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Z5hc OKLAHOMA
FARMER AND LABORER
Organization is the Spirit of the Age"
VOL. 4. No. 18
SAPULPA, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1915
$1.00 PER YEAR
FORD CAR ENTERS RANKS OF
POPULAR 5-CENT MOTOR CAR
LIVERY
STALLED ON ITS FIRST TRIP
in Front of an Undertaker Shop!
but One Stop will not Hurt the
Business—It's Here to Stay and
will Likely do a Big Business
Did you see it?
What?
Why, the jitney car. Yes, siree,
she was out 1n full bloom, spick and
span^ everything clean down to the
taps oh the wheels with big banner
that -rrad, ''Jitney Service, 5c."
But just a minute—before you be-
gin to calculate the enormous busi-
ness she was already doing, let me
eav that she was "stuck"—wouldn't
go at all. and right in front of the
undertaking parlor on E. Lee. A
very convenient place to die, eh?
Whether the balky engine was
afraid of the big banners or was
too bashful to be the first of its
kind to make the first appearance
on the streets is not known, but we
cannot blame it for some of us know
how it feels to be the object of
every eye that's met. And further-
more she was a Ford. As usual the
Ford is first in all tilings. It can
nearly be said of the Ford as of
George Washington, ''First in peace,
first in—" etc.
As well as could be made out the
license number is 5161 fl of \Slftpulpa
and the owner's name could not be
ascertained at the time for hej
was too busy cranking. When she
does get strung oqi to business
there is no telling how many jitneys
she will grab. So here is luck to the
jitney.
ZOUAVES FIGHTING OFF GERMAN AEROPLANE
€
IT RIVAL
ISSUES A DEFY
I. s.
WLL15
GIVEN FIVE YEARS
Hardfought Case Ends when Jury
Returns Verdict of Manslaughter
BRISTOW COM. CLUB, CIVIC
LEAGUE AND GOVERNMENT
START CONTEST
CLEANEST CITY IN CREEK CO.
A German taube aeroplane was spied flying over the French camp aud trying to drop bombs into the ranks of the
men. A squad of zouaves with an aerial machine gun aud a sighrer were sent out and after a sharp Interchange of
projectiles the aeroplane was put to flight.
ANOTHER INDIAN
BUREAU EXPOSE
REPORT IN PREPARATION AT
WASHINGTON WILL BE HOT-
TER THAN MOTT SENSATION
BILL TO PROTECT R, R. CHARGE MEN
SOFTORINKUSERS WITH LAYING OFF
SOFT DRINK MANUFACTURERS
WOULD PROTECT PUBLIC
FROM DIRTY BREWERY DREGS
AT ARBITRATION HEARING
ROADS SHOW THAT ENGI-
NEERS LOSE ONE-TENTH
LOOPHOLES IN PROCEDURE? CHAS. GAKES BACK FROM O.C. COULD EARN LARGER WAGES
In Spite of Tightening up of Pro-1 Sapulpa Man Aiding in Getting Leg-
COLD COMFORT
HERE, CRIMINAL
Governor and Chairman Prison Board
Not Making any Forgive and For-
get Sounds and Reprieves Not
Likely
'Must as soon as there is a man
at the penitentiary to be killed, we
will have the electrical apparatus
to accomplish the task," declared
Gov. IL L. Williams, Wednesday.
Governor Williams made this dec-
laration despite the fact that the
board of prison control has made no
specific recommendation for the
purchase of the death-dealing appar-
atus.
Dr. A. K. Westf chairman of the
l>oard, on the subject of electrocu-
tion said Wednesday: "The board
has no recommendation to make to
the governor in regard to capital
punishment but am not in favor of
spending several thousand dollars
to buy apparatus to kill a man
when it can be done just as easily
with a rope or a musket.
"Sentiment is the only thing in
favor of electrocution as means of
capital punishment; it is really no
more painful'to be shot: I am not in
favor of having the state buy this
expensive apparatus especially If
we are sincere in our desire for
cruel economy
"You may understand that the
board of prison control is not gov-
ernor,'  Gov. Williams said further.
