The Krebs Banner. (Krebs, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 16, 1908 Page: 2 of 8
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the money and ■■ u j have ;• Invested
you ran not ge* it.
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year*; have built reputation* for
honesty; for round judgment; g*e,d
banking; careful handling of o’her
people's money 'hat .-and out J.ke
landmarks What *1 |t mean if a
t,!g surn of money . up to guar-
eo'ee depo .• ■ ’ i> * .[ ‘..rnoi7 mean
that tbe hont ■ sound con erv*11.*•
hanker who has spent yean In per*
f" ting hi* 1 ling
r' pu’a p.n, w;i| reckleo« ,ar:k
er In his rommunliy have just the
*»m* chance at getting deposl** as he
has Itecaij.,. t),:« guaranty Is ready
fo lect ■ . .; , n n it b
banker alike
"The national hanking *v3fem Is ;
f it, t me
only ' • >• per *ei • of na• • 1
hanks have failed and nt this five t,er
cent not or,*- p* d It
than 7k cents on the dollar."
Senator Ixing declares that he was
not quoted was
por'ec that he said that con-erva-
’ t behind a
ar,'y deposit ’aw
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e n't t
or senate and that I* true But I 1 a e
no opinion to express as to whether
the men who ,-xpre-s them , Ives pro
fir con on the :t at*- < ins*-; - a
tlve or not."
n r.SA- State Superintendent
' to the O
horna State J'eacber*' association,
which closed Its flr-l annual session
here, said he favored, and will In-ist
up'n Hie Indian Territory school fund
be ’ g Invested In school bous* s ln old
Indian Territory. It Is his plan to ;
build school houses In 3,000 school
districts the coining y. ar. He Is fur- '
fber to favor o' • ■ • ■ nal nor
rnal schools to he located in eastern
Oklahoma. Tulsa Ir the strongest
bidder for ti c Northeastern normal
school.
The following are the officers elect-
ed for the ensuing year: Preside!)',
fharlex Evans, Ardmore; vice presi-
dent, (' I. Kezer, Stillwater; secre-
tary, Maude WIdamao, Anadarko;
< e* irer, W it Robinson. Pawnee;
chairman executive committee, Snow-
den Parlette, (Juthrie; member exec-
utive committee, S. J. J'aync, Wc-
tumka.
JUSTICE WINGS BURGLAR
Takes Wounded Man. Who Was Rob-
bing Store, to Hospital
McAIjESTEH: A deputy sheriff
from I either-‘on brought a wound -d
burglar here and bad him plan •
the hospital Tile /nan refutes in
gi'e hi* name He was shot by An
1 1
Feathers ton, while robbing
the latter .- store
Timmerman heard the burglar, and
took a Winchester and Investigated
He saw two men Just in the act of
leaving the -tore with well ri 1 |c-i| bag.
and ordered them to halt, but they
started to run Timmerman fired
f,,l|r 1 ringing one of the men
down The other e -raped The bag;
were dropped Just outside the slor"
East Side Banks Asking Charters
Vi I 'Tl I It 11 i III compliance with a
re,|ue t from State Hank ('onuiils-
■loner Smock that all state banks in
Indian rert Itor y apply for new ebar-
f(
<-i * of banks i; forwarding applica-
tions for new charters dally Th
recommendation of the 1
Ik not mandatory but he desires that
Hie system ho uniform throughout the
ptata.
'*■ purjeiM-* rm pu-.ned
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a- a par •»*
on g,-, ..-.is ':.i- j; .-
eaverge-r.' . leg . i-.-.- ar a . ,
•er.d 7 1 e.-or-g v, i mi-
p-'e-.e.-,- ada-t..«•.*»•.*,i
for o*i.
fr.<- -•<•* enforcement f»a* :r« «...
a.’o he fo .g.v »• a rr.ec» ;r, -he
ea - rn part 0' s-r
opposed *0 c.'-.je interference e^.
.orcemeti of v.e prohibitory law.
