The Seminole Drug store in Wewoka was raided and 30 bottle of Jamaica Ginger was confiscated. A charge of maintaining a public nuisance was filed against the owner.

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Heavy trucks "are perforating the water mains" and Mayor Harber and other city officials "are worried about the resulting leaks." The mayor announced "there are now 100 water meters on hand to be installed for those who have waited so patiently."

The mayor also called on residents to cooperate with the city by understanding that when the water is cut off it is to repair broken water lines and "to get your water at the nearest place until we get the line fixed."

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The architect’s picture of First Baptist church was printed in The Producer. The story said the church plans were drawn by Dr. O.E. Burroughs of Baptist Sunday School Board in Nashville, Tenn. The building is to be 60 x 110 feet, three stories including basement, to seat 750 including the balcony and will accommodate 1,000 in Sunday school. "The main auditorium spanned by steel and lighted by art glass will be a thing of beauty," the story said.

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Editor Stanton took Shawnee to task for voting against Sunday movies. "The vote was so close no thinking person will regard the decision as indicative of the will of the people," Stanton said. He asked Shawnee voters if they would ban golf, Sunday newspapers and Sunday driving?

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The H & B Auto Laundry" has announced ready for business by H.H. Hilburn, manager. The firm specialized in washing, greasing and storing of automobiles.

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The State Theatre had the Peek-A-Boo players on stage.

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Saturday’s production in the Seminole field was 339,363 barrels of oil from 322 wells in the 24-hour period ending midnight Saturday.

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The Ritz was presenting "Babe Lamarr and her Naughty Naughties."

The Seminole baseball team, with Stovall, Higdon and Magness as the "battery station" won games over Konawa and Sasakwa over the weekend.

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The federal government announced that bootleggers must pay up their income taxes.

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The Seminole General Hospital, under the supervision of Dr. L.S. Johnson and Mrs. J.B. Bush announced the operation equipment that they have ordered for their hospital here has arrived, and in several days all of the equipment will be in readiness. As the hospital has been previously used as a hotel, the roomers are all vacating and in a day or two all of the hospital equipment and beds will be installed."

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The Sunday night storm blew over a rig of the Sinclair company in the south end of the field on a tent injuring the occupants, Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Williams. Neighbors heard the crash and the screams of the couple and they were rushed to Seminole in a large truck "despite the sand, wind and rain."

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News of the overthrow of the Czar and the establishment of a Soviet government "has just leaked out" - to an island in the Bearing sea, that is.

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The young man who created a mild sensation in Seminole a few weeks ago by representing himself as the son of Thomas B. Slick, oil operator and purchasing all manner of fineries for the lady of his affection, today was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary at McAlester on a forgery charge. He entered a plea of guilty.

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A Page One story said "There must be 5,000 men and women at the state capital asking for the 77 tag agency jobs."

Commissions were received yesterday for six new school board members replacing the former three member school board. The City of Seminole becoming a City of First Class made it necessary to change the school board under state law. Named to the Board by Governor Henry Johnston were W.A. Brame, First ward; Dick Doak, Second ward; Geo. Killingsworth, Third ward; Shelby Livingston, Fourth ward; Grant Hodges and F.B. Carden, outlying district.

The new board replaced C.J. Livingston, C.J. Grimshaw and J.B. Allen.

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City attorney Robert Burns paid the first traffic fine under the new city traffic ordinances. Burns drove his car to town, parked on Broadway, then hoped the train to Wewoka to try a case. When he returned, his car was impounded at the police station charged with overparking for six hours. Burns paid his fine, the report said.

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Services were conducted today in First Methodist church for John Cross, county highway paptrolman killed by robbers southwest of the city.

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The C.R. Anthony Company advertised they are open "In the Grisso Building, 204 Broadway, first door west of Desborn Hotel."

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A news story and an advertisement said the Piggly Wiggly store is ready for warm weather with a new refrigerator cooler by double Frigidaire units and "big as an ordinary room.

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A Saturday morning April 2 EXTRA was issued by The Producer reporting the death of Harvy Shepherd who was stabbed to death "on lower Main street in front of The 49 Dance Hall." Peg Stockton, former deputy sheriff of Hughes county gave himself up to Peace Justice Heath. No witnesses to the fight would talk today but it was learned the former deputy had confiscated a car belonging to Shepherd and The Producer expressed the belief this was the cause of the fight.

The "remains of Shepherd are at Clark-Darland chapel." Shepherd was 25 years of age.

City Attorney Robert Burns reported a settlement with Ralph Kumier and Jack Owens, district manager and state president of OG&E on a rebate of funds for water pumping electricity used by the city. The new rates agreed upon resulted from increased volume of electricity used by the city, Burns reported to the council.

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A new City Hall on Fourth street between Broadway and Oak is nearing completion or the planning stages, Frank B. Reeves, resident engineer of the V.V. Long engineering company announced. "The city hall will be an elaborate two-story building, and will be built in such manner that there will be ample room for the fire department to be housed on the first floor. There will also be an additional space left for any new fire fighting equipment that the city may buy from time to time.

"The new city jail will occupy the first floor and will be modern in all respects. It will be built so as to accommodate about 20 prisoners at one time.

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Western Union reported enlarging of the local office has been completed and there is now two sending and two receiving operators on duty and the number of messages is exceeding 500 per day.

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Oil production for the 24 hours ending Monday midnight was 318,000 barrels from 329 wells. Storms caused some reduction.

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The new concrete reservoir for the city water system is under construction and cement walls are being built around the new city water system pumps, Engineer Reeves reported. "The high service pump house is nearly complete and will have three high speed water pumps installed."

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A 21-room all-furnished hotel at Bowlegs was offered for sale. The Cot House and Cafe at 508 North Main was for sale.

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F.V. Hopkins, a workman for OG&E was injured and hospitalized when another workman dropped a chisel on his head.

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A paving contract was underway and brick and cement was arriving daily for the project. The project is for seven blocks of First street, eight blocks on Broadway, four blocks on Main street, six blocks on Oak street and Evans street two blocks.

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Rains and storms over the central and western areas of the state killed two and injured many, The Producer reported.

A pocket book was found in a "local lumber yard" containing a suicide note, today’s Producer said. The story got full page headlines saying "Police find Suicide Letter." An Odd Fellows card showing the person’s name was found in the pocket book and a tax receipt in the pocket book was for land in Grayson County, Texas. The note said "do not blame anyone else for my death. It is by my own hand. The one who should have been my wife in the past has disgraced my name," The Producer quoted from the note.

Pal Noe, city clerk, and V.V. Long, city engineer, said the note was a hoax. Police Chief Day said his records contained no report of any body being found in the area. The Producer kept the "suicide note" to see if any one would clear up the mystery.

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Seminole Post Office sold $258,927.01 worth of money orders is the quarter of Jan.-Feb.-March, Roy Hoffman, postmaster reported today. Stamp sales were $16,254.72 for the period. "The line at the general delivery windows usually extend out into the streets." The post office receives 120 sacks of mail each day and sends out an average of fifty sacks daily, the PM said.

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A.L. Clark of Bristow is looking over the proposed location for an ice plant in partnership with G.E. Bullington. Clark plans to build a 60-ton capacity ice plant for the city. Clark and Bullington sought Corporation Commission approval for ice plants in New Lima and Seminole.

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Mrs. Clarence Hoskins has local doctors worried. She swallowed a safety razor blade yesterday but has shown no indication of needing surgery, the doctors reported today. Seems Mrs. Hoskins was cutting her fingernails with the razor blade, started to coughing and put her hands to her mouth. Somehow, "she sucked the blade down her throat and swallowed it."

James Larson, a lineman with Oklahoma Gas and Electric company, was killed instantly when his elbow came in contact with a 4,000 volt line at the substation two miles south and one mile east of Seminole. Larson had come to America from Sweden and joined the OG&E construction crew.

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Pott County commissioners announced they would gravel the road between St. Louis (Oklahoma) and Pearson Switch to help the oil field work going full blast in that area.

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Seminole Electrified Water company opened for business today. Owned by Earl Moore and P.D. Spillman, the firm offers water which has been "electrified" with modern equipment.

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Ice boxes, up to 50-pound capacity, were on sale at Burtons. From small ones with limited food space for $12.50, the boxes were priced for 50-pounders up to $47.50.

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Barnsdall Oil Company staked the No. 1 Cudjo and the No. 2 Davis, both in 11-9-5, the Earlsboro field.

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An engineering report by V.V. Long Engineering company was started as a "serial feature" in The Producer. The report stated the city has 15,000 feet of two-inch and one and one-half-inch cast iron pipe installed in the city water system but some of it needs replacing and most of it needs lowering. The cost of this was estimated at $5,000. The report recommended 4,300 feet of new 6-inch and 500 feet of 4-inch in other areas, along with connections, fire hydrants and installation at cost of $15,000 for three projects.

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Local league of Young Democrat members left for Woodward to attend a state meet of the LYD and hear Cordel Hull, former national Democratic chairman "list the inequities of the Republicans."

Asher, the new oil town, is all agog over a doodlebug, or "Whatchecallit," that has been up and down and all around.

None of the inhabitants have had a peek at the doodlebug and curiosity is reaching the breaking point.

It is reported the doodlelbug which is doodle bugging in Asher is of an unusual size and is hauled from lot to lot and from farm to farm in a car.

They dash up and set the thing down, one witness says, without so much as a "howdy," and begin to figure around. Then they load it up and dash away to another site.

