Norman Daily Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 177, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 16, 1920 Page: 1 of 4
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V(JL. 8. NO. 177
NORMAN. OKLAHOMA, TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 16, 1920
PRICE FIVE CENTS
DRILLING WILL NORMAN ATTORNEY TWO MEN RECEIVE WANT TO BUY GOOD
START TOMORROW HAS PART IN TOMMY CITIZENSHIP PAPER NORMAN LOT CHEAP?
ON BRAMAN WELL ATKINS LAW SUIT
"Oh, no, Not New, just Had It
Cleaned and Pressed'
"But it really does look just as good as when 1 bought it last fall.
Even with close inspection you can seldom distinguish between a
new dress and one returned to you after cleaning and pressing h\ us.
()ur experts thoroughly understand materials; colorings and the
removal of stains.
Look through your wardrobe, you will iind several dresses or
suits lliat we can make of further service to you.
Call 30S and our driver will call.
Jack Bowers
415 Soutji Webster
i|. Owen of Okl;
ittending court
7 hom
homa City was
.Norman today
WEIL NOW STANDS AT 2,7001 WILL SHAKE IN LAWYER1
FEET; FAIR TEST IS AT , FEES BROTHER WAS
' -5,000, IT IS SAID. ! DNCE COUNSEL.
One Lives in Norman and Other at
Noble Two More Have In
Their Applications
Two .more American citizens were
_________ .made when Joseph Yinei. 271 hast
Drillers are on thr ground'at the! Collection of $2,000,000 attorney Frank street, :.n.l \ ..eli.. 11 rti:;. ,
Braman well fourteen .niles south- attorney fees tor the .state ..i U.I eimty ... Moore, .wore the oath o
east of Nor man and work will begin liam U. Grejham, deceajed. brothtr allegiance and out the
in earnest tomorrow morning, was of James A. Greaham of Norman and naturalisation papers in district
the announcement of s K. McCall. counsel for the Nancy Adkms inter-1 court yrst.'r.l.iv
president "f the ("level md County Dc-1 ests ... the famous rommjl Atkn.s lames Kalivoda. Moort
velopinent company, which is in | case, now will rest w.ti. the sui.reine and August /.lebrerk. Norman .out.
charge oi this well.
The well riew is at 2,70(1 fe..
drillers and men who are familiar with
the construction and 1. . of the well
are coirfident that 3,0.K) feet will be
a la. test. But if results are not
available at this depth 'i(H) feet more
have been promised by other oil com-
panies which desire a u-st.
Stock 1b Due.
Stock which has been subscribed,
and which becomes due when actual
work starts on the well, is now due
and is payable to officials of the com-
pany. Citizens who have not taken
any stock and who jdesire to help
deepen the well and obtain a fair test
are urced to take a small amount of
sti ck, or any amount they can finan-
cially handle.
Officials of the company are confi-
dent that oil will lie st uck within
court of the United State
and J probably will k>>. sine
to which it
the adverse
decision of the federal supreme court
of appeals at St. Luis Saturday
This attorney fee called lor 10 per
cent of the principal involved which
in royalties on the oil already produc-
ed and in value of the land itself i
estimated at $20.000,000. Litigation i
over two separate 80-acre tract* in
the Cushing field.
The contract concerning this fee
is in the safekeeping of (iresham in
this city
Litigation in the case as t" who are
the lawful heirs lias brought down to
the deceased Indian boy's mother. At
one time during the litigation. the
federal authorities doubted there ever
j hav ing been flue h a per son as I < >mmy
'Atkins to whom the allotment was
made on the Indiad rolls of 1805, but
dent that oil win ne si uck w.u...
next 300 feet, and this claim has betfi this has been c leared «P i 1
•i t 1..... i;«nn Hark in 14 1.
backed up by every oil man who has
lonked over the log of the well.
