The Custer County Chronicle from Clinton, Oklahoma • 1

OUa The-Clinton ''Chronicle Largest Circulation la Wait Oklalioaia A Nawipaper With Democratic Symptoma AND THE CLINTON MESSENGER VOLUME XXIL CLINTON OKLAHOMA Thursday April 26 3 NUMBER 77 (WON Will ENIIRTAIN THOUSANDS MAY 7TH i Mills Threatens to Start Fight For Arapaho Court House Large Cmwd Froaa Couatry Expected to Attend Cliatoa Salea Day and May Fratival All A-anaricana Should Hear Dudley Mouk State Coat Blander Aaeri-caa Legloa Speak Would Spend Huge Sums of Money on Conrt House To Place It In Deserted of Cnster Co SUPERIOR COURT AFTER VERY LASTING ADJOURNS BUSY SESSION FOR THREE WEEKS NEW WELL TO BROADEN THE SAYRE FIELD The oil men are watching the Beckham County Development Co'-aril which is scheduled to be brought in within a few days Several thou-and arres of territory lying lietwetr-the discovery well und the property of the Beckham County Developim-m Co's holding It is two and one half miles from the discovery well and some four miles from producer the Martin jMil-r- Walter Mills Arap-aho who brought oil the county seat i-lection n-i'v threatens to bring oa cb-clion to build a Sl'nOlO court hou-e nt Arapaho Mills is never sat-i-tied uilos he has the people of this county in fight of some sort Ho gets nut and spread poison nnd prej- Clements of 2 Hi 7th street 1 t0 th? detriment of nil the poo-has bought the Roy Maitlen bungulow i at 320 South 7th street Tho hromcle predicted that in case the roiinfv remained nt Arnnnho 8 TA nPA VV 1 irr I that election after election would he KIAI III IIIHAVf 'railed ly them adding thousands of I Hsa Li dollars more of tax to the already nver burdened taxpavers of Custer MlTirAI PDfirD AM i coming to pass nnd lllUvlWlL I IlUUItillu we may look for numerous eleetions i to be rnlled with always the same On Tuesday May 1st the Rialto of Custer county will ill present thi1 Girl (floe Club nf(rvvcr tunke an investment in Arap-the Clinton High School in concert i aho of No buxines man There is not the man woman nr child living that will not be benefited by hearing Dudley Monk's address qn Americanism The above line was quoted from the editorial comment from the Daily Oklahoman several weeks ago Clinton people and Custer county people will want to- hear this great Oklahoman deliver his lecture on Americanism After you have heard his address you will swell with pride You will be glad that you are an American You cannot hidp but feel the patriotic swell and thrill that runs through your system after you have heard him Dudley Mopk was chosen over a large number of candidates last year to act as the State Commander of the American Legion of Oklahoma because he knows how to deliver the goods His true American spirit will win the most critical audience Word has been received from a large number of posts from ali over western Oklahoma that they will send delegations here to pay their respects to the State Commander You will want to meet your old buddies and you will want to mingle with the men who helped defend honor You will want to be one of the festival crowd and enjoy the sights and pleasures of the day forget and you are expected to go homo in Ro" jUs the evening feeling that you were well entertained Everybody come to the American Legion Festival in Clinton on May 7th Come early refinery companies of Wichita Falla Texas has made arrangements with the directors of the Clinton Chamber of Commerce to meet with the chamber on Friday night of this week with a view of establishing an oil refinerjr in the city of Clinton He is seeking a contract to buy Sayre crude and for the reason that Clinton furnished the most accessible transportation facilities of Hny city in the western section of the state and an unexhaustiblu supply if water the city of Clinton appeals to nil men as an ideal place for the location of refineries WEST OKLAHOMA OIL SHOWINGS The Sayre Production Stimulates Activity ia Wild Cat Promotions Oil companies of eastern Oklahoma and of Texas are becoming interested in the west Oklahoma oil fields and locations are being made in many of the west Oklahoma counties and adjoining Texas counties n7 lnpntions have been made filinv in Wf lv oaI a Washita and Custer counties Okla koma Drilling contracts in Roger Mills county have been made at Hamon This program has been carefully worked out and promises to be one of the most interesting musical numbers given this year One of the special features of the program will lie the contata Death of Joan of which is arranged for four part chorus of voices with soprano solo The program is as follows: fa) Indian Mountain Song ('adman (b) Four Leaf Clover Coombs Glee Club Chinese Flower Fete Cadman REFINERY COMPANY WANT LOCATION IN CLINTON Representative of one of the large re- Strong City Cheyenne Grimes and Sweetwates The Rankin test in west Roger Mills county is down 2600 feet and oil men are watching the test closely Many New Locations Made in Beck-kem County Fourteen new ones in the vicinity of Sayre some near Elk City Carter and Erick Most of the promotion at present is in Beckham county and that of Roger Mills A very important location in Custer county is that of the Beverly Oil Co of Tulsa six miles northwest of Clinton This company has contracted to test to a depth of 8500 feet and the machinery and derrick timbers are now being placed on the ground This well will probably be spudded in within the next two or three weeks The Texola well northwest