'•There is*already an appropriation
available for the purpose and I pro-
pose to Install the system."
J
GRANDJURY PETITION
Petition asking for a grand jury
was filed this afternoon in which it
was alleged that the election irreg-
ularitifite needed investigation. A
special prosecutor was asked for
tt/ho will likely t)e some one from
the attorney general's office, if not
the attorney general hin^self. He
will be aided by Judge D. A. Mc-
Dougal and other prominent law-
yers. No time for the calling of the
grand jury was set by Judge Hughes
this afternoon.
The petition was circulated
throughout the county and the spon-
^ sors for the movement had no dif-
ficulty in securing half a dozen
i times as many names as they need-
ed.
abo>«.
bate Matters Grafters are Said to
Be Getting Away with a lot of}
Indian Property—Report will Be
Made Soon
Washington, Feb. 4.—Another
'•blow up" with attendant exposes
as to the manner of conducting In-
dian affairs in Oklahoma, it is under
stood will again be called to the at-
tention of congress. It is said that
representatives of certain Indian as-
sociations have recently been quiet-
ly at work in Oklahoma investigat-
ing conditions said to exist espec-
ially as they refer to the alleged
robbery of full blood Indians. Some-
thing in the nature of the Mott re-
port which caused somewhat of a
sensation in congressional circles a
year or two ago, is again said to be
contemplated and those on the in-
side are looking for the lid to blow
off almost any minute. Much of the
unfavorable advertising in Oklahoma
has received in late years has been
due to the widespread circulation of
reports in the east that the Indians
in the state were being robbed with
perfect impunity and with utter dis-
regard of the rules of the game.
Much of this pittiless publicity has
been given out by the Indian bureau
here, it being a favorite theme of
that office to repeatedly call atten-
tion to the alleged robbery of Okla-
homa Indians by unscrupulous graf
ters.
In spite of recent assertions that
the new probate procedure in east-
ern Oklahoma has left no loopholes
for fraud a report is said to be in
the course of preparation which will
make the Mott report look like a
social session of a women's sewing
circle.
It is not known who the expected
report will hit but those on the in-
side are authority for the statement
that it will be a "humdinger.'
SUDDEN FREEZE
SAVES MIDWEST
cities of the Ohio and Miami
Valleys which yesterday were threat-
ened wTth repetition of the disas-
ters of two years ago when thous-
ands of people were made homeless
are breathing easier toda>* after a
sudden drop of the temperature
which cauFed the streams to drop at
once.1 It is not certain how long this
freeze will continue but the Imme-
date danger to the larger cities is
already past. Several thousand work-
ers were able to go back to the
flooded factories today.
islation Passed that Will Make all
Manufacturers Keep Clean and
Sanitary Plants
Chas. L. Oakes has just returned
from Oklahoma City where he has
been in the interest of the soft
drink manufacturers of Oklahoma
City. For a long time breweries out-
side state have been in the habit
of sending brewery dregs into this
state, calling it a soft drink or near
beer and selling it to people who
would not care for real alcoholic bev-
erages. The bill as advocated by
Bottling Works men like Mr. Oakes
would in a measure do away with
this danger to the health of Okla-
homans and also protect the public
from drinking the product of factor-
ies that do not take all the possible
sanitary precautions of pop and sim-
ilar beverage manufacturers.
At a recent convention of the bot-
tlers held in Oklahoma City a res-
olution was passed outlining plans
for better sanitation and laying
down rules to protect the buyer of
the Oklahoma Boft drink. These
resolutions were presented to Dr.
Duke, the state health officer and
he pronounced them excellent.
There Is every prospect that the
bill will be passed and when in full
force and effect the buyers of a soft
drink made by a licensed Oklahoma
manufacturer will feel sure that
what he puts into his mouth will be
clean.
