Oklahoma State Register. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 17, 1909 Page: 1 of 8
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Making the Arkansas River
Navigable Would Place
Oklahoma on an Equal With
Other River Port States
Tulsa, Okla., June 16.—As
first!this project to be abandoned and the
step in the plan to make the Arkansas
liver navigable from the mouth of the
Cimarron river to the Gulf, it is pro-
posed to establish four harbors for
loading during low stages of water.
These are to be located at Little Rock,
Fort Smith, Muskogee and Tulsa.
These harbors will consist of a dam
and locks at each of the points, and
will cost in the neighborhood of $500,-
000 each, or two million dollars in all.
This is the plan found best along the
upper Ohio river.
If congress can be persuaded to
make the necessary appropriation at
the coming session the work can be
commenced next summer anil be com-
pleted within three years, or by Sept.
1, 1913. Such improvements will ren-
der the river hereatfer immediately
available for the transportation of
heavy, dead freight during four to five
months of the year when the river is
at flood stage. As the river floods
come at intervals during the spring,
fall and winter, it is thought that nav-
igation would not be Interrupted more
than two months at any one time.
This would give us an outlet for our. four years.
cotton, coal and oil of immense value j Deep water for Arkansas would
to these industries in Tulsa and other | mean that Muskogee and Tulsa will
•counties along the Arkansas river
that at present are aependent solely
refinery has since been located at
Baton Rouge, La.
While it is expected that a pipe line
from this field to the refinery will be
built at once by this company, it is
also known that much of the oil in the
botthoms of tank storage will have
become so heavy as to be Impossible
of transportation by pine line. The
river would afford an outlet for this
at a much less cost than is possible
by rail lines.
On top of this the opening of the riv-
er will offer a market for crude oil for
export estimated at 15,000 to 20,000
barrels daily, and would immediately
give Oklahoma producers the benefit
of gulf ports prices, less a nominal
charge for transportation from Tulsa.
This item alone would net this fielij
$7,000 to $10,000 daily, or $2,000,-
000 to $3,000,000 each year, more than
the entire expense contemplated in
the improvement of the river front
Little Rock to Tulsa. If properly pre-
sented to congress, the oil producers
and other commercial interests can
make this a reality within the next
' The Chicago, Rock Island and Pa-
1 eific Railroad company has refused
to pay the secretary of state one-
! tenth of one per cent on its capitali-
| zation of $20,000,000 for the privilege
i of filing for record in Oklahoma an
authenticated and consolidation of all
the Rock Island properties in the
United States. In consequence of the
refusal said articles were not made
a matter of record. In presenting the
document General Attorney Blak
El Reno, acting for the company
Big Companies Get injunction—Don't j
Want to l'ay.
following the action of four railroad j
companies in filing suit to enjoin the j
collection of the last half of the 1908
tax, the Western I'niou Telegraph'
Company and the Pullman Car Corn-,
pany filed suits in the United States j
court of the Western District here to
High In the Social Wot ,
Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont \%'ould
Have Women Refuse% \
Marry if Refused th& Ballot
New
^ould
York. June 14.—"Women that as soon as the majority of wo-
t suffrage in eighteen months men want the suffrage men will givo
restrain the county officers of severaljlr woman would pledge herself It to them?"
of counties of the state from issuing tax not to marry until suffrage was grant-1
warrants for the col I. ction of the tax. !p('- ' "''"k every woman suffragist
knew that the state's fees wouUt he Ju«U< Cotteral issueil n
$200,000. |>lus but no intention of restraining order against
paying it was entertained. Accord-
ing to a letter accompanying the
document Mr. Blake announced that
the proposed act of filing was to he
done by the company voluntarily and
solely prompted by a desire of the
company to avoid any controversy
with the stat* c*.' Oklahoma. Th-
company has chart-rs from both Il-
linois and Iowa.
It was not for the purpose of Gen-
eral Attorney Blake to yield any of
the company's rights in the state, as
tlie following from the lett r of trans-
mission indicated:
temporary
each of the
They'll Never Ui>e It Voluntarily.
ihould pledge herself not to marry J « i jo not believe it." Mrs. Belmont
>ut of the cause, just as every mem- answered promptly. "Men will nem*
county officers who were added as co-jl,er ot Salvation Army has to take give it to us of their own accord,
defendants in the suits against M. E. \5,11 oath not lo marr> outside the j why should they? It is their last
Trapp. state auditor, which were filed arni>- ' stronghold. Year after year women
several months ago. The amended pe- In these and many other equally in-: have been going up, and men havn
t*tions were tiled because the Western j teresting statements Mrs. Oliver H. been going down. There is. of course,
t'nlon and Pullman were informed P. Belmoftt reiterated today her re-1one way in which women could get thev
that Auditor Trapp had certified the
assessments of these companies to sev-
oently avowed purpose to assist the ballot all over the worM in eighteen
cause of woman suffrage in this coun- months, but they haven't the courage
ral counties which were about to take try. "I have been in favor of woman i to attempt it. They would be too
t ps to issue t?v warrants. The suffrage all my life. 1 do not under- [much afraid of losing their chances of
hearing of the amended petitions for
a temporary injunction lias been set
by the court for June 22. the sae ddate
as the railroad cases are to be heard.