C leveland county .should have a
fair test and one now is available ii
funds are raised for 300 feet drilling
DUR0C JERSEY HOG IS
IDLING AT 1 EHMINAL
Stock raising is one of the inci
dental jobs incurred by J M- Null,
station agent of the iuterurba.i here,
since the arrival Friday of a pure bred
Pnroc Jersey hoar, consigned to U.
1. '1'honipsoli of Blanchard.
Ills Porky Majesty has been envy-
ing corn served on the raised floor <'t
the baggage and freight storage room
in till hack of the station Liquids
have been served in a skillet set on
the well sweot floor.
If the consignee does not come tor
the animal soon. Noll contemplates
In.ving it sitting >H> ■' lumpm,
tliro'ugli hoops and playisvg dead.
[t understood that the lug Uuroi
Come1- front Oklahoma. .City a«u| the
shippers name was leffrits.
Mrs Pat Mc'Kihney and M's. Uil
liajn Adkms were .Oklahoma CUV
ijgi-,t sei is Tuesdav.
Began Back in 1914
Litigation began in til" distrii
court at Sapulpa bark 111 1,JI4. and a
deposition was introduced in lieu of
the sir* osedly absent Nancy
William W. Gresliam. as consul l';r
Nancy's litigants, protested and is
reported to have introduced ti.'- wo
man in court to tne consternation ot
the opposing attorneys.
l-'or $25, a cheap dress and a na.r of
sloes, making a total of scarcely W5, |
was brought out that the Indian
woman bad signed the deposition be-
fore she was spirited away to < lie ;i
yvhert Gresham had found lie: and
brought her hack. The statement she
signed for that' paltry amount aliened
that Tommy was the son of Minnie,
-er sister, instead of herself.
Betsy a mulatto woman who was
incriminated l.y Nancy's testimony
was ordered out of court with a-
scatching lecture by the judge tor her
part in acting as all allege.} go-In-
tween. t
Appealed to Supreme
tfpoii a decision rendered in tins
court, ftie opposition appealed the
case to'; the state supreme court ati.l
the judgment was affirme«l there.
Thafthe deceased loni.ny Atkins,
uav ,1 fictitious prrsonagle was eon
tended ,1>y the ; overnment authorities
and a.later decision at Miiskogo
held that 110 SU. I IV son ever i."
xisted- and that Hie name had been
Dig Up Pertinent Facts About Re.
Sale of Tax Lands; Read it and
Look Over the List.
Pertinent information relative to the
tax ale that the county ha - advertiv <1
in the Transcript so \\idel> sought
that a representative of this paper
cornered the county treasurer in her
workshop at the court hous«k ami
l.ydia briggs very willin i\ divulged
I the "inside (lope" regarding the terms,
conditions, et cetera of the >ale.
I Tiie salt* will 1 e held at the court
! house in the office of the county
! treasurer and coiumeuces at 1 "'clock
of tii< afternoon of Monday, Novem-
ber U, and will be continued during
the hours of 1 to 4 o'clock p. m ,
each day until the complete list i-
Isold. F.acli lot will be -old I" the
I highest bidder regardless of the
amount of tax against it.
J It i> characteristii ot information
along the line specified that lour or
I five big law books ultimately nnist
Joseph Vine/. born in lieltort, j quoted in order to make tin- whole
thing as plain and simple a> a tin
naman's bookkeeping system. In this
case it was Section <. haptcr 130,
Session Laws of 1919.
Laws and Rumors of Laws
It. reads: Within ten (10) days af-
ter such resale the county treasurer
i shall file in the office of the county
' clerk a return of his n sale of such
I real estate, and retain a copy then
lot in his office, which return must
■how the real estate is sold, the nafe
purchaser and the price paid
by him therefor, also a copy of the
notice of such re-sale with an affidavit
I its posting or publication, and such
notice and return shall be presump-
, were two others who took pre-
liminary tests ami were continued for
investigation by the federal bureau
of naturalization.