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A local jeweler was in the manufacturing business in Seminole. "Burt "Dad Dodd is rapidly gaining a reputation in Seminole as a manufacturing jeweler. He had made some very pretty lodge emblem rings of white gold that stack up with those made any place. It is not necessary to send out of town for jewelry novelties."

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"The blaze was hot, the flames sticking their hungry tongues high up in an effort to reach the buildings on three sides" was the description of Editor Ted Stanton for a fire last night in the alley back of Smith’s Furniture store. The story climaxed with this "Fortunately there was no wind. Fortunately a lot of people got there to do a lot of fire fighting. Fortunately the fire department was able to cope with the situation. Let’s be awfully careful."

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ITIO drilled in No. 2 Davis in 13-8-6, Bowlegs pool, for 6,428 barrels the first 24 hours. The well bottomed at 4225 feet and had drilled into only one foot of sand.

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Barnsdall Oil and Refining Company was erecting many 80,000 barrel tanks, and also some 55,000 barrel tanks in the Seminole area to serve its Okmulgee refinery. Frank Phillips predicted the Seminole field would taper off at 400,000 barrels per day.

"Storms Deal Death," was the banner headline today. The storms were in Arkansas and Mississippi. Three were killed in Bokoshe, in Sequoyah county in Oklahoma by a twister. 6.12 inches of rain fell at Poteau yesterday and the winds and hail did major damage at Ft. Smith in Arkansas.

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Thursday was scheduled for "The First Big Dollar Day" for this oil boom town.

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Joe Yarber and Judge T.M. Heath have personally "made up" since their "altercation the other day."

Apparently the Judge attempted to arrest Yarber and got slugged. The case was transferred to Judge Con Long’s JP court.

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Plans are rapidly advanced for the Thursday evening Ladies Night dinner by Chamber of Commerce in the Armory Hall. This is to be a general jollification meeting and music and various other forms of entertainment will be provided, Chamber Secretary Seger announced.

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The new cold storage plant being erected on Second street by W.T. Wickham is expected to be 24 x 84 feet with a large basement and a 16 x 24 foot cooler. The building is being erected with appointments suitable to the cold storage business.

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City Attorney Robert Burns had some first hand experience with regard to high water that has been keeping the state and nation aghast. Burns had gone to Duncan to appear in an oil case involving $780,000 in money and property. Burns worked all day in getting the case postponed and while he was successful in this he was unfortunate in getting a way back. Finally leaving on a bus the party came up behind a washed out bridge and there they sat until daylight. No, the city attorney was not in the best of humor this morning.

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The Producer professional directory contained advertisement for auto repairs, auto parts, dining rooms, doctors, insurance, dentists, real estate, shoe shops, tin and plumbing shops, veterinarians, hospital, furniture and photography.

The Rex Theatre was due to open next Sunday. Ted Jones, manager of the Ritz is to be manager of the Rex also. The Dubinsky Stock Company, with a full rail car load of scenery, will open the theatre. Star of the show is Abe Rosewall.

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Editor Stanton wrote a lengthy feature today on "The Long, Long Trail of the Magic Dollar." "Everything in America is based upon the almighty dollar," the editor wrote.

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D.W. Dahlgren, superintendent for Ward, Beekman & Brooks, general contractors who have the city street paving contract, said it would be another week before paving work can start. "We finally got a spur from Rock Island on the Tidal-Osage road. We were all ready to begin when the hard rains and storms came. Now we find the trouble is getting sand and gravel shipped from the other end of the line," Dahlgren said. "The Ward-Beekman people have a formidable array of equipment at their camp," The Producer reported.

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Doctors C.W. and J.A. Bates moved from their offices over the post office to new offices over the Armstrong and Day Drug store. In their new offices the doctors have a reception room.

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T.H. Clark, employee of ITIO was injured when wind blew the roof from a building on the lease where Clark was working. Clark was in Ware hospital being treated for broken ribs.

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A story datelined Norman said "lack of funds have forced the closing of the American Legion Hospital here. Plans for the future have not been decided upon by the board of directors. The institution has been operational at a loss for several months. It was constructed in 1925 at a cost of $30,000 and is one of the best of its kind in the state. An outstanding indebtedness of $16,000 is against the institution. Most of the nurses left last week when there was no funds for their salaries.

Two men were sentenced in Wewoka today for holding up the Ritz theatre in Seminole. The jury gave them 12 years in the penitentiary.

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A campaign was on to raise funds for a local baseball park, grandstands and a facility that could be used for summer baseball and school athletics in winter. The Chamber of Commerce baseball was spearheading the drive.

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The state health department announced one case of typhoid fever and one case of smallpox in Seminole county. The state health office issued a special warning to the county to use special care to avoid typhoid fever.

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The Rex theatre, to open Sunday, advertised office space for rent. "Announcing the opening of the finest office building in Seminole," the Rex advertisement said.

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Leroy Taylor, the owner and Lee Moore, the agent for Vernon Heights Addition to Seminole published an advertisement with a plat of the addition (Strothers south to Simpson and both sides of Timmons and Jefferson streets). The big day was to be Saturday, April 23. Ice cream was to be given away at "Hargis Ice Cream and Sandwich Done, two and one half blocks northwest of the big red school building." Also free items were to be at Dean’s Vernon Heights Grocery on Strothers street. The advertisement also reminded folks that oil scouts meet at the Vernon Hotel on Strothers, just east of the Hargis Dome.

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An almost full page advertisement said "Wanted $25,000," and then set out the needs of Seminole Chamber of commerce and the need for this amount of money to finance a program of salaries of the chamber office, some industry effort, to provide for organized charities, to beautify Seminole," to see that Seminole is properly presented before the world, to build a good school system and to make Seminole a real commercial center.

The will of J. Coody Hogson, "picturesque lawyer" who died recently provided for a school to be established on his 560-acre farm northeast of Wewoka and the school is to be maintained from income from the farm. Hogson left his prized diamond-studded watch to Attorney C. Guy Cutlip and willed his law library, one-half to Cutlip and one-half to T.J. Horsley of Wewoka.

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The Producer opened a column of "Letters From Readers" and the first one published was signed Mrs. R.A.Q. She said, "I have read the town’s ordinances and we, the oil field people feel you are trying to impose on us. We oil field workers will be here today and gone tomorrow. It is not right to tax us people to build your town."

There was also a letter from Dr. O.J. Sheridan "from a son to his mother," and a letter from "a friend of Dogs," urging dog owners to vaccinate their pets.

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On an inside page The Producer printed a picture of a small church, with a big bell tower and steeple, located on a corner, and announced this was the first Methodist church of Seminole, built in 1907. The report said the first Sunday School was in the building "now occupied by George Snyder and Polleck’s restaurant." The first trustees were M.M. Turlington, R.R. Chase and J.P. Allen, Charter members of the church were Mrs. R.H. Chase, Allen, Mrs. Turlington, W.M. Scott and Eva and Nettie Allen.

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Harry Pallady, welding shop owner, flew to Oklahoma City in a visiting friend’s airplane and brought his wife to Seminole. "My wife would rather sit in the front cockpit of an airplane and view the scenery from 2,000 feet up than sit in the most expensive New York opera," Pallady told The Producer.

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Rock Island announced that double tracks will be constructed through Seminole and new sidings put in at Lima, Wewoka, Holdenville and Shawnee to help handle the heavy load of rail shipping to the Seminole oil fields.

Mrs. Mabel Bassett, commissioner of charities and corrections, and Mrs. Edith Evans an inspector from that office spent the day yesterday visiting and inspecting the county jail, hotels, restaurants and other places "coming under their jurisdiction." The Producer reported the ladies "were most gracious in their comments about conditions in Seminole in view of the trying conditions under which the city was operating.

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A county ditcher cut the road out between Bowlegs and Wolf but County Commissioner Johnson said the road would be repaired immediately.

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The Community Institute in the high school, sponsored by the University of Oklahoma and state health department, got off to a good start.

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Holden Atwood and W.H. McMurray took over the Retail Credit Association, Miss Holland has been operating the office. Atwood will run the Association from his office over the Manhattan Cafe. Miss Florence Kiker of Shawnee will be employed in his office

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Editor Ted Stanton came up with this "Sixteen people are running around The Producer frantically trying to earn the money they receive. It’s ‘Ted this and Ted that’ and ‘What about Jack’ and ‘Oh Sadie’ - and to top it off, there’s a city council meeting tonight."

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J.C. Chadwick, "who has been ill for some time" left today for the hospital in Wichita, Kansas. W.F. Fowler, water well contractor of 7 University street, broke his foot and Dr. Harver is attending him.

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Schoollegen, Coble and Ligon filed an application with the Corporation Commission to sell ice "in North Seminole and vicinity." In their application they allege present facilities in Seminole "will not sell less than 25¢ worth of ice."

In a big-type Story on Page One Police Chief W.B. Day informed Seminole residents "The city council, at its meeting last night gave me definite instructions to enforce all traffic laws. They gave me no choice in the matter, but told me very plainly that the laws must be enforced.

"This means that mufflers must be closed in the business district. Parking hours must be observed. Stop signs must be observed.

"I will certainly follow instructions and will immediately assign officers to the traffic division and if you do not obey the ordinances you will be tagged for a fine."

It apparently was clear Chief Day intended to enforce the traffic laws of Boom Town Seminole.

