untimely death of Ben. J. Hig
10ci< to theQty ofhChOY/ne
andhisfauts, if eaday,1 I.T.
" " . owners of the Cimarron Val-
byle was m" mourn- were. only known to himself, ley Bank before it was pur-
the sad death of for his moral character was chased by Enoch Carter.
friend and citi- of the very best. John Fry was the cashier and
there were other employees
but the bank folded on Oct. 9,°
Higbee, which oc-
nday morning,
from a wound
the evening of
the accidental
0fhis own pistol or
Ben had just been
the City Marshal
the saloon on the
'0ftown when John
close friend, began
and the pistol dis-
its holster and
the cement floor
Ben left his father, one
brother and one sister to
mourn his departure as his
mother proceeded him some
11 years before, to go to the
World above. The remains
were taken to Stillwater for
burial on Tuesday, where he
"was placed beside his mother.
The accident was very sad
for the people of Coyle as they
had not been in the Territory
long enough to become ad-
justed to the other forms of
hardships and to face the
world with such a sudden loss
seemed to be too much for
many. The loss was too much
for the family and the Cimar-
ron Valley Bank was sold and
the family moved to Perkins
and ai~r a few years, all went
back to Iowa.
This was the first fatal ac-
cident to happen in the saloon
as not too long aider this, one
other fatal accident happened
to a local man while he was
setting on one of the stools
drinking a glass of cold sar-
saparilla. (Many will question
this as most have seen too
many western T.V. pictures
where only alcohol drinks
were served in a saloon. This
saloon in Coyle was operated
by a man and his wife. No
rough stuff was permitted
and many ladies were seen
in the saloon to take advan-
tage of the cool air and the
ice cold drinks. The local
people knew the sarsaparilla
plant and cut this to be used
struck Howe's
then entered Ben's
upward
lder blade.
there were two
in the City of
in the Cimarron
the other in
There were sev-
in the saloon and
out on one of
Doctor Kernoodle
Ben was g/ven
treatment to try to
the effect of the
damage of the
the loss of blood.
born in Iowa,
and came to
With his parents
and his brother,
were part-
Volley
interest in sev-
one of the
and the bank
Just a few weeks
Ben had
take over the
office and was
ust barely
age.
of the injury,
1931 due to the fatal Bank
Crash of 1929. Not long al er
the bank closing, the con-
tents were auctioned off to
be of some help to settle the
demands by the people.
Walter Johnson, my dad,
was the auctioneer and many
people wanted to purchase a
souvenir or keepsake. One
of the banks in Perkins
bought several items, includ-
ing the large adding machine.
This was brought to Coyle by
the Higbee family as they
wanted all the luxury pos-
sible. By luck, that old
beveled glass covered
Burroughs adding machine is
on display in the Perkins
Museum by my compliments.
Some of the pieces were sold
in an auction in Coyle, not
very many months ago--but
the prices of the pieces were
far beyond my grasp.
There are still many look-
ing for a few of the old pieces
or items of Coyle or any other
town for that matter to hang
on the wall or den in their
home or office. There are
few towns in Oklahoma that
can brag of having had one of
their citizens to become the
Governor ofOklahoma: Coyle
can beast of that one event as
one of the earlier school
teachers, Mr. M.E. Trapp,
became one of the early Gov-
ernors of Oklahoma.
. Coyle was the center of
for many different types of many attractions for quite a
ailments. By boiling the number of years but the
bark, a very delicious drink change of the 33 Highway
can be had.) The man was will put an end to much of
Was in Pawnee drinking from the glass when that attraction. Time will
a stray bullet came through tell. Keep your fingers
by phone, the large plate g ss windo.w crossed ..... Not too many is-
01" Dr. ..........................
Dr. G.E. Brown of
n Hospital
r was called
out. A Dr.
Gilroy and Mrs.
nurse, were
out. The
had a small
Langston, where
Worked. Due to
or the
Ofthe then all dirt
doctor from the
Hospital in
caught the
ey to Guthrie.
Fe Railroad
was standing
doctor and
equipment to
all required
they all" me,
morning, to
:essary opera-
of Guthrie
P to Coyle by
helped Dr.
as much as pos-
the other doctors
gave the an-
the operation
Monday morn-
of so
and the many
of the bullet,
It was dis-
had en-
near the right
upward and
cutting the
Which was cut
the small in-
twelve
through
lobe of the
lung, burying
of the lei
loss of much
not recover
esthesia and
into the
that medical
done. But
the much help
blood, the
be slim, due
or per-
different
Ben was
knew him
and struck him in the head. sues of The Perkins Journal
The Santa Fe traifis would 'of the past was an article of
deliver block ice to the people
along the line between
Guthrie and Skedee. Stillwa-
ter put in an ice plant about
the same time of that of
Guthrie. In the beginning of
Coyle, there were two sa-
loons, one just west of the
Eighty Niner Bank, owned by
Frank Kress, and the other
was in the building now used
by the museum, and owned
by Joe Coy and Clarke Welch.
Some of the Welch family still
live in Coyle.
The OG&E brought elec-
tricity to Coyle in 1926 but
before that time, many
bought from the two small
electric plants, which in-
cluded the Cimarron Valley
Bank. There were several
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readers of The Journal do not
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number 33 took the place
of the Old Ozark Trail. That
"trail" followed the section
line as much as possible and
no gravel was added to hold
some of the mud and sand.
Many a farmer worked out
his Pole Tax on the old Ozark
Trail. How many of you can
remember that type of labor?
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