Vine/ and Hruska made excep-
tionally good showings in their coin
maud « t 1" nglish. in readinu the con
stitutiou of the I nited States, in un-
derstanding this government and
passing the writing test, according
to Cilen O. Morris, court clerk
France, arrived in New \ ork on 1
inary 17. lHHi, filed his petition un-
naturalization papers Dec 1. I'M''
His characte! and qualities for ,^o< <1
citizenship w. <■ vouched for by 1-
J. McCiinley and / K Westervelt.
.,11(1 lie is now a naturalized Amen
can citizen.
1h Now a Citizen.
Vaclav Hruska, born in Perinor.
Austria, arrived at (jalveston on
Inn- !<•. 1 *><) 1. filed his petition1 to be S11|WW
.dine a citizen of this country March | ot the
10, 1920. I estifying f« r his qualities
and abilities making for good citi-
zen' hip were ( I. Knight and S <«
Dyer, both of Moore, and he bet one
| a citizen of thi scouiitry Monday
| Of the two who must bear further
j investigation by the bureau of n.it
i nralization. August Znbreck wart
| I torn in \Wspen. < ierm.uiy, entered
I at fialveston in 1905 and filed f<"
I riti/enship in September of tins
V a while James Kaliv< da was bom
in (Yncince. liohemia, arrived thru
j (lab esion in 1915 and filed 'or nat
; nralization in August of 1919.
i | ;si other applicants will likely
1 i • i , e nth', r final paners within
| ibe next two or three sesisons of
. restrict court.
After filing the first petition to ne-
1 come a citizen, at least two yea s and
I : inety d«'s must elapse before the
I final papers are made out. Not
more than six years and ninety days
•nay be allowed" between the filing of
the first petition and the final ap-
pl'cation? ^ :
vidence of the regularity, legal-
ity and validity of all the official acts
leading up to such re ale.
And within said ten (10) days the
county treasurer shall execute, ac-
knowledge and deliver to the pur-
chaser or his assigns a deed conveying
the real estate thus re -old, which
deed shall expressly cancel and set
aside all taxes, penalties and interests
and casts previously assessed or ex-
isting against said real estate, includ-
ing paving taxes and outstanding tax
sale certificates, and such deed shall
vest in the purchaser and grantee of
said real ( state an absolute and perfect
title in fee simple to said land, and
that where there are both ad valorem
and special taxes due, the county
treasurer must adycrtise and sell for
| all taxes in the satin salt and shall
if M;innic's interest in
control.
William W
soon after h
rision lor hi
lie
Grcshani died in 1WM
bad v.oti the • rst de
client that spr ng, b i
Id if the
contain a summary statement « f the
matters and proceedings of such re-
sale, and six months after said deed
shall have been filed for record in the
' 4„ eotintv clerk's office, no action shall
pro9rS! 'h>' eommen.. d to void or -t a.d
cleAj# aside.
Purchaser Pays For Advertising
Any number of lots o rtracts ot
land may be included in one deed
One Dollar Starts A
Savings Account
4 per cent interest paid
We give you Free a savings banK
When First Deposit Is Made
Save your Pennies And Watch Them Grow
We Will Render You Real Service
The First National Hank
Norman, OKlahoma
"The Old Reliable"
; h olly.. • , . I V. Muvey old M denim I
Oil being taken to the federal « "in commissioner of tb
ppeals at St. I.ouis the t. t that I ^m, ,-ourt.
Louis, the fact that
Tommy re; lly had lived was estah-
lisheil. but Minnie, the si-ter ot Nancy , ^
was adjttiiKed the mother of th. |
hoy Saturday fins eau
Tin-
work of
Iter has done
ou.iuuini; the
Liberty I heatre
Today and Tuesday
harry ravf.r
Offers the Famous
of the
*e since. i'
. , i \ commiF: on of 2 1 *2 per tint oi
' j the princinal will b« awarded t«. them
jf ti,,- . .,*<■ is won. making at present
estimates about $500,000. ('onihined
with the possible f
them. Ot e -ham estate, this will tota'
up to the largest attorneys' fees ever
pnid in the opinion < f James firesh
am
The testimony of Nancy, after s'i
had confessed perjury in signing the
deposition introduced in the fiist
*trial, is the only case ot a perjure'
testimony being taken in court, so i
las (ireshain knows, making another
sueculiar angle to this lamous ntma ■
lekyl-
E. B. Johnson, President Phil C. Kidd, Vice-President Wm. Synnott, Cashier
Bert Baggett, Asst. Cash. E.H. Stubbeman, Asst. Cash.
