his small acreage and according to his state ment Monday it is likely he will bs able to place on the than 2000 melons with ranging from fifty to pounds each Miller lives about 5 east of Sallisaw on an cotton corn and other the feature about has five acres in melons 0 EVENTUALLY WHY NOT NOW pate in the cost of paving the streets through your city that have been des ignated as the state and federal high way I have been informer by Mr Jones member of the highway com mission that last March the comnv' sion passed a resolution preventing the highway commission to partici pate in such projects unless the pav ing connects with paving on the des ignated "At the same time I would suggest to you folks to appear before the' commission with your request and seek a special favor in this matter'" Clonts said that all of state high way number 61 through Sequoyah county is under contract with excep tion of five miles east of Muldrow? and that he would urge the commis sion to set a hearing on this stretch of road and grant contracts for its construction "The highway department has been hampered with bad weather but jutt the same we have made wonderful progress We intend to give this county roads and roads that wLl equal any in the Clonts said Clonts was accompanied to Salli saw by erguson of Stilwell who was recently named as main tenance engineer for Sequoyah Adair and Cherokee counties Bias field executive of Muskogee district Boy Scouts America was present and spoke several minutes regarding the Scouts in this duct a school lisaw August in September scout masters ing movement in Sallisaw and Se quoyah county The school will be (Continued on page 4) (By WIGGINS Some more facts that every patron and "citLen should know about Salli saw schools Sallisaw schools are worth to this in handling be mixed and paddles If an article under Ingram's name we used the where the should have read The article was published then you have the "Uncle John' Crocker is dead The veteran Sallisaw township con stable died in a hospital in ort Wednesday night following in illness of several weeks Crocker was taken to the hospital several weeks ago to undergo a major operation and despite his advanced age he rallied after the operation and his condition continued to show mark ed improvement until three weeks ago at which time he suffered a re lapse The veteian peace officer was born in Tennessee seventy one years ago last June where he spent his boyhood days He came we'st and settled at Clarksville Arkansas where he mar ried Crocker and his wife came to the Indian Territory twenty years prior to statehood His wife died several years ago and was buried at Pa'tt Taw cemetery Crocker has been a peace officer here for the past twenty years He was re elected constable of Sallisaw township for the fifth consecutive term last year At one time Crocker made the race for the democratic nomination for sheriff of this county but was defeat ed in the primary He was later ap pointed constable to succeed the latte Henry Johnston uneral services will be held today (riday) at the Paw Paw cemetery and he will be his wife Many county as well as the other Sallisaw to Paw Paw today to pay their last respects to a man that has given years of valuable service to his county as peace officer and upright citizen The county loses a mighty good man in Crocker as he was called by thousands of his inti mate He John Crocker Jr of Clarksville Ark ansas and a few relatives living in Tennessee Ancient History American History English Atkinson Warren and Henley Anderson et ah oreclosure Dixon xs Camell Dixon i i community to the decree in which I nun 1 1 1 it mc cippilV'l Uv LllU pUIC I and bag method or with the standard 'lc serve the community To Science History History Latin Spanish Such work will prepare one for a professional career and a graduate from Sallisaw I high school can enter any college fir university of this state without an examination The Teacher Patron saw was a great help last year Are you a should be It is our desire tn schools a personal service corporation and not altogether an organization To do tins we need your help your cooperation your boost It is the plan of Sallisaw schools to serve the community ana then through the good will of the Sequoy ah County Democrat and The Ameri can to let the community know it is Ida Eglinger vs Janie McPcters et al oreclosure The vs Sax vorce By far the will lollow occupations 'found in our own community Then duty to train your 1 in those vocations To do this last year we Sallisaw has accepted a traveling po sition with the Rogers Wholesale Grocery Co of Westville Mr Riggs will continue his resi dence here in Sallisaw we are glad to say and Sallisaw will be in district where he expects to see friends when he gets his case and dcr book in operation Bob is a fine young man and are sure that he will get his share of the business when he gets good evening at the Bonham with the Clonts divisional engineer as I I principal speaker A delegation from Muldrow Vian were present as guests of club Clonts told the Adders something regarding to the road work in hrs division comprising nine counties iA this section of the state the present time the road work in Oklahoma under the new commis 1 sion has been making ropid progress despite the contrary information giv en out by some of the larger news papers in the Clonts said newspapers would have you believe that the present highway de partment is in a turmoil and unable to accomplish anything The figures show that the present highway com mission has in its employ something like seventy five percent or better of the employees that worked with the old commission thus this should be ample proof that the present