The Yale Democrat (Yale, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 21, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 15, 1919 Page: 1 of 12
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THE YALE DEMOCRAT
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Published Monday. Wednesday and Friday of Each Week
YALE, OKLAHOMA. WE&NESDAY OCTOBER 15 1919
Volume 12. Number 21
Single Copies Five Cents
THE PAVING REMONSTRANCE
Remonstrators Lack 260
Frontage in Petition
Feet
BELGIUM’S ROYAL COUPLE ARRIVING IN UNITED STATES
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ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL
At the regular meeting of the
city council last Monday night the
most important matter that came
up before the body was action on
the remonstrance filed against the
paving in Street Improvement
District No. 2—that portion of
Sixth street from the east side of
the Katy right of way to Lake
street on the extreme edge of the
city.
The petition which was tiled
with the City Clerk on the sixth
day of October remonstrating
against the paving in the district,
purported to have been signed by
the owners or agents for the own-
ers of 82 lots. This on the as-
sumption that there is twenty-five
foot frontage in each lot would
make the remonstrance cover 2050
feet frontage. The district pro-
posed, however, covers a front
footage of 4600, 50 per cent of
which would be 2300.feet.
Several of the remonstrators
were present at the meeting and
could not understand how, when
the petition was circulated asking
for the paving of the street, it
was announced that the signa-
tures on the petition of the owners
of 76 lots would be a majority in
favor of the paving and when the
remonstrance was filed 82 was not.
It was explained to them that in
both instances the persons carry-
ing the petitions evidently did not
take into consideration the paving
of the railroad right of ways. It
was further pointed out to them
that the petition asking for pav-
ing was not acted upon by the city
council, but was'taken as an in-
dication that the property owners
wished the street paved and the
council proceeded to order the
paving of the street by resolution
as provided by law and allowed 15
days after the publication of the j
resolution for the property own-
ers to remonstrate.
After deciding the the remon-
strance was insufficient the coun-
cil ordered the engineer to pro-
ceed with the final plans and esti-
mates upon which bids for con-
tracts will be asked when the
council decides it is the proper
time.
A petition from C. G. Peter ask-
ing that acertain parcel of ground
of which he is the owner be
brought into the city limits was
presented and a resolution passed
granting the petition.
Several matters pertaining to
the water system and tne new
light system were brought up and
discussed but no definite action
taken on any of the matters.
Harry Adams, special officer ap-
pointed by the council for the col-
leition of the occupation tax re-
ported a number of delinquents,
and the city clerk was instructed
to send these firms a final official
notice, setting a certain day as the
last for the payment and if any
are delinquent at that time legal
action will be taken.
Local Branch Established in Yale
Yesterday
King Albert nurl Queen Elizabeth of Belgium and the crown prince (In the service cop) landing from the George
Washington at Iloboken.
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Dry Enforcement Drive Planned
The most intensive campaign
for the enforcement of the prohib-
itory laws that has ever been con-
ducted in the state of Oklahoma
is soon to be launched, according
to Hubert J. Bolen, collector of in-
ternal revenue. The campaign
will not be just statewide, but will
assume national proportions, says
Bolen.
It is the result of the national
prohibition act, which has passed
both houses of congress and is
now awaiting the signature of
President Wilson.
Bolen has just received a leng-
thy letter from Daniel C. Roper,
commissioner of internal revenue
in Washington,' in which the- foil
details of the campaign are set
forth, stating that just as soon as
the preisdent signs the bill, all col-
lectors will be notified at once and
will begin the fight on liquor.
The letter advises the full use
of the injunction powers against
all “public nuisances” and sug-
gests various methods of fighting
liquor traffic.
Bolen is advised to detail as
many field men as he can possibly
spare from othlr work to this
special liquor work. He said yes-
terday morning he will havd about
twelve men available at first and
will later increase his force as
much as is necessary to combat
violations of liquor laws in Okla-
homa.
Another Big Oil Well.
The Sinclair Oil company made
another strike on the Crockett
farm, 13-19-5 Saturday when they
drilled into what is called in the
field the “Farmer” sand. The
sand was struck at a depth of
3522 and the drill is but a few
House is Against Unions of Police
By an overwhelming vote of 228
to 8, the house Monday went on
record against affiliation of police
unions with other labor organiza-
tions which claim or exercise the
right to strike.