The following is the substance of
the resolution:
"Buildings must be in good local-
ity and well drained, must be well
ventilated and lighted, well screened,
paintfci and free from dustt dirt,
rubbish and refuse. Floors must be
of cement, well drained, and afford
no crevices or cracks for the lodg-
ment of filth. Syrup rooms must be
on the same floor as the manufac-
turing plant, well screened and san-
itary. No toilets to be allowed in
the bottling room.
"All apparatus must be maintained
in strict conformitory to the law,
be sweet and wholesome and wash-
ed once a day, with the exception of
syrup^ storagy tanks. No vessels ex-
cept glass, earthware, porcelain or
tinlined receptacles shall be used in
handling and mixing syrups.
''No stables or rubbish heaps shall
be permitted within twenty-five feet
of bottling plunt. Employes shall be
suitably and cleanly dressed and
shall be entirely free from contag-
ous -or loathsome diseases. Water
used in the making of beverages
must be pure, and declared by the
state board of health as such. Bot-
tle must be kept in a hot steriliz-
ing solution at least fifteen minutes
(Continued on pkge four)
If Worked Every Day but Nothing
Said about the Necessity of Some
Rest Occasionally—One or Two
Long Hour Shifts are Refuted
Chicago, Feb. 4.—Engineers and
firemen today were held responsible
themselves for loss of from one-third
to one-tenth of their possible earn-
ings through voluntarily laying off
a great part of their time. How
much of their assigned time the
men in each class of service ac-
tually do lay off was placed before
the federal board of arbitration in
detail by the western railways for
the board's consideration in deciding
whether the men are in need of
higher pay, earning already as high
as $358 in one good mdnth for en-
gineers and $221 in the same month
for firemen. Increased wages are de-
manded which it Is estimated would
add about $41,000,000 to operating
expenses of western roads. J. H.
Keefe, assistant general manager of
the Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe, in-
troduced the exhibit.
"About three-quarters of the rail-
way service," said Mr. Keefe, "is
what is termed 'assigned service.'
(continued on second page)
LANDSLIDES ON
THE FRISCO R.R.
The case of Bud Wall, charged
with murder of Robinson after some
trouble in a pool hall at "Dropright
last summer, was completed yester-
day afternoon and the jury returned
a verdict of manslaughter. Judge
Hughes sentenced Wall to five years
Bury the Old ime Hatchet but Dc-1 at hard labor in the McAlester pen-
clare their Intention of Becoming I itentiary.
Cleaner, More Healthful and Pret It is not thought that the charge
tier than our Own City ! of murder for the killing of Graham
  at the same time will bo brought up
J. J. "Whitney secretary of the : at the end of the sentence.
Bristow Commercial club, Mr. and
Mrs. C. C. Epps, Mrs. J. 1'. Martdox,
president of the Civic League and
Mrs. Chas. West, wife of the mayor
of Bristow are in Sapulpa today
conferring with Supt. Hopkins r«*la-
tlve to the parking near the dapot
and other improvements in view at
Bristow.
While they were here they declar-
ed that the commercial club of that
place, the Civic L/eague and the city
generally were not countenancing
any attempt to make Bristow a
court town and that tho old county
seat fight business was dead so far
as they were concerned and instead
of raking up old feuds they were
looking toward the future and pro-
posed to compete with Sapulpa along
highly novel lines.
They made their boast that when
summer comes Bristow would have
more flowers, would have cleaner
streets and back alleys, and would
be a healthier place in which to
live than Sapulpa.
They are starting to make good
their boast4 too, for they are mak-
ing people clean up down there and
that is harder to do there with few
Line South of Springfield Badly
Damaged by Washouts and Fills
Heavy rains over tho Frisco rail-
road which on the extreme southern
divisions resulted in serious wash-
outs of track were reported yester-
day afternoon by division superin-
tendents. Near Tupelo on the Birm-
ingham division, 250 feet of track
were washed out and it was neces-
sary to detour passenger train No.
106 from Tupelo to Memphis. The
track was also washed out for short
distances north of Tupelo in the vic-
inity of Byhalia.
Rush orders for railroad ties to
replace the damaged track were re-
ceived at the Frisco general offices
yesterday morning and were quickly
taken care of. It was stated at the
office of General Manager E. D.