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The city council last night called an election on a $100,000 bond issue. The bond money will extend the water system, ($65,000), extend sewer lines, ($30,000) and complete City Hall, ($5,000) for a total of $100,000, the council reported.

"The city hall as it will be without the additional $5,000 provided for in the bonds will be little more than a bare building. In addition to this a public comfort station for both men and women will be built. This, in itself is worth the whole bond issue in the opinion of many," The Producer reported.

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Editor Ted Stanton reported in his daily column "You know there are a lot of people who are sitting on a main spring waiting for the boom to break. When it does they want to be prepared to spring the trigger and hop into the next boom. They want to get in free after the work is all done. Perhaps they will go to heaven in the same manner. If they would only go now, then business would be good because those remaining would put a little in the hopper."

Opening of the new Rex Theatre was the big event of the weekend in Seminole. The event drew banner headlines. Manager Ted Jones and airplane pilot Eddie Spencer flew over town distributing handbills from the air. Jones announced free theatre tickets will be dropped from the air and soon and suggested everyone watch Producer ads to learn of the date they "can get outside with an umbrella - turned upside down - to catch some free show tickets.

The Ritz theatre announced dropping of vaudeville shows and opening at 10 a.m. and running continuously, pictures only, until 11:30 a.m.

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"Federals Raid City" was the headline in the Monday, April 25 issue of The Producer. The story said "federal officers came through Wewoka, pressed the Wewoka police patrol and their car into service" and the arrested persons, all on whiskey charges, were taken to Holdenville and arraigned before federal Commissioner Charles Grutcher. Federal officers would not give out a list of arrests but The Producer said the arrest list "is a long one and many officers are along the different civic spots, on number 3 highway.

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"City Clerk’s clerk weds drug clerk," said a Producer headline, reporting Mattie Lou Saunders, clerk in the office of City Clerk, Palmore Noe weds George Marshall, clerk in the Owl Drug Store.

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Keystone Drilling company was setting a new pump on the new water well and "people of the city are rejoicing that they are just that much closer to much more water."
"Pete Dauphlin of ITIO had the misfortune of having his back hurt and some ribs broken when his horse fell on him. He is in a local hospital."

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Price Chase, "well known around the Ford business in this city," was married to Miss Dorothy Ayres of Drumright in Drumright at 4 p.m. Easter Sunday.

Bandits took $10,000 from First National Bank of Cushing. The May 1 date was set for Child Health Day in Oklahoma.

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The district court in Oklahoma County held that the state highway department had the power and authority to appoint as many auto license tag collectors as it deemed necessary and whenever it deemed such collectors necessary.

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F.W. Harding of Weleetka was employed today as water superintendent and a report from the state health department reported water from wells No. 1, 2 and 3 is "safe and ready for use."

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The Bowlegs-Lima area of Greater Seminole district was extended one location east by the ITIO’s No. 2 Youngblood in 24-8-6 which made 4,172 barrels the first day from 4,334-35 feet.

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Marland Oil and Philmack Oil companies No. 2 Dobbs in northeast corner of southeast 8-9-5, due east of the city of Earlsboro, gauged 6,930. barrels in the past 24 hours.

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The St. Louis, Mo. Goodwill tour of 100 business men of that city is due in Seminole at 11:46 May 11.

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Albert Walker, "the ice cream man," had lost his ponies, one spotted and one a bay. Finders were urged to return the ponies.

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Juries in district court "showed little sympathy" for narcotics peddlers yesterday. One was given three years in prison, another five years and one was fined $5,000 by Judge George C. Crump.

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A three-year-old child drowned three miles north of town while dipping water from a pond where the family secured water for the household.

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The Seminole Chamber of Commerce and The Producer announced establishment of a "Bureau of Identification." The system provided for all persons to register, either at the chamber or newspaper office and a master-card file will be set up so when others are looking for the persons they can be directed to their address.

Dr. J .N. Harber bought two acres of ground "at the end of Evans street, about six blocks west of Main street out of the dust and noise of downtown," where he announced plans for a hospital, a park and a children’s wading pool. The hospital plans call for a brick building of 24-bed capacity, "modern in every way and will be the best money can buy."

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Editor Ted Stanton castigated Campbell Russell over a petition Russell was circulating to increase the tax on oil "from three barrels out of every hundred produced to five barrels out of each hundred." Stanton said it would damage the oil producer, reduce jobs, and cost the state.

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Seminole police found 60 gallons of corn whiskey "in a house on North Fourth street." Two men were arrested and taken to Holdenville for arraignment before a federal commissioner. "The police poured out the whiskey, durn it."

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"MEN BEWARE, The Women Are Organizing." The story was about the planned organization of a B&PW chapter in Seminole.

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The Chamber of Commerce opened a campaign to oil the streets of the city.

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The first postal Statement of Ownership for The Producer was published showing James T. Jackson and Sadie A. Franklin as sole owners - no bondholders or mortgagors - an average daily circulation of 1,948. A story calling attention to the statement said "This quiets the rumors that ‘this bank or that company’ owns the newspaper."

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Judge G.M. Heath has decided to begin a clean-up campaign in the north end on his own hook. Beginning right now, according to a statement from the magistrate, premises will have to be cleaned up and put in a sanitary condition. The squire has set the time for Tuesday morning, May 3, after which an inspection will be made and a fine imposed on all who have disregarded the order to remove the filth and garbage.

Dikes were dynamited below New Orleans to prevent more floodwater backup in the Mississippi river and consequent flooding of New Orleans. Water poured through the dikes onto old plantations in the area below New Orleans.

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Three youthful bandits robbed the bank at Bluejacket, near Miami, Oklahoma and took $1,500. Officers were trailing them into Missouri as The Producer went to press.

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The Producer announced a Better Homes section will be published Sunday.

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Ed Overholser, president-manager of Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce announced 150 business men of Oklahoma City and a fifty-piece band will make the six-day Goodwill trip starting Sunday, May 15. The trip by train goes into the Texas panhandle, then into southern Oklahoma, through Carter county and the Red River county back into the Seminole oil field area the last day of the trip.

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George Killingsworth was elected president of The Seminole Athletic Association - the organization established to sponsor the Seminole professional baseball team. H.H. Howe is secretary and J.E. Riley is treasurer. P.E. Trammell was elected manager of The Seminole Producers, the Seminole baseball team.

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The state equalization board, composed of Governor Henry Johnston, as chairman, Graves Leeper, secretary of state, Col. R.A. Sneed, state treasurer, John Rogers state examiner and inspector, Harry B. Cordell, chairman of the state board of agriculture and Edwin Dabney, attorney general, were wrestling with the tax levies for railroads and utilities. Johnston charged the rails and utilities with submitting one set of valuation figures for rate-making purposes and a much lower set of figures on which tax levies should be made.

Hijackers entered the Earlsboro Dance Hall at 2 o’clock Sunday morning, murdered Otto Jones, the owner and escaped with the money taken in the Saturday night - Sunday morning dance. No trace of the robber-murderers had been found up to 1 p.m. today (Monday).

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Ted Stanton’s daily column in The Producer gave the telephone company a good verbal spanking for their slowness in getting telephones into the mushrooming community. "Why is it," Stanton asked in his column, "that oil companies can run a cobweb of oil lines all over this county and for miles and miles away to a refinery but the telephone company can’t get a line run three blocks?"

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Last Saturday was wedding day at First Methodist church a Producer story said, Rev. B. L. Williams was busy around his house when A.B. Parker drove up with his bride Imogene Martin, and Rev. Williams performed the ceremony. The couple hadn’t got around the corner until Gordon Price and Romie Burton showed up and wanted a ceremony which Rev. Williams obligingly did.

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Police Chief Tex Day announced the six hour parking law will be strictly enforced. "Now that the streets are dry, we won’t permit cars to be parked on Main street more than six hours," the chief warned. "Maybe when the streets are wet the cars couldn’t be moved?"

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Special constable Hugh Reynolds, assisted by Frank Brown, confiscated "more than a thousand capsules of morphine." The morphine was found on a peddler "in the north end of town" and the constable and Brown raided downtown drugstores and made "a big haul of Jake."

"The Southwest Bell Telephone company has heard the cry and appropriated money for the immediate relief of the congested conditions of the service in Seminole" was the 10-point, two-column lead story in today’s Producer. The story said $40,000 had been appropriated by the headquarters in Oklahoma City to set up five new switchboards sections and 36 men would be in Seminole within a week to start expanding the telephone service.

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The committee in charge of establishing a baseball team in Seminole decided it was too late to start from scratch to prepare the park, recruit a team and have any chance of "being a contender" in the league. It was reported Seminole fans wanted a winning team or they didn’t want one at all.

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J.M. Browne applied to the Corporation Commission for a certificate to operate a bus line from Seminole to Tulsa via Little, Prague, Okemah, Henryetta, Okmulgee, Beggs, Mounds, Kiefer and Sapulpa.

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Work started this morning on Dr. Salzerger’s new hospital on North Second street at Evans. Contractor said he would have it completed in three weeks. "This will be one of the nicest hospitals sin this part of the country," the report said.

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The Producer carried an advertisement announcing opening of The Seminole Steam Laundry "about April 15 with full machine equipment for up to the minute laundry work."

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Earlsboro field’s Wilcox sand development was setting a poor record a news story recounted. Nine wells were producing and six dry holes had been reported in the Earlsboro area from the Wilcox. However the story said Magnolia was opening a pool in 11-9-5 and Prairie Oil and Gas was opening a pool in 24-9-5.

