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Vol. 2—No. 165
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OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA., fllUKSDAY, l-'EBRl'AKY 23. 1922
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UNION STAT
IFOR
Cast of Shapely Umbs
Graccs Art Institute
Tfrfs is a poor time to talk
to farmers as to what they Suits Says Planning Comniis-
shouid do with their money, j sion Has Dilly-Dallied
Millions and millions have been | Long Enough.
gathered from them through ; ...
slick stock salesmen promising v r.-iit fo; ; union station win be
oil wells and refineries and au- launched next week if the Rock is-
tomobile and tractor factories, ' land railroad in its meeting with the
all for the purpose of provid- city planning board .Monday night
ing for the farmer in old age, does not give a favorable answer,
10 relieve him in the years to Fred E. Suits, attorney for the city
come of his isolated farm life plauning commission, declared
and permit him to enjoy all the , Thursday.
good things of life in the larger "We have dilly-dallied with the j
cities. j railroads long enough, and have I
But the returns to the farm- I Riven them every opportunity in the j
cr have been practically nill. world to build the union station !
Yet the majority of farmers i without a flgbt. but they have thus j
even today, should they accu- for refused," Suits declared.
mulate a little liest egg, will j With every newspaper in the city |
again attempt the game to behind us in our fight, public opinion |
make a little investment that >>p roused to the point where it,
• it u. 4.1., f. 4i ... . will demaud the station, Suits said.
Will suiely take florn them the ^ Previous meetings with repreaen-
burdensome task of making a tatives of all other railroads have
living.
It is slowly that the farmer
learns that his scant accumula-
tions can find but one really
good investment, and that facilities is concerned, Suits
, . i , ■ M , said. The grade crossing evil is also
ihlOUgh co-opeiation With his , wnrge lhan jn most large cities, he
lellow farmers and workers, i declared.
Every penny that is not direct- Some of the large southwestern
ly needed for the immediate railroads have issued their state-
needs and welfare of the fam-!
. , , , , , .... of them including funds for a union
ily, should be made available station at Oklahoma City, but Suits
for the co-operative institu- I declared that they could give money
tions. By making capital avail-1 toward this at any time.
able for them, they can func- , As Is usual in cities where there
, ... i is agitation for a union station, the
tion better lor the welfare of railroad companies are very reluc-
the co-operators. As long as ! tant to "come across."
we persist in making our sur-
plus pennies available for pri-
vate bankers, they in turn
make this same money avail-
able for private institutions, \
who in turn are determined to
make profits out of us, so that j
in reality we are called upon j ^ ~~~
not only to help furnish the!He'll Confer With Short on
capital for these institutions, | Mather's Action,
but on top of that to pay the
profit on this capital. The resignation of county attorney.
— • ■ - James H. Mathers, of Carter county,
was in the hands of assistant attor-
ney general, R. E. Wood, shortly be-
fore noon Thursday.
Action on the matter. Wood de-
clared. would be taken as soon as
not given very satisfactory results,
Suits stated, saying that the Rock
Island conference was the iast.
Oklahoma City is far behind most
cities of its size and with as many
railroads as far as having pood ter
III HUT
ft CHEERING ROCKS HALU
1F0LLETTE AT LEAGUE CON VENTION
Attempt To Punish Unruly; Ruth wants probe mode Villmes Named Permanent Chairman—Three Secretaries
Republicans Is Con- n, ^ ^\finutes of Cheerinti as Farmers'Union a
demned By Senator. Of Gcis firm s kxpetlses Labor Federation Pledge Each Other Support. 1
MILWAUKEE. Wis.. Feb. 23. Dc- j
| claring that the Harding adminlstra- j
tion was withholding all political j
! patronage from Republican members i
who could net be "whipped into line
Senator LaFollette widened the ]
breach between the independent re- !
publicans aud the administration in I
a bitter attack upon the Harding |
.otfeies in a speech heir.
