Pruitt, Joseph Henry

Treece Kansas. The P. and C. Mining Company, Joe Pruitt of Miami, and Claude Shewmake of Wilburton Kansas, two practical miners and former ground foremen in other diggings, has leased the west shaft of the Cherokee Mine near Treece. Preliminary work is being carried on in the ground, where the dirt is said to be rich in minerals. The output of the shaft is to be milled at the Woodchuck Mill near Cardin Oklahoma, according to Mr. Shewmake. On account of the water in the lower ground, mining can only be carried out at the upper level.

Funeral services for Joseph Henry Pruitt, 45, who died suddenly at 8:35 Monday evening at his home, 702 East Eighth Street, in Baxter Springs Kansas, will be conducted at 1 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the First Baptist church in Baxter Springs. The Rev. H. Ellis Ogden, pastor, will be in charge of services. Burial will be in Forest Park cemetery at Joplin Missouri, under the directions of the Harvey funeral service. Mr. Pruitt, a guard for the Eagle Picher Mining and Smelting Company, had returned from work at 7 o'clock Monday evening, and died a short time later. Mr. Pruitt moved to Baxter Springs three years ago from Commerce. Oklahoma He was a member of the Baptist church and the Masonic lodge at Garfield Arkansas, and was a veteran of the World War. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Elsie Leadean Pruitt; a step-son, Billy M. Robertson; four sisters, Mrs. Frank Hartgrove and Mrs. Lucille Williams of California, Mrs. Raymond Skinner of Picher Oklahoma and Mrs. James Turner of Miami and three brothers, Robert Pruitt of Miami, Elgin Pruitt of Colorado, and Chris Pruitt.