Jan. 26, 1922

WEEK’S REVIEW WHAT’S DOING IN HENRYETTA

By Ben C. Eastin, Secretary Henryetta Chamber of Commerce – To paraphrase - There be times that try men’s ambition; a city’s also. They are coming in on every train, and their name is “Prospect.” It is just as we predicted. Five merchants tell that their January sales overtop December. Coal slumped, but will be doing business at the same old stand shortly and in the meantime, oil is filling in the pay roll gap, so we “ain’t doing so worse.”

Here’s What Happened last week – The National Supply Company and Jaracka Manufacturing Company secured salesroom and tackage and the Atlas contracted pipe yard, while the Republic Company and the Oil Well Supply Company are negotiating location. Also a letter from Frick-Ried Company states they will be in Henryetta as soon as they complete their new Tulsa building.

Just push Old Man Gloom off the boards and break a smile for what we’re getting; it’ll pay compound interest in a few months.

Judge J.B. Allison writes from Cameron, West Virginia, that he will be here with his family February 1st, and wants three furnished rooms until he can build a modern home. Three other parties are expected with him. Charles Murphy has returned from his eastern

Charles Murphy has returned from his eastern trip and reports all machinery enroute for the new glass plant; further, that Henryetta will be shipping her glass products by March 1st.

Waite Phillips paid G.W. Doneghy $200,000 for an 80 acre oil lease 5 miles west of Henryetta and is now moving in two rigs. But listen more: The five pipe lines running into the Lyons and Quinn pools, are unable to take care of the production and there are at this time six wells waiting for pipe and tankage facilities before being brought in. If you’ll smile, you’ll learn to believe in it, just as you grouched when things looked a little out o’ kilter.

Four new store rooms are now under course of construction, and five more, two of five stories promised. An eastern capitalist is also expected this week, and if plans carry, we’ll soon see a five story structure long wished for. Mack, The Tailor, has been notified to give up his business location March 15 and must have a building at once.

By the way, the Chamber of Commerce has received 200 brass engraved membership cards for hanging over your desk. We will lauch a membership drive next week in the hope of securing the signature of every patriotic and progressive citizen in Henryetta; and this reminds me of a little story entitled “The Funeral Of A City.”

BUY AND BUILD

With the constact arrivals of strangers seeking business location and residence property, Henryetta may be well said to have begun her march to a greater and industrial future.

At no time in the history of the city the future presented a more rosy and encouraging outlook.

Although our coal interest suffered because of the lack of demand, during the past few months this slump is only temporary, and it is a mere matter of a few months when the market will again be opened, and the miners once more will be working regularly.

In the meantime Henryetta has become an oil town growing in daily importance, a fact that is evidenced by the big production, and the fact that five of the big supply companies through the efforts of the Chamber of Commerce, have secured salesroom and trackage, and are now shipping in their stocks of goods.

Three large machine shops and foundries have also recently located, the glass factory will have their forty skilled workmen here early in February, and will be shipping out their product by March 1st.

It is also quite possible that Henryetta will have the largest brick and tile works in the southwest before the summer is come, while there are no less than a dozen industrial enterprises in conerence in person or by letter with the chamber of commerce over location.

These facts are already creating a demand for homes, and homes must be had to house the people these industries will bring in.

Land values will nanturally advance, property will never be cheaper, and the time to buy and build is NOW, before the advance.

Start a “Buy a Lot and Build” campaign, even if you don’t want to build now, get the lot anyway while the price is within your reach.

A man on salary who wants to own a home, and can not build at this at this time, should at least buy the lot, improve it with his small fruit garden and shrubbery, and be getting this much off of it while waiting to build. Then when he does build and move into his house his fruit and garden will be in bearing, and the shrubbery setting will have grown into the ornamental stage for his enjoyment.

The man now living in Henryetta who wants a home for his family, especially the salaried man or wage earner, and does not buy his lot now is making a big mistake, and will have only himself to blame when the influx of strangers come and property values go soaring.

Fact is, these newcomers are arriving almost daily and PROPERTY IS ADVANCING NOW, and you may find the lot you “intended to buy” taken by the stranger who was quicker to take advantage of the situation.

Suppose we start a “Buy a Lot and Build” campaign today; tomorrow may be too late – If we can’t build now, get the lot anyway, the lot itself can’t run off, nor will it burn, but on the contrary, grow and increase in value.

If we have to buy on the payment plan, and build the house the same way, lets do it NOW while we can. Lets start the “Buy a Lot and Build” campaign today, we have nothing to lose, and everything to gain.

MORE MARRIED MEN NOW THAN EVER BEFORE

By Associated Press. Washington, Jan. 26 – The proposition of married men to a total of male population of the country, fifteen years of age and over, increased 55.8 percent to 59.2 percent in ten years preceding the 1920 census, according to a computation of matrimonial statistics made public today by the census bureau.

The bureau believes, however that this was probably more indicative of change in the age composition of the population, an increase in the percentage of males between fifteen and twenty-five years of age, due to the increase of immigration’s growing propensity to matrimony.

