The Krebs Banner. (Krebs, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 9, 1908 Page: 1 of 10
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KKEBS, ()KLA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 1‘ios.
NO.
THE CITIZENS OF KREBS ARE
LOYAL AND WILL MAKE A
STRONG FIGHT.
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COUNTY SEAT
THE TAXPAYER MUST LOOK OUT
FOR HIS OWN INTERESTS AS
WELL AS THE COUNTY.
From The N«*\v Statu.
Krebs is a candidate for coun-
ty seat honors and is ready to
present her claims in a favorable
light. Her citizens are loyal and
will make a strong fight, for the
common people—the taxpayers
of I’i ’'i-.rg county, who should
bear in , id what an expensive
court house means on top of ex-
cessive taxation incident to the
organization of new counties.
If a $200,000 Court house is built
at McAlesterit will remain there,
notwithstanding, beyond the
question of doubt, that the cen-
ter of population in Pittsburg
county will be south of McAles-
ter. It may be at Krebs, Alder-
son, Bache, I)ow, and possibly
and very probably in Haileyville.
Should not our claims be consid-
eres? With Alderson. Bache,
Dow', Hartshorne and Craig con-
tiguous to Haileyville, our town
being not only a mining town
but a railway center, it is rea-
sonable to suppose that the peo-
ple will defend their financial
interests instead of ruthlessly
th "owing away a quarter of a
million dollars in the-' construc-
tion of a court house in an in-
convenient portion of the county.
Krebs has every railway con-
venience offered by McAlester;
she has splendid sidewalks; her
business men are progressive
and enterprising, and if they
will convince the taxpayers of
the county that a $20,000 court
house is good enough at present,
they can depend on.the unani-
mous support of the’ 'southern
portion of the county.
It’s a little early in the game
to make predictions lari it looks
like an easy two to one shot in
favor of Krebs.
is practically inexhaustible and
the prominent indications of .oil.
gas,‘lead, zinc and other miner-
als are equal to anything that
ever made a -loplin or a Pitts-
burg. To build tip and maintain
a good commercial center here it
will not be necessary to "oil the
wells” and "salt the mines;” the
law of nature has already per-
formed that science, and the only
thing remaining to be done is for
the people to settle down to the
business of, building up their
town and country by develop-
ing the natural resources which
nature has so lavishly conserved
in the bosom of the earth for
man’s use. Utility of these won-
derful resources and legitimate
dealing will open up the way and
cause Krebs to reach out and
take in an'extensive territory for
her avenue'of trade.
NOTED TRIAL ENDS
THREE OFFICIALS EXONERATED
OF STEUNENBERG MURDER
END OF PROSECUTION.
HAYWOOD AND PETTIBONF.
May Remove Restrictions
ONE ACQUITTED, THE OTHER’S
CASE DISMISSED DROPPED
MOYER CASE.
Muskogee, .Ian. 8. "The in-
terior department has under con-
sideration the question of removal
of restrictions .that will relieve
the present situation and protect
the full blood Indians as far as
possible.”
This was the statement made
by -I. George Wright, commis-
sioner to the Five. Tribes, who
had just returned from Washing-
ton- Mr. Wright has been con-
ferring with the department ,-e-
lative to Indian affairs.
Mr Wright submitted the plan
for the removal of restrictions to
the department for their con-
sideration. What the plan is, oi
the details of it, he’, declined to
say at this time.
The present condition of affairs
will work a hardship on the state
if continued. Very little Indian
land is now. available. To leave
conditions as they are would
make conditions unbearable, and
on the other hand,.the depart-
ment argues that wholesale
removal of restrictions would
prove disastrous to the Indian.
Bound Over
Substantial Growth
The brass band (lays may
never come in the Indian Terri-
tory part of the New State; but
something better than noise, a
substantial business growth has
already set in, and the gradual
development in every line of
commerce and industry warrants
the prediction that there never
will be any "hot air” baloon
collapses to grieve over in this
particular locality.
This district is settling down
to real business, and following
the lead of well matured deliber-
ations, the people of Krebs and
vicinity are advancing the in-
terests of the town and country
along the lines of the most prac-
tical business principles, basing
their hope for future prominence
on the fa"t that the demand for
the employment of capital and
labor here will make this one of
the leading industrial districts of
of the New State.