The temporary Vefcftaining order
In filing, the company wants it asked by the Western l'nion applies
upon rail transportation and pipe line
service.
The oil production of Oklahoma
would probably be most benefited by
such improvement of the Arkansas
river. Three years ago the Prairie
company purchased a large tract of
land near' Tulsa for the purpose of
erectiug a refinery of many thousand
barrels capacity dally. Alleged un-
friendly pipe line regulations caused
distinctly m lerstood that it does not
admit that the state laws purporting
to require the filing of such docu-
ments is applicable to it. and denies
liability to pay the sum required of
foreign corporations as a condition
to doing business in the state, and
this company waives no right it pos-
sesses."
be rivals of Oklahoma C'ity as the |
commercial cities of the state. The Sf HOOL I,AM) K()AItl> AM*
great cities are almost always located j LESSEES C0.V.V1TTKE CONFER.
on great waterways. The river towns •
are St. Louis. Kansas City, Omaha, j
Minneapolis, Chicago. This would
give Oklahoma water outlet to the
A sub-committee of the school land
lessees organization composed of J. B.
world equal to the great inland states. Tosh. Hobart; C. H. Hyde, Alva; I om
and would benefit the most extreme Davis, Jefferson; J. P. Stuaid, Krem-
western portions. lin; W. N. Draper, Geary; H. C. Scott,
Bramen; W. M. Anderson. Waurika;
Elmer Brownlee. Kinkfisher, with the
The people of the whole state should ' ,
l)onibard congress for deep water for
'.he Arkansas.
to the treasurer ai: i sheriff of each of
the following counties: Atoka, Adair,
Beckham. Cleveland. Canadian, Com-
ahene, Coal and Carter. The restrain-
ing order in favor of the Pullman
company applied to these counties:
Kay. I/Ogan. Oklahoma. Cleveland.
McLain. Alfalfa. Woods. Major. Wood-
ward and Ellis counties.
CHAKTEK SOUiHT
by oil ocrorrs?
Humored the Waters-Pierce Company
Seeks Domestication Ln State.
stand how any woman, who respects
herself and other women, can feel oth-
erwise. But it was only after observ-
ing the methods and achievements of
the English suffragettes that I saw
how I might be able to take an active
part in the fight—you know It may
come to actual fighting in England—
yes, to warfare between men and wo-
men battling for their rights."
"You don't mean," said the reporter,
"that they will ever actually tight for
suffrage ?"
She Speaks of Kirie*.
"What not?" Mrs. Belmont answer-
ed. "Would you be afraid of a man
If you had a rifle in your hand?"
"All human rights, all great reforms
have been brought by bloodshed, by
force—of course, I am
that precious thing, a husband, which,
unfortunately, they have been taught
to prize.
"Oh. do you think women care for
men?" asked Mrs. Belmont rather In-
credulously. "I think that If most
women more than 18 told the truth
they would say they hate men. But,
of course, under the present, unjust
and unequal conditions they conceal
their feelings. How many wives
would dare to tell their husband's
what they really think of them? How
long would the husbands live with
them if they did?
The Wife Merely a Servant,
TRAPPED IN A SUBMARINE
Twenty gro Down in Russian Black Sea
Maneuvers.
St. Petersburg, June 12.—The sub-
marine torpedo boat Kambala of the
Russian navy has been sunk In a
storm in the Black Sea while the boat
was undergoing trials. Tw nty mem-
bers of the crew. Including the captain,
midshipman, and chief engineer, per-
ished.