Seminole city firemen, under city Fire Chief Jess Pollock, received high praise today from Mayor Harber and many citizens and city officials for the fine job they did last night fighting the fire in the new Grisso Building at Second and Broadway. A graphic account of the fire fighting and the hazardous work by OG&E crew members in protecting the fire fighters from electric lines, was given in the Page One feature story of the day. Homer Grisso, owner of the building, gave each fireman $10 in appreciation for their work in saving his building.

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Baptist minister Bill Smith told a banquet meeting he had talked with residents of Seminole who had moved their families to Shawnee because Seminole didn’t have good churches. The banquet was the kickoff for a fund drive to build a new Baptist church.

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Walter Wheatley was chosen commissioner of public works at Okmulgee, Konawa voted $13,000 in bonds to improve the water system and $65,000 for a sewer system. Holdenville voted $18,000 in bonds for a "White Way" and R.B. Billingsley was elected mayor. E.C. Aldridge, incumbent mayor of Wewoka defeated C. Guy Cutlip for the office in Tuesday’s voting. Helen Wagoner was being presented in a Lyceum Course at the high school auditorium tonight - she does impersonations and her "southern dialect" is especially entertaining, the announcement said.

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Robert Burns, city attorney was instructed by the city council to negotiate a reduction in electric rates for operation of the city water well pumps.

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Eli L. Admire, editor of the Oilton Gusher, an unsuccessful candidate for city treasurer, shot and killed himself Tuesday night at Oilton.

The Earlsboro semi-pro baseball club is being sponsored by the Earlsboro Chamber of Commerce and the playing field has been donated by W.P. Falkenberg. The area plans a semi-pro oil field league.

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A.E. Watts, a Sinclair vice president was the object of a kidnap attempt.

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Seminole businessmen were warned of fire hazards and possible "fire bugs" moving here. The event was a businessmen’s banquet and the speaker was assistant state fire marshal.

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Magnolia Petroleum got a well in Wilcox sand between 4,279 and 4,284 in 11-9-5 and "opened up a new deep zone area." Tidal Oil No. 6-A Frixco in 26-9-6 was flowing 100 barrels an hour from 4,067 feet in the Wilcox. Carter Oil reported total production of company wells. In the Seminole field is 75,000 barrels daily. The Sinclair company got a 25 million foot gasser at 3626 feet in the Searight pool, 3-9-6. Amerada had 1,000 feet oil in the hole at No. 3 Rascoe in SW of 15-8-6. Depth was 4,060 feet in the Viola lime.

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The Seminole Electrified Water company announced it would open for business "about April 15" on the Shawnee Road, about five blocks from town.

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Fred Johnson, city health officer, served notice on all cafes and grocery stores they would have to "clean house" set up trash burners and put lids on garbage cans.

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President Coolidge vetoes an Independence Bill for the Philippine Islands.

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U.S. Senator J.W. Harreld will testify against Albert Fall in the Teapot Dome case, presenting correspondence he had with Fall on the subject of the oil lease.

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Rube Fulkerson, "A Peer in the Art of Acting," was on stage at the State theater.

Governor Henry Johnston vetoed the Rexroat Bill, a bill passed by the recent legislature permitting natural gas to be pipeline outside the state. Oilmen had been urging Johnston to approve the legislation.

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J.W. Tinsley, who was awarded the garbage and scavenger contract for the city said he would have two of his six wagons ready to start cleaning up the town Sunday morning. Dry garbage charges will be 35 cents per barrel and wet garbage and objectionable matter will be $1 per barrel. Palmlore Noe, city clerk, said no persons other than Tinsley or those working for Tinsley will be allowed to gather garbage within the city.

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Ted Stanton, editor of The Producer said in his Page One column "if the twenty-six blocks of paving is going in could all be dropped into place at one time it would cause a mighty big splash. Seminole preachers are not pikers. Rev. Williams of the Methodists and Rev. Scott of the Baptists are making big plans for beautiful churches and they believe in the future of Seminole. The paving is going down. Pretty homes are sure to come. Roses are certain to bloom in Seminole.

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Here is the lead story in today’s Producer: "Bold bad hijackers being held at the point of a gun by their would-be victims until the arrival of police was the starting and unusual termination of a well laid robbery plot on the Independent lease last night.

"W.M. Maybe and Joe Upton had been to a grocery store and were walking home when the sharp command "Hands Up" rang out on the air.

"Quick as a flash one of the men pulled his gun and caused the hijacker to drop his pistol.

"Ode Lewis and John Goss went after the men. They were taken to Wewoka today by Lewis and booked on a hijacking charge."

Those were "the good old boom days" in Seminole.

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The H & B Auto Laundry" has announced ready for business by H.H. Hilburn, manager. The firm specialized in washing, greasing and storing of automobiles.

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"Editor Livingston of the Seminole County News is busy telling his friends all about the fine time he had motoring around New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, etc. Livingston returned yesterday."

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"All you Boy Scouts, get your lips all puckered up and miss supper tomorrow night. Cause you’re going to need a lot of room for all those watermelons Scoutmaster Williams has in the cooler."

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Seminole police held two men on charges of passing counterfeit $5 and $10 bills. Here is the report on it in The Producer:

Last night at the Carnival, the lady selling tickets at the minstrel show discovered she had a phony $5 bill and the passer was watched until an officer could be found. The man who passed it and his companion, however, did not care for the show and went on through and escaped by crawling from under the tent. An effort was made to cash one at the merry-go-round stand and still another at the "Rat Enter" tent.

When Sims arrived on the scene two of the ticket takers identified the men while the third was not sure. At any rate Sims has evidence or at least information to show that a third man was there and it is presumed that it was to him the money was passed because the men arrested did not have any money on their persons.

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A statewide war on bank bandits, payroll robbers and hijackers has been declared by Governor Johnson.

In a signed proclamation he announced a standing reward of $250 to e paid by the state for the arrest and conviction of every person "who robs or attempts to rob by force or fear, any bank or business institution or any common carrier or any person engaged in his work or any person going to or returning from his work."

Nine men sawed the bars off the county jail at Wewoka and tied blankets together to make a rope and lowered themselves to the ground. Officers had been unable to locate any of the nine. No one knew how the men got the saw blades.

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Curtis McClaskey, a truck driver, was relieved of $35 when two men stepped from behind a box car in the Rock Island yards near the depot. One of the two had a pistol.

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J.E. Livingston was killed and T.D. and Charles Cushenberry were severely burned when they cut into an oil line at their mercantile store at Carter camp two miles north of Seminole. The men thought they were cutting into a water line which they were trying to connect to the North Seminole Mercantile Company store at the Carter Camp.

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Officers Mont Grady and Ode Lewis arrested a couple suspected of selling narcotics. Unable to find the "dope" on the couple, the offices called in a woman and after a thorough "undressing" the dope was found - 40 morphine tablets.

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One man was dead and another being held on a murder charge as a result of a shooting which resulted from a poker game.

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Morgan Drug will reopen after a fire destroyed the building. R.A. Furlow is also opening his barber shop in the same building, "bigger and better than ever."

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A local woman was found beside the road near Holdenville where her husband had thrown her from his car following a fight.

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Oil operators agreed to reduce production to 450,000 barrels per day for a period of 60 days to determine if they could make proration work.

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Fifteen persons were lodged in jail last night and charged with vagrancy.

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Pee Wee and Her Personality Girls are on stage at the Rex.

"The work of officer Jake Sims and Chief John Long reads like the exploits of Sherlock Holmes," the lead Producer story said. The story reported a drug clerk faced a murder charge for administering an overdose of croton oil to a man found dead in the alley a few weeks ago. The officers uncovered a bizarre story of doctored whiskey and an attempt to "knock out" a third person with the doctored corn whiskey the dead man allegedly drank.

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Seminole Legion delegates Harold Turner, Pal Noe, Con Long and Leo Nichols returned from the state convention at Guthrie today. Turner was elected a delegate to the Paris, France, national convention this fall. The Legionnaires elected Frank Douglass of Okemah, a Machine Gun Company Sgt. in the 90th Division, state commander succeeding General Roy Hoffman of Chandler. Shawnee was selected for the state convention next year.

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"Bowlegs, as picturesque as its name, has set an example of old fashioned get-up-and-get-energy that other towns could do well to emulate," The Producer editor said in reporting Bowlegs and Seminole residents raised the money to improve the sandy road south of Bowlegs into the Little River oil field.

"One of the Seminole men expressed doubt Bowlegs could raise its share of the needed money. To which a Bowlegs resident replied ‘Is Zat So", and proceeded to start off the contributions which have reached total of $1,000," the news report said.

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A man working for Tulsa Rig and Supply company and living with his wife in a tent on the company property across the street from City Hall, was arrested last night on a warrant from Washington county. "It seems there is a place near Bartlesville called Pantan. Recently an oil field fight started there. It developed into a real he-man fight were hard blows were struck. The Seminole man walked away from that fight. Police Officer Jake Sims said today, but his adversary didn’t get up. He was dead. The man will be returned to Bartlesville to explain how the fight started and to justify himself or he will face manslaughter charges."

The Corporation Commission Tuesday ratified the agreement of oil men of the Seminole field to hold production to 450,000 barrels per day.

Eight 55,000 barrel storage tanks were completed in the Seminole field last week. A field survey shows the area has 223 tanks of 55,000 barrel capacity, 96 of 80,000 barrel capacity and eight 10,000 barrel tanks.