This vote was cast on the pass-
age of a bill providing for in-
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Nine Agitators Held by Police
What the police believe was an
attempt to agitate labor distur-
bances in Oklahoma City was nip-
ped in the bud Tuesday by the ar-
rest of nine men who grouped in
front of the federal state employ-
ment agency and refused to accept
jobs offered them.
The report was made to the po-
lice station that the men were not
only refusing to work themselves
but were encouraging other men
who wanted work to remain idle
and demand higher wages.
“I offered any man a five dollar
bill to go to work for me and they
all refhsed,” one man said.
They were all charged with va-
grancy.
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You can get quick action on
your Sale Bill order If you bring
it to the Democrat office.
Couldn’t Be Bluffed
He was a misfit Earl, but a per-
fect lover—and scrapper. Any-
how, you can expect a man fresh
from the open plains of the great
West to act like a Chesterfield
when he finds a title thrust upon
him. But you DO expect a red-
blooded Westerner to be a perfect
lover and a bear-cat of a scrapper
And Louis Bennison in “A Misfit
Earl” certainly runs true to form.
Don’t miss this new Bennison
gloom-chaser. Five reels of
rough-riding romance and a whirl
wind of fun at the New Yale Thea-
ter, Sunday, October 19.
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Dry Arguments are Begun
Arguments on the validity of
the question of referring the ques-
tion of ratifying the federal pro
hibition amendment to a vote of
the people of the state, were be-
gun before the siqjreme court on
Tuesday. Judge Elmer Fulton,
former oengressman, now an as-
sistant attorney general, opened
the arguments for the state. It is
the contention of the state that
the action of the legislature last
winter in.ratifying tlie amendment
is sufficient and that it does not
have to go to a vote of the people.
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Chas Greene of the Ford Service
Station is in Cushing today on
business. '*
rate of 20 to 40 barrels per hour.
The well is drilling itself in and
the indications are that the well
will be bigger than any ever found
in this field.
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Pick the Winner
The preyailin^ opinion among
men who have g'onfe over the polit-
ical situation in this Congression-
al District is that Oklahoma City
politicians, notwithstanding the
City’s voting strength, cannot
hope to put over one of their num-
ber in the primary.
Perhaps over-anxiety to win is
the cause, at any rate a split vote
in Oklahoma County, with a cer-
tain Garvin County State Senator
niiely in on the splitting, mea.ia
that all the Ciiy’s candidates
stand much better than an even
chance to lose out entirely.
Rumor has it that State Senator
Jep Knight will poll as large a
vote in Oklahoma County, proport-
ionately, as he will in the more
spareely settled regions of the
Fifth District. If that be true,
Oklahoma City candidates might
as well dim their lights, as the
result is settled before the voting
is done.
ed this section:
“That no member of the metro-
politan police of the district of
Columbia shall be or become a
member of any organization, or of
any organization affiliated with an
other organization which holds,
claims, or exercises the right to
demand of any of its membeMhjp.
obedience to an order to striate or
cease work for any cause. Upon
sufficient proof to the commission-
ers of the District of Columbia
that any member of the metropol-
itan force of the District of Col-
umbia, has violated the provisions
of this section it shall be the duty
of the commissioners of the Dis-
trict of Columbia to immediately
discharge such member from the
service.”
He’s a Raugh Rider
He had a wild and woolly West-
ern way about him and when he
breezed into Dunhaven Castle and
announced that he was Lord Jim,
there was nobody who cared to
openly dispute his claim. Then
he met THE GIRL and all the in-
laws around the castle got a taste
of rough-riding romance and scrap
ping—and there was one mono-
cled Duke who got more than his
share of the latter. See Louis
Benninson, the smiling cowboy, in
his latest Goldwyn-Betzwood pro-
duction, “A Misfit Earl” at the
New Yale Theater, Sunday, Octo-
ber 19.
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Promotions for Generals
Appointment of General March
chief of staff, Maj. Gen. Hunter
Liggett and Robert W. Bullard to
the permanent rank of lieutenant
generals in recognition of their
service during the war would be
authorized under a bill introduc-
ed by Chairman Wadsworth, of
the senate military committee.
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MILK WANTED!
The M & M Cafe desires to make
arrangements for 12 or 14 gallons
of milk per day.
Will Speed Up Fight on H. C. L.
Dissatisfied with the progress of
the government’s fight against the
high dost of living, Attorney-Gen-
eral Palmer late Monday held a
conference with three members of
the cabinet and four other gov-
ernment officials in an attempt to
co-ordinate the activities of a num
ber of federal agencies.