The following details of the flounder-
ing at sea of the Russian submarine
Kambala have been obtained here:
The submarine flotilla was conduct-
ing a series of night maneuvers against
FARMERS' I'MON PACKING
PLANT PROJECI
"Woman Is the husbands servant,
whom at first perhaps he pays rather
lavishly; but year after year her at-
speaklng traction for him grows less. The
merely of the women in England. Oth- American idea that it is degrading frr
A conference her* between the legal jer methods may prove effective here." the wife to work after marriage is th<*
heads of the Waters-Pierce Oil com- "Have you formulated any plan of iause of much unhappiness. Every
pany and Attorney-General West has campaign for New York?" was asked, i woman should have a trade of a pro-
revived the rumor that the great j "I have an idea." Mrs. Belmont an-'fesslon. and she should continue to
Standard Oil subsidiary is seeking do- swered, "which 1 hope may be adopt- work at it after she becomes a wife,
mesticatlon in Oklahoma. |ed. I think we should divide the city h iiave ^een aluj am interested in
Those present at the conference, in into districts, just as the political or-|niany young women who work for a
addition to West, were J. D. Johnson ganlzatlons do, and wage a perma-1 living. And when they are married
of St. I/mis. general counsel for th« nent. persistent campaign against all j have always urged and, in many
Waters-Pierce Oil company; E. P. Per-! candidates. Republicans aud Demo- (ases, prevailed upon them to con-
school land board, composed of Gover-
nor Haskell, State Auditor Trapp, Sec-
retary of State Cross. Superintendent
_____ I Cameron, President Connors of the ag-
Ex-Congressman Z. Y. Callahan of rlcultural board, and come to some ' kins of Dallas. Tex., the Texas attor- crats alike, w ho come up for election, tlnue at work. They have their sep
Enid and ex-Senator W. H. Garrison j agreement regarding the value of lm- ney, and W. A. Ledbetter of Oklahoma No before-elect Ion p:tdges would arate bank accounts
of Alfalfa county, talked before a
large audience at tl.e city hall Mon-
day night on tue . Farmers' Union
packing plant, wfticn had its origin in
Enid. The idea is Incorporate for
$.">00.00. at $10 a share stock, with a
limit of fifty shares to an holder. The
plant is to be a state proposition to
be located by a vote of the majority of
the stockholders. Mr. Callahan ex-
plain'd the details of the scheme and
Colonel Garrison said in support of
its being a paving prosition:
Do you know a packing plant lo-
cated somewhere in the state would
of forcing an entrance into the hai- wor^ a niervelous and instant regula-
tor. In the course of the operations j^on 0j- jjve stock rates? Even a cen-
the Kauibala. upon which was < ap- ; fraj dipping point would do that,
•tain Bi-diekoiT, the commander of tlie | okliihoniJi has no stock distance rate;
flotilla and officer in chare of theiy^g Texas rate Is 15 cents. Oklaho-
inaneuvers. unaccountably left Its ,„a'8 cattle and crop yield entitles her
course and swung across the. bows of t() j)etter distance rates and united
the battleship Rostislow. The two ves- j effor^ should prevail to bring this
* els collided, and the submarine sank; Here are some example rates
in twenty-eight fathoms of wat r. for i10gs: Enid to Oklahoma City
The commander of the submarine, ^ to 171^; Enld to Kansas city
lieutenant Aquilonoff. was on deck atj,^. Knid to Wichita ir «/2. Texas
the time of the accilent. He swam| rates are as follows: For 25 miles
away and was saved, but Captain Blel- miles, 10c; 80 miles. ll%c;
iekoff. Midshipman Tuchkoft", a warrant i miles. 12V^c; 125 miles, 10c: 150
O'Kc-r. and seventeen members of the i mj, s 15 cents.
craw perished. j "Here are some figures tliat talk for
The Kambala—the word in English a poor year," said Mr. Garrison, "the
means flounder—was cr 1S9 tons and | number of carloads of wheat, corn,
constructed 011 the German type. The ] (lour, cattle and hogs shipped from
flotilla in the Black sea consisted of Grant, Kay and Garfield counties in
four German and one Holland subma- ):m)s was as follows:
rine an attempt will be made to raise | Grant County—
'Wheat. Corn. Klour
I 1468 390 425
before-elect ion firt'lges would arate bank accounts and bank tlv.ir
City, Oklahoma attorney for the oil pacify us. We have been told too salaries. Often the husbands have
cumpfc.ii. j many lies already. And, of course, I wanted to borrow it from them togo
The attorney general, when seen re- the campaign of education among the |nt0 business. But I have sought al-
Prairle land from $2 to $4 per KHr<jj,1K (he conference, said he was at women should be kept up." J ways to prevent their doing this. I
liberty to say nothing of what trans- j "What," asked the reporter, "do tell them they must have their money
pired 'you think of the masculine argument for themselves."
He did not go to Oklahoma City to- , —
day. however, to take depositions in 01waMm,. > AT|0> Uj G„AH1 {OKLAHOMA KKDEKIT10> AM©
IN EASTERN «K"LAH«JtA.| IMMSTKIAI.-OKGAMZATIOl*.
t ie Kambala.