In his speech It was plain to be
seen that LaFollette was making no j
attempt to reconcile himself with the i
party machine and indications are J
that he will have considerable to soy
about Harding in the coming cam- ,
paign.
Tried to Punish I hem.
'It is no secret." LaFollette de-j
clared. "that attempts have been ,
made to punish those who did not j
obey In all things with alacrity, the j
bidding of the white house, and yet |
this is as President Washington j
clearly foresaw, only the logical out- I
come of that spirit which he called j
the worst enemy of popular govern- j
ment."
"What was the great offense in the j
eyes of President Harding" Merely
that a group of senators had refused •
j to follow the party line program of
"mm"jm"" . cutting off the super-taxes on in-!
I j comes of millionaires while making
■— ' ! almost reduction in the taxes of the
The subsidizing of' newspapers
through advertising column* of
the papers is a curse and should
hate the light of publicity
turned upon it. Municipal ( '01111-
selor Charles II. Iluth, declared,
Thursday.
Huti) declared that jn*t before
the citizens' mass meeting to
discuss the gas situation was
held Tuesda) night. Oklahoma
tity newspapers carried half-
page ads for the gas and electric
company.
"You can tell the result of
turning orer that money to the
newspapers/' he said.
He declared that a careful in-
vestigation should be made Into
the expenses of the company to
see how yinch of the money In-
cluded in their expense account*
and for which the consumer
must pay, was actually used in
necessary expense and the
amount of iinnecessar) attor-
ney's fees and buying public
opinion. The corporation cam-
mission had that power, Ituth
• aid, hut did not exercise it so
far as he knew,
ri'ins for perfecting the state-
widi • gauisatlon tw repeal sec-
tion article is, of the consti-
tution! will be started Fridsy
night, according to Ituth. The
Lyric theater has been secured
to hold the meeting and every-
one suffering from excessive gas
rates is asked to cons,
Ituth declared iliut more than
1JI& cities aud towns in the state
use gas and electricity and will
be asked to gi>t into the organi-
zation. Only a limited time to
raise the required number of
signers on au Initiative petition
is allowed, Ituth said, aud he
wished to have the organization
in working order before the
campaign is begun.
"PROMI^EnTMEM
Charged With Making De-
livery to Office Building.
RES GN
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She has a perfect "understanding.' | common people."
according to the Chicago Art Insti- LaFollette, In defense of the farm M n onH Woman AtTP^tPfl
tute, which has honored Miss Mary 1 bloc, declared that the farmers of . '
Cranston, of that qlty. with the title j the country were prostrate and that |
of having the shapeliest limbs and the men who. a few years ago, were
feet in the United State*. A cast of prosperous and secure from want, j
her feet and limbs has been added had been rendered bankrupt by the ..... dplivprint some whiskv to a
to the exhibits of the Art Institute | artificial deflation in prices of their j Uhlle «« «• « sonu *"'sK> f
at Chicago. products. customer in an office on the fourth
"(•iiarding the Treasury.'* ! floor of the First National bank
Opposition to loaning the farmers | building Wednesday evening, J. S.
money. LaFollette declared, •'could j „ and bis wife werc arreted
, not have genuinely concerned the; , , ,, ...
INrRF president about the condition of the by county ofticers. according to V.
Ill VxlVLi/aOll1VJ treasury, for only a short time after-
1 wards he sont a message to congress
st%OSTfeSTOETITfe v.uon >■«!<•
Kti ^ a MM rwT F" jl# lH A A/—. fiL— I < living th- fe flu nvln to faki
over and operate such public . ei vico
:| . orporatkms as the Oklahoma Natur-1 ("o mkke them tweepln*
I Th« ^
j r \ I.K\I SI l; I H A \l l!i;u LA I\ , n 's.s of flie convention would
reached by the middle ot the aftl
i CONVENTION HALL, SHAWNEE, noon. On account ot the deteralL
rhe entire program m the Farmer- ,,on n«inai«• men to every oe|
— "llSo^t^t Z"~u,a\r
i lormed at the convention at Shaw- last more than one day.