Krebs is an ideal location in
the richest mineral district of the
great Southwest. The coal field
The case of the state vs. M. F.
Hollerman and Wm. Biggs, of-
ficers charged with shooting Joe
Pdro anil,Frank'I kmnatellion the
night of December.15, at Aider-
son which occupied the time of
the court at McAlester all day
Friday, came to a close Saturday
morning.
The evidence presented at the
trial, in the opinion of Countv
Judge Higgins, justified him in
binding the defendants over, and
he accordingly fixed their bonds
at Si,500 each.
The many friends of the two
men soon surrounded them, of-
fering to sign their bonds, which
were soon placed in the hands of
the sheriff, and the prisoners
were liberated.
The attorneys for the state
were Dean and Wallace Wilkin-
son and those for the defense
were Boyd and Moore.
The great state of Oklahoma is
attracting the attention and win-
ning the admiration of the civil-
ized world. No other country
is so wonderfully blessed with
natural resources and opportuni-
ties for profitable investment.
Boise, Id., Jan. 7- The end of
the prosecution of the men charg-
ed with the murder of Ex-Gov-
ernor Frank Steunenberg, with
the exception of the case of Harry
Orchard and Jack Simpkins,
came Saturday with the acquittal
of George A. Pettibone, Charles
11. Moyer, president of the West-
ern Federation of Miners, was
formally released last Saturday
afternoon at 4 o’clock, and will
return with Pettibone in a few
days to Denver.
The case.of Orchard, the self-
confessed assassin ofSteunenberg
is in the hands of Prosecuting
Attorney Van Duyn of Canyon
county. No statement as to the
future procedure in that case has
been made, bufit will be called
during the next term of court at
Caldwell, when it will probably
be finally disposed of.
Simpkins, a member of the ex-
ecutive board of the Western
Federation of Miners, who is
charged with complicity in the
crime, is a fugitive from justice,
and the charge against him will
stand.
When the Moyer case was
called by Judge Wood Saturday
afternoon, James IT. Hawley,
representing Prosecuting Attor-
ney Van Duyn, signified the de-
sire of the state to have an order
of dismissal entered.
"I am satisfied,” said Judge
Wood, "that the course taken by
the district attorney and decided
upon by attorneys for the state,
was the proper course to he tak-
en in the matter.”
The charge was dismissed, and
at the request of the state the
cases against Dr. Magee and C.
W. Aller, charged with perjury
by reason af testimony given by
them in the Haywood case, were
also dismissed.
Although the Pettibone jurors
agreed that their deliberations
should be kept secret, it has been
learned that on the first bollot
the vote was 8 to 4, the majority
being for acquittal. The second
ballot resulted in a vote of 9 to
8. The third stood 10 to 2 and
so it remained all through the
night. The two holding out for
conviction were finally won over.
Pettibone and Moyer received
many telegrams of congratula-
tions. chietly from Colorado
friends. Pettibone, although
very ill for the past two weeks,
walked to the local headquarters
of the Western Federation.
have been confident that Petti-
bone would be found not guilty,
said Mr. Mills. "There was not
a particle of evidence to connect
him either with a conspiracy to
kill Governor Steunberg or with
a general conspiracy against the
foes of the miners’ union.
"nothing but orchard"
Los Angles, Cal., Jan. 7 Clar-
ence s. Harrow, the Chicago at-
torney. who directed the defense
of Haywood and Pettibone, now
in the California hospital, receiv-
ed the verdict of the jury in the
Pettibone ease with the greatest
pleasure.
Commenting further upon the
result Mr. Harrow said: "There
was never anything to these
cases but < Irchard. He related a
weird, fantastic, exciting story,
but there was no corroboration
of it that tended of itself to in-
criminate anybody. The country
had seen in the L..ywood trial
what a monumental liar he was.
It was not safe to take the file of
any man on such testimony. In
the Pettibone trial the people had
become accustomed to the story
oi Orchard and thoroughly dis-
credited it. Very little attention
was paid it.
"I should think that the prose-
cution would now dismiss the
case against President Moyer.
Even Orchard testified to very
little against him and no one else
did. The fact that he was ad-
mitted to bail showed that the
prosecution held their
against him to be weak.