MUST ENLARGE SEWAGE PLANT IN HENRYETTA

Henryetta has reached the point where it must do something with its sewage disposal plant. It is just a case of a city’s rapid growth. It is seldom that a city government is able to keep space with the citizens when a city is rapidly building. Henryetta has just outgrown its sewage disposal plant; that’s all.

Recently, complaint has been made to the state health department of conditions existing along Coal creek in to which a stream of the final outflow of the disposal plant passes.

Mayor Hawes says this is owing to the fact that the water in the stream becoming low, refuse gathers at points along the stream and becomes very offensive.

The petitions, or complaints, going to the state board of health were from people residing at Dewar.

The town of Dewar is not affected by the condition, but the localities in which many of the Dewar people are employed are and it is from these that the complaints came.

Yesterday Dr. A.L. Lewis, superintendent of the state health department, sent Inspector Dorsey here to examine into the situation and report back to him.

In company with Harry LaRue, superintendent of the waterworks, Mr. Dorsey went all over the plant and the surrounding country along Coal creek and yesterday evening he told Mayor Hawes he believed he could make a recommendation which would not be unreasonable, one with which the city would be able to comply and which would relieve the present situation. He left for Oklahoma City and will send his recommendation, in writing, to the mayor.

It is evident the plant will have to be enlarged and improvements made to make it equal to the demands upon it by the rapid growth of the city.

WIRELESS DEMONSTRATION

F.E. Potter and John Paul Shipley put on a demonstration of wireless telephone service last evening at the Henryetta high school auditorium.

In fact they had the grade children there during the afternoon, and the general public was invited in the evening.

The snow and sleet last evening caused all of the wonder if the thing would work.

The efforts were fruitless at first, and the operator has the misfortune to turn out a certain electrical fixture which caused a delay. Finally, however, the instrument was properly tuned, and the Victrola music was caught and faithfully rendered. This was sent out from the Webster building, several blocks away.

Finally many people grew disappointed with the slow way the thing was working, and went away – evidently disappointed. But those who left lost the best part of the show. Along toward ten o’clock things began to pick up. The carrier-waves began to work properly, or the tuning of the receiving set just got right.

Anyway, the amplifier began to shout out an Elks Memorial speech from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

During the speech the orator remarked that since eleven o’clock was at hand, the usual programme must be followed. A glance proved that it was approaching ten o’clock in Henryetta but of course it was eleven by Washington time.

The a concert came in from Denver, Colorado, and the music sounded fine as did the speaker’s voice.

Those who remained through this demonstration were simply amazed. The rendition of both music and voice was just fine.

So great is one’s surprise at these things – even though we knew about this advanced science by reading, it just naturally nearly floors one.

Potter and Shipley went from here to Holdenville where they will put on a demonstration.

JUSTAMERE CLUB

Mrs. E.J. Kersting, of South Sixth street was hostess to the Justamere club yesterday afternoon when additional guests were Mesdames Ray Wise, Krank Creegan, Bob Whitenton, H.M. Wagoner, Harold Spencer, Hugh Durwood and Charles Duncan.

Potted plants were used in the decorations and at the close of the afternoon a two course luncheon was served.

Top score among the club members in the game for the afternoon was made by Mrs. Frank Hinton while Mrs. Spencer was awarded the guest favor.

The club will be entertained by Mrs. J.W. Kincade next Wednesday afternoon.

SMALL FIRE LAST NIGHT

Early last night an alarm called firemen to 1309 West Cummings street, where a flue in a dwelling house was burning.

The firemen put out the fire with buckets.

An open stovepipe hole in the flue had been boarded over and the boards caught fire from the stovepipe on the other side of the flue. The damage was nominal.

PRESTON AND HOFFMAN BANK STOCKHOLDERS SUED

The attorney general yesterday filed suits in district court against stockholders of the Preston and Hoffman banks which were placed in the state bank commissioner’s hands a few months ago following their failure.

B.F. Brown, cashier of the Oklahoma State Bank of Preston, is now a fugitive from justice charged with wrecking his bank, and R.E. Myers, cashier of the First State Bank of Hoffman is under bond on the same charge.

The suits against the Preston bank stockholders total $8500 and those against the Hoffman bank stockholders total $10,000, the capital stock of the bank.

The Hoffman bank suits were against the Myers family, J.W. Myers and his two sons, R.E. and E.M. Myers who owned the bank. R.E. Myers is the one charged with embezzlement.

The suits in connection with the Preston bank failure are against Brown, the absconding cashier, for $5500; M.D. Ham, president, $1,000; E.B. Ham, brother of the president, $500; May Baylor, $500; O. Knight, $500; W.E. Burley, $500.

DIES SUDDENLY

E.S. Eubanks, aged 75 years, a prominent stockman of Hale Center, Texas, died suddenly at his home Monday morning. A telegram was sent to his daughter, Mrs. T.H. Sumrall, of East Main and D streets, Henryetta, advising her of his death. The telegram was not delivered to her, she stated, until 24 hours after it was received here and she was unable to go to the funeral.

TRAINMEN INJURED

A switch engine turned over yesterday evening at the Green Ridge mine, near Dewar. The engineer and fireman jumped as it went over. Engineer Rowe sustained a sprained ankle, received several bruises and was slightly scalded. L.G. Immens, the fireman had his ankle sprained and outside this was not injured, it was reported.