|nee when it was organized several, A flurry ot excitement over
|months ago, was adopted by the res- Passing < i certain credentials
| olutions commitU o Thursday after- Passed It was rumorsd that certl
noon. o lverse InU rests had managed to f
j Otliri nirasuie wen pa I .hp] eure a anniber of delegates by
support and endorsement of others organization of community
I pledged. w hose purpose it was to dehorn
j The resolutions wen bein taken convention, but if sucb persona
to Ibe convention hall, where if was present their efforts be unavjl
expected that the) would be adopted ing in iface of the strong delefl
in full. tions from the farm > iratnunitiflnj
h wns declared that the state bank At first it looked as if the trj
ntj fun.I had been looted and union delegates would be in the i
ihe law corrupted, and a thorough jority. loiter arrivals gave the
pro.M fution was demanded, that th atfee of power to the Karni-Li
bandits, whether in office or in Fnion and Farmers' Union reprei_
public life, may be uncovered. tatives. but the hope of old pa
Other resolutions passed by th* leaders that th gathering would
«ltee were the following: n„. representative was lisped
' igiiu; a law making if possible nlicn the memt>ers f"<>k their i
to iquMia «U vMnd itock, from u convenUoo a„ (iiM|
companies organized in the state. order
A law against ex., ive ratei of strong delegations from the id
cor IK'ratio n.-. and , j,K ^.ctions. wheat and cotton
right and en- ters mingled with the union
louragement in taking over public fl.om th, u„bout any appf|
Bssivo. | am,e 0f ., diversity of interests.
Rather than <-ut down the demaj
of the program the tendency
public service
; giving the cities the
BILLBOARDS
To change this, it is but nec-
essary to help develop our own
co-operative institutions, watch
over them, safeguard them,
and entrust them with our sur-
plus dollars.
♦ #
These investments will prove
of more value and of more last-
ing benefit to you and your
children than all the specula-
tive ventures in oil. Oil may
make one man, or a hundred
men rich. Co-operation will
make nobody rich, but it will
make all of us more contented.
Co-operation on an ever in-
creasing scale will eliminate
waste, will reduce toil, will „ul
eliminate profits and exploita- criticism of his official actions had j y>i<" «ar<ln have been entirely
tion, and will ultimately give to 1 been made, he thought it best to re- j ,she<1' Sult's '
the worker the full social value eTar.,offl?eCLdnhid^m"°onrnv!BetT- delega tes from
lor his labor. I gatc. Ample time for thiB had „e(,n "tLL U/i I L.O l nuifl
But we are a long way from slvcn and his administration ap- ca j? pa QT rfmain
this goal. Everywhere the CO- , proved by former attorney general, « rtll L,rxu I
operative movement is making i Prlnce Reeling, so he thought that
P. Lindsay, undersherlff.
half gallon of whisky in four
Cynprt Move Aciainst Them iasUlns for '500.000,444 to be paid the int jarB was f0lm<] under the coat
i-aJJCLI iviuvc nyaiiioi 1 mu'm i railroads out of this same bankrupt) . lt _ , . . . , .
Bv Planning Commission. ■ treasury for the benefit of the rail- of Mra- Brown, Lindsay declared
J z. ! roads. i Lindsay said that officers believed
Large advertising corporations, "Behind the president," he said, j they knew which office the whisky
foreseeing a move against them by [ unconstitutional art were the ; waR going to, but they refused to df-
„ 'guiding forces of plutocracy and spe- (
,he city planning commission, prK|v||e<( who were Wtter„. op.
spreading their ugly billboards all p0se(] providing substantial relief
over the city at a rate never done I for the veterans of the world war.