Levy this morning that the track
sewers than it is here. IV B. Jones, [ had been repaired and that trains
[ MINERS ARE
ARRESTED IN COEO.
the leader in the movement, was the
first man to be fined under the new
ordinance. Flies are going to have
a hard time finding breeding places
if the plans are carried out.
We do not believe that Sapulpa
cannot be as clean and healthful
as any town under the sun and we
can have as beautiful yards, clean
streets and pretty flowers as Bris-
tow, the city we have driven from
financial and numerical completion
by sheer force of boasting and loca-
tion.
We believe that the ladies of the
Civic League of Sapulpa can do more
than the ladies of Bristow because
there are more of them and because
we think they are abler. The com-
mercial club directorate will do its
share to aid in this work we are
sure and undoubtedly the city ad-
would soon be on time again.
Some trouble was given to the
trainmen by the land slides which
resulted from the heavy rain. Dirt in
many places was washed upon the
track and large forces of men were
engaged in clearing away any mud
or other refuse that was washed
upon the roadbed.
ministration will do all in its power
to aid the movement for the better-
ment of the city.
Bristow has always been the sec
ond city in Creek county and al-
though defeated, is willing to bury
the hatchet and engage in a differ-
ent kind of contest.
Are we going to let the second
city in Creek county be first in any-
thing so important as cleanliness,
beauty and health?
Nine Now in Jail for Killing of One
Guard While Militia Whitewashed]
for Death of Many
Denver, Feb. 4.—Nine union men
or sympathizers had been arrested
today charged with murder as a re-
sult of wholesale Indictments return-
ed by the Walsenberg grand Jury,
Which investigated the strike vio-
lence dutfna: the recent labor trou-
bles in the southern coal fields.
All of the indicted men^ including
Charles Haines, secretary of the
Walsenburg miners union; John
Burke, pre^dent., and the president
and secretary of the state Federa-
tion *of Labor0are in jail today. Sev-
en of therff are in the Walsenberg
jail. William T. Hickey and Eli M.
'♦"oss, the state federation officials,
are still in Denver, but will be trans
ferred to Walsenberg.
It developed today that Hickey
and Gross are charged with arson
as well as murder. The details of
the charges against the various
men are withheld pending the ar-
rest of all of those indicted. It is
believed the indictments 'are based
on the killing of Major J. P. Lester
of the Colorado National Guard, the
killing of two non-combatants ami
the burning of the MciNally mine In
the fighting at Walsenberg in April.
Much Ado About Nothing
This morning the driver of Sapulpa's first jitney car was arrested
for running a motor cab without a license and the first gun in the
fight against the jitney was started. Later in the morning, E. C. Wallace
proprietor of the garage from which the car came, went to the city hall
and asked to be allowed to pay a license like the regular bus men
who have livery cars.
It seem^ that there is an old obsolete ordinance which fixes a li-
cense fee of $150 per year on motor cabs^ relic of the days when autos
were new things, but of course it has never been enforced because
it was prohibitive and motor cabs have been given licenses for years
under the cab license fee of $15, though that was intended for the
horse drawn cabs only.
When Mr. Wallace appeared Commissioner Wertzberger and May-
or Smith seemed to think that the Jitney car either because of the
name or for some other reason was not an ordinary motor car run for
profit just like any other taxicabbut was something absolutely new
that should be dealt with separately and be subjected to all sort# of
regulations such as not paralleling the street car tracks, advertising
the fact that more than five cents would be charged off the paved
streets, having a special license, etc. The Comimssloners also wanted to
hold a hearing In the afternoon at which the street car receiver and
the city attorney would be present so that in framing "rule" and rog
illations they would be fair to every body.
More than two hours were consumed in this discussion without
getting any farther than delaying the settlement of a question that
seemed to exist only in the minds of the commissioners.
If fiftfen dollars Is all right for a taxicab that charges twenty-five
conts a trip why all this discussion about issuing a license to a man
who charges five cents for the same thing?