WEEKLY CONGRESS REPORTS
Hobsye Wou d Hazg Government P*o-
'-red n9, Printed and G cen A «ay
WAS HI iOTO : An official X ir-
r.al ft, be p-j-,.;,,-jed wer-kiv, or of’en-
er If neci goren
ar.d to contain brief notes of the work
ex*cT*d ir, ’he departments and in*
dep- nd'-r.' bureaux of the depart-
ments. of th< supreme court pro*
'■eedings and of the actions of con*
gre-v so far a- ’hey may be of gen-
eral pub..c lri*eres'. is provided f. r
! :n a b. which Rcprc-entatlve Rich-
mond F' Ho:,-on purposes to In’ro-
Jnce after the hr : ■ In
of his bill Captain Hobson rays-
"The official Journal is intended to
make a connecting link between 'he
government and the people and will
i,,. effect a per;, jpial report 10 *f,»
people of the work done by all
branches of the government. TT.<
project gr’-w ou* of rny having a«cer-
’ainer] -ha' a -.3-» amoun* of valuable
material did nor reach the people, for
whom It wa ■ ten led I believe this
journal win be the means of famil-
iarizing 'he people wi’h the stupen-
dous work that rheir government is
doing and w 11 remove distrust and
suspicion and create a renewed tn-
'r*re ». and confidence among the
masses ir, government affairs. The
journal is to be distributed free."
KELSEY ANNOUNCES DATES
Indian Agent Will Have Hearings for
Removal of Restrictions
MI’SKOGEE: Indian Agent Dana
H Kelsey has announced the fo).ow-
ing dates arid places when hearings
will be had to take the testimony of
Indians, who are not full-bloods, for
the purpose of having the restric-
tions removed f10iu their surplus
lands.
Chlckasha. January 6 and 7; Pauls
''alky. January S; Ardmore, Januaiy
'■>: Tishomingo, January 11. Ada. Jan-
uary 3 3 and it; Bartlesville, January
K,; Nowata, January 16; Claremore,
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20 and 21; Afton, January 22; Grove,
January 23; Pryor Creek, January 25;
McAlester, February 3 and 4; Atoka.
February 5; Durant, February 6;
Hugo, February 7 and 8; Antlers,
February 10; Tuskahoma. Feoruary
II '1 alihina. February 12: Poteau,
February 13 and It; Salisaw, Fehru-
arv 1.', and 17: Stillwell, February 18;
Westvilie, February 15; Tahlequah,
February 20 and 21.
FAVORS 7.-E CLEVELAND PLAN
Se*a*.oc A .v-j ^ hi.j Cong-en
p*n* on E*-P-es d»r;t
* - . - ■ -
•°** '’-na --.-.an of the committee
* - - fa -- act •
co'g eM .Xtg.ng -0 -be rar* sap.
g°:'- r'; «*-pr»jidentj of 'he raped
.va'e; in ar; in-errlew be referred
-- recent utterances 0f Former
President Grover Oveiaad on 'he
- -hjec*. and ag-eed w fc.m that
-.0me provision should be p^ade jc ,v.s
direc-ion.
:n the rase of Thomas Jeffe-son
woo dv-d poor Mr Allison said, the
*- ve*nmer.• * - . t have t r.a we l to
' - - lebta At present Mrs - - -
field is receiving an allowance from
•he go ernmen- and he 5a:d that -1
th* 1 islon for ex-presidents
would cause no ccnsidera le dra.n on
•be treasury a - rare - ave there
•een two of them a..re a-, the same
time.
take their pla ce* There
’ •' 1 Ir.euranee companies
Ok.abor.-.a ir. 15 ' a:.d the nurr.-
b*-r a,-a;rent!y Ik- considerably
increased d .ring the corning year
The revenue from the Insurance
de; arwr«-,t will amount to from $12",
to ring 1308, accord
g to r .1 St-- v. a- i-'ant commis-
sioner. Or.e r, ?ny this week gent
in |; i for s’ licenses, which
did not i.v. ,d- its own admission
fee.
Prote-;-s have been filed against
the issuance of a new license to the
Fraternal Aid Association of Kansas,
v headquarters at f-awrence, Ka-
li ig ■■- Gutbri*, who
'.a.:;.s that he has been unable to
colb-ct a $2,000 policy of which he
* as the beneficiary. The company
did nr/ contest the claim and he was
given an order on the treasurer of
fbe organization but he alleges that
the con pany refused cash payment,
cuing the financial stringency ax a
reason for shortage of available
funds.