J0K >01!KIS TO \ IKDKKAI, JOB.
Washington, June 16.—The position
of assistant commissioner ln tile de-
partment of Indian affairs has b en
offered Jo Norris, chairman of the re-
publican state committee of Oklaho-
ma. Norris' acceptance has bet 11 in-
formally receive 1. Authorized an-
nouncement of the change is expected
in a few days. The position was of-
fered two months ago to the Okla-
homa republican, who endeared him-
self t the administration by his active
campaign in the new state during th;.
last campaign.
The appointment of Assistant Valen-
tine to the place of commissioner to
succeed I>eupp left the vacancy, ac-
cording to the prev.ous program.
Oklaliomans in Washington have
h'." n cl:imi>ri';; for substantial recog-
nition ever sine; Taft became presi-
dent. Norris will necessarily resign
as chairman of the Oklahoma commit-
tee.
Cattl \
Hogs.
310
530
.'548
588
72H
531
Garfield County—
1530 748 730
Kay County—
854 912 802
There's a total of nearly 12,000 cars
being shipped from three counties at
a prohibitive railroad rate and al-
most prohibitive stockyard charges."
provements. Here is a partial agree-
ment of the schedule of improvements:
1.
acre.
2. Grubb and stone land $20 per
acre.
3. Fences, cost of material and 3
per cent for deterioriatlon. , th(j ,,a8e_ of [he state vs tllp waters- I
4. Buildings, cost of material and j p,erce COInpany, as he hail been sched-1
uled to do. and it w as reported the i
Waters-Pierce people were seeking an I
amicable adjustment of the case by ■
taking an Oklahoma charter.
The suit now pending in Oklahoma
against the Waters-Pierce company j
construction and 4 per cent.
. Tanks, windmills and pumps, cost
and it per cent for deterioriatlon.
6. Drainage and irrigation ditches,
lakes and ponds, cost of construction.
7. Cisterns, cellars, sewers, storm
coves cost of construction.
8. Wells, cost of producing water
011 the land.
9. Flowers and shrubs, at a reason-
able value.
10. Forest trees, fruit trees aud
small fruit at a reasonable value.
11. Alfalfa and tame grasses at a
fair cash value.
12. Rental values to be 011 agricul-
tural basis.
The full committee was present
three days working out the details of
what tlie lessees deem right, and the
board was inclined to concede every
point, so just were the committee's
demands.
was instituted in Garfield county be-
fore statehood. After Oklahoma be-
came a state Attorney General West
intervened. The company is charged
with discrimination and other monop-
olistic crimes.
By an act of the legislature of 1907- j
190S there was but one regiment of I
infantry of the Oklahoma National 1
guard, provided for the state of Okla-1
homa. Owing to this arrangement
Adjutant F. M. Canton has been work-
ing to organize one-half of the regi-
ment ln the eastern part of the state.
Ot the twelve companies there are
flection* petition protest.
SAM A EE VI VIM'I'T OltOEltEl).
10. K. Robinson, chief engineer of the
iant't Fe. was in Guthrie yesterday
from Chicago looking over the site
where the Noble avenue viaduct is to
4e built. After making some surveys
with City Engineer Hocker Mr. Rob-
inson wired the Chicago office to get a
large force of men busy on the viaduct
liians at once. It is expected that the
;>lans will reach here by Friday when
1 special meeting of the city council
will be called by .Mayor Farquharson
■to consider a proposal to be presented
by the railroad with reference to the
enstruction of the viaduct.
TO THE LESSEES OF LOGIN CO
You are "hereby called
mass meeting at the city hall In the
city of Guthrie on Friday, the 2d day
of July. Important business relating
to the state organization demands
our attention on that date. I would
like to see every lessee in the county
present at this meeting.
M. M. STANDLEY, Treasurer.
|of General F. M. Canton, Major J. C.
j Herr, Chandler. At this examination
! the following applicants were exam-
I ined and passed: Charles F. Roeser,
The following protest has been filed
against the petition filed by Joe Nor-
ris. chairman of the republican com-
mittee, asking for a referendum vote
on the election law. The prolst is sa first „eutenant; Brnce H. Mc-
signed by T. J. I^w,.l. M. Brooks, Jos. j(,ov Tu,sa second lleutenant; Ser-
eant Walter Veach. Durant; First
Se.geant Wm. A. Worley, Ardmore;
first lieutenant; Sergeant Albert B.
1 Hayes. Ardmore, second lieutenant.
E. R. Perry, who was to have taken
The following oflicers were elected
by the Oklahoma Federation aud In-
dustrial organization at its annual
meeting in Oklahoma City:
President—H. C.. Spaulding. Ard-
more.