I before, according to Fred Suits, at- i "These sinister forces were deter
Attorney General Short could be J torney for the city planning com-
' reached at Okmulgee Wood stated , mission. Thursday.
that he had a long distance call in
for Short and would go over the mat
ter with him. In ease
to it, the resignation
proved and sent back to Ardmore them in the city limits, and that
where the resignation must be acted j th werc trylng t0 m,lkc their
uijon by the. county commissioners pi.op(,rt}. morfi valuable so that a
better chance might be had in the
ulge the name of tho man. declar-.
ing they were not certain.
While officers were watching the
office building for the arrival of the
couple, Deputies Jack Conrad and :
Langdou went to the Brown home,
said to be on East Fifteenth street.
.. ... I he could now resign, Mathers said. !
this cry for more capital. It j Mather8 stated that he was satls-
By Federated Press.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 23.— Hopin
is coming all too slow during'fled with the per cent of convictions j for American recognition, or
j mined to defeat this measure for two
reasons: First, because It would cost
them a few dollars in taxes; and,,
Suits said that they evidently con-i Kecond. because it was to their in-j While there telephone calls came
Shor^airreSl templated taking their fight to the ! terest to have the streets filled with from two prominent local business
would be ap- courts if the city decided to abolish unemployed and penniless ex-soldiers j men ordering whisky, they declare. ,
while they were making thoir great Officers believe that Brown has
drive to hammer down the wages of been delivering whisky to a number
labor, and crush out for good and all 0f business men, and that his volume
organized labor." of business was large. He recently
Teaching Hatred. served 110 days In the Oklahoma I
LaFollette declared that the for- county jail on a liquor charge.
been re- , eig^ri policy of this country for the i information charging Brown and
past year had been built upon the! Mrs. Brown with transporting whls-
exact reverse of the. adminition of ^ey was issued Thursday by J. K.
Washington. Wright, assistant county attorney. 1
"All of the powerful machinery of search of the offices of several
official propaganda has been <ii- , local business men may be.made, ac-
rected toward building up in the cording to officers, for whiskey and
American people an inveterate and empty fruit jars and bottles. At
undying hatred for Germauy, Russia Muskogee, it wns recently discovered
and Mexico," he said. "At the same that bootleggers had a system
time, all the diplomatic machinery where-by empty bottles were collect -
of the government has been utilized j ed when a new supply was delivered,
to attach this country permanent- in the same way that a milkman col-
ly to tiie interests of England. Even I lects empty bottles.
our children in school are being Some prominent men in the city
at their next meeting, March 6.
Some citizens of Carter county had
circulated petitions for ousting
Mathers.
In the resignation tendered by
Mathers he declared that he had ac-
cepted the county attorneyship at a
sacrifice and had intended to resign i, , . . . ... ....
January 1. last, but that after .be | I
courts.
Many billboards have
cently erected, which yet have no
advertisements on them, Suits de-
clared. In several cities which have
| undertaken programs for beautiflca-
for
trial is opened
these hard times when the av
erage farmer and worker have
barely enough income to main-
tain themselves. .
*
Yet in one former another
we maintain the private banks
and .he private business insti-
tutions. Our city funds, our
county funds, our state funds
are ail on deposit with private
banks, and are largely available
&>i loans to business institu-
tions. These funds could func-
tion for the public interest in
public and co-operative institu-
tions once we assume the poli-
tical Control of the state and j of Muskogee county for conspiracy
county and city government. I to violate the probation law and Mat
Through co-operation we ad-!Colllns- alleged negro bootlegger,
vance not only our own wel- ■,.«.w da m 1/o uawc
fare, but that of the people as MANY BANKS HAVE
a whole. So let us take our dol-
lars and spend them and invest
them only in truly co-operative
entei-p rises.
during his administration and de- some favorable change in its situa-
clared that the records of the office tion which may arise from the de-
would bear him out. bate in the senate upon the Chinese
treaty and the four power pact
rnilntfrffitint Signed at the arms conference, the
KyXJU if I 1^111 LilntU delegation of the Russian Far East-
ern Republic has decided to remain
in Washington indefinitely.