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Ohv.fjf co Tsx.
Ok Tb* refer* - ,M
. ok*d Tbvrwday by C L Wagon-
* a of K;rg*--«-
’it of 1.4 was
f Kiag&aber
i, .-p .... made of the
e.-.d . in hi <r.o.-- a
Mr ,: igor.e- ref.?e-d *j> pay jj,,
•ax ar.d was arrested He
./ 'egar. the circ .la'ic-n of a refer,
end ." — ar.d at •:*» =a~* • me
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dim appli-'-e to c i• et w*-; i5 t0
•he **at* ard :' ;^* cent •-«
vote-, pc* non ar.y ci-y ordir.ar.ee
may he referred o- a v-.te of :
pie
rtccSjpatpjn tai»* have bee- a,.
oes.ed on the merchants in many
'* th“ r ■ e« 0* G. j:---;1 I- r- ; «
'he leos 'f revenue* from =1 wn
i.censes and r:.-- t of the Er.e"‘h- 'j
are kickir.g
ROBBERS IN OKLAHOMA.
Three Thousar-s Do a*s in Gc d a-d
Silver Stc »n n McCucta n.
FROM JANITOR TO PRESIDENT.
Phenominal R se of J. F. Sharp cf
Oklahoma State Normal.
Oklahoma county probate court !»-
- - : >1$ marr ag .. ens< ■ ;-
against 705 in ISOS.
PUTS BODY ON COALS
Dcde West Scot by Unknown Mar,
and Body Put on F,re
Ml BKOGEE W tl - ' • ;
rib •-• burned and a bullet bole in the
the l - f Dode W -• 55 year*
■ i 1 1 lent I 1 equah
*a3 found New- Yearts mtiming H a
n It* unknown, flutchc-d in hit
wa f dies 1 - - .. ■
had teen -u-ne-i -a-ror.g ride out It
i* *«i led that West i a I been play-
ing - rder< and that
•he fa-al shot had been fired during
the gam* Wes' s foot wa- lying on
coai* in an ' pen fireplace. Two sons
-' ■ Ta: >■, .ah N . ar-
rests have heen made.
Guthrie. Ok —From janitor In a
ward school building to president of
a state institution of learning, epito-
mizes the rise of J. F Sharp, of
Geary, who assumed charge of the
Southwest State Normal school at
Weatherford as president last Wed-
nesday. having recently been ap-
pointed by Governor Haskell and the
normal board of regents.
President Sharp was born near
Knoxville. Term., in 1861. He was
reared on a farm, secured his edu-
cation in the common schools, and
va~ graduat'd from the college at
offers Cit Tenn., in 1888. After
leaving college he taught in the rural
s-'hev.,- was elected county superin-
tendent arid at the close of his term
was e>et»--d principal of the C'hil-
howeo Normal institute remaining at
the head of the institution for twelve
years.
Mr. Hharp came to Oklahoma In
since ; identified
with the schools of the new state.
McCurtatn, Ok—Robber? blew 0; ■ n
the vault of the McCurtaln State
Bank here eary! today They s**-,-.-.q
I In g i and *1 er and e* 1
leaving co clew
The robbers fed toward Muskogee
Marshall Bing and a posse is in ; ur-
! suit.
Robbers, early today, previous to
j the bank robbery, blew open the
' -‘office at Crowder a
i short distance from McCurtain. se-
curing $20 in currency and stamp*
t- Th* hardware -• - ,f
: J. I.. Barbar aiso was entered ar.d
several revolvers and some ammuni-
tion taken.
Enid. Ok—Burglars Mew open the
safe in thm Bank of Fairmour.- at
1 -3 o'clock Thursday morning and s»-
I cured $1,200 in currency. Nitro gly-
I cerine was used. Fairmount Is a
small village ten miles east of this
city.
I
RETURNS TO OLD LOVE.
Dover, Ok., Man Remarries Wl'e Af-
ter Being bivorced 25 Years.
