Norman Daily Independent. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, February 26, 1909 Page: 1 of 8
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NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY :2t>. 100't.
NO. 47
State Senate Passes Measures Which Attorney General West Drafted Some Time Ago--Is
Outcome Of Scrap Between Two Officials Last Summer—Both Have Been On Good Terms
Of Late- Will Sudden Action of Legislature Resurect Old Bitter Feelings? Or Will
Governor Sign bill?
Guthrie, Okla., Feb. 2.6.—(Special.) common purchaser. This l>ill says
1 lie senate has taken a slap at j purchasers shall be made of all pro- !
Governor Haskell, in the passage of ducers a{ a «rcasonable price, 1
Senate Bill No. 168, by Yeager and .
HEXT MONDAY THE INDEPEN-
DENT WILL PUBLISH THE
VOTES OF ALL CANDI-
DATES AND GIVE
AWAY THE SPECIAL
PRIZE OF $10.00
IN GOLD.
Strain.
It is well known that this bill was
drawn by the attorney general, and
The Independent's Free Voting1
Contest is growing more interesting
.•very day. Next Monday the votes of
.ill candidates will be published. This
relieve the anxiety of those who
it-sire to know the standing of their
i" Torite. It will be a relief to the girls
,tti, know how they rank with the
'►ciier candidates. Good.work is being
ioac and the first publication of the
totes will be a surprise to everybody.
It you have not heretofore taken an
interest in this contest you had better
io so now and help out your favorite
™ the matter of this special prize. As
has already been announced the girl
Saving the greatest number of votes,
tkhen the first count is made, will re-
ceive a prize of $10.00 in gold. Votes
nrtrst reach this office not later than
toar o'clock p. m., March 1st, to be
•onnted in this special prize offer.
Contestants should tell all their
mends to be sure and call for their
conpons at the stores and watch
every chance to get votes.
The Independent will give 1,000
extra "booster" votes all the rest of
this week and up to the time the first
ruant is made Monday, on each dol- |
tar turned in. These votes will not be
shen after that time. So each con-
testant can get 1,500 votes this week j
ivhere she can get only 500 after
Monday.
that it contains all of bis contentions i barrel of oil would be bought any-
against the governor in the famous j one with an arbitrary price fixed by
controversy last summer in which j a board, as the price of every corn-
Governor Haskell got fired from the
treasurership of the national commit-
tee, but later won over the attorney
general in the decision of the su-
preme court that the governor is the
sole custodian of the laws of the
this price to be fixed by the corpora- .
tion commission, with the right to ap j
peal to the courts. Oil men say not a , Sapulpa Senator Woulu Have Local
Option.
, . , . p •. i Guthrie, Okla., Feb. 25.—A cunsti-
modity in the earth and on top oi it
is made by supply and demand. , tutional amendment to make prolnbi-
Then it confiscates all the oil leases , tion in Oklahoma enforceable by loc-
hcld by the pipe line companies after i aj option, counties, cities, towns,
six months, by which time the com-
panies must all sell all holdings. 1 his
state and the attorney general only , is not a bad idea, il it can be legaly
his law clerk, with no power to'file a j done—but can the law confiscate a
suit unless directed to do so by the vested right?
governor.
This bill makes the attorney gener-
al the boss of the law, and indepen-
dent of the governor in filing suits.
Besides it has in it all the drastic
I wards or townships to decide whether
liquor shall be sold within their
boundaries was proposed in a reso-
lution introduced in the senate by
things which have made the attorney I not in this bill, and allowed pipe lines
general unpopular with the oil men, j to be built to the Nowata field; the
and the opposition to which has made ] attorney general fought the building
the governor popular over in the oil
regions.
Most of the oil men declare this
bill will put the final gasp into the
oil district, which now languishes for
want of more pipe lines. It attempts
But the main reason for the bill is . Senator Davis of Sapulpa. A mini-
that the attorney general may "even ! mum Jicense of js fixe(1> pay_
up" with the governor. From this j
. . . . , , • . _ , Sable annually in advance, the pro-
standpoint it is of unusual interest. ,
The governor stood for certain things j ceeds to be devoted to the road and
bridge fund.
of these new lines to the death as
against the constitution and the laws
of which say only domestic compan-
ies can have the right of eminent do-
main. This bill i.s a West bill, pure
and simple, taking his side of the
TWO NEW BILLS LAWS.
Misappropriation of Public
Made a Felony.
Funds
to make the pipe lines either common big squabble of last summer—and in
which the little attorney general was
bested ny the little governor—both
claiming to be "Little Napoleons.
The friends of the governor in the
house arc up in arms, and the fray
will be bitter with the governor hav-
purchasers or carriers. The three pipe
lines over there—two of them inde-
pendent and the other the Prairie,
supposed to be a child of the Stand-
ard—have already refused to domes-
ticate or to become common carriers.
The Prairie claims
to be a ! ing the last whack.
Guthrie, Okla., Feb. 26.—(Special.)
Governor C. N. Haskell Thursday
signed the Franklin bill making it
a felony for any official to misappro-
priate public funds and providing a
penitentiary sentence ranging from
three to twenty years and additional
fines.
Acceptance of interest on public
funds and the falsification of records
come under the ban of the new law.
The Harrison bill appropriating
$1,000 each for fire escapes on the
three state normals and the agricul-
tural and normal institute at Langs-
ton, was also signed.
INSURANCE BILL HANGS.
House Amendment Endangers Rod-
die's Measure.
Guthrie, Okla., Feb. 26.—(Special.)
Senato'r fRoddie's insurance bill is
vjfcuig defeat in the house because
r,fn. house committee is recommend-
ing the addition of the Wilson bill,
which permits assessment companies,
otherwise than fraternal Organiza-
tions, to operate in the state, a pro-
vision that the Roddie measure is
strictly against.
State Insurance Commissioned Mc-
Xfonib said Thursday that if the house
adopted its committee report the ef-
fectiveness of the proposed legisla-
*ion would lie practically nullified.
Came To Norman Several Years Ago And Was Once in The
Asylum Here—Quack Doctor And Preacher-Went From
Here To Cement Oklahoma, And Now Lives In New
Mexico.
AFTER CATTLE TICK NOW.
Inspectors Are Put Back to Work to
Clear the Scourge.
Charging that C. YV. Sawyer was . the case
insane at the time he executed a deed
transferring 4(H) acres of coal land,
valued at $150,000, and located in
Clayburn county, Tennessee, Attor-
ney 1. G. Leabow, of Middleborough,
Kentucky, representing the plaintiff,
and Jessie L. Rogers of Knoxvillc
and G. W. Tazewell of Montgomery,
Tennessee, representing the defen-
dant, arc here taking depositions in
Guthrie, Okla., Feb. 26.—The quar-
antine department of the state depart-
ment of agriculture has finished all
preparations to begin a series of as-
saults on the cattle tick March 1 and
Sawyer at one time was the weal- afterwards with twenty inspectors,
thiest and most influential citizen in Superintendent Bryan says that all
Clayburn county, Tennessee, but is the inspectors laid off January 1 will
reported to have become slightly dc- be put back on, and others engaged
mented and imagined he was a phy- an(j paid with the money saved dur-
sician. As the result of his erroneous i,1(r the winter months by laying off
idea he is said to have caused the ;is many inspectors as possible.
death of Thomas King and wife, by The department hopes to clear sev-
givitig them a deadly drug. Other crai counties of the dreaded cattle
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scourge this year.
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Danner, V. E. Norman Daily Independent. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, February 26, 1909, newspaper, February 26, 1909; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc106729/m1/1/?q=Hughes: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.