Durant Weekly News, 1922-12-29

Thursday fiom the snow-covered trnils of the Sturgeon River country. These reports told of a losing battle fought by two Indians after a whito tiapper had been downed nnd killed. I.nst Saturday an elderly trapper left his cabbin in the woods seventy miles north of Ignace to mush down to the settlement for his Christmas mail. He arrived in safety. There wns no mail, however, and tho old man said he would come back Christmas morning. At noon he had not arrived. The postmaster sent two Indians to fol follow - low follow the trail until they found him About two miles from tho settlement tho Indians found a spot pounded down in the snow and crimson hued. Bits of dog harness, torn to shreds, were scattered about. In the midst of them the Indinns found human bones. They hastened back to re report - port report their discovery. The lure of the bounty on wolves, however, urged the Indians to take the trail again with extra ammuni ammunition. - tion. ammunition. They sped behind their dog team into the woods as the villagers waved good-bye. Thoy did not re return. - turn. return. Wednesday n new senrching party departed. They found another patch trodden in the snow about two miles beyond the first. The two guns the Indians had car carried - ried carried were lying there, and scattered about were bones, bits of clothing and empty shells. Thu cai casus of sixteen dead wolves lay stretched in a circle about the trampled patch of snow.

ANOTIIKIt I.KAI) MININIi FIEI.I) TO IJE OPENED The Devils Hollow section is the next field that is to lie dcvelopcel in i connection with the Oklahoma-Kan-1 has zinc and lead mining. This isj accoiding to W. C. Miller and T. C j Young, of Miami, who with W. F. Angel, Frank Wiay and J. L. .Stump,' of the Devils Hollow country, are, acting as sl0uts for the Clianutc .Smcltering compati.v. a umip.iny sub sub-xidiiiiy - xidiiiiy sub-xidiiiiy to the American Metals com company - pany company in obtaining leases in that -n-tlon totaling fi.non neics. The new Devils Hollow t.iuntij lies east of the Spring nci, east of Quapaw, where the Chailes M. Schwab interests hae taken an op option - tion option on 2,700 acres and about a dozen mills. It has alvvavs been known

parer to make the journey "to that undowered country from whose bourn no traveler returns," for his rerj diy was an exemplification of the Christian religion and his life a btnedution to all who came in con contact - tact contact with him. Walter Scott Archibald wasbom n Djcr county, Tennessee, in 1859, and moved to Pierce City, Mo., in 872. in early manhood he moved to Wolfe City Texas, where he was "nited in marriage in 1883 to Miss Belle Rashner. After only a few years of happy married life the good wife answered tic call of her Master and her re re-wains - wains re-wains were laid to rest in the Wolfe CUy cemetery, and the husband will

Tho rupture between the late Jake L, Hanion and his associate Frank Kcll of Wichita Falls, Texas, over the building of a railroad through tho Toxas oil fields bobbed up in United States district court at Muskogee Tuesday more than two years after the bullet from a pistol in the hands of Clara Smith ended the life of tho Ardmore oil man and politician. In n petition filed Tuesday Kell asks $80,000 with Interest from No No-vomber - vomber No-vomber IK of this year from Frank Ketch, president of the Wichita Falls, Ranger and Fort Worth railroad com company - pany company and administrator of Jake L. Hamon's estate.

Apparently enjoying good health snd a few minutes before he was stricken, was enjoying the compan companionship - ionship companionship of loved- ones and friends, bis death sent a pall of sadness over Oie entire city when the news be became - came became known. Only a few minutes fcefore his stricken form was found tt the court house, he had been down town with friends, making some pur purchases - chases purchases of Christmas gifts, which he was preparing to deliver and it was when he was on this errand of love and enjoying the spirit of fellowship and the glad Christmas season that

that there were beds of ore there, but the fact that the water in that sec section - tion section will bo strong enough to make mining out of the question except with companies with unlimited capi capital - tal capital has kept the prospectors from making any special headway. The water is of the artesian type, in some cases spurting from the ground from wells not more than 150 feet in depth. Ore is found in some places from the grass roots on down as far as any anyone - one anyone has gone with their tests.

of hi good Christian man. Always thinking of others, working for other, and others, and this was his greatest joy in life to make others happy. His life was built on service, the kind that makes the world a bet better - ter better place in which to live. Few men in Durant were better loved than Judge Archibald, for he was actively interested in every part of the church work and the work of helping the aty in which he lived. His purse was always open to either cause, and on last Sunday he was nmone- tho

tractive harness and the crippled clog. ptomaine poisoning. The little fel fel-This - This fel-This enabled prosecuting attorneys to. low had been in the best of health show the complete route of the and had accompanied his father to "death wagon" from the time of the I Sherman the previous day to visit murder to the time of its being sold' Ben Risner. who is there in a hospi hospi-in - in hospi-in Elreno. J tal. While there ho ate something,