TO OUST INTRUDERS
Indian Office Says Settlers on Coal
Lands Must Go
WASHINGTON 1 - fad tan ©f-
f>e has Is - led Instruction* to the
commissioner ,• ... ... flre ,. . 7.. ,
•ribex to ’a n immediate a*ep* to re-
move all !: 'ruder* from the segre-
gated coal lands of Oklahoma. Tom-
mlssloner I.cupp claims to have dis-
covered a plot on the par* of a lot
of schemers to put settlers on th®
land build inmprovements for 'hem.
so tha- wh*n 'l- ’.an I is finally of-
fered for sale they will be given rh»
preferential *.gh» to buy the land on
which their improvements a-e Icca’ed
It is Leupp'a plan no’ to permit any-
body to secure preferential rights.
Therefore ' <- has ordered the in'rud-
era all put off.
The milk of human kindness contin-
ues to be circulated at the good old
rate.
PLAN $250,000 BUILDING
GHIGKASHA: At the request of
President 2oi!ars of Christian uni’ or-
sitv, Enid, the local Christian church
ha* pledged $$00 ft r the s.jppor- of
that institution during the coining
year. Prtsident Z- liars d'-ciared that
Enid had been unable to pay the sum
it had promised on account of the
financial stringency.
New Oklahoma Charters.
Guthrie. Ok.—Oklahoma charters
have been issued to these corpora-
tions:
f'nion Mercantile Company of Tut-
r 1 ital Btot k. $3- 000; incorpora*
tor- John A. Daughertv, George
Daugherty and N. H. Seger.
( "elch Company (mercantile)
of Clinton, capita! stock. $20,000- in-
corporators.’C G. Welch. M. H. Mans-
field and A M. Yates
Bradley State bank of Bradley.
Grady county, capital stock. $10,000:'
incorporators. L. M. Maurer, R Ll
Croan. C. B. Clark and N. D Miller.
Oklahoma State Branch of the
American Poultry Association of
Guthrie (so long as it remains the
capital 1. incorporators. M A Wat-
kins and I W Scheriek of Enid. J.
B- Roe and Mrs. J B Roe of Shaw-
nee ( B Hill and E. B. Henry of
Guthrie. John PfalT Jr. of Anadarko,
<’ I. Bit kerdyke of Sand Creek. Jno.
. Nicely of Oklahoma City.
First Presbyterian licurrh of
Prague incorporators. W. H Hunt.
L B. Hampton and W E. Wells.
Graham E. I»wdermilk of Sapulpa
was named as state agent for the
Fayetteville Lumber and Cement com
puny of Fayetteville. Ark., capital
stock. $5( ....... Incorporators, c. W.
Philips. I, p Might. George F. Blan-
chard. G. E. I.owderniilk and J. L.
Maguire
Guthrie Ok .—After having been
divorced from his wife for tw»ntv-
live years, W. T.. Taylor, owner >f
the townsite of Dover, was remarried
to the woman of his first choice a*
Shawnee recently and returned to
Dover With his bride Wednesday.
Tas lor had not seen his former
wife for many years when last sum-
a
There the separated couple met and
the romance of their youthful davs
was at once renewed. A few da s
ago Taylor quietly left Dover without
apprising any of his friends of his
intentions and returned with Mrs
Taylor.
Condition of Treasury,
Guthrie. Ok..—State Treasurer Ta*
Menefee on Thursday issued the first
report of the condition of the Okla-
homa treasury since statehood. It
shows a total balance of all funds of
$52,,659.16. which is in the various
state depositories. The general reve-
nue fund is credited with $54,409 47
public building fund with $574,239.37;
common school fund. $41,391.83.
New Oklahoma University Will Rank
With the Best
NORMAN : Plans for the crec’lon
of a $2 Ji.OOO steel - framed, absolutely
fireproof building to replace the cue
destroyed were made at a special
j meeting of the board of regents of
'he University of Oklahoma, held
here A hill appropriating $2>I0.000
towards the structure will be intro-
'lu<id upon the reconvening of the
legislature at Guthrie next week.
1 his, with the Insurance monev
from the burned building, would en-
able the construction of a main hall
I ranking vv.tli any institution iu the
I west.