SCHOOL EXERCISES
flag presented by the local
JUNIOR ORDER UNITED AMER-
ICAN MECHANICS.'
THE PUPILS Hill SPLENDID
EXERCISES REFLECTED MUCH
CREDIT UPON THE WORK OF
THE TEACHkRS.
case
The case ^ run-1 Mover was
dismissed.
Patronize home institutions al-
ways in preference to mail order
Krebs, perhaps, has one of the
finest and most' elegant school
buildings in Pittsburg county,
having just completed it about
three weeks ago at a cost of
about $11,000, and on Mondav
evening in honor of the event a
flap; raining was had .uid appro-
priate exercises were given at
p. m., under the auspices of
the Junior Order of United Amer-
ican Mechanics. A large crowd
of our citizens and a icunber of
\ isitors were present. The open-
ing address of the presentation
of the flag was delivered by Mr.
Hamilton of McAlester, repre-
senting the Junior Order. Prof.
Craghead made the speech of
acceptance on behalf of the
school which was followed by
a brief but very interesting talk
by Dr. A. B. Armstrong. The
Hag is 7x12, and the New State
is represented, as it contains the
forty-sixth star. It will he
hoisted on the gable of the
building in hor o^ the Fnited
American Mechanics, also as a
dedication to the completion of
the builuing.’ Miss AgnesjWhite,
concerns.
fference to mail order tne nuiiuing. s k'
The home man is here teacher of the primary depart-
with the goods for inspection,
his prices are consistent with the
quality of goods and cost of hand-
ling, and he is identified with all
the other interests of home en-
terprise. The mail order con-
cern is only interested in getting
your money for goods you have
never seen before buying, and
that, too, without contributing
one cent or one hour’s service to-
ward the developement and sup-
port of the community in which
vou live.
In a ruling at Shawnee last
week Judge Carter held that Sun-
day theaters were not in violation
of the Oklahoma laws. In a case
wherein the the managers of
moving picture shows were ar-
raigned for Sunday law violation,
Judge Carter held that the Okla-
homa statutes forbid only servile
labor and public sports, and that
amusements cannot be classed
as either. The action was brought
by the county authorties and is
the first ruling of its kind ever
made in Oklahoma.
W. U. M- EXPECTED IT.
A great deal of lumber and
other building material are being
handled in Krebs, and a number
of good substantial improve-
ments are taking place.
Denver, Jan. 7.-There were
but few persons in the office of
the Western Federation of Min-
ers in this city today when news
of Pcttibone’s acquittal was re-
ceived, and no demonstration
save expressions of satisfaction
'wasmade. Ernest Mills, acting
I secretary, is the only officer of
the federation in the city. "We
McAlester has organized a 50,-
000 Club for the purpose of boom-
ing that city, and to increase the
population to that number. It is
understood that the ladies will
join the men and organize an
auxiliary to assist in the work.
It is safe to predict, with the
help of the women, McAlester
will get her 50,000 people in
few years.
ment, presented the school with
a handsome Bible. The exer-
ercises were splendid and the
pupils acquitted themselves [in a
credible manner, reflecting much
credit upon the efforts of Prof.
Craghead and his able corps of
assistants.
The Junior Order formed a
line of march and [marched down
Main street, thence to the school
building, headed ; by the Krebs
band, who renderedfsome splen-
did music.
Miss Grace Van Horn has
charge of the Fifth and Sixth
grade; Miss Marguerite Hale, the
Fourth and half oi the Third
grade; Miss Agnes Peterson, the
Second and half of the Third
grade, Miss Marguerite White,
the primary department, while
Prof. Craghead has charge of
the more'advanced pupils. Krebs
is proud of her school building
and her school, and justly, too.
With all the modern conveniences
The Banner prt d:cts for the new
year for both teachers and pa-
trons an agreeable and profitable
session.
As a general thing live stock
of all kinds this year go into win-
ter quarters in good condition,
and there is an abundance of
feed stored away to keep it in
growing order through the cold
spells.
A Johnson county Kansas wo-
men spent threeffdollars tor a
box of "liquor” stuff’with which
to dope hty husband. The second
dose of the vile stuff which she
put into his coffee ended the
matter. He then threw the cup
against the wall, pulled of the
table cloth, dishes and all, and
went to a joint and gotroating
drunk.
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county seat of Pittsburg county,
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