Amarada reportedly had 986,601 barrels in storage; Barnsdall 701,582 barrels; Carter 1,344,100 barrels; ITIO 3,287,233 barrels; Magnolia 3,493,795 barrels; Prairie 9947,102 barrels; Pure 747,654 barrels and Slick 703,454 barrels. A dozen other companies had storage reported from Independent’s 3,500 barrels to Empire’s 499,325 barrels.

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J.W. Fowler has been functioning as city judge and justice of the peace while the regular judge Con Long, was in Guthrie attending the American Legion convention. Judge Fowler took over when the prisoners "got too thick in the city jail."

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A young man was dispatched to district court by Judge Con Long when he was charged with attempting to steal a Chrysler from the C&H Garage. When he was caught and run out, he circled the block and went back into the garage and cranked up a Nash Roadster.

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A speaker at the World Federation of Education admonished the USA that the country should provide sex education (sound natural?).

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A touring car-oilfield truck collision put Everett Freeman, 17, in Salzburg Hospital with internal injuries and many body bruises.

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Earl Morris, a driller, was injured hoisting pipe at 3 a.m. today on a drilling well. The cat line broke, releasing an 8-inch joint of pipe on Morris.

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"The short skirts the flappers are wearing make men good-lookers."

Rev. B.L. Williams in a Page One story reported he is back on the job as Methodist minister in Seminole after an enjoyable vacation fishing in Arkansas. He reported preaching in his mother’s old church in Arkansas where the minister was baptized.

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Seminole Unit of the Oklahoma National Guard Co. L. 179th Infantry leaves Saturday morning for Ft. Sill and the annual two week encampment. First Lt. Harold Turner is excused from the camp because he is leaving for Paris, France and the National American Legion convention meeting there September 1.

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Governor Henry Johnston denied Texas requisition papers for Joe Alvarado, old time Western gunfighter and a former federal officer. Alvarado is charged in Texas with bank robbery. The Oklahoma governor said Alvarado had helped run the Kimes gang out of Oklahoma and he "had no faith in the new robbery charges" filed against the ex-federal officer.

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Rev. Troutman, Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Floyd, their grandchildren, Iva and Ova Reynolds, and Mr. and Mrs. Mansur returned to Seminole today from Kentucky where they have been holding Holiness Church revivals. They reported 67 conversions in Kentucky.

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T.H. Moore, prizefighter with a visiting carnival, reported to Salzburg hospital this morning with a wrist broken in two places. Moore said he hit somebody too hard.

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"Inez, The Original Dancing Girl," was scheduled for The State stage in "Red Hot Mama."

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Jimmy Hicks and Johnny Cruise are managing Fred Whittingten, prizefighter they claim is the Southwest welterweight champion. Whittington meets Berne Irvine Thursday night in the weekly boxing bout main event in the Seminole armory.

Ted Stanton, Producer editor, writes an "Editorial of Thanks" because the predicted typhoid epidemic has not struck Seminole - "and the hot summer is half over" he wrote.

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Assistant County Attorney Bohannon has new offices in Homestake Building here. "He has also taken a few inches off his belt," The Producer reporter said. "He does not go into court with a lot of rot that will take up time and finally be dismissed. Those he does prosecute he prosecutes with all he has and is creating a good impression around city hall,

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Will Grady’s wife was in town, arriving from Louisiana, "to surprise him." The Producer, asking for any one who knows Grady to tell him his wife is here, commented: "It is just another case of the wrong impression that Seminole seems to obtain throughout the land. "Nobody seems to realize that this oil field is wide and broad and deep."

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Flood waters on the North Canadian River west of Shawnee and near Dale caused traffic to Oklahoma City from Seminole and Shawnee to detour through Meeker.

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Mayor Harber reported he had been answering the phones for many months when folks were calling to find out when they "can get a little water." Now, the mayor says, he is getting calls "about too much water." The water tower has been running over, the mayor said, and folks in the vicinity complain the deluge of water is ruining their yards. ""But the twinkle in the mayor’s eye indicates he’s prefer calls about too much water than calls about when folks can get water."

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Rock Island railway advertised, twelve auctions of items shipped to Seminole but unclaimed. The items ranged from a case of canned corn to a large shipment of dry goods.

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Hosey’s Auto Palace opened today at First and Broadway. One quart of oil was given away with each five gallons of gasoline as an attraction for the opening. H.M. Hosey was listed as proprietor.

Lyman Nowell, age 14, was driving on North Second street near Petty Cash Grocery store when the car struck two seven-year-old boys, Raudell Cochran and Merle Rogers. the two boys are in Ware hospital. Both miraculously escaped death. "Newell is feeling mighty blue."

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Good Hope School, two miles north and one mile west of Seminole will add a high school course this year.

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The Producer announced the new Banner Edition is about ready to go to press. "It will show Seminole is a city of homes and churches and not shacks and saloons," the announcement said.

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Zoning Commissioner Paul Meeting "has constructed a home for himself and family at 217 West College." Meeting is zoning commissioner of the city of Seminole. He is demonstrating his confidence in the future of the city by building this home "which cost Mr. Meeting right at $4,000."

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The zoning commission is ready to report to the city council, Mr. Meeting said. One man told The Producer "drillers and tool dressers are people just like folks and they want good homes."

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Judge Crump ruled a grandmother inherited from an Indian child (a grandson) when the child’s parents died. The case was Lena vs. Goforth and more than 20 lawyers were involved in the case. Oil was being produced on the Indian land involved.

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Joe Alverado announced he is again serving as special investigator for Governor Johnson. Alvarado, a two-gun man who was recently charged with bank robbery in Texas, was freed of a grand larceny charge in Osage county.

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Bill Childers and Dan Stoker "old cronies of Rev. Scott of First Baptist church, who now live in Enid, attended the big revival, meeting at First Baptist church last night." The church is starting a campaign to raise $25,000 to complete the $60,000 new building at Second and Evans. Rev. Naney of Wewoka, with his assistant pastor, Bob Turner, are providing the music for the four-night revival. "Turner is a whole show by himself," the reporter said.

City officers were elated "and others who received the information threw their hats in the air," The Producer reported when it was learned Rock Island railroad did more than $7,000,000 in business from Seminole in July."

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Street Commissioner Deck Wright, Fire Chief Pollock, Police Chief Long and City Treasurer Seger were named by the city council as a City traffic Committee at the council meeting last night.

Wright asked the council what to do about cleaning city streets and the council informed the commissioner he had that responsibility. "A large new street sweeper is needed", Wright said.

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Seminole police are receiving a lot of praise in letters from persons who have visited Seminole and from relatives of persons who have been involved with the police, Mayor Harbor reports.

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Twenty six arrests yesterday put a total of $794 in the city bond account in Judge Con Long's court.

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Arranggements have finally been completed to get water pumped into the new swimming hole in Agrerian Park for which Rev. B.L. Williams and his Boy Scouts have worked so hard and so faithfully.

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J.O. Templeton, Deck Wright, D.L. Nichols and Frank Reeves were named by city council as the committee to secure the right of way for new city sewer system. The sewer line is the "next big project tbr the city."

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When L.C. Clark of ClarkDarland company came to Seminole two months ago, he was naturally anxious to have his wife and 7-yearold son with him as soon as possible and contemplated building a small make shift home which would be temporary.

He and Mrs. Clark looked over the situation here and decided they would be glad to always call Seminole home and raise their boy in Seminole schools. The decision resulted in a new $6,000 home just completed at 425 Highland street. This move of the Clark family is but another indication that Seminole is to be a city of fine homes, schools and churches.

"Editor Livingston of the Seminole County News is busy telling his friends all about the fine time he had motoring around New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, etc. Livingston returned yesterday."

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"All you Boy Scouts, get your lips all puckered up and miss supper tomorrow night. Cause you’re going to need a lot of room for all those watermelons Scoutmaster Williams has in the cooler."

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Seminole police held two men on charges of passing counterfeit $5 and $10 bills. Here is the report on it in The Producer:

Last night at the Carnival, the lady selling tickets at the minstrel show discovered she had a phony $5 bill and the passer was watched until an officer could be found. The man who passed it and his companion, however, did not care for the show and went on through and escaped by crawling from under the tent. An effort was made to cash one at the merry-go-round stand and still another at the "Rat Enter" tent.

When Sims arrived on the scene two of the ticket takers identified the men while the third was not sure. At any rate Sims has evidence or at least information to show that a third man was there and it is presumed that it was to him the money was passed because the men arrested did not have any money on their persons.

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A statewide war on bank bandits, payroll robbers and hijackers has been declared by Governor Johnson.

In a signed proclamation he announced a standing reward of $250 to e paid by the state for the arrest and conviction of every person "who robs or attempts to rob by force or fear, any bank or business institution or any common carrier or any person engaged in his work or any person going to or returning from his work."

The Seminole City Council annexed three new city additions to enlarge the city. Vernon Heights is in northwest part of the city. Terrace Garden Addition takes in the northeast section but does not include "the North Main street area. The third addition was Southwest Addition No. 2 and was south of Rock Island and west of First street.

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M.A. Anderson and Swede Jackson were written up as the bricklayers who laid paving bricks on Seminole’s downtown streets. Anderson laid 44,782 bricks one day, his foreman told The Producer. They were laying bricks on East Oak street in front of The Producer office.