Secretary of the Treasury Glass
Secretary of Agriculture Houston,
Secretary of Labor Wilson, Victor
Murdock, acting chairman of the
federal trade commission, Walker
D. Hines, director-general of rail
roads and Assistant Secretaries of
the Treasury Leffingwell and
Trigg were present at the meeting
Two of the thre,e months in
which the government was expect-
ed to make much headway in re-
ducing living costs have already
gone by and there has been no ap-
preciable reduction. The “ninety
day” period was mentioned at the
time the shopmen were threaten-
ing their strike. Nevertheless,
the attorney-general feels the gov-
ernment has done much good be-
cause it prevented any further up-
wad trend of prices.
Tuesday afternoon John P. Hin-
kle, of the Stillwater Gazette, T.
W. Kelly, republican member of
the State Election Board, and P.
G. Malone, of the publicity bureau
of the A. and M. College, visited
several towns and cities of the
county in an effort to organize in
each a Roosevelt Memorial Assoc-
iation.
In Yale, where the lack of a
commercial organization made it
impossible to take tne matter up
with an organization already form
ed, it was necessary to call on dif-
ferent citizens and get them in-
terested in the matter. The re-
sult of the conference these gen-
tlemen had with a number of our
citizens is that there is organized
here in Yale an association with
ti.e following temporary officers:
| Dr. E. G. Newell, Chairman; Earl
Sloan, Secretary; W. A. North-
grave, Treasurer; Geo. B. Gelder,
Publicity Manager.
The Roosevelt Memorial Assoc-
iation has been organized for the
following purposes:
To provide memorials in accord-
ance with the plans of the Nation-
al Committee which will include
the erection of a suitable and ade-
quate monumental memorial in
Washington; acquiring, develop-
ment and maintenance of a park
in the town of Oyster Bay which
may ultimately, perhaps, include
Sagamore Hill, to be preserved
like Mount Vernon and Mr. Lin-
coln’s home at Springfield.
A campaign to raise a minimum
of $10,000,000 from nftillions of sub
scribers will be conducted during
the week of October 20 to 27. It
is desired to make this a distinct-
ly popular movement.
It is hoped that every friend and
admirer, and every American who
desires to help make the United
States a better place for people to
live in, will enlist in the non-par-
tisan movement. A memorial to
Theodore Roosevelt, it is felt, will
Ye an inspiration to future gener-
ations of Americans, by reason of
the high ideals of citizenship it
will perpetuate.
The raising of funds for the
campaign will be accomplished
through personal interviews by
means of teams of workers. Citi-
zens in each community will be
canvassed for subscriptions, and
it is hoped and expected that the
free will offering will be sufficient-
ly large to exceed the minimum
objective set but no pressure for
contibutions will be exerted. The
great bulk of the money, it is ex-
pected will be in small contribu-
tions for already thousands of cit-
izens have expressed a desire to
contribute to a national memorial
to the soldier-statesman, and this
campaign will afford the logical
channel ofr such offerings.
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Lover, Genius, Failure
A great lover, a genius and a
failure. All these pualities were
possessed by Tito Lombardi. En-
joy Bert Lytell’s performance of
one of the most interesting char-
acters ever written into a drama
in “Lombardi Ltd.” a Screen Clas-
sics, Inc., super-production at the
New Yale Theater Thursday. It
is taken from the Morosco stage
play by Frederic and Fanny Hat-
ton, that captivated New York.
Word From Weaver
Following is a communication
received by Mayor E. G. Newell,
a personal friend and warm sup-
porter of Claude Weaver:
Oklahoma City, Oct. 13,
Dr. E. G. Newell;
My dear friend:
I thank you for your good let-
ter. Am sending you circulars
like the one enclosed which please
distribute where they will do the
most good. I would be glad to
speak in Yale but the time is too
short. I have Claude Weaver
Clubs of signed membership in
Garvin and McClain counties with
more than three thousand mem-
bers. Murray is ah Weaver. 1
ilved thirteen years in the Chick-
asaw nation. I get nothing but
good reports. All of Judge Thomp-
son’s old friends down there who
voted for him against me are now
backing me. His law partner,
Hon. W. L. Farmer mayor of Pauls
Valley is my campaign manager.
Gratefully yours,
CLAUDE WEAVER.
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