Captures Quantity of Whisky
If) \.N: Five hundred gallons of
j whisky, an average of one and two-
| thirds gallons to each Inhabitant of
the town, have been captured hy
I Sheriff H p Threadwell and County
Attorney P. T Hamilton, In Wunrlka.
I It will be brought to Ryan. It Is be-
I llev.-d that nearly 600 gallons more is
hidden m ar Waorlka.
Great excellence Is envied In life,
but honored and monumented In
i death.
MONEY IS IN KANSAS CITY
$500,000 of Oklahoma School Fund
With Commerce Trust Co.
GUTHRIE: S'a'e Trea irer James
Menefee has h-en notified that the
I draft upon the Fnitf-d Stat s treasury
tor $500,000 of tbs b ta tt school money
j has been paid and is now deposited
in the Commerce Trust company of
Kansas City.
This money will h» held K-mpi rarllv
In Kansas City subject to the check
of the school land board and the stato
treasurer. As fast as the money it
drawn from Kansas City it will 1„.
plac' d In Oklahoma hanks which can
give the proper securities authorize!/
hy law.
Secretary Marr has already received
applications from a large number of
banks which claim to have the class
of securities required. Mr. Menefee Is
of the opinion that the entire $5U0 -
0UU now in Kansas City will be placed
In Oklahoma banks within ten days.
When this is done another I'.OO.duO
will be drawn, and the rest of the
$5.1111(1.(100 will h>- withdrawn from the
United States treasury as fast as It
can ho properly loaned or deposited
la Oklahoma, 1
Consolidated.
Enid, (ik..—The Garfield Exchange
and the American State banks of ibis
ci'y have consolidated under the
name of the Garfield Exchange Bank
of Enid. The two banks together
have deposits of over $300,000.
A Fullblocd Cadet.
Ardmore, Ok..—I.arnar Jackson, a
full blood Choctaw Indian of Atoka,
was la,t Thursday appointed to a
cadetship In the United States inili-
tar;. academy a! West Point bv Con-
gressman Charles D. Carter of this
district.
A FIRE AT BOYNTON.
Boynton, Ok,—Fire here last
Thursday night destroyed six build-
ings. causing a loss of $5,000. The
buildings burned were: Siegcnthaler
meat market, loss $1200; Griffin &
Woodward, two story brick, dam-
aged; four wooden buildings burned
to 1 he ground.
Found Dead.
Oklahoma City, Ok.,—A man Iden-
tified hy papers on his person as M.
S Weir. St Clair. Mich , was found
dead here Thursday In a rooming
house.
A Tax of Two Per Cent.
Guthrie. Ok —Assistant Attomev
Genera! Fielding Lewis, in answer to
an inquiry from the sta'e Insurance
commissioner, gives the opinion that
all insurance companies upon which
a tax of 2 per cent of the premiums,
less cancellations, is levied bv the
constitution, must pay this tax begin-
nmg November 16. the date of the
admission of the state.
The Owen County Democrat has
the following: "Coal is very high
this year. A ton of black walnuts
"ill niakf> niorp and better heat
than a ton of coal. There is a big
crop of black walnuts in Owen coun-
ty Gather them and drv them in
the barn with the hulls on and use
them just the same as you do coal."
Talk about rusticity!
Guthrie. Ok.—Owen A- Connellv,
whose gas pipe line in Washington
county was recently placed In the
hands of a receiver and against
whom nil Injunction was granted re-
st rain ing them from piping Kas out
of the state or constructing a pipe
lme for that purpose, have filed a
pet ii ion in the district court of Wash-
ington county asking for a removal
of the case to the federal court
Attorncy General West was ap-
praised of the fact and left for Vi-
nlta to appear in the district court
tion °P1’°Se t,1P siting of the peti-
Knld will probably be the first
city in the new slate to have the
commission form of municipal gov-
eminent. The mayor, council, and
citizens are heartily In favor of surh
and are getting up a petition now
calling for a special election.
Kieffer had several gamblers given
a sentences a few days ago. The
Jan is in course of erection. The
gamblers have been turned loose un-
til the building is completed, then
they will serve out their sentences.
They are waiting very patiently.
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Vernon, John C. The Krebs Banner. (Krebs, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 16, 1908, newspaper, January 16, 1908; Krebs, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1077193/m1/2/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.