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OG&E announced it is completing its Macomb substation and that town will have electric lights in a few days.

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Many barns and small buildings in Okemah and Okfuskee county were damaged last night by heavy winds.

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Panhandle dining room advertised chicken dinners for 50 cents. The Panhandle was at 411 North Main.

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Warrants for the arrest of six Seminole deputy sheriffs, on charages of extortion, had been issued today, with further arrests anticipated in an extensive investigation of alleged illegal raids and arrests in the Seminole county oil fields.

Following the alleged wholesale conditions in plying of unlawful business in the name of the law, County Attorney Homer M. Bishop has instigated a campaign against raids without warrants, false arrests, and the taking of illegal cash bonds.

Each will be required to post $1,000 bond or go to jail, County Attorney Bishop said. The charge of extortion carries a maximum penalty of a year in jail and $500 fine.

While he expected further arrests, Bishop declined to outline the scope of the investigation.

The Pure oil company fire east of the city was described as follows in this date’s Producer.

The burned and charred body of one man lies at the Clark-Darland mortuary, six other men are suffering minor burns, the entire loading station of the Pure Oil Company, a mile east of town on the Rock Island right- of-way, is a mass of ruins and debris as a result of a fire which started of unknown origin at 3:30 this morning.

The Pure Oil loading plant was of considerable importance, accommodation for the handling of 28 cars at a time being in full operation. The capacity, 28 cars, were at the station when the fire was discovered, according to information given out this morning, but the Rock Island switching crew was able to remove 27 cars before the fire reached them. One car of oil became ignited and burned.

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About 30 people were ready to say "Good Morning" to Judge Con Long this morning following the Saturday and Sunday activities of the Seminole City and County Police. The usual number of drunks were on hand and the list today was varied by the addition of a few fights, a case or two of possession, an adultery case, and of course the vags and investigation took up the usual space on the blotter.

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Former Mayor M. McCumber claims to have determined that ten cars a minute is the average which passes his house daily. McCumber lives at Second and Seminole streets. He sits on his porch and counts the cars. This "adds up to 600 cars an hour and 14,000 cars each day," The Producer reporter wrote.

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Okmulgee mortician Arthur Turner, driving near Beggs, with his arm protruding out the window of his car, had the arm "sheared off at the elbow by a passing truck."

A shopkeeper on the Holland Lease about six miles northwest of Seminole was shot to death last night in his room at the Store. Hitchhikers were the suspects in the crime.

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Here is the story of Seminole police and two hi-jackers:

Within a few minutes after W.E. Jackson of the Brown Motor Company, 4th and Broadway reported to the police last night that he had been hijacked, officer Mont Grady stepped out and not only maintained the reputation of the Seminole Police Department for quick action, but enriched himself to the tune of $500 if the reward of $250 each for the arrest of the hi-jackers offered by Governor Johnston stays put.

Seminole police have already established an enviable record for the rapid manner in which they work. They are known to be quick. They have been successful in making some important captures in a few hours, but when Grady got the hi-jackers last night things began to develop a little faster than even Mort Grady, accustomed to such things, was looking for.

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Philips Petroleum Company announced perfection of a new aviation fuel, a special gasoline for airplane motors.

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Jess Pollock, proprietor of Liberty Cafe advertised his "well cooked food is good for your health."

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Rev. B.L. Williams, Methodist minister, made the following appeal in a Page One Producer story:

"The father sick, the mother weak and worn, one little child not expected to live and four other babies actually hungry is the startling revelation of a case coming to the attention of Rev. Williams of the Methodist Church and related to The Producer this morning.

"The Rev. Williams suggested that some people who have an hour or two of time a day could devote it to helping wash the babies, help keep them clean. They need everything from food on down. If there are any good Samaritans in Seminole who want to help with a little cash, groceries, clothing and time to nurse the pretty little babies and per chance same some useful lives telephone to 93 and ask for Rev. Williams.

A well-camouflaged still was discovered in a house in Seminole today by Seminole police. A gas stove, without gas connections and a mash barrel in the attic behind a false wall helped conceal the illegal operations.

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Seven dusky bells from South Wewoka street and nine past masters of the art of "rolling them bones" were taken up by Geo. Brigman and squad last night and business picked up in Judge Long’s court this morning as a consequence.

The girls had been complained of so much for inciting people into their places that Brigman took a squad and cleaned out the gang. Seven names of the women were on the dotted line on the blotter this morning while nine dotted lines were required to list the crap shooters.

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A tank battery of Sinclair Oil Company on the Taylor farm and a Sinclair oil well in 22-8-6, Bowlegs pool, were both on fire today. The explosion at the tank battery severely burned James L. Newlin, an employee of Sinclair.

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A federal dry agent was bound over to face trial on a murder charge in the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old boy at Pitcher.

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Editor Ted Stanton commented on being "hoggish" and not stopping to pick up hitchhikers, suggested "it’s better too look hoggish than it is to look natural on the mortician’s table.

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Jake Sims and a deputy Bob Duncan nabbed a man wanted in Detroit on inter-state car theft charges today.

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Jimmie Hicks of Oil Exchange Athletic Club announced twenty four rounds of "fast boxing" is scheduled for Friday night’s event in the Seminole armory.

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A prisoner escaped the Tecumseh jail and was arrested in Seminole today. The Seminole officers notified Tecumseh and the jailer there was surprised to learn the prisoner had escaped. He hadn’t been missed.

Okfuskee county sheriff Charles Hendrix was arrested for aiding his father, a federal prisoner, to escape from jail. The Producer quoted Hendrix who is called "The Cowboy Sheriff" as saying "anyone who hasn’t nerve enough to let his father out of jail hasn’t nerve enough to be sheriff."

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Dr. L.M. Doss, president of Seminole Motor Company, posted a $15,000 bond and was named a "full-fledged" tag agent today.

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Owner of a Buick auto at Bowlegs loaned the car to a friend. Then he decided to "play a joke" on said friend and called Seminole police, told them it had been stolen and giving them a detailed description of the car. The police of Seminole found it parked and towed it to the station. "That is a good way to get someone killed," a police officer said, pointing out that had police seen the car being driven by the friend, and the friend hadn’t complied promptly with police orders to stop, he might have been shot. Seminole police didn’t think much of the "joke."

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Seminole County Commissioners agreed to build the paved road from Wewoka to Seminole and to pave a road from Wewoka north through Cromwell to the Okfuskee county line and south to Sasakwa and on the Ada bridge.

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Seminole and Hughes County Commissioners employed a highway patrolman to patrol the highways and roads between Wewoka and Holdenville. The trooper resigned, announcing the job was too much and too dangerous at night for one man.

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Two hospitals, the Knight Hospital and the General Hospital, were under construction at Wewoka.

Seminole tribal members were in disagreement over whether the tribe should have a Chief "for one day" to sign contracts with attorneys who have agreed to sue the government for funds allegedly due the tribe.

The last Chief was Mrs. Alice Davis who had custody of The Great Seal of the Seminoles. The report today said no one knows where that seal is at present. The tribal members reportedly said Mrs. Davis refused to sign the deed to the Emahaka school land, even though her son-in-law General W.S. Key, was the highest and best bidder. The segment of the Seminole tribe wanting a "one-day Chief" sought to have Harry Tiger appointed.

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Little River townsite in the NW of 11 and the SW of 2 in 7-6, advertised town lots will be auctioned for two days starting at 1 p.m. on August 30. The site is eight miles west and three miles south of Wewoka; eight miles east and two miles south of Maud; ten miles south and two miles east of Seminole; and eight miles south of Lima. The little River Townsite company listed F.M. Dennedy as sales manager.

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Earl Davis, Seminole jeweler, finally located the man who gave him a hot check three months ago. The man was in the West Virginia penitentiary.

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Seminole Lions Club was organized in Seminole and a banquet in the basement of the First Baptist church last night was host to Lionesses and to District Secretary Cain. Chester Gates was named temporary secretary of the club and a nominating committee was named consisting of Elmer Harber, Doc Grisso, Coleman Davis, L.W. Kitchens and Jess Pollock.

It was decided to hold noonday luncheons in the Baptist church every Thursday.

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H.T. Riddle of First National Bank, who has been out of town, was asked if he had been on a vacation to which he replied, "Naw, I’ve just been over in Arkan-saw."

Seventeen Seminole grocers were arrested for staying open Sundays. Only stores which sell milk and fresh meat are permitted to open Sundays. Judge Con Long told the seventeen to be on their way but "to sin no more."

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State theater invited all kids in town who will be school age and will start to school next Monday, to attend a free picture and vaudeville show Wednesday afternoon.

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The Oklahoma State Fair announced it will present a huge night fireworks spectacle, "The Fall of Try," a 500-foot stage each night at the upcoming state fair.

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Coach Woodall says he has looked over the football squad prospects and thinks he will have a winning season for Seminole high school.

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A man who was reported to have died from drinking too much alcohol, was found today in Pat’s and Fat’s Blacksmith shop. The man reportedly lives in Wewoka.

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Floyd Barton is working double shifts at the fire department while Fireman Everett Broadnex is in Texas.

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First National Bank warned forged checks on Edmundsen Drilling Company and on C.C. Clay are circulating in the area.

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Yale Rooms in Earlsboro were advertised for sale. "Best offer takes it," the ad said.

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Seminole Motor Company salesmen L.M. Doss, J.P.E. Bowles and Edgar W. Marshall asked prospective car purchasers to "Wait for the new Ford."