Mr. Wallace even offered to pay $100 for the right to run six cars
just like the street car company and put up the two propositions to the
commissioners bufc they hemmed and hawed about it and finally refused
to issue him a license at all until after they had a "hearing' on the
matter.
The funny part of it is that if Wallace had Just come to the cltv
hall first and ask^l for a taxicab license he would have received it
and then started his jitney without any question being raised but It now
looks as though our city administrators were figuring on following the
hysterical lead of Oklahoma City In passing regulations that have no
standing In a court of law and can do nothing but stir up trouble and
factions in the city.
The five cent taxicab has come to stay and anybody who tries to
discriminate aguinst a man because he charges less than the other
fellow is going to find himaelf on the unpopular side.
WILL HEXT 0. R.
KANSAS MEN PLAN TO BUILD
CEMENT TRACKS AND ENTER
LONG DISTANCE BUSINESS
PlfTSBUBG TO FORT SCOTT
Would be Able to go After Business
on a Big Scale and Save Passen-
gers and Shippers Thousands on
Transfer Charges now Necessary
Pittsburg, Kas., Feb. 4.—(Several
year.-- ago Judge C. E. Cory of Fort
Scott conceived the idea of estab-
lishing motor car connections be-
tween Pittsburg and Fort Scott and
the intermediate towns. His plan
was to build a roadway for the us®
of passenger and freight cars of aB
operating company and for private
cars paying tolls. Judge Corey Is
referee in bankruptcy for the Unit-
ed States at Fort Scott and travels
a great deal in Southeastern Kaitean.
He interested several lawyers is
Independence^ Coffeyville, Pittsburg,
and other southeastern Kansas cities
in his project and formed "The Aut®
Traffic Company." A campaign of
education has been conducted. Pub-
lic opinion, which said that the
scheme was impracticable, has bee*
changed. The company, it now ap-
pears, may have cars running be-
tween Fort Scott and Pittsburg be-
fore many months.
Judge Corey's plan is to start with
a good dirt and lay cement tracks
twelve inches wide on a concrete
foundation extending down to bed
rock. The surface is to be slightly
concave and even with the surface
of the roadbed. The road is to fol-
low lines midway between highways
through farms.
••The hardest thing we have had
to do is to make people see that
this kind of a road is the simplest
thing in the world," said Judge Cor-
ey. ''Passengers have to go to steam
and electric railways. Not with the
motor system. We go to the passen-
gers. Shippers have to haul freight
to steam and electric freight de-
pots. It will be different with our line.
Our freight cars will go to the ship-
pers. Passengers going from obs
town to another will not have to
hire a cab. Our cars will deliver
them at their destination. Our road
will do everything that any sort of
a transportation concern can do.'*
It is planned to put into service
several big busses that will carry
from 60 to 60 persons and several
big motor trucks. There is to be no
issue of bonds and no assessments
will be made upon the subscriptions
until the full amount needed is sub-
scribed so that the company may
pay for what is bought. The stock
subscription has about reached the
necessary amount.
The backers of the motsr road be-
lieve that once the line is in oper-
ation from Fort iScott to Pittsburg
extensions to the numerous other
cities of Southeastern Kansas will
follow rapidly. Parsons, Cherryvale*
Independence, Coffeyville and Colum-
bus and cities within the territory
bounded by these cities are expect-
ed to be connected by motor with
Pittsburg. Much fun has been made
of Judge Cory's "railless, trolleyless
bondless railroad, but he has main-
tained that the idea would maks
good before long.
OF TEN PER CT.
The school enumeration lias just
been completed and the total ^u>ws
2226 children of school ase in the
city on February 1st. Last year the
total was 2076 which mcans a gain
for th% year of 150 chldrcij or nearly
ten percent in one year. Of coursa
this does not include the large num-
ber of outside of the city who neTer-
theless send their children to the
Sapulpa schools nor does it Include
many people who have come Into
the city in the past month. The
growth during the next few months
wll undoubtedly he larger than In
the past jsix months. The new fac-
tory will bring dozens of new fumil-
lles here and next year there will
certainly be far more than 2500
school children