In view of the official American
taught that they must hate Germany • could be named as constant custo-
and Russia and love and be devoted , mers of the bootleggers, it Is ru-
to Great Britain. i mored.
"In whose counsel will you peo-1 Officers in a raid on South Broad- j
pie choose to place your confidence''! way found 30 gallons of choe stored '
Will you rely on that of President in a large tank under the floor, they!
Harding, who, seeing the independ-1 declare. A pump was used to lift it
ent men of his own party refusinp to a floor level, it was said.
to obey the will of the machine aud I f'ity officers arrested three persons
acting freely and energetically on] Wednesday night on charges of ille-
convention
sidelights
Tom O'Bryan, editor of the
Haskell County News, distributed
a number of leaflets with his
picture and his record, declaring
that he is seeking the nomination
for governor. Cnion men looked
for the union label, and behold—
it was absent.
Some labels were cut out and
pasted upon them and several
were hung up in the Hotel Wal-
drop, league heudquarters.
It was freely predicted this fa-
blunder of Mr, O'Bryan's
will prevent his nomnation at-
tempt from getting very far.
A delegaions of 80 farmers and
laborers came together from the
southwestern part of the state.
Mayor J. C. Walton was prac-
tically the only man mentioned
as a possible candidate for gov-
ernor who received the backing
of any delegates. Other candi-
dates have opened up headquar-
ters, but they are not seriously
considered. The labor union
delegates are solidly behind
Walton.
Reports from republican coun-
ties state that many county offi-
cials are ready to swing to the
League if the report of delegates
to the convention is favorable.
Delegates from Alfalfa county
presented their credentials in
the form of a big bale of alfalfa.
They declared that It was one
hale, which was not under the
control of the statehouse gang
and was the best credential they
they could offer.
Republicans. socialists, and
democrats mingled in perfect
harmony. Politics was not dis-
cussed, iu the old sense. The
question of putting across a pro-
gram, without reference to party
lines was discussed most.
in the state bank and the propoa
relating to the co-operative orga
A state soldiers bonus, and
tl.mal bonus Without a sales t.v,, 2aU The trade union deleri
PH-femug an tax ; i(re asking for more stringent |
Endor.em.nt t the Muscle Shoals „lllt{m.m as „ reUlM t0|
PK.jeet is announced by Henry I .mpiojrtnent ot convict labor.
(,'( I Some difference of opinion asl
, Support o thi bills of Senator the method of nominating ocS|
Ladd of North Dakota on money and 1 existed among board members. 4
on his price fixing t«>r wheat, cot- plan was to prepare nominafl
ton and other laple Linn products, blanks and let ea«h delegate no
A national bank guaranty law.
Unalterable opposition to the plan
to reduce freight rates by cutting
the wages of railroad employes.
It was expected that nominations
would begin late Thursday after-
noon.
With entire harrpon!
delegates, farmer*
B<
very
matters of taxation and relief of agri-
culture, has attempted to whip them
into line by applying the party lash
gal possession of liquor.
poltical faith,
occupation was
MUSKOGEE, Okla., Feb. 23.—The attitude toward Russia, which is one
trial of Bonnie* Biggs notorious of insistence upon the territorial in-
counterfeiter, charged with operat- tegrity of the former Russian empire and holding of political patronage'
ing a counterfeiting ring that ex- with the sole exception of Poland. Or will you choos< rather the well'
tended from Oklahoma to Kansas the Siberians have but one real considered judgment of Washington,
City, will open in federal court to- chance of recognition, and that is ; rendered at a time when he was re
day. It is claimed that Biggs passed desire of the state department to tiring from active public life and
spurious bills made by a special pho- Bp€ed the departure of the Japanese had no personal or political Inter- , |nctit„*inn Ic Pln^pH
tographic process. More than a from Vladivostok and the Maritime ests to serve?" Indiana inSlllUUOIl UIUSCU,
hundred criminal cases are set for provinc« The substance of the .lap- 1 Declaring that those who are look-j After Irregularities,
the present session including cases anege reply to the American requesting out for the future welfare of
SPECULATION
BY BANKERS
against Ixm Kuhn, deposed sheriff ^or thejr early withdrawal from Si
America most oppose such unholy a! - !