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The Producer said, Miss Sadie Franklin "fainted" the first time she left Kansas" when a polite man walked up to The Producer office counter and said "Has your missing persons column ever heard of the Burger Boys?" Miss Franklin said the name was familiar but what was their first names? "Ham and Lim" the nice police man said.

Two prisoners from Seminole County were among four convicts who died in the McAlester prison as a result of drinking wood alcohol from the prison paint shop.

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Ted Stanton, in his Page One editorial, urged Seminole telephone users not to cuss the telephone girls for the difficulty in getting the calls through. "The girls are not responsible for the heavy load on the inadequate phone system," Stanton said.

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Oil field mules, wagon and harness were advertised for sale by Tim Stone.

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The oil shutdown was starting. Saturday morning’s gauge showed 526,467 barrels for 24 hours but the Sunday morning gauge was down to 514,503 barrels.

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The First National Bank advertised a warning to be on the outlook for Carter Oil Company checks signed by J. Glen Jerome. The checks were lost and are expected to turn up with forged endorsements. They were made to L. Wilkerson, Byron Knight, E.E. Copeland, B.L. Rucker, A.E. Hendrick, J.A. Smith, C.E. Scott and Guy Nall.

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"A spick and span new Ford Roadster" was reported stolen by a salesman visiting the city. Two youths who gave Seminole as their home address were in jail in Tecumseh charged with the car theft. They were arrested by the Wanette Town Marshal while riding in the car.

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George Killingsworth, president of Seminole school board, is home from a three-week motor trip through Texas and ready for the school board meeting Monday. Killingsworth said the family enjoyed the motor trip, he is glad to be home, and "is sitting pretty" for the Monday evening school board session.

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A son was born to Raymond and Clarice Fulkerson August and a son born to William and Mintha Edwards August 2.

Seminole county was leading the state in car sales "so far this year,’ The Producer announced. The report said the state is starting to crack down on motorists who drive cars in the state without a license.

R.L. Seaman, secretary of the state highway commission wrote all county sheriffs reminding them that 60 percent of the auto license money remains in the county where it is collected. Seaman urged county sheriffs to help enforce the license tag law.

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The street running between Sun Lumber company and the Pentecostal Holiness Church has been renamed Walnut street. It was called Seminole Avenue but there is already a Seminole street and the names are confusing.

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Street lights were ordered installed in 38 locations by the city council last night. The council is discussing traffic stop lights at some of the city street intersections.

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The "Chevvies" had to buy ice cream for the "Fords" at the new Baptist church last night. The teams were in a money-raising contest for the new church. Juanita Morphew led the Fords and Orville Jones led the Chevvies.

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Fred Taylor of the City Barber Shop announced the purchase of the Commercial Hotel Barber Shop and invited his customers to his new location.

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Circulation Manager McDowell advertised for Producer carriers who "can earn from $3 to $15 weekly during the school term carrying Producer routes. The Producer circulation manager announced the newspaper was going to use "the same system of carrier delivery as big city newspapers use."

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The Chase Building at the corner of Oak and Main is being remodeled for a new store. The Style Shop to be operated by Joe Riff and Sam Sharpstein.

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Women may be the weaker vessel but she contains the stronger spirit, The Producer opined.

All operators in the Seminole field have signed up for the shut down and reduction to 450,000 barrels daily.

James T. Jackson wrote a Page One editorial spaced into one-line sentences - charging the oil producers could never reduce the oil production in the Seminole field. Jackson said they might as well try to stem the "flooding Mississippi River."

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An Indian man stopped by the side of the road near Holdenville and started across the road to a watermelon wagon. C.O. Hendrick, editor of The Wewoka Capital Democrat, was driving behind the Indian and was unable to stop. Hendrick’s car struck and killed the Indian.

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Dr. J.N. Harber, mayor, is fitting up an office next to his medical office over First National Bank to be used as a private office for conducting city affairs.

"Folks can talk in private with the mayor when the office is finished," the report said.

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A woman came to The Producer asking help in finding her 14-year-old daughter. She said a man drove up to their home in a camp on Wewoka Creek and asked the girl if she wanted to work - said his wife was ill and needed help in the home. The girl left with the man but the mother didn’t get the name of the man or the address where her daughter was supposed to be going. She wanted help in finding the girl.

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La Salle Apartment House advertised "one room efficiency apartments. Next door to City Hall."

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Burton’s Furniture Store, corner of Main and Evans, offers "Credit to whom credit is due."

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The State Theatre was presenting "Double Wives" on the screen and "The Flame of Argentine" on the stage.

Robbers knocked the knob off a large safe at a Shawnee furniture store last night and escaped with $2,240.

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A plan of oil production went into effect this morning and the flow of oil from the Seminole field was expected to drop drastically. The plan had been approved by oil producers and set up by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission. The plan called for holding the Greater Seminole field to 450,000 barrels per day production.

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James T. Jackson, editorially commenting on President Coolidge’s announcement that he "does not choose to run" for re-election, served warning he, Jackson, might "choose" to make the race. James T. assured readers he would never let the country down and leave it without a president.

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Judge Con Long "called off the $16.50 and costs chorus in monotonous tones this morning" as an extra large number of vags, drunks, fighting folks and others paraded before him in police court.

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Seminole’s Jonah Porter American Legion post will meet tonight and members will vote instructions for delegates who will attend the Guthrie state convention. Post officers announced the regular meetings of the post will be Monday nights after the delegates return from Guthrie.

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A family of four were moved from their tent home in a camp on the Livingston lease and hospitalized in Harber hospital. All were suffering from typhoid.

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"The concrete spreader started bright and early today at the east end of Oak street and when this street is paved it will just about finish up the paving of the business district."

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Four men held in the Earlsboro jail on drunk charges, were missing this morning. They took "French Leave" during the night.

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Majestic Cafe advertised installation of "The Peterson Air Cooling System." The Majestic was at 216 Main street.

A suspect confessed to burglarizing the Sooner Cigar Store in the First National Bank building Wednesday night. The suspect said he got a watch and $12 from the cash register.

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Seven persons were listed in The Producer ‘missing persons’ columns. The missing persons project had grown over the past several months a story in The Producer said.

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Judge Thomas H. Doyle of the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals castigated two Lincoln county officers last week for searching a private home without a search warrant. Judge Doyle threw out of court evidence obtained by the officers.

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A woman was one of eight charged in district court at Wewoka with narcotic law violations. The woman had to be carried into the court room of Judge Orel Busby. She testified she had been using dope since she was 14 years old. Judge Busby sentenced her to two years in prison.

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Reproduced from a New York Telegram editorial. The Producer said this:

"The Seminole oil field, greatest the world has known, is one year old this month.

"A thousand rigs, fostering abandoned farms, with the pumps dragging 450,000 barrels of oil a day, with all the jazz frontier tramping the twisted, rutted, nine mile road that leads through pineboard fronts to boisterous Bowlegs, already men are talking in hushed voices of the end.

"Never again, perhaps, will there be such a field.

"It pushed the price of crude oil from $2.60 down to $1.30 a barrel. It threw all stocks into a tailspin and Wall Street into a furor. It drove oil barons and plain citizens into hysterics.

And yet tomorrow, and only a quick tomorrow, this flood of oil will be only a memory, and Seminole will have become again a country town, a burnt place in the blackjacks.

"The Seminole field is producing today more than a fourth of the national consumption. But what of tomorrow?"

Oklahoma Highway Commission announced most of the right-of-way from the Pott county line to Seminole has been secured for SH3. D.H. Jones of the highway department said the road from Seminole to Wewoka will be let to contract soon. The road will stay north of the Rock Island most of the way, Jones announced.

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Judge Con Long declared war on girls who pick men’s pockets in Seminole.

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Traffic Officer Sam Nicholson resigned his job with the city police department and announced he will open a detective agency in Seminole.

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County Attorney Homer Bishop complimented the Seminole police department in an interview with a Producer reporter. Bishop announced reorganization of his office in the county, established a full time assistant county attorney in Seminole. The county prosecutor named Luther Bohannon a special assistant county attorney and assigned him to Seminole. Lee Pollock, deputy sheriff, was assigned to Seminole and to the court of Peace Justice Con Long.

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Ira Rinehart, Tulsa oil reporter, told The Producer "there is a joker somewhere in the Seminole shutdown situation." Rinehart said the shutdown agreement set 450,000 barrels per day production. The production the past 24 hours was 486,340 barrels and the 24 hours before that was 501,639 barrels.

Ray Collins, field umpire for the shutdown project said the oil producers "are complying or are doing their best to comply with the Corporation Commission’s proration orders.

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Marie Harber, nine-year-old twin daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J.N. Harber died at an early hour today in an Oklahoma City hospital. She had undergone major surgery for a bone infection. The bone infection, known as osteo myelitis, was discovered last Friday. Examined in Oklahoma City Saturday, major surgery was performed immediately but it was not successful. Services are scheduled from the Harber home, 315 Highland tomorrow.

A meeting of Seminole and Bowlegs road boosters at Bowlegs worked out a joint project to improve the sandy road south from Bowlegs to Salt Creek. Commissioner Johnson has constructed a bridge over Little River. In dry weather the sandy road is almost impassable.

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Seminole County received a check for $122,955.58 from State Auditor A.S.J. Shaw as the county’s portion of the gross production tax collections for July.