highway commission is far from being dis rupted in any Clonts continued presold highway commission has under con struction anil has done more road building in this state than any high way commission has done in the same length of time since the highway commission act was enacted several years The speaker dealt a telling blow to the critics of the highway depart ment by pointing out the accomplish ments of the present commission would have you believe tht the maintenance of th highways in Oklahoma is bad but I have travelled over my district three or four times during the past few weeks and I have never found the roads to be in better shape for traffic and you must re member the present highway commis sion has contended with floods in practically every section of the Several days ago Clonts was in Sallisaw attending a melting of the pavement committee and at which time he gave figures as to the cost of paving in Sallisaw was here at your paving meeting I ive persons were arrested Wed jnesday by Chief of Police Woll 1 on cnarges oi arunkeness were Charley Bushcyhead Sam Ran dolph Rabbit 'Beaver Hood and Ionzo Huff The "com boys were placed in the county jail and held overnight in order to give them ample time to cool off Thursday they appeared before City Judge Jim McLaughlin and were assessed fines totally more than sixty dollars ive drunks in one day especially on an is quite of a rec ord for Sallisaw according to Woll Randolph and Bushcyhead arrested east of town where it leged Randolph had some liquor hid near Hog Creek bridge Beaver Hood and Huff were pick ed up by Chief W611 in town 0 Clair Armstrong a well known was in Sallisaw Tuesday mingling with his conuty seat friends said A remedy perhaps calcium arsenate however worms 1 another 1 on corn and like crops i I standard poison bran wash mixture fTL t'ri Ind x'nnr nKI 1 me county agent says inis is( cumanui maiinu made bv mixing drv 100 nmimk of training department Ihis year we i wheat bran and five pounds of white aie ading a commercial department nl Pfl 1 1 1 TN 1 I arsenate A mixture oi two gallons ot a'e a numtNut ocitntt ut I molasses or sorghum syrup 12 good partment Don you think this is sized oranges or lemons ground firYe we need? However we are not 1 a rzx 11 tl rxzilz I hn Im i i ILn r1 wl I ana io to gallons ot water ana inis i vi mt mixture should be added to the wheat or the boy who "ant to go on to col MAKING HUGE PROIT ROM MELONS suits ILED in DISTRICT COURT being served lhe medicine that will sprout a i vigorous functioning third leg on any school system is publicity Is this right? Then say a good word every day for our schools is that pupil who has be hind him the urge of an appreciative HI I 1 III IM I I If I It I tr riri i Let me ask you five questions: (1) louhi you ten a stranger wnat your schools are doing? (2) Could you mention the studies your child will pur ue when school opens September 5 (3) What grade will your child en ter September (4) Do you know the teachers of your children or must someone point them out to you? (5) Could you name the studies in which your child did excellent work the past year? (Continued on page 4) IVE DRUNKS LAND IN JAIL siv WITHHELD TRUE ACTS rocrnlnr hianHiIv wiaaI They Sani5aw a(1 Club waheld Tuv ensiaoie Army Worm Damage Crops Here bran and arsenic and thoroughlv lege or a university or this boy Use only white or crude arsenic Bait should not be placed in heaps note: In our last issu in publishing r'd word word fully to wit calcium arsenate dust spray that has been used to as a dust spray for the control of boll weevil and army We urge our farmer readers who have suffered from the boll wee vil and army worm to and get rid of these pests that are costing the farmers in tins couqr ty untold amounts The army worm is doing a great deal of dnmasre through various i ton and other crops in this countyaccording to red Ingram county agent I These pests feed on anything and 1 ItnlziCTC 111 4 I 1 1 1 Ixemeaical rl' ork slroy a crop in short order They arc I beginning to feed on cotton and havei Wnrbiriff In Purnl ii caseK completely destroyed yourtj' wutKuig in iuratPeas and C01n accordinp t0 ingrami a 1'1 '41 4 41 A A AAA A 1 A a Schools boll weevil dusting machine Ingram sen'e thc community a school must uain toe giri ana noy tne occupa bettcr than the that they will follow when out zuu i 1 whern the 11 a nvi Trxl I are moving irom one licia to nr ivhnrn fliau nrn to use the 1C tlie child is 'ast lUlU 'V uuu udb itxoeieu iiom me Canadian river flood waters late ednesday afternoon near Oklahoma City was announced Thursday as suicide according to information received by the! Democrat Thursday at noon Blassingame was formerly a resident of Sallisaw for many years and at one time was editor and publisher of the Star Gaz zette He left Sallisaw several years ago and moved to Tulsa where he operated a' printing plant for a short while and return ed later to county to manage thc 1100 acre river bottom farm of Buck Lewis a Tulsa millionaire Blassingame operated the huge farm for two or three years and then went to Oklahoma City to accept a position with the state highway department as chief clerk ind Valuable Papers and Coat The verdict in Blassin death was guided by circum stances revealed in the investigation indicating that ian had walked early Tuesday drowned after pers and his coat folded neatly on th) bank Blassingame was associated with Bee Guthrey in publisl the Slr Gazette Guthrey later was ap pointed secretary of the state high way commission during the Trapp regime and it is said through Guth influence Blassingdme was ap pointed automobile license tag ag for Oklahoma county which paid more than twenty thousand dollars in