of Sayre drilled three years ago by the Ramsey oil interest is said to have made both oil and gas at about 2000 feet but the well was never a commercial producer The Buffalo Oil Co well near Texola has been shut down for four months resumed operation recently and is showing gas and oil The Day Oil Company of Oklahoma City have suspended operations on their well ten miles north of this city and are pulling the casing This well reached a depth of near 3000 feet Essay on Kellogg's Corn Flakes The school children are to be given sn opportunity to write an essay on Wo Like Kellogg1! Corn A representative of the Kellogg's products ia in the city and he has interested the achool children on the subject The company will award to the pupil writing the best essay on we like corn a case of corn flakes and to all who enter the contest a souvenir from the Kellogg Manufacturing Co The assay selected by the company to be awarded the first prise will be Sublished in the Chronicle Thnra-ay May 8 NELLIE STRATTON LEADS IN FIRST COUNT May Queen Candidates All High School From The first count of the May Queen contest was made at one Thursday Nellie Stratton was in the lead by big majority The number of votes Miss Stratton received on the first count was 311 votes Emmalu Jacvix followed a close second on the first count with 207 votes while Mary khwry came in third with votes Audrey Williams being last with 23 votes Some of the campaign managers it is believed are holding out votes and will not place them in ballot boxes until the last day sn their candidate will come to the front in a hurry The votes will be counted again on Saturday The results of the count will be published lit the soda fountains so that everyone ran see them Get behind your candidate and vote Ask for ballots at soda fountains in Clinton CHURCH OF CHRIST CONGREGATION BUYS BAPTIST CHURCH The congregation of the Church of Christ have purchased the Baptist church property at the corner of 9th and Arant avenue The consideration for the property was $2750 The Baptist people will build on their property on the corner of 8th and Frisco The building when completed will cost approximately $40-000 and will bo one of the best church buildings in western Oklahoma Work'on the basement is now under way It ia the intention of the congregation to rush the basement to completion and equip it for service this summer FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Sunday all regular services fur the morning Sunday School 0:45 a Morning worship 11 a Kev Buchanan of Oklahoma City will preach at the mniuing service I am sure you will hear a tine sermon by Brother Buchanan and I trust all will be present night there will be a service fur Huy mid girls conducted under the nu-pi-c- of the Rutary and Ix-giun Th- ministers of Clintun will have nf service Let us all go und the movement a boost A PRICE SUMMER COURSES INCREASED STILLWATER Forty new courses bringing the total to 240 of college credit rank have been added to the curriculum of the A A College summer achool the sixteenth annual session of which is to open May 31 While special attention is given to pedagogical aubjecta particularly those offering the agricultural and vocational work required for state county and apecial certificates summer work also is offered now in virtually every department of the Disposition Made of One of the Lar-Sest Dockets Ever Assigned in Custer County The Superior Court in nnd for Cue-tor county adjourned Thursday after three term in this city Many very important cases were before the Superior Court for disposition Two murder cases were tried during the term the Hazelwood nnd McFarland cases The verdict in each of these cases was not guilty The attention of the court was given over to a large Assignment of civil actions during a large part of th three term Those who were in attendance on the court express-ed themselves as highly pleased with the accommodations furnished by the city of Clinton which consisted of a free court room chambers for the court office rooms and vaults for the clerk and reporter It is absolutely unnecessary now for the people of Custer county to tax themselves for a court house since the city of Clinton is furnishing to Custer county the city hall free and as long as the Sunerinr court continues to hold sessions at Clinton this city will furnish free of cost to the taxpayers of this county offices vaults and court room tliso-lutcly free in fact the city of Clinton is compelled to furnish free these accommodations under the provisions of the Superior Court act of the recent legislature all of whli-h the citizena of Clinton are me? than willing to do and are doing Criminal Cases This Week The case State vs Stevens charged with embezzlement was tried before a jury and a verdict of not guilty was returned into court The case of State vs Louie Fay burglary was -dismissed The case of State vs Malson illegal possession of still occupied the attention of the court all day Wednesday The case went to the jury late Wednesday afternoon and the jury returned a verdict into court Thursday morning of not guilty The tate was represented by County Attorney La Rue and Senator Darnell and Senator Mitchell represented Malson The largest torn! of court held ir Custer county for several years was the term of Superior Court just closed and Judge Edwards is to he commended for the manner in which he handled the business The husiness was handled economically and with