Vice-President—R. D. Songster,
Muoskogee.
Secretary-Treasurer—A. W. McKear-
now four organized and equipped (on>-' an(i oklahoma City.
panles on the Indian Territory sale 1 Executive Committee—C. C. Magee,
and at the examination held on June Tula^; F. B. l.illle. Guthrie; E. H.
10 officers were examined from Tulsa j ^tarc|,ant. Clinton; A. I.. Walker,
where Company A will be organized. Waul.ika, j (. puterbaugh, McAles-
The examining board was composed ^er. ^ p Arnold, lawton.
THE G0VEHN0K NAMES .U'lHSES
For judge of the Superior Court of
Pottawatomie county Governor Has-
kell announced tile appointment of G.
C. Abernathy of Shawnee, thus ending
1 long race for the position. Aber-
nathy is 31 years of age and one of the
leading Democrats of the county over
which he will have jurisdictions. He
lias been a resident of Sawnee for five
years and is a prominent lawyer of
that city.
He also appointed Farral I., McCain
is judge of the Muskogee Superior
'ourt. McCain is ,> well known poll
tlcian of Musltog"- ccx.sty u:ui a pr.ni-
inent lawyer.
Wisby, A. R. EastniMi:
First—Because said act Is an enact- '■
ment for carrying Into effect the pro- j
visions of the constitution of this state
relative to the initiative and refer en-
to meet in jdum.
Second—Because said act being an
enactment for carrying into effect the
provisions of the constltutlo of this
state relative to the Initiative and
referendum because a law upon its
approval by the governor 011 tile 27th
day of March, 1909.
Third — Because the referendum
does not or cannot apply to laws al-
ready in force at the time petition is
filed.
Fourth—Because said petition was
not filed within the time required by
law.
Fifth—Because said petition is not
in the form required by law.
Sixth—Because sahi petition is not
verified In the manner provided b>
law.
Seventh—Because said petition
does not contain signatures of the
requisite number of qualified electors
of tills state as required by law.
Eighth—Because the signatures to
said petition are not the genuine signa-
tures of qualified voters of this state.
Ninth—Because said ; tition Is In-
sufficient in law.
The petition has over GO, signatures.
examination for captain of the Tulsa
company, was unable to attend the
examination and the vacancy is held
open for him.
Company A, now stationed at Ho-
bart, Okla., having depleted in num-
bers till it his fallen below the min-
imum required by law, will be dis-
banded for the purpose of organizing
at Tulsa. Capt. M. If. Taulbee, First
infantry, who was in command cf the
company at Hobart, has been appoint-
ed to the vacancy in the adjutant gen-
eral's department, which was former-
ly filled by ( apt. S, H. Harr ison,
luartermaster, First infantry.
KI'SSELI, SITEIUNTEN KENT
SCHOOL COLOKEO OKI'HVNS.
S. Douglass Russell of the Western
Age. of langston, was appointed su-
perintendent of the institute Tor the
deaf, blind and orphans for the < 0!
ored race at Taft, Okla. This inst.
tution was founei d by the last legis-
lature. Ressell spent time and money
to get the measure through for tin
;iit of hi* race.
to abvkktise the new statb.
The Oklahoma stale board of com-
merce and publicity •.il headquarters
| at Muskogee was granted a chatter
I here by the secretary of state. Th®
object of the organization is to ad-
vertise the resources of Oklahoma
and encouragement the establishment
I of industries anil the einvestment of
! capital In this state. The directors
Include prominent men from various
parts of the state and are: A. C.
Lawrence, Charles T. Madison, t arl
Furcel and H. G. Baker of Muskogee;
D. M. Halley of Haileyville: J. W. Orr
of Vinita, W. R, Samuel of Chelsea,
N. C. .Turk of Checotah. C. E. Fol.y of
Eufaula. J. W. Steen of Enid. E. H.
Lucas of Ada. John 11. Gibson of
Grove, B. W. Jones of Blackwell. A. B.
Perry of Muskogee and M. M. Edmls-
'011 of Muskogee.
C AItlMYELl, WILL ©HOP 8U1T.
Oklahoma, City, Okla.. June 14.—W.
). I 11 rdwell today advised Senator R-
E. Stafford, a member of the arbitra-
ion committee seeking settlement of
the libel suit brought against Gover-
nor Haskell, that he withdraws the
proceedings on recommendation ot the
committee. The suit was institued In
the Oklahoma county court as the out-
growth of articles appearing in the.
governor's Muskogee newspaper dur-
ing the gubernatorial campaign,
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