fees in 1926 This position was one of the juiciest plums to be handed out by the highway commission An audit of his books as tag agent now is being made by auditors of the state highway commission be completed within a few cording to Seaman of the commission Blassingame was said to an engagement to meet the Monday which he failed to fill Audit of Books Underway The body was dragged from ten feet of flood write' by ity firemen who were sent to the river after Blas automobile had been found early Wednesday morning near the river Nature the report being prepar ed by highway auditors was not di vulged by Seaman nor would mem bers of the highway commission make any statement Highway auditors undertook the job after it became known the force cf John Rogers state examiner and inspector were too busy on other matters Blassingame left his home in Okla homa City before breakfast Tuesday morning to go down town and told Mrs Blassingame he would be back in time for breakfast No Marks of Violence ound Blassingame did not return and his abandoned car was found early Wed nesday morning by residents of Cap itol Hill from which the investiga tion that finally revealed the body was started No marks of violence were found cn the body save a slight scratch on the neck After the automobile was found city firemen who were called to thq' scene started a search of the bank nearby finding his coat and papers folded neatly It had been rained on by the rains of Tuesday night and Wednesday morning Within a few feet of where the papers and coat were found the body was recovered Came Here During Territorial Days Until ebruary Blassingame held the position of automobile tag agent for Oklahoma county in charge of selling license to car users a posi tion which brought high returns Blassingame came to Sallisaw dur ing the territorial days He moved here from Spiro and purchased the GAZETTE from the late Hos kins in 1905 and a year later quired the SALLISAW STAR from John Anderson now of Tulsa The two papers were consolidated under the namq of STAR GAZETTE which paper iBlassingame edited for ten years He was later associated in publishing the paper with 1 Bee Guthrey Blassingame was sent from this senatorial district as state senator and served one four year term He defeated the late Seth Gordon of (Continued on page 4) ny are present in the grass along the edges of the cotton fields and in the body of the field nere army worms are round leed A Duke chef rural supervisor ing in js ssjble to of the department of state eduea bon them dusti wjth cacium was in Sallisaw riday at the office aZ pooous pel vt vjvuiilv inuiN'niupiH iq i rDi nr i 1 1 shon Duke has made previous visits to Sallisaw and has assisted our county schools in promoting better school1: He had a word of raise for Mer shon when he said want the peo ple of this county to know that thc whole state has thcr eye on the remedical work that is now being car ried on by your county superintendent rms year ana ir ne makes a success i i vl IL) diltl 1 KI1UW lit? Will IL to be the greatest boom to rural ed arsenate A mixture of two gallons of I We als0 have a Domestic Science de ucatinn in this 'eL 1 4 It st 4 zx 4 A xiiis nuiN win pme lu uutici counties remedical work can IM carried on successfully in i schools as well as in the city Duke said Duke was very much elated over the survey work Mershon did in this county last year working in coopera but should be sown bloadcast where tion with the state university TheiWornls are feedirlfe late in the after survey work was the foundation of'noon at the rate of about 10 p0Unds the introduction of the remedical per acre Repeat if followed by rain worn inaugurated inis year oe before control is effective or in cose quoyan county rural scnoois of later infestation If the remedical work proves a sue Care should used cess it will no doubt revolutionize arsenical bait It should the rural schools of the state scattered with wooden The city schools of Oklahoma and I scattered with the hands they should elsewhere have been carrying on thkbe washed occasionally Care should remedical work during the past four be taken not to inhale the lust anu or five year and one must remember mixing vessels should be cleaned that city schools are well equipped I away from the house while on the other hand rural schools are working under the handicap of lack of equipment in this line According to Mershon leading edu cators of the state have been under the belief that a survey or remedical education could not successfully ap ply to rural schools I Since Mershon has completed a survey of all schools the countyj American National Bank vs Lee and made a success of it now these rlail and Gav Suit on note educators are watching his work ini Susic seven on vS Thomas Stev remedical education I cn on Divoree There are twentyeight schools in Ralph vs CanlpbeI1 et this county that have adopted thisj To quiet title work ana many or rnem are one room schools Mershon is havirg remedical work in these schools to apply to reading and arithmetic which are the two most important subjects This enables individual work If a pupil should happen to fall behind in its work such case would not inter fere with the ones that aiu able tf advance in their studies azI a zsn 1 Loe nrM'On to rLzx I ItvlllvUlvai wvift wkz a good thing in the city schools after visiting several dajts with his Cecil Lassly better known to friends in this part of the country as Cecil Seabolt of Pawhuska Okla passed through here Thursday morn iing of this week on his way home 414 sue OV11WJO Duke said if a pupil is abseht mother Mrs Joanna Seratt Mr a week from school and when he or i Lassley waA accompanied by his (Continued on page 4) wife City.