WAR FINANCE LOANS
gomperspledges
help to miners
Approximately 190 banks out of the
900-in the state have joined in se-
curing war finance loans for far-
mers. according to Joseph Timmons.
secretary of the Oklahoma com-
mittee.
A total of $215,993.49 In agricul-
tural loans were recommended by the
Oklahoma committee for the past
week. Up to the present, the total
number of loans made to Oklahoma
farmers aggregate $2,742,723.95
beria was that the Japanese do not Hances, La ^ f
feel that Korean Influences In Si-
beria, if the Russians regain control
of their own territory in the north
of Korea.
seat socialist
in legislature
By Federated Tress.
NEW YORK, Feb. 23.—The mine
workers will have the support of
the American labor movement in
their flght against wage reductions,
President Samuel Gompers of the 1 such money be secured
American Federation of Labor de
-dares In a statement received by FARMERS ORGANIZE
the local unions here. MARKETING BODY
"The public," says the A. P. of L.
head, "that is paying more than war
prices for coal while thousands of
By Federated
ALBANY. N. Y , Feb. 23.--AugUst
Claessens, elected to the legislature
from the seventeenth assembly dis-
trict in New York City last Novem-
ber but "counted out" by the gross-
est frauds by Tammany election
thieves with the connivance of the
A~numbter of farmers apply dlrect i republican election officials, will be
for money, he said, and stated that • (,ntcd In the \ssembly ^is a result
only by going to the local,bank could
CORYDON, Indiana, Feb. 23.—
Charges that officials of the Corydon
National Bank and the Parmers'
Savings and Trust Co. had engaged
in speculation and had even used
other persons' names iu obtaining
loans, were made by the state bank-
ing department, following closing of
the two institutions here.
I be bank and trust company occu-
————— j pied the same offices, and had prac-
Receivership Asked For Rail-; %% ^Tu,"01^'and °f"
way Brotherhood. 1 B. S. Applegate, O. W
this be party treason let them make
the most of it."
ATTEMPT TO
BREAK UNION
practically
represented among the dele-
gates.. There were boys from
the coal mines, oil fields, fac-
tory and shop, and from all ag-
ricultural sections of the state.
There were broomcorn farmers,
dairymciij stockmen, growers of I
cotton and wheat, fanners from
the blackjack belt, the plains,
the sandhills, and from the
country where rocks grow as
well as corn. It was the most
characteristic Oklahoma gath-
ering which has ever convened
in the state.
south dakota
banks failed
By
•mo^c the
and laborers,
who are determined that the Re-
construction League shall make Ok-
lahoma history, the nominating con-
vention of the league opened at 11
o'clock Thursday, with 1,000 dele-
gates and sympathizers present.
J. A. Tosh, a farmer, and a mem-
ber of the board of control of the
league, called the meeting to order,
and then turned the chair over to
W. A. Villlnes, secretary of the
Farmer-Labor Reconstruction league.
Villlnes was elected permanent
chairman for the convention by ac-
clamation. upon motion of Tom Har-
vey of the Oklahoma City local of
the carpenter's union.
Rev. It. ('. Taylor, pastor of the
Methodist Episcopal church. South,
of Shawnee, offered the opening
prayer. He touched upon the great
power wielded by the Carpenter of
Galilee, and expressed the hope that
the farmers and workingmen of Ok-
lahoma, should henceforth wield a
political power which should bring
them great bencAts and a much
greater enjoyment of life.