Thirty-seven of Oklahoma’s 77 counties received some portion of the gross production tax - that number of counties produced some oil in July.

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During a torrential rain storm last night Irl Norton, a pipeliner, was killed by lightning in the Sinclair bath house one-half mile east of Rascoe.

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Police nabbed a man with 10 capsules of morphine last night.

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Local oil companies agreed to build temporary school buildings in the various camps around Seminole and the Seminole school system will operate the schools. "The buildings may be rough and the campuses muddy but there will be education there," The Producer reporter wrote.

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First Baptist Church opened a campaign for $25,000 to finish the new church to cost a total of $60,000. Teams are in the field soliciting the funds to complete the edifice.

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Doctors Moe and Stebbins offered "dental plates that fit" for $20.

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First National Bank advertised that forged checks are circulating on Gulf Pipe Line, M.E. Tate and C.L. Clay and Company. The bank warned persons to be sure signatures are genuine before cashing checks on accounts of any of the three accounts.

The police have declared war on traffic violators of all kinds.

Chief Sims, Wednesday, put Sam Nicholson and Lon Rudrow out as traffic officers.

They arrested 10 or 12 persons for various violations, some of whom were fined and others forfeited their bonds in police court Thursday.

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H.C. Roberts, employee of the Victor Gas company, is at Ware hospital with painful burns about the neck, face and hands.

Roberts is 32 years old, married and lives near Plant No. 9.

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P.J. Hill, organizer of Izaak Walton clubs, suggested to Seminole residents that a wildlife or game refuge should be established in Seminole county. Rev. L.L. Scott will head up the campaign to establish and Izaak Walton chapter here.

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Residents of the west side of the city appeared before the city council seeking a west side fire station. The fire department has one 400-gallon pumper and one full time man. Jess Pollock is chief and the department is very efficient, city official said. The west side residents asked for a 500-gallon pumper to be located somewhere in the west part of town.

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No relief from the bitter cold weather of the past few days has been promised by the weather man.

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Seminole building permits for this year to November 30, are $739,796.00, the city clerk’s office reports.

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Chicken dinners were advertised at "Sarge’s Place," 118 S. Park, for 35¢.

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A bank robber who took about $1,000 from Inola State Bank this morning was pursued and caught in a grocery store nine miles south of that town this afternoon. He appeared about 23 years old, was neatly dressed but refused to give officers his name.

Hearst newspapers today published a story that four United States Senators are being investigated by the Senate Investigating committee on charges the have collected "over $1,000,000" from the Mexican government.

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Olga, prized police dog of Sam Kerbel was killed by an intruder at the Virgil Chase farm west of town night before last. Kerbel had left the dog at the Chase farm to raise a litter of seven pups. The dog had fought with someone in the yard of the Chase home, evidently an intruder, who bludgeoned her so severely she died the next day. Kerbel, Chase and other friends are raising the seven police pups on bottles.

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Five deputies raided a residence on North Fourth street Wednesday and found a jug of "musical whiskey. It was in the piano in the front room of the house. "That jug has played its last tune," Joe Pollock, deputy sheriff announced.

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Thirty five persons took a civil service examination in Seminole yesterday to become a Seminole city postal carrier. Two will be employed. The examination was conducted by Roy Hoffman, postmaster ad two staff members of the Shawnee post office.

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A traveling man was stopped by hijackers six miles north of town last night, was robbed of his Masonic ring, and the hijackers traded their old Ford for the man’s new Chevy.

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Waite Phillips was elected chairman of the board of Independent Oil and Gas Company after Independent was merged with Philmck Oil Company. In addition to Phillips, R.P. Brewer, Otis McClintock and Gilletee Hill were added to the Independent board. They are major Philmack stockholders.

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Edward A. Spafford, national commander of The American Legion came under strong criticism for his order to other Legion to take a national poll of members on the prohibition question.

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Eastern Star initiated 12 new members last night.

WEWOKA - Mrs. Alice B. Davis, first woman chief of an Indian tribe, now is the seventy five-year-old "guide, philosopher and friend" of 3,100 Seminole tribesmen, whom she ruled for two brief periods in 1922.

She frequently appears in the District court here as an interpreter in litigation involving the oil lands of the Seminoles.

Her father John P. Brown, a Scotch physician and graduate of the University of Edinburgh, had come to the United States as a surgeon during the Civil War. He married Lucy Red Beard, a Seminole.

A son became chief of the tribe and won the title of "Governor Brown."

After the latter’s death, his sister Alice was appointed by President Harding to serve as chief for one day in order too complete business which her brother left unfinished. A month later she was reappointed in order to sign authoritatively a deed in behalf of the Seminole nation. The deed called for the transfer of Emakaha mission to a private individual.

A school for Seminole girls, the mission had been condemned and abandoned and the federal government wished to dispose of it. Mrs. Davis refused to sign the deed. She contended that the land had been sold without the consent of the tribe, and that the Indians received no part of the purchase price. For her refusal she was immediately "separated from her position as chief of the tribe."

Her retirement to private life by no means lessened her activities. She keeps a record of births, deaths and marriages among her people and is always prepared to supply information to a fellow Seminole who wished to prove his rights.

The federal government has sent Mrs. Davis to Florida three times in the last generation to act as interpreter in trials involving Seminoles.

After being educated in Indian missions, the daughter of the Scotch physician and the Seminole maiden became the wife of a white man, George Davis. She is the mother of eleven children.

A new pool, believed to be the discovery of the biggest production in the entire Seminole area, has been located by the Barnsdall Oil company six miles southwest of Seminole.

The new field connects with the Mekusukey mission field, but is further west. It is No. 1 Fife.

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Sam Nicholson, traffic officer and his assistant, Rodrow, have been as busy as cranberry merchants the past several days.

Nicholson and his assistant have opened a traffic school. They have had over 100 pupils since this educational institution was opened. Some of the pupils are making good progress, it is said.

Few arrests have been made, these only as a last resort, but many persons have been warned that running over stop signs is a finable offense.

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OKLAHOMA CITY- Four years after one of the most turbulent state political upheavals in American history when an aroused electorate brought about the removal of Governor Jack Walton, Oklahoma stands today upon the brink of another political revolution of even greater magnitude.

Impeachment charges numbering five with more promised, have been brought against Governor Henry S. Johnston, who has served for a little less than one year.

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G.T. Bryant, industrial commissioner, is holding court in Seminole this week.

This session opened Monday, when police court adjourned, and it is said it will be in progress all this week.

Bryant came down from Oklahoma City Sunday night, after making arrangements for the use of the police court room.

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Mrs. I.H. Terrell who resided with her husband near the Eureka Tool company plant in the north part of Seminole died Saturday night after an illness of a few days. The funeral was conducted Sunday and interment was in Maple Grove.

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F.O. Barton and Winfred Mathews spent Friday on the lake at McAlester shooting ducks.

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E.A. Chaffin advertised he is "A Sole Doctor." He operates a shoe shop.

Marked superiority of women students over the men in the University of Chicago is shown by a study of scholastic records compiled by Miss Mary Elizabeth Sloan in a thesis for a master’s degree turned into the department of education.

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Because of the fact that Christmas Day falls on Sunday, the pleas of the transportation companies for the early shipping of Christmas packages this hear have a real significance. It is decided that all deliveries be completed by Christmas Eve making early shipping even more important than in other years.

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Seminole’s holiday business looms big. Buying, which lagged for a long time, has taken a spurt and the merchants are doing an excellent business. Those who had not been busy all the time have had spurts that carried their sales up well and they look for an improvement the last of this week and the first of next.

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Mrs. W.E. Grisso left for Oklahoma City to be with her husband who fell on the ice and is confined to his room under a doctor’s care in the Skirvin hotel.

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M.M. Rice of Atlantic Oil Company was overcome by gas on the well on the Cudjo well two miles south of Seminole. He fell into the drive belt on the well and was severely injured.

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Mac Q. Williamson, president protem of the State Senate called a meeting of that body in a downtown hotel today to decide what procedure will be followed when the senate meets at the state capitol.

Governor Johnston announced he would not use the militia against the State Senate but would fight that body’s actions in the courts. The Governor had used the national guard to keep the House from meeting in the state capitol.

L.W. Kitchens, superintendent of Seminole schools announced a plan to establish a health unit in the public school system.

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Dr. T.H. Ware was injured in an auto wreck enroute to Wewoka Tuesday night.

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A 1927 Ford roadster belonging to M.L. King was stolen from its parking place on Main street last night.

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Two persons found with articles and goods estimated to be worth $4,500 are in jail and efforts to find owners of the articles are underway.

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C.W. Johnston and R.T. Harber left today for Coalgate where they will spend a day shooting ducks.

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Enrollment in Seminole city schools passed the 3,000 mark this week, L.W. Kitchens, superintendent, announcd today.

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C.E. Griffith, 702 East Evans, advertised he would sell or trade two saddle horses "for anything, anywhere."

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H.M. Reed, 701 North First has a Studebaker Special he wants to trade for a Hupp 8 Sedan.

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There was standing room only at the State Theatre, now showing "What Price Glory," on the screen.

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Chief Jake Sims and his police captured "an entire hardware store of stuff," when they raided a dopey last night. Where all the hardware came from is not known, Chief Sims says.

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Colonel Charles A. Lindburgh is headed to Old Mexico for a visit to that nation, invited there by the government.

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Frank Crittenden of Raney-Wilson Rig Builders was injured today at ITIO camp.

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