dispatch The eighteenth judicial district citizens ami the bar feel thnt they have the ablest jurist in the state on the bench ami he commands the respect of the people and bar in all sections in the state where he has been dispatched to hold terms of court and Judge Edwards has sit as judge in many important cases tried in this state Judge Edwards seldom if ever is reversed by the Supreme Court of this state The court will return to Clinton on Tuesday May 1st and make disposition of the Myers-Young contest case and a few minor cases CLINTON LEAGUERS LOSE TO CORDELL In the exhibition game here Sun day the Clinton leaguers were defeated by the score of 10 to 4 or farmer would think of even making nn investment of $10000 ia Arapnho Why then should Mills ask the people of Custer county to make an investment in Arapaho when in fact he would not make one? The penple will never vote a levy nr bonds to build $150000 court house nt Arapaho MAN INJURED AT ROCK IS- LAND-FRISCO DEPOT DIED Roy McIIaney who was run over by Rock Island train No 44 last Monday WHEAT AND COTTON GRADING AVAILABLE Correct grading of wheat and cot ton on standards adopted by the Fed eral Government of Agriculture wil he available to the wheat and eottoi farmers of Oklahoma by applying t) the state department of agricnltue II Linzee is state grain inspector for Oklahoma while other iuspectoii will bo appointed as conditions war rant Glee Club Solo Old Refrain Kreisler a fIw fier Stprlimr Whitn Mellaney wife died some six weeks mu ago and the death of Muilaney leaves five small children orphan He Iiancy was a farmer living near Soiling Dewey county THREE FACE TRIAL FORMURDER Mysterious Circumstances Surround Killing TALOGA With only slevcn criminal case on the docket the regular spring term of district court of Dewey county will convene here May 7 Judge Clay of Mangnm presiding according to Delia 5app court clerk The nest important ease to he tried will be that in which Mrs Ella McIntosh Naomi Horner and Glea Bcnnet art charged with aiarder ia connection with the myterioas shooting of Clyde Bcnnet 16 year oru near Fonda Nov 5 1922 The first theory of the shooting v'iis to the effect that the yoath woe hot by some unidentified person A later version described the shooting a accidental the conllicting stories resulting in the three persons being held for trial mi murder ehargi Two separate raes have been filed one against Mrs Ella McIntosh nnd Naoma Horner sisters and the other against Glen Bennet brother of the victim (a) Holiday Frirfll (b) The Nightengale's Song Nevin Glee Club riano Solo Dance MacDowell Mildred Ilarrsion The Dreaming Lnkc Schumann Glee Club Reading Edwin-Yance Cook Virginia Storm Love is Like a Firefly from Fire- Fly Friml Glee Club Second Pari The I tenth of Juan of Arc from Messeniennes" by iJelavigne Music by Henri Ilemberg and arranged by Max Spii-kvr Sopruna Soloist Emmalu Jarvis The personnel is Mary JaneCalmex Opal Lee Mary Main Glessie Fras Muude Mencham Alnieda Larson ilerniee Mitchell Andrea Larson Zcldn Potter Kmmalu Jarvis May-bi-U Wisdom Jessie Inman Gertrude Kendall Jessie Inman Mnttiu llcil-igiiiann Esther McCracken Mary Evelyn Lowry Kallierin Brewer Clara Stratton Lois Smith Audrey Williams Margaret Smith Thelma Munshaw Ihelnm Poindexter Kola Shield Dorothy Price Nellie Start-ton Bonnie Madden Eva Smith h'u'h Cal me Kloise Kuontx Laura Brown and Lottie Rhodes Runaway Team in this city died at the city hos- have a good time and stay late Mrs A Massey is spending this week at Sayre with Mr Massey Mr and Mrs Massey are taking care 'of the home in their absence BARKER SAYRE'S WILDCAT HERO SAYRE just got a hunch that we would get oil by drilling north of the granite in the Wichita mountains and I decided that the land situated south of the North Fork of Red River was the place to drill I did not follow any tip I just had a hunch and drilled So said Bert Barker organizer of the Barker Oil Co which drilled in the discovery well at Sayre on July 4 of last year The Barker well which has since been taken over under the name of the Ruhana Oil Co of Wichita Kansas is owner of proper- ty now possibly worth multi-millions in oil The company owns leases on-more than three thousand acres most of which Ii either in a direct line or in what considered proven between the discovery well and the new Martin Kiskaddcn Walkgr-Windle-Pitts well Barker ia a practical driller He came to Sayre two years ago and was personally placed in charge of the Barker No 1 on the Gray farm after it had been drilled to a depth of twelve hundred feet by the Twin Hill Oil Co The latter company had to quit for lack of funds and turned the wall over to Barker at al am a native of Washington said Driller Barker in telling of the discovery well the Grey farm discovery well in Section 15-9-28 we brought in the gmsser ap raying oil on last July 4" ha continued gasser tested fifteen million feet with 940-ponnd rock pressure This well has never been shut in for more than ten minntes at a time" I Kills Small Child The seven year old son of Maker living fifteen miles northwest of Clinton was seriously injured and died from the effects of injuries sustained when a team he was driving ran away hitched to a disc on last Sunday The little fellow was cultivating in a field near the home when the team became frightened in some manner and ran throwing the boy under the discs The accident happened late Sunday afternoon and the child died Sunday night.