The address of welcome was given
by Tom Waldrep, city attorney of
Shawnee, who declared that citizens
were proud to entertain the conven-
tion, and that Shawnee, a 100 per
cent union own, was the most fitting
place in Oklahoma to hold the con-
vention.
Five members of the city council
and the mayor carricd a union card,
he pointed out.
Three Secretaries.
Three secretaries for the conven-
tion, who will relieve each other,
were named. O. < . Stocking, Musko-
gee: A i Fisher, Shawnee, and W.
K Adams, of Henryetta.
Joe ( obb of the Railway Conduct-
ors of Shawnee, welcomed the defe-
cates in behalf of the Shawnee
Trades Council and labor unions.
The report of the credentials com-
mittee was then called for. but was
not yet prepared, so Ed Reger of the
Farmers' Union executive hoard, was
called on for a speech. He told how
the farmers and laborers were work-
ing in much greater harmony than
even was expected.
Cheer Five Minutes.
nate his own choice for all siatel
fleers and then proceed to the -1
ing without i«inK speeches of nol
nation and acceptance. I
Reflection oi Bantimenl from ,,,l
munitles all over the state is
ti i farmera and city workers ar*|
la: t militant politically. If the pi|
uais«m can be ibsitjltfi
will gather :i strength'by The-
of the August primaries, which
sweep fiw real representative
thi working classes into oflics in |
state and in the national
and make possible the achieyfQpfl
of real democratic ideals in si
government.
Tax Law Change
Is Favored.
SHAWNEE, Feb. 23.—A state
n ta es on the first $lf00l
personal and real property
sweeping proposal to be made by
Reconstruction league, according
• < lion made by the execa
boa I 'ii their final session ba
the opening of the mesting.
This will e> empt from taxatUgjf
l veen 80, and 90,000 farmers
ma propertj owners in Oktaha
This loss of taxes will be made
by a sweeping gross production
on the large earnings of public i
vice corporations and by rinid
forcement < f the law requiring ev|
man to list hidden proprrt\ at
lull value.
Men who fear the league are I
hausting every means t«> destroy^
usefulness.
"\ilal Factor."
That it is now considered a v|
lactoi in the Qoming election is
df ii' ed from the fact that two :
noum ed candidal I
: have opened headquarters here tol
I
They are E. B. Howard and
I
guard backing from the hundredij
farmers and workingmen uath«1
here. i
Some of the names mentioned I
I
j. C. Walton for governor, are:
I
Harry Cordell of Tillman county
Stati St nator Tom Simpson. I'
I
leave the state senate, however,
boring men are backing Judge I
Hill of McAlester foi attorney
eral. Porter Newman of Dunfl
also favorably mentioned.
Want Newman as Jndff*
i |
him to run for district judge at
Offering his hand to
ton, staU president ol the American rant For tri irer there is sA
Federation of Labor, he made a «ii;i- talk of Joe L Strain of Now |
mane offering of the unqualified ty. Fay Connor, mayor of Fair
support ot labor declarations, and is boobted by a strong farmer
pledged the Farmers' Union to the
arrying out of the program of the '
land W. F. Cook, officers of j cently and
DETROIT. Ohio. Feb. 23.—The at- banks and main stockholders, arc
tempt to place the United Brother- alleged to have become excessively
hood of Maintenance of Way Em- interested in oil leases, Arkansas rice
ployes and Railway Shop laborers in land. Indiana upple orchards and
receivership is a "part of the* old lumber and real estate transactions,
conspiracy," according to E. F. Ga- "We find," said the state bank
ble, president of the organization. ' examiner's report.
A petition
ship for th
"that
PARKSTON, S. Dak., Feb. 23.--No
revival of prosperity for banker or Farmer-Labor Reconstruction league.
. . . , farmer in South Dakota is evident ; gue.
PP ga here. Three banks were closed re For five minutes the delegates
re have examiners cheered.