Wm. Hetherington, Asst. Cash. J. L. Corbett, Asst. Cash. G. B. Johnson, Asst. Cash.
Hyde of Silent Drama
edmund breese
And His Own Company in
\
The Master
Crook
With an All-Star Cast
hank mann in
"THE PLUMBER"
Also a New Chapter of
"Vanishing Trails
With Franklyn Farnum
,\| | it * i i ' ' " I-"' 1
RoHHer ' ^$1.00y tor the tuai aru and ten.ilU
t. nts for each additional trai t includ-
ed therein. The treasurer shall also
charge and collect from the purchaser
at such sale the Mini of twenty-five
(^5) cejris on each iract <t real prop-
erty and fifteen (15) cenls on each
town lot so advertised and sold tor
the cost of publishing said notice of
00. ( <unloned which sum shall be paid into
,f $2 .(X HI ,000 teethe county treasury and the i > • Milt >
:n ......1 S|1 a 11 pa> the cost of |; n 1 1 i s h i ii u such
notice of re-sale.
\nd .f any tract or lot c. land
sells for more than the taxes, penalti.
interest and costs thereon, tile excess
shall be turned into the sounty treas-
ury .111< 1 there be held for the prior
owner of such land t<> be withdrawn
| any time within two (i) years or
collected from the county treasurer
I and at the end of two (J) years u the
i same is not withdrawn or collected
from the county treasurer the sarpe
j hall be turned into the county sink-
Coming Wednesday and
Thursday, Gladys Brock well
in "The Rose of Nome,
talc of courage and Cupid
and Alaskan snows; a lien
Turpin coined) and a new
chapter of "Trailed 1>y
leal Estate
$90,000
To Loan on
Farms
in
Cleveland
and
McClain
Counties
Low Rate of
Interest
If you need a loan come in
and talk it over with us. We
can help you.
SMITH BROS.
li ne 280 1071/ E- Main
Over Ja Furniture
Store)
ing fund.
Supreme Court Takes Stand
The supreme court has rendered an
opinion, reported in Pacific Reporter
1 S3, page 1007. that "Section 6 con-
strues and holds that a tax de 'd is-
sued as provided therein cancel-; an!
sets asid" all taxes which in elude 'id-
valorem and paving taxes delinquent
■ ' ' ■
| which the property wa bid ot: >\
the county treasurer in the name ot
the county * * *" It is th n untbr-
stood that the -ale to b h• 1 • 1 \'ovni-
■
standing tax sale certificate -, prior to
the year or years taxes advertised for
this sale.
Hut it does not cancel anv tax e
certificates issued for years subse-
quent to yera advertised 1" short,
i if any property is adverti-ed for 1"
; taxes the sale would cancel all taxes
i for 1^17 and prior thereto, but wottM
j not cancel tax sale < ertilicates i^ucd
f■.r 1918 and 1010 taxes.
Will Elucidate Gladly
i W hen each piece of property is oi-
! fered for sale the countv treasurer
s will explain to the buyer ; what
niece of property in add.it i >n to the
amount advertised. Mrs. Htig.: has
an
swer anv questions from prospective
buyers any time before the sale strats.
Once the sale is opened, however,
tb re will be no time at hand to
spend at that pastime.
Miss Margaret Mitchell was a
guest of city friend- Tuesday.
Misses Bonnie Thomas and \ era
Debating and Messrs. Elgin Dawson
and 11.uner Mav were guests of Mr
and Mrs W. II Daws n at Stop 27
Sunday.
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Norman Daily Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 177, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 16, 1920, newspaper, November 16, 1920; Norman, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc114498/m1/1/: accessed March 28, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.