In charge attempting to tide them iu reply Fenton said "Nothing
over without closing them One j can destroy the unity of purpose of
banker committed suicide leaving ob- the farmers and laborers. Labor
ligations of $1,000,000 to eastern will go all the way. There is no
banks. Many farmers w ill have to j power which will prevent us from
go into bankruptcy this year, inclucl el
Page Three
a bove
which has Tieen con-
ducted by the Assembly committee.
The recount shows thai « laessens appointed was filed In federal court practically 'busted
received 5.t'55 votes to 5,488 for his by the Bacon Brothers company, of ments are not paylni
ing
farmed
■VI , ...„ bavi
isking that a receiver- men have borrowed money and put ]arj,e s<ale While some corn is be-
above organization be ' into these enterprises until tJiev are jn~musf.d for fue: raucb being sent
M'ALESTER, Okla.. Feb. 23 - P'or
the purpose of successfully market-
ing fruits, berries, vegetables and so th
iners ar/ kept in enforced Idle- (he products of the farmers the Pro- that it
\\p k
liess ;.nd thus forbidden to dig coal, j ducers Truck and Marketing asso-Tabout Fcbruarv
s also likely to be fairly accurate j ciatlon will further perfec t its or- . nd 8"'- ballou
in placin the blame for a tie-up in ganization at a meeting called Sat- were shown to
the industry ii one conies." J urday. w 1 for Fclenstein.
Murray Felen
Tammanyites
lessens - who is
ds seat as long
means or foul;
has announced
ill not make a report until
Tammany opponen
stein. However, t
propose to keep '
a socialist out of
as possible, by fail
The
Toledo, who charge that lbr union at present
damaged the company several hun- ; money on their
and the in\cnt-ifor ^amjno reli
: them anvthiug county alone ha
have borrowed
n names,
dred thousand dollars because of a wives' names, and have used other ADA, Okla , Fe
breach of contract. The petition peoples names, even to the extent county brok< a rf
asks that the receiver take charge , of signing other people's names. i when for the perio
of all of the property of the broth- j Deposits in the bank were said fn persons, one for
erhood and askn for a restraining approximate SI.."on.ooo. and in the week, were adjudi
18 Between 7^0 order to prohibit the officers from | trust company $180,000 i of the number wi r
e;i for < "laessens removing any of the funds of the Practice of the bank and trust j the other waiting
have been counted inion from hanks The petition ia ' ompany doing business together it will he turned
'to be heard February -4, j was scored by the bank examiner, {institution.
M \M INS \NITT ( \SI.S,
rd foi
Pontotoc Edgai
insanity dent
chinese strike
spreads rapidi\
By Federated Pr
I
seamen's strike, which is tying |
, , 1 ..ad American
Or" nta1 crewt I
H, but "lie ex pi e >.sior I
a movement spreading among AmT
.•)•••• •••■■- .v iti■ *n. in
i w , • •'r in 'In To |
Trans-Par
<11
Fenton. John Simpson, presi-1 la !in* *3
: the Farmers' union; Ed unions run >>n western labor ur|
i
carrying out our program of benefits
to the workiugnien, behind the plow
and in the shops."
Russia, this Resolutions Committee.
nt 40 carloads. \ committee on resolutions was
appointed, consisting of George Wil-
on. state manager of the League;
eiach day of the conductors; J. T. Tosh, farmer; P.
ed insane, PIv< B Parr, plumber; J. H. Houchens,
-ent to Norman, and L. Woodson, farmers, and
or paper before .l.o k Britton, a miner. A committee
>ver to the slate ion procedure was also appointed.
i It was belle-veil that the real huai-
I
well or nized are the wc|
ers "i Hongkong becoming,;
i arth le "that ti
|
i gaining control ol' all labor,"
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Ameringer, Oscar & Hogan, Dan. Oklahoma Leader (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 165, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 23, 1922, newspaper, February 23, 1922; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc109680/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.